In the hangar of the Hongdu plant is a dismantled 'Tomcat'. The fuselage, wings, receivers, avionics, landing gear, engines, internal hydraulics and other components were dismantled one by one.

Most of the military industrial institutes of the domestic aviation industry sent people to carry out surveying and mapping to discuss what is worth learning from this third-generation aircraft produced 20 years ago.

"You're going to reverse map and replicate the Tomcat?" Satari asked. Persia also intends to copy the 'Tomcat', but technically it can't, and can only copy the second-generation aircraft such as the F-5E, and it can not imitate the cable.

Xiao Jinlang shook his head, "For extremely complex industrial products, reverse learning is okay, but imitation is too difficult." Our engineering staff is still going to design forward. Although the confidence of domestic scientific research institutions is insufficient, the president believes that it can be done. ”

Many people believe that with the level of domestic industry in the nineties, copying the Su-27 is the only way out. But what gives Zhou Qingfeng confidence is the 'No. 10 Project' that has not even been built as a prototype.

In terms of manufacturing level, J-10 is much stronger than J-11.

It's a pity that it is impossible for Old Man Song to personally preside over the 'Red Tomcat' project, Zhou Qingfeng can only send some health care products over, hoping that the old man will live longer.

'Red Tomcat' currently has no chief engineer, only Sophia is in charge of the overall planning, and Arcie gives some advice on the manufacturing of the subsystem.

'Shengguang' plans to train new talents, and selects a group of engineers in their thirties and forties to form multiple project teams, and asks them to spend money on program competition, and select the best of the best.

In order to achieve results as soon as possible, Zhou Qingfeng will pull a group of people to drink intellectual medicine to engage in 'thinking storming' every time he is in China, and forcibly promote the progress of the project.

It can be regarded as such, and the design can be finalized after three years.

There are too many places to make up for the domestic manufacturing industry, and the founding of the People's Republic of China has gone through the road of others for hundreds of years. Zhou Qingfeng now wants to compress this time again.

Next to the hangar there is also a well-kept 'Tomcat', and the ground crew is busy changing the brake discs on the landing gear. There is a technician next to him who is observing the use of the disc.

Xiao Jinlang said: "On the one hand, we are engaged in surveying and mapping and forward development. On the other hand, it is also engaged in parts substitution, such as those brake discs produced in Guizhou. It is said to be usable, but there is still a big gap with the original product. ”

The brake discs on the landing gear are consumables, and this thing looks inconspicuous, but if you don't have it, you can't land safely. The Persian 'Tomcat' is also in high demand. But they can only rely on a small amount of smuggling to supply.

It is these thousands of inconspicuous small parts that cause the fighter to be at a low rate. The Persian Tomcat pilots could not fly for a few hours a year because they simply could not afford it.

Satari didn't insist on asking where the 'Tomcat' of the Holy Light came from. However, after discussing privately with the 'civilian pilots' who came to visit Persia, I hoped to personally experience the test fighter of the Hongdu Factory.

"Chen Rui."

Xiao Jinlang didn't agree immediately. He first called a test pilot who belonged to the group, asked a few words in a low voice, and only nodded in agreement after receiving an affirmative answer.

"Your men can only sit in the backseat weapons officer's seat, and our pilot is in charge of piloting."

Chen Rui was the pilot who flew the Su-27 before but was bullied by Al Qian to the point of collapse and crying. This guy learned the hard way and strongly asked to be transferred to learn to drive the Tomcat.

The domestic decision to copy the Su-27 will not be until 98, and it will be impossible to spend money to purchase two heavy third-generation aircraft after determining the technical route. And now it's only 92 years. So Zhou Qingfeng is currently suppressing the Su-27 intentionally or unintentionally.

This is not only to provide more advanced fighters to the country, but also to prevent Da Mao from earning tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange for the military industry. The more serious point that weakens the woolly bear in the north is better to split again one day.

In order to achieve the goal, 'Holy Light' paid for marketing out of its own pocket and invited the Air Force to experience the 'Tomcat'. As long as those who fly by, they are full of praise, and they are obsessed with the variable sweep wing and high-performance radar.

The Air Force finally introduced the first batch of 24 Su-27s, and after being happy for less than half a year, the Blue Army composed of 'Tomcats' came to the door every day to kick the field. The pilots who kicked the Su-27 doubted life.

The Light currently has sufficient lobbying power. Zhou Qingfeng even patted his chest to ensure that the 'red Tomcat' would build a prototype within five years, and by the way, it would be solved together with the navy's aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft.

The temptation is just too great.

With this series of foreshadowing, seed pilots like Chen Rui naturally ran to the 'Holy Light' to mix. A Persian pilot named Ali boarded the Tomcat with him.

"Ali?" Chen Rui spoke to the other party in English. Hearing the name of the Persian pilot, he immediately asked: "During the Iran-Iraq war, you had an ace pilot named Ali, do you know?" ”

The Persian pilot wore a pair of sunglasses, a beard, and smiled, "I'm that Ali." ”

Although the pilots who have been shot down in actual combat have only shot down one, it is rare in these years - except for Uncle Zhou's monster who relies on his sister to fight and shoots down three planes in the air.

Chen Rui couldn't help but shake hands with the other party again and politely asked the other party about his experience. The two did not waste time, and continued to chat after boarding the fighter.

"I heard that your Persian 'Tomcat' pilots are all trained by the Americans?"

"Yes. Veteran pilots do have U.S. training experience, but we also train our own pilots. Where did you get your training? ”

"I was trained in China, and I had foreign flight instructors to train." Chen Rui thought about it and felt that Arcie should be regarded as a 'foreign flight instructor'.

"Abroad? That abroad? ”

"Confidentiality."

"This is also confidential? I'm here to talk to you. I also trained at Grumman, so I probably know your instructors. ”

"Possibly."

Chen Rui didn't talk much nonsense, and the two TF-30s took off in a short distance with afterburner and went straight into the sky. He and Ali flew for about half an hour, performing some simple tactical moves to test the abilities of both sides.

After getting off the plane, the two happily admired each other's abilities, and said that they had the opportunity to simulate air combat several times and challenge the feeling of similar actual combat.

However, after returning to Satari's side, Ali said with a calm face: "That 'Chen' was originally a seed pilot of the Su-27, and he did learn the American fighting style after flying the 'Tomcat'.

He said that he had only studied for a few months, but in terms of ability, he was already very good. One detail is that their 'Blues' have flying missions almost every day, with each person flying at least 20 hours per month.

This shows that they have no shortage of spare parts, and even the spare engine can be used openly. This requires strong logistical support, and it really deserves our attention. ”

When Satari heard this, he only nodded with a gloomy face.

Ali was strange and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Just now you were flying in the sky, and several groups of military attachés from different countries came to visit. Although they didn't talk closely, the uniforms they wore were still very recognizable. ”

"Who is it?"

"Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya, Tanzania, Iraq, Bangladesh and Pakistan." The Light is truly unscrupulous, bringing together the forces of different factions. The president was insane. ”