Chapter 334: Deceiving People

Throughout history, Americans have always played the role of the enemy. Although the United States has begun to woo China for strategic purposes, unfortunately, China will not kidnap its country to the American chariot. For China, the fate of the island country is right in front of it. How can China become a bridgehead for the United States!

However, this does not mean that China will completely turn to the Soviet Union. After all, the Soviet Union has been hostile to China in the past 20 years. China must follow its own path, not form alliances, and not seek hegemony! In the current situation, it is undoubtedly best to have the best of both worlds.

China is more inclined towards the Soviet Union, but it also wants to let the Soviet Union know that China can still rely on the United States. Like now, it is introducing Soviet fighter jets to let the Soviets know that China is also prepared. If the Soviet Union's price is too high, then it can introduce American fighter jets. In this way, the Soviet Union will definitely give the most generous price. In order to survive in the gap between the two superpowers, China now must learn how to obtain the greatest benefits!

The Soviet Union was not aware of the decision made by the Chinese top leaders. However, when China sent an inspection team to first inspect the US F-16, the Soviet Union obtained the intelligence at the first time.

Therefore, Andrei, who had originally planned to continue his inspection in China, including visiting the tank base in Baotou, China, was recalled to Moscow.

"Andrei, you didn't complete your mission well this time." After arriving at the Kremlin, Ustinov said to Andrei, "We asked you to visit China in the hope of ending our hostile state and exporting our fighter jets to China. But what about now? China has sent an inspection team to inspect the US F-16 fighter jets first!"

So that's what happened! When Andrei left China, he heard that the Americans proudly announced that they would export F-16s to China, proving that they had severely taught the Soviet Union a lesson in diplomacy!

"Comrade Marshal, don't worry. The Chinese went to the United States to inspect the F-16 with great fanfare. In fact, it was just a show for us." Andre said: "I am sure that the fighter jet that China will choose in the end will definitely be ours."

Hearing Andre's words, everyone present opened their eyes wide. Are the Chinese so cunning? Besides, how can Andre be so sure?

"We are still unable to obtain specific information about the Americans' F-16." Andre knew that these people had doubts, and he could not be too specific. If he made a thorough analysis and found that even the KGB did not have access to a lot of information, how would the people present view him?

"However, according to the pictures we took, we can see that the American F-16 fighter looks very advanced. It uses winglets to improve the utilization rate of vortices, a wing-body fusion design, and a belly air intake to improve the high pitch angle performance. Moreover, the canopy is integrated, which looks like a sci-fi innovation." What Andre said is all existing information: "However, we should know that in the American military aircraft system, the F-16 is a low-end aircraft paired with the F-15. It is not used to seize air superiority. For example, the structure of this fighter is simplified. We can't see any airflow adjustment device in the belly air intake, and the frontal area of ​​the turbofan engine is originally large. Therefore, I speculate that the maximum speed of this fighter will definitely not be very high, definitely below Mach 2, or even Mach 1.8. What about China? What is needed is an all-round model that can both quickly intercept and fight in close range. Based on this point, the F-16 is not qualified."

In later times, the F-16 can be said to be a world-class aircraft, equipped with many countries around the world. This fighter has moderate performance, and in some countries, it is used as a fighter to seize air superiority. However, the efficiency of the aircraft's Pitot inlet drops sharply when the Mach number exceeds 1.6, so even if it is claimed that it can fly up to Mach 2, it is all bluffing. In the state of air combat mounting, it is quite difficult to fly to Mach 1.4.

The MiG-23, with its variable swept wing, can reach a maximum speed of Mach 2.35. This alone means that the Chinese Air Force, which needs long-range interception capabilities the most, will not choose the F-16! In later generations, the J-10 and the F-16 have been compared. In fact, the combat objectives of the two fighters are different. The first thing the J-10 needs to meet is rapid interception! Therefore, the J-10 uses an adjustment plate to adjust the air intake. At Mach 2, the pre-compression capacity of the air intake can be increased by 30%, greatly increasing the supersonic performance.

Based on this point alone, Andre knew that the Chinese Air Force would definitely look down on the F-16. What's more, in order to fool China, the Americans used the crappy model F-16J79, which adopted the J79 engine used on the F4 fighter. Due to the different diameters, a thick layer of baffles was wrapped around the outside of the J79, which greatly reduced the performance of the F-16.

Moreover, due to defects in the fire control system, the current F-16 is unable to launch medium-range missiles and only has close-range combat capabilities. It was not until the block 15 batch that it had the ability to launch Sparrow missiles.

How could such a person be worthy of the Chinese Air Force's attention? Unless the members of the inspection team were blind!

"Well, Andrei, what you said seems to make sense." Hearing Andrei's analysis, Ustinov nodded: "If the Americans provide F-15 fighters, I'm afraid the Chinese Air Force will still be interested. Now, let's get ready and wait to welcome the Chinese."

Rapid interception! China is very eager to obtain this capability, and the purpose is, of course, to intercept the huge Soviet fleet that may appear. Now, although both sides want to improve relations, the Chinese will never give up this idea.

"China must want to use the F-16 to suppress us and get more favorable contract terms." Andre said: "We must be prepared and not let China fool us."

Upon hearing the news that China was going to inspect the F-16, the Soviet high-ranking officials were quite shocked. They thought that China's policy would lean towards the United States. Now, after hearing Andre's analysis, they realized that this was a strategy on the Chinese side. Suddenly, everyone felt relieved.

Huaxia is best at deceiving people! Andre knew this very well. Selling crutches was a living example.

"What we need to do now is to negotiate with China about the export of MiG-23 so that we can have more extensive opportunities for exchanges." Andre said, "China also has a lot of good things. When I went to China this time, I had some exchanges with several scholars, and they revealed that China's quantum communication research is at a low ebb."