Chapter 757: Another Agreement
Because Marshall was still waiting at the British headquarters, the group of people hurried out, got into the car that had been prepared in advance, and galloped all the way to the British headquarters.
Ten minutes later, the group walked into the headquarters, and Marshall and Aiden had been waiting for a long time.
After a pleasantry and straight to the point, Marshall was still counting on returning home early tomorrow morning, so he didn't want to delay for a minute longer.
The outline has already been there, and the rest is only some details, but when it comes to transportation, delivery location, delivery time, etc., there are many varieties, huge data, and it takes a lot of time, and it takes a lot of time to complete the contract signing at more than four o'clock in the morning.
Jiang Haoran also took advantage of this time to ask the Baoshan base to urgently send the drawings of the helicopter over, and at the same time transported an unassembled prototype.
After everything was done, it was already five o'clock in the morning. Because Marshall was ready to leave for China at six o'clock, these people were inevitably sent to the plane, so they simply waited at the headquarters for six o'clock.
The negotiations were complete and successful, everyone was very excited, but after staying up all night but not sleepy, the Chinese side naturally needless to say, with such a big benefit, who can not be excited, and although Britain and the United States have paid a little price, they are actually nothing compared to their immediate needs, and they can be regarded as getting what they want.
Marshall seemed to be in a good mood, took the initiative to walk to Jiang Haoran's side, and said with a smile: "General Jiang, there is a question that I am very curious about, but I don't know if it is inconvenient for you to answer?" ”
Jiang Haoran elegantly stretched out his hand, made a gesture of please, and said, "You said, as long as I know, there is nothing inconvenient." ”
Jiang Haoran thought that Marshall was asking him about the general trend of the war, so he was very calm.
But to his surprise, Marshall said: "Regarding the handover of goods, all kinds of machine tools will be transported now, through the Indian military port, and then transported to your country by transport planes, these are no problems, but have you considered it, many large equipment in steel mills and power plants cannot be disassembled, and our contract also clearly states that we can only help you transport to the designated military port within the distance of Myanmar, and these equipment will be transported to China, in my opinion, it is almost impossible, not to mention that the Yunnan-Burma highway has been cut off now, even if it is unblocked, You don't expect cars to pull the big guys. ”
Jiang Haoran smiled indifferently and said, "No, Mr. Marshall, I don't use a car, I use a train!" ”
Marshall said: "Train? Don't tell me that you plan to build a direct railway in India to China, you must know that this is not a good idea, not to mention the thousands of miles of distance, and there are many jungles and rivers, not to mention wartime, even in peacetime, don't think of completing it in three or five years? ”
"Hehe, Mr. Marshall, it's not that troublesome, there is a direct railway to the Yunnan border in Yangon, Myanmar, you transport the equipment to the port of Yangon, and the matter is over."
"Yangon Harbor? Are you saying you can take Yangon and occupy the whole of Burma? Marshall was completely shocked this time, with a hint of disbelief in his frightened expression.
Jiang Haoran replied with certainty: "Yes, my expeditionary force will definitely occupy the entire territory of Burma, and I can also tell you that the time will be in the first half of next year at most, and when the time comes, you will be ready to deliver goods to me." ”
"Ah 616161616161" Maher opened his mouth for a long time and didn't close it, the young man in front of him really shocked him too much, although he didn't think that this would become a reality in his heart, but looking at Jiang Haoran's determination, combined with his past performance, made Marshall messy in an instant.
Jiang Haoran ignored Marshall's shock, and said casually: "Mr. Marshall, I ignored an important issue at the negotiating table just now, that is, when you return our aircraft carrier in a year, you should be equipped with the same number of aircraft of all types 616161616161
As soon as he mentioned this question, Marshall was suddenly startled, immediately forgot the topic just now, interrupted Jiang Haoran's words and said hurriedly: "No, no, General Jiang, we have signed an agreement on this, but there is no way to change it, you must know that your requirements have greatly exceeded our predetermined assumptions, and we will be too much to add one more screw." ”
"Huh!" Jiang Haoran smiled: "I don't plan to let you add anything to the agreement, but I think we can talk about another agreement." ”
"Another agreement? What protocol? Marshall was suspicious.
Jiang Haoran said: "If my guess is right, you should be researching a new type of carrier-based aircraft, if I can help you save this research process and let you go directly into production, you can help me complete the various weapons of the four aircraft carriers, I don't know if this request is too much." ”
At present, the main carrier-based aircraft of the US military is the F4F Wildcat fighter, although the Wildcat fighter is structurally stronger than the Japanese Zero fighter, can withstand more attacks, and the acceleration rate during dive is also higher (US pilots often rely on this advantage to dive out to avoid the attack of Zero Battle), but it has no advantage in maneuverability, maneuverability, and climb rate. Therefore, in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, the US Air Force suffered enough from the Japanese Zero fighters. Therefore, a new fighter that is enough to compete with the Zero has become the most urgent hope of the United States Air Force at present.
Historically, the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter came into being in this situation. However, the Hellcat was completely studied, and it was only during the Battle of Midway that the U.S. military accidentally picked up a Japanese forced landing Zero before they were able to complete the research of the Hellcat fighter. Now that the Battle of Midway has not yet begun, Hellcat is of course just a bunch of research materials and data, lying in the research room.
Because Jiang Haoran already had a prototype of the Zero type, and there was a precedent for producing Mustangs, Marshall was not particularly shocked this time, but he was a little uncomfortable, but he still quickly said that as long as Jiang Haoran could really come up with a new fighter against the Japanese Zero fighter, all this would not be a problem at all.
Jiang Haoran immediately ordered Leng Rushuang to bring the drawings, Leng Rushuang opened the military leather bag he was carrying, took out a thick stack of drawings and handed them to Marshall.
Since the Yangtze River Shipyard began to produce aircraft carriers, Jiang Haoran also began to prepare for the production of various types of carrier-based aircraft, and various types of drawings such as torpedo planes, dive bombers, and fighters have long been drawn up. Of course, Jiang Haoran couldn't carry it with him, these drawings had just been urgently transported from the Baoshan base.
Although the performance of the Mustang fighter is good, it is good at high altitude and high speed, while the carrier-based aircraft requires good low-speed performance to facilitate safe take-off and landing. Therefore, the Mustang fighter is not suitable for use as a carrier-based aircraft.