Section 60
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Since the problem has been cleared, neither Song Zijian nor I am in the mood to sit down here again. He is busy going back and selecting new breakthroughs, and I am busy going back and reporting.
Of course, Song Zijian paid for the meal. Before leaving, I took a few bottles of Maotai and Jian Nanchun. Otherwise, those drunkards would have to shout again...
After leaving the hotel, I got into the car, and I was dizzy and circled around the city for several times. I was sure that no one was following me, so I stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards Zhongnanhai.
"There must be a problem." This is the first sentence the Chairman said after listening to my report.
"Contact the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately and call Zhang Zhijian and Qiao Ya, who are in charge of security and confidentiality, to me." After simply issuing instructions to the guards outside, the Chairman picked up the dedicated line at hand and answered the Prime Minister and Minister. Under his call, everyone soon arrived here in the shortest time.
"This is all the matter." In front of everyone, I recounted everything that happened in the past few days. Of course, the 200,000 dollar I just received was also handed over.
"Before the King of Hell has started the meal, the little devil comes to ask for money first." Looking at the money on the table, Minister Liu spoke first: "Their movements are fast enough. We just released the news and the black hand reached in."
"I don't have to worry about putting my hand in. What I fear is that the locks inside us are not reliable." The Chairman lit a cigarette and said lightly: "In this regard, we have already arranged strict confidentiality measures. But I didn't expect that many problems arise from within us."
"But this is good, and the problem will be easily solved if exposed. This is much better than hiding in the dark." The Prime Minister said, "I think this should be taken as an opportunity to carry out a major rectification within us?"
"No, absolutely not." The Chairman rejected the Prime Minister's suggestion: "Now is our most critical period of blood exchange, and there is no turmoil at all. As long as there is a little movement, it will give our enemies the best excuse, and all efforts made before will turn into bubbles. After all, this energy conversion action is too big, and it will have many adverse effects on various domestic industries. A large number of enterprises go bankrupt and the people's unemployment rate rises, which are all negative effects. Therefore, during this period we need a large amount of funds to fill these huge gaps. This period of conversion is inevitable and necessary. Only when our society has fully adapted to the use of new energy and all kinds of enterprises and industries have new interests driven by new energy can we let go of our hands and compete with the enemy. At that time, we will have all the advantages. Therefore, according to the current situation, rectification is inappropriate."
"So just let them go without paying attention?" I asked in surprise.
"Let go? Of course not." The Chairman took a deep breath of fragrant smoke and said calmly: "For these little ghosts, I can't take any action to catch them for the time being, so I can only monitor them. Although the King of Hell has great power, there are too many little ghosts! Of course, for some little ghosts who are too chaotic, we should arrest them to serve as a warning. In this way, in a short period of time, it can intimidate others and also win the time we need."
In order to obtain this damn aircraft drawing, the Ministry of Defense under Admiral Clegg has paid a full $1.5 billion. If the production of such aircraft fails due to the high production price, then the business will be too unpaid.
In fact, the price of F22 comes from several aspects: First, the standards proposed by the US when it started designing are too high, second, the price of each aircraft also includes development costs, and third, many production processes were not mature at that time. Therefore, as the United States originally planned to equip more than 760 aircraft, each aircraft was about 75 million US dollars, but later the Ministry of Defense reduced its funds (the end of the Cold War), and cut it to about 300 aircraft and then about 147 million US dollars per aircraft. Later, due to the advancement of process materials and electronic technology, the price is now about 120 million US dollars. However, through the advanced work of F22, the cost of JSF is greatly controlled, and it is estimated to be 20 million to 30 million US dollars, which is lower than the unit price of SU27. Therefore, compared with F22, the price of new fighter jets with too many advanced concepts and designs is not very expensive.
However, Congress simply doesn't care about that much. They only know how much money you've wasted. And this money is squeezed out bit by bit from the taxpayer's pocket.
Therefore, in order to get money from those lawmakers, to get approval for the purchase of new combat power aircraft, and to maintain the United States' leading military technology in the world, this perfect fighter drawing must be modified. To make it cheaper, to make it simpler, and most importantly, to make it more acceptable to Congress to accept new prices.
As a soldier, a veteran who had personally experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, General Clegg fully understood what a powerful weapon meant to a soldier. According to his opinion, there should be no adjustments to such a new fighter with superb performance. Such a move would be like digging a few holes in a new bulletproof vest - seeking death by himself. But he had no choice. Because if he didn't do this, he wouldn't even get a penny, let alone replace new equipment for the troops. Just imagine, when a person was extremely hungry, he asked you to buy food for ten yuan, but you gave him a steamed bun. Although the steamed bun was not enough and he couldn't eat enough. But the hungry man had no choice but to accept it. Because he had nothing else to eat.
Admiral Clegg is now in such a position. So he has no choice but to order changes to the drawings that have been completed.
Just change it! In the face of limited funds, no matter how good the thing is, you can only make the move to cut your feet and walk. Although it looks stupid, there is nothing you can do.
Change it! The speed is too fast, why do you fly so fast? Reduce it a little bit. The flexibility is too good, what should you do to be so flexible? Change it a little bit heavier. The stealth performance is too good, what should you do to have such a high invisibility effect? What do you eat with your eyes? Change it to let me see it more clearly... In this way, General Clegg looked at this plane that had been entrusted with great hope, but was changed beyond recognition because of funding issues.
Although the performance in all aspects has been reduced, the price has of course been reduced to a satisfactory $70 million per aircraft. Although the overall performance has declined, the design performance of this aircraft is extremely powerful. Therefore, although the performance in all aspects is far less than that of the past after the change, it is still a good fighter. Its performance is far greater than the sixth-generation fighter aircraft being designed by the US military. In the US Department of Defense's new equipment research archive, the number of this aircraft is called: F-31.
"70 million US dollars should be almost the same. The men of Congress should have agreed to buy some, right? After all, this has been reduced a lot compared to the original sky-high price of 2 billion." When General Clegg thought of this, he would always laugh involuntarily.
As he walked into the presidential office with the F-31's purchase plan and performance instructions with interest, President Scott was discussing the results of the visit with Secretary Craul, who had just returned from China.
"Will not open up international markets within ten years? Is this really what they said?" President Scott was a little embarrassed to believe his ears.
"It's true, this is what the Chairman said in person, God can prove it." Crowel was somewhat unhappy to see the president's most suspicious words.
"Incredible, it's incredible." President Scott touched his bare forehead and said to himself: "How could they make such a big concession? It's so surprising."
"No, I don't think it's surprising at all." Seeing the president's performance, Crowel hurriedly said: "I think the Chinese people nowadays have no intention of being enemies with us at all. On the contrary, they even want to deliberately win us over as their allies. In other words, they need us."
"Allies? Who do they need to deal with?" Scott was a little confused about the secretary of state's words.
"The Japanese are their biggest enemy at present." The Secretary of State explained: "The impact of the South China Sea oil crisis on the world is the most serious in addition to the countries around Southeast Asia. This island country has no resources and its land area is very small, which is not conducive to development at all. However, the Japanese have the biggest ace, that is, they have the most economic strength in Asia. China is just the opposite of Japan. The land and resources are rich, but the economic situation is not optimistic. After this energy crisis, Japan relied on marriage to regain new oil sources and ensured domestic demand and supply. However, the Chinese launched the "Hanlong" battery at this time. It is impossible not to say that they are really good at choosing the opportunity to take action."
"Oh? What do you mean, the Chinese are already prepared for this?" Scott was stunned when he heard this.
"It should be like this," Crower nodded: "As early as decades ago, many energy scientists predicted that there were not much oil resources left on the earth. Since then, countries have been rushing to study new energy. Although our country started early in this regard and achieved some results, we have never disclosed these things internationally, and other countries have the same attitude in this regard. Therefore, we completely rule out the possibility that the Chinese people steal data from us. The only explanation is that they have already researched new batteries, but have not been put into practical use."
"How is this possible? My God, Crowel, how can you say that? Our country's science and technology are the most advanced in the world!" the president exclaimed.
"On the surface, it is indeed the case." Crowel said helplessly: "But we don't know the research projects of other countries at all. They don't announce the results, and we don't know what kind of achievements they have achieved. China is a mysterious country. When ancient Europe was still in a state of ignorance, they already had the most advanced technology in the world at that time. But the Europeans at that time didn't know this knowledge at all. This is the result of closed knowledge, and no one can blame. The current situation is the same."
"Although it sounds unacceptable, I have to agree with your statement, which makes sense." Scott nodded silently: "So, what's going on with you saying they are our allies?"
"Although the Chinese have developed new batteries that can completely replace oil, the Chinese lack time, they need time." Crower picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip of it, and said slowly: "I don't know why they chose to launch this battery when the energy crisis broke out, nor do they know if they just made the technology of this battery completely practical. However, it is absolutely unwise for them to choose to replace energy nationwide at this time."
"Why?" Scott was a little confused.
"Because the public's awareness is very limited," Crower continued: "Take the United States as an example, what do you think if we announce the news that batteries will replace oil in China tomorrow?"
The president thought about it and was silent.
Chapter completed!