A few days later, a certain coastal city.
Chen Nian was invited to participate in this exercise. The reasons given by his superiors made Chen Nian dumbfounded, but he could not refuse.
They didn't even mention the excuse of "if something goes wrong, it's easy to solve it", they just said one sentence:
It's not enough to stay in school every day. Take this opportunity to go out and walk around to avoid damaging your body at a young age.
If there were other reasons that Chen Nian could refuse, but if he said this reason, it would be almost like an imperial edict.
After all, after it has developed to this level, your body is no longer your own, it is the property of the state.
Why, can you not cherish the national property?
It just so happened that the sprint in the previous stage really exhausted Chen Nian physically and mentally, so he happily attended the appointment and flew to the city where the reserved airport was located before the exercise officially started.
This is a small coastal city. Although it is not as developed as some large cities, it has good natural scenery.
Chen Guo is very familiar with this city. According to him, coming here is like returning to his hometown, it is extremely relaxing.
——
Of course, much of this relief is actually psychological.
Because, if one day you are notified to come here, it means that the aircraft you participated in the research and development has entered the delivery stage and has officially been listed.
The same is true for the J-22, but it is a bit special.
There was only one aircraft in the first batch.
Chen Guo took Chen Nian around the city for two days. After taking a short rest, they headed to the airport to observe the preparations for the scheduled exercise subjects.
But when they arrived at the airport, the accompanying intelligence officers brought him unexpected news:
Several leaders wanted to see him.
Chief? several?
Chen Nian frowned slightly and thought to himself:
It seems that he hasn't done anything big recently. Regarding the J-22 new radar, everything that needs to be reported has been reported. Now that he wants to see me, he doesn't know what it is about.
——
However, I am in the military zone now, so I don't have to worry about confidentiality.
Since the news can be passed on to me, it means that it must have been approved by the superiors.
It doesn’t hurt to go and have a look.
Thinking of this, he greeted Chen Guo and followed the intelligence personnel to the exercise headquarters set up in advance, where he saw two familiar faces.
Yang Wei, the chief designer of the J-20 project, and He Hongwen, who gave him great help in the initial stage.
Standing next to them were two unfamiliar soldiers.
Judging from their epaulettes, their military ranks are frighteningly high.
Seeing Chen Nian come in, He Hongwen was the first to stand up, greet him with a smile on his face, and then introduced him to everyone present.
"Come on, Xiao Nian, come over and get to know each other."
"Yang Wei, I don't need to introduce you. You have already dealt with each other before - but you probably haven't met in person yet, right? Are you considered... Internet friends?"
"This is Lin Changhai. You can see the specific military rank, so I won't introduce him. He is in charge of the GZ Military Region Air Force Command."
"This is Gu Tong, from 612."
Chen Nian shook hands with the two of them one by one. After getting to know each other, Lin Changhai looked at Chen Nian with emotion and said:
"I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I never had time. I went to see J-22 several times, thinking you would be in 601, but I failed every time."
"I still thought that I would have a drink with you when I first met you, but...why are you so young? You have a tender face and a bookish attitude, which made me embarrassed to do it."
After hearing his words, everyone present laughed and did not take it seriously. Then Gu Tong also said:
"I really didn't expect you to be so young - of course, I'm better than Changhai. I've at least seen your photos."
"But I'm still a little surprised when I see you today. It's hard to believe that you are actually the chief designer of the J-22... Each generation is getting better and better."
"I thought Yang Wei was scary enough, but I didn't expect you to be scarier than him."
Looking at Yang Wei standing aside, Chen Nian said sheepishly:
"Mr. Yang is much better than me. I'm just lucky."
"What you said will make Yang Wei feel embarrassed to stay here for a while. Okay, let's not talk about this kind of car wheel. I'm looking for you today mainly because I have something I want to discuss with you."
Hearing this, Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s finally time to get to the point.
Instead of verbal compliments, he wanted the other person to be more straightforward.
"Tell me, what exactly is it?"
Gu Tong did not answer directly, but asked:
"Chen Nian, do you know what type of air-to-air missile we are using now?"
Chen Nian was stunned for a moment when he heard this question.
What's going on? Want to talk to me?
Did you know so quickly that you were working on air-to-air missiles?
——
It shouldn’t be. I haven’t even finished the drawing, and I haven’t told anyone about it. It’s impossible for the intelligence agency to be stupid enough to leak information without my consent...
Is that just a coincidence?
Thinking of this, Chen Nian didn't hesitate anymore and immediately replied:
"The J-22 currently carries the PL-11 over-the-horizon air-to-air missile with a range of 40 kilometers and semi-active radar guidance. If it is placed on the J-22, it can be said to be extremely backward."
"Yes, it is extremely backward!"
Gu Tong nodded solemnly and continued:
"I have wanted to say this for a long time, but I have never been able to say it."
"But now, we can't escape anymore."
"We already have the most advanced fighter jet in the world. This fighter jet integrates the most advanced stealth design, the most advanced radar, the most advanced power system, the most advanced avionics and flight control. However, its weapons, But it’s a ridiculous semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missile!”
"For us, it's just a disgrace."
"Imagine, our J-22 stealth approached the opponent's fighter jet, and its radar tracked an entire flight formation at the same time, but the opponent was not aware of it."
"At this time, we want to launch an attack, but the problem is, we can only attack one!"
"Moreover, we must keep the nose of the aircraft pointed at the attack target at all times. If it deviates even a little during the process, the missile will fail."
"Even others don't have to hide at all. They can just fly towards us and throw a missile at us."
"In order to avoid it, we must maneuver and give up radar exposure..."
"You should know what this means."
"PL-11 is just a cosmetic product. In this era, no one can beat it."
"Chen Nian, to tell you the truth, I am the general person in charge of the PL-12 project of the 612 Institute. The PL-12 air-to-air missile we are developing has reached the final stage of testing and is expected to be delivered next year."
"This is an active radar air-to-air missile with a designed effective range of up to 70 kilometers. However, we feel it is simply not enough."
"With a range of 70 kilometers, there is no way to take advantage of the J-22's stealth advantage. Our goal is to create an air-to-air missile with a range of more than 120 kilometers and active guidance capabilities."
"In other words, we want to build a missile that is truly worthy of the J-22."
"We'd like to invite you to join."
Seeing Gu Tong's serious and expectant eyes, Chen Nian couldn't help but feel emotional.
The sensitivity of frontline scientific researchers to new technologies is really no joke.
They didn't know much about this fighter plane, but with limited information and data, they had quickly calculated the Achilles' heel of "the attack distance is less than the detection distance" in a very short period of time, and quickly adjusted the parameters on hand. project, take the initiative to adapt to the correct development direction.
You know, to increase the range of an air-to-air missile from 70 kilometers to more than 120 kilometers, what they have to do is not as simple as lengthening the missile body and adding fuel. It is very likely that they have to overturn the entire design and start from scratch. !
This is also a rare kind of courage.
Chen Nian nodded slightly, looked at Gu Tong opposite and said:
"I got you."
"But...it won't be necessary if you join."
"You can also be a consultant!"
Gu Tong quickly added.
"This is not a matter of consultants or not, it's because...I already have what you want."
Today's update is a little delayed, because it involves modifications to the plots of several chapters, which may be delayed until the evening.
(End of chapter)
