Chapter 980                                                                                                                             

"What should I do now? Aren't we going to do the helicopter?" Zheng Yucheng asked the people who were also silent.

Several technicians who came from the Zhi-7 team were even more worried.

In the past two years, they have felt that the helicopter project is not as important as other projects. Now they have finally heard that they have obtained the world's most famous armed helicopter Mi-24. As a result, Xie Kai said that it was a flying tractor. The base management did not like this thing very much.

Hope is slim and the prospects are worrying.

Where should the entire helicopter team go?

"It's a must. Since it's going to do it, there must be a clear positioning and we can't continue to study it like this as before. It's just to reduce the weight of the 7 structure, add some technology and replace it with more advanced materials to increase strength..." Xie Kai said firmly.

This point cannot be given up.

Now he is also very confused about whether to build such an armed helicopter that can carry infantry or a professional armed helicopter.

"Or why not just cancel the crew cabin behind Mi-24 and turn it into an armed helicopter that specializes in providing firepower support?" Feng Zhibiao, chief designer of the helicopter team, proposed tentatively.

There was no one talking in the entire office.

They are now on the 404 ship, and if they continue like this, it is not a good thing to have a clear goal.

"Special armed helicopter?" Zheng Yucheng asked in confusion.

Not to mention him, even Xie Kai was a little confused.

Is there any ability in China to develop special armed helicopters?

"Yes. At present, the research on weapons and equipment in countries around the world is becoming more and more specialized. Of course, some aspects are also developing from specialization to integration. For example, the Air Force fighter jets, the mission modes of the new generation of fighter jets are changing, and the war situation faced is complex. Therefore, the third-generation fighter jets require that they can have more combat capabilities, air combat, ground attack, sea attack and other multi-task modes are concentrated... If a weapon system is used to load a helicopter with a certain transportation capacity, it does look more promising, but it has some conflicts with the project on the 602 side." Feng Zhibiao introduced.

602 is the most powerful helicopter design research unit in China.

They used to come from 602, but now 602 has two helicopters introduced from France, the Super Hornet and the Dolphin, which are being domestically produced.

They intervened in doing this again, and it was indeed a bit repetitive.

"Armed helicopters are more technically difficult than this kind of helicopter, right?" Xie Kai asked with a frown.

It will take more than ten years for the domestic Wuzhi-10 to start working. It is unknown whether the pre-research work has begun.

"Otherwise, the most difficult one lies in the control system, missile, fire control system, etc. It is mainly electronics. If you develop a professional armed helicopter, the smaller the requirement for the body is, the better..." Deputy chief designer Zeng Guangping also explained.

Originally they wanted to do this, but as outsiders, they were not very particular about the helicopter project and never dared to propose it.

"What are your opinions?" Zheng Yucheng mainly asked Xie Kai.

Xie Kai is actually not sure about armed helicopters.

The Wuzhi-10 was also in China for many years, and it was not until more than ten years after entering the 21st century that it began to be equipped with large-scale troops.

It is definitely not an easy task to do this.

"We can remove the rear crew cabin based on the Mi-24. The previous large military transport aircraft had many weapon systems. Until now, many military transport aircraft have begun to cancel weapon stations..." Feng Zhibiao said their thoughts.

Almost all the cannons on military transport planes have become decorations and are not very useful.

The same is true for transport helicopters. There are no weapons on them, and at most people carrying the weapons are at the door of the cabin.

Hearing this plan, Xie Kai's eyes lit up.

The original Martial Zhi-19 was just the light armed reconnaissance helicopter created by the member cabin?

Although it is incomparable to the Marine-10, the air weight of the Marine-19 weighing 4.5 tons, equipped with a 23mm air cannon, and the ammunition capacity of 1 ton have made the performance of this light armed helicopter no less than that of the AH-1s Cobra. The cruise speed reaches 245 kilometers per hour and the maximum range reaches 700 kilometers. Although it cannot compare the comprehensive performance with the Marine-10, it has greatly improved compared to the Marine-9w helicopter.

This may also be a very good solution.

For a moment, Xie Kai became a little expectant.

It should be an easier road to lose weight by slimming the Mi-24, then remove the crew cabin behind it, create a light armed helicopter, and then use this as a basis to develop a dedicated armed helicopter.

"This idea is good. But we need to make the armed helicopter have stronger comprehensive performance, at least, it must have certain aerial fighting ability..." Xie Kai said.

The Martial Arts-19's aerial combat capability is not very strong, and its positioning is to armed reconnaissance helicopters.

That thing is equipped with anti-armor missiles and dedicated air-to-air missiles, and also has certain combat capabilities, but its combat performance cannot be compared with professional armed helicopters such as the Marine-10.

The emergence of the Marine-19 has at least made the People's Liberation Army Air Force arriving in professional armed helicopters ten years ahead of schedule.

Now, this project has not started yet.

"No, Xie Kai, do you know this thing?" Wang Guilin didn't know where Xie Kai's excitement came from.

He really doesn't understand this.

Zheng Yucheng was also confused, "If it is really useful, why didn't the Soviets remove the crew cabin behind and directly create a dedicated armed helicopter?"

"The combat ideas are different from the development direction of military construction." Xie Kai said. "The Soviet armed helicopters served their armored clusters, and the purpose was to quickly transport infantry to the designated combat area."

The Soviet Union's development ideas were somewhat biased.

In fact, it may not be biased. However, the new combat methods shown by the Americans have allowed the whole world to learn from the US military for decades.

Xie Kai didn't know what happened later.

Professional armed helicopters, especially continental aviation regiments from various countries, become independent combat units, which is even more of a future.

The torrent of steel in the Soviet Union now makes the whole world tremble when it thinks of it.

However, the new combat methods shown by the US military in the Gulf War tell the world that ground war does not even take much time with strong information support and strong aerial strength.

During the Gulf War, the United States and NATO coalition bombed Iraq for 43 days, and only began to invest in ground forces after almost destroying Iraq's resistance.

The ground troops only took 100 hours in the entire war.

The role of high-tech weapons and equipment in future wars begins with this war.

This is also a war that changed the traditional combat mode since World War II. The military development and construction of the entire world are based on the characteristics of the Gulf War.

Armed helicopters have become important.

At present, the People's Liberation Army has not yet established a professional continental aviation group.

There is not even a clear positioning for the helicopter.

"At the beginning, we can build a light armed helicopter, which will reduce the difficulty much more. We will first create a professional armed helicopter to support the ground armored troops' combat." The more Xie Kai thought about it, the more he felt that this was reliable.

The Zhi-9 has not been solved, let alone the Martial Arts-19, which comes from the removal of the passenger compartment and then slimming down.

"Yes, air-to-air missiles, aren't the base modifying the design of the Avant-1 air-defense missile? It's necessary to transform it into an air-to-air missile? Other aspects have already been based on the foundation." Feng Zhibiao also said excitedly.

Xie Kai can support him, and they are more excited than anyone else.

I didn’t know who Xie Kai was. I spent two years at the base and there were almost no projects that had nothing to do with Xie Kai in each project at the base.

"Really do it?" Zheng Yucheng was a little uncertain.

He originally just wanted to get an exportable armed helicopter.

There will not be much domestic equipment, after all, there is no money.

And I don't pay much attention to this.

"Do it! At present, there is no unit in China that engages in professional armed helicopters. We do not need to compete with 602 and other units for projects. Professional armed helicopters can also fill the gap in domestic weapon and equipment development, and at the same time, they can also obtain technical support from other helicopter research units. After all, everyone complements each other and there is no competition." Xie Kai said firmly.

The funds needed for the armed helicopter project will definitely not require as much as an advanced third-generation fighter.

"Outward sales or domestic sales? If exports, will the superiors agree? If the superiors look down on it, the investment will be wasted again?" Zheng Yucheng was a little worried.

Nowadays, he likes to consider costs more often.

If the investment costs cannot be recovered, not only will the project not be able to be completed, but other projects will also be seriously affected.

"Uncle Zheng, you have become the brothers of Dangeyan. Before you even beat the wild geese, you will discuss how to eat it. Fight it first. How to eat it depends on our thoughts? If the superiors are not allowed to export, at least they have to give some orders, right?" Xie Kai said.

Zheng Yucheng was speechless by his words.

Even the others laughed.

"Actually, we have to worry, if the Soviets knew that our armed helicopters were based on their Mi-24 and removed the crew cabin behind them, would they cause trouble for us?" Zeng Guangping said with a smile.

Xie Kai and others shook their heads.

Everyone is socialism, and there is no saying that intellectual property rights is capitalist.

"Actually, I am more looking forward to removing the crew cabin and what kind of technical strength the Mi-24 will become after losing weight." Xie Kai looked expectant.

He really didn't think about what kind of surprises could a Mi-24 bring after removing the crew cabin behind it and slimming down some of it.

Many brothers wonder whether it is Mi-24 or Mi-25. In fact, there is really no big difference between these two models, because Mi-25 is the export model of Mi-24d, a mi-24d, which has the largest number of armed helicopters in Soviet equipment. Even Mi-25 is not as good as Mi-24d. Monkey version equipment in some aspects, everyone knows.
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