Qi Yiming came to the capital again, and without any obstacles, he took his share of the plan and drew the book, entered Zhongnanhai, and met 286 adults. At this time, Liao Huairen also came back from southern Xinjiang, reported to work by the way, and happened to meet Qi Yiming here.

Seeing Qi Yiming again, Ping Taizong was still very kind, and he also asked Qi Yiming for a while.

However, when he took the plan book sent by Qi Yiming, he also became a little serious, put down the plan book, 286 sighed: "Xiao Qi, you kid, don't stir up the changes, you won't give up, this big business involves China, the United States, Iran, North Korea, and even Iraq is also counted among them, to complete this single business, I am afraid that only a master diplomat can be competent, and it is enough to go down in history for a major diplomatic mediation and transaction." ”

Liao Huairen looked at the two of them a little stunned, not knowing what they were talking about.

Qi Yiming smiled slightly and said: "Actually, for us, it doesn't matter if this business is successful or not, and that thing is not particularly helpful to our Air Force, but it is also meaningful." What's more, after having my base, we may have to suspend almost all military cooperation projects with the United States, and with such a thing, at least we can promote military mutual trust between the two countries, and we can also get to the bottom of the US Air Force. In addition, it can also advertise the military products exported by our country. ”

He continued: "And this aircraft is a naval version, almost without any improvements can be used on aircraft carriers, we do not have the financial resources to operate an aircraft carrier in the short term, but the Chinese cannot never have an aircraft carrier, and our country will not be trapped on land forever." At this stage, I have some STOVL (short vertical take-off and landing) technical reserves here, and I also have this kind of fighter, but I really don't have a lot of aircraft carrier-based aircraft here, and if we can introduce this fighter, it will also be very helpful for us. ”

Ping Taizong shook his head and sighed lightly: "What you said is very right, the negotiation is very good, and it will not have much impact if the negotiation fails." In addition, you are the one who pays the money, and it is our country and the army that get cheap, and I don't seem to have anything to object to. I support you in this matter, and you can do it boldly and confidently if you are authorized to do it, but every step and progress you take must be reported to the central government in real time, and we must grasp this matter in detail. Mainly for you, even if you are in trouble, we have a chance to wipe your ass. ”

Qi Yiming applauded excitedly and said, "Great, Xie Lu thank you, Ping Lao, I will definitely work hard to complete this matter." ”

Ping Taizong nodded, and found someone to send Qi Yiming and Liao Huairen out.

Liao Huairen asked as he walked: "I said Yiming, what kind of moth did you get out again?" ”

Qi Yiming smiled mysteriously and gave the book to Liao Huairen, Liao Huairen opened it and almost scared his soul: "You want to buy F-14 fighter jets from Iran and the United States?" ”

"Don't be so loud, this matter is now in a state of high secrecy, and it can't be spread randomly."

Liao Huairen was confused, and was even more amazed by Qi Yiming's boldness, and said: "Aren't you able to build J-10 fighters for our Air Force, why do you still need F-14?" Do you think the J-10 can't beat the F-14? ”

Qi Yiming said: "That's not it, judging from the first two batches of J-10 I delivered to the Air Force, the defeat rate with the F-14 is greater than 50%, and our J-10 is half a generation more advanced than the F-14A used by Iran now." However, I have other considerations for buying the F-14, and I can also see clearly that if this deal is negotiated, it will be very meaningful for us to strengthen our relations with the Yankees, Iran and other countries. Technically, I can absorb the skills of the Americans' best aircraft carriers, and make a technical reserve for our future aircraft carriers. ”

When Liao Huairen heard the word "aircraft carrier", there was also a trace of fiery emotion in his eyes. Just as the commissioning of the No. 16 ship Liaoning in later generations made the whole country rejoice, even if it is only a training ship with many imperfections, an aircraft carrier represents the majesty and strength of a great power, and a country with an aircraft carrier battle group can be called a real great power. There is no doubt that even if the current Celestial Empire is poor, everyone has their own dream of a great country in their hearts, especially these people who stand at the top.

Qi Yiming is not completely looking for trouble. Although he can now build an excess of multi-purpose fighters J-10 for the PLA, the J-10 is still a medium-sized fighter, and even if it is easy to use, it still suffers in some aspects compared to ordinary heavy aircraft. He could choose to choose either the Black Hawk or the Sumig after the opening of the combat lab, but the F-14 Tomcat was still a good choice at this stage.

What's more, the Tomcat is still a carrier-based aircraft and can serve the Navy later. The Red Alert 2 version of the aircraft carrier he built himself was also equipped with carrier-based aircraft, but it was an early version of the F-18, and it was not even a Super Hornet, so Qi Yiming couldn't look down on it. As for the aircraft carrier of Red Alert 3, he still needs to upgrade the base again to be able to see it. He will use the F-18 or the J-15 with the Su-33 for some time, and he has no choice for the first time.

Qi Yiming stubbornly chose to use heavy carrier-based aircraft, and the medium-sized Hornet was not in his consideration at all. So in the absence of mature support from the base, he hit the idea on the F-14 Tomcat.

The F-14 Tomcat is arguably the most powerful heavy carrier-based fighter in the United States, and its main goal is to seize air supremacy for the aircraft carrier fleet. In the era when the F-14 was rampant, the concept of multi-role fighters had not yet been hyped up, so there were usually two main station aircraft on US aircraft carriers, one F-headed fighter, one A-headed attack aircraft, and later an E-headed electronic warfare aircraft. It was not until the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet occupied the 21st century zero and zero era when the US naval aviation occupied the main force of the US naval aviation that the full-time attack aircraft was driven off the aircraft carrier, and this multi-role aircraft had multiple tasks such as air superiority, bombing, and electronic suppression.

However, this still can't hide the brilliance of the tomcat. The well-known Tomcat may appear more in Tom's "Top Gun", a military education film with obvious conscription intentions, but in fact, not too many people know that the F-14 in the U.S. military confrontation, with a score of 31 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, almost completely abused the F-15 Eagle fighter. When I flew in the sky, I saw the Tomcat, and the F-15, an air superiority heavy fighter that claimed not to have a pound for ground attack, should be ashamed of itself.

As the first fighter with a stall maneuver, it has the first long-range air-to-air missile in history that can hit 180 kilometers away, the high-power AWG-9 radar can almost be used as an early warning aircraft, and the variable sweep wing also brings it excellent performance in both subsonic and supersonic conditions.

There is no doubt that the F-14 Tomcat is a domineering and tough fighter.

It is not excluded that it also has a high cost, long maintenance time and high cost, the initial TF30 engine is simply miserable, and so on and a series of problems, but the flaws are not hidden, and you know how strong this fighter is if you have it.

Legend has it that during the Gulf War, the US F-14 did not achieve more results than the F-15, which was questioned by many people, but it was later discovered that because the Iraqi pilots were really afraid of the F-14 during the Iran-Iraq War, in the Gulf War, as soon as they encountered the F-14, they immediately turned around and returned home, and did not dare to fight against it at all, which caused a situation in which the US F-14 had few results.

Liao Huairen held the plan made by Qi Yiming and said: "If you want to buy the F-14 and go directly to the Americans, why do you want to get involved with Iran?" And your report is fantastical, it makes people feel fanciful, and if it doesn't sound good, it's unrealistic, and the ghost knows how you can get along with such a weird thing. ”

Qi Yiming pretended to smile profoundly and said, "As I said at the beginning, this matter is not only from a military point of view, but also involves diplomatic and political considerations of international relations. This business is done, and the three parties who benefit are the three parties, so why not do it? ”

Liao Huairen still felt that it was unlikely to succeed, and asked: "How are you sure that the Iranians will sell you their most powerful air force weapon?" ”

"In '80, when the Canadians wanted to buy a batch of fighter jets to replace their F-104s, they turned to Iran. At that time, because of the Khomeini Revolution, Iran was sanctioned by the United States, and it was no longer able to get parts and supporting weapons for the F-14. Iran also promised to transfer the F-14 to Canada at the price of cabbage, but in the end, in the Iranian hostage incident, the Canadians themselves hid a few Americans in the embassy and issued fake Canadian passports and visas to let them escape, which led to the dissatisfaction of the Iranians, and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, so the deal was not negotiated. And as the war continues, although the F-14 shines in this war and the Iraqis can't hold their heads up, as time goes by, the availability of these fighters will become less and less, and the weapons will become less and less, until one day the Iranians can no longer use them. ”

Liao Huairen said: "So you plan to replace that foreign trade version of the Thunder light fighter to the Iranians one by one, provide them with accessories and weapons, and even give them the overhaul line?" ”

Qi Yiming smiled and said: "This is not a money-losing deal, even if we build a Thunder Dragon fighter, one is millions of dollars, and Iran can provide us with at least 70 F-14 fighters, which is a sure-fire deal for us." ”

Liao Huairen frowned: "Then you will contact the Grumman company in the United States, use the advanced engines, avionics systems and weapons in your hands to ask for cooperation with Grumman to upgrade the F-14, if necessary, order another 30 or more F-14s from Grumman, and even further obtain the F-14 production line and production license in our country, and finally achieve the goal of completely obtaining the F-14 and digesting and absorbing the technology." ”

Qi Yiming nodded and said: "That's right, because Iran is a war embargo country, we also need a white glove, that is, North Korea, North Korea can pretend to buy the Thunder Dragon from us, and then the Iranians will pay for it, and we can buy North Korea with the Iranians on the side." And the F-14 from Iran to our hands, the United States is at least happy to see it, in addition, we can also increase the order, cooperate with the development of it, the Americans can also obtain a lot of practical benefits. So the whole deal is a profit for all parties. ”