Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Capital Airport.

As the sun set, a passenger plane landed on the runway. The mobile boarding stairs moved over to connect with the plane, allowing passengers to disembark. In this era, there wasn't a dedicated connecting passage to the arrival hall; passengers had to walk.

Once all the regular passengers had left, several Westerners emerged, wearing sunglasses and masks, obscuring their appearances.

A flight attendant guided them towards a special通道 (tōngdào, passage), bypassing customs. As they continued forward, they were met by several individuals waiting at the other end. One of them was very familiar, someone Brasi had been eagerly anticipating!

"Director Qin!" Brasi rushed to Qin Yang as if he were seeing a relative. "Director Qin, I, I deeply regret not listening to you. If only I had stopped Schiavoni from seeking out that so-called friend!"

"Indeed, I didn't expect you to be so impatient. I had only just received those film rolls and was in the process of converting them into blueprints. I hadn't even started the evaluation, yet you couldn't wait!"

Brasi lowered his head in shame. "Yes, why couldn't we have waited a little longer? We should have considered the transportation time!"

"Fortunately, Director Qin had made arrangements in advance and rescued you. Now that you've come to the East, settle down and stay put. Rest assured, we can protect you," Old Lin beside Qin Yang said.

"Alas, we were still a step too late. By the time they arrived, Schiavoni had already been apprehended. We had no opportunity to rescue him," Qin Yang said. "Currently, Schiavoni is being held by the Naval Security Operations Intelligence Agency. However, as long as he grits his teeth and doesn't reveal any secrets, insisting that he was drunk that day and just boasting to Ballestreli, those interrogating him will have no way to deal with Schiavoni. Eventually, they will have to release him."

Of course, Schiavoni couldn't be rescued. If everyone got out, the Naval Security Operations Intelligence Agency would have come up empty-handed and would definitely keep quiet to avoid embarrassment. That way, the people in front of Qin Yang would think he was deceiving them.

Someone had to be caught, and someone had to be rescued.

"Actually, we really do need your help," Qin Yang said. "We urgently need a field air defense system. We hope to utilize the technical data we obtained last time, along with the technology we already possess domestically, to develop a surface-to-air missile system. This is of great importance to us. If you are willing to help, we are willing to offer you twice the salary you received before."

Surface-to-air missile? Old Lin, who was standing to the side, was a little unhappy. Wasn't it agreed that they would develop air-to-air missiles?

"Director Qin, you've come to the right people. All of us have participated in the development of the Albatros system," Brasi said. "Some of us developed the seeker, some developed the proximity fuse, some developed the control circuit, some developed the missile body, and some developed the target illumination radar. Together, we can completely replicate the Albatros system."

"The data we brought this time can also be utilized. It's a long-range search radar, perfect for pairing with our air defense system," another person said.

They had nowhere else to go. Coming to the East, they naturally had to demonstrate their importance to let the Easterners know how valuable they were.

"Really? That's wonderful!" Qin Yang was overjoyed. "On behalf of the Eastern military industry, I welcome your joining! I guarantee you won't regret your choice today!"

Initially, when Qin Yang went to Italy, he only wanted to cooperate with Selenia to improve the Aspide air-to-air missile, co-invest, and share technology to solve the Air Force's lack of medium-range missiles. Even spending tens of millions of dollars would be worth it.

As for luring Selenia's Aspide technology developers to the East? It was only something he could dream about. Why would Italians give up their good lives and come to the East? In their eyes, the East was quite poor and backward, a place of exile. There weren't many people with a great spirit of internationalism.

Qin Yang never expected that he, as a transmigrator, would have the protagonist's halo and encounter Brasi and Schiavoni, the two most foolish intelligence peddlers in the world. So, after some manipulation by Qin Yang, he successfully tricked these people into coming to the East, where they would wholeheartedly serve him.

Now, these people could actually form a team!

Aspide was just the name of the missile. It needed to be combined with other equipment to form a combat system. Albatros was specifically prepared for the Navy. The eight-unit version was used on large warships, and the four-unit version was used on small warships. Transplanting it into a surface-to-air missile was also easy.

"If you can create it, our Air Force will also purchase a batch!" Old Lin was also very happy. So far, the Air Force only had the HQ-2 surface-to-air missile, which was clearly not enough. Although the aerospace department had been working hard to research it over the years, they had not had any successful experience. With this group of people helping to develop a medium- and short-range surface-to-air missile, the Air Force would certainly purchase it!

"However, what our Air Force urgently needs are air-to-air missiles. You…" Before Old Lin could finish speaking, Qin Yang interrupted him and patted Old Lin's shoulder. "Old Lin, surface-to-air missiles and air-to-air missiles require different guidance radars. We don't need to rush."

Old Lin reacted. These people were new here and it was not known whether they were reliable. If they were allowed to help with air-to-air missiles, it would definitely require debugging with airborne radar, which was the most important secret!

There was no need to rush. He would wait until they had been tested! Anyway, there was no use in rushing now. The 601 Institute was not performing well.

"Everyone, let's not stand here. I'll take you to the factory and arrange your life and work. You will definitely like it here," Qin Yang continued to invite.

For Factory 960, this day was of great significance. They now had a group of foreign employees! Of course, this was just the beginning. In the future, more and more foreigners would join and contribute to the development of the Eastern military industry.