Chiang Ching-kuo is considered a wise man. Reason tells him that with Taiwan's population of less than 20 million and its land of 36,000 square kilometers, it has absolutely no chance of winning when competing with the mainland's population of one billion and its land of 9.6 million square kilometers. In the past, their biggest reliance was the American godfather and a shallow strait. However, with the rapid development of military technology on the left bank and the continuous accumulation of power, the American godfather began to win over Red China, and the strait was no longer insurmountable. barrier.
"Fusong, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must increase investment and communicate well with the American Institute in Taiwan. We also need to contact more friends in the U.S. Congress. The main excuse for the United States not to sell us F-16s was that it was afraid of the imbalance of cross-strait military power. But now the imbalance is obviously serious. The Communist Army is equipped with advanced fighter jets. Even if they give us F-16s, they may not be able to deal with them. Well, let¡¯s ask the United States to buy F-15s!¡±
Zhu Fusong, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of China, couldn't help but shudder after listening to Jiang Jingguo's words. The F-15 is really the main fighter aircraft that non-US allies will not sell, or they have to spend real money, that is, Israel and Japan. and Saudi Arabia have obtained this type of aircraft, and even allies such as South Korea only have F-16s as the main force of their air forces.
Zhu Fusong naturally could not remonstrate that the task could not be completed, but he did not dare to issue a military order and come forward to see it if it could not be completed. He just said: "President, please rest assured that our Ministry of Foreign Affairs will definitely devote 100% of its efforts to it."
Peng Yuanxi, who was in charge of the Yingyang Project, still looked at Jiang Jingguo quite uneasily, fearing that Jiang Jingguo would ax the project as soon as he opened his mouth. However, Chiang Ching-kuo is not the traitorous "President" Iwasato Masao who only thinks about Japan. He is ambitious and courageous. He then said: "Dr. Peng, we still have to carry out the Yingyang Project. As you said, Although we have widened the gap with the other side, if we do not develop our own, the gap will only get wider and wider. The IDF will continue to work on it, but now that the other side has stronger fighter jets, we must also go higher. As for the standards, do you think we should improve the design indicators?¡±
Peng Yuanxi stroked his eyes and answered in a formulaic manner: "There is no problem with this, but whether the performance of our fighter planes can be improved or not depends on the level of engines and radars provided by the United States. Without good engines and radars, It won¡¯t work after all.¡±
Jiang Jingguo nodded and said to Zhu Fusong: "Have you heard, Fusong, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs should cooperate more with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Zhongshan Institute of Science in Taiwan, not the Chinese Academy of Sciences in mainland China) on this matter, and try to communicate with the United States. , able to sell us better parts.¡±
Zhu Fusong is not a geek who only knows technology, but a diplomat who has been in the diplomatic field for a long time. He said: "I'm afraid that if we really make a good fighter jet, the United States will have to worry about our export competition." their market."
Jiang Jingguo gritted his teeth and said: "The Yingyang Project has produced aircraft with excellent performance. Even if they are not exported, our Guo Army will order at least 200 of them. The better, the more we will order!"
When Peng Yuanxi saw Chiang Ching-kuo's courage, he was very moved. The more orders he placed, the longer the plan would go, and the future development of Taiwan's aerospace industry would be brighter. He immediately felt like a soldier would die for his confidant, and said: : "Mr. President, please rest assured that the Chinese Academy of Sciences is not afraid of blood and sweat, and will definitely let the eagle of the Republic of China fly into the sky!"
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Qi Yiming didn¡¯t know that his unexpected appearance had made the senior officials on Ghost Island so nervous and pressured. His negotiations with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in South Korea were basically still in a semi-stalemate. On the one hand, South Korea is still deciding whether to repatriate Xiao Tianyun, the only air force pilot planning to defect to Taiwan. At the same time, they are still struggling with whether to purchase Chinese fighter jets. There is not much official content from the United States. It is already clear that the matter is basically settled. However, several defense contractors below, especially General Electric, Grumman, Vought, Hughes and other companies, are working on it. to step up cooperation with AVIC.
FC-1 is an excellent fighter platform with potential no less than that of the F-16, and it has proven its strength on the battlefield. The above companies are either frustrated with their own country's F-16 project, or they want to get another piece of the pie, and they all want to join this project with great development prospects in the future. Of course, some of them are so active. On the other side, General Dynamics, the owner of the F-16, and Northrop, the owner of the F-20, are panicking and have said that they must boycott the FC-1 international version (China and the United States). Cooperation version). So before the project was even revealed, the American contractors were in a fight, and Qi Yiming was happy to watch the show.
For him, no matter what he does, it will have no impact, because the original version of FC-1 is the Chinese version, and the international version is developed just to be able to carry the banner of the United States and enter the American ally market.
Although Qi Yiming traveled back in time and brought a lot of information from later generations to the Celestial Empire, butThe scores are all uneven and come from public data in 2015, and some core industrial data are still missing. In addition, the Red Alert Base can provide military-related heavy industry information, and it can also provide some equipment. However, following the example of the Soviet Union, no matter how much artillery and aircraft are produced, without enough bread and milk, social stability will still be seriously affected.
He had also thought about holding back a million troops and advanced equipment for a period of time to sweep across the earth. It¡¯s just that this kind of fantasy that lacks support is unrealistic after all. With only military power and no society and people, no matter how big the country¡¯s fist is, its legs are still weak. An unsteady giant will surely fall.
Military exports are a part of his special concern, because this hugely profitable industry can easily bring a large amount of money to the country in the short term. Today's country does not lack talents or technology, but it lacks money. That's why he worked so hard to make money everywhere, made friends with investors like Jacqueline, and worked hard to sell arms to earn start-up capital for economic development.
Because the South Korean side was still intensifying its efforts to demonstrate and discuss how to deal with China's arms sales-for-compensation proposal, the Chinese delegation could only stay in the hotel where they were staying. Qi Yiming leisurely went to the hotel's hot spring to take a bath. .
Wearing loose pajamas and a tractor board, with steam floating on his body, Qi Yiming hummed a small tune and prepared to walk back to his room. Behind him were two bodyguards, both of whom were elite soldiers trained in the Red Alert Base and had reliable combat capabilities.
He accidentally caught a glimpse of several waiters standing in the hotel. Somehow, Qi Yiming always felt that these people had ill intentions towards the Chinese delegation. Although they were courteous and courteous to all of them, Qi Yiming vaguely felt that these people had a special anger in their hearts, as if they were like a volcano waiting to erupt.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much." Qi Yiming said to himself.
However, he was cautious and secretly told his bodyguard: "Observe the service staff of this hotel more carefully. I always feel that something is wrong with them."
The two cold-faced soldiers said: "Yes!" and then other expressions were lost.
Qi Yiming shook his head. He never allowed himself to compete with these people. Some of the personnel recruited from the Red Alert Base were easier to communicate with, while others were no different from robots.
After staggering back to his room, Qi Yiming put other things behind his mind. At this time, several Korean service staff standing in the hotel lobby looked at his disappearing back with cold expressions.
"Pay attention to some Smectas. This young guy is the most alert among them. Senior Cui almost showed his weakness in front of him the day before yesterday. We have to act quickly. The traitorous government is about to reach a compromise with the Chinese. We, the country-protecting warriors, Our heroic souls will be desecrated, and we, the Korean National Revival Society, will tell the powerful China in our own way that we, Korea, cannot be insulted lightly!" said a man with a big face and small eyes.
Another big-faced person next to him asked worriedly: "Is there really no problem? We still don't know what kind of agreement the government will reach with the Chinese, and didn't China apologize and say it would compensate?"
Big-faced Jia said angrily: "A dictatorial government that cannot represent the people, even if it makes a choice, it must be against the interests of the Korean nation! This beast Chun Doohuan should be cut into pieces. The martyrs of Gwangju told us, The military government must not believe it! Under the instigation of the Americans, Quan Douhuan will definitely make peace with China! And will our air force soldiers die in vain? "
His incitement quickly made the big-faced people in this group excited, and they all whispered in unison: "Blood must be repaid with blood!"
Qi Yiming never imagined that he could still see the drama that became popular in later generations back in 1985, and he became a first-hand experiencer. Just when this over-energetic guy returned to his room after soaking in the hot spring and was lying on the carpet doing push-ups to exercise, a loud bang came from the building under him.
In the blink of an eye, a big hole was opened in half of his room. Because Korea has a tradition of using wood when building houses, the damage caused by the explosion to this wooden building was almost maximized. The blown wood chips, planks, and various debris in the room were flying everywhere. Qi Yiming lay on the ground in horror, and even saw an arm flying over his head. At this moment, all his sense told him to lie there and not move. Any flying wood chips would turn into extremely dangerous weapons and turn him into a corpse.
When the explosion subsided and a more violent fire surrounded the entire hotel, Qi Yiming was dizzy and trapped in only half of the room. Before he could react, a red alert bodyguard hugged him directly. He got up and rushed out of the window.
Qi Yiming felt the gravity and found that he was falling from the third floor. He immediately screamed, but when he found that the soldier turned aroundHe turned his back to the ground, until with a bang, Qi Yiming and the soldier fell to the ground. Qi Yiming lay in front of the soldier and escaped from the burning fire, but the soldier used his own His life was used as a meat pad for him.