"I ...... I ......"

Nikolai Malenkov's face was red and white.

It's embarrassing.

Because Fernandez Chen's speculation, or prediction based on available information, is really very accurate, accurate to the truth:

Compared with the "Kiev" class, which can only take off and land helicopters and vertical take-off and landing Yak-38 fixed-wing fighters, the 3.5-class aircraft carrier, which will be officially named after the "Kuznetsov class" in the future, will definitely not be able to use the Yak-38 as the main carrier-based fighter - in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Yak-38, even the French's "Super Military Flag" carrier-based aircraft can't beat it;

After excluding the Yak-38, what choice did the Soviet Union have? The only aircraft carrier and carrier-based fighter that could be put on board by the Soviet Union could only be the carrier-based version of the MiG-29 or Su-27, and taking into account the combat effectiveness of the F-14 "Tomcat" and F-18 "Hornet" of the United States, developing a carrier-based version of the fighter based on the Su-27 heavy fighter had become the only choice for the Soviet Navy...... And the USSR did exactly that.

If you think about it, it is normal for the Americans to speculate on the choice of the next generation of carrier-based aircraft for the Soviet Navy based on these existing known conditions, but what does it matter?

Just as the Soviet Union already knew that the Americans' main carrier-based fighter was the F-14 "Tomcat" more than ten years ago, even if it knew the model of the Americans' main carrier-based fighter, and even the performance of the main systems such as engines and radars, could it accurately give the F-14's combat performance and flight envelope, and give targeted air combat countermeasures based on this?

Of course not.

The Soviets could not judge the precise performance and flight envelope of the F-14 and F-18 by just one name, and the Americans certainly could not and could not derive the precise performance of the Soviet Union's new generation of main carrier-based fighters based on such a simple guess as the "carrier-based version of the Su-27".

So soon, Nikolai Malenkov adjusted his emotions and laughed: "Fernandez, my friend, what are you talking about, we are friends, you are our best friend in the Soviet Union, how can we ...... Your joke is so funny, haha......"

"Haha......"

Chen Geng followed haha.

Nikolai Malenkov diverted the topic: "By the way, my friend, you just said that you would develop a carrier-based version of the trainer / fighter based on this trainer aircraft, what is the matter?"

Chen Geng explained: "The main thing is to reduce the cost of flight, maintain the status of the carrier-based aircraft pilot, and maintain the life of the fighter body and engine. ”

Nikolai Malenkov and Yuri Kravchenko reacted immediately.

Today, the cost of using the main carrier-based fighter is very high, taking the land-based version of the Su-27 as an example, it takes at least 100,000 rubles to perform a routine combat patrol and flight training, and it also consumes the life of valuable engines and aircraft fuselages, and each pilot must fly at least 150 flight hours a year to be able to maintain the condition, under normal circumstances, it takes 200 flight hours per year, counting the wear and tear of the aircraft fuselage life and engine life. Maintenance of the aircraft, how much is this?

But what if you use a jet trainer that can simulate the flight characteristics of the Su-27 to carry out daily flight training to maintain the pilot's condition? Each flight hour costs less than 10,000 rubles.

Why did the Soviet Union give the order to the four major design bureaus to develop this new jet advanced trainer aircraft? Wasn't it because the cost of flying with a two-seat combat/trainer improved fighter plane was so high that even the Soviet Union's finances could not afford it, and it had to reduce the cost of flight while maintaining the status of a pilot?

This was true not only of the Soviet Union, but also of the Americans, who were forced to adopt this training method to reduce the cost of training because they could not afford the expensive training of the "VTXTS" (Jet Flight Training System, that is, the T-45 carrier-based advanced jet trainer aircraft of the U.S. Navy) that the Americans officially established in 1981?

Thinking of this, Nikolai Malenkov couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: Americans can do this, and even before we had thought of using advanced jet trainers to reduce the cost of flight training for the MiG-29 and Su-27, why didn't we think of using this trainer aircraft as the basis to develop a carrier-based version of the trainer to meet the needs of the Navy to reduce the cost of flight and training?

Looking at Nikolai Malenkov's reaction, Chen Geng knew that he was moved, and smiled slightly, Chen Geng continued: "It's not just about reducing the cost of flight and training, if we develop a carrier-based trainer/light fighter with a certain combat effectiveness, we can even let it participate in some low-intensity forward patrols, enemy aircraft expulsion and even low-intensity combat missions, but what I value is not this, but his business prospects......"

Speaking of this, Chen Geng paused deliberately.

Nikolai Malenkov and Yuri Kravchenkoden were a little anxious.

The two of them were listening seriously, especially Yuri Kravchenko, who also reacted at this time, if the Joint Council of Ministers could be persuaded to develop a version based on this advanced trainer aircraft for the training of naval carrier-based fighters, what harm would it do to the Ivchenko Design Bureau?

There is no harm, and there are only benefits and no harms, not only more engines are sold, but the military will need to order an additional part of the maintenance spare parts from the Ivchenko Design Bureau every year.

But when Fernández Chan said this, he didn't even say it!

He doesn't say it!

Do you think this is annoying? Tell me what commercial prospects this plane has?

There is no way, it is not ten years ago in the Soviet Union, life is difficult, although the common people are not hungry, but the supply of all kinds of light industrial manufactured goods for daily needs is very tight, and the hard currency required for international trade is extremely scarce, in this case, Fernández Chen actually said that the commercial prospects of this aircraft are very objective.

It's just considerable, but at this time, damn Fernandez Chen won't talk about it!

He doesn't say it!

Nikolai Malenkov gestured to Yuri Kravchenko with his eyes, meaning: you quickly ask, what exactly is the business prospect?

Yuri Kravchenko didn't hesitate, he also wanted to know, and immediately asked Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, you said that the commercial prospects of this carrier-based training aircraft are good, right...... It's ......"

"Of course I have to say it," Chen Geng said with a smile: "But this carrier-based version of the trainer aircraft will also be included in the package framework of our cooperation, and the rules of this shipborne version are the same as those of the ordinary version, this is no problem, right?"

It turned out that Fernández Chen was worried about this, and Nikolai Malenkov breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied: "Of course there is no problem. ”

"That's good," Chen Geng didn't sell it when he said this: "In addition to using it as a carrier-based trainer/light fighter for Soviet aircraft carriers, we can also sell it." ”

That's what you're talking about as a promising business prospect?

Nikolai Malenkov and Yuri Kravchenkotsy were stunned, and then, full of disappointment: I thought you could say something new, it turned out to be a takeaway plane?!

Sell airplanes just sell airplanes, what's the big deal......

Looking at the expressions of Nikolai Malenkov and Yuri Kravchenko, Chen Geng knew what these two guys were thinking, and sighed in his heart: These two guys, that is, in the Soviet Union, enjoy the government's support, otherwise they would really come out to play business and be killed by people and don't know how to die.

"In this world, how many carrier-based fighters are suitable for aircraft carriers? And you think it's just selling planes?" Chen Genghe laughed twice, although he didn't say it, but the disdain on his face was overflowing: "There are many countries in the world that want aircraft carriers, right? You don't want to sell aircraft carriers in the past, and then sell them together with this advanced training aircraft as carrier-based aircraft?"

"This is impossible, it is absolutely impossible for the Soviet aircraft carrier to be sold," as soon as Chen Geng's words were finished, Nikolai Malenkov shook his head busily, feeling that Chen Geng had an extremely bad idea: "It is absolutely impossible for the Soviet Union to sell 3.5 aircraft carriers to the outside world......"

"That's right," Yuri Kravchenko nodded in agreement, "and this plane can't beat the American F-14 and F-18 ......"

After speaking, the two looked at each other, and then shook their heads: Just like that, can you become a billionaire......?

IQ, IQ!

Where is IQ?

Chen Geng was almost desperate for Lao Maozi's business acumen, and he wanted to kick Nikolai Malenkov and Yuri Kravchenko, who were proud and complacent about it: did these guys have brains in their heads, was it really too cold in the Soviet Union, and their brains were all frozen?

"Who told you to sell the 3.5, and even if you sell it, which country will buy it? Hmm? Are you going to sell the 3.5 to the United States?"

Nikolai Malenkov reacted: Of course, it is not possible to sell the 3.5 to the United States, but then again, there seems to be no other country on the planet other than the United States and the Soviet Union that bought the 3.5 aircraft carrier, he snorted twice and said: "Uh...... Then you still say......"

Chen Geng, who had lost any hope for Nikolai Malenkov and even the business acumen of the Soviet Union as a whole, sighed and said, "Do you know about the British Invincible-class light aircraft carrier?"

Nikolai Malenkov nodded, and then asked puzzledly: "I know, but what does this have to do with our carrier-based trainers?"

Chen Geng was desperate, what kind of stuff are these people?

It's just that at the same time of despair, he is extremely happy: doing business with fools doesn't seem to be too cool......