After sending Al-Thani away, Chen Geng called Wang Dazhi: "Lao Wang, have you communicated the route and the matter of stopping and refueling?"

"Almost, there are still two countries going through the final procedures," Wang Dazhi's voice sounded a little tired: "If everything goes well, it will be done in about a week." ”

During the period when Chen Geng and Al-Thani were "wrestling hands", Wang Dazhi was not idle, and he was actively coordinating the route of the fleet to Turkey.

The direct distance from Huaxia to Tuai is more than 7,000 kilometers, but the maximum range of the Yak-130 is only 2,100 kilometers, and even with the addition of 3 auxiliary fuel tanks, the maximum range is only 3,100 kilometers (as a training aircraft, even the two heavy "wet" on the belly and inside of the wings pylon, the maximum load is also very leisurely, can not hang heavy auxiliary fuel tanks, can only hang light auxiliary fuel tanks), but in fact, no aircraft will fly the range so extreme, in the case of attaching 3 auxiliary fuel tanks, in order to ensure that in case of unexpected situations can also fly to the landing airport, the maximum available range is only 2400 kilometers - the 700 kilometers reserved for the flight is to fly to the alternate airport.

This means that if the COMAC Yak-130 aircraft participating in the Turkish and Egyptian military procurement can arrive in Turkey and Egypt smoothly, the COMAC Yak-130 fleet will not only have to cross the airspace of many countries during the period, but also have to make at least two ground stops for refueling.

The problem now is that this fleet not only has COMAC's own Yak-130 and Yak-130B (entry combat configuration), but also the K8 of Hongdu Factory, compared with the Yak-130, the legs of the K8 trainer aircraft are shorter, the maximum range is only 1400 kilometers, and the maximum range of three light auxiliary fuel tanks is only 2100 kilometers, and we all know that the K8 does not have the ability to receive fuel in the air, which means that the entire fleet has to land and refuel every 1500 kilometers of flight, so how to ensure that the entire fleet has a place to land and refuel during the entire voyage has become the top priority of Wang Dazhi's work in this short time。

Fortunately, this kind of thing has formed a complete set of communication mechanisms around the world...... Without such a communication mechanism, it will not work, otherwise how will those non-coastal countries located within the continent procure their own military equipment from procurement?...... There is no problem as long as there is active coordination with the foreign affairs services, air forces and air defence systems of these countries along the route and in the countries where they stop, in accordance with the procedure.

However, even with such a set of communication mechanisms, the Huaxia Foreign Affairs System also supports the work of COMAC and actively helps COMAC communicate with various countries along the way. Coordination, but Wang Dazhi did not dare to take it lightly: even if it is a procedure, this kind of communication is quite laborious, and the current Sino-US relations are not very good, in case the United States makes a bad deal during the period, so that one of the countries does not agree to the commercial aircraft fleet into its own airspace, the commercial aviation group will replan the route for the fleet, then the specific range is uncertain, maybe more than 8,000 kilometers, maybe more than 9,000 kilometers...... Fortunately, there are no countries with a particularly large land area on this route, and even if there are a few countries that are willing to be dogs and legs for the Americans, the fleet does not have to go around too far.

Chen Geng also understands the twists and turns, and also knows how much effort Wang Dazhi has spent in order to communicate with the route during this time: "It's hard work." ”

"It's all what I should do," although there was a little tiredness in his voice, Wang Dazhi's voice was more excited: "And I'm happy! Really, chairman, our fighter jets can be sold abroad, and you don't know how happy I am to see this day!"

Wang Dazhi's heart is really excited, although the Fokker F100 and F120 of the COMAC Group have been exported to many foreign countries, but for the Yak-130 project that Chen Gengyi insisted on cooperating with the Yakovlev Design Bureau of the Soviet Union, the entire senior management team of the COMAC Group actually did not have much hope, and always felt that the failure of the international advanced training aircraft project self-funded by the COMAC Group was as high as eighty percent!

But now, COMAC has just completed the verification of the land-based trainer version and the land-based LIFT version (entry combat configuration), and the shipborne version has not yet been technically verified, so it is already expected to be sold?

At this moment, Wang Dazhi threw himself into the ground for the five-body body that he admired from Chen Geng's vision!

"Hehe......" Chen Geng was also very happy, but in addition to being happy, his mind also remained calm enough: "Don't be busy getting excited, seriousness is the key to ensuring the smooth arrival of the fleet in Tu'ai...... There will be many more such things in the future. ”

"Don't worry, I promise nothing will go wrong!"

Wang Dazhi's voice was a little louder than just now.

"Okay," Chen Geng responded: "Notify me as soon as there is a situation." ”

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Just as the whole thing was progressing in an orderly manner, Leilani Taylor reported to Chen Geng that Joterson wanted to visit him.

"Jotson, why is he here?" Chen Geng frowned, and asked Leilani Taylor with some certainty: "If I'm not mistaken, this guy's business scope is mainly in the Pentagon, and he also has business in the Middle East?"

"Probably not," Laylani Taylor wasn't quite sure, "but Mr. Joterson says he has something to talk to you about this Turkish-Egyptian arms purchase." ”

"Oh?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "Let him in...... Anyway, we're all old friends. ”

He was very curious, who is this guy Joterson here to help as a lobbyist this time?

As for what Jortson wanted to say to himself, he already had a rough idea in his mind.

"Hey, man, I'm so glad to see you. Seeing Chen Geng, Joterson hugged Chen Geng very happily.

"I'm glad to see you, too," Chen Geng smiled and hugged Joterson back, "But man, I think you didn't come all the way from the comfort of Washington to the hot soil just to tell me that you miss me very much, right?"

"Of course not, I'm here to give you a gift. ”

"Oh?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "What a gift." ”

"Aren't you going to sell your Yak-130 to Tue," said Jotson, "and the Turkish-Egyptian military will organize a simulated exercise, which is set up to use their F-16Cs and F-4 fighter jets and MiG-23s against the aircraft participating in this bid, and then conduct a comprehensive score." ”

Chen Geng nodded: "Yes, I know." ”

Of course, Chen Geng knew about this matter, and at the very beginning of the current arms procurement bidding, the Turkish and Egyptian sides explained that in order to find out whether the performance of the models participating in the bidding met their own needs, the Turkish and Egyptian sides would organize a number of fighters to conduct simulated confrontation exercises with the participating models.

It has to be said that although it is impossible for Turkey and Egypt not to be affected by international politics, it can ensure that the final winning aircraft may not be the aircraft with the highest overall score, but it must be the model with the top scores and can basically meet its own requirements.

For example, if the top three scores are the French Mirage 2000-5, the Swedish Gripen JAS-39 and the American F-5E after the simulation exercise, then when the Tue finally chooses the JAS-39 Gripen, then the Americans and the French will not say anything, although they are very unhappy, but if the final winner is a certain model from the bottom, do you see if the Americans and the French can do it? They will immediately teach Tue to be a good person.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Geng was a little curious why Joterson suddenly said this: "So, what do you want to say?"

"I have some channels on my side that can allow the fighter pilots on the Turkish side who are participating in this simulated confrontation exercise to put a little bit of water at a critical moment when they are confronting your plane......" Jotson's index finger and thumb gestured a gap of less than three millimeters: "Dude, you know, at this critical time, a little bit of water is a little bit of good for you." ”

Is this a good thing?

Seems like a good thing.

But Chen Geng suddenly became vigilant, looking at Jotson, Chen Geng said slowly: "Old Joe, there is also Northrop Grumman Company participating in Tu'e's bidding this time, right?"

Northrop Grumman's participation in Turkey's military procurement is F-5E and F-5F, of which F-5E is a single-seat type, and F-5F can be regarded as a two-seat trainer/combat of F-5E, and the technical level and avionics level of the two are roughly comparable.

Speaking of Northrop Grumman's participation in this bidding, there is a very interesting point here: Northrop Grumman closed the F-5 production line as early as 1987, and later assembled a batch of F-5E/F with surplus parts in the warehouse, and finally closed the production line completely after the last batch of F-5E/F was delivered in 1989.

So the question is, now that the F-5 production line has been stopped, how can Northrop Grumman still participate in this bidding?

Because Northrop Grumman's operation is quite coquettish, their plan is to borrow two F-5E and F-5F from the U.S. Air Force to participate in this bidding, and if the final bid is successful, they will pull a batch of F-5Es from the "aircraft graveyard" in the United States, modify, refurbish, and extend their life before selling them to Tue.

For Northrop Grumman, there are many advantages to this, first of all, although it is a second-hand phone, these F-5E and F-5F have been scientifically and rigorously sealed, and many of the F-5E and F-5F sealed in the "aircraft graveyard" have only taken about 10 years, and there are a lot of remaining fuselage life, which can fully meet the requirements of Tue;

Secondly, since this is a second-hand aircraft, the overall performance of these aircraft is good, the overall avionics level can also meet the requirements of Tuai, and the most important thing is that the price is cheaper, which is very important for Tuai, who pays special attention to price;

The third and most important point is that Northrop Grumman has made a lot of money without rebuilding the F-5 production line, which is a great joy for Northrop Grumman, who is now in financial difficulties.

But at the same time, the question also arises, since there is Northrop Grumman, a local American military industrial giant, participating in the exhibition, why doesn't Joterson not hug the thigh of Northrop Grumman, but risk offending the big guy to help himself?

Say it's because of his friendship with him Jotson?

If Joteson said it was because of this, Chen Geng could only say, "Dude, can we stop joking?"