To put it simply, the first reason for the simultaneous development of two or more fighter jet programs is that there is a huge difference between Chinese aviation experts and the American system, one plus one is not equal to or greater than two, but less than two, and countries should not be forcibly merged.

The second reason is a bit of a laugh and cry for Guo Zhuocheng, and it also makes him proud: Anyway, the military industry is not bad for money now, the military industry was very poor in the past, there was almost no money, and it was not the same to develop aircraft, missiles, atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs? Now that there is so much money, arms (arms) exports bring a large amount of money, there is no reason for the state to cut these important projects, and if it succeeds, won't the country have a few more killer features?

Some experts have even suggested that China divide fighter jets into three completely different systems: One system is to use the wreckage of US F5 and F6 planes as imitation objects, and concentrate all efforts to produce fighters similar to these two aircraft, one heavy fighter and one light fighter. The other system inherited the tradition of China's aviation industry and inherited the characteristics of Soviet aircraft for the development of Soviet-style aircraft. The third system is the self-created system, which has taken the third path and formed a three-legged trend with the Soviet Union and the United States. Moreover, the first two types of experts kept a close eye on the technology of the Soviet Union and the United States, extracting their Jinghua and using it in their own aircraft, making China's military aircraft the best fighter in the world.

In order to achieve this exciting goal, some experts have also come up with feasible xing research reports written by themselves. In his report, he asserted that if we can carry out three types of research at the same time, we will be in an invincible position in world air warfare in the future, and whether the Soviet Union or the United States has the superiority of planes, and which country's planes will be powerful on the battlefield in the future, we will tilt our forces in which direction, so as to ensure that the Chinese Air Force uses the world's most advanced aircraft.

I have to say that what this expert said is reasonable, after all, the current Soviet Union and the United States have not really fought for the new generation of aircraft, although in the Middle East Iraq and Iran have used the planes of these two countries into the battlefield, and the battlefield has shot down a lot of aircraft, but these planes are not the highest level of the Soviet Union or the United States, they are all trade aircraft with reduced functions.

Now everyone knows that the US fighter has superiority in missile guidance, anti-electronic jamming, airborne radar, and so on, while the Soviet aircraft have the upper hand at high altitude, especially at high speed; although the industrial level of the Soviet Union is not as high as that of the United States, the MiG-25 high-altitude and high-speed interceptor fighter manufactured by the Soviet Union is the first fighter in the world to surpass the Mach speed.

The MiG-25 aircraft emphasizes high-altitude and high-speed Xing energy in the design, and has broken a number of world records for flight speed and flight altitude, and can continue to fly at speed at an altitude of 24,000 meters, with a maximum flight speed of M0, not to mention that it is now one of the only three aircraft in the world that has broken through the "thermal barrier" (M25) in the previous life.

The other two planes that broke through the "heat barrier" were the American Black Widow SR-7 reconnaissance plane and the Soviet MiG all-weather interceptor fighter.

In other words, in the future, when the planes of the two countries face off in a large-scale duel in the air, it is difficult to say who will win the final victory. If China only develops the aircraft of one of these countries, only 50 percent of the aircraft selected may be selected, so both types of aircraft should be developed, and China's self-created fighters continue to draw nourishment from the two types of fighters.

Moreover, at the last Shenyang Aviation Conference, the departments concerned, including the Third Aircraft Department, mainly focused on the Shen (Yang) Aviation Research Institute for the study of the wreckage of the two US planes, and at that time the Chengdu (Du) Aviation Research Institute only sent a small number of experts over, and their main purpose was only to understand the situation, and they did not focus their main efforts on the US planes, that is to say, they still mainly focused on the planes they were studying.

Since this is the case, it can be said that the research and development of Chinese fighters on the basis of the development and production of various types of aircraft can be said to be a logical thing.

In the research report, the experts also said that even if the development of the three types of fighters is not successful at the same time, a large amount of experience can be accumulated and a large number of personnel can be trained, and these can be bought with money, and this will play a tremendous role in promoting the take-off of China's aviation industry.

The silver-haired old man grabbed Guo Shucheng's hand and said, "Director Guo, for the sake of the country's prosperity, I beg you." I really want to fly in our skies in my lifetime to the best planes we have built ourselves. ”

Not only this old expert, but also other experts, even officials and security personnel also looked at Guo Zhuocheng with eager eyes. In fact, Guo Shucheng's mind is similar, if it were not for Vice Premier Yu Gangqiu's request, he would probably let multiple models be carried out at the same time.

At this time, an air force general said loudly: "Guo Shucheng, so many projects have been left, and our project to develop military aircraft is more important, and it can't be cut." As long as you propose it to zhongyāng, the leaders of zhongyāng will definitely agree with your proposal. ”

However, Guo Zhuocheng shook his head very resolutely and said in a very official language: "No! We can't be ambitious, and the prospects are great, but it's hard to realize. I am not advocating the United States, nor am I despised ourselves, but I just ask you to be objective about our reality and our technological level. Yes, we have made a breakthrough in the research of F5 and F6 fighters, and the Chengdu (Du) Aviation Research Institute has made progress in the aerodynamic shape of the fighter, these achievements are gratifying, and can even be said to be remarkable, but there is a long, long distance from the successful research of Xing Neng excellent fighters, we can only say that we have just started, and we can just walk and still walk unsteadily, how can we start running? ”

Guo Zhuocheng knew that some of the people in front of him were indeed patriotic, and he came up with this idea out of a strong desire to improve China's national defense level; Some people are scientific research maniacs, and they hope that they can preside over the research and development of a new fighter, and even if they die, they can go to Jiuquan with a smile. However, most of the people want to develop as many fighters as possible for the sake of power and for the benefit of their own units or their own units, and they do not care about the final result and how much money the country spends.

It's just that he can't say it explicitly, so as not to humiliate those experts who are innocent at heart.

He continued: "Now the gap between our country and the United States and the Soviet Union is so great that it is impossible to catch up with and surpass them in a short time. Maybe what I said frustrated everyone, and some people would think that I was discouraging everyone's enthusiasm in order to save money. I just ask you, now that the avionics system and guidance system of the United States are here, when will we be able to copy it, and can it reach the same level? I can tell you now that if our xing can reach their level in five years, I am giving you a huge prize, and the average reward of the institute will not be less than 50,000 yuan!

In addition, I have already asked the relevant departments at the higher level for instructions, every day you complete the imitation task one day in advance, the state will reward you with 100,000 yuan, if you are one month in advance, the state will reward you with 300,000 yuan, and one year in advance, the state will reward you with 36.5 million yuan! Never break your word! Also, whoever copies the best system will get priority in the development of new fighters! I will also ask the relevant departments for credit for you, award for you, your housing conditions will be greatly improved, even the award of villas is not impossible, how about it? ”

Listening to Guo Shucheng's words, all the experts' eyes widened one by one, and some of them even became short of breath.

An expert asked suspiciously: "Director Guo, isn't this money in charge?" Will it be ......"

Guo Zhuocheng said: "Don't worry! This is to save money for the country, and this is to make our army strong as soon as possible. The sooner the fighters are equipped with the troops, the sooner our combat effectiveness will be enhanced, and the money we will reward you with is insignificant. The more you take, the happier the zhongyāng (leader) will be. It's not about money, it's about motivating everyone. ”

The experts were so excited that their faces were red, and they hugged Guo Shucheng and walked towards the conference room.

During the conversation, some people also suggested that since it is a request for rapid results, then we should use the Soviet-made airframe platform, and the internal components of the fighter should adopt the American core, and not pursue self-creation too much, so that we can be fast and safe.

But Guo Zhuocheng simply vetoed it and did not say any reason, which made the experts angry, thinking that Guo Zhuocheng came by order and was stubborn under the orders of his superiors, and he didn't know that Guo Zhuocheng had a hard time, because this was what he had analyzed from the situation in his previous life, and he couldn't say it:

First, the Soviet Union will soon collapse, and with the collapse of the vast Soviet empire, the aviation industry, which is on a par with the United States, will inevitably fall behind. Although in the end, Russia, which inherited the assets of the Soviet Union, was still the runner-up in the world's aviation industry, and their level was still much, much higher than that of China's aviation industry, the gap between their technology and that of the United States has widened. Later, Russian fighters were simply incomparable with American aircraft, and their fighters could only be exported to several countries that were banned by the United States from exporting high-end fighters. It is now desirable for China to learn and integrate the relevant aviation technology of the Soviet Union, but it is not necessary to spend valuable manpower and material resources on the design and development of their fighters.

Second, the vast majority of countries in later generations believed in US fighter planes, and this was certainly because the United States reaped the dividends of military power against the background of its great national strength, and either explicitly or covertly forced other countries to buy their planes, but it was also because US planes represented progress, and their fighter planes conformed to the development of computer technology, information technology, and new material technology, and had more powerful vitality than Russian fighter planes.

Third, China successfully developed the J-10 aircraft in its previous life, which is a successful fighter. If the core of the American aircraft, such as the control system, avionics, radar, and so on, is transplanted, this aircraft will not only come out five to ten years earlier than in the previous life, but its xing energy is likely to surpass that of the Jian-10 fighter in the previous life.