- Yang Weiping did not answer immediately, but stared deeply at Opelli's eagle eyes that were sunken in his eye sockets, and stared at it for a full minute, before slowly dusting the cigarette ash between his right fingers in the ashtray on the coffee table.

"I've always had a great time working with McKinsey, Colt and Taylordine in the United States. I also have a lot of American employees in my Tiangong Group, and I get along with them quite well. I hope that this cooperation will continue to be enjoyable. Yang Weiping said indifferently:

"I believe that the M16A2 engine that I helped the Colt Company improve and the AVCR-1790-1A engine that I helped the Taylordine Company upgrade contain are of military practical value, and I believe that your US government knows better than me.

So, Mr. Opelly, I hope you don't play any tricks with that piece of equipment in this deal. To deal with the greedy northern bear of the Soviet Union, only sincere cooperation between China and the United States will make it possible to realize a common national security strategy.

The China of reform and opening up will inevitably be a new China with the pursuit of democracy and freedom, the improvement of the people's living standards, and the respect for the human rights of citizens as the supreme goal! I hope that the two sides can work closely together to fulfill the responsibilities of a major country in maintaining peace and stability in the Asian region and in the world!

Yang Weiping unabashedly exposed his idea of pursuing bourgeois liberalization in front of the Americans, and he didn't bother to care whether they believed it or not.

Anyway, now the whole world knows that he is Dr. John Yang, who is not only a world-famous scientist, but also a world-class big capitalist with a net worth of billions of dollars.

Since it's acting, of course, you have to act in a full set. The director cracks the egg first, and all the flies who want to turn against the director are welcome to bite!

It has to be said that since the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the US Government has already begun preparations for the "big arsenal of Asia" plan.

As soon as the US arms purchase agreement with China was signed, the US military immediately began handing over the first batch of 24 F14A Tomcat carrier-based heavy fighters, 12 AH1W Cobra helicopter gunships, eight UH60 Black Hawk helicopters, and two C130H transport planes taking off from the base in Guam.

Yang Weiping put down all the work in his hand. He made a special trip to the Hangzhou Air Base of the East China Military Region and personally presided over the handover procedures for this batch of air force equipment.

This is the first day of a cooperation agreement with Opelli.

It seems that God also has the heart to facilitate this transaction, and gave a rare sunny day.

The Hangzhou Air Base, the 28th strong attack pilot division of the Huaxia Air Force, is heavily guarded, and the entire garrison has implemented first-class combat readiness.

Inside the command tower, Yang Weiping, who was dressed in a Type 65 military uniform, was chatting and laughing cordially and amicably with Ou Peli, who was in a suit and leather shoes.

Opelly as the plenipotentiary of the US side. Such a major equipment handover. He definitely had to be there in person.

For this reason, Yang Weiping did not care whether military secrets were military secrets or not, and it was impossible for him to prevent the deputy director of the CIA from entering the garrison base of the 28th Strike Division.

Originally, Air Force Commander Zhang Tingfa and East China Military Region Commander Nie Fengzhi also wanted to see the advanced planes of the US Imperialist Air Force with their own eyes. But Yang Weiping dissuaded the two veteran generals on the grounds of safety. If the US imperialist pilots were to temporarily act illicitly, they would not have to give the commander of our Air Force and the commander of the East China Military Region a pot of stew.

Regarding Director Xiao Yang's statement, Zhang Tingfa and Nie Fengzhi really couldn't refute it. I can only wait for the handover of this batch of equipment to be completed, and then we can feast my eyes on it.

It is precisely because of Yang Weiping's statement. Only then did all the officers and men of the entire 28th Assault Division enter the first level of combat readiness.

"Mr. Yang, I have to admit that the military quality of your Chinese soldiers is indeed the first-class in the world. Opelli looked at the rows of PLA soldiers standing still like javelins on both sides of the airport runway, and the silver Qiang-5 and Jian-6, and sighed with emotion: "However, their individual weapons and equipment and aircraft are really backward. ”

Yang Weiping pretended to be poor in front of the Americans. The 28th Assault Division's airfield guards were instructed to be armed with Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

Most of the people parked on the tarmac are the J-5, as well as a few J-6s.

"We can't help it, the country is big and poor. Yang Weiping sighed helplessly and said: "My country has just undergone a political change, the industrial base has been seriously damaged, the gross national product has declined sharply, and we are now in addition to more than 800 million people. It's almost nothing!"

Ou Peili secretly slandered in his heart, if you don't pretend to be poor, you will die! You are a dry eater when we are CIA! As far as China's current industrial level is concerned, although it does not reach the level of developed countries, it can at least be regarded as a quasi-primary developed industrial country. Much stronger than some countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.

"Huh. Humility is a virtue in the eyes of you Orientals, but it is hypocrisy in our Western world. Opelli said with a smile.

Yang Weiping was just about to answer, when a burst of American English speech came from the radio station in the command center: "Eagle calls Kitty Hawk, Eagle calls Kitty Hawk, we have arrived over the airport and request landing! Eagle calls Kitty Hawk ......."

Ma Xingen, commander of the 28th Assault Division, who had been waiting at the command position of the tower, and Yu Guangsheng, political commissar, invariably turned their attention to Yang Weiping.

Yang Weiping nodded lightly, Ma Xingen picked up the wireless telephone and replied in fluent English: "Kitty Hawk calls Eagle, you can land on Runway 7." Kitty calls the eagle and can land on runway seven......"

Not long after, there was a piercing roar in the air that broke through the sound barrier.

Two F14 Tomcat heavy fighters coated in silver-gray quickly emerged from the clouds, and after circling the airfield, they flew low against the runway and swept past according to the instructions of the tower, roaring like two silver lightning bolts.

It is estimated that after roughly checking that the runway is long enough for the F14 to land, the pilots of the two silver-gray F14s did not show off their flying skills again, and landed safely on Runway 7 in accordance with the take-off and landing standards.

Immediately after, every five minutes, two F14s landed smoothly.

It took nearly two and a half hours for 24 F14A planes to escort two C130H transport planes, all of them landed at this airport and lined up on the tarmac, waiting for the Chinese military to receive them.

A U.S. Air Force ground maintenance squadron that came with two C130Hs was unloading equipment. Part of the routine safety inspection of the 24 F14A aircraft was carried out.

This piece of fat meat has finally been swallowed in his stomach! Yang Weiping was silent on the surface, but in fact, he was extremely excited in his heart.

This is the famous F14 Tomcat! The previous Huaxia Air Force missed it out for many reasons, and now, it has finally been dealt with by buddies!

"Let's go, go down and have a look!" Yang Weiping greeted Oppelly. calmly accompanied by Ma Xingen and Yu Guangsheng. Out of the conning tower, in an open-top military BJ212 jeep, to the seventh tarmac.

Yang Weiping is no stranger to the F14 Tomcat heavy carrier-based fighter, when he worked at General Motors in the United States in his last life, he had several test flights because of work needs.

Yang Weiping had a calm look, but Ma Genxin, the commander of the 28th Strong Attack Division, and Yu Guangsheng, the political commissar, were full of shock.

Ma Genxin and Yu Guangsheng only saw the photos and some technical parameters of this heavy carrier-based fighter from the Air Force intelligence department. Suddenly they saw 24 real F14 Tomcats in front of them, and they really felt like they were dreaming.

The F14 Tomcat is domineering and super beautiful streamlined shape, and the strong 5, J-6, and J-7 are really much stronger. This is the first time that the Huaxia Air Force has seen a real twin-tail heavy fighter. If you don't feel shocked, that's a strange thing.

Yang Weiping slowly walked to the nose of an F14A tomcat painted as a shark's mouth, and looked up, the 4.88-meter-high fuselage was almost two stories high.

Two U.S. pilots wearing U.S. military flight combat uniforms stand side by side under the huge wings that are fully spread out and reach 19.54 meters. Seeing Yang Weiping, who was dressed in a Chinese military uniform, walking towards the two of them, he subconsciously saluted each other with a standard American-style military salute.

Yang Weiping smiled and raised his hand to return the salute, and asked with a smile: "Young men, welcome to Huaxia, here, I hope you can spend a pleasant holiday." ”

This group of US military pilots, in addition to sending planes. It also had to undertake the preliminary training of pilots of the Chinese Air Force.

The two American pilots were both twenty-five or sixteen years old, and Yang Weiping's fluent New York accent made them feel more familiar in unfamiliar China, but this old-fashioned tone made them a little unnatural.

Looks like we're both a little older than you, guys?

"Your Excellency. What should we call Your Excellency? It's strange that your Chinese army doesn't have a rank. The U.S. pilot on the left, who looked like Tom Bruce, asked with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"You can call me a general. Yang Weiping smiled very casually: "My military rank is equivalent to that of a major general in your U.S. Army." ”

"How is this possible?" The American pilot on the right, with a long face, cried out in a strange voice: "You are no more than twenty-four years old at most, how can you be a general?"

"In Huaxia, anything is possible!" Opelli replied with a serious face: "Boys, I'm Opeli, I believe your commander should tell you who I am!"

"Yes, sir, we will be happy to serve you!" the two American pilots saluted at the same time.

At this time, two middle-aged American men in suits came out of a C130H transport plane in the distance, followed by a US Air Force colonel, and hurriedly walked towards Oppelly.

"Mr. Opelli, I am instructed to hand over to you this batch of Air Force equipment that originally belonged to the US Air Force!" the American colonel came to stand in front of Opelli and gave an American military salute as he spoke.

"Colonel William, when will those helicopters be transferred?" Opelly asked solemnly after returning the salute.

"Reachable in the afternoon. Colonel William said: "The Huaxia military is navigating the Kitty Hawk and sailing into Hangzhou Bay, and those helicopters can take off from the Kitty Hawk and go directly to this airport." ”

Opelli raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was only 10:24 in the morning, so it was better to hand over the plane that had arrived to the Huaxia military for acceptance.

"Director Yang, do you think you should first carry out the acceptance work on these 24 F14A and two C130Hs?" Opelly turned to look at Yang Weiping and asked.

"When the helicopters arrived, it would be safer for me to personally take the pilots to accept them one by one. Yang Weiping said in a deep voice: "The acceptance of military aircraft is a relatively complex system engineering. This is not urgent. In this way, I will first test fly an F14 and try its comprehensive performance. ”

"What?!, you test fly yourself?" Opelli asked, widening his eyes and in disbelief, "Did you fly an F14?"

"Try it and you'll find out. Yang Weiping smiled mysteriously, walked up to the American pilot who looked like Tom Bruce, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Guy, should I call you?"

"General, I'm Second Lieutenant Kosdeman of the U.S. Air Force!" the young and handsome U.S. pilot saluted General Huaxia with respect and replied loudly.

"Second Lieutenant Cosdeman, I need you to be my co-pilot and cooperate with me in the flight test of your batch of F14 carrier-based heavy fighters, is there any problem?" Yang Weiping asked solemnly.

"More than happy to serve you, General!" said Costman, looking up and raising his chest.

Yang Weiping randomly picked an F14A with four ground crews in charge of condition detection, and the work was basically coming to an end.

"Gentlemen, can this Tomcat fly now?" Yang Weiping asked loudly after changing into a U.S. Air Force flight combat suit, carrying a flight helmet in his hand.

The four ground crews, as well as the two American pilots of the F14A, saw Colonel William coming with a Chinese pilot, and first stood up and saluted, and then a ground crew member in his forties came forward and replied:

"Our tomcat is the best, ready to take off at any time! But, young Huaxia guy, are you sure you want to fly this tomcat? If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time our tomcat has come to the Huaxia continent. Sorry I forgot to introduce myself, but I'm Squadron Leader Crowle, Ground Maintenance Squadron, 32nd Flying Regiment of the U.S. Air Force. ”

"Captain Crowle, this guy is a general of the Huaxia Air Force!" Cosdeman said with a wicked smile as he stood beside Yang Weiping with a lively look.

When Crow and the others heard this, their eyes showed disbelief, and they immediately saluted Yang Weiping in accordance with the etiquette of the US military's subordinates meeting their superiors.

Yang Weiping smiled and raised his hand to return the salute, then walked to the front of the F14A, gently stroked the cold main landing gear, and said as if talking to himself: "When this main landing gear is retracted forward, the wheel rotates 90 degrees into the lower part of the engine intake, and the front landing gear enters the fuselage compartment forward. The wheels are tubeless tires filled with nitrogen. The struts of the two-wheeled nose landing gear were used as hooks during catapult takeoff. The landing hook is mounted in the fairing under the rear fuselage......"

As Yang Weiping talked about the F14A from the landing gear to the wings, fuselage, tail, power plant, electrical system, and weapon system, everyone present, including Opelly, had to believe that the young Chinese general's understanding of the F14A was even more detailed than that of his lover. ______________________