Chapter 678 DC1 Twin-Engine Transport Plane

Chapter 678 DC-1 twin-engine transport aircraft

"I can give you a loan of 2 million Australian dollars, or even an interest-free loan." Arthur looked at Bayer with a flat gaze, and continued before waiting for the other party's reply: "But I also have two requirements."

First, acquire 30% of the shares of your head office at market price, and occupy at least 40% of the shares of the new branch.

Secondly, the branch will operate independently in Australia as a separate enterprise and cannot move any business away from Australasia without the permission of Australasia. "

For such an important chemical group, Arthur naturally does not want to see branches of the Bayer Group leave Australasia in the future.

The best way is to treat the branch as an independently operated enterprise in advance, and Australasia must also have a certain say in the branch.

"This." Little Bayer swallowed and said a little uneasily: "Are these conditions too harsh? What Bayer Group wants to establish is a wholly-owned subsidiary. We can allow Australasia to take shares, but We also need to have full say.”

"That is simply impossible, Mr. Bayer." Arthur said with some deep meaning: "The chemical industry is very important, and we don't want to see the company we have worked so hard to build go away from us one day.

Of course, you can rest assured that Australasia will not interfere with the operation of the company and will, as you said, provide policy support to the branch that is about to be built.

At least when it comes to building a new company, our interests are aligned. This is also the bottom line for Australasia, and I hope Mr. Bayer will consider it carefully. "

The lack of chemical companies in Australasia is indeed a current problem, but Arthur still understands the principle of erring on the side of shortage.

If he cannot control a certain say in the new company and completely guarantee that the new company will stay in Australasia, Arthur will not have much idea of ​​​​helping the Bayer family.

After all, the royal family's money didn't come from strong winds. How could it help a stranger for no reason?

Little Bayer fell into silence for an instant.

He was very clear about the meaning of Arthur's words. If the current Bayer Group wanted to enter Australasia, it had no other choice but to agree to Arthur's conditions.

After all, the current status quo in Australasia is decided by Arthur. If Arthur bans the Bayer family's trade in Australasia, there is really nothing the Bayer family can do.

So the question is, should we agree to Arthur's conditions and establish a joint venture branch in Australasia, or should we give up Australasia and look for other countries?

After a brief inner struggle, Bayer chose to agree to Arthur's conditions.

After all, there are not many countries that have not been affected by the economic crisis, and even fewer countries have economies and cultures that are not much different from those of Europe.

More importantly, these countries can also ensure that they are far away from the threat of war. Except for Australasia, which is the most suitable choice, other choices have too many problems and are not necessarily better than Germany, the headquarters of the Bayer Group.

Seeing that Bayer had agreed with his opinion, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You can discuss everything else with the Australasian government, including the location of the branch and the required equipment. supplies.

The $2 million interest-free loan will be approved soon, and Kent Butler will find you when the time comes.

As for the acquisition of shares of the German head office, you can also contact Kent Butler. As long as it meets the market value, the royal consortium does not lack funds. "

The Bayer Group developed into a world chemical giant in later generations, which is enough to show the ability of Bayer Jr., the leader of the Bayer Group.

Arthur acquired 20% of the shares of the Bayer family company. In addition to wanting to influence the Bayer family, he was also optimistic about the future development and profits of the Bayer Group.

Apart from anything else, after the economic crisis is over, the annual dividends from Arthur's 20% shares will be at least one million Australian dollars. Even as the Bayer Group grows larger, the dividends will also increase.

After hearing what Arthur said, Bayer hurriedly resigned and went to inspect a suitable place to establish a branch. At the same time, he told Germany that a cooperation had been reached.

As for Arthur, he also found new ways to cooperate with those companies.

In fact, it is not necessary to completely acquire those companies. You can let those companies build branches or factories in Australasia through cooperation and joint ventures to build factories, thereby improving Australasia's chemical and industrial aspects.

At the same time, with dual shares in the main factory and branch factories, plus control of the branches, there is no need to worry that these companies established in Australasia will relocate in the future.

It is believed that Australasia's stable economy and relatively peaceful environment will attract a considerable number of European companies to come to Australasia to establish joint venture factories.

Although these joint venture factories are not as secure as wholly-owned factories, they are at least much better than nothing.

Therefore, this matter also fell on David, the manager of European royal affairs. There are still many companies facing difficulties in Europe. If Australasia can provide financial help, I believe many companies are willing to establish branch factories in Australasia, or even give up most of the shares in the branch factories.

Just when Arthur was looking forward to more European companies coming to Australasia to build branches, Douglas Company also brought good news to Arthur.

Although Douglas had just moved to Australasia, it did not have much impact on the aircraft design and R&D department.

After all, the design and R&D department requires a lot of information and professional manpower. Almost all the experts in Douglas' aircraft design department came to Australasia, which naturally had no impact on Douglas' original R&D plan.

So what aircraft did Douglas develop?

Of course, it was the predecessor of the famous DC-3 transport aircraft mentioned earlier, the DC-1 that opened the famous transport aircraft series.

In fact, Douglas had already been researching twin-engine transport aircraft in the United States.

But the problem is that due to the size of Douglas, its research on engines is relatively backward.

But the weight of the cargo that a transport aircraft can transport is very dependent on the power of the engine. The performance of the engine is not strong, so the cargo that a transport aircraft can carry is naturally not much.

At Arthur's suggestion, Douglas and Boeing visited the Royal Aircraft Factory of Australasia successively and reached a cooperation with the Diesel Engine Research Laboratory.

The Diesel Engine Research Laboratory should be the most powerful engine research laboratory in the world. Even if the advanced jet engines are not considered, Diesel is still a rare talent in the field of ordinary engines.

After a lot of selection, Douglas chose Diesel's improved DE-2 engine.

This engine is a second-generation aircraft engine. Although it is not as good as a jet engine, it is also excellent enough in the engine field of various countries.

Foreign talents like Douglas and Boeing, although they have joined Australasia, they will definitely not be able to get in touch with jet engines in a short time.

This is also for safety reasons. It is impossible for anyone to get in touch with the most advanced technology in Australasia as soon as they come.

Of course, if Douglas and Boeing have passed the test, they will naturally get in touch with the most advanced jet engines and develop more advanced aircraft using jet engines as power.

Because they have had enough ideas about twin-engine transport aircraft for a long time, coupled with the help of Diesel's engine, Douglas' twin-engine transport aircraft development plan has been very successful.

In the previous period, Douglas built a simple model with the help of the Royal Aircraft Factory, installed two DE-2 engines as power, and the final performance data results were basically in line with expectations, and were successfully reported to Arthur.

Douglas named this transport plane DC-1, which is an all-metal monoplane and also the twin-engine plane that Douglas has been thinking about.

Looking at the basic data of the DC-1 transport plane provided by Douglas, Arthur was quite satisfied.

DC-1 adopts a two-person cockpit mode, can carry at least 12 passengers, has a maximum speed of more than 335 kilometers per hour, a theoretical cruising speed of not less than 255 kilometers per hour, a climb rate of up to 398 meters per minute, and a practical ascent limit of not less than 3548 meters.

Such data is a significant improvement compared to the Australasian passenger plane Big Belly No. 2 SF-2, which also proves that Douglas's ability in transport aircraft is indeed good.

Moreover, because it is a twin-engine transport aircraft, the design of this DC-1 transport aircraft also includes the setting of safe, stable and well-controlled takeoff and landing at a standardized airport when one engine is lost and fully loaded.

This also makes the DC-1 transport aircraft instantly surpass the SF-2 and become the most advanced transport aircraft in theory in Australasia.

Of course, all this is just theoretical data. Whether it can be realized will have to wait until the real experimental aircraft is built to know.

However, Arthur still saw many innovations on this transport aircraft that are different from the Australasia transport aircraft, which is enough to prove that the current US research and development in aircraft still has many advantages.

It can only be said that although Australasia leads the world in aircraft, it may not maintain its lead in some designs and ideas.

Even if it leads, it must not relax, because there are many countries behind it that are trying to catch up. This also makes Arthur very glad to acquire Douglas, otherwise, Douglas, which has survived the economic crisis, will definitely become a great help to the US Air Force.

Douglas uses a very innovative technology on DC-1, that is, the integrated central engine compartment and wing structure section.

The benefit of this structure is that it not only increases the strength of the wing, but also uses bolts to fix the outer wing to the central wing section, making the maintenance of the wing very simple.

This ingenious design is indeed not available on current Australasian aircraft. The introduction of two major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Douglas, can indeed take Australasian aircraft design to a higher level.

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