The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 595: J-7A export?

Just as the whole world was shocked by Gorbachev's visit to China, China made a puzzling decision. On the basis of cutting 100 million military personnel in previous years, it would cut another 50 military personnel in the next year or so, reducing the number of troops to 280 million.

The last time the military was cut, 100 million troops were reduced, and the number of troops was reduced to 323.5 million. Later, due to various reasons, such as the increase in naval technical branches, the growth of air force technical branches, and the increase in army technical branches, the number of troops increased again to 330 million.

This time, the military will be cut by another 50 troops, reducing the number of troops to 280 million, which will definitely shock the world.

280 million people, this number is not as high as India and can only rank fourth in the world!
Currently, the Soviet Union, the world's number one military power, has 390 million standing troops, followed by the United States. In recent years, the United States has significantly increased its military budget and expanded its military very rapidly. It now has 330 million standing troops.

Once China cuts its military strength by 50, its standing force will only be 280 million, which is less than India's current total military strength of 300 million.

You know, now all countries are preparing for war, fearing that when the S3 season starts, they will be unprepared and be swept away in one wave, leading to the destruction of their country and race.

China, on the other hand, has repeatedly streamlined its troops.

You know, ten years ago, the number of Chinese troops exceeded 600 million!

In just less than ten years, the army was streamlined four times, directly reducing the number of troops by more than 320 million.

Looking around the world, this is the only one of its kind!

Many peace-loving people have a more favorable impression of China, believing that China has made outstanding contributions to world peace and development, is a defender of world peace, and is a force for peace!
Liu Tao returned to Panshan Group headquarters to take charge of the overall logistics work for the front-line troops.

With the arrival of the rainy season in late April, the overall intensity of the troops' combat operations decreased.

Heavy and medium combined brigades are basically in a deterrent state, and only light combined brigades can still fight in the rainy season.

Before, there were violent storms and fierce advances, but now they are consolidating the results of the battle, constantly nibbling away at them, taking small actions, and constantly exerting pressure.

On the contrary, the troops from Laos and Cambodia played a greater role at this time than before. After the enemy moved its capital, they were directly cut off from the latitude of 18 degrees and 09 minutes, truly dividing the enemy into two.

In Liu Tao's view, the overall situation has now been determined.

After staying in Panshan Group for more than a week, Liu Tao went to Guifei.

There are already six J-7 trainers parked in different hangars.

These are the 'J-7A' improved by Liu Tao. Liu Tao came here to test the 'J-7A'.

He opened the virtual panel and used the scanning function. Looking at the three-dimensional image of the J-7A on the virtual panel and seeing that there was no red dot in it, Liu Tao nodded slightly.

Guifei's production speed of 'J-7A' is not fast, but the production quality is guaranteed. None of the six 'J-7A's' were unqualified.

Since they were all qualified, Liu Tao did not repair them anymore. There was no need to do any more repairs.

Liu Tao looked thoughtful. The domestic demand for the J-7A trainer was limited. In the next five years, there would be a demand for at most 5 aircraft. Moreover, the purchase price would not be too high. The Air Force's purchase price was RMB 100 million per aircraft, which was almost the cost price and there was no profit at all.

The export is different. The J-7A has many export destinations, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Persia, Iraq, etc., which are all potential buyers, and the export price can be as high as three or four million US dollars, which makes a lot of profit. The key is that the export price of the J-7A is very competitive, because similar high-level trainer aircraft are generally priced at more than four or five million in the international market, and even the high-level trainer aircraft of the United States costs 2000 million US dollars.

贵飞现在可是能够年产700架歼7、600涡喷7发动机！各个工厂按照专业户生产布局，涵盖了飞机、发动机、机载设备各个系统，整个基地生产配套程度达到70%。

目前贵飞在生产的飞机有歼6系列、歼7系列、歼教7A等飞机，目前歼6系列飞机已经停产，现在主要是进行维修、改进工作，重点在于生产歼7系列、歼教7A。

With this production capacity, it would be a waste if we don't export more to make money.

而一旦盘山集团对于011航空基地进行整合，整个011航空基地在军用飞机方面，是按照年产1000架先进战斗机、1200台军用航空发动机的生产能力进行设计；而民用飞机方面，是年产飞机100、300台航空发动机进行设计。

"Now it's time to develop a more advanced high-level trainer aircraft!" Liu Tao whispered to himself.

There is no rush for the export of the J-7A because the previous J-7A has to be delivered to the troops, and it doesn't matter if the J-7 is exported a year or two later.

Furthermore, the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation's technical team is now using the technology of the J-7A to improve the J-7 and enhance its combat effectiveness. After all, the J-7 has a large number of advanced technologies, and the service life of the fuselage and engine have been greatly improved, and the avionics system is also better than the original J-7.

Therefore, the development of a more advanced advanced trainer aircraft depends mainly on Liu Tao himself.

Liu Tao does not have the ability to directly design a new advanced trainer aircraft, but he has no problem designing a model of an advanced trainer aircraft.

As for designing advanced trainer aircraft models, it doesn't have to be done in Guifei. It can also be done in the Panshan Group headquarters. He doesn't need to rush to do it in Guifei.

Liu Tao went to the production workshop, which was busy at the moment. Some workshops were repairing or improving the J-6 fighter jets; some were producing aircraft engines for the fighter jets; some were installing aircraft engines on the fighter jets; and some were producing the J-6 series fighter jets.
As for the J-7 trainer production workshop, two J-7 advanced trainer aircraft are being assembled at the same time.

Previously, the J-7 trainers were assembled and produced one by one, but as the personnel became more proficient, they began to assemble and produce two J-7 advanced trainers at the same time.

Liu Tao ordered the six J-7 trainers in the hangar to be delivered to the troops.

It is very easy to deliver this type of military aircraft to the troops. Unlike tanks and armored vehicles, they do not need to be transported by train. Military aircraft only require pilots to fly the aircraft to the air force base or to an aviation school.

Guifei itself has pilots working there for a long time.

These pilots include real fighter pilots and test pilots who specialize in aircraft test flying.

The next morning, Liu Tao went to Guiyang to meet up with Li Weimin, and then met with the leadership team of the province to discuss the next steps.

011 Air Base, this is not a small matter. It is a big deal for your province and also for the whole of China.

In addition to the 20 square kilometers of land for the construction of the 011 Aviation Base, another 5 square kilometers of land must be used as reserve land.

The entire 011 Aviation Base has invested so much, including the construction of the industrial chain and transportation issues. All aspects require the cooperation of your province. Only when all parties work together can this be done well.

An aviation base involves not only the various factories in the aviation base, but all aspects.

(End of this chapter)