Chapter 334: Intercepting F22
Wang Haoran didn't expect Zhang Huaigong to be so decisive.
He simply threw aside the design plan of the stealth fighter that he had worked so hard on.
This kind of decisiveness is rare.
Seeing that Wang Haoran was still a little hesitant, Zhang Huaigong smiled bitterly and said, "I know that what I said will definitely make you feel a little embarrassed."
"After all, you must have already discussed everything with Xifei."
"However, Xifei's mission is also quite heavy right now, right?"
"They are now producing the J-7 and the WZ-8. They also have the task of producing the Y- and the modified H-."
"If you continue to work with them on stealth fighters, I'm afraid they will be too busy and it will affect the progress..."
Zhang Huaigong felt a little embarrassed.
However, he really wanted to work with Wang Haoran.
As long as he can get Wang Haoran to his side and help him develop his own stealth fighter prototype, the military will definitely approve it quickly!
By then, Shenfei will become the production base of the country's first stealth fighter.
This is very important to Shen Fei.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Your reasons are quite sufficient."
"Xifei is indeed very busy."
"After all, the Air Force is urging Wuzhen 7 to do something urgent right now."
Zhang Huaigong said: "I heard that the production unit price of the WZ-7 is much more expensive than that of the J-."
"In the past few years, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group has developed very rapidly under your support."
"We, Shen Fei, also very much hope to receive your care and love."
Wang Haoran smiled and shook his head and said, "Okay, then we'll let you guys produce the prototype of this stealth fighter we're working on."
"In fact, this design basically doesn't have any major problems."
"Because it has been tested in a wind tunnel!"
Zhang Huaigong was overjoyed when he heard this.
He quickly stood up, bowed deeply to Wang Haoran, and said, "Thank you, Comrade Haoran!"
"On behalf of all the comrades at Shenfei, I thank you!"
"Don't worry, we will devote all our efforts to this matter."
“We must produce the best prototype!”
"We will strive to ensure that our comrades in the Air Force cannot find fault with us."
"Oh my! I'm really excited."
"That is to say, you no longer need to test your design in a wind tunnel and make adjustments. This saves a lot of time."
Zhang Huaigong was very thankful that he had come here early.
If he didn't fight for it, Shen Fei might have missed the chance to get the stealth fighter.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "You should have replaced all your production equipment in the past two years, right?"
Zhang Huaigong straightened his chest, nodded and said, "Yes, we actually also pay great attention to the innovation of production design and technology."
"At present, our production equipment should be similar to that of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation."
“We only have a slightly smaller tonnage for our hydraulic forging presses.”
"The main reason is that the aircraft we produce are much smaller than those of Xi'an Aircraft Corporation."
Wang Haoran said: "That's good, that's good!"
"Shenfei, as a veteran aviation company, is the pride of our Dragon Country."
"I fully trust you."
As the two were talking, the phone on Wang Haoran's desk rang.
Wang Haoran picked it up and listened.
It was the front desk receptionist downstairs who called.
It turned out that Chengfei’s CEO Wu Guoming and Chengfei’s chief engineer Wang Huai’en came together.
They wanted to ask to see Wang Haoran.
Of course Wang Haoran wanted to meet him.
When he finished the call and put down the receiver, Zhang Huaigong had already stood up and said, "Comrade Haoran, is it the Chengfei people coming?"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Yes, Director Wu and Chief Engineer Wang from Chengfei are here."
Zhang Huaigong said: "Well, how about I just step away for a while?"
"I wanted to treat you to dinner today."
"Later, when you've finished talking to them, give me a chance to invite you out for dinner, okay?"
Wang Haoran said, "You are in my territory, how can I let you treat me?"
"Besides, there's nothing to avoid. Let's just be frank."
"The more you evade, the more misunderstandings there will be."
"Comrades, no matter what the matter is, it might be better to lay it all out in the open."
Zhang Huaigong thought about it and felt that if I hid like this, it would mean that I was guilty.
But, in fact, I didn’t do anything excessive.
I was just fighting for the interests of the company I worked for.
"Comrade Haoran, you are right."
"Then I'll stay and talk to Director Wu."
After a while, Wu Guoming and Wang Huai'en knocked on Wang Haoran's office door together.
When the two came in, they saw that Zhang Huaigong was still there.
Wu Guoming's heart skipped a beat.
He thought to himself, if you fall behind by one step, you will fall behind step by step.
What the hell, I wanted to talk to Wang Haoran about something more private.
Why didn’t Zhang Huaigong leave after the talk?
This is a bit embarrassing.
"Hello, Comrade Haoran!"
Wu Guoming shook hands with Wang Haoran and said hello.
Then he nodded and smiled at Zhang Huaigong, and the two shook hands.
Wu Guoming and Zhang Huaigong are naturally more familiar with each other.
Because they are in the same system!
The two of them would often meet each other during meetings.
However, there is indeed a competitive relationship between them.
Shen Fei is actually the big brother.
Because it was established first.
Even Chengfei was built with assistance from Shenfei.
But the competition between the two sides is indeed quite fierce at the moment.
And big brother Shen Fei hasn't been having a good time lately.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "You must be old acquaintances."
"Then I won't introduce you to them."
"Director Wu, are you here this time to discuss the stealth fighter?"
Wu Guoming nodded quickly and said, "Yes, we are also researching stealth fighters now."
"I saw an insider report that you have developed a stealth drone."
"So, we want to come here to learn from you."
"That's probably what Director Zhang meant, right?"
Zhang Huaigong nodded with a smile and said, "Yes."
"Comrade Haoran's stealth drone is truly a masterpiece in the field of aviation."
Wang Haoran said: "I will definitely give you the support I can."
"After all, we are all working to rapidly improve the country's air force capabilities."
"Comrade Zhang Huaigong arrived relatively early. He thought the design of a stealth fighter jet that we had just casually made was good, so he took it."
"I need to make this clear to Comrade Wu Guoming."
Wang Haoran is very frank.
He didn't hide anything.
For many things, the clearer you explain them, the less misunderstandings there will be.
Wu Guoming's heart immediately tightened. He thought, Wang Haoran has already come up with a design plan for a stealth fighter...
In an instant, he was filled with bitterness.
He thought, what the hell! I was only an hour late.
As a result, the good thing was taken away by others.
I'm so miserable.
Wu Guoming knew that since Wang Haoran said he had developed a design plan for a stealth fighter, it must have been almost completed.
Maybe it has even been tested in a wind tunnel and the aerodynamic layout of the fighter has been finalized.
This means that Shenfei can directly take it over to build a prototype.
This is not a good thing.
This means: Shen Fei is destined to take the lead.
Wu Guoming felt very uncomfortable.
Wang Haoran knew at a glance that Wu Guoming was very depressed.
He smiled and said, "Director Wu, the stealth technology we developed can be provided to you for free."
"As for aerodynamic layout design, you guys are right next to the wind tunnels. I think your exterior design is probably about the same, right?"
Wu Guoming's voice was a little low, and he grinned bitterly and said, "The aerodynamic layout design is quite complicated, and we haven't determined it yet."
"Thank you comrade Haoran for your generous help."
Wang Haoran said: "In fact, the country asked you two companies to work together on the design and development of stealth fighters, but it is not to select the best one."
"I think it is very likely that they will develop two stealth fighters."
"One is for the main force of the Air Force, and the other is for the main fighter of the Navy Aviation Force."
"In the future, we will probably have to build at least five or six aircraft carriers."
"We'll need at least one or two hundred advanced carrier-based aircraft."
"In addition, we can also earn foreign exchange through military exports."
"We export advanced military aircraft to friendly partner countries."
"This way, we can bind them."
"This fully illustrates one thing: we definitely need not just one, but at least two stealth fighters!"
"As long as both of your products are well made, I believe they will be accepted by the country!"
"So, what you two should do now is to have both competition and cooperation."
"Let's work together to build the best stealth fighter in the world, what do you think?"
Wang Haoran comforted Wu Guoming with a smile.
Wu Guoming was already in a very bad mood.
After hearing what Wang Haoran said, he thought to himself, that’s right!
The country is now vigorously encouraging the development of stealth fighter jets.
We may lose to Shenfei in the Air Force stealth fighter project.
But we should have a chance to take down the stealth fighters on the aircraft carrier, right?
Thinking of this, Wu Guoming finally felt much better.
He smiled and said, "Thank you Comrade Haoran for your guidance."
"I'm not that fragile."
"After all, we are all doing things for the country!"
"Comrade Haoran, this is the design of our stealth fighter. Could you please give me some advice?"
Wang Haoran nodded and said, "Of course!"
"Director Zhang can also give some of his own opinions."
Zhang Huaigong said hurriedly: "Of course there is no problem!"
So, Wang Huai'en took out the rough design plan of their own stealth fighter.
They even brought a model of a stealth fighter jet of their own design.
This is called coming prepared.
Wang Haoran observed their design plan and thought it was pretty good overall.
They obviously borrowed the aerodynamic layout and appearance of the F117.
But, this is relatively normal, right?
At this time, Longguo's aircraft and ships were basically still at the imitator stage.
There is a saying: Cross the river by feeling the eagle's sauce.
Before the 1970s and 1980s, scientific and technological workers learned from the giant bear.
After the 80s, I started to learn Giant Eagle.
Until the 21s of the 20st century, when we looked forward, we realized that there was nothing left for us to imitate or learn from.
It turns out that we have already rushed to the front.
At this time, we have already started independent innovation.
The sixth-generation aircraft we developed in the mid-to-early 21s was an unprecedented innovation.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "This design of yours is quite good."
Wu Guoming said: "Our plan imitates the F117, but we think that the design and aerodynamic layout of the F117 seem to have some problems."
"Because the data from the wind tunnel showed that there are some problems."
Wang Haoran nodded and said, "It's good enough that we can find the problem with F117."
"In fact, the F117 still has many problems."
"For example, in pursuit of stealth effects, they adopted a unique flying wing stealth cut-away shape, which looks quite cool, but this will result in extremely poor maneuverability of the aircraft, making it impossible to perform intense flying maneuvers, and even encountering stability problems during normal flight."
"The speed of the F117 is also very slow. Its maximum speed is only Mach 0.9. What does this mean? It means that its aerodynamic layout is unreasonable and its engine power is not strong enough."
"The F117 doesn't even have a fire control radar. It relies on data links and radio communications from other fighters to fight."
"This results in it having almost no independent air combat capability."
"It relies mainly on heat-seeking missiles for attack, but it can be easily shot down in close air combat."
"It still has many problems, the biggest one is that its maintenance cost is very high, its stealth coating is very unstable and requires special care and maintenance..."
Wang Haoran talked about a lot of problems with the F117.
Of course, he also explained the solution.
Wang Haoran talked a lot and without stopping.
Wang Huai'en, Wu Guoming and Zhang Huaigong all listened with great interest. They took out small notebooks from their pockets and started taking notes.
Zhang Huaigong was particularly shocked.
Because he never expected that Wang Haoran knew so much about Giant Eagle's F117.
It's like knowing them all like the back of your hand.
As Wang Haoran was speaking, he took out the craft drawing paper and began to make modifications on the spot.
He re-drawn a completely new design on the spot.
When Wu Guoming and Wang Huai'en saw it, they thought, isn't this just a redesign?
There is not much trace of F117 at all.
"Comrade Haoran, you have redesigned a fighter jet." Wang Huai'en said.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "After thinking about it, I still think the F117 is a bit too rubbish."
"Why not just develop a new fighter plane?"
Wang Haoran drew the design drawing of F22.
Eagle's F22 can be regarded as the world's first classic and truly fifth-generation fighter.
It has strong stealth, high agility, and strong maneuverability. It also has the ability to cruise at supersonic speeds.
In addition, it has very powerful situational awareness capabilities.
The F22's stealth design makes it difficult to be detected by radar, infrared and acoustic detection.
The development project of this fighter jet was launched quite early.
It began to be developed in 1981.
However, it wasn't until 1997 that it made its first flight.
It only entered service at the end of 2005.
However, it was too expensive, with the price reaching $2 million per unit in the early 2s. The military thought it was too expensive and did not want to continue purchasing it, so its production line was finally dismantled in 2011.
Giant Eagle began to invest in the research of F35, also known as the legendary fat electric aircraft.
It’s a pity that the F35 has a lot of problems and its price is getting more and more expensive.
This caused the Giant Eagle's military to feel a little regretful.
Why is the F22 so expensive? In fact, it is because the military-industrial complex wants to make super high profits! (End of this chapter)