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Chapter 925 The unimaginable thing
After a while, Zhang Qihang said: "Old man, if I remember correctly, it seems that Lao Maozi's place is an air test bench modified from an Il-76 transport plane?"

"It seems that there is such a thing," Mr. Feng thought for a while, and he was not very sure: "It seems that at the Moscow Air Show in August this year, the Da Mao's Test Flight Academy invited comrades from our National Test Flight Academy to visit their The test flight facilities and equipment seem to be selling their Il-8 air test flight platform to us..."

Speaking of this, Mr. Feng looked at Zhang Qihang and asked cautiously: "You are not going to build an air test platform yourself?"

"That's not enough," Zhang Qihang shook his head again and again: "But I'm thinking, since the old man is willing to sell us even the core equipment in the field of aviation R&D and manufacturing, such as the air test flight platform, then if we propose to rent it, it should be fine. Question?"

Mr. Feng Guoqing was taken aback when he heard that: "Rent?"

"That's right, rent," Zhang Qihang said: "The old man dares to rent out nuclear submarines and strategic bombers. Let's rent a non-threatening aero-engine air test bench. There is nothing wrong with that, right?"

Strictly speaking, what Lao Maozi leased to India was the Tu-95 "Albatross" maritime anti-submarine patrol aircraft developed based on the Tu-142 "Bear" bomber, not the Tu-95 "Bear" is a strategic bomber, but Tu- 142 "Albatross" maritime anti-submarine patrol aircraft can not only perform anti-submarine and patrol missions, but also retains the ability to build-in bomb bays and external weapons, which means that it still has the functions of "strategic bomber" and "early warning aircraft". 142MR is even a relay communication platform for Soviet Navy ballistic missile nuclear submarines.

If anyone insists that Tu-142 is an "anti-submarine patrol aircraft", then in August 15, when we held the "Joint Sea-8" maritime exercise with Da Mao, Da Mao used Tu-2015 to play the role of carrying anti-ship missiles P-142C "attacked" the third ship "Taizhou" of my country's "Modern" class destroyer, and at the same time mobilized surrounding forces to coordinate operations. Therefore, even if Tu-3 has become Tu-95, it is still essentially the same. A strategic bomber capable of precise strikes outside the defense zone—of course, how much the third brother can use such a powerful weapon is another matter.

"..."

Mr. Feng Guoqing stopped talking, and he began to ponder.

Before this, he had never thought of renting an aero-engine air test platform from Lao Maozi, but only thought about how to find a way as much as possible to allocate more test resources from the Bashu test platform, but now he heard what Zhang Qihang said, The old man couldn't help being a little moved: Since the old man is willing to sell us the Il-76 air test platform, it seems that it is not impossible to rent it?
Thinking of this, the old man hesitated and said: "This...it seems not impossible, but I just don't know what the asking price is for the old man...The old man has always been relatively dark..."

Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "That's simple. Didn't the comrades from the Piloting Academy have contact with the Da Mao Piloting Academy? Let's ask the comrades from the Piloting Academy about the situation at that time."

"Can this work?"

Mr. Feng was somewhat worried.

Compared to Mr. Feng's worries, Zhang Qihang is more open-minded: "There is nothing wrong with this. We are not looking for them to inquire about state secrets, but just looking for them to learn about some foreign situations."

"This is also..."

Mr. Feng was persuaded: "Then do your best. If the Bashu test flight platform strongly supports our work, we will give priority to cooperation with the Bashu test flight platform, but if the Bashu test flight platform is too busy..."

Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded: "You are right."

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Based on the current relationship between Huateng Industrial Group and the Air Force, it is definitely not okay to inquire about things that are too confidential, but it is still no problem to ask the comrades of the Flight Test Institute to inquire about the situation of the Da Mao Family Test Flight Institute. The industrial group sent two visiting invitations.Yes, nominally to invite comrades from Huateng Industrial Group to visit the flight test institute.

The person in charge of receiving Zhang Qihang was Comrade Cai Liang, the vice president of the Flight Test Institute. Comrade Cai Liang was in his 50s, with gray hair and a strong scientific temperament. He talked about going to Moscow to participate in the air show this summer. Cai Liang The comrade said with a smile: "I didn't go to the previous Moscow Air Shows. I was busy with the work at hand. In July this year, I was almost busy with the work at hand. Lao Shen told me, Lao Cai Ah, you've been busy for the past two years, and it's time to rest your head. Just in time, isn't this old man inviting us to participate in the air show? You can lead the team to have a look, and take a rest by the way, and I will go with the comrades passed.

Before, I only heard comrades say how poor and difficult Da Mao’s family was, and I was more or less half-believed. I always felt that this was the big brother at any rate. The family background was so rich, even if the offspring were not successful, but such a thick family background, no matter what happened, it would not be able to support it. many years?But after I arrived in Moscow, I realized that what the comrades said was true. The current big brother is really poor. Let’s take the Da Mao’s Flight Test Institute, which was the top unit of the aviation industry in the Soviet era, as an example. You can't even imagine how difficult the life is:

Due to the serious shortage of government financial allocations, most of the test flight work has been stopped, and even the daily wages cannot be paid. When we arrived, several leaders of the Da Maojia Test Flight Institute came to us secretly at night and asked Can we buy two Su-27UB two-seat twin-engine combat trainers from their flight test institute? There is only one reason why they sell these two Su-27UB combat trainers, and that is to pay everyone. "

Zhang Qihang took a breath when he heard this: "Isn't it? Is it so difficult for this?"

Although we know that the Da Mao family is very difficult, but the majestic Da Mao's test flight institute is so difficult that it needs to sell fighter jets to pay everyone's wages, which is beyond Zhang Qihang's imagination.

"Ha ha……"

Hearing what Zhang Qihang said, Comrade Cai Liang smiled: "Where is this? Xiao Zhang, do you know the price of these two combat trainers? Well, you can make a bold guess."

"This..." Zhang Qihang thought for a while, and tentatively offered a price: "It must be 1000 million US dollars, right?"

"1000 million U.S. dollars? Hehe..." Hearing Zhang Qihang's quotation, Comrade Cai Liang smiled happier: "Xiao Zhang, you are still conservative...well, I won't play tricks on you anymore, two Su -27UB Combat Trainer Aircraft packaged together for $400 million."

"How many?!"

Zhang Qihang let out an exclamation, and he extremely doubted whether he had heard it wrong: this is the SU-27UB, which can be used as a trainer, to train pilots, and can also perform combat missions alone. The Su-27, the two-seat trainer combat type Su-27 was developed after the Su-27, which means that some problems on the previous Su-27 have been improved and corrected by the Su-27UB. At the same time, it also means that the cost of the Su-27UB is higher than that of the single-seat Su-27. Qiansan 90 million, but now, the package price of two Su-27UBs is only 27 million yuan? !

This is no different from giving away.

Seeing Zhang Qihang's reaction, Comrade Cai Liang was very happy, and said with a smile: "It's 400 million yuan. The two Su-27UBs have only been tested for less than 300 hours. Compared with its design life, it is a bit too much to say that it is a brand new machine, but there is no problem at all if it is [-]% new, hehe..."

"..."

Zhang Qihang was speechless again: at least 2000 million yuan a plane, Lao Maozi insisted on selling it for 200 million yuan, this is really poor and crazy.

However, Zhang Qihang was smart enough not to ask whether the Flying Test Institute bought the two Su-27UBs, although in Zhang Qihang's memory, there was a high probability that he bought them.He nodded again and again and said, "I really have learned a lot... Dean Cai, can you talk about their aerial test platform?"

Comrade Cai Liang was very talkative, nodded, and said cheerfully: "Okay, then I will talk about their aerial test platform. At that time, the Da Maojia Test Flight Academy exhibited at the air show a fuselage number 76492. The air test bench is converted from an Il-76MA transport aircraft. This test bench has tested the PS-90A engine and the NK-93 ducted propfan engine of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau.

When we went to visit the air show, there was an NK-93 ducted propfan engine hanging on the air test stand. Good guy, when I saw this engine, my comrades and I were stunned. , everyone can't imagine that an aero engine can still be designed like this...

Having done business with us for so many years, Da Mao also knows that our family is rich, and the business is honest and innocent, and they themselves are really difficult, so they proposed to us that they can sell to us. Il-76 aerial test bench, and guaranteed a favorable price. At that time, there were a total of 5 aerial test benches in their test flight academy. China's request for modification..."

Speaking of this, Mr. Cai Liang finally asked the doubts in his heart: "Xiao Zhang, I heard that you have created a engine called 'D-76KP- 30' technology upgrade plan, after using this plan to upgrade the D-2KP-30 engine, the core indicators of the engine such as thrust, fuel consumption, and noise have been greatly improved. Extended?"

"Yes." Knowing what the old man meant, Zhang Qihang nodded and introduced to him: "We even upgraded the two D-30KP-2 engines to our own D-30KP-3 standard, and according to the national standard The aero engine test standard completes the first phase of testing…”

Grandpa Cai Liang's eyes lit up immediately, and before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, he asked eagerly, "How's the result of the test?"

Zhang Qihang looked proud: "All the test subjects are basically consistent with our design indicators."

The old man was surprised: "How is this possible?"

"Speaking of which, this is really a coincidence," Zhang Qihang explained with a smile: "Based on your understanding of the Russian aviation industry, you should probably know that when the Soloviev Design Bureau was designing the D-30K series engines, they The chief designer of Pavel Pavel Sandrovich Soloviev once asked his good friend: Mr. Sergei Izotov of the Klimov Design Bureau for help..."

"Well, I've heard about it..."

Mr. Cai Liang nodded, implying: What do you want to express?
Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "So Mr. Sergei Izotov is very familiar with the D-30K series engines, and coincidentally, our Huateng Industrial Group invited Mr. Sergei Izotov over, and even more Coincidentally, old man Sergey Izotov was very bored after retirement, and once thought of designing an improvement plan for D-30KP-2..."

"Look at my brain!"

Before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, Mr. Cai Liang slapped his forehead. He smiled wryly, and at the same time looked at Zhang Qihang with envy: "So, your D-30KP-3 upgrade plan is actually It is a very mature plan, and even you know the D-30KP-2 engine very well, right?"

Zhang Qihang said modestly: "Uh...you can't say that, after all, Mr. Izotov's previous plan was a very boring work for leisure at home after retirement. The resources and computing power that can be mobilized are very limited, and our Huateng Group has Very powerful design and computer power, through the simulation and calculation of large computer systems, we still helped him discover some design problems..."

Before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, Mr. Cai Liang waved his hand with a wry smile: "I heard that when you invited Mr. Izotov, you thought Mr. Izotov was very important, and you recommended him to your superiors very solemnly. But some comrades think that Mr. Izotov has retired for many years and is too old, so he rejected your recommendation?"

"Uh... it's a polite refusal, hehe... a polite refusal..."

"Isn't it a refusal to decline?" Mr. Cai Liang stared, and said angrily: "Some people really have no eyes!"

"..."

It was difficult for Zhang Qihang to answer these words, so he had to laugh along with embarrassment.

"Then what do you want me to do to help you when you come to me this time?" Mr. Cai Liang continued to ask, "I want me to say hello to the Bashu High-altitude Platform and ask them to help you with the second stage of the test. Or do you have any other ideas?"

Zhang Qihang is also not polite, now is not the time to be polite, he immediately said: "It would be best if we could ask the Bashu High-altitude Station to help us test, but as far as I know, the test mission on the Bashu High-altitude Station seems to be It is also very heavy, and may not be able to free up too many testing resources for us..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang deliberately paused for a while.

The old man nodded and said: "Well, you guessed right, the test tasks on the Bashu high-altitude platform are indeed quite heavy, and they are all key projects with relatively high priority. As for your project, although it is indeed good, it is also very meaningful. Big, but your project is not a project initiated and promoted by the state, so..."

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help grinning: "It can't be said that the Bashu High-altitude Platform won't do it for you, but the priority will definitely not be high."

"We think so too," Zhang Qihang nodded and said, "So what we're thinking is, can we ask you to help us rent an Il-76 high-altitude platform directly from Damao's Flight Test Academy?"

"Let an Il-76 high-altitude platform from Da Mao's flight test institute?" Mr. Cai Liang couldn't help being stunned when he heard that. After a while, he smiled and shook his head: "You really dare to think about it."

Zhang Qihang was not discouraged, and said with a smile: "Isn't there no other way, and since Da Mao's flight test institute is too poor to pay wages, and it's time to sell the assets of the test flight institute cheaply to pay employees' wages, we rent them If it is a high-altitude station, at least in the next two or three years, they will be able to guarantee a stable income, right? Such a win-win cooperation that is beneficial to everyone, why would they reject it? "

"Huh?" Comrade Cai Liang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and his expression became serious: "What you said is not unreasonable..."

Before, Cai Liang just subconsciously substituted the domestic economic situation, thinking that it was impossible for the Da Maojia Flight Test Institute to rent out the core equipment related to a country’s aviation industry, such as the Il-76 high-altitude platform, but Zhang Qihang reminded him, Suddenly realized: It was my own instinctive preconceived ideas. As far as Da Mao’s current virtue is concerned, even the Su-27UB is going to be sold outside, and even clearly stated that Il-76 high-altitude platforms can be sold to outsiders. If necessary, it can be done according to our Refit the high-altitude platform according to the needs of the...

So here comes the question, since this high-altitude platform can be sold, why can't it be rented?
Even in some cases, Cai Liang did not tell Zhang Qihang, that is, the two sides are now negotiating the purchase of the Il-76 high-altitude platform: the domestic flight test institute is very clear that the Bashu high-altitude platform can complete more than 76% of the high-altitude test projects, but once The real high-altitude platform test is absolutely indispensable if the new aero engine is to be fully finalized. Coupled with the continuous development and improvement of the domestic economy in the past few years, our economic situation has been much better than previous years (in addition to the Some things that have happened in the past two years have made us more aware of the importance of developing a strong national defense), so in fact, when the Damaojia Test Flight Academy proposed to sell us the Il-[-] high-altitude platform, we quickly offered In response, he expressed his great interest in this cooperation, and now the two parties are in intensive discussions.

But negotiation is one thing. It will take time from the time the negotiation is completed to the final decision, and then to Da Mao's family helping to complete the modification. This time, counting from now on, can be as fast as two or three years, and as slow as four or five years. It is possible, if it really takes four or five years for Da Mao to deliver, how much will be delayed during this period?
In this case, what if we rent another Il-76 high-altitude platform from Da Mao's house?Isn't it a perfect realization of the short transition of two or three years and the long transition of four or five years?
And with this Il-76 high-altitude platform, how much can the test flight institute do?

The most important thing is that if before this, all the rent was borne by the flight test institute, it seemed a bit uneconomical, but now a "taken advantage" suddenly appeared, even if Huateng Industrial Group only bears half of the rent, the test flight The courtyard also made money.

Thinking of this, Comrade Cai Liang no longer hesitated, he nodded slowly and said: "Xiao Zhang, what you said is also reasonable, since the Da Mao family is willing to sell the Il-76 high-altitude platform to us, then renting it should not be a big problem ... If you really plan to rent, I can ask for you."

This is what Zhang Qihang was waiting for!He stood up excitedly, and said to Vice President Cai with a grateful face, "That's great! Thank you, President Cai."

"Don't be too busy thanking me," Mr. Cai Liang waved his hands with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, I have a few questions I want to ask you..."

Zhang Qihang hurriedly said: "If you have any questions, just ask, I will know everything and say everything."

The old man smiled more and more kindly: "Your Huateng Group doesn't have any pilots who can perform this kind of high-altitude platform flight mission? I don't know how you plan to solve this problem?"

Zhang Qihang did not expect Vice President Cai to even think of this problem for himself. He said gratefully: "Thank you, old man, we have also considered this issue. After discussion, we feel that since it is a rent, then Even the plane and the crew are rented together."

Comrade Cai Liang: "..."

Hearing what Zhang Qihang said, "We even rent the plane and the crew together", he didn't know what to say for a while, he just felt pantothenic in his stomach: I heard some comrades discuss that Huateng Group is rich , and not ordinary rich, but the kind of rich who are so rich that they can't take money as money. I thought this was sensational before, but now I know that these guys are really rich!
For a while, Comrade Cai Liang couldn't help but want to swear.

Zhang Qihang, on the other hand, didn't notice the change in the old man's mentality, and continued on his own: "The economy of Da Mao's family has been in recession these years. I heard that a large number of pilots can't find jobs, so the price of hiring Da Mao pilots is very high." Low, much lower than the price of European and American pilots, the most important thing is that the pilots of Da Mao's family are not ordinary wild - the price is cheap, and the plane is wild, it is simply perfect for high-altitude pilots.

Even if Da Mao's flight test institute disagrees with us to use those fighter and bomber pilots, and requires us to use the pilots of their test flight institute, that is not a big problem. A unit that is so poor that it even sells high-altitude platforms at a discount, hires pilots Where can the price be so high?If they really want too much, we simply don't rent it, who is more anxious when we see it. "

Gotta!

Hearing Zhang Qihang talk about this, Cai Liang knew that it was impossible to secretly take advantage of Huateng Group. To put it bluntly...

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