Chapter 324 Visit Shen Fei

The wheels gently touched the runway and the passenger plane continued to taxi forward smoothly and land. Compared with the bumpy flight of a fighter jet, the passenger plane's flight was much gentler.

Andre straightened his military uniform, with the shining medal on his chest, and walked out through the open cabin door.

Beside her was the smiling Ekaterina, and behind her were the members of the delegation.

"General Andre, welcome to China." Right on the tarmac, a group of Chinese officials came to greet him.

When Andre saw the square face of the other party, he immediately connected with the person in his memory. Commander of the Chinese Air Force, Zhang Tingfa, General Zhang!

This person doesn't know how to fly. He served in the Red Army until the War of Liberation. After that, his unit was transferred to the Air Force, and he became the commander of the Air Force. Until last year, he became the commander of the Chinese Air Force!

Although he could not fly, under his leadership, the Chinese Air Force transformed itself from the ten years of catastrophe, implemented strict military discipline, and became a force that could fight and dared to fight tough battles!

Now, upon learning that Andre was coming to visit, China sent an Air Force Commander to pick him up at the airport, which was considered a high enough standard.

"It's an honor." Andrei stretched out his hand: "Once upon a time, we, the Soviet Union and China, held hands tightly like brothers. Now, our hands are held together again!"

Andre's words aroused General Zhang's infinite emotion. In the past, the Soviet Union's support for China was very huge. The current Shenfei was established entirely with the help of the Soviet Union. Without the Soviet Union, China would not have had an aviation industry!

But afterwards, friction and estrangement arose between the two sides due to differences in their positions. Until now, exchanges between the two sides, including military exchanges, have stopped. This is the first time!

Following Wei Guangxiu were several energetic middle-aged men. Andre looked over and quickly matched them with the people in his memory.

Tang Yanjie, Director of Shenfei Institute, Chief Designer of J-8! Gu Songfen, Deputy Director of Shenfei Institute, Deputy Chief Designer of J-8, and Chief Designer of J-82 project!

Later, when Andre became a test pilot of Shenfei, these aircraft designers had already retreated to the second line. However, in the turbulent times, they were able to continuously develop fighter jets such as the J-8 and finally finalize them. This spirit is still invaluable.

Now, when Andre saw these people, he was very moved. When he shook hands with them, he could feel that their hands were trembling.

Of course it was not because of Andre. Andre could clearly feel that their attention was attracted by the two MiG-23 fighters that landed later.

The J-8, although this aircraft has very poor performance and is not a suitable choice for China at all, it is still the most confidential fighter project in China. Several prototypes should be undergoing test flights in Yanliang now. It is a pure enlarged version of the MiG-21. Although Andre sneered at this kind of aircraft, the experience from Shenfei still made Andre realize the difficulty of developing this aircraft.

At that time, Shenfei 601 had only been established for four years and did not have the ability to develop aircraft. When preparing to establish a development plan that met the actual scientific research requirements, various important laboratories and related testing conditions were not available, so they had to make do with what they had and put the work into test flights and actual use. It can be said that the J-8 was fundamentally not done according to the laws of scientific research from the beginning, and it was a problem of decision-making at a higher level of management.

Of the at least five test aircraft required, only two were actually approved for construction. One could not be used for actual test flights after static testing, so only one was actually tested. Moreover, during the trial production process, the test production manager was overthrown, and the chief designer and important technical leaders of the aircraft were locked up in a cowshed or sent to a cadre school... It was quite remarkable to be able to get an aircraft into the sky under such an environment.

Unfortunately, it is still out of date.

"General Andre, can we go and see the MiG-23 fighter?" Finally, Deputy Chief Designer Gu Songfen couldn't resist his curiosity and said to Andre.

Among the personnel who came along with the passenger plane, some were ground maintenance personnel. After the two MiG-23s landed, they had already taken out tarpaulins, covered the cockpits of the fighter jets, and were preparing to tow them into the hangar for routine flight inspections.

MiG-23, the most advanced fighter jet of the Soviet Union! In the past few months, it shot down many American F-15s!

Seeing the designers of Shenfei so impatient, Andre hadn't spoken yet, and the Air Force Commander-in-Chief said, "General Gu, our welcome ceremony is not over yet! After a long flight, our guests must be tired. Let's go to the cafeteria first."

When guests come, at least they should eat first! Are you really that greedy? It's simply a disgrace to such a great country.

Andre was delighted. It seemed that his analysis was exactly the same as mine. The Chinese Air Force was in urgent need of advanced fighters! The MiG-23 on his side would surely be able to successfully open up the Chinese market!

In later times, after Chinese aircraft designers got a MiG-23 back from Egypt in 1979, they began to study this fighter crazily. After that, many technologies were used on the J-82 at that time, such as the nose and air intake, which were exactly the same. Now, although Chinese aircraft designers are still developing the J-8 prototype, they should also know that the J-8 with nose intake is completely outdated and cannot accommodate large radars, which will greatly reduce the fighter's air combat performance.

With stars in their eyes, they looked at the two MiG-23s covered with canvas and towed to the hangar in the distance.

"Sure." Andrei said, "We are here for military exchanges. We will have a confrontation exercise tomorrow. Now, let's show you our latest Soviet technology."

The eyes of the Chinese aircraft designers were suddenly filled with hope. They followed Andre and walked towards the MiG-23. Some of them couldn't control their emotions and ran to the front and surrounded the plane.

"Everyone, just enjoy watching." Andrei said to the Chinese experts while standing next to the MiG-23.

The nose, radome, wing box, missiles on the skin and wing roots, the tail... the Chinese experts looked at it very carefully. It looked like they wanted to disassemble the plane so that they could study it thoroughly.

"We, the Soviet Union, come here with sincerity this time. If you like our advanced fighter jet, you can introduce a complete set of production lines for production as we did before." Andre's words sounded like thunder, exploding in everyone's ears.