After the French President Jean-Er and his country showed Yan Jingyu a very distinctive French dinner every year, a spokesman for the French presidential office announced that the two leaders had discussed several topics of mutual interest to both sides at dinner, such as Turkey's post-war reconstruction work, the migration issue in the Kurdistan occupation zone, and the space for cooperation between the Republic and the European Union in the field of international security, and so on, and reached a consensus on some important issues, and the two sides will hold the first round of formal meetings on Chou. [No pop-up novel network]

In fact, the first round of official meetings began that evening

In the afternoon of the same day, Pei Chengyi met with the French Minister of Defense and exchanged a few catties about the previous exchanges. Important topics were exchanged and it was decided what to talk about first and what to talk about next. In the evening, after attending a dinner hosted by the French president himself for the visiting guests, that is, when the spokesman of the French presidential office appeared in front of reporters, Pei Chengyi held his first official meeting with the French defense minister.

Because the main task of Yan Jingyu's visit to France is to discuss the issue of in-depth cooperation with France, and the key is whether the Republic is willing to transfer some important and sensitive technology to France, and the Republic is responsible for these issues as the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, who is also the Minister of Defense, so in the arrangement of activities before the visit, France proposed that the defense ministers of the two sides meet first to enhance the negotiations through military cooperation, so as to reduce the difficulty of the negotiations.

Theoretically, this does have the potential to make negotiations easier.

You know, military technology is the most sensitive security technology. If the Republic is willing to strengthen military cooperation with France, then the transfer of some high-end technology in the civilian field to France will not be a big problem.

Of course, the sale of arms is not equal to military-technical cooperation.

As early as the end of the century, as the weight of electronic equipment in weapons became larger and larger, and the role of electronic equipment in warfare became more and more obvious, the United States and other Western countries that had mastered advanced electronic technology adopted "hardware locks" and "software locks." and other ways to ensure that advanced technology does not fall into the hands of hostile countries with arms. What is more representative is that the United States provided Pakistan with a batch of fighter planes that were very advanced at that time, as well as supporting weapons and ammunition, in the early years of the Li century, while the Republic spent many years of Li and failed to master the old core technology. On the contrary, during the Afghan War at the beginning of the century, several "Tomahawk" cruise missiles fired by the US Navy fell on Pakistan due to mechanical failures and fell into the hands of the Republic. Very similar, and very close in range, long-range cruise missiles, Pakistan also "independently developed." The reason why the Republic and Pakistan were able to make a breakthrough in cruise missiles is that the key reason that restricts the development of long-range cruise missiles between the Republic and Pakistan is that there is no suitable small turbojet motor, and the electronic equipment required for cruise missiles. As well as navigation software, there are no big problems.

By the middle of the century, it was even more difficult to imitate the advanced equipment built up by advanced technology.

Take the composite battery as an example, not to mention that France can't imitate it, even the United States can't imitate it. As early as the regimental year or so, the US intelligence agencies obtained some samples of military-grade composite batteries through a third party, and tried to analyze them in detail, and even caused several serious accidents that led to major casualties due to improper operation. Until the coincidence of the year, the United States has given up the method of imitating the composite battery of the Republic, because the facts have proved that it is impossible for the United States to imitate the composite battery of the Republic, because the internal mechanism of the composite battery is too complex, the structure size is atomic, according to the principle of Schröding's inaccurate measurement, any measurement means will lead to distortion of measurement data. Therefore, it is not possible to accurately map the internal structure of the composite battery. What scientific research institutions in the United States can do is to use spectrometers to analyze the raw material composition of composite batteries. The problem is that composite batteries are made up of dozens of elements, and at the microscopic scale, there are infinite combinations of elements in even a few micrograms of battery cells. In the words of American scientists, figuring out the internal structure of the composite battery produced by the Republic is more than reversing it. Larger programs are much more difficult. You know, theoretically, it is impossible to obtain the original code of large software by reverse editing.

In fact, this is what Pei Chengyi wants to talk about with the French Minister of Defense.

At that time, France was definitely not asking for a few light-in weapons.

Soon after the end of the war in India, France, Germany, Italy and other countries successfully pushed the European Union to abolish the military embargo policy against the republic and liberalize arms export controls against the republic. The problem is that the EU has only been exposed to the military embargo at this time, and it no longer has any practical significance.

If the year comes by, the republic will not only cry out for joy, but may even fully cooperate with the EU.

You know, a century ago, the republic thought of many ways to lift the military embargo by the European Union. For example, in the case of four. During his visit to Europe, the leaders of the Republic announced that they hoped that the leaders of the EU countries would realistically consider the actual interests of Europe and make measures that would be beneficial to the people of Europe and actively promote bilateral cooperation between China and the EU. The leaders of the republic even made a promise to the French authorities that as long as the EU lifts the military embargo, the republic will be able to read and go to Confucianism. Tens of billions of dollars have been procured from France and other EU countries for all kinds of weapons and equipment, including fighter jets and large warships

In fact, as early as the end of the force century, the Republican ** team sent several senior pilots to France through the Military Intelligence Agency to experience the "Rafale" ... The performance of the fighter, and learned the details of the following models, around the end of the year, the Republican side proposed the idea of purchasing the "Rafale" fighter, and said that it could buy the production license of the fighter according to the purchase price of the French Air Force.

For Dassault, this is definitely a lifesaver. You know, until the cessation of production, the Rafale fighter was not able to win a single overseas customer and lost to all competitors in the international fighter market. At that time, the concave fighter developed by many European countries won the order of the UAE Air Force and had an export record. What made the French even more unbearable was that before the "Rafale" "Phantom Four Phantom Leads." In the first Falklands War, which sank British destroyers and transports with "Exocet" missiles, it was Argentina that sank British destroyers and transports with "Exocet" missiles in the first Falklands War.

As the favorite work of the French Air Force, Navy and Dassault Corporation, the "Rafale" has repeatedly hit a wall in the overseas market, which is definitely an unacceptable thing for all French people. Against this background, if the Rafale can be sold to another big country and several hundred planes can be exported at one time, it will certainly be of inestimable significance. In fact, even if you don't look at the impact. The sales revenue alone is enough to tempt the French. The French Air Force procures Rafale from Dassault at a unit price of 10,000 US dollars. "The fighter includes supporting facilities, and the unit price of the Peng type must be at the price of the gill... In the case of procurement, the contract amount will be close to the US dollar, and in the case of procurement, the contract amount will be close to the US dollar.

Although Dassault's life was not very difficult at the time of the four, because at that time it not only received orders from the French Air Force and Navy, but also upgraded the "Phantom" for many countries. series of fighters, making a lot of money, such as helping the Indian Air Force to improve and upgrade the "Mirage IV", which has generated billions of euros in revenue for Dassault. However, at that time, the export work of the "Rafale" had already encountered problems, and when participating in the competition of advanced fighters from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, and other countries, it not only lost to the hidden merit with slightly better performance, but even lost to the Boeing company's thugs. If Dassault is unable to open export markets, the losses will be incalculable.

In fact, at that time, it was Dassault that most wanted the EU to engage in the military embargo.

According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, almost all of the "lifting operations" launched by the French government in the EU before the Year of the Vermicry were related to Dassault. In order to promote the "lifting of the ban. Dassault not only sent many lobbyists to the French parliament, but also spent a lot of money to buy off members of the Council of the European Union. Of course, the decision-making power to "lift the ban" is in the hands of EU member states, and as long as one member state refuses to contact the ban, even if other countries support it, it is impossible to lift the ban. In this way, the real decision-making power is not in the hands of European countries, but in the hands of the United States. You must know that the EU finally lifted the arms embargo on China because Britain abstained from voting in the vote, not veto.

It can be seen from this that France pushed the EU to lift the arms embargo on China around the next year, not for the purpose of selling weapons and equipment produced in France to the Republic. You must know that in the year or so, the military technology of the republic has been comprehensively surpassed by France, and it has the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world. In this way, it is not the Republic that needs to buy weapons, but France.

At that time, France's purpose was simple, that is, it hoped that the Republic would lower the threshold for arms trade with Europe in a reciprocal manner.

At the end of the year, the Congress of the Republic passed a very important bill, that is, all arms trade against non-Allied countries, as long as it involves classified technology, must be deliberated and approved by the Assembly. Since there is no advanced arms that does not involve classified technology, as long as the Republic sells arms to countries that do not have alliances, it must first pass through the plenary meeting. In other words, instead of lowering the threshold for arms trade with Europe, the republic raised it.

In fact, the EU is not "wronged" in the matter of the military embargo. ”

Back then, when the United States imposed a military embargo. The European Union is involved in the key military technology of the United States. Through a series of complex treaties, the EU was finally tied together and joined the arms embargo on China. Unfortunately, the EU was very weak at that time and did not yet have the influence it later had. It is impossible for the United States to confront the United States on such a major security issue and become the United States.

In the era of the century, the situation was reversed. At the beginning, it was the United States that was worried that the Republic would obtain the advanced military technology of the United States through the European Union, but now it is the Republic that is worried that the United States will obtain the advanced military technology of the Republic through the European Union, so it is in charge of the arms trade with Europe. For example, Greece wanted to introduce electric submarines from the republic as early as the year of the mouth, until the year of the force, that is, the republic took the lead in not signing the "Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance". Yemen only agreed to sell electric submarines equipped with composite batteries to Greece after exporting electric submarines. At that time, the submarines sold by the Republic to the allies were all equipped with composite batteries of grade 8 or above, and the submarines sold to several major allies such as Argentina and Pakistan even used mouth-class composite batteries. By the year after Greece had already demonstrated its friendly relations with the republic. The authorities of the republic did so in a "special approval" manner. The sale of advanced weapons and equipment, including four electric submarines equipped with old-class composite batteries, good stands, small main battle tanks and muzzle electromagnetic cannon systems, to Greece has made Greece one of the most powerful countries in the Mediterranean overnight, and its defense strength far exceeds that of its long-cherished enemy Turkey. In fact. Greece was able to buy advanced weapons from the Republic not because of particularly good relations with the Republic. Rather, it had promised before that that it would not go to war unilaterally against Turkey, nor would it take substantive action to undermine the status quo in Cyprus, which is a key area for both sides. In other words, the main purpose of Greece's procurement of these advanced weapons is to deal with the powerful enemy Turkey, and whether it can do it or not is up to the Republic to decide.

It is impossible for the French authorities not to know about the situation in the republic.

In a sense, France's active push for the EU to lift the arms embargo on China is just a way to make it clear and open a window for bilateral military cooperation. As for when it will be possible to carry out deep military cooperation with the republic. It will also depend on how much common interest the two sides can find.

In other words, when to take a critical step is not to see whether both parties are working hard, but whether the time is ripe.

After waiting for the thugs to provoke, France finally waited for the opportunity it was looking forward to.

Because the opportunity is so rare, the French authorities do not want to miss it.

According to Pei Chengyi's recollection, in the old moon led to the night of the day. That is, at his third formal meeting with the French Minister of Defense, the French put forward the idea of comprehensive military cooperation with the Republic, promising to spend trillions of euros in the coming years to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment from the Republic, and to help the Republic sell arms to other European countries.

Although the French Minister of Defense said so, it was only in the hope of arousing the authorities of the republic "**." In fact, it is impossible to arm the French army with weapons marked "Made in the Republic", and other European countries, such as Germany, which is an old European military power and a major arms producer, will not dance with France. However, judging from the situation at that time, the attitude of the French Minister of Defense is enough to show that the French authorities are anxious, at least the top of the French ** team is very aware of the gap with the Republic, and also very well knows how bad the combat effectiveness of the French ** team is.

Of course, there is a great temptation in this.

You must know that if the French ** team all changes their outfits, the refitting time is set to force years, and the equipment procurement cost alone will be as high as trillions of euros. According to the direct export of arms, plus the transfer of production patents charged! With enough royalties, the Republican Arms Merchants can get a share of the fighting, and the profits from the direct export of arms are above the water, and the patent transfer fees are pure profits. Therefore, the republican ** fire merchant can earn nearly 3 trillion euros in the blade year, that is, about the profit of the old trillion yuan. If you count other European countries, within the future force years. The arms dealers of the republic will certainly be able to make about a trillion yuan in profits in Europe. To know. In the four years of power, after deducting the war factor, the profits of the republican ** fire merchant will be more than one trillion yuan.

If it is not calculated in terms of money, but in terms of labor positions, including resources, equipment and other related industries, the EU countries will fully replace the weapons and equipment of the republic, which will create at least 10,000 jobs for the republic within the year, which is equivalent to feeding the citizens of the republic.

The problem is that temptation is just temptation.

No matter how beautiful the things you see, if you can't get them, there's no point in them.

Pei Chengyi didn't pay attention to the words of the French defense minister at all and didn't take it to heart. In the summary report of the meeting, he also asked Dongfang Wen to delete some meaningless words and phrases to avoid affecting the yuan. Of course, even Pei Chengyi was not moved, and Yan Jingyu was even more unlikely to be deceived.

In other words, the meeting led by day and night did not lead to anything.

Actually, it's not accurate to say that. According to the comments of the French news media, the two sides first negotiated military cooperation, which, in addition to showing sincerity, also made a good start to this round of contacts and allowed the two sides to exchange views on other sensitive issues. The foundation is laid for the final result.

As mentioned earlier, if military issues can be discussed in depth, there is nothing to say about other aspects.

Affected by this, on the morning of the old month, at the first official meeting between the two governments, Yan Shanglong and the French prime minister mentioned the issue of technical cooperation, which opened up the main topic of Yan Jingyu's visit to France.