However, compared with the achievements in aviation, the Qianlong Plan's achievements are not enough. Thanks to the electronic level and processing technology, the comprehensive improvement of materials, comprehensive breakthroughs in aviation engines and avionics systems, various achievements emerge like mushrooms after a rain.

At the enlarged meeting held by the Military Commission, Qin Tairan, the newly-elected leader of AVIC, became the focus of the entire meeting.

Because most of the meeting was a report meeting on AVIC's achievements.

"In 2020, we achieved remarkable results in aviation engines. The WS-13D, which powered the JF-11 and J-10P, the WS-18A developed for drones, and the key improved model WS-10D were successfully completed and fully entered mass production.

In terms of fire control radar, the two new phased array radars, the Air Force Thor-10A and Thor-20A, have been finalized, and the hunter radar used for foreign trade war aircraft have been put into mass production.

The research and development of new fighter jets is progressing smoothly. The two fighters, J-10D/J-11D, have made 3 prototypes, tested more than 70 times, completed the finalization, and started to enter small-scale production. 30 evaluation and verification aircraft will be manufactured in 2021. Full production will be put into full production starting from 2022. According to the current production line, the annual production capacity of J-10D will reach 120 aircraft per year, and the annual production capacity of J-11D will reach 90 aircraft per year.

If the expansion of new production lines and the transformation and upgrading of old production lines are now put into operation, the production capacity of J-10D can reach 180 aircraft per year in two years, and the production capacity of J-11D will reach 150 aircraft per year."

After Qin Tairan roughly described the overall progress of the aviation industry, he began to turn to the performance introduction of key products.

"Next, let's briefly introduce the performance parameters of key models to all leaders. Our main WS-10D engine comprehensively refers to the design of advanced engines such as the US F119 and F135. With the help of simulation design and testing systems, the comprehensive performance of the final version is better than that of the F119 and F135. In terms of main performance indicators, the thrust-to-weight ratio reaches 12, the intermediate thrust is 145 thousand N, and the afterburner thrust is 190 thousand N. From the data, it is close to the US F135 engine that was more than ten years ago.

However, due to the adoption of some new manufacturing processes and special materials, plus the new intelligent fuel control program, the WS-10D has variable fuel supply characteristics according to different flight speeds, that is, it is automatically adjusted in the case of high subsonic flight, supersonic cruise and maximum afterburner flight. Therefore, the fuel efficiency has been greatly improved. The fuel consumption rate and afterburner consumption in the middle of supersonic cruise are better than F119 than 20%, and the fuel consumption rate when choosing subsonic flight is significantly reduced. In summary, the range is significantly increased by more than 30% compared to the old engine.

Therefore, if subsonic flight is used in non-combat cruise states and supersonic maneuver is used in combat conditions, the combat radius of the full-load weapons of the two main fighters, J-10D/J-11D, will exceed 1,800 kilometers. With two sub-fuel tanks, the economic combat radius of J-11D can even reach 2,500 kilometers. This combat radius can completely cover Japan. At the same time, Lhasa and Islamabad are used as bases, it can also cover the entire South Asian continent."

After hearing Qin Tairan's words, the generals of the Air Force were so excited that they could not sit still. In terms of range alone, the new main fighter jets and the outstanding third-generation and a half-generation fighter jets in the world today have stood on the highest peak. This breakthrough is shocking, especially the J-11D. In special circumstances, they can almost be used as bombers, because the combat radius of medium-range bombers like the TU-22 is only about 2,500 kilometers.

Not to mention the increase in range, according to Qin Tairan, WS-10D can also enable J-10D/J-11D to achieve supersonic cruise. The high maneuverability of the fourth-generation fighter is definitely unique among the third-generation and third-generation and a half-generation fighter jets.

"From the perspective of ammunition load, the ammunition load of J-10D and J-11D has also been improved compared to the old models. The ammunition load of J-10D increased from 7,000 kg of J-10B/C to 7,500 kg, and J-11D can reach 11,500 kg. In other words, under the condition of expanding the combat radius, we did not sacrifice the combat capability of the fighter jets." Qin Tairan continued.

"In terms of fire control radar, the maximum effect distance of the Thor-10A on the third-generation fighter with RCS of 3 is 200 kilometers, while the maximum effect distance of the Thor-20A reaches 280 kilometers. At the same time, both of these new phased array radars have three-dimensional integrated combat capabilities against air, ground and sea.

In terms of stealth, the new stealth aerodynamic design layout makes the RCS of J-10D less than 0.5 and the RCS of J-11D less than 1.5."

After listening to Qin Tairan's introduction, the air force generals present could no longer help but start to applaud enthusiastically. These performance parameters are enough to show that the J-10D and J-11D are completely the peak level of the third-generation and a half-generation fighter jets, and can be called the terminators of the third-generation and a half-generation fighter jets.

With these two new fighters, the Air Force finally has the most powerful third- and a half-generation combat power in the world. Even if it fights alone, it can still gain the upper hand in the face of mainstream third- and a half-generation fighters around the world. Although these two fighters are still powerless against the US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters, for the surrounding neighbors, there are several expensive fighters that can afford the US military. Moreover, we also have land-based anti-stealth radars. When performing national air defense, we can fully compete with the air early warning aircraft and ground land-based anti-stealth radars. Even a single aircraft has a comprehensive countermeasure against the US military, and no longer rely on group fighting tactics to offset the US military's numerical advantage in stealth fighters.

This is undoubtedly a historic progress.

However, compared with Qin Tairan's shocking public achievements in the report of the Military Commission, there are actually some top-secret projects that have not been disclosed, such as the J-20B project and the drone project.

The J-20B has entered the prototype manufacturing stage, while the large unmanned attack aircraft has entered the prototype verification stage. Cheng Fei and DSM cooperated. Thanks to the experience of J-7 drone transformation, the two sides have reduced the design and manufactured the first unmanned attack prototype based on the J-20 by about one-third. This unmanned attack aircraft, code-named X-1, uses WS-10D as power and can have 6 missiles built-in, and has achieved fully autonomous test flights. Next, the autonomous driving and combat systems will be improved and finalized.

Due to unmanned driving and the use of more special lightweight and solid materials, the X-1's maneuverability has reached an unprecedented level, achieving a maximum flight speed of Mach 3, making air-to-air missiles like the AIM-9 Stonesnake missile completely useless.

Of course, due to the complexity of air combat, the automatic combat system still has major problems. It is very difficult for the super small aircraft based on the G3 chip to deal with such super-high difficulty operations. Therefore, the X-1 unmanned attack aircraft is temporarily a little slow in air combat, but it seems to be easy to attack ground and sea.

The strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft "Shadow" and the unmanned ultra-long-range bomber "Terminator" have also further developed new models. The newly established WS-18A is full of power, which makes the new batch of shadow and Terminator drones have greater flight speed and load capacity.

In terms of medium-sized unmanned attack aircraft, the "Xunlong" drone, which can carry 4 Red Arrow-9C anti-tank missiles, was launched on the basis of the Wingshock. In carrying out particularly dangerous front-line support missions and secret designated cleaning missions, the "Xunlong" will find its own position.

These secret achievements have become new trump cards in the hands of the Air Force and the General Staff, and even senior generals will not be fully disclosed. Especially the Terminator Force, which is now directly under the General Staff’s management and command, only a few senior figures know about it. The test flight of the X-1 drone is chosen at a base in the depths of the desert, and it usually only takes relevant flight tests at night, and is now in a highly confidential state.

But just chose the public two dragons, the J-10D nicknamed "Raptors" and the J-11D nicknamed "Crazy Dragon", plus the "Flying Dragon" J-18 that was previously in service, the PLA added three new important models in more than a year. This speed caused a great shock at home and abroad. The Raptors and Crazy Dragon are called the new two dragons of the PLA by domestic military fans.

In response, the US military responded strongly. They are not only preparing to significantly increase funds in the new year's budget, but also to continue to research and continue to produce more F-22 and F-35s, but also began to publicly announce that they would transform the X-47B and X-37B projects that have been studied for many years into combat power, officially opening the era of unmanned attack fighter jets and the era of aerospace fighter jets.

The unmanned heavy fighter officially numbered F/U-47, nicknamed "Demon", the US military's goal in fiscal year 2021 is to equip a squadron; and the aerospace fighter officially numbered F/S-37 gives the US military one-hour global strike capability for the first time, allowing war weapons to enter the space age for the first time. Although due to size limitations, it cannot carry large missiles, it can attack low-orbit satellites and carry tactical nuclear weapons, making it more dangerous than intercontinental missiles. In fiscal year 2021, the US military will be equipped with 6 such super aerospace fighters.

Faced with the rapid development of China's military power, the US military, who was deeply threatened, began to take out the bottom line of things accumulated over the years. The new generation of improved F119 engines F119-PW-200 and F135-PW-120 have increased fuel efficiency by nearly 20% with a slight increase in thrust, which has increased the combat radius of the new generation F-22 and F-35 a lot.

But the most important thing is that Pratt & Whitney has launched the fifth-generation PW9000 aircraft engine, which has been developed carefully. Compared with F119 and F135, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the PW9000 engine has been greatly increased to 15, and the fuel efficiency has been further improved, which can increase the maximum range of the fighter by more than 40%. Like the WS-10D, it has the ability to use subsonic cruise flight and supersonic cruise flight of 3 to 6 Mach.

Therefore, with the launch of this aircraft engine, the fifth-generation super fighter of the US military is about to emerge, and the military competition between China and the United States has begun to enter a fierce close-fitting stage.
Chapter completed!