Back to the Republic of China to be a editor

Liu Huagang glanced through the manuscript quickly with wide-eyed eyes, checked and marked a few illegible handwriting with Tang Hua, and then nodded.

"The young master is really amazing, the master has never written such a grand article before." Liu Huagang said seriously.

Of course, Lao Xun is a military fan photographer, and I am a military industry 985 and have worked as a military magazine for ten years after graduation!Tang Hua thought.

"I still have an article to write, about military technology. You stay here for dinner tonight, and we will try to get everything done today." Tang Hua finished speaking to Liu Huagang, then turned his head and said loudly: "Old Sun, Editor-in-Chief Liu also Dinner here, get ready!"

Chapter 4P-84?Beware the P-86!

"Pay attention to P-84, but also to P-86! "

"At the end of World War II, Nazi Germany was forced by the war situation to put into production the Me-262 jet fighter whose technology was not yet fully mature and used it on the battlefield. It achieved great results and heralded the beginning of the aviation jet era. In fact, at the end of World War II, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union all developed their own jet aero engines, and even designed prototypes of jet fighters, but the war ended too soon before they were put into combat.”

After Tang Hua finished writing the first paragraph of the article, he suddenly thought of something and changed the word "jet type" to "jet type".

Anyway, there is no official standard translation in China at this time. Maybe JetFighter will directly set the standard translation of jet fighters after such a hard move. It doesn’t have to wait until Liu Shuai personally standardizes the translation in the 50s. Wouldn’t it be more convenient?

Then, Tang Hua wrote another paragraph about why jet fighters will bring a fundamental revolution to the air battlefield.Propellers touch the limits of performance efficiency with increasing flight speeds, flight speed and energy concepts, competition in the high-altitude high-speed field, and more.

"In the 33rd year of the Republic of China (1944), the American Republic Aircraft Company began research on jet fighters, which is another jet fighter design that is different from Lockheed's P-80. The design team consists of Alexander Katveli led. Initially, they considered directly using the P-47 fuselage to install jet engines, but quickly gave up this impractical plan and started from scratch to study a new fuselage. After a year of development, Not long ago, in December, the first prototype XP-12-84 was manufactured at the Farmingdale factory in New York. If the estimates are correct, it will soon be shipped to the test base and will be tested within two months. First flight."

"The P-84 fighter is more mature in design than the P-80. It adopts the nose air intake design. Although the air intake takes up the space of the fuselage, which makes the internal equipment and fuel arrangement inconvenient, it avoids the air intake on both sides. The air intake structure caused by the turbulence of the boundary layer of the fuselage caused the engine to knock for no reason or even stop. The simple air intake structure of the nose generally reduces the flight resistance of the P-84 fighter, which makes it significantly higher than the P-80 in the maximum take-off weight. At the same time as 84, it has a higher flight speed. It is expected that during the test flight of the XP-[-] prototype, the record for the fastest flight of a manned aircraft will be broken. ...... Successfully developed an effective and reliable boundary layer separation structure Previously, the nose intake was the optimal structure for light jets such as fighter jets and attack aircraft."

"In order to achieve a higher flight speed than the P-80 while still having sufficient range, the P-84 fighter gave up the thin wing and adopted a thicker wing that can store more fuel. The landing gear is stored in the wing, which improves the original cramped space inside the fuselage.”

"After the end of World War II, the United States has never stopped its pursuit of military hegemony, especially air superiority. The P-84 is a more mature fighter design than the P-80, but this is not the ultimate goal of the US Air Force. It is reported that in Germany After the unconditional surrender, the United States obtained a large number of aviation technical materials including the actual aircraft and drawings of the Me-262 jet fighter and the Ta-183 fighter plan, and absorbed useful technologies and designs from them to improve and develop new Jet fighter. This batch of technical materials and equipment seized from Germany was first obtained by North American Airlines. If they can quickly digest German technology, then North American Airlines is likely to be after the first flight of Republic Aircraft Company's P-84 project , Come up with a more advanced fighter plan designed by yourself, this is the P-86 fighter that has only been mentioned in rumors."

"The biggest conjecture about the P-86 fighter jet is how fast it will fly?"

"Germany discovered in the high-speed wind tunnel it built in 1940 that large-swept wings can delay the generation of shock waves when the aircraft approaches supersonic speed, but the problem of wingtip stall is not easy to solve, so in Me- Only a conservative compromise design was adopted on the 262. The real swept-wing fighter Ta-183 was not developed until Germany surrendered. However, the flying speed of the fighter should exceed 1000 km/h, even close to the speed of sound, and reach supersonic speed when diving , the swept wing is now the essential basic design."

After the article was basically completed, Tang Hua took out the calculation paper, pencil, and curve board, and began to draw the sketches of P-84 and P-86.Since it was drawn from memory, Tang Hua only drew the principles and concepts, such as the boundary layer turbulence of the side air intake, the shock wave of the straight wing and the swept wing, and then drew a picture from memory. A sketch of the P-86, claimed to be the author's own "speculative imagination".

When everything was in order, it was almost 8 o'clock in the evening.Tang Hua hurriedly summoned Lao Sun to prepare the dishes, and he and Liu Huagang read the manuscript directly at the dining table.

Liu Huagang flicked through the manuscript, more fascinated than in the afternoon, and almost forgot where his job was.

"The aircraft of the United States is really powerful. The American aircraft was already the strongest in the world during World War II. Now that he has developed such an advanced aircraft, will the US military be able to win a war just by bombing from the sky?"

"Your statement is a bit similar to Du Hei," Tang Hua said, "but the theory expounded in Du Hei's "Air Command" is still too advanced until today. Of course, this is the direction of future development. The United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom all Working in this direction, I personally predict that the United States will also separate the Army Air Force from the Army to become an independent service, and in the next ten years, the US Air Force may be the most important service. But as for the future Whether a war will be initiated and ended by air power as described in "Air Dominance" may take decades. But in the coming time, the role of air power in wars will become more and more Big, in the end, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and one day, a real war can be done using only air power."

"The young master really deserves to have drunk foreign ink in the United States, so he knows these advanced weapons so clearly. I wonder if the young master plans to serve as a consultant in the government like the old master?" Liu Huagang said.

Tang Hua smiled slightly, "How could the high-level officials of the government be interested in these things? They don't even know how to read this military magazine. If I'm right, the readers of this kind of magazine are only a small group of readers in Shanghai and Nanjing. middle-class petty bourgeoisie."

"That's not necessarily true." Liu Huagang adjusted his glasses and said seriously.

"Although my father has a part-time job, strictly speaking, he does not serve the government," Tang Hua said, "His position was arranged by Cai Xianchu, and it is within the purview of his polished commander. So bare-bones, I can occasionally fantasize about 'I still have a civil and military team', but this team is a bit bleak."

Chapter 5 second generation host

The two articles written by Tang Hua himself correspond to two potential customers.Although there is no relationship yet, Tang Hua just joined in by himself, but what if the customized service really comes one day?

In the 40s, the efficiency of the printing factory was not so high. Editor-in-chief Liu Huagang revised and proofread all the manuscripts, copied them once, and handed them over to the typesetting workers. Next to the two-meter-diameter wheel, they sorted and typed the characters one by one. They are all the most primitive. human mode.Then there is the plate making of pictures and photos.After the typesetting is completed, one mimeographed sheet is used for final proofreading, because at this time, typesetting workers often pick up wrong words, or pick the right words but the type is placed crookedly and upside down. On December 12, the pictures and texts of "World Military Pictorial" were in place. Eight days later, on January 25, Liu Huagang got the first sample, and it was not until January 8, 1 that it was printed in batches.

For half a month, Tang Hua took time to go to the hospital every day to chat with Tang Xiong—Tang Hua called him Lao Xun when there was no one there, and called him "Daddy" when there was someone.Other than that, just wander around.

"A magazine, a financial tabloid, a photo studio...is this your media group?" Tang Hua asked.

Lao Xun: "I only returned to Shanghai from Chongqing in September 45, and these are not bad."

What surprised Tang Hua the most was that Lao Xun actually invested in a film company called Minhua Film Company, and also participated in investing in many films made by other film companies, which can be regarded as squeezed into the entertainment industry.

"I can't think of it...my dad's thinking is so broad, it's too bad, I think there must be a female movie star who slept with my dad, do you know, old grandson?" Tang Hua's brain opened up, and his mouth trembled cleverly.

Sun Shi actually nodded seriously, and replied: "Master, I'll make a list for you right now, it's very good, to avoid embarrassment in the future."

Tang Hua was speechless for a while.Eyeballs looked up at the sky at a 75-degree angle, his expression froze for 30 seconds, and a few drops of cold sweat slowly trickled down from the side of his forehead.

"Old Xun, you bastard..."

1946 1 Month 10 Day.

Today should be the day when the armistice agreement (new version) was officially signed under the mediation of Marshall, but the major newspapers in Shanghai have not reported it yet, and according to common sense, the fastest will not be published until the next day.But today Tang Hua has something to do.Early in the morning, Sima Mianqun, Li Jichen's secretary, rushed to Tongren Hospital.He is also a senior member of the People's Association, and Tang Xiong still has some status within the People's Association faction. Therefore, after he fell ill, several big bosses were quite concerned. This is not the first time to visit him.

Sima Mianqun chatted with Lao Xun for a quarter of an hour, put down the gift, and Lao Xun also took medicine to rest.Sima Mianqun said to Tang Hua: "Young Master Tang, why don't we find a place to talk about things? Before we came to Shanghai, Mr. Li ordered us to have a talk with you."

Tang Hua nodded.

"Little Six," Tang Hua and Sima Mianqun got into the Ford, and Tang Hua said to the driver, "Go to Shiliupu."

"Brother Sima, the work of formulating the program and regulations for the promotion of civil society is already nine out of ten, right?" Tang Hua said to Sima Mianqun.

"Yes, Mr. Nanming has been preparing for this matter, and when drafting the program, he has extensively listened to the opinions of fellow comrades..." Sima Mianqun said, "Oh, Mr. Tang also guessed what happened?"

Tang Hua smiled.

"Oh, we've arrived at Shiliupu, Brother Sima, let's get off here and walk around casually, chatting while walking."

Pushing open the car door, Tang Hua and Sima Mianqun got out of the car. The smell of salted fish and a faint rancid smell came over their faces.

"This is Shiliupu. We can't go far to see the wharf, also called Shiliupu wharf," Tang Hua said, "This is one of the largest poor settlements in Shanghai. There are tens of thousands of poor people living here."

Tang Hua and Sima Mianqun walked less than 20 meters away when a cart pulled by an old ox came in front of them. Because there were many people and the road was narrow, the slow-moving ox cart stopped at every step.When approaching the two of them, Sima Mianqun suddenly discovered that what was being pulled in the cart was neither food nor goods, but a whole cartload of dead people.

"The weather is extremely cold, and the temperature dropped below zero two nights ago," Tang Hua said loudly amidst the noise, "The coolies here have no savings, not even a thick cotton coat.

The shipping industry has been in a downturn recently, and even Shanghai, the international trade window, has also fallen into depression, and coolies often cannot find jobs.People always have to eat, what to do if there is no food to eat?Beg along the street.With an empty stomach and ragged clothes, it is easy to get sick, and when you get sick, you have no money for medical treatment, so you die.

People in Shanghai call this kind of person who dies on the street Ludaoer, and in my hometown of Guangzhou, they call him Pujiezai.When I was very young, I heard someone call another person 'you are a street boy'. My mother said this very vicious curse.After I was a little older, I saw the real Pujiezi and understood.In today's China, from south to north, every city, every night, there are beggars on the corners of the streets.When the sun rises, there will always be some beggars who will never wake up again and become lulls.Over the past few days in Shanghai, more than 200 people were buried in mass graves outside the city every day by bullock carts. "

"The two beggars here, one old and one young, I guess they are a pair of father and son. The father looks very sick, I think it will not be long before he will become one of the roadside children, being driven by a bullock cart early in the morning take away.

The son's face was full of food, and it seemed that he hadn't had enough to eat for a long time. "Tang Hua took two steps forward, and handed a box of pastries brought out from the hospital to his son, "Brother Sima, these people are all healthy, hardworking, and willing to do any hard work to get enough to eat." I even traveled thousands of miles from northern Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shandong to get a job, but why can I only be a beggar now? "

Tang Hua and Sima Mianqun walked about 200 meters, stopped by a half-collapsed low wall, found a stone and sat down.Less than 10 meters away, there were two beggars who had just begged for a little food, and they were wolfing down in the corner.

"..."

"What I saw and heard today is very shocking." Sima Mianqun looked around and thought for a while. "... Mr. Tang can have such a body and look down on the world from this perspective. It is really beyond my expectation. In fact, your father has expressed similar views with us before, but Mr. Tang has just returned from studying abroad, and he can have such a beautiful view. With profound insight, with such a heart of worrying about the country and the people, like a father, like a son."

"One of the cores of our program for the promotion of people's livelihood is also people's livelihood. People's promotion is loyal to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary Three People's Principles, and believes that people should enjoy basic freedoms such as body, academics, thought, speech, publishing, meetings, and associations; promote the implementation of A planned economy based on people's livelihood, restraining private capital, promoting state-owned enterprises, and protecting private enterprises..."

"So, have any members of our confederation successfully implemented this program? Have our guild members implemented such a program?"

Sima Mianqun: "..."

Tang Hua: "The founding meeting of the CAGO should be held soon, right?"