That's the situation,

It is basically impossible to make the French take a step back, and there is no door to let the domestic friends and factories make fewer trips, such a dilemma, anyone who encounters it will be worried, let alone Liang Mingqiu, who is full of technology and sophisticated.

So he frowned and thought about it, and sighed: "It's really not good, let's put the software thing aside first, and wait for the wind of Thai bidding to pass, and the French won't get stuck with us." ”

"Well, okay, I'll take a look. Meng Jianye neither agreed nor refused, and gave an ambiguous answer.

Liang Mingqiu nodded when he heard this: "You just have a number in your heart, okay, I still have to go to the machining workshop to take a look, I have to keep an eye on the heads of a few novices, otherwise if you go down, the propeller will really be wasted, and the gods will not be able to save it." ”

"Alright, I'll invite you to dinner when I come back from Thailand in two days. ”

"Okay!" Liang Mingqiu waved his hand in response, and pushed the door away with a large pile of drawings.

……

Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

As soon as Luyee returned to his room, he couldn't wait to turn on the air conditioner, wiping his sweat with a towel, while facing the air conditioner, and complained insufficiently: "Damn it, the weather in Thailand is really torturous, those Thai Navy officers are more devastating than the damn ghost weather, such a low offer is not satisfied, I really don't know what they want." ”

Luyère was indeed a little depressed, since he stepped down from the post of French military attaché in China the year before last, he joined the French shipbuilding bureau, and in less than half a year, he climbed to the high position of vice president of the international affairs department.

Relying on his military and diplomatic connections, Luyere soon won an order for two missile frigates for the French shipbuilding bureau in Saudi Arabia.

Competing with its contemporaries, the well-known German MEKO-class frigates were marketed all over the world as soon as they were finalized because of their modular design concept and the superb quality of German industry.

In the past, French warships were repeatedly sniped by German MEKO-class frigates in the international arms market, so that for five or six years, not a single frigate of more than 1,000 tons was sold, which made the French shipbuilding bureau feel aggrieved and suffered huge losses.

But just when the French were about to run out of money in the international capital ship market, Luyère defeated Germany's ace products with his super ability and won two orders from Saudi Arabia.

When the news came, the French shipbuilding bureau immediately cheered, and Lurière was also promoted from the previous director of foreign trade to the senior vice president of the international affairs department, and at the same time injected a shot of strength into the French foreign trade capital ship business, feeling that it is possible to copy the glory of the German MEKO-class frigate and create a super warship platform for marketing the world.

As a result, the French shipbuilding bureau put a lot of effort into the two Saudi frigates, applied France's top technology in almost all aspects, and finally built a type of "Medina"-class missile frigate with a displacement of 2,800 tons.

Although Saudi Arabia has positioned the modified ship as an offshore patrol ship, the French shipbuilding bureau has integrated many equipment including anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, sonar, anti-aircraft radar and carrier-based helicopters on it, making its comprehensive combat power no less than that of any main frigate around the bay.

It is so costly, firstly, because Saudi Arabia has money and is not afraid of tossing, and secondly, it is also to take this opportunity to build the French frigate brand in order to get more overseas orders.

As for the effect, of course, it is obvious, not long after the first "Medina" class frigate was delivered to Saudi Arabia, Thailand, which continued to update its ships in the face of an aging fleet, came to the door.

The rejoicing French naturally greeted them and not only opened the construction site of the second "Medina"-class missile frigate under construction to the Thai people, but also came up with four improved plans based on the "Medina"-class frigate at once.

Not only that, but in terms of supporting equipment, logistics and patent licensing, France has also given the green light, just to be able to make a fortune out of the pockets of the Thais.

Thailand is really tempting to be honest, although France's shipbuilding technology in the 80s is very average, far less amazing than the Lafayette class and Horizon class in the 90s, but for Southeast Asia, a region that generally uses old warships from the US military era of World War II to prop up the façade, it is absolutely crushing.

What's more, the conditions of the French are also very favorable, and the relevant responsible persons have high kickbacks to take, so the attitude of the Thai Navy towards the French warship is very eager.

If Thailand is decided by the navy, then the French warships can also set sail back to Thailand, the problem is that the Thai military is strong, but it is not the navy that has the final say, but the army with more people has more say.

Therefore, when the Navy's procurement budget was put forward in the General Headquarters of the three services, it was immediately opposed by the big brother of the Army, and a ship would cost 30 million US dollars.

So the Navy's proposal was rejected in minutes.

The Thai Navy wanted to fight, but before they could speak, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, who came from the army, choked them speechless: "The army is the cornerstone of the country, the loyal dog of the king, and their opinions must be listened to, and the navy must be considerate in this regard." ”

Even the bigwigs in the army have said so, what else can they do?

So the Thai Navy entered a long bargaining mode with France, grinding back and forth for nearly half a year, and the Thai Navy finally talked about the original price of 30 million US dollars for a ship to 24 million US dollars.

It was a full fifth of the savings, and the heart said that this is the general line, but the result was to take the procurement case again, the army is still not satisfied, not that the navy is not good enough, but the army wants to increase expenditures, the reason is very simple, Thailand's crown prince Maha is about to take office as the head of the first guard regiment of the royal first guard division.

In order to reflect the royal majesty, the Thai military decided to rebuild the head of the First Guard Regiment, so next year's army military spending will be increased by 15 percent.

The Thai Navy almost didn't lift the table, and it took a long time to get such a result, and no one could stand it, let alone a hot-tempered soldier.

But does the Thai Navy dare to go crazy? Don't you dare, not to mention the army's right to speak, it can teach them how to behave in minutes, and the Thai royal family can even bend their backbones.

In desperation, the Thai Navy could only knock out its teeth and swallow it in its stomach, and continued to prepare to thin its mouth and continue to bargain with the French, perhaps moved by the Navy's perseverance, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces from the army was really a little unbearable, so he privately paid attention to the Thai Navy and asked them to pull China in in the name of global bidding.

As for the very simple reason, China's weapons and equipment are notoriously cheap in the international arms market, and there will be no need for the Thai Navy to act at all.

The Thai Navy thought about it, yes, I can't just bring a-stirring stick to greet him, as for the result, it is that Luyee's face is full of love at this moment.