"Report, there is still fuel left, please fly one more lap." On the radio, the voice of Lei Qiang was heard.

"Yes." The ground command staff replied.

This is the first test flight, and the main item of verification is that this aircraft can fly! Although at the time of design, it must be no problem, but in practice, every aircraft designer is worried in his heart, in case the plane can't fly at that time, it will make people laugh.

A few days ago, there have been many ground runs, and the last time the front landing gear was raised, today, it is an official test flight, that is, to verify the flight performance of the aircraft.

Therefore, the fuel will not be refueled, and the plane just circles the airport, and after flying four times, it landed.

When Lei Qiang got off the plane, the welcoming crowd had already surrounded him, and Mr. Song, who was wearing a garland around his neck and had gray hair, looked at Lei Qiang and said, "Qiangzi, how does this plane feel?" ”

"Awesome!" Lei Qiang said: "I gently moved the operating stick, and the plane turned around, more agile than the F-16!" ”

This is an innate advantage of the canard layout! The aircraft is quite agile, and with fly-by-wire operation, the close-range combat capability of this fighter has completely reached the standard of a third-generation aircraft!

Hearing this, even Mr. Song burst into tears, for many years, as an aircraft designer, he wanted to design the best aircraft in China, and now, his wish has finally come true!

This winter, it is no longer cold, and everyone's heart is hot.

On the other side of the ocean, the White House.

"Congratulations to our good friend, Bush has finally become the next president, and this is another victory for our Republican Party!" It was President Reagan who spoke. At this time, he still wore the expression characteristic of the sub-actor.

Since defeating Carter, Reagan has been re-elected president for two consecutive terms, and according to American law, Reagan's presidential career has come to an end. Since the beginning of this year, the next presidential election has come to an end, and in the past eight years, Bush, who has been vice president, is the most prestigious, he served as the next presidential election, and now, at the end of '88, the results of the election have just been known. He defeated his opponent, the Democratic Party's Dukakis, who will be inaugurated on January 20 next year and become the 51st president of the United States, while Ronald Reagan is at the end of his term of office.

The U.S. election system is the most democratic! Only when you have the support of the people can you become president! This is the most high-sounding American-style democratic argument. Everyone has a vote and can elect the president. However, the one who can really become president still represents the interests of the big capitalists behind them, and without the help of the big capitalists, they cannot have enough funds to run for election.

During Reagan's tenure, he promoted the country's economic development. To extricate the United States from its fiscal deficit and, now, to make the Soviet Union weak, Reagan went to Europe last year. Personally stand outside the Berlin Wall and shout to Eastern Europe opposite, Gorbachev, please tear down this wall! This phrase has swept the world and has become the best expression of American-style democracy. Reagan was quite satisfied.

Bush, who won the election victory, also had a smile on his face: "No matter who comes to power, it represents the interests of the United States and our national interests, which brook no infringement." ”

"Yes, we finally see that the Soviet Union, the big Satan, has now begun to learn from our democracy, the Soviets still tear down the Berlin Wall, and now, we need the Soviets to withdraw their troops from Eastern Europe and let the people there be free!" Reagan said. His words are almost leaving a task for Bush, after all, Reagan is about to step down, and Bush will succeed him.

"As long as the Soviets withdraw their troops from Eastern Europe, we are fully capable of turning it into a land of freedom and democracy, and the people there need to be liberated from the Soviets." Bush said: "However, I am not worried about the democratic process in Eastern Europe, and I am most worried about South Asia. ”

Bush's vision is very unique, and his experience is different from that of Reagan; Bush participated in World War II, once flew a torpedo plane to fight, and narrowly escaped death, and Bush attaches more importance to military strength.

Southern Asia! Bush asked the question, and Reagan said, "What happened to South Asia?" We are in South Asia, we have succeeded in driving out the power of the Soviets, and now, the Soviets are gradually withdrawing from Afghanistan, and this is our greatest victory! ”

During Reagan's tenure, he was satisfied with the success of driving the Soviets out of Afghanistan and preventing the polar bear's claws from reaching the Indian Ocean.

"However, we have cultivated a bigger opponent!" Bush said: "Our intelligence agencies have noticed that Pakistan has assembled two Tomcat fighters!" ”

Bush attached great importance to these things, but Reagan, who was still intoxicated with the aura of his imminent glorious departure, had not yet noticed this, and Reagan took a puff of the cigar in his mouth and said: "Pakistan assembles its own Tomcat fighters? Impossible, right? Are they assembled from old parts? ”

Fighters, but the most cutting-edge aviation technology, Grumman's Tomcat fighter, is an advanced model, just by virtue of Pakistan? Although it has entered industrialization at a rapid pace, after all, the foundation is still far away, and it is absolutely impossible to build your own fighters, and it is almost more acceptable to use those scrapped parts, tinker, and save one or two.

"William, tell everyone about it." Bush told CIA Director William Casey.

"We have been staring at the aviation industry company in Pakistan for a long time, when they used various means, to obtain the production line of our F110 engine, we realized that Pakistan may have a big move, later, found that they mapped the radar of our Tomcat fighter, and made the corresponding model themselves, and then, in cooperation with the Chinese side, to overcome the difficulties of telex operation, on these basis, they began to officially copy our Tomcat, and now, two have been manufactured, Test flights are underway north of Islamabad. William said: "These planes of theirs are more advanced than our own Tomcats, especially the use of fly-by-wire operation, so that the Tomcat fighters have better maneuverability, and their own radar and fire control systems should be similar to those of Tomcat fighters." ”

Reagan's face slowly darkened, of course he knew what it meant, Pakistan's defense, to be independent!

"Could Grumman help from this? To say that Pakistan itself was able to imitate a complete Tomcat fighter, we are afraid that we will not believe it. Weinberg said: "Mhammad's wife is the daughter of the president of Grumman. ”

Pakistan imitates the Tomcat, which requires breakthroughs in many aspects, and the technology will not be so easy to be eaten, Weinberg feels that there is a Grumman company secretly operating in the middle.

"Impossible." William said: "Kinship is kinship, business is business, Grumman's Tomcat fighter is their company's best-selling model, they produce it themselves, and they make more profits, how can they secretly fund technology to Pakistan?" Besides, without the consent of the Ministry of Defense, if they dare to do this, they will go to jail. ”

"So how did their technology come about?" "Anyway, I can't believe they can make their own fighters," Weinberg said. ”

"Huaxia's help." William continued: "Pakistan has received help from China in reverse mapping. Everyone knows that the Chinese side is a master of piracy, when they copied the MiG-21, the experts of the Soviets had already withdrawn, and they still relied entirely on their own ability to copy the MiG-21 and stereotype it as the Jian-7. ”

"Then Huaxia also plans to produce our Tomcat fighters?" Reagan asked, frowning as he realized it was a big problem.

The war in South Asia, in addition to making the Soviet Union disgraced, also cultivated a strong country, once Pakistan's national defense is independent, it will definitely pose a threat in South Asia, now, India is also weak, and the relationship between Pakistan and China is too good, once these two countries join forces, the United States will no longer be able to intervene.

If Huaxia also produces this kind of fighter, it will be a leap forward for them.

"At present, we have not made observations, but our reconnaissance satellites have discovered that Huaxia is developing a new fighter." William said.

The slide projector was turned on, William brought the pictures taken by the satellite, looked at the fighter on the projection screen, Weinberg said: "It seems to be similar to the Swede fighter, right?" ”

All are canard wing layouts, single-engine, single-tail structures.

"It has nothing to do with Sweden, this is independently developed by Huaxia, and they used to have a model called Jian-Jiu, which is very similar to this." William continued: "However, now this model is more mature, and you can see the nose in front of it, which is very similar to our F-16 fighter. ”

Although it is a top-down view, the outline of the nose is quite clear, and the front fuselage of the F-16 is alive.

"We can't let them succeed in developing a new fighter! That's the worst thing for us! Reagan said: "We want to contain the development of their aviation industry in the cradle!" ”

Even if the two sides are not hostile, once China and Pakistan have mature fighters with relatively advanced performance, they will seize the international military aircraft export market, and the interests of US arms dealers will also be affected.

Reagan made a decision right now that they had to be curbed! (To be continued......)