"How did the foreign media publish it?" Qin Tao also became nervous.
The assistant took out a laptop and opened the screen. There was already a relevant web page inside, which was densely packed with English letters, and the title clearly read H-20.
"Taozi, read it to us." Mr. Lin said.
Mr. Lin is proficient in Russian and can talk freely with Mr. Maozi, but he only understands Russian and cannot understand English, so he needs someone else to translate.
At this time, after hearing what Mr. Lin said, Qin Tao translated it literally.
"In order to seize the commanding heights of the 21st century, Dongfang has carried out Project 20. This is not an independent project, but a huge systematic project, including the Z-20 in the helicopter field and the Y-20 in the transport aircraft. We
There is reason to believe that in the field of fighter jets, there is also the J-20 project, and at the same time, in the field of bombers, there must be the H-20 project."
When he read this, Qin Tao felt a little relieved. It seemed that this was not specific information at all, but an article put together by various speculations. Moreover, in this era, this kind of article
It is very influential. After all, the East is getting stronger and stronger, and the theory of Eastern threat is very popular.
"At present, the most advanced bombers in the East are the H-6J and H-6K. These bombers adopt a variable sweep wing design and can penetrate defenses at supersonic speeds at low altitudes. Compared with their old H-6, the performance is a step higher, and this new one
The H-20 project will definitely be a step up from the original H-6J and H-6K. In view of Dongfang’s outstanding performance in stealth aircraft, we believe that Dongfang will definitely develop a stealth bomber with performance and
B-2 is almost the same. Now, let’s analyze the data of B2.”
Everyone became nervous. If there was a leak about the H-20, it must have come from this place, a stealth bomber that competes with the B2!
The B2 bomber is the most advanced strategic bomber in the United States. It has a 21-meter-long fuselage, a 52.4-meter-wide wingspan, and a take-off weight of 170 tons. Considering Dongfang's lagging behind in engine and other technical fields, we have reason to believe that Dongfang's
The size of the H-20 is definitely larger than this, and the take-off weight will also reach 200 tons. It is equipped with four engines modified from the H-6K and H-6J, giving it intercontinental bombing capabilities. Considering that Dongfang and the
Without overseas bases and no aerial refueling, its range may reach 20,000 kilometers, which is more than enough for a round trip, and its bomb load may also reach 40 tons.
"These data are very similar to our H-20." Mr. Lin said: "It is likely that the secrets have been leaked."
"It may also be the speculation of foreigners, and they just speculate very accurately." Qin Tao does not think so: "Westerners attach great importance to the development of our military industry, and of course they will use various ideas to speculate on our military industry projects.
These are more like speculations and there is no conclusive evidence."
"Even if it's just a guess, isn't it too accurate?"
"Based on our current technology, we can come to such a conclusion. There is nothing wrong with this, simply because there is only so much that can be speculated." Qin Tao said: "Mr. Lin, those intelligence personnel in the West,
Newspaper reporters also want to make money. They can make a lot of money by concocting an article like this. In the past, when we brought back the White Swan, in order to fool the West, Zhang Zhong said that the program speculated on the stealth bomber plan. I guess
, now this report is just an excerpt of Zhang Zhongshuo’s program.”
Mr. Lin nodded: "Okay, according to what you said, this is to make money. However, this is also inseparable from our H289. This hidden project was uncovered by foreigners, which made it even more embarrassing.
I am speechless."
"So, we have to tell the truth and fake it to deceive foreigners." Qin Tao said: "Since they have guessed our real plan, of course we must let them come into contact with a fake plan."
Fake plan? Everyone is interested.
"Say it!"
"Our White Swans have been training in the dark, which is quite difficult. Now it's time to switch to training during the day." Qin Tao said.
Wu Shengli cast a suspicious look.
White Swan?
At the beginning, Qin Tao not only got the Tu-22M, but also got back three White Swans through various methods. In order to show that Dongfang was not interested in White Swan, Dongfang came up with a project description of the stealth bomber, which made Westerners believe
, Dongfang’s interest is in developing stealth bombers.
Now that stealth bombers are really being built, we have to explain to the outside world that we are not interested in stealth bombers, we are building conventional bombers!
"Our H-6 will continue to develop. With H-6K and H-6J, of course it's not over yet. We also need to have H-6L, H-6M, and H-6N. In order to confuse the enemy, we can directly use
The code name of the H-6N, our bomber, is a deep modification. While continuing to use variable swept wings, we have changed our engine layout and become a new wing-root four-engine solution. As for Hetu-
160 is similar? It can only be said that the heroes have similar ideas. Since this solution is very good, why can't we use it." Qin Tao continued to introduce it along his own train of thought.
"Stealth bombers are simply not needed in the future. What is the mission of strategic bombers now? They are to launch cruise missiles as a weapon for long-range strikes. Are we building stealth bombers just to fly over the enemy's heads and carry out carpet bombing? Then
It simply makes no sense! The development of our H-6 is to further increase the load capacity and further increase the range, so we have developed this H-6 N."
"Isn't this a bit ridiculous?" Mr. Lin asked cautiously.
"What nonsense? When we improved to H-6K and H-6J, did the outside world say anything?" Qin Tao said: "We can change the shape of a subsonic bomber into a supersonic bomber. Of course we can
You can upgrade your tactical bomber to a strategic bomber."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If you want to talk about it, it has been said before. H-6K and H-6J are just like the shadow of Figure-22M, and they are nothing like Figure-16.
There is no connection, but in Eastern propaganda, this bomber is improved from the H-6.
Since subsonic speed can be changed to supersonic speed, conventional swept wings are changed to variable swept wings, and wing root engines are changed to tail engines, the twin engines become four engines, the variable sweep wings are combined with the wing body, and tactics become strategies.
What's wrong with this?
We don't need twenty. All we need is six. We haven't used up the alphabet yet!
"If we always train in the dark, it is indeed inappropriate. We should also show our big killer to the outside world." Mr. Lin nodded: "Now, in order to confuse the outside world and hide our real H-20 project, we should
We have announced the white swan, which can also reduce our pressure. I will make suggestions to my superiors."
"Well, there is no need to announce it with a big fanfare. Just take advantage of the satellites flying overhead to expose it, shock the outside world first, and then slowly release more details. That's enough." Qin Tao said: "
If it were announced directly to the outside world, it would be too shocking."
When it comes to strategic bombers, the B2 must rank first, but what about second? The Tu-160, the White Swan, deserves it!
In 1985, the American B-1B bomber was officially put into service. This bomber adopts a variable swept wing design. After aerial refueling, it has the ability to carry out global bombing. It also has a huge bomb load of 60 tons, becoming the U.S. Air Force
strategic force, with hundreds of aircraft equipped at its peak.
For Lao Maozi, of course he must have what the Americans have, so when the B-1B bomber was test-flying, the Tu-160 also began to develop, and, by different routes, the appearance of the two bombers is very similar: using
The wing-body fusion design has two side strips extending from the nose to the rear of the wing root. Under the wing root, two engine nacelles are symmetrically installed near the fuselage, equipped with four turbofans with afterburners.
The engine is flanked by variable sweep wings, the fuselage extends rearward and begins to become taller to avoid the engine's airflow, and the tail is a cross-shaped tail.
They all want to use the same method to solve the bomber problem: combine the characteristics of the bomber's long range, long endurance and large weapons load with low-altitude, high-subsonic and high-altitude hypersonic penetration capabilities.
However, the Tu-160 is still very different from the B-1B, mainly because it is bigger! The engine used by this aircraft is NK-32, with a maximum thrust of 137 kN and a maximum afterburner thrust of 245 kN, while the B1B is equipped with the F101
The engine has a maximum thrust of 78 kilonewtons and a maximum afterburning thrust of 133 kilonewtons. In other words, the Tu-160 engine without afterburner is the same as the B1B with afterburner on.
Different engines bring about different differences in the entire aircraft. The Tu-160 is 20% larger than the B1B, with a maximum take-off weight of 275 tons, a maximum speed exceeding Mach 2, and a bomb load of 9 tons.
Under normal circumstances, it has a non-refueling range of 16,000 kilometers.
Therefore, after the White Swan was developed, it quickly became the magic weapon of Lao Maozi and became their most proud strategic bomber type. Unfortunately, there were only a few in total. After the Red Empire collapsed, most of the White Swans built were in Ermao.
there.
Now, a white swan suddenly appears in the East. What will the West think?
Qin Tao came up with a bad idea, but it was also a good idea. After these three aircraft arrived in the East, they have become powerful strategic bombers. Unfortunately, they cannot be shown to the public. They have been flying at night for training. Now the time is ripe to announce them.
It is also logical.
After finishing the meal, it was time for everyone to leave. On the return plane, Wu Shengli said: "Taozi, the suggestion you made is probably killing two birds with one stone, no, killing more than one bird with one stone, right?"
"Well, if you can help Nikolai, just do it once. After all, it is more advantageous for us if Nikolai sits in that position than if others sit in that position."
"Yes, Nicholas is our good friend." Wu Shengli nodded.
A few days later.
A reconnaissance satellite passed over Factory 172. Originally, this was just a routine matter. It flew over a few times every day to see if there were any newly manufactured bombers here, and then judged the annual output of Eastern bombers. This may have a big error, because
If Dongfang wants to be concealed, it can drag the bombers out of the production line at night or when the satellites are not overhead, and then quickly fly to the flying units.
But today, the reconnaissance satellite had an unexpected harvest. When it pointed its lens downward, a big guy quickly caught its attention.
The bomber below has a variable swept wing structure, but the wing box is integrated with the front nose! You can't see the huge giant air inlet, nor the two engine nozzles at the tail, nor the cross-shaped tail at the tail.
Very weird.
What's this?
The picture was immediately transferred to the hands of intelligence analysis experts, and within a few minutes, they came to the conclusion: Tu-160, Tu-160 was actually being produced in Dongfang's factory!
"It's not enough for the East to have the Tu-22M. They actually want to produce the Tu-160. What exactly do they want to do? They have this kind of bomber that can fly to our west coast without aerial refueling!" When I got the photo,
At this time, Swift immediately threw away his cigar and cursed loudly: "Their navy is targeting big guys, and their air force is actually targeting big guys, and they are getting bigger and bigger!"
"Currently, we are not sure that this is the Tu-160. After all, the Tu-160 production line in Ermao has long been destroyed, and not even a single Tu-160 can be produced. Da-Mao has been trying to restart the Tu-160 production line.
But whether it’s the engine or the final assembly, they were all originally handled by Ermao. Da Mao doesn’t have the relevant technology at all, and it will take them a long time to master it, let alone Dongfang,” the assistant said.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is it possible that the Orientals got the production drawings from Er Mao?"
"This is impossible." The assistant said: "Mao has always taken a very close look at this kind of strategic weapon. Mao will never allow a third country to possess this kind of bomber."
"Then where did the Oriental Tu-160 come from?"
"Hey, is there a serial number on this fuselage? It seems to be H, 6, N."
"Boom six N?" Swift picked up the photo in her hand and looked at the number hard.
The number is spray-painted on the side of the aircraft. It is not easy to see clearly when looking from the top of the aircraft. However, since the number is spray-painted relatively large, it can still be guessed through the upper part.
"Is this another modification of the H-6?" Swift's eyes were gloomy: "Aren't the Orientals fooling people? They changed the Tu-16 to the Tu-22M, and now it's changed to the Tu-160
, where is the redesign of the Hongliu?"
"But if the Orientals keep saying this, there is nothing we can do." The assistant said: "Since it can be improved from Tu-16 to Tu-22M, then why not improve from Tu-22M to Tu-160."
Swift was speechless.
"Well, Easterners are so awesome. From now on, we will keep an eye on this aircraft to see when it will fly."
"According to the analysis of our technical staff, it is likely that it will not fly."
"Why?"
"This should be a full-size metal prototype."
"Are the Orientals really doing research and development?"
Although we have reached the stage of computer design, many designers still make prototypes to be on the safe side. In the past, wooden prototypes were made, but now they are made of metal prototypes. Now that this metal prototype appears, it shows that Orientals really do it themselves.
Those who came out did not steal their skills from Lao Maozi.
At this time, everyone's mood was very complicated.
"Yes, the Orientals probably developed it themselves."
"Oriental people are so smart. Step by step, they have slowly upgraded the H-6 to this level, which is really impressive."
"Leak this photo to the media and let the media dig deeper," Swift said.
Now they can't investigate much by relying on their own strength. In contrast, the media has more means.
After this satellite photo was spread, many people became agitated. Many reporters and tourists quickly appeared near Factory 172. They were wandering outside, seemingly trying to find various news clues. Some people once again used their imagination to directly write about it.
Report.
The H-6N is an advanced bomber improved by Dongfang on the basis of the H-6K and the H-6J. According to Dongfang’s model naming rules, we have reason to believe that they have experienced two failed models, namely the H-6L
and H-6M. However, after these failed explorations, they finally found the right path, which is to develop the H-6 into a four-engine strategic bomber!
This bomber has the same appearance as the B-1B and Tu-160. It is not surprising. After all, the latter two are the most famous strategic bombers of this era. Dongfang uses variable sweep on the H-6K and H-6J
Wing technology, on this H-6N, has finally developed to its extreme!
It is still a variable swept wing, but it uses wing-body fusion to make the entire aircraft more perfect. The engine is placed under the wing root and becomes a pod layout, so that four engines can be easily put down. Dongfang has been in
The progress in bomber research and development is so fast that it is unbelievable!
Although there are traces of plagiarism, it is already very impressive if it can be plagiarized!
If you want an aircraft to fly into the sky, it must have an advanced engine. As for the aircraft in front of you, it is likely to use an engine developed by Dongfang!
Dongfang's most mature high-thrust engine is the turbofan 15. This engine is improved from Da Mao's R-79 engine. Its maximum afterburning thrust exceeds 15 tons. This thrust is already stronger than the B-1B engine.
, so this aircraft should use a modified version of this engine. The size of the entire body is between the B-1B and the Tu-160.
All kinds of analysis are so clear and logical that it makes people think that the person who wrote the article has had contact with the designer of the aircraft. It is eye-catching. The whole report is written so fluently that it is not obvious that it is a fictitious article.
However, these articles are not the right path after all.
You still have to find the real information from Zhang Zhongshuo's program.
This episode of Zhang Zhongshuo's program aroused the interest of countless people, and the ratings hit a new high.
"Welcome everyone to watch our Zhang Zhong Talks. This episode is called Zhang Zhong Talks about Bombers. The person who appears in our studio this time is Mr. Chen, the designer of our J-H-7. Welcome everyone!"
The camera switched to Mr. Chen, who had a smile on his face: "Dear viewers in front of the TV, I am very happy to see you. This time I am a guest on the Zhang Zhong Talks program, and I want to talk to you about bombers."
"Mr. Chen, would you like to talk about your J-H-7 first?"
"Of course. In the 1980s, our country seriously lacked long-range aviation power and could not protect our airspace in the South China Sea. Therefore, we launched the J-H-7 project and used two fuel-efficient turbofan nine engines to give our aviation the first
Expand to a combat radius of thousands of kilometers at a time."
The shadow of JH-7 appeared on the TV screen.
"This aircraft adopts a conventional layout, but it still has many advanced features, such as the first use of a small tricycle landing gear, the first use of a high-wing monoplane, and the first use of a turbofan engine. Although I experienced a lot during the test flight
It was dangerous, and some test pilots even spilled their blood in the sky, but this aircraft finally flew out and became the first advanced fighter aircraft developed by ourselves to break away from the Soviet Union. There is a movie called Flying Leopard, which tells this history."
"Mr. Chen, how does our J-H-7 compare with other bombers? There are also some opinions that brother units can already produce J-16 and there is no need to produce J-H-7. What do you think?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "First of all, the J-16 is a fighter-bomber. Because it adopts the Su-27's body layout, its combat performance is very good. The J-H-7 cannot match it. However, this
It does not mean that the JH-7 is meaningless. Its biggest advantage is that it is cheap. The purchase price is less than one-third of that of the J-16. It can still perform various strike missions. Therefore, the navy and air force are very satisfied with it.
Of course, compared with other bombers in the world, it is indeed lagging behind, but we can make its performance more and more advanced through continuous improvement, just like our H-6."
Finally, let’s talk about Todoroki!
Many people in front of the TV became excited.
"How do we plan to improve our JH-7?"
"We are making stealth attempts to give this bomber stealth capabilities through shape modifications."
"Then Hongliu will also develop in this direction?"
"I don't think so." Mr. Chen said: "Our JH-7 is a tactical bomber. This bomber is designed to fly over the enemy's heads and drop bombs. Although it also throws various weapons outside the defense zone, its basic mission is
It is still retained, so it needs to have stealth capabilities, but our H-6 is a strategic bomber. This bomber cannot fly over the enemy's head. It must launch cruise missiles outside the defense zone, so there is no need to have stealth capabilities. This is completely to sacrifice the good for the weak.
.”
"Then what kind of performance do you think the redesigned H-6 should have?"
"Of course, it's the range and bomb load. The range must be large. If you want to become a strategic bomber, you need a range of more than 10,000 kilometers. Flying all the way there, carrying more bombs at a time, is enough.
The cost, if you can only launch one or two missiles after flying there, then what’s the point? You need at least twenty or thirty missiles.”
"Recently, a bomber has appeared frequently on the Internet and in the media. Can you comment on this bomber?"
The H-6N finally appeared on the screen, the satellite photo that had been circulated.