On the third day after the "Nanyuan Tomcat" was exposed, Arcee and more than thirty spiritual slaves flew to the imperial capital in the name of "Grumman" secret air crew.
The spirit slaves transformed into Western ground crew members, with half men and women, responsible for the assembly of three Tomcats. Arcee's appearance did not change, she was a tall female pilot with a height of two meters, with a heroic appearance. This was also her first public appearance.
Zhou Qingfeng is indeed willing to spend US$500 million or more to jointly establish an aircraft manufacturing plant. Although he will definitely go to Da Mao and Er Mao's family to recruit people, cultivating his own aerospace manufacturing industry is also the direction of "Holy Light"'s efforts.
Being able to make use of the existing domestic scientific research and manufacturing system will naturally save time and effort, which is better than building a car behind closed doors.
After confirming this news, it caused quite a stir and quarrel in the domestic aviation industry. With the way "Holy Light" has done things in the past two years, it really knows how to invest when it says it will, and every bit of real money will be spent.
All collaborators make huge profits.
After the Gulf War, funding from the domestic military industry began to rebound. However, realizing the gap, scientific researchers felt the pain of backward technology and lack of funds.
It's the early 1990s, and an important military-industrial enterprise like Chengdu Aircraft only has dozens of computers for daily work. The conditions are really rudimentary.
This is a desperate gap that seems to never shorten. Many people simply go to the West, because washing dishes in the United States is better than being a professor in China.
It is precisely because of this that Hongdu Factory is trying its best to win the "Holy Light" project, and it is impossible for Cheng Fei to throw away the meat that is delivered to his mouth.
Within two days, all the major aircraft manufacturers heard the news, and a bunch of factory leaders rushed to the imperial capital to grab meat to eat. Even Shi Fei, who was building pesticide machines, was no exception. After all, no one wanted to keep building pesticide machines.
Zhou Qingfeng did not participate in the quarrels between various units. He only wanted the qualifications to set up a factory and the right to freely sell products internally and externally in the future.
The ministries and commissions have no objections to this. Just like K-8 and Xiaolong, they are projects that each unit raises its own funds for.
If the product has good performance, it will often bloom inside the wall and be fragrant outside the wall. If there is a need in China, you can also consider purchasing it.
However, after Arcee's air crew arrived, the ministries and the military paid great attention to it. Various manufacturing units also sent people to study and see how the Tomcat was assembled and tested.
Zhou Qingfeng also took out a complete set of Tomcat maintenance materials obtained from Isfahan, divided them into categories, and filled several cabinets. He disclosed everything to the public and allowed photocopying.
Yingjiang is unique in the aviation manufacturing industry. When XAC designed the Flying Leopard, it obtained a complete set of military design specifications from the German MBB company.
According to the words of General Master Chen of Xifei at that time, it was called "Enlightenment". In comparison, the Soviet-style design specifications were too crude and incomparable.
There are standards for design, manufacturing and maintenance. With these standards, not only can you save money and trouble, but you can also ensure quality.
The assembly of the first Tomcat took a week, and Zhou Qingfeng allowed domestic personnel to observe. When the second one was being assembled, he asked domestic technicians to join in. On the third one, he simply let domestic personnel do it themselves.
The first Tomcat was tested on the ground without any problems, but the second one had some minor problems. The third one could not move at all and had to be disassembled and reassembled, and some parts were broken.
It’s just that everyone has benefited a lot and lamented that Yingjiang’s professional maintenance tools and detailed manuals are of great promotion value, and can even be applied to the design concept.
Zhou Qingfeng secretly repaired the parts and asked various units to continue sending people to learn how to repair American equipment. But the ministry disagreed and demanded that the number of people who knew about the matter be controlled and it could not spread without restriction.
After all, this is a secret cooperation with Grumman.
After a simple ground roll, the assembled first Tomcat was sent to the Flight Test Institute in Yanliang, Xi'an for testing.
It was originally supposed to be sealed with plastic sheets and towed over the ground with a trailer. Arcee said: "Why go from the ground? I can fly over."
For this blond, blue-eyed, extremely beautiful 'Western pilot', the domestic authorities were extremely curious and shocked. Someone specially arranged for her and Ling Nu's board and lodging, while also staring at her and asking all kinds of questions in a roundabout way.
Although they don't need room and board, Arcee and Lingnu must pretend to be normal people. Lingnu doesn't have to speak much, and Mo Ji must communicate with domestic pilots and work hard to teach a group of qualified Tomcat pilots.
This is not difficult, and ‘thinking storming’ can greatly speed up the process.
Regarding Arcee's proposal to fly directly to Yanliang, the country considered it for a long time before reluctantly agreeing - it must be accompanied by two J-7s, accept ground command, and land at a specified airport.
When taking off, Arcee performed a unique skill of the Tomcat, a short takeoff - without any external assistance, the F-14A spread its wings and only used a runway of more than 400 meters to fly.
In comparison, the J-7 series, which is fully loaded with less than half the weight of the Tomcat, requires a runway of 500 meters.
When the TF-30 engine roared with afterburner and Arcee pulled up the nose of the aircraft, a group of people observing on the ground exclaimed - does a carrier-based aircraft need short take-off capability?
When the two accompanying J-7s caught up, Arcee started playing tricks again. She deliberately provoked on the radio: "Hey, you two rookies, do you want to play a dogfight?"
The J-7 pilot naturally refused.
However, it was rare for Arcee to fly in the sky. Taking advantage of the crushing performance advantage of the Tomcat, she circled around the two J-7s, biting their tails at every turn, and locked the target with the fire control radar.
The fire control radar lock-on can be described as an unabashed mockery, and even a soldier can't stand it. So from the perspective of the ground radar and air conditioners, three aircraft in the sky suddenly started circling and fighting, biting each other's tails.
Arcee's unbridled yelling could be heard on the public communication channel.
"Hey, are you still breastfeeding? Your response is too slow."
"I'm biting my tail, I'm biting my tail, I'm biting my tail again."
"You are a light aircraft with an empty weight of only six tons. Why is its maneuverability so bad?"
"Does the sound of the radar warning plane sound good? I don't even feel a sense of accomplishment when I win. When can you lock me in?"
Two top domestic pilots came to perform the accompanying mission, but the J-7 they flew was like a rookie in front of Arcee.
Because it has to take off and land on the aircraft carrier deck, the "Tomcat" with its wings spread out has excellent low-speed controllability, and "one versus two" aerial combat is like a slut.
The J-7 pilots tried their best to catch the Tomcat, but as long as there was a slight chance of success... the wings of the Tomcat swept back and the afterburner was turned on and it flew far away. There was no chance.
Not even given.
As for after escaping far away, the J-7's radar-breaking caliber was small and its performance was poor. It couldn't catch the Tomcat, and it had no chance to fight back.
Arcee even made two top pilots experience the pain of being discovered and locked a hundred kilometers away. If it were in actual combat, they would not even know how to die.
After the air battle in the Persian Gulf, China also studied how to deal with the Tomcat with long-range ammunition, and came up with many "Jin-8 guns to challenge F-22" tactics, and even published many internal articles.
Now in this nearly actual combat exercise, the imaginary tactics have been proven to be bullshit.
Even if the two J-7s are guided by ground radar, they are no match for the Tomcat - third-generation aircraft fighting second-generation aircraft is as easy as playing.
In front of the screen of the ground radar station, no matter whether it was people from ministries, military, or aircraft research and development units, everyone remained silent and felt very frustrated.
The three planes flew around in the sky without going anywhere. Not long after, the two J-7s ran out of fuel and had to fly back to land. As for Arcee...
"Hey...where are you going? Are you out of gas? How long have you been flying? You're not really out of gas, are you? You are so short-legged! You should be nicknamed Airport Wall Guards
By."
Chief Tu whispered in the crowd: "Sigh... the gap is too big. It would be great if we could imitate this fighter jet."