Blackstone Code

R\u0026D is the first vitality of an enterprise, and Lynch knows this better than anyone.

Even though the aviation patents and technologies of the Flight Research Institute are the best in the world, he did not reduce the research funding of the Flight Research Institute.

After spending a lot of money, the flight research institute's design of the new aircraft was basically perfected.

In Lynch's words, the now completed design has reached the true second generation and is not yet the original version.

The addition of flow mechanics and dynamics has greatly changed the appearance of the new aircraft from the past.

The appearance is more aesthetic, the wind resistance is smaller, the steering and lifting are more flexible, and most importantly, the speed is faster!

If the combat effectiveness of the aircraft currently produced by Blackstone Aviation is 1.5 and the combat effectiveness of the Pengeo Empire's fighter jets is 1.2, then the combat effectiveness of the new fighter jets theoretically exceeds 2.

This is already a qualitative change!

From the chief engineer's point of view, now that there is a better design and the war is still ongoing, better aircraft should be put into production. Not to mention helping the Federation win or something, at least it can make money, right?

Lynch was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. He smiled and shook his head, "No, not for the time being. At least there is no need to announce this to the outside world within this year."

"Our orders have been lined up until March next year, and it is in hot demand."

"And its new capabilities are enough to establish enough advantages for the federal air force in the fight for air supremacy. We don't need to replace it with new aircraft when it is just right."

"Not only will overflowing performance not bring us any profits, it will actually affect our subsequent development!"

Many companies have actually gone very far in research and development. They are selling first-generation products, but they have been able to put second-generation products into the assembly line. At the same time, they have produced third-generation samples in the laboratory and perfected the third-generation products. The theory of four generations of products...

Some companies even sell their first-generation products when their third- and even fourth-generation products have already reached mass production standards.

But why do these companies not immediately launch new products, but continue to sell what they are selling?

In fact, many people treat multiple problems as one problem. As long as they are separated into independent individuals, the reasons can be clearly understood.

When establishing a product, in addition to calculating the cost, a rate of return and sales market are also calculated.

In a capital society, if you want to persuade capitalists to spend money on a certain project, you must let them clearly understand how much return they can bring to themselves after their investment, and the return period.

When the first-generation product has not yet met the rate of return, or there is still a sufficient market and return cycle, blindly launching the second-generation product will only compress the market space and profit margin of the first-generation product.

Two products could obviously earn two hundred yuan, but they ended up making only one hundred and fifty yuan just because they were released in advance. This is obviously not in line with capitalists' pursuit of profits, and it is also not in line with the natural rules of the free market.

Therefore, only after the profits of the first-generation products are squeezed out, the second-generation products will be launched.

Of course, some companies solve this problem by stratifying their products. For example, first-generation products are for the low-end market, and second-generation products are for the mid-to-high-end market.

After the third-generation products are released, the first-generation products will be placed at the bottom, the second-generation products will be used for mid-to-low-end products, and the third-generation products will be used for mid-to-high-end products...

This is mainly done to gain greater market share. If market share is not considered and the product is unique, indispensable, and highly competitive, then there is no need to rush to upgrade the product.

The chief engineer does not understand this. He is now a qualified manager and a qualified researcher, but he is not a qualified capitalist.

Lynch will never give up on the first-generation aircraft without draining the last bit of blood from the product.

What's more, the most appropriate time is to wait until the sales of the first-generation aircraft are almost complete before launching the second-generation aircraft.

However, this incident also made Lynch realize that the Flight Research Institute can already achieve technical reserves, which is a good thing.

The war continues...

As the weather got colder, the frequency of fighting on Marillo began to decrease.

The cold air from the north moves south, and it is only November, and the temperature in the central and northern parts of Marillo has already reached subzero.

The Mariroans and the people of the Federation are well prepared for freezing. The extremely freezing climate has been present for several years. From being unsuitable at the beginning to gradually adapting to it, it can be regarded as an "evolutionary" process for human beings.

But Pengeo and its tributary countries were not adapted to such cold weather at all!

The Pengeo Empire is located in the subtropics, and its vassal states are all around it. They have never experienced such extreme weather, and naturally they cannot be prepared.

The Marillo rebels had warned them to pay attention to the extremely cold weather, but what to say about this kind of thing?

Just like someone said that the weather will be very cold for a few days, most people will not associate "cold" with "injury" or even "death"!

Winter also exists in the subtropics. For these outsiders, what they think of as "cold" is at most a little bit of snow. Wanwan didn't consider that it would be so scary!

This also led to extremely terrible non-combat attrition of these "outsiders" in extremely freezing weather!

Don't underestimate the climate problem. For example, some people who don't know the situation here may freeze to death in the middle of the night if they don't take measures to keep warm at night.

Even if you spend a night, you may lose your combat effectiveness because you are not familiar with some "taboos", such as touching iron products, such as rifles, with bare hands without protection...

During this period, the main materials used in weapon production were still steel and wood, and in terms of physical strength, steel was still the main material.

Until new materials are invented, only steel can ensure the normal use of weapons.

This also resulted in the hands of many foreign soldiers being stuck to their weapons. People who encountered this situation for the first time would be very anxious.

Some people try to pull their hands off the rifle, often with horrific results.

All the things that happened forced the Marillo rebels to shrink their forces and stick to some small cities or villages or towns.

According to their thinking, maybe everyone will take a truce this winter and wait for the arrival of spring.

But under such extreme climate conditions, the federal government is planning a winter offensive. They do not intend to let these resistance bureaus and outsiders have a peaceful winter...

At this time, in the north-central part of Marillo, people were hiding in their rooms or gathering around campfires.

The weather was too cold. A bearded man was sitting by the fire and shivering. He was too cold!

The thermometer hanging on the wall had stopped working long ago, and he even suspected that if the weather were colder, the bonfire in front of him would be frozen by the cold air.

There was no sound in the whole village.

Since the outbreak of the extreme freezing weather, people living in the north of Marillo have fled south. When the rebels discovered this village, it was already empty with no residents.

Now, this is one of the rebel garrison points, but it’s too cold!

The houses here are not that sealed, and there is no heating or anything like that. During this period, more than a dozen people have frozen to death.

When they went to bed at night, they also told the foreigners not to expose too much of their bodies to the outside and to wrap themselves in sheepskin.

But there are always some people...

Thinking of those unlucky people who were frozen into popsicles, an indescribable irritation appeared on the soldier's face.

These foreigners are more useless than imagined!

It’s not that he belittles these people, it’s that they are really useless!

Facing the federal attack, they are actually not much different from the local Marillo natives. They can't defeat them and then retreat in the same way.

The only difference may be that their formation is more complete when they retreat?

The soldier didn't know. In short, he didn't think this was a good thing. The arrival of these foreigners made the resistance more visible.

Before they came, when everyone picked up their guns, they were rebels, and when they put down their guns, they were civilians.

Now they have no chance to go back to the past and can only bite the bullet and walk out of the city. This is actually not what most of the rebels want!

The soldier looked around, then lowered his head and moved toward the bonfire.

In this damn cold weather, no one should attack.

Suddenly he raised his head in confusion. The roar of planes in the sky had already made him numb. He looked up and saw several planes flying in from the south, flying towards the west.

They may have discovered themselves and the bonfire in front of them, but the soldier didn't want to do anything. He just watched the plane flying farther and farther west of Chaohe River until it was completely invisible.

That's the direction of the port, the soldier thought to himself.

He continued to feel the warmth of the small campfire, and at the same time he also had a doubt in his heart.

It's so cold, aren't those pilots afraid of the cold?

He heard that the temperature in the sky was even lower than that on the ground. Are these people frozen into popsicles?

The soldier's knowledge and knowledge could not answer his curiosity. In fact, not only did the pilots not feel cold, but they were so hot that they sweated!

The federal government requested to launch a winter offensive to solve the problem of Marillo this winter. As an aircraft manufacturer, Lynch must cooperate.

The Department of Defense proposed modification ideas for various combat aircraft, and Lynch then arranged for engineers to carry out the modifications.

The heating method was also proposed by Lynch himself.

His idea is simple.

The aircraft engine usually needs to be cooled down, but now it doesn't, so why not use the heat generated by the engine to form several hot air ducts in the body.

In this way, as long as the aircraft takes off, the escape temperature of the engine can ensure the temperature inside the aircraft.

His idea was amazed by everyone at the Flight Research Institute, and these aircraft were test flights.

Once the test flight is successful, it proves that Lynch's heating method is effective. As long as the modification is completed, the winter offensive will break out!

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