Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

On July 4, a new generation of fighter jets based on the F-9 Phantom successfully completed their test flight. When they were officially named and numbered, they did not use Ren Zhong's super-perfunctory Super Seven number, but skipped to name it J-2000. Before it, FTC7G officially gave it the J-5 number. In this way, the fighter numbering of Tokyo University successfully evolved into a single-number model, gradually evolving from J-7/J-9/J-!

Leaving behind a double number, since this was not yet a common practice during this period, the disappearance of this double number brought endless torment to the Rogue Eagle Intelligence Agency.

"Shit, how come this J-9 fighter jet from the University of Tokyo is so similar to the F-4 we are developing?" When McDonnell Douglas Herman Berkeley saw the picture of J-9 sent by the intelligence agency, he almost died on the spot!
This fighter jet is not very similar to the F-4 fighter jet they are developing and have just completed the main view of, but it can be said to be exactly the same!
Although Herman Berkeley began research on the F-4 project in 1953, the design process did not begin until 1956, when the parameters were formally determined and the design order was awarded.

So this identical result was very difficult for Herman Berkeley to accept.

Because he confirmed that he had never received any intelligence information about the research of new fighter jets by the University of Tokyo, and all the current F-4 fighter jets were designed by him alone, so there was no such thing as plagiarism from the University of Tokyo's opponents.

But if they say that Tokyo University plagiarized their design, that would be even more unreasonable. Now Tokyo University’s F-4 has already flown into the sky, while their fighter jets are still on the drawings. If they insist that they plagiarized, who would believe it?
So, how come there is such a similar coincidence?

Herman Berkeley had no idea how to explain it.

Because of this, the test flight of the Dongda J-9 forced the Douglas F-4 project to be stopped.

"Mr. Herman, do you have any explanation for why the F-4 is so similar to the J-9 of the University of Tokyo?" Raymond, who was in charge of intelligence work in the project team, looked at Herman Berkeley staring at the photo and couldn't help asking.

Herman came back to his senses and looked at Raymond with a bewildered look.

"Mr. Raymond, I have nothing to say. You know, we have just drawn the blueprints, but you gave me the photos and instructions, and the same fighter jet of the University of Tokyo has already flown into the sky! According to our plan, we may not be able to test fly it until two years later at the earliest. So, I have no idea what's going on. Maybe it's a damn coincidence." Hermann replied with a confused look on his face.

coincidence?

Since the Wright brothers invented the airplane, hundreds of aircraft models have been developed. Although Raymond did not know exactly how many types of fighter planes were produced in this industry, he knew that there had never been a time when two fighter planes independently developed by different countries looked so similar!
Therefore, it is impossible for the fighter jets to have exactly the same appearance design by coincidence.

One of them must be plagiarizing.

Now the fighter jets of Dongda have already flown into the sky, while the same fighter jets of Hermann’s team are still on the drawing board.

This shows that to a large extent, the Herman design team most likely borrowed the design from the Eastern Fighter design team. I don't know how they got these top-secret information, and they used this design to impress the Navy and won the right to develop the prototype of the F-4 fighter.

Obviously, Herman's team took shortcuts in the design, but because the design indicators were so good, even though someone had reported them before, the bidding team did not notice anything and chose them to do the overall design work of the F-4!

Now that something has gone wrong, Herman and the others still refuse to admit it?

However, if the higher-ups had not been investigating too closely, Raymond would not have suspected Hermann and his team. The reason was simple: this team worked almost entirely in a closed environment, with strict inspections every day. There was absolutely no possibility of drawings being taken home privately, so the possibility of a complete set of information being leaked was almost zero.

Why did the University of Tokyo develop an almost identical F-4 ahead of time? Only God knows.

Internal review was clueless.

The Navy and the Air Force of the Rogue Eagle are having a headache about whether to continue, because if they continue, this fighter will undoubtedly lag behind the new fighter of the University of Tokyo by more than two years. By then, the world will think that the Rogue Eagle is copying and imitating the fighter of the University of Tokyo.

On the one hand, this is a serious mental blow to the Rogue Eagle, which has been working hard to shape and boast of its technological leadership. On the other hand, it also casts serious doubts on whether the new fighter can defeat its opponents in terms of combat effectiveness!
"We will indirectly release some of the performance of this fighter! While deterring the scoundrels, it will also cause trouble for our competitors," Ren Zhong said to the visiting Staff Officer Ye after hearing that the J-9 test flight was successful. "I heard that Rogue Eagle is also researching a similar fighter, and the performance parameters and appearance are almost the same as ours. If we release some data, it can cause fluctuations in their project, or even force them to cancel the project, then we will make a lot of money this time."

"The design and finalization of a main fighter is a long process. With the strength of the Rogue Eagle, it will take them 8 to 10 years to develop a main fighter. Now that we have announced the appearance of the J-9, I believe it will be a serious blow to their project. If it is cancelled, their previous years of pre-research will be wasted. If it is not cancelled, when their main fighter is exactly the same as ours, it will seriously impact their allies' confidence in them. After all, they will have to wait a few years to release the same fighter, so concerns about technology and performance are almost certain."

Ren Zhong's method is an open strategy. No matter what, Rogue Eagle will suffer a loss in aviation research and development.

"That's a good idea. I'm curious to see what expressions their project team has when they see our high-definition pictures of the J-9?" Staff Officer Ye said with a smile. Because Ren Zhong had led everyone to come up with so many advanced things in this time and space, there was no idea of ​​hiding anything as a trump card. This was completely different from the s and s in another time and space.

Now we have enough confidence to show ourselves, whether it is a big black fish or a small tablet, as the project progresses, Dongda has made appropriate displays!

The selfie of the big black fish, which was vaguely visible in the ocean, appeared openly in the newspapers of major media outlets.

"Speaking of which, we already have a lot of leading things. Now our TV satellite broadcasts can cover the world. I personally suggest that we open a science and technology channel on TV media to spread some of our technologies and compete for the leadership of global science and technology in the true and false." Ren Zhong's thoughts diverged and he began to think about another level. "We use the exploration and discovery columns of the science and technology channel to reveal some cutting-edge scientific and technological progress, all of which are high-end black technology types; we use programs such as Approaching Science to promote our ordinary technologies, whether it is industry or agriculture. The main feature of this program is practicality, so that people can learn it once and see results once they learn it; in addition, we can also produce and broadcast some introductions to animals and plants in nature, such as the animal world, the underwater world, etc., and through the popularization of science, we can fully display our contemporary scientific and technological level, subtly change the inherent image of Dongda as poor and weak, and begin to shape a modern science and technology leading country."

What Ren Zhong said sounded a little unfamiliar to Staff Officer Ye.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel that it makes a lot of sense. Although we are now in a good momentum of development, internationally, except for the strong impression given by the military, in fact, people still don’t have much understanding of many aspects. The influence of television as a media is becoming more and more powerful, and the number of television users is increasing by tens of millions every year. Satellite TV, as the most widely used method of communication, actually has a very low threshold for many places.

The equipment for terrestrial reception of satellite TV has undergone another iteration and is highly integrated. In terms of cost and usage, it is possible to promote it in households. Although the vast majority of TV users in the great powers now use cable TV, it is still very difficult to build a TV network for TV users in Asia, Africa and Latin America. After all, the initial construction cost is not a small amount of money, and the economic conditions and local service providers in third world countries are far less powerful than those in the great powers.

Therefore, the promotion of satellite TV is much cheaper than that of cable TV. After all, current satellite TV is not encrypted at all and can be played directly by connecting to the TV. The temptation of investing once and watching TV for free for life is more cost-effective than the monthly payment of cable TV.

Technically speaking, Ren Zhong's plan is already feasible.

"Brother Ren, I think what you said is feasible. I see that the TV station has adopted the method of inserting advertisements on TV that you mentioned earlier. Now they don't need to ask for money. Although I don't know how much money they have made, it is obvious that their income is greater than their expenses. With this money, even if they don't pay it, they should invest it in recording new programs to help Dongda's communication business go global."

"And what Brother Ren said is right. Technology has no borders. I believe that broadcasting to the world through a technology channel will be the least helpful for promoting this program. We don't need to add our own ideas to this channel. Just showing the various aspects of technology is the best promotion."

Staff Officer Ye has known Ren Zhong for so many years that his mind has long been impacted by a lot of knowledge from the main world, so he is not unfamiliar with the new strategic height of cultural propaganda. The J-9, a new strategic killer, should not be locked in our small circle of confidentiality.

Instead, it should be displayed in an appropriate way, not only to crush potential competitors technically, but also to "be as brave as a pig" spiritually.

Dongda's consistent style is to act decisively and swiftly. After returning, Staff Officer Ye quickly negotiated and came up with an implementation plan.

The J-9 fighter jet was given a frontal high-definition shot, and the outline of the whole body can be clearly seen. In the blurred actual flight TV video, all four trial-made J-4 fighter jets were pulled out at once to test fly in formation!
If the high-definition frontal photo had already shocked the world, then this four-plane formation directly caused the Rogue Eagle F-4 team to collapse.

4! This means that they have completed a lot of preliminary experimental work and have begun to enter service.

The Rogue Eagle Navy and Air Force, which were originally hesitant, had no way out this time. They could only stop the project and start over.

The Vought XF4U-8 Crusader III project, which failed in the competition with the F-3 project, was restarted!

XF80U-3的机动性远超了F-4，因为在发动机选择上，XIF80U-3前二代战机F8U-1和-2使用的J57发动机在加力模式下的最大推力约为 80千牛顿，这已经是F-4战斗机选择的J79加力涡喷发动机加力模式下的最大推力了；而XF8U-3选择了更新一代的 J75-P-5A发动机，最大推力则达到了 131千牛顿的加力推力！

It's powerful enough to make bricks fly, and its maximum thrust has exceeded that of the previous generation by 64%. This makes the Crusader III fighter's speed easily exceed the bidding design indicator of Mach 2.2. In fact, after modifying the fighting cabin glass, the test pilot easily flew at a speed of Mach 2.7. If the strength of all aspects of the fuselage is sufficient, the designer speculates that the maximum speed may exceed Mach 3.

Because of its excellent power, the Crusader III took off from the ground in a test flight, using only about 274 meters of runway length... and without using a catapult. If there is a 30 km/h headwind (which is a typical aircraft carrier deck wind), the take-off distance will be shortened to 228 meters.

As a naval carrier-based aircraft, the Crusader III fighter is flawless in terms of take-off.

However, such an excellent fighter jet actually lost to the F-4 fighter jet. Conspirators may think that there is some shady conspiracy, but in fact, even if there is, it is not much.

From the initial design, the XF8U-3 is essentially a pure fighter rather than a multi-purpose attack aircraft.

But this is what makes it the best fighter, because the designers did not have to integrate multiple roles into the same aircraft, and did not have to compromise multiple adaptability. In flight tests, the Crusader III completely defeated the Phantom II with its superior thrust-to-weight ratio (0.89 to the F-4 Phantom's 0.59) and excellent maneuverability. In almost every maneuverability test, the XF8U-3 Crusader III won undisputedly.

But after the Rogue Eagle's air force intervened and included ground attack as a key indicator requirement, the Crusader III was dumbfounded because the Crusader III did not even have the option of carrying bombs!

Although this option can be added in subsequent design modifications, as a multi-functional fighter aircraft requires these modifications, it is not easy to complete. The mounting bracket is one thing, and the entire avionics system needs to be modified. This is a large system engineering project.

Therefore, in terms of the demand for multi-purpose fighter jets, the defects of the Crusader III are difficult to make up for in the short term, but the F-4 Phantom is different.

But now the situation is special.

At least let Crusader III do it! (End of this chapter)