Chapter 1711 brings back the Alice Group

The Americans are happy, with such two "Wasp-class" amphibious assault groups in their hands, even if they are engaged in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time, they now have enough cards and strength in their hands to challenge other countries...... Don't think that if I put most of my elite militant forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, you're ready to move

The effect is indeed good, a few countries have indeed moved some minds when they see that the current military strength of the Americans is a little stretched, and a few of them have been jumping up and down with the Americans very well, but after seeing the actions of the Alice Group, these guys are all honest.

But just like that, the Americans are still a little dissatisfied, and they desperately want more

After six months of testing and actual use of the two AI-10 tiltrotors provided by the Alice Group, the relevant test units gave the US Department of Defense the following test conclusion:

The overall performance of this tiltrotor has far surpassed that of our own V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor, and in the course of intense testing for up to half a year, in our opinion, this is a near-perfect machine, except that it does not have the ability to fly at supersonic speeds, and so far we have not found any shortcomings in this aircraft.

Therefore, we strongly recommend that this aircraft must be introduced into our country, equip the army with the fastest speed, and comprehensively replace the existing helicopters and tiltrotors under development.

In addition, if possible, we commissioned the Alice Group to design other aircraft such as medium-sized transport models with a load capacity of 4 to 7 tons, special armed models for combat purposes, and aircraft carrier refueling models...... After all, it is always developing high-tech weapons, and these guys see at a glance the prospects for various applications of this aircraft.

This evaluation report by the Department of Defense evaluation agency, which can be called a highly regarded evaluation, immediately attracted the attention of the top level of the US Department of Defense and the top level of the US Government

Secretary of Defense Donald. Rumsfeld understands very well that the attitude of these evaluators towards the products they are about to evaluate can be called harsh, and if they recommend a weapon to the military and spare no effort to say good things about this weapon, then it can really show that the overall performance of this weapon has reached a very high level

In that case, what is there to hesitate about?

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"Gentlemen, you've seen the evaluation report, and now you're telling me, should we introduce this aircraft for domestic production? If you decide to produce in your own country, what will you do? Rumsfeld looked around at his subordinates and asked solemnly.

In the eyes of these proud American generals, the best weapons in the world can only appear in the United States, and they can only equip the American army. And since this weapon is important to the American ** team, then naturally it can only be produced in the United States...... Can you imagine America's own military aircraft being produced overseas?

The only issue to be discussed now is how to get the patent rights of this aircraft from the hands of the Alice Group, without offending the Alice Group, and the senior management of the Alice Group is willing to develop a series of follow-up models for the United States.

Of course, the Alice Group is not a guy to mess with, this is the consensus of all the generals here, and this is what they find tricky, otherwise they would not have to discuss countermeasures for this matter, just like they did with Beretta, Glock and Rawls. Royce and other companies do the same thing

The standard pistol in service with the U.S. military: the M9 military pistol, which is the M92S-1 pistol of the Italian Beretta company; The Glock G17 police pistol, which is heavily equipped in the American police, also forced the Austrian company Glock to place the production base of this firearm in the United States and authorized the production of the United States; As for the 8B Harrier fighters, which are equipped with a large number of vertical/short take-off and landing fighters in the US Coast Guard, they were stolen from the British, and as for the various types of military technology and products stolen from other countries, it is not known how many......

But the Alice Group is clearly not a guy to be kneaded by them. ,

It was precisely because they understood this that the generals frowned with a little headache.

"An invitation to the Alice Group to build a new military aircraft production plant on U.S. soil?" Deputy Minister of Defense Michel. Frunoy frowned and thought for a long time, and finally made his own suggestion.

"This can be used as a solution." Rumsfeld nodded expressionlessly, which was regarded as affirming this suggestion, but in fact he was pessimistic about his right-hand man's suggestion.

Although the Alice Group has built a civil aircraft manufacturing plant in the United States and has been working overtime, in fact, when Rumsfeld contacted Alice two years ago, he hinted to her about the establishment of a production plant for military equipment, especially high-end military equipment, in the United States, but unfortunately, this suggestion was rejected by Alice at that time. However, of course, Rumsfeld cannot say it now, and to say it now will too much stimulate everyone's enthusiasm.

"If you have any suggestions, please speak freely and talk about them." After a pause, Rumsfeld added.

No one spoke, although everyone here did not know the background of Alice Group very well, but since the boss of this matter said so, it can only explain one thing: this matter is very difficult to do, since it is not easy to do, let others figure it out

Looking at his subordinates, who are flying like little roosters on weekdays, but at the moment they are all dejected and quail-like who want to put their heads in their wings, Rumsfeld is also depressed: How can this be done?

There really seems to be no way to fix it.

"Mr. Minister," said a hesitant voice just as the room was silent and the atmosphere fell into a dreary, "I have a solution. ”

"Huh? It's Mr. Slam," Rumsfeld's spirit suddenly shook, and he raised his hand to sign, "Do you have any good suggestions, say it and listen to it?" ”

"That's right, Mr. Minister," the admiral who served in the Navy paused slightly, sorted out his thoughts, and then said, "We all know that the essence of capital is the pursuit of higher profits, and the reluctance of the Alice Group to set up high-tech military enterprises in our own United States before, in my opinion, is nothing more than the following reasons. ”

"First, although the technical strength of the Alice Group is very strong, they are still weak compared with the military giants in our country that have continued and inherited for more than a hundred years, so the first reason, my analysis, is that they Alice Group is worried that their enterprises will be embezzled by our old military giants."

"But now it's different, now the strong strength of the Alice Group, especially in the technology of military products, at least in some aspects, has led our own military industrial enterprises, and now they have grown to a considerable extent, basically they don't have to worry about their own lack of competitiveness and eventually lead to failure."

This makes sense, Rumsfeld's eyes suddenly lit up, and he had to admit that this was indeed reasonable, although the strength of the Alice Group is indeed undoubtable, but their foundation is indeed too shallow, and their foundation is too shallow, if they compete with the old military industrial giants in the United States, the level of loss is indeed relatively high

"Yes," Rumsfeld nodded, and asked with some eagerness, "what about the second one?" ”

"The second reason," Rumsfeld's affirmation was like a reassuring pill for the admiral of the Navy, and at this moment, it seemed that even his thinking was clearer, and he continued to talk eloquently along with Rumsfeld's words, "In my opinion, it is also related to the technical strength of the Alice Group in military technology at that time." ”

"I know that our government invited the Alice Group a few years ago to set up a military production enterprise in their own country, but at that time, the Alice Group did not have too conspicuous and outstanding products in terms of military products, and the Alice Group must also be able to understand that their products have no competitive advantage compared with our own products Since there is no competitive advantage, it takes a lot of money to build a high-standard military production enterprise in our country, no matter who thinks, It's not a good deal."

"But now it's different, although these words may make many people unhappy, but we do have to admit that Alice Group's military industrial technology, in many places, at least in some places, has surpassed our country's old military industrial enterprises, so that the second reason for restricting Alice Group's military production in our United States does not exist." ,

Yes, as soon as this guy's words came out, not only Rumsfeld, but even the eyes of the other generals in the conference room lit up: That's right, this is right, no one will invest money in formulating places that will not make money, this is the most basic common sense, China's military industrial base is very poor, even with the technology of the Alice Group at that time, they can make a lot of money in China

On the one hand, it is basically impossible to make money, and on the other hand, it is necessary to make a lot of money, and fools know what to choose...... According to the current development of Alice Group, it is obvious that Alice Group made the right choice at the beginning.

But just as this guy from the Navy said, the current Alice Group is no longer the original Alice Group, and the current Alice Group, in terms of military technology, even compared with local enterprises in the United States, also has a great advantage In terms of the nature of the American military, it is natural that it will never put such a good technology without it, which also means that the Alice Group now has the opportunity to make a lot of money in the United States, so what reason does the Alice Group have not to return to the United States? Don't forget, the corporate nature of his Alice Group is still an American company.

"Not bad," Rumsfeld was already smiling at the moment, nodding his head frequently, "Go on, then... What is it? ”

"As for the first..., I personally think that the Alice Group is just worried that they won't be able to get the order." Seeing that the boss Rumsfeld adopted his opinion, this guy breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and muttered to himself: I wonder if with this performance, can I add a bargaining chip to my future promotion? "Although the Alice Group is indeed very strong, it has to be admitted that their scoring strength is more reflected in the economy, finance, science and technology, etc., and in terms of the military industry that is more exclusive to the outside world, the Alice Group is still far from being comparable with the current American giants."

"In terms of military connections, their Alice Group is indeed no match for Boeing and Northrop. Grumman, Lockheed. Martin, Thor, Pratt. Whitney and General Dynamics and other old military-industrial giants, on the premise that both sides can meet the requirements of our military, our military must take care of our big bosses, and for Alice Group, hehe...... I guess that's for sure, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed tacitly: Of course, the current military industry has formed a set of "rules" with the United States. If they don't follow the "rules", won't it hurt their own interests? In order to protect their own interests, of course, these vested interests of themselves are rejecting this latecomer, and no one has any doubt about this.

Rumsfeld also laughed, and after a slight pause, Rumsfeld asked with a smile on his face, "Then what do you think we should do about this matter since we must obtain the military technology of the Alice Group?" ”

"Personally, I think," this guy said respectfully, "we might as well make a list of the military equipment we intend to purchase in the next five years, and list the models that Alice Group can produce and manufacture separately, and tell Alice Group that these are all military materials that we will purchase in the next few years, and in terms of our annual military budget of hundreds of billions of dollars on the US side, then just give you a little bit of it, it is a huge cake as long as they are willing to build factories in the United States. And transfer some of the technology they have mastered, then they will have a share of this huge cake. ”

"Of course, we need to communicate with the big bosses of the military industrial complex beforehand, and if they boycott the Alice Group's recent split of their cake, then things will be another matter. In Chinese parlance, it's called...... That's right, it's 'tempting to take advantage'"

Rumsfeld nodded approvingly, "This is a good solution."

In Rumsfeld's point of view, he does not think that these military giants of the United States will be so short-sighted that they will refuse the entry of the Alice Group, according to the development of the Alice Group in military technology over the years, it can be analyzed that any form of blockade has no meaning for the Alice Group, and now the actual result is that the Alice Group has far ahead of the military industrial enterprises in the United States in terms of technology...... At least in the case of these military enterprises involved in the Alice Group. ,

Moreover, if Alice Group produces military products in the United States, the benefits are not only for the United States and the government, but also for those military giants, in fact, they can also benefit from the diffusion of technology in the production process of Alice Group:

If Alice Group produces weapons in the United States, then many parts and components will have to be purchased in the United States, right? In terms of the performance of these weapons developed by the Alice Group, the requirements for parts and components must be very high, so even if the Alice Group is unwilling, but in order to improve the quality of the parts and components, they have to spread some of the relevant technologies of these products, and at this time the American military giants can benefit from it...... Even if you produce some parts, you can't just produce anything.

It's just that since then, the Alice Group has invisibly become a technology provider in the art industry, and the thought of this makes Rumsfeld feel a little unhappy In Rumsfeld's eyes now, the Alice Group, which is very close to the top level of the Chinese government, can no longer be regarded as a reliable and trustworthy American high-tech enterprise, especially a while ago, in order to win over the Alice Group, the Chinese government even took out one of the nine seats with the most rights in their country. Used to bribe this Alice Group

As soon as he thought of this, Rumsfeld felt a little unhappy in his heart. However, Rumsfeld had to admit that this method seemed to be the best solution to the problem.

"This is not a bad idea," Rumsfeld nodded with a smile, "gentlemen, do you have any good suggestions or opinions?" ”

There was a flurry of shaking of the head

What are you kidding, this guy has already said it so clearly, if he still goes up to show off, wouldn't it be embarrassing to show his ugliness? Don't do it, resolutely don't do it

Case...... Rumsfeld pondered for a moment, knowing that it was God to be able to obtain today's result, and finally nodded, "Okay, I will summarize several suggestions from today's meeting, and I will hand them over to Mr. President, and Mr. President will decide." That's all for today's meeting."

I wonder if my performance this time can create a good condition for the next promotion? The general, who had just shined, kept pondering this question in his heart, and at the same time subconsciously touched the pocket of his military uniform on his left chest: there was a check with a denomination of 500,000 US dollars.