A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 647 If you must go and never return? Then go and never return!

Just as Liu Huaqing was about to give that DD-744, which was saying, "Hey, I came in. Hey, I went out again. Hey, I just keep coming in and out like this, what are you going to do with me?", a harsh lesson.

While still in the command tower at the base, Jiang Xia, who wanted to get the latest news from the battlefield, was presented with a design blueprint.

"Jiang, wasting time is wasting life. While we're waiting for news, could you also take a look at the drawings and see if there are any shortcomings?" Teacher Xiaopeng rubbed his hands together, standing nervously in front of Jiang Xia.

There was no way around it; the hidden strength of this little guy in front of me was simply too astonishing.

Teacher Xiaopeng is quite capable. With his short-term memorization ability, he quickly memorized most of the entries in the dictionary. In addition, he had been in charge of some confidential projects before, and after being reviewed by the relevant authorities, Secretary Liu gave him a brief account of Jiang Xia's background.

Perhaps Secretary Liu also felt it was a real shame that Teacher Xiaopeng's project had been temporarily shelved...

This brief explanation was enough to make Teacher Xiaopeng's eyes widen. There was no need to say anything else; the fact that this kid dared to blast a small reservoir around Beijing and still be able to roam around "outside" was enough to demonstrate his extraordinary nature.

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Actually, even without Teacher Xiaopeng's help, Jiang Xia was already quite curious about that fighter jet that would later be given countless glorious titles.

"A tragic hero of the Republic."

"The Siberian Express, the most powerful nuclear fighter jet on Earth."

"Though there be thousands, I will go. If it means never to return? Then I will go and never return!"

"Advance! We can carry a ton of the 'Crazy Storm No. 1' and deter a million enemy troops on the frontier; retreat? A true man will die for his country! Advance is the only option! Retreat is not permitted!"

All of these tragic adjectives were used by passionate young people of later generations to describe the yet-to-be-realized aircraft on the blueprints in front of Jiangxia—the Q-5!

No, it shouldn't be called the Strong 5. At this time, it only had a code name—the Dongfeng 106 project.

It's really full of memories...

Well, although it's a bit disrespectful to describe this yet-to-be-debuted "Fifth Master" like this, just looking at it, for some reason, brought back memories of humiliating events from later generations, including but not limited to the "Galaxy," and the three gentlemen of our embassy...

These issues, intertwined with the ongoing "destroyer crossing incident," caused Jiang Xia's heart to sink, and his expression unconsciously hardened.

As expected! Strength, that's the essence of the world! There's no such thing as humility and friendliness; everything must be based on one's own strength! Teacher Ai was right after all! Jiang Xia clenched his fists, somewhat gritting his teeth, as he recalled that prematurely deceased genius from later generations.

That's good, our Jiang Xia has matured a bit more. It's just that his expression is really too bad right now. It's not a big deal if he puts on a stern face like this normally, but Teacher Xiaopeng is watching Jiang Xia's expression with great concern!

When Jiang Xia's face hardened, Teacher Xiaopeng's heart skipped a beat: "Sure enough, even this kid in front of me doesn't approve of this unconventional design approach..."

"Changing the air intake method to side intakes, instead of following the way the big brother does, is that challenging authority?"

After thinking about it, Teacher Xiaopeng's mood also became gloomy.

An awkward silence fell between the two men, but the people in the control tower were also in low spirits. Partly because they weren't receiving the latest news from the front lines, and partly because they were frustrated that the J-6 fighters that had flown from the base to Shanghai couldn't participate in the battle.

Because the J-6 has virtually no anti-ship attack capability, the tactic that Pang Guoxing and his team painstakingly trained to use—approaching the carrier group at low altitude and then leaping to launch missiles—might have some effect, but that's a trump card tactic, and naturally, it can't be wasted on a small destroyer. Furthermore, the J-6's range is too short; once it reaches the battlefield, it can't circle around a few times before having to turn back...

No, it should be said that currently, all of China's aircraft have short range! Even the MiG-19, which recently had its blueprints imported, is no exception...

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After a long silence, Teacher Xiaopeng finally spoke, his voice hoarse and dry, startling even himself: "Hehe, isn't this plane too ugly? But this modification will provide the pilot with better ground observation conditions..."

"I also reduced the size of the rear section, which improved its low-altitude maneuverability compared to the J-6. Although these are all just specifications on paper,..."

"very beautiful!"

"Eh?"

Jiang Xia looked at the somewhat surprised middle-aged man and chuckled softly, "Teacher Xiaopeng, I mean, this plane is very beautiful!"

"Really?"

Looking at the insecure middle-aged man in front of her, Jiang Xia nodded solemnly: "Really! You're really beautiful!"

Yes, even if Jiang Xia's tastes were spoiled by the J-20 of later generations, as the only "pointed-nose fighter jet" of China in this era, the "Qiang-5" still stood out among a group of "flat-nose aircraft without mouths".

Pretty?

So beautiful!

With its swept-back mid-wing, 55° swept-back horizontal tail and 57° vertical tail, plus a slanted-axis all-moving horizontal tail, and its unique "wasp waist" shape, it stands out among a sea of ​​"flying sticks" as a burly, agile martial arts youth.

Coupled with the special mission bestowed upon it by the grim circumstances at the time, in Jiang Xia's eyes, this aircraft was currently the most beautiful!

none of them!

Hearing Jiang Xia's praise, Teacher Xiaopeng first opened his mouth wide and laughed for a while, but then lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly: "It's not that good, not that good... It's just the appearance. If it were really as you say, my project wouldn't have been assigned to Factory 320..."

"Huh? What's going on?" Jiang Xia picked up the blueprint and looked at the "Dongfeng 106" written on it: Oh, right, the "Fifth Master" hasn't come out yet. It should only be a project name for now. I mustn't let it slip later.

Wait, something's not right. Why is there a line after "Dongfeng 106" and "Xiongying 302" written on it?

"Hey, this designation... I remember the J-6 was Dongfeng-103!"

"Yes! Factory 112 has received a new designation, Dongfeng-107 and 113, requiring the design of an aircraft far superior to the MiG-19... The design parameters for 106 are a bit low, and the higher-ups are somewhat dissatisfied..."

then……

As for Eagle 302, hehehe, there were only a few people left on the project, so I came up with a name myself.

"Oh," Jiang Xia looked down at the blueprints again, "It's okay, it's my own child, I can name it whatever I want. Didn't you see that the computers I made are all named 'Big Yellow'... A rustic name is easier to raise!"

“Wait, no. ‘Dahuang’ is a local name, while ‘Eagle’ sounds much more sophisticated…” Jiang Xia, having misunderstood, felt a little embarrassed and could only bury his head in looking at the picture.

Tsk, no wonder the Air Force looks down on the current Q-5. Look at the calculation data on the blueprints. The empty weight has increased by about 1360 kg, and the weight without external stores has increased by about 2130 kg. In addition, the aerodynamic drag has increased. The final maximum level flight speed is 0.23 Mach lower than that of the J-6.

While the wasp-waist design is aesthetically pleasing, it also reduces its basic fuel capacity to a standard of 2275 liters...

The current mindset in the aviation industry when designing aircraft is all about achieving higher, faster, and longer ranges. Therefore, suspending the "Fifth Master" project is a reasonable choice.

If it weren't for the threat of the Russian armored onslaught, the Air Force probably wouldn't have followed the Army's request to restart the design of this aircraft, which is clearly superior in ground attack capabilities to air attack.

Hmm, no, what project is the Dongfeng 113 again? It seems to be quite famous.

“Teacher Xiaopeng, I feel like I’ve seen Project 113 somewhere before. Oh, I remember now, there’s something like this in the archives of Factory 112. But what exactly is it? I can’t quite remember…” Jiang Xia raised his head, looking thoughtful.

After thinking about the background of the boy in front of him, Teacher Xiaopeng quickly replied, "Two-five!"

"Tsk tsk, I've been involved in fighter jet development for quite some time now, but I've never seen a fighter jet receive such high attention!"

Hearing what Teacher Xiaopeng said, Jiang Xia slapped his forehead, "I remember now, I remember now. I was wondering why so many technicians suddenly appeared in the factory when we were disassembling the J-6 to find the 'nails'. I thought it was because of the strength of a big factory. Now that I think about it, they were all there to work on this 113..."

"Yeah! When I was transferred to Factory 320, they were already doing research there. I wonder if there have been any results yet, Engineer Jiang, do you know?"