Guide to Galactic Dominance

Yes, this is the J-20. But it's not the J-20.

This is not a convoluted philosophical question, but a deliberate approach by Bai Zhongqi that is somewhat evil but full of pride.

Even people in country C who are not very familiar with the military will definitely not be unfamiliar with this fighter plane as long as they often watch the news. Symbolizing the most advanced technology of China's aviation manufacturing industry and accumulating decades of achievements in China's aviation industry, the most cutting-edge fifth-generation stealth fighter can rival the F-22 and the future hope of China's Air Force.

At the air show not long ago, two J-20s pierced the sky, elegantly showing their charm and strength to the world, and arousing worldwide attention. .

Although Country C still has many shortcomings in the aviation industry, such as the heart disease that has plagued the Air Force for decades, the J-20 is still the best embodiment of the unremitting efforts and hard work of the aviation people of Country C.

People in the Air Force like Tang Xinhua are full of expectations for the J-20. But unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the weapons testing site in Ruyi City, the Iridium people actually pulled out a fighter jet that was exactly the same as the J-20 and said that this is what we want to assist you.

Tang Xinhua's eyes widened, wanting to see the difference between this Iridium knockoff J-20 and the original. He is the head of the Air Force Equipment Department, and the information he has is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary military fans. He looked seriously at the copycat J-20 and soon discovered some differences.

But from the nose and the like, there doesn’t seem to be much difference. Even the paint is exactly the same as the China Air Force’s small-scale mass production version of the J-20. The most eye-catching difference is that the cockpit cover of this copycat fighter jet is also silver-gray, which contrasts with the fuselage paint, making people wonder whether the people sitting inside can really see what's going on outside.

Tang Xinhua discovered more differences. Although the aerodynamics of this copycat fighter followed the original version, many structures including the main wing, horizontal tail, and canards had been fine-tuned and modified. Of course, the biggest modification is undoubtedly the tail. After the Southwest Design Bureau designed this fighter, the tail part was criticized. Although some compromises were made due to weight, power and other issues, it did not make people feel uncomfortable. People are satisfied. This Iridium copycat version of the J-20 directly cancels the ventral fin on the tail, and the engine nozzle has also been adjusted, making it less obtrusive.

Lieutenant Colonel Iridium, who was in charge of the introduction, said: "The reason for choosing your country's fighter jets as the basis for developing new weapons is not because Iridium wants to tease you, but because it is a reflection of Country C's ability to create something from scratch under difficult conditions. A kind of affirmation and admiration. His Majesty the head of the empire also has special feelings for this fighter, so he developed the fighter you see now based on the J-20 Veyron fighter. We still call it It’s called J-20, but with the suffix evo added to it, which means a fully evolved and upgraded version. The J-20 you see is no longer a fifth-generation fighter on earth, but a genuine one. It’s an aerial fighter aircraft with extraordinary combat effectiveness—Sky Dragon.”

The military personnel of country C have also gradually changed from the weird emotions of seeing their country's things in the hands of others. Tang Xinhua is also looking forward to it now. He wants to know what the Iridium people did to the J-20 and what it has become. A powerful fighter plane.

Lieutenant Colonel Iridium continued: "There are not many changes in the appearance of this fighter. We have made some reasonable optimizations for the aerodynamics, especially because of the increase in power. We have removed the features that our colleagues in the Southwest Design Bureau of your country did. Some compromises, but the canards are not among them."

Bai Zhongqi also watched the current scene through the surveillance screen. In fact, he knew that after the magic modification reached the level of the J-20evo, the existence of the pair of canard wings was actually of little significance. The main significance of the canard is that it generates greater total lift during maneuvers than the conventional layout, and is better at instantaneous hovering performance. The disadvantage is that it is more difficult to lower the head when the angle of attack is high. When cruising at supersonic speed, the aerodynamic focus moves backward, and the pitching moment of the aircraft becomes unbalanced.

If it were a mainstream Iridium active weapon like the Banshee fighter jet, and the aircraft was designed like a mallet instead of looking like a brick, its flight performance would be amazing. The reason is that the Banshee fighter plane does not consider the aerodynamic layout at all. The Iridium people directly use the force field to turn the aircraft into a wave rider. Therefore, no matter whether the aircraft in the wave rider force field looks like a brick or a mallet, its aerodynamics They are all excellent and can be adjusted according to actual needs.

In fact, the Iridium fighter is mainly used for space combat. There is no air in a vacuum, so there is no aerodynamic meaning, so the design still prioritizes combat needs.

Unlike the J-20evo, Bai Zhongqi has no intention of directly raising this fighter to the level of the Banshee fighter, so aerodynamics are still a relatively important part of it. The solution to the torque imbalance problem of the J-20evo supersonic cruise is also very simple. The canards of this fighter are adjustable and can not only flip up and down, but also move forward and backward, and can even adjust their shape. During supersonic cruising, the canards and main wings can be combined.

As long as it is pneumatic, there are advantages and disadvantages, and there is no universal pneumatic. And Bai Zhongqi never wanted to turn the modified J-20evo into a universal aerodynamic aircraft. Its flight performance is mainly achieved by its powerful power.

"Unlike the current mainstream fighter power on the earth, which uses fuel turbofan engines, the J-20evo uses plasma electric propulsion with mature technology. Intuitively speaking, this fighter does not burn oil, but plugs in batteries."

While introducing the introduction, Lieutenant Colonel Iridium directed the ground crew, who were also bionic humans, to remove the battery cover on the upper part of the fighter plane and take out two half-man-high batteries, just like removing the batteries from a toy airplane. The military personnel of country C below were stunned for a while.

"This is a highly concentrated battery, equipped with two cells, which can enable the fighter aircraft to cruise at a cruise speed of Mach 3 for a week. If it is used for aerospace navigation, it can fly back and forth from Ruyi City to the earth. The highest speed it can achieve It is Mach 7, but this will be a relatively large burden for pilots, so not only do we need to liberate the genetic advantages of country C pilots, but we also need to wear special air combat armor to withstand load and adjust body functions.

It also has two auxiliary power units at the front. In addition to ordinary rolling take-off, this fighter is actually designed to take off and land vertically, so no matter what the environment is, even if the ground is uneven, this fighter can Take off and land. "

At this time, Tang Xinhua felt like his jaw was about to hit the ground, and he looked at this modified copycat aircraft in disbelief, "Not to mention vertical takeoff and landing, with a maximum speed of Mach 7 and a cruising speed of Mach 3, it can actually fly in the sky for a week? This performance standard is designed too high. Even if it can fly for such a long time, the pilot cannot survive a week in the sky without eating, drinking or excreting."

Lieutenant Colonel Iridium spread his hands and said: "This is how we designed it. How you use it is your choice. However, this fighter is equipped with auxiliary artificial intelligence, which means that it can actually do without a pilot. Performing combat missions."

Su Guokai said: "Then this is a manned/unmanned aerial vehicle."

"Yes, let me introduce the avionics of this fighter jet. It is able to carry artificial intelligence thanks to its powerful main computer. The main computer of the J-20evo is a military-standard quantum computer, and its data processing capabilities are even more powerful than those on earth today. TaihuLight, the top-ranked supercomputer. It can realize intelligent operations and form a cloud system operation. Several fighters can form their own formations, transmit information and intelligence in real time, and conduct coordinated combined operations. It is also the Iridium satellite for country C. A node of the 'global situational awareness system' built by the weapon platform. The so-called global situational awareness means that there are a large number of effective sensors in any weapon, and the intelligence collected by all weapon platforms can be directly shared with weapon platforms in other systems. In On this basis, intelligent command and dispatch can be realized to enhance the strike effect. The radar detection range used by this fighter aircraft can reach 800 kilometers. Due to the limitation of the curvature of the earth and the bonus of global situational awareness, this data is actually somewhat redundant. There’s more left.”

These data have already made the soldiers of country C start to have toothaches. Tang Xinhua pointed at the aircraft and could not believe it more and more, and said: "You tell me, the detection range of this fighter jet is further than that of the early warning aircraft."

Lieutenant Colonel Iridium said naturally: "Yes, in fact, in the history of the development of weapons in Iridium's atmosphere, early warning aircraft are just a short-lived weapon with poor self-defense capabilities and a single purpose. They will soon be replaced by fighters equipped with powerful radars. ."

It seems that the android lieutenant colonel has been addicted to shocking the group of C country soldiers with facts one by one. He continued: "We have designed electromagnetic stealth and optical stealth functions for most of the frequency bands, which makes It's basically undetectable by the enemy."

As he spoke, he moved some piece of equipment, and then the entire fighter jet disappeared in front of everyone.

Wang Peng shouted: "Is this the same optical stealth fighter plane you used in the San Francisco incident? It's like a chameleon."

The android lieutenant colonel did not answer. In fact, if you look carefully, you can still see a little difference, but at an altitude of several thousand meters, who would notice this difference.

"Okay, the last part is the weapon system. This fighter is equipped with an electromagnetic accelerating cannon, which fires 23mm projectiles. It can choose high-explosive projectiles, armor-piercing projectiles, EMP projectiles or the cheapest solid projectiles. Even solid projectiles. Taking into account the huge kinetic energy after electromagnetic acceleration, its destructive power is actually equivalent to your country's 155mm self-propelled artillery. Of course, according to actual needs, the power of this electromagnetic accelerator can be adjusted to obtain different powers to deal with targets of different sizes. The ammunition reserve is 580 rounds.

Because it retains the left and right side magazines and the main magazine, the aircraft can also launch X-class missiles. The so-called exquisite-class missiles are guided weapons that may be less than one-tenth the size of the missiles on earth today, but their performance is far superior. The J-20evo's deep main magazine can carry up to 64 exquisite-level general-purpose missiles, which can be used in air combat, ground attack, and even anti-submarine warfare with target guidance. The exquisite-class missile uses a highly efficient chemical energy warhead and is also very powerful. Using composite guidance, in addition to infrared guidance, radar guidance and satellite positioning guidance, visual tracking guidance can also be performed by auxiliary artificial intelligence.

The final optional weapons package is a lightweight beam weapon that can be mounted in the fighter's side magazine. Beam weapons are not laser weapons, so their speed cannot reach the speed of light, but it is still very high. Its power is also very good, suitable for attacking fast moving targets. The side magazine can also be loaded with additional electromagnetic guns, which is more flexible. "

Tang Xinhua was completely speechless at this time. Although everyone present had expected that what the Iridium people gave them might be very perverted, they did not expect that it could be so perverted. This is not a fighter jet. It is simply an arsenal that can fly in the sky for a week without landing!