Chapter 82: The Takeoff of the Pomegranate Maiden!

Zhang Wen took out the medal with great excitement.

Under Director Yang's gratified gaze, he kept touching this First-Class Merit medal.

He still felt it was somewhat unreal.

After all, as the saying goes.

You stand to receive a Third-Class Merit, you lie down to receive a Second-Class Merit, and your family receives a First-Class Merit.

Rounding it up.

He had received a First-Class Merit safe and sound.

"Flattered."

Zhang Wen said somewhat shamefully.

He felt he hadn't achieved anything significant.

"No, you deserve it."

"Or rather, it doesn't have much value in itself; it's only because the person wearing it is a hero that it gains a halo."

Director Yang picked up the medal from Zhang Wen's hand and pinned it on him.

"Hmm. Truly handsome."

Director Yang looked at Zhang Wen, his eyes full of reminiscence; he seemed to see his younger self.

"Is that so? Hehe. Then I'll accept it."

Zhang Wen showed off a bit, then took the medal off and carefully placed it back into the box.

He carefully preserved the box.

"Hahaha, you brat."

"It's alright, looking at you like this, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Director Yang laughed immediately upon seeing Zhang Wen's behavior.

"This is my first First-Class Merit medal, after all. I have to preserve it well."

Zhang Wen said with a smile.

"Good, good, good."

"You're right."

Director Yang did not refute him.

At this moment, Director Shen suddenly entered.

"Director Yang, Factory Manager Zhang."

"We are just about ready. We can begin."

Director Shen said as he entered.

"Good, then let's go take a look."

Director Yang said.

Subsequently, the three of them walked out and arrived at the edge of the runway.

Looking at the J-16 fighter jet shining brilliantly under the sunlight.

The pilot stood up and climbed the ladder.

Sat inside the J-16 cockpit.

Put on the helmet and started the aircraft; the engine at the tail of the aircraft immediately spewed a stream of blue flame.

After the inspection was complete, after taxiing for a distance, amidst a violent roar, the aircraft flew into the sky.

Zhang Wen and his group all covered their ears.

But they still couldn't block out the massive sound.

(Last time the Warriors Aerobatics Team came to the country and stopped briefly in Wusu, good heavens, I thought something had exploded in the sky outside; the noise was truly too great. Compared to civil aviation, the noise of civil aviation engines can be considered gentle.)

After the aircraft was in the sky, the noise subsided a little.

Director Shen then said to Director Yang and Zhang Wen: "This engine is an imported AL-31F engine from Maoxiong Guo."

"The quality of this engine is quite good."

"It can allow the J-16 to fly at supersonic speeds."

"Stealth design was also used, right?"

Zhang Wen said while looking at the J-16.

"Yes, although as a combination of a fighter and an interceptor, we cannot make the stealth design extremely extreme."

"But isn't this your research?"

Director Shen said with a smile.

"Haha, indeed, my aircraft is also coming soon."

"I hope we can have a duel then!"

Zhang Wen laughed.

"Hahaha, your fighter jet is purely for air combat."

"The J-16 naturally cannot compare."

Director Shen laughed.

The positioning of the aircraft is completely different.

Naturally, they cannot be compared.

"We also designed a low-visibility paint scheme on the aircraft to further enhance its stealth capability."

"However, it's still the same thing; it doesn't count as a true stealth design."

"But I can guarantee that, except for those true fifth-generation aircraft from Eagle Country."

"In the category of fourth-generation aircraft, it is invincible."

Director Shen said confidently.

On this point, Zhang Wen naturally believed him.

But right now, other aspects might not be certain.

"How is the signal transmission control?"

"Can it connect with the central control center?"

"More importantly, can it connect with the Army and Navy systems?"

Zhang Wen asked.

These aspects are one of the important reasons why the J-16 is called a fourth-and-a-half-generation fighter rather than a fourth-generation fighter.

Systematization is the most important thing, and while advanced individual weapons and equipment might gain a certain advantage.

But looking at it as a whole, it is meaningless.

Only the evolution of the system constitutes a true new-era military.

"Unfortunately, no."

"Currently, it can only connect to the Air Force system."

"The interfaces for the Army and Navy are not unified."

Director Shen thought for a while and explained.

"That won't do."

When Director Shen heard Zhang Wen say this, his first reaction was a feeling of being insulted.

But then he immediately thought of Zhang Wen's intelligence.

There must be some merit to it.

And this aspect was something he, or rather the entire research institute, had not noticed.

"The J-16 is a tri-service general-purpose aircraft."

Zhang Wen said: "Of course, as a heavy aircraft, it cannot be used directly as a carrier-based aircraft, although we don't have an aircraft carrier right now."

"But it must be able to cooperate with the Army and Navy."

"I have already seen no fewer than 8 hardpoints below. And if I'm not mistaken, it can also carry loads on the wings."

"At least twelve munitions, and they are all guided missiles."

"Then it cannot be a pure air-combat aircraft. 12 hardpoints are simply too many."

This is also the reason why the J-16 is called a bomb truck; this thing has almost more munitions than a bomber.

"Air-to-ground missiles and air-to-sea missiles are definitely the mainstream carried munitions."

"Situations where the Army calls for support and the Navy calls for support will definitely not be rare."

Zhang Wen said.

"If the systems are not interconnected, then all of this is meaningless."

Zhang Wen thought that it was at least around the 2015 period in the original timeline that the three services completed the preliminary integration and interconnection of data.

The earlier this is done, the stronger it will be.

"That is indeed true."

Director Shen heard this, combined with the feedback he had encountered over the years.

What Zhang Wen said was really not wrong.

Actually, Director Shen had fallen into a cognitive trap.

Shen-Hoyi themselves hadn't handled this problem well.

They were thinking about restoring and improving the Su-27.

They couldn't even get in touch with other advanced aircraft.

How could they have thought of these things?

Zhang Wen also only had this awareness because of his experience from the original timeline.

"And. Although you are very good in other aspects."

Zhang Wen was also very appreciative of this prototype.

But there were also many problems.

"Your photoelectric fusion system is also not done well."

"On that huge tail cone of the J-16. You are still installing the rear radar there, right?"

Zhang Wen sighed.

This problem was inherited from the J-16's prototype, the Su-27.

Back then, because Sukhoi didn't have a photoelectric fusion system, and the radar was really lagging behind Eagle Country.

They had no choice but to helplessly install four radars on the Su-27 in a fanatical manner.

Because there was no photoelectric fusion system, Maoxiong Guo's radar had very weak scanning power for the rear.

Sukhoi had no choice but to helplessly add a tail cone, specifically installing a tail cone to mount a radar dedicated to the rear.

"How do you know?"

Director Shen said with some surprise.

"Because these are problems brought from the womb, they are hard to fix."

Zhang Wen said.

"However, there are ways to solve these problems."

"I'll share the technology with you later."

Zhang Wen's words were simply the king of showing off.

Director Shen was stunned on the spot when he heard this sentence. ===== CHAPTER 83 =====

Director Shen was stunned on the spot upon hearing this.