Chapter 564: One Sword Frosts Fourteen States
The minister was completely shocked by Linochka's idea, which seemed not completely unreasonable.

"Linochka, I remember there are a group of comrades from the south here, what are they doing now?"

"They are investigating the MiG-21 and are very interested in it."

It’s not that we don’t want better things, but whether the Russians will sell them and whether we can afford them are both very serious practical issues. At the same time, whether we can imitate them after buying them is also something we have to consider.

In any case, the MiG-21 can be regarded as an excellent front-line fighter. Its service period in the Russians was not short. In the context of extremely rapid iteration of weapons and equipment during the Cold War, this also shows that this aircraft has its own strengths.

Hot knowledge: the jet fighter family with the largest production volume in human history is not the MiG-5200/19 mentioned above, of which we produced 6, nor is it the F-16 that performed very well later, but the MiG-21/7, with a total production volume of more than 10000!
One of the brushes is relatively simple, cheap, and easy to maintain, which is of great significance to us now. The combat radius is not a big problem. 600 kilometers is basically enough for us at this time.

Yes, although the 7 has better performance, it is easier to maintain because it only has one engine and it is lighter than the 6.

"Oh, I see. I'm curious, what will happen to this MiG-21 in their hands? You know, our MiG-19 has absolutely no chance of shooting down the U-2, but they just achieved this miracle."

"Comrade Minister, this is our latest fighter jet."

"I know, but we will have newer fighters, Linochka, so take a long-term view. Also, you have to have confidence in our comrades who are researching equipment. We will be ahead. By the way, we still can't copy their high-temperature alloy, right?"

The minister's words told Linochka that the MiG-21 had to be provided, whether from the perspective of active long-term interests or passive necessity.

"I understand, Comrade Minister."

Regardless of the reactions and speculations made by various parties, we answered all their questions and confusions on the front page of the next day's Daily News.

"... a certain unit of our air force, using a new domestically produced fighter jet and its associated missiles, shot down a U-24800 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft made by the United States at an altitude of 2 meters. This battle created a world record for the altitude at which a fighter jet shot down an enemy aircraft..."

Things like world records must be boasted about. It is not just for the sake of face. It is one of the best ways to boost the confidence of the people and deter the enemy.

As soon as this report came out, the truth about how the U-2 was shot down was officially revealed, and all parties were once again shocked.

No need to guess, there's no hope. It was shot down by a fighter jet at that extreme altitude.

The Oceanic Pact countries, led by the Citigroup, were secretly shocked by this result. Does this mean that aerial reconnaissance of the Economic Cooperation Council countries is no longer safe, even if they bypass the deployment areas of anti-aircraft missiles?

After all, the fighter jets of that country all come from the Russians. If they have the ability to shoot them down, it means that the Russians also have this ability.

In fact, they are overthinking it. The Russians don’t have the ability to do so now.

This battle example is very extreme. In the future, when using missiles with similar performance to the Raiden-1 and improved ground-based air defense systems, the maximum firing height will not exceed 3.5 kilometers.

The reason why we were able to shoot down the U-2 at this altitude this time was that our pilot comrades used the engine and aircraft combination that only we had at the time and flew to an altitude of 21000 meters, which finally made the high-altitude shooting of the Thunder-1 come in handy.

Secondly, the initial speed given to the missile by the fighter plane makes the missile's firing altitude increase slightly.

But such details were not something they could know. They only knew one fact: the Eastern Camp had the ability to use fighter jets to shoot down targets at an altitude of 24800 meters.

It must be said that Linochka's imagination was in the right place, which might be due to his understanding of his long-time enemy.

Regardless of the reactions of all parties, Gao Zhendong and his team's meeting entered its final day.

The good news came the day before that the pilot had been found, alive and well, which made everyone feel extremely relaxed.

"Comrade Zhendong, this time you can tell us what the last type of your Level 3 Type 3 is."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee laughed cheerfully, and the comrades in the Air Force also showed great interest in this.

Gao Zhendong nodded, and then what he said made everyone feel one thing.

The comrade’s previous suggestions are all thoroughly conservative!

"For the third model, my suggestion is to copy the possible MiG-21F engine, convert the single engine into a twin engine, develop a medium-sized or larger air superiority fighter, and on this basis, retain the multi-mission performance as much as possible."

The air superiority fighter, or air control fighter, is used to gain advantage in the air.

The typical air superiority fighter is the American F-15A/B, which has a very high flight performance. After the later F-15E turned to multi-purpose, its flight performance was completely incomparable to it.

As for why it was specified as a medium-sized aircraft, the main reason was that even if two engines of the 7th Generation were tied together, they would only be enough to propel a medium-sized aircraft, which is far from the power requirements of a heavy fighter.

However, the mid-sized machine is well designed and sufficient for our current use.

The MiG-21F's R11F-300 engine, no matter what its flaws, is already the best engine we have available today. It won't be a big problem to build on it. It won't be too late to build on it after the R13-300 is out. There are still many years to go. As for installation versatility, the Russians will solve it.

As for whether the Russians will give it to us by then, well, the earliest data sources of our MiG-21MF and R13-300 were also from the "Rome type". As for the actual entity, that is even further away and has nothing to do with the Russians.

Although the engine had some progress, Gao Zhendong's suggestion still frightened all the comrades, including those in the Air Force.

Even the 8th generation engine, which was originally a single-engine engine, was only proposed in 63 and officially started in 65.

So now Gao Zhendong proposed to develop a new medium-sized twin-engine fighter. This suggestion undoubtedly scared everyone.

Learning to walk before learning to crawl belongs to this category.

Gao Zhendong's idea is different. He wants to get this thing started even if the progress is slow, and try to lay the foundation for the main fighter jets that can support the sky for the next 20 years within a few years.

After this development window, some things may become difficult to handle.

He took inventory of the goods on hand and felt that it would work.

He never thought about replicating 8th Master. There is actually no essential difference between 8th Master and 7th Master.

If they can successfully copy the 7th aircraft, they can last for the next ten years or so. There is no need to make an 8th aircraft because they are targeting other aircraft.

The reason why 8th Master was made into an enlarged version of 7th Master was mainly because our aerodynamic foundation was relatively weak at that time, so we had to do so. In addition, avionics and other aspects were all weak, so even 8th Master stumbled in the end.

It just so happens that he is involved in this matter.

"Isn't this a bit too big a step?" Even the Air Force, which is most welcoming of this, is quite hesitant.

It is really hard to describe how radical our Air Force's requirements for equipment were in the early and middle stages. Even they are hesitant now, which shows how outrageous Gao Zhendong's step is in the eyes of ordinary people.

Gao Zhendong was not impatient: "Things can be done slowly, but it is better to start early, otherwise others will pull us further and further behind."

"What's your goal, air superiority fighter?"

"As the name suggests, its only mission is to defeat all enemies as much as possible and gain air superiority at all altitudes below 2 meters, within the range of subsonic to transonic speeds. Every kilogram of its weight is prepared for air combat. At the same time, it should be able to undertake supersonic interception missions at a combat speed of Mach 2. As for multi-purpose, that's just a bonus. It doesn't matter if it doesn't have it."

As for supersonic air combat and altitudes above 2 meters, that is really easy to get into trouble. With the excellent design of the MiG-25, it can only guarantee high-altitude and high-speed performance under the indicator requirement of Mach 2.5 at 3 meters, and its low-speed performance is relatively mediocre.

Gao Zhendong's words made the comrades in the Air Force excited. This thing is great!

Why don’t men carry Wu Gou and use one sword to freeze fourteen states?

These two lines of poetry, which were inexplicably put together, echoed in the heads of the Air Force comrades.

Especially hearing the sentence "every kilogram of weight is prepared for air combat", how extreme and romantic it is.

Uh... men's romance is really different.

But considering the actual situation, a bucket of cold water poured down on his head: "Are you sure?"

Before Gao Zhendong answered, other comrades started discussing.

"It's not easy. We haven't done in-depth research on the aerodynamics of high-performance fighter jets. We may have a long way to go."

"Yes, yes, avionics is also a problem, the radar is too bad."

"Putting everything else aside, let's talk about this indicator first. How was Mach 2 at 2 meters determined? From subsonic to transonic?"

"..."

Seeing that everyone had different opinions, the leader of the Defense Work Committee spoke at the right time.

"Comrades, what Comrade Zhendong proposed is a planning idea. Let's not discuss the technical details of aerodynamics and avionics for now. Let's focus on the combat settings of the combat area and range."

Everyone thought this made sense. If the combat settings were wrong, then discussing aerodynamics and avionics would be meaningless. These things were all meant to serve the combat settings.

These things will change depending on the set conditions, so it is better to put them aside and discuss the setting issues clearly.

(End of this chapter)