Chapter 472: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
Ended the inspection of the Soviet fighter plane, the group finally embarked on the road back to China, Qin Feng as long as he closed his eyes, the silhouette of the MiG-29 could emerge in front of his eyes, the smooth shape of this fighter still brought Qin Feng great visual stimulation, in Qin Feng's eyes, this is definitely a cross-era fighter.
"The old Dassault said that a good aircraft must first be a beautiful aircraft, and if you look at it from this point of view, the MiG-29 is an absolutely well-deserved king." Qin Feng finally opened his mouth to chat with General Lin, anyway, the people here are all members of the delegation, so there is no need to worry about leaking secrets.
"Yes, it shocked me a lot this time, but it's a pity." General Lin said: "If the two most important problems are not solved, we will definitely not be able to introduce them. ”
At present, this aircraft still has two very serious flaws, one is that the range is too short, and the other is that it does not have qualified over-the-horizon air combat capabilities.
If these two shortcomings can't be made up, it will be chicken ribs for yourself.
"yes." Qin Feng said: "We know the Soviet equipment system, their MiG-29, must be equipped for the air force on the front line, and at the same time, there should also be an advanced model prepared for the Territorial Defense Force, it seems that we still don't have enough information." ”
In the Soviet Union's equipment sequence, the Air Force is a little brother, the Territorial Defense Force is the big brother, what advanced equipment, it must be given priority to the Territorial Defense Force, this fighter is completely prepared by the front-line field airfield, it seems that it does not meet the requirements of the Territorial Defense Force at all, this is a question, what about the Territorial Defense Force? What fighters do they need?
There is still not enough information about the country, of course, the intelligence of the Soviets is not easy to obtain, even the CIA of the United States can rarely get it, let alone its own side.
However, it can be guessed that since the Soviets are willing to export fighters like the MiG-29, then they must have more advanced models in their hands, otherwise, this is absolutely not in line with their approach.
"yes, that's what I thought, too." General Lin said: "This reminds me of the fighter planes introduced by the Soviets when we first founded the country, and at that time, it was also the same situation." ”
At the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Lin was still a front-line pilot, flying over the capital in propeller fighter jets to be reviewed by the motherland and the people, and at that time, the West had begun to rapidly transition to jet aircraft. In order to protect the security of the Motherland, it was necessary to introduce advanced jet fighters, which, of course, were imported from the USSR.
At that time, the Soviets tried their best to sell MiG-9 fighters to China, and they swore that the MiG-9 could compete with the main F86 fighters of the United States.
What is the MiG-9? It was the first attempt of the Mikoyan Design Bureau on a jet, to see the position of its engine, it was placed on the belly, and the back was empty, which was not the layout of a normal fighter at all, so, the Soviets said that this aircraft could resist the F86, and the Chinese Air Force absolutely did not believe it.
At that time, when I went to the USSR several times, the attitude of the Chinese Air Force was firm, I wanted nothing but the MiG-15, and only the MiG-15 could protect the airspace of the motherland!
The commander of the Air Force at that time was General Liu Yalou, and as a person who had been in the Soviet Union before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was very aware of the little tricks of the Soviets.
The Soviets did not care about China's interests at all, and it can even be said that they had the attitude that they could make a fortune, and they still had a lot of MiG-9 fighters in their country, all of which were already lagging behind, so that they could just eliminate their old planes and make a fortune by the way.
At the same time, this can also limit the development of the Chinese Air Force, the Soviet Air Force has always been one level higher than the Chinese Air Force, and when China finds that this fighter is not at all inferior to the United States, it will further attach itself to the thigh of the Soviet Union, and then improve the status of the Soviet Union as the "big brother" in the camp.
After several rounds of back and forth, there was no final conclusion, and it was at this time that the Korean War broke out.
The Soviets didn't want to send troops, so they had to provide equipment, right? In this way, the Soviet Union provided China with 372 MiG-15 fighters that could be used by six divisions, and in this way, the two sides took a step back, and the country considered that the MiG-9 could also be used for training, and at the same time, in order to take care of the friendly relations between China and the Soviet Union, it bought back the MiG-15 fighters and MiG-9 fighters at the same time.
"We can only believe in ourselves, and no one else can easily trust us except ourselves." General Lin said: "This time they tried their best to sell the MiG-29 to us, and they also had their strategic intentions. ”
Of course, General Lin can see that although the current Han State does not belong to the Western camp, after all, its relations with the West are good, and the country has opened its door and is moving forward by a large margin.
We have to keep our eyes open, we can't be fooled, it looks like the MiG-29 is good, but all kinds of factors, or in the end there is no chance to have this kind of fighter.
As for the fact that Moscow was going to sell to Hanoi at the same time, they could not have known, otherwise they would have been even more annoyed.
Now, when everyone is returning to their homeland, in China, Dassault's protest has also reached the Third Aircraft Department and the Air Force. Dassault was waiting to sign the order, but as a result, the Chinese delegation went around Europe and finally went back.
Yes, they are ready to raise prices, but do the Chinese have room to refuse? Of course not, they can only buy the Mirage 2000, this is their only option, inflation, they raise the price, and change the new radar, can't they?
Now the Chinese are ignoring them, which makes the French very uncomfortable, and now Dassault representatives are expressing their anger.
They paid so much, invited the Chinese Air Force to investigate, test flights, and will turn the interface into a Chinese interface, etc., they think that the foreshadowing is enough, now is the time to harvest, but they did not reap the fruit, they only pay without return, of course, they are angry.
"We have already heard that your delegation went to the USSR to inspect their MiG-29s, hum, the big countries are always so hateful, first the United States, then the Soviet Union, all came to rob our business!" The representative of Dassault said viciously: "We are not so easy to give up, we must export, if you don't buy it, then we will not hesitate to sell this kind of aircraft to Baodao!" ”