"The 105mm rifled gun that we plan to use will be supplied by the Royal Arsenal, and the performance of this gun is very good, and it is used by many NATO countries to fully deal with the most important threats of the moment."

Wade has already given an in-depth account of the choice of artillery.

Before he came, he was told many times that he must attach great importance to the opinions of the Chinese side. The above attaches great importance to this cooperation and takes great care of the opinions and emotions of the Chinese side.

Therefore, on the question of why the 120-mm gun was not adopted, Wade explained as much as he could. In his opinion, the Type 59, which belonged to medium tanks, was not suitable for the installation of a 120-mm gun, it was too large, too heavy, and appeared to be overperformed.

And the most critical factor, Wade did not mention half a word - they have just successfully developed and equipped the M1 Abrams main battle tank of the US army, which was originally measured and molded, and used 105 mm guns, how could it be possible to provide more advanced 120 guns to Huaxia.

No matter how intimate it is, there are reservations, and before that, both sides treated each other as enemies. The most important thing is that the US side can transfer the same technology of the main equipment in service to Huaxia, which is already an unprecedented move.

The key point is that the M1 "Abrams" main battle tank only entered service with the US Army last year, and the number of equipment has not even reached a regiment, and the officially installed model name is M1A1, which is an early model of the M1 series.

Li Lu knew that the early model of the Abrams was also equipped with a 105mm rifled gun, the NATO-standard M68A1 51 double-barreled tank gun, that is, the tank gun produced by the British Royal Arsenal, which was the new type of artillery that Wade just mentioned to be installed on the Asian Tiger.

In all fairness, the US side is very sincere, after all, even the new tank M1 Abrams used by itself will not be replaced with a 120-mm gun until the M1A2 model comes out ten years later.

Therefore, the Huaxia side demanded the use of 120-mm guns, which was completely impossible.

Li Lu was reflecting that the advice he gave to Pei Lei before was still too radical. You must know that after the death of the Asian Tiger project, the Chinese military industrial enterprises will not be able to carry out magic changes to the 59 until 20 years later, and replace it with 120 mm artillery to focus on foreign trade.

Fortunately, the M1 Abrams tank has begun to be equipped with the US military, and the relevant simple tactical parameters and improvement plans are not secrets, otherwise Li Lu's suggestion will make the US side suspect that there has been a leak - how did Huaxia know that the future improvement plan includes the replacement of 120 mm caliber tank guns?

Wade's tactful explanation of why the 120mm caliber tank gun was not provided shows that the United States has no relevant suspicions, and they are also worried that it will make the new girlfriend feel bad and affect the cooperation plan and the hard-won relationship between them, so they explain it this way.

Niu Jun was getting more and more anxious, and she didn't understand what several professional words meant.

Li Lu keenly noticed this, saw Niu Jun's anxious expression, and also saw Pei Lei's expression that he didn't understand. He immediately walked over and sat down on the other side of Pei Lei.

"Pei Gong, the 105 mm rifled gun mentioned by Wade is the M68 rifled gun produced by the British Royal Arsenal and designated as a NATO standard tank gun, this is a very mature tank gun, and the M60 tank in service in NATO countries uses this type of gun, and the performance is very good. He explained why the 120mm guns were not provided, as the new main tank M1 Abrams, which they had just equipped the troops, also used 105mm guns, and the 120mm gun refitting plan, Wade seems to mention, is only in the process of improving it. ”

After a pause, Li Lu said, "Therefore, Chrysler Defense can only coordinate the provision of 105mm rifled guns as the main weapon of the Asian Tiger tank. ”

Pei Lei looked at Li Lu in surprise, "Xiao Li, do you still know English?" ”

Li Lu smiled and whispered, "I have a few years of attainments." Pei Gong, let's talk about it after the meeting. Some jerky professional words, Mr. Niu is not an insider, and it is normal to not know what it means. ”

Niu Jun's face turned red and he was embarrassed.

Guangming Factory asked the Lugang City Government to send a person who was proficient in English to act as a translator, and the Municipal Education Bureau recommended Niu Jun to come over. Niu Jun is very confident, after all, English is her first foreign language, and she is very familiar with it.

I didn't expect that there would be a situation where I couldn't figure out some words.

wanted to give Li Lu a grateful look, but Niu Jun found that Li Lu was listening to Wade's speech intently, and then translated for Pei Lei almost synchronously.

She was surprised - how could this young worker of the security department have such a deep knowledge of foreign languages?

The green military uniform on Li Lu's body says it all, it is from the Security Section.

Niu Jun is a very good-looking woman, pretty, beautiful, gorgeous, charming, etc., these adjectives are not enough to express her appearance, even the person with the richest vocabulary, the first time he sees Niu Jun, there will only be one word that pops up in his mind - good-looking.

The only thing she gives people is that she looks good.

In Li Lu's eyes, she has the temperament of a beauty in the Republic of China, born in this era, but she has no paranoid revolutionary temperament, which is very rare. Thinking of her living in a geological exploration compound, perhaps she was born in a family with a strong academic atmosphere, so she developed such a temperament.

is only her name, if it is a beauty pageant, the judges will cross out the name directly when they see it, and they can't get into the fence at all.

Wade, who was born in technology, asked him to talk about the scene, he was not good at it, and as he spoke, he went deeper along the details of the project, Li Lu's translation became more and more difficult, but he slowly became more and more proficient, and he could barely keep up.

"We plan to offer a complete turret as well as a fire-control system, including a higher-horsepower diesel engine, well, we call it a power unit. Mr. Lei's Guangming Factory was responsible for the adjustment and design of the chassis and the development of armor protection. The Asian Tiger is committed to providing more countries with a main battle tank that can be purchased for very little money and is advanced enough in performance. Here, I wish the cooperation a success! ”

Wade ended his speech with a round of applause.

Li Lu said to Pei Lei, "The cooperation plan that Wade said should have been determined a long time ago, right?" In terms of armor protection, we are responsible, and the news of the new armor steel has not leaked, right? ”

"Of course not. The cooperation plan has been determined a long time ago, and the new armor steel is only known to people in our factory so far, and I have strictly controlled the news. Pei Lei applauded and said in a low voice, "The United States wants us to be responsible for the development of armor protection, but in fact it is just an attitude, and they will provide technical support." The above believes that we are too weak just to provide the chassis. ”

Li Lu smiled slightly bitterly, "If you don't have the skills to admit it, it's not necessary to earn these unnecessary skins." ”

The applause disappeared, and Pei Lei pressed the business even lower, "The cooperation plan is discussed by the head office, and we will implement it." ”

Nodding, Li Lu said no more.

"Xiao Li, your English is so good, let's come to the project team during this time." Pei Lei said.

Li Lu looked at Niu Jun, she heard this sentence.

"Oh." Pei Lei remembered that there was a translator invited by his side, turned his head to look over, and said, "Mr. Niu, I will work hard for you in the next period, there are too few people in our factory who know English, and you still need to help with the main translation work." ”

Niu Jun said, "Section Chief Pei, please rest assured, my superiors ordered me to act as a translator for the project team for the next period of time, which is my job." ”

Pei Lei nodded with satisfaction, "Oh, let me introduce, this is the deputy chief of our security section......"

"Pei Gong, we've met."

Li Lu stretched out his hand and shook hands with Niu Jun, "Teacher Niu, my name is Li Lu." ”

"You know?" Pei Lei was surprised.

"Hello Section Chief Li." Niu Jun shook Li Lu's hand gently, then quickly let go, and explained to Pei Lei, "I was at the gate just now, thank you Section Chief Li for your help." ”

Li Lu smiled and waved his hand, but he thought that he would have the opportunity to inquire about his wife's situation now.