"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

Elliott Richardson stretched out his hand to Chen Geng with a smile on his face.

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

Holding Elliott Richardson's hand tightly, Chen Geng smiled equally happily.

After careful consideration, Chen Geng finally agreed to Elliott Richardson's invitation and decided to take a stake in Elliott Richardson's defense contracting company, and he obtained 20% of the shares of this defense contracting company with some equipment and $10 million in cash.

Now that everyone is already partners, Chen Geng no longer is polite to Elliot Richardson, and asks the other party directly: "Elliott, there is something I want you to help with." ”

Elliott Richardson bowed slightly: "You say." ”

Chen Geng asked: "The military has sealed a batch of A-1 attack aircraft, can we purchase a batch?"

"A-1?" Elliot Richardson frowned, thought about it carefully, and then remembered what kind of sacred the plane Chen Geng was talking about: "You are talking about the Navy's carrier-based 'Sky Raider' attack aircraft?"

"That's right, it's him. Chen Geng nodded.

"If I'm not mistaken, the last A-1 was retired in 1972," Elliot Richardson couldn't understand: "It's been more than 20 years since this thing was decommissioned and mothballed, what do you want this thing for?"

Chen Gengdao: "Don't care why I'm interested in this plane, you just say, if I want to buy a batch for our defense company, how much does the unit price cost?"

"This thing is just a pile of scrap metal, if our defense company uses it......" Elliot Richardson thought for a moment, "100,000 dollars, or 80,000 dollars?"

Chen Geng understands that the price of 80,000 US dollars is no different from giving it away for free, and even the cost of sealing and storage over the years is far from enough, and the reason why Elliot Richardson gave such a "suggested price" is because Chen Geng said that the purpose of buying this batch of A-1 "Sky Raider" attack aircraft is to use this defense contracting company for everyone, and as long as the defense contracting company pays the US side, no one can calculate the account in the future: such a pile of rags more than 20 years ago, can a plane be sold for 80,000 US dollars? Do you know how much it costs to store such an aircraft?

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that Elliot Richardson really can't understand why Chen Geng is suddenly interested in such an old-fashioned piston propeller aircraft designed in the 40s.

If you want to ask Chen Geng why he is interested in such an old-fashioned attack aircraft that has been retired for so many years, the reason is actually very simple: feelings!

Feelings.

Feelings are particularly difficult to say, even if how many years have passed, you may also have a certain thing that once made your heart unforgettable, some people's feelings may be a car in the memory of childhood, so when he is an adult, 30 years old, 40 years old, as long as the conditions allow, he will do more to try his best to buy back the car in his impression when he was a child, this is his feelings; some people's feelings may be villain books, some people's feelings may be slingshots......

Everyone has all kinds of feelings, and Chen Geng in this life also has his own feelings, and this feeling is the A-1 attack aircraft.

In the previous generation, Chen Geng's Runhua Group, based on the A-1 "Sky Raider" attack aircraft, designed a long-endurance, low-cost patrol aircraft for the military dedicated to border patrol by reducing weight and replacing internal materials, and because of the low cost, extremely low cost of use, extremely long flight time and sturdy structure and highly praised by the border troops, in the past two days, Chen Geng pondered the matter of Elliott Richardson's defense contracting company, which has been retired for more than 20 years A-1 "Sky Raider" The attack plane appeared in Chen Geng's mind again.

Of course, in addition to feelings, the reason why Chen Geng is eyeing the A-1 attack aircraft is also related to the tasks to be performed by this defense contracting company: as a defense contractor, do they need to carry out high-intensity and high-risk combat missions?

Of course not!

Being able to carry out some low-intensity air patrol missions is already considered lazy for the US Air Force.

For these low-intensity air patrol missions, as long as the A-1 is slightly modified, with the addition of such equipment as friend or foe identification equipment, new models of radio communication equipment, this thing is the best air patrol aircraft...... Don't you see that in a few years, the US military will begin to consider letting the "Mustang" return to service, although this matter was not successfully completed in the end, but the fact that the US military can pull this matter out for discussion itself shows a lot of things.

"Elliott, don't look down on A-1," Chen Geng said with a smile: "Let me ask you, do you think we are qualified to participate in those air strike missions above medium intensity?"

Elliott Richardson said without thinking, "Of course it can't be!"

"That's it," Chen Geng nodded: "It's impossible for us to participate in air combat missions above medium intensity, but with your relationship in the military and the connections of several shareholders of the company, it should be no problem to fight for some low-intensity air patrol missions, right?"

Elliott Richardson frowned: "This ......"

"For example, our GIs are in Haiti now, and those people in Haiti are not friendly enough to our soldiers," Chen Geng said with a smile looking at Elliot Richardson: "If there is an A-1 attack aircraft in the sky at any time to carry out deterrence and patrol missions, and can provide support to the ground at any time, you say ......."

Hey?

Elliott Richardson's eyes lit up: it seemed like it really could.

Seeing that Elliott Richardson's heart was moved, Chen Geng immediately made persistent efforts: "We have a lot of foreign military operations, not to mention far, in the past five or six years, not to mention the Iraq war of the entire NATO joint operation, just those that are relatively small-scale, such as the punishment of Panama in 1989, the 'Blade' operation to deter Liberia in 1990, the armed intervention in Somalia in 1992, and the ...... of Port-au-Prince, Haiti last year."

"In these places, our navy or air force fighters must maintain a presence in the sky to maintain sufficient deterrence against our enemy, but do we really need expensive fighters such as F-16 or F-14 or F-18 to carry out such a mission? I think the A-1 or L-39 is completely sufficient," Chen Geng said with a smile: "If we take over this part of the patrol and vigilance mission, how much income is this?" Of course, in order to perform such a task, the A-1 attack aircraft needs to make the necessary modifications, but how much does that cost?"