At the airport, looking at the passenger plane full of people who had selected to go to Northrop for inspection and study, Zhang Feng stood for a long time, and the matter of the F-20 fighter was over, although various changes may occur in the future, as long as the production line can be introduced, it will be a huge achievement. However, Zhang Feng knows that this is just the beginning.

Ten years later, Zhang Feng remembered the high-tech war vividly, and before that, almost everyone thought that although there was a gap between China's military construction and that of developed countries, it could be made up for by relying on its numerical superiority.

That high-tech war completely subverted the concept of the Chinese people, and they finally found that their gap was too big!

In the sky, although the MiG-29 equipped by Iraq is a third-generation aircraft, and it is not under the F-16 in terms of air combat alone, as long as they fly together, they will encounter the interception of the opponent's multiple F-15 and F-16 under the surveillance of the opponent's early warning aircraft, and the pilots have not yet begun to prepare, and they have already been shot down by the opponent's medium-range bombs.

Although he failed in heaven, Saddam Hussein thought that after eight years of the Iran-Iraq war, his army would definitely be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the motherland.

The Continental Army, which is also the concept of the Chinese people, so many tanks can form a torrent of steel, so that the invading American army can taste the bitterness of defeat.

The ground war has only been fought for a few dozen days, and the US military has already achieved brilliant results, and the army that Saddam has pinned high hopes on has suffered heavy losses.

Without air supremacy, we can only lag behind and be beaten, and conventional warfare under high-tech conditions is definitely not the way of fighting the Iran-Iraq war; as usual, they buried their tanks in the sand.

In this war, the world's first stealth attack aircraft, the F-117, was put into service, leading the trend of high technology.

Zhang Feng knows that Iran in front of him is only a short-term goal, and if Iraq wants to rise in the Middle East, it must face the challenge of a world-class military power, and a strong military force is indispensable, and now Iraq lacks too many things!

With the introduction of the F-20, Iraq can be regarded as having a light modern fighter for the time being, but there should also be a heavy air supremacy fighter, and now there are very few options.

It is simply impossible for the United States to export F-15 or F-18 to Iraq, and the United States cannot consider it.

The Red Empire in the north has a relatively close relationship with Iraq, but it only exports a reduced version of the MiG-25 to Iraq, although this fighter can fly to three times the speed of sound, although it has a powerful radar, but the actual combat effectiveness is not strong, if its electronic equipment is improved, armed with Western avionics, it can be a powerful interceptor.

And the MiG-29, although at this time after repeated test flights, the technology has matured, equipped with the Soviet Air Force, however, the MiG-29 short legs are very significant, although it is also a turbofan engine, due to the reason of the body, the fuel load is not high, and the avionics equipment is still backward.

Another heavy air superiority fighter, the Su-27, although it was put into production in 79, only began to equip the troops in batches in 85, and at present, this fighter is still an absolutely secret project, and it is even more impossible to export it to Iraq.

Then, looking at the world, there is only one country left that can still provide Iraq with heavy air supremacy fighters: France!

The Mirage 4000, Dassault-Breguet's dream of a heavy air superiority fighter, is also full of the passion of Marcel Dassault, the founder of Dassault. In order to fulfill this dream, Dassault proposed that the French political axe fund the development of the Mirage 2000; Dassault-Breguet is responsible for the development of the entire Mirage 4000.

In '79, the first prototype of the Mirage 4000 was built, made its first flight, and showed a maneuver that was not inferior to the F-15.

The Mirage 4000 and Mirage 2000 can be said to be twins, using the same engine and weapon system, but the overall length has been increased by 20%, the wingspan has increased by 33%, the wing area has increased by 80%, and the maximum take-off weight has been increased from 17.5 tons to 32 tons.

However, the Mirage 4000 is not a simple enlargement of the Mirage 2000, in addition to becoming a twin engine and a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 1, the Mirage 4000 also adds a pair of fixed front wings on both sides of the air intake tract instead of the small slatted wings of the Mirage 2000, which can effectively improve the airflow in high angle of attack conditions and allow the aircraft to gain greater maneuverability, until the Mirage 2000-5 adopts the same fixed canards. Later fighters, on the other hand, adopted a more advanced variable maneuvering canard. In addition, another major application is the telex system, which relaxes the static and stable surname.

However, such an excellent fighter, for various reasons, did not get the order in the end, and the same fate as the F-20 disappeared into the long scrolls of French aviation history. It represented the end of the Gauls' dream of developing a heavy air superiority fighter.

Zhang Feng is not a savior, Iraq's future sky, there must be a heavy fighter, in addition to improving the MiG-25, the Mirage 4000 is the best choice, although it is too expensive, however, Iraq needs it. Although Zhang Feng preferred the Soviet Su-27, it was impossible for the proud Soviets to export such a heavy fighter before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

France, because of its readable defense industry, has few political strings attached to its exports, which is an incomparable factor, and the fact that Iraq has a good relationship with France, and the nuclear reactors that are still secretly operating are a striking example.

France will never look at Israel's face, nor will it look at the Americans' face.

In addition to fighter jets, Iraq needs a lot more, and the army needs a new type of main battle tank. This tank, which needs to surpass the main T-62 and T-72 currently equipped in Iraq, as well as the Iranian sheikh, needs to have good mobility and protection, as well as strong firepower.

As the king of land warfare, tanks must be able to produce their own, and Zhang Feng has always been thinking about establishing another tank production line in Basra. If other factors are put aside, the German Rheinmetall 120 mm caliber smoothbore gun is the most ideal choice, the Soviet T-72, equipped with a 125 mm caliber gun, is not as powerful as the German 120 mm gun, high chamber pressure, large muzzle velocity, fire control system is much more advanced, and the engine, naturally, is the best German MB873 diesel engine.

At this time, the German Leopard 2 tank, which had been finalized in 79 years, has now reached the capacity of 300 units per year.

Regardless of whether the Leopard 2 tank can be directly introduced, Zhang Feng's least interest in the Leopard 2 tank is that the Leopard 2 tank's 55-ton combat weight is somewhat too large, and the terrain adaptability in Iraq is not good, and many bridges near Basra cannot bear this weight.

On the contrary, the lower dead weight of Soviet tanks, was a great advantage.

Therefore, the use of the chassis of the Soviet tank, with the German engine and artillery and fire control system, is Zhang Feng's initial idea, of course, to realize, it still needs a lot of hard work, really not, you can also consider other options.

Self-propelled guns, all kinds of weapons and equipment, are the objects of Zhang Feng's investigation, in addition, there is another very important thing: C3i.

The C3I system is a command automation technology system, which refers to a comprehensive system that uses electronic computers to closely link the command, control, communications, and intelligence subsystems. Command, control, and communication are the first letters of C and the first letter of Intelligence is the abbreviation of the combination of I.

In order to build a modern army, the single-line combat mode of relying on orders from higher authorities has long been outdated, and during the Gulf War, the Americans first knocked out Iraq's command system, causing officers and men at all levels to become headless flies and lose their command.

On the other hand, the US military has a flat command system, and with the help of advanced technology, even the commander-in-chief of a campaign can even mobilize a soldier on the battlefield at a critical time.

Time is running out to build a modern army! Zhang Feng knew that he should go out for a walk, he had already organized an inspection group, ready to go abroad to take a look at developed countries, and the first stop was France.

PS: Thank you Sig Sauer, Jumping Dried Fish, Fascis, and Hyosung Wanyue for their tips.

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