Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 979 Plan
"I asked you to come here today for no other reason than to see if you have any other ideas about the Z-9 aircraft." Minister Wu spoke as soon as he sat down.

"I don't have any other ideas. I have reported all my ideas today. However, we must act quickly on the purchased airborne radars and fire control systems. We don't mind purchasing more in the early stage. It would be best to buy back their technology, disassemble and study it, and strive to come up with our own things in a short time and realize the localization of all aircraft." Jiang Yan thought for a while and said.

"It seems that you are quite pessimistic about our relationship with the Eagle Sauce. I heard before that your suggestion was the same when we purchased the F-14 aircraft. Otherwise, they would not have transferred the aircraft that had just been in service in Guam to our country." Minister Wu said.

After saying this, Minister Wu looked at the others in confusion. You have to know that the original purchase of the F-14 aircraft was based on the country, so how could Jiang Yan's opinion be so important?

Seeing that the people present were somewhat puzzled, Minister Wu smiled and explained: "You don't know yet! Our comrade Jiang Yan is quite remarkable. He took 5000 million US dollars from the country, and after a round of trading, he brought back more than 30 billion US dollars for the country. This guy is now a famous God of Wealth here. You are also benefiting from this. A lot of research and development funds are taken out of the money he earns to invest in you."

Although these people are designers and bigwigs in the aircraft field, they are not completely ignorant of money. They were quite surprised to hear that Jiang Yan earned 30 billion US dollars for the country at one time. What surprised them even more was that Jiang Yan took out the money without hesitation.

"I am taking from the people and using it for the people. It is just the right time. However, it is also a good thing to use the money from the chicken to develop our country's national defense."

Hearing Jiang Yan say this, everyone present laughed. They naturally didn't like the chicken in the basin, so they felt very comfortable knowing that they were using their money to do their own business. It was also a relief.

"You haven't told me what you think of this plan." Minister Wu continued.

"It's not that I don't think it's good. The military strength of the Eagle Sauce is obvious to all. For a long time, the only one who can compete with it is the Russian Bear. The reason why I don't think it's good is that the Eagle Sauce now regards the Russian Bear as its enemy. It is trying to win us over just to deal with the Russian Bear and share the pressure for itself. However, the international situation is changing rapidly. If they don't confront us, we will be useless. I guess the Eagle Sauce will restrict our development."

"You know, we have a history of civilization that dates back five decades. We are the only ancient country in the world with an uninterrupted civilization. We have long been respected in the world. It's just that we have lagged behind other countries in the past two hundred years. But I can always believe that with the hard work of our people, we will achieve the great rejuvenation of our nation. Leader, think about it, will the Eagle Sauce see the rise of a country that threatens their country again?"

"I always believe that there is no eternal friendship between countries, only interests. As far as I know, the Eagles can cooperate with the devil as long as there is interest. I also believe that dignity is only on the tip of the sword, and truth is always only within the range of the cannon."

"Okay, good point."

"That's very well said. It's rare, rare."

Listening to their cheers, Jiang Yan silently apologized to Ai Gong in his heart. He was the first one to say this.

"It seems that our comrade Jiang Yan is still a hawk." Minister Wu laughed after he finished speaking. Jiang Yan was a little embarrassed by this, but after a while he reacted and said, "A hawk is a hawk!" One more person is not too much.

Seeing that they didn't respond, Jiang Yan thought for a moment and continued, "Introducing other people's mature technology is a necessary step for every developing country. Although introducing it can save us a lot of research and development funds, I think that what belongs to others is always theirs. It is better to absorb and transform it into our own things. I often say that it is better to have it ourselves than to have it from our parents. Now that we have the technology, we are not afraid of others strangling us."

"The country has also taken this into consideration. Otherwise, the introduction of our equipment this time would be accompanied by the introduction of technology. These two legs are always safe and sound."

After Minister Wu finished speaking, he continued, "The reason why I called you here today is because of our Zhan-8 aircraft. We are going to cooperate with the Eagle Sauce to transform our Zhan-8 aircraft."

"Cooperating with the Eagle Sauce to transform the Zhan-8 aircraft is not a model of peace for future generations." Jiang Yan muttered in his heart.

This plan was clearly deciphered on the Internet in the past. The bottom line was that our aircraft at that time had fallen behind the mainstream aircraft in the world. Most countries in the world were already equipped with third-generation aircraft, while my country's aircraft design was still based on the Soviet model, emphasizing high altitude and high speed. At that time, air combat emphasized the overall performance of the aircraft, and in this regard our country was already far behind.

For safety reasons, we must have an alternative aircraft. However, our country's aviation industry was weak at the time. Fortunately, we had established cooperative relations with Western countries, especially the United States, and the United States also used us to share the pressure.

At that time, my country's reform and opening up had just begun, and the price of purchasing 40 French Mirage 2000s exceeded the total budget of all weapons procurement of the Air Force in the past few decades since the founding of New China. The price of purchasing this batch of F16/79 fighters was also very high. After several considerations, they gave up external procurement.

When the plan to purchase supersonic fighter jets was about to fail due to "financial constraints", the Eagle Sauce suddenly extended an olive branch to us. The Eagle Sauce proposed to help my country improve the existing Zhan-8 fighter jets, which would not only save costs but also significantly improve the combat capability of the fighter jets, thus leading to the famous "Peace Model" plan.

The plan is mainly for my country to invest 5.5 million US dollars to hand over 55 Z-8II fighter jets to the Eagle Sauce for upgrading and improvement. At the same time, my country also sent more than 20 technicians to the Eagle Sauce Grumman Company and Dayton Base for modernization training.

At that time, our country was quite in favor of this plan, which could greatly enhance our country's military capabilities with the least funding. Therefore, our country took out the most advanced aircraft in the country at that time for improvement.

You have to know that this was an aircraft we had just developed not long ago. It could be said to be our flagship aircraft, our absolute main force. It also shows the importance our country attaches to this plan. Even if we don’t talk about the aircraft, our domestic funds were limited at the time, and it was quite difficult to come up with so much money at once. Therefore, we have high expectations for this cooperation.

(End of this chapter)