Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 222: -ton hydraulic press, built!

The first phase of construction of the Saibei and Sanshan bases has been completed, and production capacity has begun to explode.

On the rivers in the deep mountains and forests, and beside the mines, there are indigenous blast furnaces and steel mills standing side by side, spitting out countless molten iron and steel every day, which are then turned into various cylinders, gears or some kind of casing castings.

Then they were gathered at the machinery factories in the base through large and small simple roads, and assembled into mechanical equipment, cars or tanks.

If there is a large screen that can display the production of the entire base, you will find that it cannot be fully displayed on a large screen, because there are too many large and small factories built among the thousands of mountains and rivers in Jin.

In addition to the military industry series planned by Ren Zhong, there are also many small civilian factories built locally. Technologies such as steel and mechanical processing will inevitably overflow and become part of the local civilian industry in the base.

The smoking mountains brought Jindi PMI into the 21st century ahead of schedule, but Ren Zhong was willing to bear such a price.

Liming Heavy Machinery Research Group.

Ren Zhong looked at the huge monster in front of him and couldn't help but feel excited.

A 10,000-ton hydraulic press!

In order to save costs and reduce energy consumption, Ren Zhong decided to first make the very successful 12000-ton hydraulic press in history.

It is composed of 13 large bodies, which include four pillars, six working cylinders and three beams. From the design point of view, it seems to be a "huge body with simple structure", but in reality it is the opposite. Its structure is very complicated and requires more than 13 data calculations to ensure the correct direction of construction.

In the original manufacturing, precise design drawings were a challenge, and the actual operation was even more of a headache.

However, in this time and space, Ren Zhong took a shortcut, and designing these was actually the simplest form of plagiarism. The information on the design and manufacturing of this 10,000-ton hydraulic press had been declassified, and he had the opportunity to obtain relatively complete information from the archives.

The manufacture of things like pillars and working cylinders is no longer difficult for the border area.

The three key beams are more difficult to make. The main construction materials of these beams are super-large steel castings, which cannot be formed in one go, so welding technology is needed to melt the steel plates together.

When faced with giant castings, the current main domestic arc welding technology is unable to complete such welding.

Arc welding can only weld some small and medium-sized steel castings, and it is impossible to weld super-large steel castings weighing hundreds of tons. Fortunately, Ren Zhong got a full set of scripts and knew that electroslag welding technology could be used to weld such super-large steel castings.

So we got them a full set of electroslag welding technology and processes. We also provided them with large gantry crane technology, so that these huge castings can be quickly installed in place, which is much more advanced than the original time and space where they were lifted up little by little with jacks.

It also greatly reduced the workload and time. Even so, this super-large guy with more than 40,000 parts became the equipment that took Ren Zhong the longest time to build in the Liangjian space-time, taking nearly nine months!

Of course, compared with the three-year construction period in history, this is already the speed of light.

Because of Ren Zhong's efforts, the research work did not come to a standstill, including the design work, which was all directly applied. This alone saved more than half a year, not to mention the manufacturing of parts. Tens of thousands of parts were dispersed, allowing the border area machinery processing factory to work hard to produce them first.

This step alone saved at least one year, and with the direct introduction of electroslag welding technology in the installation phase, the largest casting welding machine work was completed smoothly.

This is how the construction of this behemoth was completed in just nine months.

"Mr. Ren, what do you think we should name this 10,000-ton hydraulic press?" The excited old professor Chen Mingjie looked at the hydraulic press as if he were his own child.

As the first person in charge of the project team, although he had heavy material guidance and basically did not take any detours, he was the only one who knew the ups and downs he had experienced in turning the materials into reality.

But such a huge achievement also made Chen Mingjie intoxicated.

"Let's just call it Jiangnan!" Ren Zhong blurted out.

This 10,000-ton hydraulic press, also called a pride machine, was originally born in the Jiangnan Shipyard. Ren Zhong was well aware of the information and now felt that the name Jiangnan had great historical significance.

"Jiangnan?" Professor Chen Mingjie chewed for a while, "What a good name! It is indeed a good name. From now on, we will call it Jiangnan!"

In the minds of people today, Jiangnan Shipyard and Hanyang Iron and Steel Works are still the symbol of the great power dream. They were once a symbol of revival in the minds of countless people. Compared with later generations, the old professors today are more sensitive to these things.

From the name Ren Zhong, the old professor tasted a hint of the great nation's revival.

Such a name will not do disgrace this behemoth.

"Let's try out the capabilities of this big guy." Ren Zhong looked at it for a while, but he didn't have any intuitive feeling after all, so he just let them try it out in practice.

This place is connected to the steel plant next door, and in the future there will be an aluminum alloy processing plant next to it. The steel that becomes red after heating will be quickly sent to the 10,000-ton hydraulic press through a conveyor belt. Ren Zhong looked at the steel casting that was more than ten meters long and two or three meters high under the hydraulic press, and it was pressed into a forging shaped like a rolling pin in a blink of an eye!
There is no sign of hardness at all. The 10,000-ton hydraulic press is indeed a well-deserved giant in modern industry!
Although this hydraulic press is not ranked very high in the world today, Desan has already developed a more powerful hydraulic press.

But if Ren Zhong had not intruded into time and space, this hydraulic press would not have been built until at least the 60s, which is almost twenty years younger than now!
Twenty years is a long time, and for some industries, a lot has changed!
Now, there is nothing that can stop Ren Zhong from building large aircraft.

Whether it is P51D or C-47, in terms of manufacturing tools, Ren Zhong has completed the closed loop of the most important link.

The next month after Ren Zhong witnessed the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the commissioning of the 10,000-ton hydraulic press, the first Mustang fighter jet built in the border area was successfully assembled!

The strongest pilot in the border area, Wang Jianrong from Guosu Gangqiao, left a suicide note and resolutely boarded the Mustang fighter built in the border area.

On the silver-white fuselage painted with 001 paint that has not yet dried, a red star with the number on it is particularly eye-catching.

This was Ren Zhong's insistence. This first fighter jet made Ren Zhong involuntarily bring in some things from the main world.

Ren Zhong thought that this emblem was worthy of such a fighter plane. Blue sky and white sun were indeed not worthy!

However, no one present could understand Ren Zhong's feelings at the moment.

Including Staff Officer Ye, who thought he understood Ren Zhong best.

At this moment, he was ecstatically looking at the first fighter jet he built, and was cheering along with the surrounding staff, with tears in their eyes.

Even though the first flight has not yet taken place.

The propeller started turning and fighter No. 001 was successfully started!

This is not a problem, everyone has tried it in the workshop and all subsystems have been checked and tested individually many times.

Then the fighter began to taxi and accelerate.
The fighter plane was getting faster and faster, and as everyone held their breath, it finally completed the short ground distance of only 300 meters. However, in everyone's hearts, these few hundred meters seemed to have taken a century!
take off!

Pulling up smoothly, Wang Jianrong pulled the joystick in the most formal and conservative way as usual, held his breath, and piloted the fighter off the ground, then he resumed breathing and continued to rise slowly.

His eyes kept scanning the data on various dashboards.

"Command center, Dongdongyao's altitude is 340! Everything is normal!" Wang Jianrong reported the first status information after takeoff.

Beside Ren Zhong, the communicator carrying a walkie-talkie served as the temporary command center.

"Dongdongyao, please slowly rise to 3000 meters and then return!" Ren Zhong watched the fighter plane take off normally and issued a new order according to the test flight plan.

This is the first flight, and its main purpose is to verify takeoff and landing and to complete a complete flight.

In fact, real-world test flights are more complicated than this, and multiple ground taxiings are required before test flights are allowed.

But in this time and space, there is not so much time. After the subsystem test is carried out on the ground and it is normal, if the taxiing condition is good, it can take off directly.

But that's all.

After verifying the complete flight process of the first takeoff, the next step is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the fighter to see whether the impact on various parts of the aircraft after flying into the sky is in line with the expected state and whether there is any special loss.

In the air, during takeoff and landing, the fuselage, landing gear and tires are all put to a huge test.

"Command center, I understand everything." In the air, Wang Jianrong, who was becoming more and more adept at his job, relaxed and began to fly the fighter plane to increase its altitude.

It quickly ascended to the altitude commanded by Ren Zhong, and then Wang Jianrong did not make any noise. After flying steadily for a while, he turned the plane around and returned.

Although there was a little bit of bumpiness during landing, it was no big deal and the fighter plane landed perfectly.

A large number of staff members jumped for joy before the fighter plane even stopped!

Even Ren Zhong was moved by the crowd and his eyes were also filled with tears!
There is an indescribable feeling as when I saw the first flight footage of the J-20!

Although these two types of aircraft are separated by several generations, in this world, everyone's feelings are the same as in the 21st century, in different time and space.

This is an important and solid step for us to move forward!
From today on, we are no longer guerrillas armed with millet and rifles.

Tanks, fighter jets, we will leave no one behind!
On land, unprecedented progress has been achieved.

Although the battleship couldn't understand the shadow for a while.

But with these things we have today, sooner or later we will have our own strength on the ocean.

The mass production of the Mustang fighter meant a double breakthrough in the Merlin engine V-1650 and the -ton hydraulic press.

This means that in terms of casting and forging, the Border Dawn Research Institute has leapt to a new level and is capable of producing most of the weapon systems in the world today.

Although the production capacity of fighter jets is limited by the output of this hydraulic press, a maximum of five aircraft can be produced per month.

After test flights again and again, the pilots did not find much difference between the products made in the border area and the Rogue Eagle. From the driving perspective, it was completely unnoticeable.

On the contrary, in terms of communication, the border area's communication subsystem is more practical and has a longer range than the original Rogue Eagle.

In terms of weapon systems, the use of a 20mm G20 aviation cannon has made the firepower stronger than the original version.

Even though the density of firepower is a little lower, the G20 can not only hit farther, but also has greater power. It can create a big hole when it encounters the Japanese fighter planes, and can hit the key parts with one shot!
After many evaluations and simulated confrontations by Wang Jianrong and his team, the new border-made Mustang may not be weaker in combat effectiveness than the original version, even with the configuration of two machine guns reduced.

From now on, the Border Area Condor Brigade will begin adding new partners every month!

The students in the aviation class originally felt that it would be difficult for them to get a turn to fly a plane, but now that they saw that the fighter planes had begun to be produced by themselves, they soon worried that they would not be able to fly all of them. Each person might have to fly two planes!
After all, the current flight size is only 50 people.

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