The C801 missile production plant is not adjacent to the F-20 production plant, separated by two blocks, and with the arrival of the F-20 production line, Zubayer once again became lively.

The building of the F-20 production line is 20 times that of the C801 missile, and next to the plant, a new kilometer-long runway has been built for the F-20 test flight. In this way, this base occupies almost half of Zubayer's urban area.

Protecting this place is Zhang Feng's top priority, the focus here is to prevent the Iranian air force from bombing, although this is a stable interior, but Zhang Feng still arranges several sets of field air defense positions around it, defending against the enemy in any direction that may appear, and Basra Air Base takes off escort fighters every day to patrol back and forth along the airspace from Abadan to here.

Compared with the technicians from China, the technicians from the United States are very arrogant, they always look at the Iraqis with condescending eyes, and when they teach various technologies, they are also half-pushed, but the Iraqi technicians have come up with soft grinding and hard foaming means, and it doesn't matter what the attitude of the other party is, the most important thing is that they can learn knowledge.

At this time, the fighting on the front line of the port of Khomeini was almost over, and the port of Khomeini was almost flattened in the street fighting of the devastation, but the Iraqi army was able to capture the city with minor casualties.

The UN's pressure on Iran is also increasing, but Khomeini has been resisting. Whoever dares to come, just wait to be a hostage! For a time, the two sides fell into gluing.

In this short gap, Zhang Feng has been paying attention to the war in front and the construction of the rear, and the arrival of this production line is simply too important!

With the production line, another 6 of the first F-20 fighters also arrived, compared with the first 4, these 6 corrected some of the design flaws in the early stage, increased the area of the horizontal tail, and made it easier to control the pitch at low speeds, these 6, and two are two-seaters, which are used to train Iraqi pilots.

The two F-20 squadrons have begun to assume normal combat readiness duty tasks, and the fighters with unique desert livery have become a beautiful scenery in the sky over the Southern Military Region.

"Friends of the United States have worked hard." On this day, Zhang Feng came to the installation site of the F-20 production line again and said to the American engineers led by Fred.

Laborious? The Arab employees next to them resisted their desire to laugh, these Americans, who arrived at the scene at nine o'clock every morning, left two hours later, in the afternoon, and in the evening, on the contrary, they lingered in the bar that was specially opened for them in Zubayer, and if it were not for the ban, they would have to go to Basra, or even Baghdad.

"It's not hard, it's our duty." Fred said, and he accepted it with peace of mind.

The production cycle of fighter jets is already very long, and it will take at least more than a year to assemble the production line here and wait for the arrival of various spare parts, and then it will be able to assemble the second batch of parts supplied by Northrop and the 20 fighters assembled by Iraq itself, and it will probably take another year for Iraq to use the production line to completely produce it by itself.

During this time, Dr. Kashin, who is in charge of the technical side, will always be here to guide the work on the Iraqi side, so they don't care how it goes.

And these, Zhang Feng also knows that if you want to change the work attitude of these Americans, you have to start from above, grasp Fred's weakness, and make him diligent, although he will go back after a while, however, he is the main person in charge of this transaction and has a lot of power.

Moreover, Zhang Feng has found the weakness of the other party: this person wants to do a good job in the company's performance and gain the appreciation of the current general manager, and to develop new performance, Zhang Feng has found a good situation for him: unite with Cheng Fei and improve the J-7!

Although there has been no news from Tu Jida, the father of J-7, Zhang Feng is very confident, because, from the other party's expression, Zhang Feng understands everything, this person, he naturally has a lot of feelings for the J-7 fighter he has fought for all his life, and he has provided him with an idea, he will definitely apply in China to improve this kind of fighter.

"Mr. Fred, your company's F-20 fighter has performed very well in the use of our Air Force, no less than the F-16 fighter, and I believe that this kind of fighter will definitely be matched by more national air forces." Zhang Feng said.

Hearing this, Fred was happy in his heart, and said: "Yes, our Tiger Shark aircraft is the best light fighter in the world!" ”

You just blow it, Zhang Feng thought to himself, if I hadn't saved you, this fighter would have died in the long river of history, you really don't know what to do, and you don't want to work for me.

"Although this fighter can be very good, but, as far as I know, it is only equipped with our Air Force." Zhang Feng said: "Especially your air force, it is a pity that it is not equipped with your company's fighters. ”

After saying this, Fred was a little unhappy: "Our company is operating within the Air Force, and we will definitely get an order from the Air Force." ”

"In fact, your company can also expand into new markets, and where other companies have not had time to expand, it is where your company can show its talents." Zhang Feng said.

"Where?" Fred asked.

"China." Zhang Feng spat out the word.

China? Fred was shocked.

China and the United States have different ideologies, so, in history, the two countries had deep contradictions, until the 72 years of ping-pong diplomacy, the ice of the two sides began to dissolve, and by 79, the two sides formally established diplomatic relations.

The fundamental purpose of establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and China is to deal with the red empire in the north.

In the past few years, the relationship between the two sides has been getting closer, but I am afraid that the business of directly exporting fighter jets will not be possible; on the contrary, if we go to Taiwan to lobby, it will be about the same.

"China has a vast territory and needs a large number of fighters to defend their airspace, but China's science and technology are backward, and its independent research and development capabilities are almost zero, and their fighters are almost an improved version of the MiG-21, and they are simply unable to undertake the task of defending their airspace. Zhang Feng said: "If your company can go to China to lobby, maybe you can sell hundreds of fighter jets. ”

Speaking of this, Fred's heart was moved, but after two turns in his mind, he still shook his head again: "No, what you said is not feasible, even if Congress agrees to our sales plan, I'm afraid China will not buy it, because they are too poor!" ”

That country, although it has a large land and a large population, but the ten-year Cultural Revolution has seriously dragged down the economy, and they simply do not have enough economic strength to buy American fighter jets, and it is almost the same as giving them away for nothing! Fred wasn't interested in things that didn't make money.

"There are too many political conditions for the sale of the whole machine, and there are serious economic problems, so if only a part of it is sold, such as radar, and fire control system?" Step by step, Zhang Feng led Fred to the path he had designed for him.

Sell a part? Fred's eyes lit up this time.

"The fighters of the Chinese Air Force are too poor, they are eager to obtain the ability of medium-range air combat, if your company provides the technology, the radar and fire control system are packaged and installed on their fighters, in this way, although it is not as profitable as the whole aircraft, but it is still very lucrative, because China's demand for fighters is very large, their old J-6 fighters, there are more than 2,000 of them, even if only a quarter of them are updated, it is also a huge market." Zhang Feng continued: "Moreover, China is also an arms exporter, their fighters are very cheap, and they also have their own traditional market, if this kind of fighter aircraft that has improved your company's avionics equipment can be exported in large quantities, the prospects are also very considerable." ”

Zhang Feng sketched a big scene, and a big cake was placed in front of Fred.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Feng dared to say this was because he knew that in the future world, the peace pearl plan that made countless military fans sigh.

The Peace Pearl Program, also known as the Peace Model Program, was a plan proposed by the United States in the mid-80s of the last century to modernize China's latest J-8II fighter jet.

At that time, the Chinese aviation industry system developed the J-8II all-weather supersonic fighter, which basically reached the technical level of foreign second-generation fighters. However, the backwardness of the domestic electronic technology level makes the development of the 208 radar and PL-4 missiles developed for the J-8II difficult, and at this time China and the United States are in the honeymoon period, so the United States in order to achieve the political goal of jointly confronting the Soviet Union with China, the United States proposed to improve the electronic equipment of the J-8.

The F-16 fighter was equipped with modern equipment such as the AN/APG-66 (V) fire control radar, cockpit display system, Litton's LN-39 inertial navigation system and a new fire control computer, and the J-8II fighter's fire control and radar system was comprehensively updated. Improvements to 55 aircraft for a total amount of $550 million.

But in the end, the plan failed.

Zhang Feng reported a lot of confidence this time, whether it was out of his own money, or his feelings for the motherland in his previous life, he would promote this deal, make the Chinese Air Force strong, and make his pockets bulge. Moreover, he also knows that it is more appropriate to improve the J-8 than the J-7.

The J-8 focuses on high-altitude and high-speed, which is not suitable for the development of future air warfare at all, but the J-7, there is a lot of room for improvement, and the flowering of the J-7 everywhere in later generations also illustrates this fact.

"However, our company doesn't have much to do with China." Fred said, he said this, naturally he already had hope for this plan, he already felt that this Lord Qusay said this, the feasible surname is very large, if he promotes this business again, then, his position in the company is absolutely unbreakable.

"I have dealings with them, and if you are interested, I would be more than happy to help you get through them." Zhang Feng said.

"Then ask Your Excellency Qusay to help you get in touch." Fred finally began to ask Zhang Feng for help.

"Very willingly, it's just that our production line has not yet been established, so if the Chinese come, they can't visit, otherwise, it will definitely be more convincing." Zhang Feng said.

"I'll push them to speed things up." Fred said.

(To be continued)