Chapter 198 Helping in times of need
The AK630 close-in defense gun still has a certain power. With a rate of fire of several thousand rounds per minute and a reserve of two thousand bombs, it can set a target for an incoming anti-ship missile under the guidance of the fire control radar. The metal storm composed of cannonballs is still no problem.
Although its accuracy is not high enough and the shell scattering area is relatively large, it is still very confident to intercept a subsonic anti-ship missile without performing terminal snake maneuvers due to the quantity. successful.
According to Qin Tao's idea, he wanted to display this domestically produced PJ13 naval gun, which was improved from the AK630 close-in defense gun, and use it as a defense weapon for the Siamese country to build an aircraft carrier. However, he did not expect that the catamaran missile boat was too good. The Kingdom of Siam actually submitted a purchase application.
Can it be exported?
Qin Tao has no say in this matter. After all, this weapon is one of the few weapons that the Navy has in its arsenal. It cannot be sold for money. The Navy will continue to order it, and the Mingzhou Shipyard can continue to produce it, so there is no need to export it.
After hearing what the big shot said, Wu Shengli thought for a moment, and then said: "This kind of missile boat is currently only suitable for mobile operations in offshore areas. It is used by us to fight guerrillas at sea. It has a displacement of only more than two hundred tons and no air conditioning equipment. No We know whether it can adapt to the combat environment in tropical waters. If you have needs, you can ask Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group to conduct some adaptability research. After the research, you can make a choice. Wouldn't it be better?"
What Wu Shengli said makes sense. Is the 022 missile boat really designed for the tropical environment? After all, there is no need for this kind of offshore defense missile boat to jump to the South China Sea to fight. There is no special air-conditioning system on the missile boat. , inside this iron/aluminum alloy shell, the temperature is estimated to be 60 or 70 degrees Celsius, which simply cannot keep the sailors energetic enough to fight.
So, this requires some research.
Delay it for a period of time first, and then decide whether it can be exported after careful study. Anyway, Mingzhou Shipyard has the aircraft carrier construction contract and is already so full of food that it doesn't care about this.
Summer is coming to an end and the weather in the capital is pleasant.
After returning from the sea, the guests from Siam carefully studied the various parameters and quotations of the Sea Sidewinder and the PJ13 close-in defense gun. After a day of careful consideration, the big shot finally made a decision.
The quality is reliable, the firepower is ferocious, the interception success rate is high, and the price is cheap. What can I say? Just install these weapon systems on their aircraft carriers!
In this way, in addition to some electronic equipment on the ship island that needs to be imported from the West, the weapon systems are also directly assembled by Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group.
"We are very interested in the Yak-141 carrier-based aircraft. I wonder if there is a chance to visit it?" Just after the entire contract was signed, the big man put down his pen and suddenly asked such a question.
Visit Yak-141?
Qin Tao's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Sure enough, he had gone too far and the other party was serious!
All the Chinese representatives present were very embarrassed. Everyone knew that the so-called Yak-141 was Qin Tao's trick to deceive people. It was the most important bargaining chip to win the aircraft carrier order. They originally thought that it would be enough if they deceived people. But now, I didn’t expect that people actually took it seriously and now asked to visit!
At this time, you must not show any cowardice. Although the contract has been signed, the other party has not made the down payment yet. If you know that Qin Tao is talking about the truth, it would be okay. Not only may the order be ruined, but it may also affect the The reputation of arms sales to the motherland!
Qin Tao's mind was thinking rapidly. If it was through official channels, it would definitely not work. After all, if an officer from Siam appeared at Lao Maozi's place, it would definitely cause a sensation in the world.
But if you put it another way, it's very simple.
So, a smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "Of course there is no problem, but we can only use unofficial methods now. You can send one or two officers to pretend to be our people. You can first go to Yakovlev to design I would like to visit the bureau. As for formal procurement, that will have to wait until a few years later. By that time, our navy's aircraft carriers will also be built, and we need to purchase a batch. This will give us room for operation. I hope you can understand. "
After all, this is related to international politics. When other brains said this, the big man hesitated for a moment, and then nodded: "Then, let's keep Lakul and his adjutants, Mr. Lao Qin will take them to the Red Army. Let the empire investigate.”
LaCour nodded: "Yes, *Exit."
Qin Tao let out a long breath and left Lakul, that would be better. Now Lakul and Qin Tao are already good friends.
Wu Shengli stood aside and broke into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, Qin Tao solved the problem. When Qin Tao proposed an unofficial method and pretended to be one of his own personnel, Wu Shengli had already guessed Qin Tao's plan, and this was the only way.
However, if you want to visit, such a good opportunity cannot be wasted! Should we also send a few aviation experts to follow Qin Tao to see what he has to offer?
Well, you must, this opportunity is not to be missed!
The big shot had a lot of things to do. He came here to visit the sea show, signed a contract, and had some state exchanges. On the third day, he returned to Siam, leaving only Rakul and his adjutant.
The navy also acted very quickly. In a short period of time, it collected a boatload of good things for Qin Tao, including cans, ham, flour, wine... everything was done according to the old rules, and the navy could also take part of the benefits.
Qin Tao stood on the bow of the boat, facing the sea breeze, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Are you a shipbuilder or a second-rate dealer? As the boss of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group, the time spent running around as a second-rate dealer is much longer than the time spent in the shipyard!
“Qin, why do we have to bring so many things?” Lakul asked Qin Tao.
The adjutant he brought with him is a language proficient and can speak several languages. Now he can act as a translator. Rakul sometimes speaks simple English to communicate with Qin Tao, and sometimes speaks Siamese directly, and then asks the adjutant to To translate.
"Because we want to make friends with Lao Maozi." Qin Tao said: "Rakul, my friend, after you get there, you'd better stay silent and don't speak to avoid exposing your identity."
We are all of the yellow race, so if we don’t open our mouths to speak, Lao Maozi won’t notice anything unusual.
Rakul nodded: "I know, my identity is Zhao's distant relative."
Rakul and his adjutant were assigned identities. Rakul was a distant relative of Zhao Ling, and they were closely related by blood. Therefore, it was understandable that they looked nothing alike.
LaCour looked around, and then saw an old man and a young man standing on the other side of the deck, and said, "What are their identities?"
“They are our domestic aviation experts. They will go to Lao Maozi’s Pacific Fleet to inspect aviation equipment. When the time comes, they will make a request to see the Yak-141.” Qin Tao said.
His eyes looked at the two people over there. At this time, the two people were also looking over and smiled at Qin Tao's eyes.
“Mr. Gu, it’s windy on the sea. Don’t catch a cold. It’s better to go back.” Qin Tao said to the older man.
Both of them are from the 601 Institute in China. The older one is named Gu and is respectfully called Mr. Gu. The younger one is a middle-aged man in his thirties and is called Sun Chong.
(Everyone should know about these two people. In fact, the Hero of East China also likes the 611th Institute. In the big power aviation, you can feel the hatred of the Hero of East China for the Northern Institute. However, now we are going to see the carrier-based aircraft. As we all know, the carrier-based aircraft was developed by 601, and the vertical take-off and landing fighter aircraft our country developed in the 1960s was also developed by 601. So after thinking about it for a long time, we decided to invite these two to appear. Our J-10 still has There are J-20s, but they can’t board the ship, so we won’t involve the 611th Institute for the time being.)
There was a smile on Mr. Gu's face: "It's okay, my old bones are still strong. This time I can go to Lao Maozi with Mr. Qin for a private inspection. It's a rare opportunity. It's been decades!"
Although the Su-27Sk fighter jets will be assembled in the 112 factory in the future, and then the 601 research institute will study the above technology, and finally produce the J-11, but that is all for the future. Now, the contract for the first batch of Su-27SK, It is also a method of directly purchasing the complete aircraft, which does not involve assembly. Therefore, those of them at the aircraft design institute have not yet had the opportunity to come into contact with Lao Maozi's aviation technology.
Mr. Gu was very excited when he thought about going there this time to inspect the famous Yakovlev Design Bureau.
Sun hurriedly spoke on the side: "The Yakovlev Design Bureau was so brilliant in the era of propeller aircraft, but in the jet age, how come it was taken away by Mikoyan and Sukhoi?"
Sun Chong, who is in his thirties, has been working at 601 Institute for nearly ten years. He graduated from Capital University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, first engaged in avionics, and then in complete aircraft, and now he has gradually begun to show his talents.
He is naturally very interested in things in these industries.
Hearing what he said, Qin Tao sighed with emotion: "There are personal abilities of Mikoyan and Sukhoi, as well as personal relationships. However, when it comes to military aircraft research and development capabilities, Yakovlev Design Bureau also has many capable people. Yes. Let’s go this time and build a good relationship. From now on..."
As expected, it was inconvenient to bring Lakul with him. It would be easier to talk if we were all on our own. However, for the sake of a large order of more than 300 million US dollars, Qin Tao still had to be more enthusiastic.
Excluding the crew, there were six people in the group who were really going to inspect Lao Maozi's place. Zhao Ling was also transferred over. This has almost become a routine.
"The frigate is here to pick up the ship?" Lakul was surprised when he heard Zhao Ling's words. The personal relationship between Mr. Qin and Lao Maozi is so good, right?
Qin Tao smiled: "We are all old friends. From now on, our business will reach the waters of Siam. If necessary, we will probably have to ask your navy to help us."
Rakul immediately patted his chest: "No problem!"
Time passed quickly on the ship, and soon they entered Lao Maozi's waters. Sure enough, a Lao Maozi frigate came over with black smoke. There was even a helicopter flying over, and several naval infantrymen came directly. The plane came down.
“Hello, my old friends, it’s nice to see you.” Qin Tao warmly extended his arms to Zaitsev and hugged him. This has almost become a normal meeting etiquette.
This kind of hug is nothing. When Brezhnev was still alive, he felt that hugs were not enough to express enthusiasm, so he went a step further. Two men hugged and gnawed together. The scene was so spectacular that it even became a propaganda poster. , when the Iron Lady went on a visit to the Red Empire, she guarded against Brezhnev and did not let him succeed.
“Come, Zaitsev, let me introduce to you. These two are experts from the 601 Institute in our country. They came out to see the world. The two here are relatives of Zhao.”
Zaitsev shook hands with everyone enthusiastically: "Welcome to the Soviet Union. Since you were brought by Qin, you are our friends. I hope you can have a good time in Vladivostok."
That afternoon, the ship docked and everything was familiar. Qin Tao took Zhao Ling to Nikolai's office, and the other four people, led by Zaitsev, wandered around the port.
"Qin, all the things agreed last time can be shipped out. However, the modern-class ship will have to wait for a while." After seeing Qin Tao, Nicholas said.
Qin Tao nodded: "Well, I'm not in a hurry. When you finish the process, I'll come and drag it away."
After the two of them discussed and settled the deal of selling goods, the phone rang.
Nikolay picked up the phone, and Zaitsev's voice came from the phone: "Hey, Comrade Nikolay, these guests have seen our Yak-38 fighter jets. They heard that we have a more advanced vertical take-off aircraft here. I want to drop a fighter jet and have a look."
"Really?" Nicholas thought for a moment and then said: "They just crashed a prototype recently. The Navy is very sad. If this project succeeds, it can be used on our existing heavy-duty aircraft carrier cruisers. Since our distinguished guests want to go, I will take them there to see if there is any hope for this project."
Hearing Nicholas say this, Qin Tao suddenly realized, yes, why did he forget? The famous Yak-141 crashed a prototype in 1991!
Good airplanes are all thrown out. The third-generation airplanes currently in service in the world have crash records during test flights. The only one that has broken this curse is the domestic J-10.
The Su-27 also crashed during a test flight. However, it is a key project of the Homeland Defense Air Force. The Yakovlev Design Bureau is originally not loved by father and mother. A crashed prototype is enough to make them crash. Into the abyss.
“Nikolai, my friend, the Yakovlev Design Bureau crashed the plane?” Qin Tao asked Nikolai: “Their plane was smashed into tatters, I wonder if it can be sold?”
Nicholas' face was filled with joy. Yes, he almost forgot that Qin Tao often likes to collect rags when he comes here!
“I don’t know, we can go and have a look.” Nicholas said.
At the beginning, it was just out of the relationship between friends and I took the guests to see it, but now, with benefits, it is different.
Even though the Yak-141 is an era-defining aircraft, no one is optimistic about this project. The Navy has also begun to build a ski-jump aircraft carrier like the Kuznetsov. In the future, the carrier will be based on the Su-27K Mainly, therefore, the Yak-141 is even likely to be directly terminated.
Since they are all unnecessary things, it is normal to sell them.
When thinking of this, Qin Tao suddenly had an idea. This is a good opportunity. If he goes over now, wouldn't it be a timely help? Anyway, the aircraft that the Yakovlev Design Bureau has been painstakingly developing for more than ten years has been abandoned by the Maoist government. So they have to be given a way to survive. If the Yakovlev Design Bureau gets a sum of money, they can continue their work. Researched.
Coming early is worse than coming by chance. I originally thought that Yak-141 dropped the prototype, which was bad news for me, but now I changed my mind and it became a good thing.
“Nicholas, my friend, I need your help.” Qin Tao smiled and talked about his plan with Nikolai.
Anyway, it was just a plane that an old man didn’t want. Nikolai didn’t have any psychological burden, so he readily agreed.
Yakovlev Design Bureau.
Chief designer Alexander Yakovlev looked at the pile of broken wreckage in front of him with complicated eyes.
(I really didn’t find out who the current designer of the Yakovlev Design Bureau is. I just found out the designer of the Yak-38. There is still only one name. He is probably the son of the old Yakovlev, who is the same as the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Similar, I don’t know if it is correct, if anyone knows, please let me know. He is a tragic figure. He has been engaged in vertical take-off and landing aircraft for most of his life, and he was about to achieve success, but in the end, it was gone. This name is the same as the previous Alexander. I have a name, but I can’t help it. This name is probably as common as our Xiao Ming.)
Alexander felt that this life was extremely hard. When he took over the Yakovlev Design Bureau, World War II had passed, and the glory of the past was gone. They had designed several jets for the army, but they were all squeezed out. They have reached the edge, so they can only survive in the cracks and build training aircraft and regional airliners.
When the Navy needed vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, they were moved and took over the task. After all, the Navy had only a small number of carrier-based aircraft, and neither MHV nor Sukhoi looked down on them. In this way, this task fell to them. In their hands, after more than ten years of hard work, they finally developed the prototype Yak-36 into the mature Yak-36M, also known as the Yak-38, which was deployed on several heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruisers, each carrying a The quantity is almost single digits.
Due to performance flaws, their Yak-38 was nicknamed the Peace Dove and Mast Defender by the Navy. However, they were not discouraged. In 1974, Moscow issued a pre-research project for a second-generation vertical take-off and landing fighter. Not surprisingly, their Yakovlev Design Bureau won the bid again.
If you want to revive the Yakovlev Design Bureau, you can only place your hopes on this new vertical take-off and landing fighter! This aircraft, codenamed Yak-41, was slowly produced under Alexander's hands.
From 1975 to the present, Alexander has been focusing on the design of this vertical take-off and landing fighter. Unfortunately, due to a shortage of funds, it was not until 1987 that they obtained enough funds to build two prototypes. At the same time, the aircraft model has also changed to Yak-141.
That's right, there are only two of them. One of them has to be dragged to the static test bench for static testing. The only one that is actually tested is the one in front of me. After more than two hundred hours of test flight, it fell. Came down.
"When we were developing the Yak-38, we never crashed the aircraft. The cause of this crash must be thoroughly investigated. We are currently studying the flight control code. The fault is likely to be caused by the flight control." Next to Alexander , Assistant Andre said.
The most dangerous part of this kind of vertical take-off and landing fighter is the take-off and landing stage. Therefore, the plane also fell down at this time. Due to the low flying altitude, the plane did not break into parts, and the entire aircraft still maintained its original shape. The shape is just slightly flatter.
So, they can completely study what went wrong based on the wreckage of the plane.
Since the plane fell, they immediately set up a tent on top of the plane to protect it from the sun and rain and to cover up the faulty parts.
At the same time, they will also investigate in the order of software first, then hardware. For flight safety, this aircraft uses the most advanced three-redundant full-authority digital fly-by-wire control system. This is the first one in the Soviet Union. Even the famous Su-27 uses analog fly-by-wire operation.
Because there is no experience, it is very likely that a defect in the control system will cause the plane to crash. There is no other way but to continuously summarize through experiments.
“Yes, it is most likely caused by a defect in the flight control, but we no longer have the funds, and it is too difficult to build more prototypes,” Alexander said.
“Can we still repair this plane?” Andre asked.
Repaired? The plane was flattened and the main beam and frame were crooked. How could it be repaired? The difficulty of repairing it is almost the same as rebuilding it.
“If Moscow can allocate more funds to us, even if it only allocates five million rubles!” Alexander clenched his fists. Do you want to go to Moscow again and ask those big men for help?
(Why does it feel that the treatment is similar to that of Yun Shi back then? I cannot help but be loved by my mother and father, so I am completely marginalized and left to fend for myself.)
“Comrade Alexander, Comrade Alexander, I have a call for you. It’s from the Pacific Fleet.”
At this moment, someone ran over.
Pacific Fleet? Are you here to ask about the cause of the aircraft failure? Alexander's hopes grew.
When he finished the call, his face was extremely solemn.
(End of this chapter)