Spy Under Sky Chapter 160

In 1933, the Nanjing government and an American company signed a contract to jointly establish an aircraft manufacturing plant. American Airlines invested US$250,000 to build a 60,000 square foot factory to the north of Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport to manufacture aircraft parts and equipment and assemble and repair them.

Pay attention, and make a point: $250,000, or about 50,000 pounds or 800,000 French francs, can build an aircraft factory (before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the international exchange rate was basically stable at 1 pound = 5 dollars = 16.5 French francs = 25 francs = 10 rubles = 17 yen). When you see French francs, dollars, and pounds in the future, you must establish a correct concept of currency value, and avoid the jokes of those who easily own half an aircraft factory in the Anti-Japanese War dramas.

In October 1934, the Sino-US joint venture Hangzhou Central Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was built in Hangzhou Jianqiao. By the beginning of 1936, the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Factory had assembled and manufactured 30 fighters for the Chinese Air Force, produced 18 light bombers, 20 interceptors, overhauled 10 biplane fighters, and undertook the aircraft maintenance tasks for the Central Aviation School.

Therefore, it is self-evident what the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Plant meant to China at that time. Therefore, although it was a Sino-US joint venture, it enjoyed the treatment of a high-standard official institution. Just like the Provincial Government Confidential Archives Office, if you want to go in and arrest someone, you can only use the Security Department Investigation Unit with law enforcement power.

The deputy station chief of Hangzhou Station and the chief of the investigation section, Zheng Xianggu, was arrested by Xu Tiecheng and transferred to the court. The investigation section was actually in a semi-paralyzed state without a leader. Marcus Zhou and Henry Du originally planned to leave this issue to Duan Yinong to Hangzhou and negotiate with Xu Tiecheng a few days later, but they did not expect that at this time, Japanese moles were discovered in the Provincial Government Confidential Archives Office and the Central Aircraft Factory in Jiangqiao. It was time to mobilize the investigation section of the Security Department!