Several military observers in West Asia and the Middle East heard Norokov's words and realized that it seems that a certain major power in the East moved really fast this time.

From the occurrence of the earthquake to the arrival of the first helicopter at the field airport near Karakorum Mountain and the full load of relief supplies to the severely affected Shenxianwan post, how long did it take?

4 hours or 6 hours?

Anyway, since the earthquake occurred in the early morning, by noon, three Yun-15plus aircraft had already fallen from the sky. Not only was a general-purpose helicopter suitable for plateaus unloaded, it was also loaded with a large number of logistics support equipment, personnel and a considerable part of disaster relief materials.

At that time, the airborne troops responsible for loading and unloading and disaster relief missions moved too fast, and the mysterious plateau helicopter was too dazzling, so just like fans seeing their idols, a large group of military observers were all stared by the helicopter. Attracted.

Now that Norokov reminded him of this, military observers from Pakistan, Iran and other countries were suddenly awakened. The strategic significance of this is simply self-evident.

It should be understood that although the performance of the Yun-15plus is excellent, it is only a light tactical transport aircraft after all. Although it is powered by a turbofan engine, it is much better than the general turboprop, and it can also be comparable to many medium-sized transport aircraft in the range.

However, its maximum take-off weight and load capacity are obviously shortcomings. After all, the transport aircraft is the same as the heavy truck in the mine. The larger the load, the better. Even if it seems inflexible, the large load capacity means that it can be delivered in a unit time. The greater the power to send.

Regardless of the major incident that occurred more than half a year ago, Yun-15plus suffered a small loss in load capacity. In addition, the number was too small to form an institutional projected heavy equipment force, which caused the airborne troops to perform quite a lot at the time. For embarrassment.

The problems exposed by that close to actual combat exercise were not only seen by relevant people in the country, but also by professional organizations in other countries.

In particular, the performance of the Yun-15plus is not high enough to make the low, so many countries that are interested in it become hesitated. Among them, the Pakistan Air Force, which has been equipped with 12 Yun-15plus, is the most typical. Looking at it more than half a year ago The delivery capability of the airborne troops of the equipment transport-15plus is so bad that the Pakistan Air Force suspended the procurement contract for the subsequent eight transport-15plus units.

The reason is that the Air Force needs to evaluate, but in fact it is dissatisfied with the performance of the Yun-15plus in actual combat.

The same is true for Iran. When it purchased and leased the TRJ-500 regional passenger aircraft, it had taken a fancy to Yun-15plus by the way. After all, Iran, which has been embargoed by a foreign country for a long time, has worn out equipment on hand, especially its air transportation force, which needs to be updated urgently. .

The Yun-15plus was excellent at the time in terms of range, load capacity and flexibility. So Badia, the Senior Commercial Counsellor of Iran at the time, signed the purchase of 12 Yun-15plus transport aircraft on behalf of the military with Ascendas Group. The total value of the contract is 250 million US dollars.

As a result, after the big incident six months ago, Iran also began to re-examine whether its air transport force composition was biased, so after receiving 6 Yun-15plus, it decisively cut orders for the other 6 aircraft.

There are many similar countries. Some are cutting orders like Iran, some are implicitly procrastinating or not, and some have good intentions but they just feel that something is a little bit hot, and they can’t take the last step.

In short, they are not satisfied with the performance of Yun-15plus.

However, at this moment, watching the mysterious plateau helicopter hovering above the Karakoram Mountains, the field airport parked on the field airport was Yun-15plus, which they considered insufficient performance.

What does this show?

Y-15plus has evolved from a single land-equipped light tactical transport aircraft to a secondary strategic transport aircraft that can take into account the transportation of important aviation equipment.

Yes, the coffee position is so high.

No way, in today's world, there are only a few types of transport aircraft that can perform long-distance air transport by medium-sized helicopters, and all of them are heavy strategic transport aircraft that can only be owned by the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Medium-sized tactical transport aircraft will not work, because medium-sized helicopters are generally above 4 meters high due to technical and technological reasons, which greatly exceeds the height of the cargo compartment of medium-sized transport aircraft.

Even some helicopters even if the propellers and hub propellers are removed, they are taller than most medium-sized transport aircraft.

Because of this, in the current world, there are really not many models that can perform helicopter long-distance air transportation tasks, and most countries don't even dare to have such equipment.

No way, that kind of heavy-duty strategic transport aircraft, not to mention all kinds of difficulties in procurement, how to raise it even if it is bought back? You must know that these things are all gold swallowing beasts, and the high maintenance cost can even swallow up the defense budget of an ordinary small country for a year.

However, it is such a good thing that everyone wants but has many barriers, but it has a historic reversal in an earthquake that occurred in the Karakoram Pass.

Although Yun-15plus is not large, it can carry medium-sized utility helicopters.

You must know that from landing to unloading, these military observers watched the whole process. Although they are far away, they can see them really well under the blessing of the telescope.

Think about that when the mysterious plateau helicopter slowly moved out of the cabin, none of the propellers, hub propellers, and tail rotors were removed~lightnovelpub.net~ just retracted the hydraulic landing gear, the propellers were folded back, and the tail The propeller folds forward, like a carrier helicopter, placed in the cabin of the Yun-15plus.

It is precisely because of this that the medium-sized general-purpose helicopter that has just been unloaded can complete takeoff preparations in extreme time and quickly put into rescue missions.

If the propellers, hub propellers, and tail rotors are all dismantled in order to adjust the size of the cabin, it is okay in the plains that the crew can do it after a busy schedule.

The problem is that this place is the Karakoram Mountains, the plateau in the plateau, and the aftershocks of the earthquake have occurred from time to time. If you want to install these accessories in this environment, no matter how strong the maintenance is, it will not take a day or two to fix it. The key is to test it after installation, and it takes time.

But now, other people’s helicopters don’t have to be so troublesome at all. They do everything in accordance with the situation of carrier-borne helicopters. Power on the landing gear, turn on the propeller, and turn on the tail rotor. The pilot doesn’t even need to worry about fuel. Don't mess up.

In that scene, these military observers did not care because of the emergence of new equipment. Now, when Norokov was reminded, they were only amazed at the strategic significance of the precise integration between the Yun-15plus and the medium helicopter.

Imagine that in the Iranian plateau and northern Pakistan, if the Y-15plus is equipped with medium-sized helicopters with plateau takeoff and landing capabilities for forward deployment, it will definitely improve the multi-task execution capability.

So the military observer from Pakistan frowned and thought for a while, and then nodded seriously: "Well~~ It seems that the number of our transport 15plus is still insufficient. We need to increase it a bit. At least we must have one-time capability. It has the ability to transport 6 medium-sized utility helicopters to any disputed location."