Gong Shuangqin is right, the cruise ship that everyone took has indeed made a great contribution, at least on the surface.

Thanks to Leyer's "misunderstanding", Gong Shuangqin, who returned to the cabin, seized on this loophole and hinted to Leye as much as possible that China was cooperating with the German company MTU.

Worried about this, Louyère made concessions on the number of marine diesel engines sold and the transfer of technology, in his words, a sincere France would never turn away its equally sincere Chinese friends.

Both sides spoke beautifully and expressed their attitudes from the bottom of their hearts, but they knew in their hearts that it would be great if things were really that simple.

Yes, it's not that simple.

As the biggest competitor in the field of marine diesel engines, the German MTU company has a great advantage over the French Piertic company with its exquisite craftsmanship and excellent quality.

Especially in the 80s, MTU launched a series of the latest high-power marine diesel engines, which quickly became the main power for civilian ships and warships in Europe, South America and even Asia.

Especially in the European market, which France is extremely interested in, with Italy, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway successively starting to build new main destroyers.

France's Pierstick really wanted to get a piece of the pie in this wave of ship-building frenzy, but his own things were directly crushed into slag by similar German products, and in the end he didn't get many orders.

This caused the French company Piertic to suffer a huge loss, after all, only a little order from its own country could not support the "unicorn" of Piertic Company.

So the French once again focused on China, but unfortunately the French at that time were still a little unable to put down the shelf, so the two sides did not make much progress in the field of marine engines.

It was not until the failure of the bid for the high-power diesel engines of the Dutch "Karel Dolman"-class missile frigates that the French realized that if they did not make changes, the company was very likely to go bankrupt in the fierce competition of its peers.

As a result, the French quickly adjusted their strategy, on the one hand, they cooperated with RB and South Korea, which have a strong momentum of shipbuilding, and actively explored the civilian ship supporting market, and on the other hand, they sought breakthroughs with regional powers such as China and Brazil to occupy broader emerging markets.

Because of this, before Luyere left Yuecheng, he had already received a telegram from France, asking him to promote Sino-French cooperation in the field of high-power marine diesel engines at an appropriate time.

So Luyere's exaggerated surprise in the cabin of the pleasure boat was not so much a fear of West German competition as a proper excuse for himself, which, in retrospect, was lame, but at least he had achieved his goal.

Gong Shuangqin, who was in charge of the negotiation, of course, knew that Luyeer was a little bit in his heart, and the mistake was just to push the boat down the river, don't look at China's lack of money now, but his mind is fine, and on the issue of high-power marine diesel engines, China is not just inspecting France.

Since the end of the seventies, through the embassies of various European countries, several strong manufacturers of marine diesel engines have been investigated in great detail.

After comparison, the French company Piertic was finally chosen.

This is not because France's flexibility in trade has hit China's G-spot, but because the French Navy's long-term tradition of using high-power diesel engines not only makes France unique in this field, but also more in line with China's current actual national conditions.

As for the national conditions, it is quite embarrassing to say, that is, in the case that the gas turbine cannot seek a breakthrough in a short time, the economical, practical and less difficult to manufacture high-power diesel engine is the best choice.

As for why gas turbines can't seek breakthroughs in a short period of time, of course, aero engine technology can't do it, no way, who makes marine gas turbines the basis of aero engines, known as the crown of industry.

In this respect, China and France can be said to be a pair of brothers and sisters, but the two countries emphasize national defense independence, since they cannot build gas turbines, they can only use high-power diesel engines to make do.

Of course, France is one step ahead of China in this regard, after all, it has made considerable achievements in high-power diesel engines, and even the "Casal" class multipurpose missile destroyers that are being planned to be built simply put aside the popular CODOG powertrain (that is, a combined gas turbine and diesel engine power propulsion system).

The bold use of CODAD (i.e., the composite diesel engine and diesel engine power system) is the unique stubbornness of France in addition to the attributes of the-stirring stick.

However, this stubbornness is also in line with China's self-reliant character, so the cooperation between the two countries has become a matter of course.

It's just that Luyere and Gong Shuangqin reached a preliminary intention, and the specific details have to be returned to the capital to be slowly improved, but no matter how the details are perfected, the general direction has been set, and because of this, both Luyere and Gong Shuangqin have an indescribable meaning in this cruise ship that carries them together.

Therefore, Gong Shuangqin praised this cruise ship for making a great contribution, and it is more or less deserved.

was praised by the leaders of the Central Military Commission in person, Meng Jianye said that it was false to say that he was unhappy, and naturally he wanted to be modest and polite, but as he spoke, Meng Jianye's words changed: "Just now, when Professor Qin and I were discussing the issue of docks, I said that the current utilization of floating docks in our country is too low, and some adjustments should be made in policy. ”

Meng Jianye said this very beautifully, but Professor Qin's face turned green when he heard it, and he said in his heart, this kid surnamed Meng still needs a little face, when did I discuss the policy with you, it was obvious that you came and I bargained, okay?

Thinking about it, Professor Qin had no way to refute it, because Meng Jianye's words directly aroused Gong Shuangqin's curiosity, especially the few quarrels he heard when he entered the door, which made him want to know what the two were talking about.

So he immediately asked Professor Qin: "Old senior, can you tell me the specific situation, to be honest, there is also a debate within the Military Commission about the utilization rate of floating docks, if your method is good, I will also mention it to them when I go back!"

"Actually, this question, I mentioned it more than ten years ago, but it's a pity that the thing just handed it over, it was knocked down, so many years have passed, the system of floating docks has not changed but has been strengthened than before, at this time you still let me mention, to be honest, I just have the heart, and I don't have the courage. ”

As soon as Professor Qin's words came out, Meng Jianye was stunned, he had previously felt that Professor Qin, who dared to act, looked like a mouse in the floating dock, and he didn't even dare to touch it, but he didn't expect the root section to be here!