When Kelly Hicks told Chen Geng that the White House would purchase the ThinkCenter personal computer, outside the U.S. Army Davidson Monson Air Force Base in Arizona (also translated as Mengshan), a long-nosed Ford bus painted in army green was speeding away.

Jotson, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood next to the driver in military uniform, and shouted to the members of the Chinese delegation in the car with a high-spirited face: "Gentlemen, the next thing we are going to visit is the famous Davidson Monson Air Force Base, which is the largest aircraft backup base in the United States, with more than 4,000 aircraft of various uses and types, and your CH-54A and CH-54B 'Tahe' helicopters are also parked here. Of course ......"

Speaking of this, Joterson smirked: "We usually call it the 'airplane graveyard'. ”

The members of the Chinese delegation were already stunned by the spectacular scene in front of them: on the right side of the road, you can see that the yellow desert is full of all kinds of planes: large planes, small planes, small planes, fighters, transport planes, bombers, planes from the Second World War, and planes that are still in service with the US Air Force in combat sequences......

Plane!

Plane!

Or an airplane!

Countless planes are placed in the empty, endless desert, and there is no end in sight.

This scene is shocking beyond everyone's imagination!

The carriage was filled with gasps and whispers of involuntary discussion......

"Shhh...... So many planes ......"

"Oh my God, how many planes are there?!"

"At least one or two thousand, right?"

"One or two thousand? Didn't you hear Mr. Joterson say that there are more than 4,000 planes of all kinds stored in this base......

4000?!

The carriage, which had been a little noisy just now, suddenly fell silent!

How many military aircraft are there in the whole of China combined?

Is there a large number of aircraft stored at this base in the United States?

The members of the delegation, including those from the military, from the diplomatic system, from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, from other departments, and comrades who did not know much about the situation of the country's military equipment, involuntarily looked at the comrades of the military who were traveling with them: The comrades of the military should have a better understanding of the situation, right?

And then......

When they saw the comrades in the military, their faces turned pale one by one.

Pale complexion?

No one is stupid, everyone immediately understood what this meant, and they fell silent: the military strength of the United States is too strong.

A few comrades who are well aware of the strength of the domestic air force can't help but have a look of despair and happiness on their faces: Despair, the US military is so strong, when will we be able to catch up? If it weren't for the fact that we have nuclear weapons, if it weren't for the fact that we are still separated from the United States by the Pacific Ocean, which is still 10,000 kilometers wide, if not...... What kind of scene is it now, I can't even think about it!;

Fortunately, we are now carrying out reform and opening up, and fortunately, we are now friends with the Americans not enemies.

Only Li Jianguo, whose face was also pale, pursed his lips tightly.

At the moment when he saw the shocking scene in front of him, he finally understood why Chen Geng's expression was so meaningful and why he said to himself, "Keep your mind, don't be frightened by the scene you see" at the dinner that night, when the US military agreed to his request and could go to the US military's Davidson Monson Air Force Base in Arizona to see the current state of those CH-54A/B "Tahe" heavy helicopters...... The scene in front of me is really scary.

Joterson enjoyed the Chinese delegation's shocking reaction: Shock, right? Shock.

Several US officers in the car showed a knowing smile on their faces, and at the same time exchanged glances tacitly: every time I saw those foreign turtles stunned by the spectacular scene of our aircraft cemetery, it can make people feel happy all day, especially when they are shocked or from a damn socialist country, that pleasant feeling is directly doubled!

It's just that the Huaxia delegation is also aggrieved, this business has talked about this step, and they haven't even seen what the things they want to buy are in now.

Although it is a "graveyard", Davidson Monson Air Force Base is definitely the most valuable and secure "graveyard" in the United States, the cemetery is surrounded by three layers of electrified barbed wire, and there are strict security procedures at the entrance - unlike a few years later, when the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States was superpowered, the generous US government not only allowed private jet dismantling companies (in fact, they are related households) to directly engage in aircraft dismantling and recycling business here, but also sold tickets to those tourists who came to visit.

After a series of tedious inspection processes, the Chinese delegation finally stepped into the famous Davidson Monson Air Force Base.

The head of the base did not show up at all, and only arranged for a major named Donald Rumsfeld to accompany him the whole time.

Looking at the Chinese delegation, which was obviously a little cringe, Donald Rumsfeld said with a straight face and a serious face: "Gentlemen, I am Major Donald Rumsfeld, and I am under the order of Brigadier General Frederick Rogers, the commander of the base, to welcome all friends to come and visit.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Brigadier General Frederick Rogers authorized me to read out to you some notes of the visit before the official visit began: the first ......"

Donald Rumsfeld's expression was very serious, with a look of "If it weren't for the fact that this was an order from above, Lao Tzu would not welcome you at all!", he didn't want to do it but had to do it because it was an order from his superiors, but Lao Tzu was very unhappy in his heart, but in fact, this is the Americans, or the United States @ military is using this seemingly naïve way to give the Chinese delegation a disadvantage.

In other words, although this is not a directive from the Pentagon, it has been tacitly accepted by the Pentagon.

Why?

On the one hand, it is out of the need to show one's own strength: let's see, is Lao Tzu powerful? Is it awesome or not? It is right to cooperate with Lao Tzu, and it is right to follow Lao Tzu in the future, what kind of socialism is to be pursued, capitalism is the right way;

On the other hand, although the two countries have formally established diplomatic relations, and economic and trade exchanges and politics are heating up rapidly, there should be no small number of secret wars, not to mention that the Vietnam War has only ended for seven years.

As for the Chinese delegates, the impact of the almost boundless plane in front of them is too great, to put it mildly, it is simply a blow to intelligence, and everyone's minds are still a little unable to react.

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For the convenience of visiting, the base provided five M151 jeeps, the canvas roof removed, but the guard bars are still not removed, it is clear that these five M151 jeeps are also the daily vehicles of Monson Air Base.

Seeing the five M151 convertible military jeeps in front of them, inexplicably, everyone thought of a scene: standing in the back row, the jeep drove slowly, holding the guard bar with one hand, and then waved around: "Hello comrades! Comrades have worked hard......

Something strange must have popped up.

Shaking their heads, everyone quickly threw this strange thought out of their minds, and got into the car separately under the prompting of the interpreter - that is, there were obviously more people who chose to stand in the back seat than those who chose to sit in the passenger seat.

"What we see now is the B-29 Stratofortress bomber that contributed to the victory of the war during World War II," Major Donald Rumsfeld and the members of the Chinese delegation stopped in front of a large row of B-29 bombers, holding a small loudspeaker in his hand, and introduced to everyone: "The maximum bomb load of this bomber is as high as 9 tons, which is a very remarkable feat in the early 40s nearly 40 years ago......

The Soviets once shamelessly copied our B-29, their Tu-4 bomber......"

Listening to Donald Rumsfeld's introduction, Li Jianguo was a little distracted: The American B-29 has been retired for so many years, but what about us? Are we still using the Soviet Tu-4 bomber copied from the B-29......

"The next aircraft you see is the F-111 fighter-bomber, as you can see, this is a variable-swept wing supersonic fighter-bomber, the maximum flight speed can reach an astonishing Mach 2.5, the practical ceiling is more than 20,000 meters, the maximum range is more than 6,700 kilometers, and the combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the SovietsTu-22M long-range bomber......

Of course, the F-111 fighter-bombers you see in front of you are not being put here because they are going to be retired, we are upgrading and modifying this powerful combat weapon, and these F-111s are temporarily parked here, waiting for subsequent modifications and upgrades......"

"These planes, I believe that Chinese friends know, yes, this is the B-52 strategic bomber, known as the 'Stratofortress', one of the most powerful strategic bombers on the planet, one take-off can deliver 31.5 tons of ammunition to the enemy's position, it is simply a flying bomb train, the attack power is far greater than the Tu-95 of the Soviets...... These B-52s are temporarily mothballed here, and if necessary, they can be put into use after only three days of preparation......"

I don't know if this Major Donald Rumsfeld has a grudge against the Soviets, and whenever he introduces a certain piece of equipment to the Chinese delegation, he always pulls the Soviets into a belittled way.