Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 240 [Purchase Plan]

The current global situation is becoming increasingly complex and tense, and the intensity of the game among various parties is clearly rising.

A-Mei always wants to do something in the Asia-Pacific region to solve the dilemma of the Middle East squid, but he doesn't dare to do it himself, and lets his little brother keep testing the bottom line of the University of Tokyo. This operation is comparable to asking Benboerba to capture Sun Wukong.

This time, the authorities made a high-profile appearance of the "Shenlong Fighter" during its maiden flight and demonstrated some of its super-high performance. In fact, they were telling AMG that you cannot fight in the Asia-Pacific region. This kind of deterrence is essentially to win without fighting.

At this moment, Xiao Yu looked at several military personnel and smiled, "According to our current established plan, it will take about another year to complete the finalization, which means that by 2, the first batch of this type of fighter jets should be ready for service. If everything goes well, the entire time period from the establishment of the Shenlong Project to its entry into service will be about three years."

If he had said this more than a year ago, everyone would have thought that he was crazy and talking nonsense. It was simply a fantasy to want to complete a new aircraft from project initiation to commissioning in just three years.

For other aircraft design bureaus, the time period for developing a new fighter jet is often 10 to 20 years.

But when Xiao Yu said this, the people present not only did not doubt, but nodded repeatedly, and were very excited and expectant.

The maiden flight has already ended. Facts speak louder than words. The research and development efficiency of the "Shenlong Project" team of AVIC Linfei has broken the convention. Even if we find it hard to believe, we have to believe it.

AVIC Linfei will be able to deliver the first batch of fighter jets for commissioning in 2, which is obviously a good thing that the military will welcome.

At this moment, the military personnel who was playing with the fighter model couldn't help but say: "This fighter is good in every way. If I have to say its biggest disadvantage is that it is too expensive. Otherwise, if we put hundreds of them into service, our air force will be able to take on the whole world alone and form an absolute crushing situation."

The other person next to him couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "It's passed, it's passed. The fact that this fighter can be created and put into service in two years is already a blessing for the country. It was something we couldn't even think of a year ago. The fact that it can be used is already great news."

Another feature of this fighter jet is that it is expensive. It is currently the most expensive fighter jet in the world, with the total construction cost estimated to reach 118.7 billion yuan.

The biggest reason why it is so expensive is that the cost of room-temperature superconducting materials accounts for about 86% of the total cost of this aircraft. Based on the calculation that a total of 12.8 tons of room-temperature superconducting materials will be used in the fuselage, Xiao Yu currently estimates the cost of this material to be 8 million yuan per ton.

The cost of room-temperature superconducting materials alone accounted for 102 billion yuan, and the total cost of other items was only 16.7 billion yuan.

In fact, if we put aside room-temperature superconducting materials, the cost-effectiveness is really high.

The cost price of this fighter jet is 118.7 billion yuan, which does not include any profit. According to the current cost pricing method used by the military to purchase equipment, which gives a 5% net profit, the absolute profit of this fighter jet is approximately 5.93 million yuan. Therefore, the actual purchase price of the equipment is 124.63 billion yuan per unit.

When the military makes purchases, it must calculate profits for AVIC Linfei, and it is impossible for the state to allow AVIC Linfei to not make money.

Especially with the advent of this fighter, the importance of AVIC Linfei has been greatly enhanced at the national level. With this innovation ability, even if it is a private enterprise, it is very likely to receive subsidies from the national treasury. We absolutely do not want to see this company go bankrupt in the future due to financial problems and inability to maintain operations.

If such an enterprise goes bankrupt due to financial problems, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss for the country.

However, this is only from a national perspective. In fact, Xiao Yu is not worried at all. Even if there are ten thousand reasons for the bankruptcy of AVIC Linfei, funding issues are definitely excluded.

At this time, Xiao Yu looked at several important military personnel present and smiled, "The Shenlong fighter is expensive mainly because of the cost of room-temperature superconducting materials, which accounts for tens of billions of costs."

Xiao Yu paused for a moment when he said this, and then added in a deep voice: "However, as long as we solve the mass production technology of room-temperature superconducting materials, or reduce the cost of the materials by expanding into the commercial market, the overall cost of fighter jets can be greatly reduced." Everyone nodded involuntarily. The military officer holding the fighter model looked at Xiao Yu and smiled, "Just take your time, Comrade Xiao Yu. There is no rush to innovate technology. We have already solved the problem of whether there is or not. This is a huge success."

For the military, what matters most is not how expensive it is, but whether there are any problems.

If we really reach a wartime state, or even a state of full combat readiness, civilian industries will be converted to military industries, and the country's industrial capacity will be unconditionally converted to military production. No cost will be calculated for how many aircraft will be needed at that time, but the prerequisite is to solve the problem of whether there are aircraft or not. If there are, then we just need to increase the number of troops and that's the problem.

Once the issue of whether or not there is a problem is resolved, there will be a safety net in place for extreme situations.

After a while, Xiao Yu looked at the military personnel present and asked, "How many of this type of fighter jets does the military plan to purchase?"

One of them heard this and said: "The current tentative plan is to purchase 35 aircraft, 7 per year."

The military certainly hopes for as many as possible, especially the Air Force, which would like to have 350 aircraft.

But after all, it is not a wartime state. The state of full combat readiness and mobilizing the country's industrial production capacity to shift to military industry is essentially a consumption of national strength.

This certainly cannot be done in peacetime. At this time, military expenditure arrangements must be considered. The military decided to purchase 7 aircraft each year. To complete the entire purchase plan of 35 aircraft, it will take five years.

This is actually a very reasonable arrangement, because the current cost of this fighter is too expensive. When it comes to the purchase price, one aircraft costs 124.63 billion yuan. You should know that the cost of a 055 million-ton destroyer is only 60 billion yuan. This one aircraft is equivalent to two 055 million-ton destroyers.

The total purchase price of all 35 aircraft has reached an astronomical figure of 4362 billion yuan. Even if AVIC Linfei Company's production capacity can deliver 35 aircraft within a year, it is impossible for the military to spend so much military budget to purchase fighter jets in a year.

This year's military budget is about 1.55 trillion, but this is the total budget expenditure, not just for the Air Force.

The military plans to purchase 35 aircraft in five years, and also takes into account the update and upgrade of equipment. Judging from the strong speed of technological iteration and innovation currently demonstrated by AVIC Linfei, the situation may change every year.

If we purchase 35 aircraft at once, will we need to purchase more advanced technologies later? How much will that cost?
The military's plan is to purchase seven aircraft each year. For example, the seven aircraft purchased in the first year are the first-generation J-7 fighters. Later, the technology of AVIC Linfei Company was upgraded. For example, the cost of room-temperature superconducting materials became cheaper, and new technological innovations were applied. The second seven aircraft purchased will be improved models using new technologies, such as the J-7A.

如此一来，五年后35架飞机全部采购完成了，就可能同时有J-36和改进型的J-36A、J-36AS、J-36B等等。

In this way, not only new technologies are utilized, but also no excessive waste of resources is caused.

Especially if AVIC Linfei can reduce the cost of room-temperature superconducting materials, the total purchase amount of 35 aircraft in the future may not require the budget of more than 4000 billion yuan, and may be completed with 3000 billion yuan or even more than 2000 billion yuan.

If we can save 2000 billion, which is an astronomical figure, the military can use the saved military funds to upgrade other equipment.

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(End of this chapter)