As early as the early 1980s, in order to deal with the common enemy Teddy Bear, Yingjiang sold F-16/79 to flower growers. This is a light three-generation machine that has been castrated. I don't like it domestically.
In 1984, Eagle Sauce's "Grumman" company was defeated in the competition for the Japanese "Air Self" fighter project, hoping to make efforts to promote the "Tomcat" domestically.
In order to promote success,'Grumman' stated that the F-14A could be upgraded, replacing the mediocre TF-30 engine with the F110 series. 'Tomcat' will become even more terrifying.
'Grumman' even invited Chengfei's Chief Tu to his Calvindon factory in Long Island, New York, to visit the assembly line of various fighters, including microwave anechoic chambers and test flight stations.
At that time, the country didn't know that there was something like Su-27. If the "Tomcat" is introduced, it will definitely affect the development direction of the domestic aviation industry.
Not to mention anything else, the alliance's electronics industry is extremely sparse.
The Su-27SK’s N-001 “Zuke” radar weighs one ton. It is boasted that it is powerful and has the ability to burn through. The actual performance is not as good as the cheap one on the F-16, which is more than 100 kilograms. /AWG-9 even has a generation gap.
But'Tomcat' is too expensive, the price of bare metal is 80 million...USD. If training and maintenance are added, the single machine sells for more than $100 million.
This is 100 million in the 1980s!
The foreign exchange reserves of flower growers in 1984 were less than US$10 billion. More money was spent in 1985, and foreign exchange reserves were only two billion U.S. dollars for several consecutive years.
A country with a billion people only has such a small amount of foreign exchange reserves. The country is so poor that it sells the treasure of the town "Dongfeng Three" to big dog owners, each for 100 million U.S. dollars, and it feels like a big profit.
The comprehensive unit price of'Tomcat' exceeds 100 million, who can afford it
If I can't afford it, I really have no money.
In the country, it sometimes spends a lot of money. In the 1980s, a large number of color TV production lines were sold and many luxury cars were imported. Sometimes they are extremely stingy, and they plan carefully in purchasing industrial production lines.
Everyone feels that'Tomcat' has nothing to do with China. But no one thought that a troublemaker dared to sneak into Persia alone in order to explore the famous F-14A'Tomcat' fighter jet.
Zhou Qingfeng stayed in Tabriz for the night. The next day he stole a military vehicle, pretended to be an officer of the Revolutionary Guard, and drove down to Isfahan carelessly.
Isfahan is the third largest city in Persia. Geographically, it is sandwiched in the valley between Zagros Mountains and Kuhru Mountains, on the Zainde River.
On the arid Persian plateau, water sources are very important. Isfahan is an ancient city and the transportation and industrial center of Persia. In addition to the aviation industry, even Persia's nuclear facilities are also built here.
Shehr, north of Isfahan, is where the Persian Aircraft Manufacturing Industry Corporation (HESA) is located. It was originally an aircraft overhaul factory built with the help of the Americans in the 1960s, and it slowly developed into..., a broken-down company.
Because of the importance of HESA, it is far away from the urban area and there is an earthy yellow wasteland around it. This wasteland can be seen everywhere in Persia. There is no water, no vegetation, only sand.
A highway passes south of HESA, and the company's factory area is enclosed by high walls, guarded by guards and barbed wire. Outsiders are not allowed to approach this place.
There is a three-kilometer test flight track to the north. The internal factory area is small, consisting of apron, hangar, repair workshop, warehouse, and scientific research buildings. The total area is less than three hectares.
Since being blocked by the West, HESA has assumed the responsibility of repairing various types of fighters for the Persian Air Force.
However, due to the lack of spare parts and production capacity, what HESA can do is to be a disassembler and paster, piece together a few fighters, and get one that can fly.
The goblin and Sophia flew in first to act as scouts, looking for the target Zhou Qingfeng wanted. They first look for HESA's scientific research buildings, hoping to obtain detailed information about the'Tomcat' from it.
Complex modern equipment is often divided into design drawings, manufacturing drawings, and maintenance drawings. These things are all different.
'Grumman' gave the HESA overhaul line, which should have partial design and manufacturing drawings, as well as all maintenance drawings and corresponding testing and tooling equipment.
When it gets dark, Arce will sneak into HESA's factory area, looking for the'Tomcat' who is overhauled and modified here.
Only Zhou Qingfeng spent two days in the wilderness outside the factory, accompanied by sand and sparse shrubs-this ghost place is really full of sand, and it was dry and hot only in February.
Two days of investigation gave the strange maids a general understanding of this important Persian manufacturing company. They knew everything they should know, and there were basically no secrets to hide.
On the night of the third day, Zhou Qingfeng broke into HESA again over the wall. He went straight to the warehouse of the factory and entered through the huge ventilation duct.
In the 1970s, Grumman was allowed to sell 80 Tomcats to Persia, and 79 were delivered. In more than a decade, due to wars and lack of spare parts, more than half of the'Tomcats' have been lost.
HESA did everything possible to repair the'tomcat', even collecting the wreckage that was shot down and crashed during the war. There are also many'tomcats' with damaged bodies here.
Hundreds of aircraft wrecks are densely accumulated in multiple warehouses, including dozens of'Tomcats'. They can only be collected and stored to serve as donors for the remains during maintenance.
Zhou Qingfeng seems to be standing in a waste collection station, surrounded by piles of metal parts and broken bodies. "The Persians can't fix it, it doesn't mean we can't."
Sophia brought Zhou Qingfeng to a TD-30 turbofan engine. The dust from the desert environment was blown in from the ventilation fan, and a thick layer fell on the turbofan blades.
Zhou Qingfeng used a cleaning trick to strip the dust off the engine. He looked at the blade carefully, and there were dense pits on it, which was a consequence of using it in a desert environment.
The alchemy workshop opened, and the'albatross' stored in it was pushed out by the soul slaves, giving up the place for the restoration of the magic circle.
There are more than 20 dismantled TD-30s in the warehouse. This engine weighs nearly two tons and is placed on a mobile platform. Zhou Qingfeng and others worked together to push one of them into the middle of the restoration circle.
The thoughts of the master and servant were very simple. Sophia copied the necessary repair materials and simply tried to repair the old "Tomcat" in the warehouse.
The warehouse is closed, and no one will come in as long as there is no too much noise. Zhou Qingfeng repaired one frame, one frame, which would not disturb the factory guards, and it just happened to be able to verify the correctness of the information.
Arcie turned into liquid metal, rummaging silently in the body cemetery of the warehouse, looking for parts that could be used. Zhou Qingfeng went to another world and exchanged a large number of Tier 2'complete restoration techniques' from several goddesses with the altar of faith.
For the turbofan engine with high thrust, the'complete repair technique' is not enough, and the arcane effect enhancement of the alchemy circle and Sophia is needed.
Hundreds of golden rays of light lit up in the magic circle and lasted for several minutes. The power of magic gives vitality to the rigid metal, the damaged turbofan blades are gradually restored, and the precise structures such as compressors and control lines are given a new look.
When the arcane effect ceases, the pitted leaves become smooth and firm, as if they were just left out of the factory.
"Great. The ability to repair the engine means that we can also repair the airframe, repair the radar, repair the flight control, repair the hydraulic system, and repair the swept wing."
Zhou Qingfeng cheered in a low voice, and the wreckage of the fighter beside him seemed to boil. The Persian had already categorized all the parts and accessories, all he had to do was repair them and reassemble them.
"Think about it, how many'Tomcats' can we fix here?"