For the young Argentine Air Force captain, China, an ancient oriental country, is simply farther away than the stars in the night sky and more ethereal than the clouds in the sky, if it were not for a huge "China" erected in front of the booth, Riquelme would not have known that there was a country named "China" in the world.

It is precisely because of this that Riquelme is a little confused about Lieutenant General Messi's actions, in fact, Riquelme is confused more than that, since he came to Frankfurt, Riquelme feels that Lieutenant General Messi, who has a good memory, seems to have changed as if he has changed a person, and the main purpose of this trip to Europe is to sign a package of weapons and equipment import agreement with France.

However, Lieutenant General Messi seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and took him around Britain, Sweden, and Germany to inspect more than a dozen well-known European military companies, as if he wanted to abandon the arms sales agreement for the import of French weapons and equipment that had been finalized through painstaking negotiations.

If it weren't for Sarkozy of the French Thomson Technology Company who learned of General Messi's itinerary and invited him to Frankfurt for a detailed discussion, it is estimated that at this time, they would probably be wandering in the Soviet military factories.

Even when he came to the Frankfurt Weapons and Equipment Expo, Lieutenant General Messi, as the head of the Argentine delegation, also had a lot of tricks, first informed Sarkozy that he was unwell, postponed the pre-determined negotiations, and after sending the French, he immediately changed into civilian clothes and rushed to the scene of the arms expo, shopping aimlessly, anyway. Riquelme always felt that his chief was very strange

Lieutenant General Messi, who is walking in front, of course, does not know what his adjutant is thinking, and the reason why he does this is not aimless, a series of cooperation agreements with France were signed at the end of last year, but Messi always feels a little unreliable about this, anyway, he has been the director of the General Directorate of Equipment for nearly ten years. What kind of character the French are, Messi, who often travels around the world's major arms companies, has long heard of it.

To tell the truth, according to his original idea, he wanted to purchase weapons and equipment from the United States, Argentina's traditional supplier of weapons and equipment, but the various types of equipment in the United States are too expensive, and a whaling fork missile alone costs more than $2 million, and Argentina is equipped with all kinds of American-made fighters that cannot be equipped with such missiles, so if they want to use this advanced anti-ship missile. It is also necessary to purchase additional fighters, and at present, only the A6 carrier-based attack aircraft can be equipped with such missiles, and the price of the A6 carrier-based attack aircraft is even more staggering.

At this time, the French took advantage of the situation and took out the "Super Military Flag" attack plane and the "Exocet" M38 anti-ship missile, which were less than half the price of similar American goods in the case of performance comparable to that of the American-made Qihoo, such cost-effective weapons and equipment. Suddenly made Argentina, which was shy in his pocket, favored.

Sarkozy, the sales director of the French Thomson Technology Company, who was in charge of the arms sales, was also a man of all faces, and he saw that the attitude of the Argentine top brass towards US weapons and equipment had softened. He wasted no time in asking the chairman of the Argentine Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chiefs of staff of the army, navy, and air forces, government ministers, and dignitaries to visit France.

During this period, the luxurious hotel, the dazzling array of French luxury, the delicious French cuisine, the beautiful and charming French scenery, and the noble and beautiful French girls during the day and passionate at night were all presented to these high-level Argentine dignitaries under Sarkozy's arrangement, so that they could linger without discomfort and in this way, in the joy of drunken money. The agreement on arms sales to import France was signed in a vague way.

Lieutenant General Messi, who is the director of the General Directorate of Equipment of the Argentine Joint Chiefs of Staff, was naturally invited by Sarkozy to visit France, but he is indeed a rare high-level official with a clear mind among the senior Argentine officials. It's just that his opinion has no effect in front of a large group of Argentine military and political officials with sperm brains, and he can only accept it helplessly in the end.

However, Messi knew that France could use these shady small actions to get Argentina's arms orders, or it could sell Argentina because of some kind of interest or pressure, so he took the opportunity of being ordered to go to Europe to sign the next stage of the weapons and equipment import agreement with France, and wanted to inspect other military industrial powers in Europe.

To see if there are more cheap and excellent weapons and equipment, the Frankfurt Weapons and Equipment Expo in civilian clothes is also for the same purpose, but what disappointed him is that there is no weapons and equipment comparable to France's super cost performance, which makes Messi helpless at the same time, but also has to admit the unique advantages of French weapons and equipment.

But even so, the unexplained insecurity in his heart still makes Lieutenant General Messi not want to meet with Sarkozy so early, so he would rather hang out at the exhibition and visit the Chinese booth, of course, Messi, who was deeply influenced by leftist ideas when he was young, has a slight good impression of China, especially after studying "The Art of War" in the United States Military Academy, and is full of endless curiosity about this ancient and mysterious ancient oriental country.

So when he saw China's booth, he couldn't help but want to go over and see what the weapons and equipment produced in this country he used to be curious about

Although Messi and Riquelme had different ideas, they walked into the China exhibition hall with the same purpose of easy visit, and in the empty exhibition hall, except for a few yellow-skinned Chinese, there were no other visitors, making Messi and Riquelme, the two tall Latinos, seem to be alien visitors, and some are not comfortable.

Fortunately, the Chinese in the exhibition hall were still enthusiastic, and soon a middle-aged man came up and greeted them in slightly jerky English, but neither Messi nor Riquelme was too interested in English, because as proud white Latin Americans, they were more accustomed to speaking Spanish than English.

So the two sides communicated for a long time, and never established a smooth communication, so anxious that the middle-aged Chinese sweated profusely, and finally could apologize for Messi and Riquelme to wait, in fact, Messi and Riquelme just came in to take a look, and there was no waiting problem, so after the middle-aged Chinese left, he looked at the various equipment models with a relaxed mood

Just as Messi and Riquelme were admiring the models of Chinese-made weapons and equipment with great interest, in the lounge at the back of the exhibition hall, Lu Jiadong was sitting on the bench with his brows wrinkled, listening to Hu Qinghua's opinion:

"Jiadong, our sales are really pitiful these days, there is still a big distance from the goal set when going abroad, and now this exhibition will end in a few days, do you think we want to think of some other ways to beat the popularity of our equipment?

For example, let's also have a huge equipment display, attracting the attention of military and government representatives of various countries, I think the French Thomson company is doing a good job today, after the equipment display, the representatives of various countries who came to consult are several times more than usual, Jiadong, you see if we should also learn and learn"

"It's not that I don't want to study, it's just that" As soon as Hu Qinghua's voice fell, Lu Jiadong shook his head helplessly, and a pair of knife-like eyebrows tightened even tighter:

"It's just that we can't afford such a big display with the budget on hand!"

"Isn't it just to go to the live ammunition display area to shoot targets, our heavy equipment has not been transported, but the Type 78 assault rifle, the new portable bazooka can still hit a dozen, you must know that today's French individual rocket launcher is a target to hit the famous, I think our equipment is not as advanced as theirs, but it is not far behind, and the actual combat display is based on strength, how can it still involve money?"

"The actual combat display is based on strength, but if people want to pay enough attention, it needs strong funds!" said Lu Jiadong, picking up a few newspapers and handing them to Hu Qinghua:

"Look at this, it's all newspapers a few days ago, the French people built momentum for today's equipment display a few days ago, not only that, but they also prepared a large number of gifts, as long as the military representatives of various countries, government officials and even ordinary people who go to visit can get them for free, as well as all kinds of media reporters, all of whom are invited to come over with a lot of money."

"Ah~~" After listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Hu Qinghua stiffened in surprise, then looked at the newspaper again, and then looked at Lu Jiadong opposite, and said incredulously:

"Do you have to spend money to buy weapons and equipment?"

Lu Jiadong listened to Hu Qinghua's words, and couldn't help sighing: "What's the point of throwing money? It's good if they don't kill anyone" (To be continued.) )