Chapter 65 Test Launch of Dongfeng Ballistic Missile
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The next day, Liang Yuan commanded Qi Lianshan to buy the US Navy's active F14A fighter jet to throw out, Grumman was really prepared, and the unit price of the F14 fighter jet that the two sides had been entangled quickly dropped to less than 2ooo US dollars, but in this way, the whole negotiation became more complicated.
Equipped with Pratt & Whitney TF-3O-P-414 engine of the U.S. Navy F14A fighter, equipped in 1974, due to the poor performance of Pratt & Whitney's TF-3O-P-414 engine, the early F14 fighter nest is a common thing, after a long period of rectification, Pratt & Whitney launched the TF-3O-P-414A, the latest modification of the TF3O series, the F14 fighter has formed a real combat effectiveness.
Due to the poor performance of Pratt & Whitney's TF3O engine, the U.S. Navy only produced F14A fighters equipped with two squadrons in the seventies, and after entering the eighties, with the successful development of the universal F-11O-GE-4OO engine, the U.S. Navy directly replaced the F14 production model with F14A+, after which the F14 fighter entered the era of large-scale equipment.
The U.S. Navy has just signed an upgrade agreement with Grumman this year, intending to upgrade all 48 F14A aircraft in service to F14A+ to gain improved combat performance and logistical unity.
Based on the life of the F14 fighter fuselage of 6ooo-8ooo hours, since 1974, the life of the F14 fighter fuselage equipped with batches has passed three-fifths, even if the F14 entered service in the first few years of frequent accidents, often lying on the nest flight time is very small. The first batch of F14s has also reached half the lifespan of the air, and Grumman agrees with this speculation.
In the face of the F14, which has a life span of nearly half of the airframe, Liang Yuan blackheartedly quoted a unit price of 6oo US dollars, so angry that John Sprewell slapped the negotiation table with a bang, if it weren't for Qi Lianshan to hook up with General Motors, which produces F16 fighters, John would have left long ago.
Just as the night before dawn is the darkest, the twelfth round of negotiations between the two sides has been incomparably long, and since June 4, China and the United States have gone back and forth, slapped the table and stared at each other, and after countless adjournments and unhappy breakups. Finally, on 20 July, the final result was reached, and Qi Lianshan, on behalf of Hong Kong's East Pacific Company and the US Grumman Aerospace Group, reached an agreement on the purchase of retired F14A fighters from the US Navy.
In order to avoid provoking the Soviets entrenched in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, the United States orally retired the F14A fighters, which had nearly half of their remaining lifespan, and jumped out of the chaos of the confrontation between China and Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, and watched the fire from the other side.
The entire purchase agreement was broken down into three parts, and Qilianshan first purchased six retired F14A fighters of the US Navy at a unit price of $140,000, each of which was equipped with four AIM-54 long-range immortal missiles and six infrared-guided AIM-9 Sidewinders. Six semi-active radar-guided AIM-7C Sparrow missiles with a total contract price of $840,000.
The second part of the contract. The two sides agreed to decide whether to purchase the second batch of retired US Navy fighters based on China's assessment of the use of F14 fighters, and the number of the second batch of fighters will still be six.
The third part of the contract is an undisclosed secret agreement, in view of the aging of the retired F14 fighters, the East Pacific Company of Qilianshan stepped forward and invested 350,000 US dollars to import relevant equipment from Grumman to build an overhaul line for F14 fighters in Shengjing.
On the day the agreement was signed, a few bottles of champagne were fired for a brief moment of celebration, and John Sprewell flew back to the United States overnight. Lobbying for the entire agreement to be reviewed by Congress.
Liang Yuan was lying comfortably on the big bed of the Regal Hotel, two light blue pillows were pressed under Liang Yuan's chest, a yellow phone was casually thrown in the middle of the double bed, and Liang Yuan was holding the earpiece and making phone porridge on the two loli.
"Jiajia, the negotiations are officially over today, and now the Yankees are all in the sky. ”
There was a crisp laugh from the earpiece.
"I'm going to be miserable, I had pigtails in my hands when I entered school. I didn't even take the final exam this year, so I can't figure out that I'm going to be swept away next year. ”
"That's good, next year Xiaoyuan will transfer to Dongda Affiliated Elementary School, and my sisters will cover you. Lori's clear voice had a hint of softness in it. Straight to the bottom of Liang Yuan's heart.
"Then I have no face, but Jiajia, can you have three people in your class at the same table, if I can, I can still think about it. Liang Yuan smiled very obscenely.
"Don't dream about your pig's head..."Ning Wanjia's voice became sweeter and sweeter.
Listening to the voice of the little girl who was tired of the dead, Liang Yuan's heartbeat became a little rapid.
"Feifei, that female devil, is not by your side. Liang Yuan lowered his voice, planning to secretly fool Ning Wanjia to call a few small brother Xiaoyuan to listen.
There was a giggling sound on the phone, followed by a strange loud whistling sound, Liang Yuan just put the earpiece away from his ear, and an equally crisp but angry voice came out: "Xiaoyuan, you bastard, I haven't finished with you all summer vacation." ”
Bitter, Jiajia, this little girl, just lied to herself that she didn't turn on the hands-free, this time it's completely bad, Liang Yuan looked at the earpiece and grinned bitterly.
The door rang, Ning Lei, Qi Lianshan pushed the door full of alcohol and walked in.
Liang Yuanru, who didn't know how to end the game, shouted into the earpiece: "Fei Fei, Uncle Ning is back, do you and Jiajia want to talk to Uncle Ning." ”
Ma Li handed the earpiece to Ning Lei, watching Ning Lei smile and chat with the two loli, Liang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and temporarily fooled this matter.
"Lao Qi, why didn't Uncle Wang come over?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.
The people over there drank a lot of liquor, and he was a little uneasy, and he couldn't say anything. Qi Lianshan said.
In the 80s, the management of the foreign affairs of the Republic was very strict, much like North Korea a few years later, similar to the fact that we could not go out alone, and so on, as the deputy head of the negotiation team, in accordance with the discipline of foreign affairs, Wang Weiguo has been living with the rest of the team in Block B to avoid some unpleasant things.
Even if they didn't know anything about the F14 fighter before the negotiation, after more than a month of negotiations, all the personnel of the entire team already had a clear idea of the performance of the F14 and the significance of the F14 fighter in Nansha.
Therefore, after today's agreement was reached to see the Americans away, the Chinese negotiators themselves re-held a celebratory reception, which received a wide response.
Qilianshan chartered a small multi-functional activity hall in Block B of the Regal Hotel, and then set a set of buffet cocktail party in the back kitchen of the hotel, after more than a month of high-intensity work, in the face of very fruitful results, many people let go of their arms, and the atmosphere of the cocktail party was very warm.
"It's finally turned over, and the big hat of the profiteer has finally been taken off. Qi Lianshan said with a smile.
With the final signing of the agreement, although some members of the negotiation team still had doubts about Qi Lianshan's style and means of doing things, the name of patriotic overseas Chinese still won wide recognition.
"Lao Qi, you can't turn over now, you have to get the F14 fighter back to China. Liang Yuan said with a smile.
"Xiaoyuan, do you think the U.S. Congress can approve Grumman's export of F14 fighter jets to us. Ning Lei, who had finished chatting with the two little girls, put down the phone and asked.
Liang Yuan thought for a while and said: "Uncle Ning, the Americans don't have any good intentions towards us, they just want to watch us fight with Vietnam in Nansha, and it would be even more wonderful if they could take the Soviets in Cam Ranh Bay into the water." ”
"Grumman has repeatedly stressed that it must be indicated in the contract that we are buying retired aircraft from the US Navy, which is nothing more than wanting to watch the fire from across the shore, and besides, the F14A has nothing worth keeping secret except for the airframe, didn't Uncle Ning say that the Americans want to modify the Jian-8 fighter for us, as long as the Americans do not give up using our minds, the probability of the F14A being approved by Congress is still very large. ”
In the Peace Pearl Plan, the AN/APG-66 radar re-equipped by the J-8 fighter of the Republic has a detection range of 14O kilometers for backfire bombers, which is not very different from the current distance of 18O kilometers from the AN/AG-9 radar, and the service time of the AN/APG-66 radar is far behind that of the AN/AAPG-66 radar used by the F14 fighter in terms of modularity, maintainability, and service life are much stronger than those of the AN/AG-9.
"Besides, didn't China cooperate with the Grumman Company to launch a cannon battle yesterday? Liang Yuan said with a smile.
On 19 July, when the overall situation of the negotiations had been decided and the agreement was about to be signed, China's Second Artillery Corps conducted a high-profile test launch of a Dongfeng-3A medium-range ballistic missile with a range of up to 28oo kilometers after successively test-firing medium-range ballistic missiles in December 1985 and January 1986.
Today, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell by 2.79 percent, and the third world war is overwhelming, and countless people predict that we will fight with Vietnam and the Soviet Union in the South China Sea. ”
"I guess the United States should be overjoyed to see this scene, after all, it was just slapped by the Soviets a few months ago. Liang Yuan pursed the corners of his lips disdainfully.
"Uncle Ning, who ordered that cannon battle?" Liang Yuan asked with curiosity on his face.