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After talking with Xing Yuanzhao, Li Tingxuan returned to the Second Intelligence Department of the General Staff and contacted Zhang Jinnan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This year, Zhang Jinnan had a proud spring breeze. Although in the first half of the year, he was woken up by nightmares every night, but after becoming a big boss, he was less nervous.

Li Tingxuan can help him to the position of the big boss, and he can naturally solve all the problems for him.

It's just that during this time, Zhang Jinnan's mood was not too good.

After receiving Li Tingxuan's warning, Zhang Jinnan was ready to flee. As long as his identity is exposed, he will have to stay in prison for decades if he stays in Taiwan and does not die, and he will be tortured. It wasn't until the alarm was lifted that Zhang Jinnan breathed a sigh of relief and continued to be the big boss of Taiwan's National Defense Security Bureau with peace of mind.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Jinnan did not do much for Li Tingxuan, but it was very important.

Such an important chess piece, Li Tingxuan will not use it easily.

After becoming a big boss, Zhang Jinnan only did one thing for Li Tingxuan: promote several intelligence officers designated by Li Tingxuan and let them hold important positions.

Zhang Jinnan is also an intelligence officer, and knows that among these people there must be moles from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Of course, it can't be all moles from the Military Intelligence Bureau, there are only a few, the others are fine, they should have been promoted a long time ago. In this way, we can not be suspected by others, and only then can those moles enter key departments and play an important role in key positions.

With these few people, Li Tingxuan naturally doesn't have to trouble Zhang Jinnan in everything.

It's just that after that, not many earth-shattering events happened.

This is also understandable, if Zhang Jinnan's intelligence network on the mainland is cracked after Zhang Jinnan takes office, or if there is a serious intelligence incident on the island, he will definitely be unlucky. In the long run, Li Tingxuan will not easily deal with the intelligence network of the National Defense and Security Bureau, nor will he make a big deal on the island.

Under normal circumstances, the Military Intelligence Bureau will only spy on Taiwanese spies, and the agencies responsible for domestic intelligence security, such as MSS, will come forward, and the Military Intelligence Bureau will only provide necessary intelligence clues in the capacity of brother units. As for espionage activities on the island, the Military Intelligence Bureau will not make a big deal about it, but will only do something when necessary, such as when the security situation in the Taiwan Strait changes and the mainland's interests are seriously threatened.

Fortunately, during the six months that Zhang Jinnan was the big boss, the situation in the Taiwan Strait was not tense and tended to ease.

In particular, the East China Sea turmoil at the beginning of the year caused indignation among the people on the island, and they very much supported the mainland's positive actions in the dispute between the Diaoyu Islands and territorial waters. Although the authorities on the island have not made a high-profile statement, the administrative leaders do not dare to go against the will of the people and have to compromise with the mainland on many issues.

The most representative surname is the incident in which the mainland navy's aircraft carrier battle group passed through the Taiwan Strait.

Although at the beginning, under pressure from the United States, the administrative authorities did not favor the mainland and deployed more than a dozen warships in the strait to intercept the aircraft carrier battle group that was forcibly heading north, the turmoil in the East China Sea calmed down a little, and the administrative authorities withdrew the ships in the strait and allowed the mainland aircraft carrier battle group to pass through the Taiwan Strait.

The relaxation of cross-strait relations is the trend of the times, but this does not mean that there are no problems.

The most conspicuous problem of the Taiwan authorities at present is that the more than 200 fighter planes and more than 10 warships imported from the United States and France in the early 90s of the last century are all old and need to be replaced with new fighters and warships.

These fighters and warships have been in use for twenty years since they were introduced, and it is time to replace them.

The problem is that the continent is much stronger now than it was twenty years ago, and its international influence has increased considerably. A few years ago, George W. Bush promised to sell F-16C/D fighter jets to Taiwan and to help Taiwan introduce and build eight conventional submarines.

Because the cycle of arms procurement is generally more than five years, and Taiwan's situation is rather special and takes more time, if these matters cannot be finalized in the near future, Taiwan's military will face the embarrassing situation of having no equipment available, the mainland's military superiority will become more prominent, and Taiwan's security situation will become even worse.

What's even worse is that the speed of the Continental Army's strength is far faster than the outside world predicts.

As expected, within five years, the Continental Air Force will receive a fourth-generation heavy air superiority fighter, and the Continental Navy will also have a second aircraft carrier battle group. As for the mainland army, it is much stronger than the Taiwan army.

Without sufficient military strength, the strategic balance in the Taiwan Strait will be upset.

What the result will be, the administration knows very well.

As early as two years ago, the Taiwan authorities were in contact with the United States, hoping to obtain the fighter planes and warships promised by Bush. It was only at the end of last year that in order to obtain the position of the big boss, Zhang Jinnan provided the administrative authorities with an extraordinary piece of information: the F-135-800 engine stolen in Yueben was very likely to fall into the hands of the mainland. Based on this engine, the Continental will be able to produce a high-thrust military engine with a surname comparable to that of the F-119 within five years, completely solve the power problem of the J-20, and the Continental's new fighter will be able to form combat effectiveness within five years.

This information made Zhang Jinnan get his wish.

At the same time, it also makes the administration feel overwhelmed.

The foundation of ensuring Taiwan's security is air supremacy, and if there is no air supremacy, sea supremacy cannot be maintained. Even if the mainland does not achieve reunification by force after having absolute military superiority, it will still be tougher on the cross-strait issue and suppress Taiwan's living space.

There is only one solution to the problem: to get more advanced fighters.

Affected by this, at the beginning of the year, the Taiwan authorities formally proposed to the United States to purchase F-35A fighters.

In this report, which is more than 1,000 pages long, the Taiwan authorities clearly pointed out that the mainland's rapidly growing air power has already posed a serious threat to Taiwan's security situation, and it will become more serious in the next five to 10 years, and only more advanced fighter planes can ensure Taiwan's security.

Because the Taiwan Relations Act was the foundation, the request was accepted by the U.S. Department of State.

Unfortunately, the negotiations did not go well, mainly the price.

If, in accordance with the demands of the Taiwan authorities, the F-35A is obtained before the eight countries that cooperate in the development of the F-35A, Taiwan will have to pay an extremely high price for this.

The unit price is as high as 300 million US dollars!

For Taiwan, this is definitely an unacceptable price.

If the F-35A is used to replace the F-16A/B and "Mirage" 2000-5 fighters of the Taiwan military on a one-to-one basis, at least $60 billion will be needed, and the total expenditure will be more than $100 billion, including supporting facilities and post-maintenance. Even if the F-35A were used to replace dozens of fighter planes in the Taiwan military, such as the F-5E/F, which had been in service for more than 40 years, it would cost tens of billions of dollars, equivalent to Taiwan's military spending for several years.

Although the US authorities agreed to sell the F-16, even the most advanced F-16N, this fighter is at most capable of competing with the J-10 and not the J-20. Besides, the unit price of the F-16N is as high as $150 million, but the combat effectiveness is less than half that of the F-35A.

During this period, the Taiwan authorities also made contact with France and the European United Fighter Corporation.

If you can't buy the F-35A, the French Rafale and the European EF2000 are also good alternatives, but these two fighters are not cheap either. The unit price of the Rafale M3 is even higher than that of the F-35A, and the French do not want to bargain with Taiwan's arms purchase negotiators at all. Although the EF2000 is sold at a slightly lower price, it is unlikely that all of the countries that have developed this fighter will agree to sell arms to Taiwan.

In a hurry, the Taiwanese authorities even considered buying the T-50 from Russia.

Leaving aside for the time being whether Russia will risk a half-century retrogression in its relations with the mainland and sell fighter jets to Taiwan, taking the fighter itself as an example, the T-50 will not be finalized until eight years at the earliest, and it will first satisfy Russia and India before it can be exported to the outside world.

Russia can immediately come up with what it says, and the most advanced is only the Su-35.

This kind of fighter has the same ancestor as the Su-27SK and Su-30MK series that the mainland has long been equipped with, and its surname can not be much better than the French "Rafale" and the European EF2000, and the price is surprisingly high. Even if Taiwan can buy it, it still has to establish a set of logistics support systems specifically for Russian-made equipment, not to mention the trouble, and the amount of money spent is even more surprising, and at the same time, it will have an impact on Taiwan's relations with the United States.

Taking into account all kinds of factors, the Taiwan authorities still have to pin their hopes on the United States.

It's not that the United States refuses to sell the F-35A, it's that Taiwan can't afford it.

Zhang Jinnan did not participate in the negotiations, but was only responsible for arranging for personnel from both sides to contact secretly.

Zhang Jinnan didn't take this matter to heart. In his opinion, as long as the J-20 is finalized and mass-produced, the United States will naturally sell sufficiently advanced fighters to Taiwan, and will lower the price. If the export version of the F-22 sells well, Taiwan may even have a chance to acquire this heavy fighter that is strong enough to compete with the J-20.

It's just that on the narrow island of Taiwan, the F-22 is not necessarily of much value.

For Taiwan, the most suitable is the F-35A, which optimizes the surname of air combat. Of the three models of the F-35, the Type A has the strongest comprehensive combat capabilities and the most potential for improvement. Because there are many countries in the world that cannot afford heavy fighters and need lighter air superiority fighters, after the mass production of the F-35, Loma will definitely enhance the air combat capabilities of the F-35A according to customer needs.

Receiving the news from Li Tingxuan, Zhang Jinnan was startled.

The mainland actually plans to help Taiwan buy fighter jets?

After reading it again, Zhang Jinnan realized that the mainland did not want to help Taiwan buy fighter planes, but wanted to use this incident to make Liu Wei's behavior in the United States reasonable.

Zhang Jinnan's first consideration is not the risk of doing this, and there is no risk for him.

Before he became the big boss, Liu Wei was an intelligence officer temporarily hired by Taiwan's National Defense Security Bureau, and then he sent the files of Liu Wei and others into the database, all of which are on record. Let them operate in the United States, help in the purchase of fighters, it is not a big deal.

The problem is that if you do this, Zhang Jinnan's identity will be exposed sooner or later.

This is the first question that Zhang Jinnan considers.

No matter how much money Liu Wei can get, he will not use it to buy fighter jets, and in the end, he will definitely use it to draw water. If Zhang Jinnan had contributed to the incident and the arms purchase had been affected, the administration would have suspected Zhang Jinnan's motives. At this point, Zhang Jinnan will definitely have to leave Taiwan.

It's a pity that Zhang Jinnan has no choice.

(To be continued)