Sun Erwei was accustomed to negotiating with China in a superior manner, so he talked about Yingjiang's interests at every turn.
But what does the interests of Eagle Sauce have to do with China?
Doesn’t China have its own interests?
Just because Huaxia and Yingjiang are allies, Huaxia must consider Yingjiang's national interests?
Sun Erwei soon realized that there was something wrong with his attitude.
There is no problem for Yingjiang to use this kind of thinking and tone to negotiate with the stubborn army, because the stubborn army is very dependent on Yingjiang.
But for the Eighth Route Army... What Yingjiang has always given to the Eighth Route Army is not aid but exchange, that is, a fair transaction of mutual exchange of needs. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army certainly has the confidence and reason to refuse.
"Don't get me wrong, Wang!" Sun Erwei hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that, I meant that we can find a plan that is in line with the interests of both Yingjiang and China, such as a transaction..."
"The problem is that there is no such plan now, Sun Erwei!" Wang Xuexin interrupted Sun Erwei unceremoniously: "Think about it, what else can Yingjiang give us? In other words, what else can Yingjiang do with anti-ships?
Missile exchange?”
Sun Erwei was speechless for a moment.
This is not to say that Yingjiang does not have advanced equipment. In fact, Yingjiang has a lot of advanced equipment.
The key is that these advanced equipment are not needed by the Eighth Route Army. Even if some are needed by the Eighth Route Army, their value is far less than anti-ship missiles.
For example, the Eagle's "Hellcat" fighter jets and the "Mustang" fighter jets are advanced enough, right?
However, the current industry of the Eighth Route Army has not yet reached the stage of developing these fighters. At the same time, the Eighth Route Army's combination of "La 5" and air-to-air missiles is enough to suppress the Japanese. It is even capable of fighting against these fighters of Yingjiang... After all, it is empty.
Missiles have long-range strike capabilities.
Another example is the "Sherman" tank. The Eighth Route Army also needs it, but even without the "Sherman" the T34 can solve the problem.
Wang Xuexin has always been very clear about his positioning in these aspects. He will not blindly look at the performance of the equipment like the stubborn army. What he values more is whether localization can be realized and whether it can be transformed into his own technology and digested and attracted.
From a short-term perspective, it may be right to put more emphasis on performance, because this will allow China to drive the Japanese out earlier.
But in terms of long-term interests, what should be more important is technology.
In this regard, at the current stage, it is obvious that Mao Xiong’s equipment is more suitable for China.
Sun Erwei also knew this, but he still said: "There will always be something suitable for you, Wang! I firmly believe this!"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin almost blurted out: In exchange for your Manhattan Project, I can consider giving you anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and air-to-air missiles!
But of course, Wang Xuexin would not say this.
At this time, the Manhattan Project was still top secret even in Yingjiang, and not many people in the world knew about it. If Wang Xuexin's words came out, Yingjiang's intelligence officers would immediately regard it as a spy.
"Then!" Wang Xuexin said: "We will discuss this deal when you are ready and what we need!"
"Okay!" Sun Erwei nodded helplessly: "I will ask my superiors to make a list. It won't take long!"
Wang Xuexin smiled and agreed.
But Wang Xuexin didn't think so in his heart. Sun Erwei didn't understand that the fundamental reason why Wang Xuexin refused to trade with Yingjiang was because of Yingjiang's power.
Therefore, even before Sun Erwei's list was drawn up, it was already destined to not contain what Wang Xuexin wanted, unless the Eighth Route Army had completed its upgrade.
After Sun Erwei left, it was Colonel Ian who came to see Wang Xuexin.
The order actually depends on which country's intelligence system can obtain the information earlier.
The reason why Colonel Ian ended up was not that the Sun Never Sets intelligence system was inferior to Eagle Sauce, but that he deliberately fell behind.
"Let me guess!" said Colonel Ian: "You refused the eagle sauce, didn't you?"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin replied without thinking.
"Let me guess!" Colonel Ian added: "If you reject the Eagle Sauce, it's unlikely that you will accept our deal, is it?"
"You guessed it right!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Unless you can provide a big enough temptation!"
Although Wang Xuexin wanted to use Sun Bu Luo to suppress Ying Jiang, the cooperation between Sun Bu Luo and Ying Jiang was still very close at this time. For Wang Xuexin, giving his technology to Sun Bu Luo was almost like giving it to Ying Jiang.
What's more, the anti-ship missile is actually the original missile plus a camera and a TV. Yingjiang didn't expect to use this method. Once it knew it was going to be produced, it would only take a matter of minutes.
Colonel Ian was obviously prepared. He asked: "So, what about the Meteor fighter? Is it enough to trade with your anti-ship missiles?"
Wang Xuexin was stunned when he heard this. This temptation is indeed great.
This is not to say that the "Meteor" fighter is very good. On the contrary, its performance is slightly inferior. Its top speed is only 656 kilometers per hour, which is about the same as the "Ra 5" and slower than the BF109.
However, the Eighth Route Army still needs this fighter very much.
The reason is that this fighter is the only jet fighter mass-produced and put into actual combat by the Allies.
The Eighth Route Army had previously switched to jet engines from Sun Never Set and started researching and imitating them. With the help of Sun Never Sets technical personnel, the imitation work went smoothly.
But after having an engine, there will be a fighter plane... Just having an engine but no fighter plane, this engine is useless.
How should the Eighth Route Army equip fighter jets with this jet engine?
Self-developed?
The level of scientific research personnel of the Eighth Route Army has not yet reached that level, even though the Eighth Route Army already has the industrial foundation and talent reserve to produce "La 5".
But the "La 5" has a wooden fuselage on one hand and a propeller fighter on the other. It is very different from a jet fighter.
It is almost impossible for the Eighth Route Army to develop a jet fighter by its own capabilities!
In other words, the Eighth Route Army still needs to imitate, learn, and absorb before it can truly possess this technology.
Therefore, Colonel Ian seized on the weakness of the Eighth Route Army.
Seeing Wang Xuexin's hesitation, Colonel Ian smiled and said: "Only we have the technology in this area, Comrade Commander! If you plan to develop in this area..."
As he spoke, Colonel Ian spread his hands.
Colonel Ian is telling the truth. During World War II, the only two companies that were developing jet fighters were Hans and Sun Never Set. If we didn't introduce them from Sun Never Set, we would have to ask Hans for help, but this was impossible.
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Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin nodded and said, "What I want is the production line and technology of the Meteor fighter!"
"No problem!" Colonel Ian nodded excitedly: "I guarantee you will be satisfied!"
"You can't leak your technology to Yingjiang!" Wang Xuexin added.
"Of course!" Colonel Ian agreed without thinking...Wang Xuexin would have done this even if he hadn't said that the sun never sets, because the person who is most worried about Yingjiang's progress is precisely the sun never sets.