Armed helicopters are indeed not cheap, not to mention the Apache and Super Cobra, the two special armed helicopters that we look at drooling but can't buy at all, even if it is the most advanced armed helicopter in service: Zhi-9W, but it only carries 8 "Red Arrow-8" anti-tank missiles, and the cost is as high as 10 million US dollars.

"I have studied the A-1 attack aircraft, if the existing aerodynamic shape design of the A-1 is borrowed to the greatest extent, even if our turboprop-5E engine is used, even if the avionics system is upgraded, the overall cost will not exceed 15 million RMB, which is less than 2 million US dollars, but in addition to carrying greater ground attack firepower, it can also provide protection for ground armor clusters and gunship groups, I think, This is currently the most suitable aircraft for our army aviation units. ”

Speaking of this, Old Man Lu's eyes sparkled, "This guy is not only cheap, but also sufficient!" I have a preliminary estimate that if the price can be reduced to $2 million, at least 300 or more aircraft will be needed in China to meet the demand...... This only requires one-fifth of the funds for the helicopters that were originally planned to be equipped, but the combat effectiveness of the road aviation units has been raised by more than one grade as a result. ”

"That's what I said, but ......" Lin Hongfei smiled bitterly, "The Air Force is sad at this level, fixed-wing aircraft have always been the traditional territory of the Air Force, and the Air Force and the Navy quarreled a lot for the sake of naval aviation...... It is estimated that the leaders of the Air Force will want to strangle me if they know that I am jumping up and down in the back without stopping. ”

"The Army's 'Big Brother' has not been called for so many years in vain. Perhaps the army has been expecting someone to stand up and say something for them...... I figured out that this is at least 500 units sold in the world. ”

Old Man Lu's voice sounded like instigating people to make mistakes, but Lin Hongfei couldn't resist this temptation no matter what, he nodded with a wry smile, "I'll try it...... Are you going with me or not? ”

"I'll forget it," the old man waved his hand again and again with great joy, with a posture of "you carry the black pot, and you will go to death", "Old man, I have old arms and legs, but I can't withstand this toss." ”

Really...... It is worthy of being "cautious and cautious Master Lu"!

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Although he was very "overwhelmed" by the shamelessness of Chief Lu. But Lin Hongfei still had to come, what he was looking for was General Jin Liangzhong, commander of the Shungeng Military Region.

As the commander of the Shungeng Military Region, Jin Liangzhong not only manages the army's air force, but also has the right to exercise jurisdiction over the air force of the Shungeng Military Region to a certain extent...... The air force units of the military region are under the dual leadership of the air force headquarters and the headquarters of the large military region where they are located. Although the headquarters of the large military region is mainly in charge of logistics, it can be regarded as a land and air all-encompassing ...... In the words of Chief Master Lu. That is: the title of "Big Brother of the Army" is not called in vain.

"You want to hear what we think of this close support aircraft?" Jin Liangzhong took a puff of his cigarette. Something strange.

Lin Hongfei is the chairman of the second group of AVIC, and it stands to reason that he can not give this face, but who makes Bingfei under the second group of AVIC at the same time still the main model of land aviation: the supplier of Z-9 armed helicopters and transport helicopters? In view of this, Jin Liangzhong must also give Lin Hongfei a face, not to mention the existence of Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which makes Jin Liangzhong dare not be sloppy.

"Yes." Lin Hongfei nodded, don't look at Jin Liangzhong's scruples about Lin Hongfei, but in the same way, facing such a general. Lin Hongfei was also a little nervous, "Some time ago, when we cooperated with a certain frontier patrol force to develop an armed patrol model, we in the Second Aviation Group inadvertently found a small flaw: the fixed-wing jet fighter of the Air Force alone cannot provide enough effective protection for the army aviation unit, and there is a small blank range in the speed range of the cooperation between the air force and the army. A fixed-wing aircraft with a larger bomb load and greater anti-destruction capability than helicopter gunships, which can provide both air protection and support for air killing. ”

"Huh?" Jin Liangzhong involuntarily sat up straight, he was just giving Lin Hongfei face before, but now hearing Lin Hongfei say this, Admiral Jin suddenly sat up straight," Chairman Lin continued. ”

Lin Hongfei said this, of course, he also realized that the armed helicopter is the army's new treasure, and this thing is indeed the nemesis of the enemy's tank armor cluster, but in the same way, the air defense capability of this delicate thing is close to nothing, and the ability to resist destruction is even more outrageous, and the reaction speed and flight speed in the face of the enemy's anti-aircraft fire are too slow, but on the contrary, there is no model that can provide escort and protection for the armed helicopter in real time, which is a headache.

This thing, if it is taken down, it will cost tens of millions of dollars, how can it be done if you are not careful? In order to solve this problem, the army has kicked the ass of the armament department of the arms, but there has been no way, and some people have even proposed to modify the existing shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles on the armed helicopters, but this idea has been rejected because it seriously occupies the weapon deployment space of the Z-9W and Z-9WA.

Hearing Lin Hongfei say this now, Jin Liangzhong's eyes couldn't help but light up: Use a thick-skinned fixed-wing aircraft to provide escort and protection for the armed helicopter, and at the same time provide ground support? That seems like a good idea.

It is true that no one has thought from this perspective before, because when everyone was thinking about how to help Lu Airlines solve the problem, they subconsciously avoided the fixed-wing aircraft when thinking about the problem, because fixed-wing aircraft are the traditional territory of the Air Force, but Lin Hongfei's idea made Jin Liangzhong feel like he could see the sun...... That's right, why don't we consider developing a low-speed fixed-wing aircraft?

"Yes," Seeing that Jin Liangzhong was really interested, Lin Hongfei's eyes couldn't help but light up a little, "First of all, this kind of aircraft can not only accompany the helicopter unit in battle, but also provide escort, support and cover for the helicopter, which is a must." ”

"Not bad." Jin Liangzhong nodded.

"It must also be rough and thick-skinned, and in the face of enemy ground anti-aircraft fire, it must have sufficient damage resistance, and the bomb load must be large, at least more than 4 tons, so as to be able to give our army's armored cluster enough strong support when necessary."

"Indeed." Jin Liangzhong nodded again.

"The last and most important point is that the price of this kind of aircraft with a harsh environment cannot be too high, not more than 2 million US dollars, only in this way can we afford to use it," Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei changed his tone, "But this is just our family's idea, whether this is the case or not, we still need to listen to the views and opinions of our army comrades." ”

"It's a good idea, the problem does exist, and the Army Aviation Corps is really working on solving the problem you mentioned, similar to the beginner 6 that you have improved the patrol force." Jin Liangzhong hesitated, but still chose to say directly, "But isn't the small body of Chujiao 6 good?" ”

AVIC Second Group for the Army's border patrol unit modified two Chujiao 6 with good firepower, after actual use, the feedback back news is quite good, a large military region close to the northwest has given the AVIC Second Group a modified 10 Chujiao 6 list, this matter Jin Liangzhong of course knows the way, but the Shungeng Military Region is different from a certain military region in the northwest, as the national strategic general reserve of the Shungeng Military Region, there is no border line to patrol in the jurisdiction, naturally do not care much about this matter, But he didn't expect Lin Hongfei to take the initiative to find his head, but this time he was actually fighting the idea of the army aviation unit?

But...... Hearing Lin Hongfei say this, Jin Liangzhong really felt in his heart that between a low-speed helicopter and a high-speed supersonic fighter, there should indeed be a supplementary aircraft: even if it flies at a subsonic speed of 95% of the time, the landing speed is 350 kilometers, accompanying the helicopter to provide escort and cover for the helicopter? That's unthinkable.

But Jin Liangzhong knows better that helicopters are just that, but if they are fixed-wing aircraft, this will have something to do with the air force.

"No, it's similar to the overhauled A-1 attack plane of the US military," Lin Hongfei explained, "The military region in the southwest is also very interested in armed aircraft for border patrols, but the commander of Hongdu Aviation believes that the Chujiao-6 with the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks is enough to meet the requirements of the army's general patrol and low-intensity operations, but our army aviation unit needs an attack aircraft that is rough enough but cheap enough." ”

"That's ......," Jin Liangzhong lowered his head and pondered.

He naturally knows the A-1 attack planes of the US military, and how many of the leaders of the major military regions today have not participated in the Vietnam War, the subsequent counterattack war, or the 10-year large-scale military training? Kim Luong Chung, who assisted the Vietnamese side in carrying out air defense combat missions as a Vietnamese air defense unit after the rearmament, still remembers the US A-1 attack plane very deeply: That plane was simply a flying tank! Not only is the skin rough and the meat thick, it is difficult to knock it down, but the firepower is also outrageous!

If this aircraft is improved and upgraded, it can be equipped to the army at a price of less than $2 million, and it will be enough to cooperate with the army's armored group and helicopter gunship units to carry out combat and escort missions, but one of the big problems is...... "Comrades on the air force, there will be a lot of opinions, right?" (To be continued......)