"Fighter missiles?" Professor Su said: "But Commander, the development of fighter missiles has almost reached its limit. We have never been able to find a way to increase the range without breaking the wires!"
Wang Xuexin understood what Professor Su meant by "limit".
The biggest bottleneck of fighter missiles is "wire guidance".
Although the wire used for this kind of torpedo is produced by Yingjiang, it can extend to tens of kilometers in the water without being torn off, but that is because the wire itself has a certain buoyancy and is almost unforced in the water... Gravity and buoyancy are equal.
, so no matter how long the wire is, it will not tear itself apart under its own weight.
But it is different when this kind of wire is used on a high-speed fighter plane in the air. It not only has to withstand gravity but also the pull of strong wind. This makes the range of air-to-air missiles only a few hundred meters at most.
An insurmountable difficulty: the wire will break.
Of course Wang Xuexin had thought about this problem, and he only replied: "Don't the missiles of our air defense system need no wires? Why not put such missiles on airplanes?"
Everyone was stunned as soon as Wang Xuexin said these words... How is this possible?
"Captain!" Professor Su said: "The reason why our air defense system does not require wires is because there is a huge positioning system supported by computers and radars on the ground. If we want to move this kind of missile to an aircraft, it means
Then we have to move the positioning system, computer and radar all to the aircraft. This... the aircraft can't fit in it!"
Wang Xuexin did not answer but asked instead: "Professor Su, how far can the radar of our air defense system detect?"
"About 30 kilometers!" Professor Su replied.
"What if I only require it to detect ten kilometers or even closer?" Wang Xuexin asked again: "With the extensive use of transistors, can the size be reduced a lot?"
Professor Su was stunned for a moment, and then he understood: "Then, we can also use the same method to produce positioning systems and computers, reduce their size and weight, and finally install them on airplanes?"
Wang Xuexin nodded.
This statement immediately caused a heated discussion in the conference room. Some people thought that this approach was not feasible because it would definitely increase the weight of the fighter aircraft and affect its flight performance. Others thought that this method was worth a try because it would be groundbreaking.
Anti-aircraft missiles were brought into the air.
Wang Xuexin remained silent and allowed the participating researchers to discuss freely for a period of time. It took more than ten minutes before he made a conclusion:
"Some comrades are worried that doing so will add too much weight to the fighter aircraft and affect the fighter's air combat performance. This is right. But at the same time, we must also consider the power and range of anti-aircraft missiles!"
"If our pilots can destroy enemy aircraft at a distance of two kilometers or even three kilometers, even sacrificing some mobility is acceptable, because then the enemy aircraft can only be passively beaten and unable to fight back, even if it has better maneuverability
So what?"
"Besides, if you are worried about heavy weight and large size, we can further reduce the weight and size of the device, and at the same time, we can continuously optimize the algorithm to achieve this goal!"
"So I think this is the development trend of fighter aircraft!"
Many people in the conference room couldn't believe it, because what Wang Xuexin said could be said to have subverted the entire air combat, completely breaking out of the current era of chasing each other with machine guns and dog fights.
But Wang Xuexin is very sure, because he knows that in the future, fighter aircraft operations will develop into this mode and may not even carry machine guns.
But people always have this kind of inertia. They are always worried that there will be too many changes that they cannot control. Wang Xuexin's changes this time were so many that they could not imagine and even scared them.
"Captain!" He Zhimin said with some worry: "Your idea is good, and I believe it is right, but... now we are fighting the Japanese, and we must consider actual combat factors. If this kind of fighter plane fails
If the research and development is successful and the Japanese invest in the BF109, will we be completely passive?"
Wang Xuexin asked: "Even if we don't develop this kind of missile, won't we fall into passivity?"
This question stopped He Zhimin.
The fact is indeed as Wang Xuexin said, even if the Eighth Route Army did not develop the air-to-air missile "La 5", it would still be inferior to the BF109 and would still be passive in air combat.
So at this time, a situation emerged. Regardless of whether the Eighth Route Army was willing or not, it seemed that it could only develop in this direction.
At this time, Chen Jiefeng spoke: "I agree with the leader's statement. If it were in the past, we would not have been able to implement this plan. It would be impossible to move relays and tube computers to fighter planes. Now it is possible to develop transistors, and
We are at the forefront of this,
In other words, if our military's research and development is successful, it will be at the forefront of the world! This will not only affect China's battlefield, but also allow China to gain unprecedented advantages in the world, because other countries will be in the next ten years.
It’s very likely that they won’t be able to catch up with us, including the Sun Never Sets and Yingjiang!”
Wang Xuexin nodded secretly. Chen Jiefeng was indeed a young man and a talented person in computer science. He had a more adventurous spirit than others.
Then Su Xin also expressed his agreement: "If we only have this choice, then we should not hesitate. The only thing left is to consider implementing the idea mentioned by the group leader. There may be difficulties in this, but we can make two preparations: On the one hand
According to what the comrades said, we should optimize the 'La 5' to reduce its weight and increase its flexibility. On the other hand, according to the leader of the group, move the air defense radar to the 'La 5'. Even the two do not conflict!
"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Because moving anti-aircraft missiles to fighter planes also requires weight reduction, and after the weight reduction is added, it will eventually be possible to move anti-aircraft missiles to fighter planes while keeping the weight within an acceptable range.
So the matter was settled, and all subsequent work was arranged by Su Xin, assigning tasks, personnel, allocating equipment and resources, etc.
Instead, Wang Xuexin, the person who proposed the idea, was left free to do anything.
In fact, if Wang Xuexin really wants to do it, there are still many things he can do. For example, he can give Turing some ideas on integrated circuits and directly bring computer miniaturization to fighter planes, or he can upgrade the CNC machine tools studied by Su Xin. This can
By making the "La 5" fighter more sophisticated, weight can be reduced.
But because there were so many things, Wang Xuexin didn’t know how to start.
Just when Wang Xuexin was thinking about which step to start, the guard came in and reported: "Captain, Lemon Lokov is here, he wants to see you!"