When I talked to South Africa before, it was naturally impossible to tell the information that Wang Zhengguo only learned after he was declassified from later generations, but now he is discussing with his father in China, and some things can be taken out and summed up for reference.

"South Africa's main fighter in service is the Mirage 3 series, the ground combat is the Pirate attack aircraft, and there are some Canberra bombers, but these aircraft were all produced and put into service 20 years ago, and they will be replaced in five or six years at most, so their new fighters have a very large gap. ”

Not to mention whether the other side has a research and development plan for new fighters, Wang Zhengguo directly started with the pressure of upgrading the South African Air Force, and only by understanding the crisis and gap faced by the South African Air Force can we analyze what the other side needs and what they need, and then it is simple to prescribe the right medicine.

Then he analyzed: "And this time, according to the information revealed by the other party, it is said that they are preparing to upgrade the Phantom 3 in their service, but I personally think that the possibility of Spey directly installing the Phantom 3 is very small, and the engine size and thrust gap are too large, which is completely impossible, so they are more like they have other plans." ”

The possibility of installing Spey directly on the Mirage 3 is zero, there is no need to do any research on this, Comrade Wang knows what kind of aircraft the Mirage 3 is, in the seventies, there were also plans to imitate it in China, and Shudu, who has been focusing on delta wings for many years, was instructed to investigate the relevant data, so he knows these very well.

The above analysis is still quite recognized: "It makes sense, there is a complete mismatch between Mirage 3 and Spey, it is absolutely impossible to simply replace it, South Africa does not say that Speckle 3 is upgraded with Spey, I am not sure, but as soon as he says Mirage 3, I understand." ”

Comrade Wang is very clear about the type of classic aircraft of international aviation peers, coupled with rich professional knowledge, just talking about the Mirage 3 and Spey, he immediately had a new idea, and blurted out: "Mirage 2000?"

This is definitely the most professional answer, professionals don't need to know too much, just need to analyze a little according to the only information, and they can almost guess the same, after all, in the case of limited conditions, there is always only one optimal solution.

Everything you want to say has already been guessed, so there is no need to pretend to be mysterious: "Therefore, according to their needs in ground attack, and based on all sources, it is very possible to develop a new multi-purpose fighter." It only needs to be improved on the basis of the Mirage 3 and follow the path that the French have already walked, and you can get a multi-role fighter comparable to the Mirage 2000. ”

After all, it is the bloodline of the Phantom that is placed there, and after the power and operational positioning are determined, it is also a matter of clarity what kind of fighter aircraft will be developed, and why is the republic's Jian-8-2 similar to the Su-15 fighter? The reason is that their basic conditions are the same, the combat positioning is the same, and everyone chooses the optimal plan.

If we want to talk about the Mirage 2000 fighter, in the early 80s, it was still a popular star in the domestic military's air and aviation circles, and now South Africa says that it is interested in the Republic's Spey and wants to take the road of the Mirage 2000 again, there is no reason why Comrade Wang should not attach importance to it.

"Very good, your news is very important, if South Africa really has such an idea, and asks us for assistance, I think this should be a good opportunity worth noting, as for you saying that South Africa is under international sanctions, it doesn't matter to us, report it first, and then talk about it, now the army has no money, and they want new planes, let them have a headache!"

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Three days later

"Let's all talk about it, what do you think about this report, this is a report submitted by Comrade Wang Nanshou of the Science and Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, his news is very interesting, I personally it is difficult to make a decision!"

Smiling and saying his thoughts, General Zhang Aiping, who presided over the meeting, was already 70 years old, and he was appointed to preside over the national defense industry in the early 80s and to be responsible for the modernization of the army.

As for the report submitted by Comrade Lao Wang, not only General Zhang Aiping received it, but the other participants also saw the same document one after another, and they had all kinds of ideas.

The commander of the Navy preemptively expressed his position before the commander of the Air Force: "I think this matter can be considered, the Spey engine is introduced by us at a heavy cost, and now the country has temporarily stopped the localization process because of financial problems, but it is related to whether the J-7 can be produced on a large scale, and now since there is an injection of foreign funds, why don't we agree?"

At this time, Spey had already decided to assemble the J-7, and the J-7 was a navy-led project, as the commander of the Navy, he naturally had to vote in favor, and he didn't care about any other reasons.

After the Navy Commander made his statement, he was followed by the Air Force Commander: "What Zhang Haijun said is still very reasonable, we can indeed talk about Spey, as for the South Africa mentioned later in the report, it wants to develop an aircraft similar to the Mirage 2000, the idea is good, but they have not accumulated in avionics and radar, I see it in suspense!"

After the Air Force inspected the Mirage 2000, it was very impressed by the avionics and radar of this aircraft, and also organized relevant research, understanding the difficulty of making these supporting systems, and South Africa, a country that is not well-known in the field of aviation manufacturing, will definitely not be able to come up with relevant products.

"Minister Mo, you are the Minister of Aviation Industry, now tell me what you think. The Minister of Aviation Industry, who has not spoken, was named to express his views, and General Zhang actually cared more about the minister's opinions.

Originally, I didn't plan to make a statement, but now that I was named, I definitely had to have some rhetoric, frowning.

"Regarding this project, first of all, I am worried about one question, whether we really want to cooperate with South Africa now that it is under international sanctions, and secondly, if it is really cooperation, whether it will be limited to the engine or deeper involvement, these two questions are not certain, I can't say here. ”

These are all inconsequential words, whether they cooperate or not, and the degree of in-depth cooperation, these are the issues that are going to be discussed at today's meeting.

The two commanders of the navy and air force understood why Minister Mo said this, and even General Zhang Aiping knew very well in his heart that he had his own means in the face of such people who did not express their position.

"I'm not sure whether we cooperate or not, it's very likely that there will be, but it certainly won't go through official channels; ”

General Zhang has said this part, he must not continue to pretend to be stupid, and after thinking about it slightly, he has an explanation.

"I personally think that if the cooperation is confirmed, you might as well enlarge the scope of cooperation, but the premise is that South Africa has a large amount of money, then we can use this South African version of the Mirage 2000 as a backup for the current new J project, if the development of the new J does not go well, we at least have another option, the ability of the Phantom 2000, I think everyone is still clear. ”

As the minister of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, the hottest and most risky project in the ministry is the new J-J, which is already at this time, and the new J-J has basically been regarded as having a result, and the only problem is that everyone is still worried about the risk of the new J-J.

In view of the risk of the development of the new J-J, as the minister of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, it is necessary for him to start solving the problem, if he can come up with a backup project, he will naturally be happy, and even when his ideas are spoken, the participants are all bright-eyed.