In fact, it is not only the Chinese military that is shocked by the "Siberian Tiger" main battle tank, but even the German side of the Federation has a strong interest in this advanced medium tank specially aimed at countries in the Far East, the Middle East and Africa.

Countries in the Middle East and Africa, most of which are plain deserts.

It is conceivable how terrifying it would be for a group of 40-ton main battle tanks to launch a group charge on the desert at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour!

Although the Leopard 2 can be called powerful, the Siberian Tiger is too fast and agile compared to the Leopard 2.

Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industry Group, which has only been established for less than a week, immediately received a message from Huaxia Zheng. The government improved a large order of 500 Type 59 tanks. Each vehicle costs $950,000.

Except for the senior leaders of the Huaxia Military Commission and Qian Lao, no one knew that Yang Weiping's private advance of money was helping the motherland improve its national defense strength.

Of course, because of this, Abt Mining Investment Company has obtained the permission to explore and exploit various minerals in mainland China in advance.

Frederick, the CEO of Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industries Group, was still busy preparing to set up a dispatch team to the Chinese mainland, and before he could set off, Iraq and Iran in the Middle East sent large orders for the transformation of 300 and 400 T54 and T55 tanks respectively.

The three orders that came one after another made Frederick feel like he had taken an aphrodisiac, and he walked step by step.

For this decision, which he worked so hard to promote, Frederick wakes up laughing every night in his dreams these days.

In the context of a serious downturn in the global economy, Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industries Group was able to undertake a huge order for the transformation of 1,200 tanks at one time, which was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the industry and economy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

You must know that in the three countries of China, Iraq, and Iran, the existing Type 59 tanks and T54 and T55 tanks add up to more than 3,000 tanks!

And other developing countries have these three models of tanks, no less than five thousand!

As long as this transformation and upgrading can satisfy the military of these three countries, the next follow-up transformation orders. It's 100 percent a matter of course.

In the large consortium circles of various countries in the world, there was a popular saying that anything related to Tiangong would definitely bring huge wealth. Now, this statement has been verified once again by the Mercedes company in the Federal Republic of Germany.

In order to meet the transformation orders of the three countries of China, Iran and Iraq. Mercedes Corporation and Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industries Group temporarily stopped the production of the MB873KA-501 engine and put into a total of 12 production lines dedicated to the production of the AVCR-1790-1A engine.

The American company Taylorday, after signing a package of patent sharing and use agreements with Hughsfield. Knowing that Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industries Group was frantically grabbing money, he did not hesitate to dismount the original AVDS-1790 series engine and go all out to produce the AVCR-1790-1A engine. In order to be able to get a piece of the world-renowned Soviet-made tank renovation project.

As a result, large diesel engine manufacturers in Europe and the United States, including the Soviet Union, have their eyes on the AVCR-1790-1A engine.

At this time, Yang Weiping had already taken Karenia, along with 150 senior engineers and technicians from the Huaxia project team of Mercedes-Tiangong Heavy Industry Group, on an Airbus A300 charter flight. Flew to the capital of China.

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China and the Federal Republic of Germany established diplomatic relations on October 11, 1972, and for more than five years, the two countries have generally maintained relatively good political relations. High-level leaders have frequently exchanged visits, and there have also been mutually beneficial and friendly cooperation in various fields.

With the continuous efforts of Yang Weiping, Huaxia opened its doors to the outside world one year earlier than the original history. Huaxia Zheng. on January 21 of this year. A circular was officially sent to the Federal Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in China, welcoming all German capital to invest and build factories in China.

The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, which was supposed to be held in mid-November 1978, was successfully convened and successfully concluded in mid-December 1977 one year earlier. The country has shifted from class struggle to a period of socialist modernization, vigorously emancipating the mind.

Deng Gong also became the supreme leader of China one year ahead of schedule, officially opening the prelude to China's reform and opening up and economic construction.

When he learned the news, Yang Weiping was still in Stuttgart, Germany, to conduct the final verification of a prototype of the Siberian Tiger main battle tank modified from a T55.

He still doesn't know how to say that the reason for this change is that he personally advanced money for the 500 Type 59 tanks renovated by the Chinese Army, which played a great role in promoting.

On January 31, 1978, Yang Weiping finally returned to his motherland after more than a year of absence.

The senior engineer of the German team is Yang Weiping's old acquaintance Watson.

Because Worthen indirectly became a bridge between Mercedes and Yang University scientists, he was rewarded and promoted by Mercedes' senior management.

Coupled with Yang Weiping's recommendation, Worthen's resume in Hong Kong has become his biggest capital for leading the team to China this time.

For this group of technical transformation experts from the Federal Republic of Germany, Huaxia Zheng. The government gave a very high-level reception, and even sent a vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense to meet him at the Beijing International Airport.

This time when he returned to China, Yang Weiping did not go to China in advance, he pretended to be a German engineer, and Karenia pretended to be his assistant.

That night, Huaxia Zheng. The government is in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, and a grand banquet is held for the German expert group to receive the wind and wash the dust. Business. Vice Premier He Jincheng, Minister of National Defense Xu Qianjin and other politicians. Important leaders of the government and the Central Military Commission attended the meeting and delivered welcome speeches.

The next morning, Yang Weiping had a conversation with Worthen in the State Guesthouse, told him some taboos and matters that need to be paid attention to in China, and then took Karenia and chartered a Hongqi car from the State Guesthouse to drive in the direction of the Military Science and Technology Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

In view of the fact that the expert group from the Federal Republic of Germany this time was specially made to upgrade the technology of the Type 59 tank in service in the Chinese Army. The government and the military attach great importance to it.

In accordance with the traditional Chinese etiquette and virtues, instead of letting the guests from afar go to work immediately, they were given three days to visit the beautiful rivers and mountains and magnificent scenic spots in the Chinese capital.

Yang Weiping did not plan to follow Worthen and them to Badaling to climb the Great Wall, but went straight to the family compound of the Military Science and Technology Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Because, his home is there, and there are all the memories of his childhood.

Dai Jun smoothly drove the "Red Flag" foreign affairs car with the flags of China and the Federal Republic of Germany. At a safe speed of about 40 kilometers per hour, he walked in Chang'an Avenue without speed or slowness.

As a veteran driver who drove for foreign guests in the State Guesthouse, Dai Jun was also a little more knowledgeable than ordinary Chinese people in this period.

However, he really didn't understand what the head of the German expert group was, Mr. Walzen, would have respected and even a little awe of the young Chinese who looked to be less than twenty years old in the passenger seat.

This Hongqi sedan was originally specially equipped for Mr. Watson during his sightseeing tour in Beijing, but Mr. Watson only took a ride from Beijing International Airport to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Explain to him that this car will only provide car service for the Chinese engineer named John Yang in the future.

At this time, Yang Weiping's face seemed to be particularly excited, as if the various buildings on both sides of Chang'an Avenue, including the crowded bicycle traffic on the bicycle lane, attracted him more than visiting the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.

The capital in January. The wind was bitterly cold.

At the beginning of the heavy snowfall, the temperature dropped to more than 10 degrees below zero.

But Yang Weiping didn't seem to feel a chill at all, opened the car window, and enjoyed the buildings and landscapes along the street that were both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar to him. Even if the cold wind blew his nose red, he didn't take it seriously.

On the street, although there are many people, the clothes are only blue, green, and gray. The blue is the cadre uniform, the green is the imitation grass green military uniform, and the gray is the people's uniform, but so many people seem to be cloned from three molds.

"Boss, there are so many of you Huaxia people! If you don't understand. If other people saw the scene in front of them, they would definitely think that all the people in China had gathered in their capital. ”

Karenia sitting in the back seat. She wears a black fur coat with a mink collar, a mink women's round hat diagonally over her large wavy blond curls, and black leather gloves on both hands. She was looking through the window. Looking at the dense flow of pedestrians and bicycles on the street, I couldn't help but sigh.

"We are a large country with more than 800 million people, and the population density of the capital is certainly greater than that of other cities. Yang Weiping smiled proudly: "Karenia, although the relationship between China and the Soviet Union is a little tense now.

However, it must be admitted that it was the Soviet Union that helped China establish a complete industrial system. It is precisely because of this that in less than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, New China has grown its population to more than 800 million, making it the most populous country in the world.

"More than 800 million people...... It's scary to think about!" Karenia said with a thoughtful nod.

"Mr. Yang, are you also from Huaxia?" Dai Jun subconsciously turned his face to look at Yang Weiping in the passenger seat, and asked cautiously.

"That's right, I'm a native of Beijing!" Yang Weiping nodded without hesitation, his expression and tone full of glory and pride. As he spoke, he glanced at Karenia behind him, intentionally or unintentionally.

As if she hadn't heard, Karenia leaned sideways to look at the street scene and the flow of people outside the car.

"I'll just say that the more you listen to your accent, the more you look like a native of Beijing, it turns out that Mr. Yang is really from Beijing!" Dai Jun couldn't help but pat the steering wheel a little happily and said with a smile: "I am also a native of Beijing." ”

"Master Dai, then we are the real fellow capitalists. Yang Weiping said as he took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes and a zippo lighter from his mink coat pocket, poured out one and handed it to Dai Jun.

Dai Junlian claimed that Xie took the cigarette, but he didn't dare to smoke it, but put it in the dashboard.

Yang Weiping didn't care about him, Zi Ge'er lit the lighter, bit the cigarette in his mouth, lit it, and took two puffs in a row.

I smoked more Cuban Havana cigars and replaced them with Chinese cigars. For cigarettes, the faint mellow smell of smoke is really a different taste.

"Mr. Yang, look at your frame, it seems that you are also an old smoker. Dai Jun looked ahead and said with a smile.

"Hehe, yes, I haven't smoked this kind of special for a long time. For China. Yang Weiping gently held the cigarette with the middle fingers of his right hand with black leather gloves, and put it in front of him seriously.

"Mr. Yang, the family compound of the Military Science and Technology Commission is almost here, are you going to find someone or to recognize your relatives?" Dai Jun asked warmly: "There are really a lot of overseas Chinese who have come back from abroad this year to look for relatives and recognize relatives!"

"My home is there, I grew up there. Yang Weiping's eyes gradually showed a faint trace of remembrance and sadness, and murmured: "I don't know what my home has become now." ”

After driving in the State Guesthouse for almost ten years, Dai Jun's experience and vision are quite rich. He didn't ask any more, and he didn't dare to ask more.

The Hongqi sedan soon arrived at the gate of the family compound of the Military Science and Technology Commission, and two PLA soldiers with armed belts around their waists guarded both sides of the gate, one on the left and one on the right.

Seeing the Hongqi sedan with a foreign affairs license plate slowly stopping, the PLA soldier on the right, who was about 244 years old, strode over, first saluted the standard military salute, and then asked very politely: "Hello! Please show your ID." ”

Dai Jun took out his work card and handed it to the other party.

The PLA soldier took the work card with both hands, opened it, carefully checked the authenticity, and then carefully stared at Dai Jun and checked the photos on the work card before closing the work card and returning it to Dai Jun with both hands.

Seeing Yang Weiping sitting in the co-pilot's seat, and then seeing a foreign woman with blond hair and blue eyes sitting in the back seat, a trace of obvious vigilance immediately flashed in the eyes of this PLA soldier.

"Comrade Dai Jun, may I ask you whether you are on official business or visiting friends privately?"

"Until 1970, I lived in Room 302, Unit 3, Building 9, in this compound. Yang Weiping got out of the car, looked at the extremely familiar courtyard gate in front of him, and said with deep emotion.

The PLA soldier was stunned when he heard this, then turned around and ran into the duty room of the sentry box, opened the drawer and took out a three-inch black and white photo from inside, and then ran out of the duty room quickly. came to Yang Weiping and stood still, took the photo and carefully compared it with the real person, and then asked excitedly: "May I ask if you are Comrade Yang Weiping?"

Yang Weiping was stunned, reached out and took the black-and-white photo from the PLA soldier's hand and looked at it.

This is one of the more classic photos taken by reporters from all over the world when he stood on the rostrum to give a speech at the Nano Era Summit held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

This photo has been published in many mainstream newspapers throughout the world.

"That's right, I'm Yang Weiping. How did you know about me? Where did you get this picture in your hand?" Yang Weiping asked as he stared at the PLA soldier with solemn eyes.