Zhao Yi didn’t elaborate, because he couldn’t really explain directly. After all, he couldn’t just say that he arrived and noticed the problems, could he?
"How did he find them?"
"How did he see the issues inside the fuselage?"
These things were inexplicable.
Zhao Yi decided to act decisively and take charge, regardless of what others thought, and he already held the highest authority in the project team.
Although Yuan Haitao was the Deputy General Manager of the Aviation Group, his position in the project was still below Zhao Yi, serving only as the ’Deputy General Commander’, while Zhao Yi was the absolute commander.
Zhao Yi did more than just have the project team dismantle the fuselage, he personally inspected each component and soon found a multitude of issues.
A lot of components were flagged as ’problematic’; since the base couldn’t resolve these issues on the spot, they were simply sent back to the factory for revision.
This imdiately complicated the assembly work.
That evening, Zhao Yi called everyone together for a brief eting and essentially said that they should revise the components as he directed and leave the assembly for last.
He Shulin was clearly very dissatisfied, imdiately demanding "a reason" on the spot.
Zhao Yi understood He Shulin’s feelings, responding, "Manager He, I’m not here to pick faults. If the Warhawk could be assembled and proceed to test flights without any major malfunctions, I wouldn’t have co here at all. The Warhawk is just one of my research interests."
He Shulin retorted, "Now that you’ve identified so many problems, we won’t et the planned schedule if we proceed to assemble. And can you guarantee that it will be ready for test flights after the assembly?"
The tuning of the latest fighter jets was just like with engines; it was already good if they could start. The initial phase was the lowest speed taxiing and testing various data to ensure there were no issues before attempting take-off and landing. It would slowly progress to test flights as tuning advanced.
A new model fighter jet requires a long ti from assembly to test flights.
Take the J-20, for instance.
From the assembly of the first aircraft to its official test flight, it took more than a year, during which it was dismantled and reassembled many tis.
After He Shulin’s question, thinking Zhao Yi was at a loss for words, he didn’t expect Zhao Yi to reply, "I can’t give a 100% guarantee that it will be ready for test flights. But, barring any major accidents, we could apply to give it a try."
"It still depends on the situation..."
Zhao Yi didn’t commit to a definitive answer, but from his tone, it was clear that he was quite confident.
He Shulin found himself speechless for a mont and unable to raise any objections.
The eting concluded.
The next day, everything was adjusted and corrected according to Zhao Yi’s instructions; assembly was no longer rushed.
In the project team, He Shulin was the most frustrated and suddenly the most idle, feeling that he was correct and clinging to his judgnt, yet realizing no one was listening to him anymore.
Previously, everyone followed his lead, but now everyone was heeding Zhao Yi’s.
The Warhawk team needless to say, would certainly follow Zhao Yi’s command; they had absolute trust in him. But what irritated He Shulin the most was seeing that even the people from inside the Group, who ford the majority, were now also following Zhao Yi’s lead, seemingly indifferent to him.
"This job is unbearable!"
Quivering with anger, He Shulin realized he couldn’t continue working in the group and called Liu Jiankun to make a ’small report’, "I might as well go back. Now that Zhao Yi is here, there’s no point in staying. No one listens to ."
He had expected Liu Jiankun to inquire about the situation or at least offer so comfort. However, he only heard the voice on the other end say directly, "Since Academician Zhao is there, why don’t you take a break for a while?"
"... Bang!"
He Shulin slamd the phone down and shattered it!
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