Chapter Twenty-Three: The friendship between the J-6 and the fight

"The climate here is really nice." When he got off the plane, Qin Feng couldn't help but say.

It is now the beginning of 79 years, the motherland is still icy and snowy, and in Egypt, it is already extremely hot, and the desert area is always so hot, but at this time, Karachi is as warm as spring, facing the warm wind blowing, Qin Feng is very comfortable.

"yes, come now, it's the best time, if it's a few months, it's impossible to stay here." Song Lao on the side said: "The last time I came here, when I got off the plane, my body was like entering a bathroom full of steam, hot and humid. It tasted so unpleasant. ”

When Song Lao said this, Qin Feng didn't think so, after all, Qin Feng hadn't been to this terrible South Asian region yet, and he didn't know that summer could really heat people to death.

Turn on the air conditioner? That doesn't work, and the noise of the air conditioner will be even more unbearable, I really don't know how people here endure it.

As soon as the group of people got off the plane, there was a light in front of them, and Regiment Commander Tang walked in the front and shook hands with an oncoming Pakistani general.

"General Jamal, it's a pleasure to meet you." Head Tang said.

"When I heard that you were coming, I came from Kalam, and after lunch, please go to our aviation complex." General Jamal shook hands with each of them.

Qin Feng was the last, when the old general's hand stretched out, Qin Feng looked at him, only to see that he had a mustache and a bright eye, and he looked like an old pilot.

"Pilot?" General Jamal was also very curious, he knew all these people in front of him, but it was the first time he saw Qin Feng, when the two shook hands, they saw each other's eyes, and suddenly there was a sense of familiarity, this is the eyes of peers.

"Yes, I'm in charge of test flights now." Qin Feng said, the other party spoke English, so Qin Feng replied fluently in English, this said, the old general was even more excited, direct communication is not an obstacle.

"What kind of plane are you flying?" General Jamal asked.

"J-7, that is, MiG-21." Qin Feng said.

"J-7 is good, when I have time, I also want to see the J-7." General Jamal said, he seemed to say it casually, and then patted Qin Feng on the shoulder: "Young man, do a good job." ”

Qin Feng was still at a loss at this time, no one introduced him to the origin of this General Jamal, and now it seems to be like a hurried passerby, and now Qin Feng doesn't know that this side of the relationship will continue to meet in the future, from J-7, to Super Seven, to Xiaolong, for decades, it will always be related to General Jamal.

Now, Qin Feng also knows that when he returned to China this time, he did not go back directly, but transferred to Pakistan Railway, of course, there was a purpose.

Pulling the box, Qin Feng walked behind, and Song Lao said to Qin Feng as he walked: "General Jamal, is our old acquaintance, during the Indo-Pakistani War, we gave them a batch of J-6, and at that time, it was General Jamal who received it. ”

Qin Feng immediately thought of something.

In September 1965, when the Indo-Pakistani War broke out, the United States imposed an arms embargo on both sides of the war, and all the front-line combat aircraft of the Pakistani Air Force, including the F-86 and F-104, were imported from the United States. In a letter to Prime Minister Bhutto, Nur Khan, then commander of the Pakistani Air Force, made it clear that it was necessary to pursue a comprehensive plan and mutual assistance with China.

At that time, Pakistan was quite urgent, and China's reply was also quite generous, China's most advanced at that time was the J-6 fighter, which unreservedly supported Pakistan Railway.

Because the production line was too late to produce new fighters, these planes were delivered directly to Pakistan Railway from the active fighters at the Hotan base.

At that time, it was completely military aid, and there was no payment of a dollar for Pakistan and Railway, and the iron alliance between China and Pakistan began at that time.

At the same time, there were 200 59 tanks.

These J-6 fighters played a huge role in the war, and later, Pakistan felt that the performance was good, and ordered more than 200 of them one after another.

A total of 270 J-6s, all of which were military aid, was not until the 80s, when China changed from military aid to arms trade, and the first to get J-7 fighters through purchase was Egypt.

It can be said that almost all the senior officials of the Pakistani Railway Air Force flew out of the J-6, and naturally they also have a deep relationship with China. This feeling has been maintained to future generations.

Everyone is in the aviation industry, and this time I stopped by and also had some tasks.

"Old Song, what's going on with that aviation complex?" Qin Feng remembered General Jamal's words just now, saying that after everyone had eaten, they would go to that company to see, but Qin Feng still didn't understand.

At this time, everyone had already left the airport and got into the car that came to greet them, Song Lao sat down and said to Qin Feng: "We have exported a large number of J-6 here, these fighters need to be overhauled after a period of use, in order to help our brothers, so, we have done good things to the end, and built a J-6 overhaul plant here." ”

J-6, from the MiG-19, this fighter has a high thrust-to-weight ratio, strong fighting performance, belongs to the first supersonic fighter, in the Indo-Pakistani war, relying on its strong performance, there are even pilots who have created a take-off to throw the auxiliary fuel tank, fly up and turn around to beat the incoming enemy aircraft, with one enemy four, the other party was beaten away by the glorious record.

However, the lifespan of such aircraft is also very short, with an interval of only 200 hours between major repairs, and for the Pakistan Air Force, which has a high training intensity, some can even fly up to 200 hours a year.

Therefore, the overhaul task of the J-6 is also very urgent, and it can't be sent back to China for overhaul, right?

"This time, we not only have to go to the J-6 overhaul plant to see, we can also go to their other overhaul plants to see, recently, they have just started to put into use a new overhaul plant, which is used to repair the Mirage III fighter and the corresponding Atta engine, let's also open our eyes." Head Tang said.

Mirage III is a delta-wing fighter developed by the French company Dassault in the 50s and put into production in the 60s.

Hearing that Phantom III., Qin Feng suddenly had a burst of excitement on his face, if only he could fly!

It's like a novice who has just taken the driver's license test, and wants to touch it when it's a car.

Other people, in fact, have the same mind, open their eyes! Qin Feng wanted to fly the Mirage III., while the others wanted to see how this aircraft was designed.

By the way, also guide the operation of the J-6 overhaul plant.