The time has entered October, Yan Liangqiu is high and cool, and it is a good weather for flying.

On this day, the other test flight subjects in the test flight yard stopped, and only one J-11 fighter was left on the runway.

Lei Qi checked around the plane, and then glanced at Zhao Wenge, the radar officer who was following him, his throat moved, but he still couldn't hold back: "Wenge, you don't need to go up to fight this time, just forget it, you, the radar officer." ”

Although it has been tested many times, I have long had confidence, but the risk of test flights is everywhere, and now the performance of the domestic ejection seat is not good, and it is difficult to pop out in case of an accident, so Lei Qian wants to persuade Zhao Wenge.

"What's wrong, want to fly solo? If it's a single-seater, I won't say anything, but, this two-seater fighter, it's two people up there, you're not afraid, what am I afraid of? Zhao Wenge said: "Besides, this is going to go down in history, are you so selfish?" ”

The navy carried out the first time to block the landing, which is indeed going to go down in history, but Zhao Wenge's words definitely do not mean that he wants to go down in history, he just wants to accompany Lei Qi, live together, and die together.

"Okay." Lei Qi nodded: "Then go up together, but you have to listen to me, if I say ejection, don't hesitate, do it immediately." ”

"Okay."

At this time, Liu Lao and the others had already strode over, and Lei Qi and Zhao Wenge walked in front of the leader and raised their right hands.

"Report, the J-11 blocking landing test has been fully prepared, please instruct!"

"Stay safe!"

"Yes!"

There are many risks, not only the flight, but also the strength of the fuselage, although this plane is built according to the Tomcat one-to-one, but who knows if the strength is enough, what if the fuselage is broken?

However, Lei Qi and Zhao Wenge have confidence in this plane!

The main stressed parts of the body are all built by the Pacific Group, can there be a problem? Definitely not!

The two climbed into the cockpit and methodically prepared for takeoff, and five minutes later, the roar of the engine sounded, and the J-11 spread its wings and flew into the sky.

"Replaced by the third uncle's engine, the maneuverability of this aircraft has been greatly improved, and the take-off and landing characteristics are also better, now, we are waiting for the domestic imitation to come out, and the engine produced by ourselves can be used in the future, and the aircraft will have no defects." Lu Lao spoke on the side.

"Yes, this is the best aircraft in our navy, what Su-27 does the Air Force want to buy, let them buy it, our navy will not change, we want our J-11!" Liu Lao was also very excited.

The big guy said as he walked to the end of the runway.

Yan Liang's main runway is 3,800 meters, which can not only meet the test flight of fighter planes, but also meet the test flight of large aircraft, such as bombers, transport planes, passenger planes, etc., but no pilot dares to land close to the end of the runway, and when the landing gear touches the ground, it must be at least 100 meters away from the end of the runway.

And at the end of the runway, there is a large lawn, and it is impossible to build a house here.

And now, the distance of more than 100 meters at the end has been transformed, the ground has been hollowed out, two sets of blocking devices have been installed, two sets of space have been reserved, there is an underground passage next to it to enter, and a Fresnel light box has been installed at a distance of several tens of meters from the blocking device to form a landing system.

If you can hook the blocking cable and land, that's the best, if you can't hook, then you can continue to move forward and increase the throttle to fly! Anyway, there is the main runway in front, and the running distance is enough.

If it is a regular aircraft carrier, then it will have to be four sets of blocking devices, but now after all, it is only a test flight to verify whether the blocking devices are working properly, so they are not fully installed, which can also save money.

The floor was thoroughly hardened, and the various markers were neatly painted.

"Everybody go farther away!" Leader Zhou watched everyone get too close, and couldn't help shouting: "It's dangerous, if you break the blocking cable, it will cause a terrible accident!" ”

"Elder Liu, let's stand farther away, so that we can see more comprehensively."

"Okay."

The J-11 fighter made a circle in the sky, aimed at the simulated landing area, and began to descend.

The descent of the fighter plane is very fast, and according to this gliding line, it is a proper posture to hit the runway, and not every pilot can withstand this pressure.

Lei Qian didn't care, his eyes were fixed on the Fresnel light box, this thing is simple and practical, it is said that a British naval pilot came up with it when he looked in the mirror.

Lower, keep lowering!

In the distance, everyone watched this scene and held their breath.

Closer, closer, just when the height was still two or three meters high, the wings of J-11 suddenly shook from side to side, startling everyone into a cold sweat.

There is no way, the two engines of the Tomcat fighter are one meter apart, so there is a lot of movement when adjusted, either it does not move, or if it wants to move, it will be so fierce.

However, after the last adjustment, the Tomcat fighter has landed steadily, boom!

The landing gear hit the runway hard, and if the strength was not enough, just one blow could make the plane stumble, and then it would wipe the ground, and then ......

Now, the landing gear is firmly withstanding the impact, cushioning, recovering, and the plane continues to glide forward on the runway, with the tail hook taxiing forward almost against the runway.

Qin Feng also opened his eyes wide, watched expectantly, slid away, continued to slide, the front wheel pressed over the blocking cable, the rear wheel also pressed over, and then the tail of the plane, the landing hook, and then, I saw that the ship hook hung up the blocking cable, and the plane also began to slow down rapidly.

In the cockpit, Lei Qi felt that his body was rushing forward, and the seat belt strangled his body again, and the huge overload made him feel like he wanted to die, this is to block the landing?

Of course, that's not all, anything can happen before the plane comes to a stop!

The fuselage continued to rush forward, constantly slowing down, and the blocking cable behind it, which was originally a straight line, was forcibly pulled into an isosceles triangle, like a full bow.

Eventually, the plane came to a standstill, the blocking rope was released, and the others ran over.

It's done, it's done, the first interception and landing test of the Eastern Navy has been successfully completed!

Lei Qi and Zhao Wenge climbed off the plane, and someone had already run over below, and someone was sending flowers, this scene made Qin Feng think of the first flight of Jianten.

"This time it's just unloaded, except for two tons of fuel, nothing else, and then we need to continue to test flights and increase the weight, but this is still a great breakthrough!" The expression on Lu Lao's face was very excited: "The aircraft carrier business that our navy has been looking forward to for many years has taken a big step forward!" ”

Overhead, a satellite streaked overhead.

Far away in Europe, at the western end of the Brittany Peninsula and on the north shore of the Bay of Brest, there is a beautiful harbor city, with sunshine, sandy beaches, and islands nearby.

However, if you look into the distance from the beach, you can still see an industrial area, with cranes, towers, gantries and shipyards.

This is the famous Brest shipyard!

On the slipway, countless arc sparks are flying, and they are busy producing, and in the dock on the side, there is also a warship under construction, which is the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle!

At that time, after the end of World War II, France built two 30,000-ton Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers in order to demonstrate its strength, and over time, these two aircraft carriers gradually became old, and new aircraft carriers needed to be built to replace them.

However, due to various reasons, the construction plan was delayed again and again, and it was not until 80 that the construction plan was officially proposed, in order to demonstrate the national strength, they wanted to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 40,000 tons!

It's not that the French are slamming the door and don't want to build a big one, but because although the Brest shipyard has the largest dry dock in France, it is only 270 meters long, so the length of the new aircraft carrier built cannot exceed 270 meters, and the displacement is calculated, that is, about 40,000 tons.

Although it can't be compared with the United States, it is much better than the 20,000-ton invincible class in the UK, and it is still nuclear-powered, and the French are very proud.

It's just that the plan was officially put forward in 80, the construction began in 86, the first steel plate was cut at the end of 87, and the keel was laid in April this year, and the construction of this nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was very slow.

A Citroen sedan drove to the dock, and several naval officers in senior officers' uniforms got out of the car, and when they saw their arrival, an old engineer next to the dock greeted them.

"Mr. Turville, what wind brought you here?"

"Of course, it's this warship, a year is about to pass, and I want to see how far it has been built. Erik, you should know that this aircraft carrier is about the future of our France! ”

"Yes, we have been working on it, and now that all the keels have been laid, the ...... is begins"

"What? In a year's time, you just created a foundation? If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't be built well for ten years! ”

Later generations mainly used the sectional construction method to build warships, dividing the warship into several sections from front to back, building them separately, and then docking them for synchronous construction, which was very efficient, but it has not yet become popular, and the ancient tower shipbuilding method is used.

Welding starts at the bottom and extends upwards little by little, as if building a tower.

"We haven't built an aircraft carrier for a long time, and now we have to be careful and careful, what if we rush to work and then something goes wrong? It's a 100-year project. "Eric doesn't feel like there's anything wrong with it, he has to make sure it's quality.

"Moreover, even if we are in a hurry, it doesn't make much sense to build it ahead of schedule, after all, the catapult and blocking device on it have not yet been developed." "Even though they were installed during the outfitting phase, there had to be plenty of space when they were built," says Eric. By the way, how are these developments going? ”

"These are still being argued."

France has no experience in the development of catapults, and the previous Clemenceau-class aircraft carriers also used catapults purchased from the United Kingdom.

So, take the old aircraft carrier down and put it up?

Of course not!

The Clemonso-class uses a BS5 catapult, which can only catapult a ten-ton aircraft, while the Rafale fighter they plan to operate is a twenty-ton one, even if the engine of the Rafale fighter is very powerful, it can be ejected once in an occasional no-load takeoff, but if it is used normally in normal times, the BS5 catapult is not qualified at all.

What's more, they have to operate not only Rafale fighters, but also AWACS aircraft, the American E2 AWACS aircraft has a take-off weight of more than 25 tons, not to mention that the BS5 catapult can eject.

Looking at the world, it seems that only the United States has it, but American things are not cheap!

The problem of catapults can only be purchased, that is, they keep negotiating and bargaining, and the blocking device also makes the French very big.

True, they also don't have a suitable blocking device.

The blocking device used on the Clemenceau class is produced by them, but the maximum landing weight of the Super Flag fighter is only eight tons, and their blocking device can only pull about ten tons of aircraft, and the Rafale fighter full of ammunition comes back, even if the ammunition is thrown into the sea, it is not enough!

They can develop a blocking device with greater resistance, but they still can't produce the key blocking cable themselves, and they have to buy it from the United States, which asks for a lot of money, one of which costs $1 million.

The blocking cable is not a one-time thing, it is to be used for a long time, if it has been purchased, the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier will have huge operating costs in the future!

How to fix it?

It is not easy for the French Navy to develop aircraft carriers!

At this moment, the driver of Tourville answered the phone in the car, and then hurriedly ran over: "Mr. Tourville, there is a new situation!" ”

"What's the situation?"

"Our reconnaissance satellite photographed the Yanliang base in the east undergoing a blocking and landing test, and their J-11 successfully stopped by the blocking cable!"

J-11?

Turville was shocked: "The empty weight of the plane is twenty tons, and their blocking cable is really so powerful?" ”

"I heard before that American manufacturers have given up production blockers and purchased directly from the East, which seems to be true." Eric replied.

"Yes, the performance of the blocking cable of the Oriental people is so good, we simply purchase it from the East!" Tourville said, "We need to go to the East!" ”

On October 5, Tourville walked out of the airport with several entourage, including military personnel, aircraft carrier designers, and Dassault engineers, who walked up to meet the car and went straight to the Pacific Group's Jincheng plant.

"We've looked into it." In the car, Desailly, a local diplomat in charge of the reception, said: "The Americans have been purchasing wire ropes from the Pacific Group, and the standard is the same as that of the aircraft carrier arresting cable, and they will purchase it almost once a month, and the amount is just enough for the daily consumption of their aircraft carriers." ”

"Do the Orientals know?" Eric asked.

"We don't know. We have two options. Desailly said: "One is that like the Americans, we don't reveal our identities, we just say that we go to buy wire ropes, and we buy as much as the Americans buy, and the other is that we tell our identities and expose the conspiracy of the Americans at the same time, so that we can gain their favor." ”

Although in the first half of the year, Qin Feng got angry, and the consequences were very serious, so he cut off all these goods and forced the Americans to agree to the conditions, but these were all done in secret, and the outside world did not know, the French like romance, but it is not good to play intelligence.

At this time, hearing Desailly's words, Eric also pondered, yes, should he agree?

Tsu City, Iron and Steel Plant.

The huge hydraulic press hummed and roared, and the iron underneath was squeezed into the shape of a mold like a dough, and soon, a round pipe appeared.

After Qin Feng watched the landing of the carrier-based aircraft, he chatted with Mao Honghai all the way back, and then took the drawings and came to Jincheng Iron and Steel Plant.

"Although the cylinder of the steam catapult needs to be opened, we still think that it is more appropriate to use seamless steel pipes to build, ordinary steel pipes are bent with steel plates, so that there will be internal stress, which needs to be released for a long time, and after entering the steam of high temperature and high pressure, thermal expansion and cold contraction may occur." Zhou Minghui opened his mouth to introduce.

"yes. Your Pacific Group has advanced processing methods, first-class steel, we design, hand over to you for production, no problem! Mao Honghai was also very happy: "Actually, our design drawings are completely according to the Yankees, if you want to catapult the J-11, you need to use a double-cylinder method, with an internal diameter of 533 mm......"

The design of the catapult is not difficult, the difficult thing is the processing, and the test is the basic industrial capacity of a country!

In the past, it was unthinkable in China, but now, it's easy!

"Mr. Qin, the French have already gotten off the plane, and then they took the car and came directly to Jincheng!" At this moment, Wang Fang walked in and said excitedly.

"Well, these guys have good noses, and we've just finished the blocking experiment, so they know it." Qin Feng said: "But it's okay, when they come, let's surprise them!" Zhou Gong, send the pressed blank to the finishing workshop, let's cut out the inner chamber! ”

"Yes." Zhou Minghui nodded.

"Mr. Qin, do you want to ......" Mao Honghai was stunned, let's develop a steam catapult, in the past, this was definitely a confidential project, Tianzi No. 1 project, now, you want to expose this thing to the French?

"I want to make money." Qin Feng said: "The navy wants it, but it doesn't give money, how can we not find a fat sheep to slaughter?" Besides, this thing can't be hidden, and it will definitely be known to outsiders in the future, so it's better to take it out generously. ”

"Then you wait, I'm going to make a call and ask for instructions." Mao Honghai quickly ran to the telephone, and came back a few minutes later: "The superior leader agreed, you can sell it, but you have to use the money from the sale to build one for our navy!" ”

"Okay, no problem." Qin Feng nodded, they are only responsible for production, and the design drawings are from the relevant units, and now they are selling money as a general contractor, of course, they have to share some with the relevant units, and they should use the money they earn to build another one for the navy.