In order to cope with the impact of Airbus, not only Boeing hurriedly launched the same four-engine jet large passenger aircraft Boeing 707 project, but even Douglas also launched the same level of passenger aircraft DC8, but unlike Airbus, because the same turbofan engine supplier could not be found, these two aircraft are equipped with four turbojet engines like the Comet.

Of course, it is impossible for Aikang to sell engines to Airbus's competitors, in fact, this company has no time to produce for others, Airbus's own orders alone have reached thousands of units, and building turbofan engines is not making bicycles, how can there be such a large production capacity.

As a passenger aircraft, fuel consumption is obviously the most important indicator, and it is a joke to expect the turbojet to compare the fuel consumption of the turbofan.

Not only that, but the engines used in these two aircraft are also the same, Pratt & Whitney JT3, and this engine is a hastily modified civilian version based on the military J57 engine according to their requirements, but the problem is that even the J57 has not really been put into large-scale production until now, not to mention its improved version. In addition, the maximum afterburner thrust of J57 has only just reached six tons, and the civilian version will definitely not have afterburner, with less than five tons of normal thrust, how can it be compared with the Aikang, which has a thrust of more than eight tons and nine tons?

Although both Boeing and Douglas have strong airliner research and development capabilities, everything is useless without engines, and they are only just beginning to develop, even if the most optimistic estimates are that these two aircraft can be built within five years is very good.

And at that time, Airbus was already flying all over the sky.

The airliner landed at Heathrow Airport for a full day of display, and Yang Feng even brought in a bunch of movie stars to cheer it on. Even Monroe and Hepburn, who were still in the United States, were urgently called. And after a meticulous overhaul. Yang Yuan even ignored everyone's obstruction, personally pulled his girlfriend to board the plane, and then ordered the plane to take off, hovering over the airport for five minutes before landing.

When he carried Evelyn out of the cabin door, the advertising effect of the plane was also pushed to the extreme.

You must know that this is a test flight model that has just flown eleven times, even as the big boss of Airbus, if you don't have enough confidence in this plane, who would dare to take it at this time?

What's more, he is also the head of a country.

Over the next few days. Yang Feng and this plane occupied the headlines of almost all major media in Europe and the United States until three days later.

Just as he was about to leave Britain after attending the signing ceremony of the contract for the cooperation between Kunpeng and Hawker to develop a vertical take-off and landing carrier-based aircraft, there was finally another, more visually striking news that squeezed him and Airbus out of the headlines.

Qiu Fatzi announced that Britain already had its first atomic bomb and that it would conduct its first explosion test within the year.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, congratulations. From now on, the people of Britain no longer have to worry about the nuclear blackmail of those abandoning countries! ”

Yang Feng said to Qiu Fatzi with a smile.

"Your Excellency, I heard that you are not preparing to develop an atomic bomb for the time being?"

Qiu Fatzi asked with a reserved smile.

"No money. The investment in a uranium enrichment plant is too great for a small country like mine to afford, and I don't have the pressure to do so, but there are still thousands of kilometers between me and the Soviets, and their bombers can't fly to me. ”

Yang Feng said.

As far as you are a small country, the United Nations just released last year's GDP statistics, except for the Soviet Union, ranked third in the world after the United States and Britain, as for the growth rate continues to maintain double digits, if you do not add colonies, in fact, it is almost the same as Britain, just this is still crying poor?

Qiu Fatzi couldn't help but slander in his heart.

Of course, he can't say anything more, he can't encourage this guy to hurry up and develop an atomic bomb, right? In fact, he doesn't really want Yang Feng to have an atomic bomb, this guy has been drifting away from the people of the United States recently, and it is impossible for the people of the United States to provide a nuclear umbrella for the Ming Dynasty, so they have to continue to move closer to Britain, saying that at this time, Qiu Fatzi is still very ambitious as a great power, especially after having the atomic bomb, he is even more worried about the glory of the British Empire.

He is also a descendant of John Churchill.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, are we starting experiments?"

At this time, a man who looked like an engineer walked up to them and asked with a respectful expression.

Behind him, there is a fixed launch rail with a base that can be rotated, inclined to the sky, on the launch track is a missile almost seven meters long, the white cylindrical monobody is divided into multiple groups of single wings of different sizes, the tail is slightly thicker, and four large single-wing cross-shaped divisions, and near this missile, there are various supporting radars and control equipment, dozens of engineers are busy doing it.

This is the anti-aircraft missile being developed by Airbus Aerospace, the first samples have already been made, and it has been officially named the Javelin.

But it is one size larger than its original Sea Javelin, mainly because the internal electronic equipment is larger and bulky than the products of the seventies, even if the vast majority of these electronic devices are produced in the Ming Dynasty, which is already the best at present, but after all, the technical gap in the past 20 years still exists, and Yang Feng cannot take out the integrated circuit.

It is also much heavier than the Sea Javelin, reaching one and a half tons, so the engine is also larger, and the same kerosene is used as the main fuel, and the ramjet engine can make it three times the speed of sound, and this engine is also provided by Yang Feng, but the manufacturer is the Heinkel company, without which the missile would not have succeeded so quickly.

In fact, this missile Yang Feng doesn't look like a sea javelin, but more like its big brother Brass Knight.

However, it is one size smaller than the Brass Knight, in short, it is a freak, but the performance is absolutely reliable, because the guidance system is responsible for the Kunpeng Missile Division, using semi-active radar guidance, but it can only attack one target at a time, but it can control multiple missiles to attack this target at the same time.

It can be launched from a fixed position, or it can be loaded on a special launch vehicle to maneuver, of course, the launch preparation time is longer, the maximum launch height reaches 22,000 kilometers, the lowest launch height is more terrifying, it can reach 500 meters, and the maximum range can reach 80 kilometers, although it is not as far as Naki's belongings, but it is barely enough, after all, the farther away this thing is, the more difficult it is to hit the target, and it must be balanced between accuracy and range, and it does not have a nuclear warhead to use.

"How's it going, Prime Minister?"

Yang Feng smiled and looked at Fat Qiu.

The latter nodded hurriedly.

Yang Feng signaled to the engineer, who quickly nodded and turned to leave, and then a target plane appeared in the distant sky, almost at the same time the base under the missile rotated, the launch track rose slightly, and then the tail of the missile instantly sprayed flames, and under the guidance of the ramjet engine, the missile weighing more than one and a half tons dragged a long trail and crashed straight into the target plane more than ten kilometers away under the guidance of the radar.

However, the target plane suddenly turned around under the radio control on the ground.

But the trailing javelin, drawing an elegant arc in the sky, continued to go straight towards it.

Yang Feng and Qiu Fatzi, who were holding the binoculars, immediately stared at the end of the trail, and soon the fire flashed in their field of vision, and the white target machine was shattered in the firelight.

"Good!"

Qiu Fatzi subconsciously shouted.

Obviously, he has been impressed by the power of this kind of thing, compared to this missile, they themselves are working on those two anti-aircraft missiles can basically go to the garbage heap, in fact, their missiles are still only in the drawing stage.

"It's a good thing, at least it looks much prettier than Nicky."

Yang Feng agreed.

The Naki of the United States has not yet been able to really put into service, but the test is nearing the end, and it is estimated that it will be officially deployed next year, although compared with the kind of behemoth that is twelve meters long and four tons, the Javelin missile is significantly weaker, but at least it does not need to be equipped with a terrifying nuclear warhead to guarantee the destruction of the target.

"I've decided to buy another twenty sets."

Then Yang Feng said.

He had already ordered 30 sets, and a set of Javelin missiles was actually a battalion, including a guidance station and six launchers, equipped with 24 missiles, and another 20 sets would have 50 battalions of such missiles, and the Hawk missiles developed by the Kunpeng Missile Division itself could also be completed by the end of the year, so that the Javelin could be used to be responsible for long-range high-altitude targets, Hawk was responsible for medium-range low-altitude targets, and antiaircraft artillery was responsible for terminal air defense, forming a complete air defense system.

"Obviously, I also need to apply to Congress for another twenty sets."

Qiu Fatzi said on the side.

While the two of them were admiring the Javelin missile test, tensions were burning on the distant Goryeo Peninsula.

Not in the north, of course, but on the highway north of Gwangju.

This is the forefront of the confrontation between the Gwangju People's Self-Defense Army and the South Goryeo 2nd Division, one of the latter's regiments is in Namwon, they were originally ordered to go south to Gwangju, but here they encountered the Gwangju People's Self-Defense Army, which directly dug up the road, then built a defensive position in the south, erected machine-gun mortars to deny the passage of the 2nd Division, and the 2nd Brigade of the Royal Goryeo Army was less than two kilometers behind the Self-Defense Army, and there were even a few Sherman tanks, the muzzles of which were pointed directly at the positions of the Goryeo Army.

This kind of strange confrontation has lasted for more than a month, anyway, the self-defense army will not give way, you can fight if you have the ability, as long as the Goryeo army moves, the tanks of the second brigade of the Royal Army behind will immediately drive over, righteously accusing the Goryeo army of killing compatriots, and then in order to implement the spirit of His Majesty the King to protect the people, they have to fight side by side with the self-defense army to resist the Bao government.

But during this period of time, Syngman Rhee has never made up his mind to recapture the Mokpo area of Gwangju by force, after all, he has to look at the faces of the people of the United States, and without Li Qiwei's nod, he will never dare to do it.

But today, it looks a little off! (To be continued.) )