Chapter 471 Wasteland Village Base

Who says Mr. Qin of the Zhou Group is the most loyal? This is completely false!

Now, Stroh has slowly come to his senses. After all, unless they are fools who count the money after being sold, most people still have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. Even if they are deceived at the beginning, they will still be able to tell the difference later. Will wake up.

But is it useful to wake up?

Having already boarded the pirate ship, it will be difficult to get off!

 In the past week, Stroh and Delano have talked too much about American aircraft carriers. These are actually not particularly secret, but the amount is huge! Stroh could no longer imagine how miserable the rest of his life would be if he were discovered.

However, he couldn't blame Qin Tao for this, because they were not forced to say those words on their own initiative.

 So, Stroh can only smile bitterly now.

Qin Tao also had a smile on his face: "Mr. Stroh, what you said is wrong. When did I lie to you? This is not good for our reputation."

"Mr. Qin, I don't even dare to go back to the United States." Stroh said.

Delano hadn't reacted yet, and looked at Stroh with doubtful eyes. The two of them seemed to be talking in riddles.

"If you don't come back, you won't come back. It's good to be here with us." Qin Tao said: "Although I don't know what you are worried about, but since you have concerns, of course you can stay, and our Mingzhou Group also I won’t treat you badly, so how about I give you a monthly salary of five thousand dollars?”

In the minds of many people, wages in the Western world are very high, and washing dishes in restaurants is also very profitable. In the 1990s, the average annual income of Americans was 40,316 US dollars, which was about three dollars per month. Four thousand US dollars is indeed very high compared to domestic prices.

As for pilots, captains, etc., their wages are even higher. The problem is that these wages are earned while they are working. Now both Stroh and Delano are considered laid-off personnel. They received unemployment insurance, which was only a few hundred dollars a month. Qin Tao said they would be given a monthly salary of five thousand dollars. This is an income that is absolutely unimaginable!

Needless to say Stroh, even Delano nodded: "Okay, as long as you give me a salary of five thousand dollars a month, I am willing to stay and work here!"

“Not just you, but also your friends, such as machine engineer Addison, catapult commander George, etc., as long as they are willing to come, they can get such a monthly salary.” Qin Tao made a promise.

Only these two people are of course not enough. Even a small refueler on the deck must have unique skills. If someone who has served on an aircraft carrier can teach you step by step, the effect will definitely be much better than trying to figure it out on your own. !

As for the salary of five thousand US dollars, it is indeed high enough. However, Qin Tao is fully confident in keeping these people in the country. Therefore, there is no need to consume foreign exchange and eventually have to convert it into RMB to spend.

Furthermore, the money ultimately came from the Navy, and the Mingzhou Group was just a shell.

“Are you going to transform the Oriental Sea Blockade into an aircraft carrier?” Stroh thought of something, and his eyes showed surprise: “You are too crazy!”

crazy?

Qin Tao smiled and shook his head: "Our Mingzhou Group can produce aircraft carriers ourselves, why should we use a second-hand aircraft carrier to transform it?"

 This reason is the most convincing.

 Mingzhou Group has already built an aircraft carrier for Siam and sold the aircraft carrier blueprints to Tuji. Mingzhou Group has this strength, so when he said this, Stroh could only agree.

“Then what you asked us to do, aren’t we training you for aircraft carrier strength?”

“Of course not, we are just doing some simulations and learning some of the tricks, so as not to be embarrassed by not knowing how the aircraft carrier operates when we go out to argue with others.”

Stroh looked at Qin Tao seriously, trying to find some flaws in Qin Tao's expression, but he was disappointed. Qin Tao's face was very calm, and there was no falsehood at all.

So, he nodded: "Okay, since you want to simulate it, then we are willing to help."

The name "Wasteland Village" is very common. Any place with wasteland across the country can be called a "Wasteland Village". As for the one designated by Wu Shengli, it is located on the northwest coast of the Bohai Bay, about 8 kilometers south of Xingcheng Air Force Base.

 So, when you arrived at this abandoned base, you could hear rumbling sounds in the sky.

Delano raised his head, watched the slender fighter plane flying by in the sky, and said with a smile: "This kind of aircraft has no secrets for us."

Qin Tao looked at the fighter plane with air intakes on both sides: "Yes, the Peace Model Project has given you a thorough understanding of this aircraft. However, even if you don't understand it, you can still analyze how poor the performance of this aircraft is. , it is a product of the high-altitude and high-speed era.”

This kind of J-8 fighter aircraft once carried the hopes of many people, but the performance of the aircraft was not satisfactory.

However, it is still considered a domestically produced high-end fighter, and only many advanced troops have the opportunity to be assigned to it.

Delano smiled and looked at the base, and then he was attracted by the sloped runway on the runway: "You actually made a jump runway here? Do you want to take off from this?"

"Of course not, we don't have any aircraft that can take off from this." Qin Tao said: "We just use it for simulation, but in the future, we will have suitable fighters."

While talking, everyone walked through the nearby hangar. Delano saw a black fighter plane staying in the hangar and immediately understood: "Are you planning to use the J-31A as a carrier-based aircraft? This What a creative idea!”

Of course he knows that plane. Looking at the shape of the nose, he can tell that it belongs to the category of stealth aircraft.

This kind of aircraft sounds very powerful, but... I'm afraid it will take a long time to enter service.

"We have established two simulation bases here. One is a Soviet-style ski jump deck, and the other is an American-style ejection deck. We use these two different decks to conduct various operations and become familiar with the operation of the deck." Qin Tao said: "Of course, this base is still very primitive. In the future, we may add more facilities."

It is indeed very primitive. It is almost like marking lines were drawn on the original base, a jump deck was piled up, and a building similar to a ship island was built. The ship island is still in the center of the two deck models. In order to keep the ship island always on the right side of the model, the directions of the two models are turned 180 degrees. I have to say that the construction people are smart enough.

Of course, to put it more directly, it is not because the budget is insufficient. We need to control the budget, so we have to find a way.

There is no swaying deck, only a simple deck model, and there is only one island. This can minimize the cost, and if it is used for training, it is also possible.

  After all, landing is the most difficult for aircraft carriers to take off and land.

 The difficulty of taking off is not high. Just turn on the full power and fly towards the jump deck. Whether it can fly depends entirely on the level of the aircraft itself. As for the aircraft with a catapult, it has nothing to do with the pilot.

 What is needed for landing? Fresnel light box, this is not technically difficult. The blocking cable is a test of a country's industrial level. However, there are already private enterprises in the country working on it, and the results will be achieved soon.

As for simulating the shaking of the deck, we can talk about it later. For now, you can at least practice without shaking, from easy to difficult.

Qin Tao's mind was thinking about these things rapidly, and then he thought of something he still lacked: an airplane.

 There is no airplane, so it’s a waste of time to practice.

 At present, none of the domestic aircraft can meet the requirements.

The Su-27 and J-11 are both from the Air Force. Without strengthened landing gear, landing training is definitely not possible. Even if the landing gear is strengthened, you cannot just do squats. This action is too intense and harmful to the life of the aircraft. It's also disadvantageous. Expensive fighter jets can't play this kind of game!

 What else? J-7, J-8? Don’t even think about it!

The J-10 is still possible, but the J-10 has not yet been finalized.

"Mr. Qin, welcome everyone." Just as Qin Tao was thinking about these things in his mind, a group of people appeared in front of him, and the leader looked familiar.

“Mr. Qin, my name is Li Yan. I have been attending lectures some time ago. Do you still remember me?” Li Yan asked Qin Tao.

Qin Tao immediately remembered this person: "Of course you remember. Your superiors gave this place to you?"

"Well, after careful study, the superiors decided to temporarily appoint me as the person in charge here." Li Yan said: "In the past few days, we have seized the time to build, and finally completed it according to your requirements. We only made one aircraft model. The follow-up ones will be made one after another, and eventually dozens of them will be made, which will be used to simulate deck scheduling and so on."

The current role of this base is to serve as a platform for simulation exercises. If there are not enough aircraft, various situations cannot be simulated. Anyway, they are just some models and they don't cost a lot of money.

Qin Tao nodded. Li Yan, the pilot captain, must be trained as a priority. Nine times out of ten, he will be the first aircraft carrier captain.

 It is very important to start deck practice now.

At this time, Delano had already entered the hangar and looked at the aircraft model. After seeing this kind of aircraft, he became addicted. Even the Su-27 was not good in his eyes.

At this moment, a staff member drove over in a unique vehicle.

Its biggest feature is that it is low. In terms of body size, it is equivalent to a light truck, but its height is only equivalent to a car. Even the highest cab is only 1.5 meters.

"If we want to be familiar with deck dispatching, we need a special tractor. The one you see is the first dedicated aircraft tractor in our army. The model is called the Type 01 aircraft tractor." Li Yan explained to Qin Tao stand up.

The country attaches great importance to towing aircraft. In the 1980s, after seeing the Western world, the country also felt that using light trucks to tow aircraft was no longer good, and put forward the requirement to develop a special aircraft tractor. The 01 type was developed in 1988. , it didn’t take long for it to be finalized in 1992.

It uses a 75-horsepower engine. Although it doesn't sound big, since it does not require high speed, the transmission system has a large speed ratio. It finally has a traction force of 40 kN. Not to mention towing J-8 and other aircraft, even it can tow large-scale aircraft. Boeing 737, no problem.

“Currently, we have introduced the Su-27 series aircraft, so relevant units are also developing special Su-27 tractors.” Li Yan continued.

Originally thought that this tractor would be approved by Qin Tao, but Qin Tao shook his head and expressed dissatisfaction.

“Mr. Stroh, what do you think of this tractor?” Qin Tao asked Stroh.

"Not very good." Stroh shook his head: "First of all, its size is too big, so it is definitely not flexible. When dispatched on the deck, the more flexible the better, it simply cannot meet our needs. Also, its The height is also too high. We require that the tractor can pass under the wing, which is definitely not possible. Also, what's going on with its transmission system? I saw that it seemed to have experienced turbulence during operation. On the deck of an aircraft carrier, if this happens, the aircraft may fall into the sea at once."

On land, this tractor is fine, but on a narrow deck, it is definitely not suitable.

Li Yan nodded: "Yes, to tow aircraft on the aircraft carrier deck, there must be a special tractor. We will design special vehicles according to the American style, but this takes time, so now, we can only use this tractor Come simulate.”

 After speaking, Li Yan thought of something: "It is easy to reduce the size, but it is not easy to compress the space of the engine. Moreover, the problem of intrusion in the transmission system is also difficult to solve."

Hearing what Li Yan said, Qin Tao suddenly thought of something: "Have we ever considered electric tractors in our country?"

 “Electric?” Li Yan was a little curious: “No, is this method okay?”

“Electric motor-driven vehicles eliminate the need for a transmission system. At the same time, the electric motor has large output torque and strong traction. It is also easy to control, small in size, and easy to arrange.”

 In later generations, many people are criticizing the domestic industry for being incompetent and unable to even produce a qualified AT gearbox. They only know how to use dual-clutch gearboxes. In fact, with the country's industrial base, there is no problem in building a space station, let alone a gearbox.

 However, the patents for these things are all in the hands of foreigners, so you can only look at other people's faces.

 So, later on, we will develop electric vehicles and achieve overtaking in corners. On the one hand, it is for the sake of oil security, and on the other hand, it is also to bypass these patents and stand on the same starting line.

  Electric vehicles do not need a gearbox, or a gearbox with multiple gears, so those gearbox patents are useless.

As for the aircraft tractor, of course you can also consider electric, aviation kerosene, or diesel engines. When these engines are used, they must have a gearbox to work. Even if it is a hydraulic transmission, it must have related components.

 There is no need for an electric motor. It can directly drive the wheels through a reduction gear. It can even be made into a hub motor.

As for the control, it is simpler, just turn the power on and off.

“If you have technical problems, you can ask the horseman for help.” Qin Tao continued.

Li Yan nodded: "Mr. Qin, we will respond to the relevant departments for the route you proposed."

“Well, tell them to hurry up and think about it. If they don’t get started, our Golden Sun Motor Factory will do it ourselves, and they will have nothing to eat in the future.”

In Qin Tao's plan, Golden Sun Electric Motor Factory plans to develop into an electric vehicle factory in the future. Now, if the relevant units are left to die, Qin Tao does not mind squeezing them out now and entering the electric vehicle industry, starting with aircraft. The tractor starts!

Li Yan had a smile on his face, Mr. Qin is so domineering!

"It's a pity that it's just a model." At this time, Delano had already come from the hangar, with regret on his face. For a pilot, it was too painful not to be able to fly.

“Yes, it can only be an aircraft model at the moment, and there is still a long way to go before it can be put on a ship.” Qin Tao said.

"Even if there is a trainer aircraft, it will be fine." Delano said: "Moreover, a trainer aircraft is also necessary to train pilots."

When he heard Delano say this, Qin Tao was also enlightened. Yes, why didn't he think of it?

 Qin Tao completely ignored this matter.

In later generations, because the Navy did not have carrier-based trainer aircraft, it has always used the J-15 to squat directly on the deck, wasting the precious life of the J-15 on training. Like the Su-27 of the Air Force, it is used Training pilots.

 This is because of the lack of training aircraft.

In the domestic flight training system, there is no advanced trainer aircraft. First, you fly on the J-6 aircraft with propellers. After mastering the basic flight skills, you start flying on the J-6 aircraft and fly jets. Later, you have the K-8 (It should be called Jiaoba in China) After this kind of intermediate training aircraft, the J-6 was eliminated. After flying the K-8, they began to join the army. They flew two-seater aircraft in the army, such as J-7 and Su-27. In this way, there is still a lack of a high-end trainer aircraft to support it.

Taking the imported Su-27 as an example, the two-seat model is almost always used to withstand heavy pilot modification training. It is too wasteful to use a two-seat model of the same type as a fighter jet as a trainer aircraft.

This phenomenon was not changed until Jiao Shi in later generations. After flying on Chu Jiao Six, he flew directly to Jiao Ten. Jiao Shi’s flight performance was very good, allowing the pilot to quickly complete the leap. After flying the Jiao Shi Ten, you can directly get off the troops to fly third-generation aircraft, which greatly improves the efficiency of training.

You may not be familiar with JJ10, but when it comes to its foreign trade name, you are familiar with it. This trainer aircraft, code-named L15 Falcon, has brought domestic trainer aircraft to the world-class level.

　　It can even be used as an attack aircraft when necessary. Even the J-20 troops use it as a training aircraft.

 It was first developed by domestic aviation companies for foreign trade with self-raised funds. Later, the country felt that the quality was good, so it was transferred to its own use. This way, it also saves R&D risks and R&D investment, and it is more convenient to use ready-made products.

However, it is only the 1990s, and the trainer aircraft code-named L15 was only considered in 1998, the project was approved in 2001, and the first flight was in 2006. Therefore, it is unrealistic to use this aircraft as a carrier-based trainer aircraft.

 After all, K-8 has just found its feet now.

Moreover, because carrier-based aircraft are very risky, the mainstream approach internationally is to use mature aircraft to modify them. For example, the latest T-45 trainer aircraft of the US Navy is based on the British Hawker trainer aircraft. The entire improvement process took 13 years!

 Hence, even if later navies considered the need for carrier-based trainer aircraft, they did not choose the Falcon rashly. (There is also a theory that the Falcon cannot be equipped with a ship's hook.)

 The navy of later generations used the Shanying trainer aircraft, which is a product of one of the two important domestic trainer aircraft manufacturers. Its prototype is the JJ-7, but it has undergone radical changes.

The nose has become pointed, with air intakes under the ribs on both sides, and even a DSI bulge air inlet. The shape of the wing has also been modified, and there is even a small edge strip at the wing root. It can be said that The ultimate transformation of Jian Qi Demon.

As of now, the double-delta-wing J-7 has not yet been successfully developed, so it is not realistic to use this aircraft as a carrier-based trainer.

 What is the best thing to use?

 Qin Tao was also in a bit of a dilemma.

"By the way, you have a trainer aircraft in your country, which is similar to the T-45 used by our navy. It is also exported to Pakistan. Can you use this trainer aircraft to improve it?" Delano said suddenly.

 Same as T-45? Qin Tao was still thinking, but Li Yan had already thought: "Are you preaching eight? By the way, the export model is called K-8. Yes, this aircraft is indeed similar to your trainer aircraft, but..."

Globally, several famous Chinese trainer aircraft have similar appearances. As for the domestic J8, when designing, of course, we must refer to the design of foreign trainer aircraft, even the more advanced L-15. The appearance is also very similar to international higher education machines.

 “But what?” Delano asked.

“We have never had similar modification experience in China!” Li Yan said.

At this time, Qin Tao also had some regrets. When he was at the Nitka base, he not only saw the T-10K, he also saw the Su-25 trainer aircraft. This is a trainer aircraft specially developed by Lao Maozi for aircraft carriers. , Lao Maozi is always so simple and crude, directly using an aircraft with excellent low-altitude and low-speed performance as a trainer aircraft.

Now go get this kind of training aircraft?

"Yes, it doesn't just have to be the same appearance. The Jiaoba is our land-based training aircraft. If it is to be improved to be used as a naval carrier-based aircraft, a lot of changes will have to be made. Even without folding wings, anti-salt treatment, etc. At least it needs to strengthen the body and landing gear, install hooks, etc. For us, we can’t tinker with it without a prototype," Qin Tao said.

“As long as you have a prototype, you can tinker with it based on it?” Delano asked.

Qin Tao was immediately delighted: "Do you have a chance to get a prototype?"

Delano nodded: "Boeing has a few prototypes, I should be able to buy it."

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