Chapter 439: Xiaolong Prototype

When it comes to China-Israel relations, many people think that the relationship between the two countries used to be good.

Starting from the earliest false rumors such as donations for the Tangshan earthquake and the Wenchuan earthquake, there have been new waves of rumors almost every year.

Many people even remember that when they were young, they often heard that Xiao Yi taught Lao Zhong the desert drip irrigation technology, which directly promoted the advancement of Lao Zhong's agricultural technology; others said that Xiao Yi once provided Lao Zhong with military technology and equipment, and even the "J-10" came from Xiao Yi's technical support, and so on.

Because the "support" provided by Israel to Zhong has made many Chinese people feel good about Israel and the Jewish people, and even have a deep sense of identity with them in their hearts. So what is the real relationship between China and Israel like?

In fact, in terms of diplomatic relations, Lao Zhong officially divides them into 11 levels. The first level is the closest, belonging to the "all-weather war relationship", while Xiao Yi only belongs to the ninth level, which means that his diplomatic relationship with Lao Zhong is relatively cold. Even Australia, which often stirs up trouble, has an international diplomatic relationship with Lao Zhong at the fifth level. It goes without saying whether Xiao Yi has friendly diplomatic relations with my country.

As for the rumors mentioned above, I will not waste words to explain them to you all. You just need to know that they are all fabricated.

Many people also say that Xiao Yi supported Lao Zhong’s military construction, but that is actually a fantasy.

In 1996, China and Israel were severely cheated by the small Israel in the transaction of the "Falcon" early warning aircraft. The two sides agreed that the small Israel would sell the early warning aircraft to Lao Zhong, but China needed to pay an advance payment first, and Israel would deliver the finished product within 4 years.

However, in 1999, there were only 7 months left before the delivery deadline. At this time, Xiaoyi suddenly regretted and unilaterally tore up the trade agreement. He also returned the previous deposit and paid 1.5 million US dollars in compensation. However, the contract stipulated that if one party breached the contract, it would need to pay 10 billion US dollars in compensation. Xiaoyi cried poor and said that he did not have so much money to pay, and the Chinese side made concessions.

In the case of the Falcon AWACS, China invested nearly 30 billion RMB in infrastructure construction and personnel training, but the result was in vain. It also delayed the opportunity to develop its own AWACS.

Even more outrageous is that in 2004, Lao Zhong sent back the "Harpy" drone that he bought in the 20s for repair. Israel once again violated the contract, refused to inspect and repair the drone, and attempted to seize it. In the end, although the drone was sent back to China, a lot of Chinese resources were wasted in vain.

Earlier in the early 80s, as Sino-US relations thawed, the two countries became increasingly friendly. Under the authorization of the United States, Israel provided Lao Zhong with the "Python-3" missile and related technology, of course, this required money to buy. It was not considered aid.

Look, there is no so-called China-Israel friendship at all. It is just an ordinary transaction. I pay and you give the goods.

Even so, this group of Judases has cheated us several times.

Well, having said all that, why did Fang Xiang still target Xiao Yi?

It’s not the current drone technology, and they are the only ones who have it.

Speaking of it, after the opening up in the 80s, Lao Zhong was also spending money all over the international market, but the country was poor at that time and could not afford to buy many things.

But in this life, with Fang Xiang, not to mention the 100 billion yuan that was handed over to the government, the foreign exchange that Second Automobile Works and GAC bring back to the country is at least several billion yuan every year.

Since the establishment of the new Shanghai Automobile, the annual foreign exchange revenue has reached hundreds of billions.

Combined with contributions from other industries, the annual foreign exchange income has reached tens of billions of yuan several years ahead of schedule.

Therefore, Lao Zhong has bought far more things internationally in these years than in his previous life.

Because of the friendly foundation between China and the United States, many Western countries are very enthusiastic in serving Lao Zhong as a customer.

Compared with his previous image of being a stingy and old-fashioned person who always haggled over the price-performance ratio, Lao Zhong is now a major customer that attracts much attention internationally.

I can’t say that I will sell whatever you want, but at least Lao Zhong really picked out a lot of good things.

Therefore, it is not difficult to go to Xiaoyi to buy some technology and finished products.

After Fang Xiang submitted his unmanned electronic reconnaissance aircraft proposal, the Air Force immediately contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and placed an order with Israel.

As for how much money it cost and when it would be shipped back, Fang Xiang had no control over it for the time being.

Because he was busy testing the prototype of the JF-17.

That's right, the progress of the JF-17 is very fast. Compared with the previous life which took more than ten years of hardships, the current JF-17 has only taken less than a year from the time the drawings came out at the beginning of the year to the time the prototype was completed at the end of the year.

After all, the current Factory 132 is the only aviation factory in China that integrates research and production.

Speaking of this, in fact, many companies in the Soviet Union and the United States are aviation factories that integrate production and research.

But it is not the case in China. Research institutes are research institutes and manufacturers are manufacturers.

Everyone should mind their own business and not interfere with each other.

It sounds like being independent is a good thing, but it actually brings a lot of trouble and problems.

Let’s take the most familiar Liu Ye as an example.

At the beginning, Liu Ye independently designed, developed and manufactured a supersonic fighter based on the mig-19 prototype. He started reverse engineering when he got the blueprints in the 50s and put it into production in the 60s. It seems that 5207 aircraft were produced, but in fact it was not that easy in the early stages.

Because many technologies were not fully understood during the transition from J-6 to J-6II, and the research institute was only focused on studying J-8 and J-9, it did not provide technical support to the manufacturers. As a result, nearly a thousand aircraft were produced in a few years, and all of them became ground demonstration aircraft, the kind that pilots dared not fly.

I guess many of you still remember visiting the park when you were a child. Think back, wasn’t there an airplane there? The wind and sun did not stop many children from climbing up and down to play. Some bold ones even climbed into the cabin, pretending to be pilots, holding the joystick and having fun.

Even many people who aspire to become a pilot in the future started with the plane in the park, right?

That’s right, those were the original batch of Six Masters.

But Factory 132 is different. Do you remember the 999 Institute that Fang wanted to bring back as a whole from Northeast China a few years ago?

More than 132 engineers from the research institute, together with hundreds of engineers from Factory 7, were divided into several groups based on J-11 and J-. They worked together to tackle corresponding topics, shortening the time for projects that originally took three to five years to advance to two years or even one year.

Since Fang Xiang drew the design drawings of the JF-17, he has transferred dozens of engineers from the factory and institute to be responsible for the JF-17 prototype project.

First, build a wooden frame and put it in the wind tunnel to blow it to verify whether the aerodynamics meet the actual needs. While obtaining some data, adjust and optimize the design errors and places that do not conform to current materials and processes.

This stage sounds troublesome, but it is not easy at all.

The normal theoretical stage and wind tunnel model experiment stage will take at least one or two years, and even three to five years is common and normal.

But after all, Fang Xiang took out a mature organism from later generations, so he was able to pass this stage at a very fast speed.

As for the engine, radar, avionics, electronic control, etc., just copy them directly from the J-11.

Moreover, the prototype of the J-11, the F-16, is actually also a light multi-purpose fighter.

The size difference between the two is not too big, so the assembly and debugging process is greatly shortened.

This resulted in the JF-17 being able to surpass everyone's expectations and build a prototype just like playing with building blocks.

After the ground bench test, it entered the first flight stage smoothly.