Compared with Chang Haonan, who recognized Lu Yuying's identity at a glance, it even took a few seconds for the former to determine that the young man in front of him was the undergraduate student of Beijing Airlines who had a relationship with him.

It's not that Chang Haonan's handsome face is unrecognizable.

In fact, in Lu Yuying's concept, the field of the other party's research should be related to aircraft aerodynamic design, and it should have nothing to do with the field of aviation power.

"You...... Do you still know about aero engines? ”

Faced with this simple question, Chang Haonan was a little unsure of how to answer for a while.

"Uh, a little bit of ......"

One sentence attracted the strange eyes of several people next to him-

Good guy, you know a little bit, so what level are we?

However, this could not be said, so the group turned their attention back to the test plan on the table.

"Chief Master Lu, you came here this time......

Although he used a questioning tone, Chang Haonan looked at the group of foreigners who were walking in, and basically had a guess.

As long as it's not in the middle of testing, the control room of the high-altitude station itself is no secret.

In foreign countries, this is a place where many journalists can come in and take pictures.

Although the country is not so open, it is still okay to bring some potential customers to visit.

After all, the SB101 is "the first in Asia", which indicates that Huaxia has the ability to develop and test aero engines completely independently, and it is definitely a long face.

He just couldn't tell which country the people were from.

For Chang Haonan, the people in that area seem to be dressed similarly.

"Come with a delegation of the **** Air Force, you know, some ...... Something in terms of arms sales. Lu Yuying replied.

"You brought it yourself?"

If the Pakistani side has the intention of purchasing J-7F, then it is normal for Lu Yuying, as the chief engineer of the model, to receive and introduce the model in the 611 Institute, but in any case, there is no reason to let a technician follow him to Fucheng.

"No, no, no, the leader is a comrade from Huaxia Aviation Technology, over there."

Lu Yuying pointed to another corner of the room: "It's called Yang Huimei." ”

Chang Haonan is very familiar with this name, and he always feels that he has heard it somewhere, but he can't remember it for a while.

This is also an occasional distress as a reborn, that is, when faced with something that is impressive but not familiar, he first needs to figure out in which life he has been in contact with it.

But now is not the time to think about such minutiae.

"Is the Pakistani side interested in your J-7F project?"

In the previous life, due to the slow progress of this project and the immature design of the mandibular air intake, a batch of J-7MG was finally purchased at the end of the 90s.

And now, thanks to his presence, the situation may have changed.

"Don't say that." Lu Yuying waved his hand:

"Your paper, as well as the data and methods provided, will contribute no less to this project than mine."

"Regardless, it's a good thing to have an interested user."

Chang Haonan did not continue to dwell on the details.

"Strictly speaking, the initial purpose of the Pakistani delegation coming over this time was not to purchase a batch of improved J-7s."

"That'...... Could it be that you are here to talk about super 7 cooperation? ”

If Chang Haonan remembers correctly, the negotiations on the FC1/JF17 project did not make significant progress until the end of 1997, and the final agreement was signed in 1999.

"On the surface, that's true, but it's certainly not." Lu Yuying shook his head again:

"Their visit seems to be aimless, and they accept our arrangements in their entirety, so I, as well as the comrades in aviation technology, are not sure of the real intentions of the other party's visit."

Subsequently, he spent about 10 minutes explaining to Chang Haonan the situation when he met with the Pakistani delegation for the first time at Factory 132 yesterday.

In particular, the slightly strange performance of the Major General Latif was.

Although the latter is currently helping 601 with the project, everyone is in the aviation industry, so there is nothing that cannot be said about these things.

"Hmm......"

Chang Haonan touched his chin and lowered his head into deep thought.

What Latif said to Lu Yuying in the middle made him care a lot.

The so-called "fighter with development potential not weaker than the Mirage 2000C and preferably close to the F16C level" is naturally referring to the Thunder if it is developed normally.

But there are some other details.

There is no doubt that arms sales to Pakistan have always been an important part of China's military industry.

But in fact, due to special historical reasons, the choice of **** in military equipment, especially in the Air Force, has been vacillating for a long time.

On the one hand, for a long time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was heavily dependent on the support provided by the United States, which led to the former having formed the habit of using the equipment of the American system.

But on the other hand, as a weapons provider, the United States is not reliable.

Since the Second Indo-Pakistani War in 1965, **** has often been subject to Western arms embargoes.

Although the embargo is nominally aimed at both India and Pakistan, the Indian army is not dependent on the West for equipment, so this is actually a naked bias.

Therefore, since the 60s, the Pakistani side has gradually introduced equipment made in China and France to offset the risks.

However, in terms of positioning, American-made equipment still belongs to the main force, while other equipment can only be regarded as "spare tires".

Until the end of the Cold War, due to the loss of the need to confront the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc in Central Asia, the position of the **** plummeted.

In the early 90s, the United States directly suspended the delivery of a total of 71 F16 fighters in the second and third phases of the Peace Gate program, seized 28 that had already been produced, and did not refund the $685 million already paid by the Pakistani side.

As a result, some of the forces in the Pakistani military, which had long been dissatisfied, finally made up their minds to get rid of their dependence on the United States.

And that General Latif was apparently one of the members of this faction.

In fact, Shahid Latif is the person in charge of the Pakistani side in the future joint development project of fighter aircraft between the two countries.

But as a bulk nation that is essentially a tribal alliance, this idea is difficult to agree on.

In particular, the Sharif and Bhutto families, in particular, are unlikely to be willing to reap the enormous benefits of international aid.

What is even more troublesome is that the intelligence agency in Pakistan, the Inter-Services Intelligence Bureau, was completely organized and trained by the CIA.

They are only nominally subordinate to Islamabad's leadership, but in reality they are part of the CIA's intelligence network.

Latif's strange behavior was probably also aimed at avoiding the informant from the ISI in the delegation.

In the original timeline, for various reasons, Pakistan did not gradually break free from Western control until the 2010s.

However, there are still rampant separatist forces in the country that interfere with its cooperation with the eastern powers.

However, Chang Haonan knows that the situation is not irreparable.

Two years later, in 1998, General Pervez would take up a knife and drive out the two families to become the de facto controller of Pakistan.

Regarding the position tendencies of the legend, it is enough to know that he is officially called "an old friend of the Chinese people".

The three-year period from 1998 to the 911 incident in 2001 was a short window of time for the development of relations between the two countries.

Of course, in the previous life, China failed to seize this opportunity because of the problem of national strength, so after 2001, Pervez was pressured by the United States to return to the Middle East and was forced to change the direction of national policy.

But now, things are different.

(End of chapter)