Jiang Liang's words are not exaggerated at all, a certain regiment of the army aviation stationed in southwest China has only a total of 24 S-70 helicopters under its jurisdiction, and except for the two that crashed and scrapped in the early years, and those that are faulty and unable to perform their tasks due to normal maintenance, there are only 5 S-70 helicopters in Jiang Liang's regiment that can act immediately.

In other words, the entire S-70 helicopter fleet is less than 30% in good condition.

What kind of concept is this, for example, if the next moment the war comes, the S-70 is needed to carry out the mission, more than 20 aircraft can be dispatched at any time but 5, and the only 5 in the high-intensity mission can last for how long is unknown, because from the perspective of the entire fleet of the proper rate, the problem of maintenance is very serious, that is to say, once the 5 helicopters on the mission fail, there is no other way but to ground.

If the entire S-70 helicopter fleet is outdated equipment, it is just that, but this equipment has been in service for less than ten years, and it is in the golden age of equipment performance, but it is like this, which is no longer bad two words can be summed up, but it is barely appropriate to describe it with tragedy.

Jiang Liang was transferred from the Northern Heavy Armored Group Army to a certain regiment of the Southwest Army Aviation Corps in the second quarter of this year, and when he first took over, he did not feel anything, but only after the training began to find that the actual situation was far more serious than he had imagined, and as the first half of the year was coming to an end, the regiment was about to prepare for the task of supplying the Tibetan plateau in the autumn and winter, and it was obviously difficult for a certain regiment of the Army Aviation Corps stationed in the southwest to complete this task with only five planes.

What's more, even if you use these 5 S-70 helicopters to barely execute, what if there is an accident in the case of poor maintenance?

Even if we take another 10,000 steps back, this year we will use the method of demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, using several helicopters of the same type as a supply source of spare parts, and dismantling the intact parts on them to ensure the normal operation of the five S-70 helicopters that can perform tasks, what will we do next year? What will we do the year after next?

Is it possible that several helicopters of the same type will have to be dismantled every year in order to survive? If we really want to continue in this way, we will not need the enemy to fight them, and this army aviation unit with the highest level of equipment will be dismantled by our own hands within a few years.

So Jiang Liang was anxious, very anxious, so anxious that he was in a hurry and foamed at the mouth.

Of course, Jiang Liang and others have not thought of a way, many manufacturers and scientific research institutes have come to help Jiang Liang's regiment maintain the S-70 helicopter, and they have indeed achieved some results, such as the S-70 helicopter main landing gear chrome plating layer falling off, re-plating, etc.

For this reason, it has also filled a lot of domestic gaps, but in the core field, these domestic manufacturers and scientific research institutes have some headaches, you must know that the S-70 helicopter is also the most advanced medium-sized helicopter in the world.

Many domestic manufacturers and scientific research institutes of processes and materials have never seen it, let alone repair and maintain, so they can't solve the problem at all.

We can only continue to look for a way out.

Just when Jiang Liang was at a loss, his old classmate Zheng Quanli said to him: "Why don't you go to Lao Zhuang and try it? He has been tinkering with aerospace technology all day long, in case you can use it." ”

When Jiang Liang heard this, he directly slapped his head with a big fan, and after tossing for a long time, he forgot about the old village of Tengfei Group.

Fortunately, Zheng Quanli's words woke up the dreamer, so Jiang Liang made a brief report to the regiment and his superiors, and then took a group of subordinates and backbones to Tengfei Group to seek assistance.

After listening to Jiang Liang's words, Zhuang Jianye was also a little incredible, I didn't expect that this was only a few years of hard work, the S-70 helicopter fleet was like this, I remember that a few years ago, when Tengfei Group developed the Y-6, the proper rate of the entire S-70 helicopter fleet was maintained at 75% to 80%, and the proper rate of the situation in six or seven years fell to less than 30%, this gap is simply like the vicissitudes of life, making people feel like living in a dream.

However, after thinking about it, Zhuang Jianye did not have so many feelings and entanglements, and it is a common trick of Western countries to get stuck in the neck of the main battle equipment accessories, not to mention anything else, Iran's F-14 fighter was stuck by the United States, and had to dismantle the similar aircraft parts that were lying in the nest to fill the usable, and there were only a few "Persian Cat" fleets left in the heyday of the year for several years.

Now the domestic S-70 helicopter fleet has encountered the same problem as the Iranian F-14 fleet, what should I do?

"We don't have a complete technical template for the S-70 helicopter on hand, and we have to go to the scene to see how it is, after all, the plane is not a table, chair and bench, and you can use it casually by knocking on a wooden wedge. ”

Zhuang Jianye didn't say anything at all, not that he didn't want to send people to study the S-70 helicopter back then, especially after Professor Zhao served as the general consultant of Tengfei Group and guided Tong Xia to start the development of the improved Z-6 helicopter, this idea became even more urgent.

The problem is that the American manufacturers will not let it at all, and a certain helicopter group stationed in the southwest feels that the American manufacturers are nosy and want to open up, yes, no problem, all spare parts and in-depth maintenance will be directly cut off for you, so that your entire fleet can't fly, open it.

At that time, the maintenance of the S-70 helicopter fleet was normal, and in order to maintain the mission level, although a certain helicopter regiment stationed in the southwest held its breath, it still politely rejected Zhuang Jianye's request in accordance with the requirements of the American manufacturer.

Zhuang Jianye didn't care, anyway, there have been many similar things for so many years, and Western countries have formed barriers with high technology, and the formation of monopolies has become the only way for Western manufacturers to rise and make excess profits.

Otherwise, where did the high welfare of Western countries come from?

So if you don't let you see it, you won't let it see, Zhuang Jianye doesn't care, plus at that time, he was mainly busy dealing with inflation and deflation later, and Professor Zhao and Tong Xia and others took a more technical route to the French lineage of Western Europe, Zhuang Jianye didn't insist, and the matter was over.

The result was good, and the ninjas of a certain regiment of helicopters stationed in the southwest were white-eyed and held their breath to keep the supply and maintenance of accessories from American manufacturers, but they were still cut off for various reasons.

This face was beaten, it was really a little painful, so that later I found many domestic manufacturers and scientific research institutes but avoided the Tengfei Group, and a certain helicopter regiment stationed in the southwest really couldn't pull down the skin to beg for help.

It wasn't until Jiang Liang, an old acquaintance of Zhuang Jianye, was transferred to the regiment that he ran to Tengfei Group without any baggage.

Zhuang Jianye is still clear about this, but there is really no need to worry about anything, some things are very complicated, a bit similar to falling in love, the main division and combination of various tosses, you have no chance to step in this spare tire, and when the two officially blow, the favorite goddess suddenly came over and called you to go to her house with this spare tire, saying that she was afraid to let you sleep with her at night, would you really be lonely and widowed to play with her all night of flying~~~~ chess?

Others don't know, anyway, the Tengfei Group led by Zhuang Jianye has been a spare tire for so many years, and finally a goddess takes the initiative to give her arms, so it is natural to show her majesty and serve her well.