The current aircraft is a hybrid model, the others remain the same, or the original F-14A, but the engine has been replaced, and the Navy's further model F-14D, in addition to the replacement of the engine, has also been greatly improved avionics, and the performance has been comprehensively improved, this aircraft only began to gradually enter the active service of the Navy in 1986.

It can be said that now if the Chinese Air Force orders it, it will definitely be the most advanced model of this era.

The pressure on them was high, especially since last year, when the Soviets shot down a South Korean airliner. After that, the Soviet Union sent a batch of the latest MiG-31 fighters to the Far East.

Prior to this, the fighters deployed in this area of the Soviet Air Force were mainly MiG-23 and Su-15. China's latest J-8 is being developed to rival it. The arrival of the MiG-31s upset the balance of air power in the region and led directly to the fact that China had to seek a similar heavy fighter.

Pelehaq looked at the eyes of the people present and knew how much they valued this fighter, and what he provided was exactly what they needed!

China has been trying to update its fighter jets for years, and at the beginning, President Carter proposed an export ban, which forced the F-16/79 fighter jet to be used as the main export force, which used the J-79 turbojet engine of the F-4 Phantom fighter, causing a serious loss of maneuverability.

Not only in China, but the downgrading fighter jet of the Carter administration has hit a wall in all countries of the world, including China, of course. Angry, the Chinese side stopped cooperating with the United States and instead went to investigate the purchase of French Mirage-2000 fighter jets.

However, since then, this technical limitation has been reduced, and many companies have begun to pay attention to the Chinese market, such as Westinghouse, Hughes and other electronics companies have very close contacts with China. Among them, Westinghouse is promoting the export of the E-3 watchtower early warning aircraft to China, and is even willing to sell the radar used in the E-3 separately for installation on China's Y-10 aircraft.

Now, it is not known how far the project has progressed, and as for the cooperation between Hughes and China on satellites, it is well known.

Now, Grumman is exporting its most advanced fighter jets to China, and China will certainly be very satisfied.

"In terms of performance, this fighter is a good choice, but I don't know how the price of this fighter is." General Lin, who was present, couldn't help but say.

At the beginning of the investigation of the Mirage 2000, the French side was very enthusiastic, but now, the project cannot be progressed, because the French side offers too high, and the domestic financial situation is impossible to afford such a costly project.

I'm afraid the price of this kind of aircraft is not low.

Hearing General Lin's words, Pelehaq said: "General, our Tomcat fighter is a twin-engine heavy aircraft, but the price is definitely cheaper than the Mirage 2000, and the French sell things, and they always look high, so we are very sincere." ”

For Grumman, in fact, it is a scramble with Dassault, and Dassault's market is mainly because of political issues, countries that cannot buy advanced weapons from the United States, otherwise, the price is expensive, the quality is poor, who will buy it.

"And if you think it's too expensive to afford financially, there are other options, for example, you can borrow from Western Europe, and these billions of dollars can be easily borrowed."

Grumman has thought of everything, and even the funds paid by the Chinese Air Force have found a way out, one of which is to take out loans from Europe.

At this time, the relationship between the West and China was quite good, and at the same time, many countries in the West were in a state of excess capital, and they were eager to quickly lend out the money in their hands to transfer interest.

As a matter of fact, when state leaders went out to visit a few years ago, they encountered such a situation, and in West Germany, economic issues were the most discussed.

The West German states are powerful, and some are rich, such as in Hesse, where the deputy governor said he could provide $20 billion to bank for China's use. At the welcome banquet held by the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, they were even more humorous, for example, the governor proposed that China should use $5 billion, which could be set immediately, and that it would be used for $20 billion, and that it could be signed after an hour of negotiations.

It can be seen that the West has a surplus of capital, and they are very anxious to find a way for their surplus capital, otherwise, the borrower is the uncle, why are they in a hurry to lend the money.

Even if it was to negotiate with France about the purchase of the Mirage 2000 fighter plane, the chairman of the Bank of France went to Beijing, and as soon as he came, he proposed a loan plan of 2.5 billion US dollars, and if they used this money, the project could be negotiated.

However, everyone did not dare.

After experiencing the Great Industrial Leap Forward, everyone is afraid, it is easy to take other people's money now, but in the future, how to pay it back?

If it is a person who has come to the next generation, the borrowed money will be regarded as his own, and he has never thought of repaying the borrowed money.

Even if it's a country, it's like this, yes, it's borrowed money, but there's no money to pay it back, you come to beat me, a lot of international accounts are relied on in this way, including even China's arms sales to Egypt.

But now, no one dares, everyone bows their heads, looks at how much money they have in their pockets, and then dares to buy how many things, and they don't dare to borrow billions at every turn.

So, when Pelehaq talked about this plan, none of the people present were optimistic, and he knew that it didn't work.

As a seller, he still has to give them the money they want to buy, and Pelehaq feels that Grumman has come to do good.

"There is another way, you may be able to get the fighter you want without spending money." Pelehack looked at the crowd and said, "You may not know that in our country, such a plan is now being brewed, drafted by some influential heavyweights in the Pentagon, led by Mr. William Perry, and his plan is still in the works, but it may be proposed soon." ”

This plan is still considered top secret, but for the sake of Grumman's business, what about top secret, anyway, the Chinese side will be notified soon, and now that they say it, they still seem to be their old friends.

You can get a fighter plane without spending money? When he heard this, General Lin frowned, pie fell from the sky, where could there be such a good thing!