Chapter 233: The Road to Wealth

"Look, look, I'll know!" Guo Wen smiled and said to Zhang Shaozhong next to him: "Money is such a problem, as long as you find Mr. Hu, there must be a way!"

Zhang Shaozhong smiled and didn't answer his words. When it comes to making money itself, he knows more about Hu Wenhai's ability than Guo Wen.

"Mr. Hu, let's talk about it, what is a good way to make money?" Guo Wen came over.

"Well, if the Navy can do me a small favor, I might be able to help you find a way to get money. ”

Hu Wenhai touched his chin and waited for the price to sell.

"I can't be the master of big things. Guo Wen hurriedly declared, but then said: "But Mr. Hu's matter, I will report it truthfully as soon as possible!"

"Well, do you know Spey Engine?"

"What are you thinking, what are you reciting?" Guo Wen was confused.

However, Zhang Shaozhong next to him was very familiar with the equipment, and hurriedly said: "It is an aero engine for airplanes and fighters, and the British's Spey MK202 engine." This kind of engine was imported from Britain in our country in the seventies. However, with the discontinuation of the corresponding aircraft project, the research and development of this engine has also stopped. ”

Guo Wen nodded, this kind of dismount project has been in the sea for a few years, and he has long been surprised.

"Mr. Hu is interested in this engine?"

Hu Wenhai found a steel plate in the shade and blew it with his mouth, and then sat down: "I'm really interested in this engine, there is money in it!"

"Oh! Is there a way to make money?" Guo Wen's eyes lit up, and he sat down directly beside Hu Wenhai without caring about dirty, and asked with great interest: "Can Mr. Hu tell me in detail?"

"That's fine. Hu Wenhai simply agreed: "There is an attack aircraft called the A-7 attack aircraft on the US Navy aircraft carrier, do you know?"

"Ah, I know!" Guo Wen is not a straw bag, this level of naval knowledge is still there: "Is it the ugly plane that looks like a puffed toad?"

"Yes. Hu Wenhai smiled and nodded: "Don't say it." That's a pretty vivid description!"

"The biggest advantage of the A7 attack aircraft is its bomb load and range, its maximum combat radius is more than 3,600 kilometers, and it can attack Haikou from Harbin in one takeoff! And this super range relies on its TF41 engine. This TF41 engine is a non-afterburner version developed from the Spey engine. Therefore, the potential of Spey engines can be seen from this. ”

"Oh. This is really amazing!" Guo Wen imagined that it would be tempting for the navy to imagine that an aircraft that could fight over such a long distance at one time.

There is no difference between the equipment of the Chinese Navy and the Air Force, and the legs are as short as corgis......

Forget it on land, anyway, just build more airports. But as soon as Hainan Airlines flies into the sea, and there are no aircraft carriers, where can I find an airport to land?

So the Chinese Navy in the eighties was an out-and-out coastal garrison, and the air cover that aircraft could provide was too pitiful. A fleet without air cover, of course, has no sense of security.

If it weren't for the fact that Panda was the appointed guardian of the northern sky, the Navy itself would not have been able to feed the big-bellied man of the F-14. Otherwise, you must grab it with the Air Force.

Regardless of combat effectiveness, the A-7 attack aircraft is indeed quite touching in this range alone, and it has a performance that can make every Chinese navy's eyes hot.

Hu Wenhai continued: "Then, the Mirage series fighters produced by the French use an engine called Atta-9, and the appearance data of this engine is only very small and the Spey engine. The performance of the Spey engine is not up to the Atta 9 engine. Opened the Spey of Afterburner. Capable of delivering twice the thrust of the Atta-9. So you see, if we can put Spey engines on Mirage fighters......"

"That naturally greatly enhances the combat capability of the aircraft!" Hu Wenhai said. Guo Wen took it himself: "However, it is not a simple matter to change the engine of this plane, can it really be done like this?"

"I just came back from Shengjing today, and I specifically consulted experts from the 606 Institute. On paper, this is possible. But whether it will work or not depends on the real trick. ”

"Getting a Mirage fighter from the French? Let the French know, what will they do if they leave us alone?"

Hu Wenhai smiled silently.

Zhang Shaozhong, who was sitting next to Guo Wen, took over the conversation and explained: "This is impossible, the manufacturer of the Mirage fighter is the French Dassault Aircraft Company. This company is a 'state-owned enterprise' in France and is heavily influenced by the French government. The French have always had a higher heart than the sky in Europe. There is a century-old blood feud with the British, and no French dares to use British engines on the Mirage fighter, otherwise it would be a 'traitor'. ”

"Aren't we doing this, are we like little devils?" Guo Wen was stunned.

Zhang Shaozhong spread his hands: "It's almost meaningful, it should be understood like this, the Japanese take the road of socialism, and the United States moves to Southeast Asia and has a land border with us." Understanding Anglo-French relations in this way, it is almost the same. No matter how big the contradiction between Britain and France is, after all, there is still the main enemy of Su Xiu, so the contradiction has not intensified. ”

"Oh, that's what I see. Guo Wen nodded: "No matter how good the little devil's things are, our army's weapons still have to be produced by ourselves." ”

That's what Britain and France mean. ”

Hu Wenhai saw that Guo Wen understood, so he continued: "The key to the problem now is two aspects. The first is to promote the continuation of the Spey plan and achieve complete localization. The second is to get the modified test bench for the Mirage 3 and Mirage F1, both of which need to have a sufficient amount of impetus, obviously just by my flickering - ah no, I'm afraid it's not enough to appeal. ”

"This, where to get on the Mirage 3 and Mirage F1? Go to France to buy imported fighters, it's not an easy task. Guo Wen blinked, pretending not to understand Hu Wenhai's truth.

Hu Wenhai and Zhang Shaozhong glanced at each other and said with a smile: "You don't have to go to France, you can import it from Pakistan, they have both kinds of fighters." ”

"Hey, this is a coincidence!" Guo Wen smashed his fist on his palm and smiled excitedly: "Mr. Hu probably doesn't know that there is a delegation from Pakistan now, and it is a guest in our navy." ”

"What?" Hu Wenhai really didn't know. In his memory, Pakistan never bought any Chinese warships around 85 years ago, right? It seems that there is a business of missile boats, so there is no need for a high-level delegation.

"It's a Fuqing-class comprehensive supply ship. It was Zhang Shaozhong who spoke, and he knew more about this than Guo Wen.

Hu Wenhai suddenly realized that all he paid attention to were warships with combat effectiveness, and he really didn't remember that Pakistan had purchased China's comprehensive supply ships. Also. Who is interested in remembering such inconspicuous military auxiliary ships.

"Who are here?" asked Hu Wenhai.

"There are people from the Pakistan Ministry of Defense, the Logistics Command and the Navy, and the Ministry of Defense and the Logistics Command should be able to talk about you. ”

"That's great! I can pay for the introduction of the Phantom fighter, I just want to move faster!" Hu Wenhai really didn't expect it, he was simply sleepy and met the pillow. On his side, he was worried about how to promote the Spey project, and there were Pakistanis who received warships in the country.

As long as Spey can really be installed on the Mirage fighter, then the rest of the matter will be a matter of course.

The Air Force is not interested in Spey, but the Navy will certainly be interested in such an engine with fuel-efficient legs. Took down the Spey engine. Maybe I'll want to win the TF41 again. The US imperialists and others waited for the A7 to get out of the way and change it to plastic bugs, and they wished to remove the TF41 on the A-7's buttocks.

Without the engine, look at how the old men of Congress still oppose plastic bugs!

Guo Wen is also very happy, no matter what Hu Wenhai said about the way to get money, at least if you get it right, the navy may be able to get a little money here in Spey's upgrade project.

"Without further ado, I'll go and help Mr. Hu get in touch!"

Guo Wen didn't say a word, stood up and ran.

Hu Wenhai watched him run away in a hurry. Only then did he turn around, look at Zhang Shaozhong and say, "Bureau-supposedly." Zhang Zhuyan is going to Iraq recently?"

"Oh, that's the thing. Zhang Shaozhong nodded: "The first batch of equipment in China has been produced, and the Iraqi side is urging it tightly, and it plans to go to the first phase of the project first." ”

"It's a pity that Zhang Zhuyan went to be a translator. Hu Wenhai smiled and rehashed the old words: "I have always wanted to cooperate with the Navy to build a new concept equipment research and development center. The name is not very good, a little too 'militarized'. ”

Hu Wenhai pondered for a long time, and suddenly raised his head and suddenly realized: "I think of a good name, which is called the New Concept Equipment R&D Center internally, and externally." How about calling it the 'Brain Power and Insight Research Center'? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Shaozhong was full of black lines, waved his hand and said: "Mr. Hu asked me to think about it again, and I will talk about it when I come back from Iraq." ”

"It's fine. Hu Wenhai didn't push him too much, after all, it was a major matter related to his personal future.

Hu Wenhai temporarily put aside the matter of the Spey project, waited for the reply of the navy with peace of mind, and held the delivery ceremony of the 131 10,000-ton bulk carrier.

After a comprehensive review by Party A, it was finally determined that the ships produced by the general section shipbuilding method fully met the quality requirements, and the acceptance task was successfully signed.

After the delivery ceremony, Hu Wenhai generously asked Bochuan's canteen to prepare a sumptuous dinner - mainly meat, fatty meat, braised pork, and the characteristics of the Northeast generally do not call fried meat with vegetables meat dishes. Meat dishes, that is a treatment that only refers to pure meat dishes. Eating meat openly, among the shipyard workers of the eighties, was still a thing to be happy about.

Halfway through the banquet, Hu Wenhai saw Guo Wen hurriedly coming over. He leaned on Hu Wenhai's ear and whispered: "Mr. Hu, the Pakistani delegation wants to see you." ”

Chapter 234: Pre-Sales

"See me?" Hu Wenhai was a little inexplicable, it was said that he didn't need to come forward to buy two fighter planes.

Unlike China or the Soviet Union, Pakistan has no threshold for arms purchases in the world under the role of containing the Soviet Union's influence in Afghanistan.

The Americans sold the Pakistani F-16 and, by the way, returned a dollar loan. The French sold them fighter jets and attack planes, and the wealthy relatives of the Arabs pooled their hands to change the equipment of the minibuses.

Pakistan reciprocated with a peach, and he is the first pair of red sticks in the green religion, and he is the best player in the Arab world!

Not to mention, without the help of Pakistani mercenaries, the Saudi tyrants would have been pushed by the Yemeni rebels long ago. Relying on that group of real Saudi veteran soldiers, with a Gauss rifle, they can also be beaten eight by Yemeni mud legs. There is always a Saudi Arabia that wants to harm me. It can be said that the value of life is supported by Pakistan.

China bought two French fighter jets from Pakistan to make up for the shortfall, which was a matter of phone calls. The two sides pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, what is the need for him to come forward?

If Hu Wenhai came forward to be useful, then he would not need to find the navy to promote this matter. After all, fighter jets are weapons, and China, which does not even allow air dogs to be privately owned, how can it be possible for private individuals to get such a weapon of mass destruction that is still in service. Even if it's to avoid suspicion. Hu Wenhai also did not think of taking the extra-institutional route to promote the project in a roundabout way.

So from his point of view, he really can't think of what Pakistan wants to see him for.

But since people have this requirement, on the ground in China, there is really no place that Mr. Hu does not dare to go to.

He nodded immediately, stood up and apologized to the others at the same table, and followed Guo Wen out of the cafeteria under the eyes of "Mr. Hu, you have every opportunity".

The location of the meeting is not far away, of course, it can't be in Bochuan. But it didn't go out of the ground of Xiucheng either. Guo Wen drove Hu Wenhai to pick up Zhang Shaozhong and left the factory area, drove east for more than an hour, and arrived at the port area of Xiucheng Port. The port of Xiucheng in these years is not large, and the throughput and the number of ships docking can be said to be "barely maintained".

If it weren't for Hu Wenhai's outward-looking economy in Xiucheng, maybe this small port would not even be able to pay workers' wages.

When the major customers of the port arrive, no matter how there is no service-minded leader, at least they know that it is convenient.

The Xiucheng Port Authority was built in the port office area of Xiucheng Port, and Hu Wenhai and Guo Wen asked people to clear the roof of the Port Authority building. After a while, I saw a helicopter flying in the sky.

Thanks to Hu Wenhai's helicopter assault tactics deployed in the Liaoning West exercise, the PLA has been able to appreciate the flexibility of helicopters on the battlefield and the powerful threat to tanks. Since that exercise. The army has significantly increased its investment in helicopter configurations.

After taking over the first batch of Black Hawk helicopters, China was a little unsatisfied, and ordered more Black Hawk helicopters than in history.

One of the second batch of Black Hawks was paid by Hu Wenhai out of his own pocket and borrowed the light of the Air Force to "fill his own pocket". Although there was no such thing as a private jet in those days, it was the same for General Hu to hang on the account of the Air Force.

Based on Hu Wenhai's current relationship with the Air Force -- this is just a matter of drizzle.

And now flying in the air, of course, it can't be Mr. Hu's private jet. Rather, it was assigned to a straight-five helicopter of the Shengjing Military Region.

This helicopter took off from Dagang and flew to Xiucheng in more than three hours, which shows the urgency of the Pakistanis -- no matter how iron the Pakistani railway is, they have to reimburse the fuel money for this helicopter themselves.

The helicopter landed on the roof of the Port Authority building, and the hatch was pulled open from the inside. I saw two bearded soldiers jumping out of the plane.

"This is Deputy Minister Hadley of the Pakistani Ministry of Defense, this is Major General Saif of the Logistics Command. Zhang Shaozhong listened to the words of the two people who jumped off the plane, and hurriedly translated to Hu Wenhai: "They asked, which one is Mr. Hu Wenhai." ”

"I'm Hu Wenhai, welcome two Pakistani friends!" Hu Wenhai smiled cordially and went up to shake hands with the two of them, and exchanged a few words of greeting.

Then a group of people watched the helicopter rise off the ground, and then led two Pakistani soldiers downstairs to the conference room arranged by the port authority.

The Xiucheng Port Authority itself is not a large unit, and the benefits are average, and the conference rooms arranged are really not big. From Hu Wenhai's point of view, it is likely that this conference room will usually make a cameo appearance in the cafeteria.

In any case, this enticing scented meeting room welcomed two Pakistani guests for the first time.

"Mr. Hu is very young, which surprised me a little. Zhang Shaozhong began to relay the words of the Pakistani two: "We temporarily postponed the activities arranged by the Chinese side and rushed here in the hope of talking to Mr. Hu." ”

"That's fine. Hu Wenhai nodded generously and asked, "I don't know what the two guests want to talk to me about?"

"That's right. It was Hadley, the deputy secretary of defense, who spoke, and he touched the two mosques on the side of his mouth: "Two months ago, we got a video tape provided by a Chinese friend. The tape, marked as top secret, is a documentary about a Chinese exercise between a Chinese light infantry regiment and an Iraqi so-called heavily armored tank regiment. And as a result of the exercises, the light infantry regiment defeated the Iraqi tank regiment at a very low cost. This is a great shock to our Pakistani army, and at the same time there are many questions. ”

In fact, before Hadley finished speaking, Hu Wenhai already knew what he was going to say.

The project that can sell Iraq for seven billion dollars, how can the country never forget that its hardcore minibus is not. One sheep is herded, two sheep are driven, and other countries are not easy to say. At least the market for minibuses still has to be tried.

Perhaps, one more miracle will be replicated and the minibus will be lame - oh no, the minibus can't be fooled. What is sold to them must be the real thing.

If the minibus is pitted and can't withstand the pressure from India, it will be difficult to manage.

Therefore, China is very cautious about selling this system to Pakistan, and Pakistan is also very cautious about whether it wants to use this system.

The Chinese side is only responsible for providing the truthful information about the system. Whether you want to go up or not, the initiative is in the hands of Pakistan.

And separated by a layer of paper and a screen, the understanding of this system is a bit superficial anyway. The first phase of the Iraqis project is under construction, and there are no practical examples for the Pakistanis to examine.

Therefore, whether this system meets the needs of the Pakistani side is undoubtedly the most vocal at this time.

"No problem, Minister Hadley can raise any questions he has with me. If I can answer it, I must know everything. Hu Wenhai happily agreed.

"Then you're welcome. Hadley nodded. Unexpectedly, he took out a thick document, opened the cover and began to inquire in detail.

It can only be said that fortunately, the essence of this system is the information system. And not specific which weapons and equipment. Hu Wenhai, who is well aware of the development of the future information society, can only deal with Hadley's problems handy.

The specific way the information is organized and some details of information technology make Hadley and Saif who is constantly recording look sideways, and it is hard to believe that these things are really said by Hu Wenhai.

A young man who is less than twenty years old, even if he learns this system from school, I am afraid he will not be able to learn that he is so familiar with it, right?

Hadley had been talking to Hu Wenhai since the afternoon. At dinner, the people from the Port Authority wanted to invite them to Xiaozao for a good meal, but they were unanimously rejected by several people in the conference room and changed to eating and talking while holding a lunch box.

It can be seen from the degree of preparation of Hadley that the delegation of the Pakistanis to receive the missile boats this time should have the task of contacting Hu Wenhai.

It's just a coincidence on both sides. Hu Wenhai wanted to borrow the light of the Pakistanis, and Hadley also asked him for advice.

In the end, Saif recorded documents covered the entire table, and Hadley and Hu Wenhai also felt a little mentally exhausted. The long hours of mental work made everyone in the conference room look tired.

Hadley's tiredness could not be concealed, and he yawned and asked one last question.

"Mr. Hu thinks that if Pakistan wants to realize an information-based battlefield according to your vision, how much money will it need to invest?"

Hu Wenhai was already holding on, turned his head a little Mu Ran and thought about it, and subconsciously shook his head and said: "I can't say this, I still ask Baoli Company to put forward the specific offer." ”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Hadley's eyes, and he specially picked a time when both sides were tired to ask questions, just to let Hu Wenhai inadvertently slip his mouth. It's a pity that Hu Wenhai has long been an old fritter in the mall, how can this simple trick work?

"Minister Hadley, don't know what Mirage fighter we need......"

Hu Wenhai smiled secretly, this little bit of caution can't play you big soldier, what am I messing with? Our Mr. Hu's time is so expensive, and it takes more than half a day to provide pre-sales services to Pakistan, right?

Fortunately, Mr. Hu himself is not an insider in the system, and the discipline of foreign affairs can't control him, so he simply brought out his private goods straight to the point.

In the face of the person-in-person urging of the parties, Minister Hadley had no choice but to nod and said: "The friendly relations between Israel and Palestine and China, of course, there is no problem with such a trivial matter. Since the Chinese comrades are in a hurry, I can inform the country to immediately start handling this matter and complete the deal as soon as possible. ”

Hu Wenhai smiled with satisfaction, stood up and stretched out his hand: "Then I'll wait for the good news from Minister Hadley." ”

"Rest assured, comrades in China. Hadley, exhausted, shook Hu Wenhai's hand. (To be continued.) )