Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 893 Preliminary Screening of These Fighters

Seeing that Director Yuan had something to say, Jiang Chen said, "Director Yuan, in fact, if we have money or we don't lack money, then we can all import heavy fighter jets. But we don't have money, so we have to use this level The method of collocation and equipment in this way is also the most advanced tactical method of the old US Air Force. They have also experienced it, and the effect is very ideal. And we have to know that such a powerful country like the old US is like this. , I can’t equip so many heavy fighters, so I bought this low-end light fighter, let alone us now. This is why I have always advocated purchasing two types of heavy fighters and light fighters, matching them with each other and complementing each other’s advantages.”

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Director Yuan was silent for a while, and then asked Jiang Chen, "Then can we all buy single-seater planes instead of their two-seater trainer planes, which are more expensive than single-seater planes?" It costs more than 100 million US dollars, and the performance is similar. What's more, we also have our own high-speed trainer aircraft, such as the JJ-[-] Reform that performed well at the air show this time."

After Director Yuan said this, everyone started discussing again, and many of them thought that what Director Yuan said was reasonable.And Jiang Chen looked at the crowd, then shook his head at Director Yuan, and said, "Our seven reforms of JJE are very good and fit our actual situation, but it doesn't mean we don't need advanced trainer aircraft. These two They cannot be compared together, nor are they comparable.”

"Why not? Aren't they all trainers?" The cadre who was thought to be in charge of negotiation and communication among the crowd asked Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen looked at the cadre, then smiled wryly at him and said, "Actually, you can ask Director Lu and several other experts about this matter. Although our performance in the seven reforms of the annihilation of education is good, it is not as good as the international The advanced high-speed trainer above is incomparable, and the gap is very large, basically one or two generations behind. More importantly, this trainer is not meant to train pilots, its significance is to give those Pilots who have never flown this fighter jet are a platform for contact and learning. To put it bluntly, it is just an internship platform. Once in wartime, the consumption of aircraft and pilots is huge, so it is required to have a system for quickly training pilots , and this fighter is an important part of this training system."

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, Director Lu followed Jiang Chen's words and said, "Xiao Jiang is right. These two fighters are indeed incomparable. Our Seventh Reform of Annihilation Education is like a walking tractor in the hands of farmers. , and this aircraft is just like the sedan produced by Xiaojiang and the others.”

"The difference is so big?" Director Yuan asked in surprise.

Director Lu nodded with a wry smile and said, "Even bigger than this, we are too far behind."

After being told by Director Lu, the faces of several experts and Deputy Director Song turned dark.Yes, the difference is too big. Before, everyone swore to catch up with the point that was behind a few years behind.But now it seems that if there is no more than ten years to 20 years, I am afraid it will be enough.And Jiang Chen knew even more that even in later generations, this difference is still very big.Even at that time, we had a blowout in the aviation manufacturing industry and launched many new self-developed fighters.However, this gap still exists, and it is estimated that it will continue for a long time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen looked up at the crowd and said, "This is only temporary. We will catch up with and surpass them sooner or later. Why are we introducing fighter jets now? On the one hand, it is to meet the needs of national defense and security; on the other hand, we do not want to Do you just want to learn their advanced technologies and imitate them all? Since this is the case, then what are we afraid of?"

Hearing what Jiang Chen said, Deputy Director Song woke up first and said, "Xiao Jiang is right, what are we afraid of now. Since there is nothing, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Let's start from scratch, and sooner or later we will design and manufacture something that belongs to us. Our country's advanced fighter jets."

"Yes, that's right, that's it."

"Done,,,,,,"

Seeing that everyone regained their confidence, Deputy Director Song smiled at Jiang Chen and nodded.And Director Yuan also saw this, he glanced at Jiang Chen, then coughed twice and interrupted everyone: "Okay, let's get down to business. I will sort out the material I talked about earlier and report it up. I I believe that the above will consider it, and it is very passable, because this is the opinion of our entire group, and I believe that the above seriously refers to it. Since this is the case, let’s discuss and study according to the plan of the two planes. Everyone thinks that we The focus should be on those two fighters, or you think we should introduce those two fighters."

After being asked by Director Yuan, everyone started discussing again.Seeing that no one else was speaking, Director Lu took the lead in speaking: "At present, the manufacturers we have contacted have a total of several aircrafts for us to choose from. They are the Saab-35 'Dragon' fighter jets from Reid, and the French planes. The Mirage 2000 fighter, and the F_16 Fighting Falcon fighter of our general company today, these three fighters are all light fighters. As for the heavy fighters, they are the F_14 Tomcat fighter of Groom Company and the F_15 Eagle of McDonnell Douglas. Fighter, and the controversial F_18 Hornet fighter. There are three types of light and heavy. Among them, I personally think that Reid’s Saab-35’Dragon’ fighter performance is too backward, and it is not at the same level as the other two light fighters. Basically, it can Excluded. As for heavy fighters, I think the controversial F_18 Hornet fighter can also be ruled out. First of all, this fighter is still very secretive, and it may not be exported to us. Another one, from the information above Look, this fighter is not a heavy air superiority fighter at all. It can only be regarded as a medium-sized multi-purpose fighter. Although it has a wide range of uses, it does not meet our positioning and needs for air superiority interceptors. So we think we will eventually To choose two of the remaining four fighters, from this point of view, there are not many choices for us.”

Hearing Director Lu's words, Deputy Director Song nodded in agreement and said, "I agree with Lao Lu's point of view. Although Reid's Saab-35'Dragon' fighter jet is a bit cheaper in price, compared with the current main Western fighter jets, There is still a gap. Since we want to introduce and spend so much money, we must introduce the most advanced ones so that we can maintain a relative advantage in five to ten years instead of buying an outdated fighter. It is in line with our original intention. As for the F_18 Hornet fighter, this fighter is actually very good, and it is also very suitable for the needs of our air force, but according to our current situation, it is unrealistic to introduce it back."

After being told by Director Lu and Deputy Director Song, everyone nodded in agreement with their point of view.Although they are only in preliminary contact, they have read the specific information and naturally know these gaps.So from the current point of view, the remaining four fighters are very suitable for Jiang Chen and the others.It's just that these four fighters have their own advantages and disadvantages. Which two fighters to choose has become a difficult problem before everyone.

(End of this chapter)