Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 910 Meeting 2
"Okay, everyone, stop talking. We have already agreed to introduce advanced weapons, so we will not discuss this issue anymore. Now let's vote by raising our hands to see whether we agree to introduce this aircraft." The chief designer stopped the discussion below and spoke directly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the people below started to discuss in a low voice again, but after a show of hands vote, almost more than half of the people voted to purchase this type of aircraft, so the resolution was smoothly implemented.

The restart of the Besse engine was also included in the scope of this meeting. The debate on restarting the Besse project was more discussed than the debate on introducing the Eagle Sauce aircraft. Most people felt that this engine was a little behind the times and it would be better to buy the most advanced engine.

However, Jiang Yan discovered that some people at the meeting felt that since our relationship with the United States and the West has improved, this kind of thing can be purchased as long as one has money. It seems that as long as the economy can be developed and one has money in hand, there is nothing that one cannot buy.

Jiang Yan sneered when he heard the speeches of these leaders.

After all, since the 1980s, the country has shifted its focus to developing economics. Military-industrial enterprises are having a hard time now, and it can be said that they are in a cold winter. If they come to the conclusion that their own research and development is not as good as what they buy, military-industrial enterprises will have no chance of rebirth, and Jiang Yan's report is the culprit.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan could no longer sit still. He no longer cared about being polite and stood up to refute.

"Leaders, don't forget that the Eagle Sauce is a capitalist country and we are a socialist country. It can be said that imperialism will not destroy me. Besides, the Eagle Sauce would be so kind to sell us their advanced equipment. Look at their allies. It can be said that they don't have such treatment, let alone us. I guess everyone knows that the F-14 is not the most suitable equipment for us. To put it bluntly, the F-14 is a carrier-based aircraft. Compared with land-based aircraft, its shortcomings are still quite large."

"Then why not introduce aircraft that are more suitable for us." Another leader spoke up.

"It's not that they don't want to import it, it's that they simply can't sell it to us. Let's take the F-16 as an example. The F-16 fighter jets they export are not regular models. They are monkey versions specially customized for export by the Eagle Sauce. They are more than one level lower than the original ones."

"In 1977, the United States announced that it would no longer export fighters with the same technical level as the domestic version, so the United States' foreign aid aircraft are mainly F-5E, but they will be unable to cope with advanced fighters such as the MiG-29.

“常规版的F-16A不能出口、F-5E别人又看不上，所以鹰酱对新机的要求：性能介于F-5E和F-16A之间、以空中截击为主限制攻击能力、载荷以及航程要大大低于自用型号、能够简单部署和维护购买方还不能主动升级。因此F-16/79项目应运而生，这款降机版换装了F-4战斗机上的J79-GE-119涡轮喷气发动机，发动机不给力直接导致F-16/79整体性能掉了一个档次。”

"It's better for us to have it ourselves than for our parents to have it. Our ancestors also said that if we rely on the mountain, we will fall. If we rely on the people, we will run. We should rely on imports as a supplement and our own research and development as the main thing. We should walk on two legs. This way we can avoid being strangled by outsiders."

As for the reason why we established diplomatic relations with the Eagle Sauce, Jiang Yan naturally knew it. In the 1950s, because the Russian bear intended to control and intervene in my country, it tried to build a long-wave radio station in my country and form a so-called "joint fleet" with the Chinese navy. my country resolutely turned against the former "big brother" Russian bear. At one time, the two sides deployed millions of troops in the border area, and there was a situation that they would start fighting if they disagreed.

This confrontation lasted for decades. During this period, the Eagle Sauce, which was also threatened by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, naturally tried to win over my country. Since the 1979s, the relationship between my country and the Eagle Sauce has gradually warmed up, and the two sides have more and more informal contacts. Finally, in , my country officially established diplomatic relations with the Eagle Sauce, opening the "Sino-US honeymoon period".

Since the normalization of relations between us and the United States, we have opened our doors to allow industrial and agricultural products from countries such as the United States, Turkey, and Western Europe to enter our country, providing them with a huge dumping market with a population of one billion.

Of course, the Eagle Sauce and the Western world led by it have also given us rich rewards. First, they signed a most-favored-nation trade agreement with my country, relaxed trade controls, and allowed my country to enjoy preferential treatment in import and export trade. Second, they supported and guided their local enterprises to trade and invest in China.

In simple terms, my country's human, material and financial resources are open to your goods. As long as they are within the scope of previous negotiations, you can trade them in my territory. Of course, you also have to show sincerity. Not only do you need to lift the previous import and export restrictions on me, but you also have to let your own wealthy and powerful companies invest and build factories here. We have land and workers ready, so that not only can your own production costs be reduced, but it can also help me innovate my industrial system.

This is naturally economic. As for the military, since the Eagle Sauce wants to win over my country, it naturally has to show some sincerity and sell some good things that my country did not have at that time. In early 1978, before China and the United States officially established diplomatic relations, Eagle Sauce Defense Secretary Harold Brown visited my country. At the instruction of Eagle Sauce President Carter, Brown told my country that the Eagle Sauce could sell non-lethal military equipment to my country. This was also the first time that the Eagle Sauce expressed its willingness to sell military equipment to my country.

However, this is not the case. Although the Eagle Sauce agreed to sell various weapons and equipment to my country, the Eagle Sauce people always acted superior during the negotiations, as if my country could not do anything without the Eagle Sauce. Moreover, my country hoped that the Eagle Sauce could provide technology and production lines, especially the production technology of key equipment such as aircraft engines and airborne radars, but the Eagle Sauce firmly disagreed, so there were serious differences here, which also prevented many projects from moving forward.

"Our country is somewhat different in its external attitudes, but we still have to compare prices when buying things. I think the United States and Western countries are not a monolithic group. We need to think of other ways to get the equipment we need most at the lowest price." The leader sitting above spoke.

Jiang Yan was very impressed with the leaders' keen insight. What the big boss said was right. Although the current international situation was a battle between the Eagle Sauce and the Russian Bear, and it seemed that both sides were united, many Western countries still had different ideas, such as John Bull and the Gallic Rooster.

One was once the world's boss, and the other was once the European overlord. Although there was external pressure and they united under the Eagle Sauce, they still had their own little thoughts. It was because of this in history that we got a lot of good things from these two countries.

(End of this chapter)