Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

"Mr. Song, you are here too?"

After Xu Huasheng stayed in the mysterious underground base for two days, he met an acquaintance in this base.

Song Wen, the chief engineer of the No. 10 aircraft, he did not expect Song Wen to come at this time.

"Haha, Xiao Xu, long time no see..."

Seeing Xu Huasheng, Song Wen shook hands with Xu Huasheng directly, with a smile on his face.

Song Wen was very happy these days. On New Year's Eve, the No. 10 aircraft made its first flight successfully.

This is the best gift he received this year. After the No. 10 aircraft made its first flight successfully, Song Wen was specially approved to go home and rest for two days.

After the rest, Song Wen did not return to Chengfei, but was sent to this mysterious base by plane.

Moreover, this time, Song Wen came with a top-secret mission, which is also what he will do next.

As for the subsequent test flight and a series of improvements of the No. 10 aircraft, Song Wen also needs to keep an eye on it. However, this does not delay Song Wen's new task, because the country has decided to bring the No. 10 project to this base, and the subsequent work of the No. 10 aircraft will be completed in this base.

After a brief greeting with Xu Huasheng, the group went directly into a conference room.

After seeing the people in the conference room, Xu Huasheng swallowed his saliva, but he was very excited in his heart, because he vaguely guessed that this time might be a disaster.

"Everyone, today's meeting is the highest level meeting. Now I will read out an order..."

In the conference room, an old man with white hair and wearing a military uniform took out a document directly.

"According to..."

The old man began to read the highest order. When the order was announced, everyone took a breath.

This order is very simple, that is, to start a new project here. This project is named the "Chameleon" project.

The so-called Chameleon Project is the research and development project of the next generation of stealth fighters, that is, the research and development of fourth-generation aircraft.

Such an order made everyone swallow their saliva. The fourth-generation aircraft, stealth fighter, is a fighter that is one generation ahead of the F16.

Such a fighter, even the United States does not have it now.

China is completely blank about technology. Let alone the fourth-generation aircraft, China is now in great need of even the third-generation fighter.

China's J-8 fighter is only a second-generation fighter.

Project No. 10 is a third-generation fighter, but Project No. 10 still has a long way to go before it can be successful. Under this circumstance, it is conceivable how difficult it is to directly develop a fourth-generation aircraft.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the future, our military equipment will be developed in accordance with the development model of one generation in service, one generation in research and development, and one generation in pre-research. To be honest, the No. 10 aircraft has already made its maiden flight on New Year's Eve. If everything goes well, the No. 10 aircraft may be in service in two years. The technology that the No. 10 aircraft currently possesses can also be used on the third-generation twin-engine fighter. Although we do not have a third-generation aircraft in service yet, technically, we already have the technology of the third-generation aircraft, so we need to develop the next generation of fighters..."

After the old general announced the order, he told everyone a good news directly.

Upon hearing the news that the No. 10 aircraft had a successful maiden flight, Xu Huasheng's eyes lit up, and the others were even more delighted.

They knew about Project No. 10, because many people in this room actually participated in the development of Project No. 10.

Now that Project No. 10 has made its maiden flight so quickly and will be in service in two years, how can this not be inspiring?

"As for the specific plan of the Chameleon Project, let Chief Engineer Song tell us about it next."

The old general said with a smile, and everyone looked at Song Wen, who also stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me talk about the Chameleon Project now. The Chameleon Project will develop a total of two fighters. The first fighter is a twin-engine heavy stealth fighter, and the second is a single-engine stealth fighter. Both fighters belong to the fourth-generation stealth fighter, but their main functions are different. In the future, the two fighters will form a high-low combination..."

Song Wen opened the file and began to talk about the entire Chameleon Project in the conference room.

The Chameleon Project develops two stealth fighters at one time, but the uses of these two stealth fighters are different.

In the future, twin-engine stealth fighters will have stronger combat power and better maneuverability. In addition, the two-seat version will be considered during the development to prepare for unmanned wingman.

This fighter is the J-20 project, which is comparable to the US F22.

As for the single-seat version, it is the J-35, which will be comparable to the F35 in the future. In the future, this fighter will be used as a carrier-based aircraft in the navy, and will form a high-low match with the J-20 in the air force.

Although the twin-engine heavy stealth fighter has strong combat power, it is also expensive. Even the United States, which is so rustic,The number of F22s has been reduced again and again in wealthy countries. Although this fighter has strong combat effectiveness, it is too expensive.

This is why the United States has developed the F35. Is the F35 as powerful as the F22? Definitely not, but the F35 is cheap, and the United States has fooled so many countries to invest in research and development together. The reason is very simple, that is, it is poor. Pull these countries to share the research and development costs.

The situation that the United States will encounter will also be encountered by China in the future.

Although the twin-engine heavy stealth fighter is powerful, it is expensive. Therefore, this fighter only needs to be equipped in a certain number and used as a sharp knife.

Later, single-engine stealth fighters will be equipped to form a high-low combination.

Twin-engines fight strong enemies, responsible for being a stepping stone, killing the enemy's air defense system, etc. Then the single-engine will advance again, and another wave will gain air superiority.

Finally, the third-generation aircraft, the second-generation aircraft, and drones will all go over to carry out all-round air strikes on the enemy. This is the mainstream mode in the future.

"As for the research direction of these two fighters, Comrade Xiao Xu actually knows it better than me. What I said was all told to me by Xiao Xu. Xiao Xu, please tell us about the research and development direction of these two fighters..."

Song Wen said with a smile after his narration. Hearing Song Wen's words, everyone looked at Xu Huasheng, but there was not much surprise in their eyes.

Xu Huasheng nodded, stood up, walked directly to the front, picked up a pen and started writing on the blackboard.

Nouns appeared on the blackboard one by one. These nouns are technical nouns for the fourth-generation fighters. And some people heard these names for the first time.

Xu Huasheng stopped after writing a lot of names in a row, and smiled at the big guys below.

"Everyone, the fourth-generation fighter is a fighter developed to cope with more complex air combat systems in the future. At present, with the increasingly advanced radar technology of various countries..."

In the conference room, Xu Huasheng directly became a teacher. At this moment, Xu Huasheng was neither humble nor concealed.

He blurted out a lot of things he knew. This was not the time to be humble, because for these R&D personnel, a small detour in direction could waste a lot of time, and China could not afford to waste time now.