Finally, it was time to announce the final announcement of the bidding results, with officials from Dassault, General Dynamics, AVIC Southwest and Embraer all sitting in the prescribed conference hall, and the final bidding results would be made public.

Of course, the three competitors sitting in the front row were not convinced by each other, all of them looked at people with nostrils and breathed out of their nostrils, and the atmosphere on the scene was even more subtle.

It should be the most appropriate to describe the situation at this time with thousands of calls to come out, still holding the pipa and half-covering the face, and the official Egyptian team that finally came out to announce the news is naturally immense, everyone has a folder in their hands, but which document is the information that everyone cares about the most, it is unknown.

When the official personnel arrived, the scene naturally quieted down, and the journalists listened with their ears pricked up and at the same time aimed at the stage with long guns and short guns, and the units participating in the bidding were nervous. Even Dassault and General Dynamics, two old fritters, still kept beating drums in their hearts when they faced this big order of 150 military fighters in Egypt.

However, the Egyptian officials on the stage were the most laid-back, and the final result was a foregone conclusion after the president personally intervened. Therefore, at the beginning, it was also all kinds of high-minded talk to arouse people's appetites, but they were unwilling to disclose the final results, until everyone was already a little impatient, and then they gave up.

"So, now let's see what the final result of this auction is"

Flipping through the folder, the first one is the evaluation of the Mirage 2000, and its content is roughly as follows: "Among the three fighters shortlisted, the Mirage 2000 has excellent combat capabilities in air interception, and has good performance in other aspects, but considering that the thrust weight of this fighter is relatively low, the fuel consumption is high, and the price remains high, we finally chose to give up." ”

I didn't expect that the first one to be announced out would be the Mirage 2000, but this also shocked everyone's hearts, since the Mirage 2000 has been out, then no matter which aircraft is announced next, no matter what the result is, everything will be clear.

Thinking of this, the relevant staff listened carefully, for fear of missing even any tiny detail, and the loss and unwillingness of Dassault's bidding team could not be demonstrated, which was considered Dassault's biggest export opportunity for military aircraft in the 90s, but it was still not seized after all.

Although it is out, Dassault has no intention of leaving, since it has come, see who can get the super big order in the end, and it can be regarded as an explanation of all the efforts since the beginning of the year, whether it is F-16 or JF-17 who has the last laugh, and the mystery will be revealed.

Xie Lianfa, who rushed to Egypt from China to witness this critical moment, looked at General Dynamics on the other side, and after a general glance, he felt bored, and then he put his attention on the stage again, and after turning the first few pages of the document, the Egyptian official with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth raised his head.

Looking at Xie Lianfa and nodded: "JF-17 Lightning Joint Fighter Attack Aircraft, as a light fighter positioned as cost-effective, basically has 80% of the combat effectiveness of F-16 and Mirage 2000 aircraft, and also has a unique and powerful sea combat capability, the price of 15 million US dollars is only half of the F-16 and 60% of the Mirage 2000 offer, making it the most cost-effective of the three fighters." At the same time, considering that the fighter development unit is willing to transfer the production line to produce in Egypt, it is the JF-17 Lightning fighter that won the bid. ”

As soon as the results were announced, the scene became lively, although there were all kinds of expressions, but Xie Lianfa was the first to react, and hurriedly applauded to celebrate, and almost the next moment, the whole venue resounded with thunderous applause, applause mixed with echoes for a long time, and even Dassault's side was a symbolic applause.

The only discordant voice is probably General Dynamics, as the developer of the F-16, they are determined to win this bidding, but they didn't expect to be cut off in the end, which is a naked failure in the F-16's export record.

"I'm not convinced! We have to know why the F-16 was defeated, the most advanced light fighter in the world, the F-16 has a large number of customers, even Egypt has purchased the F-16 before, we must know the reason for the failure of the F-16, otherwise we have reason to believe that there must be some unknown deals, it will be "

Looking at the clumsy performance of General Dynamics, the spokesman on the stage was also uncomfortable, since it was said that the JF-17 won the project, then what are you still shouting about here, do you really think that the performance of the fighter can determine some? Jokes, today will convince you completely.

I continued to look back, and after seeing the comments on the F-16, the corners of my mouth also smiled contemptuously: "The F-16 fighter from General Dynamics, although it has an advanced aerodynamic layout and avionics design, and at the same time uses the F-110 engine produced by General Electric to provide abundant power, it has performed well in the previous use in Egypt, so the F-16 is the best performance among the three aircraft." However, the high price of the aircraft, and the fact that GM was not willing to set up even an aircraft overhaul line in Egypt, eventually abandoned the F-16 fighter. ”

Unexpectedly, the American F-16 was also abandoned because of the price, and the Dassault team on the side smiled very happily, although the Mirage 2000 also failed, but it was also very happy to see the F-16 deflated in the project.

But the thought that the final winner was the JF-17 aircraft made everyone feel a little unhappy, but this is not a good thing for Dassault and France, at least it can push Dassault and the French government to make up their minds to do something.

The leader of the team stood up, walked to the front, and shook hands with the Egyptian official: "It is a pity that the Mirage 2000 cannot fly over Egypt and fly over the majestic pyramids, but we still respect your country's choice, and we look forward to the next cooperation!" ”

Compared with General Dynamics in the United States, Dassault is quite personable, the head of the Egyptian bidding team thought so, and then shook his hand tightly.

"The Mirage series of fighters has always been a very good fighter, with excellent performance and brilliant results in Egypt, and this defeat does not mean that we can no longer cooperate in the future, so we look forward to Dassault's next fighter."

shook hands and sent Dassault's team away, and then turned his attention to General Dynamics, which came over angrily, the big black face was definitely not pretended, and it was pitiful to look like that!

After walking out of the hall, Dassault's leader kicked the foot of the wall on the side, changed his previous hypocritical smile on his face, and said hatefully in the eyes of his staff: "We have lost the order from Egypt, but Dassault must survive, since this is the case, the sale of the Mirage 2000 to Taiwan seems to be imperative, this is no wonder us." (To be continued.) )