"I'm not in a hurry to talk to them about engines and fighters today. Ibrahim's side probably has to solve it first. When he got up in the morning, Wang Guilin came to find Xie Kai, and Xie Kai brought it up.

Get Ibrahim first.

This is the more urgent thing.

Airbus' A-310s, Xie Kai has to want, and air-to-air missiles also need to be purchased by Iraq.

No orders, no production.

If it cannot be produced, there will be no follow-up R&D funds to invest.

For each project, except for the initial R&D funds, which need to be allocated from the small treasury by 404, they hope that each project can rely on the value of the product and technology itself to recover the investment funds and continue to develop and develop.

Only in this way can it be in line with the sustainable development of the entire project.

"Okay, you communicate with him well, I'll go and find out some information first. By the way, the Super-7A is likely to be shown to the Americans after a while. Wang Guilin said suddenly.

Xie Kai was puzzled, "Are the Americans ready to purchase advanced training planes from us?"

"What do you want!" Wang Guilin was amused by Xie Kai's words, "If we really sell the fighter to the United States, it will be good." ”

"The Americans haven't bought our J-7 yet?" Xie Kai was stunned.

Doesn't it mean that during the honeymoon period between China and the United States, the Americans purchased more than a dozen J-7s from China to simulate Soviet fighters and conduct combat experiments with the US domestic aviation forces?

Now the honeymoon period is less than two years away, and the Americans haven't bought it yet?

"What are the Americans buying the J-7 for? They are going to sell the F-16 to our Air Force, and the military doesn't want that thing, which costs tens of millions of dollars each, and now the J-8II renovation project is not over. The Americans are ready to show the flight performance of the F-16 in our country......" Wang Guilin's words were deeply unwilling, "so the Air Force hopes that our Super 7 can participate in the flight show of the Americans and earn a breath of relief." ”

Xie Kai immediately understood what was going on.

It is true that the United States has always wanted to sell the F-16 to China as a way to stop the development of China's aviation equipment field.

Historically, on September 24, 1987, U.S. Air Force Secretary Aldrich took the "Thunderbirds" flight team to China and staged a performance at Nanyuan Airport.

Six-plane formation!

The country could not refuse, and even the senior leaders of the Air Force had to accompany the smiling faces to watch the American fighter show.

The technical performance and strength of the F-16 are absolutely strong.

In one sentence, it is very yellow and violent!

Xie Kai originally thought that history would turn a corner, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't run away when he was supposed to come.

The performance of the F-16 in China, the Americans did not have a good heart, and they were ready to sell the F-16 to China, the world's most advanced fighter, almost a plan to kill a bird with one stone.

On the one hand, the F-16 can squeeze out China's already small annual military spending and bring new ones to US arms units; on the other hand, it will give China the ability to attract the attention of the Soviet Union sufficiently, and it is better for the Soviet Union to engage with China, so that the United States can become China's arms supplier and press an extra straw on the camel that is already about to fall; and what is even more sinister is that the Americans hope to take this opportunity to establish a listening post in China.

This point is a matter of national sovereignty, and it is impossible for any Chinese leader to agree to it, but the Americans are very naïve to think that China will agree, after all, China needs their technology, right?

Another aspect is that the United States hopes to provide China's F-16 with world-class advanced fighters in exchange for China's non-objection to its new arms sales plan on China's ununified island.

It's just that they have forgotten that it is impossible for New China to make any compromise on the issue of sovereignty.

Xie Kai knew that China did not want the F-16 at all in the end.

He knows better how much the F-16's flight show in the Chinese capital will disturb the military leaders under such circumstances.

J-7, J-8, this is too big a performance gap with the F-16, performing on the same stage?

In the end, it can only be more humiliating.

The only one that can save some face is the Super -7A.

Even if the performance is not as good as the opponent's, it doesn't matter if it's too far behind, we are a training aircraft, but we just have some combat capabilities.

"Can the Super-7A catch up?" Xie Kai thought of this, his face became serious, and he asked Wang Guilin, "Even if there is a performance, the number is too small and not enough, at least there must be a six-plane formation!"

"After the complete success of the repossession of the super-7A last year, we are speeding up the improvement of the design while improving, and now we are now in the third batch of small batch trial production. If the third batch of mass production can catch up, the formation of a flying squadron is not a big problem. Wang Guilin said, "I don't know much about the specific situation. ”

The Super 7A was originally improved from the J-9 project, which has been developed for more than 20 years, to reduce the technical requirements.

If you just look at some performance alone, it's still not lagging behind.

Otherwise, it is unlikely that it will be favored by Egypt either.

What Xie Kai didn't expect was that in one year, the project would develop so quickly.

"The result of the joint efforts of our technical team and 611, you talk to them first, and I will go to Huo Haiyuan to understand the situation. Wang Guilin said.

You have to see it to know that it's not.

Now he's starting to pay no attention to the Iraqis again.

"I'll go with you, Iraqis, and let them think first. Xie Kai said eagerly, "I can't wait to see our new fighter." Even if it's just a high-level trainer for positioning!"

"You ......" Wang Guilin didn't say much.

The two of them went to the 611 Institute early in the morning, and Huo Haiyuan's team had always been here.

Along the way, after many inspections, when the two arrived at Huo Haiyuan's office, it was already past seven o'clock, and it was almost time to go to work.

When he first arrived, Huo Haiyuan happened to come out of the office, carrying a bag in his hand, looking tired, his eyes were blood-red, obviously, he hadn't slept all night.

"Mr. Huo, are you going on a business trip?" Xie Kai asked.

"So early? I thought you were coming at nine o'clock, and I was going back to the dorm to take a shower. Huo Haiyuan smiled bitterly, "I haven't taken a bath for a few days, and my body stinks." ”

Usually everyone is like this, I don't think.

Xie Kai and Wang Guilin, who represent the superior unit, come over sloppily and always give people a bad feeling.

"Let's go back to the shower first. Wang Guilin sighed and didn't say anything.

Xie Kai understands his feelings, even with the mandatory requirements of 404, it is difficult to control the technical developers who have been immersed in the design room or laboratory, not to mention the lack of supervision of the design team outside these units belonging to 404.

All the teams are desperate, hoping to break through the technology through more of their efforts.

Time is running out, everyone wants to catch up with the international advanced technological level, if not surpassing, at least they can go hand in hand.

China's technology is too far behind that of foreign countries.

"This matter has to be solved like a solution, so as not to let our technicians fall on the job. Xie Kai was a little heartbroken.

Wang Guilin just nodded, did not speak, and his face was full of seriousness.

Ibrahim woke up early, and he didn't sleep all night, he was also listless, but he had to get ready to communicate with Xie Kai.

But when he found Xie Kai's room and was told that Xie Kai left early in the morning and asked where he went, the waiter at the guest house shook his head and said he didn't know.

The itinerary of these people is confidential, don't say you really don't know, even if you know, you can't say it.

"He's not going to talk to me if he doesn't force me to agree?" said Ibrahim, a little angry.

But it's helpless.

This is in China, and you can't find Xie Kai at all!

"Do you really have to give him the president's plane? If I had known, I wouldn't have come to China on this plane!" Ibrahim didn't mention how much he regretted it.

It's not that he doesn't want to look for suppliers from other countries, but where can he find such a good arms supplier from China?

The price is relatively cheap, and there are no strings attached.

Xie Kai's request made him feel that it was too difficult.

For a while, Ibrahim, who was entangled in his heart, was entangled.

Xie Kaicai didn't care whether Ibrahim was entangled or not, and followed Huo Haiyuan, who hurried to the assembly workshop after taking a bath.

He didn't care too much about the somewhat nondescript Super-7A, but more about the progress of the Super-7B.

The Super -7B can be regarded as a twin-engine version of the J-10, and even some of the shape layouts do not even have the J-10.

When Xie Kai saw the complete Super -7A, he didn't know what to use to describe his mood.

Excited?

It doesn't seem to be.

Panicked?

Sort of, this thing in front of me is too painful.

Or lost?

Xie Kai really couldn't find any suitable words to describe his feelings.

The aerodynamic part of the Thunder, whether it is the double ventral fin, the leading edge flap and the trailing edge flap of the full wingspan, and the differential tail fin, are not visible.

The Thunder Dragon is no longer the same Thunder Dragon.

The nose is slightly downward, the belly is inhaled, the front canard wing layout, the middle wing body is fused, and the large delta wing at the rear goes all the way to the tail, with a single hanging tail!

If a differential horizontal tail is added to the back, it will be completely J-10!

Of course, the delta wing of the J-10, as the main wing, is definitely not as big and coquettish as the fighter in front of him.

This is the final shape of the Super-7A.

A new fighter that integrates the front-end aerodynamic layout of the J-10 and the aerodynamic layout of the tail of the J-9 appeared in Xie Kai's eyes.

"In the end, it became like this?" Xie Kai's mood was very complicated, "Such a big wing!"

He felt that the wing area was a bit large, and the maneuverability in the air should be much worse.

"The efficiency of the engines is somewhat poor, and using such an aerodynamic layout, it is possible to increase the range of the fighter. When it was originally positioned as a training aircraft, we considered the cost-effectiveness ratio more. Huo Haiyuan introduced, "In fact, with such a design, as long as the power system keeps up, the super-7B is the core." ”

Even the design team's focus is on the Super 7B as a fighter.

"What about Project 10 on the side of 611?" Xie Kai asked curiously.

J-10, will it still be what it should be in history?

Why did he suddenly feel that the aerodynamic layout of these fighters had become so unorthodox?