Chapter 179: Take the initiative to speak up
British Prime Minister Callahan has been paying attention to relations with the East, and not long ago, he hoped that Owen, the foreign secretary, would "narrow the gap between Sino-British relations and Sino-French relations". They were very envious of the hot relations between France and the Eastern countries.
On the other hand, because they all had a common enemy, the Soviet Union, the British government also expected to give them military power to fight the Soviet Union through arms exports to the Eastern countries.
And it was under the guidance of this idea that they warmly welcomed the guests from the East, and this was the first round, and after that, there will be air forces and navy, and they are looking forward to exporting all kinds of their weapons to the Eastern countries, making money while being able to deal with the Soviet Union.
And now, they are overestimating this matter, and they ignore the simplest fact, the current Eastern countries are still relatively poor, and there is simply not much money to purchase advanced weapons.
They say that they want to buy technology, in fact, they are also forced to do so, for a country with a huge amount of equipment, it will not be purely imported, they will inevitably import technology and carry out production.
They hadn't studied the customer at all, and now, how do they choose?
They must sell some weapons and equipment to the big countries in the East, so that they can show that they have a good relationship with the big countries in the East, no worse than France, but if they want to sell this 120mm rifled gun, and the corresponding technology, it will definitely not work, because this thing is really a big killer, if the other side can produce it in large quantities, then it will be worth it! If all the tanks of the great powers of the East were carrying a 120-mm cannon barrel, wouldn't they shoot themselves in the foot if there was another war in the Far East in the future?
They want to help the eastern countries become stronger, but they must not make the other side particularly strong, and they must support and contain them.
The other side has no money, can't buy too many things, can only regard firepower as a key import project, they have a fancy to their own 120 mm tank guns, but they can't export them to them.
What is the trade-off?
Seeing that the other party had already stood up, Robert suddenly thought of something: "If you want tank guns and related technology, then we may consider licensing the L7 105mm tank gun technology to you." ”
The 120 mm tank gun, which is unique to the British Army, was developed by them in order to kill the Soviet army from a distance, and before the development of the 120 mm tank gun, they came up with this advanced 105 mm tank gun, in contrast, the technology of this tank gun is not a secret, because this tank gun has been authorized to several NATO countries to produce their own.
Well, sure enough, in the end, you will say it yourself!
If the other side says from the beginning that it wants the L7 105 mm tank gun, then the other side will definitely open his mouth and ask for the price wantonly, and moreover, it will set up all kinds of obstacles for its own side, and only export finished products, not technology.
Now, the other party has taken the initiative to speak out, so naturally their own side has the initiative.
"No, that tank gun, the technology is too backward." Robert thought that he had already made an exception by licensing NATO-standard tank gun technology to the other party, but who knew that the other party had heard such a voice that he hated again.
This voice, he remembers very clearly, yesterday, he was fooled by this voice, thinking that he wanted to see the other party make a fool, but as a result, people were greatly out of the limelight, although he was unwilling in his heart, it also showed one thing, the other party has done enough homework, and has a clear grasp of the weapons and equipment here and the public data.
Now, if you want to give the other side a 105-mm tank gun, the other side doesn't even want it now?
"Our own domestic tank guns already have similar performance, and this 105-mm tank gun is of little use to us." Qin Zhenhua continued: "What we are interested in is the 120mm tank gun, which has the ability to strike accurately at long distances, which is what we need. ”
His first words were said in English, and the latter words were said in Chinese, and at the end, he even muttered: "Isn't this fooling people?" ”
In front of the other side, although the voice was not loud, it was still too much, and only such a stunned young man could speak without scruples.
However, when they heard these words, everyone on the other side was already stunned: "What, you have similar tank guns?" How is that possible, your tank gun, that's not the tank gun of the T-54? ”
The British have always been in Qin Zhenhua's calculations this time, and it is based on a premise, they are not familiar with themselves.
Over the years, our own country has been almost closed, and everything in the country is shrouded in a veil of mystery, so foreign countries do not know how far their own country has developed.
What we are most looking forward to is the introduction of the L7 105 mm tank gun, and at the same time we must introduce all the production processes, electroslag remelting steel, and self-tightening of the body tube, which are urgently needed by our side. So, whether it is 120 mm or 105 mm, it makes no difference, and with these technologies, there is a basis for the creation of high-pressure smoothbore guns.
As for the opponent's 120-mm rifled gun, in fact, the other side does not need it at all, because the tank guns in the world have begun to change to smoothbore, but the other side still clings to the original rifled guns, which is the most common mistake made by the old military powers, immersed in the past world, and unwilling to progress.
Now, if you want to make it easier for the other side to hand over the technology of the 105mm tank gun to your own side at a lower price, you must have such a basic premise.
We have a similar performance! We already have it, it doesn't matter if you want it or not, at this time, the other party will lower its posture, or even half sell and half give, fooling themselves into choosing this tank gun.
Why is that?
Qin Zhenhua has already analyzed it thoroughly, one of the important points is that after the unified caliber, the convenience of logistics and supply will be brought by it, if you use the same standard tank guns as NATO, once there is a war, you can take care of each other, there is a big war in Europe, and your domestic factories can produce a large number of shells of the same type to send over, if you start a war here, the other party can also support, after all, everyone has a common enemy, the Soviet Union!
If you don't want it, they still have to stuff it to yourself, and when the time comes, won't it be half sold and half given? Now, let's shock the other party first.
Hearing the other party's words, Qin Zhenhua shook his head again and again: "That kind of cannon has long been outdated, now our advanced tank gun is 100 slippery, in terms of armor-piercing ability, it is definitely not worse than your L7 tank gun, if you don't believe it, we can find a chance to compare it in the future." ”