Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

The country's economy is in transition, and investment in the military industry is decreasing. Whether it's gun manufacturing, artillery manufacturing, or aircraft manufacturing, they all face the same problem.

Some long-established enterprises can survive on orders from higher authorities, gradually developing the habit of 'a crying child gets milk.' They sit and wait to be fed from above. Third-tier military factories abandoned by higher authorities can only achieve rebirth and develop and grow in the market economy through their own persistent efforts and the pains of transformation.

Factory 132 can actually be considered a third-tier enterprise. In that special era, the northern Factory 112 was not safe and could be destroyed or occupied by the Soviet Union at any time. Therefore, the aviation industry moved south, establishing Base 011 in Guizhou Province and Factory 132 and Institute 611 in Chengdu.

After economic reform, Factory 132 actively plunged into the tide of the market economy, changed its mindset, and engaged in diversified operations without waiting or relying on others. However, their main business is still aircraft manufacturing. Only by selling aircraft abroad can they truly breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, they finally see new hope!

Tu Lao is genuinely grateful to Qin Yang. As for those bad reputations of Qin Yang circulating in the military industry, they are just slanders from people with red eyes (jealousy). Tu Lao will not take them to heart.

At this time, hearing Qin Yang's ambitious goals, Tu Lao doesn't think he is boasting. If he can succeed, it would truly be a miracle in the aviation industry.

"However, Engineer Qin, do you really understand the aviation industry? By the way, when you were fooling foreigners, what was the deal with the double delta wings and the ventral air intake?"

"Tu Lao, do you know the Soviet Union's Su-15 interceptor?" Qin Yang began to introduce it.

"Of course, I know. It's an interceptor designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, NATO code name 'Flagon,'" Tu Lao said. "It has side air intakes and is equipped with two high-thrust engines. It is said to be able to fly at Mach 2.5 when performing interception missions. It's similar to our domestic…"

It's similar to the J-8II fighter jet that is being upgraded domestically, but it's not convenient for Tu Lao to say it!

Qin Yang smiled: "Then do you know the specific model of this aircraft?"

Tu Lao shook his head. He really didn't know this.

"The early Su-15, like the Su-9 and Su-11 interceptors, used delta wings. However, later, when developing the improved Su-15TM model, Sukhoi's engineers changed the wings to double delta wings, reducing the sweep angle of the outer wing section, lengthening the wingspan, and improving the aircraft's turning and take-off and landing performance. The range has also been increased," Qin Yang said. "I think our J-7 can also be modified in this way. The inner wing section remains unchanged, and the sweep angle of the outer section is reduced, from 57 degrees to about 42 degrees. After such optimization, the dogfighting performance can be improved by about 20%, and the range can also be increased by 20%."

"How do you know that?" Tu Lao was very surprised.

"I guessed," Qin Yang said. "Our J-7 fighter jet uses a nose air intake and has no beyond-visual-range air combat capability at all. The ventral air intake will have to be discussed later. Now, the main direction of our improvement is to optimize its dogfighting performance. It must not admit defeat in front of the F-16. I have read the Su-15's improvement plan and believe that this method can be used to optimize the performance of our fighter jets. Of course, this is just my immature idea. I don't know if it will work."

"The inner section remains unchanged, which means that the inner section can be retained, and only the outer section is modified. The amount of work should not be large. However, such a modification is a change in the aerodynamic layout and must be determined by wind tunnel testing. With the current strength of our Factory 132, I am afraid that we cannot do this."

"If our Factory 132 can't do it, then we can find other brother units to cooperate," Qin Yang said. "Institute 611 doesn't have much to do yet. The money earned by Factory 132 through foreign trade can be used to hire Institute 611 to do the design."

Seeing the complex expression on Tu Lao's face, Qin Yang continued: "Of course, you can also cooperate with universities. Many old professors at Northwestern Polytechnical University are very famous. For example, Professor Sha has been studying wing structures and may be able to help you. In short, the money earned from foreign trade must be invested in research and development in order to make progress. Tu Lao, am I right?"

"Yes, our J-7 fighter jet is too backward. If it is not improved, there will be no big market at all. I will listen to you and go to Professor Sha another day!" Tu Lao nodded.

First, improve the double delta wings, which is the trump card of the J-7E. As for the others, put them aside for the time being. Anyway, Factory 132 is already working very hard on Marconi's avionics.

Qin Yang came to Factory 132 and pushed the modification of the J-7, which can be regarded as a great achievement. The next day, he took Al-Walid and others to Factory 617.

That afternoon, Factory 617.

Factory 617 is located on the southern foot of the rolling Daqing Mountains, bordering the Yellow River to the south, which can be called a treasure land of Feng Shui. At this time, a large group of people were waiting eagerly at the factory gate.

"Lao Wang, have you heard? Engineer Qin took the client to Factory 132, and as a result, there was an export intention for ten fighter jets! If they can make this deal, it will be the second time they have opened up the export market!" Nie Yufeng, the designer of the Type 69 tank, said to Wang Lin, the director of Factory 617.

"Yes, if the J-7 can be exported to the Middle East, then our Type 69 tank can also be exported! Now, whether our factory eats meat or drinks soup depends on whether these foreigners can take a fancy to our tanks!" Wang Lin was very excited.

"Speaking of which, this Engineer Qin is really capable of fooling foreigners to us. Why do I hear that Engineer Qin's reputation is not very good?"

"Isn't it because Factory 960 has become developed, and others are jealous? We don't care about others. In short, this time Engineer Qin can help us contact tank export orders, and Engineer Qin is our benefactor of Factory 617!"

Those factories that have competed with Qin Yang hold a hostile attitude, wishing they could hang Qin Yang up and beat him, but with Qin Yang's activities this time, bringing customers to contact various factories for business, Qin Yang has become the savior of these factories, and they are grateful to Qin Yang.

The proportion of firearms manufacturing in the military industry is too small. Their dislike of Qin Yang is not as strong as the tank and aircraft industries' goodwill towards Qin Yang!

In the excitement, everyone saw two 212s driving over.

The client's itinerary must be kept secret, so they did not dare to greet them at the airport in a big way. Now, seeing the two cars coming, a group of people greeted them.

A large group of people followed the 212 inside.

Factory 617 is very large. It is more appropriate to call it a military industrial city than a factory. There are tens of thousands of workers here, with schools, hospitals, canteens, cinemas, and everything else. Of course, most of the buildings are production workshops, and the longest building is the tank assembly plant.