"Regardless of the opinions of the comrades on the Air Force, chief, do you think our road aviation troops need such an aircraft?" Lin Hongfei

"If we can really develop a more advanced ground support attack aircraft on the basis of the A-1 attack aircraft to provide cover for our armored clusters and helicopter gunships, and the cost can be controlled at less than $2 million, there should still be some prospects."

"The Yankees sell their F-15, F-16 fighters, Apache helicopter gunships and even Abrams tanks all over the world, but I haven't seen them sell A-10 attack planes to any other country, which is enough to show the excellence of this platform, which has also proved this in the high use rate of A-10 attack aircraft and the high attendance rate of A-10 attack aircraft in the US military's previous foreign wars. 10 In fact, it is one of the most handy weapons in the hands of the US Air Force, and under the conditions of modern warfare, it is not the most advanced weapon that is the best, but the most suitable is the best. ”

"If this aircraft can really achieve a bomb load of 4 tons, the purchase price of a Z-9W and Z-9WA is enough to purchase 5 planes, but in terms of ammunition delivery capacity, it is dozens of times that of Z-9, and the versatility of this guy is enough to make up for the reduction in the number of armed helicopters, but a very real problem is that the comrades on the Air Force side may have a lot of opinions on the ownership of your development of such an aircraft."

Jin Liang said honestly, no, to his extent, telling the truth already means some kind of hint, some kind of tendency.

"It's really a problem......"

Although Lin Hongfei was reluctant to admit it, he had to admit it, although the price of $2 million a plane was almost free of charge, but this was not a problem with the plane, but a problem of the "power of the territory" between the two sides. If the army aviation is allowed to take control of such a fixed-wing aircraft...... Even if it's just such a low-speed aircraft...... The Air Force will also feel that the Army has put its hand into its traditional territory, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Air Force, which is already a little wary of the "big brother of the Army".

Of course, for the Army side, of course, they are extremely happy...... In any case, his subordinates are strong, and when they speak, their waists will be a few points harder than others, and their voices can be higher than others.

"So, Comrade Hongfei, I personally think, well, it's just my personal opinion. Your idea is very good, and it can indeed solve a very serious problem faced by our front-line combat units, but military service and politics, this problem must be solved first, otherwise it will cause big trouble. ”

Jin Liangzhong said. looked at Lin Hongfei with burning eyes, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was for. Lin Hongfei always had a feeling that he was not very good. He felt as if he was going to be taken to the pit.

How could Lin Hongfei have an answer to this question? Just looking at Jin Liangzhong's meaning, it seems that if he can't give him an answer that is enough to "fool" the Air Force today, this matter will be yellow nine times out of ten......

Trouble. Lin Hongfei frowned, and his brain spun rapidly: Nima's U.S. Army Air Corps didn't seem to have done what it had done at the beginning?

When the train of thought came to this point, Lin Hongfei's brows suddenly wrinkled: he realized it. Seemingly...... It seems that the U.S. Army Air Corps is also not equipped with fixed-wing aircraft, whether it was during the Vietnam War, when A-1 attack aircraft were used extensively to provide ground fire support and cover for the Army, or after the massive use of A-10 attack aircraft, the U.S. Army is not equipped with A-1 and A-10.

Trouble. After the Gulf War was completely shocked, how to build a new-type army that can win a war under modern high-tech conditions has become an important issue for the military and the central leadership to ponder, and there is no doubt that this US military is the best object of reference.

Lin Hongfei can already imagine how fierce the opposition from the Air Force will be when he proposes to develop a type of medium- and low-speed fixed-wing ground attack aircraft to support the army's armored cluster and armed helicopter cluster operations: Since even such an advanced army as the American Army is not equipped with fixed-wing aircraft, why should we equip it? What kind of attack plane, leave it to our air force, the big deal is like the US naval aviation and air force equipped with A-1 attack planes, and the air force equipped with A-10 attack planes, providing ground attack support for the army.

Well? Equipped with similar equipment by the Air Force and Naval Aviation, it is specialized in providing ground attack support for ground operations of the Army?! Lin Hongfei's eyes lit up suddenly: Isn't the Americans' method ready-made!

That's right, whether it is A-1 or A-10, the troops are subordinate to the air force, but when they are on combat duty, they support the army's operational ...... Is this a coordination and compromise between the US Army and the Air Force and Naval Air Force? We can do the same.

This reminded Lin Hongfei of an interesting incident that happened when he equipped the police force with new revolvers and 92 police guns in later generations: whether it was the "revolver" or the "92 faction", both sides should have enough reasons, and when the two sides quarreled over this, a senior leader of the Ministry of Public Security spoke: "Different police types are equipped with different police guns. ”

To put it simply, it is that ordinary small police officers and other police officers who basically encounter any threats in their daily work are equipped with small power revolvers, while criminal police, special police and other police types that need to face greater danger in their daily work are equipped with more powerful 92-type pistols, and the wisdom of the leadership is undoubtedly highlighted, and the differences between the two sides are resolved in one sentence, so everyone is happy.

"Is there a way?" Jin Liangzhong was a little surprised.

In his opinion, this problem is simply unsolvable, and there are naturally irreconcilable contradictions between the army and the air force, especially on the issue of such a type of equipment, the air force will never give up, and it will inevitably fight with the army on the ownership of the aircraft.

Is it reliable?

"Just a very immature idea." Lin Hongfei nodded and did not deny it.

"Speak quickly!" The composure that Jin Liangzhong had tried to pretend before suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the whole person suddenly stood up from the sofa and asked Lin Hongfei with an anxious and expectant expression.

He didn't expect Lin Hongfei to come up with any good solutions, but even if it was just an idea, it would be good.

"First of all, we must determine what kind of attack aircraft we need to develop according to the actual situation of our army, and what are the requirements for various performance indicators of the aircraft, and then according to these requirements, we will build several prototypes and organize a simulated exercise under actual combat conditions to test how much effect the army and army aviation units will have in improving the combat effectiveness of the army and the army aviation units after the army is equipped with such a type of aircraft."

"That's right, in the final analysis, you can only decide whether to develop such an aircraft after actual verification." Jin Liangzhong thought for a moment and nodded, at this moment, he didn't dare to underestimate Lin Hongfei in the slightest.

"If the performance is not satisfactory, then there is no need to say anything, and I believe that our army units will not want it, but if the performance is good, it is certain that the air force will definitely break its head on the issue of the subordination of this aircraft."

"Of course, there's no doubt about it."

"When the quarrel reaches a certain level, the army can take a step back and give up the idea of adding this aircraft to the army aviation unit, but it must require the formation of a flight squadron similar to the US A-10 attack aircraft, and a new type of unit specifically responsible for supporting the ground support and escort missions for the army, this unit is different from the traditional combat mission of the air force, and is more like the combat mission of the flight squadrons of the US A-10 attack aircraft," Speaking of this, Lin Hongfei said modestly, "Of course, I am not very familiar with the combat missions of our army, and how to coordinate this depends on the views of our comrades in the army. ”

Well? Is that okay too?

didn't expect Lin Hongfei to give such an answer, Jin Liangzhong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but then he couldn't help but applaud Lin Hongfei's idea: The aircraft and the establishment belong to the Air Force, which can be said to be enough face for the Air Force; At the same time, the working attributes of this aircraft have not changed, it still supports the operations of the army's armored clusters and armed helicopter groups, and provides the army with ground attack, armed helicopter escort and limited air defense combat missions.

But Jin Liangzhong is not reconciled, since Lin Hongfei is the army who came first, how can the army not make more money among them?

He thought for a moment and said, "Comrade Kobayashi, your idea is very good and constructive, but I think that while the subordinate aircraft belong to the Air Force, it is necessary to set up a joint command between the Air Force and the Army for the sake of better cooperation between the two sides, and all such aircraft are subordinate to the dual command of the Air Force and this command, and the commander of the Army Aviation Unit and the commander of the Army Armored Group must assume a certain degree of leadership and coordination work in the command. ”

"High!" Lin Hongfei gave a thumbs up and said the word convincingly.

The old fritter is the old fritter, and sure enough, he was cunning and cunning, and he quickly thought of such an "insidious and cunning" idea, so that although this unit still belongs to the air force in name, it is actually not an exaggeration to say that it is the "supernumerary air force" of the army and the army aviation unit, and this trick is really too ruthless.

Jin Liangzhong touched his chin and laughed, obviously, Commander Jin was also very complacent about his idea, and he quickly made a decision, "In this way, I will accompany you down for a trip to listen to the opinions of the soldiers of the road aviation force on this idea." (To be continued......)