"Of course, this matter is really not easy to do," Mao Donghai nodded: "But if it is easy to do, we will do it ourselves, and we don't have to work Chen Dong, your old man, right?" ”

"You don't have to put a top hat on me," Chen Geng waved his hand with a wry smile, and said: "Let's put it this way, if we can really persuade the Kuznetsov Design Bureau to improve the NK-8 engine according to our requirements, of course it is very good, but the Kuznetsov Design Bureau and the Soviet government are not stupid, as soon as people listen to our request, they will know what we want to do and what the purpose of this engine is, so I promise to tell the Kuznetsov Design Bureau your request, and also try to promote this matter, but in the end this matter can succeed? I can't give you any guarantees. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Being able to hear this guarantee from Chen Geng's mouth already made Mao Donghai overjoyed, and he hurriedly said: "Chen Dong, you do your best, we also know how difficult this matter is!" To tell you the truth, even if it's half a year's money, if we can use NK-8-4, it will make us laugh off our big teeth, and the NK-8 specially customized for our H-6? I won't tell you anything, Chen Dong, we don't dare to think about it at all -- you don't know what our country's foundation is in the aero engine industry. ”

After that, Mao Donghai sighed.

Chen Geng also sighed, and at the end, after thinking about it, Chen Geng said in a deep voice: "But you have thought about it?" If this standard is followed, the future four-engine version of the H-8 will certainly also use this engine, and it is impossible to design an engine specifically for an aircraft, because it will be too troublesome for both our production units and the user units, and it will not be economical from the perspective of cost. ”

"Of course, if the four-engine version of the H-8 really wants to be developed, it will definitely be this engine," Mao Donghai nodded again and again: "We have discussed this, you can rest assured." ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Chen Geng also breathed a sigh of relief, he was really worried that Xifei would make a "one flight and one machine" such a thing, not only would the research and development cost of the entire system rise sharply, but also bring a lot of trouble in system maintenance, generalization of spare parts, etc., Xifei was able to think of this in advance, but saved himself a lot of trouble.

"Speaking of the H-8, brother, how do you think the Americans will use the B-52 when they attack Iraq this time?" Mao Donghai changed the topic and asked Chen Geng: "What kind of performance do you think the US B-52 bomber can achieve in this war against Iraq?" ”

When discussing this issue with Chen Geng, Mao Donghai was a little nervous.

It is also understandable that the Americans' B-52, Lao Maozi's TU-95, China's H-6, and the H-8, which Xifei and Runhua Industry are "secretly plotting," are all typical post-World War II high-subsonic large bombers (although the legs of the 6 Master are a little shorter and the strength is a little less, let the 6 Master follow these people to get a dip), and how well the B-52 performs in the Americans' war against Iraq directly affects whether the H-6 modification can be favored by the Navy and the Air Force. Whether or not the B-52 can be recognized by the Navy and the Air Force, if the B-52 performs well, not only is it expected that the work of renewing the H-6 or even a major overhaul will be greatly accelerated, but it is also very likely that the H-8 will be put on the agenda for discussion; on the contrary, if the performance of the B-52 is a mess, it is easy to say that the H-6 will be replaced, but the H-8 will probably be difficult.

In a word, the performance of the US B-52 in this war has a direct impact on the development of China's military equipment thousands of miles away.

Chen Geng said without hesitation: "I believe that the B-52 will definitely play a decisive and even decisive role in this war. ”

"Oh?" Hearing Chen Geng's words, Mao Donghai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

In the previous discussions held secretly by the West Flight, the entire West Flight was very pessimistic about the performance of the B-52 in the current war against Iraq, believing that the huge and bulky B-52 was just a live target flying in the sky and was destined to be beaten into a "fire" turkey by the Iraqi air force and ground air defense firepower.

He didn't believe that Chen Geng would talk nonsense, Chen Geng must have his reasons and judgment for daring to say this, and if this was the case, wouldn't that mean that there was great hope for both the H-6 and H-8?

Chen Geng said: "To talk about the performance of a piece of equipment in a war, we must first determine what kind of ways and means one side in the war will adopt in this war, and specifically what we are talking about, that is, the United Nations forces led by the United States, in the face of Iraq, which is not weak militarily, will take what countermeasures to take, so as to achieve a good strike effect, and at the same time reduce their own casualties as much as possible, which also determines how the Americans will use the B-52 and what kind of performance the B-52 will perform in this war, right?" ”

"That's right." Mao Donghai replied that it is basic common sense that the way of war determines the way weapons are used.

"First of all, Iraq's ground armed forces, anti-aircraft firepower and air force are not weak, for the United Nations forces, if they want to quickly paralyze and disintegrate Iraq's military forces in the early stage of the war, the first thing to strike is Iraq's various command centers, radar stations, and anti-aircraft fire networks composed of surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft artillery. The Americans have mastered the location and number of these key nodes in Iraq, and they have mastered a considerable proportion of them.

So the question arises, how will the Americans strike at these critical stages? My opinion is very simple, it is a point! ”

"Points?" Mao Donghai was stunned.

"That's right, just like what is written in our martial arts novels, using various precision strike weapons to carry out scalpel-like precision points on Iraq's command centers, air defense fire networks, air bases, and ground radar stations, specifically, long-range 'Tomahawk' cruise missiles launched by surface ships, laser-guided bombs launched by F-117s, which are almost impossible to detect by Iraq's air defense radar networks, and air-launched cruise missiles launched by B-52 bombers from outside Iraq's air defense fire network. In this simple and crude but extremely precise way, the command center and radar network of the Iraqi side were directly paralyzed, and Iraq became deaf and blind, so that they could not see where the enemy was and did not know how many people there were......

After the precision strikes in the early stage, a large number of planes carrying all kinds of bombs and precision-guided weapons will bomb Iraq indiscriminately, and the Iraqis will not be given the opportunity to directly engage in a face-to-face exchange of fire. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Geng sighed: "At that time, Iraq will be like a martial arts master who has been pointed, even if it is a body of kung fu, others can't move when they point to the point, and they can only be slaughtered by others." When I saw that some people in China thought that the United Nations, led by the United States, would launch a large-scale ground military operation, I wanted to laugh: perhaps the Americans had no intention of fighting a ground war with the Iraqis. ”

“……”

Mao Donghai's whole person was stunned, he had never heard of this kind of combat method that Chen Geng said: how could a country with not weak military strength be directly killed by air strikes? If the war is fought like this, how much will it cost to end this one?

But if you think about it carefully, you feel that Chen Geng's words are not unreasonable, at least from the perspective of military strategy, and the "Tomahawk" cruise missiles and laser-guided bombs that can carry out precision strikes from hundreds of kilometers away from a stealth plane in their hands...... There is indeed no reason why the United States should not use these weapons that are suitable for point-pointing, surgical precision strikes, but instead use ground warfare to resist Iraq; if the Americans plan to gradually advance from the ground, why are they going to great lengths to develop all kinds of precision-guided weapons and stealth weapons?

As for spending money, although it seems that it costs a lot more than fighting a ground war, on the other hand, if we can quickly end this battle in a short period of time, we will actually save money in terms of the overall cost of war, and in addition, the Americans have always had the bad habit of using war to advertise their own weapons, and if these weapons of the Americans really perform well in the war, they may even be able to make a lot of money in the international arms sales market!

As for international influence, if the Americans can really beat Iraq down in a very short period of time, it will also be a huge boost to their international influence, and then Uncle Sam can completely sweep away the psychological shadow left by the Vietnam War, and arrogantly announce to the world with a cigar in his mouth: "Uncle, I'm back again!" ”

It's just that...... It is ridiculous that in the countless discussions that have been held before, not a single military expert has considered the possibility of such a complete war of air strikes.

"It's not that I didn't expect it, it's because our country doesn't have this military condition and economic strength, so naturally we won't think about it," Chen Geng's voice was a little low: "There is a joke that the old farmer thinks that the emperor's day must be hoeed with a golden hoe, eat two eggs at a meal, and eat two scallion pancakes, I think we are the old farmer, with our own guesses, we wonder what kind of life the landlord's family lives, but ignore what kind of life the landlord's family lives is not at all what the old farmer can imagine." ”

What kind of life the landlord's family lived was not at all imaginable by the old peasants! Hearing Chen Geng's words, Mao Donghai's heart was shocked!

Chen Geng didn't say that Mao Donghai hadn't realized it yet, but now when he heard Chen Geng say this, Mao Donghai only had a wry smile left in his heart: Also, our China is just a country that has not even solved the food and clothing of the common people, and it is like laughing out of his teeth to think about what life the number one superpower on this planet should live! What is the difference between the thoughts of these people and the old farmer who thinks that the emperor just uses a golden hoe to hoe the land and eats two eggs and two scallion pancakes for a meal?!

"Really...... Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years. Chong Chen Geng arched his hand, Mao Donghai said sincerely.

Chen Geng smiled bitterly: "Actually, that's what I said, how the Americans fight, who can know?" I was no different from the old farmer who thought the emperor should hoe the land with a golden hoe. ”

Mao Donghai didn't think so, he shook his head and said: "Brother, you are not an old farmer hoeing the land, and listening to what you say, I think that the Americans are very likely to adopt the combat method of air strikes that you mentioned, just like you said, the cards in the hands of the Americans are too suitable for non-contact air raid operations -- but in this way, the main role of the B-52 in the early stage of the gap operation is to launch air-launched cruise missiles in the sky and outside the Iraqi anti-aircraft fire circle?" ”

After collecting his mood for a while, Mao Donghai immediately determined the position of the B-52 in this war under the combat mode envisaged by Chen Geng.

"Yes," Chen Geng nodded: "I think that with the continuous improvement of ground air defense firepower, large bombers must change the combat mode of dropping unguided bombs, and instead develop into an air precision long-range fire strike platform, which can launch cruise missiles and other precision-guided weapons with a range of up to hundreds or even thousands of kilometers outside the enemy's air defense fire identification circle."

In addition to this, another important combat mission is to put pressure on the enemy by means of its own ultra-long endurance and range, and by cruising for a long time at a position that the enemy can identify but cannot hit, and our H-6 and H-8 must also have this combat capability in the future. ”

"That's right," Mao Donghai nodded as he listened: "A few days ago, some bastards said that under the conditions of modern warfare, with the continuous improvement of radar performance, large bombers are no longer useful, and it is time to withdraw from the stage of history. Lao Tzu can smack him in the face! ”

What hostile country can not be frightened at the thought of several H-6 or H-8 strategic bombers carrying dozens of cruise missiles with a range of up to 1,000 kilometers capable of carrying out surgical precision strikes circling outside its own borders? This one accidentally annoyed the Chinese, dozens of cruise missiles with an error of only a few meters, more than ten meters came over, maybe there are models carrying nuclear warheads, who do you say is not afraid of this matter? But on the other hand, just thinking about it makes me feel so happy.

Thinking of this, Mao Donghai hurriedly took Chen Geng's hand and said, "Brother, at the banquet tomorrow night, you have to tell the leaders of the Navy and Air Force about this, and it is up to you whether our H-6 and H-8 can be successful." ”

"Let me say? What am I talking about? Chen Geng was a little confused.

"That's what you just told me," Mao Donghai said with great interest: "What kind of air defense identification circle outside the precision strike, air precision long-range fire strike platform and the like, no, let's deal with this now, we have to suppress those guys in the army......

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PS: Well, pay back the 1000 words you owe last night.