"Has this thing been tested?"

Then, Wang Ye turned his head to Li Baojun next to him and asked, Li Baojun shook his head and said:

"Not yet, because grandpa won't let me."

"It feels too dangerous, let me wait for the director to come back before making a decision, let them wait first."

The grandfather in Li Baojun's mouth is the old factory director, a respectful title, but in fact, there is no blood relationship, the younger generation is called grandpa, and the middle generation is called uncle, and Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the reason, it is very simple, although this idea is indeed a golden idea, in the era of decades later, in order to consume these old aircraft, many research institutes have engaged in similar unmanned suicide aircraft, or in other words, it is more appropriate to describe it as an "cruise missile" in the shape of an aircraft, but in this era, Wang Ye is very optimistic about this thing, because the technical foundation is too poor.

First of all, the first problem is communications, command, and guidance.

If you want to succeed in the unmanned old fighter, you must have enough long-distance control capabilities, but now there is no Huaxia communication satellite, the United States GPS system has not yet come out, the predecessor of GPS is still a half-hung system, where to find a long-distance control and communication system?

This thing can fly at least a few hundred kilometers at every turn, and there is no way to solve the communication system, so there is no way to truly achieve "unmanned" control, and it can only be done like long-range rocket artillery, all relying on inertia for navigation, and the accuracy is relatively poor, and in the absence of large-scale launch, it is difficult for this modified aircraft to cause large-scale damage.

Secondly, the second question is the question of how far the range can be flew.

In essence, the J-5 fighter is not suitable for gliding, and even all fighters are theoretically not suitable for gliding, which is completely different from ordinary aircraft, after the fighter loses power, it will fall down directly like an iron lump, and cannot rely on the wing for long-distance gliding like many fixed-wing aircraft, and finally a relatively stable forced landing, which involves many problems such as wing design and flight angle of attack.

Without the ability to glide, then the flight distance must not be far, because it can be seen from the ass that they canceled the original turbojet engine of this fighter and replaced it with a rocket engine, which should be the solid rocket engine that the consortium has almost done, that is, the one used for rocket artillery.

The fixed problem of the solid rocket engine is that the working time is short, even if the solid rocket engine of the ICBM level will work for about 200 seconds, and in more than 200 seconds, the largest first-stage rocket engine will push the missile out of the atmosphere, and then rely on the second-stage rocket to return to the atmosphere to fly to the target, relying on the third-stage rocket to carry out the final acceleration and penetration, and so on.

However, now this thing in front of me can't fly out of the atmosphere, so the rocket engine that only has tens of seconds or even more than ten seconds, even if it is given a great initial velocity, because of its own poor gliding ability, this speed will drop very quickly after losing power, and the final result is that the range is not far, and even Wang Ye thinks that this thing can fly two hundred kilometers, even if it is very good.

The third problem, and the most direct, is that it's hard for this thing to take off!

After all, if you rely on pure mechanical guidance, then the aircraft can not use the normal taxiing and take-off method, you have to use the orbital launch method similar to a rocket, and if you want to take off normally like an airplane, you need a set of control system, the use of remote control, then the problem is more complicated, just in order to modify this broken plane, it is not very worthwhile, a bit for the feeling of vinegar dumplings.

"Director! Director, are you back? ”

"Hahaha! Just came back to see our products? ”

At this moment, I saw a group of people hurrying over from the side, and at the same time with a smile on their faces, the leader was a little chubby, and he was not too tall, he was the current member of the aircraft project team, surnamed Shen, and next to him was the member of the rocket project team, that is, the female commissioner, surnamed Han.

Hearing the voices of the two, Wang Ye suddenly said with a smile on his face:

"I said two, and you gave me a big surprise!"

"Your product is so unexpected, to be honest I'm very surprised, can you give me a brief description of your design philosophy?"

In any case, although Wang Ye is not very optimistic about this product, as long as he takes the initiative to engage in research, then Wang Ye will raise his hands and feet to express his approval and support, besides, it is just Wang Ye's own attitude that he is not optimistic, and it is also important to listen to the ideas of R&D workers.

Hearing Wang Ye say this, the two committee members glanced at each other, and Committee member Han, who is a woman, said with a smile:

"I'm the auxiliary, Lao Shen is the leader, Lao Shen, you can introduce it!"

In this regard, this committee member Shen did not shirk, nodded with a smile and said:

"Then I'll do it!"

Then, under the gaze of Wang Ye and everyone, the Shen member coughed lightly, walked to the side of the plane, and put on a serious appearance to be introduced, and then said:

"The initial starting point of this program was really because we wanted to resurrect this fighter."

"But later I found out that even if we had several J-5 fighters, because of the grounding for too long and the dismantling of the troops, we couldn't save a complete set of parts.

"Unexpectedly, I happened to meet Commissioner Han, and Commissioner Han teased, she said that since the original engine can't be repaired, it is better to install a rocket engine, anyway, they have a ready-made one there, and they will definitely be able to fly, and even fly faster than before!"

"In an instant, I opened the hut, and then I thought of the old thing about the factory director, you modified the gas tank before, why can't we follow suit?"

Hearing this, a surprised expression appeared on Wang Ye's face, it was really because Wang Ye hadn't thought clearly, what relationship and correlation could there be between the modification of this J-5 fighter and the gas tank?

In Wang Ye's puzzled expression, Commissioner Shen coughed lightly and continued with a smile:

"And then we started the project."

"This plan is called a model plan for the independent production of long-range attack weapons in third world countries, and the products of it are called 'flying bombs'!"

"As for the idea, it is also very simple, first of all, we dismantled the entire interior of the aircraft, mainly the engine in the middle."

"Then, in order to allow the modified aircraft to fly longer distances, we decided to develop a new rocket engine, which is good for solid rocket engines, but the working time is too short for long flights."

"And this new rocket engine, we have identified it as a liquid engine, and we are not going to refer to the current liquid engines, because our product is to be exported to earn foreign exchange, if you export with fuel, then the transportation will be very unsafe, and there are many restrictions on fuel exports, if it is transported to the local area, and the customer country injects fuel by itself, they will not be able to find those high-grade fuel liquids."

"So, we decided to make a very simple fuel, such as liquid methane, ethane, propane, propylene, butane, butene, etc., and even mixed petroleum gas, like those in gas tanks, and finally combined with liquid oxygen, theoretically it should be possible, so we decided on this idea and prepared to start researching."

Hearing this, Wang Ye was completely stunned!

The initial research of rocket engines was to pursue higher fuel calorific value, in order to achieve greater thrust and longer range, so a variety of liquid fuels appeared, and even many were highly toxic, even if there were a large number of toxic substances left after launch and combustion, but for the performance of the rocket, this fuel had to be used, and the cost reduction of fuel had to wait until at least more than 30 years later, the demand for aerospace engineering was increasing, and even the concept of commercial aerospace began to hype. Scientists are just starting to find ways to reduce fuel costs.

In this way, those uncommon high-grade fuels are naturally not suitable, because the cost is too high, and the most common and lowest-cost fuel, of course, is coke, which is definitely not good, after all, no one can burn coal in a rocket, right? As a result, the same very common liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, and coal gas have been paid attention to by scientists, and the core components are those alkanes.

However, what Wang Ye didn't expect was that in this era, after there was no hard range index requirement, after considering the cost, these "cadres" of his own instantly noticed this direction!

Meanwhile.

That committee member Shen was still looking to himself and said:

"Although the idea is there."

"But our aircraft crew couldn't handle it by ourselves, so we invited Commissioner Han and others from the rocket crew."

After joining the commissioner, Commissioner Han was very interested in this project, and she raised the second question, that is, the fuselage of the J-5 is not very suitable for gliding, which we have been prepared for a long time, that is, to add a patch! And this patch will not be added by us, but by the customer who buys it, just like the factory director you sell a gas canister, and the last tail wing is always welded by the customer. ”

"At present, after calculations and simple experiments, we have roughly determined the size and area of this patch, as well as the fixed angle and fixing method, you see that this is probably the case, in this piece of riveting and fixing, as for the material to use ordinary steel bars and iron sheets."

As he spoke, Shen walked under the J-5 fighter's plane, and made a gesture behind the wing, and it was obvious that after adding this patch, the whole fighter became even more different, but the wingspan area was greatly improved.

"Finally, it's the launch system."

"Our solution is very simple, using a small-angle near-vertical launch, using an internal mechanical timing, after a certain flight time, adjusting the rudder of the nozzle, and then continuing to accelerate the climb until it reaches the ultimate altitude and begins to glide towards the target."

"So we need to conduct many experiments and tests to determine a clear set of range tables for the launch unit to use."

Speaking of this, Commissioner Shen looked full of energy, coughed lightly and said:

"All in all, this is how the project turned out."

"We can take the hollowed-out J-5 fighter jet, modify the liquid engine inside, and then export it in the form of an exhibition model, and after reaching the designated customers, they can add all kinds of explosives in all the spaces according to our 'prohibition manual', and inject the fuel we require into the engine, at least they should be able to distinguish what is called liquefied petroleum gas and what is liquid oxygen, right? And these things are quite routine and easier to find. ”

"In the end, they just need to follow the prohibition manual, rivet the back of the wing with patched ailerons, and weld a simple bracket, and then they can launch, I estimate, flying more than 200 kilometers should not be a problem!"

Hearing this, Wang Ye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, according to this Shen committee member, in essence, this thing is a kind of "soil cruise missile", generally speaking, the direction is correct, and the idea of modification is not wrong, that is, under the limitations of technology, what finished products can be made, it is not necessarily.

And more importantly, their idea of launching rockets with gas is indeed a golden idea, if this engine system can be done, even if it is only the most basic style, it will be a great promotion for the development of the consortium in the future, after all, how low the cost of gas is, and then find a way to improve step by step in the future, there will always be a time when it can be really applied!

"Factory director, in fact, the reason why our rocket team participated in this project is because of the assignment you left before."

"How can a rocket with a range of 80 kilometers increase the range by another 40 kilometers to 120 kilometers? We pondered and decided that there was little that could be done other than to increase the length of the projectile. ”

"But the words of Commissioner Shen inspired us, what if the final warhead had foldable wings for gliding?"

"Of course, we understand the shortcomings, that is, the error will be further amplified, the accuracy will be further reduced, and even to the point that it is completely uncontrollable, and even the problem of missile spin cannot be solved at present, but in the end, this is a direction, and we hope to conduct similar research."

Hearing this, Wang Ye couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and said with a loud compliment:

"I think you have a very good idea."

"A certain degree of pre-research can be carried out in this area to lay the foundation for the future."

The reason why Wang Ye said this is because at present, the US "Tomahawk" cruise missile has been finalized and is being tested to determine whether it will be mass-produced for combat readiness, in the history of the past, it will begin to mass-produce equipment next year, that is, in 83, and when it comes to the Gulf conflict, Tomahawk will stage a military miracle for the world!

Subsequently, Huaxia began to study cruise missiles in depth and focus, that is, the Changjian-10, but this missile did not begin to be officially installed until 06 years, which is 20 years later than the world's advanced level!

Hearing this, Committee Member Shen and Committee Member Han glanced at each other, and Committee Member Shen said directly:

"Factory director, since you approve of our project, then we must make a small request to you!"

In Wang Ye's nodding gaze, Commissioner Shen said directly:

"We need a wind tunnel! Without a wind tunnel we would not have been able to carry out subsequent tests at all, the size would not have to be too large, a diameter of two meters would be sufficient, and the wind speed would be medium to high, preferably at high speeds."

At that moment, Wang Ye was dumbfounded, he had just gone out, and before he came back, he didn't sit down to drink tea, and someone called himself a wind tunnel? Is that something you can ask for? And the diameter is two meters, and the wind speed is medium to high, even if it is not a question of how much money, the key is that it is very difficult to manufacture this thing!

"Ahem, to be honest, although your product is in a good direction."

"But I feel that there is no actual effect, although the range is relatively long, but the accuracy is too poor, it may be ten kilometers scattered, I feel that the actual combat is of little significance, everyone will not buy it!"

Regarding Wang Ye's statement, Director Shen smiled, lowered his voice and said:

"Factory director, you don't understand, right? The advantage of shooting accurately has the advantage of shooting accurately, and the advantage of shooting accurately can only be seen when you really fight, and the advantage of shooting accurately is that everyone can't fight at all! ”

"If you think about it, let's just say that if our African friends have ten rounds of this thing in their hands, will their neighbors dare to do it to them? If you don't accept it, let's practice, and aiming at the military base on the outskirts of your capital is a shot, hey! I didn't shoot on the right shot, and it landed on top of the presidential palace."

Accompanied by Director Shen's colorful voice, Wang Ye felt that his brain was buzzing, and he felt that he had to hold a meeting immediately to emphasize this issue, otherwise sooner or later, the leader of his consortium would be charged with "war crimes" and directly arrested and imprisoned!

What the hell is this idea of riding a horse!?

There is nuclear deterrence between major countries, and the key point that stands out is that the power of nuclear bombs is strong enough, and there is a 'flying bomb' deterrence between small countries, and no one knows who will fall on whose heads?

Outrageous! Off the charts!