Chapter 563: With a piece of cloth on my head, I am the richest in the world
Lei Qiang, fully clothed, stepped onto the plane. Now he is not only the chief test pilot of the J-10, but also the chief test pilot of the J-31A. Since the J-10 cannot be disclosed to the outside world for the time being, the J-31 A is the stage for his performance.
The engine at the rear finally started, and the roar kept ringing. Lei Qiang looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside, feeling a little excited.
“J-31A requests to take off!”
“You can take off, the performance lasts ten minutes, please pay attention to your safety!”
"receive!"
Lei Qiang pushed the accelerator lever all the way, and the engine at the rear roared. He once again turned on the afterburner luxuriously, and then released the brakes.
The J-31A started taxiing on the runway, getting faster and faster. After only sliding for three hundred meters, he pulled up the nose of the plane, and then the entire fighter jet soared into the sky.
The people around were stunned.
So fierce?
The takeoff and landing characteristics of the second-generation aircraft are very poor. The flight performances of the J-7 and J-8 are always slow. The third-generation aircraft rely on their high-thrust engines and excellent aerodynamic layout to take off very quickly. However, the fourth-generation aircraft I don’t know how, especially the domestic fourth-generation aircraft. Who knows how maneuverable this kind of aircraft is, which is designed with stealth in mind.
Now, as soon as it takes off, countless people cheer. This aircraft is so powerful. It not only has excellent stealth capabilities, but also has unambiguous maneuverability!
This is of course the credit of the 15-inch turbofan engine.
Although the weight is a bit heavy, the Turbofan 15 is a powerful engine with an afterburning thrust of 15.5 tons. In the current performance state, the entire machine is less than 14 tons, and the thrust-to-weight ratio has long exceeded 1. In this case, The aircraft will naturally have excellent maneuverability.
After taking off, the plane began to climb at a high angle of attack, with an angle of attack of 70 degrees, reaching straight into the sky, and the audience cheered again.
Beautiful, so beautiful!
Domestic fighter jets have never made such a move!
Lei Qiang in the cockpit is also extremely comfortable, and his maneuverability at this time is not inferior to that of the J-10 with a canard layout! If the J-10 were equipped with this kind of engine, wouldn't it be more powerful?
He regained his mind and continued to perform various pre-arranged dazzling movements. Although he did not have the over-stall maneuverability of the Su-27 and could not perform maneuvers such as Super Cobra, the pre-arranged maneuvers could It still attracted the attention of countless viewers!
The reporter’s camera kept snapping photos, capturing wonderful moments.
Among the crowd, several men with white cloths on their heads looked up at the performing aircraft, with astonishment in their eyes.
“This aircraft looks great.”
“Yes, we didn’t expect that there are such advanced fighter jets in the East!”
“This is the second stealth fighter in the world. We must purchase this aircraft so that we can effectively enhance our national strength!”
“Yes, then what are we waiting for? Go to the Mingzhou Group’s booth to discuss the purchase of this kind of aircraft!”
There was only one vertical take-off and landing fighter jet left on the stand. Zhao Dangsheng sat on a chair to rest and chatted with Qin Tao who had just walked over. When they saw several men with white cloths on their heads walking over, both of them were stunned. It's a thrill.
"Everyone, let me introduce to you. This is our Lord Salman. We have just been watching your aircraft performance and are very interested in this fighter aircraft of yours." One of them started to introduce in Chinese. .
“Yes, we want to take a closer look at the J-31A fighter. What is the specific performance of this fighter?” Salman said.
Qin Tao suddenly felt overjoyed. With a piece of cloth on his head, I am the richest in the world. I didn’t expect that a big financier would take notice of me!
"Our fighter is your best choice. Now, please ask our fighter designer to introduce it to you in detail." Qin Tao immediately pushed Zhao Dangsheng out, and at the same time looked around, our counter Is there a model of the J-31A here? Hurry up and get one for display!
Zhao Dangsheng explained eloquently.
"The future era must belong to stealth aircraft. There must be not only stealth attack aircraft, but also stealth fighter jets. Our J-31A is an advanced aircraft built through international cooperation under this kind of thinking. The fighter jet, according to your needs, should be an ordinary land-based fighter jet, and we will base it on the performance of the land-based fighter jet."
Most of the senior officials of the big dog companies knew English, so Zhao Dangsheng simply communicated with them directly in English. He explained the data of various aircraft in extremely detail, and also boasted about the tactics of various stealth aircraft, which directly shocked the people on the opposite side. Said with full interest.
“This fighter jet of yours has great performance. If we order it now, when can it be delivered?” Salman asked.
It’s good to have money. You don’t need to ask the price at all, just ask when you can get it.
"Sorry, if you are planning to purchase now, the delivery will have to be at least ten years later." Zhao Dangsheng said: "After all, our aircraft is built according to international cooperation. Before you, Several customers have already invested in R&D funds, and we must deliver to them first."
“How much are they investing in R&D?” Salman asked.
“The largest one invested US$500 million.” Zhao Dangsheng replied: “So, when the test flight is completed and delivery begins, we need to deliver to this customer first.”
“Then we invest one billion, no, two billion!” Salman said: “In this way, we should be able to become the largest participant in the research and development of this aircraft, right?”
Two billion dollars!
These words almost shocked Zhao Dangsheng to the point of fainting.
The research and development of fourth-generation aircraft requires a huge amount of funds, but Dongfang has always been economical. The entire research and development process of the J-10 only cost 4 billion yuan. The J-31A is a stealth aircraft, so it will definitely cost more, but the initial funds raised are already quite large.
Now, suddenly another two billion US dollars have arrived. Not only do we not have to worry about insufficient R&D funds until the research and development is completed, but there is still a considerable amount of funds that can be used to transform the factory's production lines. It can make factory production more efficient!
"Yes, if you can invest two billion U.S. dollars, you will be the largest R&D participant in this project. We can arrange for finalization of production in five years, and part of the production capacity will be allocated to you." Qin Tao immediately nodded.
Since you have spent so much money, of course it must be worth the money. You must make the money well spent.
“It will be finalized in five years?” Salman is obviously still a little dissatisfied.
"Yes, our aircraft is still in the test flight stage. The test flight will last for several years. The weapons carried on our aircraft are also under development. These all take time." Qin Tao said: "It is a stealth aircraft after all. , it is impossible for it to be finalized and equipped with troops soon like other ordinary aircraft."
Salman is still a little dissatisfied: "It still takes so long?"
"Of course." Qin Tao said: "For example, the airborne radar used on this aircraft will be an active phased array radar, which is one generation ahead of the current fighter radar. The research and development of this radar will cost a lot of money. Of course, it will take a long time. After it is developed, the performance will be the strongest. When it focuses all the beams together, it will be enough to detect enemy stealth aircraft dozens of kilometers away."
“For another example, its modern cockpit will use voice control, and we have to develop a version in your language.”
“Its weapon system is fully built-in. We are currently developing air-to-air missiles specifically for it and strive to put six in its built-in bomb bay.”
It does take a long time to say this. Salman can only nod: "Okay, we can wait, but we still have one request."
"Speaking."
“We hope to introduce the aircraft to the production line after it completes its test flight and is equipped with troops.”
Introducing a production line!
Zhao Dangsheng opened his eyes wide. This request was a bit too much. This is the most advanced joint fighter in the world! Even the Americans don’t have it. Of course we can only export the complete machine. If we export the production line, God knows if you will leak the secrets to the Americans? After all, your relationship with Americans is the best.
"We can talk about the introduction of production lines later. As long as the quantity you purchase is large enough, we will consider exporting the production lines in the future. You don't have to think about it so much now. Everyone, on behalf of Mingzhou Group, I welcome your efforts. The right choice, but I still want to remind you, if you encounter pressure, can you withstand the pressure?"
Arms export has always been not just a military matter, it will inevitably involve other aspects. These people in front of us are very rich, and funds are not a problem, but there will be big problems in other aspects.
The domestic weapons of these customers are almost all American-made, especially fighter jets. Since the 1980s, they have been operating the American-made F-15, which is a world-famous heavy-duty air superiority fighter with first-class performance. Their air power It is also ranked among the best in the world.
In later generations, they continued to introduce Typhoons and other fighter jets, so that there were more planes than pilots.
They are not short of money, but purchasing weapons such as fighter jets is not only a matter of money, but also involves more issues such as national defense policy.
After hearing Qin Tao's words, Salman frowned: "Yes, this is indeed a big problem, but we have no choice. The American JSF fighter project does not welcome us. If we want to obtain a stealth aircraft , then you have to purchase it from a third party.”
Seeing that the East is starting to build joint fighter jets, the Americans can't sit still and want to build advanced joint fighter jets, and they also use the method of international cooperation.
However, for Americans, allies are also divided into three levels.
The United Kingdom is the best partner of the United States and will also be the first foreign customer to receive JSF. Several other countries are one level lower.
What about the big dog owner in front of you?
You can join if you want to join, but you must meet certain conditions. For example, you must first sign a normalization agreement with the Kingdom of David.
Of course the big dog owners will not agree. If they sign, how can they become regional leaders? If they don't sign, it's impossible for the Americans to sell them this advanced aircraft. What if a big dog uses it to deal with the Kingdom of David?
If the Americans are willing to sell, the big dog owners will certainly not come to Dongfang. Now, they are also holding back their anger.
"In this case, you might as well sign an agreement with us." Qin Tao said: "For example, if you plan to purchase a hundred aircraft, if you give up in the end, you will have to compensate us a large amount of money."
Zhao Dangsheng felt a chill in his heart. Mr. Qin started to deceive customers again!
"In this way, if there is pressure from the outside during the process of this transaction, then you can say that if the project is terminated, you will need to compensate a large amount of money. Whoever puts pressure on you will get the money. "
Even Xu Zhengyang was shocked. Mr. Qin’s brain circuit is really difficult to understand!
However, customers really listened.
"Yes, this is indeed an excuse. We can sign a similar agreement. Even if we are forced to give up then, we will have to ask others to pay us a large amount of money!"
Xu Zhengyang was shocked in his heart, and Qin Tao had a smile on his face: "Of course, we still hope not to receive compensation. We hope that our weapons can become your trump card, just like those logs before. .”
The big business owners are very rich. One hundred million dollars for a log shocked the country like no other. Of course, such a rich man cannot be speculated using common sense.
“You can pay the two billion US dollars in five years, so that after five years, you can almost receive the first batch of fighter jets.”
After hearing Qin Tao's suggestion, Salman shook his head: "Of course not, this is too cumbersome. We will pay two billion US dollars in one lump sum. In this way, if someone wants to hinder our project, in addition to compensation, we have to pay Let us fill this two billion dollar hole."
What is a trench? Two billion US dollars can be paid directly in cash without any hesitation!
It is a pity that the navy of the big dogs is not very developed. It would be even more cool if we could sell them an aircraft carrier. Goudahu is a traditional big land country. Although it is bordered by the sea on both sides, it is a long and narrow sea area. In addition, it has a good relationship with the United States. Therefore, it is enough for Goudahu to have aircraft. There is no need for aircraft carriers. They do not have global deployment. Yes, as long as the security of the area can be maintained.
The agreement was signed immediately, and the funds would soon arrive. Qin Tao was pleased to see the big businessman away.
"Mr. Qin, the relationship between them and the Parthian Kingdom is not very good." Xu Zhengyang thought of something and said to Qin Tao with some worry: "Now that they have joined in, won't the Parthian Kingdom be dissatisfied?"
At that time, Parthia purchased Tomcat fighter jets, and the big dog owner purchased F-15. Anyway, the two sides cannot use the same fighter jet. Now, if they both purchase Tomcat fighter jets, I am afraid there will be problems!
"What's the point? Our fighter planes are to be sold all over the world. Even both sides of the war can purchase our fighter planes, not to mention only hostile ones."
There have never been any political strings attached to exporting weapons from the East. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can sell them. In the wars of the 1980s, the weapons used by both warring parties were purchased from the East. Even the procurement personnel of both sides were in the military of the East. Live together in the factory.
Of course, Qin Tao would not reject the big dog just because he avoided the Parthian state. The big dog was really rich.
"However, if the big players want to purchase our fighter jets, they will face many problems. The Americans will definitely not agree with this purchase and will definitely put pressure on the big players. If they don't purchase them by then, these investments will be lost." We will definitely not refund the funds.”
It is difficult for either the United States, Europe, or even France to intervene in the arms procurement of big players. At this time, suddenly turning to the East and purchasing a large number of fighter jets will definitely cause strong dissatisfaction among the Americans.
At that time, it would be better if there were some conflicts between them!
The J-31A's flight show has ended long ago, and the plane has taxied back again. Everyone is busy again. On the other side of the runway, another plane is getting ready to take off.
This aircraft is relatively large, with a single vertical tail rising high, and the heads of the two pilots are shaking in the cockpit.
"The Flying Leopard is also here." Qin Tao said with emotion: "This kind of aircraft is actually the mainstay of our navy!"
The J-31A is very high-end, and the J-55 is also very beautiful. However, these aircraft are either still under development or too expensive.
The Flying Leopard is different. This kind of aircraft is cheap to purchase and has moderate performance. Especially its long range makes the navy most satisfied: it can take off from Qiongzhou without in-flight refueling, fly around the southern seas and come back again.
Although runways have begun to appear in the southern seas, maintenance and maintenance are inconvenient after all. The Qiongzhou base is still the most important. Flying Leopard fighter-bombers rely on their long range advantages to become the most suitable equipment for the navy to patrol the southern seas.
Su-27 and Su-30 are of course also available, but they are too expensive.
Amidst the roar, the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber flew into the sky. It could only fly smoothly and rarely make maneuvers. It was definitely not on the same level as the J-31A just now.
However, Qin Tao values this kind of aircraft very much.
"That's right. Although this kind of aircraft looks ugly, it is currently the most valued aircraft of our navy." Just as Qin Tao was sighing, a group of people came over and looked at the familiar face at the front. Qin Tao smiled. He smiled: "Dad, are you here too?"
“Well, I just have free time today, so come over and join in the fun. I heard that you have just signed another contract with a big investor.”
"Well, we have signed a contract, but there are still many variables in it." Qin Tao nodded: "Dad, are you going back today? We will go back together."
Wu Shengli nodded: "Yes, we can go together."
"Mr. Qin, you spoke highly of our Flying Leopard fighter-bomber. We are very excited." said a person who came with Wu Shengli.
This man has gray hair and is in good spirits. He is Mr. Chen, the designer of the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber!
“Mr. Chen, I am a ship builder and have no experience in building airplanes.”
There was a smile on Mr. Chen's face: "Yes, you have little experience, but in the end you built the J-31A and became the most famous joint fighter in the world. Those of us who specialize in aircraft can't compare. You are an amateur!"
"This is unintentional." Qin Tao said: "Mr. Chen, your Flying Leopard should have been finalized and equipped with troops, right? For our navy, the Flying Leopard is indispensable!"
"It's a pity that this kind of aircraft is already outdated as soon as it was developed." Mr. Chen said: "Its overall level is actually still at the level of a second-generation aircraft. If we make some improvements and even turn it into a stealth aircraft, then Enough!"
Speaking of this, Mr. Chen’s eyes were full of expectation.
As the chief designer of Feibao, Mr. Chen certainly hopes that this aircraft will have more advanced capabilities. The Mingzhou Group's J-31A fighter is already a powerful stealth fighter and has been recognized by many foreign customers. They also hope to develop similar types of aircraft.
Stealth Panther?
Qin Tao thought about it seriously, then shook his head: "Mr. Chen, this may be very difficult."
“Mr. Qin, please speak.” Mr. Chen listened attentively.
"Our Flying Leopard fighter-bomber is positioned in the Navy as a carrier aircraft for anti-ship missiles. If it is improved to be stealthy, it means it will have a built-in bomb bay. We carry big guys, and it is not easy to build a bomb bay. It can be accommodated, especially those big missiles in the future."
Currently, the standard equipment of the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber is four YJ-81 missiles. In the future, it will be equipped with YJ-83, and even YJ-12, etc. Each one is bigger than the other. If you want to stuff the built-in missiles It's not easy in the cabin.
If it can only be plugged in, it will lose its invisibility.
“The mission of the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber in our army is to be a bomb truck. You should improve it from this perspective, especially its ultra-low-altitude flight capability. It is best to make some improvements to its wings.”
In later generations, the Flying Leopard was used extensively, not only by the navy, but also by the air force, and was often used for high-intensity training. As a result, there were some flight accidents. These are related to the original design of the Flying Leopard. Even ultra-low-altitude penetration at sea Well, the Flying Leopard is really not suitable for low-altitude and high-speed penetration on land. The wings don't even have leading edge flaps, and the low-altitude performance is very poor.
If you want to improve, you still have to make changes in this direction. Anyway, although there are a lot of rumors in later generations, Feibao has never made a stealth modification.
Mr. Chen nodded: "Mr. Qin, you are right. Our production has already started, and the next improvements must be put on the agenda. The direction of improvement must not be wrong."
"Taozi is right. You should not engage in stealth. It is most appropriate to improve the basic performance of this aircraft." Wu Shengli also agreed with Qin Tao's words. Think about the huge YJ-12 hanging on the Flying Leopard aircraft. Looking at the scene under the wing, you can tell that this thing is absolutely impossible to be built inside.
(End of this chapter)