Spark

A few days later, in a coastal city.

Chen Nian was invited to participate in this exercise. The reason given by his superior made Chen Nian dumbfounded, but he couldn't refuse.

They didn't even mention the "if something goes wrong" excuse, they just said:

It's not good to stay in school every day, take this opportunity to go out for a walk, so as not to damage the body at a young age.

If Chen Nian could still refuse for other reasons, but if he said this reason, it would be almost like an imperial decree.

After all, at this level of development, one's body is no longer one's own, it is the property of the state.

What's the matter, can you not cherish national property?

It just so happened that the sprint in the last stage really exhausted Chen Nian physically and mentally, so he went to the appointment happily, and flew to the city where the reserved airport was located before the exercise officially started.

This is a small coastal city. Although it is not as developed as some large cities, its natural scenery is good.

Chen Guo is very familiar with this city, according to what he said, coming here is like going back to his hometown, it is extremely easy.

——

Of course, most of this relaxation is actually a psychological effect.

Because, if he is notified to come here one day, it means that the aircraft he participated in the research and development has entered the delivery stage and has been officially listed.

The J-22 is also in the same situation, but it is a little special.

There was only one plane in the first batch.

Chen Guo took Chen Nian to wander around the city for two days. After a short rest, she went to the airport to observe the preparations for the scheduled exercises.

But when they came to the airport, the accompanying intelligence personnel brought him a news that surprised him:

There are several chiefs who want to see him.

Chief? several?

Chen Nian frowned slightly, thinking to himself:

It seems that he hasn't done any major things recently, and he has reported everything that should be reported about the J-22's new radar. He has to see himself at this time, and he doesn't know what it is.

——

However, since I am in the military region now, I don't have to worry about confidentiality.

Since he was able to pass the news to himself, it must have been approved by his superiors.

It doesn't hurt to go and have a look.

Thinking of this, he greeted Chen Guo, followed the intelligence personnel to the exercise headquarters set up in advance, and right there, he saw two familiar faces.

Yang Wei, the chief designer of the J-20 project, and He Hongwen, who helped him a lot in the initial stage.

Standing beside them were two strange soldiers.

Judging from their epaulets, their military ranks are all scary.

Seeing Chen Nian coming in, He Hongwen stood up first, greeted him with a smile on his face, and then introduced him to everyone present.

"Come on, Xiao Nian, come and get acquainted."

"Yang Wei doesn't need to introduce you, you guys have dealt with each other before—but you probably haven't met before, right? Are you... a netizen?"

"This is Lin Changhai. You can see the specific military rank, so I won't introduce it. He is in charge of the Air Force Command of the GZ Military Region."

"This is Gu Tong, from 612."

Chen Nian shook hands with the two of them one by one. After getting to know each other, Lin Changhai looked at Chen Nian with emotion and said:

"I've been thinking about meeting you for a long time, but I haven't had the time. I went to see J-22 a few times, thinking that you would be in 601, but every time it came to nothing."

"I still thought that when I met you for the first time, I must have a good drink or two with you. As a result... why are you so young? Your face is tender and bookish, so I am too embarrassed to do it."

Hearing his words, everyone present laughed and didn't take it seriously. Afterwards, Gu Tong also said:

"I really didn't expect you to be so young—of course, I'm better than Chang Hai, at least I've seen your photos."

"But seeing this side today, I'm still a little surprised. It's hard to believe that you are actually the chief designer of the J-22...every generation is better than the previous generation."

"I thought Yang Wei was scary enough, but I didn't expect you to be scarier than him."

Looking at Yang Wei standing beside him, Chen Nian said shyly:

"Boss Yang is much better than me, I'm just lucky."

"What you said, Yang Wei will be too embarrassed to stay here for a while. That's enough, I won't talk about this kind of car talk. I came to you today mainly because I have something to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally getting to the point.

Instead of flattery, he hoped that the other party would be straightforward.

"Tell me, what exactly is it?"

Gu Tong didn't answer directly, but asked:

"Chen Nian, do you know what type of air-to-air missile we are using now?"

Hearing this question, Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment.

What's the matter? Talk to me?

So soon you know that you are engaged in air-to-air missiles?

——

It shouldn't be, I haven't finished drawing the picture, and I haven't told anyone about it. It's impossible for the intelligence department to be stupid enough to leak the information without my consent...

Is that just a coincidence?

Thinking of this, Chen Nian didn't bother anymore, and immediately replied:

"At present, the J-22 is equipped with PL-11 over-the-horizon air-to-air missiles with a range of 40 kilometers and semi-active radar guidance. It can be said that it is extremely backward when placed on the J-22."

"That's right, it's extremely backward!"

Gu Tong nodded solemnly and continued:

"This sentence, I wanted to say it a long time ago, but I haven't been able to say it."

"But now, we can no longer escape."

"We already have the most advanced fighter jet in the world, which integrates the most advanced stealth design, the most advanced radar, the most advanced power system, the most advanced avionics and flight control, but its weapons, But it was a ridiculous semi-active radar-guided air-to-air missile!"

"For us, it's just a disgrace."

"Just imagine, our J-22 stealthily approached the opponent's fighter jet, and its radar tracked the entire flight formation at the same time, but the opponent didn't notice it."

"At this time, we want to launch an attack, but the problem is, we can only attack one!"

"Moreover, we must keep the nose of the aircraft aimed at the attack target at all times. Even if it deviates a little during the process, the missile will fail."

"Even, others don't have to hide at all, just fly over and throw us a missile."

"In order to evade, we must maneuver and give up radar exposure..."

"You should know what that means."

"PL-11 is just a cosmetic product. In this era, no one can beat it."

"Chen Nian, to tell you the truth, I am the general manager of the PL-12 project of the 612 Institute. The PL-12 air-to-air missile we are currently developing has reached the final finalized experimental stage and is expected to be delivered next year."

"This is an active radar air-to-air missile with a design effective range of up to 70 kilometers, but we think it is not enough."

"With a range of 70 kilometers, there is no way to give full play to the stealth advantage of the J-22. Our goal is to create an air-to-air missile with a range of more than 120 kilometers and active guidance capabilities."

"In other words, we want to build a missile that is truly worthy of the J-22."

"We want to invite you to join us."

Looking at Gu Tong's serious and expectant eyes, Chen Nian couldn't help feeling emotional.

The sensitivity of front-line scientific researchers to new technologies is really not a joke.

They don't know much about this fighter, but relying on limited information and data, they have quickly calculated the "attack distance is smaller than the detection distance" in a very short period of time, and quickly adjusted the aircraft at hand. Project, take the initiative to adapt to the correct development direction.

You know, to increase the range of an air-to-air missile from 70 kilometers to more than 120 kilometers, what they have to do is not simply lengthen the missile body and increase fuel, but it is very likely to overthrow the entire design and start from scratch. !

This is also a rare courage.

Chen Nian nodded slightly, looked at Gu Tong opposite and said:

"I got you."

"But... if you join, you don't need it."

"It's okay to be a consultant!"

Gu Tong quickly added.

"It's not a matter of consultants or not, it's because... I already have what you want."

Today's update is a bit delayed, because it involves the modification of the plots of several chapters, which may be delayed until night.