Chapter 577: Friendship goes back a long way
It doesn't matter if you know what you know or not, it's not that you say you don't know, it's not your fact that it's true as you say, but no one can impose on you what you don't do.
The question that neither Mo Ren'an nor Li Zhan asked the military attache was: whether they needed to assist in the investigation.
There's something called immunity.
Not to mention the mysterious powers in the East, even if it is the military exchange personnel of any sovereign country in Africa, the host country cannot and does not have the right to demand that the military exchange personnel of other countries be investigated when they encounter similar things. Therefore, the French side did not think of asking Li Zhan to assist in the investigation at the beginning.
There are cabin sound recorders, cameras installed in the four corners of the cockpit, cameras mounted on flight helmets, flight parameter recorders, and the plane fell on the flight deck of the USS Roosevelt. It took only 24 hours for the joint commission of inquiry set up by the two countries to get to the bottom of the basic facts, and only a few details needed to be investigated and analyzed in depth.
When the Joint Commission of Inquiry received its detailed report, it fell silent.
The context of the accident is clear, and there is no controversy at all:
Commodore Paul, the commander of the Dai ship formation, gave the order to "allow the attack" when he should have given the order to "disarm the combat state and simulate the end of the attack training", and all the disasters that followed started from this. Neither France nor the United States dwelled on "why the pilot carried out the wrong command", because it was not a problem, and the pilot's task was to carry out the commander's instructions rather than to discern whether the command was correct or not.
The pilot accelerated to intercept the Exocet anti-ship missile, and when he dropped the guided bomb, he happened to drop it in the sea where the Buffalo was located, and the Buffalo was sailing at a shallow depth and low speed, which can only be explained by coincidence, because the pilot of the Rafale M carrier-based fighter had no way of knowing where the Buffalo was at all, and there was no violation of the pilot's operation.
So the Buffalo was accidentally damaged.
When the Rafale M carrier-based fighter launched the Mika air-to-air missile to intercept the Exocet anti-ship missile, the two unlucky Super Hornet fighters did not report the situation to the Rafale M carrier-based fighter in advance and did not inform them of the actions they were going to make, and they happened to aim the chrysanthemum with super high heat at the Mika air-to-air missile, and it was in the inescapable zone of the Mika air-to-air missile.
When the second Super Hornet fighter saw that the first one was shot down by mistake, if he had a snack or communicated with the pilot of the Rafale M carrier-based fighter, he would not repeat the mistake of the past.
Unfortunately, his arrogance hurt himself.
The pilots of the Rafale M carrier-based fighter did not explicitly state the launch of only one Mika air-to-air missile.
The only difficult part of the entire air crash accident is the accident that occurred when the Rafale M carrier-based fighter plane landed on the ship, and it was this disaster that caused the most serious loss of the entire air crash accident set - the air crash day film crew has already heard the wind and plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in filming, and the fire on the Roosevelt put out their people on board, which shows how efficient the capital is.
The empty weight of the Rafale M carrier-based fighter and the Super Hornet is almost the same, and the investigation team first ruled out the cause of the damping coefficient, and after in-depth investigation, it was found that the problem may appear in the linkage device of the blocking cable, which was stuck in the middle of the stroke, and then caused the Rafale M carrier-based fighter nose to rise and fall again.
On the French side, there was even a senior military official who participated in the investigation committee and demanded that the United States take responsibility for the loss of the Rafale M carrier-based fighter......
Li Zhan: Hahahaha!
According to preliminary statistics, the direct economic losses of the Sixth Fleet are as high as $2 billion, and the USS Roosevelt, the USS Buffalo attack nuclear submarine, and the USS McCampbell destroyer need to be repaired in the shipyard.
That's right, the worst damage was actually the USS Buffalo!
USS Buffalo: Why was I the one who was hurt the most by playing soy sauce on the periphery? And twice injured!
On the contrary, the damage to the aircraft carrier Roosevelt was the lightest, the fire did not burn through the flight deck, and the explosion did not have a serious impact on the flight deck, which shows that the large aircraft carrier is really durable. But! The air wing it carried was largely scrapped. Having lost ten fighters, including two AWACS, this unit has basically lost its combat effectiveness.
Secondly, the damage to the destroyer USS McCampbell is not very optimistic, the two propellers were directly dried into the sea by the Buffalo, the engine room was seriously damaged, and without the propellers, even the auxiliary power system could not be used, and a tug had to be hired to tow it back to the shipyard for overhaul. It's another lot of money, and if there's a hurricane or something, there's a good show to watch.
When Li Zhan learned about the results of these investigations, Zhang Xueyang gave a thumbs up and said, "The world's richest people are not as rich as you, and they have gone out for more than two hours to kill more than 2 billion US dollars." β
Tang Leilei added: "I don't know if the Buffalo can be repaired yet." β
"What can be repaired is a matter of how much it costs." Cao Fufei smiled, "Well, economic losses are secondary. In this way, the Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group is basically abolished, and the destruction of the Roosevelt is equivalent to the abolition of the Sixth Fleet, and the resulting military vacuum is what makes them mad the most. β
Zhang Xueyang sighed and said, "The most serious loss since World War II." β
"It should be said that the most serious non-combat losses in history." Li Zhan corrected, sorted out his clothes, pulled up the boarding suitcase, and said, "The revolution has not yet succeeded, my generation still needs to work hard, let's go, everyone, the air power of many countries is waiting for us!" β
"Hahaha!"
The group went out, met with Mo Ren'an, who was waiting outside, said goodbye to the military attachΓ©, and then boarded a commuter plane with Monet and flew to the 113 air base 200 kilometers from Paris.
On the plane, Monet sat down next to Li Zhan and said in a deep voice, "Li, we may not be able to provide you with Rafale fighters for friendly matches. β
Li Zhan is not surprised, who would dare!
"I feel very sorry." Li Zhan shook his head and said, "Colonel Monet, you know very well that I am a victim, until now I dare not recall everything that happened that day, really, it was a nightmare, and it may be with me for the rest of my life......"
"I'm sorry." Monet said sincerely, "I apologize to you on behalf of the French Navy, Paul has been removed from his post and he will be punished accordingly." β
Zhang Xueyang, who was sitting in the row behind them, listened to the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart that Li Zhan was the real Oscar winner.
Just listen to Monet said, "Of course, the main responsibility lies with Paul, but your operation is still controversial, and the Yankees think you should be more steady." However, such a statement was immediately strongly refuted by us, and you should have done well enough as a pilot in the circumstances. At least keep the Roosevelt safe from Exocet anti-ship missiles, thank you. β
Zhang Xueyang couldn't help but give a thumbs up, what is this, this is the highest level of combat, annihilating the other party, the other party will give you praise and thank you!
"The friendship between China and France has a long history, and there is no need to be polite between you and me." Li Zhan said with a smile, then frowned and said sadly, "It's just that we don't have a plane to participate in the friendly confrontation, of course we have to participate, without our participation, the friendly confrontation is incomplete, I believe this is also what you don't want to see." β
Isn't the purpose of organizing and planning this military exchange activity for the French side to use the prestige of the four constants to increase its own face?
Monet then said, "So we came up with a preliminary plan after studying and discussing. Well, that's exactly what it looks like. We want you to fly the Mirage 2000 to participate in friendly matches, but as for your comrades, I'm afraid you'll have to find another way, and we can only provide one Mirage 2000 fighter. β
The French are obviously scared, what should they do if a Japanese plane madman like Li Zhan breaks down again, and being able to come up with a Mirage-2000 is already the limit of what they can accept.
Li Zhan groaned, "That's it...... So, what about the Typhoon fighters? β
"You may need to talk to the relevant parties about this. Britain, Germany, Italy, and Spain have all participated in military exchange activities, and perhaps they are willing to provide you with the fighters you need for friendly confrontation. Monet said embarrassedly.
Li Zhan said, "If I fly the Typhoon fighter and defeat everyone, I'm talking about everyone, including you, Colonel Monet, do you know what will happen to this?" β
Monet didn't quite understand.
Li Zhan said, "The international market will think that the Typhoon fighter is superior to your Rafale fighter, which will affect your sales." β
Seeing Li Zhan blinking with a smile on the corner of his mouth, Monet instantly understood - yes, the friendly competition is not an excellent sales opportunity, you must know that most of the participating countries have strength and strong demand, such a professional competition is much stronger than the air show, and the sales effect will be better.
Obviously, the French side did not think it all through, they only saw the immediate losses, and did not see the future sales of Rafale fighters. There is no doubt that Li Zhan is already a supernatural pilot equal to God in their hearts, and although the fighter plane has a very high chance of being damaged or even scrapped in his hands, he can give full play to the combat performance of the fighter.
Compared with the tens of billions of dollars market in the future, this loss in front of us is really nothing, and besides, there may not be any more losses, and no pilot wants to break the plane, right?
It is normal for the French side to be anxious about the investigation of the air crash and not think it through, and Li Zhan hopes to pass on the key information through Monet.
Of course, the Chinese side is certainly not unprepared, and has long agreed with Russia that they will provide flanker fighters.
So Li Zhan blinked his eyes and said with a smile, "The Russian side is willing to provide us with the fighters needed for friendly confrontations, you know, we have rich experience in the use of Flanker fighters." β
Monet's brow jumped......
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