Lin Hongfei wanted to read the information on the retired and retired personnel of the subsidiaries of the Second Group of AVIC, and the members of the party group immediately felt bitter.

Because of the particularity of AVIC No. 2 Group, unlike AVIC No. 1 Group, the members of the party group and deputy general manager of the No. 2 Group are basically all served by the former chairman of each important subsidiary of the company.

But this time, Lin Hongfei showed them his tough side: in the name of the chairman of the group, he forced all subsidiaries of the group to report the information of the group's retirees for the group's civil aviation division to screen...... If you dare to cheat on this project, the company will severely punish you!

If it is said that it is severely punished, it is severely punished, and everyone who has seen Lin Hongfei's iron-fisted methods has no doubt that if it really arouses Lin Hongfei's anger, this guy will not be soft on himself.

The names of the old experts, old engineers, and old technicians who are either retired or idle at home were ticked by Lin Hongfei himself...... Today, it's his business.

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"But boss, you still lack an expert in aircraft structural mechanics, I mean an expert in the structural mechanics of large aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 150 tons......" Looking at the areas that his boss circled these people are good at, Chaprekin said to Lin Hongfei.

As the only department that has been retained after the independence of the aviation department of Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the aviation laboratory still undertakes the corresponding research tasks, as the person in charge, Chaprekin is not only responsible for the operation of the entire laboratory, but also responsible for providing reasonable advice to Lin Hongfei during this time. Now it seems that this guy is competent.

"Yes, we lack an expert in aircraft structural mechanics with experience in large aircraft manufacturing," Lin Hongfei nodded distressedly, "But our country has no experience in developing aircraft of more than 150 tons...... There are only a handful of units in the world that have experience in developing aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of more than 150 tons. ”

In addition to the United States and the Soviet Union plus a European French Airbus, there are no other aircraft manufacturers that can produce such large aircraft, the Republic of China was so-so engaged in barely more than 100 tons of Y-10, but strictly speaking, the Y-10 can only be regarded as a semi-finished product, more than 150 tons of heavy aircraft structural design, the Republic does not even have this talent at all.

"But the boss. I remember that your country once worked with the Y-10 to build an enlarged version of the TU-16 strategic bomber, called the H-8, and the maximum weight of this aircraft exceeded 150 tons," Chaprekin frowned, and suddenly remembered something. "With such a large aircraft, there must be an expert in structural mechanics to cooperate with the chief designer, right? Can we get that expert to help? ”

Boom-8? Lin Hongfei was stunned for a moment. Did the state ever go to this project back then?

"Are you sure there was a project in our country?" Lin Hongfei stared at Chapregin. If that's true, it's a big bonus.

"I'm sure," Chaprekin nodded with great certainty, "you know, before the collapse of the Soviet Union. We attach great importance to your intelligence gathering work, and the Y-10 project also caused a great sensation in our Soviet Union back then, and this H-8 was carried out almost at the same time as the Y-10 project, using the most secure design scheme of the enlarged H-6 fuselage. If I'm not mistaken, it seems that the maximum take-off weight of the H-8 is 163 tons, and the maximum bomb load reaches 18 tons......"

As he spoke, he quickly sketched out a sketch of the so-called H-8 strategic bomber on office paper.

Lin Hongfei stared at Chapregin's bomber outlined with simple lines, this bomber has a bit of the joy of the U.S. B-52 strategic bomber or the former Soviet Union's TU-95 after replacing it with a turbofan engine, it is a slender and slender fuselage, with engines hanging under the wings, swept wings, a single vertical tail and a low flat tail......

"Is this aircraft really based on the H-6 medium-range bomber?" Lin Hongfei looked up and asked Chapregin.

"Yes, according to the information we have, it can basically be regarded as an enlarged version of the H-6, but it is indeed a strategic bomber, with a maximum bomb load of 18 tons, and the maximum range of this aircraft can reach 11,000 kilometers when it is 7 tons of bombs...... From this point of view, it can be regarded as a strategic bomber in any case, although it was the worst performance among the strategic bombers of various countries at that time. ”

Although the H-8, which was not put into service in the end, is the one with the lowest bomb load among the bombers of various countries, when it comes to this, Chapregin's eyes are not the slightest contempt, but his eyes are full of admiration: strategic bomber as a country's strategic equipment, production and manufacturing means a country's highest achievement in national defense science and technology, the gap between the H-8 strategic bomber and the Tu-95, B-52 and other predecessors, but whether this large strategic bomber can be manufactured, It reflects the generational gap between a country's aviation industry, and a country capable of building strategic bombers is undoubtedly a powerful country worthy of awe.

Not only Chaprekin understood this truth, but Lin Hongfei naturally understood it, and he suddenly sighed in his heart.

With the strength of China's aviation industry at that time, it could solve the problems of engines, airborne electronic equipment, technology, and airborne weapons, and the H-8 strategic bomber should be able to be successfully developed, and if it is successfully developed, although the range and bomb load of the H-8 bomber are smaller than that of the American B-52 strategic bomber, it is enough to take off from a Chinese base to have a significant impact on the important political and political affairs of the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. economic and military bases to implement strategic nuclear counterattacks...... Not to mention survivability, the deterrent power of this strategic nuclear weapon dropping alone is enough to make the Americans throw a mouse.

But what's the use of saying this? There is no need to say the following words again, Lin Hongfei has already picked up the phone and directly dialed Wu Zhenguo, deputy director of the Air Force Equipment Department.

Seeing this action of his boss, Chaprekin wisely retreated.

"Minister Wu, I'm Lin Hongfei. Hello hello, yes, I have something to trouble you. ”

"Who, with such a big face, actually let Mr. Lin come to me?" Wu Zhenguo smiled very heartily.

"I'm ashamed to say that I don't know who Lu Dao is, but do you know the H-8 strategic bomber project back then? I am looking for a comrade who was in charge of the fuselage structure of the H-8 strategic bomber that year......"

There was a sudden "bang......" on the other end of the phone!

After a while, Wu Zhenguo's trembling voice finally sounded with excitement, "Mr. Lin, do you want to ...... Got on that project? ”

Previously, the central government had issued a secret order to the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. They were asked to use the imitation NK-321 military turbofan afterburner engine and domestic electronic equipment on the basis of the TU-22M3 medium- and long-range large bomber, and to make a domestic TU-22M3. Now Lin Hongfei asked the comrades who were in charge of the airframe structure when designing the H-8 strategic bomber, and Wu Zhenguo's mind instantly shifted to this area.

Frankly. Dismount the H-8 strategic bomber. The most regrettable thing is the air force, because no matter from which angle you look at it, the plan for the H-8 strategic bomber is feasible and should be developed, although it has a big technical gap with the American B-1/1B bombers and the Tu-160 bombers of the former Soviet Union that were put into service at the same time, and even compared with the B-52 and Tu-95, which were put into active service more than 20 years earlier, they are not advanced. However, the development of modern aviation technology will not make it obsolete, but on the contrary, it will promote its development and give it new life.

Look at the American B-52 strategic bomber, which has been in service for more than 50 years. Although various theories such as "missile omnipotence" and "bomber incompetence" emerged one after another during this period, these so-called brilliant theories did not shake the position of the B-52 in the US Air Force, and the new technology not only did not bury it, but saved it.

In the view of the leaders of the Air Force, if the H-8 strategic bomber of that year could be put into production and service on schedule, it would not be surprising that it would also be improved in accordance with the development mode of the B-52, and it would still be a powerful strategic deterrent, and the bomber unit of the Republic Air Force would not use to change a medium-sized bomber and desperately want to enhance the combat capability of this medium-range bomber, but the foundation of the H-6 was too thin and the small body was too weak, and no matter how much it was changed, it would be impossible to realize the capabilities that only strategic bombers have. Now the country has decided to develop a medium and long-range large bomber similar to the TU-22M3, this bomber is well applied, and it can even be used as a strategic bomber, which is great news for the Air Force!

Lin Hongfei sneered, "That project is parallel to the three projects of Beijun 100 and Beijun 200, Minister Wu, you should understand, we need to rely on civil aircraft to make money to subsidize the military, no way, our company is short of money." ”

As soon as Lin Hongfei said this, Wu Zhenguo couldn't say what he wanted to say in his stomach anymore.

According to the meaning of the Air Force, of course, they hope that all the resources of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will be inclined to the domestic version of the TU-22M3 and the imitation of the NK-321 engine, just like Lin Hongfei said, the actual situation of the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is there, most of their research and development funds come from themselves, even if it is just imitation, the development funds required are at least more than 10 billion US dollars, such a large amount of money, of which 80% Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. needs to raise it by itself, and of course they have to desperately find a way to make money.

"I'll let people check it right away, so that I can help you find the information of those people who did Bang 8 back then," Wu Zhenguo was silent for a moment, and finally said to Lin Hongfei, but his voice was slightly hoarse, "Mr. Lin, I just hope to ...... No, I beg you, I beg you, when developing civil aircraft, please don't stop the development of our supersonic bomber, our country really needs such a tactical/strategic bomber. ”

"Minister Wu, please rest assured that the imitation of the fuselage, control system and engine of the TU-22M3 is the top priority of our company, and many of these technologies can be applied to civil aircraft, and we will not slow down our pace...... The idea that the Air Force comrades want a large bomber, we understand perfectly! ”

After the H-8 bomber project was launched, the aviation industry of the Republic did not develop a new type of strategic bomber for a long time, and this may be due to national strategic considerations: to take advantage of a relatively peaceful environment to strive for economic development, accumulate an economic base, and wait for solid economic conditions and sufficient technical reserves before development.

After all, in the course of reform and opening up, the top level of the republic has already made an accurate judgment on the future international trend: We will not be able to fight a war in the world within 30 years, and we must make full use of this opportunity to develop the economy.

From the perspective of the state, this assertion is of course correct, but from the perspective of national defense and air force, this decision has also caused a serious fault line in the development of the republic's strategic bombers, and the departure and gradual aging of the group of people who engaged in the H-8 strategic bombers in those years have caused the republic's research talents in the field of strategic bombers to gradually wither away, and even a fault line in talent and technology has appeared.

For the Air Force, it feels really bad not to have a large bomber of its own, but now, when the country decided to restart the project by AVIC Group 2, how many senior leaders of the Air Force were so excited that they drank directly that night.

"Good! I will send someone to send you the information of the relevant personnel. With Lin Hongfei's words, Wu Zhenguo didn't say a word, and immediately said.

For the CEOs of other state-owned enterprises, Wu Zhenguo's credibility of their words has always been discounted and then discounted, but he almost never doubts Lin Hongfei's words...... Lin Hongfei's temper, his appetite.

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Two days later, two straight-nine helicopters slowly landed on the square in front of the headquarters of Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with a huge wind, from these two helicopters down two teams of heavily armed fierce soldiers, led by the captain Captain shook a silver-white alloy metal box in front of Lin Hongfei, "Mr. Lin, this is your thing, please sign for it." (To be continued......)