"Minister Zheng, you can't be so unconfident! At the current economic development speed, our military expenditure will grow very quickly..."

Xie Kai was a little worried when he saw that he had taken off his game.

What if the navy bosses are scared and they don’t fix the aircraft carrier, what if they don’t do it?

In the past year, because of his rapid rise of 404, the national economy has indeed grown more than in history. Last year alone, the total GDP has exceeded 10 trillion, nearly 11 trillion, and the total GDP this year is estimated to exceed 13 trillion.

GDP has increased, but the country has not provided much funding, only 120 billion yuan a year.

Of course, this has increased relatively a lot.

Originally, Xie Kai could have stopped the case of Dadongfeng leaking, but he didn't take action until the grandson stole the information and was about to be sent out.

Although there was no leak again, domestic bigwigs cannot take such risks.

As a result, military expenditure began to increase in compensation.

Even so, this military expenditure is far from enough compared to the funds required by an aircraft carrier fleet.

When China began to transform the Varyag, it was already 2005, with a total GDP of 18 trillion and a military expenditure of 247.5 billion.

When the Liaoning ship was in service, it was already 2012, and the country's GDP reached 53.86 trillion yuan, and its military expenditure increased to 670.2 billion yuan.

Building aircraft carriers and raising fleets is basically no big problem.

But the navy bosses nowadays don’t know what will happen more than ten years later!

"This thing is too expensive." Zheng Ming shook his head.

After all, he really hopes that the Navy can have an aircraft carrier fleet, and the more the better.

It is best to spread all China's maritime borders.

There are three major fleets, each with three aircraft carrier fleets, one aircraft carrier maintenance, one combat readiness on duty, and one training...

But then you have to be rich?

"Old Zheng, it's not that much now. We will save some money every year, for example, prepare three carrier-based aircraft this year, and prepare several next year... It will take seven or eight years for aircraft carriers to go through manufacturing to outfitting, and then to being delivered to the navy, right? In this way, the pressure will be reduced?"

It seems that's the case.

But Zheng Ming always feels something is wrong.

Navy officers and soldiers are eager to hope that the navy can have an aircraft carrier fleet, which is the attitude that a great power navy should have.

From the beginning, although Xie Kai first said that the Navy was too expensive and showed lack of interest in naval equipment, many projects were dominated by Qi Zhiyuan.

But now, Zheng Ming always feels that this is led by Xie Kai.

Lead the entire navy towards the direction of the aircraft carrier fleet.

Now in the pit of the aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier has started construction. Can the Navy jump out of the mouth of this gold-swalking beast?

"You scared Minister Zheng." Mo Qi looked at Zheng Ming's expression, especially the fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He secretly pulled the corner of Xie Kai's clothes, with a lot of blame in his tone, "If the Navy thinks that the aircraft carrier is too expensive, our country will have to wait for many years to have an aircraft carrier fleet."

Look at Zheng Ming’s reaction, how come Xie Kai doesn’t know?

If I had known this, I wouldn't have mentioned it.

After all, what he calls future events, that is really future events.

At least, it should be the next generation of the F-14, J-15, a new generation of carrier-based fighter with stealth functions.

When the F-14 is equipped with a vector engine, and the aerodynamic shape is then invisible, and the originally round shape becomes a angular stealth design, what is this opportunity for war?

It is best to add a revolving nozzle engine like the Jacques-141 to ensure that this fighter can take off and land vertically...

In fact, 404 and 611 have set up a special team to demonstrate the feasibility of this design.

Based on the F-14 and Su-33, the Jacques-141's power system is added as a reference, and the J-20's stealth design is completed to create a new carrier-based fighter. This is the last fighter jet development pre-research project that Xie Kai personally intervened in the 404.

"How could it be, if the navy wants to develop, the aircraft carrier fleet is necessary. If we are a small country, or if the country is not likely to become rich, the aircraft carrier fleet is indeed meaningless and will only cause a burden. But we are a big country, and the navy is also accelerating its development..." Xie Kai has great confidence in the navy.

Anyone who knows what will happen in twenty years will have confidence.

Twenty years later, not to mention an aircraft carrier fleet, five or six can afford it.

"What's more, they can take the opportunity to ask for money. It depends on how they do it." Xie Kai looked at Zheng Ming who was in deep thought.

Along the way, Zheng Ming did not mention the Navy's birthday to the motherland's mother and the people of the whole country's New Year's greetings to the people of the whole country.

This made Xie Kai wonder whether to tell the Air Force whether they would tell them that the J-6, which was equipped with a large number of troops, was pulled out to celebrate the motherland's birthday and wish the people of the whole country a happy new year?

No, it is best to use the J-5.

Although the J-5 is no longer in the Air Force combat sequence, it is still exerting its remaining energy and shouldering the heavy responsibility of training aircraft.

Originally, the 404 was planning to transform it into a drone based on these aircraft, so what did the Air Force baby become?

Will the J-5 be too much?

Along the way, struggling with this problem, the plane soon arrived in Chengdu.

Factory 132 has expanded its scale with the popularity of the 404-developed orders over the years.

Almost half of the workshops are light steel structure factories built over the years.

It’s just a pity that there has been no orders for Super-7 for a long time now.

Many factories in Factory 132 were idle.

If the Air Force had not gradually begun to increase its procurement efforts for the J-10, these factories of Factory 132 would probably have shifted to the field of civilian products.

"Xie Kai, why are you here?"

Regarding the young man in front of him, Chen Bizhi, who has been transferred from deputy factory director, is not as enthusiastic as Shen Huoyi.

Of course, this is also because the relationship between the two parties is too good and familiar enough.

"I'm fine, I'm bored, come here for a walk." Xie Kai replied casually, "The Navy may need a carrier-based aircraft..."

"The imitation F-14? Didn't you say that the thing is not very useful? Did they like Super-7?" Chen Bizhi became interested.

Super-7 A/B, one is used as a senior trainer, and the other is used as a military unit for combat readiness duty. It is originally suitable for the navy.

Unfortunately, Xie Kai has been holding it in his hands and will not sell it to the Navy.

"They should order some of the Super-7s, and the more likely they are heavy fighter jets. After all, the Su-30's production capacity is too low and the price is too high." Xie Kai actually didn't know whether the Navy would propose to purchase the Super-7 again.

This time Zheng Ming asked him to come here, but Xie Kai himself didn't know the Navy Equipment Department's idea.

"That's probably true. We have no other models suitable for the navy." Chen Bizhi looked at Zheng Ming and asked the general Zhao Bin about the situation and looked at him.

The group talked and walked.

Xie Kai is very familiar with the development of Factory 132 over the years.

Because of the early service of the J-10, the Over-7 is used as technical verification, and with 404 sufficient investment and technical supply, although the J-10 currently equipped by the Air Force still slowly increases in the form of annual savings, the number is much higher than in history.

"I don't plan to add the engine investment there? You know, although our turbofan-10 barely meets the needs of the J-10, there are still big shortcomings."

Chen Bizhi was tempted.

The contradiction between military products and civilian products projects within the 404 base is becoming increasingly acute.

Once you cannot obtain 404 financial support, many projects on 132 will be affected.

The J-10 is a national fiscal appropriation, and continuous performance improvement is also necessary.

Even the continuous improvement of the J-7 also has financial appropriations.

The J-20 stealth fighter, which had applied for funds from the 611th institute, was eventually rejected.

It was not a complete veto. The superiors only allocated part of the funds to ask 132 to do preliminary preparations.

Xie Kai just smiled slightly, "I don't know anything about the base. Everything needs to be discussed at the decision-making meeting of the Management Committee."

"The stealth fighter has almost done a plan demonstration, and you may need to prepare to invest in the design process..." Chen Bizhi did not give up without getting the answer.

When he first cooperated with 404, Xie Kai poached people from Factory 132 and 611 to develop a telex operating system of 400 degrees.

More than ten years have passed, and this technology has matured.

"The design does not require much funding." Xie Kai still did not answer.

Chen Bizhi stopped talking.

The group has entered the experimental workshop.

The experimental workshop of Factory 132 is much larger than the drone experimental workshop in the Qilian Mountains.

What appeared in everyone's eyes was not the J-10 or the J-20 of the stealth fighter, but the F-14.

"It turns out that in order to reduce the difficulty, the 404 changed the variable sweep wing to a fixed sweep wing, which reduced the technical difficulty a lot, but the maneuverability of the fighter in the air is much worse. Through the joint efforts of both sides, with the results of the strong-6 variable sweep wing that year, the current variable sweep wing technology has made breakthrough progress..."

As the chief engineer of the entire factory, Zhao Bin talked endlessly to introduce the F-14 model in front of him, which was obviously different from the original one.

The originally straight nose was slightly drooping; the square air intakes on both sides were also changed to DSI bulging air intakes; there were also a pair of not very long side wings on both sides of the fuselage head, or were they considered candles? The air intake is just below the side wings...

Just looking at the model in front of you, there is already a big difference between it and the F-14.

"It is necessary to increase the edge wing? When the angle of the sweep wing is minimized, this will affect the air maneuver of the fighter, right? Do it nonsense!" Zheng Ming is not an aviation expert.

But no matter how you look at it, how you feel weird.

The experts from 132 and 404 seem to be with the canard?

"Lao Zheng, this is a canard. You will know when it expands to the maximum sweep corner." Xie Kai smiled.

This is his persistence.

Zhao Bin also looked bitter, "We didn't think about this at the beginning. The aerodynamic layout of the F-14's double vertical tail turns into swept backward single wing was already very excellent. The front and rear edge air combat maneuvering flaps have high technical requirements and complex structure, and then..."
Chapter completed!