After all, combat aircraft are different from ordinary conventional weapons like machine guns and artillery, but are a kind of killer weapon with a long development cycle, large investment, and high application technology.

With the exception of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, because of the need to compete for world hegemony, they invested in armaments at any cost, so that they could develop two or even several advanced combat aircraft at the same time, while other ordinary medium-sized military powers could at best devote their national strength to developing a combat aircraft, and even began to take the route of international cooperation in development and development in order to reduce the high cost of research and development, that is, several aviation powers joined forces to develop an advanced fighter plane; the "Rafale," "Typhoon," and "Gripen," which are known as the three heroes of Europe Fighter jets are a prime example of this.

China is the same, in terms of comprehensive national strength, China at this time, not to mention compared with the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, is not comparable with the British and French military powers, coupled with the adjustment of the national economy, resulting in the focus on economic construction, the army and military industry have entered a long winter, because of this, China at this time is extremely cautious in the development of equipment, try to spend as little as possible to spend a penny less, can be done with two cents, never use three cents!

However, it is such a critical moment to tighten the belt to get by, the Chinese army has launched the development project of two combat aircraft at the same time, and in the face of two gold-swallowing beasts that eat meat and do not spit out bones, the already somewhat nervous military spending suddenly became stretched, so the army ~~The leaders and high-level leaders of the committee assigned Liu Haotian, deputy chief of general staff, to the Southwest Aviation Institute and the Wanshan Aviation Research Institute to conduct investigations, and at the same time to gain an in-depth understanding of the operational needs of the navy and air force, to see on the spot whether there was a need for the two aircraft to exist at the same time, so Liu Haotian put down his busy disarmament work, and happily went south with the mission of the military ~~ committee and the high-level leaders

"The headquarters also understands the situation of the Navy and Air Force, but you should also be clear about the current difficulties, so I came here this time, in addition to taking a look at the progress of related products, I want to actually understand the follow-up development of the two combat aircraft!"

Liu Haotian did not pay attention to Jiang Huichuan's complaints, but directly expressed his intentions, for this point, whether it is Jiang Huichuan or Lu Jiadong actually had been mentally prepared, a deputy chief of general staff who is about to retire, put down the heavy disarmament work, and made a special trip to the military factory to inspect, no one will think that he is on vacation and rest, but he didn't expect things to be so serious, Jiang Huichuan immediately put away the expression of complaint just now, looked straight at Liu Haotian, stared at him, and asked word by word:

"Chancellor?"

"What era is it, and you are still engaged in the feudal society, I just came with eyes and ears, why are you looking at me like this? Blame me for not telling you on the road? Just your calf guard, if you tell you, you have to start preparing in the next second, when the time comes, how can I hear your true thoughts?"

Looking at Jiang Huichuan's somewhat complaining gaze, Liu Haotian couldn't help but smile playfully, while Jiang Huichuan, who was broken, pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and then his face sank, and he asked bluntly:

"What does the headquarters mean? Choose one or both!"

"It depends!"

"What do you think of Project Ten?"

"In general, it meets the requirements of the Air Force!"

Hearing this, Jiang Huichuan frowned, the status of Project 10 in the minds of the Military ~~ Committee and the high-level leaders, he was clear, although Liu Haotian said it very vaguely, but Jiang Huichuan could also hear that the overall inclination towards Project 10 was very large, so it was not a good thing for the new multi-role fighter, so his dark face sank again, as if it was about to drip water:

"What about us?"

"As I said, it depends!"

"I made it clear a year ago at the South ~~ Sea Analysis Meeting, even if our navy builds two fewer ships, we have to save money to get this plane out, others don't know, don't you know Lao Liu? The Soviet Pacific Fleet has already stationed the 40,000-ton 'Minsk' aircraft carrier in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, and cruising in the South ~~ Sand Sea area has become commonplace, and our ships can't compete with their behemoths, only the air force, if this fist is also abolished, what do you let me do to recover the South ~~Do you swim over islands and reefs?"

The more Jiang Huichuan spoke, the more excited he became, and in the end he even slapped the table, and the water that fell directly on it gradually flew up, scattered on the table, and it was damp, looking very messy, but Jiang Huichuan didn't care, he still stared at Liu Haotian angrily, and continued in an extremely serious and serious tone:

"If it's because of financial problems, then it's easy to do, you can tell the headquarters that I don't want my salary for the past few years, and I don't want the salary of my wife, son, and daughter."

"Your family's little salary, not to mention building the entire plane, whether you can build the tail of the plane is unknown, what else do you Lao Jiang have to call it?"

Although Liu Haotian behaves kindly and kindly on weekdays, and always has a kind smile, he is also an iron-blooded soldier in his bones, not to mention that he once led the most mysterious special department, so under the appearance of kindness, he is a decisive heart, otherwise the high-level would not let him preside over the important task of disarmament, because of this, seeing Jiang Huichuan getting angry, Liu Haotian also burned out of his chest with a nameless fire, his white eyebrows stood up, and he responded undoubtedly:

"Besides, which one of you heard say that you want to cut Wanshan's new fighters? I said it twice before, two times, I'm here to listen and come and see, if your planes are really useless as Luan Zhen said, it is understandable to cut them, but if it is really conducive to the improvement and development of the combat effectiveness of the troops in the future, even if there is no money, they will tighten their belts and get things out!"

"Amount"

Hearing Liu Haotian say this, Jiang Huichuan was suddenly dumbfounded, but Liu Haotian did not pay attention to Jiang Huichuan, but turned his head to Lu Jiadong's side, and asked very seriously:

"In this regard, little Lou, I would like to hear the opinion of you, the main developer."

Lu Jiadong had already understood what Jiang Huichuan and Liu Haotian said before, but Rao was so, when this hot potato came to his hands, it still made Lu Jiadong slightly stunned, but he did not panic, because as early as when the Air Force lost interest in the new multi-role fighter, Lu Jiadong had already expected that there would be today, but he didn't expect to come back so soon

"The opinion of the Air Force is actually very pertinent!"

After a moment of silence, Lu Jiadong picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip gently, but his first sentence made Jiang Huichuan next to him sink his eyes, and a touch of eagerness quickly covered the dark face, and he wanted to say something, but he just wanted to open his mouth, but was stopped by Liu Haotian on the other side, and then looked at Lu Jiadong and frowned, and asked very seriously:

"So, the Air Force's objection is not wrong, is it?"

"In a way, that's it!"

Lu Jiadong nodded without denying it, but this move made Jiang Huichuan's pounding heart suddenly rise to his throat, thinking, what happened to Lu Jiadong today? Could it be that he took the wrong medicine? Didn't he know that every sentence he said today was related to the life and death of the new multi-role fighter? But just when he couldn't help but want to open his mouth to dissuade him, he only felt a slight pain under his feet.

Immediately raised his eyes to look at Lu Jiadong, just met with that pair of meaningful eyes, Jiang Huichuan is also an old fox who boiled out of the wind and waves, when he saw Lu Jiadong's look of deep meaning, he understood Lu Jiadong's intentions between the lightning and flint, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed, and even leaned back comfortably, leaning comfortably on the back of the chair, Liu Haotian saw this scene and suddenly felt that something was wrong, just about to think about it, Lu Jiadong's voice shook his eardrums again:

"After all, the main operational direction of the Air Force is territorial air defense, and it is natural to seek high-performance air superiority fighters, but is the Air Force really ready to go around in circles among the weak territorial air defense air forces? Doesn't it want to move toward a higher and stronger air force with both offensive and defensive capabilities?"

"Offensive and defensive?"

Hearing this term, Liu Haotian's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then nodded, signaling Lu Jiadong to continue, and Lu Jiadong was not affectionate, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and continued:

"The Air Force's opinion on our new multi-role fighter, I admit, is indeed a big gap compared to the heavy fighters of advanced countries, but we are not focusing on some good-looking data of the fighter, but on the development of the entire platform!"

"Platform?"

Liu Haotian repeated it again, but this time, he was no longer a simple narration, but took out a notebook from his briefcase, and wrote down the previous "offensive and defensive" and the "platform" just now, while Lu Jiadong nodded affirmatively:

"That's right, it's a platform, according to our concept of weapons and equipment development, whether it's a tank-mounted armored vehicle running on the ground, or a warship and submarine swimming in the sea, it's a vehicle for weapons and equipment, a platform, and the same is true for combat aircraft, it's also a platform for weapons and equipment, according to different tasks, different attack ammunition is added in order to achieve different combat purposes, which is the basic role of the platform;

Just like the Type 78 assault rifle you are most familiar with, because of the installation of the Wanshan guide rail system, it has become a single weapon platform, based on which you can pretend to be a gun-mounted grenade launcher, tactical flashlight, low-light sight, tactical grip and other combat tools, so as to greatly improve the applicability and function of the firearm!"

Liu Haotian is no stranger to the Wanshan rail system on the Type 78 assault rifle, and it was under his urging that this valuable guide rail system was developed, so when Lu Jiadong took this as an example, Liu Haotian quickly understood, and then his eyes lit up:

"You mean that the new multi-role fighter can also have similar 'rails' to give it a variety of combat capabilities?"

"That's right, of course, the aircraft's 'guide rail' is different from the firearm, but we need to continue to improve, constantly upgrade, but this foundation, is that the platform has excellent air capabilities and modification potential, otherwise even if the 'guide rail' is good, there is no place to install it is in vain, and this kind of gradual modification and upgrading process based on the excellent platform and guaranteed by the cutting-edge military industry foundation, we call him 'small steps and fast running'!" (To be continued.) )