Chapter 871

After listening to norokov's words, several military observers in Western Asia and the Middle East realized that it seems that a big power in the East is really moving fast this time.

How long did it take from the earthquake to the arrival of the first helicopter at the field airport near Karakoram mountain and its full load of relief supplies to the shenxianwan post, which was seriously affected by the disaster?

Four hours or six hours?

In any case, since the earthquake happened in the early morning, by noon, three yun-15plus had already come down from the sky, not only unloading a general-purpose helicopter suitable for plateau, but also loading a large number of logistics support equipment, personnel and a considerable part of disaster relief materials.

At that time, the airborne soldiers in charge of loading, unloading and disaster relief were too fast, and the mysterious plateau helicopter was too dazzling. Just like fans who saw their own Aidou, a large group of military observers were attracted by the helicopter.

Now, being reminded by norokov, the military observers of Pakistan, Iran and other countries suddenly wake up, which is of great strategic significance.

Although the yun-15plus has excellent performance, it is only a light tactical transport aircraft after all. Although it is powered by turbofan engine, its power is much better than that of ordinary turboprop, and its range is comparable to that of many medium-sized transport aircraft.

However, its maximum take-off weight and carrying capacity are obviously short board. After all, like the trucks in mines, the larger the load, the better. Even if it seems inflexible, but at the critical moment, the larger the carrying capacity means the greater the delivery power per unit time.

No matter what happened more than half a year ago, yun-15plus suffered from the loss of small carrying capacity. In addition, it was too small in number to form a system to deliver heavy equipment. As a result, the airborne troops were quite embarrassed in the operation at that time.

And the problems exposed in that big exercise close to the actual combat were not only seen by the relevant people in China, but also noticed by professional institutions in other countries.

In particular, the performance of yun-15plus has made many countries interested in it hesitant. The Pakistan Air Force, which has already equipped 12 yun-15plus, is the most typical one. Seeing the poor delivery capability of airborne troops equipped with yun-15plus more than half a year ago, the Pakistan Air Force suspended the procurement contract for the subsequent eight yun-15plus.

The reason is that the air force needs to evaluate. In fact, it is dissatisfied with the actual combat performance of yun-15plus.

The same is true in Iran. When purchasing and leasing trj-500 regional airliners, Iran took a fancy to yun-15plus by the way. After all, Iran, which has been embargoed by a foreign country for a long time, has aging equipment on hand, especially the air transport force, which needs to be updated.

However, yun-15plus was excellent in terms of range, carrying capacity and flexibility at that time, so badiya, then Iran's senior commercial counsellor, on behalf of the military, signed a procurement contract with Tengfei group for 12 additional yun-15plus transport aircraft, with a total value of 250 million US dollars.

As a result, after the major incident half a year ago, Iran began to re-examine whether its air transport force was biased. After receiving six yun-15plus aircraft, Iran decisively cut down the orders for the other six.

There are many other similar countries, some of which cut down orders like Iran, some of which implicitly procrastinate to say no, and some of which have good intentions, but they just feel that there is something wrong, and they are too late to take the last step.

In a word, they are not satisfied with the performance of yun-15plus.

However, at this moment, looking at the mysterious plateau helicopter hanging on the Karakorum mountain, the yun-15plus, which they thought was not good enough, stopped at the field airport.

What does that mean?

Yun-15plus has developed from a single land equipped light tactical transport aircraft to a secondary strategic transport aircraft that can take into account the transportation of important aviation equipment.

Yes, the coffee bar is so high.

There is no way. In today's world, there are only a few types of transport aircraft that can carry out long-distance air transportation by medium-sized helicopters, and each of them is a heavy strategic transport aircraft that can only be owned by the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Medium sized tactical transport aircraft are not good, because the height of medium-sized helicopters is generally more than 4 meters due to technical and technological reasons, which is much higher than the cargo hold height of medium-sized transport aircraft.

Even if the propeller and hub of some helicopters are removed, they are higher than the warehouses of most medium-sized transport aircraft.

Because of this, in today's world, there are really not many helicopter models that can carry out long-distance air transportation tasks, and most countries dare not even think about this kind of equipment.

There's no way. The heavy strategic transport aircraft needs all kinds of difficulties in procurement. How can it be maintained even if it is bought back? You know, all these things are gold Gobblers. The high cost of maintenance can even swallow up the defense budget of a small country in one year.

However, it is such a good thing that people want but have many barriers, but it has a historic reversal in an earthquake that happened in the Karakoram pass.Although the yun-15plus is small, it can carry medium-sized general-purpose helicopters.

You know, from landing to unloading, these military observers can observe the whole process. Although the distance is very long, they can see it really with the help of telescope.

When the mysterious highland helicopter slowly moved out of the engine room at that time, the propeller, hub propeller and tail propeller were not removed at all, but the hydraulic landing gear was folded back, the propeller was folded back, and the tail propeller was folded forward, just like a carrier helicopter, which was placed in the yun-15plus engine room.

Because of this, the medium-sized general-purpose helicopter that has just been unloaded can complete the takeoff preparation in extreme time and quickly put into the rescue task.

If the propeller, hub propeller and tail propeller are all dismantled in order to make do with the size of the engine room, it's OK in the plain area, and the maintenance personnel can do it in a hurry.

The problem is that this is the Karakoram mountain, the plateau in the plateau, and the aftershocks have just occurred. If you want to install these accessories in this environment, no matter how strong the maintenance is, you won't be able to do it in a day or two. The key is that you have to test them after they are installed. It takes time.

But now, other people's helicopters don't have to be so troublesome. They do it completely according to the situation of Shipborne helicopters. They turn on the power to prop up the landing gear, turn on the propeller, turn off the tail rotor, and even don't care about the fuel. The pilot goes up and starts and leaves without dragging his feet.

In that scene, these military observers didn't care about the emergence of new equipment. Now, as soon as norokov reminded them, they marveled at the strategic significance of the precise integration between yun-15plus and medium-sized helicopters.

Think about the forward deployment of yun-15plus loaded with medium-sized helicopters with plateau take-off and landing capabilities in the Iranian Plateau and northern Pakistan, which will definitely improve the multi mission execution capability.

So the military observer from Pakistan frowned and pondered for a while, and then nodded in a serious way: "well, it seems that the number of our yun-15plus transport aircraft is still insufficient, and we need to increase it. At least we need to have the ability to transport six medium-sized general-purpose helicopters to any disputed place in one go."