The attitudes of China and the United States towards technology are not equal, and the US imperialists have too many good things, and they don't feel sorry for those congressmen who will not hesitate to sell all kinds of military technology as long as they think it is profitable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is definitely not a loss to exchange the V22 Osprey for the XB-70 Valkyrie, after all, the Osprey was originally the Americans' own thing, even if Chen Xu does not take it out now, the American imperialists themselves will develop it decades later. In exchange for the current technology of the future of the US imperialists, Chen Xu used this method to hollow out the technological advantages accumulated by the US imperialism for decades, and when the two countries were on an equal footing in the cutting-edge military industry, the flower planters would no longer have to worry about the military threat of the US imperialists.

So in the eyes of the Americans, the Valkyrie, who was dismounted twelve years ago, is certainly not worth compared with the V22 Osprey, which is a technology that the American military industry has had in the sixties, and there are too many high-tech on the Osprey that they don't have. If Chen Xu was stupid enough to only use the Valkyrie as the negotiation floor, it is estimated that the Americans would be stunned and agree to sign the contract without hesitation.

In fact, in the early stage of the negotiations, the Chinese negotiator has clearly proposed that China wants a long-range strategic bomber according to Chen Xu's intentions, but there is no specific model involved.

The US imperialists did not reject this proposal, but they did not agree to it, because when it comes to strategic attack weapons, whether it is the US Congress, the Pentagon, or the military industrial complex, they must carefully consider the consequences of doing so.

In particular, the issue of technical secrecy, if the design of such a bomber were leaked from China to the Soviet Union, it would be the most direct threat to the United States. However, this suspicion of the Americans was severely refuted by the Chinese negotiators, because the Soviet intelligence network in China has been completely destroyed, and the Soviet intelligence personnel in the United States are all over the world, and if there is really a leak of technology, it must have happened in the United States.

Chen Xu's visit to the United States this time is the last round of negotiations on this technology exchange, and both sides are psychologically prepared for each other's negotiation reserve price, and if nothing else, the negotiations should be very successful.

Chen Xu followed off the plane, patted his buttocks, and asked loudly, "Lieutenant Colonel William, can this bomber still fly?" I remember he was sent here in 1967, almost twelve years now! I've seen it look as good as new inside and out, as if it had just come out! ”

William Dunn didn't know that Chen Xu was fighting the Valkyrie, and looked up at the bomber, like an antique collector looking at the collection, and sighed: "She is the undoubted princess of our museum, both in terms of cost and technology, even now it is the most advanced." We have always been very careful about its maintenance, and even the wear parts are replaced before reaching the end of their life, so it is still in its heyday, and it only needs to be filled with fuel to take off, and it is one of the few planes in this museum that can still take to the sky. ”

"Haha, I heard that she cost more than half a billion dollars, and it would be a pity to let such an expensive plane rot if it is not maintained properly." Chen Xu pretended not to care and said casually.

"It is also said that this type of bomber was originally intended to be produced 250 units, and then the plan was canceled, and it became an impossible fantasy for the Valkyrie to fly all over the sky. In the end, only two demonstrators and one semi-finished product were produced, but the dedicated factory of the XB-70 in Antelope Valley, California, has been preserved to this day, because both the Air Force and Congress are working hard to protect the aircraft program, and there are plans to resume production. "William Dunn, as a high-ranking officer in the Air Force, knows a lot about the Valkyrie project, especially some things that even Chen Xu doesn't know!

"I only know that Valkyrie's No. 2 plane collided with F104 and crashed in the desert during a test flight, and No. 1 plane is right in front of us, but I don't know that there is still an unfinished half-finished aircraft!" Chen Xu was surprised, because it was only rumored in history that Valkyrie had two verification aircraft, of which the second machine had made many technical improvements on the basis of the first machine, but the second plane crashed, and many important performances of the first machine were far from the second machine, resulting in the next test flights could not be carried out.

No one knows that Valkyrie actually has a third unfinished semi-finished product, if this is true, then the third machine must be a verification machine that has upgraded the technology of the second machine, and it should be the most advanced of the Valkyrie test machines, which is closer to the finished product.

"The third semi-finished product was produced at the risk of the project team's surplus funds, using a lot of technology that is even crazier than the second aircraft, if this aircraft can be successfully tested and proved its excellent performance, maybe the Ministry of Defense can change its mind and continue to allocate funds for research and development. Unexpectedly, the second demonstrator suddenly collided and crashed, which dealt a fatal blow to the project team, and the Ministry of Defense ordered the research and development to be stopped. The third Valkyrie has been left in the factory's manufacturing workshop, because it was secretly manufactured, and in order to prevent the congressional guys from pointing fingers at this unplanned production of the plane, the Ministry of Defense listed the third Valkyrie as a top secret, so the outside world did not know about her existence. William Dunn sighed with regret, there is no doubt that this guy is also a big fan of Valkyrie, and he is full of regrets about Valkyrie's dismount.

The sunlight outside the window shines into the hangar, setting off the Valkyrie's pure white fuselage so dazzling that it makes people's hearts sway, and the other planes next to it are all dwarfed and become a bunch of foils, and it is indeed well deserved to say that the Valkyrie is the only princess in this museum.

"I wonder how finished the third Valkyrie is?" Chen Xu swallowed his saliva, if the third Valkyrie existed, then he must bring her back to China as well.

"Because I need to get spare parts for the museum's Valkyrie, I went to the special factory in Antelope Valley and was fortunate to see the No. 3 Valkyrie, according to the description of the sentry at the gate of the factory, the completion of the No. 3 Valkyrie has been close to 90%, the main structure of the fuselage and the avionics system have been debugged and assembled, the only thing that is not installed is the six engines, because according to the designer's requirements, General Electric has never been able to debug the fuel consumption and thrust of the YJ93 engine to be more balanced, so that it has not been installed. If GE had completed the commissioning work earlier, the No. 3 might have been able to fly test. "William Dunn never thought that Chen Xu was planning to take away the Valkyrie, and in the minds of American military fans, the Valkyrie is also a goddess that cannot be blasphemed, and no one wants to take her away!

Dunn told him the secret of the No. 3 machine for the sake of Chen Xu being a fan of the Valkyrie. I knew that this kid had bad water in his stomach, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything about such a confidential thing,

"Oh...... That's great, if it's just that the engine isn't installed, with GE's current technology, it should be no problem to debug a better engine! Chen Xu licked his dry lips, and the excitement in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"If we have the financial backing, of course, we can definitely tune a better engine without taking any time!" But who has the ability to get the Valkyries back to studying? Now that even the B-1A project has been discontinued, Valkyrie will have to stay in museums as exhibits for the rest of her life. William Dunn shook his head, in this era of rapid technological change, new equipment is constantly being introduced, and the Valkyrie will never have a chance to travel the sky if she does not return to production.

There must be a better engine for the United States, the Valkyrie's YJ93 engine is actually amplified and improved on the basis of the J79 engine, and the J79 is the engine used by the F4 ghost, which is an engine developed in the 50s, and the performance of the second-generation aircraft is very backward.

Chen Xu can now choose from a lot of engines, such as the F100 turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for the F15, although the early F100 was frequent, turning the F15 into a hangar queen. However, with the upgrade of the F100 by Pratt & Whitney, this problem has been solved and it has become an extremely reliable engine.

In addition to the F100, General Electric's F404 turbofan engine can also be introduced, which is used in the F18 Hornet and is known as a god-class engine.

These engines are enough for fighters, but not enough for bombers. After all, Valkyrie's fuel tank capacity is 136 tons, which can provide fuel support for engines with greater thrust.

At that time, Chen Xu can let the engine companies of the United States imperialist enlarge on the basis of the two engine core engines of F100 or F404, and it is very easy to double the thrust with the technology of the United States imperialism.

Even if you don't need such a large amount of thrust, you can work on fuel economy and increase the range of the Valkyrie by reducing the fuel consumption of the engine. Or reduce the number of fuel tanks to increase the area of the bomb bay, you must know that the Valkyrie has 11 fuel tanks, if you can reduce some of them, all the space saved can be turned into bomb load!

If the engine power is sufficient, the number of engines can even be reduced, and the Valkyrie forced six huge engines into it in order to achieve the performance indicators. If you can reduce the number of engines by two, the weight savings are considerable.

And with the advancement of material technology, it is possible to reduce the weight of the Valkyrie's body, and the total weight of the Valkyrie's body is 250 tons. In the face of modern high-tech materials, there are too many places where surgery can be performed on such a heavy body weight, and it is very easy to reduce the weight of more than ten or twenty tons without affecting the structural strength of the body.

In the end, Valkyrie can fly with a full load of 136 tons of fuel at a time, it is indeed a fat girl with a big belly, if you reduce the weight of the engine, increase fuel efficiency, reduce the number of fuel tanks, and finally add a series of measures such as weight loss of the body, maybe you can save 30 tons of bomb load!

Valkyrie's original maximum range bomb load was 21 tons, which was indeed not enough to support the status of the main force of the flower family, but after technological upgrades, Valkyrie's final bomb load could break through to a new height, reaching 40 tons or even 60 tons.

With a bomb load of 60 tons, even the B-1B Ranger bomber, which likes to play carpet bombing, is ashamed of itself, and this level of bomb load is enough to destroy a small city in one bombing, and it is more than enough to blow up a naval base or air base. (To be continued.) )