Nikolai Malenkov's suggestion to return the favor immediately attracted the attention of the USSR Military Equipment Industry Committee!

To what extent?

Noting that after receiving Nikolai Malenkov's report, the USSR Military Equipment Industry Committee immediately ordered Nikolai Malenkov, who had not planned to return to Moscow, to immediately take a plane back to Moscow to give a briefing and explain the situation at a special meeting of the USSR State Military Equipment Industrial Committee specially convened for this purpose.

Nikolai Malenkov first briefed the members on the talks he had with Chen Geng, such as the fact that Chen Geng did not exclude the Ivchenko Design Bureau from "seeing" the relevant information of the Rolls-Royce RB211 engine in their hands, and that Fernandez Chen, on behalf of the Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Group, requested from the Soviet Union the authorization of the relevant technology and patents of the Ivchenko Design Bureau's AI-25 turbofan engine. And the situation with the USSR for the joint design of a whole new generation of advanced jet trainers......

In half an hour, Nikolai Malenkov finally finished the briefing.

There was no big controversy about licensing the technology and patents of the AI-25 engine to COMAC for use, and it was quickly passed, after all, the AI-25 was not a very advanced engine, and the Soviet Union also needed a "reference" The following information on the RB211 engine in the hands of the COMAC Group, suddenly I have a request for the COMAC Group, then there must be some blood, which is understandable, but in the matter of whether to cooperate with the COMAC Group to develop jet trainers, at the beginning, the members of the Military Equipment Industry Committee had a lot of differences, some people think that they can cooperate, and some people are resolutely opposed, and whether they are in favor or against, there are good reasons.

Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky, deputy chairman of the Military Equipment Industry Committee, who had not spoken much, suddenly spoke: "I think this cooperation can be considered. ”

Well?

As the second-in-command of the USSR State Military Equipment Industry Committee, the words of Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky immediately attracted great attention, and Mikhail Ginoviev immediately asked: "Dear Comrade Tomsky, what is the reason for your opinion?"

"Because of our financial situation," said Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky, "comrades, I believe that you are well aware of the financial situation of the country, and I will say bluntly that for several years our great Soviet Union has indeed encountered some difficulties, and this is a real reality. ”

“......”

No one spoke, but many people couldn't help but nod their heads: as a member of the highest echelons of the Soviet Union, what is the current financial situation of the Soviet government, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that compared with the nearly 30 years from the 50s to the early 80s, the situation in the Soviet Union has indeed become worse and worse in the last three or four years.

"This trainer aircraft is not high in the priority sequence of our equipment research and development, we need to invest limited funds in the construction of nuclear submarines, into the construction of aircraft carriers, and even in the construction of MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, which are related to the country's direct military forces are the equipment that needs to be focused on and prioritized, and a new generation of jet advanced trainer aircraft ......" Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky said. We all understand that the L-39 will last at least another 10 years, and if the great spirit of the communist revolutionary fighters is carried forward, 20 years will also be possible......"

What does Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky really mean by this?

It is a new generation of advanced jet trainer aircraft in the entire Soviet Union's military equipment research and development sequence, the priority is not high, naturally, the level of funding is not high, especially in the current financial situation of the Soviet Union, the final selection of the training aircraft funds can not be fully and timely received, which will greatly delay the research and development progress of the selected training aircraft.

On the contrary, after entering the primary election, but losing the final selection, the trainer is very likely, or very likely, to be ahead of the selected trainer because of sufficient financial guarantees.

So it is interesting that the aircraft, which eventually succeeded in becoming a new generation of advanced jet trainers of the Soviet Union, fell behind in terms of progress.

And is the unsuccessful model really so much better than the finalist model?

Of course not, if the comprehensive score of the finalist trainer is 99 points, then the unsuccessful one may be 97 points, 96 points or even 95 points, but since it can pass the primary selection, it will definitely not be too bad, that is to say, in fact, the unsuccessful aircraft basically meets the requirements of the Soviet Union for a new generation of advanced jet trainers.

In this way, the Soviet Union has a strong backup - even if the selected advanced jet trainer cannot be put into service according to the established time node due to some special reasons, but with this backup, it can also ensure the smooth replacement of the Soviet Union's advanced jet trainer!

Not only that, according to the report of Comrade Nikolai Malenkov, this trainer aircraft will also be developed according to the standards of "international trainer aircraft, light combat / attack aircraft" to open up the international market, that is, this aircraft is likely to help the USSR make money in the future.

All the bigwigs in charge of the development of the Soviet aviation industry, look at me, I look at you, and the eyes of one or two are shining: Tsk! This business seems to be very well done......

"If that's the case......"

Mikhail Ginoviev thought for a moment and immediately said: "I agree with Comrade Tomsky's point of view in principle, but I still have some objections to some of the terms of cooperation, and I think that COMAC and Fernández Chen have gained too much and should be revised. ”

"Yes, I also have this attitude, cooperation is okay, but the cooperation clause proposed by Fernandez Chen, we suffer too much. ”

"I think so too......"

"I'm fine in principle, but I personally recommend consulting the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and the Myasishev Design Bureau. ”

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After realizing that COMAC's participation could become a reliable backup for the Soviet Union's advanced jet trainer, the members of the Soviet military-industrial equipment committee attending the meeting soon made a decision: based on the advanced jet trainer that entered the primary selection and finally failed in the final selection, they would cooperate with COMAC to develop a "premium jet trainer aircraft with the ability to develop a light fighter/attack aircraft" The international military trainer aircraft with the capability is okay in principle, but the specific conditions of cooperation need to be discussed and revised, otherwise the Soviet Union will suffer too much.

After listening to everyone's gossip and opinions, Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky nodded and said: "What everyone means is that cooperation can be done in principle, but the specific terms of cooperation are not very favorable to the Soviet Union, and they need to be negotiated, and in addition, the opinions of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and the Myasishev Design Bureau need to be consulted, right?"

"Yes. ”

"That's right. ”

"That's ......"

......

The committee members were again gossiping.

"Okay," Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky nodded again: "Then now, we will vote on the basis of this consensus reached above, and if you agree, please raise your hand." ”

Whoa......

Almost all of the arms were raised.

"Very well," Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky, pleased with the phenomenon, bowed slightly: "Tellers, count." ”

Soon, the results of the vote count came out, and of the 15 members present, 14 agreed, and one abstained.

Vladimir Ivanovich Tomsky stood up: "Now, I announce the results of the vote, a total of 15 members participated in the voting, 14 of whom agreed, one abstained, I announce in the name of the executive deputy chairman of the State Military Equipment Industry Committee of the USSR, the presiding officer of this meeting, the vote was adopted.

The documents formed at this meeting will be distributed to the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and the Myasishev Design Bureau, and after fully consulting the design units, they will be officially submitted to the Central Committee of the Supreme Soviet @ Records Office for Comrade Gorbachev's approval. ”

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As for the consultation of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the Mikoyan Design Bureau, the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Myasishev Design Bureau on this cooperation, the four design bureaus quickly gave feedback: we support the decision of the Central Committee.

This was also expected by the Committee on Military Industrial Equipment.

After all, it was originally four units competing for one place, and the success rate was only 25%, but now it has become four design bureaus competing for two places, and the success rate is as high as 50%, and everyone is immediately full of confidence: as long as Lao Tzu is careful, even if I can't enter the final list, can't I pass the primary election?

Even the Yakovlev Design Bureau and the Mikoyan Design Bureau, two design bureaus that have a relatively fast brain, have already begun to ponder: With the current internal and external situation of the country, if I succeed in making it to the final list, will the state be able to guarantee our R&D and manufacturing funds? I'm afraid it will be a little difficult.

Since none of the four major design bureaus involved in the project of the advanced jet trainer had an opinion, the Military Equipment Industry Committee immediately put together the documents and the opinions of the four design bureaus and submitted them to Gorbachev's desk.

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At a time when the Soviet Union was hotly discussing whether to cooperate with COMAC and bargaining with COMAC on those specific terms, Chen Gengqi's report on the introduction of AI-25 turbofan engines from the Soviet Union's Ivchenko Design Bureau and the joint development of a new generation of jet advanced trainer aircraft and light combat/attack aircraft with the Soviet Union was also sent back to China -- the aviation industry is different from other ordinary civilian industries and is highly controlled in any country, even the so-called "market freedom" of the United States Although the technology of the RB211 engine is on the fly, the funds for the introduction of the AI-25 engine and the funds for the development of advanced jet trainers in cooperation with the Soviet Union are also provided by COMAC itself, but it still wants to get the approval of the state.

Chen Geng's report, naturally, no one dares to slack off.

Just when none of us had anything to do, Chen Geng went to the Soviet Union, and I was obedient, a helicopter with a carrying capacity similar to the Y-8 transport plane we had just successfully copied, a heavy transport plane with a load of more than 50 tons, an amphibious plane, and a helicopter that could carry dozens of people at once......

Hula is all here!

And there is a grapevine that NATO and the Soviet Union were so nervous before, and the two sides almost misfired, but as soon as Boss Chen came out, hey! Guess what?

Li Gen of the United States and Gobachev of the Soviet Union want hello, hello, good brothers!

What kind of international political energy do you say this is?

With such a No. 1 god here, how fortunate is it for Huaxia?

Therefore, during the period of Chen Geng's stay in the Soviet Union, the verbal instructions from the top level have been conveyed layer by layer in the form of tea parties and symposiums: attach great importance to everything that Mr. Chen Geng has in China.

With this sentence, that's enough!

are all old fritters who have been mixed in the big dye vat of officialdom for many years, and when the verbal instructions of the organization are conveyed layer by layer, everyone understands what attitude needs to be used to treat Chen Geng: not to mention being the same as the ancestors, don't be too bad.

Therefore, when Chen Geng's report was sent back through the Huaxia Liaison Office in the Soviet Union, one can imagine how much attention it aroused.

To tell the truth, after carefully reading this report, the leaders all admitted that whether it was the introduction of AI-25 engines or the development of a new generation of jet trainers in cooperation with the Soviet Union, Chen Geng was indeed sincerely considering the future of COMAC, especially based on the jet advanced trainer aircraft that entered the primary selection but did not enter the final selection, the idea of developing a basic type of training aircraft and developing a high-end version of the light fighter/attack aircraft at the same time made many people excited......

Speaking of pity, we in China do not have a real sense of advanced jet trainers, our existing three jet trainers: Jianjiao 5, Jianjiao 6 and this year just finalized Jianjiao 7, are improved on the basis of the corresponding fighters, the Air Force and the country of course know the benefits of having a special advanced jet trainer, which is much better than the trainer changed with fighters, but the reality is so helpless: our strength is not good.

In this case, Chen Geng's report simply scratched the itch in the heart of the Air Force: Without spending a penny from the country, we can get a world-class advanced jet trainer aircraft?!

Done!