Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

“That's right, we do have the J-13 project. The plan at the time was to develop a highly maneuverable fighter jet with an overload capacity of 9G.”

Old Gu said, "However, the Air Force didn't like it. Due to national economic adjustments, this project has been shut down. Now, do you leaders support us picking up this project again? Can you allocate funds to us?”

“Old Song and the others are doing it with self-raised funds. You should learn from them. Our Air Force will hold a tender meeting at an appropriate time to decide which plan to choose, and then we will fully support it.”

Old Lin said, “Old Gu, take this opportunity to quickly ask Chief Engineer Qin for advice and let Chief Engineer Qin give you some ideas.”

There was some disappointment in Old Gu's eyes. The Air Force will not allocate funds in advance. This project can only rely on its own strength!

If Old Li were here, he would definitely be dissatisfied, and he might even curse. Old Gu was glad that he didn't bring Old Li over. He looked at Qin Yang with sincere eyes: "Chief Engineer Qin, please give us some advice.”

“I don’t understand these things, but I can repeat what I said to Old Song.”

Qin Yang looked at Old Gu, whose face was full of wrinkles and hair was turning white, and stopped pretending to be modest and became humble.

“Whether the developed fighter is advanced depends on what the target direction is.” Qin Yang said, “An advanced third-generation fighter must have multiple capabilities, such as being able to detect targets at long distances and then launch attacks with medium-range missiles. When approaching, it needs to have excellent dogfighting performance. The aircraft must have high maneuverability, advanced avionics, and strong multi-purpose capabilities.”

Old Lin nodded frequently on the side.

What Chief Engineer Qin said was exactly what the Air Force urgently needed. This Chief Engineer Qin is too powerful. It would be great if he could contribute to our Air Force earlier!

Old Gu was a little disappointed. Chief Engineer Qin obviously misunderstood what he meant. What they need now is not technical guidance, but operational guidance. If the Air Force doesn't allocate funds, how can they do it?

Qin Yang didn't say anything more. After finishing what he had introduced to Old Song, he began to enjoy drinking with Old Lin and others.

After eating and drinking enough, everyone dispersed and went back to their respective homes. Old Lin called Qin Yang to stop: "Chief Engineer Qin, next we plan to go to Factory 320. Why don't you come with us?”

“Of course. After visiting Factory 320, I have to go to Base 011. Since the aviation industry system has already prepared to hand over Base 011 to me, I can’t let them down.”

“Chief Engineer Qin, are you really going to take over Base 011?” The expression on Old Lin's face became serious: “Although the old leaders have been promoting the competition system and advocating the participation of private enterprises in the competition, our military industry still has its own particularities, especially the aviation industry.”

Qin Yang smiled: “What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that those people will cause trouble for me? At most, they won’t provide me with materials and parts. If they dare to cut off the supply, I will do it myself and let their supporting manufacturers go bankrupt by then.”

A fighter jet has millions of parts, and it is impossible for all of them to be produced by one aircraft factory. The aircraft factory is actually a general assembly factory, and many parts need to be purchased from outside.

These require hundreds or even thousands of supporting manufacturers to provide them. And these manufacturers are all in the aviation industry system.

Qin Yang's eating their cake will definitely offend many people, and they may even use supply cuts to threaten him. Qin Yang has been prepared for this. If they don't provide it, then don't provide it in the future.

“Chief Engineer Qin, you really have the courage. I admire you.” Old Lin said, “By the way, you just gave Old Gu so many suggestions. Is this to treat everyone equally? Which unit are you optimistic about?”

“The chronic diseases of the Northern Institute are deeply rooted, and it is not so easy to reform and innovate. Old Gu alone is also difficult to support. For the Air Force, there are also benefits to choosing Old Song's plan.”

“What benefits?”

“Saving money.” Qin Yang said, “Let Old Song and the others do it, and they can develop the J-10 without even using the R\u0026D funds for the J-8. If the Northern Institute does it, the funds may have to be increased tenfold.”

Old Lin was stunned.

Old Gu left the aircraft building, left the capital, and hurried back.

Old Li took the first train back to Shenyang, and as soon as he entered the 601 Institute, he began to curse.

“That Chief Engineer Qin is too much. He doesn’t take us seriously at all. This time, we took the initiative to come to him with full sincerity. Not only did I not pursue the matter at Factory 320, but I even took the initiative to apologize to him, Chief Engineer Qin. I didn’t expect that Chief Engineer Qin would actually play with us!”

Play?

Everyone was surprised: “How did he play with you?”

“Hmph, he obviously knew that our J-8 didn’t have a two-seat version, but he didn’t mention it at the beginning. He only said at the end that a two-seat fighter was needed to install their radar. He played with us in the palm of his hand. Qin Yang, that kid whose hair hasn’t even grown yet, is too hateful!”

Everyone was indignant.

Just as everyone was angry, Old Gu returned in a hurry.

“Old Gu, that Qin Yang is too deceiving!”

“That’s right, let’s go to the capital to sue him for being arrogant!”

Everyone suddenly broke out.

Old Gu quickly shook his head: “No, no, you misunderstood. Chief Engineer Qin is still good to us. He pointed out a new path for us.”

“He, Qin Yang, will show us the way?” Old Li rolled his eyes at Old Gu: “Old Gu, you wouldn’t have been deceived by that kid Qin Yang, would you?”

“No, it’s true. The leaders of the Air Force were there at the time.”

Old Gu began to introduce without even drinking water: “The Air Force also needs a medium-sized fighter project. We need to pick up the J-13 project again and modify it according to the needs of the Air Force.”

Old Li’s eyes lit up: “Great, this project is tailor-made for us. Let’s first ask the Air Force for 20 million in funding to start research!”

Old Gu shook his head: “No, the Air Force will not allocate funds to us.”

“Why?”

“We need to solve the research funding ourselves. After bidding, the project will fall into our hands, and then the Air Force will allocate R\u0026D funding.”

“What a joke, how can we work without funding?” Someone immediately expressed dissatisfaction.

Under the original planned system, the military would issue task indicators and allocate funds to research institutes for research based on what they needed. Don’t think that the military is Party A, but it still has to look at the research institute’s face. If the research institute runs out of money, it will submit another report to ask for it. We are working for your military, so hurry up and bring the money!

But now, we need to develop a market economy and have competition!

This rule has to be changed, but for those who are used to asking for money, this is unacceptable.

“That’s right, if they don’t give us money, we won’t do the project for them.”

“If we don’t do it, then the project will fall into Old Song’s hands. Old Song and the others are also researching it.”

“What? This advanced medium-sized fighter is not going to be handed over to our Northern Institute? We are the old leader in military aircraft R\u0026D!”

“That’s right, what can Old Song and the others do? They don’t have a single successful model under their command!”

“Everyone, times have changed. The Air Force has decided to decide the project’s ownership by opening a tender meeting. Even if we go to the leaders of the aviation industry system, it’s useless. Let’s focus on research. Our aircraft needs to be greatly modified.”

“How to modify it?”

“Further increase the wing-body fusion, use advanced avionics, fly-by-wire flight control, and high-thrust turbofan engines.” Old Gu said.

“That’s impossible. These are castles in the air!” Old Li started to object again.

“That’s right, based on our domestic foundation, these are impossible.”

“Also fly-by-wire control? Which domestic unit can develop this kind of equipment?”