Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1302

“What you do like this is to make the contradiction between Sukhoi and Mikoyan even greater. The engine factory of the Mikoyan system provides us with engines, but Sukhoi sells fighters. The possibility is not high.”

Bai Yanjun looked at Xie Kai with a wry smile.

He didn’t even know how Xie Kai had such a strange idea.

Using Sukhoi’s desire to export fighter jets to solve the eager hope of solving the shortage of operating rates, let them help tackling key problems, and even put pressure on the Soviet Union’s high-level leaders to make the engine manufacturer of Mikoyan system agree to export RD-33 engines to China.

Ge Minglang looked at Xie Kai, “Perhaps we can consider AL-31. Since Sukhoi is willing to provide it, we can get the advanced engine of AL-31 with stronger thrust, better performance and lower fuel consumption. Development is a good thing.”

Listening to Ge Minglang’s words, Xie Kai rolled his eyes.

“General Manager Ge, the AL-31 engine is indeed much stronger than the RD-33 engine. After we get it, if it is used in the Super-7 project, have you considered how long it will take to modify the design of the fighter? Even the entire power system will be changed, the customer Can you wait that long?”

“Customers can’t wait that long, things will change after a long time, and if they lose the opportunity, they can’t find it again.” Bai Yanjun shook his head.

Xie Kai also didn’t want to see such an opportunity lost.

Looking at the two of them, Xie Kai also knew what they were worried about, and continued: “What’s more, don’t forget that the country is engaged in engine research. Once there is an engine, what will happen to the result of a domestic engine that costs a lot of money and cannot make a breakthrough in a short time?”

Xie Kai didn’t finish, but Ge Minglang shuddered.

If so, domestic engines will never have a way out.

At present, the Super-7 project adopts imported engines because the market is globally oriented, which is definitely not a problem.

If the Super-7B used by the domestic air force and the J-10 being developed by Rongfei also use imported engines, the domestically produced engines will be dead.

Such things must not be done.

“In fact, there is no need to think too much. According to the current situation, unless the Soviets would rather stop work than benefit us, they must provide us with engines.”

The situation in the Soviet Union is already very bad.

Without the export of weapons and equipment, their lives would not be able to survive.

That’s why Xie Kai is so sure.

It depends on who can hold it.

Bai Yanjun also nodded, agreeing with Xie Kai’s view: “Then contact the country and ask the head of the Air Force for help. If the Soviet Union takes the initiative to sell the Su-27 to the Air Force, it will be carried out in the form of package negotiation. The Soviet Union does not provide the supporting RD-33. For engines, Su-27 fighters are not purchased in China.”

In the past, the Air Force would not necessarily agree to such a request.

The Air Force needs to be equipped with more advanced fighters, especially naval aviation. The range of fighters is insufficient, and they cannot even effectively protect the interests of the small pond in the South China Sea.

The Su-27 happens to be one of the best fighters in the world. The only one that can compete with the Su-27 is the American F-15.

Although the Air Force urgently needs it, the Air Force will definitely help, and the Ministry of National Defense will not refuse the export order for the 404 as large as thousands of fighters.

The order for thousands of fighters is not just a transaction value of one or two tens of billions of dollars.

It is this huge transaction volume that has a leading role in the improvement of the entire national defense technology strength.

“General Manager, the Chinese are too much. Knowing that we are at odds with the Mikoyan system, and asking for it, it is obvious that the conflict between us and the Mikoyan system is intensified, and they profit from it.”

On the way back, Chervakov looked angry.

The Chinese are too shameless.

On the way they came before, they envisioned many situations, and even thought that China would drastically lower prices.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese did not talk about prices as they did before, or asked for technology directly, and directly asked them to help build the RD-33 engine.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Sukhoi helped to build the engine of the Mikoyan system. What do the people of the Mikoyan system think?

What do the Soviet leaders think?

Mikhail did not speak, he was thinking about the purpose of the Chinese.

It is too abnormal.

Before the Chinese imported equipment, they not only needed equipment, but also required technology to be imported together.

“They may just have no choice. When the MiG-29 and F-16 crashed one after another and our Su-27 almost had an accident, the outstanding Super-7A became the biggest winner. Apart from our country’s ban on exporting engines, who Can’t stop the Chinese from selling fighters…” Mikhail could understand.

He considers more, mainly from this, how much benefit Sukhoi can get.

Offending Mikoyan is not a big problem. The main thing to do is to measure whether this can bring greater benefits, and whether Sukhoi can take advantage of this opportunity to get more orders.

Seeing the two came back, Mishavsky directly asked, “How are you talking to the Chinese? How much are they willing to purchase?”

Even Ogley Bakranov, who has always opposed cooperating with China, looked at the two with expectation.

The fighter aircraft factory in the Soviet Union needs an order to start construction.

At the Paris Air Show, due to an accident, they have so far had no orders for a fighter aircraft.

As the chairman of the Military Industry Council, it is impossible not to worry.

China’s demand for Su-27 fighters is very large.

Although China may not have money, China has light industrial products that the Soviet Union needs.

It is completely possible to barter with China, so that everyone’s economy can be improved.

“China has a great demand for Su-27, but they have put forward a request for domestic approval of the export of RD-33 engines.”

Seeing that the general manager was silent, Chervakov took a secret look at Alexei Federov, general manager of the Mendyev Machinery Plant, before speaking to the elders.

“Impossible!” Alexei Federov suddenly jumped up.

Sukhoi’s bastards, for their own benefit, actually ignored Mikoyan’s life and death.

The export of the RD-33 engine will seriously affect the export orders of the MiG-29 and squeeze the MiG-29 market space.

“Why is it impossible? What is impossible?” Mikhail asked Alexei quietly.

Alexei suddenly roared: “Once you provide a large number of RD-33 engines to the Chinese, MiG-29 orders will be very seriously affected! This will not affect your Sukhoi Su-27!”

The people of Mikoyan know better than anyone that it is difficult for the MiG-29 to gain market users’ approval so far.

But this is not the reason why they provide engines for the Chinese to take away more markets.

The leaders of the Ministry of Aviation Industry and the military committee just watched them in silence, and no one spoke.

They are also weighing what impact the Chinese proposed such conditions will have on the entire military industrial system of the Soviet Union.

Chervakov stood up directly and looked at Alexei and said coldly: “According to our news, the Chinese are currently working on a major problem nationwide, mobilizing the entire country’s industrial technology, and making every effort to tackle the core engine of the turbofan engine. , And their turbofan-6 has entered the final service life improvement stage. Under such circumstances, if we refuse to export engines, we can only force the Chinese to invest more in the engine. Once the Chinese have come up with a core engine, we will never have If you have the opportunity to export any engine, it will be a loss for the entire country!”

The whole world knows that the Chinese gather national forces to build aero engines.

In this regard, China has not done any confidential work.

It’s just that the outside world simply doesn’t know the progress of their research and development.

Chervakov did not stop there. He scanned everyone present before adding: “Also, we do not export, and Western countries will also provide engines to China. All along, as long as the Chinese are going to be in certain areas When a breakthrough is made, Western countries will export their lagging related technologies to China in order to delay China’s technological development and squeeze the market space for Chinese technology products!”

The attitude of Westerners is well understood by the Soviet Union.

This has always been the case.

Even with the existence of the Paris Coordinating Committee, even if they reached an embargo on China with the Soviet Union, they would still do that.

As it is now, the West has engaged in a lot of military-technical cooperation with China for the benefit and to put pressure on the Soviet Union.

These technologies involve a lot of equipment of the navy, land and air forces.

The Soviet Union still imposed an embargo on China. As a result, the West made a lot of money, and Chinese technology has also made great progress.

“In addition, a large number of domestic factories have been unable to start operations due to insufficient orders. Exporting engines can not only re-start related factories, but also obtain more benefits, squeezing the profit margins of the Chinese!”

Mikhail is still very satisfied with his business manager.

Looking at the whole room, the big guys did not speak and added, “Comrades, please think about it. If the Chinese get the supply of Western engines, their fighters can still be sold, and they will even get more orders because of Western technology. , In this situation, what benefits can we get?”

Cooperation between China and the West is certainly not in the interests of the Soviet Union.

For the Soviet Union, large-scale export of engines to China is not in the national interest of the Soviet Union. In particular, the engines obtained by China are for export to the world, which will put greater pressure on the notorious Soviet fighters and make it more difficult to obtain. Market order.

It does not export engines to China, and even the West does not export engines. If China loses these orders, the Soviet Union cannot get them either.

In the end, the order will be monopolized by Western countries, and for the Soviet Union, it is not in line with national interests.

Mishavicowski looked at the others and didn’t want to speak.

He has a better private relationship with the Chinese side, especially the friendship he established with Xie Jianguo and others in college.

But now, he had to speak.

Said to everyone, “Refusing to export engines to China can only bring greater benefits to Western countries. Don’t forget that Western countries poisoned our pilots in order to prevent the export of our fighter jets. Without the outstanding performance of Chinese fighter jets. , Everyone, please think about the consequences of this.”