Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

Talking about computers well, why did the topic suddenly come to Dassault in Gaul? Chen Yijian has many question marks in his heart. However, in the few encounters he has had with the child in front of him, he has deeply understood Tan Zhenhua’s jumping ideas, and since he asked about this well-known aircraft company, then There must be a picture.

Chen Yijian replied: "Dassault, of course I know that, in fact, I just visited once in June this year, and not only did I go, but also your teacher Song."

"Oh?" Xiao Tan Tan's curiosity was immediately seduced, and he hurriedly asked: "You all went? What are you going to do? Can you tell me?"

"Uh, this, I'm afraid not, and you don't want to follow your teacher Song's words, he will not tell you, because the mission of the visit was confidential. What can tell you is that we are going with the Air Force delegation. Yes, I stayed there for more than half a month. Actually, the last time you went to see me in Xijing, I had just returned from Gaul."

Tan Zhenhua's heart surged suddenly, did that event finally happen?

Chen Yijian, Song Wenhua, or other aviation industry experts he knew or did not know, and representatives of the China Air Force jointly inspected the Gallo Dasso company. In the history of the 1980s, it was only possible because of one thing-the Air Force. The long-standing Phantom 2000 fighter has started!

This is a business that has far-reaching impact although it did not succeed in the end.

In 1982, the Huaxia Air Force, which was deeply shocked by the results of the air combat in the Falklands War, finally couldn’t hold back the grass. In June of that year, the team was led by Ge Wenyong, a test pilot from the Air Force, and Huaxia organized a team of more than 30 people. The delegation visited Dassault, and two test pilots, Ge Wenyong and Jiang Deqiu, conducted several test flights of the "Phantom 2000B" fighter. This test flight was the first time that the China Air Force had personal contact with advanced Western fighters. The China Air Force brought a huge touch.

The advanced cockpit instrumentation, excellent control performance and powerful fire control system of "Phantom 2000" left a deep impression on Ge Wenyong and Jiang Deqiu who had actually tested the flight. Its ability to both subsonic range fighting and supersonic range interception also made The representatives of the China Air Force were very happy.

Ge Wenyong, who was later promoted to general, pointed out very clearly in his report: "With the fighter aircraft currently equipped by the China Air Force, when encountering such an enemy, as long as the opponent makes no mistakes, then we will not have any chance of winning."

After the test flight, the China Air Force naturally had a very strong desire to buy the "Phantom 2000". However, the Gauls once again exposed their arrogant nature to the fullest. They marked a sky-high price-the price of each Phantom 2000. Up to 60 million U.S. dollars, and less than one group of 24 aircraft are not for sale!

Even if the then Grand Elder of Huaxia personally pleaded with the then President of Gaul for a certain discount, the Gauls also insisted on the price not to let go. In desperation, the shy Huaxia Air Force had no choice but to give up the project.

After all, the total selling price of US$1.44 billion would almost cost all of China’s foreign exchange net worth at that time!

This incident once caused turmoil on the military forum of Tan Zhenhua’s previous life. Some people said that if China had purchased the Mirage 2000, it might have had air superiority over Taiwan as early as the 1980s. It is a pity to miss this opportunity; Someone said that with the introduction of this fighter, it is very likely that there will be no later "Project Ten", and China's efforts to develop its own fighters have also come to nothing.

And Tan Zhenhua is undoubtedly the latter group.

Because too many experiences and lessons told him, above this blue star, whether it is Gaul or Britain, or even the largest group leader Milliken, it has never been possible to treat China as a true friend, at most because of the temporary international The situation needs to stand together reluctantly, and once this international situation undergoes a fundamental change, then those Westerners have always turned their faces faster than the books.

It is extremely irresponsible to put one's own national defense burden on such "friends"!

You know, just after the battle on Falklands, Argentina is not far away!

If General Jiatieli had realized this earlier, he would not have gone to the point where it is today.

After all, China's national defense still depends on the Huaxia people themselves.

Therefore, the "Phantom 2000" procurement case that was ultimately aborted did not attract his interest at all. The reason why he asked Dassault Company was because, besides airplanes, another treasure of this company made him greedy-CATIA.

"CATIA? I haven't heard of it, what is that?" Chen Yijian asked Tan Zhenhua in confusion.

Well, for an old-school aircraft designer who still uses charts, T-squares, and slide rules as his main tools, Tan Zhenhua feels that it is necessary to make some popular science.

"CATIA is a product design software that uses 3D modeling technology. It can be widely used in automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, construction, power and electronics, consumer products and general machinery manufacturing. It can be helped by modeling. Users design future products and support the entire industrial design process from the initial stage of the project, specific design, analysis, simulation, assembly to maintenance, and can automatically generate a full set of product digital drawings and process CNC machine tools. The application of this software can not only greatly improve the design efficiency of industrial products, but also greatly improve the production efficiency and product consistency and precision of products when combined with CNC machine tools."

"Is this CATIA so easy to use? You mean, this software is made by Dassault Company?"

"Yes, as far as I know, CATIA was produced by Dassault Systèmes, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, and was officially introduced to the market in 1981. Although this software was born out of the needs of the aviation industry, it was launched immediately. It has won the favor of almost all large industrial companies and has become their de facto main design tool and standard. It has only been introduced to the market for more than a year. CATIA has been recognized by a large number of well-known companies including Boeing, Chrysler, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. , And what I want to say today is, Master Chen, I don’t care what you do when you go to Dassault, but you have to buy this software. Not only do you want to buy it. Tomorrow, I will recommend several of my teachers to buy it. With this software in hand, you can design excellent fighters faster and better!"

"...Well, Zhenhua, I will believe what you said for the time being. Anyway, after returning from Britain this trip, your teacher Song and I will have the opportunity to go to Gaul again. I will specifically ask to inspect this set. Software, see if it is really as good as you said."

Hearing is fictitious, seeing is believing, Chen Yijian accepted Tan Zhenhua's suggestion with confidence.

Tan Zhenhua shook his head and gave another potent medicine: "Master Chen, you listen to me. Not only do you want to buy, but also their full set of material digital databases will be purchased at that time. Don't worry, you don't need to pay for this. "JH 7" development funds are used, and I paid for the money."