The first pick-up man Qi Yiming found was South Korea. Soon after the South Korean rebellion, China and South Korea formally established foreign relations, and because of North Korean relations, South Korea desperately wanted to enlist China's support and thus isolate North Korea. Therefore, most of the economic, trade and investment negotiations between China and South Korea have been taken advantage of by China.

On the one hand, the ROK army was defeated by the PLA, which made their memories still fresh, and on the other hand, South Korea did not want to rely too heavily on US weapons and constantly blame the Americans for being the most wronged. Under the guidance of such an ideology, the South Koreans first purchased 60 Thunder fighters, and after a period of trial, they were full of praise, and then planned to buy the second batch of Thunder after a while.

Then there is the submarine arms purchase case, and the multinational joint submarine arms purchase case South Korea finally withdrew, leaving only Canada, Japan, and Australia to order some AIP submarines. However, after the assessment, South Korea launched a new submarine arms purchase project, hoping that China can tailor a 1,200-ton light conventional submarine for South Korea, without the AIP system, and hope to obtain technology transfer.

In fact, South Korea is still very nervous about buying Chinese equipment, and if China does not have the discipline to sell the specific details of the equipment and even the original equipment to the DPRK, it will make the South Koreans unlucky, but fortunately, there is an understanding agreement for each arms purchase, which guarantees that China will not want North Korea to leak secrets, and the products sold to South Korea will no longer be sold to North Korea.

Of course, it depends on the character of the Celestial Empire.

South Korea's new submarine arms purchase plan has been talked about until now, at most, there is an intention and eyebrows, and some details have been determined, but it has not yet reached the point of signing a contract.

It was not difficult for the base engineers to design a light submarine casually, and they quickly came up with a design plan, which was very similar to the Type 209 submarine Zhang Baogao class that South Korea bought from Germany in another timeline, so Qi Yiming also called this type of submarine Zhang Baogao class with bad taste. According to the agreement, the Chinese side will produce six submarines for South Korea, and after the transfer of technology, with the help of the Chinese side, the South Korean side will produce the remaining four submarines by Daewoo Shipbuilding on its own, with a total contract amount of 2.1 billion US dollars, which is not expensive.

Although the negotiations were troublesome, there should be no mistakes in this contract, and it will be concluded eventually. It was at this time that Qi Yiming offered a new plan to South Korea.

The sale of four cancelled PLA Navy capital ships, the Type 052A destroyers, and the transfer of design materials for the destroyers to South Korea, which can continue to build the ships at its discretion without paying patent fees to China, with a total contract value of $1.5 billion.

This is really tickling the itch of the South Koreans, South Korea is a very ambitious country, not to mention the joke of a cosmic power, the stick with strong self-esteem has always hoped to be able to be an upright power, and having a strong army is bound to be the basic constituent element of a big country. In the early 80s, Nanbang started the Ulsan ship plan, and the nationally built ships were officially released, and then they improved their shipbuilding level step by step on the basis of the Ulsan ship through the introduction of technology and independent research and development, and by the time of the 21st century, South Korea's warship manufacturing capacity was not the strongest in the world, but it was also among the first-class.

At this time, when the southern stick was officially weak, although the Ulsan ship carried hope, it was like China's 051 destroyer, the design was naïve and unusable. Receiving technical support from other countries obviously costs more, and the Chinese Navy is now recognized as a strong player in the world, and the 052A destroyer is also evaluated as the best destroyer in the world (the 052D and Arleigh Burke classes have not yet appeared at the time of the review). If the manufacturing technology of 052A is obtained from this point, then the shipbuilding capacity of the South Korean Navy will inevitably improve by leaps and bounds.

South Korean Navy Rear Admiral Choi Hyung-hwan stood with emotion on the 052A destroyer outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, this battleship is the first of the four warships ordered by the PLA Navy, but because it was born at the wrong time, it was canceled and the service plan was canceled.

"How can such a good warship sit idle in the dock?!" Choi Hyung-hwan said to the left and right, "Our Republic of Korea Navy must have this destroyer, oh no, we all have to get four destroyers, and then we humbly learn the skills of the Chinese, and after fully mastering it, we will build more such excellent warships, and at that time don't talk about North Korea, even if the Sea of Japan meets us, we must bow our heads!" ”

Choi Hyung-hwan was deeply impressed by the 052A, which was the destroyer that showed great power in the West Sea (known as the Yellow Sea in China) during the turmoil a few years ago. She was able to carry a helicopter to rescue Chinese diplomats, and the Thorn-1 missile fired directly shot down the South Korean warplane. Later, Choi Hyung-hwan also learned that this type of destroyer is also equipped with powerful anti-ship missiles, which can destroy the enemy from a distance of 400 kilometers.

It is a pity that China refuses to transfer the YJ-62/C-602 anti-ship missiles to South Korea, and the launchers that have been installed will be removed, but as compensation, South Korea can choose to equip China's C-802 anti-ship missiles, which are more than half the range but still very powerful. Naturally, Koreans can also find an American dad to install a harpoon, but the cost must be more expensive than buying a C-802.

Lee Xianmin, a South Korean official beside him, said to Choi Hyung-hwan worriedly: "We have been purchasing submarines with China, and now if we add this warship procurement case, it will add up to a total of 3.6 billion US dollars. ”

General Smecta shook his head again and again, and said: "You don't calculate the account like this, there are some things you can't buy with money, even if you tighten your belt when you have the opportunity, you must not miss it." The construction plan of 10 submarines of the Zhang Baogao class has been planned for ten years, and if the money is evenly shared, it is actually not much. The transfer of four 052A destroyers plus technology is only 1.5 billion dollars, which is no longer cheap, the Chinese are very face-saving, and I doubt that they will regret it afterwards. ”

Cui Henghuan said again: "We began to plan the KDX-1 plan the year before, and it has not yet taken shape, it is basically a small destroyer of less than 4,000 tons, and there are 12 of them, replacing the old American warships of the Daegu class and the Chungbuk class, if you do the math, it is definitely much more expensive than the 052A we buy now, and how can our own design be compared with the mature design of the Chinese?" One is the strongest destroyer in the world, and the other is a rookie ship that has just started, I'm afraid that a 052A can fight four or five KDX-1s. The Navy has already begun to operate and is ready to replace the KDX-1 project with the introduction of the Chinese destroyer project, anyway, we can get the technology, and then we can continue to manufacture according to our own needs. Anyone with a little brains knows how to choose, buy four Chinese ships, let's build four more, in the future in the East Asian sea, although the Republic of Korea will not be the strongest, but it is also a force that cannot be ignored! ”

Li Xianmin knew that what Cui Henghuan said was true, and it was very convincing, although such a deal may make Han Jun poor for a long time, but as long as this period of time passes, Han Jun can get a qualitative leap. When it comes to the future and dignity of the country, Li Xianmin is no longer a bad person, and nods: "Then I will make a proposal to President Lu Taeyu and support the Navy in purchasing these four destroyers." ”

By the middle of the year, when the agreement had been signed, the South Koreans could not wait to hand over $800 million and take away the two destroyers from the Gangnam Shipyard that had already completed outfitting sea trials. The shipyard naturally dismantled some things that they thought were too advanced or replaced them with ordinary products, such as avionics systems and software, which were weaker than the genuine 052A, because the shipboard equipment was not produced by the base, but the practice of military enterprises, so it had a little decline in accuracy and performance. For example, the trouble-free working time of the radar has been shortened, and the detection range has also been reduced. However, the iconic 155 naval guns and Thorn-1 anti-aircraft missiles were retained, giving the destroyer that had been named the Guangkaitu King class still dazzling combat power.

The sale of such a strong warship as 052A to South Korea has caused quite a stir in the world, and many countries are speculating about why China will do this, and the most mainstream view is, of course, what Qi Yiming wants them to think, that China has overdeveloped the military industry, which has led to economic problems.

The real situation is that even if everyone in the navy has a new toy, the 052A evaluation of non-Aegis immediately changes from "the best in the world" to "that is", Qi Yiming will naturally not completely transfer the technique to Nanbang, at best, it is the production of a ship's hull. South Korea cannot make any other shells such as sea surface search radar, fire control radar, naval artillery, missiles, anti-submarine sonar, and software systems, and needs to buy them from China. That is to say, the more the sticks want to build ships, the more money they need to pay to China.

They may be able to sell something in the copycat, or buy American goods, but Qi Yiming believes that to engage in copycats, there must be preparations for being sued in court, and buying American goods is obviously much more expensive than buying Chinese goods, and South Koreans should be able to make a wise choice.

Therefore, the production technology of a ship's hull has a bit of value, that is, on the stealth, and the other is the design ideas and some details, and the expensive weapon avionics system is another big head, but Qi Yiming can continue to knock on the bone and make a lot of money.

The navy happily received $1.5 billion in revenue, but within a few days, the state siphoned off most of the money and left only more than $100 million for the navy, which made Commander Li Jing want to cry without tears. Another ship for sale, two 054A frigates, was sold by Qi Yiming for several months but did not find a home, and finally the price was reduced to 200 million US dollars before being bought by Chile in the early 90s.

It is also gratifying to say that in the original history, Chile was the second-hand ship of the British Leander class, but the British suffered heavy losses due to the battle of the Strait of Malacca, and it is impossible to sell second-hand ships on a large scale. After approaching China, Chile learned that it could use copper ore to offset its bills, and although the price was a little expensive, it readily agreed.