Shen Fei! Of course, Shen Fei knew that if there was no new project, they would have failed completely, and last time Shen Fei tried to introduce F-16 in vain to resist Cheng Fei's No. 10 aircraft, as a result, in a confrontation exercise, F-16 was beaten all over the ground and looked for teeth, and the project was stranded.

After that, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China began to warm up rapidly, and at the same time, the Soviet Union sold their air superiority fighter, Su-27 to Huaxia, although Chengfei had developed the No. 10 machine, but after all, the No. 10 machine was a single-engine light aircraft, and China's vast territory needed heavy air supremacy fighters, so the Soviets' sales still had a vision.

It's just that the Su-27 has no chance of winning in front of the Tomcats of Pakistan, and has been repeatedly abused by the Tomcat fighters.

These are the inside stories of Huaxia, and they have nothing to do with Mhammad, so for several years, Mhammad has not deliberately inquired about anything, and today he happened to have a good chat with these experts from Cheng Fei, and Mhammad asked casually.

Hearing Mhammad's question, everyone was stunned, you look at me, I look at you, but no one spoke.

"If you're disciplined and need to keep it a secret, I'll just not ask." Mhammad said. Huaxia people have been educated since childhood, and the string of discipline is very tight, if they have confidentiality requirements, then if they talk to Mhammad, it will be considered a leak.

"Not really." Mr. Song said: "It's just that many times, we can't make comments, and as you know, we can only be bystanders." ”

With this incoherent speech, Mhammad asked, "Is Shen Fei competing with other aircraft designers?" ”

In addition to Cheng Fei, what other competitors does Shen Fei have? Mhammad, of course, was suspicious.

"That's right." Tu Jida explained: "When we were reverse-mapping Tomcats, our agreement at that time was that we could produce the same Tomcat fighters. Due to the relatively large amount of tasks for our Chengfei, the plan for the trial production of the Tomcat was handed over to Xifei, and after the production, it was not delivered to our domestic air force, but to Iran. ”

Tu Jida said a little reluctantly. After all, the production of such fighters, not their own equipment, but export, is always like making money behind Pakistan's back.

Hammad frowned when he heard this, this is indeed a bit out of line, at least he has the right to be notified, right? However, can Xifei produce a qualified Tomcat fighter?

"It's not fully produced." Mr. Song, who was on the side, hurriedly explained: "The wing box of the Tomcat fighter is made of titanium alloy components. For the time being, Xifei is not able to achieve the same processing accuracy, so the wing box part is directly taken by Iran from the components on the fighters they have eliminated, and Xifei produces the rest of the main components. Moreover, there is no fly-by-wire operation, it is still the original mechanical hydraulics, only the front dashboard has been updated. ”

It is said that it is called self-production. In fact, it was gilded on the face, as a variable swept wing fighter. The most important thing is the wing box part, which can be said to be the soul of the variable sweep wing, the wing box of the Tomcat fighter is made of titanium alloy, which is extremely strong, and in Iran, many fighters have flown to scrap. The wing box is still intact.

Xifei lacked sufficient processing tools and advanced technology to produce high-precision wing boxes, and used the old wing boxes of the Iranians to produce new fighters. Moreover, the advanced telex system has not yet been used, and it is still the original technology, and when he heard this, Mhammad still felt that he could accept it.

"Isn't Xifei producing Flying Leopard fighters?" Mhammad asked, "What does this have to do with Shen Fei?" ”

"Xifei has long had a plan to produce variable-swept wing fighter-bombers, and their designer Chen Yijian has reported to his superiors several times that he wants to overthrow the existing Flying Leopard and make every effort to try to produce a fighter-bomber based on the Tomcat fighter, but unfortunately the superior has not approved it, and now, the Flying Leopard has begun to be delivered to the troops in batches, because there is a way to provide Iran with TF41 engines, the Iranians expressed their desire for more Tomcat fighters, so Xifei produced about five." Mr. Song said: "At the same time, in the production, Xifei also found that they can make this kind of fighter, so he reported to his superiors that Xifei can produce a heavy fighter equal to the Pakistani Tomcat fighter." At this time, it was a critical period of negotiation with the Soviets, and in this way, Xifei and Shen Fei became a competitive relationship. ”

Mr. Song basically explained clearly, it can be understood that the ambition of flying west is also very strong, not satisfied with the production of flying leopards, although the flying leopard fighter is very famous in later generations, but unfortunately the performance is not very advanced, for example, the flying leopard as a heavy aircraft, the bomb load is only five tons, even F-16, can reach this bomb load.

Moreover, the variable swept wing can give the bomber a super ability to penetrate at low altitudes, and the Soviets' Tu-22M and Tu-160 are all variable-swept wings.

The introduction of the Su-27, apparently the top management is also hesitating, and after several years of negotiations, there has been no substantial progress.

"The performance of the Su-27 is not advanced, especially the strength of the airframe is limited." "Don't you know that when you fight our fighters, they will even disintegrate in the air due to overloads? ”

The Su-27 has an excellent appearance, but hypochondria limits the performance of this aircraft, this defect is now known to almost the whole world, are those Shen Fei's guys still fooling their superiors?

"The Soviet side has assured that the Su-27 exported to us has been strengthened, and there are no more problems with the past." Mr. Song said to Mhammad.

The body of the Su-27 has been strengthened? Did the technology of the Soviets progress so fast? Muhammad couldn't help but be curious, in later generations, even if it was improved into the Su-30 and Su-33, this problem was not overcome, and it was not until the Su-35 that the problem of cartilage was cured.

The Soviets improved the airframe now? It's not going to be a fool, is it? The defect of the fuselage is due to the radar in the nose, and it is impossible to change this situation when the radar technology is not developed and the weight remains high.

Moreover, there is always one thing that Mhammad does not understand, in later generations, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, which inherited the mantle of the Soviet Union, was almost crazy and poor, and it was in this situation that Russia sold its trump card of military products, that is, the Su-27, to Huaxia, and now, the Soviet Union is still standing, and there is no sign of disintegration for the time being, and the Soviets are impatiently selling this fighter around.

History has changed a lot with the passage of Mhammad, Gorbachev is also struggling to carry out reforms, and at the same time the army has begun to develop in the direction of digitalization, because of the poor performance of the Su-27 in the Afghan war, the Sukhoi Design Bureau is not popular in the Soviet Union, and the Soviets are promoting the Su-27 wantonly, is it just to get enough profits? Or did the Soviets have a new program for the development of a new model?

"The Soviets are only poor in avionics, and if this kind of fighter is really introduced, it will be a good choice to replace it with advanced electronic equipment on a large scale." Mhammad said that this sentence also came from feelings.

"Yes, Shen Fei is also in this tone, they require domestic production, and at the same time improve, replace domestic advanced electronic equipment, so that the performance of this fighter can be better improved." Mr. Song continued.

Shen Fei? Mhammad couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, can a company like Shen Fei complete the task of improving domestic electronic equipment? Only the introduction of production, without ten or eight years, is not able to thoroughly master the technology, only a thorough understanding of the Su-27 technology, can be improved, and new improvements, I am afraid that it will take another ten or eight years, with this time, Western countries have long become fourth-generation aircraft.

Now, Huaxia has mastered the technology of Tomcat fighters on the basis of joint surveying and mapping of Tomcat fighters with Pakistan, and it is the best choice for Huaxia to absorb and digest and produce new Tomcat fighters.

And there is no need for Mhammad to get involved in these internal affairs of Huaxia, everything depends on how Huaxia decides.

Xifei wants to develop and grow, so it is very keen to develop newer models, and if the variable-swept wing fighter produced by Xifei can be trusted by the military, it will become a key aircraft manufacturing group in China.

It is not convenient for Mhammad to participate in these disputes, this time he came to Chengfei, and has completed two key projects, the joint development of new models and the joint development of foreign trade models, thinking of this, Mhammad suddenly remembered another thing: "Our Jiao-8 project, I don't know how it is going." ”

Pakistan already has a lot of third-generation aircraft, but the performance of the trainer aircraft cannot keep up, so there must be a suitable trainer aircraft, and Mhammad has a discerning eye and immediately fell in love with Nanchang Airlines' Jiao-8 project.

Unfortunately, the Jiao-8 project has been slow due to engine limitations, and the Pakistani side has come forward to contact the American company to negotiate the purchase of the advanced American small-thrust turbofan engine.

Although there were sanctions from the United States in the middle, now that the sanctions have been lifted, and a batch of engines has been purchased at that time, the project has not been delayed.

"I've heard they're doing well." "The training aircraft was not very difficult, and after they had the right engines, the project went quite quickly, and it is said that the test flights have already begun," Tu Jida said. ”

"Looks like we can go there and have a look." "We're still waiting for these trainers to come to the rescue," Mhammad said. ”

After leaving Chengfei, Muhammad and his entourage went to Nanchang Airlines with great interest. (To be continued......)