Great warships

Chapter 722 Lost five planes (plus 2)

Look at the mainstream transport aircraft, whether it is the A-50 or the E-3, they are all large aircraft with a take-off weight of more than 150 tons. The current Yunjiu, even if it is modified with a D-227 engine, has a maximum take-off weight of Seventy tons, less than half the weight of those early warning aircraft, in this case, can it be used as an early warning aircraft?

"Could you have come up with an aerial radar plane?" Jinchenko continued to ask.

The airborne early warning aircraft not only needs to move the radar to the sky, but also needs to move the command and control system to the sky. Otherwise, a large amount of information must be transmitted through the data link, which will obviously delay things and cause system delays and the like.

In later generations, air radar may become popular again, and there may even be unmanned early warning aircraft, but those are based on the extremely developed electronic technology. Now, it is obviously impossible to achieve it!

Jinchenko was a little curious.

"No, of course what we want to do is advanced air early warning aircraft." Qin Tao said: "You should also know that we lack advanced early warning platforms in our country, and the number of large early warning aircraft will not be too many, so we can only use our existing Although our airframe is smaller, we can still realize the functions of an early warning aircraft by relying on our advanced electronic technology."

Are you kidding me? Our carrier-based early warning aircraft has been successfully developed. The maximum take-off weight of more than [-] tons can perform air early warning and command functions. Now that we are using the Yunjiu platform, isn’t that just for fun?
Lao Maozi’s backward electronic technology does not mean that our electronic technology is backward. Look at our advanced civilian processors, which have already surpassed the world’s advanced level. Our chip manufacturing process will also lead the world. Are we still afraid that electronic equipment is not light enough?

"The overall performance will not be inferior to the A-50, and even comparable to the E-3A. After all, this early warning aircraft is an early model, and its performance has long been outdated." Qin Tao said.

Jinchenke took a deep breath: "Boss Qin, can we join this remodeling project?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone present was stunned. These old men don't think of themselves as outsiders too much, do they?What's this?This is our most advanced airborne early warning aircraft!It is the most important weapon of the country, how can outsiders like you take it over!

"Of course." Qin Tao did not hesitate: "Mr. Jinchenke, you are engaged in aerodynamic shape, I hope you can help us improve the shape of the early warning aircraft, after all, our early warning aircraft is supported by a large plate, which has a great impact on aerodynamics. big."

Although there are Air Police 2000s in China, they are large-scale early warning aircraft after all, and the domestically modified ones were made by Qin Tao from the production line, and they were modified according to the A-50 airframe platform during production. Therefore, domestic products are semi-finished products.

Now, to modify it on the platform of Yunjiu, you have to start from scratch. With these old men joining in, it is still aerodynamic, which is of course very suitable. Among other things, the basic skills of old men are quite solid.

It’s just touching the shell and not touching the electronic system, so there’s nothing to worry about. Besides, even if you touch the electronic system, as long as you don’t tell them what the function of a certain integrated circuit is, they won’t know the level of their own circuit. Yes, the electronic system has evolved to the integrated circuit era, and it is almost the same as a blind box.

"Okay, I will work hard." Jinchenko said: "In the era of the Red Empire, when the superiors decided to develop a brand new airborne early warning aircraft, we recommended our An-124 platform. Unexpectedly, it was rejected by the Ilyushin Design Bureau I was given the lead, and the Il-76 was simply not big enough, resulting in a serious lack of performance. At that time, we had done a lot of experiments, and we had sufficient confidence. Now, I can finally do the AWACS project again.”

It turned out that this was the case, Qin Tao realized that he was holding his breath.

Lao Maozi's original early warning aircraft was the Tu-126, which was modified from the body of the Tu-114 airliner. The radar it carried could detect bomber-sized targets 128 kilometers away, and guide the Tu-126 flying in formation nearby. The 128 interceptor went to intercept. With the technology of that era, this kind of early warning aircraft did not have the ability to look down on land and could not filter out the target from the clutter on the ground, but this is not important. After all, this kind of map-[-]/[-] hybrid The main task of the formation is to patrol the vast northern waters of the Red Empire, and to prevent US strategic bombers from launching nuclear missiles at the Red Empire in the Arctic region.It doesn't need to intercept very low-flying targets at all.

In the 80s, the Tu-126 began to be replaced by the A-50. No one knew how to compete. Looking at Jinchenko’s unconvinced attitude, we know that the An-124 early warning aircraft had also bid for it, but was rejected by Il- 76 was replaced.

In terms of Lao Maozi's electronic technology, the An-124 with a larger take-off weight should be more suitable. It can carry more electronic equipment. However, the An-124 cannot land at the front-line field airport. The reason for the replacement of Er-76.

Of course, after the new millennium, Lao Maozi also knew that his A-50 transport aircraft was outdated, so for a long time, there were many rumors that Lao Maozi tried to use An-124 as a platform to develop a new generation of early warning aircraft , but if you think about it, it's fake news, because the Antonov Design Bureau is in Ermao, why didn't Da Mao find his own Ilyushin?

Lao Maozi's funds are limited, and it is impossible to develop more advanced early warning aircraft, so these are at most just some people's thoughts.

At this time, Jinchenko in front of him had an excited expression, as if he was excited about the upcoming project.

After the Air Police 2000 and Air Police 600 projects, of course, there is also a plan to refit the AWACS with the Yunba most airframe platform. However, due to my lack of experience, I originally planned to develop the Air Police 200, which is the balance beam early warning aircraft. On the basis of this kind of early warning aircraft, we have gained enough experience, and then develop the Air Police 500, which will be a big plate.

The Air Police 200 project is actually a tasteless project. Using Yunba as a platform, there is no need to worry about the platform being limited. However, due to lack of experience, I dare not install a large plate on the back of the Yunba. I can only put a stick.

This stick has little impact on the aerodynamic layout, but the performance of this stick is limited: it can only scan the areas on both sides, and there will be gaps in the front and back. Therefore, after the balance beam project is over, the Air Force does not have a lot of equipment.

Now, with the arrival of experts like Jinchenke, the Air Police 200 project can be abandoned, and the Air Police 500 can be built directly, which is the real early warning aircraft.

Qin Tao couldn't help but be full of anticipation.

With two engines and a large plate on top, will the appearance of this early warning aircraft cause a sensation all over the world?The market for this kind of early warning aircraft is definitely not small. For example, Laoba will purchase this kind of early warning aircraft. There is no need to compare anything. Dongfang's early warning aircraft must be the most advanced!
With Yunjiu, all kinds of high-tech aircraft of the navy will have qualified vehicles, and the development of the navy will be faster.

While Qin Tao was excited about this project, Victor and others also came to Ah San to sell the An-70 transport aircraft to Ah San.

At this time, Ah San was isolated by the whole world because of detonating the mushroom bomb. Seeing that the Antonov Design Bureau came to seek cooperation, they were moved to tears!

"The performance of your transport aircraft is good, we can purchase it!" Ah San immediately decided to place an order: "Besides, we still have a batch of An-32 transport aircraft that need major repairs. I hope you can overhaul these transport aircraft for us."

"Of course no problem." Victor nodded and agreed, feeling in his heart, Mr. Qin is really amazing, there is no problem with the path he pointed out, it seems that we need to communicate with Mr. Qin more in the future!
The agreement was signed on the same day. On the one hand, Ah San was grateful, and on the other hand, she was afraid that the Antonov Design Bureau would abandon the project after being pressured by the outside world.

The evening wind was blowing on the land of Hanzhong. This was the most comfortable season of the year. Qin Tao took Zhao Ling and came back after the dinner they had hosted. They walked in the evening breeze and felt the rare relaxation.

"Mr. Qin, just received the news that the Antonov Design Bureau has signed an agreement with Ah San, and Ah San wants to order 70 An-[-] transport planes." At this moment, Xu Zhengyang quickly took a few steps and asked Qin Tao reported.

If Ah San really got a hundred An-70 transport planes, it would obviously not be good news for his own side, which means that Ah San's battlefield projection ability has greatly increased.

"Don't worry, the research and development of the An-70 transport aircraft has not been completed yet, and there is still a long way to go. During this process, any accidents will happen." Qin Tao didn't care at all, this project was promoted by him, he Of course, you will not watch the project develop in a direction that is not good for you.

Xu Zhengyang immediately understood that Mr. Qin had already made up his mind, but he didn't arrange for himself to do anything.

"It will take at least five years for this transport aircraft to be fully developed. After five years, how will the situation change? At that time, Ah San may be able to purchase a more advanced C-130 transport aircraft, so how can he think about it? -70, besides, the An-70 transport aircraft was not independently developed by the Antonov Design Bureau. There are a lot of equipment provided by Da Mao on this project. You said, Da Mao will look at the exit of An-70 and block his own Il- Is there a way to sell 76 arms?"

Xu Zhengyang understood that Mr. Qin sat firmly on the Diaoyutai because he had already seen these stakes, and the Antonov Design Bureau would eventually be happy in vain.

"The Antonov Design Bureau belongs to the Red Empire, not Ermao." Qin Tao said a concluding sentence.

Xu Zhengyang nodded. Even if his side did nothing, the arms sale would not go smoothly, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

"By the way, Ah San decided to send their An-32 transport plane to Ermao for overhaul in order to express his gratitude to the Antonov Design Bureau."

An-32 transport aircraft, overhaul?Qin Tao's eyes lit up, since he met him, why don't he do something by himself?
Seeing Qin Tao's appearance, Xu Zhengyang knew something was going to happen.

In the field of transport aircraft, the An-32 is a wonderful existence. Its shape is very different. It has a single wing and the engine is installed on the top, just like a seaplane. Of course, it does not have any water take-off capability. It was designed in this way only because it inherited the foundation of the An-26 transport aircraft.

Compared with the An-26, its biggest change is the use of a more powerful engine, which has almost twice the power of the An-26, which makes it have excellent flight performance and is also suitable for use in plateau areas.

Because the airframe is strong enough, especially when the landing gear is lowered, the door of the landing gear is still closed, so it can dive down at a large angle, and you can often see that the An-32 with its nose down looks like it is about to hit the ground The same as above, flattened the moment before the impact, and then landed easily. Of course, this action also has another purpose: diving and dropping bombs.

The An-32 was originally just a transport plane, but it was used as a dive bomber. Ah San was no exception. They began to import An-84 in 32, and some of them were directly converted into bomber trainers to train bomber pilots. Some of them were directly used as bombers. They were very satisfied with the performance of this aircraft, so they imported a total of 125 aircraft.

Due to high-intensity use, the first batch of 20 An-32s have reached the end of their lifespan. They are either scrapped or used after overhaul. The Asan Air Force has not yet figured out what to do. The Antonov Design Bureau has come, so there is no What do you mean, just hand it over to the Antonov Design Bureau for overhaul, so that the friendly relationship between the two sides can be maintained.

Ah San would also reciprocate, especially in the current isolated situation.

The five An-32s in the worst condition were the first to be overhauled. After signing the contract, the Asan Air Force began preparations.

They took off from their home base in the early morning, and in the afternoon, they flew to the civil aviation factory in Kiev.

The Antonov Design Bureau was responsible for the design in the era of the Red Empire, and the construction was mainly carried out by the Ulyanovsk factory. However, there is also a special civil aviation factory in Kiev, which belongs to the Antonov Design Bureau. Therefore, they It is completely possible to use this factory for transformation.

However, due to the lack of orders, the factory has long been in a state of desertion, and even the runway is overgrown with weeds. Fortunately, the An-32 is a solid aircraft that can land even on flat land in the wild.

"Hi, brothers from South Asia, welcome to come." Sergey, the person in charge of the civil aviation factory, stood on the runway, watched the pilot Ah San get off the plane, and greeted enthusiastically.

Shakti, the person in charge of the team this time, frowned and looked at the surrounding scene. Can their planes be overhauled here?Looking at it like this, it is not as professional as their domestic aviation maintenance companies.

"Excuse me, are you really sure about repairing our plane?" Shakti asked.

"Of course, we have formulated a comprehensive overhaul plan to ensure that these aircraft will be repaired to the same level as brand new soon." Sergey said: "Now, you have all worked hard, let's go have a drink first how?"

"We still have to take care of the plane." Before Shakti finished speaking, Sergey put his arms around his shoulders: "Hey, my friends, don't worry, we will tow these planes to the hangar , the maintenance will start tomorrow. We have prepared delicious food, you must be very hungry all the way here, right?"

It's true, they just ate something on the plane and now their stomachs are growling again.

It's just that they didn't expect that when they arrived at the restaurant, there wasn't much food waiting for them, but bottles of vodka instead!Sergey held up a bottle: "Cheers to our cooperation!"

Then, he raised his neck and blew away a bottle of wine. After drinking, he looked at the person in front of him: "Why, you don't drink? Are you looking down on us?"

In the era of the Red Empire, the old man liked to drink alcohol to his guests, and it is still the case now. Shakti and others couldn't walk away, and soon got drunk.

While they were drinking, five An-32s were dragged into the workshop. In the large and dilapidated production workshop, several people looked at these planes and silently swallowed.

“Right now, the price of scrap aluminum is 10 hryvnia per catty, and each plane has at least five tons of scrap aluminum,” said one of them.

"If these planes are sold, it will be a good sum of money!"

What should be sold in the factory has long been sold, and the rest cannot be dismantled or taken away.There are not many workers in the factory. The factory does not pay wages. They can only find ways to make money by themselves. Even the security guards are only two old men who guard the gate.

The people at the scene were called back because they needed to repair the plane, and planned to make preparations before the repair, but now, they are obviously tempted.

"However, how can we not be found?"

"That's right. After all, this is Ah San's plane. If we sell it, there may be problems." Some people began to worry.

"It is precisely because of Ah San's plane that there will be no problems." The middle-aged man named Ivan said, "If it was our plane, the superiors might investigate it, but it was Ah San's plane that was lost. What are we afraid of. If we lose it, we lose it, who cares?"

"However, how can we sell such a large plane?"

Ivan had a smile on his face: "Of course we fly out. At night, we dragged the plane to the runway, flew away secretly, and flew across the Dnieper River. There is a scrap metal recycling company opposite. They have a special dismantling machine." Machines that can dismantle an airplane into pieces in one night, no one will know that we did it, and with this money, we can emigrate to Europe, don't you want?"

"Fly over? Well, let's go all out, sell these planes, and we can emigrate to Europe and never live here again, Ivan, can we do without the hryvnia? Let them give us dollars !"

"It shouldn't be a problem. I know the boss there very well. He can arrange for us to leave when we're done."

Ah San was drunk and didn't know anything. Sergey was waiting for instructions from the Antonov Design Bureau, and he didn't go to the site to check. He didn't know that some of the workers he invited today actually flew the plane away. !

Moreover, because he drank happily, he didn't go to the workshop until the next afternoon. Looking at the empty production workshop, he was completely dumbfounded.

What about the plane?Where did the plane go?

Five An-32s disappeared in such a strange way, and what about the maintenance personnel?Where did those skilled old workers go?

Sergey was annoyed for a while. Could it be that the plane was disassembled and sold by those old workers?Not too much, if you want to sell, there must be some movement!

"Quickly, go to the guard and check to see if there are any trucks coming in and out since last night." Sergey shouted to his assistant.

Soon, the assistant gave a negative answer: No, no trucks have come in or out since last night!

No trucks coming in and out, did the plane fly away?No, those workers have no experience in flying airplanes!
Is it possible to let a pilot who has never studied in a formal aviation school fly the plane?
The answer is really possible. This kind of thing has happened in a large airline in Da Mao. The pilot who has more than 2660 hours of flying experience and has carried thousands of passengers actually relied on the fake aviation academy. Graduation diploma, self-taught!

Among Lao Maozi's mechanics, there are also many capable people. They are familiar with the structure of the aircraft and the operation of the aircraft. At the risk, he flew the plane to take off, then flew to the road outside the waste collection station, handed over the plane to the waste collection station, got the money, and went directly to Europe!

Moreover, even if Sergey went to the waste collection station, he couldn't find anything, because the plane had been dismantled by the dismantling machine transformed by the excavator, and some had even entered the metal smelting furnace.

"Mr. Sergey, where is our plane?" Just when Sergey didn't know what to do, Ah San's representative Shakti came.

"Your plane...lost."

"Lost it? What are you kidding? Today is not April Fool's Day!" Shakti didn't take it seriously. Bicycles are easy to lose, and motorcycles are also easy to lose. When it comes to cars, it's not easy to lose them. Airplanes?Has the whole world heard of it?Can the plane still be lost?Or did you lose all five at once?
"Do you look at me like I'm joking?"

"What? Really?" Shakti's face changed: "You have to get it back for us, it's related to our future cooperation!"

"You can fly five more planes over here, and we can overhaul these five planes for you for free." The only thing Sergey can think of is this kind of compensation plan, let them lose money?That is impossible.

Ah San has more than 100 An-32s, all of which need to be overhauled. According to their plan, the first few will be overhauled here at Ermao, and the latter will be overhauled in Ah San's own country. Now, five of them are lost, and five more will be flown over. ,How can this be?He doubted very much that the second batch would be lost.

"You're kidding!"

The Antonov Design Bureau helped Ah San repair the An-32, but these planes were somehow lost. This incident spread quickly and became a joke. After hearing about this incident, Qin Tao was also very emotional.

"This is the sunset of the empire. After the collapse of the Red Empire, they are getting worse day by day. What a pity. This is clearly management chaos!"

Zhao Ling looked at Qin Tao seriously: "We didn't participate?"

"The most we participate in is to collect some junk, but we don't know anything." Qin Tao said.

At this moment, Xu Zhengyang walked in, holding the news he had just received.

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