"But this thing...... I'm really hard to meddle," Zhang Lan frowned vigorously when she heard this, "Your No. 15 machine project No. 3 has already been test-flown and spread to the Internet, and it's going to be a big stir on the Internet, I'm mixing it again at this time, isn't it too much to say-1-"

"Huh?" Major General Liu was stunned when he heard this, and then his face was depressed, "What can I do then?" ”

According to the tradition of military aircraft, especially military fighter aircraft, a brand-new fighter generally has to build four prototypes, numbered No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4, of which No. 1 and No. 2 are used for ground taxiing tests, engine tests and ground static tests, and No. 3 and No. 4 are used for flight tests to test the overall performance of the aircraft, flight envelope and so on.

In the first half of this year, the No. 15 project, which is basically similar to Lao Maozi's Su-33, was already in full swing, and many unclear photos of the No. 15 plane's test flight were circulated on the Internet. Of course, the photos were actually leaked by the official through their own means, and it can be regarded as an official leak that the official does not recognize, and the majority of netizens have a preliminary understanding of the No. 15 aircraft project, and know that our No. 15 aircraft is actually an imitation of Lao Maozi's Su-33 carrier-based heavy fighter. There are even netizens with magical powers who have found information that our country purchased from Ukraine the prototype of the Su-33 carrier-based heavy fighter.

If the No. 15 machine is all operated by the Alice Group at this time, and it is completely remodeled, it is indeed very unreasonable. Of course, the most important thing is not that netizens can't pass the level, but that the big leaders above can't pass the level...... The development plan of the No. 15 machine and the appearance of the No. 15 machine, how can the big leaders above not be clear? Now that the No. 15 machine has suddenly undergone "plastic surgery", what if the big leaders above think that the people below are fooling them?

This is a very serious political problem.

Major General Liu didn't think of the political risks before, but now after thinking of the hidden political risks, even if Zhang Lan cried and shouted that he wanted to do a "plastic surgery" operation for the No. 15 machine project, Major General Liu didn't dare to let the Alice Group do it.

"Strictly speaking, the aerodynamic shape of the No. 15 aircraft is much better than that of Lao Mi's F-22 fighter, and the F-22 has made great sacrifices in terms of aerodynamic shape in order to highlight the stealth ability, resulting in the air mobility capability of this aircraft completely incomparable with the No. 15 aircraft, which is designed for aerial combat," Zhang Lan thought for a while and suggested, "It's better to use the aerodynamic shape of the No. 15 machine directly, anyway, there is no carrier-based stealth fighter in the world that has entered active service, if nothing else, The No. 15 can be used for 20 years, during which time we can also upgrade and minor changes to the No. 15 to increase the stealth capabilities of the No. 15. It is imperative to do a good job of the radar and engine of the No. 15 machine. ”

"Yes, yes, that's the truth, it's good to use the current plan," Major General Liu smiled bitterly, "At least we can catch up with the time." ”

He was frightened and confused by what Zhang Lan said just now, and when Zhang Lan finished saying this, he realized that Zhang Lan's words could not be taken seriously: At present, there are only a few mainstream carrier-based fighters: the F-14 "Tomcat" fighter and the F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" fighter of the United States, and the Rafale fighter of France are considered to be good, but the number of fighters in active service is too small, and minor problems are frequent, which are almost negligible"Vertical take-off and landing/short-range carrier-based aircraft, well, and the famous Su-33 heavy carrier-based fighter of Lao Maozi.

Among these fighters, the only one that is more powerful is the Super Hornet, followed by the Su-33 of Lao Maozi.

The reason why the sad Su-33 is ranked behind the Super Hornet is not because of his maneuverability or the missiles he is equipped with, but because the carrier-based aircraft take-off method of Lao Maozi's sad urging makes it impossible for the Su-33 heavy carrier-based fighter to take off with full fuel and full ammunition, the radar is not as good as the Super Hornet, the on-board electronic equipment is not as good as the Super Hornet, and the command system is still not as good as the Super Hornet. The 33 heavy carrier-based fighter is definitely capable of throwing the Super Hornet out several streets. …,

If nothing else, the Republic's No. 15 aircraft, which also inherited the Su-33 heavy carrier-based fighter, will probably be stronger than Lao Maozi's Su-33 heavy carrier-based fighter.

However, if the Alice Group can provide the No. 15 project with an on-board active phased array radar and a high-thrust engine, then none of this will be a problem, and the No. 15 will become a carrier-based heavy fighter that is much better than Lao Mi's F/A18-E/F "Hornet" fighter.

"What about the engine?" Major General Liu asked Zhang Lan cautiously.

It's impossible for him not to worry, no matter how good the previous thing is, if Zhang Lan refuses to provide them with a high-thrust engine, then everything will be wasted.

"In terms of engines," Zhang Lan frowned, "I don't know if our engines are compatible with your aircraft, if you need to redesign the engine compartment, this project will be much more difficult...... And if I'm not mistaken, aren't you going to use domestic engines of your own production? ”

It's really a problem, and Major General Liu also reacted.

Even if the Alice Group is willing to provide engines to the No. 15 engine project, the Alice Group's engines are not developed from the Russian AL-31F series, and the power output characteristics, length and thickness of the engines are all different, and it is very likely that the engine nacelles will need to be redesigned.

The redesign of the engine nacelle means that the rear half of the entire aircraft fuselage should be redesigned, and the redesign of the rear half of the fuselage means that the front fuselage should also be adjusted accordingly, so that a small modification of the aerodynamic shape of the entire aircraft is made...... The trouble seems to be back to square one: just ask Alice Group to help them design a new No. 15 machine, and forget it, and it will save everyone trouble, right?

"We must develop the No. 15 machine by ourselves," Major General Liu adheres to the principle on this issue, "In this process, we can not only learn a lot of things, but most importantly, in this research and development process, we can form a strong research and development team, and overcome many technical problems, which are very important for our future development...... This is a sustainable development path for the military industry. ”

The navy and military should independently develop the No. 15 aircraft project, and Zhang Lan naturally agreed. Although if it is provided by Alice Group, it will definitely be able to provide a fighter with better performance, but as Major General Liu said, the No. 15 aircraft project is not only a fighter aircraft research and development project, the most important thing is that through the research and development of the No. 15 aircraft, it can cultivate a group of top military industry research and development talents for the country, and at the same time strengthen the country's military industry research and development team through this project......

Although our military science and technology are still very developed, but compared with the United States, we are still relatively weak, Lao Maozi has fallen, in the foreseeable future, the pattern of the world can basically be judged as the United States and the Republic of China two countries contending, Lao Maozi on one side speculation of the three countries to compete for hegemony mode, but the protagonist, must be the United States and the Republic of China. In this way, it becomes extremely important for the republic to form its own military scientific and technological research and development forces.

"That's it," Zhang Lan thought for a while, "How to cooperate, let's talk about it slowly, but the research and development of the No. 15 machine cannot be stopped, you can ask the leaders of your navy & army, can we Alice Group go to the site of the research and development of the 15th machine to have a look, if your navy and military leaders agree, I will arrange a transport plane, bring two engines to have a look, and discuss it on the spot." ”

Major General Liu was overjoyed and held Zhang Lan's hand tightly, "Comrade Zhang Lan, it's really ...... Thank you so much. ”…,

He didn't expect that if it was found that the engine provided by the Alice Group could just meet the requirements of the No. 15 machine, what would the Alice Group do if it took the opportunity to raise the price?

Of course, if Major General Liu really thinks so, he will inevitably be scorned by Zhang Lan as a small belly: Alice Group and the three armies of the Republic have a lot of business, but the commander of no army has ever said that the weapons provided by the Alice Group or the things they cooperate with are not satisfied, and Major General Liu thinks about it in his heart, if he really dares to say it, I am afraid that he will ......

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The No. 15 aircraft is directly related to whether Lao Wahe and the brand-new aircraft carrier that is about to be launched is really going to "go into battle in a vacuum", Major General Liu naturally did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and immediately made a contempt to the senior leaders of the Navy & Army, and the senior leaders of the Navy & Army were probably really forced by the big leaders above, and only an hour later, they gave instructions: Agree that the Alice Group should carry two engines and go to Shengjing.

The No. 15 aircraft project was carried out by Shen Fei, the eldest son of the republican ** aircraft, to be precise, the navy and the military and Shen Fei jointly carried out the research and development of the No. 15 aircraft, for the No. 15 aircraft project, the navy and the military are very clear, Zhang Lan and Major General Liu went to the place where the Shen Fei Group is located: Shengjing.

Thankfully, there are two brand new engines in the warehouse, as well as a full set of ancillary equipment, and they are stored in a special storage box, which can be placed directly into the cabin of the transport aircraft. Rao is like this, when the huge transport plane took off from the county airport, it was already the beginning of the lights, according to the flight speed of the transport plane of the Alice Group, the time to arrive in Shengjing was about midnight.

The R&D base of the No. 15 aircraft is located in a highly secret military base, not only the No. 15 aircraft project, but also the research and development of other new models of Shenfei, but also in this military base, there is a group army stationed on the periphery of the military base, air defense forces, missile units are readily available, and even to a certain extent, such a tight defense itself is to protect the most important military research and development base of the republic.

If you search from the map, you can't find the existence of this military base at all, and even anti-satellite detection equipment is deployed in key parts of the base, even if the most advanced "lacrosse" synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite in the United States sweeps this piece of ground, in addition to being able to find this piece of ground anomaly, how abnormal it is, but it cannot be detected in any case.

The same is true of the transport plane of the Alice Group, which would not have been able to find this military base if it had not been piloted by the ground navigation personnel...... Even so, Zhang Lan could hear it clearly through the radio system in the small passenger compartment of the plane, and after the plane stopped, except for Major General Liu, Zhang Lan and the staff of the Alice Group, the other crew members were not allowed to get off the plane.

For this point, the entire crew temporarily seconded did not feel that there was anything wrong, and this is easy to understand, as the most important military research and development base of the republic, no matter how careful it is...... There are not only toilets on the left and right transport planes, but also rest rooms and galleys, and they can even set up automatic navigation on the return trip and hold a small party on the plane.

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"Is this it?" Zhang Lan didn't take the passenger code as a thing at all, standing at the door of the cockpit, looking at the ground in front of him through the front glass of the cockpit, according to the instructions on the ground, the plane was hovering at a low altitude of 800 meters at the moment, not to mention that there was a runway indicator light below to assist in landing at night, and even the lights of a private house could not be seen. "It can't be wrong, right?" …,

Zhang Lan gritted her teeth and was ready to use other means to see what was going on...... Which bastard dares to entertain Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will definitely make his life worse than death.

The two pilots were obviously more experienced than Zhang Lan, and the captain turned his head to Zhang Lan with a smile and said, "Mr. Zhang Lan, you don't have to worry, those highly secret military bases are like this......"

As he was talking, before he finished speaking, a string of yellow runway lights suddenly lit up on the dark ground, extending a road composed of yellow lights.

"This is it." The captain smiled and said to Zhang Lan, "Look, didn't the runway appear?" ”

The radio in the cabin sounded again the voice that made Zhang Lan extremely annoying before, "46782 planes, now that you have obtained permission to enter the field, please reduce the flight altitude to 700 meters, open the speed brake, reduce the speed to 350 knots, and make the final preparations before entering the field." ”

Nima! Zhang Lan smacked her tongue vigorously: This is too exaggerated, isn't it?

"Yes, the 46782nd aircraft understands, reduce the flight altitude to 700 meters, open the speed brake, reduce the speed to 350 knots, and make the final preparations before entering the field," according to the standard procedure, the captain repeated the order of the ground command and control center, and then cautiously said to Zhang Lan, "Mr. Zhang Lan, during the descent of the plane, you are not very safe, so ......"

"Oh, I'll just sit in the back." Zhang Lan understood the meaning of "so" in the captain's words, and immediately nodded and said...... He is not in the habit of joking with his own life.

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When the plane stopped at the end of the runway, with the help of the night vision device in the cabin, Zhang Lan found that there were several large trucks parked at the end of the airport.

At this time, Zhang Lan realized how much attention the navy attached to his night flight, and even for the sake of secrecy, all the vehicles did not even turn on the headlights, not only the headlights, but also the air defense lights...... The so-called anti-aircraft lamp is a night light installed on military vehicles that has a weakened light, the light is not as bright as a flashlight, and is only used to illuminate a small part of the front, and is used to prevent enemy aircraft from bombing...... The people in the car all wore individual night vision devices fixed to their helmets.

Is it necessary to be so careful? Zhang Lan was a little puzzled: he really didn't think it was necessary to be so cautious.

"Hello Chief!" The officer leading the team had been waiting at the back door of the transport plane for a long time, and saw Major General Liu and Zhang Lan walking down from the rear door of the plane. Hurriedly trotted over and saluted Major General Liu and Zhang Lan, "Wang Shan, the captain of the Tiger Brigade, has been ordered to report for duty, please instruct!" ”

Zhang Lan was taken aback when he landed: I'm going, even the Tiger Brigade has been dispatched?

Before, Zhang Lan was not a small army and attached great importance to his arrival this time, but now, after knowing that the sturdy man in front of him, dressed in camouflage, combat boots, camouflage military uniform, camouflage helmet, and even with camouflage oil paint on his face, was actually the captain of the Tiger Brigade, Zhang Lan was shocked: The navy and the army really don't hesitate to spend money!

Like all countries in the world, the navy and the army have always coexisted with competition and cooperation, and competition is more than cooperation; the Tiger Brigade is one of the seven special forces of the Republic, and it will not be dispatched when it is identical...... The cost paid is definitely not small.

Don't look at Wang Shan saluted Zhang Lan, but Zhang Lan understood very well that people were polite, the territory of the army, it was better not to speak, smiled slightly, took half a step back, and handed over this scene to Liu Shao to deal with.

Major General Liu was very satisfied with Zhang Lan's reaction, and after nodding to Zhang Lan with a slight smile, he returned a military salute to Captain Wang Shan, "Comrade Wang Shan, please arrange for comrades to carry out the things in the cabin and send them to Warehouse No. 4...... I believe that your chief has already told you that the things you are responsible for carrying this time are of great significance to my ** science and technology, but I still say one more thing: you must be careful and careful, and there must be no omission! Do you understand? ”