Chapter 910 New Potential Customers

Leisure time is always short.

As usual, two professional days will be set up before the official opening of the air show.

That's right, before the opening.

Because the opening ceremony is for people to watch, it will be held on the first day of the opening day.

Professional Days are only open to large Krypton households such as the military, defense companies, and military contractors.

And of course there's the media.

In fact, it is better to be more low-key.

Because there is a high threshold for entry, the passenger flow during these two days was not large.

There’s no pressure for air show organizers.

But it’s different for exhibitors——

After all, an air show is not a car show, and you cannot expect individual users to buy your fighter jets or anti-aircraft missiles.

Whether it's publicity or ordering, it actually all points to the professional day ahead.

The day the Chinese delegation arrived was Tuesday, August 14th. In other words, they actually only had one full day to prepare.

Even though someone from the French agency has already called them, time is still tight.

Therefore, until the morning of the opening day, ground crews were still gathering around several aircraft to perform maintenance and bomb hanging procedures.

In order to ensure the range and take into account the requirements of the countries they pass through, the three fighter jets at the exhibition only hung three auxiliary fuel tanks during the transition process.

But at the air show, you must show your capabilities to potential customers.

Especially J-10E.

As a serious third-generation aircraft and the main product of China Aviation Industry in this air show, it has changed the mindset that China's products can only win based on cost performance in the past.

Although the comprehensive performance is still a bit behind the latest third-generation and a half fighter aircraft that have just entered service or have not yet entered service, at least in terms of design and production levels, it is completely comparable to mainstream models brought by other countries.

If it weren't for the conspicuous August 1st military emblem on the wing and the AVIC logo on the vertical tail, most people would probably think that this is a fighter jet from a certain European country.

"It's a pity that the airborne ammunition we have on hand is still a little short of variety..."

Yang Quanzhi stood near the entrance of the Huaxia exhibition area and watched several technicians quickly replace the auxiliary fuel tank on the innermost pylon of the J-10E wing with a C802K anti-ship missile.

In fact, the radar equipped with the J-10A/E does not have a ground search function.

Even for sea surfaces with less clutter, the effective detection range is not optimistic.

At least not as good as the JH-7 parked not far away.

Therefore, although the C802K can be connected to the fire control system through the data bus, it is definitely not in the list of commonly used ammunition for the J-10.

However, China’s current main equipment of precision guided munitions is the imported KAB series.

After traveling thousands of miles to participate in an air show, you can't use your own plane to advertise other people's bombs.

Therefore, we can only temporarily use anti-ship missiles to make up the numbers.

but.

It was beyond everyone's expectations.

It was just a matter of making up the numbers, but it really produced a good effect.

Shortly after the mounts of the three aircraft were switched to ground display status, a group of visitors wearing military uniforms walked into the Huaxia exhibition area.

After a rough circle, it finally stopped in front of the J-10E.

At this time, Guo Ruiqing was instructing several technicians from the Third Aerospace Academy to modify the exhibition settings, but Yang Quanzhi hurried over and patted him on the shoulder:

"Lao Guo, there seem to be a few officers from the Thai Air Force over there?"

Hearing these words, the former turned around suddenly, and then noticed that several people were gathering next to the J-10E booth, chattering without knowing what they were talking about.

The Thai army can be regarded as a regular customer of Chinese equipment in a sense.

However, compared to other users who were forced to choose China when they were "desperate", Thailand received generally good treatment in the arms sales market, with more options to choose from, so it was more picky.

Therefore, the previous purchases were basically army and some naval equipment.

As for the Air Force...

Only many years ago, the Rongfei Group tried to export J-7M fighter jets to it, but unsurprisingly it was defeated by second-hand F16A/B.

I have barely had some dealings with him.

It's just that the guys brought by China now can be said to be a shotgun for a cannon.

Not to mention the F16A, even against the F16C, I don't feel guilty.

"Take two people to take care of it and see what indicators they focus on and what models of competing products they mainly consider."

Guo Ruiqing said to Yang Quanzhi.

"yes!"

The latter came with a mission, so he quickly called a few people to get ready to move forward.

"Wait a moment……"

Perhaps because he was worried that Yang Quanzhi was eager to achieve great results, Guo Ruiqing called him from behind again at this time:

"Pay attention to your image and attitude. Be enthusiastic, but also be reserved and don't be too deliberate."

In matters like arms sales, the core is still based on the needs of the other party.

Rushing to sell products may not necessarily yield good results.

Yang Quanzhi had just been transferred to Rongfei not long ago, and his enthusiasm in this area was still lacking.

However, Guo Ruiqing was obviously overly worried.

Before Yang Quanzhi could get close, several people from the Thai delegation over there took the initiative to surround him.

"Hello, I am Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Thai Air Force, Padma Kitita."

The first officer wearing the rank of lieutenant general stepped forward and shook hands with Yang Quanzhi.

"I am Yang Quanzhi from China Aviation Industry Group. If you have any questions related to the model and my country's export policy, you can consult me, or I can contact a higher-level leader."

Although Yang Quanzhi is not a professional technician, he did a lot of homework before coming here, and he is by no means a noob.

"We just have the idea of ​​updating the fighter model, but we don't have any specific plans yet..."

Lieutenant General Gidita was not entirely talking.

In fact, the batch of F5 fighter jets currently equipped by the Thai Air Force are indeed very old, and the F16s purchased previously are not only second-hand but also early models, and even require an additional upgrade to obtain beyond visual range air combat capabilities.

Therefore, I have been thinking about changing my clothes for a few years.

But plans can't keep up with changes.

The financial crisis of 1998 almost caused the economy of the entire Southeast Asia to collapse, and Thailand was the first to bear the brunt.

It was not until the new century that the reliance on Internet companies that gradually began to spread from developed countries gradually eased.

"It doesn't matter. Your country is also a traditional business partner of our country. You can definitely contact us first."

Yang Quanzhi also heard about the situation in the other party's country.

Moreover, Bangkok Airways is also the first foreign user of the MA60 regional airliner.

After all, there is still potential for transaction.

After some simple greetings, Jedita got straight to the point:

"We just saw that the J-10E exhibited by your company is equipped with two C802K anti-ship missiles."

"So does this mean that this model can perform the mission of attacking the sea?"

This question can be said to be completely beyond Yang Quanzhi's expectations.

Before departure, the group leaders set the focus of publicity for the J-10A on ground attack and air interception.

Including the two 2/5 pylons under the wings, four equally unformulated PL-12 medium-range air-to-air bombs were specially mounted on composite pylons that have not yet been finalized.

In the end, it was the two C802Ks that were hung up to recharge that attracted the attention of customers...

Of course, although he was complaining in his heart, Yang Quanzhi’s response was not slow:

"The J-10E's radar is not optimized specifically for detecting sea surface targets, but if necessary, it can indeed carry up to two C802K anti-ship missiles with a range of 120km."

As he spoke, he took Lieutenant General Jedita back to the J-10E booth:

"Of course, the J-10E uses data bus technology and can also be seamlessly adapted to other new anti-ship ammunition developed by our country in the future."

This is not false propaganda.

The problem with the J-10's C802K is that the detection distance of the 1473 radar to sea targets, especially small and medium-sized targets, is likely to not reach the range of the latter, resulting in a waste of missile performance.

But other than that, there really aren't any other problems.