However, the news that Brazil has a performance fighter that surpasses the U.S. F86 Sabre fighter has spread all over the world, and the most positive one is General Nairo Mora of the Brazilian Air Force.

He was impatient to apply directly to the Ministry of National Defense for the purchase of this new jet fighter that they had commissioned the Fangyuan Group to develop.

When he heard that it had not yet entered mass production, he was also disappointed.

Fortunately, the T-1 trainer aircraft, which was really invested in the research and development by the Ministry of the Air Force, has long been finalized and mass-produced, and now it has begun to equip the Brazilian Air Force and aviation schools.

After visiting the jet fighter plane, the US military delegation found the jet transport aircraft project developed by Fangyuan Group, although Fangyuan Group has repeatedly said that this is a civilian jet airliner.

However, the US military inspection team still took a fancy to the huge potential of this passenger aircraft as a transport aircraft. The Holden brothers had the full support of Fang Lang and the help of Polman's jet engine development team from Germany.

As early as last year, the first turbofan engine was finalized at the Fangyuan Power Plant, which was more than ten years earlier than the first turbofan engine in history.

Therefore, how can this transport plane, which is equipped with two turbofan engines, not make the eyes of the American delegation hot, this is a technology that the United States does not have.

If the FY-1 fighter is only slightly more advanced than the American F86, the Americans will catch up very easily and do not need to pay too much attention. This transport plane, which is equipped with the latest large-bypass turbofan engine, makes these US military inspection groups no longer calm.

The new transport aircraft, named the Radius 80, is a new jet designed by Dr. Horton with reference to the appearance of the Boeing and Airbus airliners provided by Fang Lang.

Because this was the first experimental model, Rhema Horton was not aggressive, and the fuselage of this swept-wing jetliner was not huge, and it was still far from the Boeing 707 developed by the Americans.

But it is also a jet airliner capable of transporting 80 passengers at a time and spanning a distance of 5,200 kilometers, which is simply jaw-dropping to a group of US military inspection delegations.

Therefore, the first idea of the officers of the American delegation was to convert this transport aircraft into a military transport aircraft.

In this regard, Fang Lang was very generous, and told a group of US military officers very happily. This kind of aircraft has been finalized, and if the US military is interested in purchasing it, Fangyuan Group can arrange a production plan for them.

There is a reason why Fang Lang's attitude towards the Fangyuan 80 transport aircraft is different from that of the FY-1, after all, it is a transport aircraft, and the Americans have limited potential for his modification.

At most, like the Boeing 707 of later generations, it can be changed into early warning aircraft and tankers, etc., and it cannot be converted into bombers at all.

And the 5,200-kilometer range is too much for a peninsular war. You must know that the base of the US war on the peninsula is Xiaori Island, and there is no need for such a large range of transport planes.

This flight from the west coast of the United States to Japan is not enough, so this aircraft is actually a bit of a chicken for the US military.

But as a passenger aircraft, this range can beat most passenger aircraft in this era, and more importantly, this turbofan engine with a large bypass ratio is lower noise than ordinary propeller aircraft, and is more suitable for use as a passenger aircraft.

If Fang Lang does not take this opportunity to sell this aircraft and seize the market, other companies are likely to quickly enter the research and development of turbofan engines, and finally compete with Fangyuan Group.

The best way is to sell this product at a relatively low price, and when the time comes, when other countries study it, they will find that the cost of R&D and manufacturing may be higher than the cost of directly purchasing Fangyuan Group's products, which is not cost-effective at all.

Of course, there are many large companies that will never give up this market, but when they research it, Fangyuan Group's new models and engines must have come out.

These people are only desperately catching up behind, and if they want to surpass, they have to invest more capital and energy, and they don't believe that many companies can stick to it. Finally, it can also work directly with the companies that stick to it to create a monopoly network, so that those companies that want to enter later will be surrounded everywhere.

This is all the old routine left by Boeing and Airbus, and of course Fang Lang doesn't mind letting this routine appear in advance.

As for whether the Americans will carry out research and imitation work around him after obtaining this model, this is for sure, Fang Lang has never been lucky about it. Perhaps many people will think that the Western world respects patent law and will not do anything infringing.

Then you might as well go to the court to see, there are many infringement lawsuits in European and American countries. Many of the current equipment of the United States, including the United States, is copied from other countries.

For Fang Lang, the biggest advantage of Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company is that it has completed the research and development of related products one step ahead of others and has gone ahead of other countries.

If other countries want to catch up, the gap will not be so easy to close.

Even Fang Lang took the initiative to tell the officials of these delegations that if the United States needed it, the turbofan engines produced by Fangyuan Power could also be sold directly to them.

The price is even cheaper than these Americans, how can this situation not make Americans excited. Soon, Fangyuan Group received an application for cooperation from Boeing in the United States.

At the same time, Fangyuan Group has also begun to make rapid efforts to promote this new Fangyuan 80 model to these companies on a large scale through the channels it has mastered for those airlines to modify transport aircraft.

In order to avoid the Fangyuan 80 being surpassed, Fangyuan Group also began the research of more advanced models, and this time, Fang Lang set the goal for the research laboratory to develop the most cost-effective, the lowest flight cost for a single passenger.

First of all, it is necessary to further expand the number of passengers carried by the aircraft, from the current 80 to more than 100. This is not difficult for Rhema Houghton, after all, this model is originally a verification machine used to validate new technologies.

Then, it is necessary to further increase the range of the aircraft, and strive for direct transoceanic passage towards the future.

It has to be said that after the American delegation discovered Brazil's achievements in the field of aviation from Brazil, the delegation paid more attention to this expedition in Brazil.

He visited not only the aircraft manufacturing plant, but also the Fangyuan shipyard, and expressed a very strong interest in the warships produced by the Fangyuan shipyard.

After that, he visited the artillery factory and expressed his surprise that the artillery factory was able to mass-produce 155mm howitzers. If it weren't for the fact that the Americans still had a lot of artillery and shells in stock, they would have been ready to purchase a batch from Brazil.

For this US military inspection delegation, Fang Lang's attitude is very simple, Fang Lang does not plan to provide weapons and equipment to them, but in terms of logistics and transportation, or medical rescue, Fang Lang will not refuse, after all, with the strength of the Americans, even if he does not participate in these things, others will participate.

Rather than doing this, it is better to get involved himself, just like he offered to help the Americans deliver supplies, so that not only can he make money, but also understand the logistics and supply situation of the US military, so that he can pass on this information in a timely manner.

Although it may not be able to control the situation of the war, it can also provide some reference for the hometown side to formulate strategies and tactics.

Finally, after a detailed investigation, the delegation not only placed an order for the OEM Bell 47 with the aircraft manufacturing company. It also purchased five of the latest Radius 80 passenger aircraft, as for the purpose of purchasing this passenger aircraft, there is no need to guess, it must be for Boeing research.

In this regard, Fang Lang didn't care, but wished that they could purchase more to help Fangyuan Aircraft Company advertise. Think about it, the U.S. military has purchased from our Fangyuan Group, do you British also have to purchase a few!

France, Italy, the Netherlands and other developed countries in Europe and the United States, your demand for aircraft is huge, this is the world's most advanced jet airliner, don't you consider purchasing some?

At the same time as the US delegation was inspecting Brazil, MacArthur, commander of the US Pacific Theater, also organized an inspection group to inspect Japan's industrial situation.

Coincidentally, John Clark, a logistics colonel of the U.S. Navy, was one of the members of the expedition.

With the existence of John Clark, the public relations staff of Fang Lang's American Global Group naturally mingled with the officials of the delegation.

Coupled with the U.S.-funded background of the Universal Group, some Japanese enterprises controlled by the Global Group soon entered the logistics procurement system of the United Nations Forces.

Among them, some heavy industry automobile factories and shipyards are the most, and according to the historical situation, almost all American cars on the peninsula were produced in Japan during the entire peninsula war.

For this reason, the United States directly returned to Japan more than 850 factories that were originally scheduled to be used to compensate for war losses, including 314 aircraft manufacturing and supporting enterprises, 131 arms factories, and 25 weapons research institutes.

It was these factories that provided the United States with a steady stream of military supplies in Japan, amounting to $110 million in arms alone.

Hundreds of thousands of United Nations troops took turns to rest and recuperate in Japan, which brought a huge consumer group to Japan, and during the Korean War, these soldiers spent as much as $3.6 billion on various services in Japan when they were resting and recuperating.

As for the specific content of this so-called various service fees, everyone knows it. If you really don't understand, just look at the clubs and nightclubs that have sprung up on the streets of Japan.

Although Japan's behavior is very despicable, it has to be said that it is this kind of service-oriented consumption that has made Japan's private economy and employment situation improve rapidly, and the gross national product has directly returned to the level before World War II at the end of the war.

Of course, with the existence of Fang Lang, of course he will not let him reproduce this situation, as early as two years before the start of the Korean Peninsula War, the Global Group, which began to lay out Japan, has long become the behind-the-scenes boss of Japan's war-related enterprises through acquisitions and holdings.

Among them, Japan's automobile manufacturing plants have been directly acquired and integrated by the Global Group, such as the famous Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, and only one brand seems to be a Japanese brand.

Historically, Toyota's monthly production before the war was less than 300 units, but in the first month of the war, the U.S. military placed an order for 5,000 cars from them.

Now, all this no longer belongs to Japan, but to the Global Group, which is now the largest U.S. consortium in Japan. What is even more interesting is that the Universal Group believes that the quality of cars produced in Japan is not good, and has changed the engine and transmission systems, which are the most important in automobile production, from the original Japanese to imported from the United States and Brazil.

To this end, the Universal Group also came forward to persuade General Motors and Ford of the United States to supply engines and transmissions to Japan. For this kind of money-making thing, these companies naturally will not refuse.

What the Universal Group needs them to do is to blockade Japan with relevant technologies. Do not let Japanese car companies master these core technologies. It turned out that Japan's own engine and transmission technology was also transferred by the Universal Group, and the relevant research materials were packaged and shipped to Brazil long before the war began.

The Japanese engineers who mastered these core technologies were also hired by Fangyuan Motors, Mercedes-Benz Motors, and Aston Martin Motors in Brazil, and some of them who were unwilling to leave Japan were even stormed into their homes by Japanese gangsters and forcibly kidnapped.

Unfortunately, the sea voyages during this period were too risky, and many did not make it to Brazil alive. This has directly led to a fault in the technological level of the Japanese automobile industry.

Now when the order is delivered to the door, these car companies simply do not have the ability to produce core components independently, so they can only obediently obey the boss's arrangement and purchase from abroad.

As for these factories that belong to Fang Lang, it takes a higher cost to purchase these important parts from abroad, and Fang Lang doesn't care at all.

First of all, the suppliers of these parts are also his own enterprises, and the ones responsible for transportation are global shipping, which is not a waste at all, but a proper boost to domestic demand, or to use the military spending of the Yankees to stimulate domestic demand.

Another more important reason for this is to hold the Yankees back, and think about how much earlier it would be possible to produce a car if these core parts could be produced in Japan. Procurement from the United States and Brazil is delayed by at least a week.

In a week's time, the delay in the delivery of thousands of vehicles will reduce the amount of supplies delivered, and here alone, the logistics of the Americans will definitely not be as adequate as in history.

Coupled with Fang Lang's early layout, he encouraged John Clark to sign a vegetable supply agreement with Japanese farmers, which caused Japan's grain production to decline significantly. As a result, Japan's food reserves were simply not enough to support the consumption of the United Nations forces.

The Fang family's Nice Company had two truckloads of grain shipped from Brazil to Japan's Global Trading Company for sale directly before the start of the war, and when the war broke out, these two ships of grain were still floating in the Pacific Ocean.

Needless to say, after this news was passed on to the logistics department of the United Nations forces through John Clark, they naturally wanted to requisition this batch of food directly.

These grains are like carrots hanging in front of the donkey's mouth, you can't see it, you can't eat it, it's impossible not to eat it, it's really uncomfortable.

This has seriously affected the progress of the US military build-up, and if this situation happens again during the war, the squeamish American GIs will have to pick and choose.

In addition to automobiles and food, the Global Group also controls various industries in Japan, such as textiles, chemicals, electric power, coal, shipping, steel, and shipbuilding.

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