Chapter 641 "After the Turbofan 10 is finalized"
"We must definitely put pressure on the Kingdom of David."
After being silent for a long time, Ding Gaoheng once again ignited a fire Holding a cigarette, he opened his mouth and said, which was the final word:
“However, from our point of view, we must also be prepared that the entire ring project cannot proceed.”
Generally speaking, wait By the time he expressed his stance, it was basically entering the final stage of the meeting.
At most there will be some detailed corrections.
But this time, after he made his statement, there were only a few people at the scene.
It’s not that everyone has any different opinions on this, but they were simply shocked by such a big plot twist.
There is quite a sense of beauty when playing chess, the other side makes a normal move, and the table and the chessboard are thrown away, followed immediately by an American Iai Slash that kills someone else.
After all, normally speaking, even if it is possible that the project will fail, there should be a period of delay in the middle.
In fact, judging from the experience of past cooperation, 80% of the time there is still a turn for the better.
Just like when airborne equipment was introduced from Western countries in order to develop the J-7M and Qiang 5C, a similar situation occurred.
But in the end the transaction was still completed normally.
Moreover, if we just flip the table over like this, even if we can get back the 350 million we paid in advance, it will definitely take a long time of wrangling.
Although the country's foreign exchange reserves have been filled up a lot in the past two years, it is not to the point where it is not taken seriously by taking so much money.
Even Huai Guomo was a little confused.
Although he had heard Chang Haonan's analysis of the ring project before, he did not listen to everything compared to Ding Gaoheng.
So on the one hand, I can understand the brain circuit of the other party making such a radical decision, but on the other hand, like everyone else, I can't help but feel a little pity.
In the end, he has worked with Ding Gaoheng for the longest time, and although he holds the title of deputy director, his rank is actually the same as the former. Zhang Dongxu was the first to come to his senses:
"Director Ding, although everything is We need to prepare for the best and plan for the worst, but... isn’t our worst plan a bit too early?”
Except for Huai Guomo, the other two deputy directors had little contact with Chang Haonan before. They had met a few times during the enlarged leadership team meeting, so naturally they didn't know Ding Gaoheng's thoughts.
“Absolutely not early.”
Ding Gaoheng replied almost without hesitation:
“In this situation, we can definitely think that the Kingdom of David has no Prepare to complete the ring project."
"Now they have not directly stated that they want to stop the project, they are just leaving a bait for us."
"The plan is to put us in a dilemma, not to be willing to part with the sunk cost of 350 million US dollars, and to waste as much time as possible."
At this point, he paused for a moment, and his eyes calmly swept across the conference room in front of him. The crowd inside:
“So, we have to use the trick to deal with each other, pretending to deal with the opponent, and use the fastest speed to apply for allocating subsequent resources to domestic models!”
Actual superior. Before today, he had a conservative attitude towards Chang Haonan's previous words.
That’s why we made two-pronged preparations. On the one hand, we narrowed the threshold of psychological expectations for the ring project, and on the other hand, we allocated some resources to the Air Police 200 project so that we could have a backup in case something went wrong.
This has nothing to do with trust or not.
The main reason is that the matter is huge.
It is impossible for him to make a 180° change just because of someone's words.
Even if this person is Chang Haonan.
However, what is happening now proves that the other party’s worries at the time were completely accurate.
Moreover, all the details can be matched!
This made Ding Gaoheng couldn't help but recall the first time he had a phone call with Chang Haonan two years ago.
At that time, we even contacted the other party through Du Yishan.
Almost the same plot.
However, the content of the discussion between the two at that time was the development route of China's aviation industry.
Later, it was also through Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas that it was verified that Chang Haonan's idea was completely correct.
Now two years have passed, what is the result...
No need to mention it.
Who would have dared to imagine before that a European aviation company would take the initiative to seek cooperation?
Who dares to imagine that China can achieve reciprocal and mutual recognition of airworthiness certification with Europe and the United States?
The results have now been realized.
In this case, with the opponent's ambitions already half-clarified, the balance in Ding Gaoheng's heart has naturally tilted...
At this critical moment, Huai Guomo also followed. After understanding the ins and outs of the whole thing, I first broke the silence and expressed my support for Ding Gaoheng’s idea:
“Everyone, looking back at our foreign cooperation projects in the past few years, all the projects that were ultimately successful, whether it was MA60 or Well, whether it is Project 11 or not, both sides are complementary to each other and rely on each other. To put it bluntly, they are holding each other's lifeblood. "
"But the Ring Project is still equal in name. Cooperation, but in fact, we are just providing money. Although the unit price of US$350 million per aircraft is high, Elta is not at the end of the road like Tupolev. "In other words, in this project. Above, apart from flipping the table, we have no chips at all. In other words, there is no possibility of gaming. ”
"So, I think what Director Ding just said is reasonable."
This kind of internal meeting is not entirely one-word.
But now that the director and the first deputy director are on the same side, there really is no room for others to operate.
What's more, the two people, especially Huai Guomo's explanation that just laid out the facts and made sense, is still convincing.
Zhang Dongxu, who was still hesitant just now, followed suit and no longer insisted on his opinion:
"Then...if David uses dragging tactics, how should we operate to completely decouple from the other party as soon as possible?"
The decision-making level of the Ring Project is so high that even Ding Gaoheng cannot fully make the decision.
So what he just said was to "be prepared to not be able to proceed."
Regarding this issue, Ding Gaoheng has already had a draft in mind:
"In the middle of last year, after the embankment construction operation ended, we launched the Air Police 200 project based on the Y-8 platform at the suggestion of Comrade Chang Haonan. Comrade Haonan personally participated in part of the design work at that time."
"It's just that because it has always been a backup project, the resources allocated are relatively limited, and it has not yet reached the stage of test flight."
"First, let's tilt some of the resources in our hands over, anyway, the big If the Weiguo side continues to delay like this, we don't have to pay for the next node. As long as the 14th Institute of Electrical Engineering and Shaanxi Air Force's Air Police 200 can take the lead in the first flight, the difference in efficiency will be immediately reflected when the efficiency of the two sides is compared. Superiors Confidence in the independent model naturally arises.”
This arrangement was basically seamless, so it was quickly unanimously approved.
However, after the vote was passed, some people still raised doubts:
"Director Dante, after all, the Ring Project uses the IL-76 to modify the early warning aircraft. If the Air Police 200 is a Yun-8 platform... then there should be no way to completely replace it regardless of the size of the radar equipped, or the range and air time. . ”
After the decision was made, Ding Gaoheng finally relaxed a little.
But what followed was the tiredness that had just been blocked by the senses.
After all, I am also a person who is rushing to reach 70 years old.
So he nodded while packing his things:
“In the long run, we will naturally need a larger platform.”
“But the most urgent task is to prove through the relatively short and fast project of Air Police 200 that we can build our own early warning aircraft without the need for David. "
......
After the meeting, Huai Guomo, who knew more about the situation, followed Ding Gaoheng's footsteps:
"Old Ding, I think you should Do you have any further ideas?”
By this time, he had left the conference room, and the cool breeze in the autumn night had relieved a lot of the sleepiness he had just felt.
"Indeed, but it cannot be considered mine."
He replied simply:
"When we made the decision to introduce the Tu-214 passenger aircraft as the C909 model, Xiao Chang As I said before, the 110-ton model was very suitable as a platform for special aircraft including early warning aircraft. "It was only the end of 1996, and the contract for the ring project had not even been officially signed. So I just thought it was a casual comment, but now that I think about it, I’m afraid he has been planning for us to independently develop an early warning aircraft since then..."
Don't be speechless for a moment when you are pregnant with your country.
Chang Haonan almost took care of everything.
After a short pause, Ding Gaoheng waved his hand again, and then changed the subject:
“But this matter cannot be rushed.”
“Xiao Chang has two things on hand now. Each project is at a critical period, especially the Turbofan 10, which will be the core of our country’s main equipment for at least the next twenty years. We will definitely not be able to spare our energy at this time.”
Huai Guomo immediately understood:
"That...means to wait until the turbofan 10 is finalized..."
"Yes."
Ding Gaoheng was guessed by the idea. Weiwei nodded:
“Let’s lay out the relevant resources first, and then let him take over this large early warning aircraft project after the turbofan 10 is finalized.”
Hearing this arrangement, Huai Guomo showed a hint of joy, but then he seemed to think of something:
“However, the turbofan 10 is not inferior to the turbojet 14 which was already in service. It was pulled down after it was finalized. It must be If you want to continue to improve, Xiao Chang...can you really let go?"
"Is this..."
Ding Gaoheng raised his head and looked at the crescent moon in the air:
“According to Xiao Chang’s statement in the project progress report, the core engine of the Turbofan 10 only needs a few improvements to become a genuine fourth-generation engine. However, our country’s material level and production technology are lacking. There are so many lessons to learn, and many places are reluctant to even produce third-generation engines, so they compromise on the current three-and-a-half-generation turbofan 10.”
"So major follow-up improvements will probably have to wait for the previous stage before the project can be officially launched. As for the small improvements based directly on the Turbofan 10... I think Xiao Chang has concentrated more than half of the country's aerospace research efforts. The purpose of engaging in a big competition is to train talents through the project, and it should not require his direct participation. "
"So, it shouldn't be a problem!"
(End of this chapter)