Chapter 120: Super Seven Plan

If it were someone else, Qin Miao hearing these remarks might not care, anyway it has nothing to do with him.

But, Tu Lao is different.

Qin Miao had read Tu Lao's "Super Seven Historical Tales", which detailed this history in it; a sentence moved him deeply: no state budget allocation, no company's own strong financial resources, no definite customer orders—these three-no aircraft, if they could be developed successfully, the probability would be terrifyingly low.

As a result, many comrades declared outright that Super Seven could not be done.

But in this extremely difficult situation, Tu Lao still relied on his strong will and managed to get this aircraft made! Who knows how many ups and downs he went through, how many right-and-wrongs, this person Tu Lao has perseverance.

The only regret is that it came out too late; now, Tu Lao's doubts are merely out of concern for the factory, the country, and this project, which is why he says this!

As long as he firms up his confidence, he will carry on without hesitation until he finally succeeds!

What we need to do is simply give Tu Lao this confidence!

"Currently in the fighter aircraft field, we are transitioning from second-generation to third-generation aircraft, from high-altitude high-speed to maneuverability; the few mature third-generation aircraft are either expensive or mixed with political factors, making them unbuyable. Therefore, on the market, a cheap fighter that can compete with third-generation aircraft will appear as a huge gap."

Everyone nodded.

"Our J-7, although a high-altitude high-speed second-generation aircraft, can still compete with third-generation ones through improvements; the specifications need not be too high, as long as it reaches eighty percent of the F-16's performance and is developed within five years, it will definitely become a hot commodity on the international market!"

Tu Lao's expression was complex.

"The current domestic situation makes relying on our Air Force's orders unrealistic; we can only look abroad, seek customers internationally, we cannot sit at home waiting for customers to come to us—we must take the initiative!"

"You mean Yue Tuo?"

Qin Miao shook his head: "No, no, we want to sell this batch of J-7s fitted with Marconi avionics to Yue Tuo; then they won't lack aircraft, and the next order might take several years— you can't shear the same sheep forever."

Tu Lao laughed: "Then who should we look for?"

"To the south, Old Pak!"

In Tu Lao's eyes, spirit suddenly shone forth, as if he had seen hope.

That's right, Old Pak!

The South Asian subcontinent once saw the powerful Mughal Dynasty; thus this also gave India a kind of spiritual fantasy, they daily expect to recover their former territory, having once marched north, they then had to move the capital from northern Delhi to southern New Delhi.

Unable to make headway to the north, they had to develop east and west; the India-Pakistan partition plan after WWII planted a powder keg here, over the years they have fought four India-Pakistan wars, and Old Pak has always been the weaker side, especially East Pak, which was even split off to become Bangladesh.

In several wars, Old Pak was abandoned by the West, only the East gave them full support; even at critical moments, the Air Force transferred whole regiments of J-6 fighter jets directly to Old Pak, helping them pull through.

The friendship forged in these wars is unbreakable; Old Pak also earned a new nickname: Pak-Iron!

Previously it was all military aid, now changed to arms sales; Old Pak should also buy fighter jets from us!

Now it was Leader Zhang's turn to frown.

"Comrade Qin Miao, you might not know, Pakistan is currently negotiating with the United States to purchase F-16 fighter jets from the US, still under US military aid; they probably now look down on our aircraft!"

In 1979, Old Russian suddenly went mad, invading Afghanistan southward; thus the massive red empire began its downhill slide. This enormous fortune also suddenly fell onto Pakistan's head.

Afghanistan's west is Lang Tuo, which the West cannot touch; to the east is Pakistan. To give Old Russian trouble, one could only go through Pakistan, so Pakistan instantly became America's honored guest, receiving economic and military aid, whatever they wanted given.

Pakistan, seeing its outdated aircraft on hand, finally reached out to the United States: "Give me advanced fighters!"

Thus the Peace Gate Plan was launched, in two batches, selling forty F-16s to Pakistan; the contract was signed in 1981, and the two sides are now negotiating. Ordinary people don't know, but Leader Zhang, the head of the Air Force, certainly has heard of it.

In the mid-1980s, this batch of F-16s arrived, Old Pak was very satisfied, and then negotiated with the US for Peace Gate-3 Project, wanting to buy another batch of F-16s; but…… Old Russian withdrew troops, Old Pak's relations with the West quickly deteriorated, the money for the third batch had all been paid—Old Pak's own money! The result: the aircraft were seized by the Americans, and the money was not recovered.

After learning from pain, Old Pak finally turned eastward, only then did the exciting episode of the J-10CE Zephyr battle unfold; facts prove that only the Eastern elder brother is reliable, all others are useless!

This really is a lamentable piece of history!

Qin Miao smiled: "The amount of military aid is also certain! F-16s are so expensive that Pakistan can't buy many; they definitely still need a low-end fighter to match it, and our J-7 upgrade can be put to use; moreover, with Pakistan's connection, engines, avionics, and radar can be sourced from the US as supporting equipment!"

In the meeting room, silence fell instantly, you could hear a pin drop; after a moment, Manager Liu of China Aviation Technology spoke first: "Comrade Qin Miao, you are simply a genius at international arms dealing! Come to our China Aviation Technology, I'll give you this manager position!"

Tu Lao's head was buzzing; with this much information, he could barely take it in.

We propose the project, then cooperate with Old Pak; the matching parts will also be coordinated by Old Pak from the US, this way all our difficulties will be resolved! This project really can be done!

A few minutes later, Tu Lao figured out all the joints, widened his eyes at Qin Miao: "Comrade Qin Miao, on behalf of Factory 132, thank you for planning this international cooperation road for us! We will surely follow the route you said; this project…… this project needs a resounding name, right?"

"Surpass the J-7, call it Super Seven, how about that?"

"Good, it's Super Seven then!" Tu Lao excitedly looked at the Air Force leaders present: "Leaders, Factory 132 requests that after resolving the contract dispute with Marconi Company, we promptly launch the Super Seven project!"

"As long as it doesn't affect our Air Force's J-7III fighter jets, Factory 132 can fully self-fund and launch the project!" Leader Zhang readily agreed, while Qin Miao's face instantly showed a blank expression.

What?

J-7III?

Factory 132 really has a tough life! Being screwed by the Air Force, not just once!