Red Soviet Union

Such behavior in Egypt not only caused dissatisfaction in the Arab world, but also some hardliners in Egypt were very disgusted. Therefore, in the military parade last year, Egyptian President Sadat died under the gun of extremists , and killed together, there were 7 people including the chief of the general staff of the armed forces.

After Sadat's death, the powerful figure in the military, the original commander of the Air Force, Mohammad Hosni Mubarak came to power, and he continued to implement Sadat's strategic plan. However, Mubarak's relationship with the Soviet Union is still good of.

After all, in Mubarak’s experience, he graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy and the Air Force Academy, and later served as an instructor at the Egyptian Air Force Academy. He served as the commander of the bomber squadron, the commander of the air force base, and the chief of staff of the Air Force. He went to the Soviet Union three times to study. Although the current national defense policy is different, Mubarak has already imprinted the brand of the Soviet Union on his mind.

What is different from history is that now, Israel and the United States have begun to weaken. In the last war, Israel finally participated in the war and used nuclear bombs. As a result, the nuclear bombs were intercepted and nuclear pollution affected Israel. Since then Since then, Israel has been in a slump. Now, the Soviet Union has been urging the United Nations to carry out inspections on Israel. Although the United States is behind the scenes, this is a general trend. Israel will either accept the inspections of the United Nations or be sanctioned.

As for the United States, the economy has been greatly impacted, and the United States itself is too busy to take care of itself. How can it provide assistance to Egypt!

The Soviet Union is thriving. In the Far East and the Middle East, the Soviet Union has made breakthroughs. Under such circumstances, the international influence of the Soviet Union is also greatly increasing. It can be said that Egypt may now regret abandoning the Soviet Union. America embraced.

The last Moscow air show was a contact between the two sides. Egypt sent representatives to Moscow to participate in the air show, and was amazed by Moscow's aviation technology. At the same time, Egypt also began to think about its own fighter update plan.

Before Egypt signed the agreement with Israel, the Egyptian air force depended on the Soviet Union for its technical equipment and its rich Arab neighbors for funding. Rich oil exporting countries take money, and Egypt sends people to contribute. This is the way.

However, Egypt's separate peace with Israel was regarded as a betrayal by other Arab countries, and they cut off all aid to Egypt. Seeing that Egypt will be unable to open the pot, Saudi Arabia suddenly gave Egypt the 50 F-5Es it ordered. Project implementation, in exchange, Egypt provided several MiG-21 and MiG-23 to the United States.

In 1979, the first F-4E was handed over to Egypt. As a result, the Egyptian pilots found that the Phantom was difficult to control, and it was not as easy to fly as the Soviet aircraft. The Egyptian ground staff who were accustomed to the Soviet aircraft also found that the Phantom was an extremely complicated big guy, much more difficult to serve than the MiG-21. As a result, within a few years of the arrival of the F-4, there were not even ten ghosts that could go to the sky, and the Egyptian Air Force had lost confidence in the ghosts.

Historically, the U.S. Air Force has strictly trained the Egyptian Air Force. In 1985, they finally learned to operate ghosts. And now, it is the time when the ghosts are not acclimatized in Egypt. Egypt feels that it has been cheated by the Americans. Moreover, because the United States is too busy to take care of itself, it has no time to take care of Egypt's affairs. Egypt really wants to throw away these F-4s and sell them for tatters.

At the same time, in order to make up for the vacancy in air force, Egypt has to find new partners, and Huaxia is Egypt's new choice! Two years ago, Egypt and China signed an agreement to order 60 J-7 fighter jets. Huaxia's weapons are of high quality and low price, and the total turnover is only more than 100 million US dollars. Moreover, because it is similar to the MiG-21 originally equipped by Egypt, it is very easy for Egyptian pilots to operate it. After these fighters are equipped with the Egyptian Air Force, it has largely alleviated the plight of Egypt's lack of fighters. Since Egypt and Libya have turned against each other, most of these J-7s are deployed to the border area between Egypt and Libya,

To defend the Libyan Air Force's MiG-23 from intruding into Egyptian airspace.

Historically, in 1982, Egypt ordered 40 subsequent J-7II export aircraft because of its satisfaction with the J-7. And now, this project has not been carried out for the time being, because Egypt found a more suitable option at the Moscow Air Show!

Egypt is currently in economic difficulties. Unlike those big oil companies, Egypt’s oil production is not high. They mainly rely on the oil processing industry to make money. In the era of high oil prices, oil importing countries are more inclined to import oil directly from crude oil producing areas. Instead of buying refined oil from Egypt, Egypt does not have much money in its pockets now. Although France is trying its best to sell Mirage 2000 fighters to Egypt, the cost is too high! The French asked for a price of 30 million US dollars, and they could buy 60 J-7s, but they could only buy 3 Mirage 2000s! How can this make Egypt cut flesh! 60 J-7s, even if they go up to the missiles that only consume the Mirage 2000, the remaining fighters can still beat the Mirage 2000!

It's a pity that the J-7 with air intake from the nose cannot be equipped with a large-diameter radar, and has no medium-range air combat capability!

Therefore, Egypt needs a fighter with moderate price and advanced combat effectiveness! Going to Moscow this time is actually just a matter of luck. Let's see if we can get a suitable fighter plane from Moscow. Although the peace talks between Egypt and Israel were annoyed by the Soviet Union, after all, Brezhnev was in power at the time, and now, Andropov is in charge of the Middle East. General Andre, who is in charge of affairs, is still a man with great vision.

Sure enough, the trip to Moscow brought them a lot. Moscow's MiG-29 fighter jets were originally one of their alternatives. However, the MiG-29 has now been ordered by various Soviet satellite countries, and the production has been scheduled for five years. Egypt can't afford to wait, and Well, the price of the MiG-29 is also 20 million rubles, and the price is not cheap. However, this price includes the price of weapons, and the French only have bare metal.

But when the Egyptians were depressed, they heard about the cooperation between China and the Soviet Union! The Mikoyan Design Bureau of the Soviet Union can help China improve the J-7 fighter jet, so that this fighter jet has more advanced combat effectiveness! Change the air intake from the nose to the abdomen, install advanced radar, and change the engine to a turbofan. If this is changed, the J-7 will be rejuvenated! At the same time, although the cost has also soared, the final quotation will definitely not exceed 10 million US dollars!

After all, the RD33 engine that the Soviet Union is now exporting to China is used by China to install it on its own MiG-23 fighter, and the price is only 2.3 million US dollars a piece!

(The price of engines in this era is not as expensive as that of later generations. In this era, the power of the American F-15 and the F100 engine are only 3 million US dollars per unit, and the price of RD3384 is 2.6 million US dollars.)

In addition, the avionics exported by the Soviet Union cost about 2 million U.S. dollars at most, and the supporting weapon system cost about 1 million U.S. dollars. The profit left to Chengfei is not low.

This is only the price of a complete set of purchases in Egypt. If it is another way, Egypt will fund and jointly develop it, then a production line can be established in Egypt, and Egypt can produce its own fighters!

Although the RD33 engine and avionics still need to be imported from the Soviet Union, Egypt can produce the rest of the airframe and other components by itself! This is a very tempting condition for Egypt, which has been seeking the status of a great power! And this time, Andre came to Cairo to carry out a coordination among the three parties.

After all, it was Andre who proposed the plan at the beginning, and Andre has a good relationship with China, and has established a good strategic situation in the Middle East, so many people are full of expectations for Andre's trip.

When Andre's special plane landed at Cairo Airport, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak personally greeted him at the airport, which was enough to show the importance he attached to Andre. (To be continued.)