Genius of the Rules-Style System

The aviation group reported the news of the successful test flight of the Warhawk-1.

Normally, when the leadership gets news of R\u0026D progress, they will give encouraging approval, which is basically an encouragement, talk about their support for technological R\u0026D, encourage related R\u0026D to continue, and achieve greater progress.

Actually, no.

After the top leaders received the news, they remained silent and did not reply for a week. Just when Liu Jiankun felt strange, he received a message to attend the meeting and asked him to attend an internal meeting.

"Huh~"

Liu Jiankun also breathed a sigh of relief and directly held an internal meeting, which also represented the importance that the top leaders attached to the Warhawk aircraft.

Five days later.

Liu Jiankun went to the capital to attend an internal meeting, and happened to meet Zhao Yi at the door. "Are you here too?" Because it was an internal meeting and strictly confidential, he was not sure whether Zhao Yi would come back.

Zhao Yi nodded, a little helpless, "Actually, I don't want to come. What does this kind of decision have to do with me?"

"But, there's no way."

"...That's right!"

Liu Jiankun understood what Zhao Yi meant. The meeting held by senior leaders on the Warhawk aircraft must have been to discuss the production and service of the future Warhawk series aircraft, not research and development.

"I asked you to come here probably to... serve as a technical reference?"

he said.

"probably!"

Zhao Yi didn't understand why he was asked to come. Even though he was the designer of the War Eagle aircraft, he was only doing research and development work. As for the specific production and service of the War Eagle series, it was a decision made by the country and the military, and at most it involved production. The manufacturer has nothing to do with him as the designer.

After returning from the R\u0026D base, he was finally able to live a leisurely life for a while without having to think about R\u0026D issues.

Now something happens again.

Zhao Yi was still a little depressed, but it was a bit too much to make excuses not to participate in the internal meeting of senior leaders.

He came anyway.

Internal meetings discuss matters directly, and there is not so much etiquette. Participants can talk as soon as they enter. As soon as senior leaders enter, it means that the meeting has officially begun.

There were dozens of people attending this meeting, all senior leaders and military leaders. Others were leaders from the Science and Technology Department and the Aviation Group. The only real R\u0026D representative was Zhao Yi.

But at the beginning of the meeting, senior leaders still asked Zhao Yi about the situation.

Zhao Yi stood up and talked about the progress of War Eagle-1, "We have completed the first test flight. It is normal and there are no problems."

"The next step is to conduct performance testing, which means getting the aircraft into the air, flying at supersonic speeds, cruising, and doing some difficult maneuvers."

"In addition, there are long flights to see the equipment, status, etc."

After Zhao Yi gave his explanation, he was asked if he was confident.

He was not nervous at all, as if it was an ordinary conversation, he looked at Liu Jiankun and said, "At the end of the first test flight, I asked Mr. Liu if he wanted to conduct a performance test. He said that he had to wait for approval from the leadership and there was nothing he could do. "

"If it was possible, I would have done it at that time. There is no problem with the test flight. Moreover, the test of the fighter jet is considered an internal scientific research matter of the aviation group, right? What are we waiting for?"

A large group of leaders at the venue looked at Liu Jiankun.

Liu Jiankun had an awkward smile on his face. He didn't expect to be mentioned in such a meeting. He glared hard at Zhao Yi, grinned but said nothing, and his expression looked a little strange.

Many people couldn't help laughing.

They can understand Liu Jiankun's mood. The testing of fighter jets is indeed an internal matter within the aviation group, but the Warhawk aircraft has received too much attention. Liu Jiankun must be very stressed. After completing the first flight test, he also hopes to stabilize it before doing it again. Performance testing, the work is to advance slowly.

Many people feel that Liu Jiankun works steadily instead of being impatient and immediately carrying out the next risky test when he sees success. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret.

Zhao Yi showed confidence in War Eagle-1, which was the news that the leadership wanted to know.

If Zhao Yi is confident, they will be confident.

In terms of technology research and development, Zhao Yi is very trustworthy, and judging from the test report of War Eagle-1, there is indeed no problem.

A military leader said, "Since there is no problem with the Warhawk aircraft's first flight, if other tests are normal, performance tests should be arranged quickly."

"There is no problem with the technology. We must continue to advance the research and development progress. Don't let the work stagnate and waste time just because you are worried about this or that."

This is the tone.

The following meeting had nothing to do with Zhao Yi. They all discussed issues such as the cost, manufacturing, and military needs of the Warhawk aircraft.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and several steps were set. The first one was the follow-up testing and improvement of War Eagle-1.

This job belongs to the aviation group, and Zhao Yi will also participate in it.

However, only when major technical problems are encountered, Zhao Yi will be required to participate, otherwise it will be the aviation group's work.

If the War Eagle aircraft passes a series of tests, the scale of production and service can be planned. The meeting initially decided to produce twenty War Eagle-1s.

Twelve of them are used to form a luxurious air force formation, which needs to be fully installed with corresponding technical equipment to make the aircraft meet wartime standards. The rest are used as scientific research aircraft, training aircraft, or other incidental uses.

Scientific research machines, as the name suggests, are manufactured and used for testing and research.

For a training aircraft, an 'empty shell' with similar operations can be made, or modified accordingly. It does not require too fancy accessories, as long as it can be used by professional pilots for training.

At the same time, in order to screen pilots, pilots who can operate Warhawk aircraft must be trained. The screening method and number are determined by the military and aviation groups based on demand.

The Warhawk aircraft has completed its test flight, and theoretically there is still some distance before it can be put into service. However, they have confidence in Zhao Yi, and the test performance of Warhawk-1 is very good. They all feel that agreeing on production and service first is equivalent to making preparations in advance.

During this period of time, discussions about fighter jets were not limited to the Warhawk-1, but also another fighter that attracted attention--

J-20.

Previously, the J-20 represented the highest technical level in the country, and production and service issues could already be discussed. Many people were optimistic about the prospects of the J-20, provided there was no War Eagle-1.

When comparing the Warhawk-1 and the J-20 together, it was found that the performance of the J-20 was somewhat insufficient, because the J-20 is a heavy fighter, and it only surpasses the Warhawk-1 in performance areas related to load. 1, there are certain gaps in the others.

Professionals within the aviation group commented, "Even if the WZ-1 engine is installed on the J-20, there is still a big gap. The J-20 and WZ-1 do not match and cannot perform well."

"If we make design improvements based on the Warhawk-1, it will easily surpass the J-20 in an all-round way."

Then, the J-20 is a bit embarrassing. What is even more embarrassing is that the manufacturing cost of the J-20 is not low, and is even higher than the War Eagle-1.

In the internal meeting of senior leaders regarding the Warhawk aircraft, the 'embarrassing J-20' was also mentioned. The J-20 was not abandoned directly. Instead, it was decided to slowly produce eight aircraft and continue to use them for research and improvement. After it is perfected, a formation can still be formed. After all, it is an existing design technology. After so many years of research and development, we cannot just give up.

In addition, we cannot put all our chips on a brand new design.

The J-20 represents the highest technology of the "original design direction" of domestic fighter jets, and this direction has not been eliminated.

Unless one day the Warhawk series is put into service in large quantities and has complete supporting facilities, the J-20 will not be eliminated.

at the same time.

Liu Jiankun also "stealed the limelight" at the meeting. He proposed mass production of a reduced version of the WZ-A2 engine for export to supplement the funds for the production of high-end WZ-A1 engines as well as War Eagle-1 and J-20.

The proposal sparked lively discussion.

The WZ-A2 engine is also very advanced, but because the advantageous design of the WZ-A1 has been cut off and all traditional designs and technologies are used, even if the design and technology inside are cracked, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal, because compared to the world’s most advanced engines, The top engine, WZ-A2 is still a bit inferior in performance.

Liu Jiankun’s proposal is to ‘continue to reduce the configuration of WZ-A2’, which can almost reduce it to a level similar to the imported high-end engines from E-country.

This level of engine is enough to support ordinary fourth-generation fighters.

There was no mature turbofan engine technology in China before, and the Kunlun engine produced was full of problems, and it was impossible to consider exporting the engine.

It seems okay now?

It seems that it is feasible for the country to suddenly have the most high-end WZ-A1 engine, export a lower-end version, and put the WZ-A1 reduced version that is still high-end internationally to compete with countries E, M, and Europe?

In the field of international high-end aero-engines, it can be said that there is a blank in China. The blank field is very developable. As long as it can be sold, even if it is only one, it will be growth.

The leadership discussed it for a while, but still did not come to a conclusion.

Mainly, it's still too early.

Because Liu Jiankun said that the WZ-A2 engine is preparing for its first machine test and needs to continue to be improved for a period of time.

So many leaders began to pay attention to the improvement work of WZ-A2. They didn't care at all whether WZ-A2's technology was high-end or not. The key is... it can make money!

In today's society, money is the most important thing!

The military and senior leaders also care very much about money, and various domestic fields including people's livelihood, military, infrastructure, etc. are directly linked to money.

If there was unlimited money, all problems would be easily solved.

…

A few days later, the Kunlun Group.

Zhang Gangchuan suddenly felt pressure. The pressure was not brought by the Aviation Group or the War Eagle Group, but by several senior leaders. For some reason, they suddenly became concerned about the WZ-A2 research and development issue.

They called him one after another and personally asked him about the detailed situation and problems encountered in the research and development improvement work, and said that they would give him their full support.

Support, of course, is good.

If a leader says this, Zhang Gangchuan will only feel happy. But if several leaders say this, it is not a matter of support or not, but...

Make progress!

After talking to Liu Jiankun before, Zhang Gangchuan felt very helpless, and now he is even more depressed. Judging from the leaders' intentions, it seems that they hope that he can officially put WZ-A2 into production the next day.

But... is it possible?

"What's going on? Why are you concerned about the Kunlun Group? Shouldn't you be concerned about the War Eagle Group and War Eagle aircraft?"

"This is the first time I have received so much care, but it's just a bit too much..."

"Can't afford it!"

Zhang Gangchuan realized that it was not good to receive too much attention. He suddenly thought of the War Eagle Group and Zhao Yi, and found a huge gap. The work of the War Eagle Group has always been focused on, but the research and development progress can be made at a rapid pace. describe.

This is ability!

Zhang Gangchuan felt that he was about to be crushed. He couldn't help but think of Zhao Yi, "Or, go to Academician Zhao and ask him to help? This won't work!"

"If I keep dragging it on, I really can't stand it anymore..."