Chapter 485: Do what you like

At this moment, Lieutenant General Messi, director of the General Directorate of Equipment of the Argentine Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his adjutant, Air Force Captain Riquelme, are visiting the exhibition hall of China's weapons and equipment with great interest.

"That's what it looks like!"

Messi once again swept around the large and small models in the exhibition hall with his deep eyes, and there was neither emotion nor disappointment between the words, of course, not to mention the so-called joy, and Riquelme, who was standing next to him, pointed the camera at a Type 62 light tank with his hand, aimed at the focal length, "click~click~" quickly pressed the shutter a few times, and then put the camera back on his chest, showing an undisguised disdainful smile on his face:

"These equipment can be put in antique stores, worse than our country's active equipment, I really don't know what they think, they dare to put it out, aren't they afraid of being laughed at?"

"Anyway, this is also made by them independently, and it can be regarded as a great achievement!" Although there was a slight sense of maintenance between Messi's words, the smile on the corner of his mouth made the contempt in his heart faintly expressed, making his words just now more like an indifferent irony, rather than intentional maintenance, Riquelme, as an adjutant, naturally understood it, so the indifferent smile on his face became even brighter:

"It's a great achievement, these model toys are indeed very exquisitely made, but I am very puzzled, if you can make the models so good, then why do you still make these old antiques, instead of producing the world's top weapons and equipment?

You must know that there are many teenagers who come to visit, and the model toys of beautiful and advanced active equipment are definitely their favorites. But without exception, there are all things that can enter the museum, it seems that these Chinese can't even do children's business, at least they need to get some models similar to the imitation of the French 'Exocet' M38 missile over there to attract people."

Riquelme spoke a little louder, and more brazenly, for it seemed to him that no one in the room could understand his Spanish with a strong Pampas accent. In addition, Argentina is originally a descendant of extroverted peoples such as Spain or Italy, so it is also very straightforward in expressing emotions, and because of this, General Messi, who was standing next to him, did not stop much, but nodded frequently.

However, when he heard a model similar to the French "Exocet" M38 missile, his eyes couldn't help but stare at it, and he looked in the direction of Riquelme's finger, only to see that in the corner of the booth there was indeed a slender missile model with an "X-X" monoplane structure.

Both in terms of shape and aerodynamic layout, at first glance it looks like the French Exocet M38 anti-ship missile. It is very similar to the American "Whaling Fork" anti-ship missile, but if you look closely, it is slightly different, which makes General Messi can't help but be surprised, and said in his heart, why didn't he see it just now, is this missile an imitation model made by the Chinese.

"Gentlemen, you must have underestimated the technical and tactical effectiveness of these weapons and equipment!" Messi and the others said in a calm and fluent Spanish voice as they looked at the "Exocet" M38 anti-ship missile not far away. And it came to his ears.

This made Messi can't help but follow the prestige, only to see a tall young man. With a hint of indifferent smile, he walked quickly in front of him, and before Messi could answer, he saw the young Chinese man look at Riquelme and continued:

"If I'm not mistaken, this young gentleman is a native of Buenos Aires!" he said, turning his gaze to Messi again. The smile did not diminish, and he continued:

"And you, sir, listen to the accent more like a native of the city of Corvador in the eastern foothills of the Corvado Mountains!"

Hearing this, both Messi and Riquelme were surprised, and it would not be surprising if the young Chinese could speak Spanish fluently. In any case, Spanish is one of the six common languages in the world, and there are many people who learn it.

However, being able to hear the Spanish accent and judge the city where the speaker lives based on these accents is not something that ordinary Spanish learners can do, at least they have to live in the local area for more than ten years to be evaluated, but the young Chinese man in front of him looks like he is in his early twenties, and he doesn't look like a person who has lived in Argentina for more than ten years.

The young Chinese who identified their place of origin from Messi and Riquelme's accents were none other than Lu Jiadong, the head of the Chinese military-industrial delegation, looking at the stunned expressions of the two Argentines in front of him, Lu Jiadong didn't know the doubts in their hearts, so he didn't wait for them to ask, so he explained with a smile:

"When I was learning Spanish, I often listened to interviews with Alberto Kempes, who was born in Corvador, and Diego Maradona, who was born and raised in Buenos Aires, so I knew the accents of Corvado and Buenos Aires!"

As soon as Lu Jiadong's words fell, Messi and Riquelme became even more incredible, but what was different from before was that their surprised expressions contained a little goodwill, especially Riquelme looked Lu Jiadong in front of him up and down, and asked in surprise:

"Do you know Alberto Kempes and Diego Maradona?"

I know too well, Lu Jiadong smiled in his heart, Alberto Kempes and Diego Maradona are unparalleled superstars in Argentine history, Alberto Kempes is the core hero of Argentina's 1978 World Cup, and Maradona has cast an incomparably glorious "Maradona era" in the history of world football in the following time , and because of this, these two are comparable to national heroes in the minds of football-loving Argentines, so Lu Jiadong mentioned that these two people also instantly got the favor of Messi and Riquelme:

"Two such great Argentine stars, if you don't know, it's too lonely and unheard!" Lu Jiadong bit the three words "Argentina" very hard, which made Messi and Riquelme's favor of Lu Jiadong a little more aggravated, although football has no borders, and Argentine stars often play for European giants, but for Argentines with a strong sense of national pride, the nationality of the stars is a matter of great concern.

And as Argentines Messi and Riquelme, originally thought that the Chinese who could not even speak Spanish, it is estimated that they don't even know what football is, but did not expect that the young Chinese in front of him can not only speak fluent Spanish, but also know the human geography of Argentina very well, and the most important thing is that the Argentine football star is very sought after, needless to say that he is definitely an authentic Argentine fan, can see the fans who support his own team in this thousands of miles away, how can he not let the two get close very:

"Sir, I really didn't expect you to know so much about Argentine football, I don't know what you call it?"

"My name is Lu Jiadong, what about you?"

"My name is Messi, this is my assistant, Riquelme!"

Listening to Messi's introduction, Lu Jiadong almost didn't scream, and said in his heart, how can this name be two superstars, fortunately, Lu Jiadong's concentration is not bad, just with a little bright smile, he shook hands with Messi and Riquelme, but when he shook hands with Riquelme, the young Air Force captain flashed an apologetic smile on his face, and said to Lu Jiadong:

"Mr. Lu, what you said just now may be inappropriate, please don't be angry!"

"We have an old saying in China, which is called "Those who don't know are not to blame!" Actually, I think that although the technical state of the weapons and equipment on display is not as good as that of the Soviet Union, the United States, and even similar products of some European countries, it is still more than enough compared with Argentina in South America!"

Riquelme just looked at Lu Jiadong's support for Argentine football and politely apologized, but he didn't expect Lu Jiadong to climb up the pole, for this reason, Riquelme was very unconvinced, and just wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Lu Jiadong's words continued to reach his ears:

"As far as I know, most of the tanks currently equipped by the Argentine army are AMX-13 light tanks produced in France, which are not very strong in terms of protection and firepower, and the most important thing is that its power is still powered by a gasoline engine that is easy to spontaneously combust, so it can be said that such a tank is a lighter, which may be ignited at any time in front of the Type 59 tank we produce.

There is also the artillery we produce, which uses the world's original 52 times longer barrel and jujube nuclear ammunition, whether it is range or power, the range is several times stronger than the same type of artillery in your country, not to mention that our artillery also uses a unique artillery autonomous walking system, which is very practical for the flat terrain of the Pampas Plateau. ”

Lu Jiadong inadvertently made a series of nuanced comparisons between Argentina's main battle equipment and the Chinese-made equipment in the exhibition hall, and his remarks were so broad, his knowledge was rich, and the contrast was sharp, and he heard that Riquelme's white face became red and black for a while.

He didn't think that Lu Jiadong was not only very proficient in football, but also knew everything about weapons and equipment, and he knew that he couldn't refute it, Riquelme could only look at his commander frequently, but at this time, General Messi turned a blind eye to the gaze he was seeking, because he was now pricking up his ears and listening carefully to Lu Jiadong's detailed introduction to the C801 anti-ship missile similar to the French "Exocet". (To be continued.) )