Chapter 105: NATO Tiger Society

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It was still the bar of the Regal Hotel, and Qi Lianshan and John Sprewell sat in a dimly lit corner, with two half-full glasses of red wine on the bar table in front of them, and a dark gray folder in the center of the small table.

"Mr. John, this is my small request for the purchase of A-7 attack planes, and Mr. John will see if there is any possibility of realizing it. With a faint smile, Qi Lianshan pushed the information on the table to John Sprewell.

John Sprewell opened the folder, and just turned two pages, Qi Lianshan keenly noticed that a stagnant look flashed across John Sprewell's face.

Where did this Chinese get such detailed information, his own company dug into the corner of the 1tv group, and contacted the original shareholders of Chance Walter is definitely a very secret thing, even the vast United States media are kept in the dark, where did the Chinese get the news?

Although there is not a single mention in the materials handed to John Sprewell by Qi Lianshan that Grumman intends to acquire the former Chance Waters Company, the meaning expressed in the whole document is very similar to the planning proposal made before the merger.

As long as the outlook for the U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft market is added to the end of the information provided by Qilianshan, and finally the name of the Grumman Planning Department is signed, this information can be submitted to the board of directors for discussion as a formal proposal.

After only half reading the information, John Spreey knew that his mind had been completely penetrated by the other party, and it seemed that the businessman in front of him was more capable than he imagined, and at least he had an extremely deep understanding of the US arms companies and the arms market. Only with some clues can guess the strategic planning of the enterprise.

After reading the section on the Chance Walter Aircraft Company, which produced the A-7 attack plane, Qi Lianshan's request appeared in the materials.

John Spreville was not surprised by Qi Lianshan's request that the A-7 attack planes sold to the Republic must use TF41 series engines, and that the Republic of China's introduction of the British Rolls-Rothy Bay Aviation motive is well known in arms circles.

Regardless of cost or logistical considerations, this requirement can be said to have inevitably appeared, and if it had not appeared, John Sprewell would have doubted Qilianshan's sincerity in introducing A-7 attack planes.

When he turned to the part of the overhaul line for the purchase of the A-7 attack plane, John Sprewell only took a general look at it at a glance. A few days ago, more than half of the F-14 fighter plane's overhaul line was sold, and there was no obstacle to the overhaul line for the A-7 attack plane.

As early as the end of '86, with the delivery of the last A-7 attack aircraft ordered by the US National Guard, the 1TV Group decided to close the production line of the A-7 attack aircraft.

As a competitor, Grumman Aerospace is well aware that the production line of Chance Walter's A-7 attack aircraft is in a state of abandonment, and after removing some core equipment, the production line of A-7 attack aircraft will be completed. There is no technical obstacle to changing to an A-7 attack plane's overhaul line, and this contract can also be used as a bargaining chip to lure Chance Walter to regain independence. John Sprewell thought to himself.

Turning over the part about the overhaul line of the A-7 attack plane, the huge font of 50,000 per plane came into view, and below the large font, the two lines of aircraft cemetery and aviation museum were also marked in standard font, and John Sprewell quietly turned the page.

For Grumman, the last part of the data is the core, which will determine the amount of profit from the business and the difficulty of convincing Chance Vought Aircraft Manufacturing Company to break away from the 1TV Group.

Hong Kong's East Pacific Company purchased 12 A-7 attack planes in batches, and two months later, depending on the pilots' evaluation of the A-7 attack planes. If the end-users respond well after the batch is equipped, the Hong Kong East Pacific Company will continue to purchase A-7 attack planes of 2 to 3 squadrons in 1989, and it is expected that it will purchase a total of 8 to 1O squadrons of A-7 attack planes within three years.

When John Sprewell saw this, the pace of his breathing was noticeably faster, and the 192-24O A-7 attack planes were definitely first-class arms orders in terms of the number of planes alone. It is a pity that the Chinese side bought a retired plane, but even if it is a retired old plane, counting the parts that cannot be produced by the A-7 overhaul line in the future, there is no problem with the total value of this order exceeding 200 million US dollars.

With this agreement. Grumman's confidence in persuading Chance Waters to break away from the 1YV Group has increased dramatically, and if nothing happens this time next year, the Chance Waters Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which produces the A-7 attack aircraft, will become a subsidiary of Grumman Aerospace.

John Sprewell gently closed the folder, looked up and said to Qi Lianshan, "Qi, can I take this information with me?"

After seeing Qi Lianshan nodded, he pondered for a moment and said: "Qi, I won't hide it from you, the United States is still very cautious about exporting weapons to non-allied countries, especially the former government of the Republic of China in your country, and some members of the National Assembly have a very close relationship, and we also paid a great price in the United States for the cooperation of F14 fighters last time." ”

"Although the A-7 attack aircraft is not considered sensitive equipment, the contract for 2oo planes is enough to attract the attention of some members of Congress, Qi, can you guarantee that in the future, these combat planes will not be used near the Taiwan Strait?"

As early as 1982, the three joint communiques signed by your two countries, including the August 17 communique, clearly pointed out that the Taiwan issue is an internal affair of the Republic, and the United States will hold the one-China position now and in the future. Qi Lianshan directly threw out the standard answers to a number of sensitive questions that he had been urgently trained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before negotiating with the Americans.

Looking at Qi Lianshan's righteous rebuttal to himself, John Sprewell didn't care, since he could influence some of the decisions of the Chinese party so deeply, even a fool would not believe Qi Lianshan's background if he said that his background was simple.

"But John, and I understand the resistance your company is facing at home. ”

Qi Lianshan took out the signature pen he carried with him, took a note, and wrote down two lines of $550,000 and $50,000 in ammunition on the paper.

John Sprewell took the note, looked at it, thought for a moment, and nodded.

On 6 September, Qi Lianshan handed John Sprewell a $6oo F14 fighter spare parts plan, covering a number of F14 fighter subsystems, such as the AG-9 fire control radar, the TF-3O-P-414 pilot engine spare parts, the front and rear landing gear, and the stressed parts of the fuselage.

John Sprewell, who received the spare parts plan, knew that Qi Lianshan had opened up the smuggling channel on the Iranian side, and smiled and patted his chest to ensure that all spare parts would arrive in Hong Kong in half a month at most.

On 7 September, Qi Lianshan, on behalf of the Hong Kong East Pacific Company, signed an agreement with the US Grumman Aerospace and Aerospace to purchase scrapped A-7 attack planes from the US Navy, which stipulates that the Grumman Company will provide 12 A-7 attack planes within a week, of which six will be Ya-7E two-seat trainer/attack planes, and the remaining six will be A-7E aircraft equipped by the US Navy.

Each A-7 attack aircraft was equipped with two Paveway-12 laser-guided bombs based on the MK82 aerial bomb and two Paveway-16 laser-guided bombs based on the MK83 aerial bomb.

In order to compensate for the price difference between the six Ya-7E two-seat trainers and attack planes, the agreement also included a $1.78 million training program in which Grumman hired six retired A-7 attack aircraft pilots from the US Navy to go to China as instructors to train pilots of A-7 attack planes in the Republic.

Along with the initialing of the A-7 attack aircraft agreement, and the upgrading of the An/A-27 two-way digital JÙ chain of the F14 fighter equipped by the Republic to the AN/A-27Net/A1R-23 infrared detection system that does not require the relay of early warning aircraft, to the AN/Axx-1 tactical camera reconnaissance system, Grumman will also provide the Hong Kong East Pacific Company with three sets of standard sets of system buses, related opening tools, and some technical information.

In addition to handing over to Grumman all the details of the 8.O9 Nansha air battle and the number of flights recorded by the aircraft, Ning Lei will also fly the F14 fighter with six crash records painted on it to Cambrai, France, in September 1989 to participate in the annual "NATO Tiger Meeting" held there, so as to build momentum for Grumman's global promotion of F14 fighters.

"Uncle Ning, you're on fire now. Liang Yuan laughed into the phone.

Not long after putting down Qi Lianshan's phone, Ning Lei, who had been paying attention to the progress of the matter, called the 9o9 community.

"What's the fire, do you think going to join the NATO Tigers will be an easy job?" Ning Lei said with a smile.

The biggest purpose of the NATO Tiger Club is to provide a platform for flight tactical drills and competitions for the air forces of NATO member countries.

As a globally recognized ace in air combat for piloting a third-generation fighter jet, Ning Lei encountered challenges at the Tiger Conference can be imagined, and the six records of pulling the wind to the extreme are enough to make the air force elites of the NATO countries participating in the meeting itchy and unbearable.

"Xiaoyuan, if you want to buy 6 and 2oo A-7 attack planes in the future, will it have any bad impact on the company's daily operations?" Ning Lei asked with concern.

Although he had never actually flown an A-7 attack plane, Ning Lei was impressed by the performance and reliability of the US-made aircraft, so after learning that Liang Yuan planned to purchase the retired A-7 attack plane from the US Navy, he vigorously recommended Liang Yuan's plan to Geng Qinghua and Air Force Commander Lin Xiaoshan.

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