Spark

Two days later, the headlines of the major media reported the thrilling breakdown.

"Turbojet-13 suffered a major failure, the pilot responded calmly and returned successfully"

"Hero Pilot's Oral Accident, May Be Related to US Flight Activities"

"A major accident, why is it hyped as a heroic deed?" National self-confidence should not come from here"

"Happy funeral? Aviation technology defects are worthy of reflection"

"If there is no overreaction, there will be no major accidents, and behaviors that challenge the freedom of flight should not be encouraged"

Even if you don't look at the content, you can easily see the positions of various media just from the headlines. Among them, there are many media who cry wildly, and most of them are praise and affirmation.

However, objectively speaking, praise and affirmation are aimed at pilots, but even the most positive media cannot avoid a problem:

Our engine did have a big problem.

Even our plane had a big problem.

If it weren't for J-8 II's flaws in low-altitude and low-speed performance, it would absolutely not need frequent afterburner when facing the US reconnaissance aircraft, which would cause severe overloading of engine components and cause an abnormally high failure rate.

So in the final analysis, this accident is more like a warning to most people who care about aviation.

After lamenting the excellent pilot skills, they discussed more about how to solve such a dilemma.

For example, the sound of introducing the AL-31FN engine became louder again.

In Xigong University, the situation is the same.

In the evening, after Chen Nian and Li Xiang finished their studies, they went to the cafeteria to eat according to their daily plan, while the classmates around them were already discussing in full swing.

"This time it was really dangerous. I heard that the engine of the J-81 was scrapped, and it almost didn't fly back. In the second half of the flight, it fell directly to 1,500 meters, and all the fuel was emptied."

"Yeah, the degree of danger this time is comparable to the Barents Sea scalpel before..."

"What Barents Sea scalpel, the two are incomparable. The Su-27 has double vertical tails. They can make a scalpel, but our eighth master can't do it. If the vertical tail is damaged, it can fly back. It can be said It's a miracle."

"Then it's okay to say it's a miracle, but I think it's the pilot's problem. I read the news that the steering of the Baye had completely failed, and it turned around by rolling and landed on the beach."

"How difficult is this kind of operation? If you know pilots who fly fighter jets, you can just ask."

"Even if it's an error of a few tenths of a second, the plane will be destroyed immediately."

"Stop talking, the pilot is awesome!"

"That's awesome!"

"The new flight control is also good. It is said that the new flight control was updated last year. I didn't expect to use it so soon. It is the engine problem, which is really serious."

"With the new flight controller, it means that the higher-ups are still very far-sighted... Maybe there are other considerations for suspending the introduction of AL-31FN."

However, when everyone was discussing the pilot's technology and the latest flight control system enthusiastically, a slightly harsh voice suddenly came over:

"Foresight? What kind of foresight do you have? If you really have foresight, you will postpone the J-10's service? If you really have foresight, you will stop the introduction of AL-31FN even though you know your engine is not good enough?"

"Hehe, this time it was just a stroke of luck. It's a miracle that you can fly back even though the vertical tail is broken, thanks to the fact that you can talk about it."

"It's not as good as people's skills, but it's not as good as people's skills. Is it difficult to admit this? You have to climax and hypnotize yourself here. When someone's battle ax flies on your head, if it doesn't kill you, you have to blow it up too. Are you good at escaping by yourself?"

After saying this, the expressions of the few people sitting around eating together became ugly.

Everyone looked at the person who spoke, and Chen Nian saw that it was Zhang Rui whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

After the turmoil of Senas stealing people last time, Zhang Rui was punished as an "activist" in the school, and then he stopped for a long time.

Chen Nian thought that he had changed his ways and studied hard after being educated by the organization, but now that he heard it, it seemed that was not the case at all!

Not only did he not change his mind, but his resentment became heavier.

Sure enough, although Western Polytechnic University has done a good job in ideological construction, it still lacks experience in dealing with this kind of problem...

Chen Nian secretly sighed, he didn't plan to have a verbal argument with Zhang Rui, but just buried himself in his own meal.

But he didn't speak, and other people who couldn't listen anymore spoke.

"Zhang Rui, your words are too ugly, right? Yes, our skills are inferior to others, but what's wrong with our skills?"

"Although there is indeed a gap now, we are also working hard to catch up. Isn't this school just to catch up with them one day?"

"Not to mention, at least we flew back this time, at least our pilots are good, this is a victory."

"Do you think that everyone is just like you, enjoying the benefits that the country gives you, and slandering and slandering Yankees here at every turn?"

Hearing this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Rui's mouth.

"Yes, yes, victory, we won."

"Using a fighter jet that is decades behind the times to chase the latest reconnaissance plane developed by others, and almost crashing myself, this is a victory."

"If that's your definition of winning, then I don't have much to say."

"It's ridiculous. You know how big the gap is. Instead of quickly reflecting on where the problem lies, you are here to comfort yourself. Just like you, you still think you are the hope of China Airlines?"

"We are not, are you? Let us reflect, have you reflected?"

"Of course I reflected."

Zhang Rui seemed to have guessed that the other party would ask such a question, he snorted and said:

"The reason why domestic aviation development is so weak is nothing more than a system problem."

"The current system dominated by state-owned enterprises is simply impossible to stimulate the creativity of scientific researchers. Like the United States, people are dominated by commercial companies, and the state is only responsible for issuing contracts and orders. Driven by interests, competition will naturally form, which is not as good as our current system. I know where the strength is."

"In addition, the underdevelopment of basic technology is also an important reason. What do we have now? Not to mention other fields, but the aviation field. How many high-precision lathes are there? How many wind tunnels are there? Is there advanced welding equipment? The pressure equipment was purchased recently, and I don’t know when it will arrive!”

"Okay, even if I don't talk about all these things, just talk about the part directly related to fighter jets, do you know how many generations behind our engine design concept? Do you know what engine the so-called WS-10 is benchmarking against? CMF-56-3! Civilian engine! Civilian engine from decades ago!"

"With such a technology, those officials still have the ability to stop the introduction of AL-31FN. They are really brave enough."

"If you miss this opportunity, if you want to ask for it in the future, they may not necessarily give it to you."

"Now, do you still think we have won? Hehe, victory is a fart."

After the words fell, Zhang Rui turned his head and left, while everyone at the dining table fell into silence without exception.

In the beginning, there was some righteous indignation when they heard him demeaning domestic aviation.

But as he counted our weaknesses one by one, the agitated emotions suddenly cooled down.

What he said...is indeed true.

At least, regardless of the so-called "system", the gap he mentioned is a real gap.

Infrastructure, design concepts, even materials, data, experience, which one is not decades behind us?

In this case, are we really qualified to cheer for this incident?

Could it be that in the eyes of our opponents, our behavior is... a clown?

No one spoke, and the same thought came to everyone's minds:

How long will it take for such a gap to be bridged?

Or, maybe it will never be wiped out?

Seeing everyone's disappointed expressions, Chen Nian, who was sitting and eating, still didn't speak.

He knew that the confidence of these people could never be destroyed so easily.

Because, it is this group of people who, despite countless setbacks and blows, still hold up the sky in China 20 years later.

What's more, the short-term loss will soon pass.

At Institute 601, all the technical preparations have been completed, and it won't be long before this plane will crush all voices of doubt.

And soon, it will be the day when the J-22 will officially transfer to the manufacturing process of the technology verification machine.