The shape of F117 has a certain sci-fi flavor from the current point of view, and it is this shape layout that makes its stealth performance able to shield most of the advanced radars, Xu Ziling is no longer the former Amon, and he is happy to get F117 in his heart, which may derive a fighter that has never been owned before, but it is not like a few years ago, immediately let the lion optimize, but chose to understand it first with his own ability.

From the next day, he put down other things in his hand and put all his thoughts on the F117, even the matter of the destroyer was called to Yang Kaiming and Li Cheng, and led the newly established research team to stay in the hangar where the F117 was placed all day.

After spending a few days to understand the F117, Xu Ziling felt that the outside world agreed with its definition and "fighter-bomber", carrying a larger bomb capacity than an attack aircraft, and its maneuverability was not inferior to that of an ordinary attack aircraft.

"Elder Zhang, what do you think of this guy?"

Zhang Lao was introduced by Li Lao of the University of Science and Technology a few years ago, and he has been in charge of the laboratory of Red Star for seven years, and due to his advanced age, he is basically in a semi-retired state now, and there are no major projects, Xu Ziling will not alarm him.

The matter of F117 this time is definitely not small, so as soon as possible, he notified Zhang Lao.

Zhang Lao is not the kind of pompous person, he didn't think about it at all, and replied directly: "In some ways, it doesn't belong to our FY." I believe that if it weren't for the fact that some problems of the United States had not been solved, they would have been able to design a fighter similar to ZY. ”

The world is absolutely F22, F35 and the like are the most advanced fighters in the United States, and Xu Ziling also thought so before, but now that he comes into contact with the F117, he thinks that the United States people should still have more advanced fighters that are in the design or have been designed, but have not been unveiled.

There is no other reason, he has a full set of information on F22, but some of the technical and design ideas on F117 are not seen on F22 at all!

You must know that according to his verification, these technologies and design ideas can be applied to F22 or F35.

But why are the people of the United States useless? You must know that these models are all involved in Martin, and there are no obstacles such as intellectual property rights at all.

"It is true that there are some places that are not inferior to our fighters!" Xu Ziling agreed with Zhang Lao's words, and immediately raised another question, "Some of the things above are not reflected in the F22, and according to the design time of the two fighters and other issues, there should be no such problem, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Lao had obviously thought of this question, and immediately said: "The only possibility is that the Martin company has long been designing a new generation of fighters, and this time the purchase of our fighters may be for this secret project." ”

From the fact that the people of the United States are eager to buy FY fighters, Xu Ziling knows that they need to understand FY fighters, in order to be able to crack the relevant technology on the fighters, but they do not consider whether they have a project that needs to supplement the relevant technologies of FY fighters.

In terms of technical reserves, Red Star is not as good as a large company like Martin, if Martin has a project blocked, and the key can be cracked from the FY fighter, they may really get what they want in a short time.

It's a pity that if the FY fighter is produced by another manufacturer, they will really succeed, but the FY is from the Red Star, can they succeed?

As long as important technologies are involved, Xu Ziling deliberately set up anti-cracking methods at the beginning, and some of the protection methods are that Martin gathers all senior researchers to crack them, but he is afraid that the time spent is about the same as the time they spend on their own research and development.

Realizing this problem, Xu Ziling smiled.

The people of the United States are destined to steal chickens this time.

It's fine if it's all on the battlefield, but if it's used for research, it's really a fool's errand.

When Zhang Lao saw the expression on Xu Ziling's face, he knew what he meant, and didn't say much on this issue, "What do you think now?" ”

Idea? At the beginning, Xu Ziling's idea was to see if he could optimize the F117 and design a multi-functional fighter that could replace the FY, but after learning about the F117 and the bomber these days, he had a new idea.

He has nothing to hide from Zhang Lao, a teacher-level figure who makes him respect, "I didn't have too many ideas earlier, I just wanted to know about F117, after these days I learned about F117 and B2 and other bombers, I thought about whether to design a long-range strategic bomber based on F117." ”

"Long-range strategic bombers?" Zhang Lao pondered for a moment, and quickly asked seriously, "Are you sure?" ”

Of course, Xu Ziling couldn't say that he was 100% sure, so he pretended to think about it and replied: "Fifty percent sure is still there, and it's no problem to copy it even if it's not good." ”

F117 is not as good as B2, but in the world, it can also be regarded as one of the best bombers, and if it can be copied, it will be able to fill the gap that there is no stealth bomber in China, what else is there to say, not to mention that there is fifty percent certainty in the development of new fighters?

Since you are 50% sure, of course it is worth a try, who can guarantee 100% success in studying this kind of thing?

"The Shadow Dragon can carry out bombing missions to a certain extent, but how to say that it is not a pure bomber, once the target is a little larger, it will not be able to catch it, and the domestic bomber is far from reaching the level of stealth and strategy, three years ago I proposed a strategic bomber project in a small area internally, but it was shelved due to various problems, if the project can be established this time, whether it is successful or not, it will be of great benefit to our laboratory." Zhang Lao said in a deep voice.

It's not that Xu Ziling doesn't pay attention to bombers, but because of the conditions. Zhang Lao proposed this intention three years ago, although he had not yet reported to him, he also knew it. At that time, it was the time when the "Thunder Dragon", "Shadow Dragon", and FY fighters came to fruition, and the research department of Red Star had just been established for a few years, and the foundation was insufficient, and several big projects were done, where was there still the ability to develop strategic bombers?

What's more, whether it is "Thunder Dragon" or "Shadow Dragon" and "FY", they are all optimized from prototypes, strategic bombers, where is he going to get them?

If they really want to develop it completely on their own, it is impossible to do it in ten or twenty years, but it really takes that time, and the daylilies are already cold.

It is the most normal for a project to fail a few times, listening to Zhang Lao's words, there is not much confidence, and he didn't say anything, it is true, even if the project fails, the accumulation of experience for the team is also very large, as for the funds, does Red Star need to consider these?

"You think it's okay, so let's do it." Without much consideration, Xu Ziling immediately decided, "In terms of manpower, you are more familiar than me, so you will solve it, or the old way, I will make the general design." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Lao nodded, "The preliminary preparations will start immediately, is one year enough?" ”

The deadline that Zhang Lao said, of course, refers to the time when Xu Ziling produced the design drawings, in fact, he really wanted to produce a complete design drawing, and he didn't want a day's time, but Xu Ziling couldn't do this, as the chief engineer, he couldn't even be familiar with the things he designed, so he had to be familiar with the design drawings before he took them out.

One year is really not a long time for the design of a fighter, but Zhang Lao is familiar with Xu Ziling's ability to say so, if it is another research institute or chief engineer, two or three years may be normal.

If in the past, Xu Ziling would have nodded and agreed, but at present, the global situation, he expects that it will stabilize within ten years, and this time the design of the bomber is not just to fill the domestic gap, but to "show" from this war, how can it be allowed too long?

"Now in this situation, a year is a bit long, and I'm stepping up these days and trying to get it out in three to five months."

Zhang Lao glanced at Xu Ziling in surprise, thinking that this requirement was not too high, but he understood that Xu Ziling was not the kind of person who boasted about Haikou, so he didn't say anything in the end, but nodded: "Okay, as long as you are sure, I will make people step up the preparations." ”

After speaking, he realized another problem, and said in surprise: "Are you preparing to go to war?" ”

As a researcher, Zhang Lao didn't pay much attention to this global war, but despite this, he still had some basic judgments. World war, the end of five to ten years is already the fastest, the bomber out of the design in half a year, with the ability of the Red Star team, as long as the design is okay, it is completely possible to produce a prototype in one to a year and a half.

The test flight was finalized for about a year and a half, and finally rolled off the assembly line for a year, that is to say, it will be three to five years off the assembly line, and this war can end in three to five years? It is obviously impossible, Xu Ziling squeezed time so much, obviously wanted the bombers to get a piece of the pie in this war.

Originally, he thought that it was just a need for the national situation, but now the plan is to join the war, how can he not be surprised?

"Well, that's right!" Xu Ziling replied bluntly, "This war will definitely not take as long as World War I and World War II, after all, the weapons are different now, but even so, five to ten years is certain, the great man said: Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, we build fighters, not to use them on the battlefield, it is not easy to encounter a war, of course we have to seize this opportunity." ”

Zhang Lao has been engaged in the military industry for decades, of course he knows that weapons are completely different concepts after actual combat and those that have not been in actual combat, and he immediately agreed with Xu Ziling's words: "This is true, but to catch up with this opportunity, then we have to speed up some speed, you must know that it is different from a few months ago, affected by the situation, the work efficiency is not so fast." ”