"We are very impressed by your performance today." Air Force Commander-in-Chief Wang Hai said to the representatives of the Soviet side: "However, does the cause of this accident indicate that your engine is defective?" ”

Looking at the people from the Huaxia side in the conference room, Ge Lishen couldn't help but feel secretly depressed in his heart, the flight show had already made the Huaxia side very satisfied, but in the end, such a thing appeared, and now, this kind of doubt appeared on the Huaxia side.

"Of course not, our engines have undergone strict ground tests, this kind of engine is installed in large numbers on our Soviet Wehrmacht fighters, the failure rate is very low, today this time is just an accident, we will strictly check the truth of the accident, eliminate the hidden danger of the accident, and nothing like this will happen again." Golishin said, and couldn't help but curse Ishakov in his heart, if Ishakov had admitted that it was his operational mistake, there would be no current problem.

"Your engine is excellent." At this moment, Mhammad, who was present at the meeting, said: "The question is the vector nozzle, how long does your vector nozzle last?" ”

What does it have to do with you! Golishin has no good impression of Mhammad, if it weren't for the fact that on the battlefield in Afghanistan, the Su-27 was repeatedly defeated by the F-14, why would the Su-27 be reduced to the point where it is now selling around? The Ministry of Defense has completely pinned its hopes on the next generation of Mikoyan's fighters, and in order to raise funds for Mikoyan, Sukhoi has to go around selling them in exchange for expenses, which is simply a great irony!

Moreover, the question asked by Mhammad now is to the point, and even Golishin knows that the problem lies in the short-lived vector nozzle.

"Two hundred and fifty hours." "After we improve it, it will be extended to 500 hours," Gorischen said. ”

It must not be said that the life of this nozzle is only twenty hours! Otherwise. How could the Huaxia Air Force be introduced! When they receive the fighter and find that the nozzle can only be used for twenty hours, they can excuse themselves with various excuses, such as the weather is not suitable, etc.

Two hundred and fifty hours! This also made the Huaxia military personnel at the scene a little dissatisfied, the life span was too short! The purchase of this fighter is an expense, and it is maintained. That's another big expense!

"Really?" Mhammad said: "Can you do an experiment on the test bench in Huaxia?" If the life span can really reach 250 hours, then we in Pakistan can import 200 such engines! ”

The Soviets' engines do have their own characteristics, and the current Su-35 engine does have a lot of thrust, if the vector nozzle has such a long life, Pakistan can really consider purchasing a batch and installing it on its own fighters.

Of course, this was just a temptation for Mhammad, who knew it was impossible. Two hundred and fifty hours? What to brag about? Set up and ignite the fire on the test bench, and after less than 20 hours of driving, I am afraid that it will be scrapped.

Sure enough, hearing Mhammad's words, this Golishin hesitated, in front of so many people on the spot, if he agreed directly, then maybe he really went to the test bench. As soon as it's on, it's exposed.

"This. In practice, there are indeed some problems. "But we'll continue to improve the vector nozzle so that it has a longer lifespan." ”

The Soviets refused to accept President Mhammad's proposal, and that must be problematic! Wang Hai couldn't help but glance at President Mhammad, who was leaning back in his chair. Drinking a bowl of tea, it was very quiet.

When he felt that Wang Hai was looking at him, Mhammad blinked his eyes and glanced at Wang Hai.

This reminder could not be clearer, these equipment of the Soviets. There is no maturity at all! This is also a cause of accidents! And now, the Soviets just want to fool China with these things!

"President Hammad, we are very confident in our fighter jets, if you are interested, we can conduct a mock exercise here, using our Su-35 fighter jets to have a confrontation with your Tomcat fighters, what do you think?" Gorishin said.

Although this fighter with thrust vectoring is just such a one, there are other fighters in China, and the same effect can be achieved by temporary modification, plus vector nozzles, and improved flight control software.

Mhammad shook his head: "I'm sorry, we're not interested. However, we are very interested in your ejection seat. ”

With the ability to maneuver over stall and with a vector nozzle, such a fighter can have a certain advantage in close combat, especially now, the Pakistan Air Force has not fought with this kind of fighter, and suddenly engage in a confrontation exercise, maybe their own pilots may really suffer.

It must take a while to thoroughly study the performance of this kind of fighter, and at the same time find a way to fight it, and if the other side invites him to engage in a fight, maybe Mhammad will agree.

This kind of ejection seat of the Soviets is not very bad, and Mhammad is very satisfied, if the Soviets are willing to export, Pakistan can consider equipping a batch of them, and then copy the corresponding models to make up for the gap.

"I'm sorry, we're here to sell fighter jets, if you're interested in our ejection seats, then please contact our domestic company Zvezda." Golishin said very reluctantly, after all, the country is now short of money in all aspects, and if Pakistan is willing to buy this ejection seat, maybe the president will really give instructions for Zvezda to sell a batch. However, this has nothing to do with Sukhoi, and the company will not have any income.

"Okay." After answering, Mhammad continued to sit in his chair and watched them speak.

The Soviets continued to talk about the various excellent properties of this fighter, and also said that in terms of price, if Huaxia really wanted to buy it, it could be negotiated, but Huaxia was obviously not interested, but wanted to investigate the truth of the accident first, especially the defects of the engine.

The two sides were unanimously deadlocked, and the Soviets even agreed that they could export the production line to Shen Fei and let Shen Fei produce it independently, and the leaders of Shen Fei really wanted to agree to it personally, but the air force just didn't agree, and it was necessary to find out the truth about the accident, the engine is the heart of the fighter, and if there is a problem with the heart, this kind of fighter can't be wanted.

As a result, the negotiations were again at an impasse.

At this time, Mhammad on the side suddenly remembered something, and said beside him: "I heard that you also have a plan for an attack aircraft modified on the basis of the Su-27?" Or a two-seater side by side? ”

Side-by-side two-seater! Hearing Mhammad's questioning, all the air force generals felt a flash of light in front of their eyes.

Side-by-side two-seater attack aircraft!

Generally speaking, fighters are mostly single-seater, after all, with the higher and higher level of weapon automation, a single pilot can complete all operations, and the reason why the F-14 is a two-seater, the pilot in the rear cabin is mainly operating the complex AWG-9 radar, which is almost the role of a small AWACS aircraft. Moreover, a two-seater requires an extra pilot, and pilots are invaluable, and training a pilot is costly.

However, when used for ground attack, the two-seater shows an advantage, and the extra pilot can skillfully operate a variety of ground attack weapons, and in long-distance flights, two pilots also have an advantage over one.

Therefore, attack aircraft are still almost two-seater.

The Huaxia Air Force has an urgent need for a two-seater modern attack aircraft.

At present, China's main ground attack weapons mainly include the H-6, a copy of the TU-16 and the H-5, a copy of the IL-28, imported from the former Soviet Union. The performance of these two types of bombers is too old, and they simply cannot meet the requirements of modern high-intensity operations, and they do not even have the ability to penetrate defense at ultra-low altitudes, and their safety is poor. The only supersonic attack aircraft, the Qiang-5 modified on the basis of the Jian-6, has too short range and a small bomb load, so the Air Force has found that it does not have an advanced ground attack aircraft that can adapt to future wars, and the desire to have a new type of aircraft with fighter and bomber performance is very urgent.

Based on this idea, Xifei began the research and development of the J-7, originally intending to create a fighter-bomber that could be used by both the Air Force and the Navy to meet the needs of foreign wars. However, the Navy mainly wants to attack the enemy's warships with anti-ship missiles, so it is enough to have a tandem two-seater, and the Air Force, it wants to use a side-by-side two-seater, so that the two pilots can coordinate with each other and be very effective when attacking the ground.

However, the parallel two-seater means that the windward area is larger, the flight resistance is large, and the technical difficulty is also raised by a notch, and at this time, none of the air force equipment is side-by-side two-seater.

The technical risk made Xifei have to carefully consider and give priority to one type of research and development, so the side-by-side two-seat layout was abandoned by Xifei, and at the same time, the Air Force also canceled the investment, leaving Xifei and the Navy to tinker with it.

In later generations, the development of the J-7 can be regarded as having gone through twists and turns, and it almost died several times. And now, relying on the sale of Spey modified engines and earning foreign exchange through exports, Xifei has already raised enough funds to complete the development of the J-7 and deliver it to the naval aviation.

At the same time, Xifei also began a plan to imitate the Tomcat, which was completely self-financed in the absence of domestic investment.

As for the Air Force, until now there is no suitable replacement plan, in later generations, it was also the Navy that operated the J-7 for a long time, and the Air Force took a fancy to it and re-equipped the Air Force.

Therefore, when hearing Hammad mention the side-by-side two-seater attack aircraft, including Air Force Commander Wang Hai, it has become full of interest again.

But Golishin was surprised, because the project of the two-seat attack aircraft is now only an internal project of the company, and it has not been publicized to the outside world at all, how did the president of Pakistan know? (To be continued......)