Seeing this, Philip said, "That's true! Miss Bai, to develop the weapons industry, it is not just to get the design drawings and technology, the weapons industry needs a huge industrial system to support, without the corresponding industrial base, it is impossible to have a strong arms industry. Of course, for you, China, because the foundation is very weak, you can only take an extraordinary path, that is, to develop certain asymmetric weapons and equipment, such as assault rifles, Vulcan cannons, and even jet fighters with our help in the future. ”

Bai Wanrou said suspiciously: "Mr. Philip, what kind of weapon is a jet fighter?" I've never heard of it yet. ”

Not only Bai Wanrou's face was puzzled, but even the members of the Chinese delegation also turned their eyes to Philip with questions, and these ordnance professionals had never heard of jet fighters, so they couldn't help but become curious about this kind of thing.

Philip laughed and said, "Miss Bai, you haven't heard of it!" I believe that the vast majority of people engaged in the development and production of weapons do not know what a jet fighter is. Today, I will take this opportunity to introduce you to you, you are also our old friends, so there is nothing that cannot be said. ”

Seeing Bai Wanrou nodding repeatedly, Philip continued: "The jet fighter is a revolutionary weapons development project, and once it appears, it will change the entire world military. We all know that the current propeller fighter, the speed is only two or three hundred kilometers per hour, even if the piston engine power is increased, it can reach six or seven hundred kilometers per hour, and the jet fighter, using a jet engine, its speed will be close to the speed of sound, that is, about 1,000 kilometers, you can imagine, this kind of combat aircraft as fast as the speed of sound transmission appears on the battlefield, what kind of changes will be bringed? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Chinese delegation was shocked, and Bai Wanrou even stood up and said loudly: "Mr. Philip, what you said is true?" ”

Philip nodded and said, "Of course what I said is true!" However, at present, we have only just begun to develop jet engines, and this jet engine is the most critical technology! Our investment is very large, according to the development plan, we will complete the development of the first 1500 kg thrust class jet engine within a year or two, and install it on the new jet fighter. At the same time, I want to develop a turboprop engine from this jet engine, which can be equipped with the M20 and M40 transport aircraft, so that the flight speed of these two transport aircraft can be greatly increased. ”

Bai Wanrou stared at Philip intently, and asked cautiously, "Then how much does this jet fighter cost?" Will it be expensive? ”

Philip nodded and said: "Miss Bai, you guessed right, jet fighters have a qualitative improvement in performance compared with propeller fighters, and the materials used to make jet fighters also use various expensive alloys, especially jet engines, because they work at high temperatures of hundreds or thousands of degrees, the requirements for materials are particularly high." So the price of a jet fighter will be several times higher than that of a regular propeller fighter. However, we can't ignore that jet fighters have a powerful combat ability to kill propeller fighters almost with one hit, as long as they are not rookie pilots, driving jet fighters, even in the face of a group of propeller fighters, they are already invincible, and the propeller fighters whose speed is much lower than that of jet fighters have no way at this time. It's like a tiger entering a flock, do you think the flock can pose a threat to the tiger? ”

Bai Wanrou sat down gently, frowned, and said, "Mr. Philip, aren't you amusing us?" How can our country afford such an expensive jet fighter? ”

Philip also put away his smile and said seriously: "Miss Bai, in fact, there are not many soldiers, but they are more valuable than fine. The same is true for weapons and equipment, although a certain weapon and equipment may be much more expensive, but have you ever thought about it, if you have a jet fighter, it is equivalent to having a killer weapon, and its combat effectiveness is very high. For example, if you have 50 jet fighters, you can do more than 500 propeller fighters. Because your enemy is equipped with fighter jets that will not lag behind your propeller fighters, and they have a huge numerical advantage, you can only effectively fight the enemy by developing this asymmetric combat capability, understand? ”

Bai Wanrou said in surprise: "Ah, is this true? Mr. Philip, if what you said is indeed correct, then I must convince the people in the Ordnance Bureau and the Military Council when I go back that when you have built a jet fighter, I will bring in a batch from you, so that the Japanese devils can also taste its power! ”

Philip nodded and said, "Well, you can rest assured, this matter will be put aside for the time being, and we will continue to discuss it later." Now let's move on to this collaboration. ”

On the one hand, the members of the Chinese delegation have an inexplicable trust in Philip and the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry Complex, you must know that they have been experts in the weapons industry for decades, and have also participated in many negotiations with foreign countries to introduce weapons.

As an expert in the armament industry, Xiao Weiguo has participated in countless bilateral negotiations on military-technical cooperation and weapons introduction, and those Western arms dealers and government officials are completely a bunch of unscrupulous treacherous people who eat people and do not spit out bones, and they can count anything to the bones, and often make China unable to say that they have suffering, for example, the peace model project of cooperation with the United States, the two Jian-8 fighters were sent to the United States for transformation, and in the end they were gone.

Negotiations with Western arms dealers have often been mired in protracted marathon negotiations, such as the J-8 modernization project, which is a model of peace. In 1986, China and the United States began to negotiate the introduction of avionics systems, and the Chinese side chose the American Grumman Company as the general contractor of the foreign party, and the installation and testing of the aircraft system, testing and test flights were carried out in the company's Bispige factory on Long Island, New York, with a total value of 550 million US dollars, and in 1987, the Chinese side delivered two J-8II. fighters and a 1:1 mock-up to Bispig, and the two sides completed the installation and testing of the avionics system in 88. The first modern J-8II fighter was successfully tested in 1988, and then flew to Edwards Air Force Base in the United States for a comprehensive test flight, and by 1989 the two sides had completed most of the test flight projects, and the United States believed that the improved J-8II's combat capability was equivalent to the American F-16/79 after test flights. The parody of the Peace Model project, and although Grumman later said that the project could be completed, he demanded an additional $200 million to $300 million on the grounds of poor improvements, and in this case, the Chinese side abandoned the plan.

There are many such things, so Philip does not want to treat the Chinese delegation like this, after all, he is still Chinese in his bones.

After a day of detailed negotiations, all the details were agreed upon, and finally the cooperation agreement was successfully signed. The next step is to implement the content of the agreement step by step. To celebrate the successful signing of the cooperation agreement, Carl arranged a gala dinner.