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"Old General, once this two-person rotorcraft is equipped with anti-armor weapons, it will not only pose a deadly threat to the enemy's armored forces in the air, but will also be of great help to us in building new combat forces."

After personally checking the performance of the two-seater rotorcraft, Lin Kaifeng called General Liu to report the good news.

General Liu put down his work and went to the Northern Aircraft Manufacturing Company with a small entourage.

There were not many people accompanying General Liu, only a dozen personal guards and the Minister of Industry, Wang Changsheng.

At this moment, General Liu was smiling.

In the air, the test pilot is performing a superb flying show in a two-seater rotorcraft.

It was not difficult for General Liu, a veteran of many battles, to see the threat posed by two-seater rotorcraft to armored weapons.

At the same time, Wang Changsheng discovered another advantage of the two-seater rotorcraft.

Infiltration behind enemy lines.

"Old General, with the help of this aircraft, will the special forces we are about to form be even more powerful?"

Hearing this, General Liu's smile became even brighter.

Wang Changsheng is right.

Equipping the soon-to-be-formed special forces with two-person rotorcraft can indeed give them even greater added value.

Before 1979, the Dragon Kingdom provided a large amount of selfless assistance to the neighboring Monkey Kingdom, which was suffering from natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Help the Monkey Kingdom build a modern army and provide free weapons and supplies.

The total amount of aid added up to nearly 20 billion US dollars.

The saying "a little help is a debt of gratitude, a big help is a grudge" is thoroughly implemented by the Monkey Kingdom.

Due to its greed and instigation by the Soviet Union, the Monkey Kingdom began to treat the Dragon Kingdom from its big brother as a weak and vulnerable soft persimmon.

Ungrateful, he took the Dragon Kingdom's selfless assistance for granted.

Not only did it repeatedly make unreasonable demands, but it also relied on the secret support of the Soviet Union to repeatedly provoke the Long Kingdom.

Harassing the border and killing border residents.

Artillery shells were fired into the territory of Longguo many times.

When the Dragon Kingdom could no longer tolerate the situation, it resolutely sent troops to defend its own dignity.

It has been exactly seven years since the outbreak of the battle in Southern Xinjiang, and the participating troops have almost completely overwhelmed the Monkey Kingdom.

During the war, various troops achieved brilliant results, but also discovered many existing problems.

Through the fine tradition of discovering and solving problems, the construction of the troops has made new improvements.

In view of the frequent small-scale ambushes during the battle, Longguo has a better understanding of special operations, and various units have successively formed special reconnaissance battalions and reconnaissance squadrons.

General Liu believes that Longguo’s military development should be faster and have a broader vision.

Follow the example of the West and establish a modern special forces organization.

The issue of forming a special forces unit has been discussed many times at the meeting.

The tasks that traditional reconnaissance forces can perform are limited, most of which are reconnaissance behind enemy lines and guiding attacks for artillery and air force.

The tasks covered by the special forces include not only reconnaissance and fire guidance behind enemy lines, but also sabotage, decapitation behind enemy lines and a host of other secret missions that seem life-threatening to others.

"Comrade Kaifeng, come here for a moment."

"What is the approximate cost of a two-person rotorcraft? If it is used in the military field, what is its safety performance?"

Seeing that General Liu agreed with his opinion, Wang Changsheng waved at Lin Kaifeng.

Lin Kaifeng walked up to the two of them and said confidently, "Report to the Minister, report to the old general, the two-person rotorcraft can be used for both military and civilian purposes. The cost of civilian production is about 20,000 yuan. If it is used in the military field, the cost price will double."

"Correspondingly, the two-person rotorcraft's defense, maneuverability, load capacity and other performance can also be improved."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Kaifeng stretched out a finger and pointed at the two-seater rotorcraft in the air.

At present, the two-seater rotorcraft produced by the Northern Aircraft Manufacturing Company has a hovering time of about two hours and forty minutes.

After subsequent upgrades, the hovering time will exceed three hours and approach four hours.

The load capacity can also be increased from the current 230 kg to 300 kg or 400 kg.

The number of weapons and ammunition carried will increase.

Lin Kaifeng can even ask technicians to carry out targeted upgrades to the military version of the two-seater rotorcraft according to the special requirements of the military.

Create a special version of the two-seater rotorcraft for the military to increase its strike firepower.

"good, very good."

General Liu said with satisfaction: "The two-person rotorcraft developed by the aircraft company is in line with our military construction ideas. The country still has many problems to solve. Although the funds in hand are much more abundant than before, as the saying goes, you can eat well and wear well, but you will be poor if you fail to plan well."

"For the time being, we cannot follow the large-scale and comprehensive research and development approach of the United States and the Soviet Union in building our military. Small-scale and refined is more suitable for us."

"I'll ask Xiao Li to come over and talk to you about being the first customer of the two-seater gyroplane."

General Liu took out a cigarette, lit it, put his hands on his waist and stared at the two-seater helicopter hovering overhead.

Influenced by the large amount of foreign exchange brought by Lin Kaifeng, the development of each military branch has made great progress.

The construction of special forces, which should have waited a few more years, was officially put on the agenda by General Liu.

Soon, three types of military helicopters from the United States will all be shipped to Long Country and delivered to the Army for the construction of aviation forces.

As for the special forces...

The two-person rotorcraft above their heads will become their first secret weapon.

A layman looks at the door, an expert looks at the excitement.

Both General Liu and Wang Changsheng can see the unique role of two-seater rotorcraft in the military field.

The appearance of the two-seater rotorcraft is not outstanding, and is even a bit simple.

but!

It can play a special role that helicopters cannot play.

When disasters occur in some areas with complex environments, it is difficult for helicopters to provide timely rescue.

By switching to a two-person gyroplane, you can easily enter and exit the disaster area.

The 230kg load capacity is enough to ensure the supply of materials to the disaster area.

Wang Changsheng smiled and said, "Comrade Kaifeng, if two-seater gyroplanes are in China, I think only the military and some departments are interested. Even if ordinary people are interested, I'm afraid they can't afford it. You ordered people to develop this unique two-seater gyroplane, not just to supply the troops and the country, right? Are you planning to export it?"

Lin Kaifeng nodded and said, "Minister, you really know me too well. Ordinary people can neither afford nor have the demand for a two-seater gyroplane in China. But if it is put in the foreign market, the situation will be different."

"Big countries look down on it, but small countries think the exact opposite."

"Small countries cannot afford fighter jets and helicopters, but they also have air needs. Whether it is air suppression or launching assaults to attack armored targets such as tanks and armored vehicles, two-seater rotorcraft will surely become an indispensable military weapon."

General Liu and Wang Changsheng nodded.

The price of a fighter jet can easily exceed tens of millions of US dollars, and armed helicopters are not cheap either.

Small countries are short of funds, so even if they buy, they will not buy in large quantities.

At most, they would buy a few symbolically to serve as a facade.