Chapter 947 Prepare to Meet at the Airport!

After several days of preparation and study, the design work of the high-speed straight airfoil required for the Falcon Z project has begun in full swing.

The nominal design leader is naturally Chang Haonan.

However, Liu Hongbo is still responsible for the actual daily work.

Chang Haonan's main job right now is to develop new image separation and target tracking algorithms for Ocean One.

Therefore, unless there is any problem with the new turbulence model, he should only perform some data verification and algorithm check work.

…

In this way, a week passed quickly.

Chang Haonan has made little progress on these two projects.

After all, they are still in their infancy.

However, the ultra-short laser processing equipment previously developed for Liming Factory has entered the factory trial production stage of the prototype.

That is to put a piece of equipment with all functions designed according to mass production in the factory instead of conducting experimental small batch production in a laboratory environment.

It is mainly used to test the environmental adaptability of the equipment.

Of course, the "small batch" here is just a way of saying it.

The production capacity of many equipment at this stage is even higher than after it is officially delivered and entered mass production.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the second half of next year at the latest, Liming Factory will be able to process turbine disks and turbine blades for M88-3 and SeA series engines in addition to the production capacity of Turbofan 10.

This is also a very important time point for the finalization of the production of Turbofan 10.

It's just that compared to another thing, it's a little less interesting——

One day, when Chang Haonan was about to get off work from the Torch Laboratory.

The red landline on his desk suddenly rang.

On the caller ID, there was a number I had never seen before.

However, those who can get through this dedicated line must be people within the organization.

Therefore, although Chang Haonan was confused, he still picked up:

"Hello, I'm Chang Haonan."

"Comrade Haonan."

A slightly unfamiliar voice sounded on the other end of the phone.

At least, Chang Haonan failed to determine the identity of the caller in less than a second while the other party spoke.

Fortunately, the other party did not show off and directly reported his family name:

"I'm Qiao Chenqing."

"Mr. Qiao?"

Chang Haonan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the perpetual calendar hanging on the wall.

November 14th.

At this time, it’s a bit out of the blue.

The person in charge of the Air Force suddenly contacted me. After thinking about it, it seemed that the only possibility was that...

"Is... has the negotiation with Ermao come to a conclusion?"

Chang Haonan immediately guessed.

Although the relevant strategies were originally proposed by him, nuclear-related negotiations are, after all, a highly professional and sensitive topic.

Therefore, after Chang Haonan left the Jingxi Hotel that time, he did not directly participate in anything related to it.

Only occasionally would I hear some progress from Ding Gaoheng or Fu Youquan.

The last time was about a week ago.

A high-level delegation has already gone to Ermao to carry out the final inspection, transfer and destruction of weapons and equipment.

The so-called "transfer" here naturally refers to those long-coveted Tu-160 bombers.

Now counting the time, if everything goes well, the result should be almost there.

Sure enough, Qiao Chenqing on the other end of the phone gave an affirmative answer:

"Yes, we have signed relevant agreements with three other countries. Four Tu-160 bombers will be able to return to China from there tomorrow afternoon!"

! ! !

Upon hearing the news, Chang Haonan's right hand holding the microphone shook suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, his body shook slightly.

With the sound of "咚——".

His whole body almost hit the office chair.

It was indeed his idea to bypass the arms sales treaty and bring a few still-flying Tu-160s back to China from Ermao in the name of debt repayment.

Planning for this matter began several years ago.

But from beginning to end.

Even after the attacks in September this year.

Even after the Americans have agreed to the conditions proposed by us.

Chang Haonan still cannot guarantee that this matter will succeed.

It can be said that this is the most uncertain thing he has done since his rebirth——

After all, it is a strategic weapon without any room for maneuver.

Taking off from airports in the Northeast, combined with the range of air-launched cruise missiles, it can even cover almost all important cities in North America...

Moreover, the closer to success, the deeper the anxiety in Chang Haonan's heart.

However, during this period of time, he had been using the excuse of being busy at work to cover up his restless mood.

But covering it up doesn't mean it's gone.

On the contrary, it will become more intense because it cannot be vented.

Therefore, when Chang Haonan first heard this news that symbolized the settling of the dust, Chang Haonan's first reaction was not even excitement.

But relief.

"Mr. Qiao..."

After being silent for several seconds, Chang Haonan, whose breathing finally calmed down again, said:

"Tomorrow, can I..."

Before he could finish the question, Qiao Chenqing gave the answer first:

"certainly."

"The purpose of my phone call is to invite you to come with me!"

…

After hanging up the phone, Chang Haonan immediately canceled all his schedule for the next three days.

Then, the next day, he and the Air Force delegation, including Qiao Chenqing, boarded a plane to an airport in Haojing.

"to be honest."

In the cabin, Qiao Chenqing specially chose the seat next to Chang Haonan:

"I still can't believe that Americans would actually agree to this deal."

Chang Haonan said in his heart that I actually didn’t dare to believe it.

But this suggestion came from him first, and it seemed a bit too pretentious to say that he was not sure at this time.

So, he had to reorganize the language:

"The Aiwuhan thing is really important to the United States now."

“This White House’s total number of votes in the general election was even less than that of its competitors. It relied on a slight advantage of 1 electoral vote to finally win. Therefore, most people thought it was just a transition. As a result, because of this attack, The support rate has been soaring, and at its highest point it was almost approaching Roosevelt..."

"So, for the benefit of this aspect, let alone a few Tu-160s, if the Russians are willing to sell them, I guess even if they buy a few 941 nuclear submarines, they will turn a blind eye."

This can't be considered an afterthought by Chang Haonan.

The reason why he first decided to start with those Tu-160s was actually with this idea in mind.

Because Chang Haonan had read some people's interviews or memoirs before he was reborn.

Many of them specifically mentioned that after the 2001 attack, Mr. Bush was in an extremely emotional state.

Basically, "As long as you can help me kill Ai Wuhan, I will really treat you as a brother."

This state should not appear in a leader.

But in the special context of that time, it didn't seem unreasonable.

In short, he relied on advance planning, poor information and some luck, and finally won the bet.

Therefore, although Qiao Chenqing intuitively believed that Chang Haonan should have a deeper analytical logic, he did not struggle with this issue in the end.

Anyway, you are right, then you are awesome...

"Xiao Chang."

Qiao Chenqing changed to a more affectionate title:

"For our country, the return of these four planes is not the end, but the beginning."

"The pick-up team reported to me before that these Tu-160s were leftovers picked up by the Russian army. The condition of the aircraft is not optimistic. Although it can still fly, many subsystems are in an unusable state."

"If you want to maintain them for a long time, you need to build a relevant logistics maintenance and system, especially the airframe structure and power system that are related to the basic safety of flight..."

"..."

He said it very euphemistically, but the meaning was very obvious——

An aircraft like the Figure 160 cannot be serviced by the Air Force ground crew alone.

Especially the four NK32 afterburning turbofan engines are something that the Chinese Air Force has never been exposed to before.

"Mr. Qiao, I can't guarantee you anything now."

Chang Haonan thought carefully for a while and finally said:

"But it was a coincidence. A few years ago, by chance, I exchanged a large-scale vacuum electron beam welding production line from Lao Maozi, and also had a lot of related technical information, which was specially used for the production or maintenance of large-scale vacuum electron beam welding. Metal structural parts of aircraft..."

"Let's not talk about the large-sized spar and wing boxes. It's still no problem to make some minor repairs."

"As for the NK32 engine... we are really at a loss now. It may be difficult to produce new ones in a short time. However, limited life extension and maintenance of existing models... If we can be given some time to study, it should still not be possible. It’s hard to do…”

"In addition, the Russians themselves can't make new NK32s now, so they are on the same level as us, and they have more Tu-160s on hand, so they are definitely more anxious than us, so it is not impossible. Cooperate on this matter..."

"..."

As Chang Haonan took stock of each item, the worry on Qiao Chenqing's face gradually turned into shock.

Whether these problems themselves can be solved in a short time is actually secondary to him.

Because the superiors didn't even set a clear timetable.

There is no pressure on KPIs.

But Chang Haonan's ability to list a list of things to be solved in such a short period of time is very exaggerated.

You know, from September 11 to now, it has only been two months.

During this period, he was not idle all the time, but he still had a lot of other work to do.

Not to mention, the vacuum electron beam welding production line just mentioned was brought back a few years ago...

This doesn't look like preparations started just two months ago.

It's more like having a plan.

Of course, Qiao Chenqing did not think that the attack was related to Chang Haonan like Fu Youquan did.

But at least...

He was certain.

Chang Haonan has actually been eyeing those planes for a long time!