Super military empire

"What? The weapon configuration is based on the American Apache? Boy, don't you fool me?" Long Yaohua didn't believe this. The American Apache, that is the most advanced armed helicopter in the world, this thing. Not only the firepower configuration is strong, but various performances are also very advanced.

When China and the United States were negotiating, they were preparing to introduce Apache helicopter gunships at the beginning. As a result, the Americans did not provide such gunship helicopters at all, and even the military version of the Black Hawk did not provide it, only the civilian version of the black hawk. Eagle helicopter.

"This is really not bragging, especially when it comes to firepower configuration. If we have sufficiently advanced supporting weapons and equipment in our country, our helicopter will be able to achieve Apache’s attack performance and other aspects of performance, such as maximum flight speed and The voyage is even more advanced than Apache." Liu Yijiu hadn't spoken yet, Liao Zhuojing and a bunch of other technicians also came here.

The gunship is a very large project they have invested in. These studies are going to the world's first gunship.

The Apache is at least the most powerful among the gunships currently recognized in the world.

The United States and the Soviet Union took a slightly different path. Their weapons and equipment were very subdivided. The Soviet Union considered multi-purpose. Even if it had professional transport helicopters, it still relied on the Mi-24 as its main force. However, in the war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union It was discovered that the armed transport helicopter of the Mi-24 had too many shortcomings, and the professional armed helicopter design was reopened.

This is no secret. For the top military officials of the Republic, these news are known.

"How does it compare with the Mi-28 and K-50 newly developed by the Soviet Union?" Long Yaohua asked Liao Zhuojing and Liu Yijiu.

This question really stumped the two of them.

"The Mi-28 is called Apache by the West. Except in terms of performance, it cannot be compared with the American Apache. For example, it is superior to the American Apache in terms of armor protection and survivability of the crew on board. Ka-50, this thing, our attack firepower can't be compared with them!" Liao Zhuojing had to admit that their gunship still has some gaps compared with the international mainstream advanced gunship.

The Soviet gunship design can even be said to be a little frantic. For example, the Ka-50, 4 pylons under the wing can carry 16 laser-guided "Tornado" anti-tank missiles, and 4 groups of 80mm c-8m" There are 80 rockets in total, and there is a limited rotation turret on the right side of the nose.

The firepower alone is much stronger than the attack firepower of the Ninth Court.Not to mention, in order to improve the survival performance of helicopter pilots, this helicopter has a pilot ejection seat. This is the world's first helicopter with an ejection seat.Moreover, the degree of automation of this helicopter is very high because it has purchased a large number of advanced computer chips from China, even higher than the original one in history.

For an armed helicopter, only one pilot can conduct fire operations while flying.

In this regard, the armed helicopters of the Ninth Hospital are incomparable.

It can even be said that the United States cannot match the Soviet Union in this respect.

There is also the Mi-28. This armed helicopter is designed according to some characteristics of the American Apache. In terms of shape, aerodynamic layout and structure, there are many similarities. These also make the development of Mi-28 Has been greatly restricted, especially in terms of funding.But even so, with the Soviet Union's huge defense industry base strength, it started research and development in 1976, and made its first flight in 1982. It was also equipped with troops last year.

"Where is the main gap?" The surrounding sky has begun to light up, and the helicopter has become more obvious in the light.

Long Yaohua looked at the armed helicopter, which was still surrounded by many technicians for inspection, and asked the people in the Ninth Hospital.

“We don’t have the ejection seat of the Ka-50 here, and the firepower is a little worse than them. In addition, the full armor of the Mi-28 is not used by us, mainly to reduce the weight of the helicopter, but in terms of defense. We are not much worse than them." Liao Zhuojing looked at Liu Yijiu, who shook his head, and he did not tell the truth.

When the Zhi-91 was designed, they began to consider the problem of defense. In this regard, their best solution is to use a large number of graphene armors, but the production of this material is too difficult and the cost is too high.

Moreover, the export volume of Zhi-91 is very large, and there is concern that the existence of graphene will leak out.

Even if professional armed helicopters are used domestically, they will not be exported. If they are used too much, the poor Chinese army simply cannot afford to equip them.

The Soviet Union developed its military industry regardless of cost, and did not consider how much money it would cost to equip troops.

The United States has money. Even if it has no money and has a fiscal deficit, it can still rob Federal Germany and Japan, which are among the top economic rankings in the world.This is their biggest vault.

China has nothing but to earn money honestly and then equip the army.

"Chief, I don't think there is any need to compare these with other similar types in the world. Only the ones that are suitable for the development of our troops are the best." Seeing this scene, Liu Yijiu had to say to remind Long Yaohua if he continued. If this goes on, even the most basic self-confidence of the big guy will be seriously hit.

Long Yaohua nodded and said nothing.

After watching it for a while, he, a layman, didn't even notice the excitement, and suddenly lost some interest.

"Chief, should we go and rest for a while?" Liu Yijiu asked Long Yaohua.

Long Yaohua shook his head.

"Lao Liao, please introduce the performance of our armed helicopters to the chief. Although the firepower configuration of our armed helicopters was introduced at the beginning." Liu Yijiu knew that Long Yaohua's helicopters were better than the world-class main helicopters. It takes a little bit to become uninterested.

Of course, this is what Long Yaohua himself thinks, and at the same time, it is also demonstrated by the Ninth Academy.

"No need. Didn't you introduce everything before? The maximum flying speed is 428 kilometers per hour..." Long Yaohua looked at Liu Yijiu in surprise.

Although Liu Yijiu's introduction was not very systematic, he can get a general idea.

"How much is the cost?" Long Yaohua asked Liu Yijiu.

"8 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to about 50 million yuan." Such a cost, for a professional armed helicopter, would have been relatively cheap.

The Soviet Mi-28 basically reached 16 million U.S. dollars each, while the card-50 was more expensive.As for Apache, which has already become famous in the world, no one knows the price.

Even Liu Yijiu could not infer the price of this helicopter. According to the current technical basis, the price of its own equipment in the United States will never be less than 20 million U.S. dollars. The price will naturally be purchased by other countries in the world. Even higher, even some people who have taken advantage of it once purchased from the United States at a price of 50 million US dollars.

"Our domestic units, can you not use US dollars?" Long Yaohua was a little angry when he heard the US dollars. "At this price, if a brigade is equipped, it will cost 600 million..."

"The price is already very low!" Liao Zhuojing said quickly.

This is when the price is lowered.

"I know this. Your gunship has been reduced in configuration, right?" Long Yaohua's question caught the Ninth Academy by surprise.

Even Liu Yijiu was a little surprised that Long Yaohua would actually ask like this.

"It does reduce the configuration. Many designs do not improve the performance very much, but it increases the cost a lot. If the configuration is not reduced, these prices will be comparable to our fighters."

Liu Yijiu didn't mean to admit it.

For the Chinese military, as later generations did not realize that the role of helicopters is not much smaller than that of fighters.

Fighters cannot perform many tasks, especially low-altitude battlefield support and ground search and attack.

"Do you think that we all think that helicopters are not as effective as fighter jets?" Long Yaohua continued to ask questions that made Liu Yijiu a little uncomfortable.

Liu Yijiu just nodded, realized that something was wrong, and shook his head quickly.

He smiled, "Chief, how can it be. Helicopters and fighters have different battlefield support tasks. Moreover, their roles are to seize air supremacy and provide combat support to the ground..."

"The reason why the three brigades of the Blue Army were given to you was to test the cooperation between the various services on the real future battlefield. In war, no service can be lacking. Every service, every post They are all related to the direction of the entire war. The organization of the three brigades puts a lot of pressure on your funds, but for our military, this organization can completely build a modern army for joint operations..."

Long Yaohua suddenly explained why the three brigades had to be organized.

You know, at that time, the country was undergoing a million-dollar disarmament.

Liu Yijiu never thought about this at all.

"The reason why many of our equipment is not equipped is not because we don't know the importance. The construction of the entire country is centered on economic construction, and all policies and guidelines are tilted toward economic construction. Military development will definitely affect progress. Therefore, we can only continue to research technology, and start equipping troops after using the equipment without any technology. The lack of money is the main reason, not that we don’t recognize the role of these equipment!"

Long Yaohua's words were like a divine initiation to Liu Yijiu.

He has always believed that the bigwigs above have insufficient understanding of the importance of advanced weapons and equipment.

"So, you guys use this reduced version to fool us..."