Chapter 641 "Waiting for Turbofan 10 to be finalized"

"We must put pressure on the Kingdom of David."

After a long period of silence, Ding Gaoheng lit a cigarette again and said, which was the final word:

"However, from our perspective, we must also be prepared for the failure of the entire ring project to proceed."

Generally speaking, by the time he expresses his stance, the meeting has basically entered the final stage.

At most, there will be some detailed corrections.

But this time, after he made his statement, there were only a few people at the scene.

It's not that everyone has any different opinions on this, but they were simply shocked by such a big plot twist.

There is quite a kind of beauty when playing chess, the opponent will make a normal move, and the table and the chessboard will be thrown away, and then another American Iai Slash will kill someone else.

After all, normally speaking, even if it is possible that the project will fail, there should be some delay in the middle.

In fact, judging from the experience of past cooperation, 80% of the time there is still a turn for the better.

Just like when airborne equipment was introduced from Western countries to develop the J-7M and Qiang 5C, similar situations occurred.

But in the end, the transaction was still completed normally.

Moreover, if we just flip the table over like this, even if we can get back the 3.5 million paid in advance, it will definitely take a long time of wrangling.

Although the country's foreign exchange reserves have been filled up a lot in the past two years, it is not to the point where it is not taken seriously by taking so much money.

Even Huai Guomo was a little confused.

Although he had heard Chang Haonan's analysis of the ring project, he did not listen to everything compared to Ding Gaoheng.

So on the one hand, I can understand the brain circuit of the other party making such a radical decision, but on the other hand, I can't help but feel a little pity like everyone else.

In the end, it was Ding Gaoheng who had worked with him the longest, and although he held the title of deputy director, his rank was actually the same as the former. Zhang Dongxu was the first to come to his senses:

"Director Ding, although we have to make the best preparations and plan for the worst in everything, but... isn't our worst plan a little too early?"

Except for Huai Guomo, the other two deputy directors had little contact with Chang Haonan before. They had met a few times during the enlarged leadership team meeting, so naturally they didn't know Ding Gaoheng's thoughts.

"Definitely not early."

Ding Gaoheng replied almost without hesitation:

"Under the current situation, we can fully believe that the Kingdom of David was not prepared to complete the ring project at all."

"Now they have not directly stated that they want to terminate the project, they are just leaving a bait hanging on our side."

"The calculation is to put us in a dilemma, not to be willing to part with the sunk cost of 3.5 million US dollars, and to waste as much time as possible."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, and his eyes calmly scanned the crowd in the conference room in front of him:

"So, we have to use our tricks to deal with each other, and at the same time, use the fastest speed to apply for allocating subsequent resources to domestic models!"

Actually. Before today, he had a conservative attitude towards Chang Haonan's previous words.

That’s why we made two-pronged preparations. On the one hand, we narrowed the threshold of psychological expectations for the Ring Project. On the other hand, we allocated some resources to the Air Police 200 project so that we could have a backup in case something went wrong.

This has nothing to do with trust or not.

Mainly because the matter is huge.

It is impossible for him to make a 180° change just because of someone's words.

Even if this person is Chang Haonan.

However, what happened now still proves that the other party's worries at the time were completely accurate.

Moreover, all the details can be matched!

This made Ding Gaoheng couldn't help but recall the first time he had a phone call with Chang Haonan two years ago.

At that time, we even contacted the other party through Du Yishan.

Almost the exact same plot.

However, the content of the discussion between the two at that time was the development route of China's aviation industry.

Later, it was also through Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas that Chang Haonan's idea was completely correct.

Now two years have passed, what is the result...

Needless to say.

Who would have dared to imagine before that a European aviation company would take the initiative to seek cooperation?

Who dares to imagine that China can achieve reciprocal and mutual recognition of airworthiness certification with Europe and the United States?

The results have now been realized.

In this case, with the other party's ambitions already half-clarified, the balance in Ding Gaoheng's heart has naturally tilted...

At this critical moment, Huai Guomo also figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing. He first broke the silence and expressed his support for Ding Gaoheng's idea:

"Everyone, looking back at our external cooperation projects in the past few years, all the projects that were ultimately successful, whether it was MA-60 or Project , were all based on the mutual complementarity of each other and mutual dependence. To put it bluntly, that is Each other is holding on to each other's lifeblood."

"But the ring project, although it is still an equal cooperation in name, in fact, we are only paying for it. Although the unit price of 3.5 million US dollars per aircraft is high, after all, Elta is not on the verge of exhaustion like Tupolev. .”

"In other words, in this project, we have no chips other than flipping the table. In other words, there is no possibility of gaming."

"So, I think what Director Ding just said makes sense."

This kind of internal meeting is not entirely a one-word meeting.

But now that the director and the first deputy director are on the same side, there really is no room for others to operate.

What's more, the two people, especially Huai Guomo's explanation just now, which laid out the facts and made sense, was still convincing.

Zhang Dongxu, who was still hesitant just now, also followed suit and no longer insisted on his opinion:

"Then...if the Kingdom of David uses drag, how should we operate to completely decouple from the other party as soon as possible?"

The decision-making level of the Ring Project is so high that even Ding Gaoheng cannot fully make the decision.

So what he just said was just to "be prepared to not be able to proceed."

Regarding this issue, Ding Gaoheng already had a draft in his mind:

"In the middle of last year, after the embankment construction operation ended, we launched the Air Police 8 project based on the Y-200 platform at the suggestion of Comrade Chang Haonan. Comrade Haonan also personally participated in part of the design work at that time."

"However, because it has always been a backup project, the resources allocated are relatively limited, and it has not yet reached the stage of test flight."

"First, let's divert some of the resources in our hands. Anyway, if the David Kingdom continues to delay like this, we don't have to pay for the next node. As long as the 14th Institute of Electrical Engineering and the Air Police 200 of Shaanxi Aircraft can take the lead in the first flight. When the efficiency of the two sides is compared, the gap will be immediately apparent, and the superiors will naturally have confidence in the independent model."

This arrangement was basically seamless, so it was quickly unanimously approved.

However, after the vote was passed, some people still raised doubts:

"Director Dante, after all, the Ring Project uses the IL-76 to modify the early warning aircraft. If the Air Police 200 is a Yun-8 platform... then there should be no way to completely replace it regardless of the size of the radar equipped, or the range and air time. .”

After the decision was made, Ding Gaoheng finally relaxed a little.

But what followed was the tiredness that had just been blocked by the senses.

After all, he is also a person rushing to reach 70 years old.

So he nodded while packing his things:

“In the long run, we will naturally need a larger platform.”

"But the top priority is to prove through the relatively short and quick project of Air Police 200 that we can build our own early warning aircraft without the need for David."

……

After the meeting, Huai Guomo, who knew more about the situation, followed Ding Gaoheng:

"Old Ding, I think you have further ideas, right?"

By this time, he had left the conference room, and the cool breeze in the autumn night had relieved a lot of the sleepiness he had just felt.

"Indeed, it is, but it cannot be considered mine."

He replied simply:

"When we made the decision to introduce the Tu-214 passenger aircraft as the C909 model before, Xiao Chang mentioned that the 110-ton model is very suitable as a platform for special aircraft including early warning aircraft."

"It was only the end of 96, and the contract for the ring project had not even been officially signed, so I just thought it was a casual comment. But thinking about it now, I am afraid that he has been planning for us to independently develop an early warning aircraft since then... …”

Don't be speechless for a moment when you are pregnant with your country.

Chang Haonan almost took care of everything.

After a short pause, Ding Gaoheng waved his hand again, and then changed the subject:

"But this matter cannot be rushed."

"The two projects Xiao Chang is currently working on are in critical periods, especially the Turbofan 10, which will be the core of our country's main equipment for at least the next twenty years. We will definitely not be able to divert our energy at this time."

Huai Guo Mo immediately understood:

"That...means to wait until the turbofan 10 is finalized..."

"Correct."

Ding Gaoheng, who had guessed his idea, nodded slightly:

"Let's lay out relevant resources first, and then let him take over this large early warning aircraft project after the turbofan 10 is finalized."

Hearing this arrangement, Huai Guomo showed a hint of joy, but then he seemed to think of something:

"However, the turbofan 10 is not inferior to the turbojet 14 which was already in service. It fell behind after it was finalized. We must continue to improve it. Xiao Chang...can he really let go?"

"Is this..."

Ding Gaoheng raised his head and looked at the crescent moon in mid-air:

"According to Xiao Chang's statement in the project progress report, the core engine of the Turbofan 10 only needs a few improvements to become a genuine fourth-generation engine. However, our country's material level and production process are too lacking. , many places are somewhat reluctant to even produce third-generation engines, so they compromise and come up with such a third-generation and half-performance turbofan 10."

"So major follow-up improvements will probably have to wait for the previous stage before the project can be officially launched. As for the small improvements based directly on the Turbofan 10... I think Xiao Chang has concentrated more than half of the country's aerospace research efforts. The big competition must have the purpose of training talents through the project, and there should be no need for his direct participation."

"So, it shouldn't be a problem!"