Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"President Qin, they've left two engineers behind, constantly watching those two engines. It'll be difficult for us to get our hands on them, right?"

"What's so difficult about that? They can't watch the engines twenty-four hours a day. They have to eat and sleep. We'll just wait until they're not around, then take them apart, measure, and copy them. Anyway, their engines are modular, so disassembly and assembly are quick. We can also build relationships, have meals, and get them drunk out of their minds, so they can't get up the next day. Wouldn't that give us time?"

Dassault's reason for leaving the engines is for testing, not to give toys to the East. So, it's normal for the French to leave engineers to watch them. If they knew the true intentions of the Easterners, they would be furious on the spot.

This kind of thing can only be done in secret. There are still many ways to tamper with them.

After arranging these things, Qin Yang left the aircraft building. It was already dark, and large snowflakes were falling outside.

"Xiaoqian, how many times have I told you, even if you're waiting for me, wait in the car. It's so cold out here." Seeing Nie Xiaoqian waiting outside, her face red from the cold, Qin Yang felt a pang of sympathy. He reached out and pulled her directly into his arms.

"Don't, people are watching."

"Who dares to watch?"

"I came to find you about serious business."

"What is it?"

"Old Zhu called and said you haven't been to Locust Tree Ridge for a long time. You, the deputy chief designer of the third-generation tank, can't always slack off. He hopes you can go there tomorrow. It's almost the end of the year, and there's a meeting tomorrow to do the year-end summary."

"Okay."

Qin Yang has indeed been neglecting his duties lately. He really should go and see the progress of the third-generation tank's development. Even if Factory 960 is going to engage in the aviation industry in the future, land weapons are still their foundation. A person shouldn't forget their roots.

"President Qin, President Qin, there's an emergency! The leaders have asked you to go to a meeting!"

Just then, someone ran over.

"Another meeting? What could have happened?" Qin Yang was a little dissatisfied: "Don't always drag me into your Air Force affairs!"

"It's a big deal. I don't know the specifics, but I heard that the Air Force Commander of the Chengdu Military Region has been dismissed because of this."

In February 1950, the Southwest Military Region Headquarters, formed by the Second Field Army and the 18th Army Corps Headquarters, was officially established. In May 1955, the Southwest Military Region was abolished, and the Chengdu Military Region was established with the Sichuan Military Region under its jurisdiction as the base. In 1968, the Tibet Military Region was downgraded to a provincial military region and merged into the Chengdu Military Region. It wasn't until the million-strong troop reduction in the 1980s that the original plan was to cut the Chengdu Military Region and retain the Kunming Military Region, but later, the two sides switched, and the Kunming Military Region was gone.

The Chengdu Military Region has always been a main force military region. Now that the Air Force Commander of the military region has been dismissed, it must be a major event! If something major happened to the Air Force over there, could it be…

Qin Yang frowned. Most likely, India came to cause trouble!

… … …

This aircraft was over 22 meters long, even longer than many light bombers. It had a pointed conical nose, two huge rectangular air intakes, and twin vertical tails, making it look very impressive.

The aircraft's appearance was too distinctive, making its identity immediately recognizable: the Red Empire's most advanced MiG-25! This was an advanced fighter capable of soaring at three times the speed of sound at an altitude of 30,000 meters. When it appeared, the whole world was shocked, and the entire West was trembling.

However, unlike ordinary MiG-25s, its high-mounted wings did not carry any weapons. Only the optical lens on the lower left side of the nose indicated its identity: a reconnaissance aircraft.

The old Soviets originally cherished the MiG-25, but unfortunately, in 1976, Belenko defected, and the West thoroughly examined the aircraft inside and out, then went from fear to disdain.

Hmph, they originally thought it was titanium alloy, but they didn't expect it to be stainless steel! They originally thought it was a variable cycle engine, but they didn't expect it to be a turbojet!

Overcoming thermal barriers with stainless steel, achieving high altitude and speed by running afterburners for extended periods, relying on terrifying fuel capacity for range…

The MiG-25 lost its mystery in the eyes of the West, but it also benefited from the disaster. Since it had already been leaked, they might as well export it. So, the MiG-25 was sold to many countries. India obtained a batch of MiG-25RBs in 1981. Now that they had just mastered the flying of this high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, they couldn't wait to show off their presence!

Pilot Sumit, fully dressed, walked towards his aircraft. The clothes were okay, although there were four layers: underwear, silk underwear, pressure suit, and flight suit, but after all, it was winter, not very hot. This kind of clothing was bearable, but the helmet was too uncomfortable. The helmet and clothes were connected by a leather sleeve, airtight, forming a complete high-altitude compensation suit, with only a small lens in front, with an extremely narrow field of vision.

However, as one of the first qualified MiG-25 pilots, he was still very proud.

"Report, tail number 499 is ready and can take off at any time," the ground crew reported to Sumit.

"Okay."

Sumit climbed into the cockpit, completed all the pre-takeoff procedures, listened to the roar of the engine coming from the rear, and began to report: "Garuda requesting takeoff!"

"Takeoff is authorized!"

Sumit didn't use afterburners. This was his first reconnaissance mission to the north, and he didn't know how much fuel this route would consume, so he had to conserve it.

The huge fighter jet pulled up at the end of the runway, slowly climbing. Everyone watched it take off. In the next few hours, they would not conduct any radio communication, but they didn't need to worry. The north couldn't do anything to them. The MiG-21 and MiG-23 could fly over there without any problems, let alone the MiG-25!

The MiG-25 continued to climb. When heading north over the snow-covered peaks, it had already climbed to an altitude of 15,000 meters. He continued to climb while turning on the camera equipment in the nose of the plane. A focal length of more than one meter was enough to cover an area of hundreds of kilometers, which was a powerful tool for reconnaissance photography.

There was only a rustling sound in the headset, and no other sounds could be heard. Sumit enjoyed the surrounding scenery very much.

The fighter jet was still climbing continuously. At 20,000 meters, the scenery was no different from the ground, but as he continued to fly higher, the sky began to change from blue to gray. Altitude 25,000! Continuing to fly higher, the sky became darker and darker. Continuing to fly higher, 30,000 meters! To the right was the sun, to the left were the stars, and in front was the curved edge of the Earth!

This scene was so wonderful!

A powerful voice came from the headset, but he didn't care. He knew it was a protest from the radar station below. Let them protest. What could they do to him? Could they shoot him down?

When Qin Yang arrived at the meeting room, he heard a furious voice coming from inside: "We must shoot it down!"

This flight suit is said to be the same as Gagarin's space suit.