A few days later, in a coastal city.

Chen Nian was invited to participate in this exercise, and the reason given by his superiors made Chen Nian cry and laugh, but he couldn't refuse.

They didn't even mention any excuse for "if something goes wrong, it's easy to solve", they just said:

It's not okay to stay in school every day, so take this opportunity to go out for a walk, so as not to damage your body at a young age.

If there are other reasons for Chen Nian to be excused, but if this reason is said, it is really similar to a holy decree.

After all, to this extent, one's body is actually no longer one's own, it is the property of the state.

What's the matter, can you still cherish the state property?

It just so happened that the previous stage of the sprint really made Chen Nian physically and mentally exhausted, so he happily went to the appointment, and before the exercise officially began, he flew to the city where the airport was booked.

It's a coastal city that's not too big, and although it's not as developed as some of the larger cities, it's got good natural scenery.

Chen Guo is extremely familiar with the city, and according to his words, coming here is like going back to his hometown, extremely relaxed.

——

Of course, much of this ease is actually psychological.

Because, if you are notified to come here one day, it means that the aircraft you participated in the research and development has entered the delivery stage and is officially listed.

And the same is the case with the J-22, but it is more special.

The first to enter the ranks, there was only one aircraft.

Chen Guo took Chen Nian to walk around the city for two days, and after a short rest, he went to the airport to observe the preparation of the reserved exercise subjects.

But when they arrived at the airport, the accompanying intelligence officers brought him a piece of news that surprised him:

There were several chiefs who wanted to see him.

Heads? Several?

Chen Nian frowned slightly, and secretly thought in his heart:

It doesn't seem to have done anything big recently, the matter of the J-22 new radar, the one who should be reported has also been reported, and if you want to see yourself at this time, you don't know what it is.

——

However, I am now in the military region, so I don't have to worry about secrecy.

Since you can pass the news to yourself, it means that it must have been approved by your superiors.

It doesn't hurt to check it out.

Thinking of this, he greeted Chen Guo and followed the intelligence officers to the exercise headquarters set up in advance, and there he saw two familiar faces.

Yang Wei, the chief designer of the J-20 project, and He Hongwen, who gave him great help in the initial stage.

And standing next to the two of them were two strange soldiers.

Judging by their epaulettes, the high ranks are scary.

Seeing Chen Nian come in, He Hongwen was the first to stand up, greeted him with a smile on his face, and then introduced him to everyone present.

"Come, Xiao Nian, come and get to know each other."

"Yang Wei doesn't need to introduce you, you've dealt with each other-—— but you shouldn't have met yet, right? At last...... Netizen? ”

"This is Lin Changhai, and the specific military rank can also be seen, so I won't introduce it. He was in charge of the affairs of the Air Force Command of the GZ Military District. ”

"This is Gu Tong, 612 is here."

Chen Nian shook hands with the two one by one, and after getting to know each other, Lin Changhai looked at Chen Nian with emotion and said:

"I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I haven't had time, J-22 I went to see it a few times, thinking you would be in 601, but every time it misses."

"I thought that I must have a drink with you when I first met you, but ..... why are you so young? The face is tender, and the book is angry, and I am embarrassed to do it. ”

Hearing his words, everyone present laughed and didn't take it seriously, and then, Gu Tong also said:

"I really didn't expect you to be so young - of course, I'm better than Changhai, I've at least seen your photos."

"But when I saw this today, I was still a little surprised, I can't believe that you are actually the chief designer of J-22..... generation is stronger than the next."

"I thought that Yang Wei's kid was scary enough, but I didn't expect you to be scarier than him."

Looking at Yang Wei who was standing on the side, Chen Nian said embarrassedly:

"Yang is much better than me, I'm just lucky."

"What you said, Yang Wei was embarrassed to stay here for a while. Okay, I won't talk about this kind of car, I am looking for you today, mainly because I want to discuss something with you. ”

Hearing this, Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally time to get down to business.

Instead of saliving compliments, he wants the other party to be more straightforward.

"What exactly is it?"

Gu Tong didn't answer directly, but asked:

"Chen Nian, do you know what model of air-to-air missile we are using now?"

Hearing this question, Chen Nian was stunned.

What's going on? Talk to me?

So soon you know that you are working on air-to-air missiles?

——

No, I haven't finished my own drawings, I haven't told anyone, and the intelligence services can't be stupid enough to leak information without their consent......

That's a coincidence?

Thinking of this, Chen Nian didn't give any more reasons, and immediately replied:

"At present, the J-22 is equipped with PL-11 over-the-horizon air-to-air missiles, with a range of 40 kilometers and semi-active radar guidance, which can be said to be extremely backward when placed on the J-22."

"That's right, it's extremely backward!"

Gu Tong nodded solemnly and continued:

"I wanted to say this a long time ago, but I couldn't say it."

"But now, we can't run away anymore."

"We already have the most advanced fighter in the world, which integrates the most advanced stealth design, the most advanced radar, the most advanced power system, the most advanced avionics and flight control, but its weapon is a ridiculous semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missile!"

"It's a shame for us."

"Just imagine, our J-22 stealth approached the opponent's fighter jet, and its radar tracked an entire flight formation at the same time, and the other party was unaware."

"At this time, we want to attack, but the problem is, we can only fight one!"

"And we have to keep the nose of the aircraft aimed at the target at all times, because even a little deviation in the process will cause the missile to fail."

"Even, others don't have to hide at all, just fly over and throw us a missile."

"In order to circumvent, we must maneuver and abandon radar irradiation ......"

"You should know what that means."

"PL-11, it's just a façade product, in this era, no one can beat it."

"Chen Nian, to tell you the truth, I am the general person in charge of the PL-12 project of the 612 Institute, and the PL-12 air-to-air missile we are developing at hand has reached the final stage of finalization and testing, and it is expected to be delivered next year."

"This is an active radar air-to-air missile, designed with an effective range of up to 70 kilometers, however, we feel that it is simply not enough."

"With a range of 70 kilometers, there is no way to give full play to the stealth advantage of the J-22, and our goal is to create an air-to-air missile with a range of more than 120 kilometers and active guidance capabilities."

"In other words, we want to build a missile that is truly worthy of the J-22."

"We want to invite you to join."

Looking at Gu Tong's solemn and expectant eyes, Chen Nian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The sensitivity of front-line researchers to new technologies is really no joke.

They don't know much about this fighter, but with limited information and data, they have quickly calculated the dead end of "the attack range is less than the detection range" in a very short period of time, and quickly adjusted the project at hand to take the initiative to adapt to the correct development direction.

You know, to increase the range of an air-to-air missile from 70 km to more than 120 km, what they have to do is not simply elongate the missile body and increase the fuel, but it is very likely that the entire design will be overturned and start from scratch!

It's also a rare courage.

Chen Nian nodded slightly, looked at Gu Tong on the opposite side and said:

"I see what you mean."

"But...... If you join, you don't need to. ”

"It's okay to be a consultant!"

Gu Tong hurriedly added.

"It's not a matter of consultants not being consultants, it's because ...... I already have what you want. ”

Today's update is a little delayed, as it involves changes to the plot of several chapters, which may be delayed until the evening.

(End of chapter)