Back in 1978, I was admitted to Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Chapter 470 Equipment Looting Begins!
The autumn sky is clear and cloudless; it's truly a beautiful day!

That night, Yang Duo'er could hear all sorts of noises outside and couldn't fall asleep, so she couldn't help but wake up the person next to her.

"Is it time? Let's get up."

“No, Brother Liangzi, it’s not time yet,” Yang Duo’er said. “I just… can’t sleep.”

"Okay, so what... do you want to say?"

"Brother Liangzi, do you think today's scene will be spectacular?"

"Yes, it's a sight you've never seen before."

The military parade in the East is absolutely the most spectacular! The sight of them marching past in perfect unison will leave countless people in awe.

There's no need to march in formation on the battlefield, so American soldiers never march in unison, and they despise such showy behavior.

In fact, this only reflects one aspect: our army is highly disciplined and is an army that completely obeys orders and commands, which is why we can win battles!
"Really been waiting."

"Go to sleep."

"oh oh."

Qin Liang held his wife in his arms and drifted off to sleep again.

And there are still many people who can't fall asleep in the early hours of the morning.

Airplane terminal.

Old Lin didn't go home. On the eve of the exercise, he needed to stay here on duty. He lay on the cot in his office, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

Old Ba raised the request to purchase J-9 fighter jets. Qin Liang, that cunning fellow, didn't say a word. Old Lin could only laugh it off and give an ambiguous answer. Then... the Air Force held a meeting to discuss it, but everyone's opinions couldn't be unified at all.

This is clearly causing a lot of trouble for the Air Force!

This Qin Liang doesn't give the Air Force any ideas whatsoever!
However, thinking about the upcoming military parade, Old Lin felt a surge of anticipation. This was a great opportunity to showcase the strength of the air force! Although the outside world knew that the East was powerful, they didn't know exactly how powerful. This time... the outside world would finally know!

Thinking of this, Old Lin became even more excited. Since he couldn't sleep anyway, he simply got up and started writing calligraphy!

Silver eagles soar amidst neon lights, sharp swords pierce the universe; behold our mighty army, awe-inspiring across the four seas, a great cause for the rejuvenation of the nation!
Across the ditch is the aviation development center.

With dark circles under his eyes, Xing Youguang looked at the fighter jet that had been modified and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Okay, we finally finished on time!"

"Engineer Xing, how is it? Have you come out yet?" Peng Yuanxi's voice rang out.

"Yes, we just put in the last rivet."

"Great! Get ready, the maiden flight will be at dawn."

"So fast?"

“Yes, we must complete the maiden flight before the military parade over there, so that we can proudly announce our aircraft to the outside world.” Peng Yuanxi said, “After dawn, Dean Huang and the others will also come over.”

"Ok."

Xing Youguang washed his face and continued working.

After daybreak, the fighter jets were towed out of the factory.

The rising sun cast its golden rays, making the entire earth shimmer. Everyone was deeply moved as they watched the IDF fighter jets bathed in the glow of the sunrise.

This is the most advanced fighter jet we have developed!
With its sleek overall shape, rounded nose, two air intakes, and leading-edge extensions, the entire aircraft exudes the characteristics of a third-generation fighter jet.

This will definitely be an advanced aircraft!

The only slightly awkward part is that the tail is a bit long.

There was no other way; the engine was too long, so it could only be extended to the rear, not pushed further in. The design at the front had already been completed.

"Great, great, this plane looks really beautiful!" Dean Huang exclaimed excitedly.

"Today's maiden flight will definitely showcase the best performance of our aircraft!" Hua Xijun also said.

Amidst everyone's exclamations, Xing Youguang, sporting dark circles under his eyes, was explaining things to test pilot Chen Kangding.

"Old Chen, we must be careful on this maiden flight. Although we've replaced the engine, our flight control system has only been slightly modified. We don't have a wind tunnel, so we can't access the various data from it. Therefore... this could cause problems. If there's an accident..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely protect the plane!"

One plane already crashed last time, we can't afford to crash it again this time, otherwise... the whole project might be completely terminated!
Chen Kangding's statement pleased Xing Youguang greatly: "Thank you for your hard work."

Test flight director Li Xincheng walked up: "Chen Kangding, it's your pride to be the one to launch this fighter jet this time. You must remain calm and composed later..."

"Yes!"

The prototype we initially received was originally a two-seat trainer, but it has now been modified into a single-seat trainer. The whole aircraft looks more harmonious, which also means that only one test pilot is needed, saving the risk of having to take another person on board.

Amidst everyone's attention, Chen Kangding boarded the plane.

Click, click!
Photos are being taken one after another, and these will all become classic shots, to be released to the public before 10 a.m.!
The engine roared to life. As a precaution, the afterburner was not activated, but the nearly 3 tons of military thrust was enough to give this light fighter a good thrust-to-weight ratio.

Taxis off the ground, pull the nose up, raise the front landing gear, and lift the rear landing gear off the ground!
The whole process was completed in one go!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the plane take off.

It's flying! It's flying!
According to the original plan, all that was needed was to circle the airport once, align with the runway again, and land to complete the maiden flight!
It's very simple, it's very simple, there definitely won't be any problems!

Everyone stared intently at the plane, watching it turn one corner, then another, then another…

Finally, the plane reappeared at the end of the runway.

Looking at it from the front, the nose, the air intake, the leading-edge extensions... it's a spectacular sight!

"This aircraft will become the most advanced equipment we have!"

"That's right. Even if we can't import fighter jets, we can still develop top-notch equipment through our own efforts!"

"Oh no!" Just then, Xing Youguang shouted, "PIO!"

At this moment, the fighter jet was still descending. Chen Kangding slightly pulled the control stick, and the nose pitched up more than he expected. So he quickly pushed the control stick back, and the nose pitched down even more!

After several attempts, the plane went completely out of control. The nose kept rising and falling, and the fuselage was like a seesaw, with the amplitude increasing...

"Release the lever!" Xing Youguang shouted.

At this point, simply release the control stick, and the aircraft will automatically level off, fly over the runway, and then fly the next lap...

Bang!
The next moment, the canopy flew off, followed by flames bursting inside the cockpit as the ejection seat flew out, and the IDF fighter jet instantly became an unmanned combat aircraft!
"Damn it!" Xing Youguang cursed.

Before you boarded the plane, what did you say? You said you would do everything you could to save it. I actually believed you, you big idiot! But then... there was still altitude, the plane could still be salvaged, and you jumped out first?
and many more!

The out-of-control IDF fighter jet was actually flying towards them!
"Run!" Peng Yuanxi shouted and took off running.

Huang Xiaozong also turned and ran. At the critical moment, everyone was so agile.

Xing Youguang didn't move. He just kept looking up at the plane, the silver fighter jet, which seemed to slowly transform into... his daughter.

He stretched out his arms and ran towards the plane.

"Old Xing!"

"Engineer Xing!"

boom!
The fighter jet landed, exploded, and turned into a brilliant fireball.

In the sky, an umbrella flower appeared. Although Chen Kangding was no longer in mortal danger, his face was pale and his legs were trembling.

This……

What a big trouble!
He watched helplessly as the plane crashed into the crowd on the ground—the maintenance crew, ground staff, and engineers…

This will probably kill a lot of people.

It's over, he's completely finished! Fire trucks rushed over and began to put out the fire. Although the flames were quickly extinguished, the anger in everyone's hearts could not be extinguished no matter what.

"Peng Yuanxi, what exactly happened?" Huang Xiaozong's face was grim. "Our Anxiang Project has suffered a major loss! You bear full responsibility!"

“The reason this plane went out of control is PIO, Pilot Induced Oscillation.” Peng Yuanxi’s voice trembled slightly.

"The pilot's problem?"

The surface meaning of this problem is that it is caused by the pilot, with continuous and uncontrollable oscillations caused by the pilot's operation of the aircraft. In reality, however, it has nothing to do with the pilot and is mainly caused by defects in the flight control design.

just now……

"That's right, it's because of the pilot!"

Let's find a scapegoat first!

If we're talking about design issues, then Xing Youguang should take the blame. The problem is, Xing Youguang is already dead. Peng Yuanxi wouldn't do something like smearing a dead man!

So, we can only blame the pilot. Chen Kangding went too far. Even if he had held on for just one more minute and let the plane crash in an uninhabited place, it would have been fine!

With so many people dead and such a significant loss, Chen Kangding was destined to be punished. It's only right that he bears more blame!
Everyone looked grim.

capital.

Although it was only 8:30 in the morning, Yang Duo'er had already dragged Qin Liang to their destination. They had passed through many checkpoints along the way. Qin Liang felt his eyelids drooping. After all, he hadn't slept well last night and had just drifted off to sleep when he was pulled out of bed again.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Qin Liang heard someone greet him.

"You didn't sleep well last night either, did you?"

"Old Lin?"

"Hmm, Liangzi, were you so excited you didn't sleep a wink last night?"

"Okay, that's it."

"We just received some good news. You'll be even more excited when you hear it."

"what news?"

"Across the ditch, those guys were test-flying their IDF today, and it crashed again!"

Qin Liang smiled; all of this was within his expectations!
"Looks like they're really unlucky. Let's find a place to rest for a while; we can't go up for an hour..."

Qin Liang nodded and walked into the temporary resting place, where he saw many people. Several people wearing checkered headbands were particularly eye-catching.

"Sha? They were invited too? We're really going all out to sell equipment. Wait, is that... His Highness Sultan?"

His Highness Sultan has arrived too!

Just then, as if sensing something, Prince Sultan looked over and smiled when he saw Qin Liang.

"Principal Qin!"

This……

Has his identity already spread this far? Qin Liang hadn't really gotten used to his new identity yet, and now everyone was starting to call him Principal!
Morning, ten o'clock.

After a 28-gun salute, the military parade officially began.

On the ground, as the formations marched by, they appeared as a straight line whether viewed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. In fact, every single person's movements were identical!

It looks pleasing to the eye!
Yang Duo'er cheered incessantly, making Qin Liang feel a little... embarrassed. He wondered if he should really start working out to build some muscle; he'd gained a bit of weight recently...

After the infantry marched past, came the vehicle formation.

A roaring sound came from overhead.

"Now flying towards us is an aerial formation, starting with the airborne early warning aircraft..."

Everyone looked up at the sky.

The ten large plates have arrived!

From a distance, it looks about 80% similar to the E-3. In fact, even up close, it would be difficult for a layman to tell the difference between the two. The difference in fuselage length and the diameter of the radar radome is impossible to discern without measurement!
"Airborne early warning aircraft are force multipliers in air combat, enabling them to command from the air and strategize across vast distances..."

Countless people looked up at the early warning aircraft, their eyes shining with excitement.

and many more!

What are the aircraft on either side of the early warning aircraft?
The main wing is a large delta at the back, and the canards are at the front. The air intake is under the fuselage, and the whole aircraft looks like a duck with its wings spread.

"The aircraft escorting the early warning aircraft is our latest J-9 fighter jet, which adopts the popular canard aerodynamic layout. Combined with a high-thrust engine and advanced avionics, its overall combat capability has reached the top level among third-generation fighters, and can even be called a 3.5-generation fighter..."

Countless people gasped in surprise, looking up at the sky with unwavering eyes.

A completely new canard layout fighter jet!

Currently, the only fighter jet in service worldwide is probably the Swedish Raikkonen, whose fixed canards are only used to generate vortices and improve short takeoff capability.

The aircraft in front of us clearly has fully movable canards.

Typhoons in Europe and gusts in France are currently in the design phase!

Dongfang has mass-produced the world's first third-generation fighter jet with movable canards! The performance of this fighter jet surpasses that of other third-generation fighters, making it a 3.5-generation aircraft!

The only difference between it and a fourth-generation fighter jet is probably its stealth capability, but... who would dare doubt the East's research and development capabilities in stealth?
They are designing all kinds of stealth aircraft for the whole world!

The very first aerial formation has already astonished countless people!

When the second formation flew in, they were shocked again!

"The second formation flying in now is our transport aircraft formation. Leading it is the Y-20 large transport aircraft, with a maximum takeoff weight of over 200 tons. Its presence gives our Air Force strategic transport capabilities..."

Y-20!
In fact, when aircraft like the Y-10, with a takeoff weight of over 100 tons, began to fly all over the world, China already had all the technological reserves to develop large transport aircraft, not to mention even larger aircraft like the C929!
It's just that as a military project, this aircraft is subject to higher levels of secrecy.

Moreover, with Tang Changhong involved, it was considered a key project for Northwestern Polytechnical University. However, Qin Liang trusted Tang Changhong so much that he never bothered with the project.

Beside her, Yang Duo'er spoke up.

"Brother Liangzi, since we already have the Y-10, why do we need this kind of project?"

"Civilian passenger planes and military transport planes are different," Qin Liang explained simply. "Passenger planes mainly transport personnel, while transport planes are used for the rapid long-range deployment of personnel and equipment, such as ammunition, food, medicine, infantry fighting vehicles, and even helicopters... They have shorter takeoff and landing distances and can be airdropped when necessary..."

Large strategic transport aircraft are an important manifestation of a country's long-range delivery capabilities.

Back then, the domestic air force only had a few dozen Il-76s, mainly used for airborne training. Even the KJ-2000 airborne early warning aircraft was discontinued after only four were built, because there weren't enough airframe platforms available.

By the time the Y-20 was introduced, the Air Force had equipped itself with over a hundred of them in just seven years, and they were even capable of deploying heavy combined arms brigades!
With this equipment, controlling the other side of the river will be much easier for us in the future!
Are they scared?
"Now, the third echelon flying towards us is a trainer aircraft echelon, consisting of the JL-10 and JL-9. As fighter jets enter the third generation, the corresponding trainer aircraft must also be upgraded accordingly. These two trainer aircraft developed by relevant units in our country..."

Qin Liang's eyes widened.

If the Air Force is so adept at this, why did they ask me for advice in the first place?
I said the C929 would be there, but it didn't end up appearing. I can understand that. After all, the C929 has already made a name for itself in the US and is selling well. There's no need for it to join the parade now, lest it have the opposite effect.

However, I had no idea about the Y-20, and I had even less idea about Coach X...

The JL-9 is actually the two-seat trainer jet of the Super 7!

The Air Force didn't equip itself with the Super-7 much, since the aircraft was intended for export. However, the Air Force did purchase a batch of the accompanying two-seat trainer aircraft, as there was a large number of third-generation fighter pilots to train!
The Super-7 has a simple structure, low cost, and can simulate the flight characteristics of third-generation fighters, making it the best choice!

The 011 base has paved a bright future by developing this trainer aircraft nicknamed "Mountain Eagle"!
And Coach 10... this is actually the domestic version of IDF!
When we were designing for those guys on the other side of the river, we made two preparations. For them, we dug all sorts of pits, while for our own, we made a complete version that eliminated all the defects.

It was originally designed as a trainer aircraft, and it was designed as a two-seater from the beginning, so now... it's naturally suitable as a trainer aircraft!

Compared to the later IDF two-seater, the nose of the aircraft was tilted slightly downwards and the fuselage was slightly raised, which created a cockpit layout that was lower in the front and higher in the rear. Although this would increase air resistance, it was necessary for training pilots.

Leading strakes, clipped delta wings, elliptical air intakes on both sides... these retain some of the original IDF fighter jet's appearance. I wonder... if those guys see this, they'll be so angry they'll faint in the toilet...

(End of this chapter)