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A few days later, Xigong University.

Chen Nian sat behind the desk, sorting out the latest progress and plans at hand.

After finishing what he was supposed to do, the rest of the work actually did not belong to Chen Nian, but a disaster recovery working group specially set up by the superior was responsible for it.

This disaster recovery working group is completely independent from the Xinghuo team, and only accepts technical support from the Xinghuo team, without leadership affiliation. The purpose is to carry out the preparation work in the most efficient and objective way.

Chen Nian was not on the team list for the simple reason that he was neither professional nor experienced in dealing with it.

Therefore, after providing information and exporting the technology related to the "Earthquake Shield", Chen Nian's focus of work shifted back to technology research and development.

The "two ships" and "five bombs" projects have entered the stage of self-operation. Regarding metal hydrogen, since Chen Guo's communication with Isaac has not yet made progress, Chen Nian is not in a hurry to waste the source to forcefully promote it.

Therefore, his short-term goal was transferred to the helicopter.

In fact, before that, he had already told Zhu Xuejun that if he wanted to support the army, he would start with helicopters.

And now, just in time to implement this goal.

In fact, if you want to talk about the area where China and the United States have the biggest gap in military equipment, some people may mention aircraft carriers, some people will improve performance fighter jets, and some people will mention strategic nuclear submarines.

But if we put aside the strategic position and combat effectiveness of various types of equipment, and only analyze it from the absolute "technical gap", Chen Nian feels that the first to bear the brunt must be the helicopter.

At this point in 2007, a series of key technologies in the development of helicopters, including rotors, engines, fly-by-wire flight control, bearing transmission, etc., were far behind the United States in China, and even in some aspects, there was nothing. .

Even after more than ten years, Zhi-20 and Wuzhi-10 are in service, our helicopter technology is still more than 20 years behind the old US.

Because the Zhi-20 can only be regarded as an improved model of the Black Hawk, and the Wuzhi-10, although most military fans use it to benchmark Apache, in fact, it is only a third-generation medium-sized aircraft

One of the most important reasons why helicopter technology is backward is that there is no money.

Because there is no money, limited resources can only be invested in more strategic weapons and equipment.

This is absolutely the right way of thinking.

After all, it is more important to build a helicopter than to build a fighter jet. I believe no one can't choose.

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However, the reason why Chen Nian wants to choose the route of flying a helicopter is actually very good:

Times have changed.

China's influence is no longer limited to one country, and the tasks we need to perform are no longer just a "battle of destruction" where you fight to the death and fight to the end.

Taking Africa as an example, if the Djibouti military port can have several helicopters of different types and purposes, it will be much more handy when dealing with small-scale conflicts and small-scale threats.

Of course, in addition to the military field, as I said before, even if we simply consider the follow-up disaster relief purposes, we should also have our own heavy-duty carrier helicopters.

In the short term, you can rely on buying to solve the urgent need, so what about the long term?

In the end it's up to you.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian let out a deep breath, and then wrote down a few options in the notebook.

military helicopter.

Heavy lift helicopter.

General purpose helicopter.

For each option, he listed several most representative models later.

For example, the Longbow Apache AH-64D, Bucks MI-35, and X-2 corresponding to the armed helicopter.

General-purpose helicopters correspond to V-280 and Zhi-20.

As for heavy-duty carrier helicopters, they correspond to the most classic Mi-26 and CH-47 Chinooks.

Chen Nian analyzed the performance of these helicopters one by one, and after comprehensive consideration, he determined the target he wanted to analyze this time.

An X-2 heavy-duty armed helicopter with performance exceeding 15 years later, and a heavy-duty transport helicopter against the Mi-26.

The former makes up for the shortcomings of the army's combat effectiveness, and the latter fills the gap in my country's such models.

However, since there is no model that can be directly "referenced", Chen Nian can only choose to do preliminary performance design by himself.

Now that domestic engines, engineering materials, and mechanical design have made great progress in various fields, if you are still satisfied with the 56-ton maximum take-off weight of the Mi-26, you will not want to make progress. Chen Nian decided to go straight to the point and increase it to more than 80 tons.

This is a very extreme functional design. After reaching this take-off weight, the only use of this aircraft is to carry the heavy load.

It seems a bit tasteless, but in fact, Chen Nian has another purpose.

Extreme design brings about extreme technological progress. As long as this aircraft can be built, the various technologies required to manufacture advanced helicopters will surely be breakthroughs.

Therefore, Chen Nian did not hesitate. After confirming the performance parameters, he started the analysis directly.

He still has 110 source points on hand, and the number of source points that this heavy helicopter, tentatively named Zhi-30 needs to consume is 28 points.

Expensive, but worth it.

Because, after the analysis of Zhi-30 was completed, the number of source points required for the Wuzhi-30 with high radar stealth, high firepower, and high maneuverability that he set dropped directly from 36 points to 6 points!

In fact, most of these 6 sources are spent on the supporting airframe design, radar and weapon design.

The basic technologies required in the helicopter industry have basically been opened up and lit up.

Chen Nian nodded in satisfaction. It took him nearly three hours to absorb all the technologies of the two helicopters.

The next step is to slowly sort out the technology and export it to the 602 Institute for research and development.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian picked up the phone.

He didn't contact Chen Guo, but called Lin Yongming directly.

The main helicopter research institute in China is the 602 Institute in Harbin. This research institute belongs to the Second Group of China National Aviation Corporation. Although it does not belong to the same group company as the First Group, the two parties have close contacts, especially in the research and development of drones. The previous Rainbow The project is a typical representative of the cooperation between the two parties.

Therefore, the effect of looking for Lin Yongming is not much different from that of looking for the director of the second group --- at most, there is an additional intermediary person.

After the call was connected, Chen Nian said directly:

"Mr. Lin, the matter of heavy-duty helicopter technology has begun."

"I have several ideas for key technological breakthroughs, mainly including bearingless rotors, high-power turboshaft engines, and overall aerodynamic layout."

"I would like you to contact the Second Group and let them prepare to start the research and development project - the funds will come from the Xinghuo Group's budget."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Lin Yongming couldn't help being surprised even though he had already been mentally prepared.

So fast?

You know, less than a week has passed since Chen Nian proposed to build a heavy-duty helicopter.

In such a short period of time, let alone "create it yourself", even if someone puts the technical documentation in front of you, it is not so easy for you to understand it.

Sure enough, it is still impossible to treat this young man with common sense.

Even if you put aside those mysterious auras on him and only look at his personal ability, it can be said that he is terribly excellent.

So he opened his mouth and answered:

"Got it, I'll contact the Second Group."

"But Xiao Nian, in such a short period of time, it may not be easy to digest the technology."

"I suggest starting with the turboshaft engine first. Once this is done, the difficulty of other technologies will gradually decrease, and the progress will be accelerated."

"I know."

Chen Nian immediately replied:

"The turboshaft engine is definitely the core issue, and we don't have any examples to refer to at this point."

"Because the design power of this engine is around 13,000kw, which is 40% higher than the D136-2 engine of the Mi-26."

"I suggest that we still adopt the strategy of H-20 at that time and cooperate with Russia to reduce the difficulty of the landing process as much as possible."

".I agree with that, but wait a minute, how many kilowatts?"

"13000 kilowatts."

"...Good guy, do you want to increase the load capacity of this helicopter to more than 30 tons? One and a half C130?"

"no."

Hearing Chen Nian's answer, Lin Yongming was slightly relieved.

After all, the load of 30 tons is indeed a bit too exaggerated.

However, before he could react, Chen Nian continued to speak:

"According to my design, the power increase is not linearly related to the self-weight increase."

"The maximum take-off weight of this helicopter must reach more than 80 tons, but the weight of the body should be controlled below 40 tons."

"So, instead of 30 tons, the maximum load is 40 tons."

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Lin Yongming was completely speechless. He paused for several seconds before he spoke:

"Will this be too extreme? I mean, maybe it's not that widely used."

"It's a bit extreme."

Chen Nian's voice did not fluctuate at all, he continued:

"However, this can be seen as a kind of technology accumulation."

"When we need to build a large air platform, all the technology of this helicopter will not be wasted"

A few days later, Moscow, Miri Moscow Helicopter Plant.

Marokov sat in the office, talking to the person in charge of the Miri factory.

".So this time, the conditions proposed by the other party are actually extremely superior to us. The purchase contract for a total of 5 Mi-26s, plus a series of post-maintenance agreements, if it can be completed, the profits you can get will be huge Far beyond your imagination."

"More importantly, Huaxia has already started planning to develop and produce their own heavy-duty helicopters, and intends to cooperate with us."

"If we can get this cooperation opportunity, our helicopter industry will have the opportunity to take another important step forward."

"Wait, Marokov, are you kidding me?"

The person in charge interrupted Marokov in surprise, and then continued:

"'Our helicopter industry'? With the technical level of the Chinese people, how can it be possible to promote the development of our helicopter industry? Their cooperation with us, no matter from which point of view, it is our unilateral assistance to them, right?"

"Marokov, I know that you are now the key figure in the cooperation between the two parties, but you can't act like a business broker and always speak on their side, right?"

Hearing what the person in charge said, Marokov smiled helplessly.

Since the H-20 project and the PAK FA project achieved great success, he has become the officially designated "cooperation ambassador", and he will always be present in any project related to China.

In this case, it is not surprising to leave the impression of "broker".

However, Marokov has a clear conscience.

He believes that in these projects, he has never sought personal gain, and everything he has done is for the development of this country.

So he answered frankly:

"I'm really speaking on their side, because judging from the current situation, they do have the advantage."

"Yes, they are indeed still relatively behind in the field of helicopter 'achievements', but I want to remind you that three years ago, they were also very behind in the 'achievements' of fourth-generation aircraft."

"How much time did it take them to develop to the present, to secure the top position of the fourth-generation machine, and to challenge the old technological overlord?"

"It's the same in the helicopter field - since they started the project, obviously, they must be sure."

Hearing Marokov's words, the person in charge nodded heavily.

He is not an idiot, nor is he pedantic, so he has actually understood and thought about the facts that Marokov said.

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It's just that it's really not that easy for him to let go of his self-esteem in a short period of time and accept the "upside down" fact.

After a long silence, he finally spoke:

"I have no objection to this cooperation."

"However, I always think that the time frame of the project is too tight and the requirements are too strict."

"What if we can't deliver on time?"

"There is no chance, even if we abandon other projects, we must complete the delivery."

Marokov said solemnly.

"...Then try."

The person in charge nodded slightly, but then asked again:

"So why are they in such a hurry? Are there any key strategic needs? Recently, their pressure is mainly on Africa. Even if they want to develop helicopters, they should start with armed helicopters, right?"

Marokov spread his hands and replied:

"Do you really think of me as a Chinese?"

"How could I know such information?"

"I don't have much more information than you. However, what is certain is that their purchase this time seems to have a 'special purpose'."

"Because in the communication, they have put forward a lot of customized needs."

"But no one knows where it's being used."

Hearing Marokov's words, the person in charge couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Special purpose? Customized needs?

The application scenarios of heavy-duty transport helicopters are actually not extensive. In the military, the most common use is nothing more than "armor projection".

Could it be that they will make a big move on the border?

But it doesn't seem right. Their few border lines that are at risk of conflict generally don't use heavy helicopters.

never mind.

After all, this is not something that our "partner" needs to worry about.

Thinking of this, the person in charge said:

"No matter what purpose they will be used for, in short, we have accepted this cooperation."

"Tell them we can deliver the equipment on time, as long as the funds are available."

"At the same time, we also hope to discuss the matter of cooperation in further detail."

Soon after, Huaxia and Russia signed the largest equipment purchase agreement in recent years, and the target of the agreement was a total of 10 Mi-26 helicopters.

The first batch of 3 helicopters will be delivered within 9 months, and these three helicopters will also solve China's urgent need for lack of heavy air transport power.

Coupled with the two Mi-26s that Russia can deploy at any time, in the future, even if a disaster does happen, 6 Mi-26s can make the rescue work much smoother