Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 261 Several Preconditions for the Development of Aerospace
By 1985, the Cold War led by the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, was still continuing.

Both sides are still investing a lot of money and human resources into the aerospace field.

The United States is currently one step ahead, with its moon landing, large space shuttle, and Saturn V super-large launch vehicle, all of which are unique.

Although the Soviet Union lagged behind a little, it was still following closely.

China is ahead of the United States in space station construction, and its Salyut 7 space station has been in orbit for more than three years.

It is the second-generation Salyut series space station, with a total weight of 19 tons, a length of 16 meters, and can accommodate 3 astronauts.

Equipped with an improved docking system (supports resupply of Soyuz-T and Progress cargo spacecraft).

Although it was briefly out of control in June due to a power failure, it was later repaired by the Soyuz T-6 mission (the first in-orbit maintenance).

In addition, we learned from secret channels that the Soviet Union was also developing and building a larger space station (internal name "Mir").

The United States' space station was launched relatively early, on May 1973, 5, by a Saturn V rocket.

It was named Skylab, weighed 77 tons, had a total length of 36 meters and could accommodate three astronauts.

It is equipped with modules such as the Solar Observatory (ATM) and the Microgravity Laboratory.

But in 1979 it re-entered the atmosphere and crashed.

Since then, the United States has not launched a space station into space again.

The United States no longer develops a space station. On the one hand, it has already obtained relevant research data and does not want to duplicate construction.

On the other hand, the United States' previous manned moon landings consumed a lot of money, and the economy continued to be sluggish for some time, so some projects that did not bring direct benefits had to be cut.

For example, the Saturn V, an ultra-large rocket with a takeoff weight heavier than a 5-ton destroyer, has not been launched since the completion of the manned lunar landing project.

Instead, develop light rockets and space shuttles.

In addition, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, continued to invest in the space race.

France and Britain in Europe, and China and Japan in Asia are following behind.

Europe's Ariane 3 rocket made its first flight in 1984, with a GTO (geosynchronous orbit) of 2.7 tons, launching Europe's communications satellites ECS-2 and Telecom 1A.

中国的长征二号丙1982年首飞，在1983-1985年间多次发射，LEO（地球近地轨道） 2.4吨，任务期间发射过“返回式遥感卫星”（如1984年发射FSW-1）。

Japan's N-II rocket is an improved version of the American Delta rocket.

LEO 2 tons, GTO 0.7 tons.

The Yuri 3B broadcasting satellite was launched this year.

Except for the above-mentioned countries that have the ability to launch medium and large rockets, other countries with a certain industrial base can only play with intra-atmospheric rockets (air defense missiles).

As for countries without industrial base, they can only watch the show in the corner.

Before, Myanmar was just a spectator.

But since Wang Jiankun arrived, it has secretly grown stronger.

Before unifying Myanmar, Wang Jiankun had already used his superpowers to forcibly develop the air-launched space shuttle "Qihang".

It is a recoverable space shuttle that uses a rotating detonation engine. It is carried to an altitude of 40 kilometers by a high-altitude airship and takes off. After completing its space mission, it returns to the atmosphere and flies back to its base in northern Myanmar.

However, it is too advanced and difficult to manufacture, so Wang Jiankun can only rely on his superpowers to complete the manufacturing of key components.

So after completing the construction of the global satellite communication system and the global satellite navigation system last year, there were no more frequent launches, and it only took off occasionally to carry out some experimental satellite launch missions.

Because during this year, the United States vigorously developed space reconnaissance satellites and built a large number of ground measurement and control stations.

Therefore, the windows left for satellite launches from bases in northern Myanmar are getting smaller and smaller.

In the future, this type of space shuttle can only be used occasionally, and must be prepared to be discovered at any time.

By then, the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely do their best to track down this alien-like aircraft.

In addition, the engine life of "Qihang" was still too short. After completing three missions, it had to be scrapped or Wang Jiankun had to use his superpowers to repair it.

This will result in it not being able to be used on a large scale in the future, and will not provide any significant boost to the development of global aerospace technology.

It might also expose your superpowers.

So after comprehensive consideration, Wang Jiankun decided to develop conventional chemical fuel rockets, while also conducting some nuclear rocket research.

To develop large chemical rockets, a lot of prerequisite technologies and industrial production capabilities need to be developed.

The manufacture of rockets requires advanced material technology. In order to reduce weight while maintaining a certain strength, lightweight and high-strength materials are required.

For example, aluminum alloy is used in the rocket body structure to reduce the weight of the rocket; titanium alloy is used for high temperature and corrosion resistant components; carbon fiber composite materials are used for fairings, etc., which can reduce weight while ensuring strength.

It is also necessary to master the technologies of material modification and strengthening to improve material performance to meet the requirements of rocket use in different environments.

If the above material technologies were developed from scratch, it would take a very long time.

However, Wang Jiankun had previously visited launch sites and some manufacturing plants in the United States and the Soviet Union and acquired the corresponding production technology.

These technologies laid the foundation for him to design and manufacture the "Set Sail".

And after that, he also created a large number of new space humans and selected a group of aerospace material research talents to reproduce the technologies obtained from the United States and the Soviet Union.

After the unification of Myanmar, a series of factories for mass production of these materials were deployed in the three-year plan.

At present, these factories have been completed one after another, and some equipment installation and debugging work is underway, after which small-batch trial production will begin.

For example, the aluminum alloy manufacturing plant is currently the fastest progressing factory.

With the accelerated assistance of Wang Jiankun's superpowers, the manufacturing process of high-strength aluminum alloy has been mastered.

At present, tens of thousands of tons of aluminum alloy have been produced, and part of it has been sent to high-speed train manufacturing plants for the production of high-speed train carriages.

This high-speed rail carriage, made of aerospace aluminum alloy, has extremely reduced weight and is as strong as high-strength steel materials.

Other carbon fiber manufacturing plants, titanium alloy refineries and processing plants have also seen some success. As Myanmar's human resources are continuously organized and allocated, the construction of related manufacturing plants will be faster and larger in scale.

In addition to material technology, a series of precision manufacturing technologies are also required.

High-precision forming technologies such as sheet metal forming: box bottom forming includes integral spinning forming and liquid filling deep drawing forming; barrel section forming processes include roll bending, press bending, stretch bending, shot peening, explosive forming and creep forming.

Composite material forming: Prepregs such as carbon fiber are cut and laid according to the design, then placed in an autoclave and cured under specific temperature, pressure and time conditions to produce composite parts that meet the requirements.

Reliable welding technology: Rocket tanks, gas cylinders, ducts and other parts and components with pressure resistance and sealing requirements usually use welding methods such as argon arc welding, contact spot welding and roll welding. Electron beam welding is suitable for precision components and difficult-to-weld materials to ensure the strength and sealing of the welding parts.

High-precision CNC machining technology: Use five-axis machining centers and other equipment to perform cutting, milling and other operations on aluminum alloys and other materials to produce high-precision parts to meet the rocket's high requirements for part accuracy.

Engine manufacturing technology:
Design and R&D: Use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and thermodynamic simulation techniques to optimize parameters such as combustion chamber shape, nozzle design, and propellant injection method to improve engine performance.

Parts manufacturing: The basic shapes of parts such as the combustion chamber are manufactured using precision casting, and their sealing and structural strength are guaranteed through technologies such as electron beam welding to ensure the reliability of the engine.

Rigorous testing technology:
Component testing: hydraulic performance, overspeed, and vibration tests on the turbine pump; sealing, flow characteristics, and action characteristics tests on the valve; hot test simulation, cooling effect, and structural strength tests on the combustion chamber.

Engine testing: including system integrity check before ignition, parameter calibration, simulated startup test, static ignition test, high-altitude simulation test, etc., to comprehensively test the performance and reliability of the engine.

Professional manufacturing equipment:
Blank manufacturing equipment: Forging equipment such as air hammers, friction presses, etc., are used to produce forgings for load-bearing structural parts; casting equipment includes melting furnaces, sand boxes, die-casting machines, etc., which are used to manufacture precision castings such as magnesium and aluminum alloys.

Parts processing equipment: Spinning machines, high-power spinning machines are used to manufacture solid rocket shells, conical skins and other parts; CNC milling machines, large CNC milling machines are used to mill the grid wall panels of rocket shells; five-axis linkage machining centers are used to process high-precision parts such as impellers and blades of engine turbopumps.

The above basic conditions for engine design are no less than those of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Wang Jiankun provided supercomputers to relevant scientists, and with the help of Zhizi, used brain-computer chips to output high-simulation programs.

Parts designed using this high-simulation program can achieve a success rate of over 99% under computer simulation.

Not only does it conform to aerodynamics (the NS equations have been solved), it also conforms to known laws of physics and chemistry.

The five-axis linkage machining centers and some more common CNC machine tools manufactured by Xingyao Group are comparable to those of Germany and Italy, or even surpass them.

However, some other special-purpose machine tools are still being developed and manufactured, and it will take some time to form the production capacity of the entire industrial chain.

In addition to making a lot of preparations in terms of materials and technology, Wang Jiankun also made some arrangements in terms of funds.

As early as 1983, Wang Jiankun began to lay out his plans in Japan's financial market.

At that time, he judged through the trade data between the United States and Japan and the fact that the United States' high-tech industry was being squeezed out by Japan, that sooner or later the United States would adopt some method to suppress Japan's economy.

Among them, the exchange rate is the one that takes effect the fastest and has the best effect.

So after the new government was formed last year, it asked the ZPJ to accept a loan of 300 billion yen from Japan, and agreed that the loan could be repaid in US dollars.

That is, within a few years of betting, the US dollar will depreciate significantly against the Japanese yen.

Sure enough, on September 1985, 9, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the United States, Japan, Federal Germany, France, and the United Kingdom signed an agreement.

The main content is to jointly intervene in the foreign exchange market to cause the US dollar to depreciate against the Japanese yen, German mark and other currencies, thereby alleviating the US trade deficit and global economic imbalance.

Although there are US troops stationed in Germany, it is at the forefront of the confrontation between the two treaties, so it began to take some risk-avoiding actions during the negotiations.

Japan can only silently accept the slaughter of the United States.

After the agreement was signed, the U.S. dollar depreciated sharply against the Japanese yen, from 1 dollar to 250 yen to 1 dollar to 190 yen, a depreciation of 24% in just over two months.

Based on a number of data, Wang Jiankun judged that the U.S. dollar would depreciate by at least 40% against the Japanese yen. If the United States is a little greedy, it is even possible that the depreciation would reach 50%.

Therefore, starting in 84, he instructed Japan's Yukio Okamura to set up several real estate companies and financial companies.

On the one hand, the White Horse Society uses the profits it obtains from the underworld to bet on the depreciation of the US dollar through foreign exchange futures or options, such as buying yen/dollar call contracts.

They also mortgaged some of the acquired real estate to banks, borrowed low-interest US dollars, and converted them into high-interest Japanese yen or mark assets to earn interest rate differentials and exchange rate appreciation gains.

By the end of 1985, the series of investments that Wang Jiankun had Bailonghui operate had generated more than $20 billion in returns.

And the revenue is snowballing.

In order to obtain more profits in the future, Wang Jiankun was not in a hurry to withdraw a large amount of funds. He just sent some orders to Okamura Yukio one after another, asking him to find Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sony and other companies to let them produce some precision parts to make up for the shortcomings of Xingyao Group's insufficient production capacity of high-precision parts.

Those orders did not require cash payment, as the Japanese companies all accepted Yukio Okamura's bills.

Although the payment period for these commercial bills is as long as one or two years, they have to produce at a loss in order to get orders.

After the agreement was signed, except for oil, which did not rise sharply due to the strong intervention of the United States, the prices of other major commodities such as copper, iron ore, aluminum and even rubber rose sharply.

The costs of automobiles, home appliances, machine tools and other products produced by Japanese companies have risen rapidly, greatly reducing the competitiveness of their exported products.

In order to secure orders and production, the Japanese side had to resort to various means, so that Yukio Okamura's orders could be accepted by these Japanese companies.

After taking stock of the preparations in terms of materials, technology and funds, Wang Jiankun began to inspect a small town called Katong Gani at the southernmost tip of Myanmar's land, which will be one of the alternative sites for large launch vehicles.

It is the estuary of the Irrawaddy River, and a thousand years ago, it was still a shallow sea.

The silt brought by the Irrawaddy River from the central plains of Myanmar continued to accumulate at the estuary, gradually forming land.

If the land is formed purely by silt accumulation, it is not suitable for use as a space launch base.

But there is a small rocky hill there, which should have been an island.

The mud and sand gradually gathered near the island, forming a hill.

The geological exploration team has drilled dozens of wells on the hill and its surrounding areas, and geological data shows that there is a solid rock layer 30 meters below.

And the area of ​​the entire rock layer is as high as 2 square kilometers, which is sufficient for a space launch base.

To be on the safe side, Wang Jiankun decided to go there in person and also go to Yangon to see the construction of the shipyard there.

The future rocket manufacturing plant will be located in a small town north of Yangon, where there is a dock that can accommodate 8-ton cargo ships.

Once the rocket is manufactured, it will be shipped by sea to the space base in Gadongani.

In this way, the diameter of the rocket will not be restricted by the maximum railway width of 3.8 meters like China, but we can directly develop several large-diameter rockets like those in the United States.

(End of this chapter)