Dominate South Asia

"Your performance today has left us a deep impression." Air Force Commander-in-Chief Wang Hai said to the Soviet representative: "However, does the cause of this accident indicate that your engine has defects?"

Looking at the Chinese people in the conference room, Gorishen couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart. The flight performance had already made the Chinese very satisfied, but such an incident happened at the end. Now, the Chinese side has also raised such doubts.

"Of course not, our engine has undergone strict ground testing. This engine is installed in large quantities on our Soviet Wehrmacht fighters, and the failure rate is very low. Today's incident was just an accident. We will strictly check the truth of the accident, eliminate the hidden dangers of the accident, and similar things will not happen again." Gorishen said, and he couldn't help but want to curse Ishakov in his heart. If Ishakov admitted that it was his operating error, there would be no current problem.

"Your engine is very good." At this time, Muhammad, who was attending the meeting, said: "The problem lies in the vector nozzle. How long is the service life of your vector nozzle?"

What does it have to do with you! Gorishen has no good feelings towards Muhammad. If the Su-27 had not been defeated by the F-14 repeatedly on the battlefield in Afghanistan, why would the Su-27 have fallen to the point of being sold everywhere? The Ministry of Defense has placed all its hopes on the next generation of fighter jets of Mikoyan. In order to raise funds for Mikoyan, Sukhoi has to sell everywhere in exchange for fees. This is simply a huge irony!

Moreover, the question Muhammad asked now is very sharp. Even Gorishen knows that the problem lies in the short-lived vector nozzle.

"Two hundred and fifty hours." Gorishen said: "After our improvement, it will be extended to five hundred hours."

It is absolutely impossible to say that the life of this nozzle is only twenty hours! Otherwise. How could the Chinese Air Force introduce it! When they received the fighter and found that the nozzle could only be used for twenty hours, they could use various excuses, such as unsuitable climate, etc.

Two hundred and fifty hours! This also made the Chinese military personnel on the scene somewhat dissatisfied. The life is too short! It costs a lot to purchase this fighter, and it costs a lot to maintain it!

"Really?" Muhammad said, "Can you do an experiment on the test bench in China? If the life can really reach 250 hours, then we Pakistan can import 200 such engines!"

The Soviet engine does have its own characteristics. And the current Su-35 engine does have a lot of thrust. If the vector nozzle has such a long life, Pakistan can really consider purchasing a batch and install it on its own fighter.

Of course, this is just a test by Muhammad. He knows it is impossible. 250 hours? What's the bragging? It's set up on the test bench and ignited. It's less than 20 hours to start. I'm afraid it will be scrapped.

Sure enough, after hearing Muhammad's words. Gorishen hesitated. If he agreed directly in front of so many people, he might really get on the test bench. Once he got on, he would be exposed.

"This, in actual operation, there will indeed be some problems." Golishen said: "But we will continue to improve the vector nozzle to give it a longer life."

The Soviets refused to accept President Muhammad's advice, so there must be a problem! Wang Hai couldn't help but glance at President Muhammad. At this time. He was leaning back in his chair, drinking a bowl of tea, very peaceful.

When he felt Wang Hai looking at him, Muhammad blinked and winked at Wang Hai.

This reminder couldn't be clearer. These Soviet equipment are not mature at all! This is also one of the reasons for the accident! And now, the Soviets just want to use these things to fool China!

"President Muhammad. We are very confident in our fighters. If you are interested, we can conduct a simulated exercise here, using our Su-35 fighters to fight against your Tomcat fighters. What do you think?" Golishen said.

Although there is only one fighter with thrust vectoring, but. There are other fighters in China. If they are temporarily modified, add vector nozzles, and improve the flight control software, the same effect can be achieved.

Muhammad shook his head: "Sorry, we are not interested. However, we are very interested in your ejection seat."

With the ability to maneuver after stalling and with vector nozzles, such fighters can have certain advantages in close combat, especially now that the Pakistan Air Force has never fought against such fighters. If they suddenly conduct a confrontation exercise, their pilots may really suffer.

It will take some time to thoroughly study the performance of this fighter and find a way to confront it. If the other party invites them to fight again, Muhammad may agree.

The Soviet ejection seat is not bad. Muhammad is very satisfied. If the Soviets are willing to export it, Pakistan can consider equipping a batch and then copying the corresponding model to fill the gap.

"I'm sorry, we are here to sell fighters. If you are interested in our ejection seats, please contact our domestic Zvezda company." Gorishen said reluctantly. After all, the country is short of money in all aspects. If Pakistan is willing to buy this ejection seat, the president may really instruct Zvezda to sell a batch. However, this has nothing to do with Sukhoi, and the company will not make any money.

"Okay." Muhammad finished his answer and continued to sit on the chair, watching them speak.

The Soviets continued to talk about the various excellent performances of this fighter, and also said that if China really wants to buy it, they can discuss it again, but China is obviously not interested, but wants to investigate the truth of the accident first, especially the defects of the engine.

The two sides were deadlocked. The Soviets even agreed to export the production line to Shenfei and let Shenfei produce it independently. The leaders of Shenfei really wanted to agree to it in person, but the Air Force disagreed. The truth of the accident must be found out. The engine is the heart of the fighter. If there is a problem with the heart, this fighter cannot be used.

So, the negotiations fell into a deadlock again.

At this time, Muhammad on the side suddenly remembered something and said: "I heard that you have a plan to modify the attack aircraft based on the Su-27? Or a parallel double seat?"

Parallel double seat! Hearing Muhammad's question, all the air force generals felt a flash in front of their eyes.

Parallel double seat attack aircraft!

Generally speaking, fighters are mostly single-seat. After all, with the increasing level of weapon automation, a single pilot can complete all operations. The reason why the F-14 is a double seat is that the pilot in the rear cabin is mainly to operate the complex AWG-9 radar, which is almost the role of a small early warning aircraft. Moreover, a double seat requires an extra pilot, and pilots are quite valuable. Training a pilot is expensive.

However, if used for ground attack, the double seat shows its advantage. The extra pilot can skillfully operate various ground attack weapons. Moreover, for long-distance flights, two pilots are also more advantageous than one.

Therefore, attack aircraft are almost mostly double-seat.

The Chinese Air Force is in urgent need of a two-seat modern attack aircraft.

At present, China's main ground attack weapons are mainly the H-6, a copy of the TU-16 introduced from the former Soviet Union, and the H-5, a copy of the IL-28. The performance of these two bombers is too old and cannot adapt to the requirements of modern high-intensity combat. They do not even have the ability to penetrate at ultra-low altitudes, and their safety is poor. The only supersonic attack aircraft, the Q-5, which is modified on the basis of the J-6, has a too short range and a small bomb load. Therefore, the Air Force found that it did not have an advanced ground attack aircraft that could adapt to future wars, and the desire to have a new aircraft with the performance of a fighter and a bomber was very urgent.

Based on this idea, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation began the research and development of the J-7, originally intending to manufacture a fighter-bomber that could be used by both the Air Force and the Navy to meet the needs of foreign wars. However, the navy mainly hopes to use anti-ship missiles to attack enemy warships, so tandem double seats are enough, while the air force hopes to use parallel double seats, so that the two pilots can coordinate with each other, which is very effective in ground attacks.

However, parallel double seats mean a larger windward area, greater flight resistance, and a higher level of technical difficulty. At this time, none of the air force equipment is parallel double seats.

The technical risks forced Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation to consider carefully and give priority to one research and development. As a result, the parallel double seat layout was abandoned by Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation. At the same time, the air force also cancelled the investment and let Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation and the navy tinker with it themselves.

In later generations, the development of the JH-7 has also gone through twists and turns, and it almost died several times. Now, relying on the sale of Spey modified engines and export earnings, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation has long raised enough funds to complete the development of the JH-7 and deliver it to the naval aviation.

At the same time, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation also began the plan to imitate the Tomcat, which was completely self-funded without domestic investment.

The Air Force still has no suitable replacement plan. In later generations, the Navy operated the JH-7 for a long time before the Air Force took a fancy to it and re-equipped it.

Therefore, when Muhammad mentioned the parallel two-seat attack aircraft, including Air Force Commander Wang Hai, they all became interested again.

But Gorishen was surprised, because the parallel two-seat attack aircraft project is now only an internal project of the company and has not been publicized to the outside world. How did the Pakistani president know about it? (To be continued ~^~)