In the following time, Lu Jiadong and Cheng Yuanhang, Song Xiaoxu and other members of the Yun-10 research and development team had an in-depth discussion on the development of the next high-tech aircraft, and determined that the early focus should be on the air tanker, maritime alert aircraft and electronic reconnaissance aircraft, which are urgently needed in the three naval combat systems;

After all, in addition to the air tanker, the other two types of aircraft, Wanshan's naval and air equipment research group have successfully modified the S-2 anti-submarine patrol plane in Argentina and the F-14A fighter in Iran, and have performed well in the Falklands naval battle and Tehran's air defense battle.

As for the air tanker, there is indeed no precedent for the development of the aircraft in China, but this is not a stranger to the Wanshan military production complex, as early as the end of the Anglo-Argentine naval battle, the new Argentine President Messi led a huge Argentine delegation to visit China;

In addition to the training program for aircraft carrier pilots strongly advocated by the navy, the KC-130 air tanker avionics transformation project proposed by Lu Jiadong was also among them, and this improvement project jointly undertaken by the Central Plains Electronic Radar Institute, the Naval and Air Equipment Research Group, and the Naval Research Institute not only gave the avionics equipment in Argentina's old KC-130 air tanker a new look;

Moreover, with the help of the opportunity of modification, relevant Chinese technical experts have carefully studied the air refueling system equipped with the KC-130 air tanker, and it can be said that they have found out the inside and out, from the structure of the fuel pump, to the location of the additional fuel tank, from the composition of the control system, to the material characteristics of the hose.

In addition, in connection with the purely American-style air refueling flight skills and operating procedures learned by Xu Yuanchao and other naval aviation pilots who went to Argentina to introduce aircraft carrier aircraft training, the naval and air equipment research group of the Wanshan Military Production Consortium, which is responsible for the concept of cutting-edge equipment, has already formulated China's own air tanker development plan and operation skills, and can refine the plan and put it into practice when the conditions are ripe

In this way, after determining the framework for the development of new multi-role fighters and large aircraft, the entire Wanshan military production complex is like a huge and sophisticated machine, running at high speed; in terms of conventional weapons, due to its excellent performance in several major wars, Wanshan has already become a golden sign in the international arms market, and arms orders from all over the world can be described as a steady stream;

Hu Qinghua, who is responsible for the manufacture and sales of conventional weapons and equipment, has become a trapeze, shuttling around the world, continuously transporting Wanshan's military products to every hot spot in the world, and grabbing a large amount of development funds for the Wanshan military production complex;

After the new multi-functional fighters, special support aircraft, new air-to-air missiles, and air-to-ground missiles were set up one after another, they set their sights on a broader ocean to explore the feasibility of converting the new multifunctional fighter into carrier-based aircraft, and on this basis, began to conduct exploratory research on aircraft carriers in a planned manner!

As for the Wanshan ammunition field led by Zhao Rusong, after the establishment of the Wanshan Aviation Research Institute, the first department began to develop various types of ammunition for the new multi-role fighter, except for the small-diameter laser-guided bomb with a "diamond back" that had already been developed;

It is also conducting meticulous research on the latest AIM-9L "Sidewinder" air-to-air combat missiles and AIM-7E "Sparrow" medium-range air-to-air missiles obtained from Iran, and on the basis of them, China is revising and perfecting its own plans for the development of new-generation air-to-air combat missiles and medium-range air-to-air missiles.

As a student of Zhao Rusong, Liu Liang was not idle after the development of the supporting ammunition for the new modular rocket artillery, and under the arrangement of his teacher Zhao Rusong, he devoted himself to the development of air-to-surface missiles, in addition to the "Maverick" air-to-surface missiles obtained from Iran as a reference;

He also often visited Liang Shouye, the chief designer of the C801 anti-ship missile, to discuss with him the guidance method of the new air-to-surface missile, the quality of the warhead, and the most reasonable range, from which he got great benefits, and found another way to determine a precise air-to-ground missile program with Chinese characteristics

Of course, compared with the endless blood transfusion of the equipment production line in full swing and the development of supporting ammunition in full swing, the heaviest burden, the greatest pressure, and the busiest are naturally the core of today's Wanshan military production complex, Wanshan Aviation Research Institute, not to mention the new multi-role fighter.

Mathematical models, wind tunnel tests, and theoretical verifications alone are so vast that microcomputers used for computer-aided design often go down because of the large amount of data, and even the large-scale computers in the Jiangzuo Provincial Computer Center process such complex data.

In the end, under the coordination of Navy Commander Jiang Huichuan, using the "Yinhe No. 1" supercomputer newly developed by the National Defense ~~~ University of Science and Technology at the end of last year, the massive calculation and data processing was barely completed, as for the drawing of hundreds of tons of design drawings, the in-depth transformation of the two aircraft repair plants, and the introduction and installation of related aircraft static experimental equipment, it is an unimaginably complex project;

The development of high-tech aircraft is the same, although the platform problem has been solved, but the standard of military aircraft, and civil aircraft have an essential difference, and Yun 10 itself is somewhat backward in technology, so the improvement of the manufacturing process has become the focus of the development of high-tech aircraft, so led by Cheng Yuanhang, rushed to supporting factories all over the country,

Taking advantage of all possible favorable conditions and preferential policies, the supporting factories were forced to implement industrial upgrading, so the first heavy plant began to set up a project of 50,000 tons of hydraulic presses, the second heavy plant began to introduce 10,000 tons of hydraulic presses made in Czechoslovakia by using the special funds provided by the state and the Wanshan plant, and the Northwest Aero Engine Production also began to step up the imitation work of the RB-211 with a large bypass ratio and three rotors after completing the "Spey" engine, and at the same time, a new generation of medium-thrust aero engines was also in full swing in preparation

Just as Lu Jiadong envisioned, with the two major aircraft models of the Wanshan Aviation Research Institute as the lever, the Wanshan Military Industrial Production Complex as the fulcrum, and the strength and determination of the country as the momentum, the slightest move will no longer be a big chess piece of national cooperation, but the general trend of the overall industrial upgrading

"The head of the headquarters and the senior leaders are very much praised for the role played by your Wanshan Plant in the research and development of new aircraft! What is comprehensive national strength? No matter how good a tank, fighter plane, or warship is, it is the appearance, and the endless manufacturing capacity and creativity behind it are the real core, and you Xiao Lu are really building our core while building the appearance, and this vision and determination, old guys like us are really dwarfed and dwarfed!"

A few months later, in the meeting room of the office building of the Wanshan Factory, the commander of the Navy, Jiang Huichuan, who had just completed the inspection, had excitement and joy on his face after seeing the thriving and prosperous scene with his own eyes, and he couldn't stop praising Lu Jiadong, who was sitting next to him, and at this time, Liu Haotian, deputy chief of the general staff, who accompanied Jiang Huichuan on the visit, sorted out the newly issued Type 85 military uniform, raised his eyebrows and spoke, and said half-jokingly:

"Finally admit that you are old, I thought you had been the eighteen-year-old boy who attacked the mountain back then!"

Jiang Huichuan stiffened his neck, and retorted as a matter of course: "Old, of course old, there is a young man like Xiao Lu, I am old and old! What? Do you still want to occupy the position of Lao Liu and not let the young people behind?"

"Me?"

Liu Haotian pointed his nose and responded with a smile: "Hehe, although I don't have the decisiveness of the old chief, I still have the mental preparation to give way to the young people, and when I wait for the disarmament matter, I should also go home and hug my grandson!"

"Lao Liu, you won't"

Hearing Liu Haotian's words, Jiang Huichuan couldn't laugh anymore, but was stunned in front of this old comrade-in-arms who had been born and died with him for many years, the old man, and said in a somewhat sluggish tone:

"How do you you"

"Don't forget, I'm still in charge of disarmament, otherwise do you think those two aircraft repair factories can be transferred to Xiaolu's Wanshan factory so smoothly?"

Liu Haotian is right, since the completion of the negotiations with France on military technical cooperation, Liu Haotian has been promoted to deputy chief of general staff of the military ~~ committee, and with the opening of the curtain of disarmament, he was appointed by the top level as the deputy head of the disarmament leading group, presiding over the daily work of the disarmament group.

It is precisely because of this that the two aircraft repair plants of the Navy will be so smoothly assigned to the Wanshan Aviation Research Institute, Liu Haotian played a key role in it, but no one expected that Liu Haotian, who was in the golden period of his upright political life and was in charge of the disarmament plan, would lay himself off without pity, which was both surprising and shocking in any case, but Liu Haotian smiled brightly, was very easy-going, and was as kind and friendly as when he came to Wanshan Factory at the beginning of the year:

"Now that disarmament has reached a critical period, we must set an example, besides, after so many years of revolution~~ life work is indeed tired, it's time to rest and rest, I don't see that my hair is almost white, the years are not forgiving, it's really not in vain!"

"But"

"I have already handed over the report, and the higher-level leaders have agreed, I came with you this time, mainly because I can't rest assured about the affairs of the Air Force!"

didn't wait for Jiang Huichuan to finish speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Haotian, and then turned his head to look at Lu Jiadong, who was also stunned, with a bit of solemnity, and asked with a little kindness:

"Is Wanshan's new multi-role fighter suitable for the Air Force?" )