The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 771

Chapter 771 The aftermath (Chapter 6K)

In a small auditorium of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a large group of students were gathering to watch the military parade.

There is no online live broadcast these days, and there is no TV signal in the dormitory. If you want to watch the live broadcast, you can only watch it in a few specific places in the school.

The age of early 20s is the stage when they are most energetic and concerned about national affairs, and the special nature of Beijing Airlines has increased the proportion of this group of people.

Hence, even before the military parade started, the place was already packed with people.

So that those who came after him could only sit on the ground.

In the end, it was Tang Lintian who came forward personally and asked each dormitory building to open the activity rooms equipped with TVs, which stopped the surging crowd.

And the content of this live broadcast of the military parade did not live up to the early morning they woke up specially -

For students who have not yet entered the aviation industry system and have not been exposed to much confidential information, except for the J-7E with a formation in the middle, which is really lackluster, the other models are still quite surprising.

It's just that the auditorium is a public area after all and is really not suitable for making loud noises, and no one wants to miss a word of the commentator.

So, at the beginning, everyone was still able to suppress their emotions.

Once you miss it, you don't know when you will see it again.

The chat between the two people obviously disturbed the surrounding people. Soon, a person in front of them turned back angrily and motioned for them to be silent.

But at least, he has seen a lot of photos and information.

Even students from the Aeronautical and Astronautical University have seen very few Su-27s with their own eyes.

Li Yan scratched his head.

Hence, they were lucky enough not to miss the narrator's voice.

Hence, everyone couldn't wait to hold their breath and didn't want to miss any shot.

After all, they don't have the conditions to record the scene and watch it slowly, nor do they have a search engine that can find the picture by typing a few words.

Even so, he continued to answer:

“Su 27 is here, look!”

Fortunately, the teacher on the podium reacted quickly and quickly raised his hand and lowered it quickly:

“Quiet, quiet! Listen to what the TV says!”

Only some whispering sounds could be heard from time to time.

But before he could take the cup away from his face, he heard a roar from the man who had just turned around to condemn them.

“It seems that he did say that, but I thought he was just showing off?”

The contents are basically the same—

Of course, as a junior master, he would not have the opportunity to participate directly.

“Besides, I remember Professor Chang said at the time that that model is still relatively backward, so we will equip it better.”

Li Yan looked at the double-deltwing J-7 flying past on the TV, turned around, and whispered to Zhou Shuwan sitting next to him:

"I remember Brother Nan...no...when Professor Chang went to school with us, didn't he design an improved version of the J-7 with chin-intake in the class? Why wasn't it equipped?"

I saw a lot in the news in 1996, but the signal quality at that time was worse, and they were cut into scattered scattered pictures (in order to pieces all the number of lenses), and they must not be compared with the parade.

His father did once serve in the Air Force, but he changed his career two years ago.

　　An exclamation without any practical meaning.

Then the conversation changed:

“But considering that he has really become our professor now, so when I think about it now... he may have planned it all at that time. You see so many J-8Cs that just flew over, they have obviously equipped the troops in large quantities.”

The time from the first exclamation to this moment is long, but only a few seconds have passed in total.

His mentor is a well-known domestic aviation safety equipment expert. In Project 11, he participated in the technical absorption of the K36D ejection seat.

Other than that, there are a few fixed pictures in military magazines.

The original silence returned to the auditorium again, with only the rhythmic voices of the two commentators remaining.

But Zhou Shuwan is an exception.

So, among the crowd of spectators, only Zhou Shuwan seemed very calm.

“What the fuck?”

Then, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Zhou Shuwan put down the cup and focused his attention on the TV screen again.

Zhou Shuwan was silent for a moment:

“Actually...I felt the same way at the time.”

He didn't yell like others.

Even specially opened the thermos cup and took a drink of water, and mentally pointed out the strange classmates.

“I said, Brother Zhou.”

He was just about to reprimand him in the same way, but then, the sound of one after another rang out in the auditorium.

At that moment, Zhou Shuwan's mind was blank.

Zhou Shuwan frowned slightly and glanced at Li Yan next to him:

“Your dad is in the Air Force, are you asking me about this?”

They were both classmates of Chang Haonan when he was an undergraduate student, but now the latter has graduated with a doctorate and became a professor, while they are still in their third year of graduate school and are preparing their master's thesis.

“The next thing to be inspected is the domestic third-generation fighter jet formation…”

But I don't know what my mood is.

Calm?

Absolutely not.

Although he still looked indifferent on the surface, his drum-like heartbeat and rapid breathing betrayed his heart.

surprise?

Seems to be.

But not quite.

He has long heard about Project 10, which is developing a third-generation aircraft by itself, and also knows that the prototype flew for the first time two years ago.

Now that I see my real body appearing in public, I am certainly happy, but it does not seem to be the main tone of my mood at this moment.

If I have to describe it, it can only be...

　　It's hard to describe in one word, and it's full of mixed feelings.

As a member of the generation born in the 1970s, Zhou Shuwan has always had a contradictory mentality.

He knows that China's weapons and equipment are generally more than one generation behind the world's mainstream.

Knowing that China's armored forces are even worse than the monkey version of the T72 that was killed indiscriminately during Operation Desert Storm.

I know that by 1996, there were still few fighter jets capable of firing medium-range bombs.

Know that Sovremenny-class destroyers are not "aircraft carrier killers."

These are the things that people like Huang Zhiqiang often talk about and ridicule.

But, they are all true.

However, he also knows that our army has always been good at fighting when the enemy is strong and we are weak, and when the enemy is numerous and we are few.

We also know that from Chishui River to Sansuoli, what we are best at is making the impossible possible.

He has no reason to doubt that in the new era, the people's army can still continue to create miracles.

Whether this is despair or hope, even Zhou Shuwan himself has never been able to tell clearly.

Hence, he almost never argued with those people, or even thought about the issue in detail.

Because he is afraid.

Afraid of being persuaded.

It was not until Zhang Man went abroad that he gradually began to think and discuss with some colleagues.

About how to find hope in despair.

In fact, to put it harshly, it's YY.

But it is always a slightly more reliable YY.

So, the conclusion is nothing more than—

Just like countless times in the past, huge sacrifices were made in exchange for a tragic victory.

Of course, there may be many ideas on how to win.

But no one has ever thought that we can rely on technology and equipment, even those of the same generation as our opponents.

Suddenly, Zhou Shuwan seemed to have returned to three years ago, when he had just teamed up with Chang Haonan to do coursework.

After finalizing the seemingly crazy plan, several people once went out for a roast duck.

That night, they talked about fighter jets and the Air Force.

As usual, we talked about every subtle improvement of the J-8II and the mass-produced F22 that is about to fly for the first time.

At that time, Chang Haonan once said to him:

“Don't worry, there will be something, it will be there.”

At that time, he just thought it was a casual comment from the other party.

But looking back now, maybe that's not the case.

The J-10 did appear 20 years later than the F16.

But in the end, it appeared before the F22 entered service.

There is no generation gap.

　　I really have it all…

When Zhou Shuwan came to his senses, only the last helicopter formation rumbling away from Chang'an Street was left on the TV screen.

The military parade is over.

But the impact of the military parade is far from over.

In the auditorium, the emotions that the students had just suppressed finally burst out.

“Just now...was that J-10 just now?”

Quite a number of people have heard of the existence of this model.

Some people have even seen photos circulated on the Internet during the test flight.

But that is not public information after all.

Who can guarantee that it is true?

In other words, who dares to believe it is true?

You should know that the J-7E was only equipped with troops six years ago.

The J-8C was only equipped with troops two years ago.

But this time…

Public appearance at the military parade, and direct confirmation by the commentator...

“How can it be false?”

Someone on the other side of the auditorium quickly stood up and answered loudly:

“As I said on TV just now, if our country develops and produces by itself, what else can we do besides the J-10?”

“And I see that there are still missiles hanging on them. Does that mean they have been equipped with troops?”

Other people speculated.

“You've all gone to the military parade, so you should be serving, right?”

“But I heard that the J-10 seemed to have made its first flight only the year before last year, and it was put into service within two years... Isn't this unreasonable?”

After all, everyone here is studying aviation. At this time, our minds are still relatively calm.

"That...at least it's fast. Otherwise, who would dare to fly an unreliable aircraft into the military parade?"

"really…"

“That makes sense.”

Obviously this statement is recognized by the vast majority of people.

However, the discussion will not stop because of this... The model has been confirmed, and then there is the performance.

“I think that since the country has decided to make this model public, there will be more detailed reports on TV soon.”

This year, in order to satisfy the people's growing interest in military and weapons and equipment, CCTV has launched a series of programs such as "Military World", and the ratings have been quite good.

But soon, someone turned their attention to the teacher on the podium:

“Teacher, can you analyze it for us?”

　　As this voice howled out, the auditorium was quiet for a moment.

Everyone reacted immediately—

When talking about airplanes at the Aeronautical and Astronautical University, aren't there ready-made experts?

“Yes, teacher, please tell me about it?”

The person in charge of showing the TV on the stage was a young lecturer who had only been in the job for two years, and everyone was numb at this time.

Although most of the people in the auditorium are undergraduates, there are also many masters and senior Ph.D.s. He may not be older than some PhD students who have completed their studies. I have never seen such a formation.

Besides, he doesn't know anything.

How can anyone guess the performance just by looking at the appearance, or even by watching it on TV?

Fortunately at this moment, the door of the auditorium was suddenly pushed open:

“The plane on the military parade just flew over near our school, and someone took a photo!”

The whole room exploded in an instant.

Feeling that the situation was a little out of control, the teacher quickly found an opportunity, took out the mobile phone he had just bought, and called Tang Lintian, asking the principal to find a way to control the students' ignited passion...

In fact, the shock caused by this military parade went far beyond the country.

˜Subject to the limitations of rebroadcast technology, the “live broadcast” signals received by countries and regions outside China have considerable delays.

Even most countries will not specifically broadcast live broadcasts at all.

After all, even in today's timeline, China in 1999 was still not a country that attracted much attention and topic for most foreigners.

But for overseas Chinese, this meaning is completely different.

Birmingham, UK.

Zhang Man and his roommates were sitting in a bar run by Chinese people, watching the footage broadcast by CCTV International Channel with a few local Chinese people.

Compared with the joyful national celebrations at home, here, even in this bar full of Chinese people, the atmosphere is much duller.

The reason why most people gather here is more of a nostalgia for their hometown, or in other words, a sense of ceremony.

Zhang Man was the only one who was very fascinated by what he saw.

Even the hand holding the wine glass turned slightly white from exerting too much force.

Two years ago, she graduated from Beijing Airlines and came to Birmingham to study for a PhD.

At that time, neither Zhang Man nor her family thought about letting her go back.

However, after more than two years of studying for her Ph.D., her ideas began to loosen—

As a smart person, she soon discovered that as a Chinese, it was impossible for her to get access to any core projects here. Although she had no worries about graduation, it might be difficult to find a truly relevant job in the UK.

The way for most "predecessors" to stay here is to directly marry a foreigner.

But Zhang Man is a rich and beautiful person at home. If this is what he wants, why go abroad? He can just find a wealthy son-in-law at home and be done with it.

Furthermore, there is discrimination.

It may not even be intentional.

But unintentional strange looks are sometimes even more difficult to accept.

Zhang Man looked at the picture on TV and drank all the wine in the cup.

She is still not interested in the military, and her current research is in a rather fringe field that has nothing to do with aviation, so she doesn't know much about the equipment that appeared in the military parade.

What she misses even more is the mass celebrations that followed but no one paid much attention to in the country.

Since going abroad, I haven't experienced such lively scenes for a long time.

“Perhaps...it would be good to go back after graduation?”

She thought so.

Compared to Zhang Man who was just thinking wildly, there were others who were paying attention to more professional matters.

Although the general public will not pay attention, researchers in related fields cannot miss this opportunity.

Especially the Europeans who are already cooperating with China.

Whether it is because interests are tied to cooperation with China, or simply out of a rational analysis of China's scientific research level.

In short, at least some people have begun to try to look at this familiar but unfamiliar country from a rational perspective again.

About an hour after the military parade ended.

Charles Edelstein strode into the office of Serge Dassault, the second generation head of Dassault.

Hand is still holding a document that has just been printed out.

“Mr. Dassault, I think you should take a look...”

Ed Steiner was only halfway through his words when he discovered that the TV set not far away was actually playing the content he wanted the other party to watch - China's National Day celebrations.

“What's the matter, Charlie?”

Dassault turned his head and looked at his old buddy with some curiosity.

“Now that you're looking at it, it's easy to say.”

The latter pointed to the TV screen.

“Are you talking about these performances?”

Dassault's gaze returned to the TV:

“It was boring at first, it was all... you know... unoriginal praise, but the later parts were exciting, especially the dance, which was very creative.”

Ed Steiner waved his hand helplessly:

"Of course not...I mean the military parade in front."

He said and put the folder in his hand on the desk:

“The Chinese exhibited two new types of fighter jets.”

Dassault glanced down but did not open the page:

“I saw it. One is the Su-27 produced by introducing Russian technology, and the other is a light fighter that is somewhat similar to...well...at least similar in size to the F16. Of course, it should be larger than the Mirage 2000."

Speaking of this matter, he was quite irritable.

Originally, his father, Marcel Dassault, had already presided over the development of the heavy-duty Mirage 4000 fighter jet, but the French Air Force was not interested in it.

However, after the project was terminated, the Ministry of National Defense actually proposed to launch a research and development plan for a 9-ton fighter aircraft common to the navy and air force.

It is also the later Rafale fighter jet.

Originally, the research and development process was relatively smooth, and the mass-produced Rafale C was scheduled to enter service in 2001.

But just at this critical moment, the Snecma Group, which was responsible for providing power, suddenly lost its chain.

Because General Electric suddenly decided to withdraw the technical support it provided during the M88 development process, about 15% of the parts were unable to be supplied on time.

The entire plan is now almost at a standstill.

Looking at the next door, EF2000, which they withdrew from back then, is singing fast and furiously, and is about to catch up from behind.

If we continue like this, we will lose to the United States (F15), Russia (Su-27), Russia to the United Kingdom (EF2000), and China (J-10), and finally we will have nothing to lose.

General Electric's wave of salary cuts is not a slap in the French Air Force's butt, but a slap in the face of Dassault.

But trouble comes to an end, and there is really nothing we can do.

Having already said all the good things, the other party can't be embarrassed and buy the British EJ200 when he is so stubborn, right?

Does that make you worthy of being a Frenchman?

We can only wait and see when Snecma can solve the problem alone.

However, Ed Steiner took the initiative to open the document.

Inside is a color printed picture.

It is a three-machine formation.

Taken from behind.

Obviously cropped and enlarged, of course.

“I'm not talking about the plane itself.”

He pulled up a stool, worked on it by himself, and said to Dassault:

“Our reporter at the front took a photo from a good angle.”

Ed Steiner said as he stretched out **** and tapped lightly on the engines of two of the planes.

"According to our analysis, the aircraft in the front should be a basic Su-27 assembled by China using Russian-made components, while the aircraft in the back, and of course the other one that was intercepted, are produced by the Chinese themselves. Of course , maybe the electronic equipment has also undergone some improvements, but that's not important.”

“It can be seen that the engines of the two aircraft are completely different.”

Serge Dassault's professional skills in the field of aircraft design may not be as good as his father's, but to be able to maintain a huge family business like the Dassault Group, he is by no means a novice who is completely ignorant of technology.

In fact, he graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et Sérieure in France and has participated in the design of aircraft ranging from the Super Mystique to the Mirage 4000.

Hence, when Ed Steiner pointed out those two places, he had already seen some clues.

Dassault picked up the remote control and turned off the TV:

“This model outside uses an ejection nozzle.”

At this time, he had vaguely understood the key points of Ed Steiner's words.

Snecma Group is almost the only one in the world that is keen to use ejection nozzles on fighter engines to reduce engine weight at the expense of some low-altitude performance.

But it seems a bit far-fetched.

After all, it's just a spout design.

What can the same mean?

“That's right.”

Ed Steiner replied:

“Actually, it's hard for me to explain why I had this idea, but anyway, I just contacted Snecma Group and asked them if they have any relevant information about China's third-generation turbofan engine.”

"The answer they gave me was that about 10 years ago, the Chinese started a third-generation turbofan engine project based on the F110 engine, using the CFM56 as the core engine. Initially, they even tried to seek help from Snecma. Some technical help was provided, but soon, as the relationship between us and China turned cold, there was no follow-up news.”

“So you think…”

Dassault frowned slightly:

“It took the Chinese people ten years to install a high-thrust turbofan engine on a mass-produced aircraft?”

Although he didn't say it directly, his expression clearly showed that he didn't believe it -

CFM56 is said to be jointly developed by the United States and France. In this way, Snecma has spent almost 20 years developing a mid-range model based on it. In the end, many parts still need to be produced in the United States.

On the other hand, the Chinese people have received very few CFM56 data. How can they spend 10 years from scratch to create a big promotion to the standard F110?

How about playing?

“Not that I think…”

Ed Steiner shook his head:

“I also think this is unrealistic, but these four engines are clearly different from any known model in the world.”

"If it is made in Russia, there is no need to specifically replace the tail nozzle. And according to the news from Sagem, almost all the engines exported by Russia to China in recent years are high-bypass-ratio models, such as PS90A and D436T.”

Clear and logical.

Dassault was speechless.

“So...you mean, maybe the Chinese have the key technology to mass-produce CFM56?”

“At least there is a possibility.”

Ed Steiner replied.

In fact, his entire analysis process was inconsistent.

But because there were so many errors, they canceled each other out in the end, and we got a conclusion that was very close to the correct one...

(End of this chapter)

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