Chapter 48: The Accident at the Opening Ceremony
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The head of the AVIC delegation's delegation is called Xu Wangye, a senior executive of the group, and he led two deputies to stand aside, and he was really taken aback when he heard Li Dongcheng's words. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In advance, Xu Wangye did not know that the ABC Group also came to participate in the Moscow Air Show, after all, he had the impression that ABC had no involvement in aviation, and it was very restrained in selling arms to foreign countries.
But this time, Li Dongcheng actually claimed on behalf of ABC that the restrictions were lifted and all ABC's products were sold, which made Xu Wangye unable to understand the plans of ABC Group.
However, Xu Wangye is only looking at the problem from the perspective of a bystander for the time being, this time AVIC Group came to the exhibition, and also launched some new models, focusing on military transport aircraft, and ABC is not a competitor, after being surprised, it was quickly put aside.
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On the second day, the air show officially began, and at the opening ceremony, Russian President Medev unveiled the air show, which entered the main event, the air show at the opening ceremony.
The air show is almost the signature of the Moscow Air Show, and every air show attracts a large number of tourists and spectators.
This time, the lineup of the air show is also luxurious, the performance team is the famous Russian air show team "Swift", named after Gorky's famous poem Swift.
And the fighter piloted is the Su-35.
The Su-35 is considered a high-end model of the Russian fighter family, and Lao Maozi has always called him a fourth-and-a-half-generation fighter with a key vector thrust engine.
At the beginning, there was news from the outside world that Huaguo wanted to purchase the Su-35, in essence, it just wanted the Su-35 engine, and Huaguo couldn't build it by itself, and Western Europe and other countries had a strong blockade, so they could only make up for it from Lao Maozi.
However, it has been talked about and has not been negotiated so far.
Two years ago, the main fighters of the Russian Air Force were Su-27 and Su-35. It is very popular in foreign countries, but the Russian Air Force has not purchased it.
The reason is unknown, but it was only in these two years that the Russian Air Force equipped its troops on a small scale to replace the old Su-27.
Therefore, this air show will use the performance aircraft as the Su-35.
Li Dongcheng had never seen the air show up close, so he took his deputy and found a good place with great interest.
A rare good weather, blue sky and white clouds. The excellent pilot, the exaggerated flight action, the roar of the engine, the swift posture like a sharp arrow, all of which make people unable to take their eyes off.
"Good guys, this magnificent, I don't know when our ABC will be able to produce fighters." Li Dongcheng put down the binoculars and couldn't help but sigh.
The deputy next to him is the head of ABC's marketing department. Mai Sia, a black man in his thirties, a rare high-achieving student, studied in Europe. Doctor of economics, recruited by Li Dongcheng to his command.
Maisia said with a smile: "President, in essence, you can suggest to the chairman that we be allowed to produce fighters. I know that the research institute of the second base has already done research in related aspects. Even the drawings are available. β
The first base and the second base were officially separated, and Li Dongcheng restored the reputation of the president, but the military and the people were not separated, and Yang Tian, or the Abye government, still had a great say in the first base.
Li Dongcheng shook his head with a smile, looked at the nearby manufacturer representatives, and said with a smile: "Forget it, leave some way for others to live." β
Mai Xia was stunned for a moment, smiled and stopped talking.
The two were talking, two Su-35 flew at low altitude in the air, this is a very exciting flight action, the pilot jokingly called the eagle catching the chicken, the two fighters flew opposite each other, turned the fuselage sideways at the moment of collision, and slid past, but it was a huge test of the pilot's reaction and courage.
Inside the telescope, two Su-35s cut through the sky at a speed of hundreds of kilometers.
However, just when the fighters were about to collide and should have avoided sideways, one of the Su-35s did not flip sideways as expected, like a bird diving into the woods, colliding with the wing of another Su-35.
Boom two bangs.
At a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, at this impact speed, although there are no bombs mounted, the fuel tank is still full, and under the collision, you can expect what the consequences will be.
Everyone at the scene was stunned, watching the two flames exploding in the sky, and a large piece of the wreckage of the plane fell down with tail flames, some of which smashed into the audience.
It was only then that the ordinary people in the audience reacted and fled frantically.
On the guest seat, Russian President Megèv's expression was also extremely gloomy.
At the last Moscow Air Show, at the opening ceremony of the air show, two Su-27s collided, and I didn't expect that after two years, the nightmare would repeat itself, and the two Su-35s, which had just been equipped with troops, collided again.
Li Dongcheng, who was stunned, ran away as if he was running away.
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"The tragedy of the Moscow air show repeats itself, and the Su-35 has unannounced design flaws?"
"The chief designer of the Su-35 stood up to refute the rumors, claiming that the Su-35 sold in the past had never had such an accident, and the Su-35 itself did not have any defects."
"The Kremlin is furious, Mejeff is angry, the Russian Ministry of Defense has exploded a huge bidding scandal, and several senior officials may resign and be held accountable."
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In the hotel where he stayed, Li Dongcheng looked at the latest newspapers, and his expression was calm and calm.
There was a lot of trouble outside, but it had nothing to do with Li Dongcheng and ABC half a dime, Li Dongcheng purely paid attention to the development of this matter with a fun-watching mentality.
"Sukhoi has failed in his calculations this time, and he has poured blood mold." Li Dongcheng said with a smile.
Mai Xia on the opposite side didn't understand Li Dongcheng's Chinese idiom, but he also roughly guessed what Li Dongcheng meant, nodded and said: "That's right, there is already news that Sukhoi plans to take advantage of Russia to start equipping the Su-35 and intends to fully launch the Su-35. β
Li Dongcheng put down the newspaper and said, "Forget it, don't care about him, the air show will be suspended for a day and will start tomorrow, how about it, is everything ready?" β
Maisia showed a reassuring smile and nodded, "Of course." β
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The collision of the Su-35 did cast a shadow on this year's Moscow Air Show, but when it was officially launched the next day, to the surprise of the exhibition party, there were an astonishing number of buyers present.
"What, many countries have sent temporary delegations, really fake?" The director of the exhibition party heard the report. was also stunned.
Originally, after the impact incident, the exhibition party was also worried that there would be fewer buyers.
But who would have thought that not only did not see fewer buyers, but more than expected.
Some countries that had not planned to come, such as East Asian countries and Central Asian countries, sent temporary delegations and rushed over in a hurry.
And there are also many middlemen. Arms brokers also arrived, making the scale of this air show the highest in history.
"It's evil!" The director slapped his thigh, and it was completely messy.
The spacious convention and exhibition center, tens of thousands of square meters of huge exhibition hall, divided into a lot of booths, several large areas, to exhibit hundreds of manufacturers, one booth, do not know how much area to occupy.
And many of the exhibitors are big guys. Transport aircraft, fighters, missiles, armored vehicles. Tanks, indoor exhibition halls can't be placed, outdoor exhibition halls are also needed.
In the outdoor exhibition hall, there are many areas. There are a lot of new fighter jets.
The first three days of the air show are not open to the public, and all the people who come to visit are purchasing groups from all over the world. There are also arms brokers, and orders for air shows are basically finalized in these three days.
Especially on the first day, many purchase orders that have preliminary intentions before the air show will be officially announced on this day.
At the last air show, on the first day of the exhibition, the Russian side announced that it had reached a purchase order of 80 billion rubles with OAK, that is, the United Aviation Manufacturing Corporation.
This day is the busiest day for manufacturers, emptying their minds, coming up with the best things, and striving to finalize the order on the same day.
Originally, on the first day, the exhibition party arranged several press conferences, intending to announce some heavyweight orders.
In particular, the Su-35 purchase order reached between the Indian Ministry of Defense and Sukhoi Company, but with the plane collision incident at the opening ceremony, the Indian Ministry of Defense unilaterally stopped it, which made Sukhoi a lot of fire, and the exhibition party also suffered a lot of losses, because there was no such shocking order to support the scene.
However, the exhibition party soon noticed an abnormality, and the arriving purchasing group almost rushed in one direction.
Turning a blind eye to the booths of these world-renowned companies such as Lockheed and Dassault, as well as the bewitching and sexy show girls, usually, even if they are just looking at women, some purchasing groups will stop.
But this time, they had the same purpose, and even some manufacturer representatives were blindsided.
Xu Wangye looked at the crowded ABC booth not far away, and couldn't help but feel a little envious in his eyes.
Coincidentally, this time AVIC's booth was arranged not far from the ABC booth. In recent years, China's armaments have developed rapidly, and the launch of some products has almost always been coaxed by countries in the third world.
At this Moscow Air Show, AVIC Group also focused on several latest models of transport aircraft, some advanced avionics equipment, as well as launch vehicles and communication satellites and other technical application products.
But who would have thought that the attention was so low.
Just looking at the front door of AVIC's booth, it can be seen that the ABC booth is crowded.
Anyway, no one came, so Xu Wangye simply went to join in the fun, called his deputy, arranged the affairs of the booth, and went to the ABC booth with the flow of people.
Li Dongcheng said a lot, but how many things he could come up with also made Xu Wangye curious.
In Xu Wangye's impression, the ABC Group only has two things to win the championship, one is the Black Mamba missile, and the other is the Tianyan radar.
These two things belong to strategic equipment, and ABC has been hiding them and is unwilling to sell them.
Tianyan radar went to Southeast Asia to peddle a circle, but the Black Mamba missile, ABC has not been officially sold to the outside world except to support the rebels in the North Soviet Union.
"Good guys, there are really a lot of people here, that's the North Korean delegation, Iran also sent people, good guys, even the countries of South America are here." The deputy looked over one by one, but recognized a lot of familiar faces, and said in shock.
Beforehand, they had not heard that these countries would come to the Moscow Air Show.
Xu Wangye nodded secretly, and his attention was suddenly attracted by the exhibition at the ABC booth.
"Hey, this is ......" (to be continued.) )
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