In later generations, the Su-27 was famous all over the world, and by continuously exporting the Su-27, Sukhoi made enough profits, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it could still rely on exports to make profits and maintain the company's operation. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and in contrast, another design bureau that was almost equally famous around the world had to be merged.

This design bureau is the "Mikoyan-Grevich Design Bureau", which was established in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, and produces MiG series fighters, which are the first letters of the surnames of the two designers.

Since its establishment, the MiG fighter began to develop, however, the early models, did not shine in World War II, at that time it was mainly the world of the Rak and Yak, and after World War II, in terms of jet fighters, the MiG fighter became the pillar of the Soviet sky.

From the earliest MiG-15, the aircraft of the Mikoyan Design Bureau not only flew in the Soviet sky, but also almost the main fighter of the socialist countries, and the MiG-21, since the beginning of production, has become the world's most produced fighter, only the F-16 can match it.

Later, the MiG-25 established the hegemony of the Mikoyan Design Bureau's fighters, although the real identity of this fighter is a backward fighter made of stainless steel, but, until now, the Western world led by the United States is still trembling under the deterrence of the MiG-25, and they simply can't take out the same fighter to compete with the MiG-25.

After that, the products of the Mikoyan Design Bureau continued to emerge from afar, and the MiG-31 was developed on the basis of the MiG-25, which was an advanced Soviet fighter.

In fact, in terms of fame, the aircraft produced by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in the past were mainly self-produced and almost not exported, so they were not as famous as the Mikoyan Design Bureau, which was in full swing in the eighties.

So, after visiting the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the next stop on Andrei's itinerary was not the Black Sea Shipyard, but the Mikoyan Design Bureau.

Andrei's previous car was a MiG-25, and it is said that he should have more affection for the Mikoyan Design Bureau.

However, the reality is unexpected, General Andrei has always been very concerned about the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and he fully supports the Su-27, and even personally came up with the idea of instructing the Sukhoi Design Bureau on the development of the next generation of fighters. However, for the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Andrei had little to do with it.

This can't help but arouse some people's associations, General Andrei favors one over the other, is there any inside story? For example, the instructions of General Secretary Andropov?

In fact, of course, Andrei did not have any subjective assumptions, but Andrei flew the J-11 in his previous life, so he was very eager for the Su-27 series fighters, so when he accepted the proposal of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Admiral Yefremov, and asked to visit the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Andrei also happily agreed.

The Mikoyan Design Bureau, like the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is based in Moscow and, for many, is a regular visitor here.

Rostislav Belyakov, the chief designer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, welcomes the arrival of all high-ranking officials, since the death of Glevich in 76, Beryakov has become a leader in the Mikoyan Design Bureau, and under his auspices, he has developed or improved a series of fighters, including the "MiG-27" fighter-bomber, the "MiG-21", "MiG-23" and "MiG-25" fighters, the "MiG-29" front-line light fighter, the "MiG-31" interceptor, etc. Even a prototype of a fifth-generation fighter is included. At the same time, this is also a long-lived guy, in later life, he lived until the age of 95, and also witnessed the rise and fall of the Mikoyan Design Bureau.

Today, Beryakov is still a spirited old man, over sixty years old, and in other places, he may be considered retirement age, but in the field of aircraft design, he has a unique advantage, and his experience makes him extremely wise.

His hair began to turn a little gray, his head looked a little bald, and his beard was cleanly shaven, and the first impression of Belyakov was that he was a great Soviet scientist.

"You are very welcome to visit the Mikoyan Design Bureau." "Now, let's first introduce our MiG-29 fighters, which are now in service in large numbers in Eastern Europe, guarding the skies of our homeland, and at the same time, our MiG-29s, the first batch of which will be exported to Iraq, is the first to be exported under the consultation of General Andrei," Belyakov said. Belyakov said.

Although there were many people present, Beryakov also knew that General Andrei was the youngest among them, and his identity was also the most special, and he was less than thirty years old, and his future was limitless, so he also attached great importance to Andrei, although he had heard about it from the Sukhoi Design Bureau, which could only make him respect General Andrei in front of him more.

After all, as a chief designer, it is not only necessary to be talented, but also to maintain good personal relations with the top brass in Moscow.

"Well, the MiG-29 is an advanced fighter, although it does not use fly-by-wire operation, its agility is also first-class, even in the face of the F-15, it has a certain confrontation ability, and this fighter will play an irreplaceable role in protecting our skies." Andrei said: "It's just that I have a little proposal. ”

The MiG-29 also began to be equipped in the Turkestan Military District, and Andrei flew this fighter, first, as a pilot, he asked the designers of the MiG-29 questions, which made everyone suddenly prick up their ears.

"The biggest problem with the MiG-29 is that the range is too short." "Westerners laugh at us for not having a single MiG that can fly across the Dnieper, and they call our fighters airfield guards," Andrei said. ”

The range is too short! When the MiG-29 was designed, it was originally a front-line light fighter, with limited internal space and small fuel load, in order to achieve excellent combat performance, two turbofan engines were used, and at the same time, in order to take off and land at the front-line field airfield, auxiliary air intakes were set up above the air intake, which made the range of the MiG-29 have to be shortened.

Some military fans compare the combination of Su-27 and MiG-29 with the combination of F-15 and F-16 in the United States, thinking that they are all high and low matching, in fact, this is completely incorrect, the vast territory of the Soviet Union, determines that they must have a large range of interceptors, Su-27 after production, the first equipment is the Territorial Defense Force, and, in training, more is the use of medium-range air-to-air missiles for long-distance spear throwing tactics, rarely close combat, the use of typical interceptors, and MiG-29, Mainly equipped with the air force, their task is to be stationed at the front-line airfield, at any time to undertake the battlefield to fight for air supremacy and air suppression tasks, MiG-29 fighter training, combat is the main one. Moreover, according to the experience of World War II, this is a fighter that can withstand a large amount of consumption on the battlefield, is strong and cheap, and is easy to produce in large quantities, and at the same time, in terms of life, there are big defects. Because it is used as a front-line airfield, it will change at any time with the advance of the battle line, so this kind of aircraft does not require a large range.

And now, Andrei said so, it's like picking a bone in an egg! This can't help but remind people of some rumors, General Andrei probably wants to suppress the Mikoyan Design Bureau, right?

General Yefremov, who followed on the side, frowned even more, in the Soviet aviation system, the Territorial Defense Force is the boss, and any advanced equipment is given priority to them, and the Air Force can only pick up the rest, and now the Air Force has an advanced fighter plane, and it has to be named and criticized by General Andrei for its short legs?

The airport guard, when this sentence came out, it made the people of the Mikoyan Design Bureau sound more uncomfortable.

"General Andrey, our fighter has completely reached the performance indicators, achieved all the parameters of the original design, at the time of the original design, did not require our MiG-29 to have a large range, the maximum range of 1,500 meters, is already the most suitable performance data for the MiG-29." Belyakov said. (To be continued.) )