Chapter 649: The Power of Starfall (Part II)
Chapter 649 Star Falling Force (II)
"Is the message accurate?" After reading the things that Wu Tian and Lin Shengli brought over, the chairman put down the information and asked.
"Exactly, it's indeed their latest bomber, and it's a strategic-level weapon, so we're not going to talk to Starfall Group?" This year's defense spending has far exceeded the budget, and even many of the original plans have been canceled, because of the little bee developed by the Starfall Group, and the things that are now being negotiated must also set aside enough budget, although the Ministry of Defense has announced next year's plan, but most of the budget has actually belonged.
As for the rest, there is a certain amount of spare budget. "What are you talking about, buy this stealth bomber?" The chairman looked at Wu Tian with a smile and asked.
Wu Tian scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "That, you can't blame me for this matter, after all, this thing is not something that civilian companies can study, and they are unwilling to open up the technique, what if there are any technical defects?" ”
"And now?" The chairman was a little amused, Wu Tian was not talking about this bomber, but from the exhibition more than two months ago to start negotiations, has been delayed until now with the Starfall Group's aircraft carrier negotiations, the chairman's opinion is to talk with the Starfall Group, so that the Starfall Group can start construction, but at most pay 30 percent of the deposit, as for the remaining 70 percent, the remaining 70 percent will be paid only after the aircraft carrier is fully delivered, and the acceptance and acceptance of the military to form combat effectiveness to ensure that there are no problems.
However, Wu Tian, as the head of the General Armament Department, resolutely disagreed, Wu Tian meant that the aircraft carrier could place an order with the Starfall Group, but the precondition was that after the order was placed, the country only needed to pay a part of the technical expenses. The Starfall Group must open up the drawings of this aircraft carrier, as well as all the materials of some key technologies and transfer them to China.
However, the Starfall Group does not agree, and the transfer can be done, but both parties need to bear 50% of the R&D costs, and at the same time, the domestic orders cannot be less than three, and the orders of the three aircraft carriers can be considered, anyway, there is no limit to how many years to complete the orders of the three aircraft carriers, the problem is that the 50% R&D expenses are a bit too cheating, and the R&D expenses given by the Starfall Group are a full 150 billion US dollars, and the domestic technology is needed. It needs to bear half, 75 billion US dollars, equivalent to a total of more than 450 billion RMB, how much will the military spend next year? Although it is said that it has doubled, so many new weapons have been purchased. In fact, the military has less military spending left than in previous years.
"Now I think we can talk about it." Wu Tian's attitude change is that the Starfall Group came up with this new stealth bomber, and Wu Tian was born in the Air Force. He was all too familiar with the weapons and equipment of the Air Force. Although the performance of the little bee is very strong, but the strength is only in the stealth performance, of course, the engine is also excellent, but in fact, the little bee is not invincible, and the performance data of the little bee can be reached by the scientific and technological strength of the United States. And according to the spies and the U.S. government's military spending statements to Congress, the U.S. government is supposed to be unlocking their technological reserves.
This kind of news is not difficult to obtain, and based on the current situation, I am afraid that at the end of this year at the most. The price of F22 and F35 will definitely drop significantly, and the US military has been purchasing these two fighters at a high price, which may be difficult for the outside world to imagine, but in fact it is not difficult to understand, although the US military is purchasing at a high price, but their high price is mainly to increase the price of these two fighters in the international arms market in the future.
F22 is not sold now, it does not mean that it will not be sold in the future, and it is estimated that this future is very close, with the exposure of the little bee, the United States must have decided to retire all kinds of aircraft on a large scale, especially the aircraft of the Navy, and now the aircraft of the US Navy are almost outdated, the United States has always had no sense of security, or has always wanted to become the boss of the world, so they must form an overwhelming advantage over other countries.
But stealth bomber, this kind of technology is not China's domestic breakthrough in a short period of time, whether it is J20 or J31 is the shadow of the United States F117 stealth attack aircraft, and B-2 The United States will not let it fall into anyone's hands, so China's current bombers are all old bombers, there is no stealth at all, once there is a stealth bomber, it means that China's strategic threat will be greatly enhanced, even the United States, are beginning to face threats.
That's the big advantage! Since the Starfall Group can study this, then the aircraft carrier is not impossible to negotiate, anyway, the chairman's conditions are acceptable, in fact, it has dragged on for two months, although Wu Tian's attitude has been very resolute, and he does not agree to hand over the aircraft carrier to the Starfall Group for construction, during this period, Wu Tian's attitude has not changed, he is waiting for a news.
Because at the same time, the project negotiated with the Starfall Group is not only the aircraft carrier, but also other projects, such as the transfer of electromagnetic catapult technology, etc., the domestic research on electromagnetic catapult has entered a bottleneck, but although it has been researched 90%, but the remaining little technical difficulties can not be broken through.
The research institute responsible for the research of electromagnetic catapults has confirmed the technology submitted by the Starfall Group, and accurately built the first electromagnetic catapult, although it still has flaws in some aspects, but these flaws are only design and material problems, which are easy to solve, and all the key difficulties have been thoroughly understood! It can be said that now China can declare itself the first country in the world that can build catapults!
Because in the past, only the United States could build, so the United States could build large aircraft carriers of more than 100,000 tons, and the efficiency of the glide aircraft carrier was not comparable to that of the catapult aircraft carrier. The electromagnetic catapult technology has been verified to be real, then the other data should be true, so this aircraft carrier construction can be discussed! Although the aircraft carrier is said to be something that many countries in the world want to have, it sounds like it is very high-end and atmospheric.
But in fact, the construction of aircraft carriers is not particularly difficult, of course, the difficulties are not impossible, such as nuclear power units. Don't underestimate the heart of the aircraft carrier, the miniaturization of nuclear power reactors, and to ensure a huge power output, this is a difficult point in the whole world, but fortunately, China is a little backward with the United States in other aspects of technology, but in terms of nuclear power, China and the United States are almost the same, and even exceed in some aspects, of course. No one knows whether the United States has a technical reserve, but even if the United States has a technical reserve, China is confident that the two sides will be able to say that it will be half a pound or eight taels at most.
Other countries are lagging behind in this regard. And with the development of modern weapons, power consumption is increasing. There are also increasing requirements for the performance of nuclear reactors in the same volume. That's where the difficulty lies. If you don't count these things, the other structures and the like are basically not difficult for countries.
Moreover, when Starfall Group gets an order, it also has to submit certain design drawings to China. It is necessary to pass the audit of the domestic research institute before it can start construction, but the Starfall Group has always said that its construction speed is unmatched in the world, but I don't know if this is true.
"You ......" both the chairman and the prime minister laughed a little. Wu Tian is in his sixties, and he still looks like a child's personality, and he can talk about the previous negotiations. When you don't ask for someone, you resolutely can't do it. Isn't this cheating?
"Well, well, since you agreed, then this matter will be handed over to you, and as soon as possible, now the international situation is changing, if the Starfall Group can really build this aircraft carrier in a very short time, it will also be beneficial to us, and the aircraft carrier we built ourselves, according to the current construction period, it will take at least three years to do it." The chairman shook his head.
"Understand, this matter will be handed over to me, I will talk to them personally this time, in addition, you have to stand on my side, I can't help it, do you think I am a good logistics housekeeper? Ask the Prime Minister, where is the need for money! Our money is also limited, I need to update the equipment of the three armed forces, and we can't just favor the navy, right? Seeing that the chairman agreed, Wu Tian smiled happily and began to complain again.
"Hey, don't be so undisciplined, otherwise, don't look for me next time." Lin Shengli next to him was immediately a little dissatisfied, this guy, how can he talk? Damn, when you came to the chairman, why didn't you go to the commander of the Air Force and the commander of the army? You took me, the commander of the navy, and now you say that you are favoring me, depending on when you have been favoritism.
"You don't have to be cheap and sell well, the two aircraft carriers under construction in China, if we place another order with the Starfall Group, at least one aircraft carrier, you know what this means, you hurry up and give me the officers and soldiers of the aircraft carrier, if you feel dissatisfied, I can sign the negotiation with the Starfall Group for half a year later." Wu Tian immediately said angrily, still not partiality with you? The Navy alone will bite nearly half of next year's military spending!
Three aircraft carriers, plus all kinds of technology transfers, as well as the transformation and upgrading of all existing nuclear-powered submarines, as well as the construction of a new generation of 097-class nuclear-powered submarines, these alone will bite off half of next year's military spending, and this guy is not satisfied. "Uh, no opinion, no opinion, you talk as soon as possible."
Lin Shengli immediately didn't dare to blow up, this guy is in charge of the military expenses of the three armies, and now that he has taken a big advantage, he naturally won't say anything.
Xu Zhennan had just signed a document, he received a phone call, and when he saw the number on the phone, Xu Zhennan couldn't help but pull his mouth, it was from the General Armament Department of the military, for more than two months, Xu Zhennan was almost depressed to death, and the negotiations between the two sides had no progress at all, but there was no way to terminate it, because some other contracts had begun to be fulfilled.
"Ha Luha, Mr. Xu, hello." As soon as the phone was answered, a somewhat familiar voice came from the other end, and as soon as he heard this voice, Xu Zhennan reacted, this is the person in charge of the General Armament Department, Wu Tian. During this time, Xu Zhennan was no longer in charge of the negotiations, and was handed over to a special negotiation team to be in charge, and these negotiation teams were all selected and had absolutely no problems, so they were not afraid of leaking secrets.
Of course, the person in charge of the military is definitely not the most senior leader, "Hello General Wu, General Wu is looking for me?" Xu Zhennan doesn't want to negotiate with these old foxes, anyway, during this period of time, the other party has used various methods to get close to each other, in order to make the Starfall Group lower the price by one percent, this overall contract is not a small amount, one percentage point is estimated to be one or two hundred million US dollars.
No matter how rich the Starfall Group is, it doesn't play like this, so Xu Zhennan has a headache, you said that the other party's official position is higher than the other, and you can't say some ugly words when you are harassed, you have to deal with it, it's too tiring to deal with these people, and they are all older than you, all elder-level characters, you said that the other party is almost one, and there is really no way to deal with it.
"That's right, Mr. Xu, I think we can talk about the aircraft carrier, there are no problems with the plan you put forward, and we won't have any other conditions, but do you want to contact your group headquarters and negotiate your new products with us again?"
"New products? What is that? Xu Zhennan was stunned for a moment.
"Mr. Xu doesn't know what to do?" Wu Tian was also slightly stunned.
"Well, I've been too busy lately, so when I communicate with them, it's all about work, and I don't have too much communication about this aspect of things." Xu Zhennan immediately nodded.
"Oh, that's right." Wu Tian thought about it, the reaction speed on his side was indeed a little fast, and it had only been more than two days since the stealth bomber of the Starfall Group came out. Xu Zhennan's side didn't know that it was possible for Xiaoxi to do the road for the time being. "That's right, it's your company that has recently developed a new stealth bomber, and our military is also very interested in this, so I can give you an order."
"Then I'll get in touch with the above." Xu Zhennan was stunned for a moment, because of the negotiation of military equipment, during this time Xu Zhennan came into contact with almost all these arms weapons, sometimes Xu Zhennan wondered if he was about to become an arms dealer, now listening to the aisle stealth bomber, Xu Zhennan's head is naturally not like before, there is no concept of weapons at all, stealth bomber, this thing seems to be only available in the United States, right? Now Starfall Group can also design and build?
"Okay, but Mr. Xu, you can call your negotiation team, no matter how the negotiation of the stealth bomber goes, our contract on the aircraft carrier can be signed." Anyway, now that he has to place an order on his side, Wu Tian simply sells his favor. (To be continued......)