After listening to Norokov's words, several military observers from West Asia and the Middle East realized that it seemed that a certain big country in the East was really moving very quickly this time.

How long did it take between the earthquake and the arrival of the first helicopter at the field airfield near the Karakoram Mountains and its journey to the badly damaged Sanctuary Bay outpost loaded with relief supplies?

4 hours or 6 hours?

Anyway, the earthquake occurred in the early morning, and by noon, three Y-15PLUS had already fallen from the sky, not only unloading a general-purpose helicopter that can be applied to the plateau, but also loading a large number of logistics support equipment, personnel and a considerable part of disaster relief materials.

At that time, the airborne troops responsible for loading and unloading and disaster relief missions were too fast, and the mysterious plateau helicopter was too dazzling, so just like fans seeing their idols, a large group of military observers were attracted by the helicopter.

Now, after being reminded by Norokov, the military observers of Pakistan, Iran, and other countries suddenly woke up, and the strategic significance of this is simply self-evident.

You must know that although the Y-15PLUS has excellent performance, it is only a light tactical transport aircraft after all, although it is powered by a turbofan engine, it is much better than the general turboprop power, and the range can also be compared with many medium-sized transport aircraft.

However, its maximum take-off weight and load capacity are obvious shortcomings, after all, the transport aircraft is the same as the truck on the mine, the larger the load, the better, even if it seems to be inflexible, but at the critical moment, the large load capacity means that the greater the power delivered per unit time.

Regardless of the other major incidents more than half a year ago, the Y-15PLUS suffered a loss of small carrying capacity, and the number was too small to form a projection heavy force, which caused the airborne troops to be quite embarrassed in the operation at that time.

The problems exposed by that large-scale exercise, which was close to actual combat, were not only seen by relevant people in China, but also noticed by professional organizations in other countries.

In particular, the performance of the Y-15PLUS is not high or low, so that many countries interested in it have become hesitant, among which the Pakistan Air Force, which has been equipped with 12 Y-15Plus, is the most typical, seeing that the airborne troops equipped with the Y-15PLUS more than half a year ago have such a bad delivery capability, the Pakistan Air Force suspended the purchase contract of the follow-up eight Y-15plus.

The reason is that the Air Force needs to evaluate, but in fact it is dissatisfied with the actual combat performance of the Y-15PLUS.

The same is true for Iran, when it purchased and leased the TRJ-500 regional airliner, it took a fancy to the Y-15plus, after all, Iran, which has long suffered from the embargo of a foreign country, has long had aging equipment on hand, especially the air transport force, which needs to be updated urgently.

The Y-15PLUS was excellent at that time in terms of range, load capacity and flexibility, so the then Iranian senior commercial counselor Badia signed a procurement contract with Ascendas Group on behalf of the military for another 12 Y-15PLUS transport aircraft, with a total value of 250 million US dollars.

As a result, after the major incident half a year ago, Iran also began to re-examine whether the composition of its air transport force was biased, so after receiving 6 Y-15plus, it decisively cut the order for another 6.

There are many similar countries, some are cutting orders like Iran, some are implicitly dragging it out and not wanting it, and some are good intentions but just feel that something is missing and they can't take the last step.

All in all, they are not satisfied with the performance of the Y-15plus.

However, at this moment, looking at the mysterious plateau helicopter hanging over the Karakoram Mountains, the field airfield was parked with the Y-15PLUS, which they considered to be inadequate.

What does this mean?

The Y-15PLUS has evolved from a single land equipment light tactical transport aircraft to a sub-strategic transport aircraft that can take into account the transportation of important aviation equipment.

Yes, the coffee level is so high.

There is no way, in today's world, there are only a few models of transport aircraft that can carry out long-distance air transport by medium-sized helicopters, and all of them are heavy strategic transport aircraft that only the United States and the former Soviet Union can have.

Medium-sized tactical transport aircraft are not good, because medium-sized helicopters are generally more than 4 meters high for technical and technological reasons, which greatly exceeds the cargo hold height of medium-sized transport aircraft.

Even some helicopters, even with the propellers and hubs removed, are taller than the cargo compartment of most medium-sized transport aircraft.

Because of this, in the current world, there are really not many models that can carry out long-distance air transport tasks of helicopters, and ordinary countries do not even dare to think about this kind of equipment.

There is no way, not to mention that the procurement of such a heavy strategic transport plane requires all kinds of difficulties, even if it is bought, how can it be raised? You must know that this thing is a gold-swallowing beast, and the maintenance cost is so high that it can even swallow up the defense budget of an ordinary small country for a year.

However, it is such a good thing that everyone wants but has many barriers, but it has a historic reversal in an earthquake that occurred in the Karakoram Pass.

Although the Y-15PLUS is not large, it can carry medium-sized utility helicopters.

You must know that from landing to unloading, these military observers observed the whole process, although the distance was very long, but with the blessing of the telescope, they could see quite really.

Think about the mysterious plateau helicopter at that time when it was slowly moved out of the cabin, the propeller, hub propeller, and tail rotor were not removed, but the hydraulic landing gear was retracted, the propeller was folded back, and the tail rotor was folded forward, just like a carrier-based helicopter was stored in the Y-15PLUS cabin.

Because of this, the freshly unloaded medium-sized utility helicopter can prepare for takeoff in an extreme time and quickly launch a rescue mission.

If the propellers, hub propellers, and tail rotors are all dismantled in order to determine the size of the cabin, it is okay in the plains, and the maintenance personnel can do it with a little work.

The problem is that here and now is the Karakoram Mountains, a plateau within a plateau, and there have just been earthquakes, aftershocks have occurred from time to time, and if you want to install these accessories in this environment, even if the strong maintenance does not have a day or two to get it done, the key is to test it when it is installed, and it will take time.

But now, people's helicopters don't have to be so troublesome at all, and they do it completely in accordance with the situation of carrier-based helicopters, and they can open the landing gear, open the propellers, and lift the tail rotor, and they don't even need to worry about the fuel.

The military observers did not care about that scene because of the appearance of the new equipment, and now they are reminded by Norokov that they are amazed at the strategic significance of the precise integration between the Y-15PLUS and the medium helicopter.

Think about the forward deployment of the Y-15PLUS on the Iranian plateau, northern Pakistan, if the Y-15PLUS is loaded with medium-sized helicopters with plateau take-off and landing capabilities for forward deployment, it is definitely a qualitative improvement in the ability to perform multiple missions.

So the military observer from Pakistan frowned and pondered for a while, and then nodded thoughtfully: "Well~~ It seems that the number of our Y-15PLUS transport aircraft is still insufficient, and it needs to be increased, at least it must have the ability to transport 6 medium-sized utility helicopters to any disputed location in a single formation." ”