"Hey, Alkin!"

The man called Altyn was of stout and medium height, and looked to be about forty years old; At this time, when he saw Serov greeting him, he came over with a plate and sat down with the two of them.

"Serov, have you been working on navigation equipment lately? - Oh, isn't that it? ”

"Oh! Yes, the number one ace, Lieutenant Colonel Rezenov! - Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, this is the new chief designer of the design bureau, Altyn Fadeev. ”

"Hello, Comrade Fadeev!"

Shaking hands with this kind-looking, small-eyed but brilliant designer, the two men looked at each other a few times, one out of curiosity about the ace pilot, and the other for the first time heard that the chief designer of the MiG Design Bureau was such a person.

Yes, in Long Yun's memory, after the withdrawal of the two veterans of the MiG Design Bureau: Mikoyan and Grevich (the name MiG is named after the initials of these two designers) in 1964 and 1970, the number one person in the design bureau should be Beryakov, and the famous MiG-29 was created by the team he led.

However, the two worlds are not comparable in the first place, and he knows very little about the MiG design bureaus in the parallel world; Perhaps because of Beryakov's advanced age, it is not surprising that he is now taking a back seat.

After chatting with this Alkin for a while, Long Yun felt that this designer was very easy to deal with, but he always looked a little worried; Seeing Long Yun's doubts, Serov explained to Long Yun in a whisper when Altyn got up to pour coffee:

"Altyn now has a very heavy task, and the National Defense Committee is very tight on the new fighter planes."

New fighter? Long Yun thought to himself, could it be the successor model of the MiG-29, the MiG-35 in reality? He was naturally quite concerned about this kind of news: "Oh? Can you talk to him about the fighter? ”

"This ......" Serov hesitated a little, he couldn't do this kind of thing, "why don't you talk to him?" I know very little about the new model, and the secrecy here is very strong. ”

Long Yun nodded, he probably also knew the secrecy requirements of the design bureau, especially in wartime.

At this time, Alkin had already returned to his seat with the cup, and Long Yun was casually mentioning this matter while he was chatting.

"Now the pressure on the front line is still very high, I don't know how the progress of the new model in the bureau is?"

Hearing Long Yun ask like this, Alkin's face was as usual, but his voice was a little low: "It's okay." ”

Hearing such a plausible reply, Long Yun felt that he must be unwilling to talk about it; He was about to stop there, but Alkin seemed to hesitate for a moment before looking up and making a request to him.

"Well, are the KGB guys here too?"

"- What?"

"I mean," Altyn took a sip of his coffee, "Comrade Rezenov, if you are free, could you please ask the KGB agent for some of your thoughts on the new fighter." ”

"Ah, that's, yes; But I don't know anything about the model you're talking about, which-"

"Of course, we can go and see if you can get approval."

Half an hour later, Long Yun, who had had dinner, accompanied by Altyn and another KGB agent, walked into an inconspicuous tall building in the MiG Design Bureau annex complex.

If you look at it from the outside, you might think it's like a boiler room; But after he really walked in, Long Yun was surprised to find that what Altyn took him to see was really a real fighter, although it seemed obvious that it was still in the experimental stage.

In front of the few of them, on the flat concrete floor, surrounded by a large pile of equipment, scaffolding, and tools, was a large fighter plane that Long Yun had never really seen before: a sharp nose, bulges with canard wings sticking out on both sides, huge belly air intakes, and a widely spaced cambered double tail at the tail.

Whether it was this familiar body or the unique blue-blue paintwork, Long Yun immediately remembered the kind of model that only existed on the drawings and the proving ground:

Item 1.44.

Isn't it? Walking around the fighter plane for half a circle, Long Yun immediately confirmed his guess.

Of course, if you look closely, there are still some differences in the appearance of this test aircraft and the 1.44 prototype he has seen, but judging from the status of this aircraft in the MiG Design Bureau and its own configuration, Long Yun feels that his inference is completely correct.

In the real world, the final result of the development of project 1.44 is the famous MiG-35, and if the time is cut off before the collapse of the Soviet Union, then 1.44 can be said to be the pinnacle of Soviet fighters, an unprecedentedly powerful design, and can even be said to be completely able to compete with the American F-22.

The pinnacle of Soviet fighters...... ?

Is this true in reality or in a parallel world that travels through?

Seeing the huge fighter plane dormant in front of him, Long Yun also slowly imagined that things might not be so simple.

Naturally, Long Yun does not have many substantive concepts of aviation industry processes and specific fighter design and development; But a layman like him can also see that the fighter plane in front of him seems to be quite far from flying into the blue sky.

Let's just say that this plane, although what is shown in front of him is not a wooden model, but a metal structure verification machine; But whether you glance inward from the openings everywhere, or the still empty engine installation compartment, it is clear that the fighter is far from finished, and many equipment and accessories are not yet in place.

To put it more strictly, the so-called advanced fighter plane is actually just an empty shell, and as for the supporting equipment such as radar, engine, and weapon system, it is still unknown where it is.

Of course, with his complete amateur status, Long Yun did not have absolute confidence in his judgment. He only perceived quite accurately: Since this so-called advanced fighter plane can now be exposed in front of the eyes of an outsider like him, then it can be said that it is still quite far from practical, and I am afraid that there is still a considerable distance from it.

The answer returned by the Consciousness Snooping technique also partially confirmed his suspicion.

“…… Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. ”

After a long silence, Altyn spoke slowly, as if hesitating.

"That...... From the pilot's point of view, what do you think of this fighter? ”

“……？”

Looking at this sturdy middle-aged man with some surprise, Long Yun didn't know what to say.

How could the well-known MiG Design Bureau, the newly responsible young chief designer, ask him, a complete layman, about such a thing? Probably sensing Long Yun's desire to speak, Alkin was silent for a few seconds before continuing.

"Please don't hold back. -- Actually, as far as I can see, there is often a considerable difference between the weapons that a fighter needs and what we, the designers, think; ”

Speaking of this, Alkin paused for a moment, and subconsciously raised his hand to support his glasses.

"This difference is sometimes a new way of thinking, you say."