Chapter 857: The Beginning and End of the 'Tomcat' Trade

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And of course, it happened that we also met a good opportunity, and the f_14 manufacturer, Glman Company, had this intention and demand. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Although f_14 beat f_15 on the simulated battlefield to the point that his nose and face were swollen, but in the shopping mall, this kind of ending happened to fall, and the Isserel and the Wa Kingdom both chose McDonnell Douglas f_15 fighters, while Persia bought f_14, but it could not be exported after being sanctioned by the old American government. Grumman must be very anxious, and our machine market is the last straw for Glman in Asia, and Grumman has also carried out a lot of activities in history to promote f_14 exports to our country, and at the same time negotiate with us. Of course, what was sold to us must be the early model with a broken engine, but it doesn't matter that even if the United States bans it later, we can completely replace it with Spey to achieve f_14 continue to fly, since we can even solve the most troublesome and difficult engine, then there is no reason not to let f_14 not fly because of the ban on the United States.

Moreover, you must know that the old United States, which started as an arms enterprise, makes the status of military industrial enterprises in the United States quite high, so as long as it is under sufficient profits, it is not impossible. This is also why Persia has been able to use f_14 after being sanctioned, and the ghost believes that Persia continued to use it by demolishing the east f_14 wall and making up the west wall. Although the outside world said so, but who believes it, this is obviously the Glman company secretly sold to smuggle to spare parts, and the old American government can not stop it, and in the end can only force f_14 to retire, come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, of course, this is speculation, not true. There are also some reasons, such as the f_14 maintenance cost is higher than f_15 and so on.

But if we really introduced f_14 at that time, even if we couldn't catch up with the progress of domestic copycats later, then we could also get relevant spare parts that we couldn't produce from relevant channels, anyway, this kind of thing is not undone, and we haven't done it less. Maintain it first, and then localize it when it is fully understood. Even if the relevant important parts and components cannot be obtained, then we will completely research and disassemble the necessary parts from the sacrificed fighters at the expense of the aircraft, and supply the fighter parts that meet the needs of the troops in peacetime. Although it is a bit like drinking to quench your thirst, it is worth the price, and the new advanced aviation technology and design concepts it brings are definitely much more important than this little loss.

However, things were not so arbitrary, perhaps because we had a misunderstanding of aviation at that time. At that time, our aviation industry seemed to have a far less understanding of the difficulty of developing aero engines and large aircraft platforms, and we were always thinking that we were very complacent about the achievements of copying the J5 in one year and the J6 in two years, and thought that aircraft manufacturing was nothing more than that. There has been no progress in these years, but the Su * has withdrawn experts, been closed and has no objects to imitate, and if it takes more than ten years to catch up with the world's advanced level after the resumption of exchanges, there will be no difficulty. That's why I feel that I can imitate and deal with it in 10 years after introducing f_14 to die. So the same is true for reporting to the Air Force and the above, which also strengthens the determination of the above. On the one hand, it is a huge amount of precious foreign exchange, and on the other hand, if something happens in the future, people stop supplying and selling, so what should we do?

Therefore, it was decided that it would be better for us to have the things in our hands. No matter how good someone else's thing is, it's someone else's. Of course, this kind of thinking is correct, and we can really have it ourselves, not be controlled by others, and that is the right way of development that we need. However, the domestic situation in the 80s was ignored. There is a gap of decades between the entire industrial field and foreign countries, and the f_14 has been successfully introduced back in time, can it really be introduced? If nothing else, let's just say that the titanium alloy casing and high-strength landing gear of f_14 are made of the only three large die forging presses in the world, can your industrial level be feasible? Why do you need to work hard for 30 years or even more than half a century, and after that, the f_14 will almost be eliminated.

What's even more outrageous is that it is said that the safety of the engine used in f_14 is much worse than that of Spey, and the compressor blades of the engine often break and fly out and damage the body, not only to replace the compressor blades from time to time, but also to be forced to add a protective shell to the fan section of the engine. However, even with such a garbage engine, the f_14 was beaten f_15 in many actual combat exercises, which shows how good the platform performance of the f_14 is. In the case of f_14 garbage engine (relative to Lao Mei), the f_15 that can repeatedly beat up a good engine seems to rely on the most critical thing that it depends on is the "automatic variable sweep wing". This has to make many of our aviation experts ashamed, because our aviation development has always been a big problem, and for this reason, our aircraft design and development experts have shouted since the 60s that "the power is not enough aerodynamic (layout) to make up". As a result, in the 21st century, they are still picking up the leftover bones gnawed by the West, and j_10 is the product of this ideology. If we were really able to flicker f_14 back then, and then continue to ponder and study, and eat this aircraft thoroughly, then the significance of our follow-up stealth fighters and even bombers is very obvious, at least there are some good ways to "make up for lack of power and aerodynamics".

Moreover, Jiang Chen also knew that since the South Korean airliner incident, Su * has dispatched a large number of the latest MiG-31s and Tu-22_m to the Far East, which has caused a rapid imbalance in the air power in the Trans-Khingan Mountains area. The U.S. troops stationed in South Korea felt the threat to increase dramatically, and although an aircraft carrier battle group was urgently transferred from the Atlantic, the strength was still very insufficient. At this time, our army, which has a vast geography, a large population and brave combat, is definitely the best choice for the United States. Lao Mei once said, 'Lao Mei's weapons and our brave soldiers are the best way to defeat the monster Su*'. If our strategy can be a little more flexible at this time, and we are willing to mention the United States to share the pressure of Su *, but we need to deal with Su *'s huge air force's defensive fighters, as long as the number is appropriate, then Lao Mei will definitely agree, for them, it is better to have 'cannon fodder' to send them to death. And they used to do this kind of thing a lot, wasn't it like this in World War I and World War II.

Therefore, Jiang Chen believes that this opportunity must not be missed, and it is definitely very beneficial to the entire country's aviation manufacturing industry and national defense security. And in Jiang Chen's view, the biggest obstacle in this trade, capital is not a thing at all. Can we take out a loan, just ask Lao Mei for a loan to buy these fighters, but the life is longer, ten or twenty years, even if the interest is a little more. You must know that in the future, our money has shrunk greatly in the old American bank, and we can't afford to pay this interest. Besides, can we make this trade quota larger, sign a few hundred planes, and then slowly produce them, in case it does not provide planes for some reason, then the money can be treated as a breach of contract and do not need to be repaid, so that we can also get a lot of advanced fighters for nothing. Even if they continue to fulfill the contract and continue to provide, then to a certain extent, they can break the arms embargo and sanctions imposed on us by the United States later, which can be said to kill many birds with one stone.

However, Jiang Chen's appetite is more than this, for him, there is only one f_14 that cannot satisfy him. In other words, he didn't think much of f_14, on the contrary, the combination of f_15 and f_16 is more suitable for the overall needs and long-term development needs of our entire period. (To be continued.) )