Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

In the Air Force compound, a group of people walked cheerfully from the northern office area towards the southern canteen.

"The Navy's grand temple, the Air Force's buildings, and the General Logistics Department's auditorium are all top-notch."

Qin Yang walked alongside Brassey, saying, "This is your first time here. What do you think?"

Brassey nodded, "It's so beautiful here, especially with the ginkgo trees on both sides. When autumn comes, the fallen ginkgo leaves will create a golden avenue."

The layout of the Air Force compound was quite simple.

The northern part was the office area, consisting of the main building and the east and west office buildings.

The southern part was the living area, with several rows of family residential buildings and other supporting facilities, such as the canteen, clinic, school, kindergarten, bathhouse, and service center.

Walking from the north to the south, you had to pass through the central activity area, which included the auditorium, large playground, basketball court, and so on.

To the east and west of the compound were the West and East districts, where the leaders lived. Many Air Force bigwigs had their homes there.

The compound was planted with a large number of ginkgo trees, creating the most beautiful ginkgo avenue in the entire capital. After all, outsiders couldn't get in, making the environment particularly beautiful.

At this time, hearing Brassey's words, Qin Yang nodded, "Good, when autumn comes, I'll bring you here again to personally step on the ginkgo leaves. You don't know how many people come here admiringly, but they just can't get in."

"Yes, by autumn, our J-11 fighter jet might be finalized for production. At that time, our Air Force will definitely hold another grand celebration here, held in the auditorium!"

This celebration was small, held in the conference room. Next time, a grand celebration would have to be held in the auditorium.

The Air Force didn't have money to give bonuses, so they had to make the honors abundant.

Hearing Old Lin's words, Qin Yang smiled, "Yes, autumn is a season of harvest."

"Alas."

A sigh.

Everyone looked over and saw Old Gu's lonely figure.

He followed along to the canteen for dinner, but his mood was complex and very depressed.

"Old Gu, what are you sighing about?" Old Lin said, "Work is work, life is life. Don't bring your work emotions into your life. We'll have a few drinks later."

"Old Lin, of course, your Air Force is happy. After all, you are about to get an advanced fighter jet. What about us? Thinking that our 601 Institute will decline from now on, how can I be happy?"

Old Gu was born in the 1930s and was now in his fifties, with a full head of white hair. He would retire in a few more years.

According to his qualifications, he could be transferred from Shenyang to the capital to drink tea and read newspapers at headquarters, living a relaxed life.

However, thinking that the Northern Institute would decline from now on, he felt complicated.

He was thin, with a bitter face. At this time, he looked even more like a hero in decline.

For a time, everyone didn't know how to comfort him.

Although the Air Force was not satisfied with the Northern Institute, and some people even scolded them for occupying the latrine without producing anything, and couldn't produce advanced aircraft after so long, a J-8 dragged on for many years, it must be said that the Northern Institute still made great contributions to the Air Force.

Every advanced fighter jet of the Air Force was first flown from the Northern Institute, from the J-5 to the J-8. The decline of a powerful Northern Institute was regrettable.

"Old Gu, you are just worrying unnecessarily," Qin Yang said, "Even if you don't like the J-6 unmanned aerial vehicle project I proposed, the Air Force still has big projects."

What other projects are there?

Old Lin was a little curious. How come I, an Air Force leader, don't know?

As they spoke, they had already arrived at the entrance of the canteen.

Old Lin said, raising his glass.

"That's right, let's have a good time today!" Qin Yang said, "Everyone, eat and drink as much as you want. It's so rare to have the Air Force leaders treat!"

The expression on Old Gu's face was stiff. He drank two glasses of wine with everyone, then looked at Qin Yang and couldn't help but ask, "Director Qin, what big projects do you say the Air Force has?"

"The J-11 project is progressing smoothly and will definitely become the Air Force's sharpest sword in the future. However, the Air Force can't just have the J-11."

Hearing Qin Yang's words, Old Lin reacted, "Director Qin, do you mean that we have to match high and low like the US Air Force? Good, that's a good suggestion!"

Heavy air superiority fighters were advanced in performance, had a long range, and a large payload, belonging to the sharpest sword, but these fighters were also expensive and could not be purchased and equipped in large quantities. Therefore, a medium-sized fighter was also needed to supplement them.

Even the wealthy Americans couldn't equip all F-15s, and had to let F-16s serve as the main force. High-end relies on performance, and low-end relies on quantity.

"It's not just about high-low matching. The main thing is that the J-11's technology has no confidentiality. We also need an advanced fighter jet developed from scratch by ourselves. The technology is all our own, so that we can be full of mystery to the outside world."

Whether the East admits it or not, the J-11 is an imitation of the Tomcat. The outside world knows the performance of this aircraft very well. The East can't rely entirely on such a fighter jet. It must also have fighters whose technical performance is unknown to the outside world.

Hearing Qin Yang's words, Old Gu's heart suddenly became hot, "Director Qin, do you mean that there is still demand for our J-8?"

Qin Yang shook his head, "The J-8 focuses on high altitude and high speed, belonging to the second generation, and is already outdated. What the Air Force needs is a third-generation aircraft, focusing on high maneuverability, multi-purpose, long range, and must have advanced integrated avionics and fire control systems, greater weapon external hanging capabilities, and so on."

The scene at the scene was a little comical.

Qin Yang couldn't represent the Air Force. He was the top leader of Fangbei Company, the actual person in charge of Factory 960, belonging to those who worked for the Air Force, but he represented the Air Force and put forward a series of conditions.

The performance requirements he said, the J-8 didn't have any of them.

"Director Qin, are these what you said, the needs of the Air Force?" Old Gu asked cautiously.

"That's right, it's the needs of our Air Force," Old Lin said from the side, "Director Qin, you go on!"

Qin Yang had said this idea on the plane to Israel, but at that time, it was mainly said to Old Song. Qin Yang had to be fair and also say it to Old Gu.

As for the Air Force leaders, they were now thinking about it.

Having the J-11 is not enough, we also need a self-developed medium-sized aircraft to supplement it!