Chapter 514: To Each His Own
However, in the face of such an excellent combat platform, the Air Force and Navy are not stupid, and after watching the test flight video, they are also eyeing this piece of fat.
Xiao Qianguang and Wang Rong, the two initiators of the J-7 UAV transformation, are both painful and happy in the face of gratifying progress, on the one hand, they are happy that the general assembly has come up with a heavyweight new equipment, and on the other hand, because this new equipment is too attractive, they are frequently harassed by the generals of the major services.
There is no way, the J-7 UAV transformation project has progressed to today's successful test flight, and it is basically close to the edge of success. Although avionics such as weapon systems and radars have not yet been added, these things can bring great surprises to everyone even if they are small improvements to the original J-7 system, so these things are not particularly difficult to overcome.
At present, the headquarters of the Central Military Commission has not yet finalized the main military branches for this new equipment, and under such circumstances, a large number of various branches of the military will naturally have to consult with two generals, Xiao Qianguang and Wang Rong, in order to win their own shares in the next large-scale transformation of this project.
This kind of highly malleable combat platform,Whoever can get their hands on it will be able to increase the combat power of their own military branches very quickly,Compared with any new weapon before,J-7UAV highly intelligent combat mode is the lowest requirement for operators,Extremely,When the time comes, find out thousands of masters who play air combat games from the army to learn to operate,It is estimated that it will not take a few months to be able to train qualified controllers to form real combat effectiveness。
That's right, the initial idea of this UAV under Duke's auspices was to build it into an intelligent fighter that can basically automatically attack the target after setting a combat target, and its original intention was to target the strike force of the aircraft carrier formation. At the same time, adapting to manual operation is one of the small links, and no one thought that this manual operation mode could give full play to the J-7's mobility and have such flexible tactics, which made the army and the air force very jealous.
The sheer volume, low cost, and the great advantage of not having to be a professional pilot cover up all the other shortcomings.
With such a huge cake, Xiao Qianguang and Wang Rong obviously did not have the power to preside over the division, and soon, this matter was put on the agenda of the Central Military Commission.
"Duke, this little guy, is really good at creating miracles" After seeing the test flight route and related reports of the J-7 UAV, Mr. Liu sighed at the meeting with Vice Chairman Li and General Yang before the meeting of the Military Commission, "It is really remarkable that even waste utilization can set off such a huge wave."
"Lao Li, Lao Cao and Lao Yang, what do you think about the main destination of this project next? I see that Xiao Qianguang and the others were originally intended to be used by the navy, but now the army and the air force are making a fuss, and now these scrapped things have become Tang monk meat. After sighing, Mr. Liu turned to today's theme.
Now the main bosses in charge of the distribution of equipment in the army are these people present. They decide where these thousands of drones will be modified in the future.
"It's a waste to equip the Navy alone." Vice Chairman Cao Zhiyuan said straight to the point that he is the boss in charge of operations, and the army, navy, and air force are all the combat forces commanded and coordinated by his subordinates, so he speaks most fairly, and the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat. "The Army has asked me for Army Aviation for many years, but so far we have only equipped a dozen Army Aviation regiments and hundreds of helicopters of various types, which is a huge gap compared with the 5,000 or 6,000 helicopters of the US Army Aviation."
"In particular, there are more debts in the area of armed attack helicopters, and the heads of several major military regions often complain to me about the lack of autonomous air fire support, and this three-dimensional operation has always remained on paper and a small number of experiments. Of course, the reason for this situation is not that we do not have the right equipment, our armed helicopter research is also very good, and there are many high-performance armed helicopters that have been designed and finalized recently, and the problem is that it takes money to produce these things. In this regard, Lao Yang is relatively clear that an offensive army aviation regiment is equipped with a small number of billions. ”
"Everyone knows the military expenditure of the army, that is, it can maintain the personnel, the new equipment has increased very little, some time ago the main battle tank was renovated, Lao Li worked hard to get a new budget, and now it is finally starting to comprehensively update the main battle tank, and the army aviation regiment really has no extra funds to be on a large scale."
"Now I see that this J-7 UAV transformation is a few million, so it seems that hundreds of millions of dollars can be equipped with a land aviation regiment, this thing does not need any pilots, the army will be able to get started soon after getting it, I think this time for the army should also be appropriately tilted, I see that each group army is equipped with a land aviation regiment, several major group armies are equipped with 2-3 army aviation regiments, so equipped with more than 20 army aviation regiments, the army will have the air firepower that can be handled."
Vice Chairman Cao's plan is still quite amazing, and he asked for nearly 1,000 J-7 drones for the army at once, and the army generals listened to this big move, and they didn't know how happy they were.
"I think Lao Cao has a point," Chief Yang first agreed, and the equipment of all arms had to go through his hands, and of course he knew the family background of each branch of the army best.
"In recent years, the navy has had a lot of aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, and new naval aircraft, and military spending has taken up the lion's share.
"Although the sea is our henchman, there are many debts in the past, and it is necessary to tilt and develop in the past ten years, but after all, we are a continental country, and there are few places on the mainland border that are very peaceful, bears are infested in the north, and there are many white-eyed wolves in the southeast, plus Lao Yin is ready to move at any time, and the pressure on the army is also very great.
These more than 20 army aviation regiments suggested that we use our later J-7E/G and other models to transform, these later J-7 models in terms of bomb load is several times that of the early stage, for the navy and air force is not very significant, but for the army, this means that it can multiply firepower, such an army aviation regiment is used well, enough to be worth hundreds of main battle tanks. "Chief Yang obviously has a relatively in-depth study of this J-7 drone, so it is a good idea to talk about this.
"Well, Lao Cao and Lao Yang said very reasonably, I think this J-7 UAV does not need pilots, so it is not appropriate to use the regimental level in the establishment, we are now engaged in elite soldiers and streamlining administration for so many years, and it is not easy to reduce the proportion of officers, this new army aviation unit, I think it is better to set up at the battalion level." Vice Chairman Li, who is in charge of organizational construction, suggested from another aspect.
"I think that's the opinion of the Army Military Commission first, what about the Navy and Air Force?" Old Man Liu nodded in agreement with the thoughts of several old fellows, and then asked.
"The purpose of the use of the air force is not clear for the time being, and I think they can be ignored in the first batch, and the focus is on the army and navy." Vice Chairman Cao said, "After all, in terms of combat performance, there is a big gap between the performance of the J-7 and the current main fighters, and it is too difficult to cooperate with each other in the air." ”
Chief Yang nodded thoughtfully, the super maneuver of this thing can only be completed by the cooperation of ground personnel, and when the Air Force gets this thing, how can the ground communicate and cooperate with the pilots of air fighters? Obviously, the assumptions of the Air Force are unrealistic at this time.
As soon as the big guys put it together, they set the tone.