Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 251: J- Takes Off (Subscription Request)

Looking at the black thing in his hand, it felt very light. If it wasn't sent by Yang Ning and he had information in his hand, Director Nie would never believe that this thing was stronger than steel.

At this time, Director Nie also realized the importance of this material, so he looked up at Yang Ning seriously and asked, "Who else has seen this material?"

"Besides the Materials Research Group of the Aeronautical Research Institute, there are only you and me. I came here to report as soon as I got the information."

After hearing what Yang Ning said, Director Nie finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I will arrange this matter, but you must be careful when producing this kind of material..."

"Forget it, I'll just contact your security department directly!"

Director Nie suddenly remembered that the Security Department of the Aviation Research Institute was under the jurisdiction of the Air Force, and telling Yang Ning about it would not be of much use.

"By the way, now that the problem with the fuselage skin has been solved, when do you think our fighter plane will be able to take off?"

"Maybe next year!" Yang Ning said after thinking for a while.

"That's good." Director Nie nodded with satisfaction after hearing Yang Ning's answer.

"Shufei's J-7 will be tested before National Day. This is our first fighter jet developed by ourselves. Let's go and take a look then?"

"Yes!"

Yang Ning was also quite curious about the J-21 developed by Shufei. Unlike the J- in history, it was copied from the MiG-.

Although Yang Ning had helped Shu Fei process some data in the research of the J-7 before, after the establishment of the Southwest Computing Center, Yang Ning knew nothing about the development of the J-7.

After returning to the Aviation Research Institute, Yang Ning began to process the design data of the aircraft skin from the Materials Research Group. After finding no problems, Yang Ning notified the Materials Research Group and Director Zheng and asked them to start preparing for trial production.

After the materials research group made a good start, various research groups also produced results.

In mid-September, the fuselage structure research group completed the aerodynamic layout design of the aircraft based on the information provided by Yang Ning.

The flight control system research group led by Yang Ning followed closely and also completed the research and design of the avionics control system based on the "Arrow" fighter according to the technical needs of the J-8.

At this time, it was the end of September. Because he and Director Nie had an appointment to participate in the test flight of the Shufei J-7, Yang Ning arranged his work at the Aviation Research Institute and took a special train with Director Nie to go south to Shu Province again.

"Director Yang, Director Nie wants you to come over!"

Yang Ning had just put away his luggage when Director Nie's secretary came over.

"Comrade Yang Ning, do you have any plans for this trip to Shu Province?"

Director Nie saw Yang Ning coming and asked him to sit down, then asked meaningfully.

"Aren't you going to participate in the test flight of the J-7?" Yang Ning asked puzzledly.

"You..." Seeing Yang Ning's confused face, Director Nie shook his head helplessly.

"Is it necessary for me to go there in person just to participate in the test flight of the J-7?"

Yang Ning seemed to understand at this time that if it was just a test flight of the J-7, there was really no need for Director Nie to attend in person.

From Yang Ning’s previous narration, everyone already knew that high-altitude, high-speed fighter jets like the J-7 had no future after all.

The reason why Director Nie gave up attending the 10th anniversary of the National Day and made a special trip to Sichuan Province was obviously not just for the J-7.

"I will follow the organization's arrangements!"

After figuring it out, Yang Ning quickly said.

"Well, after we get there, you will accompany me around the southwest for a while." "Yes!"

The special train headed west, passed Chang'an and arrived at Chencang, then turned south, crossed the mountains and arrived at its destination, Shu Province.

After arriving in Shu Province, Yang Ning and his team rested for a day. The next day, accompanied by leaders of relevant departments, they arrived at a secret airport.

"Director Nie!"

When they arrived at the airport, the Air Force leaders who had arrived earlier saluted Director Nie.

"Yes!" After Director Nie returned the greeting, he asked Shu Fei's leader who was accompanying him, "How was the ground test?"

"Everything is fine!" Leader Shu Fei replied immediately.

"That's good!" Director Nie nodded, and then the group came to the viewing stand.

At this moment, Yang Ning's attention was attracted by an airplane parked on the runway.

At first glance, Yang Ning knew that the Seventh Master in history was gone.

Although that aircraft adopted the delta-wing design like the original Qi Ye in history, its aerodynamic layout was different from the front air intake layout of the historical Qi Ye. It adopted a chin air intake design.

Following the explanation from the Shufei staff, Yang Ning finally understood why Shufei adopted the chin air intake design.

It turns out that all this was his fault. With the development of our electronic technology and the adoption of integrated circuits, radar technology has also developed.

In order to enable the J-7 to have all-weather combat capabilities, scientific researchers in Shu Province installed a search radar on the front end of the J-7. As a result, the air intake had to be designed under the forehead.

After the explanation, the ground crew also completed the final check before the test flight. With an order, the fighter plane, under the operation of the test pilot, made a loud roar.

After gliding for a distance, the fighter plane soared into the sky.

"From the engine to the fuselage materials, all the parts of this fighter are developed and manufactured by us."

"In previous ground tests, this aircraft performed very well..."

Seeing the fighter plane successfully take off, everyone applauded excitedly.

Whether we are willing to admit it or not, this fighter is our first independently developed fighter.

Its successful launch means that we have the ability to independently research and develop in the aviation field and have caught up with the world's advanced level.

Twenty minutes later, the J-7 successfully completed its first air test and returned to the ground safely.

After Director Nie had a cordial conversation with the test pilot and gave a passionate speech, he turned and left.

After the J-7 test flight was completed, in the second half of the month, Director Nie took Yang Ning and his team on a tour of the southwest region.

Looking at the factories hidden in the deep mountains and forests, Yang Ning finally understood that Director Nie's purpose of coming to the southwest this time was probably to inspect the industrial construction here.

After all, with the changes in our relationship with our northern neighbor, given the overbearing character of that northern neighbor, no one knows when it will suddenly have a brainwave and send troops to invade us.

These industrial constructions we are carrying out in the southwest region are related to our future national strategy.

After a tour in the southwest, Director Nie left with satisfaction, but Yang Ning was still in deep shock.

"This is simply...too crazy, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)