"I do have some ideas about this, especially when the m-type solution comes from the knaapo design team."

"Uh...is that true?"

Long Yun partially agreed with Koneshev's words. He also felt that the current situation was beneficial to the Soviet Union, and it was very necessary to replace weapons at this time. As for the dispute between M-type and M2-type, he heard the designer say that "the previous plan came from Knaapo", but he had no idea about this. He just thought about the situation in the real world. Iapo and Knaapo had many rifts in order to compete for export orders, but he did not expect that this would happen in a parallel world.

With such questions, at noon that day, he entered the factory restaurant with Anatolly Simonov, and the two sat in an undisturbed single room, and he raised this question to the chief designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

Hearing Victor's words, he drank a few sips of the fragrant soup, and Simonov first explained the issue of the improved production.

"Ah, Comrade General, what Sergey said is nothing wrong with the overall coordination of fighter jet production.

For IPO, even if I have been producing two-seat type before, after a slight adjustment of the production line, it can produce single-seat type su-27s/p efficiently; then for the current m2 type, the body structure has been changed a lot, but it has not been too much of a damaging point. If I make some adjustments to IPO's production line, I feel that there is no problem in putting the su-27m2 into production.

Comrade Rezenov, if I were from the perspective of a design bureau chief, I would definitely agree with Comrade Sergei Koneshev. I have always valued this talented designer; however, if I were from the current strategic overall situation, I would not agree with this view, but would support the production of the su-27m as fast as possible, even if the performance of this fighter did not achieve an overwhelming advantage over American fighters.

Ordinary people may not be able to figure out this, but a senior officer like you will definitely understand it, right?"

"Well...probably. You mean,"

Even though he was a little confused about Simonov's words, he could see the thinking of the person in front of him with his consciousness. Long Yun nodded quickly:

"In the case of a comprehensive confrontation, the primary factor that determines the outcome of a war is still the quantity of weapons and equipment, not the quality?"

"Haha! That's not exactly true, but, Comrade General, I think what you said is basically the truth."

Sitting at the dark dining table, he was a little worried. Anatolly Simonov's mood has improved. He explained his opinion in a few words. At the same time, it also explained why the above plan to produce su-27m at full speed. In Simonov's view, the current world war is much larger than that of ordinary local wars. In this case, as long as the weapon systems of the two sides are not in a modern way, the number of weapons platforms will be determined by the number of weapons platforms, rather than the performance of a single piece of equipment.

Long Yun nodded frequently to this point and said that he knew that the Soviet war philosophy had always advocated total warfare and comprehensive warfare, which was reflected in weapons and equipment: it was not just about pursuing quantity without quality assurance, but rather, on the premise of ensuring the main combat performance of weapons, to provide a large number of uniform specifications, simple and reliable weapons as much as possible, so that they could have sufficient armed forces and finally implement the combat strategy of fighting more and focusing on the battlefield.

In this case, considering that the duration of the World War will not be too long, it is better to spend all your efforts to produce su-27m2 on the basis of existing industries.

As an ace pilot, he does not deny that the fighting performance of the m2 type is significantly better than that of the m type, but the performance of the two in over-visual range combat is almost the same; as the high-end model of the Red Empire's air force, the situation of chaos often involves MiG aircraft, focusing on long-range interception, and air-blocking Su-27 itself does not frequently participate in combat - except for super aces like Victor, the advantages of the m2 type can be said to be not necessarily fully utilized on the battlefield.

After thinking all of this, on the one hand, I felt sorry for Koneshev's efforts, but on the other hand, I also developed a strong interest in su-27m2. Long Yun continued to listen to Simonov's analysis:

“…Yes, from the perspective of cost-effectiveness, I personally support the full production of m-type.

In addition, I have another technical consideration regarding Sergei's proposal; this is actually no secret that Comrade General, information from multiple channels now shows that the American yf-22 project is progressing very quickly and may appear on the battlefield soon; in this case, to be honest, the "deeply improved" Su-27m2 will not be the opponent of the yf-22, even if it is strong, such a weapon cannot be used as a weapon for the Air Force and Air Defense Force to defeat the enemy even if it finds a way to enter large-scale mass production.

Regarding this, I also pay attention to the progress of the MiG Design Bureau's project. Compared with their 'Project 1.44', I don't know how you know about this project. The m2 model is still just an improved model based on the third generation machine. There is actually no comparison between the two."

"'Project 1.44', Well, I actually heard about it."

In front of Simonov, Long Yun did not take the initiative to mention visiting the MiG Design Bureau, and he muttered and responded.

"Ah, so, I'm afraid you will have a similar conclusion, right?

No matter how the m2 fighter is modified, it is still a third-generation aircraft. It does not have radar stealth characteristics and does not have advanced electronic systems. The outcome of fighting against the yf-22 is obviously not optimistic.

Think about the MiG Design Bureau, which is our competitor in the field of fighter jets. Now Alkin has the 'Project 1.44', and our Sukhoi Bureau has not yet come up with an excellent fourth-generation aircraft solution. In this case, I will naturally choose to increase the management of the project and appropriately tilt funds and other resources to the research and development of the fourth-generation fighter jets, rather than just using it to study how to continue to improve the Su-27. This is also an inevitable choice."

Listening to the low tone of the naughty words, I saw the cigarettes held by the elder on the backrest lit up and disappeared, as if he was hesitating about the future of his design bureau. In fact, Long Yun knew that he was still worried about how to develop a new fighter.

After accidentally glimpsing Simonov's thoughts, Long Yun understood the external performance of the chief designer in front of him. Perhaps back a few years ago, he was also a scientific research expert immersed in technology. However, once he served as the head of the design bureau and wanted to do things, he could not only consider technology. Establishing good relations with the military and government agencies is also an important work content. Now the appearance of this professional manager in front of him is not his original appearance.

"But now, let alone this sudden world war, long before the outbreak of the war, the Ministry of Aviation Industry and the military made medium- and long-term arrangements. The R&D tasks of the next generation of main fighters were delegated to MiGame, and what about the tasks of our Design Bureau?

It is actually 'doing the production of Su-27 well and providing VVS and PV with a sufficient number of new fighters as soon as possible'...

Of course, there are many contents, such as the intercepted Su-27pu provided to PV, the ship-based Su-27k required by the Navy, and also export orders and production line technical support for China, which occupies a considerable amount of manpower and energy from the Design Bureau. However, Comrade General, I think you will definitely think that relying solely on the Su-27, a successful model, plus other derivative businesses, is not a good thing for the Design Bureau and the Industrial Consortium. For this reason, we have also tried to design the next generation of light stealth fighters. This attempt itself is not very successful, and the military is not very interested.

Fighter weapons have developed to this generation that focus on stealth capabilities. The design difficulty of light aircraft has been greatly improved, and performance is difficult to achieve ideal levels. This is not something that the subjective efforts of technicians can change. So frankly speaking, as the general manager of the Design Bureau, I still have a sense of urgency now. After all, the war will not continue. If the Air Force, Air Defense Force and overseas markets no longer need so many Su-27s, what will the situation become?

Defeat the United States completely through a war and cleanse all enemies. IMHO, this is probably not realistic. The Soviets still need to maintain strong military strength. However, the MiGao has the 'Project 1.44' to provide the future Red Air Force, and our situation is not good. This is the real headache for me now."

In the single room of the restaurant, facing the table of delicious food in front of him, Long Yun was all focused on Simonov's words. After thinking about the concerns of the chief designer, he felt that it made sense.

After thinking for a while in the seat, he drank all the black tea with a cup, and he had some plans in his mind.

"Well... that's it, Comrade Simonov, since I talked about this topic today, I, an outsider who was flying a plane to fight, would like to say a few words. Please don't laugh when you hear it. Regarding the future of Sukhoi Design Bureau, since you have a very long-term vision, you can't be able to maintain a long-term stability by relying solely on a Su-27, then,"

While talking, playing with the teacup thoughtfully, Victor Rezenov's pupils showed an inexplicable expression:

"For the development of next-generation fighter jets, MiGame does have '1.44', but the Sukhoi Bureau can still have great potential in another field, and it is also an area that has occupied at present:
Chapter completed!