Qin Feng glanced at Lin Lao, what do you mean by this? I helped you get a heavy fighter and solved a big problem for you, and you still want me to help solve the funding problem?

This set can no longer be used, agree to Li Runzhu's request, take over the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck project, it has already made the Pacific Group a little difficult, and provide you with funds? No way!

"Alas, we also know that it is a bit too much to ask you to help, but our air force is poor, now, our front-line fighter units only have twenty or thirty hours of training time every year, the country wants to transform, to develop the economy, our army must be patient......" Lin Lao sighed.

So, Qin Feng was embarrassed.

"Actually, there is no big problem with funding." Qin Feng said: "If the development of a fighter plane depends on state investment, it will of course drag down many enterprises, but if you change your thinking and use the way of market economy, you may be able to easily solve it." ”

The leaders in military uniforms were all brightly eyed: "How to solve it?" ”

"First of all, I've already negotiated with the Persians to assemble this one for five million dollars, which is enough money for the whole project!"

Five million dollars! Hearing Qin Feng say this, countless people present cast envious glances.

Five million, five million!

Li Ming began to be sour, you must know that there are five million US dollars, then they may be able to try, regardless of whether he can solve the problem in the end, first get the money and then say, this is foreign exchange!

Lin Lao was even more excited: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"I forgot."

Of course, Qin Feng didn't forget, but deliberately didn't say that if he said the five million first, someone would be attracted by this money, and whether he had the ability or not, he would snatch this project down!

Lu Lao swallowed a mouthful of spit: "Mr. Qin, with these five million dollars, we will definitely be able to complete the surveying and mapping imitation work!" ”

How much does it cost to develop an aircraft?

For many countries, this is a figure to look up to, the United States spent $7.2 billion on the development of the F-15, and $28 billion on the development of the F22.

The East has a cost advantage, take the J-7 that is now being developed, for example, it spent a total of one billion yuan, which is the total cost of 18 years of development, and at that time, there was a plan to directly introduce European Tornado fighter-bombers, and the price offered by the Europeans was converted to 20 billion yuan, and later the Europeans offered to assist in the design, and the cost was converted to 2.1 billion yuan.

Self-developed fighters need to continue to test flights, constantly looking for various loopholes, surveying and mapping imitation is much simpler, as long as the gourd is painted, so the price will be reduced a lot, 5 million US dollars, equivalent to 20 million yuan, can completely carry out this project!

This money is not all from their 320 factory, after all, there are many subsystems of fighters, and these subsystems have to be distributed to various research institutes.

"In order to be able to spend the money wisely, I propose to use a bidding system." Qin Feng said: "The various subsystems that need to be surveyed and mapped have to be bid by the following research institutes, and the lowest bidding price will get the surveying and mapping imitation project, and only if the surveying and mapping imitation products are qualified, they can be given the corresponding fees." ”

The disadvantages of the system, Qin Feng is clearly aware, in the past, the research project and the funds were allocated simultaneously, and the institute began to carry out research slowly, if the money is spent and the project has not been studied, then then continue to report and ask for funds, do not give it? Let's drag it out and see who's in a hurry!

Therefore, when the No. 10 project was approved, Song Lao proposed the chief engineer system, all the money is controlled by the chief engineer, and the following research and development institutions will only allocate corresponding funds to a certain extent, and this reform will explode in the entire system in an instant, and countless people are cursing, and some even scold to their faces: Old Song, how many years can you live?

Reform will always touch the interests of some people, and will always make many people who lie flat and wait to be fed find that they have no milk to drink and be dissatisfied, but reform can rejuvenate the country.

"Mr. Qin, such a system is inappropriate." Li Ming spoke: "If you don't give money, how can the institute carry out the surveying and mapping imitation project?" Without the cooperation of the research institute, can the plane be tinkered with? If this project is really proposed, when there is no bidding, how will the project be carried out? ”

"How can there be no bid?" Qin Feng said: "The aircraft samples sent this time, there are many structural frame damage, these need to be re-produced, we Pacific Group can come to bid, according to the surveying and mapping imitation data to manufacture a new structural frame, this part of the task, we to complete, only the parts are qualified, we will have the corresponding remuneration, if some of the unenterprising scientific research institutes still hold the attitude of the past, then they can only be eliminated, state-owned enterprises can not solve, we are private enterprises!" ”

Lu Lao, Song Lao and others all cast grateful eyes on Qin Feng, and Mr. Qin is vigorously supporting them with practical actions!

"Mr. Qin, you are also producing a structural frame, after all, there are advantages of die forging presses, there are many subsystems on the aircraft, especially in terms of electronic systems, there are no private enterprises in China, and private enterprises are engaged in light industries such as canned clothing, heavy industry, and electronic industry, or it depends on our state-owned enterprises."

"Really?" Qin Feng smiled: "Our Pacific Group has also opened a high-tech R&D base in the capital, which is the place where BAIC Motor used to be, our goal is to make chips, I don't know if advanced chips are considered the electronics industry?" ”

"Mr. Qin, do you still want to make a match for the aircraft?"

"We didn't mean this, but if we want to avoid the waste of valuable R & D funds, it can only end, we have been engaged in a market economy for ten years, but there are still a large number of people who hold the thinking of the past, lying down and waiting for someone to feed, no one to feed a few times, this phenomenon, should have ended a long time ago. If you lie down and wait for someone to be fed, you must starve to death. ”

Li Ming's face was ugly.

"Well, well said!" At this moment, Lin Lao spoke: "Mr. Qin, you are right, our Air Force has long had a headache about the stubborn diseases in the aviation industry system, but it is a pity that your Pacific Group does not build a complete machine, otherwise we will hand over all the tasks of surveying and mapping to you, so that those factories that do not want to make progress will know, if you don't work hard, you will starve to death!" ”

Lin Lao looked down with burning eyes: "What do you think?" ”

The Air Force has long been unhappy with some units, especially in 84, and it was said that it was good to let the Jian-8 go up to fill the façade, who would have thought that the relevant units were afraid of accidents, and finally shrunk, and they didn't dare to take off at all! At that time, many bigwigs were so angry that they slapped the table, so when the No. 10 project was bidding, the bigwigs spoke, you don't have to think about anything else, go to Jianba first!

Li Ming's face felt hot, these words simply referred to Sang scolding Huai, just talking about them, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Leaders, we believe that there are still two big problems in surveying and mapping to copy this fighter, and if these two problems are not solved, then this project will not be able to continue."

"What's the problem?"

"One is a titanium wing box, and the other is an engine."

When the Tomcat fighter was being developed, one of the biggest difficulties was the wing box.

The key to the variable swept wing is the hinge, after all, that is the key to the rotation of the wing, and in the process of wing rotation, the angle of the leading edge of the wing will change, in order not to change the aerodynamic performance, a special shell is needed to wrap it, so that the whole structure is called the wing box.

In order to ensure the integrity of the aircraft, the wing boxes at both ends are connected together, together to form a complete structural piece, it traverses the entire fuselage, the length is 6.7 meters, the widest place is 1 meter, the highest place is 0.4 meters, in order to reduce weight, but also in order to store more fuel, the fuselage part is still hollow, forming a fuselage fuel tank.

Such a huge structural part, to have enough strength, it is impossible to use aluminum alloy, Lao Maozi commonly used stainless steel, Lu Lao and the strong six they made are also stainless steel, and Grumman uses titanium alloy.

The whole wing box is composed of 33 precision machined titanium alloy parts, most of which are forgings, a few are plates, in order to be able to manufacture this part, Grumman also specialized in the vacuum electron beam welding technology, the entire structural part to carry out more than 70 independent electron beam welds, the total length of the weld is 46 meters.

The titanium alloy wing box that comes out of this way weighs up to 800 kilograms, however, it is also 40% lighter than using stainless steel!

Moreover, the strength is also very high, many Tomcat fighters fell from the sky, the plane was shattered, and the wing box was still intact.

Can Dongfang make this titanium alloy wing box?

Lu Lao frowned and was silent, they really don't have this technology, the Qiangliu they built is planned to use stainless steel, overweight is a big problem, now, how to solve this problem?

"The Persians will provide us with several crashed warplanes, so that we can save one to use, so that we can get a few extra wing boxes." Qin Feng said: "In addition to the wing box, we can build other fuselage force frames, that is to say, we can temporarily produce a few prototypes, and when our industry develops, we can also produce the wing box ourselves." ”

Now Qin Feng is not convenient to say more, save someone from stumbling behind his back, he and the Europeans have negotiated the production of the landing gear, and then there will naturally be high-precision CNC machine tools, and there is no problem in milling various parts, as for vacuum electron beam welding? It was a high-tech in the era when the tomcat was born, and now it is used in many ways! When we process the landing gear, and then process some aircraft engine parts, we will naturally get this kind of equipment, and we can weld it ourselves at that time.

"Wait?" Li Ming showed a sarcastic smile: "Okay, then build the development of Air Force equipment on this basis, what about the engine?" ”

The problem with the engine is even greater!

The biggest flaw of the Tomcat fighter is the engine, the TF30 engine used is prone to surge, the pilot has to be careful, and the thrust of the engine is not large, so when it comes to the F-14D, the F110 engine is replaced and changed to a super Tomcat, which can be regarded as the real rebirth of the Tomcat.

So now, even if you get a complete Tomcat fighter, there is no need to copy the TF30 engine above, and you will fall behind when you copy it! So, what engine should you use?

"The engine is not a problem for us, we should have our own research and development project for high-thrust turbofan engines, and with our own engines, the performance of the aircraft can be greatly improved!" If this kind of engine is not yet mature, then go to Spey to make do with it first. ”

Spey is the only mature and reliable engine in China, but it is not suitable to install it on the Tomcat, because the Tomcat is to engage in long-range volleys, but Spey is just a high-altitude weak goods, to the high-altitude and high-speed field, the thrust will plummet, but, we don't still have turbofans.

Of course, Qin Feng knows that the turbofan ten is a big pit, but as long as he enters the nineties, there will be more choices, if he gets the third aunt and puts the third aunt on the tomcat, it will be as awesome as the super tomcat.

I just don't know what kind of expression they will have when Grumman finds out.

At this time, Qin Feng gushed endlessly, told all the problems one by one, and looked at Li Ming with a playful look in his eyes.

You are against it, even if you know that the turbofan is unreliable, you will never dare to say it, you are in a city, but you are a brother in the aviation industry system.

"If you are afraid of wolves and tigers, you will never succeed!" Lin Lao said: "The prototype is there, the start-up capital is there, and the chief engineer who is willing to take responsibility for the imitation is also there, so what are you waiting for!" Things work themselves out! Our Air Force has decided that this project will be officially launched, the project code name, Project 11! Now, other unrelated personnel can leave, and the technicians of Factory 320 will stay, and we will talk about the details. ”

What are the Air Force afraid of, they don't have to spend money, they just need to provide spiritual encouragement!

Li Ming walked out with a complicated mood, his brows tightened, if this project is successful, then their Jian-8 project will be greatly impacted! But...... The technical difficulty is too great, five million dollars sounds like a lot, even if it is a bidding system, it will soon be spent, so don't worry too much for the time being!

Only the leaders of the Air Force and the people from the 320 factory were left in the conference room, and a smile appeared on Lin Lao's face: "Big guy sit in front, let's talk about it specifically, Xiao Feng, if you have anything else to say, you can talk about it now." ”

Qin Feng's eyes looked at the people below who were full of expectations: "The biggest problem with our project is the lack of money, but although we are short of money, the Persians have it!" Therefore, our R&D expenses can be completely solved from the Persians. ”

"How to fix it?"

"Many of the parts that have been copied from surveying and mapping are needed by the Persians, who originally bought them at high prices from international arms dealers, and now we can be their stable suppliers of spare parts. Five million dollars is just the beginning, and as long as we continue this project, we will be able to get tens of millions of dollars from the Persians every year. ”

"I know that you kid just said something, what to say about using the market economy to solve the problem, I know that we don't need to invest this time, we can get a powerful fighter."

"Lin Lao, the Air Force can save R&D costs, but this procurement cost, you can deduce, don't play the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves."

If someone else dared to talk to Lin Lao like this, Lin Lao would have crossed his hands and pointed at the other party's nose and scolded, but in the face of Qin Feng, Lin Lao didn't care: "Of course, it's very good for us to pick up ready-made cheap, how can we not give procurement fees, as long as it is made, we will give as much as we want." ”

Lu Lao was excited, his eyes were bright, although this was the first time he had seen Qin Feng, he had a faint premonition: this person was a noble person in their 320 factory!

"Later, we have a full set of technology, we can help the Persians refurbish the aircraft, we can also build them brand new aircraft, in short, this investment will definitely not be lost. Our R&D personnel definitely don't have to worry about financial issues. ”

"Mr. Qin, thank you for your support, it's just that our 320 factory can engage in technology, and it's really not good to engage in this kind of foreign trade." Lu Lao spoke: "In the future, can our cooperation with the Persians be carried out through your Pacific Group?" ”

On the one hand, they really don't understand, on the other hand, it is also to make profits to Mr. Qin, and the Pacific Group will take care of this import and export business, so they will definitely have to make a lot of money from it.

Qin Feng shook his head: "No, we Pacific Group don't interfere in this kind of matter, if you really need help, we can register a company specializing in import and export, such as the Atlantic, Indian Ocean company or something, and also, the import and export authority of this company also has to ask the army to help us coordinate." ”

In this era, the power of import and export is in the hands of a few fixed companies, and domestic enterprises want to engage in import and export, then they have to go through them, for example, imported minerals, are through the mineral import and export company, and any domestic steel plant has to go through the process through this company.

With the help of the troops, Qin Feng set up a special import and export company, which would be much more convenient, on the other hand, it was also for safety, after all, when the international situation changes in the future, it is easy to be blacklisted for doing business with the Persians, and at that time, as long as you push it on other companies, the Atlantic Company has nothing to do with our Pacific Group!

As for the troops...... also has this power, after all, now the army can do business.

Lin Lao nodded on the side: "No problem, this is for the development of our military aircraft!" With Tomcat, we can get a powerful fighter, Mr. Qin, do you think this kind of aircraft can dominate the sky in the future? ”

This problem is very complicated, in the future, it is true that there is no figure of variable swept wing fighters, but when the Tomcat is retired, I don't know how many people are dissatisfied, the US Navy complains the most, they are disgusted with the big bugs that swallow slowly, and return me Tomcat!

Now, hearing Lin Lao's words, Qin Feng thought for a while, and then spoke: "I don't know what the future holds, but the Tomcat is now the most advanced fighter we can access, and even if it takes a back seat in the future, it can become a bomber or interceptor, in short, since we have this opportunity, I think we can't miss it." ”