Chapter 596: South African Tea Falcon

Taking a sip of red wine, John continued to complain: "Everything that South Africa can have now was built by us white people, what can they do? Without us, they can't even manage a farm, they don't know how to plant at all, they don't work in a factory, they are a bunch of who can only enjoy! ”

John was right, after the black South Africans came to power, the country's economy was a mess, the well-organized country was messed up, the land was barren, no one cultivated, and after eating all the food grown by the whites, they almost went hungry.

"John, do you want to go to a new country?" Rick asked, and he exchanged glances with Irina, and now, the breakthrough was on John.

"A new country?" John took another sip and said, "Of course I want to go, some people in the company have already resigned, some went to France, some went to Israel." ”

"Then why don't you go?" Rick asked.

"Me?" John said: "People are old, here, there is everything, there are a lot of wives and children, it is not so easy to go, besides, I don't like the arrogance of the French, and I don't like the Jews." ”

The main places for white people in South Africa are France and Israel, but unfortunately, a few years ago, John had an unpleasant relationship with the experts from Dassault Company, and John loved and hated clearly, and was also very dissatisfied with the Jews' oppression of Palestinians, so he was unwilling to go to these two countries.

"How about going to our Pakistan?" "If you can go, we'll take care of everything for you, you'll have a big house, your family will have a job, and your children will be able to attend one of the best universities in Pakistan," Rick said. ”

Going to Pakistan? John's eyes were a little red from drinking at this time: "However, my research and development project is gone." It's almost half my life's work. ”

R&D project! John is also in charge of a big project! Right now. The project is almost complete! Leaving at such a time was also very difficult for John to accept.

"The project can be brought to us in Pakistan!" Rick continued: "You can take the backbone of your project and go to us in Pakistan! We in Pakistan also need your project, and in Pakistan, you can get more adequate funding and more first-class technology from the West. Your project will be more mature and perfect in our Pakistan. What do you think about the fact that we in Pakistan will set up a company specifically for your project, and you will be fully responsible? ”

The new company, fully responsible for this project, continues to develop and improve! When John's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Rick, are you telling the truth?" John asked.

"Yes." "We in Pakistan will allocate at least another $200 million to your project, which is enough to complete the project," Rick said. Rick said, "You should know that too. We in Pakistan now have a very strong defense industry, and this is inseparable from our investment in this area. Moreover, after the project is successfully developed, not only Pakistan and Afghanistan will be equipped, but Saudi Arabia and other countries will also be equipped, and you will also become famous because of this project. ”

"Good. I'm willing to go! John said, "But we have to plan carefully." At least take all the existing verification machines with you! ”

All confidential information on the project. John was able to reach and easily take away, but the verification machine of the project was not so easy.

"It's easy to do." "We're going to have to take a lot of supplies out anyway, and we're going to take them with us," Rick said. is the safest. Your family can be transferred to us in Pakistan first. ”

"Good!" John agreed, although he also loved it, after all, this is the country where he grew up, but now. There will be no place for them here.

When he saw John off, Rick had a smile on his face.

"Irina, I really didn't expect our trip to be so smooth." Rick said: "If John and his entire project were taken away, President Mhamad would definitely reward us personally, Irina, you are also our great hero!" ”

Irina squeezed Rick's hand tightly and said, "Actually, I didn't do anything. ”

"At the beginning, but you introduced John to me, we have been in contact with John many times, and we have gradually become familiar with each other, trusting each other, otherwise, how could John agree to go with us so easily now?" John said.

Back then, when I came to South Africa to be a mercenary, in addition to making money and training my own army, another important task was to maintain a close relationship with South Africa's scientific and technological personnel, especially military personnel!

At the beginning, Rick had not yet realized Mhammad's intentions, but now, he finally understood that the layout at that time was for now! In other words, President Muhammad had already predicted at that time that the apartheid policy in South Africa would inevitably disintegrate! And blacks will replace whites to govern the country! The status of the white people living here will gradually decline, and most of the white people will leave South Africa!

Thinking of this, Rick admires President Mumad even more, as a leader, you must have far-sightedness, and this vision is not something that ordinary people can have!

Now, get John's project back in its entirety, and after a while, when the white life here is even worse, you can take more white people with you! Among them, the elite is quite a lot.

And now, John's project is the most important, because, the project he is responsible for, is a gunship!

Helicopter gunships, flying tanks, are natural enemies of the ground forces!

Vertical take-off and landing has always been the dream of aircraft designers, during the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci once painted a model of propeller take-off and landing, which is considered to be the ancestor of helicopters, of course, the bamboo dragonfly of China, which lasted for thousands of years, is also considered to be the prototype of the helicopter.

In modern times, the helicopter that can be put into practical use is generally considered to be the Russian-American Sikorsky, who developed the VS-300, which was the first helicopter with stable flight, at that time in 1939.

After that, helicopter technology developed rapidly, and during World War II, it began to install weapons on it, becoming a helicopter gunship, and in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the Americans used helicopters in large quantities, becoming an important weapon for battlefield rescue and fighting the enemy.

The rotor at the top is used to provide lift, and at the same time, the direction of the rotor can be controlled to achieve forward, backward and sideways flight, but at the same time, due to the huge resistance of the rotor, the speed of the helicopter is not high, which is why the V-22 Osprey of later generations of fighters with the advantages of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft appears, but unfortunately, the mechanical structure is complex, and the high failure rate has been plaguing this aircraft.

After decades of development, the Soviets were equipped with a large number of Mi-24 helicopter gunships, which had a troop transport compartment behind them, resulting in a large body and earned the nickname of a hind, while at the same time, the armed helicopters developed in the West had only two crew compartments, small bodies, maneuverability and large bomb loads, which were the correct direction for helicopter gunships.

The representative of the West is the American AH-64 helicopter gunship, which has advanced technology, large bomb load, and high battlefield survivability, and has almost become NATO's standard helicopter gunship.

Originally, Pakistan also wanted to introduce this kind of armed helicopter, but the Americans were only willing to sell AH-1 Cobra helicopters to Pakistan.

Because Pakistan's aviation industry is already very strong, except for the A-7 attack aircraft, the rest of the aircraft such as the Mirage 3 have been converted into ground attack aircraft, and because the opponent is already very weak, Pakistan has not focused on the development of helicopter gunships.

However, this does not mean that President Hammad does not attach importance to helicopter gunships, every weapon has its own practical value, helicopter gunships are the most reliable air aid that accompanies the advance of their own armored forces, and it is of great significance to give the army iron wings and let the army fly!

Therefore, Mhammad attaches great importance to the Atlas aircraft company in South Africa, after all, they have their own professional helicopter gunships!

The constant foreign combat has made the South African army realize that it should have a professional helicopter gunship. Especially in the Angolan war, the South African army's French "Puma" helicopters faced the threat of increasing Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery, and there was a great need for armed helicopter escort. At that time, the legal "Skylark" III helicopter of the South African army was slow and could not keep up with the "Jaguar" and could not complete the escort mission. South African military personnel tried to mount the cannon directly on the "Jaguar", but the recoil was too great for the helicopter to withstand.

In the face of this situation, South African military personnel began a long process of independent development of armed helicopters, they had referred to the French "Skylark" III. imitation of XH-1 "Alpha" small armed helicopters, but unfortunately still could not effectively undertake the task of armed helicopters, so, in 84 years, Atlas Aircraft Company proposed the CSH-2 project, in later generations, 98 years, this project was called "Tea Falcon".

A double cockpit with a front and rear echelon arrangement, with the weapons operator in front and the pilot in the back, the height difference between the two cockpits was large, and the rear pilot had a good view. Conventional layout of single rotor with tail rotor, tail rotor and flat tail are separated on the left and right sides of the rear tail boom, and the rear three-point landing gear. The whole shape is angular and angular, whether it is the aerodynamic layout, the structural form of the fuselage, or the weapon mounting method under the nose and short wings, it is almost a twin with the AH-64 "Apache", so in the mouth of later generations of military fans, this helicopter is also called "the African version of Apache".

The technology is advanced, and it is mainly adapted to the hot and sandy environment of Africa, and has a strong ability to adapt to the climate of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.

(Huaxia's Wu Zhijiu is simply miserable compared to these.) Only Wuzhi 10 can be called an armed helicopter, and Wuzhi 9 is a transport helicopter equipped with weapons. (To be continued......)