"F-14?" Hu Wenhai was pretended to be stunned, but his heart was tossing and turning.

Although there were already doubts before, when the mystery was revealed, Hu Wenhai still felt a little unreal. I was involved in such a historical event.

China imports F-14, which is only a legend in the history of the past. No one knows whether it has happened or not, and there are different opinions in military magazines and even gossip on the Internet.

But when you think about it, the United States is really willing to take out toys to play with China at this time. For example, two years later, in the Peace Model Plan, the large co-spy Grumman took out APG656667 three models of radar and opened them up for the J-8 team to choose.

On the other hand, the Americans have also considered a plan to replace the J-8 with F404 engines and AIM7M missiles.

Speaking of which, with the vision radar, the engine of the F404 and the missile of the AIM7M, this is not much different from the level of co-spy that directly sells big cats, right?

Therefore, from the bottom line of the Americans' hearts alone, Hu Wenhai feels that it is not impossible. But of course, who knows if William Mitchell represents the Pentagon or Grumman?

In those years, Grumman was very willing to China, and dared to sell anything. There is no way, Grumman spent ten years, $1.2 billion to develop the F-20 so far no one, and if it does not create some additional income, I am afraid it is difficult to explain it to the board members.

If it was the news of the Su-27 that Grumman secretly released in order to promote military aircraft deals between China and the United States, Hu Wenhai would not be surprised at all. Kneel and beg for a hundred black * rock * cabinets

But whether Grumman goes alone or the Pentagon acquiesces in this matter, the question is whether China really needs the F-14?

Although Hu Wenhai was reborn, he didn't dare to say that he was completely sure of this question. No, maybe not even 50% sure.

The F-14 is undoubtedly a generation of classics, and Hu Wenhai, as a "cat party", of course, also emotionally hopes that there will be F-14 flying in the Chinese sky. But intellectually, the F-14 program is too complicated.

First and foremost, the F-14 is not the most suitable for China in this era. It should be noted that the F-14 is a carrier-based aircraft!

Any carrier-based aircraft will make certain compromises in terms of performance in order to get on board, and the F-14 is no exception. Changing to an F-15, Hu Wenhai didn't even want to raise his limbs to agree! Unfortunately, unless China sells itself to China, it is impossible for the Americans to sell the F-15 to China. Just look at what country has an F-15, Israel is a bloc in Japan, South Korea and Singapore, and if it does not have the courage to be a dog for the United States, there will be no F-15.

The second is that the F-14 is too expensive, and the purchase price of $24 million in 1984 is really not used by China. What's more, if you buy an airplane, you have to buy a service, and Grumman will no longer be a spy in maintenance.

In addition, the design idea of the F-14 is fleet air defense, which was originally designed to counter the Soviet Tu-22M backfire, and it is also very good in high-altitude and high-speed performance, which is inevitably repeated with the eighth master.

But is the F-14 good? I'm afraid no one can say a word against their will. F-14 for China, a single young man in his twenties earns some money and wants to buy a car, and he only has the money to buy BYD or Chery in his pocket, but he will still drool when he sees the Harvard H6......

But then again, the F-14's AWG-9 radar and variable sweep wing are also the Achilles heel of Chinese fighters. Chinese fighter designers have repeatedly claimed to make up for the lack of power and aerodynamics, but they have never developed a variable swept wing. The F-14 relies on the variable swept wing, but of course, when it comes to the fourth-generation aircraft, the variable swept wing is a bit of a chicken rib.

But anyway, it's an F-14! It's an F-14! It's an F-14!

Hu Wenhai shouted in his heart, for the "cat party", the F-14 is a feeling, a dream......

But in major national affairs, there is no soil for feelings and dreams to survive, and Hu Wenhai does not dare to talk nonsense on such occasions.

He cautiously thought and thought, and then said: "I personally think that the F-14 is an outstanding fighter that can be called an art. But whether the shoe fits or not, only the foot knows. As a carrier-based air supremacy fighter for an American aircraft carrier, I guess there must be something inappropriate about it. But on the other hand, the Tomcat is undoubtedly the most advanced fighter we have access to at the moment. If it were me, I would introduce some of it on a small scale, on the one hand, to digest and absorb it, and on the other hand, to use it for temporary emergencies. ”

Hu Wenhai knew that the Soviet Union was about to go downhill, and the domestic military pressure would only get lighter and lighter, and in another five or six years, there would be no need to worry about the bear's Tu-22M backfire meeting south, and then China's main pressure would come from the United States, and using F-14 to confront the Americans would not be a big knife in front of Guan Gong?

Therefore, his opinion is that the introduction can be, but not as China's main third-generation aircraft. To be honest, if China introduced the Su-27 in the nineties, it used the avionics of the F-14 to transform the Su-27, or the AL-31F engine to transform the F-14, this picture is too beautiful for me to look at!

Regarding Hu Wenhai's opinion, Lin Qianjun just nodded, and there was no choice but to respond in silence.

Hu Wenhai didn't expect what he was saying now to affect the country's major politics, so he didn't say much, and simply dragged Hu Jiefang to the upper city of Manhattan.

The prosperity of New York really opened Hu Jiefang's eyes, with clean and tidy streets, endless traffic, and of course, all kinds of fashionable clothes worn by people on the streets.

"Hey, this is the United States!" Hu Jiefang felt a little dizzy, looking at the scenery flashing outside the car window, his head was a little insufficient.

Xiucheng is only a third-tier weak city in China, and in the 80s, even high-rise buildings in the city could be seen at a glance. Even in the provincial city of Shengjing, I have never seen so many high-rise buildings tens or hundreds of meters high.

"It's just that there are too many cars on the street, and it's good to be patient with the people who drive. "New York's road system obviously left a deep impression on Hu Jiefang, and it was also the general mentality of Chinese after arriving in the United States in this era. There is a huge gap, and I just feel that it is good to see everything, even if it is a traffic jam, it has become evidence of the high quality of Americans.

The taxi stopped and went until it came to a stop in a leafy part of the city.

"This is where you live?" Hu Jiefang looked at the magnificent building in front of him, and his face couldn't help but be a little ugly.

Hu Wenhai paid the fare here, turned his head and found that Hu Jiefang was frowning, and said angrily: "Why are you so wasteful, how much does it cost to stay in this kind of place for one night? Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this!"

Hu Wenhai shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "I don't live very well, the standard room here is only 128 US dollars a day, which is already very cheap." ”

"More than 100!" Hu Jiefang thought in his heart, isn't more than 100 US dollars more than 200 yuan? According to today's domestic market, it is already a month's salary for three or four workers.

"Nonsense, you quickly return this house, let's find a cheaper place to go!"

Hu Wenhai couldn't help but sigh helplessly, in fact, he didn't live here before, but lived in a four-star hotel in Shangcheng District, which was only a few dozen dollars a day. And now this Central Park Hotel is very famous in New York, with the famous New York Central Park outside the window, and it is also a five-star hotel, with a lot of enjoyment and facilities.

He also thought that the "old man" had hardly ever been abroad in his life, and before he was reborn, because he was busy with work, he didn't care enough about Hu Jiefang's life, and he always had to make up for it in this life.

But he forgot Hu Jiefang's "high-consciousness" stinky temper, how could he allow him to live in such a place that looks like a gold cave.

"Okay, let's go to where I used to live. Hu Wenhai raised his hand to surrender, so he had to pull Hu Jiefang to turn around and leave.

However, before he could take two steps, he heard someone in the hotel shouting his name.

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Hu Wenhai! It's me, Douglas!"

"Mr. Douglas!"

Hu Wenhai turned around in surprise and saw Douglas of the Scholars Publishing House coming out of the hotel: "Why are you here? ”

"It's a coincidence, I'm also related to you here, so please join in. Douglas was obviously a little surprised, and pointed to another person who was coming out of the hotel: "I will introduce you to Mr. Clark, whose pen name is Sonata, and he will be in charge of making changes and additions to your manuscript." ”

"Sonata !" Hu Wenhai hurriedly took the initiative to stretch out his hand and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Douglas to invite Mr. Sonata to revise my manuscript, it's really an honor." ”

Although Hu Wenhai has not been in the United States for a long time, he also knows the name of this sonata. In 1983, "The Holy Gentleman Joffrey", which was the third bestseller in the United States, was his work, which can be described as a hit.

To be honest, he was a little surprised that Douglas could bring in such an accomplished person to revise his draft.

"No, after reading Mr. Hu's novels, I can only say that the only thing I am proud of is that level of English writing. In terms of ideology or the readability of novels, I have no way to compare with Mr. Hu. ”

"Oh, I don't know who this is?" Douglas noticed Hu Jiefang next to Hu Wenhai and couldn't help asking.

"This is my father, who just came to the United States today. ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Hu's father, please come in! You are coming to the United States for the first time? Then I must treat you well!"