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Chapter 333 The Russians were very disappointed.
Princess Tomb, Airplane Building.

"Under the command of the AWACS, the fighter jets were able to unleash such tremendous power, it's truly astonishing!" Old Lin exclaimed with deep emotion. "The entire battle was like a game, the David Air Force was completely outmaneuvered!"

“Yes.” Qin Liang nodded: “On the battlefields of the future, without early warning aircraft, it’s impossible to win high-tech wars. David Air Force’s overwhelming advantage was achieved in this way, of course, with the cooperation of electronic jamming aircraft. Next…”

“We also need electronic jamming equipment, which we will modify based on the Y-10!” Old Lin nodded.

With gallium nitride, the Y-10 electronic jamming aircraft will be developed as soon as possible, and its performance will be top-notch! As for the early warning aircraft, it will also be upgraded significantly based on the existing technology!

Qin Liang was also full of expectations, believing that the Eastern Air Force would become even stronger in the future! Under the command of the Y-10 early warning aircraft, a large number of J-10s, no, J-9s, would demonstrate even greater combat power than the Super-7!

Just like this time, the Syrian Camel did not expand its gains because the Super-7's payload capacity and sustained air combat capability were too poor. After only a few attacks, the missiles were used up, and it had to return.

If it were a more advanced medium-sized fighter jet, the Syrian army could shoot down more David fighters.

However, the results of this air battle were still satisfactory, which shows that the technological path taken by the East is correct!
Now, the only thing I'm worried about is...

"Do you think we can convince the people of David by using the camel as an excuse?"

"Of course not. Even if the people of David are convinced, they will never accept it. After all, they need to find excuses for their failure, and using us as a shield is definitely the best option," Qin Liang said. "The people of David will continue to smear us, and we will also demand compensation from them. They have to keep their promises. In the end... it will just be a war of words."

We insist that it was Lang Tuo who handed it over, and that it has nothing to do with us. The compensation that is due must be given. It's all in black and white, how can it not stand up?

"Well, if it's just a war of words, we're not afraid. What we're worried about is that the Davids might target the Pacific Trading Company with their retaliation. We've already increased our manpower to protect the Pacific Trading Company's safety..."

Qin Liang sneered.

"If the Davidians dare to attack our Pacific Trading Company, they will have completely crossed our line. We will make the Davidians taste the consequences of being technologically crushed! We will support all forces to ensure that the Davidians never have a day of peace."

There are still many methods that haven't been used yet. Even just some tap water pipes, plus sugar and fertilizer, can be turned into deadly weapons. And then there are gas cylinders... There will never be a single day of peace in David's land again!

Not to mention, we will also provide a large amount of equipment to Syrian, Egyptian, and Iraqi camels, and we won't have any problem selling it at a bargain price!
Our Pacific Trading Company can simply scale back for now, or even not set up offices overseas. Our partners can just come to the East to purchase goods. We won't suffer too much loss. But the Davids will definitely pay the price for this!
It's only the 1980s now, and the US isn't even America's father yet. During the Cold War, the confrontation with the Soviet Union was what the US valued most, while the East was someone the US wanted to win over. The Americans would never stand on the side of the Americans and put pressure on the East.

Old Lin nodded: "As long as you are mentally prepared, that's fine. Of course, we will also try to avoid the worst-case scenario."

Qin Liang nodded. In fact, he had been prepared for this for a long time. During this period, Yang Duo'er had been in China and had not gone anywhere. Her overseas business was being managed by her overseas employees. If the Davids dared to make a move, they would be offending the local government!
Provoking the Davidians would bring a lot of trouble, but Qin Liang didn't care. This experiment once again verified the performance of Eastern weapons. Once the news spread, more countries would come to the East to buy equipment, especially those traditional users of Soviet-made weapons.

"Liangzi, what do you think the Davidians will do next after suffering this loss?"

Qin Liang smiled and said, "Old Lin, I'm not a mind reader, how would I know what they'll do next?"

"Let's just guess."

“These Davidians will definitely not let this go. Next, they will probably launch a major attack, head to the interior of Syria, find the bases of the Super-7 and Y-10 early warning aircraft, and bomb these aircraft on the runways.”

Old Lin nodded: "Yes, given the Davids' personality, they might very well do that, so we..."

"We've done enough. If the plane is destroyed on the runway, it has nothing to do with us," Qin Liang said. "It won't damage our reputation. If word gets out, it will only make the whole world laugh at us. Even with top-notch weapons, Xu Tuo is still a hopeless case."

Old Lin still frowned: "Then... what good will that do us?"

"If the planes stop bombing, how do we buy new ones?"

The Kingdom of David.

“We have reviewed a lot of satellite photos through the CIA, and during this period, there were indeed a large number of Super-7s and twin-engine Q-6s flying in Tabriz.” A bitter look appeared on Yitzhak-Hoffe’s face: “This was a mistake by our intelligence department, which caused heavy losses to the Air Force. I am willing to… resign to take responsibility.”

Every director of Mossad has been very capable. The first one founded Mossad, and the second one stole Khrushchev's secret speech against the bearded man and kidnapped Adolf Eichmann in the Crying Country.

The third president facilitated the peaceful establishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom and stole the MiG-21. The fourth president stole the Mirage 5 and also obtained 200 tons of uranium ore.

When it came to Itzhak Khofi, the fifth leader, he organized Operation Moses and destroyed Itzhak's nuclear reactor.

He was supposed to step down at the time, and he planned to leave in glory after this battle was over. But unexpectedly... this happened, causing him to lose face in his later years.

"Did Langtuo originally own these planes, or were they first transferred to Langtuo by the East, and then by Langtuo to Xutuo?" David Ifry asked.

"Well... I don't know. After all, our people can't infiltrate Langtuo at all and can't get any useful information."

In later generations, Langtu had been thoroughly infiltrated, and those young people were eager to join the Western camp. However, in the 1980s, there was absolutely no one in Langtu whose stance leaned towards the West who could still live!

Mossad also had no information about Langtuo, including Langtuo's fighter jets. In fact, it was only now that they realized that a large portion of the Tomcats in Langtuo's possession were actually twin-engine Q-6s produced in the East.

"Even if it wasn't this operation, the Easterners have sold airplanes to Iran before, which is really excessive. During the Iran-Iraq War, those Eastern arms dealers made a killing..." someone complained.

The Iran-Iraq War was very lucrative, but unfortunately, the Davidians gained absolutely nothing! Both countries were hostile to the Davidians and would never buy their weapons.

"At this point, we shouldn't be thinking about money-making schemes, but about solving problems! We must eliminate the threat posed by the Syrian air force!" David Ifry said. "I believe our previous strategies are outdated; we need to be more aggressive!"

He finally made up his mind!

"what are you up to?"

"Bomb Syria's homeland and destroy its fighter jets, especially that AWACS, on the runway! That way, our David's Eagles can continue to gain air superiority! They've only gained a few dozen modern aircraft; the overall advantage still belongs to us!"

Their previous operational plan was to deal with the PLO in Lebanon, and their only concern with Syria was to guard against them providing support. But now, it is clear that continuing to be so conservative is no longer feasible. Since they have encountered a threat, they might as well blow up those threats!

"No, that could lead to war with Syria!"

“We’ve already bombed all their planes, what are we afraid of now! If Syria deploys armored forces, our David’s Eagle will wipe them all out!” David Ifry said.

Xutuo, T4 Air Force Base.

We won! We won!
The entire base was in an uproar!

Ground crew welcomed the returning fighter jets. Each fighter jet taxied onto the tarmac, and after it came to a stop, the pilots would disembark and be lifted up by the ground crew and thrown into the air.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

Major Adil was also lifted up and thrown into the air when he got off the plane.

"Wait, wait! I want to draw a kill marker on the nose of my aircraft!" Major Adil shouted. Although this sortie only resulted in one kill, it was an AWACS aircraft!
Shooting down an early warning aircraft is equivalent to shooting down five other ordinary aircraft. In that day, he became an air combat ace! He decided to paint an early warning aircraft downed symbol on the nose of his plane, a first in the world!
Just as he finished painting with the paint, the roar of a helicopter echoed in the sky.

"The leader has arrived!"

Someone shouted, and everyone rushed to the helicopter landing pad.

Hafiz was the first to jump off the plane. Looking at the countless crowds surging in, he stood directly on a nearby oil drum.

"Soldiers, my bravest soldiers, today you have done a great service, completely defeating David's Air Force, and defeating them in the air!"

In the last Middle East war, they also defeated the David Air Force, but that was using Cube missiles, which were launched from the ground. For an air force, that was quite humiliating. This time, they will win fair and square!
"Next, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity. The Davidians will not accept defeat and will surely come back for a comeback. However, we have advanced equipment. If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them twice, three times... The great Syrian Air Force is invincible!"

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

Amidst the excited cheers, a small group of people remained utterly indifferent.

"Hmph, Eastern equipment, what's so great about it?"

"That's right. If our MiG-29s were here, they would definitely achieve even more brilliant results. These Syrian camels are simply ignorant and narrow-minded."

They were the Russians' military advisors.

In every base in Syria, there are Russian military advisors. In the past, they were high and mighty, giving orders to the Syrian Air Force, while the Syrian Air Force had a natural respect for them.

This time, the worship disappeared, the halo around the Russians was gone, and it was replaced by the halo of the East!
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Just then, an older Russian man spoke up: "Come on, to the hangar! One of our Super 7s has an engine malfunction today, and we need to help with maintenance!"

The head of the Russian military advisory group, Warisi, looked at his subordinates and said, "What's the use of complaining now? The country is still hoping to find out the reason for this victory. The Eastern equipment actually held its own against the F-15. We need to study this!"
Inside the hangar.

"The rear-mounted assembly means the rear fuselage of this MiG-21 has been almost completely modified!" The Russian engineer Leonid marveled as he looked at the engines that had been removed from the rear fuselage.

The two-section fuselage is made into a single piece with an opening at the rear, allowing the engine to be pushed in and pulled out directly. This method reduces the workload of changing the engine to just over ten minutes a day!
The Russians also modified their later fighter jets to resemble this design, but the MiG-21 retained the original design, so major modifications were not worthwhile.

But the people of the East improved upon it!

The engine was fully pushed out, and the group of Russians looked at it carefully, finding it increasingly familiar.

"Its shape looks like an F404!"

"I never imagined that the Easterners could actually map and copy the F404!"

"How is that possible? Western engines are manufactured with very high precision and require a lot of advanced materials. The level of Easterners is only enough to build a Spey. This engine... could not possibly have been made in the East!"

Previously, the fighter jets exported by Dongfang were mainly equipped with RB199 engines. However, some customers were not entitled to obtain this European engine. For example, Langtuo could not get it. Therefore, with the formal mass production of Dongfang's own WS-12 turbofan engine, it was replaced with this engine, which is actually a combination of F404 and RD-33.

Judging from its appearance, it's definitely an F404, but with a smaller diameter and an electronic control system...

“This is a rare opportunity, we need to take it apart and have a look!” Varisi said, walking up to several Syrian ground crew members and saying, “Take this engine to the next workshop, we’ll help you take it apart and inspect it!”

“Mr. Warisi, this engine… according to the plan, is to be sent directly to the East for repairs.”

They took over in a great hurry. It was good enough that they knew where each part was and could disassemble and replace it. The faulty parts that were replaced needed to be sent to the East for repair.

Now, the Russians are actually going to help?

“How long will it take you to send it to the East? What if the newly installed one also breaks down? Just leave it to us. We can find the fault and fix it in the shortest time. We still have battles to fight, so having an extra backup engine is always good.”

"Ok."

The Russians originally owned half of these planes. Their original intention was to study the extent to which the Easterners had modified the planes. Now that Syria is facing war, it would be somewhat disloyal for the Russians to want to dismantle and study them.

That's why we've waited until now. Surely you can help repair the engine?

If the Russians were to doubt their technical skills, fearing they might damage the repairs, the Russians would certainly be furious.

The advanced radar technology of the Dongfeng fighter jet is acceptable, given that technologies like Loongson have already been developed.

However, the fact that the East had also made a breakthrough in engines in such a short period of time was somewhat puzzling to the Russians. After all, engines are a test of a country's industrial foundation, and it took the Russians decades of effort to reach the same level as the West.

This is only similar in terms of thrust and thrust-to-weight ratio. In other aspects, such as lifespan and maintainability, there is still a significant gap compared to the West.

The Russians have already put in their utmost effort. So how did the Easterners manage to keep pace with the West?

With this curious thought in mind, the Russian began to disassemble the engine in front of him. The outer casing was a copy of the F404, and many of the internal structures were exactly the same. However... the bypass duct could be copied, but what about the core engine? Western engines are not so easy to copy, and the Eastern materials technology certainly couldn't match it!

With this in mind, they continued to disassemble. When they opened the compressor casing of the core unit, they had a sense of familiarity. This 9-stage high-pressure compressor was almost exactly the same as their RD33!

This……

This was definitely based on products from their Klimov Design Bureau! Back then, when the Easterners got their hands on the RD33 engine, it wasn't just for the Europeans to see; they used it themselves!

“Damn it, those Easterners actually copied our design! This is absolutely unacceptable! This is plagiarism, this is an infringement of intellectual property rights! We…” Varisi gritted his teeth: “We must tell Syr Darya that our technology is on this plane!”

Base, pilots' mess.

Normally, only pilots come here to eat. In any country, the best food is for submariners, and the second best is for pilots! But today, even ground crew can sneak in to freeload. Even if high-ranking officers see them, they will turn a blind eye. After all, they have achieved a glorious victory today, a day worth celebrating!

"Come, let's toast to the might of the Syrian Air Force! Syrian victory is assured!" Hafiz raised his glass and looked at everyone.

Compared to other Arab countries, Syria is relatively open, with no nationwide alcohol ban. There are various taverns throughout the country, and the law only prohibits excessive drinking. On special occasions, such as weddings, a drink is permitted. On this celebratory day, of course, a few drinks are definitely in order.

"Xu Tuo will surely win!" Everyone was excited and raised their glasses.

After a glass of wine, everyone's spirits soared even higher. Just then, a voice rang out from outside.

"Gentlemen, we have just discovered that this batch of Eastern aircraft we purchased incorporates Soviet technology! Our victory in this war is thanks to the Soviet Union!"

(End of this chapter)