Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Within days, news spread throughout the entire air force.

During a J-7 modification and Marconi avionics test flight at Zhou Shuizi Base, pilot Sun Tianqing defected in a J-7 fighter jet!

“This Sun Tianqing is too much, betraying the Party, the country, and the people's expectations of him!”

“That's right, he's a scumbag!”

The first reaction of countless people upon hearing this news was this, but a few people focused on something else.

“Did Sun Tianqing succeed?”

“Of course not. This kind of scum has been caught and is being tried in the capital.”

“How was he caught? Was he shot down?”

“I don't know.”

The matter did not remain a mystery. On the very day Sun Tianqing was sentenced to death, every flight unit held a special meeting for patriotic education and played a video of the incident.

When they saw Sun Tianqing's plane flying perfectly well, only to have the ejection seat activate strangely, they were stunned.

“What's going on?”

“Is it a sudden malfunction?”

“Impossible, this is too coincidental!”

“It seems only the old Russian vertical take-off and landing fighters can automatically eject the pilot. I haven't heard of any others!”

“The plane driven by the traitor Sun Tianqing was equipped with Marconi's electronic system. To ensure that secrets were not stolen, the plane's ejection seat was improved. It could monitor the plane's specific location. As soon as it was discovered that the plane had left the intended range, it would start the program and eject the pilot. This arrangement prevented the criminal Sun Tianqing from defecting.”

When this analysis was broadcast in the video, the pilots were silent at first, and then excited.

“That's right, it should be like this!”

“I didn't expect our technology to be so strong that it can monitor the plane's flight position. Is it monitored by radar?”

“Hmph, if anyone dares to defect, we'll send him an ejection ticket!”

Everyone was talking about the necessity of this operation.

Entering the 1980s, the country opened its doors, and many people saw the outside world. They all started to have ideas! It is understandable for ordinary people to go abroad on their own, return to serve the motherland after completing their studies, or stay abroad. After all, people want to go to higher places. However, active-duty soldiers are not allowed to leave the country with advanced equipment!

After dealing with the defection, Qin Yang had nothing to do. The movie was also finished, so he returned home. However, just after returning to the capital, before returning to his unit, he was invited by the air force to attend a meeting here.

Nie Xiaoqian was tidying up the RV in the courtyard, and Qin Yang was attending a meeting in the conference room. If the meeting was late, he could sleep in the courtyard at any time. This is the advantage of RVs.

The meeting had not yet started, and some leaders at the scene could not wait.

“Precise positioning? This is high technology.” Qin Yang said: “The time signal sent by the satellite above, according to complex geometric rules, can be determined…”

“President Qin, we are not talking about the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. We are asking how we did it.”

“Us? We used a timer.” Qin Yang said: “A timer is connected to the start switch of the ejection seat. As long as the aircraft engine is ignited and receives the signal from the engine tachometer, the timer starts counting down. It is enough for the recent missions to be executed for fifteen to twenty minutes, so we set a countdown of half an hour. Once the time is exceeded, the seat will start ejecting.”

This is the simplest, most direct, and only feasible way. After all, even the Americans have not yet developed GPS.

“What about the modifications being made by other troops now?”

“Of course, it's just a bluff. Nothing has been done. However, I guess they don't dare to try.” Qin Yang said: “As long as they can be scared for ten or eight years, that's enough.”

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. President Qin is too good at bluffing! But thinking about it carefully, this is the most effective method. With Sun Tianqing as an example and the recent publicity, all pilots have the impression that they will be ejected if they fly out of the border. Pilots with a clear conscience are not afraid, and those with ulterior motives will be frightened and dare not.

While they were talking, someone came in from outside, in a hurry. When he saw Qin Yang, his face was full of excitement: “President Qin, on behalf of Factory 320 and all of our aviation industry, I thank you!”

This was a thin old man with white hair, prominent cheekbones, and a somewhat pointed chin. Looking at his appearance, Qin Yang tentatively asked: “Are you Old Lu?”

“That's right, it's me. After receiving the news, I rushed over from Factory 320. With the good things you brought, we decided to take another step forward and build a twin-engine Q-6 modification!” Old Lu was very excited.

The Q-6 was improved on the basis of the MiG-23. After all, the MiG-23 is only a second-generation aircraft, while the Tomcat is already a third-generation aircraft and has two engines. Therefore, after Old Lu received the news, he immediately made this decision: Use the experience gained in the development of the Q-6 to survey and copy the Tomcat fighter jet and become a twin-engine Q-6 modification!

Qin Yang finally knew that this meeting must be about the Q-6 modification. Although he mainly deals with ground weapons, he was invited to participate in this meeting because he made contributions in obtaining the Tomcat prototype.

Soon, the personnel arrived, and Air Force Leader Zhang personally presided over the meeting.

“This meeting is related to the development of our air force's future equipment.” Leader Zhang was very excited: “It is also a leap for our domestic aviation industry. Now, please let Director Lu, who developed the variable-sweep wing Q-6 fighter jet in our country, tell us about their plan.”

Old Lu walked onto the podium excitedly and began to introduce it.

“Regarding the twin-engine Q-6, we believe that the airframe is not a big problem. The main problem is the wing box. The American aircraft uses titanium alloy, and we can only use stainless steel. This will definitely lead to structural overweight, but we have advanced WS-6 engines, and the problem of structural overweight can be compensated by power…”

The TF30 engine used on the Tomcat fighter has a maximum afterburning thrust of only 9.5 tons, while the domestic WS-6 has a maximum thrust of 12 tons! Even the improved model can be increased to 13.8 tons! Therefore, they do not think that overweight will bring much problem.

Qin Yang frowned. It is said that the aviation industry has nothing to do with him, but he couldn't bear to watch everyone take the wrong path.

Old Lin sat there, looking at the people below with a smile. When he saw Qin Yang's expression, he immediately reacted: This kid is still dissatisfied with surveying and copying!