Chapter 68: The Red Tomcat

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When Liang Yuan opened his eyes again, there was already a hint of golden light in the narrow gap of the floor-to-ceiling curtains.

Adding some dry lips, he reached for the mineral water bottle on the bedside table, and after only two sips, it was completely bottomed out.

It's better to have the little girl by her side, Liang Yuan thought with some nostalgia.

Whether it is in Benxi or Shengjing, the warm water at the head of the bed has never been broken, and the two Loli who get up early have always filled the water cup first, and then stirred Liang Yuan to get up.

Stretched a big waist, jumped out of bed, and after a simple wash, Liang Yuan pushed the door and came to the living room.

"Old Qi, haven't slept all night?" Qi Lianshan sat on the sand with red eyes and read the morning newspaper.

"I thought your first sentence was to ask if the purchase proposal was clear, Xiaoyuan, you are not worried about the purchase proposal getting stuck in the US Congress?" Qi Lianshan asked with a curious face.

"I don't care about employees, a good company should be people-oriented. Liang Yuan said in a non-obtrusive manner.

"No wonder Lao Su said that selling a relationship with you is the most boring thing in the world. Qi Lianshan said with a relative.

"Okay, Lao Qi, did the U.S. Congress approve Grumman's proposal? Liang Yuan smiled and said, "This time I satisfied your thoughts."

Qi Lianshan stared at Liang Yuan for a long time, and now Liang Yuan's expression was relaxed, his eyes were clear, and he didn't look nervous at all, and finally sighed helplessly and said, "I understand Lao Su thoroughly." ”

For Liang Yuan, if the purchase of F14 fighter jets fails, then Liang Yuan will use the backup plan to introduce F16 fighters, and then improve F16 in the direction of F16X1. Although it is much lower than the development potential of the F14 fighter, it is still easy to deal with disputes within the first island chain.

On the afternoon of 29 July, the US Congress held a special vote on the Grumman Corporation's proposal for the Hong Kong East Pacific Group to purchase the US Navy's retired F-14 fighter planes, and finally approved the Grumman Aerospace Group's proposal by a vote of 247 to 174.

After listening to Qi Lianshan's words, Liang Yuan involuntarily waved his fist hard, and Qi Lianshan smiled unconsciously when he looked at Liang Yuan's movements.

"Old Qi, where is Uncle Ning?" Liang Yuan's voice was irrepressibly excited.

"Commander Ning has returned to Beiping, and the plane is more than four o'clock in the morning. Qi Lianshan said.

Ning Lei saw that the overall situation had been decided, how dare he still stay in Hong Kong. According to Liang Yuan's thoughts, he wants to get F14 fighters to HNA, if Ning Lei is in Hong Kong and doesn't stop it, he won't want to continue to mix in the Air Force in the future.

Under the pretext of going back to Beijing to report, Ning Lei didn't even delay for a quarter of an hour, took an early flight back to Beiping, and left this place of right and wrong early.

"What did Grummen say?" asked Liang Yuan.

"John Sprewell called me and said that the U.S. Navy currently has 15 F14A fighters in service at the Long Island base for upgrades, and eight of them just entered the base a few days ago and have not yet begun preparations for engine replacement. Within 12 hours of receiving payment, six of the F14A fighters were ready to depart from the Long Island base. ”

Qi Lianshan casually opened the world map spread on the coffee table. Pointing to a red pen line, he said: "The U.S. Navy is expected to dispatch six F14 pilots and six F14 radar officers to take off from the Long Island base and prepare to fly directly to Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport across the Pacific Ocean with three air refuelings in Guò." ”

Liang Yuan raised his foot and kicked the back of Sha, and reluctantly swallowed back the national curse that slipped to his mouth, this group of bastards of the US Navy actually used Lao Tzu's plane to do a long-distance raid drill.

Counting the time of three refuelings, flying from the United States to Hong Kong, with a cruising degree of about 1ooo km / h for an F14 fighter jet, it takes at least 13 hours, such a long flight. After the plane landed, it had to be overhauled, and for the F14, which had more than half of the life of the airframe, 13 hours of life was enough for Liang Yuan to feel distressed for a long time.

Qi Lianshan looked at Liang Yuan's indignant expression, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for our emphasis on the degree of supply, Grumman originally planned to send F14 fighters to Hong Kong by sea." ”

The March 14 naval battle in Nansha has been fought for nearly half a year, and there are some signs of imminent movement on the Vietnamese side, how can Liang Yuan have the heart to wait for the freighter to cross the Pacific Ocean slowly. Besides, it was not easy to fool the US Congress, Liang Yuan couldn't wait to settle down immediately, in case something happened Yankee changed his mind, then it would be called regret.

"Lao Qi, go and rest. I'll give my uncle a call to mobilize funds, and you'll be busy in two days. Liang Yuan said helplessly.

1 August has always been a very special day for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and today is also an extremely special day for Liang Yuan.

The F14 fighter formation, which was temporarily organized as the Red Tomcat Squad last night, has taken off from the Grumman Company's Long Island base, and the Red Tomcat Squad arrived in Hong Kong with a C141 transport plane used to transport F14 fighter maintenance spare parts.

Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is not busy in the early morning, and it will take more than ten minutes to see the slender Boeing 737 or the round Boeing 747 skimming over the ridge of Taiping Mountain.

Seven or eight staff members of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong formed a half-arc around Qi Lianshan like stars holding the moon, and Liang Yuan tried his best to hold back his smile and listened to the staff of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong who were full of confusion, carrying out united front work such as welcoming the big capitalist Qi Lianshan back to the motherland and investing in the big 6.

Looking at Qi Lianshan, who was talking nonsense with the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, Liang Yuan clearly knew that at least 2 of the staff members of the Liaison Office in front of him were impersonated by the Navy of the Republic of China.

Unlike the old and sluggish air force of the Republic, HNA sent capable forces to Hong Kong the day before the formal signing of the agreement between Qilianshan and Grumman, and after more than 10 days of meticulous preparations, HNA has chartered a large ro-ro freighter and specially built eight or nine large containers of 25 meters x 15 meters x 6 meters to be used for transportation and storage of F14 fighter jets.

Liang Yuan raised his hand and looked at his watch, getting closer and closer to the arrival time of the Red Tomcat Squad.

There were bursts of thunderous roars in the sky, and unlike the slightly suppressed rumble of large airliners, the sound of fighter engines was very high-pitched, always giving people the feeling of blood rushing and needing to swing their fists hard.

As the distance slowly narrowed, the typical light gray paint color of the US Navy and Air Force came into Liang Yuan's eyes.

The red tomcat is finally here.

ps: Uh, uh, there was something temporary yesterday, I was pulled out to drink, and as a result, the festival was wooden again-_-!