Chapter 68 Will not lose confidence

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 68 Will not lose confidence

Two days later, major media headlines reported on this thrilling failure.

"A major malfunction occurred in Turbojet-13, the pilot responded calmly and returned successfully"

"The heroic pilot's oral account of the accident may be related to the US flight activities"

"Why was a major accident hyped up as a heroic deed? National self-confidence should not come from here"

"A happy funeral? The technical shortcomings of aviation technology are worthy of reflection"

"If there is no overreaction, there will be no major accident. Behaviors that challenge the freedom of aviation should not be encouraged."

Even if you don't read the content, you can easily tell the stance of each media just from the headlines. Many of them are crazy and mournful, and most of them are praising and affirming.

However, objectively speaking, praise and affirmation are aimed at pilots, but even the media with the most positive attitude cannot avoid one issue:

There is indeed a big problem with our engine.

Even our plane had a big problem.

If it weren't for the J-8 II's shortcomings in low-altitude and low-speed performance, it would definitely not need frequent afterburners when facing U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, resulting in severe overloading of various engine components and an abnormally high failure rate.

So in the final analysis, this accident is more like a warning to most people who care about the aviation industry.

After lamenting the pilot's excellent skills, they discussed more about how to solve such a dilemma.

For example, the sound of the introduced AL-31FN engine became louder again.

In NPU, the situation is the same.

In the evening, after Chen Nian and Li Xiang finished their studies, they went to the cafeteria to eat according to their daily plan, while the classmates around them were already having heated discussions.

"This time it was really dangerous. I heard that one of the engines of the J-8 was scrapped. It almost didn't fly back. In the second half of the flight, the altitude dropped to 1,500 meters and all the fuel was drained."

"Yes, the level of danger this time is comparable to the previous scalpel in the Barents Sea..."

"What's the Barents Sea scalpel? There's no comparison between the two. The Su-27 has twin vertical tails. They can make a scalpel, but our eighth master can't. If the vertical tail is damaged, it can still fly back. It can be said that

It’s a miracle.”

"Then you can say it's a miracle, but I think it's still the pilot's fault. I saw on the news that the steering of the Eighth Aircraft had completely failed. In the end, it turned around by rolling and made an emergency landing on the beach."

"How difficult is this kind of operation? If you know the pilots who fly fighter jets, you will know just by asking."

"Even if there is an error of a few tenths of a second, the aircraft will be completely destroyed."

"Stop talking, pilots are awesome!"

"That's so awesome!"

"The new flight control is also good. It is said that it was updated last year. I didn't expect to use it so soon - the problem with the engine is really serious."

"With the new flight control, it shows that the above are still very far-sighted... Maybe the suspension of the introduction of AL-31FN is indeed due to other considerations."

However, just as everyone was discussing the pilot's skills and the latest flight control system enthusiastically, a slightly harsh voice suddenly came over:

"Forsight? What kind of foresight? If you are really far-sighted, would you delay the service of the J-10? If you are really far-sighted, would you stop the introduction of the AL-31FN even though you know that your engine is not good?"

"Haha, I just got lucky this time. My vertical tail was broken and I was able to fly back. What a miracle, you guys can tell me."

"Isn't it difficult to admit that your skills are not as good as others'? You have to orgasm and hypnotize yourself here. When someone else's tomahawk flies to your head, if it doesn't kill you, do you have to blow it too?

Are you good at escaping on your own?"

As soon as he said this, the faces of the people sitting around eating all turned ugly.

Everyone looked at the person who spoke. Chen Nian saw that it was Zhang Rui whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

After the last incident involving Sainas robbing someone, Zhang Rui was punished as an "activist" in the school, and then he stopped for a long time.

Chen Nian thought that he had been educated by the organization and then changed his ways and returned to studying, but now that he heard it, it seemed that was not the case at all!

Not only has the mentality not changed, but the resentment has become even heavier.

Sure enough, although NPU has done a good job in ideological construction, it still lacks experience in dealing with this kind of problem...

Chen Nian sighed secretly. He had no intention of getting into a verbal dispute with Zhang Rui, but just immersed himself in eating his own meal.

But he didn't speak, and the others who couldn't bear to listen spoke.

"Zhang Rui, are you too harsh in what you say? Yes, our skills are inferior to others, but what's wrong with our skills?"

"Although there is indeed a gap now, we are also working hard to catch up. Isn't it just to go to this school to catch up with them one day?"

"Not to mention the distance, at least we are flying back this time, and at least our pilots are good. This is victory."

"Do you think that everyone is just like you, enjoying the benefits the country gives you, but always slandering and praising Americans here?"

Hearing this, Zhang Rui had a sarcastic smile on his lips.

"Yes, yes, victory, we have won."

"Using a fighter jet that is decades behind the times to chase someone else's newly developed reconnaissance aircraft and almost crashing it yourself, this is a victory."

"If this is your definition of victory, then I don't have much to say."

"It's really ridiculous. We all know how big the gap is. Instead of quickly reflecting on the problem, we are here to comfort ourselves. How do you think you are the hope of China Airlines?"

"We are not, so are you? Let us reflect, have you reflected?"

"Of course I reflect on it."

Zhang Rui seemed to have guessed that the other party would ask this question. He snorted and said:

"The reason why domestic aviation development is so weak is nothing more than a systemic problem."

"The current system dominated by state-owned enterprises is simply impossible to stimulate the creativity of scientific researchers. Like the United States, it is dominated by commercial companies, and the state is only responsible for issuing contracts and orders. Driven by interests, competition naturally forms. It is not as good as our current system.

You know how strong you are."

"In addition, the underdevelopment of basic science and technology is also an important reason. What do we have now? Not to mention other fields, let's talk about the aviation field. How many high-precision lathes are there? How many wind tunnels are there? Are there advanced welding equipment? Are there any thermal and static conditions?

The pressing equipment was purchased recently, and I don’t even know when it will arrive!”

"Okay, even if I put aside all these things and only talk about the parts directly related to fighter jets, do you know how many generations behind others our engine design concept is? Do you know what engine the so-called WS-10 is benchmarked against?

? CMF! Civilian engine! Civilian engine from decades ago!”

"With such technology, those officials still have the ability to stop the introduction of AL-31FN. They are really brave."

"If you miss this opportunity, if you ask for it from others in the future, they may not give it to you."

"Now, do you still think we have won? Haha, victory is nothing."

After the words fell, Zhang Rui turned around and left, while everyone at the table fell into silence without exception.

At the beginning, when everyone heard that he had belittled the domestic aviation industry as worthless, they were filled with indignation.

But as he listed our weaknesses one by one, the agitated emotions suddenly cooled down.

What he said... is indeed true.

At least, putting aside the so-called "system", the gap he mentioned is a real gap.

In terms of infrastructure, design concepts, and even materials, data, and experience, are we not decades behind others?

In this case, are we really qualified to cheer for this incident?

Will our opponents think that our behavior is... clowns?

No one spoke, and the same thought came to everyone's mind at the same time:

How long will it take to close this gap?

In other words, maybe it will never be smoothed over?

Seeing everyone's disappointed expressions, Chen Nian, who was sitting and eating, still didn't speak.

He knew that the confidence of these people could never be destroyed so easily.

Because it is this group of people who, despite experiencing countless setbacks and blows, still hold up China's sky 20 years later.

What's more, the short-term disappointment will soon pass.

Over at Institute 601, all technical preparations have been completed. It won't be long before this plane will crush all doubts.

And soon, the day will come when the J-22 will officially enter the manufacturing process of technology verification machines.
Chapter completed!