"What is putting pressure on the Kingdom of David, it must be done."

After being silent for a long time, Ding Gaoheng lit a cigarette again and said, which can be regarded as the final word:

"However, from our point of view, we must also be prepared that the entire ring project will not be able to move forward."

Generally speaking, when he makes a statement, it is basically the end of the meeting.

At most, there will be some minor fixes.

But this time, after he finished speaking, there were few responders on the scene.

It's not that everyone has any different opinions on this, but they are simply shocked by such a big plot twist.

There is quite a kind of chess game, the opposite side is a normal fall, and as a result, you directly fly off the table with the chessboard, and then there is an American beauty of slashing someone else.

After all, normally speaking, even if it is really possible to get to the point where the project fails, it should be pulled for a while in the middle.

In fact, judging from the experience of past cooperation, eighty percent still have a turnaround.

Just like when the introduction of airborne equipment from Western countries in order to develop the J-7M and the strong 5C, there was a similar situation in the middle.

But in the end, it was still a normal deal.

Moreover, if you just flip the table directly, even if you can get back the 350 million paid in advance, it will definitely take a long time.

Although the country's foreign exchange reserves have been abundant in the past two years, they have not reached the point where it is not appropriate to take so much money seriously.

Even Huai Guomo was a little entangled.

Although he had heard Chang Haonan's analysis of the ring project, he had not heard it all compared to Ding Gaoheng.

So on the one hand, I can understand the brain circuits of the other party to make such a radical decision, but on the other hand, I can't help but feel a little pity like everyone else.

In the end, he still worked with Ding Gaoheng for the longest time, and although he had the title of deputy director, his level was actually the same as the former, Zhang Dongxu was the first to come back to his senses:

"Director Ding, although everything is about preparing for the best and preparing for the worst, but ...... Isn't it a little too early to plan for the worst? ”

In addition to Huai Guomo, the other two deputy directors had very little contact with Chang Haonan before, that is, they had met a few times when they held an enlarged meeting of the leadership team before, so they naturally didn't know Ding Gaoheng's thinking.

"It's definitely not early."

Ding Gaoheng replied almost without hesitation:

"As it stands, we can assume that the Kingdom of David is not ready to complete the Ring Project."

"Now they haven't directly announced that they want to abort the project, and they just leave a bait to hang on our side."

"The calculation is to put us in a dilemma, not willing to pay the sunk cost of $350 million, and delay as much time as possible."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and his gaze calmly swept over the crowd in the conference room in front of him:

"Therefore, we have to plan the plan, on the one hand, we will pretend to deal with the other party, and on the other hand, we will use the fastest speed to apply for the follow-up resources to be tilted to the domestic model!"

As a matter of fact. Before today, he also had a conservative attitude towards Chang Haonan's previous words.

On the one hand, we have narrowed the threshold of psychological expectations for the ring project, and on the other hand, we have allocated some resources to the Air Police 200 project, so that there can be a backup in case of problems.

It's not about trust or distrust.

The main thing is that the stakes are high.

He can't just make a 180° change just because of someone's words.

Even if this person is Chang Haonan.

However, what happened now proves that the other party's fears at that time were completely accurate.

And, all the details, can be matched!

This made Ding Gaoheng can't help but recall the situation when he first called Chang Hao Nantong two years ago.

At that time, I even contacted the other party through Du Yishan.

Almost exactly the same plot.

It's just that the content discussed by the two at that time was the development route of Huaxia Aviation Industry.

Later, it was also through Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas that Chang Haonan's thinking was completely correct.

Now two years have passed, what is the result......

Needless to say.

Who would have dared to imagine that there would be European aviation companies taking the initiative to seek cooperation?

Who would have dared to imagine that Huaxia would be able to achieve reciprocal mutual recognition of airworthiness certification with Europe and the United States?

The results have now been achieved.

In this case, when the other party's ambition has already been half clear, the balance in Ding Gaoheng's heart has naturally tilted......

At this critical time, Huai Guomo also figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing, and first broke the silence and expressed his support for Ding Gaoheng's idea:

"Ladies and gentlemen, looking back at the projects we have cooperated with in the past few years, all the projects that have been successful in the end, whether it is the MA60 or the No. 11 project, are all about the two sides learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, relying on each other, to put it bluntly, they are holding each other's lifeblood."

"But the ring project, although the name is still equal cooperation, but in fact, our side is only paying for it, although the unit price of 350 million US dollars per aircraft is high, but the Elta company is not like Tupolev is on the verge of exhaustion."

"In other words, in this project, we don't have any chips in our hands except for flipping the table, in other words, there is no possibility of gambling."

"So, I think what Director Ding just said is reasonable."

This kind of internal meeting is not entirely a one-time meeting.

But now that the director and the first deputy director are on the same front, there is really little room for others to operate.

What's more, the two people, especially Huai Guomo's explanation of the facts and reasoning just now, is still convincing.

Zhang Dongxu, who was hesitant just now, is also as good as a stream, and no longer insists on his opinion:

"That'...... If David's kingdom uses procrastination, how can we operate in order to completely decouple from the other party as soon as possible? ”

The level of the ring project is so high that even Ding Gaoheng can't make a complete decision.

So what he just said was just "be prepared for not being able to move forward".

Regarding this issue, Ding Gaoheng already had a draft in his heart:

"In the middle of last year, after the completion of the embankment operation, we launched the Air Police 200 project based on the Y-8 platform at the suggestion of Comrade Chang Haonan, and Comrade Haonan personally participated in part of the design work at that time."

"It's just that because it's only been used as a backup project, the allocated resources are relatively limited, and we haven't reached the step of test flights yet."

"Let's tilt the resources in our hands to the past, anyway, if the Davids continue to drag on like this, we don't have to pay for the next node, as long as the 14th Institute of Electric Science and the Air Police 200 of Shaanxi can take the lead in the first flight, the efficiency of the two sides is compared, and the gap can be reflected immediately, and the confidence of the superiors in the independent model will naturally be there."

This arrangement has basically been seamless, so it was quickly unanimously approved.

However, after the vote passed, some people still raised doubts:

"But Director Ding, after all, the ring project is to use the Il-76 to change the early warning aircraft, and the Air Police 200 is the Y-8 platform...... No matter the size of the radar equipped, or the range and airtime, there should be no way to completely replace it. ”

After the decision was made, Ding Gaoheng finally relaxed a little.

But with that comes a feeling of tiredness that has just been blocked out by the senses.

After all, he is also a person who is running for the age of 70.

So he nodded as he packed his things:

"In the long run, there is a natural need for a bigger platform."

"But the top priority is to prove that we don't need David to build our own early warning aircraft through the relatively short and fast project of Air Police 200."

……

After the meeting ended, Huai Guomo, who knew more about the situation, followed Ding Gaoheng's footsteps:

"Lao Ding, I think, you should have further ideas, right?"

At this time, he had already left the conference room, and was blown by the cool breeze in the autumn night, and the latter's sleepiness just now had been eliminated a lot.

"Yes, but not mine."

He replied dryly:

"When I made a decision to introduce the Tu-214 passenger aircraft as the C909 model, Xiao Chang said that the 110-ton model is very suitable as a special aircraft platform including early warning aircraft."

"At that time, it was only the end of 96, and even the ring project had not officially signed a contract, so I just said it casually, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid he has been planning our independent research and development of early warning aircraft since that time......"

Huai Guomo was speechless for a while.

It's all for Chang Haonan to calculate.

After a pause, Ding Gaoheng waved his hand again, and then changed the conversation:

"But this matter is not urgent."

"The two projects that Xiaochang is working on now are in a critical period, especially the turbofan 10, which is the core of our country's main equipment in the next 20 years, and it will definitely not be able to divide the energy at this time."

Huai Guomo immediately understood:

"That'...... It means waiting until the turbofan 10 is finalized......"

"Yes."

Ding Gaoheng, who guessed the idea, nodded slightly:

"Let's lay the relevant resources first, and then let him take over this large-scale early warning aircraft project after the turbofan 10 is finalized."

Hearing this arrangement, Huai Guomo showed a hint of joy on his face, but then he seemed to think of something:

"However, the turbofan 10 is no better than the turbojet 14, which is lagging behind in service, and it will be pulled down after it is finalized, and it must continue to be improved, Xiao Chang's side...... Can you really let go? ”

"What ...... this?"

Ding Gaoheng raised his head and looked at a crescent moon in mid-air:

According to Xiao Chang in the project progress report, the core engine of the turbofan 10 only needs to be slightly improved to become a real fourth-generation engine. However, there are too many missing classes in our country's material level and production technology, and many places are even a little reluctant to produce the third-generation engine, so they can compromise with the current three-generation and half-performance turbofan 10. ”

"Therefore, the major follow-up improvements, I am afraid that we will have to wait for the previous stage before the official project can be officially established, as for the small fights directly based on the turbofan 10...... I think that Xiao Chang has concentrated more than half of the country's aviation development research forces to engage in a general battle, and he must also have the meaning of training talents through the project, and he should not need to participate directly. ”

"So, it shouldn't be a problem!"

(End of chapter)