Spark

"The reconnaissance plane is approaching again!"

"The communication channels may be completely intercepted. The technology gap is so great. Do we have any secrets?"

"Hide your strengths and bide your time, when is your head?"

"The suspension of AL-31FN procurement may lead to serious consequences, and air defense is useless!"

Lin Yongming, who was sitting in the office, frowned as the news came out one by one.

He expected that the other party would take advantage of this opportunity to make some moves, but he did not expect that the other party would be so courageous.

Although the behavior of the other party is completely in line with international legal principles, the degree of disgust is absolutely unprecedented.

If it weren't for the strict discipline of this army, some unforeseen consequences might even happen on the spot.

But what can we do?

There is not even a plane that can be sold.

For them, the deterrence is almost zero.

Is it really going to fire?

It is definitely not difficult to shoot down an EP-3E, but it is absolutely impossible to do it over the high seas.

After all, there is no air defense identification zone established in this sea area.

uncomfortable ah!

In the past few days, Lin Yongming has faced unprecedented pressure.

I don't know how many different departments called him to question him, questioning his previous decision to suspend the purchase of AL-31FN.

Among them, an old man's earnest persuasion is very representative:

"Yongming, I know what you want to do, but the problem is, we don't have the conditions now."

"In aviation, it is absolutely impossible to be too high-spirited. Many times, we have to drink some rice porridge mixed with sand first."

"Only when you are full can you have the strength to farm the land."

"As for whether the sand in the stomach cuts through the intestines or wears through the stomach, that doesn't matter. We have to survive first."

These words moved Lin Yongming so much that he almost couldn't bear to call his superiors again to re-discuss the purchase of AL-31FN.

But if that's the case.

Wouldn't the previous efforts be in vain?

He sighed heavily and looked at the schedule beside him.

Two hours later, the third discussion meeting of Project No. 22 will be held.

Different from the previous two purely technical discussions, this time, many senior experts, scholars, and leaders in the confidential sequence signed up to participate.

And their purpose is self-explanatory:

Convince Lin Yongming to give up Xinhangfa and restart AL-31FN procurement!

At that time, whether I can persuade them, or whether I can not be persuaded by them, is actually still unknown.

He lightly clenched his fists, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed a number.

On the other hand, Chen Nian had already finished his small material science class this morning. Through discussions with Hu Xu, he once again reduced the analysis consumption of ceramic-based TBC materials to 0.03 source points.

Afterwards, he completed the analysis non-stop, and began to output the material formula and manufacturing process on paper.

This material is not too complicated, so it didn't take much time.

That is, at the same time as he made the last stroke, he received a call from Lin Yongming.

The content of the call was to ask him to participate in a remote discussion meeting later.

According to Lin Yongming, no matter what the result is, Chen Nian is one of the promoters of this project, and he needs to give him an explanation.

Chen Nian could hear Lin Yongming's tone was a little pessimistic, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Because he knows that with these things in his hands, it is absolutely impossible for this project to be cancelled.

Two hours later, the No. 22 project discussion meeting officially began.

The meeting had just started, even before Lin Yongming had time to start, the stormy questioning had already arrived.

"Lin Yongming, do you watch the news?"

The person who spoke was an old man with gray hair. He stood upright with his hands on the table and stared sharply at Lin Yongming on the rostrum.

"He Lao, I know what you are going to say, but"

"But what but?! Do you know, because of your decision, people are already bullying us!"

"The reconnaissance plane is flying just outside our defense zone, flying blatantly!"

"What will happen next? The door is about to be kicked open! Do you know what this means?!"

"In your eyes, Lin Yongming, as long as your position is important, the country's face is not important?!"

"What new engine, what new plane, have you figured it out?"

"J-10 is about to fly, because of your words, now it will be delayed again!"

"Delay, delay, when is the delay? Do you have to wait until someone else's bomber lands on our airport before your plane can take off?"

The old man was trembling all over, and anyone could see that what he said to Lin Yongming was definitely not a dispute between emotions, but a factual statement of the fact that he was most worried about.

Yes, the reconnaissance plane is going to fly in the face.

Who can swallow this breath?

But if you can't swallow it, what should you do?

Most people have an answer in their hearts:

Let the third-generation aircraft fly at least first.

In other words, at least put the AL-31FN on the plane first.

In this way, at least we can advance to a higher level in terms of deterrence.

So, before Lin Yongming had time to answer, more echoing voices began to appear.

"Yeah, there's no need to make a new plane so quickly, isn't there a project at Chengfei?"

"Not to mention the engine, the WS-10 is still not up to the usable standard, and now the AL-31FN is the best choice."

"Mr. Lin, restart the introduction of AL-31FN. We all know what you want to do, but you can't do it. Don't make it late."

"The progress of the No. 22 project is not fast, so why not cancel it altogether?"

Lin Yongming looked sadly at everyone present, even the core members of the No. 22 project team were a little shaken at this moment.

They don't know whether their choice is right or not.

They don't know if they can see hope if they continue on this road.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Lin Yongming, looking forward to his answer.

Lin Yongming took a deep breath, suppressed his slightly fluctuating emotions, and said in a steady tone:

"The No. 22 project is unquestionable. At present, we have made significant progress. A series of designs including the body structure diagram have been verified and will soon enter the experimental manufacturing process."

"At the same time, we have also successfully verified the industrial production methods of several new materials, including new titanium-aluminum alloys, new nickel-iron alloys, etc."

"What is the use?"

Before he finished speaking, someone interrupted immediately below.

"What we are discussing now is not the problem of your aircraft, but the problem of the engine!"

"What we want is to restart the introduction of AL-31FN and let J-10 fly!"

"Can your structural diagram and your new materials make J-10 fly?"

"Are you going to take the structural diagram to fight the Eagle's planes, or are you going to shoot them down with your new materials?"

"Without an engine, what is the use of light materials? You don't know how long it took to design the WS-10? Tell me, how long do you plan to spend on a new engine?"

"Ten years, twenty years?"

"When the time comes, will we still be there?"

A series of questions made Lin Yongming almost speechless. He subconsciously wanted to bow his head, but his inner unwillingness stopped him.

"It doesn't take that long. Our plan is to give everyone an explanation within a year."

"Are you kidding me? Within a year? In a year, you can't even get the data! You don't even have the basic data, what do you use to build the engine?"

Lin Yongming wanted to continue speaking, but the noisy voice of questioning quickly overwhelmed him.

At this moment, he felt a desperate suffocation.

——

However, this suffocation lasted less than half a minute.

For, in the corner, a red telephone, amplified by a loudspeaker, uttered a clear answer:

"We have data."