Louis Michael Roy reacted a little faster, and he quickly reacted to one of Chen Geng's words, and said to Cyrus Roberts Vance, who was a little confused: "From the perspective of efficiency, medium-sized excavators are obviously more capable of rescue than small diggers.

If there is an earthquake somewhere in Huaxia, it is necessary to let the CH-54 immediately lift the excavator to rescue, in order to ensure that the helicopter can fly, Huaxia needs to unload the bucket of the medium-sized excavator and the oil, water and fuel of the whole car - the bucket, oil, water and fuel of the excavator need to be lifted by other helicopters.

After arriving at the destination, the excavator could not work immediately, and needed to add various fuels, oil, coolant and other fluids and buckets, and the rescue could only be carried out after at least an hour.

But if two CH-54 can be used to lift an excavator together, not only can lift the medium and large excavators with stronger excavation capacity, but also the excavator can also be lifted in a state of standby, and the excavator can be put into work immediately after arriving at the destination. ”

“......”

Cyrus Roberts Vance was dumbfounded: Can it still be like this?

It can be so.

Two CH-54 "Tahe" work together to lift a piece of equipment, but also to avoid the extreme situation of the aircraft full load or even overload - a little understanding of aviation and flight knows that full load and overload have a great impact on the life of the aircraft fuselage and the main load-bearing components, if the aircraft often takes off with full load or even overload, the life of the aircraft fuselage will be greatly shortened.

"Speaking of which, the lifting capacity of the 'Tach' is still a little smaller," Chen Geng leisurely added a knife to Cyrus Roberts Vance's heart: "If the 'Tach' can have the lifting capacity of the Soviet Mi-26, there will be no such trouble." ”

m-26 "Halo"?

Cyrus Roberts Vance's expression was instantly wonderful!

At the Paris Air Show in France in June last year, the Soviets took out the Mi-26 "Halo," the world's largest and most powerful heavy helicopter, raising the maximum load of the helicopter to 20 tons in one fell swoop, while the maximum load of the A type of the CH-54 "Tahe" was less than 9.1 tons, less than half of the "Halo," and the maximum load of the improved B type was 11.34 tons, barely more than half.

Naturally, how brilliant and vaunted the Soviet Union's Miri Design Bureau was at the Paris Air Show, how disgraced the Sikorsky Company, an American heavy helicopter manufacturer, was.

Cyrus Roberts Vance was stunned for a moment before he said unwillingly: "I...... We also have a larger helicopter solution, the S-64B, which can carry up to 17.9 tons, and we have the 'Super Stallion' ......."

As a military fan, Chen Geng of course knows Sikorsky's S-64B program, compared with the current S-64A, S-64B not only uses a larger diameter of the rotor, but also uses a new three-engine scheme and a new transmission system, the maximum load of the new S-64B is almost twice that of CH-54A, but this plan was not adopted by the military, but Sikorsky's efforts are not completely in vain, the layout of the three engines, The new drivetrain and new rotors were given directly by Sikorsky to the CH-53E "Super Stallion", the CH-53 now used by the US military, all in twin-engine versions.

Chen Geng spread his hands: "Not to mention the question of whether the lords of Capitol Hill will approve the sale of the 'super stallion' to the Chinese, even if the lords of Capitol Hill approve, the Chineses can't afford it, right?"

“......”

Cyrus Roberts Vance was speechless.

On the one hand, Sikorsky really didn't get the S-64B out, and on the other hand, just like Fernandez said, even if Sikorsky really made the S-64B, it would be impossible for the US Congress to agree to Sikorsky to sell such a high-performance helicopter to Huaxia - even if Congress really agreed to cerebral convulsions, Huaxia would not be able to afford it.

He wanted to say, "As long as you pay and buy as much as you can, we will find a way to lobby Congress to approve this deal, but the question is whether Huaxia will pay for this money?" But when he thought of the fact that at last year's Paris Air Show in France, the Soviets offered only about $8 million for the Mi-26, and Cyrus Roberts Vance couldn't say a word -- although the Soviet Union would certainly not sell the Mi-26 to Huaxia.

It was Louis Michael Roy, who patted Sellers Roberts Vance on the shoulder: "Okay, no matter what, you have done the Pentagon a great favor, Mr. Richardson will remember your Sikorsky, besides, don't you plan to sell the 'Black Hawk' to the Chinese, tomorrow is a good opportunity...... By the way, can your pilots do this kind of difficult flight?"

Two planes work together to lift an overweight object, will pull the two helicopters together, which requires both pilots to have very high flying and maneuvering skills, a negligence may cause the plane to be destroyed and killed, especially the "aerial crane" such a large helicopter.

Cyrus Roberts Vance looked proud: "Of course, our pilots are absolutely fine!"

........................

"Mr. Chen, the brigadier general just now ......"

Seeing that Chen Geng had a free time, Li Jianguo, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, immediately pulled Chen Hongjun over.

Everyone on the American side thinks that there is something wrong with Li Jianguo's appearance, and Fernandez Chen is an adviser to the Chinese side.

It is said that Chen Hongjun's embassy military attaché assistant is not qualified to participate, but who asked him to be Chen Geng's cousin, the leaders above considered that there was such a factor, and it should be a good thing for this cooperation, and specially instructed the embassy to let Chen Hongjun come over to join the delegation.

"Oh, that," Chen Geng said, glancing at Louis Michael Roy, "Brigadier General Louis Michael Roy, assistant to the U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Elliot Richardson." ”

In the U.S. military's job system, the assistant secretary of defense is a real official position, not a very flexible position like "assistant to the general manager", as a senior officer of the Chinese military, Li Jianguo naturally understands this, but he was shocked that it seems that Chen Geng is very familiar with this Brigadier General Louis Michael Roy?

Facing Li Jianguo's shocked gaze, Chen Geng nodded: "Well, I am relatively familiar, and I have dealt with some ......."

Did you just deal with it a few times?

Li Jianguo didn't believe Chen Geng's words, he felt that Chen Geng was modest: just look at the enthusiastic appearance when they chatted just now, that is a "relatively familiar" friendship? The relationship between the two must be very good!

Thinking that Chen Geng actually has such a deep relationship in the Pentagon, and then thinking that Chen Geng had a very happy chat with Sikorsky Executive Vice President Cyrus Roberts Vance just now, and the relationship between the two seems to be very good, Li Jianguo's heart is hot!

It's just that......

What were the three of them just talking about?

Looking at Li Jianguo's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Chen Geng understood, and he asked with a smile: "Are you curious about what I just talked about with Brigadier General Michael Roy and Mr. Vance?"

Li Jianguo was embarrassed, he hurriedly waved his hand: "No...... There is no ......"

"There's nothing that can't be said," Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand: "I just told Mr. Vance that the S-64 'aerial crane' is a civilian version of the aircraft after all, and the lifting capacity is still a little smaller, and asked him if he could let two 'aerial cranes' work together to lift a heavier thing to take off." ”

"What...... What?!"

Li Jianguo felt that his lips were not good: let two planes take off with one thing hoisted?

During this time, everyone made up for their homework and knew that the most powerful performance of the "Tach" series of helicopters was CH-54B, and the maximum load of this guy could reach 11.34 tons.

What is the largest helicopter in our country?

What is the maximum take-off weight of the SA321 "Super Wasp" that I bought from the French, which was later the prototype of the Z-8 helicopter?

13 tons.

In other words, the maximum load capacity of CH-54B is almost equivalent to the maximum take-off weight of our largest helicopter.

But with such a big and powerful aircraft, Chen Geng was still not satisfied?

Not only Li Jianguo, but even Chen Hongjun on the side didn't know what to say.

"Where is it this time," Chen Geng pouted in the face of the persuasion of the two: "The Soviets have made a helicopter with a load of 20 tons." ”

Chen Hongjun: "......"

Li Jianguo: "......"

Both of them were speechless: they couldn't talk that day.

Li Jianguo, who didn't know how to talk about this day, changed the topic very familiarly, and asked Chen Geng in a low voice: "Mr. Chen, what do you think...... Do we have a chance to introduce the technology of this helicopter?"

"You're going to introduce Tahe's technology?"

"It won't be 'Tahe'," Li Jianguo hurriedly corrected: "The civilian version of the S-64 and the technology of the aerial crane will do." ”

Chen Geng knows that this is a glorious tradition of Huaxia's introduction of technology: but all the technologies and complete sets of equipment that Huaxia is eyeing are definitely not only the complete sets of equipment itself, nor are they limited to the installation, operation and maintenance of equipment, but even the design and manufacturing technology are introduced together, and gradually realize digestion, absorption and independence, and the localization rate is improved, and finally completely master independent intellectual property rights and obtain independent research and development and production capacity.

And that's a good thing.

But when it comes to the S-64, it is too unrealistic, far beyond the industrial status quo of Huaxia for many years to come.

Chen Geng thought for a while, and said as tactfully as possible: "Mr. Li, this ...... How to say, let's not talk about whether Huaxia's current industrial and scientific research capabilities can digest the technology of the 'aerial crane', and whether the U.S. Congress can approve the transfer of this technology, but just talk about the most basic: what are you going to do with the engine and transmission system?"

"Engines and transmissions?"

"The three versions of this helicopter, even the weakest civilian version: the S-64, are equipped with a turboshaft engine with a maximum power of 4,050 hp, and the most powerful CH-54B engine can reach 4,800 hp......"