.When he arrived at the airport, Mu Haoyang met Zhou Yusheng who had just got off the plane.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's coming in time."

"Lao Zhou, why are you here?"

"Who told me to be in trouble?" Zhou Yusheng pulled Mu Haoyang and walked towards the special plane of the Air Force officer he was on.

"You're here to pick me up?"

"Yes, I received a call from Lao Teng halfway and asked me to come and call you."

“Where to go?”

"Shenyang."

Mu Haoyang was stunned and said, "What are you going to Chenyang?"

"It was Lao Yang's business, but he went to Chengdu, so he sent me here." Climbing up the boarding ladder, Zhou Yusheng looked back at Mu Haoyang, "Come up, say on the way."

Mu Haoyang had no choice but to board Zhou Yusheng's plane.

Five minutes later, the twin-engine propeller transport aircraft reached the cruise flight altitude, and Zhou Yusheng untied his seat belt and went to get two bottles of iceberg mineral water.

"What are you doing in Chenyang?"

"What else can I do?" Zhou Yusheng took a sip of water before saying, "President Huang approved the Navy's procurement plan and purchased a batch of anti-submarine patrol aircraft. This matter was originally under the responsibility of Lao Yang and had little to do with me. As a participant, I was only responsible for putting forward some technical performance indicators."

Mu Haoyang nodded, indicating that he understood Zhou Yusheng's meaning.

Anti-submarine patrol aircraft must be incorporated into the naval aviation force, but only for submarine warfare, Zhou Yusheng needed advice. After Teng Yaohui reached the fore, the status of Yang Yufang and Zhou Yusheng also rose sharply. As expected, the two will serve as commander of the HNA and submarine warfare next year. Because during the Second Korean War, the two were under the command of Xu Fengtao, they took on the important task before Teng Yaohui was promoted.

"What did Lao Yang go to Chengdu?"

"It is also for HNA's business. First, we must finalize the J-20 procurement contract, and second, we must see if Cheng Fei has the ability to develop carrier-based fighter jets."

"This matter has not been decided yet?"

"No, Lao Teng hasn't made the decision yet, Mr. Huang is also considering it."

"Hou Mingyao mentioned this to me, so let's make a decision quickly."

"Did you meet Hou Mingyao?"

"Just say goodbye to him, I met you at the airport."

Zhou Yusheng smiled and said, "If this matter is not urgent, no matter how anxious we are, it will be useless if the second department does not work hard."

"What does it have to do with the second division?"

"You don't think it's okay?"

"this……"

"Any weapon and equipment are targeted. Unless we are ahead of the world, we have to lock in a certain imaginary enemy during development, and the intelligence provided by the Second Department is required. Only by obtaining the intelligence of the Second Department can we determine the specific performance indicators of the equipment."

“How long does it take to wait?”

"I don't know, when you come to Chenyang, you can ask yourself."

“Ask who?”

"Your old acquaintance."

"Li Mingyang?"

"No, it seems that my surname is Ma. I mentioned you to him, and he said he knew you."

"Submitted to Ma?" Mu Haoyang frowned and said, "Aren't the senior intelligence officials of the Second Department all surnamed Li?"

"This is an unwritten rule, but there must be someone breaking the rules, right?" Zhou Yusheng smiled and said, "By the way, it seems that he is called Ma Mingtao, and he said he has cooperated with you in North Korea."

Mu Haoyang was stunned, and then he remembered that it was Ma Mingtao.

Did this kid come back from South Korea?

"Do you know him?"

"I met and went through life and death together, but I didn't expect him to come back."

"That's good, it's easy to talk to each other when we meet."

"What, are you in trouble?"

Zhou Yusheng sighed and said, "He is responsible for the aviation intelligence and has dealt with him several times. You also know that those intelligence personnel are always in a hurry and are very uncomfortable."

"It's good if you get used to it."

“It’s a pity that I’m not used to it.”

"Then get used to it slowly."

"Haoyang, when did you become such a virtue?"

"It's not that I have become such a virtue, but that you have a bad temper now." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "I can't understand. On the submarine, you are so patient, but you are not patient when you get on the shore. Have you left the grassroots for too long and threw away all your good habits?"

"Hey, there is nothing I can do about it. The superiors are urging me to hurry. How can I not be anxious?"

Mu Haoyang smiled and shook his head, not saying anything more.

He also felt the same way as Zhou Yusheng's feelings. As a practical worker, intermediate officers like them have to deal with the pressure and solve the following problems. Mu Haoyang is fine, but he has only been back for a few months. After working like Zhou Yusheng for several years, it is strange that he remains unfair.

When we arrived in Chenyang, Mu Haoyang and Zhou Yusheng went to the Aviation Design Institute first.

Anti-submarine patrol aircraft have always been something that the Chinese naval aviation company dreamed of. More than ten years ago, HNA commissioned several aircraft manufacturers to conduct research. For example, Shenfei used the y-8-900 as a platform to manufacture several prototypes and delivered them to HNA for performance indicator testing. Xifei also used the later improved model of the y-7 to make similar prototypes, competing with Shenfei for the purchase order of anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

After several years of testing, HNA is not satisfied with both platforms.

The reason is very simple. The y-8 and y-7 are too old and are difficult to meet the basic performance requirements put forward by HNA after being transformed into anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

According to the basic requirements of HNA, the range of flights without air refueling must exceed 7,500 kilometers, the maximum air stagnation time is 12 hours, and it can patrol more than 1,500 kilometers away from the base for more than eight hours, the maximum cruise flight speed exceeds 900 kilometers per hour, the economic cruise flight speed is less than 600 kilometers per hour, it can carry three tons of combat load, and has the ability to use sea-making ammunition.

Even if you don’t look at other indicators, these few items alone exceed the performance indicators of y-8 and y-7.

Judging from HNA's requirements, anti-submarine patrol aircraft are not targeted at old platforms such as P-3c, but at new generation anti-submarine platforms such as P-8.

To put it simply, either don’t want it or you want the best one.

In other words, to meet HNA's standards, improvements must be made on a brand new platform, and those tactical transport aircraft that have been in service for decades will definitely not come in handy.

The result is that the development of anti-submarine patrol aircraft has been delayed again and again.

Before the East China Sea conflict, HNA was not in a hurry because there was no demand for long-distance combat. However, in the East China Sea conflict, the problem of the Navy's lack of anti-submarine patrol aircraft was exposed very clearly, which had a great impact on submarine combat, making HNA begin to pay attention to the value of anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

Even so, there is still no suitable air platform.

Although the y-20 has already entered the sky and will be mass-produced soon, this large transport aircraft is strategically oriented and belongs to the level of C-17 and is not suitable for modification into an anti-submarine patrol aircraft. For example, the economics of the turbofan engine it uses is not very good, and it is difficult to guarantee a patrol time of up to twelve hours. Even if it can be modified, economics must be considered. The unit price of the y-20 is five times that of the y-8. If it is converted into an anti-submarine patrol aircraft, tens of millions of dollars will be added to purchase equipment of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan. HNA will definitely not be able to buy it, and it is even more impossible to purchase dozens or hundreds of aircraft at one time.

Ideal, it should be a tactical transport aircraft.

The problem is that the Air Force does not have an urgent demand for tactical transport aircraft, and does not invest much research and development funds, and HNA will not be able to benefit from it.

There are only three choices before HNA: one is to go back and use the y-8-900 as a carrier; the second is to spend a lot of money to purchase the y-20; the third is to invest separately in the development of a tactical air platform, and then dilute the research and development funds through large-scale procurement by the Air Force.

Because the performance requirements are not met, the first choice is excluded.

Zhou Yusheng came to Chenyang specifically to determine this question, namely, whether to purchase large transport aircraft or develop tactical platforms separately.

"How is it, have you decided?" Mu Haoyang asked after leaving the Aviation Design Institute.

“What to decide?”

"Chen Fei's proposal."

After Zhou Yusheng made a request, Chen Fei focused on recommending the latter, namely HNA Investment, Chen Fei Development, and then sharing technical patents.

"I can't make the decision on this matter, and if I really want to develop a tactical platform, I'm the ideal choice."

"It seems that you are not dizzy yet."

Zhou Yusheng smiled and said, "Compared to me, you boy is a little more tender. In the past, I was mainly responsible for purchasing equipment on submarines. Without a single head, I have been fooled by those manufacturers."

"What are you going to do?"

"Go to West Fei early tomorrow morning, and then go to Cheng Fei to find Lao Yang and let him make a decision."

"Can't you pass by night?"

"Ma Mingtao invited us to dinner tonight, and it was already late at night when he got there."

When the two returned to Chen Fei's hotel, Ma Mingtao was already waiting for them.

After five years, when we met again, we naturally had a cold cicada. Mu Haoyang noticed that Ma Mingtao's appearance had undergone subtle changes. If we didn't look carefully, we would definitely not be able to see it.

Since he had agreed, Ma Mingtao naturally paid for the treat and was very generous, so he took the two of them to the city.

"The boss is very familiar with me, and this room is always kept for me." Ma Mingtao was not polite, ordered the dishes, and waited for the waiter to go out, and said, "Col. How have you been doing in the past few years?"

"I've been a student for a few years and I've only returned in March."

"It's not bad. I must have deceived a lot of first loves in school, right?"

Mu Haoyang rolled his eyes and said, "Old Ma, when did you come back?"

"At the beginning of the year, to be precise, not long after you left school." Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "I had to stay there for a few more years, but An Zaixu was too cowardly and actually capsized in the gutter and lost his life. His line was broken, and it was meaningless for me to stay, so I transferred it back."

"Am An Jae-wook finished?"

"I almost became the chief of staff of the Korean Army, but was betrayed by his mistress." Ma Mingtao sighed and said, "It's also my fault for being careless. That girl is a spy for Cia."

"Okay, at least you escaped."

"Yes, fortunately I was prepared for it and escaped as soon as possible, otherwise I would never come back."

"Will you develop in the country in the future?"

Ma Mingtao nodded and said, "Old Li arranged for me to be responsible for technical work and to work for a few years before making other arrangements. With my current age, I am afraid I will have to stay in China for the rest of my life."

"It's good, so as not to be frightened."

"But there is no chance." Ma Mingtao sighed and said, "I won't say anything anymore. I finally got together and didn't talk about these unpleasant things. Are you okay tonight? Let's have a few drinks. I remember, you promised to treat me to dinner. You don't need to treat me anymore. You have to drink wine, right?"

Mu Haoyang smiled, but did not refuse.
Chapter completed!