Chapter 51: The H-20 project is approved! Stand up, don’t kneel! (Subscribe!)
"The bomber we want to develop must be one level higher than the B-2 Spirit bomber."

Zheng Lixing nodded and chuckled: "Having supersonic speed is its basic characteristic!"

The B-2 bomber of the United States was developed in the 09s and s, but China only started developing this type of new strategic bomber in . It is to years behind. It is impossible that the performance is just the same, right?

The inability to enter supersonic flight is the biggest shortcoming of the B-2 bomber and it must be compensated for.

"A strategic bomber that can travel at supersonic speeds and is stealth?" Duan Fei was a little surprised.

This level of difficulty is not unusually high.

You know, supersonic speed and stealth bombers are difficult to reconcile together.

After all, if a large bomber wants to be stealth, then its best choice is to use a flying wing like the B-2, so as to minimize the refraction of electromagnetic waves. However, the disadvantage is that the frontal resistance becomes extremely large, and it is very easy to cause shock wave divergence when approaching the speed of sound, making it several times more difficult to enter supersonic speed than conventional civil aircraft.

Another design idea is the Russian Tu-160. Although it can reach supersonic speed and has a terrifying bomb load, its fatal flaw is that it is a non-stealth strategic bomber.

The research and development goal is to make the H-20 perfectly integrate the perfect advantages of the Tu-160 and B-2, two of the world's top bombers.

"I'm afraid the research and development time will need to be extended for another two or three years." Duan Fei frowned: "I'm afraid its cost will also be shocking."

Even with the full set of B-2 bomber technology, Duan Fei still conservatively estimated that it would take seven or eight years to develop this "monster-class" bomber.

Moreover, the cost of a single unit will be extremely high. It may not be as ridiculous as the B-2 bomber, which costs more than billion US dollars, but it will still cost to billion RMB.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuli shook his head again: "So the next requirement is the second one, which is to develop a bomber that will be modified based on the B2 bomber."

"And we must find ways to reduce costs and keep them within a controllable range."

"Hiss, Dean, you..." Duan Fei's mouth corners cracked and his eyes were filled with confusion when he heard this request.

"Our current R&D capabilities simply cannot meet this requirement."

It’s not that he doesn’t want to do research and development, but it’s just too difficult.

How can you have both low cost and stealth and supersonic speed? There is no way these two can match each other.

Why don’t you let me put on the wings and take off directly to show you if I look like a supersonic stealth strategic bomber?
"Duan Fei, don't be in a hurry."

Zheng Lixing was cooperating nearby and explained, "We didn't tell the 603 Research Institute to only develop one type of bomber. You can completely separate these functions."

"Oh? Mr. Zheng, what do you mean?" Duan Fei suddenly understood what this meant: "We are developing a stealth supersonic bomber, and its manufacturing and R&D costs can be more expensive."

"In addition, based on the technology of the B-2 bomber, we will develop a low-cost and durable stealth strategic bomber."

"That's right." Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing nodded.

A low-cost stealth strategic bomber? Or an extremely expensive supersonic stealth strategic bomber? Which one should we choose?
Only children make choices, Daxia wants them all!
"I understand. This way it's much simpler." Duan Fei clenched his fists and said excitedly.

Anyway, with the full set of technologies of the B-2 bomber, a lot of money can be saved in research and development. In addition, it will not be too difficult to develop and reduce the cost of each machine based on this foundation in actual operation.

The second type is also developed on this basis, but this time it is upgraded to the research and development direction of a supersonic stealth strategic bomber.

The first version can be called the H-20mini version, and the second version is the real H-20!

The development in both directions all originated from the technical drawings of the B-2 bomber in front of us, and also saved Daxia a huge amount of R&D funds, manpower costs and time.

"It feels so damn good to cross the river by stepping on the eagle sauce!" Duan Fei shouted in his heart.

After a while.

"Go back and prepare for the project approval first." Zhang Yuli instructed: "Submit a complete plan report, and the National Science and Technology Commission will approve the plan as quickly as possible."

Now that we have all the technology for the B-2 bomber, we have to give it a try in research and development no matter what, right?
The most powerful strategic bomber of the Daxia Air Force is the H-6K, which is an improvement on the H-6. Let it face the B-2 bomber? Isn't this asking too much?

"Okay, Dean, I'll go back to Institute 603 first." Duan Fei said, and walked out of the Dean's meeting room quickly.

He felt like he couldn't wait any longer and wished he could officially launch the project tomorrow. Daxia's stealth strategic bomber was finally coming.

Wait for Duan Fei to leave.

The whole room fell into silence for a moment, and the two people's originally relaxed expressions turned into solemn ones.

Zheng Lixing couldn't help but took out some tobacco from his jacket pocket and rolled it up: "Lao Zhang, what do you think we should do with the R&D funds?"

"No matter how successful this project is, the amount of money invested is not a small amount."

"I know, isn't this a headache?" Zhang Yuli held his forehead, suffering from a severe headache.

If two plans are carried out simultaneously, even if the full set of B-2 bomber technology is available, the research and development funds will still be an astronomical figure.

Not to mention the exaggerated funding of hundreds of billions of US dollars, but tens of billions of RMB are still needed. The cost of those production lines and various construction costs alone is not cheap.

The most critical question now is where does the money come from?

This year, Daxia's total scientific research funding is only more than 500 billion yuan, and the quota has long been allocated to various projects. Other financial aspects are not too abundant.

So if we want to carry out the research and development work of the H-20 project, we must either slow down the time or find other sources of funding.

Zhang Yuli shook his head: "No matter how it goes in the early stage, we have to give the 603 Institute more than billion in research and development funds."

"The other funds all have their uses. We really can't raise that much money in a short period of time."

The H-20 does not require tens of billions of RMB in funding from the beginning. The initial funding of more than billion RMB is enough.

But even this 10 billion yuan cannot be taken out just like that.

Although the various rewards given to the "mysterious organization" amount to 5 billion US dollars without blinking an eye, it was only because the foreign exchange reserves were used that they were quickly prepared.

Although the H-20 project is very important, are there many equally important projects in Daxia today?
In the military field alone, there are the Varyag aircraft carrier modification plan, the J-20 and J-15 research and development and manufacturing plans, the 052D destroyer development plan, etc., as well as the subsequent improved model development of Daxia's signature ballistic missiles, etc. All of these projects are in urgent need of funds.

If we use a little here and a little there, how can we continue like this? Will there be no future? "Small drones are still in the verification and production stage, and Daxia Commercial Aircraft's civil airliner has just been developed."

Zhang Yuli sighed: "Where can I find so much money right now?"

As the roosters that lay golden eggs, they originally envisioned these two projects to provide research and development funds for the Daxia H-20 project.

Unexpectedly, the mysterious organization obtained the technology of the B-2 bomber so quickly, but their golden egg-laying rooster has not yet been born.

At this time.

"Small drones in the Middle East" Zheng Lixing suddenly thought of something: "We can look for big dog owners? They can also use small drones."

“I don’t believe they are not interested in this project.”

"Saudi Arabia is a big dog owner? This is a good idea." Zhang Yuli's eyes lit up.

Not to mention the small UAV project, even the low-cost version of the H-20 stealth strategic bomber can be jointly developed.

More than 20 years ago, Daxia could even sell ballistic missiles carrying nuclear bombs to Saudi Arabia. What does this mean now?
How should we use it after we buy it? We still have to listen to Daxia. They are not afraid of any threat at all. They are probably afraid of the entire European and American world.

"However, if we cooperate on the development of drone projects, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate, right?"

Zhang Yuli's face was a little embarrassed again: "There is a big conflict between Saudi Arabia and Persia, and the relationship between the two is not very good."

As Persia is the largest buyer market for Daxia's small drones in the future, we must definitely consider its opinions.

"What's the big deal?" Zheng Lixing waved his hand: "As long as both sides have common interests, no matter how deep the hatred is, we can put aside our prejudices."

"Besides, there is only one enemy in the entire Middle East. What prejudices can't be put aside? At least they all believe in YSL."

"That's right." Zhang Yuli did not refute. The interests between countries were the dominant reason.

But he still has a doubt: "Saudi Arabia has always liked to sit on the fence throughout history."

One of the reasons why several previous large-scale wars in the Middle East failed was that Persia did not participate at all, and another reason was that countries such as Saudi Arabia chose to sit on the fence instead of uniting.

Before Zhang Yuli could finish, Zheng Lixing interrupted him and said, "Then tell it to stand up straight and not kneel!"

It is because they have been kneeling for too long that they cannot recognize this world anymore.

the next day.

It was late afternoon in a square in the small town of Livermore in the Bay Area.

There were some items placed in front of several people, like a small vendor, but he didn't shout.

Instead, he covered his entire face and looked around unconsciously.

"Is this where the mysterious shop of Quesanti is set up?" Lu Ze looked at the surrounding environment and nodded secretly.

As expected of the Quesantis, they are always so upright.

Although it is not as rampant and unscrupulous as it was ten years ago, the number of people working in this industry has greatly increased since the subprime mortgage crisis.

After arriving at the agreed location.

"Hey, boy, this is the magic wand you asked me to make yesterday." A man with a charcoal-like face and who looked to be in his early twenties patted Lu Ze on the shoulder.

He didn't know what the 'magic wand' was, so he just looked for them one by one according to their appearance.

"how much is it?"

"No, ten dollars. You need to give me fifty dollars." The Quesanti said seriously.

Ten dollars out of it was my "labor remuneration", and the remaining forty dollars was the medical expenses for my ankle sprained when I was snatching.

"Okay." Lu Ze handed over a fifty-dollar bill. This thing required technical skills and was definitely worth the price.

"Is there anything else you need? I definitely have the lowest price in this plaza."

After Quesanti finished speaking, he picked up a colorful snakeskin bag from the side, on which the word "urea" was clearly printed.

As for whether it is genuine? You must be kidding. Do you want to buy a fake one here?

Lu Ze took a look and saw all kinds of brand-name bags piled up like waste, including LV, Gucci and even Hermès bags, with the price tags on them being less than one-tenth of the price of the original ones.

Nonsense, this is the Bay Area, this is California!
As the birthplace of the Crip Gang, Lu Ze didn't find it surprising that they were doing these little things.

"No need, I'll come to you next time if I need anything."

Lu Ze took the "magic wand" that Lucy wanted and quickly left the square.

For this kind of commission where someone is asked to find an item, Quesanti and his team will not guarantee after-sales service.

Back to the dormitory.

Just as he was about to wash up, a message suddenly popped up on his eyeball.

[Ding! There is a brand new email in your mailbox. ]

"Has Daxia sent new news?"

Lu Ze stood there, frowning: "Could it be about the subsidy plan?"

"Or is it related to the technology of the B-2 bomber?"

(PS: The second and third updates will be posted around 12: a.m., but may be later.)
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