J-11 Beyond Visual Range Air Combat

  Qī Yī Míng launched a scathing criticism of the Tǐ Gǎi Wěi at an economic meeting, pointing out all the things he disagreed with from start to finish. The officials and cadres of the Tǐ Gǎi Wěi were furious, but Píng Lǎo and Zhào Zǒnglǐ among others expressed support for Qī Yī Míng and ordered the Tǐ Gǎi Wěi to strictly follow Comrade Qī Yī Míng's instructions for rectification.

  As a result, for three consecutive days, Qi Yiming made various eloquent and absurd remarks on economic issues, causing the recording clerk of the Reform Commission to record more than 100,000 words of "Comrade Qi Yiming's Important Instructions on Economic Development and System Reform".

  Premier Zhao flipped through the thick handwritten copy of "Qizhi" and couldn't help but laugh. He instructed a minister from the Reform Committee: "The important instructions made by Comrade Qi Yiming are the key content of your next phase of work. You must conduct collective study and research, strive to thoroughly understand every point that Comrade Qi Yiming has made, and apply them to our reform and construction endeavors."

  The director nodded repeatedly, his mind filled with sweat. Qi Yiming's instructions were all over the place, covering both major policy directions and specific points such as developing home appliance industry, light textile industry and other important daily necessities manufacturing industries, expanding agricultural production scale, increasing farmers' income and so on.

  And in the past few days' meeting, Ping Lao and others attended on the first day. In the following days, it was basically Qi Yiming sitting on the podium, scolding and lecturing like a big leader. The only one who got things done, Premier Zhao, sat aside, listening to his speech with a smile, just like Maitreya Buddha.

  The director finally couldn't bear it anymore and held up the book "Qizhi" to ask Premier Zhao: "Premier, where is Comrade Qi Yiming from?"

  Premier Zhao chuckled and said, "He is the person in charge of major projects for the 9527 project. It has already been decided that at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Ninth Central Committee in September, he will be elected as an alternate member of the Central Advisory Commission."

  The director's face was as colorful as a twelve-color dye house when he heard this.

  Zhi Yimeng is at best just a keyboard*, good at talking on paper, but lacking in human touch and experience when it comes to real things. He himself understands that if he wants to talk about ideas, having read many books, seen many worlds, traveled abroad, and been to the countryside, he indeed has stronger problem-solving skills than ordinary people. However, many of his ideas may be overly idealistic or even inappropriate. Ideas may be good, but implementation is another matter. Therefore, Zhi Yimeng positions himself as a consultant, offering insights on some issues for reference purposes only.

  However, this time in the capital, he still received a lot of recognition from the big shots. His thinking is clear and his thoughts are quick, especially on economic issues, he has made great achievements. In addition, as the actual controller of the Darinoer base, the high-level officials decided to pull out all the stops to win over this young man, so they directly wanted to promote him to a role like the alternate member of the Central Advisory Committee. Although it's absurd, Qi Yiming indeed has some value.

  Zhiyi rushed back to the Dalinor base and didn't stay in Beijing for long, another important reason was that Air Force Deputy Commander Wang Hai had to rush to Dalinor to inspect the new fighter jets about to be delivered to the air force. In a few months after this year, this man who was once a first-class combat hero would take over as the commander of the air force, and now he also wanted to get an early start on taking stock of his own household.

  This combat hero was also one of the people Qiyi Ming admired, during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The Wang Hai Brigade he led shot down 29 American planes, and he personally shot down 4 planes and damaged 5. In the South Square of the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, the meritorious plane MiG-15 flown by Wang Hai is on display, with nine bright red stars painted on it.

  For different units, their understanding of the 9527 project is not the same. The Chinese Academy of Sciences may think that the project is a major data intelligence station, while the military thinks it is a secret military equipment production center, and only those few big shots yesterday grasped the overall situation of the 9527 project.

  Zhiyi Ming accompanied Wang Hai to the airport of the base's empty department, introducing him along the way: "The current main production task under our 9527 project is arranged on fighter jets and fighter-bombers. The fighter-bomber is actually an improved version of Xi Fei's JH-7 project. We have also transferred technology to Xi Fei, and the main engineers have been dispatched. According to reports, Xi Fei has made a military order with the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, claiming that they will definitely figure out the JH-7 by the end of the year."

  Wang Hai nodded, with his characteristic Shandong Hanzi straightforward smile, and said: "I've heard that your 9527 project is making tanks for the army, which is great. I suppose you won't be bad at making fighter jets either. However, our air force's acceptance standards are very high, absolutely not as easily satisfied as the army. You also know that we're facing huge pressure from the Soviet Air Force, and when their Far East Military District bombers take off, we'll be in a lot of trouble. So I hope you can do your best on high-altitude high-speed intercept capabilities."

  The Air Force Rabbit of the Heavenly Dynasty, what's going on? Qi Yiming was crystal clear, but he smiled slightly and said: "Commander Wang, have you seen the materials I sent to the Military Commission yesterday regarding 'beyond visual range air combat'?"

  "It seems that the Americans have been working on this all along, and the non-death bird empty missile is just that. You say that if we can come up with a product that's not inferior to the non-death bird, then our national air defense will face much less pressure from Soviet bombers. However, since I haven't seen it in person, my heart still isn't at ease. After all, this thing is very new, so new that even the Americans have only proposed a conceptual idea, and the actual combat effectiveness is still a big question mark."

  Zi Yi Ming nodded in agreement and continued: "Then let's ask Commander Wang to join us today to take a look at how this beyond-visual-range air combat should be fought."

  There is a fighter jet parked on the airport runway, and those familiar with the J-10 can tell that it's a J-10 Vigorous Dragon. However, if you take a closer look, you'll notice many differences. Firstly, this J-10 is about one meter longer than the standard model, which also increases the wing span of the triangular wings. Like the J-10B, it uses DSI-style air intakes, but there are two pylons on the wingtips. If you flip the aircraft over, you'll be shocked to find that it has 17 pylons (5 under the fuselage and 12 under the wings, similar to the EF2000 layout). The engine used is the WS-10A, with a maximum thrust of 132 kN. Due to optimization in the Red Alert game, its lifespan has increased to 10,000 hours, maintenance time has reached 2,000 hours, and the thrust-to-weight ratio has reached around 8, which is comparable to General Electric's F110-129.

  This fighter was named Super Dragon by Qiyi, which means a major modified version of the Dragon Fighter, similar to the transformation from the F-18 Hornet to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Such a major modification also directly transformed an immature and relatively primitive design into a reliable and mature fourth-generation fighter (new standard).

  The original J-10 was tasked with the important air-to-air superiority mission, emphasizing high-altitude and high-speed performance. In close-range dogfighting, it had a good roll rate, pitch rate, and yaw rate against heavy fighters. However, this super dragon now not only retains the J-10's excellent close-range dogfighting capabilities but also greatly enhances its multi-role capabilities.

  Its maximum payload reaches 7.4 tons, it can carry three auxiliary fuel tanks, plus four 600 kg-range 200 km anti-ship missiles, the four semi-buried hardpoints on the air intake sides can carry active mid-range missiles or 250 kg guided bombs, and the wingtips can also carry two close-range combat missiles. If a one-pull-three composite pylon is used, four mid-range interceptors can be hung on both sides of the two auxiliary fuel tanks.

  In this regard, the Super Dragon's ground attack capability is almost brutal.

  Maximum speed Mach 2, combat radius 1,100 km, which is still the combat radius after leaving at least 20 minutes of combat time. Maximum ceiling 18,000 meters, maximum overload -3G / +9G.

  Today's protagonist is this J-10 Super Dragon.

  The fighter will be flown by pilots recruited from the Air Force's flight demonstration team and will showcase its superior flying and combat capabilities to visiting air force leaders.

  The pilot was a seasoned veteran, and he had a lot of guts. During takeoff, he even showed off his climbing skills a bit, and the plane's nose lifted up at almost a 90-degree angle just after leaving the ground, causing the eyes of Wang Hai and other visiting air force generals to nearly pop out.

  They have seen many seventh and eighth generation fighters, but they have never seen a fighter that can perform such actions. Imagine this kind of climb in an air battle, it will be quite frightening for the enemy.

  During the test flight, this Super Dragon first demonstrated its rolling and spinning agility. Wang Hai nodded frequently after watching it, saying: "If J-7 were to do such a move, I estimate it would immediately enter a stall spin."

  Next, enter the subject of shooting targets, which is also the main capability that Qiyi wants to show Wang Hai and others - beyond visual range air combat. The J-10, which has already flown 100 kilometers away, locked onto a target drone launched from the base with radar and fired a PL-12 advanced medium-range missile. This PL-12 was naturally not the original PL-12, but replaced with a rocket engine with greater thrust and less fuel consumption, aerodynamic shape after major repairs, using more sophisticated electronic components, making this missile has reached the volume of AIM-120-C.

  The missile hit the target drone with high precision at a speed of Mach 5, almost in the blink of an eye. In order to let Wang Hai and others see clearly, the target drone had been hovering around the base where it could be seen, while everyone couldn't even see the J-10 that fired the missile.

  An air force staff officer muttered: "It's really beyond visual range, and even the enemy can't see it. If we're discovered by the enemy, we'll be shot down. Does that mean this plane can shoot down as many J-6s and J-7s as it has missiles?"

  Wang Hai was also excited in his heart. As long as the land-based radar could detect the enemy's large bomber fleet, the PLA Air Force could accurately take out those bombers that posed a greater threat at a distance where the enemy could not attack. The escort fighters had also lost their basic meaning of existence. The combination of J-10 and PL-12 was equivalent to the Damocles' sword hanging over China for a long time, and the Soviet bomber fleet was no longer a threat.