Chapter 438: Abrams is no problem, what about Tomcat

This is not the most important issue at the moment, Wade needs to think about the advantages and disadvantages of these plans, and he realizes that the multiple sets of plans he has prepared are useless at this time - Li Lu has already taken into account what he can consider, and does not leave him too much leeway.

The most important thing is that at this time, Li Lu has already expressed the intention of making concessions tomorrow, and in this case, Wade must consider making a step forward, otherwise there is no way to talk about it.

He does have a lot of right to speak, and these conditions put forward by Li Lu are even within the scope of his power, and his signature represents the affirmation of Chrysler Defense Company.

Wade was even more convinced, and if he wanted to take advantage of the negotiations, he could only pray that it was not Li Lu who was sitting opposite. This guy throws a huge temptation and always attaches some hesitant conditions. If Li Lu insisted on the full set of Abrams tank technology, then Wade would definitely refuse neatly.

However, what Li Lu wanted was the technology of two of the key systems, which made Wade scratch like a cat's paws, like a greedy mouse, and had a premonition that it would be a trap, but he just couldn't resist the temptation of food.

"The new fire control system will not work." After a long period of weighing, Wade said, "The AGT-1500 gas turbine does. ”

Li Lu shook his head, "This won't work." ”

"As compensation, we can provide automotive engine technology. ”

Smiling, Li Lu stretched out his hand, "Deal." ”

Wade smiled, a little helpless, "I have to admit that you think ahead of me every step of the way, you know what, I'd rather give you another ten percent of the profit than transfer the latest tank gas turbine technology." ”

"We're close partners, Wade." Li Lu smiled and said, "Okay, tell me about Grumman, how is Wells and his situation?" ”

Wade gathered his thoughts for a moment and said, "He arrived in Huaxia before me, but he is now in the Shenhoi factory in the north, and he has to complete the first task first, and the improvement of a few M-shapes is above all else. ”

After a pause, Wade said, "I tried to convince the people involved, and I also asked my family members and some friends in Congress to do my best, but I still can't be sure, and the attitude of Congress is ambiguous." Many of Grumman's projects and dealings in Congress have effectively become an opposition for the sake of opposition. ”

Li Lu said in a deep voice, "You mean that other competitors have already started to take action against Grumman. ”

Even so, Grumman has still lasted for more than ten years, which shows that for a huge arms company, no matter how difficult it is, its resistance is still very strong - blood can resist monsters.

"Is there no other way?" Li Lu frowned and asked, "In this situation, I'm worried that Grumman's twenty-four stocks will be difficult to sell." ”

Wade looked at Li Lu with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice, "There is still room for effort, but you have to do it." ”

His eyebrows jumped a few times, and Li Lu was thoughtful.

"Don't you have a subordinate in the United States, Ukrainian, called ...... Jack, yes, it's him. When I went back to the United States this time, I met him on Wall Street, and he changed a lot, and he didn't look like the manager of a leather bag company that was still collecting rags and selling them to China a year ago. Wade said.

He smiled and said, "You put him in charge, and I'll give you some lists and relevant information." ”

"That's good, one last effort." Li Lu nodded slightly, "But I hope that Grumman can join in, and the power will be greater." ”

"There's no problem with that, but you're responsible for the dollar." Of course, you can think of these as costs and take into account the future investment in the joint venture factory. ”

"Understood." Li Lu nodded seriously, "This matter still needs your strong assistance." I will definitely do my best. ”

The dollar offensive was the last resort, and since English could not convince those people, then Franklin would speak.

Fortunately, Li Lu is not fighting alone, and it can be said that Grumman is more anxious and valued. Once the project is approved, Grumman will turn the situation around, or it will drag on like a sick person — they will lose most of their business once the U.S. Navy's order is completed.

Li Lu is still very confident in whether this matter can be successful, and the current environment is very good, both at home and abroad. Reagan had just taken office, and many of his policies were not yet open to implementation, and it was still a stage of maintaining the situation and adapting to the state. That's a good time.

He suddenly thought of something that few people knew.

It should be this year that Huaxia will send people to inspect the F-15 "Eagle" fighter. The Eagle is a masterpiece of McDonnell Douglas, because it has a passenger aircraft cooperation project with Huaxia, so Huaxia sent people to inspect the Eagle fighter, and there is a good opportunity. Officially, because of this expedition, the Huaxia Air Force fell in love with the Eagle, but when it was decided a few years later to sell iron and buy a few, the Americans were reluctant to sell it.

After the F-15 "Eagle" fighter with "not a pound of weight for ground attack" entered service, it directly forced the Soviet Union to come up with the Su-27. This fighter is to the U.S. Air Force what the Tomcat fighter is to the U.S. Navy, both of which are fighters that place great emphasis on air superiority, and were designed with no ground attack in mind.

The Su-27 will not enter service until 1985, which means that at present, the most advanced air superiority fighter is none other than the F-15, which is powerful enough to crush all the fighters in the world's active sequence.

I am afraid that it is precisely because of this that the Americans will refuse to sell the F-15 in a few years. At that time, also in 1985, Gorbachev came to power, and at this time, the Americans already knew that there was basically no need to be in a hurry to increase the military strength of China.

Let's not forget that the purpose of the United States' technical cooperation in the sale of advanced weapons and equipment to China is to enhance the capability of the Chinese army in a certain aspect and to become the first line of defense against the Red Soviet Union. When the red giant that we have been guarding against day and night begins to show a tendency to become crippled, all cooperation with China will lose one of the most important preconditions.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Lu put the eagle aside for the time being, there was no point in thinking about it too much, under the current situation, he had no way to affect "buy a few eagles back". If Grumman hadn't encountered such a big crisis, the Tomcat fighter would not have thought about it.

As long as the Abrams Tank Joint Venture Factory and the Tomcat Fighter Joint Venture Factory are built, in fact, Li Lu is already a figure that the officers and men of the Navy, Army and Air Force will always miss in the future.