Chapter 1994 Chief, I am planning to sell drones!

"The role of drones will become bigger and bigger on the battlefield. The gap with the international market is too big, so we cannot understand how strong the equipment the enemy may have, and we cannot come up with targeted defense means..."

Xia Guofeng explained with a serious expression.

His explanation made Xie Kai realize that Situ Lei was not the only one who wanted to know how much the gap was with the most advanced level in the world.

This is probably the case for the entire military senior management.

"The bigger the gap, the less chance we will win. Whether it is the actual battles of the Gulf War and the Kosovo War, or the two exercises you demonstrate, it proves that the impact of high technology on the outcome of the war becomes realistic in modern wars." Situ Lei's face was also very serious.

Now it's not in front of many big shots.

These two people just discussed with Xie Kai privately and asked Xie Kai about issues in areas such as the development direction of drones.

"Chief, now the mainstream internationally is studying asymmetric warfare. Such wars are not likely to break out among major powers with nuclear bombs as deterrence. General Xia and others should be more aware of this. Otherwise, if we were so many behind the Soviet Union and the United States back then, how could the country launch various high-tech and cutting-edge military and technological projects on a large scale, instead of disarmament, reducing funds, and carrying out economic development?"

As soon as Xie Kai finished speaking, Situ Lei spoke: "It's true, but there is a problem. Since other fields are not bad, just chase them slowly. Drones can completely change the future battlefield situation and change the combat mode. You must prepare early."

At this time, Xie Kai truly realized what the two wanted to express.

If the gap is too much from the most advanced United States, then the gap will be even greater in the future.

The gap was big, and then the generals began to worry.

When the generals were worried, they hoped that the country could increase investment and catch up quickly to avoid lagging behind too many people.

Therefore, as long as there are aspects that senior executives in the country think are backward, they will invest heavily.

It stems from the uneasiness in the hearts of the big guys and the humility that they always think they are backward. Therefore, in the end, even the most advanced countries are afraid that China will catch up with them.

Either China is not aware of being behind, and as long as it is known, it will definitely be caught up.

Xie Kai was worried because he understood.

Once the development in other aspects has been affected, now investing in drones first will affect investment in various basic technology development, and the ultimate impact will be the development of stealth fighter-related technologies such as J-20 and H-20.

How can that work?

"Chief, asymmetric combat, requires the two sides to have a big gap in all aspects, that is, big countries bully small countries. Although drones have a great role, relatively speaking, in current technology, drones need to go too long to completely replace manned equipment..."

In order not to affect the progress of stealth fighter jets that have been studied in advance for more than ten years, Xie Kai must persuade the two to give up investing in drones.

Since the military has also developed research projects related to stealth fighter jets, it is directly merged.

That will make the progress faster.

"You don't want to invest too much in the drone field?" Xia Guofeng was a little surprised by Xie Kai's attitude.

Based on his understanding of Xie Kai, as long as the projects involved in 404 are involved, Xie Kai will hope that the military or the country will invest more.

Any cutting-edge project requires a lot of supporting facilities.

Many times, 404 must start researching from the most basic subjects, which leads to the huge size of 404.

A few years ago, 404 began to shrink its investment scale in the basic field and instead cooperated with other relevant domestic scientific research institutions.

Situ Lei means that the military invests some basic research.

"Chief, it's not suitable at the moment. Now it seems that the J-10, J-11, and J-16 have been considered successful, but compared with the advanced similar types in the world, the gap is still quite large..."

Xie Kai reminded the two.

These are the kingly ways.

The vector chrysanthemum of the J-10 has not been created yet. Although the Ministry of Industry and other departments have jointly helped to publicize the core machine of the Turbofan-10, the final result has come out, but the gap with Xie Kai's expected is quite different.

The thrust-to-weight ratio reached 10, and neither the service life nor the engine failure rate problem did meet expectations.

Therefore, the performance of the J-10 is still not much different from the earliest ones in that era, but it was just ten years ahead of schedule.

We need to continue to increase investment in this area and tie the gap with F-16 as soon as possible.

If the military is allowed to invest a lot of energy and funds in the field of drones and distribute personnel and materials, Xie Kai will become a sinner for the ages.

I finally saw that these fields can tie the United States as soon as possible.

It's not that easy to overtake on a curve.

The development of military technology requires the improvement of the entire country's industrial foundation and scientific and technological level.

Even if there is a large amount of Soviet technology, it will not be easy to catch up.

"This aspect does require a lot of investment. But your family supports the development of drones..." Situ Lei looked at Xie Kai, not knowing how to express his feelings for a while.

He hopes to use his influence to complete a comprehensive layout before retirement.

Xie Kai also understood Situ Lei's intentions and grinned, "Chief, how can this be supported by our family? At present, at least 30 units in China are involved in this regard. As long as there are related majors, they are working hard for this regard... No technology can be developed by one company."

Originally, Xie Kaiba had to do everything by 404, and he took all the core technologies into their hands, so that the progress of R&D can be controlled.

It was discovered that it was too difficult after the actual operation.

At the beginning, because there were too many projects, 404 almost collapsed.

After years of hard work, most basic scientific research projects have been thrown out and then cooperated with domestic universities and research institutes. Although the progress has slowed down, the overall development has accelerated a lot.

After all, other units helped share the pressure on personnel and funds.

The two looked at Xie Kai, and their straightforward eyes made Xie Kai feel awkward all over.

"You have finally matured." Situ Lei's words shocked Xie Kai.

What does this mean?

Xia Guofeng seemed to understand Xie Kai's doubts, "Yue Lin and other people from the Management Committee submitted an application. At present, technology is developing rapidly and the market is unpredictable. I hope you can take over the work of the 404 base in advance."

"Aren't I working for 404? Various projects have been launched, and the field of folk products has developed rapidly as expected." Xie Kai suddenly felt something was wrong.

My own affairs have not been resolved yet.

What if I were to be responsible for more 404 work?

"No, take over."

"No, no, no, chief, I'm too young and need more training." Xie Kai's head shook like a rattle.

It's just a joke.

Isn't living a good life like this now?

"Chief, let's talk about drones. I'm going to sell the drones that appeared in this exercise. We haven't received a large order in the international arms equipment market for a long time." Xie Kai changed the topic.

I am unwilling to discuss the issue of taking over 404's comprehensive work.

He thought that his statement that he wanted to sell the drone displayed this time would be fiercely opposed by the two bigwigs.

However, after saying that, the two bigwigs just looked at him and waited for him to explain without any objection.

"These drones are the first products we developed. The reason why they were used on a large scale this time is because they don't have much effect. If they don't need them, they can only be scrapped..." Xie Kai was a little embarrassed.

The leader did not object, and he felt that it was boring to convince him.

"What will our troops use after they are sold? It is impossible to have large-scale equipment. At least, the seven troops that are your opponents should be equipped." Xia Guofeng spoke first.

The attitude surprised Xie Kai to an unparalleled level.

What does our troops use?

Sure enough, the country has become rich and the military expenditure has increased. When we see advanced equipment, we are ready to first equip the most elite troops to conduct large-scale combat experiments to explore how these equipment can play the most effective role on the battlefield.

"In fact, the biggest function of drones is to focus on reconnaissance. This is much more useful than the temporary launch of military satellites. If it is not a stationary orbit satellite, there are always various problems and it is impossible to monitor the battlefield in real time. Stop orbit satellites have too high cost and higher technical requirements..."

Xie Kai knew that although the two did not object and did not explain clearly, it would not be easy to achieve his goal.

You know, he is planning to sell the drone he shows, but he is not just preparing to make small fuss.

"Just tell me what our army uses, don't talk about those useless ones." Situ Lei interrupted Xie Kai's words.

Xie Kai could not adapt to the attitudes of the two big shots.

"Chief, don't you object?" After all, I couldn't help but be curious and asked.

These two people represent the attitude of the entire military.

"It's good, why objection? These are all related to national defense security. Since you proposed to sell, you should have potential customers and get further research funds. Why objection?" Situ Lei smiled.

Xia Guofeng also smiled and looked at Xie Kai.

Seeing Xie Kai made his heart shudder.

He raised it at this time not only to divert the previous topic, but also to test the reactions of senior military leaders.

Drones are a big deal.

But unexpectedly, they didn't even ask who they sold to.

Are these the military tycoons he knows?

"Chief, what I am planning to sell is all the more advanced in China, and in the world, it is also advanced! It can change the battlefield situation and combat mode!" Xie Kai reminded the two big bosses.

But my heart is scared.

It's really abnormal.
To be continued...