Chapter 259: We Need Twin-Engine Fighters
Yang Hui, who returned to the base one step ahead of schedule, naturally hurriedly broke away from his plan with the high-level management of the base, Yang Hui's plan was high, even if Yang Hui said it to the high-level management of the base now, it would be leaky.
"The situation is like this, Northrop definitely doesn't plan to continue their F20 fighter program, and their cockpit avionics system and 1553B data bus technology are willing to sell to us and localize them," Bijo said. Based on this situation, I feel that it is necessary for us to take advantage of this opportunity to get more things. ”
Yang Hui's poison pie plan is also simple, everything is based on the fall out between the Republic and the United States after 89 years. This will definitely happen, Yang Hui is sure. Since we can't prevent these things from happening, we can only take advantage of them and turn the disadvantage into advantage as much as possible.
"Our current J-74 fighter has indeed achieved a great breakthrough, much better than the J-7, but we must admit that this aircraft is too small, the range, bomb load, and potential are not too large, and it is not too suitable for the future needs of our country, so the twin-engine large and medium-sized fighters are the future."
After saying that, Yang Hui stopped to give everyone time to think, after all, this jump is too big, just now he was talking about how to improve the J-74, and now he immediately began to say that the potential of the J-7 is insufficient, which seems to be changing a little too fast.
Is it fast? It's not fast, is the J-74 a good aircraft? Of course, this aircraft is sold to poor countries and small countries, and that is the weapon of the country, but the Republic itself is a little powerless to use the Jian-7 aircraft.
Expand the multi-purpose capabilities of the J-7 and change the engine. Adding up to in-flight refueling capabilities, these improvements will uncover the military's new need for heavier, farther and more aggressive combat aircraft.
In the final analysis, the improvement of the J-74. It's just a temporary measure after the army loses confidence in the J-7, and twin-engine fighters like the J-7 will have to be developed and equipped sooner or later.
Everyone understands these problems, and the high-level leaders of the base, the military, and the state are well aware of this, and now they are forced to build a fighter-bomber from scratch because of lack of funds, and it is somewhat powerless to build a fighter-bomber from scratch, but it does not mean that the army does not have this demand.
Chief Master Yu, who knew this well, wanted to understand Yang Hui's careful thoughts. Some people couldn't believe it and said Yang Hui's 'thoughts'.
"You kid want to make a double-engine J-74? This thing is obviously not something that our base can do, so you can stop it, the current J-74 of the base is at the most critical juncture. I'm about to send a picture to the factory to build a prototype, you give me a stop, stop point! ”
Seeing Chief Master Yu's cautious look, Yang Hui knew that he had not made his plan clear. Double-shot J-74, what is this? Could it be an improved model of the J-8. The J-8 is the twin-engine model of the J-7 that year.
Explain it again immediately: "J-74 changed to twin like something." I mean to be prepared to work with Northrop, they have experience in making twin-engine fighters, starting with their F5 fighter, which is the same best-selling fighter as the MiG-21, and their YF17 fighter, which is also a twin-engine fighter. ”
Speaking of YF17, this is finally close to Yang Hui's goal, this is what Yang Hui tried his best to concoct poison pie for Northrop.
The YF17 was originally intended to participate in the US Air Force Light Fighter Program (LWF). His opponent is still the famous F16, but unfortunately, the YF17 only has the same thrust as the F100 because it uses two J101 engines. All of this made the YF17 a failure at the beginning of its design.
If it was just the YF17, this did not attract Yang Hui, what really attracted Yang Hui was the miraculous resurrection of this failed aircraft, and he was carried on the deck of an aircraft carrier by the US Navy.
F18 as a naval improvement of YF17, disliked by the Air Force twin-engine design, in the eyes of the Navy but tailored for the Navy, this is really a good thing, so the U.S. Navy asked Northrop and McDonnell Douglas, who is more experienced in designing carrier-based aircraft, to cooperate with the development of YF17's naval F18 to create a new multi-role carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft.
After revealing the mystery, Yang Hui cautiously disclosed it to all the high-level executives: "Northrop is the former developer of the F18, and I fully believe that they have complete F18 fighter attack aircraft design data, which is what we can use to cooperate." ”
Hearing Yang Hui's words, Director Bai first asked: "Isn't the F18 an aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas for the U.S. Navy?" How did they get involved with Northrop again, and how did they have information on F18. ”
After listening to the questions from the high-level of the base, Yang Hui understood the reason, the feeling was that everyone did not know about the bad relationship between Northrop and McDoop because of special domestic reasons in the seventies, so he patiently recounted the tragic drama between McDoop and Northrop back then, and everyone who listened to it shouted incredible.
Everyone criticized the hateful McDonnell Douglas company, and at the same time, they were silently calculating whether the Northrop cooperation base could get the technical data of the F18, and if they could get these materials, it would be better for the base.
At least in terms of engines, the base can proudly say that we already have a replacement for the F404 engine, the Turbofan 10, which will be one of the few cases in the Republic where the engine has been finalized before the aircraft is developed, and will undoubtedly inject a shot in the arm for the success of the new aircraft from the beginning.
Knowing the tragic experience of Northrop, Director Bai couldn't wait to sprinkle a handful of salt on Northrop's wounds.
Immediately slapped the table excitedly: "Good opportunity, the F18 aircraft is very good, it is more in line with the situation of our base in all aspects, if you can cooperate with Northrop, it is the best thing to get the information." ”
Director Bai wants to get the information, which is a little difficult, although when Northrop cooperated with McDonnell Douglas back then, there was a clear division of labor for the land-based type produced and exported by Northrop, and there must be relevant information.
However, after Northrop was later pitted by McDonnell Douglas, he nominally sold these materials to McDonnell Douglas, and since then he has said goodbye to F18, and now if he wants to give the information directly to the base, I am afraid that Northrop will not dare to do so no matter how bold he is.
The F18 is still the main carrier-based fighter of the U.S. Navy, but once it is found that there is no approval from the U.S. military, the information of the F18 came to the Republic, and Northrop can directly say that it is bankrupt or annexed.
This is something that Yang Hui has long considered, explained these situations to Director Bai, and then gave his own opinions.
"So we should be cooperating with Northrop now, openly saying that it will be modified on the basis of F5, but in fact, it is secretly working with Northrop on an improved model of F18, so that we can not only learn first-hand technology directly from Northrop, but also avoid the US military."
The plan is not clever, Yang Hui's entire poison pie plan has finally surfaced, and through the cooperation of Northrop, you can learn the technology of twin-engine fighters.
Now Northrop urgently needs a third-generation aircraft to maintain its traditional position in the fighter market, and if you want to have a relationship between China and the United States in 85 years, as long as the two companies are willing, there will definitely not be much difficulty.
Then the meat drama came, a third-generation twin-engine fighter that the base is not familiar with, and it will definitely take a lot of time to develop, during which you will learn more basic knowledge and sub-project departments.
When the relationship between China and the United States turns around in eight or nine years, the natural base can say openly: "Let's break up, it's not that we don't work hard, it's really that the parents of both sides don't agree, goodbye, we have no fate." ”
Using the technology learned, under the light of Yang Hui's great golden finger, he directly pulled out the E/F-18 Super Hornet and appeared before the US imperialists.
With the huge leap between the Super Hornet and the Hornet, Yang Hui can guarantee that in the mid-nineties, he can come up with a multi-role fighter-bomber that is stronger than the Flying Leopard, and as for the engine, Yang Hui has long had a plan. (To be continued......)