The trip to the Soviet Union came to a successful end, on the plane back, Qin Feng was still recalling the scene of seeing the Su-27, his heart was full of excitement, if he was asked to make a choice, between the MiG-29 and the Su-27, it must be the Su-27, between the Mirage 2000 and the Su-27, it is also the choice of the Su-27, even between the F-15 and the Su-27, but also the Su-27!

After all, the self came from the Soviet system, and now, if you continue to follow the Soviet system, it must be the most appropriate, of course, the life of the Soviet fighters has always been criticized, and this point needs to be strengthened.

"General Lin, which route are we flying?" Originally, if you want to observe the ground outside the window and below the sea of clouds with the naked eye, you will know which route it is, it is impossible, after all, being a passenger on a plane is different from being a pilot, and the vision here is also very poor, but Qin Feng has already flown a lot of airspace, and has an intuitive general understanding of the terrain below, and always feels that the direction of flying seems to be wrong.

"Looks like you've found out." General Lin said, "Let's go to Chengdu." ”

When he came back, he changed his plane and separated from the big army, anyway, there were responsible comrades to buy air tickets or something, Qin Feng couldn't understand Russian, and he kept thinking about the Su-27, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, he must be going to the motherland, there is no doubt about it, but he didn't expect that he was going to Chengdu?

At this time, what are you going to do in Chengdu?

"The time is just right, let's go over, and we can catch the first flight of the J-7E." General Lin said.

J-7E! Hearing General Lin mention this name, Qin Feng became excited again, this project has been going on for several years!

In the research and development of military aircraft, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, and Chengdu's improvement of the J-7 is also coming step by step, the initial improvement of the J-7M, mainly avionics, does not dare to have too much action on the fuselage, and even in order to balance, additional counterweight is added to the nose, so as not to affect the change of the center of gravity, which has not been improved until recent years, on this J-7E.

Factory 132 raised its own funds, carried out the overall calculation of the J-7E, and united many units such as universities and flight test institutes, which can be regarded as a thorough understanding of the design of the J-7.

Then, you can make big improvements.

Qin Feng looked at Tu Lao sitting in the back row, Tu Lao was already asleep, after all, he was old and had been tossing for so long, but Tu Lao must be looking forward to this project, right?

The improvement of the J-7 is still carried out in the hands of Tu Lao, this time the J-7E, according to the plan, is to reach the combat level of 80% of the F-16, except for the over-the-horizon ability, the others must be substantially improved!

The Su-27 must be purchased, this is a big project of the Air Force, but this kind of fighter is too valuable, destined to be used only on elite troops, and it can even be imagined that the Su-27 is the first third-generation aircraft obtained by the domestic Air Force, and this kind of aircraft will not even be devolved to the field troops, its main role is that it is a seed, and after it is equipped, it will be used to study the tactics of the third-generation aircraft, and it will not be equipped to ordinary troops until the subsequent batches arrive.

Therefore, those old Jian-6 fighters in the army still have to rely on the Jian-7 to change their equipment, and it is imperative to continuously improve the Jian-7 and enhance its combat performance.

If there is an over-the-horizon air combat capability, of course, it is the best, but this can only be achieved by changing the nose, this project has developed into a super seven, and there are still many problems waiting in front of the super seven, this direct improvement of the J-7 program, is the most realistic improvement.

Go check out the J-7E!

When I arrived in Chengdu, it was already midnight, we didn't alarm anyone, we stayed in the guest house, rested until dawn, everyone couldn't sleep, and after getting up, we walked into the 132 factory.

Qin Feng is quite familiar with everything here, his test flight career started from Factory 132, and now, back here, there is an indescribable cordiality.

The front factory, the assembly workshop, the back of the workshop goes out, it is the hangar, and then from the hangar, you can taxi onto the runway and carry out a test flight, Qin Feng bypassed the assembly workshop and went in the direction of the hangar.

"Since I came back yesterday, I haven't seen Lao Tu." General Lin said beside him: "He recuperated on the plane, and after arriving here, he must have come to work." ”

Seeing that the plane was about to take its first flight, Tu Lao went out to investigate again, he must have been concerned about the first flight of the plane here, and after he came back, he must have rushed to the hangar here and studied it together.

Sure enough, when he walked in, he found that a large group of people were surrounding the plane, and Qin Feng saw Tu Lao at a glance, and he was talking to a thin old man at this time.

The old man was dressed in a white-washed military uniform, a pair of leather shoes with the corners worn off, and because he was so thin, he could barely hold up his clothes, his hair was gray, and his eyes were sunken, and they were bloodshot.

"Lao Sha, why did you become like this?" General Lin recognized it first, this old man was Professor Sha of Western University of Technology!

When he heard that it was Professor Sha, Qin Feng was also stunned, he had seen Professor Sha a few years ago, he was not so thin, in the past few years, how did he become so thin.

"No way, for the sake of our Jian-7E, it's worth it for me to fight for this old life." Professor Sha said: "Now, what is it to lose a few pounds of meat, my superiors have entrusted me with such an important task, I can't live up to the trust of my superiors, I am a professor of Western University of Technology, and I can become the deputy chief designer of the project, this honor is too rare." ”

In the past few years, Professor Sha has worked hard day and night for this project, so much so that he has lost more than 20 pounds, but now, seeing that this aircraft is about to enter its first flight, he is still very pleased.

This is the first time that a professor has been appointed as the deputy chief designer. Professor Sha looked at the plane in front of him, his face was full of pride, this J-7E fighter is just like his child, in fact, the first flight because of various problems, several excuses, Professor Sha also secretly shed tears, and now, finally to watch the first flight of this plane, his heart is extremely excited.

This is different from the previous aircraft, it has changed the aerodynamic layout, it is a double delta wing structure, which is also a project brought up by Professor Sha!