For a moment, Zhang Gangchuan was very embarrassed. The big words "Kunlun Type 2" are a powerful proof of "stealing other people's achievements".

His face felt hot and he didn't dare to look at Zhao Yi. He could only explain with a wry smile, "It's not that I want to use this name, it was decided by the leader. I refused at the beginning, and there was no way."

This explanation seems pale and everything is pushed to the leader.

Zhao Yi nodded in understanding. On the way he came, he heard that when senior leaders talked about the manufacturing problem of Zhanying-1, the best choice was to sell related low-end products to make up for the high cost.

The WZ-A2 engine is indeed suitable for export products. Compared with the WZ-A1 engine, the performance of the WZ-A2 model is much worse, but it abandons most of the bold designs, and the interior is still dominated by tradition.

Even if the design and technology are completely cracked, it is no big deal.

The WZ-A1 engine is the core, the key is that with the WZ-A1 engine, the WZ-A2 model becomes very useless.

If the WZ-A2 model can be the main export force, large-scale production will definitely reduce manufacturing costs and enable the manufacturing technology to mature rapidly, because there are many similarities with the WZ-A1 model and there are still many benefits.

The most direct benefit is of course the profits. The profits of aircraft engines, especially military aircraft engines, are too good. In the international market, high-end aircraft engines can be said to be "sky-high prices", because only a few countries can manufacture them.

In terms of the performance of the WZ-A2 engine, there are very few international competitors.

Even Country E cannot be called an opponent, because Country E exports to the international market, and the highest-end aircraft engines cannot keep up with the performance of WZ-A2 unless they are willing to export the highest-end engines, but for national security reasons, it is obviously impossible.

Of course, the most important thing is the seller's needs.

If you only assemble low-end fighter jets, such as third-generation and third-generation and a half-generation fighter jets, you will not use WZ-A2 at all. However, this does not need to be considered. Military aviation engines are not civilian products and require a large number of buyers and large-scale sales. Perhaps a suitable buyer is enough to support the mass production of WZ-A2.

There are a few orders, it is enough.

Zhao Yi nodded thinking and his face was full of understanding of Zhang Gangchuan and Kunlun team. He also saw that Zhang Gangchuan seemed a little embarrassed, and felt that he should express his approval and recognition. He hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhang, I really didn't expect that the 2-type engine can be exported, it's so amazing!"

"You are really efficient in your work, really, from the heart..."

Zhao Yi said with a thumbs up.

Zhang Gangchuan was immediately embarrassed again because WZ-A2 had not reached the point where it could be exported. They just completed the test flight and there were still many problems to be corrected.

This time it is much stronger than Kunlun engines, but it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least more than two years to achieve regular production.

Now he is taking the WZ-A2 engine to participate in the air show, which is only a requirement from the superiors. He needs to show off a pair of WZ-A2 engines that can be mass-produced. He will get the order first. As long as he has the order, he will increase the R&D personnel and funds, and delay the delivery time.

In short, with a certain order, everything else is easy to solve.

Zhang Gangchuan did not give a detailed explanation. After all, the matter is considered confidential and it must not be spread.

Zhao Yi found that Zhang Gangchuan's expression was very strange. He just stood there and said nothing, and didn't know whether he was laughing or something.

He saw the parameters posted next to the prototype and thought he should have admired it again, saying, "The performance parameters are also very good! It is enough to support more than four and a half generations of fighter jets, more than enough! This air show, the 2 model should be on board, right?"

"ah?"

Zhang Gangchuan opened his mouth exaggeratedly, and his face shook his head awkwardly, "No..."

"No?"

Zhang Gangchuan suddenly nodded and said, "No, there is."

"ah?"

This time it was Zhao Yileng's turn.

Zhang Gangchuan took a deep breath, and the embarrassment that emerged from his body was almost turning into anger. He simply turned around and walked back, saying, "Academician Zhao, I have something to do. Leave first, you can just watch it."

"What's wrong? It's weird!"

Zhao Yi shook his head in confusion.

At this time, Liu Jiankun happened to come over and immediately greeted Zhao Yi and said, "Academician Zhao, here you are here! Look at the Type 2, it's pretty good! After this air show, I told you that you must guide and guide the Type 2 work." He pulled Zhao Yi and said in a secret voice, "You should know, right? Type 2 has not been perfect yet, and it will take a while. Now it's time to display it in advance, hoping to attract international orders."

“Not perfect yet?”

Zhao Yi was immediately surprised. He looked in the direction of Zhang Gangchuan and found that the other party was also looking over. He immediately turned his head awkwardly. He looked at Liu Jiankun again and asked in a low voice, "It's not perfect... It's okay, but isn't it not on the plane?"

If the engine is not on board and there is no on-site performance inspection, it will not be able to verify its performance. It is too difficult to attract orders.

“It’s time to get on the plane!”

Liu Jiankun affirmed, "Of course there is. Is perfection or not is one aspect, it is our business, and there must be something on the phone."

"If it is not perfect, how can I get on the plane?" Zhao Yi became even more puzzled.

“J-40!”

"J-40?" Zhao Yi opened his mouth wide in surprise. For the first time, he found that his thinking could not keep up.

It turns out that the J-40 has the meaning of this layer when it was unveiled. It didn't say anything about the situation after it appeared. Others would definitely think that it was using the displayed WZ-A2, which is the Kunlun Type 2 engine.

Then...the order is there?

"High!"

Zhao Yi gave a thumbs up fiercely, full of pure praise.

...

The next day, the air show officially began.

Zhao Yi did not attend the air show, but went to the nearby military airport with senior leaders and saw the Warhawk-1 plane inside the airport.

This is the Warhawk-1 that was tested, but some components have been modified and improved, and a high-tech layer is also painted on the surface, which may have invisible effects.

Le Donglin, the technical director of the military, came to introduce the leader and Zhao Yi and his group, explaining the arrangements for the exhibition.

The War Eagle-1, or J-40, will take off from the airport and fly for two minutes around the exhibition, then accelerate to supersonic speed, complete high-altitude dives and vertically pull up two high-tech difficult movements.

It's over after that.

After Ledonglin finished speaking, he explained, "We have gone through many tests. The performance of the Warhawk is very superior. It is a high-altitude dive and vertical pull-up, which is not a problem for it."

After introducing the mission of Warhawk-1, Ledonglin talked about the performance issues of Warhawk-1.

First of all, the performance parameters in terms of flight indicators have reached the most advanced international level and completely surpassed the F-35 of Country M. At the same time, the mass is lighter than the F-35.

At the same time, the aircraft is equipped with various advanced equipment, including the most advanced radar equipment, signal interference technology, and basic stealth devices.

In addition, they are also considering the bombing of War Eagle-1, and will conduct live-fire tests in the future.

Ledonglin also talked about future plans, such as, they are discussing the issue of takeoff and landing racks.

Now this Warhawk-1 is the benchmark. The subsequently produced fighter jets will be used as a reference, and everything must be considered thoroughly.

What Ledonglin said mainly is that it may be applied to aircraft carriers, so the take-off and landing devices need to be modified. Perhaps in five or ten years, the catapult device of the aircraft carrier needs to be adapted to.

Whether it is steam catapult or electromagnetic catapult, the take-off and landing devices of carrier-based aircraft must be reserved or modified.

The senior leaders nodded as they listened, feeling that the responsible technical team was considering it very well.

Zhao Yi said, "Don't think about takeoff and landing for the time being, right? Maybe it won't be used on aircraft carriers in the future." He said and looked at the senior leaders.

The senior leader was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded, "In this regard, you guys! You still have to listen to Academician Zhao!"

"Oh, of course!"

Le Donglin didn't understand very much, but he nodded immediately and recorded it in his notebook with a pen.

What Zhao Yi thought of was the fortress in the air.

The core technologies of the air fortress have been available, and there have been breakthroughs in nuclear power control reactions. At least in the anti-gravity environment, there is no problem in manufacturing high-power and high-abundance nuclear reactors, so there will definitely be a rapid breakthrough in technology.

Perhaps in one year or two, a high-energy nuclear reactor can be built that matches.

Once the power device problem is solved, the air fortress can be directly built, and the technical difficulties can be said to be gone.

If the time goes to five or ten years, it is a question whether to build an aircraft carrier. The built aircraft carrier may also be equipped with anti-gravity devices. At that time, the consideration will be "anti-gravity vertical take-off and landing", rather than steam catapulting and electromagnetic catapulting technology.

Therefore, there is no need to consider the take-off and landing of fighter jets for the time being.

Next, Ledonglin talked about the issue of fighter loading equipment. There are some very professional things that are directly related to actual combat.

The Warhawk-1 now has not considered directly investing in the battlefield, but it must also install the most advanced technology, because the Warhawk-1 has superior performance, and the military hopes that the Warhawk-1 will become a separate combat unit.

A separate combat unit must have comprehensive combat capabilities.

Then the invisibility and signal interference capabilities are very critical.

No matter how superior the flight performance of a fighter is, due to its weight and pilot, the speed and flexibility cannot exceed that of a missile.

The most threat to fighter jets on the battlefield is tracking air-to-air missiles and air-defense missiles. Only when they reach a certain level of stealth, they will not be easily locked by radar, but it is very, very difficult to reach this level in technology.

Fighters can engage in jamming bombs during tracking by missiles, but the effects of all types of jamming bombs are very average.

In addition, the signal interference device can play a certain signal interference role, whether it is air or ground.

After listening to Le Donglin's introduction, Zhao Yi had a new idea. What he thought of was the research problem of spatial isolation.

Space isolation can block gravitational waves, but it has no effect on electromagnetic signals.

Gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves can be said to be a kind of "rule" in the three-dimensional space of the universe. The space isolating and blocking gravitational waves.

So what about electromagnetic waves?

Is there some way to completely separate electromagnetic waves from the perspective of space?

"This is a good research direction, but it seems that we need to crack electrons first? Everything needs to be studied from the bottom..."

"However, directly studying electromagnetic interference is also a direction. The relationship between magnetic field and electric field is a direct means, but it is difficult to produce results. There are a lot of research on this aspect."
To be continued...