986 On the eve of the first flight of the J-10 of the Republic blood
"Even if they are given technology, such a high price is totally worth it. In addition, there are still many orders for missiles. Even if they obtain production technology, without the guidance system and engine we provide, it is not easy to sell it..."
Liu Yijiu's advantage is not that easy to take.
"On the surface, we seem to be at a disadvantage because we sell this little bit because we bring the technology. In fact, our greater source of profit is in future technology upgrades and maintenance guarantees..." Liu Yijiu patiently explained that this source of profit is not very clear now. The later it goes, the more obvious the way of making money in subsequent services will be.
"Just like the missile maintenance business we provide to Saudi Arabia?" Long Yaohua asked Liu Yijiu thoughtfully.
"It can be understood in this way. Those missiles cannot be put into service all the time. If you want to extend the service period, maintenance is one aspect, and technical upgrades to the entire missile are also one aspect. Only more advanced technology can determine more accurate hit accuracy. Generally speaking, our customers do not have such capabilities..." Liu Yijiu nodded and replied.
Dongfeng-3 is just one aspect.
And that maintenance profit is actually not high.
"What if they could imitate like us? At that time, wouldn't we be in vain?" Jiang Sen felt that Liu Yijiu was thinking too simply.
Most of China's weapons and equipment are imitated and then upgraded.
China can do this, and other countries can do this too.
"Imitation? This also requires a very strong industrial foundation and technical strength. At present, the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe and us have a complete industrial system in the world! Even if we ourselves have strong independent R&D capabilities? Is it easy to imitate the same type of equipment except the Ninth Hospital and other units? If we didn't hit the top technical force in the country and use countless funds, regardless of day or night, can our heart disease problem be solved? Even so, there is a very big gap with the United States and the Soviet Union!"
It is not easy to imitate.
Liu Yijiu understood that the other bigwigs also understood, otherwise they would not have allowed the existence of the Ninth Court.
The Ninth Hospital was able to make it. Without Liu Suxue, it was not possible to start the arrangements decades ago. Without him, Liu Yijiu opened his golden finger, nothing else could be solved, just a heart disease in the aviation industry!
Until the 1920s, the Republic's advanced aircraft engines were still imported from the Russians and studied things in the late Soviet Union!
"Let's not talk about these. If you sell the first five aircraft, when will our Air Force be equipped?" Xia Fei is concerned about when the Air Force can equip the most advanced fighter jets.
"Chief, I personally think that we should wait until the first flight of the J-10 in the past two days before discussing the issue of air force equipment!" Liu Yijiu did not directly answer Xia Fei's question of wanting to equip the J-11 fighter jet. Just as he was not too outdated about the F-14 test flight work.
The number of J-11 is as if it should have been.
However, originally, this number was for the Su-27, which introduced technology from the Soviet Union, while the current number was for the imitation F-14. No matter what, both are not Chinese descent.
Even when there were no more advanced fighter jets, China did not produce the J-11, which was copied from the Su-27 on a large scale. In the end, the J-10 in China was produced in large scale, which was developed by the Republic itself. The performance was poorer, and the same was true.
"Boy, don't be careless with us. Although it is a copy, don't you say that our J-11 is more advanced than the F-14? All the parts and electronic components are produced by us in China. What else do you have to worry about?" Xia Fei's most dissatisfied with is this matter.
There are obviously good fighter jets, but the Air Force is not allowed to use them!
Even the Blue Army's aviation troops were not equipped.
This is a bit unreasonable. The big reason for supporting Li Yunlong as the commander of the Blue Army is that some weapons and equipment developed by the Liu 199th Academy have been preventing the Republic's troops from equipping them.
"The bloodline is impure!" Liu Yijiu directly gave a reason that the big bosses could not refute.
Xia Fei didn't care about so much, "Is your J-Ten pure blood? In the design, aren't the Soviets now the chief engineer?"
The senior officials basically know Simonolov's existence.
The senior bosses were very pleased that Liu Yijiu was waving his hoe and digging people abroad. He could not always dig his own corners, right?
Now Liu Yijiu is talking about what the J-11 bloodline is impure, and this is not a reason at all.
When it comes to bloodline, most of China's weapons and equipment are of Soviet descent!
"Although Simonolov is in charge, I am the chief designer! Moreover, Simonolov's current nationality is China! Are there foreigners in our Ninth Academy system?" Liu Yijiu didn't believe this, but was just fooling these leaders. "And Simonolov's designs were all ideas I proposed at the beginning..."
"Shameless!" Jiang Sen couldn't help but Liu Yijiu's shamelessness.
Liu Yijiu ran around all day and didn't have many times to do fighter jet designs or anything else.
"Bloodliness is not a reason at all! What we need is weapons and equipment that can improve national defense security, so what if it is imitated?" Xia Fei was too lazy to pay attention to Liu Yijiu's shamelessness.
"Yes, this is not a reason. Do you Long Guard tanks have foreign blood?" Long Yaohua was very dissatisfied with Liu Yijiu's theory of bloodline.
Except for the engine technology of the Longwei tank, which comes from the Soviet Union and the United States, is definitely made in China!
Even the design is owned by China, and Liu Yijiu is still obstructing large-scale equipment. Although the price is one aspect, Long Yaohua knows that the real Long Guard tank will never cost 6.6 million yuan per vehicle.
Although it is still expensive, the Republic is able to handle the expense of equipping two or three hundred vehicles per year.
"The Long Guard is different. It was developed for the south..." Liu Yijiu made an excuse casually. He didn't want to explain on the Long Guard that there is no large-scale equipment now, just to make the Long Guard's technology more mature. At the same time, the more production volume, the lower the production cost of the Long Guard will be. This will be beneficial for the future matching of high and low equipment for the Republic tanks. "In terms of fighter jets, I hope the leaders will make a decision after watching our first flight of J-10!"
The same sentence.
After the first flight of the J-10, make a decision.
Although many of the J-10 technologies also come from the F-14, this thing basically has little similarity from the inside out.
Liu Yijiu told his negotiating opponent that the Argentines were coming soon. In order to avoid any trouble in the future, the Argentines could accept these prices and hope to wait until the Argentines arrived before negotiating.
The Republic must reach a number of 300 aircraft before it agrees to sell fighter jets and supporting missiles for US$55 million, and at the same time, with technology.
Samnira and Alex Ksei had no objection to this proposal. On that night, they took the Y-10 flight from the Ninth Court to directly fly to Pakistan, and then returned to their own country. Many negotiation contents need to be changed, and they have to report to the president and the supreme leader.
Liu Yijiu and others headed towards Factory 132 early the next morning.
This day is the National Day, the 36th anniversary of the founding of New China, and is not within the scope of the Republic's "one small celebration every five years and one big celebration every ten years".
However, reform and opening up brought earth-shaking changes to the New China. The liberated thoughts and productivity have made the domestic supply of the Republic much richer than before, the people's living standards have significantly improved, and the mental outlook has also undergone great changes.
National Day naturally has the joy that should be, and the entire land of China is shrouded in a tumultuous festive atmosphere.
On both sides of Rongcheng Street, national flags and red lanterns for decoration are hung on many places. This first city in the southwest has developed with the development of the Ninth Courtyard and the establishment of a large aircraft factory in recent years, and the economic development momentum is no less than that of the cities that are open to the outside world along the coast.
Rounding of red flag cars passed by the streets where Rongcheng had become bustling and noisy. There were huge construction sites everywhere, and the people outside were filled with the joy of celebrating the festival.
However, the people in the car, especially those in military uniforms, looked very serious, as if the joy of National Day had nothing to do with them.
There is no festive atmosphere in the latest assembly workshop established by Factory 132. Everyone is busy. A few years ago, whether it is the National Day holiday or the Spring Festival holiday, it seems that it has nothing to do with the many people here.
Everyone knows that the joy of celebrating outside needs to be their harder work to ensure it!
"Everything is carefully checked, and never make any mistakes!" Zhu Houdao and Simonlov were staring at the busyness of other technicians. Three huge fighter jets were neatly placed in the workshop, and each fighter jet was surrounded by many movable racks. More than a dozen technicians were inspecting around the fighter jet.
"The ground test is even smoother than imitating the F-14. I hope our first flight today will be a complete success!" Simonlov had a faint smile on his serious face, while Zhu Houdao had a look of worry.
This is not a counterfeit fighter. Today's test flights cannot even be put away in the landing gear!
"Mr. Zhu, don't worry, our first flight today will definitely be successful!" Simonlov did not have the worries in Zhu Kedao's heart.
Although the design of this fighter was basically formed when he intervened, it canceled the variable sweep wings of this fighter.
The aerodynamic layout is more complex, integrating many advantages such as F-14, Su-27, etc. According to design requirements, it can fully surpass the performance of Su-27 and F-15.
"Although we have accumulated a lot of experience and the J-11 has been finalized, the design is a brand new design in front of us!" Zhu Houdao looked worried and had no confidence in his heart. "Director Liu and the head of the Military Commission will come to visit and test flights. Once there is a problem, it will be a big blow to our entire aviation industry!"
Even if the J-11 is finalized, it is more important to Zhu Houdao.
Liu Yijiu, who is in charge of the fighter jet project, clearly told him that the Republic's air force will not be equipped with the J-11. Unless the Republic has an aircraft carrier, the J-11 will be transformed into a carrier-based aircraft at most. Perhaps, it is possible that the J-10 in front of him can be transformed into a carrier-based aircraft.
"Don't you already have the J-11? The performance of those fighter jets is already very good!" Simonlov didn't understand. If the first flight of the J-10 was not successful, how could it cause a blow to China's aviation industry.
China is obviously much stronger than before in the design capabilities of fighter jets.
What is more important is productivity.
Being able to imitate the world's most advanced fighter jets means that the production capacity has reached a very good level.
"The question of bloodline!" Zhu Houdao also answered Simonlov.
Hearing this, Simonolov couldn't help but stare at Zhu Houdao in surprise. The latter was embarrassed, but there was no sign of his face.
"The head of ******* and Director Liu are about to arrive, let's go outside to greet them!" At such an important moment, it is absolutely impossible to miss a group of leaders from Factory 132. The design work is not done by them, and some of the core components they are produced are not done by them, but the assembly is on their side.
Factory 132 will be responsible for future production!
"Let's just keep an eye on it here, but you have to be more careful. The aerodynamic layout and other things have been modified. What I am most worried about now is that our first flight will not be successful." Zhu Houdao also knew in his heart that it would be useless to stay here.
However, they were always doing the design of J-10 from the beginning. Although there was no problem with the aerodynamic layout design and wind tunnel experiments, no matter what, they were all unsure.
Just imitating a fighter jet, the accumulated experience is still insufficient, not to mention that this and the imitating J-11 were still designed at the same time.
Too many technologies are different.
"I said, Mr. Zhu, there is no need to worry about this matter. Even if it is not successful, just find the reason and improve it! Even the J-7 has just matured after so many years. We have not even equipped the J-11 for fighter jets that are more advanced than the J-11, and we have no equipment for the J-11, so we have enough time. Don't put too much pressure on ourselves." Zhao Liangbi persuaded Zhu Houdao.
For him, the J-11 is already advanced enough that the Republic Air Force can take a long time.
Chapter completed!