Barry Hamp's old friend and comrade-in-arms, Marion Fursom, stopped talking, and when the power of the engine was comparable, the weight of the whole aircraft was reduced by more than 1,200 kilograms just by replacing the engine, and for an aircraft with an empty weight of only 4,650 kilograms, Marion Fursom knew too well what this meant: it directly reduced a quarter of the empty weight! Not to mention that the diameter of the turboprop engine was too small, which greatly shortened the diameter of the nose and gave the pilot a better forward vision.

"Okay," Marion Fursom took a deep breath, "and I still can't accept it, but from a combat point of view, it's really not a bad thing...... But Barry, are you sure we can actually get back on the battlefield?"

Barry Hamp nodded: "Our boss is a guy with a lot of energy in the Pentagon, although we are only patrolling the no-fly zones over Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iraq, but this is really back on the battlefield." ”

Marion Fursom was a little disappointed: "No-fly zone patrol ah......"

"What else do you want?" Barry Hamp laughed, "Do you want to fight in the Vietnam War again?"

"That's not it," Marion Fulsom shook his head hurriedly, his face a little pale, for the Vietnam War was not a pleasant experience for any American veteran who had fought in the Vietnam War: "I just ...... Just ......"

"Okay, man, don't think about it, since our new boss is so methodical, he will definitely not let us be so idle, and will definitely try to find a way to find a job for us," Barry Hamp patted Marion Folsom and patted the A-1E "Skyraider" attack aircraft next to him: "As for now, man, what you have to do is to re-familiarize yourself with the feeling of a new partner, and when we get to the sky, we can rely on this old fellow." ”

Marion Fursom nodded heavily, although he was still very unhappy with Chen Geng's move to replace the A-1E attack aircraft with a turboprop engine, but he also admitted that the replacement of the engine was actually a good thing, but before boarding the plane for today's test flight, he still asked Barry Hamp: "Barry, apart from the 'Sky Raider', what other plane does our boss have?"

"There's Mi-8 helicopters," says Barry Hamp, "and I've heard that there's also an L-39 trainer." ”

Just Mi-8 and L-39?

Marion Fursom was a little disappointed: "Aren't there any supersonic planes?"

Mi-8 not to mention, as a positioning and the United States "Black Hawk" similar to the medium-sized general helicopter, this thing is not used to do combat on the front line, L-39 not to mention, although it has a certain combat capability, but in the final analysis, this thing is just a training aircraft, although it can carry out combat missions, but it does train fighter pilots.

"Dude, what do you think?" Barry Hamp looked at his old friend in surprise: "The company we work for is just a private defense contractor, not a country, supersonic fighter?"

Marion Fursom was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: Yes, he is now working for a private defense contractor, and the idea of counting on such a company to have supersonic fighters is indeed a little crazy: although the combat capability of supersonic fighters is very strong, not to mention the question of whether a private defense contractor can use it, the maintenance of supersonic fighters alone is not something that a private defense contractor can afford.

……………………

The two veteran attack aircraft pilots who were talking about Chen Geng didn't know that now, at this very moment, someone was selling supersonic fighters to their bosses......

"Nikolai, my friend, what do you say? Say it again?"

Chen Geng was a little skeptical that he had misheard it just now.

Just now, Comrade Nikolai Malenkov, deputy director of the former Soviet Union Military Industrial Equipment Committee and now deputy minister of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Chen Geng that he had found what he wanted, but the other party wanted him to buy some more things, including a request for Chen Geng to buy a few more MiG-21s -- in addition to the two MiG-21s that were originally going to be sold to the Atas Tactical Advanced Company, the high-ranking Kazakh official hoped that Chen Geng would be able to buy a few more MiG-21s.

This is the MiG-21, not the Il-2, how can it be sold casually?

"Fernández, my dear friend, you heard it right, it's the MiG-21, in addition to the MiG-21, Su-19 interceptors, Su-24 fighter-bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft, and even Mi-24 helicopter gunships......" Nikolai Malenkov said: "All of these, as long as you give a suitable price, they can be sold." ”

“……”

Chen Geng didn't know what to say for a while: Are those military leaders of the Central Asian Five Stans crazy? Why do they dare to sell anything?

However, if we think about it carefully, since the five Central Asian warheads can even be "lost," what is the big deal about "losing" a few not very advanced fighters? As far as these military leaders are concerned, as long as they can be exchanged for money, there is nothing they dare not sell.

As soon as Chen Geng was about to speak, Nikolai Malenkov continued: "Dude, the other party has taken into account your current situation very considerably, as long as you are willing to pay for it, not only the aircraft, but also the complete ground handling and maintenance team, maintenance and ground maintenance equipment and even pilots...... Our friends are willing to offer as long as you are willing to pay. ”

Is it tempting?

It is indeed very tempting, the other party's meaning is very clear, as long as you Chen Geng are willing to pay, you can directly pack the whole team away, which can be said to avoid the things that Chen Geng bought back from becoming a pile of scrap iron to the greatest extent.

But Chen Geng hesitated, but decided to give up this tempting idea: "Brother, thank you very much for your kindness, but forget it." ”

"Don't you?" Nikolai Malenkov was a little surprised: "Aren't you ...... Well, do you want to do big business? These things are very helpful for your business......."

Speaking of this, Nikolai Malenkov suddenly patted his head, feeling that he probably understood why Chen Geng refused: "As for the price, man, don't worry, I promise you that the price is absolutely reasonable, a complete ground maintenance team plus all the maintenance and maintenance equipment, plus a squadron of aircraft, only 2 million US dollars, in addition to free pilots!"

$2 million!

Dude, all of this, only $2 million, is there a better deal than that?"

Is it attractive?

It was indeed very attractive, but Chen Geng still refused without hesitation: "Thanks, man, but I really don't need it for the time being." ”