As early as a few years ago, either intentionally or under the instructions of the Armament Department of the General Staff Department, Lu Jiadong used various means and opportunities to lay a very solid foundation for the development of today's new fighters:

Through the Anglo-Argentine naval battle, Britain was eager to get out of the predicament and achieve a favorable opportunity for victory, forcing the British side to reach the "Sino-British Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement", so as to obtain the advanced technologies such as aero engine technology, hydroacoustic sonar technology, electronic information technology, torpedo manufacturing technology, and nuclear ~ submarine power technology urgently needed for the development of China's military industry, and at the same time, China's related industries have completed an unprecedented overall upgrade;

After several years of research, exploration, digestion and absorption, China has initially mastered the introduction of British technology and manufacturing technology, and even related products such as communication data link and light shipborne torpedoes have been put into mass production, and the aero engine technology is difficult to manufacture, high material requirements and complex production process;

In particular, the three-rotor RB211 engine used for civilian use, because of its own high technical starting point, in terms of materials and core processes, the relevant domestic fields have always been not up to the mark, so even if the core technology is obtained, due to the relatively poor overall supporting industrial capacity, it has not been able to complete the imitation work.

However, it is precisely because of the high technical starting point of the three-rotor RB211 engine and the difficulty of imitation, in several years of research, the Northwest Aviation Power Plant, which is responsible for the development of this type of aircraft, has continuously introduced new technologies and improved the manufacturing process.

And this has brought an unprecedented impetus to another medium reasoning aero engine - the "Spey" engine, and the British side has provided a complete set of material ratios, manufacturing processes and production lines, so in more than two years, the progress of the "Spey" engine imitation can be described as a god speed, and now the Northwest Aviation Power Plant has a small batch production capacity, although it cannot be produced on a large scale, but it is no problem to ensure the development of new fighters!

As for the flight control software and fly-by-wire operating system, it is part of the technology exchange agreement privately reached with France after the Battle of Ihoram Shahr, that is, to exchange France's advanced nuclear power manufacturing, aircraft design and flight control technology with the core technology of China's weapons and equipment such as terminal missiles and new tanks, and France has been leading the way in the field of duck ~~ wing layout and tailless triangle ~~ wing, because of this, the flight control technology they developed has a strong reference and guiding significance for China's new aircraft!

Of course, there are also avionics, which in addition to the AN/AWG-9 pulse Doppler radar of the American-made F-14 "Tomcat" fighter obtained during the Tehran air defense operation, the "Sino-British Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement" also has the technology transfer content of airborne radar, coupled with the upgrading and rise of the military electronic cluster with the Zhongyuan electronic radar as the core, many troublesome problems are no longer a problem;

In the field of materials, thanks to the research of new materials opened by portable bazookas, the Materials Research Institute located in Yangcheng has made great progress in composite materials and polymer polymeric materials, especially in carbon fiber composite materials, due to the technical help of Blomberg and Israel, it has mastered the core production and processing technology, and has been widely used in the improved Hongqi 2 air defense missile system, as well as the modular new rocket artillery system that has just been hunted, so it is not difficult to support the development of new missile attack aircraft!

Because of this, in the past few years, Lu Jiadong has made a lot of efforts in aviation power, military electronics, material science, and processing technology, or taking advantage of the favorable international environment to introduce foreign countries, or relying on the existing military technology to carry out secret exchanges, or desperately secretly obtaining, or fearless of difficulties to develop their own development;

All in all, with the improvement and upgrading of China's overall industrial capacity, there is a solid foundation for the development of new aircraft in the supporting fields, perhaps in some areas these basic industrial categories have not been applied to aviation manufacturing, or in some civilian products play an unknown role, such as the application of composite materials in the field of construction, and the use of flight control systems in the control of heavy construction machinery.

However, once there is a need, these hidden industrial bases in other categories can be quickly put into operation, and their mature production technology, excellent product quality, and superb production speed can provide a steady stream of plates, rivets, components, plates, and cables for new fighters

If the creativity of a new aircraft measures the ability of a designer and the fineness of the drawings, then let the new aircraft really fly into the blue sky is a test of a country's industrial strength, a rivet and a skin, involving metallurgy, materials, precision machining, chemical industry and other industrial categories, more than ten disciplines, dozens of types of work, nearly 100 skilled workers and technicians, and this is tightly a rivet, a skin, and a new fighter is not only rivets and pomp, but also circuits, chips, and support structures

Therefore, the new missile attack aircraft can never be built out of thin air by Lu Jiadong with a plan, let alone the Wanshan Military Production Complex, a seemingly huge comprehensive military production enterprise, that can be produced alone, he needs dozens of joint production units, nearly 100 supporting manufacturers, and thousands of parts and components suppliers, so to speak, the real backbone of supporting the new fighter is a country's industrial strength, and this is also the real strength of a big country

Lu Jiadong is glad that he was born in China, although it has only been more than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but with the hard work of the older generation, he has laid a complete range of industrial foundation with rich varieties for future generations; Lu Jiadong is also glad that he has caught up with a good era, reform and opening up, Vientiane renewal, and the honeymoon of the West has allowed China to absorb advanced technology from the Western world like a newborn baby, and then complete the upgrading and transformation of the whole industry.

Today, the Wanshan Military Production Consortium led by Lu Jiadong can devote itself to the research and development of new fighters without hesitation, not because their minds are smarter than anyone, let alone because their creativity is better than others, but because they stand on the shoulders of giants, and the name of this giant is very kind and charming, because his name is China

"It will be the top of the mountain, and I don't understand the true meaning of Du Fu's poem until today!"

After ending the meeting and returning to Lu Jiadong's office at the Changzhou Aircraft Factory, Wei Hongkun looked at the detailed list of manufacturers and product catalogs of the new fighter in his hand, and couldn't believe his eyes.

Because of this, often because some supporting parts are not up to par and the whole project is suspended, which is like now, Lu Jiadong is a long list of supporting manufacturers and products, whether it is product quality, or technical ability is not to say that it is the world's advanced, it is also the domestic first-class.

The innumerable supporting manufacturers are like mountains raised by huge boulders, pushing the entire research and development plan of the new fighter to an unimaginable height, which will be overwhelming, and it is not a pretension to see the mountains at a glance, let alone an exaggeration, but the real achievements in these years

"Chief Master Yang, you see, this carbon fiber composite material, light weight, strong structure, good plasticity, is the best material for vertical tail and ailerons, and, 1553B data bus technology, with this, our new aircraft line will definitely be greatly simplified, with the flight control system, can make the whole fighter fly more flexible, more maneuverable"

Wei Hongkun was as happy as a child, pointing to the list in his hand and said excitedly to Yang Hongyi next to him, Yang Hongyi was also very excited, when he was in the Southwest Airlines Institute, he knew that Lu Jiadong had done a lot of things for the overall upgrading of the military industry over the years, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big achievement, so that his calm face on weekdays couldn't help but tremble, and then pushed the black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked at Lu Jiadong meaningfully:

"Xiao Lu, seriously, you are a great hero in the field of Chinese aviation!"

"Don't, don't, Chief Master Yang!" As soon as he heard Lao Yang's words, Lu Jiadong hurriedly waved his hand again and again: "Don't say that, I'm just doing my best, if I want to say the hero, it's you and Professor Wei, if you want me to develop a new fighter, it's really a duck on the shelf!"

"Mr. Lu, you are modest!" As soon as Lu Jiadong's voice fell, Wei Hongkun took over the conversation: "You just made a discussion on the duck~~wing layout and tailless triangle~~ wing at the meeting, which is simply enlightening and thought-provoking, to be honest, this alone can be called an academic authority in the field, how can it be a duck on the shelf? If you really say that, it is also the chicken nest of our aviation institute, and a golden phoenix flies, Chief Master Yang, do you say?"

Yang Hongyi nodded in agreement, and responded with a smile: "That's right, that's right, it's this truth, it's this truth!"

"Hey~~ Professor Wei, Chief Master Yang, you two really want to grasp when the plane is pulled into the sky, just as Professor Wei quoted Du Fu's poem, it will be the top of the mountain, a glance at the mountains, if there is no support from the country behind us, even if we have the ability, can we have the opportunity to see the mountains?

Therefore, whether it is Chief Master Yang, Professor Wei or me, they are just children playing on the beach, just picking up a few beautiful shells, and the real vastness is the ocean, the towering peaks, so we have to thank not a certain person, but the country behind our tacit support."

"Well, that's right, we should be grateful to the country, but"

Lao Yang nodded thoughtfully, and Wei Hongkun on the side also silently agreed, but then the two looked at each other, smiled intriguingly, and said in unison:

"But Xiao Lu (Mr. Lu) your credit is still indelible"

Hearing this, Lu Jiadong always had a feeling of fainting, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so at this moment, the door of the office was knocked on urgently, and then the secretary who came in handed over a report to Lu Jiadong, and after just one glance, Lu Jiadong frowned, handed the report to Yang Hongyi, and said in a deep voice:

"Chief Master Cheng is resigning!" )