"If you want to talk about the scientific research ability of Rurika Saturn, we are a hundred reassuring and admired, but their production capacity is really not flattering, but they are very clear about their weaknesses, so the last time they came to our Republic to negotiate, they said that in view of their weaknesses in production capacity, and after inspecting the production capacity of our United Aero Engine Company, they think that our production capacity is very good, and they are willing to take out the technology of the 31F engine, We work together to set up a production line. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Rurika-Saturn does have a big weakness in manufacturing, which is a weakness that they themselves are well aware of, and because of this, and they also know that they are digging into the wall, they must come up with something better than the overhaul line of Ufa to impress the Republic, so the production line is their only choice.

Of course, Xiang Qiao only said half of what he said, and there was another thing that he did not say, that is, Rurika-Saturn asked AVIC Southwest to come up with a huge amount of money to buy related technologies, and even required that the core engine in the 31F engine production line must be produced in Russia, that is to say, even if United Aero Engine Co., Ltd. and Rurika cooperate, it is also impossible to achieve complete domestic production and manufacturing of 31F engines.

Anyway, that's probably the case, when negotiating, he must only say news that is useful to him, and Xiang Qiao also doesn't believe that the Salyuli-Ufa Consortium has not heard the news that Rurika-Saturn wants to dig into the wall on the Russian side, so it is definitely more likely to mess up the Salyut-Ufa position.

The situation soon became clear, after hearing the big move of Rurika Saturn, Ufa couldn't calm down, Xiang Qiao's words were indeed not false at all, Rurika-Saturn was not capable of manufacturing engines, so he chose to cooperate with the United Aero Engine Company under AVIC Southwest, so it may be much easier to get the manufacture of the 31F engine.

The Ufa plant has also cooperated with the 420 plant for some time, although it is not clear what the technical level of all the units of the entire United Aero Engine Company is, but just looking at the ability shown by the 420 plant, we know that the ability of the United Aero Engine Company is not bad.

Previously, Maozi of Ufa also visited the 420 factory, where there is the overhaul line of the CFM-56 engine, and the overhaul line is directly responsible for the overhaul of the entire CFM-567 engine in the Asia-Pacific region, and it can be recognized by General Motors, which in itself shows that the 420 factory is very good in the field of aero engine manufacturing.

What's more, the United Aero Engine Company also has a very good performance of the core machine, the entire core engine has successfully derived a military small bypass ratio turbofan, civilian large bypass than turbofan, military and civilian dual-purpose gas turbine, can have such a strong scientific research and manufacturing capabilities of the company as a partner, when the time comes to have Rurika-Saturn on the side to assist, or a few years to be able to make the 31F engine production line operation.

To say about the previous joint project of the Rurika-Saturn consortium and United Aero Engines. It would not be too serious if the two sides only delivered the engines produced to the republic, but it was obviously impossible to think about it, and as long as the Rurika Design Bureau could deliver the engines, whether you were a domestic or foreign Su-27 fighter purchaser, they would not care whether the Rurika-Saturn engine was completely Russian or not.

Moreover, as the development unit of the 31F engine, Rurika must have more advantages than the Salyut-Ufa combination when improving and upgrading this engine.

There is no need to go back to the Russian company for instructions, this critical moment is absolutely not able to procrastinate, now this is no longer a simple matter of introducing 31F engine life extension technology from the 420 factory, and the deeper level is related to the war between Salyut - Ufa and Rurika - Saturn.

"I don't know why you say that Rurika-Saturn will take the technology of the 31F engine and cooperate in the production, but I can say very clearly that although we have a competitive relationship between Salyut Ufa and Rurika-Saturn, we will never accept this kind of blackmail. Now let's all be pragmatic and come up with a condition that both of us can afford, otherwise even if you cooperate with Rurika now, it will be absolutely impossible to mass-produce the 31F series engine in three years, and your No. 10 fighter is now in dire need of engines. ”

Not to mention, in the end, this is not wrong, now the Republic urgently needs a large number of 31F series engines to be installed and used, and now the only thing that can meet this requirement is the Salyut-Ufa Consortium, even if Rurika-Saturn has the technology and still has the future, it will not be able to solve the urgent need to burn the eyebrows now.

Looking at this way, it is obvious that everyone is preparing for a showdown, and it depends on whether the two sides can negotiate a mutually acceptable condition in the end, and this point depends on Xiang Qiao's ability.

"Then I think that's it, we don't ask for the direct sale of finished engine life extension parts, and you don't want to buy the technology directly and produce it yourself. It just so happens that there are also some parts on the overhaul line of our 420 factory that our 420 factory can't produce by ourselves, and then we will use the parts that the other party needs to use but can't produce in exchange, which is good for everyone. ”

Xiang Qiao's method is very simple, some parts can not be produced on the overhaul line of the 420 plant here, such as the high-temperature turbine blades of the engine, which is produced by the Soviet technical route, although the United Aero Engine Company can produce high-temperature turbine blades with better performance, but it will definitely not match, so when overhauling, these important components still need to be imported from Ufa.

Correspondingly, Ufa now also needs to import engine life extension parts from 420, so when both sides have what the other needs, bartering is definitely the best solution, who made the republic and Russia at this time attach great importance to the green dollar, and are not willing to spend a lot of foreign exchange?

This kind of barter has always existed between China and the Soviet Union and between China and Russia, and a large part of the first batch of Su-27 fighter jets purchased by the Republic of China was bartered, and now it is just another time.

Of course, Ufa knew that this should be the maximum that both sides could accept, so he didn't have much ink: "I think this plan is feasible, so let's use barter." (To be continued.) )