Chapter 100: Richard's Revenge

When the newspaper about Smith was published,

Zhang Wen was lying in the workshop, having just woken up.

This period of time had kept him extremely busy.

He had been busy upgrading the entire information system for the air force.

He had to upgrade it.

After all, the weapons and equipment in Dongda's military were truly too chaotic.

There were various Soviet-style weapons from before, aircraft from the sweet period of cooperation with Eagle Country, and aircraft that were purely domestically produced.

None of them were easy to handle.

Various data interfaces, various data cables.

Especially since the age span was truly too long.

Some aircraft that were about to be retired even used analog signal transmission.

Can you believe this? This stuff was widely applied during the golden age of the Cold War.

Compared to this, the situation where the 1553B data bus and other interfaces were incompatible was already considered quite good.

During this period, Zhang Wen had rounded up all the electronics graduates from Dongda's two most prestigious universities.

Plus people from fourteen research institutes in the capital to work on it together.

Only then was this task completed.

The system mainframe could finally be considered finished.

At least the aircraft from the last ten years would definitely be able to use it.

As for the older aircraft,

it could only be done step by step.

Zhang Wen scratched his hair,

sighing constantly at his thinning hair.

Currently, the work on the J-16 was completed.

Only now could the combination of the J-16 and J-20 be considered finally formed.

Now, the only thing still being commissioned on a large scale was the J-10.

And the foreign trade version of the J-10.

Once these two were modified,

as for the remaining J-7 and J-8,

Zhang Wen felt his scalp tingle just thinking about it.

One reason was that the quantity was truly too large.

The other was that they were too old.

They weren't easy to modify.

Unless the design was redone.

But if Zhang Wen had that kind of effort, he might as well upgrade the J-10.

At least the J-10 wasn't outdated yet.

It was still the strongest third-generation-and-a-half, no, now it was a third-generation aircraft.

It would only be a third-generation-and-a-half fighter after the upgrade.

Zhang Wen picked up his strong tea and took a sip.

Only then did he realize there were still two big guys that hadn't been worked on.

These two things were the top priority.

They were things that simply wouldn't work without them.

They were the early warning aircraft and the electronic warfare aircraft.

These types of aircraft could be considered special mission aircraft.

Compared to ordinary aircraft, they had no conventional combat capability at all.

But once a large-scale battle occurred, they were the key of keys.

One was the hub of regional command.

Data convergence, data interoperability, regional surveillance, and fire guidance for all fighter jets

all had to rely on it to be realized.

After all, the space on ordinary aircraft was limited; they were loaded with combat ammunition, fuel, and missiles.

To ensure maneuverability, with so many things loaded, where would the space and weight come from to carry these things?

It could only be left to the early warning aircraft.

The other was the function of jamming the opponent's radar, communications, etc.

In short, it was like giving the opponent a black screen and crowd control during a team fight.

These two models were irreplaceable things.

The early warning aircraft had a problem.

That was, it had to be big; not only big,

but also able to carry!

Eagle Country's E-3, E-7, and E-2

were even made using civil aviation technology from the Boeing 707 and Boeing 737.

There was no way around it; if you wanted better radar than current aircraft, under the same technical conditions,

you could only make it big, bigger than an aircraft.

Otherwise, radar suppression would be out of the question, and radar sensitivity would be out of the question.

There were also various other pieces of equipment, adding up to a full tens of tons in weight.

It was equivalent to the full-load state of a Boeing 737.

Fortunately, Zhang Wen had already let the Y-20 make its first flight before.

Otherwise, he would have had to use the old-fashioned Il-76 for modification.

The requirements for the electronic warfare fighter were smaller than those for the early warning aircraft.

After all, it had to come along with conventional models.

So it could be made relatively smaller.

But this weight would also make conventional fighters discard all ammunition weight and space.

And it must have good maneuverability.

The electronic warfare pod couldn't be missing, and it had to use the best materials and the best technology.

More importantly, this electronic warfare pod might not be changed for years, or it might need to be changed in a few days.

As long as new technology came out, the electronic warfare pod had to be upgraded.

Zhang Wen recalled the J-16D electronic warfare version, which was much more expensive than a J-20.

The model was also easy to choose.

Just choose the J-16.

It just happened to have been upgraded before.

After the entire system was upgraded, it could be better adapted.

Zhang Wen thought to himself.

He took out the system he hadn't seen for a long time.

He looked at his balance.

The remaining prestige points were a full fifty thousand plus.

These were all saved up by Zhang Wen through hard work.

If it weren't for the press conference a few days ago, where the J-20 gave Zhang Wen a huge wave of prestige,

he estimated there would only be a little over one thousand now.

Zhang Wen opened the mall.

He directly selected the electromagnetic spectrum control and confrontation technology.

This was the most important technology for early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft.

Zhang Wen chose to redeem it.

A sound of heartache came.

It hurt.

This stuff was too expensive.

But he couldn't not buy it.

At this point in time, electromagnetic spectrum control and confrontation technology were not that mature at all.

Zhang Wen immediately applied to Director Shen for a dedicated J-16 aircraft.

Qingtianchang also produced a Y-20.

Not long after, the J-16 arrived.

Zhang Wen led the workers at Qingtianchang to dismantle the J-16 into pieces.

Beside them was the skeleton of a Y-20.

Zhang Wen exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Let's get to work!

And on the other side,

Eagle Country's President Richard looked at the CIA report.

The more he looked, the angrier he got, and he directly threw the report at CIA Director Sean's face.

"Is this the report you gave me?"

"Is this the conclusion you reached after spending billions of Eagle dollars?"

"I really want to dismiss all of you!"

"Why didn't former President Mario, President Roosevelt, and President Bush have such useless CIA as you!"

Sean bent his waist and apologized repeatedly.

"Sorry, Mr. President."

"This is the conclusion we reached after our best efforts."

Richard was almost laughed at by anger.

"Fine, fine, fine, take a good look for me!"

"What is the conclusion on your report?"

Sean still remembered the content of the report.

This was a comprehensive report on Dongda's military strength and R&D capabilities.

It detailed how weak and vulnerable Dongda was.

Sean's cold sweat was about to come down at this moment.

You know, this was a conclusion reached after verification from multiple aspects, the CIA, and the president's military advisors.

It was perfect.

Why was the president so angry today?

Sean didn't know.

After venting his anger,

Richard sat down.

"Three minutes ago,"

"the place where you were standing was a bunch of media reporters."

"Do you know what they were asking?"

Richard slammed the table!

"They were actually asking me whether I covered up for Smith!"

"I am very embarrassed!"

Richard's anger, which had just been extinguished, was reignited.

"I'll give you one more month."

"You give me a good report."

Sean picked up the report and retreated immediately.

Richard paced for a while.

Suddenly he thought,

"Connect me to Secretary of State Hans."

"Let him visit Bharat."

Richard thought of a brilliant plan. ===== CHAPTER 101 =====

Richard thought of a clever plan.