Chapter 776 The main model of the Volunteer Army (2)
"However, they will not use the new fighter jets for export." Zhou Dapeng obviously has a good understanding of the US government's policies.
Westerners have been doing this kind of business a long time ago. The most advanced ones must be kept for their own use, and the ones that are about to be eliminated will be immediately found to be sold to the next seller who is behind, and then make a profit.
However, this is not something that only the evil capitalists can do. In fact, the future republic will also do this. Are we brothers? Yes, okay, this batch of weapons is given away for free, you get a loan for this batch of weapons, and you pay for this batch of weapons.
Cash, rest assured, the quality is guaranteed.
Of course, the Republic has been using it for 20 to 30 years, and all the problems that should have occurred have been repaired, so there are no problems. You can say that it is backward, but you can never say that its quality is not good. The Republic of China has always been very confident in this aspect of its military industry. The Republic of China has always been confident in this aspect.
The good brothers were all equipped with 40-guns and 107 rocket launchers. The name was Xiaolong, which was actually a modified version of the J-7. Anyway, there was no big problem in fighting a local war.
And what about the Republic? The J-20 that is being installed in the Air Force will not be sold. Of course, you can buy it if you want. The castrated version also costs 100 million U.S. dollars. Come and buy it, buddy!
This is called national interest. It has no reason and no humanity. It is related to the life and death of hundreds of millions of people, and it is the same for all countries. It is too extravagant to talk about friendship between countries.
"Yes! They will definitely not export the latest model. However, we can find a company to customize an export-specific fighter jet for our Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army. For example, Curtiss Company does not need them to develop the engine. They only need to use the existing
The new model being studied is equipped with the engine of the cooperative company, and the function does not need to be too powerful. It only needs high enough speed and dive performance as well as strong enough protection and firepower. At the same time, an aircraft can carry at least 500 kilograms of aerial bombs.
This kind of export fighter does not need to enter active service in the US military, and it does not require them to invest much effort in development. I believe that in front of the huge order of 150 aircraft, their boss will not shake his head and refuse." Liu Lang calmly said.
said.
"This...Brother Liu, I didn't expect you to be so familiar with airplanes. Do you think this will work? My flight instructor is also the senior consultant of Curtis Company, Mr. Richard. You can first talk to
Talk to him, I believe he can give good suggestions." Zhou Dapeng thought for a while and said to Liu Lang sincerely.
"Consultant of Curtis Company?" Liu Lang was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Liu Lang didn't expect that little brother Zhou Dapeng had a wide network of contacts. His instructors were consultants to this large American aircraft manufacturer. Judging from his confident look, he was obviously quite familiar with this person.
However, Liu Lang stayed in San Francisco for another two days and discussed various details with Mr. Situ about the formation of the Foreign Aviation Volunteer Army. Only after Liu Lang met Mr. Richard, the consultant of Curtis Company who arrived in San Francisco, did he know that
, this guy Zhou Dapeng is simply a guy possessed by a halo.
His instructor who had coached him two years ago was called Richard Buck, a flight instructor who had participated in World War I and was a comrade with the US Air Force hero Frank Luke and had more than 2,000 hours of flying experience.
From a resume point of view, being able to serve as an instructor for Zhou Dapeng, who flies a small plane to spread pesticides, is because Zhou Dapeng was lucky enough to meet such an awesome instructor.
However, when Zhou Dapeng enthusiastically hugged the young man with a few freckles on his nose who had come to San Francisco on a business trip with his father to play, and introduced to Liu Lang that his naughty junior brother was named Richard Bang, he almost
I didn't blind Liu Tuanzuo.
Liu Lang knew from the hometown of Poplar City, Wisconsin, that Richard's consultant mentioned in his greetings, that the young boy named Richard Bang must be the one who wrote the book.
That person in the history of the United States Air Force.
His fame is much greater than that of his father. At least in the history of the Second Total War, no one could ignore this talented pilot who soared in the blue sky.
Richard Bang was the number one ace pilot in the United States during World War II. He shot down more than 40 enemy planes. He was a pilot who could choose to attack at any time without having to obey the orders of his superiors. He was a pilot who claimed to dominate the entire sky from New Guinea to the Philippines.
He was also the first person to drop that big fat bomb on Japanese soil.
Actually, it was a boy who was only fourteen years old in front of him? Moreover, the father who personally taught him and let him fly into the sky turned out to be Zhou Dapeng's instructor?
Although Liu Lang also knows that flying actually relies more on talent. There are more people with the same instructor, but only a few become ace pilots. Looking at the close relationship between Zhou Dapeng and the future number one ace of the U.S. Air Force, Liu Lang
Lang knew that goshawks would never get along with sparrows, and Zhou Dapeng, a Chinese young man, was at least recognized by the father and son for flying.
Otherwise, Zhou Dapeng would not have rushed to San Francisco after a telegram from Curtis Company, just for the business of purchasing airplanes that a Chinese young man who belongs to the bottom of American society talked about in vain. If it had been someone else,
I'm afraid it will just be treated as a joke.
With such high-quality instructors, Zhou Dapeng at least has the foundation to become an ace, if he has enough talent and courage.
At least, it seems from now on that he does not lack courage.
As for the future number one ace of the U.S. Air Force, Liu Tuanzuo, who is now a young boy, has temporarily given up on luring people to China. By 1937, he was only 17 years old. In the past time and space, he was in 1942
He took off for the first time in combat when he was 22 years old. It’s better not to damage the seedlings too much.
Richard Buck is an outlier among Americans. To use a popular saying nowadays, he is outspoken and doesn't speak much. He exchanged a few words with Liu Lang and then went straight to the topic.
Obviously, after meeting Zhou Dapeng, he already understood the needs of the Chinese people. Because of the recent propaganda reports in newspapers about the war between distant China and Japan, he also knew why the Chinese people in the United States made such a choice. In other words, what happened to the Americans themselves
In this case, I'm afraid I will do the same thing.
Therefore, Richard, who was already full of sympathy for China, was very polite to Liu Lang, who came forward to negotiate with him for the first time on behalf of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. No other Americans looked condescending to the Chinese.
Of course, the premise is that if you don't know that a certain fat person is the backstage boss of the Chinese business group, in the face of the huge financial effect, there are not a few proud Americans who are smiling in front of a certain fat person during this period.
As for Liu Lang's proposal to purchase up to 150 fighter jets, Richard, as a senior advisor to Curtis, could not be unmoved. Even if the delivery time is only two and a half years at most, it would cost millions of dollars.
Orders! Even during this period, the U.S. military only placed orders for about eighty aircraft each time.
"Mr. Liu, our company is designing an aircraft with better performance than the Eagle II. Although it cannot fully meet your needs, the overall performance is still good, and the price will definitely be cheaper than the one you need. More importantly,
What’s more, the delivery time can definitely be shortened to less than one year. Please trust our Curtis’ productivity.”
Richard just had a hard time understanding Liu Lang's strange request. This was different from the Chinese people he met. They all bought ready-made. Curtis Company has exported fifty Eagles to China in the past two years.
II, in the near future, more Eagle IIIs will be sold to them. It is said that the contract has been signed, and they are just waiting for the mass production of the Eagle IIIs that have been designed and finalized.
Facing Richard's doubts, Liu Lang's lips curled up slightly. These Americans seemed to be taking advantage of all Chinese people.
Unfortunately, he is Liu Lang.
Moreover, the reason why Liu Lang mentioned Curtis Company at the beginning was because they would regard this order as a life-saving straw. Soon they would taste the bitter fruit in the selection of military aircraft models by the US Department of Defense. No.
Their design is particularly bad, but their opponents are stronger than them at this period.