Chapter 519 Selling Su-27
Once upon a time, the Soviet Union was the big brother of China. At that time, the big brother's aid was very selfless. For example, the industrial system was given to China in a full set, which was also a necessary condition for China, which had experienced many wars, to quickly complete industrialization after the establishment of a new country. Without the Soviet Union, China would have to be gradually established like many developing countries, just like many developing countries, and it would never be a complete system.
At the beginning, the Soviet Union's aid was huge. For example, when the information was given to the Chinese MiG aircraft, the entire train was brought over. Soviet experts also came with them and taught them step by step, so that China could master the manufacturing of aircraft in a short period of time.
However, the Soviet elder brother who selflessly aided China in the past ended up turning against China. Both sides gathered heavy troops in the border areas, and even major incidents such as firefighting on Zhenbao Island occurred. At that time, China was working hard to develop its army to deal with the possible rolling armor torrent of the Soviet Union. Even the normalization of China's relationship with the West, and the current honeymoon period was thanks to the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union did not get into evil with China, then even if China was from the Soviet camp, why would the United States come to win over it?
Now, the aggressive Soviet Union has gone far away. The Afghan War marked the huge polar bear, which has begun to become fragile. The collapse of the Berlin Wall further implies the storm of the Soviet Union. At this time, Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev made a lot of efforts to reverse the situation in the Soviet Union and reform. Now, he personally visited China to end the dispute, face the future, and develop together.
Gorbachev's visit to China actually started to be brewing since last year. If this trip is completed, he will become the second Soviet leader to visit China after Khrushchev. However, there is another important contradiction between the two sides, which is the Cambodia issue.
The Soviet Union supported Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. It entered Cambodia in 1978. This was also a attempt by Vietnam to dominate South Asia. It was opposed by many just countries, including China. Vietnam's self-defense counterattack, also had close relations with Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. Now, if the Soviet Union wants to achieve normal relations with China, it must express its attitude from Cambodia's position!
The Soviet Union supported Vietnam. Until now, the Soviet Union still leased Vietnam's port as its own military port. It was very difficult for the Soviet Union to express its attitude and oppose Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia. The two sides conducted five or six rounds of diplomatic consultations. Finally, Gorbachev agreed to issue a statement that Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia is illegal. We should withdraw from Cambodia!
The last conflict between the two sides was eliminated, so Gorbachev's visit could finally be launched.
Gorbachev really hoped to come to China to see that China's system was originally imitating the Soviet Union. However, when China implemented reform and opening up, it immediately became vibrant. In ten years, China had undergone earth-shaking changes.
However, Gorbachev's reform has always been full of difficulties. After various policies are formulated, it seems that he will not see any results. The purpose of his visit to China this time is to learn from the scriptures. Of course, this cannot be stated explicitly.
Of course, in addition to this purpose, on the other hand, it is to sell Soviet weapons to China.
Reform requires funds, and the Soviet Union needs huge investment to get rid of the current dilemma. The Soviet Union's domestic industry has long been dominated by heavy industry, especially military industry.
Therefore, Gorbachev hopes to export some weapons and equipment to China in exchange for the funds he urgently needs.
After a special plane arrived in the capital of China, Gorbachev and his party arrived at the Great Hall.
"You are very welcome, Comrade Gorbachev." Gong Deng said to Gorbachev.
"Very honored." The two of them stretched out their hands and held them together historically.
A simple etiquette shows the relationship between the two sides. Originally, when the Soviets met, they liked to hug or even stimulated them. You can see the propaganda poster, two senior Soviet officials were mouth to mouth, which was so pleasing to the eye.
Now, both sides are just shaking hands, which means that both sides are just politely shaking hands. If it is a hug, it may bring a sensation to the Western world.
Holding hands tightly together, Gorbachev looked at Mr. Deng in front of him. This person was the chief designer of China Reform!
"Although we have had many misunderstandings in history, we must take the attitude of ending the past and opening up the future, become a good-neighborly and friendly country, and achieve normalization of our relationship." Deng Gong said.
End the past and open up the future! This sentence is profound and Gorbachev nodded: "Yes, we must focus on the future. Both of our countries are great powers. As long as we are good neighbors and friendly, we can maintain world peace. In order to show our sincerity, we hope to carry out mutual cooperation with you in many areas, including military fields."
Military field? Hearing this, some people were stunned. You know, it was just to build a joint fleet or a long-wave radio station, and the relationship between the two sides dropped to freezing point.
"We heard that some time ago, the United States sold the F-16 fighter to you. Unfortunately, it was a shrinking aircraft model and its air combat capabilities were not as good as your own fighter aircraft. As a world power, our Soviet Union was also first-class. If you need it, we can export our Su-27 fighter to your country. It is exactly the same as the version used by our Soviet Union, which is just a different enemy and us identifier." Gorbachev's role was quickly transformed into an arms dealer. Only by bringing more funds to the country can domestic reforms continue.
Not only Su-27, but also T-72, Scud, as long as China wants, the Soviet Union can sell it, as long as it can be exchanged for money! Or, without exchange for money, exchange for the food the Soviet Union needs the most!
The Soviets wanted to sell Su-27? Hearing this, the Chinese Defense Minister on the side breathed a sigh of relief. He also knew very well this fighter. This was a fighter that the Soviets had only developed successfully in recent years. It is a twin-engine heavy air combat fighter with beautiful appearance and first-class performance. However, for some reason, the Soviets began to promote their fighter in the international market. Is it really short of money?
If it were based on the original history, the Soviet Union would never export such fighter jets. The Su-27 was equipped with China, which was already the case after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But now, the performance of the Su-27 is well known to the United States. Since it is no longer confidential, it has reached a consensus at the top leaders of the Soviet Union's domestic military. Defense Minister Ogalkov completely hopes that the Soviet Union's future sky will be given to the new MiG model, and the export of the Su-27 can bring funds to the development of the MiG aircraft.
At the same time, before coming, they also carefully analyzed that almost all the light aircraft in the equipment of the Chinese Air Force. Not to mention that the J-82 is a heavy aircraft, it is at most a medium-sized one. China has a vast territory and requires heavy air combat aircraft.
Originally, the equipment sequence of China was the Soviet system. Now, the Soviet fighter jets have re-entered the Chinese market.
Of course, China is now in reform and is short of money everywhere. However, on the other hand, China is a major agricultural country. The grain produced by China can not only satisfy their own consumption, but also export it! Although the Soviet Union was also a major country, even grain had to be purchased in line.
Therefore, if China exchanges grain, Gorbachev can breathe a sigh of relief. If there is sufficient food supply in the country, there will definitely not be so many young people protesting.
In addition to aircraft, there are also tanks, T-72 tanks, which were originally exported by the Soviet Union. Almost all tanks in China are improved from the Type 59. It is the T-54 of the Soviet Union back then. China is also a traditional mainland army country and is very eager to update the main combat weapons. The West is expensive, while the Soviet Union is very cheap!
Hearing the other party's eagerness to promote, Mr. Deng said calmly: "We need further consultation on this matter, especially we must first understand the performance of your fighter jets. If you can provide us with a prototype, it would be the best."
"You can send a pilot to our base for a test drive." Gorbachev said immediately.
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"The generation of fixed generation, the generation of pre-research." Mhamad walked in the factory of the aircraft manufacturing plant, looking at the assembly of the Tomcat fighter jet, and couldn't help but give his instructions.
Now, Pakistan's self-produced Tomcat fighter jets are in progress in an orderly manner, with an annual output of about ten. At the same time, Pakistan is also improving these aircraft. The photoelectric radar has been integrated into the system. The goal of the next stage is to copy the helmet sights and add them to the fire control system. At the same time, large off-axis fighting missiles are also under technical research.
Now, Mhamad has made new instructions to pre-research the first generation. The chief engineer of Pakistan's fighter jets and the general manager of the aircraft manufacturing plant were stunned.
"On the basis of our current Tomcat fighter jets, the focus is on stealth!" Mhamad said: "The sky in the future is the world of stealth aircraft. We must start pre-research now. The appearance of the body needs to be changed. If the aerodynamic performance is not greatly reduced, the radar reflection area will be greatly reduced."
Chapter completed!