Chapter 1111

What if I can't leave?

So far, only the United States and the former Soviet Union can do it. Even Europe can't understand it. The rarity is more expensive than nuclear submarines and nuclear weapons.

It really can't be bought with money.

Even if you can really buy it with money, there will be many additional conditions behind it. Take Russia for example. The economy has become a bird like that. If you are short of money, you will be short of underpants. However, there is still an additional condition that you cannot participate in military activities on the Mi-26 heavy helicopter.

As long as you are satisfied, you can take it away at any time for us $30 million. But if you are not satisfied, I'm sorry, I won't sell it for any money.

Even Russia, let alone the United States, can't even touch the domestic troops.

In this case, the importance of the Zhi-8 plus heavy helicopter has become more and more obvious. Let alone 178 million yuan, it is two or three times more expensive. The army still needs to equip this kind of equipment. After all, the army is too short of this unique and important aviation equipment.

As a result, like a steel gun, the head of the headquarters, who rarely made compromises, finally gave in to the unit price of RMB 178 million. However, the order quantity was not 287, and only eight straight-8plus heavy helicopters were purchased.

Four of them were assigned to the army air force to explore the tactics and tactics of air assault forces.

The other four were given to the Marine Corps for enhanced vertical landing training.

It's not that the head of the headquarters doesn't want to meet the requirements of other troops. He's really short of money and can't afford all the equipment applications of the troops. He has to pick the most important ones first.

After weighing, the head of the headquarters selected the army aviation force and the Marine Corps, which represent the future rapid response combat forces, as the priority equipment units of heavy helicopters.

As a special forces brigade under the army aviation force, of course, it is not allowed to become the main receiving unit of the four direct-8 plus heavy helicopters. On this basis, the special forces brigade of the army aviation force was immediately strengthened, and the original shelf at the battalion level was actually only at the company level, which was completely expanded to the battalion level.

In addition, it will cooperate with the four wuzhi-9 armed helicopters just finalized by Binjiang helicopter factory and the six legal "Gazelle" armed helicopters originally equipped.

There are 6 zhi-9 helicopters, 12 zhi-12 helicopters, 4 zhi-8plus heavy helicopters, 4 Wu zhi-9 armed helicopters, 4 "little antelope" armed helicopters, 2 electronic warfare helicopters modified from zhi-12d, and 1 zhi-12y "silent" special helicopter modified by stealth, all of which are deployed, and the army aviation special forces brigade can be deployed in two areas Within 24 hours, the troops of an entire reinforced company will be delivered to an area 300 kilometers away.

If it is supported by other troops, it can move to an area 1800 kilometers away in the form of leapfrog within 24 hours to launch a surprise attack.

Moreover, thanks to the equipment of special helicopters and armed helicopters, the army aviation special forces brigade has a strong independent combat capability, and can carry out independent combat missions in unfamiliar areas without any support.

If not, it is impossible for the army and air force to write in the final report after the special forces brigade is equipped with four straight-8plus heavy helicopters: the army and air force special forces brigade is a bit like an air assault force.

However, under the bright appearance, as the commander of the special forces brigade of the army's air force, Jiang Liang is tearful. To be more precise, only he can realize the helpless dilemma of the indignation of the head of the headquarters.

There's no way. It's true that the unit price of the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter is not only expensive, but also its daily use and maintenance.

The average cost of 20000 RMB per hour can be ignored. The key is that the price of spare parts is exorbitant. An ordinary screw costs 1500 yuan. A little more complicated 7000 or 8000 yuan is common, even tens of thousands are not uncommon.

Even the officers and soldiers of the special brigade in charge of maintenance said that the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter was made of gold.

However, Jiang Liang has no intention of going back to such a gold gobbler that was destined to become a glutton from the day of its birth. There is no other reason. The cost of using the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter is a little higher, but the role it plays is really fragrant.

We should know that the former army aviation special forces brigade is known as the air assault force, but if we take the standard of the 101 air assault division of the United States as a measure, we can't even count a forward assault investigation.

At best, it is just a group of light infantry achieving helicopter long-range maneuver, without artillery firepower support or light armor cover.

It's not that the land and air special forces brigade doesn't want to have such support equipment. The problem is that the helicopter can't carry this kind of equipment, and it's useless to equip it.

However, when the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter joined, the organizational structure of the army aviation special forces brigade changed completely.

In addition to the elite infantry, an artillery company equipped with 6 vehicle mounted 107mm rockets and 6 Russian made "cyanidia" 82mm rapid fire mortars was added, and an armored company composed of 4 Russian made bmd-2 light airborne infantry vehicles was added.The strike system based on this is unprecedented among the domestic troops of the same level.

This is because the army aviation special forces brigade can use all kinds of helicopters to deliver three vehicle mounted 107mm rockets, two Russian made "cornflower" 82mm rapid fire mortars, two Russian made bmd-2 light airborne infantry vehicles and 90 fully armed infantry to form a company scale light armored battle group at one time.

Whether it is offensive breakthrough or defensive operations, this battle group has reached an excellent balance in firepower, mobility and defense.

In other words, the combat capability of the air assault force built on this basis will exceed everyone's imagination.

This was something I didn't even think about before.

Now, with the emergence of the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter, it has changed from fantasy to reality.

There's no way. Who can make the zhi-8plus heavy helicopter big enough, with a total length of 27.6 meters, a rotor height of 7.8 meters, and a main propeller diameter of 20.9 meters.

The engine room is 10.5m long, 5.2m wide and 2.9m high.

The size of the whole cabin is comparable to that of a light transport aircraft, which can carry three vehicle mounted 107mm rockets at one time; or six Russian "cyanidia" 82mm rapid fire mortars, and lift a vehicle mounted 107mm rocket; or carry a Russian bmd-2 light airborne infantry vehicle.

In other words, the zhi-8plus heavy-duty helicopter can be used to load these weapons as soon as they are on the ground, rather than to put on airs.

Of course, in order to have such a flexible loading mode, the zhi-8plus heavy-duty helicopter has not only a large cabin, but also a set of super first-class power system.

It is the wd-63zb high-power turboshaft engine produced by Tengfei group that bears the surging power of the zhi-8plus heavy-duty helicopter. The cruise power is 2854kw, and the ultimate full load power can reach 3267kw.