Chapter 684 Destiny and Destiny

"Yes, the natives want to bid for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets. Our Yak-141 just meets their needs. Moreover, we will also package and sell them the aircraft carrier, so that they don't have to build it themselves. Moreover, this The modification of an aircraft carrier is also very simple."

If it is an aircraft carrier capable of ski-jump takeoff and arrested landing, the modification will be more complicated. The deck will have to be radically modified to make an angled deck and arresting cables will be arranged behind it. This is a big project.

However, there is no need for vertical take-off and landing. The original deck can be completely used. Just build a jump deck at the bow of the ship.

If it were simpler, there would be no need to jump over the deck, just take off vertically.

This Gorshkov, as long as the boiler is repaired, and then the weapons are dismantled, it can be used by the local chickens.

 At this time, Nicholas was full of confidence.

“Isn’t this Yak-141 project stopped?” Qin Tao asked curiously: “Why is it starting again now?”

"It was completely created by the Yakovlev Design Bureau with its own funds." Nikolai said: "The success of your Eastern J-31A project stimulated them, so Alexander decided to mature this aircraft. Sell ​​it all over the world! Now it is just designed according to the original aerodynamic shape. In the future, there will be a special stealth modification."

 Self-financed? What a joke! Does Yakovlev Design Bureau have so much money?

Qin Tao's mind turned around, and then an idea came to his mind: "Could it be that he has received aid from abroad?"

Who will give them money? The answer is McDonnell Douglas! Their X-35 uses the same lift engine layout as the Yak-141, so they secretly provide funds to purchase the information on this aircraft, and the Yakovlev Design Bureau has the money to continue working on it.

Now, the X-35 project has been merged into the Lockheed Corporation. This is really a turn of events! Qin Tao was very emotional.

It’s better not to tell the truth without telling the truth. Looking at Nikolai’s meaningful smile, Qin Tao changed the subject: “It’s not easy for the Yakovlev Design Bureau! You have never thought about turning the domestic Are aviation agencies integrated?”

“Well, not yet.” Nicholas said: “Every design bureau has a lot of backbone, and we are moved by their persistence.”

While talking, the car drove to the berth where the aircraft carrier was located. Several people got out of the car and boarded the aircraft carrier along the road paved with rusty steel plates.

 A group of people were still busy beside the plane. From the looks of it, they were preparing to take off.

When Nicholas and others went up, one of them stood up and greeted everyone excitedly: "Your Excellency Nicholas, you are welcome to come. Mr. Qin, are you here too?"

 Alexander Yakovlev’s face was full of excitement. Obviously, he was personally very happy that the Yak-141 project was resurrected.

“Congratulations, Alexander, I am very touched by your persistence. This aircraft is finally going to take off again. You Yakovlev Design Bureau are doing a great job!”

"Well, we spent all the money to build this." Alexander said: "It places the hope of our Yakovlev Design Bureau."

“Do you still have R-79 engines in stock?” Qin Tao asked curiously.

"Yes, we dug it out of the warehouse. If we continue to manufacture new prototypes, I'm afraid we will have to purchase engines from you." Alexander said. When he said this, the expression on his face was Very special.

Who would have thought that Dongfang’s technology would have made such a leap in such a short period of time that we would have to purchase engines from Dongfang!

At present, only the R-79 has enough thrust. The AL-41F has not been mass-produced at all, and the technology is not mature. The D-30 was originally used for transport aircraft, and the S-37 is also used for makeshift use. The thrust of the Third Uncle is not strong enough. .

 Without an engine, everything is in vain. Now, Dongfang's turbofan-15 has been mass-produced, and its performance is very good. Procurement is the only way in the future.

“Well, if you purchase it, we will definitely provide the most suitable price.” Qin Tao said: “Now, can I appreciate this aircraft?”

 “Of course.” Alexander nodded.

This aircraft is no different from the previous Yak-141. There are still a lot of exposed rivets on the outside of the skin, showing its ruggedness. The tail still uses support rods, which looks a bit nondescript. Even the landing gear is still rusty. , apparently removed from a previous prototype.

When Qin Tao stepped up the gangway, he saw that the cockpit was still in the style of Lao Maozi's watch shop. There was only a display screen in the upper right corner, which was probably for radar. This screen is a later addition, and it pokes directly above the dashboard, blocking the view on the right side.

The front is still a three-piece windshield, and the technical status of the entire aircraft has not made any progress, which makes people lament the wasted years of these old people.

Even if this aircraft is placed in front of the chicken people, they probably won’t blink an eye. However, it is a good choice to use it as a competitor to lower the price of Dongfang.

However, Qin Tao had no intention of bidding at all, so the native chicken man’s idea was doomed to fail.

“I heard that Tuji is bidding for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets. Didn’t you go over to join in the fun?” Qin Tao came down from the gangway and said to Alexander.

"No, it would be a waste if the fighter planes flew over. We are testing here now, and then we will send out today's video and wait for the chickens to come to our door," Alexander said.

Sure enough, Qin Tao is not the only one who knows the nature of native chickens. Lao Maozi also knows what native chickens are, so he also wants native chickens to come to buy them.

“We will display it at the next air show. We believe that there is still a huge demand for vertical take-off and landing fighters in the global market.”

"Okay." Qin Tao nodded: "We have an air show in the east, and you are welcome to participate."

"Well, we are very grateful to Mr. Qin for the invitation, but." Alexander nodded: "We mainly target Europe and the United States."

 What is the use of participating in the Oriental air show? Will Dongfang buy it? It's impossible to even think about it. They are targeting the Farnborough Air Show and the Paris Air Show to sell it to Europe.

Qin Tao smiled: "It doesn't matter."

Yakovlev Design Bureau is really poor. They don't even have the money to participate in the Eastern Air Show. However, it is understandable when you think about it. Foreign sponsorship is probably a one-time thing, and they will have to rely on themselves in the future.

 “Report, preparations have been completed!” said a technician.

“Okay, let’s get ready for the take-off experiment!” Alexander said.

 Qin Tao is in high spirits. The purpose of his coming here is to purchase a few club missiles. He has not made this request yet, but he has participated in so many activities, which is very interesting.

Everyone moved back to make way for the opening. If this thing loses control when it takes off, it's no joke. It's safer to stay away.

However, the photographer knew that there were tigers in the mountains, so he went to the tiger mountains, got closer, and adjusted the lens to focus on the plane.

The test pilot wore a full flight suit and strode onto the plane. When he climbed into the cockpit, he waved to this side.

“This is a great moment worth remembering, and it represents the beginning of the renaissance of our country!” Alexander was very excited.

I don’t know whether Damao will be revived, but if this aircraft can succeed, it will really represent the revival of their Yakovlev Design Bureau!

Behind the cockpit, the hatch cover of the lift engine slowly rose, and the roar of the engine began, followed by the ignition of the two lift engines in front.

Looking at the flames sprayed out by the lift engine, Qin Tao thought of something: "Alexander, do you think that if the two lift engines are replaced with a single turbofan engine, will the problem of the tail nozzle ablating the deck be solved?"

 At the time of the Yak-38, the layout of two lift engines behind the cockpit was used. According to Lao Maozi, this method can be safer. If one of the engines fails, the other one can still maintain some lift.

 In fact, this kind of insurance is meaningless at all. Even if the other one has super power output, it cannot maintain the normal operation of the aircraft, so it has only one result: crash.

 Besides, the front is safe, but the rear is not safe. There is only one engine in the back.

Vertical take-off and landing fighter aircraft are inherently risky. When the Yak-38 was launched, it already had an automatic ejection seat. As long as something went wrong, the aircraft could automatically eject people without the pilot having to do anything.

The problem of deck ablation by lift engines has always existed, so Qin Tao also had a sudden idea at this time.

Compared with a turbojet engine, a turbofan engine has a circle of outer ducts, which blows cold air. Therefore, the airflow sprayed onto the deck can be cooled. Compared with two turbojet engines, one turbofan has a greater impact on the deck. The damage is much less.

Hearing Qin Tao's words, Alexander nodded: "Yes, McDonnell Douglas used a turbofan engine in its lift engine plan to reduce this impact."

Qin Tao's eyes lit up, and it seemed certain: the Yakovlev Design Bureau's prototype aircraft must have been funded by McDonnell Douglas. Maybe their design bureau also had engineers from McDonnell Douglas. However, McDonnell Douglas Dow was merged with Lockheed, and it is unknown whether this project is still ongoing.

Alexander continued: "It's just that we don't have a suitable turbofan engine in China, and we don't have the funds to ask the engine unit to specially develop this kind of turbofan engine for us, so the RD-41 lift engine is still used. Wait until this aircraft After the aircraft was successful and we received orders from abroad, we had the money to invest in the research and development of specialized turbofan lift engines."

In the era of the Red Empire, there was no need to worry about research and development funds. The Yak-38 first tried the Kolesov RD-36-35FV lift engine, and later the Yak-141 used the Tumansky RD-41 engine. At that time Whatever they want, the design bureau will develop or modify it.

 But now, this is no longer possible.

 Want a brand new turbofan lift engine? Then bring the money! Even if you modify the existing engine, it will still cost money!

At this moment, the roar became louder. The Yak-141's engine had started from idle to full power, and the plane was about to take off!

The blazing flames were ejected from the lift engine, rushed towards the flight deck, and then expanded in all directions. Even if everyone was tens of meters away, they could still feel this air wave.

 The fuselage of the fighter plane began to shake, it was about to take off!

The camera is still working, and is steadily focused on the Yak-141 that is about to take flight. The cameraman is also very excited. Such a spectacular scene is rarely seen. After this video is released, it will definitely cause a sensation.

With the full power output of the engine, the fighter jet began to pull onions from the dry land. Its landing gear became longer, and then the wheels left the deck by ten centimeters, twenty centimeters, half a meter, one meter...

 Everyone was excited.

 Fly up, fly up! After several years, Yak-141 was finally resurrected!

However, just after the plane flew one meter high, a puff of green smoke suddenly came out of the engine at the tail of the plane. Before anyone could shout, the green smoke turned into thick smoke and a flame burned. On the rear fuselage!

This stock engine actually had a problem and broke down at a critical moment!

The thrust of the engine that caught fire decreased rapidly, but the lift engine in front was still working normally. Therefore, the Yak-141, which was still taking off normally, turned into a seesaw, the nose of the aircraft tilted up, and the fuselage began to flip.

　　Bang!

The ejection seat automatically activated, and the pilot escaped again with the advanced K-36D ejection seat. However, this aircraft did not have such good luck.

The tail of the plane hit the deck during the deflection. Then, the entire fuselage began to fall, and the fighter plane fell to the deck, bursting into flames.

 “Oh, no, **** it, this is impossible, impossible!” Alexander was anxious.

At that time, the Yak-141 crashed, and Alexander also suffered from heart disease. He rarely appeared in the design bureau. The design bureau was chaired by his deputy Dorzhenkov. Later, with funds from McDonnell Douglas, their project started again. Now, Alexander is also radiant. For him, Jacques-141 is his hard work and his life.

Now, the plane crashed again, and his hope disappeared again.

 “General Alexander!” Dorzenkov shouted and stretched out his hand to pull, but failed. Alexander just ran in front of everyone.

He wanted to run towards the crashed plane to see what was going on, but he ignored that the plane was still burning with fire!

The firelight illuminated his figure, so sad and lonely, he was like a moth flying into the flame.

 “Hurry, catch him!” Nicholas shouted.

Several deck workers ran towards Alexander, but before they could catch up, they were stopped by the air waves. The damage control personnel were quick-sighted and pulled out the fire hose and sprayed fire water on Nicholas.

However, this was of no use. Under the impact of fire water, Nikolai's figure ran forward even faster. In this way, in the eyes of everyone, Nikolai ran towards the burning flames, and his body It began to shake and twist, but there was no scream, as if he was dancing in the flames.

 Qin Tao covered Zhao Ling's eyes and took his wife on a business trip as a tourist. Unexpectedly, his wife saw such a scene. He hoped that it would not cause her psychological harm.

Zhao Ling shook her head: "It's okay, I'm okay. For General Alexander, this may be his destiny."

Any revival is an illusion. Over the years, Da Mao’s industry has been regressing. Da Mao no longer even has a complete industrial chain. The decline of Yakovlev Design Bureau is inevitable.

 Alexander has been developing vertical take-off and landing fighter jets all his life. Now, his hope has been completely disappointed. Death may be a kind of relief. Dying with his beloved fighter plane can also be regarded as a destination.

 This is the tragedy of the times.

At this moment, Nikolai's mood was extremely sad. He was an officer in the Pacific Fleet back then. The Pacific Fleet had two heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruisers equipped with Yak-38s. Therefore, he also fought with the Yakovlev Design Bureau. We have acquaintance with each other and know Alexander.

If the Red Empire had not collapsed, this Yak-141 fighter would have definitely become the main force of the naval aviation force by now. Unexpectedly, it has managed to persist until now, and it still ends like this.

Huge sadness flooded into his mind.

At this time, umbrella flowers appeared in the sky. The test pilot slowly landed and looked at everything on the deck. He also closed his eyes.

Is this the will of God?

The fire was extinguished half an hour later. Perhaps they had anticipated an accident in advance, so they turned on the backup generator and activated the fire-fighting equipment. Otherwise, the fire would have had a more terrible impact.

 But now, the impact is already big enough.

The boiler exploded last time, and the deck caught fire again this time. The Gorshkov was really ill-fated.

"Nicholas, things are no longer possible. This is not your fault. Don't be too sad." Qin Tao comforted Nikolai.

“Well, it’s a pity that I originally wanted to sell this warship equipped with carrier-based aircraft, which would relieve the tension of our military expenditure, but now it seems that there is no such opportunity.” Nicholas said.

He was sad, not only because of the failure of the Yak-141, but also because the planned project could not be implemented. I originally planned to sell it for a sum of money, but now it seems that this is no longer possible.

“Carrier-based aircraft are not enough, but the aircraft carrier can still be sold.” Qin Tao said: “Tuji has always had a dream of becoming a great nation, and it is still possible for them to purchase this aircraft carrier.”

"possible?"

"Yes, Tuji has been seeking to obtain an aircraft carrier over the years. They even obtained our design drawings a few years ago, but they have never started construction." Qin Tao said, "With Tuji's strength, we can build an aircraft carrier." Frigates would be great. Aircraft carriers? They don’t have this capability yet.”

“So, they can only outsource!” Nicholas became excited.

"Yes, they can only outsource it, but with their local chicken personalities, they are reluctant to spend money. They can't buy a brand new aircraft carrier." Qin Tao said: "For them, this Gorshkov is the best choice."

Turkey's shipbuilding industry is also developing slowly. After entering the 21st century, the "National Ship" project plan was officially launched. It plans to invest US$1.5 billion to establish the project, led by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard and involving more than 40 Turkish companies. The participating R&D and production teams are also holding back their energy to build a domestically produced modern warship.

Four years later, their first island-class frigate "Rebéli Island" was finally launched, which represented the progress of their defense industry. It was not until 2023 that the aircraft carrier Anadolu was launched into service. This 2.8-ton warship , represents the highest level of native chicken warships. Although they shout that it is an aircraft carrier, it is actually an amphibious assault ship. Moreover, due to various reasons, the F-35 is out of use, resulting in them having a warship but no carrier. planes, and even had to use drones to make up the numbers.

It is only the late 1990s. No matter how much the natives want to build their own aircraft carriers, they are powerless. Mingzhou Group is their best helper, but they have no money to ask Mingzhou Group to build it.

 In this case, the Gorshkov is their best choice.

　　However, Nicholas had doubts.

 “Then why don’t the local chickens come to your door to purchase?”

Qin Tao analyzed it this way. Normally, the native chicken should come to the door in high spirits. However, the news of Damao’s decision to sell the Gorshkov has been out for a year or two, and no native chicken has come to visit.

 Da Mao targeted Tuji as a customer because it had made great progress in vertical take-off and landing fighter jets and Tuji was bidding for such fighter jets.

“Nicholas, my friend, you should be able to think of this reason.” Qin Tao sighed with emotion.

 Can I think of it?

 Nicolas suddenly reacted.

“You mean, what’s the reason for Asan’s Super Sun King?”

The experience of the Super Sun King purchased by Ah San made countless people sigh. Da Mao’s knife was really sharp, cutting off so much flesh for Ah San. Moreover, even now, Ah San cannot use the aircraft carrier normally.

 With this lesson in mind, how can the thief local chickens come to your door to purchase goods?

“Qin, what plan do you have to make Tuji let down his guard?” Nicholas asked.

"Asan's aircraft carrier was renovated by you. Now, if you want to sell the Gorshkov, it can only be sold as scrap metal." Qin Tao said: "Without any conditions attached, it will be sold as scrap metal." If you don’t help modify it, the local chickens will definitely pounce on you.”

Nicholas shook his head: "As long as this aircraft carrier is repaired, it can operate normally. It would be a pity to sell it as scrap metal. It is so cheap!"

"Yes, if the native chicken is really bought for the scrap metal price, the native chicken must be cheaper. However, you can find a bidding rival and raise the price when selling. Even if it is not as exaggerated as before, the increase Doubling it is still no problem.”

In the past, the Mingzhou Group bid to raise the price, allowing the shipyards in Kimchi Country to buy the scrap iron at a high price. This was Nikola's personal experience. Now it is the same method, but don't hold too much hope, as long as it can be more expensive than the scrap iron. Times is enough.

"Then there's the modification. Even if it's a local modification, to build a steel plate to jump to the deck, it has to be purchased from the outside, right? And the replacement of the scrapped boilers has to be purchased, right? When they buy it, they can make more money."

 Nicola's eyes sparkled.

 (End of this chapter)