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    This staff officer of the Air Force was not a pilot and wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He pushed and explained to Qi Yiming carefully: "According to the Air Force's reconstruction plan, each of the seven military regions is guaranteed to have the highest combat strength.  A strong three-regiment aviation division will be formed, and then each military region will assign smaller aviation divisions according to needs. Therefore, the Air Force¡¯s main combat aircraft will be maintained at about 1,000 aircraft in the future, and the rest will be reserve forces.¡±

    This situation is also quite helpless. There are obviously a lot of aircraft, but operating them all costs a lot of money and the Air Force cannot afford them, so a considerable number of them will be left behind and stored.

    At this time, Li Jing smacked his lips and said: "Your air force is really powerful. Our Hainan Airlines planes are not enough. It's better for you. Some of them need to be sealed. No, I have to give advice to your leaders. Since you want to change to Leopard B,  We can use Leopard A, so please give it to us at once.¡±

    The Air Force Staff Officer is lower than the Commander of Hainan Airlines, and he did not dare to refute it openly. He just said: "Our Electric Flying Leopard model in Leopard A will be retained and used as an electronic warfare aircraft for our Air Force."

    Li Jing smiled, "At best, your electric flying leopards are like five or six brigades, which add up to dozens of aircraft. But you have more than four hundred flying leopards in total, and our Hainan Airlines only has about two hundred. Since  So it shouldn¡¯t be a problem for you to transfer more than 300 aircraft to us.¡±

    The air force staff officer still said: "Our air force will use Leopard A as an attack aircraft, and several attack divisions need to be equipped with Leopard A."

    Li Jing rolled his eyes and felt that talking to this little staff officer was of no use, so he simply kept silent and went back to the Ministry of National Defense.

    In fact, Hainan Airlines cannot use so many aircraft. After downsizing, Hainan Airlines now has a total of 6 aviation divisions. In the future, 150 F-14s will enter service. Currently, it has 48 J-8Vs and more than 200 Leopard A aircraft. This year  They also ordered 12 J-8Vs from Shen Fei, so they still couldn't use more than 300 Leopard As.  However, this asset cannot be disputed, and I feel comfortable when I get it without having to cover it myself.

    Qi Yiming sat next to him and thought about other things. This year, the air command department no longer needs to operate at full capacity. It took Hainan Airlines a year to basically fill up the required fighters. This year's base air command department  The ministry¡¯s production plan is mainly focused on the J-8V.  Because the F-14s from Shenyang Air Force will officially enter Hainan Airlines this year, there will not be many fighters that need to be produced at the base.  The Air Force still has hundreds of J-10s to manufacture, and the Leopard B will be arranged later, but they will all be completed within a year.

    In the future, the production tasks may mainly focus on special aircraft and transport aircraft, but the number is also limited. I am afraid that after 1987, unless the Air Force and Hainan Airlines still want to engage in this kind of reserve storage, they will not need to manufacture anything anymore.

    Originally, Qi Yiming did not want the base to occupy too much of a share, because the more he built, the less the aviation industry companies would build, which would harm their development, so Qi Yiming was so enthusiastic.  Find business opportunities abroad for them.

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    There has been a sudden uproar over the Al-Yamaha arms agreement. The Tornado fighter jet, which was originally very competitive, has now become an option that the Saudis cannot avoid because of the scandal in the UK.  The French actually made a comeback this time. Their Mirage 4000 attracted Chinese cooperative manufacturers and reduced the price to US$30 million. However, the current Sino-French cooperation version of the Mirage 4000 is only a drawing on paper. In fact,  Shenghua Group has only roughly finalized with Dassault which parts can be produced by China, but the reassembled new model has not yet been manufactured, and now it seems to be just a mirage.

    What is more interesting is the Chinese part. As a negotiator, Zhao Jinsong initially gave 48 JH-7A Flying Leopards + 24 J-8V Skuas or 48 JH-7A Flying Leopards + 24 FC-  1 Xiaolong combination.  However, the Saudis feel that there is no great need for STOVL fighters, and the Xiaolong is too light to show that the Saudis are wealthy.  On the other hand, because Pakistan has initially confirmed that it will purchase a large amount of Xiaolong, China agrees that they will obtain part of the production capacity of Xiaolong components. If the total number of purchases exceeds 60, China agrees to sell a final assembly line to Pakistan.  Therefore, the Pakistanis also hope that Saudi Arabia can purchase Xiaolong and participate in the contract. Saudi Arabia itself has close relations with Pakistan, so this is also an alternative option.

    In fact, in the original timeline, around 2014, Saudi Arabia also showed a certain interest in FC-1. The reasons were relatively comprehensive. One was to support Pakistan, its traditional Islamic ally, in disguise, and the other was because of shale gas and the Jasmine Revolution.  , the Syrian civil war and other complex reasons, Saudi Arabia¡¯s attitude towards the United States has changed. Saudi Arabia hopes to develop relations with China, a newly rising power.

    So far, Zhao Jinsong has provided a new contract option on behalf of China, a composite contract of 72 Flying Leopard heavy-duty fighters or 48 Flying Leopards + 24 Flying Cloud Leopards.

    Still in the palace of Prince Saud, Prince Sultan took Zhao Jinsong as a giftThe new information on the website was quite surprising and said: "Why did you suddenly provide a new aircraft model? Is this aircraft better than your Flying Leopard? The price has actually been increased to US$28 million."

    Zhao Jinsong smiled and replied: "This Feiyunbao is actually a heavy-duty dual-mission fighter improved on the basis of the Feibao. It has both ground attack capabilities and air superiority capabilities. It is comparable to the F-15 in active service in the US military.  It is on par with the Soviet Su-27 and is a newly developed model by us.¡±

    Prince Sultan was surprised and said: "Then why didn't you take it out before?"

    Zhao Jinsong would not tell him that this fighter plane has not actually been finalized yet. It just made its first flight not long ago. He could only talk nonsense: "This fighter plane was recently developed by us. Originally, because its combat power was too strong, our country  The military has issued a ban on sales. However, because the budget of our Air Force is limited, it cannot purchase in large quantities, which has caused dissatisfaction among R&D companies. Therefore, the arms sales ban was lifted not long ago, and our companies have also obtained the opportunity to provide support to your country.  Export this product which is the highest achievement of our country¡¯s aviation industry.¡±

    This explanation is reasonable and reasonable. Prince Sultan could not help but nod. In the beginning, the American F-15 could not be sold casually. Just like now, because of the actions of the Israelis, Saudi Arabia has lost the opportunity to continue to purchase F-15.

    "Are you sure this fighter can compete with the F-15?" Prince Sultan asked eagerly. The direction of this question is very clear. Israel is Saudi Arabia's main imaginary enemy, and Israel's main fighter is the F-15, which is in the hands of Saudi Arabia.  There are 62 F-15s, and we have a rough understanding of the opponent's level. If there is another fighter that the opponent does not understand, but is stronger than the opponent, that would be great.

    Zhao Jinsong came up with his tried-and-tested argument: "In terms of performance, there is not much difference between our Leopard B and the F-15. The power is equally strong and the maneuverability is equally fast. However, our Leopard B is equipped with PL-12 missiles. In air combat,  Compared with the F-15, there will be a greater chance of victory.¡±

    This is really a popular move. Who knows that neither AIM-120 nor R-77 is in service at this time?

    Prince Sultan nodded with satisfaction. Because of the matter of accepting bribes, he is now quite anxious and hopes to finalize this arms purchase case as soon as possible. He already hates the British side. France is still at an unreliable stage. It seems that China  People have already brought out the best aircraft, and sincerity is enough.

    "Then, I hope to see this advanced fighter aircraft of your country with my own eyes as soon as possible. Please contact my country's Air Force personnel to finalize a date when the trip can be made."

    Zhao Jinsong said he agreed, but he still had no idea in his heart.  He knew that the so-called Leopard B that had been developed was not actually finalized, but had just made its first flight.  So after leaving the prince's palace, he had to quickly call the country and explain that this matter must be completed quickly.

    After Qi Yiming received the letter in China, he immediately came to Dalinol to urge XAC engineers to step up their work.  Within a few days, multiple prototypes have begun test flights, and the overall test flight progress is still progressing at an alarming rate.  Because there is such a bug in the base, the test flight from the beginning was carried out with extremely high standards.

    Within the first week of arriving in Dalinol, the test pilots from the Red Alert Base conducted extremely terrifying and even life-threatening test flights.  And thanks to the hard work of all the staff, they were able to fly out the basic parameters of the fighter jet within the first week, and these parameters were also reported to Saudi Arabia along with Zhao Jinsong.

    Some follow -up test flight subjects, such as low -altitude large surface speed, single -round failure restart, stall test flight, tail rotation test flight, etc. Although it is difficult, it is also possible to get as possible to eliminate all problems that may exist.

    Qi Yiming knew very well that the plane had only been useless in fooling the Saudi prince who came to visit. The people from the Saudi Air Force would definitely experience the flight next. Even if the Saudis were stupid and rich, it would be impossible not to understand it exactly beforehand.  I made a hasty decision to buy.  Fortunately, both Red Alert engineers and Red Alert test pilots are high-end talents with professionalism and experience in an era when this field is still too barren.  Take a test pilot as an example. In addition to flying skills and courage, he must have a strong insight into the aircraft, be able to identify problems and help propose improvement plans for the problems, or point out a direction for improvement. This type of test pilot is the best.  test pilot.

    With the almost desperate assistance of these professionals, the Leopard B was quickly formed. At the end of March, when Saudi Arabia sent an inspection team to China, they all praised this new fighter.  From the first flight of the Leopard B to the end of the weapon system test, the entire test flight process only took more than two months. Qi Yiming used a total of 35 test pilots and as many as 29 prototypes to participate in this project. In addition to the Xi'an Aircraft  The personnel also dispatched hundreds of technical personnel from various companies to assist.

    This countsIt's another form of concentrating our efforts to do big things.
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