Chapter 448: Reluctant

If you want to talk about this turmoil, in the large area where the entire Southwest Science and Industry is located, only the United Aero Engine Company is relatively stable, because the aero engine is too critical and sensitive, and the old giants such as the United States imperialism are unwilling to have any major intersection with the Republic, so there is not much cooperation to do with it.

It is also because the Germans at this time did not have the capital to blow up the thorns, but the current MTU company has developed all the technologies they should develop, and the money has also been invested in it, and now we are just waiting to see the continuous testing of the CG-2000 engine.

To put it mildly, it is not too big to have MTU continue to participate in the project now, if the current MTU also listens to the United States and has a quarrel with Southwest Science and Industry, the big deal is that Southwest Science and Industry will continue to make the cold end parts of the CG-2000 engine.

I didn't see that the current 420 factory still has not enough business, and the Hongqi factory in the northwest is also all kinds of monkeys who are anxious to participate in the CG-2000 engine, and the technology of those units is indeed inferior to MTU in the professional place, but it is not too bad.

It is only because the current CG-2000 engine is a civilian engine that needs to pursue the maximum performance balance in all aspects, so there is an "indispensable" MTU in this project, but if MTU does not do this project now, I am afraid that this CG-2000 engine will continue to go on under the continuous attention of Southwest Science and Industry Corporation and United Aero Engine Company.

Therefore, this has led to the current MTU company being a little up and down, let's say withdraw from the project. Not only will the MTU lose all the previous investments, but it will not have much impact on the CG-2000 engine. The main thing is that if the project is withdrawn, the efforts of MTU and the Federal Republic of Germany as a whole to return to the aero-engine industry will be in vain.

And you say not to withdraw from the project. And how should the American dad over there explain? After all, there are still NATO multinational troops stationed in Germany now, and it would be bad if it upset the American father.

Therefore, the current MTU company is very entangled, reflected in the specific practical actions that the MTU German head office has been in trouble, and because there is no final decision, the MTU engineers stationed in the United Aero Engine Company are still conscientiously carrying out various work, cooperating with various tests of the CG-2000 engine, and even some people have begun to write reports and make applications. Together with the technical staff of the second institute, we will go to the 624 institute to conduct a high-altitude test.

Everything shows that the German side is different from the American side, because Germany also has a demand for a bigger aviation industry, at this time it is not as complete as the United States embargo, which is even very intuitive in the actions of the German government.

Unlike the MTU company, which only needs to consider its own company, the Federal German government also needs to take into account the cooperation between the whole of Germany and the Republic at this time, even in the cooperation of the aviation industry, the first consideration is not the CG-2000 of the cooperation between MTU and Southwest Science and Industry, but more about the current MPC-75 regional airliner project.

CG-2000 engine though significant. But at this time, in fact, it is only a project for the MPC-75 passenger aircraft, after all, the current CG-2000 engine is only one customer of the MPC-75 project, which is not so popular. But as long as the MPC-75 project has three advantages and two shortcomings, the history of MTU in the CG-2000 engine will end here. If the MPC-75 project can continue, then what use does MTU have to continue to do CG-2000.

As a result, the Federal Government of Germany called the president of MBB directly to the Chancellery. The purpose is to have an in-depth communication and conversation with MBB, and finally determine how to deal with this cooperation project.

And MBB's statement is enough to be single: "There is no need to discuss the fate of the MPC-75 project." If we want to talk about our cooperation with Huaxia MPC-75 airliner, the United States should first look at themselves! The first is the McDonnell Douglas 82 aircraft that they are now cooperating with Huaxia Modu Aircraft Company. Secondly, there are two passenger aircraft projects in progress in Xifei, one is the MPC-75 passenger aircraft that we are cooperating with, and the other is their Y-7 200 passenger aircraft. ”

Speaking of which, the president of MBB is also in high spirits, and the news that has just come from West Africa has already been said that the United States has tacitly approved the purchase of four-bladed composite propellers from Hamilton and Pratt & Whitney in Canada for the Y-7 200 passenger plane, and the purchase of Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW127C engines, which shows that the United States is only limited to military technology this time, and there is no too strict control over civilian technology.

As he spoke, he communicated and communicated with the German Chancellor about these situations as they were, until the Chancellor nodded his head to show that he understood, then he stopped talking, and waited for the government's answer with anticipation, as long as the German government spoke, then MBB would definitely dare to continue the project.

And the German Chancellor at this time has also figured it out, in any case, it is time to fight, the MPC-75 has completed the detailed design, and the results will be seen soon.

The first aircraft has begun to work intensively in manufacturing, Xifei undertakes the manufacture of the fuselage and wings and the assembly and manufacturing of the whole aircraft, Southwest Science and Industry has obtained the manufacturing of horizontal tail and vertical tail, and MBB has obtained the manufacture of the nose and landing gear of the aircraft.

These are all issues that the German government has to consider now, and even according to the treaty written in the original contract, after the successful development of the aircraft, as long as the orders from Europe and the Americas exceed 200 aircraft, an assembly and manufacturing plant will be set up in Germany. At that time, the work in Germany was to really manufacture aircraft final assembly, not just part of the airframe of the European Airbus as it is now, which made people feel faceless just by sounding like this.

At this time, the legal adviser to the prime minister also stepped forward, and as a legal adviser, it naturally had to do its part well, and the legal community had their own opinions on whether Germany was going to withdraw from the MPC-75 cooperation this time.

"Prime Minister, when we signed a contract with Xifei and Southwest Science and Industry companies in Huaxia, we also gave them an interest-free loan, and the terms at that time clearly stated that if we withdrew from the project due to the German government, this loan would not be needed."

This is definitely the most powerful reason, no matter when or the most powerful money, when I think of the contract that year is now beating the drum in my heart, the German government at that time came forward to guarantee the loan to Southwest Science and Industry and Xifei two companies a total of 500 million US dollars, and last year gave each of the two companies an additional loan of 100 million US dollars for the two companies to purchase German-made industrial equipment, in order to stimulate Germany's economic development. (In the late eighties, American dads not only sheared Japanese wool in the Plaza Treaty, but also no one ran away from Germany)

Due to the speed of the time at that time, a full 700 million US dollars of loans have now been accumulated, and if the German government came forward to suspend the project this time, this 700 million US dollars is not a small amount, enough for himself, the German chancellor, to drink a pot, and I am afraid that it will not be worth the price if he sells himself.

Finally, under the consideration of all parties, the German government must also have a definite attitude: "Well, first of all, we should state that our government will not interfere with the normal cooperation between China and Germany in civilian industrial products, and as long as it is cooperation in civilian products, we will maintain an attitude of support as always." However, this is limited to the civilian side, and now you MBB and the Xifei company on the Huaxia side have discussed that they need to separate the MPC-75 project from the original military aircraft manufacturing company, so that we can continue to cooperate. (To be continued.) )