Brazil, as the existence of the largest country in South America, this title may still be a little controversial before the Falklands Naval War, after all, there is still the only developed country in South America Argentina on the side this year, but after the Falklands Naval Battle, although Argentina can continue to wear the hat of a developed country, it is completely incomparable with Brazil in terms of stamina.

In South America, if you want to talk about industrial capacity, that is, Argentina and Brazil can have some highlights, in the aviation industry, the two sides can be regarded as half a catty.

Argentina also had its own aviation industry before the Falklands naval battle, and since the post-war fifties, it has developed the "Arrow" series of fighters, which can be described as a small achievement.

Also one of the two big countries in South America, Brazil also has its own aviation industry, even more complete than Argentina, but Brazil is different from Argentina, Brazil takes the road of transport aircraft, but after all, it is an aviation industry. In the end, it was only Brazil that persevered, and there are various reasons for this, which will not be discussed in depth here.

Now it is necessary to discuss that in the 80s, Embraer, which had been engaged in the manufacture of transport aircraft and civil aviation regional airliners, was preparing to start meddling in the fighter business

"Brazil's friends are willing to participate in our FC-17 fighter project, I first welcome on behalf of Southwest Science and Industry Company, I also have some understanding of your country's aviation industry, is your country sure to win a fighter production line in Brazil? Although they are both making airplanes, there is a big difference between making fighter jets and transport aircraft! ”

With a full stomach full of doubts, Yang Hui asked this question very puzzled, Brazil wants to invest 40 percent of the funds in the entire aircraft development, and if it can succeed, it will definitely be a good thing. But if the Brazilian side is not determined to launch the project in the middle of the project, then

After all, it is related to 40% of the project's funding, and Yang Hui must be cautious. You can't just be happy when you hear about the money, and normal leaders need to analyze it more. Not only know yourself and your opponent, but also know your teammates, so that you can truly survive a hundred battles.

Seeing that Yang Hui had some doubts about Brazil's participation in the FC-17 project this time, the Brazilian side was not hypocritical, and directly said Brazil's thoughts this time, to say that Brazil has not had a good time this year.

"We were involved in this project for two main reasons, one is because our Brazilian Air Force combat aircraft are old, different models and really need to be replaced, and we have at least about 100 more refitting intentions. On the other hand, because we need a project to stimulate the Embraer industry. ”

The stimulus to the Embraer industry begins with the history of the Embraer industry, which began with the establishment of Embraer in '69.

The test of the water was to develop a transport aircraft about the same size as the Republic of China Yun-12, and then it has been constantly getting bigger, making great achievements in turboprop regional airliners, and finally began to impact jet airliners, until 2000, when it became one of the two major regional airliners in the world.

However, in the 80s, Embraer's industry did not do so well and almost went bankrupt, partly because Embraer was still state-owned in the 80s. As a result, there will be some common problems of state-owned enterprises, which are similar to the state-owned enterprises in the 80s of the Republic.

But that's not the biggest problem, as the only aviation manufacturer in Brazil, as long as the Brazilian government doesn't get water in its head. The problem is that Brazil has been privatizing in the 80s, and Embraer is naturally on the list of reforms.

As a result, the Brazilian government itself does not have much idea about Embraer. It has always been passable, and it is enough to be ready to sell it for a good price in the reform.

These are just the internal worries of Embraer. In the 80s, there were quite serious external problems, and the regional aviation industry in the 80s was not dominated by two hegemons as it was after 2000.

The regional airliner industry in the eighties was still the Warring States period. Not only Embraer, but also Bombardier, the long-established Dutch Fokker, Sweden's Saab, British Aerospace, and even the American Beechcraft Company has launched two turbopul small regional jets, and even Japan's Mitsubishi has launched a regional airliner that has not been very successful.

These are all participants in the regional airliner market in the 80s, each with their own technical skills, and the international regional airliner market is a stormy and bloody, at least in the 80s regional airliner market is not as simple as outsiders see.

In the '80s, the regional airliner market was even more chaotic than the mainline airliner market, and Embraer had been fighting for these markets a lot, but it didn't want to be privatized by the government. He dragged back from behind.

So much so that by the end of the 80s, the entire Embraer regional airliner industry was actually very difficult, and no one at that time would have imagined that in just five years, Embraer and Bombardier would rise strongly, capturing up to about 90% of the regional airliner market, such a brilliant record that even the current Brazilians themselves do not know.

As for why Embraer was able to quickly come out of the chaos and establish its position as a giant, it still has to talk about Brazil's privatization reform, and how Embraer failed and succeeded in privatization reform, which will be said for a long time.

Now we only need to know that Brazil's Embraer has become a miasma because of the government's reform plan, which not only makes Embraer itself complain, but also Brazil's air force, the backbone of a country's aviation industry is out of breath and dying, and its own air force is the most worried.

In particular, neighboring Argentina suffered a fiasco in the Falklands naval battle because it did not have its own aviation industry, which made the Brazilian military very worried, and if the Brazilian aviation industry fell, Brazil's aviation industry may be even more difficult to meet the defense needs of the Brazilian Air Force.

Therefore, with the support of the Brazilian army, it was found that the Brazilian Air Force must come to Raba Aviation Industry, and the Brazilian Air Force's own fighter jets were old and needed to be replaced.

So it was decided to use the large order of the Brazilian Air Force to reequip in exchange, and at the same time to purchase aircraft reequipment, it was the best plan to win a production line, which was fully supported by Embraer, the Brazilian army and the Brazilian government.

This can give the company a shot in the arm, and can ensure the logistics security of the Brazilian Air Force equipment, and at the same time can reduce the aircraft procurement budget to a certain extent, with this military aircraft project, the Brazilian government can also sell Embraer at a better price.

The question is who will move the production line to Brazil now among the mainstream third-generation fighter manufacturers?

The Americans' orders have long been lined up, and they are naturally not interested in Brazil, and France is even more reluctant to transfer advanced technology such as third-generation fighters, which leads to the fact that Brazil's plan looks very good, but no one took the bait, until the current FC-17 aircraft appeared

After a long period of communication, both sides understood each other's situation, Yang Hui naturally had a general understanding of the situation on the Brazilian side, and in view of the special situation in Brazil, he must be very firm in participating in the FC-17 project, and there will be no problem of bouncing tickets.

The most important point is that even if Western countries closed off the republic after '89, Latin America, which has a traditional anti-American tendency, is unlikely to be asked by the United States to stop cooperating with the republic, even if Brazil is unwilling to turn against the United States. Even if there is, it doesn't matter, Yang Hui is not afraid, it is the end of 89, when the FC-17 will be completed, and it doesn't matter if Brazil withdraws, the biggest loser at that time is Brazil!

Based on these reflections, Yang Hui finally decided that Brazil could participate in the FC-17 project.

"We welcome Brazilian friends to participate in the FC-17 project, as long as Brazil is willing to bear 40% of the R&D funds, we can accept the establishment of a production line in Brazil, responsible for the production of all orders in Brazil, and ensure that the localization rate of FC-17 produced in Brazil reaches more than 60%!" (To be continued.) )