Babylonian Empire

"Come in!"

Adnan pushed open the door, and in addition to seeing the commander sitting in front of the desk, there was also a young man by the window, who was fascinated by the fighter jets taking off outside the window.

Who is this guy?

Adnan was very curious.

It wasn't until after the two MiG-23s took off that he looked at the plane disappearing into the clouds, and the young man in ecstasy turned around.

The face is very handsome, but the eyes are already so sharp. Adnan immediately recognized him at the first glance. This is the most powerful figure in the Southern Military Region: Qusay-Abdullah.

"Your Excellency Qusay, Captain Adnan is reporting to you." Adnan immediately saluted.

"Your Excellency Qusay, this is the pilot of the Phantom F1 you are looking for, Captain Adnan, who has flown several aircraft types and traveled to several countries with delegations," said the commander of the base.

Seeing Qusay, Adnan put his mind at ease. It seems that he must not be pursuing the matter of wasting missiles. However, it is not a waste. It is just that the air force is too strict.

"Adnan, I heard that your flying skills are very good." Zhang Feng said: "Phantom F1 fighter jet, how is it flying?"

Hearing Qusay's question, Adnan was full of pride, and immediately replied loudly: "Report to Your Excellency Qusay, I think the Mirage F1 is the best aircraft we have equipped, with sensitive maneuverability, advanced fire control equipment, and missiles. The performance is very high, but the range is slightly shorter, and for the Persian Tomcat, our Phantom, it is completely capable of fighting the opponent head-on."

"So, you are very satisfied with Mirage f1?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Yes, Chief Qusay." Adnan hesitated in his heart. So, wouldn't he be transferred to fly an old-fashioned fighter jet?Fortunately, the MiG-23, if you drive a Su-20, you will lose your talent.

"Do you want to drive a fighter that is more advanced than Mirage F1?" Zhang Feng asked.

More advanced than Mirage f1?Adnan was startled, what kind of plane was that?Haven't heard of the French, the Soviet Union's new fighter jets?

"Yes!" Adnan replied loudly.

"Okay, I will send a team, you go with them to the Northrop Corporation in the United States, they will export to us F-20 fighter jets, you go there first, test the performance of this fighter jet, and master their driving and maintenance at the same time .” Zhang Feng said.

Negotiations with Northrop have almost progressed, and the production line will be introduced anyway, and Northrop will not keep too much technical secrecy from Iraq.

Therefore, Zhang Feng made a request to send a team to the United States first to master the performance of this fighter, as well as maintenance and maintenance work, so that the first batch of ten fighters can quickly form combat effectiveness after entering the Air Force. It is a kind of test of this fighter, because although this fighter is improved, after all, it has not yet started test flight, and the first prototype has just come out, whether it can meet the design requirements is still unknown:.

Iraq cannot always be deceived like Ah San in later generations, so at Zhang Feng's insistence, Northrop finally agreed to his request.

The technician Zhang Feng was quickly selected, but the pilot Zhang Feng was always looking for it.

Originally, "Sky Falcon" Reyer was the best choice. For Iraq's number one ace like Reyer, Zhang Feng had long wanted to pull him to his side. However, Reyer had a shortcoming: he only Flying Soviet fighter jets, but not western fighter jets, so, as long as Reyel flies the F-20, he will definitely say that it feels much better to fly than the MiG, and there is no comparison.

Similarly, Arslan was also excluded. Zhang Feng finally selected Captain Adnan, who was the first to modify the Mirage F1, and let him go, which was more appropriate.

Hearing that he was going to go abroad to fly a new plane, Adnan was very happy, and immediately replied loudly: "Report to Chief Qusay, and promise to complete the task!"

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1Chapter 17 Study Abroad

1Chapter 17 Study Abroad——

At the airport, Zhang Feng stood there for a long time as he watched the passenger plane full of the personnel he selected to go to Northrop for study and study take off. Such a change, as long as the production line can be introduced, is considered a huge achievement. "Search to watch the fastest" However, Zhang Feng knew that this was just the beginning.

Ten years later, that high-tech war was still fresh in Zhang Feng's memory. Before that, almost everyone thought that although China's military construction was far behind that of developed countries, it could completely rely on its quantitative advantage to compensate.

That high-tech war completely subverted the concept of the Chinese people, and they finally realized that the gap between them is really too big!

The difference in quality cannot be made up by quantity. In the sky, although the MiG-29 equipped by Iraq is a third-generation aircraft, it is not inferior to the F-16 in terms of air combat performance. Under the surveillance of the opponent's early warning aircraft, they will encounter multiple F-15s and F-16s intercepted by the opponent. The pilot has already been shot down by the opponent's medium-range bombs before he started preparing.

Although the sky failed, Saddam thought that after eight years of fighting in the Iran-Iraq War, his army would definitely be able to take on the important task of defending the motherland.

The Continental Army, this is also the concept of the Chinese people. With so many tanks, it can completely form a torrent of steel, making the invading US troops taste the bitterness of failure.

The ground war has only been fought for a few dozen days, and the US military has already achieved brilliant results. The army that Saddam placed high hopes on suffered heavy losses.

Without air supremacy, one can only fall behind and be beaten. Conventional warfare under high-tech conditions is definitely not the way of fighting the Iran-Iraq War. They buried tanks in the sand as usual. Who knows, the attack aircraft in the sky of the US military, like It was as if he had a perspective eye, blowing up the tank in the sand.

In this war, the world's first stealth attack aircraft, the f-117, was put into use, leading the trend of high technology.

Zhang Feng knows that Iran in front of him is only a short-term goal. If Iraq wants to rise in the Middle East, it must face the challenge of a world-class military power. A strong military force is indispensable, but the current Iraq lacks too many things up!

With the introduction of the F-20, Iraq temporarily has a light modern fighter, but it should also have a heavy air superiority fighter, but there are very few choices now. "novel"

It is simply impossible for the United States to export f-15 or f-18 to Iraq, and the United States cannot consider it.

The Red Empire in the north has a relatively close relationship with Iraq, but it only exports the shrunken version of the MiG-25 to Iraq. Although this fighter can fly three times the speed of sound and has a powerful radar, but, The actual combat effectiveness is not strong. If its electronic equipment is improved and the MiG-25 is armed with western avionics, it can be a powerful interceptor.

As for the MiG-29, although it has undergone repeated test flights at this time, its technology has matured, and it is equipped with the Soviet Air Force. However, the problem of the short legs of the MiG-29 is very obvious. The quantity is not high, and the avionics equipment is still backward.

Another heavy-duty air superiority fighter, the Su-27, was put into production in 79, but it was only in 85 that it began to be equipped with troops in batches. Possibly exported to Iraq.

Then, looking at the world, there is only one other country that can provide Iraq with heavy air superiority fighters: France!

Mirage 4000, Dassault Breguet's pursuit of the dream of a heavy-duty air superiority fighter, is also full of the blood of Dassault's founder Marcel Dassault:.In order to realize this dream, Dassault proposed that the French government provide funding for the development of Mirage 2000; Dassault-Breguet is responsible for the development of all Mirage 4000.

In 79, the first prototype of the Mirage 4000 had already been manufactured and made its first flight, showing that it was not inferior to the maneuverability of the F-15.

幻影4000和幻影2000可以说是一对双胞胎，使用相同的发动机和武器系统，只是全长增加了20、翼展增加33、翼面积增加80、最大起飞重量更从17.5吨增加到32吨，是一款标准的重型制空战斗机。

However, the Phantom 4000 is not a simple enlargement of the Phantom 2000. In addition to becoming a twin engine and a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 1, the Phantom 4000 also adds a pair of fixed front wings on both sides of the air intake instead of the small slats of the Phantom 2000. Wings, they can effectively improve airflow at high angles of attack and allow the aircraft to gain greater maneuverability until the Mirage 2000-5 adopted the same fixed canards.Later fighters used more advanced variable maneuverable canards.In addition, another important application is the telex operating system, which relaxes the static stability.

However, due to various reasons, such an excellent fighter jet did not get an order in the end, and the same fate as the f-20 disappeared in the long scroll of French aviation history.It represented the end of the Gauls' dream of independently developing a heavy air superiority fighter.

Zhang Feng is not the savior. In Iraq's future sky, there must be a heavy fighter. In addition to improving the MiG-25, the Mirage 4000 is the best choice. Although it is too expensive, Iraq needs others.Although Zhang Feng was more interested in the Soviet Union's Su-27, it was simply impossible for the proud Soviets to export such a heavy fighter before the Soviet Union disintegrated.

And France, because of its independent defense industry, rarely attaches political conditions to its exports. This is an incomparable factor. Moreover, Iraq has a good cooperative relationship with France. The nuclear reactor that is still secretly operating is a prominent example. .

France will never look at the face of Israel, nor will it look at the face of the Americans.

In addition to fighter jets, there are many things that Iraq needs. The Army needs a new type of main battle tank.This kind of tank needs to exceed the main t-62 and t-72 currently equipped in Iraq, as well as the chief of Iran, and needs to have good mobility and protection, as well as powerful firepower.

As the king of land warfare, tanks must be able to produce by themselves. Zhang Feng has been thinking about setting up another tank production line in Basra.If you put aside other factors, the German Rheinmetall company's 120mm smoothbore gun is the most ideal choice. The Soviet T-72, equipped with a 125mm gun, is not as powerful as the German 120mm gun. High, high muzzle velocity, and much more advanced fire control system, and the engine, of course, is the best German mb873 diesel engine.

At this time, the German Leopard 2 tank had already been finalized in 79, and now it has reached an annual production capacity of 300 vehicles.

Regardless of whether the Leopard 2 tank can be directly introduced, what Zhang Feng is least interested in about the Leopard 2 tank is that the Leopard 2 tank has a total combat weight of 55 tons, which is a bit too large, and its adaptability to the terrain in Iraq is not good. Many bridges cannot bear this weight.

On the contrary, the lower weight of Soviet tanks is a big advantage.

Therefore, adopting the chassis of the Soviet tank and matching the German engine, artillery and fire control system is Zhang Feng's preliminary idea. Of course, it will take a lot of effort to realize it. If it is not possible, other options can also be considered.

Self-propelled artillery and various weapons and equipment are all the objects of Zhang Feng's investigation. In addition, there is another very important thing: c3i.

The c3i system is the command automation technology system, which refers to a comprehensive system that uses electronic computers to closely connect command, control, communication and intelligence subsystems.command ma