"Of course, as I just said, under the wartime system, the design of the "deep improvement" solution is not very realistic, so it can only stay in the prototype state. No matter the manufacturer or our design bureau, there is no extra energy to promote this solution now.

Comrade General, since you have asked this, maybe you will be interested in it?"

"Of course, what is the 'more radical' plan you mentioned, Comrade Simonov, what is the approximate situation?"

There was only a little expectation, but Simonov's words immediately aroused Long Yun's interest. He looked at the chief designer with bright eyes. While asking, a strange idea came up. The design plan he proposed by the enthusiastic head of the Sukhoi Design Bureau was not the "project t-50" in reality, right?

The "Project T-50" is a fourth-generation fighter plan proposed by the Sukhoi Aviation Industry Federation in the real world. The overall design of the Sukhoi Aviation Industry Federation is remarkable. It was later further improved and evolved into the Su-50. Although it lost to the MiG-44 in the bid for the main heavy fighter in the Soviet Union, it turned into a standard heavy carrier-based fighter of the Oriental Countries Group. China also introduced franchise production. The model put into production in Shenyang Aircraft Corporation was the J-30 "Shenlong". In all, the number of this family produced hundreds.

If such a model is searched for traces in a parallel world, could the Sukhoi Design Bureau have begun the research and development of this project and even reached the verification stage?

This kind of association will be created, but Long Yun is not so imaginative. The "project t-50" itself does draw on some successful experiences of the Su-27. It is obvious that this design bureau has a special liking for the design style of the central lift body and the wide-pitch engine; many comments on the Internet joke that "t-50 is a flat-shot Su-27". Of course, this is biased. Just from the large sweep triangular wing of the Su-50 and the trapezoidal wing of the Su-27, you can see the difference in aerodynamic design between the two. If you can even ignore this point, then you may be classified as the same aircraft.

In short, whether it is "slapped" or learning from successful experience, since "project t-50" is closely related to su-27. Thinking of the fact that the real world will be affected by parallel worlds, can it be said that Mikhail Simonov refers to...?

Long Yun's guess came to the answer when he "left" Irkutsk the next day, but he continued to secretly stay in the huge factory in Iapo.

In a hangar in a factory in IAPO, Long Yun denied his previous speculation at first sight.

Oh, it seems that I am still too optimistic, it is clearly su-27!

At the "Farewell" dinner the day before, he pretended to have ended his inspection of the Irkutsk Aviation Industry Consortium and would return to Moscow next. In fact, Long Yun fired a smokescreen according to the deployment of the KGB, and he had long been accustomed to this kind of virtual and real approach.

Originally, he was arranged by the Air Force to Irkutsk and was still wandering around in the workshop and test site of IPO. He was wondering why the committee was not worried about revealing Victor Rezenov's whereabouts. After all, there are still a large number of crazy Western spies looking for him everywhere, and they are still thinking of avenging the "Wang Tower" over Asia Minor. But when I think about it, Long Yun felt relieved. In the current fronts of Moscow and the Caucasus, two "Victor Rezenov Air Force Lieutenant Generals" appeared in public. Even if he appeared in IPO, the spies might not know at all. Which one is the real target to assassinate?

Of course, since the intelligence received by the committee, including the CIA and MI6, has ordered "at all costs", if you follow this idea and solve all three goals, it is a theoretically feasible strategy.

However, the problem now is that not to mention that every target is extremely difficult to assassinate, it may take many hidden people's lives. If all these are set up by Ivans, the real "white god of death" is already ready to go in the Far East or in a certain air force base in Western Europe, what if?

Thinking about the interests here, Long Yun cooperated with the committee calmly. He did leave IPO's affiliated guesthouse that night and asked Valentina Kurtonova to perform a play at the railway station. He stayed at Simonov's house for a night. The next morning, he took the designer's black Volga and returned to a large factory area of ​​the Irkutsk Aviation Industry Consortium.

Today's visit was different from the big fanfare two days ago. The sun was dark and there were only one technician in the tall hangar with many mercury lamps. Except for the three visitors, there was only one technician present.

As soon as he walked into the constant temperature hangar and glanced at the empty space, Long Yun quickly noticed the thin man standing beside him. The man was wearing a dark jacket and an impressive pair of metal-framed glasses on his face. Unlike Mikhail Simonov, who was a little far away and had no memory, he immediately recognized who the person who worked for the Sukhoi Bureau was.

Sergei Koneshev, is it right that he is this designer?

When talking about this aircraft designer, he probably appeared frequently during the arms sales of Chinese and Russian fighter jets in the early years. Long Yun and many military enthusiasts on the Internet were familiar with him. He did not expect to see him here. It was different from the calm middle-aged image in the real world. Koneshev in the parallel world seemed quite young. He nodded to Simonov who came in, exchanged a few greetings, and explained Long Yun's identity. Today, he will be responsible for introducing a certain "deep improvement" plan for the su-27 fighter jet to Lieutenant General of the Aviation Army.

"Ah, Comrade Rezenov, welcome to IAPO's test modification workshop; our layout here is a little messy, please pay attention to your feet when walking."

Compared with Simonov, who was always blushed and loud, his face turned pale. Koneshev, who was wearing thick glasses, still looked like a technician, and his words paused slightly.

With a few people around him, he approached the two "su-27s" parked in the hangar. Long Yun, who had some time in Irkutsk, had basically figured out the relationship between the characters around him, which was similar to the situation in the real world. Mikhail Simonov is currently the chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. He is now staying at IPO for a period of time because of scientific research projects and coordination of production; and the other designer he just met, Sergei Koneshev, is the chief designer of the team in the design bureau who is really responsible for the Su-27 project.

Of course, the design of a fighter jet requires the efforts of many technical personnel and professional workers, and more unknown heroes, Long Yun, were not able to see him. He just thought about the relationship here in general, while considering why the Sukhoi Bureau placed the improvement of the Su-27 fighter jet in IPO on the shore of Lake Baikal.

Speaking of which, if he remembers correctly, the relationship between knaapo in Gongqingcheng and the Design Bureau is closer, right?

As a time traveler from the real world, he has a good understanding of the Sino-Russian military purchase case at the turn of the century. Long Yun himself did not have any positive opinion of IPO before. This aviation industry consortium, which "becomes a halfway monk" responsible for the production of Su-27 fighter jets, has always produced two-seater Su-27ub, and derivative models such as su-30mk/mki, su-30kn, and a considerable number of them were sold to countries such as Vietnam, India, and Malaysia.

Regarding these arms sales, although Long Yun was a little unhappy when it knew that Russia was in a difficult situation after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the military-industrial system was particularly so.

However, compared with the real world, the situation in parallel worlds is naturally very different. The world war is still going on now. Iapo, which also cooperates with the Sukhoi Design Bureau, works with Knaapo to fully produce the Su-27 series fighter jets, including not only the single-seat Su-27m, but also the two-seat improved Su-27ubm we saw during our visit (this is a new model provided for VVS) and the two-seat Su-27pum (this is an improved model provided for PV).

While thinking about things, listening to Koneshev's introduction and his own brief observation, Long Yun, who came close to the fighter, soon became interested. He found that it was different from his first impression. The two "su-27s" in front of him were all wearing light yellow anti-rust paint. Although the outer contours were roughly the same, they were essentially different fighter jets.

According to Koneshev, is this the major facelifted Su-27 born in the 1990s?

Although it was broad daylight, there was still a dark cloud outside the hangar and the sun was dim. Under the illuminated mercury lamps in the hangar, Long Yun narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the fighter plane in front of him, and then climbed the iron ladder to look down at a light yellow prototype near him from a height of nearly ten meters.

Looking at the facelifted Su-27 at close range, the specific model has not yet been determined, and Long Yun was still very impressed. He soon discovered the difference between the new version of the prototype and the single-seat standard Su-27s.
Chapter completed!