Chapter 1657 Experiments

PS: It's a little late, Khan, the extra 400 words, I apologize to my brothers and sisters, I want to write more, but the time is almost up, and I'll make it up to you tomorrow

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The Ministry of National Defense personnel soon arrived, and along with the arrival of the Ministry of National Defense personnel was a Y-8-F medium-sized tactical transport plane specially responsible for carrying these experts and Ministry of Defense officials, as well as related test instruments and equipment, in addition to two Jian-7 fighters that were missile carriers.

The military's preparations for this test can be described as full!

As for the maximum thrust, maximum power, maximum use time, maximum specific impulse, total impulse and other data of the engine, it is necessary to carry out strict experiments one by one after the test is over!

Speaking of which, the order of this experiment seems to be a bit reversed, according to the order of the experiment of weapons and equipment, it should be the first test of the engine's performance indicators: working time, dead weight, maximum specific impulse, maximum power, total impulse, these things, in the absence of a clear time of these data, generally will never be stupid to directly engage in real bomb experiments, that is not much different from taking money into the water.

But since the Alice Group has such a strong request, the Ministry of Defense naturally met the Alice Group's request: they didn't want to take this opportunity to try the Alice Group's success in this aspect...... Although the military will definitely have to come up with a little more valuable equipment and test consumables for this test, anyway, if the experiment fails in the end, it will be the Alice Group themselves who will be ashamed.

In the face of this extremely arrogant move of the Alice Group, I don't know how many people are waiting to see the jokes of the Alice Group, in the military and the government, those who are waiting to see the jokes of the Alice Group, in fact, there are not a few.

To Zhang Lan's surprise, the people who came this time were different from the past, most of them were bureaucrats from the Ministry of National Defense, and there were only 8 officials from the Ministry of Defense who came this time, and these guys made a statement at the beginning. "Mr. Zhang Lan, Miss Jill, we came this time with only eyes, not mouths."

The meaning of this is obvious, they are only here as observers of the Ministry of Defense this time, and as for other professional matters, these experts who came with them are all in charge.

The other people in this group were all family members of the Thunderbolt-9 short-range air-to-air combat missiles: The missile experts of the Luoyang Optoelectronic Technology Development Center and the Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd. made Zhang Lan feel amused that the experts of the Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd. even brought two of their Thunderbolt-8 short-range air-to-air combat missiles"Fake public and private".

Minister Liang, who wanted to come and see, because of his busy affairs, did not get out in the end, although he was angry with Zhang Lan before, it does not mean that Minister Liang will joke about such a thing: although I don't know how powerful the performance of this new engine is that Zhang Lan said on the phone, but just a sentence "The existing fuel can only play 80 of the performance of this engine" is enough for Minister Liang to attach great importance to this matter.

However, along with the officials of the Ministry of National Defense, the experts from the Luoyang Optoelectronic Technology Development Center, and the Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd., as well as the operating special fighters of an entire company of the Jinan Eagle Special Brigade -- according to the requirements for secrecy during the testing of military equipment, the entire process of testing a weapon system of this level must be under a high degree of supervision by the military, and the entire process from departure to completion of the test and return is all picked up by the military's special plane.

"Miss Jill, since everyone is almost ready, shall we begin?" One of them, who had the rank of colonel, but looked like the head of the group of Xi'an Oriental Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd., was a white-haired, bookish, and sixty-year-old gentleman, who said politely but impatiently to Jill.

"No problem," Jill nodded unimpressed by the old expert's attitude, "In that case, please prepare the test equipment you brought." ”

The expert who was called Xiao Gong nodded, and was not polite to Jill, and greeted the experts behind him, "Everyone hurry up, quickly set up the instrument." ”

According to the convention, this kind of product related to the construction of an important national defense project, the final test equipment used for finalization and acceptance, of course, cannot use the manufacturer's test equipment...... Who knows if these guys have done anything about these test equipment in order to make the product pass the test smoothly in the end?

"This is the chief engineer in charge of the Thunderbolt-9 missile project at the Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd.," Elaine said to Zhang Lan while Jill was coordinating with these experts and the staff on both sides were busy but doing their own work in an orderly manner.

It turned out to be him! Zhang Lan nodded, but was taken aback in his heart, this Chief Engineer Xiao himself knew, the representative of the domestic air-to-air missile design, and the absolute top expert in this field, but he didn't expect that this time it was just to test the engine developed by his company, and the team of Xi'an Oriental Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd. actually let this old man personally lead the team. Looking at the old man Xiao who was directing his experts there, Zhang Lan touched his chin with interest, "This old man seems to be very ......"

Zhang Lan didn't know, in fact, Mr. Xiao was still a little unconvinced by Alice Group's move, although he didn't think that Alice Group could not develop a high-performance missile small solid-fuel ramjet engine, but he definitely didn't think that Alice Group could win the project and come up with the finished product in such a short period of time, so this time the old man personally led the team to the acceptance work.

At the same time, military security communications equipment for mutual contact with the Zhangzhuang military airport of the Jinan Military Region has also been deployed, and as long as the preparations are ready, an unmanned remote-controlled target plane modified with a retired Jian-7 fighter that is already waiting for orders at the Zhangzhuang military airport can quickly take off to test the actual performance of this new engine. ,

Taking advantage of Mr. Xiao's personal deployment of equipment, the four engines prepared by Alice Group for this test have been shipped over and are being placed there, quietly waiting for Mr. Xiao's acceptance.

"32 kilograms? 80 seconds of working time?! Thrust 48.56kN?! Specific impulse 300s??!! When he saw the introduction of this engine handed to him by Alice Group, Old Man Xiao's eyes became round, and after reading these four most important data for a small ramjet engine for missiles, the old man's voice has become extremely high-pitched! Looking at Jill's eyes, it's like seeing a monster!

No, to be exact, looking at Alice Group is like watching a big monster! The fundamental reason why the Thunderbolt-8 air-to-air missile and the Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missile are so heavy is that under the same weight, the self-weight and output power of the engine cannot meet the performance requirements.

But in the same way, while the engine is enlarged, the engine increases the power at the same time, but also brings a sharp increase in the number of fuel consumption, which forms a vicious circle: in order to obtain greater power, the engine volume has to be enlarged, but the increase in the power of the engine is achieved at the huge cost of a huge increase in the overall weight of the missile, which can be regarded as an absolutely helpless move.

Therefore, the final weight of the Thunderbolt-8 and Thunderbolt-9 both exceeded 120 kilograms, while the weight of the US-made AIM-9 "Sidewinder" series of short-range air-to-air combat missiles, which were tasked with the same short-range aerial combat mission, was less than 80 kilograms, and even Lao Maozi's R-73 series short-range air-to-air combat missiles weighed only 105 kilograms, which was much lighter than that of the Thunderbolt-8 and Thunderbolt-9.

This matter has always been a pain in Mr. Xiao's heart, but the small solid-fuel ramjet engine used on the missile, although the technical content of this engine is not high in essence, but in fact, the more simple it is, the more it can test a country's overall industrial capacity. But now...... Old man Xiao sighed in his heart: Although I don't know what the performance of this engine of the Alice Group is, as long as the self-weight can be as much as they say 32KG, even if the overall output power, working time and specific impulse can reach the level of the Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missile, it undoubtedly means that the overall strength and close combat capability of the Chinese Air Force are much stronger than before!

With Old Man Xiao's louder and louder roar, Zhang Lan hurriedly took two steps back, and glanced at the old man with great dissatisfaction: What's so surprising, isn't it a little smaller than what you made yourself, and at the same time the performance is a little stronger than the engine you made! Is...... Wonder is the daughter of ignorance!

Fortunately, Zhang Lan didn't say this, otherwise Old Man Xiao would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood: You little bastard, do you think that when the performance of an engine for missiles reaches a bottleneck, it is so simple to break through this bottleneck! Especially on the premise that our overall industrial strength is still quite insufficient!

Elaine, this girl, has definitely seen through the problem in Zhang Lan's heart, because this girl is covering her mouth, secretly having fun there alone!

This should be spanked! Zhang Lan was indignant in her heart!

Eight Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missiles without engines and refueling were delivered, and these eight missiles were used for this test, two of which were used to test the missile fuel developed by the Alice Group, and two were used to load the military's own fuel, and all four were used for experiments to attack target aircraft...... In accordance with the Air Force's operational manual and specifications for launching close-range air-to-air combat missiles, in order to achieve a greater success rate as much as possible, it is necessary to launch two missiles at the same time when carrying out an attack mission against the enemy, so as to ensure the greatest success rate. And four more? These four are intended for interception of air-to-air missiles.

In addition to the two Thunderbolt-8 air-to-air missiles of the Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd., four Thunderbolt-8 air-to-air missiles were also shipped together with the eight Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missiles that were not equipped with engines and were not refueled, and these four missiles were delivered to test the short-range anti-missile capability of the new Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missiles after the engine was replaced.

A fact that is not well known is that almost all new-generation close-range combat air-to-air missiles have some anti-missile capability, otherwise what happens when a side's aircraft encounters an air-to-air missile launched from a place? Of course, in this case, it is difficult to say the interception probability of air-to-air missiles in close combat, and the missile's own performance is one reason, and the other reason is that the maneuverability of the missiles on both sides is extremely strong: the maneuverability of air-to-air missiles is often 30G-40G, which is far from being comparable to that of ordinary fighters.

It is a shame to say that in order to ensure the personal safety of fighter pilots, the maximum overload capacity of the best fighters does not exceed 12 G, and what are the consequences of exceeding 12G? When the fighter pilot's life is evading the attack of air-to-air missiles or surface-to-air missiles, it is very likely that he will die directly due to overload! 12 Gs is already the limit of the overload that the human body can withstand.

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When everything is ready, 2 A21s have passed, how is the situation on your side? Complete! When everything was ready, Old Man Xiao picked up the intercom in front of him and shouted.

"Report, this is TA20, it's ready, it's done." Not far from Zhang Lan, such a voice came from the intercom of the military confidential communication equipment.

"TA20, this is TA21, it's ready, it's over." Swallowed his saliva a little nervously, at this time, Mr. Xiao was actually a little nervous.

"Huh," Hearing the call between the two sides, the doubts in Zhang Lan's heart came out, and he gently touched Elaine beside him, "How can Old Man Xiao say that he is TA21?" Under normal circumstances, he can't say that he is TA01? ”

"This is not simple, it is in the consideration of secrecy!" Elaine then replied.

"Oh." Zhang Lan nodded, as if it made sense.

Of course, Xiao Ye Laozi, who was full of excitement, didn't know what Zhang Lan and Elaine were muttering, and the whole body and mind were put into the next experiment, when he heard the intercom say that it was ready, Old Man Xiao took a deep breath, "Okay, ready to take off!" ”,

"Yes, ready to take off!" Inside the intercom, a resolute voice came out!

At the same time, Old Man Xiao made a gesture to several Ministry of Defense officials who had been sitting on the side but did not speak much, signaling that she could give orders to the two Jian-7 fighters who were already on the runway and ready to take off just after an order, and let them take off.

The major general at the head nodded, picked up the intercom in front of him, "07, 09, you can take off." ”

"07 received, repeated the order, took off."

"09 received, repeat the order, take off."

The voices of the pilots in the two fighter jets came out of the intercom, one after the other.

As soon as the sound ended, the tail vent behind the two fighter jets, which had been waiting a little impatiently, suddenly erupted a long series of bright and light blue flames, and the fighter suddenly rushed towards the clear blue sky like a dragon rushing into the sky, and there was no trace of it in a moment!

The rest of the situation can only be seen through the radar. Looking at the four small dots that appeared on the radar, the two Jian-7 fighters representing his own side and the two target planes that took off from the Zhangzhuang Military Airport of the Jinan Military Region, Zhang Lan sighed: Air combat? Naturally, it is more exciting to see through the naked eye, and it is really disappointing to see it through the radar, without the thrill of the rapid secretion of adrenal hormones, how can people feel the blood boiling of air combat?

When the four fighters flew in opposite directions at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, the straight-line distance between Qingdao and Jinan was greatly shortened, and less than 20 minutes after the two fighters took off, they had already entered the maximum range of the Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missile.

"TA21, this is 07, please do you want to attack?" The voice of the pilot of the Long Plane No. 07 sounded over the intercom.

"07, this is TA21, attack after entering the best launch position!" At this moment, Old Man Xiao showed a leak that was in no way consistent with his age, and grabbed the intercom almost roughly, and shouted at the intercom with a loud and loud voice, and his voice was almost roaring.

"07 understand, repeat the order, attack later!" The voice of the pilot of the No. 07 fighter clearly reached Zhang Lan's ears, and also into the ears of all the military officials, Xi'an Dongfang Electromechanical (Group) Co., Ltd. and Luoyang Optoelectronic Technology Development Center.

The already serious faces of all the experts and officers suddenly became more serious, and they all straightened up involuntarily, staring at the sub-radar display screen in front of them without blinking...... Those who didn't have a screen in front of them looked at a large, 200-inch display erected over the clearing! , and even the special tactics of the Eagle Special Brigade with a better duty position also secretly aimed their eyes at the radar display screen at this stage.

What is shown above is the battle position of these two J-7 fighters and those two J-7 fighter target planes at this moment! The positions of the two sides on the radar screen are already very close!

"Report 07, TA21, has entered the optimal firing position, is it going to attack?" Less than 20 seconds later, the voice of the pilot of the No. 07 long plane came again.

"07, you can attack!" Old Man Xiao's voice, which was mixed with expectation and hope, reached Zhang Lan's ears.

Finally...... This order that Zhang Lan was looking forward to the most remembered it! Zhang Lan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: Otherwise, she would have been really anxious to death by this old man.

However, for the performance of this engine, Zhang Lan is not worried at all.

With the order of Old Man Xiao, two small dots appeared on the radar screen representing the No. 07 Jian-7 fighter: The first to attack was the No. 07 Jian-7 fighter jet that was filled with the military's secret formula fuel, and these two small dots were the Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missiles launched.

Zhang Lan is not a rookie in military equipment testing, through the radar display screen, he can clearly see that the two target aircraft modified with the Jian-7 fighter are obviously not the previous target aircraft that can only fly in the air stupidly, but obviously can be controlled by people - this Jian-7 fighter target aircraft at this time, the flexibility and flexibility of air maneuverability are outrageous! Zhang Lan can grit her teeth and conclude that the military has done a very despicable thing!

The maneuverability of this J-7 fighter target aircraft definitely exceeds the maneuverable overload of 12 Gs manned!

"15 Gs!" As if she understood what Zhang Lan was thinking, Elaine whispered in Zhang Lan's ear, and directly said the overload of the target aircraft at the moment.

"Sure enough......" Zhang Lan's teeth chattered! These guys...... It's so despicable!

However, compared with Zhang Lan, who was so angry that he gritted his teeth and creaked, the military officials and experts who had been staring at the display screen in front of them were much more excited, pointing to the screen in front of them one by one and shouting excitedly as if no one was around:

"Look, look, after this new engine, it seems that the overall performance of the missile has improved a lot."

"No, looking at the speed, it has reached Mach 2.2! It's a lot stronger than the engine it used before, and it can only reach Mach 2......" The one exclaimed happily as if he had discovered a new continent.

"That's right, it's not bad to rush to this point alone, but I don't know how the service life and stability of the engine are, as long as the stability and service life can reach the level of the current engine, this engine is qualified." This one was obviously very excited, too.

"Well, those guys from the Jinan Military Region are really good-looking, and they actually changed the maximum overload of the target aircraft to 15 G......" The psychology of this person is relatively dark, no matter how you listen to it, you feel that there seems to be a taste of schadenfreude in this guy's words, and it seems that in this experiment, the Jinan Military Region actually did something on the target plane and gloated!

Listening to the meaning of their words, it seems that they have deliberately done such a trick for this experiment, which is still a very proud thing, and it seems that they are not worried that this Jian-7 fighter target will not greatly affect the service life due to too much overload.

This is not strange, there is actually a normal reaction to this: the military aircraft itself is designed for infinite service life, as long as the aircraft itself is maintained and maintained in a timely manner, it can continue to drive - although after driving for several decades, the parts of your aircraft when it left the factory, including the main beam and the like, are gone, but you can't help but admit that it is still your J-7 - and the service life of this fighter target aircraft is until it is hit, as a one-time use, And the fighter jets that are still dozens of seconds away from the end of their lives, as long as they can give full play to the maximum performance of this air-to-air missile, they don't care how to change this Jian-7 fighter! ,

Despicable, despicable, shameless, shameless! Facing such a group of shameless and invincible experts, Zhang Lan, who was speechless, could only comfort herself so much in her heart.

After all, the J-7 fighter is a supersonic fighter that can fly at 2 times the speed of sound, although this is only the maximum speed at high altitude, at this moment at an altitude of 8000 meters above sea level, the maximum level flight sprint flight speed is only Mach 1.6, although at this moment because of the need to maneuver up and down left and right to avoid, the maximum speed can only be maintained at Mach 1.2, but compared to the air-to-air missile flying at a super speed of Mach 2.2 at this moment, the performance is not very weak.

The problem is that even so, no matter how the J-7 target aircraft evades it flexibly, the speed difference of Mach 1 and the overload difference of 20 G are really not something that the J-7 fighter can make up, so the final result is already doomed......

33 seconds! Counting from the launch of the missile by the No. 07 fighter, 33 seconds later, the J-7 fighter target aircraft completed its glorious historical mission, and with a loud sound of "boom~", it turned into a fireball, burning and falling from a height of 7,500 meters!

The No. 1 experiment, which uses an engine designed by Alice Group and military fuel, was a complete success!

"Yay!" The experts, who were just muttering quietly just now, all jumped up excitedly this time after seeing the three dots representing the target aircraft and the missile disappear at the same time!

The officers of the Ministry of Defense were equally overjoyed! The military is undoubtedly happiest about the military being greatly enhanced with fighter jets, and what could be more exciting than watching these valuable military assets being protected?

Thinking of the great help of this engine to improve the combat effectiveness of the Air Force, a group of experts looked at Zhang Lan and Jill with a much kinder gaze: It seems that the Alice Group has not blown out many things in the past, and it seems that there are still some real materials.

However, compared with these experts, looking at the comparative data on the screen in front of him, Zhang Lan was completely sad: the domestic solid-state rocket fuel used on the Thunderbolt-9 air-to-air missile could only exert 75 of the engine's performance, which was less than 80 as Xiao Chenxi said.

Although the military testers were very satisfied that the missile could reach a flight speed of Mach 2.2, Xiao Chenxi's pretty face had become iron-blue: With this raged fuel? I can't afford to lose this person! What I spent so much time to come up with was ruined like this by these guys?

In this case, the experts and officers are looking forward to the performance of the next complete set of things and systems, which use engines designed by the Alice Group and at the same time use the "original" fuel of the Alice Group, and they are very much looking forward to what kind of surprise this Thunderbolt-9 short-range air-to-air combat missile, which they are already very familiar with, can bring to them when the entire power system is "original."

Unfortunately, the missile's electronic system and search device were not designed by Alice Group, otherwise the overall performance of this missile may have been improved to a higher level, right? Thinking of the strong strength of Alice Group's electronic circuits and detection systems, some experts sighed regretfully.

It's just that these things have involved the highest national military security of a country, so don't say that Alice Group is just an ordinary private Sino-foreign joint venture, even if it is a native national private enterprise, it does not have this qualification...... For Alice Group to be able to enter the military equipment industry, it has made many people fall out of the eyes of the ground, and get involved in the top military secrets of a country? That's something you can't even think about.

"Okay, let's see what the next pilot project can bring us!" Old Man Xiao's voice sounded at the right time at this time.

That's right! The experts perked up: yes, now is not the time to sigh, you know, the next experiment is the real highlight!

Uh-huh...... Looking at the expectant expressions on the faces of these experts, to be honest, Zhang Lan is also looking forward to what kind of surprise this experiment can bring to herself: although Xiao Chenxi has already let herself know the specific performance of this combat air-to-air missile equipped with a new power system in her simulation experiment before, but simulation is one thing, and the real effect is still the most suitable to see this kind of target test that does not follow common sense...... In reality, how can an aircraft have a load of more than 15 G? If this experiment is a complete success, won't it mean that all the planes will not be able to fight back in the slightest in the face of this new missile?

If the experiment just now is a little exciting, then the next experiment is simply not a little suspenseful: the performance of the missile has been multiplied by the use of a stronger, lighter ramjet engine and the use of more suitable fuel!

One minute later, looking at the three small dots on the radar screen that had become invisible again, and looking at the missile flight data after changing to the new formula fuel provided by the Alice Group, the family was already looking at each other, and they didn't know what to say: Mach 3.2 flight speed? 40G overload? At present, no country has a short-range air-to-air combat missile that can reach this figure.

What does this mean by such a powerful performance, these experts who deal with missiles all day long know it all too well: it means that our air force can turn our opponents into a big fireball in the air with more speed, in a way that is more difficult for them to defend against, and with less time to dodge!

In view of this, the next air-to-air missile firing experiment makes people look forward to it even more.

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Zhang Lan was excited, these officials of the Ministry of Defense were excited, and the experts were excited. Those guys from the Air Force of the Jinan Military Region are also excited!

At the same time, the No. 07 and No. 09 Jian-7 fighters in the sky, as well as the fighter pilots of the Jinan Military Region who had just arrived in this airspace and were preparing to carry out the experiment of this project, were all excited!

No one is more anxious than them to know what this successful experiment will mean for them.

There is no doubt that if this experiment can be a complete success, for these blue striped pride, this new type of air-to-air missile equipped with a power system has the ability to become the best self-defense weapon for fighter pilots in hand-to-hand combat! When they are in the air, they no longer have to see enemy missiles, and then they are busy fleeing like lost dogs. ,

Their lives will be more secured! When they are engaged in air combat, they will be able to concentrate more on how to destroy the enemy, rather than focusing too much on whether they have been locked on by the enemy's radar.

As the patron saints of the country, although they will never be afraid of death when necessary, if they can not die, naturally no one will cry and shout to die. For soldiers, although death is inevitable, but in essence, death in battle is actually a more helpless ending, indicating that the contrast of strength between themselves and their opponents is not as big as they think, so they need to exchange lives for lives, if they can safely shoot down the enemy, then why say "no"?

"Start attacking!"

"You can attack!"

Almost at the same time, the major general officer from the Zhangzhuang International Airport of the Jinan Military Region and the Ministry of National Defense, who was sitting in the Alice Group, gave the order to attack at the same time!

On the radar screen in front of Zhang Lan, in addition to the three dots representing the three fighters of the two sides, six dots appeared again: two dots moving forward rapidly together, representing the two Thunderbolt-8 close-range combat air-to-air missiles launched from the Jian-7 fighter plane that took off from the Zhangzhuang Military Airport, and four small dots that were juxtaposed together representing the four Thunderbolt-9 close-range air-to-air combat missiles launched by the No. 07 and No. 09 fighters for interception!

For those short-range air-to-air combat missiles that already have a certain "ability to judge," it is still relatively easy to judge whether those missiles have any "intentions" for themselves, and the two Thunderbolt-8s soon found that the four Thunderbolt-9s in front of them seemed to have evil intentions, and quickly made a maneuver in the air to evade them, hoping to avoid the entanglement of these four guys and directly attack the super tempting big cake behind these four guys!

It is a pity that these four Thunderbolt-9s, which were responsible for intercepting them, obviously did not let go of the intention of these two Thunderbolt-8s and their predecessors, and when they saw that the two Thunderbolt-8s in front of them suddenly split into two routes with the intention of carrying out scattered attacks, the four Thunderbolt-9s showed no weakness and followed up by dividing into two groups, two Thunderbolt-9s against one Thunderbolt-8, and they had the momentum of never giving up until they beat down their predecessors!