weapons expert

To keep it secret, Xu Ziling didn't think it was so important.

Because in this era of spy satellites flying all over the sky, if you want to keep an airplane secret, unless it flies into the sky above the runway, otherwise no matter how careful you are, it will always be photographed by those satellites.

Besides, he is also confident that even if this thing is placed in front of others, it is impossible for the most powerful technicians to figure out the technology just by looking at it.

In this world, the lion is absolutely the only one in existence, and it is not a bad street product.

After the "Yinglong No. [-]" stopped on the "Liaoning", Xu Ziling didn't talk to Captain Zhang about confidentiality.

Many people have seen it, and these people are very familiar with the aircraft, knowing that it is a stealth drone, so it is certain that they are very interested.

Let them see that it is not impossible. After hearing what Xu Ziling said, Captain Zhang just emphasized not to let the news out after the ground crew put the plane in the hangar, and he didn't care if a large number of them gathered together. In the hangar, I went back to my office and contacted Xu Ziling again.

I didn't ask some questions clearly before, but now I'm talking about them again, of course I still talk about these questions.

What he was most concerned about was when the drone would be able to form combat effectiveness, so he asked in detail on this question.

It is a great favor for Captain Zhang to agree to let the drone be tested on the aircraft carrier. Xu Ziling has always been a kind person who treats him well.

So he knew everything about the questions Captain Zhang raised.

"Shadow Dragon No. [-]" has been tested for this day, and it can basically be said that it has been completed, and the next thing is only the weapon test.

At the beginning of the design, "Yinglong No. [-]" was equipped with PL-series air-to-air missiles and lj-system air-to-ground missiles, but Xu Ziling asked for upgrades from this series of missiles, which were specially used for drones. Didn't have time to make these.

I want to test these right away, but there must be no corresponding missiles to carry them.

In this way, if you want to complete the test in this area, it depends on how long it takes for the missile to be fixed.

Like the "Fierce Dragon" in the past, there was only one project. Afterwards, Xu Ziling came up with a plan. It would be no problem to modify the missile temporarily, but now the military factory has countless things. There is no extra manpower to do things after getting it out.

With the lion, he has already done precise calculations, and he already knows the results. The weapon test is only a trivial matter for the things in his hands now.

For Captain Zhang's question, he can only answer that there are still some issues to be studied in the current drone weapon configuration plan, and it will take some time.

Captain Zhang was a little disappointed with this answer, but he knew that Xu Ziling had made an order with them before, and there must be a lot of things in the military factory in the past six months, and he could understand in his heart when he was disappointed.

"This year's task is really heavy, and the production line of heavy transport aircraft is almost busy. The first machine should come off the assembly line by the end of this month, and there is a new project in progress in the laboratory. I don't think it will be long before I need you again. Helped."

Thinking that it won't be long, and that another aircraft may be tested on the aircraft carrier, Xu Ziling thought about it, and then he greeted Captain Zhang in advance, and at the same time revealed a little news to him.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Captain Zhang became energetic immediately.

Want him to help?What can he do to help?Isn't it just the same as what was done just now, using the aircraft carrier to provide a venue for aircraft takeoff and landing speed measurement.

A new project, that is a new aircraft, now it is a drone, it should be impossible to get another drone, so the most likely remaining is a fighter jet?

Thinking in his heart, he also thought that a few months ago, as soon as Xu Ziling left the aircraft carrier, there were rumors that there would be a new fighter jet, and he immediately realized whether he was talking about the plane in the rumors?

After all, it couldn’t be such a coincidence. As soon as Xu Ziling left, there were rumors on the aircraft carrier. Thinking about it, it should be that Xu Ziling accidentally mentioned this project among the people below.

He had also been concerned about some of the related situations mentioned in the rumors, so when he heard what Xu Ziling said, he was of course very interested.

As soon as he thought about it, he thought about confirming the rumors on the aircraft carrier some time ago, so he immediately asked:

"Is it a fighter plane? Can you tell me about it, of course, if you are in trouble, forget it."

Hearing the captain's cautious voice, Xu Ziling smiled,

"What's so embarrassing? For you, these things are not classified. The new project is indeed a fighter, similar to the F-35. The carrier model also has mature vertical take-off and landing technology, and the stealth capability may be slightly less increase, but the speed cannot reach the speed of the drone."

The prototype machine has not been produced yet, so Xu Ziling can only give some generalizations, but even this is enough for Captain Zhang to digest.

Sure enough, after he heard this, he didn't speak for a long time, and after a while of silence, he asked a very important question:

"Then how much difference does its cost have compared with the f-35?"

As soon as Captain Zhang asked this question, Xu Ziling immediately knew what he meant.

The cost of the f-35 is more than 1 million U.S. dollars. China is not an advanced country like the United States, but it does not have the financial resources to buy it in large quantities. It is not a problem to buy one or two, but for the air force of a big country, only delivery What kind of combat effectiveness can three or two such aircraft form?

When Captain Zhang asked this question, he was undoubtedly worried that the cost would be too high and the country would not purchase it.

"There is no need to worry about this. We did a rough calculation here. If the research and development funds are not included, an aircraft is only one-third to one-fourth of the F-35."

"Oh!"

Hearing this answer, Captain Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

One-third is about 4000 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to more than 35 million Chinese coins. If it is a quarter, it is less than [-] million Chinese coins. Although this price is not cheap compared to fighter jets , but if it can have the same performance as the f-[-], it will be considered a great deal, and the military is also capable of purchasing it.

The two chatted about some things through the radio waves, and soon at noon, the communication was interrupted.

Due to time constraints, the test work at the military factory stopped when the plane reached the "Liaoning".Everyone saw that Xu Ziling had something to do, so he was left alone, and he had already left the control center.

After communicating with Captain Zhang, Xu Ziling also left.

Knowing that everyone should be going to the cafeteria at this time, he also ran over.

Finding a group of people in the restaurant, Xu Ziling saw Lin Jianbin who came from the 81st Division, and greeted him with a smile. Because there were so many people, the two didn't talk much.

Because the drone was still to be brought back in the afternoon, everyone didn't stay in the restaurant too long. After a quick meal, they went back to the control center together.

In the afternoon test, Xu Ziling only planned to let the drone take off from the "Liaoning", and then test the reconnaissance equipment at sea, and then return to the voyage. The task is not heavy.

Mr. Huang, Mr. Li, Yang Haisheng and others could not stay in the military factory all the time, but they all wanted to watch the drone return to the military factory. As soon as everyone returned to the control center, Xu Ziling asked everyone to get ready to start working.

Reconnected with the "Liaoning", and with their help, the drone rose from the hangar to the deck. After all preparations were completed, Xu Ziling controlled the aircraft to take off from the aircraft carrier smoothly.

After conducting a reconnaissance test at an altitude of 3 meters in the South China Sea, he controlled the drone and prepared to return.

Adjusting the course, before returning to the coastline, Xu Ziling's confidential phone rang.

He was very surprised why the phone rang. He wondered if it was Yang Kaiming or Li Cheng. After all, in the past six months, Smith hadn't gotten much help from tracking down the incident of the Sword Squad being ambushed a few months ago. The news, so he asked the deputy next to him to take over the control, and took out the phone from his body.

Taking out the phone and looking at the screen, Xu Ziling was stunned. It wasn't Yang Kaiming and the others who called, but Captain Zhang who was still talking in the communication system just now.

Thinking that it should be something special if he didn't say it in the communication channel, he took the phone and walked outside the control center.

"Captain Zhang, do you have anything else to do?"

When he came to a place where there was no one outside, he connected the phone.

"Is it convenient to speak?"

Captain Zhang on the phone did not answer Xu Ziling's question, but asked in a very cautious tone.

It seems that the matter is not simple, Xu Ziling thought to himself, looked around, and replied:

"There's no one around."

"I just received the news that my private fishing boat was blocked by an island warship in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, and there may be a collision accident. The relevant departments have sent fishery administration ships and fighter planes to go there, but the island country has also dispatched two F-15 fighter jet. Your drone hasn’t returned yet, has it? Are you interested in taking a look?”

Hearing this news, Xu Ziling was angry and excited at the same time. The small island country became more and more arrogant. The Diaoyu Islands have been the territory of my celestial dynasty since ancient times, and they dared to let warships block our fishing boats.

Excited because Captain Zhang said so, he must have asked the relevant department for instructions to let his drone pass by. I was thinking about whether the drone could encounter any targets in the South China Sea. This news is not just sleepy. Give me a pillow.

"Is there a bottom line?"

he asked immediately.

Captain Zhang knew that his drone was now loaded with live ammunition in the cannon, so he must have his own ideas to let him go, so Xu Ziling immediately asked what authority the drone had. Strolling over there, he really lacks interest, if he has the authority to let himself use force, that would be fun.

"What's the bottom line? Except for the fishery administration ship and two J-10 fighter jets, our country has never sent any unmanned attack aircraft at all."

Hearing Xu Ziling's question, Captain Zhang immediately answered him.

"..."

I love so much!Hearing Captain Zhang's answer, Xu Ziling's first reaction was this.

"Okay, I see."