Chapter 23 The Best

The flight performance of the Phantom aircraft ended. Liu Ming saw the eager gazes in the eyes of the pilots around him. It could be seen that they were very satisfied with the performance of this new fighter aircraft. Everyone showed a look of eagerness in their eyes, wanting to experience the feeling of driving the Phantom.

But Liu Ming estimated that this was impossible. The No. 4 aircraft has been equipped with a full set of radar and electronic fire control systems, which can be said to be a pre-production type of the Phantom fighter. Before the French Air Force permit, the Iraqis did not have the opportunity to get in close contact with this aircraft. Today, it was a rare special treatment. Sure enough, when Iraq proposed to visit the aircraft cockpit, Dassault Airlines politely but firmly rejected this request.

This disappointed the Iraqi pilots. Liu Ming comforted them that they would soon see a series of advanced aircraft, and Phantom was just one of them. His words made everyone excited again, and everyone speculated about what the advanced fighter jets Liu Ming mentioned, but Liu Ming was just a mysterious smile and no longer answered.

In fact, it is also contradictory in his mind. When it comes to fighter jets suitable for Iraq, the US F is one of the two types of tele-operated aircrafts in the world and the Phantom. Its good adaptability to the climate in the desert has also been verified by the Israeli Air Force. But the problem is that at this time, the Reagan administration proposed the policy of "restricting foreign weapons sales". With Iraq's position in the eyes of the United States at this time, it is likely that it cannot buy F and even if it buys an aircraft, it cannot buy a production line. Aircraft without a production line is equivalent to a pile of scrap iron. Therefore, because the US military purchase has a strong political color, the risk of purchasing American aircraft is very high.

It is possible for the Soviet MiG to be bought, and Iraq did the same in history. However, the negotiations lasted nearly 6 years before Iraq bought fighter jets, and the problem of the production line was far away. So Liu Ming had to come to France to see if the world's third largest aviation power could surprise him. The guarantee of his recent ally Sorrel Dedasai also gave Liu Ming's idea hope.

It depends on the performance of this ally! At this time, Liu Ming began to regret that he did not express his support for Sorrel Dedasai's armed actions.

The Iraqi delegation proposed to Dassault Airways to purchase a phantom aircraft, which attracted great attention from Dassault. After all, a new aircraft is not yet mature, especially it has not been tested by the market. It is worth celebrating when a buyer came to him at this time, which shows that the new aircraft driven by Dassault Group is likely to become a successful work.

Dassault's Mirage fighter jets were defeated by the United States in the "century contract" for the procurement of new military aircraft of the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Norway. This American aircraft almost monopolized the entire European market. The aircraft was strongly exported to NATO allies. Under the strong export offensive of NATO allies, French Mirage aircraft was driven out of the traditional European market. The situation was very bad. After the Paris Air Show, Dassault even actively promoted Mirage aircraft to China in order to find a new buyer. Therefore, Dassault attached great importance to Iraq's intentions and enthusiastically invited the delegation to enjoy dinner here. The senior management of Dassault Group will take a plane from Paris to meet Liu Ming for a detailed interview.

The extremely rich French feast, the precious and mellow wine and the host's warm hospitality made the atmosphere very harmonious. Except for Mohamed Reyer who was still resentful because he could not fly a Phantom fighter jet to test flight, the rest of the people were laughing and laughing with the French side, and the host and the host were all happy. Accompanying Liu Ming was Mr. Sarkozy, the general manager of the production base of Dassault Aviation Touruze. He was a down-to-earth and silent person, good at production management and not good at communicating with others. Therefore, although he worked hard, he still could not get promoted for a long time and could not work at the Paris headquarters.

Liu Ming asked with a smile: "Mr. Sarkozy, your Phantom is a good aircraft. I saw that its performance is excellent at low and medium altitudes!"

Mr. Sarkozy raised his head, and his tone was filled with the unique sense of pride of the French. General! This is the best fighter in the world!"

Liu Ming asked: "I heard that it uses a fan motor and does not have enough thrust, so it is slow in performance and transonic performance. I wonder if it is true?"

A look of surprise flashed in Sarkozy's eyes. He did not expect that Liu Ming, as a general of the 6th Army, could ask such professional questions, but Liu Ming's question was at the critical point. He hesitated for a moment and had to answer honestly: "This - I'm afraid yes, general! Phantom's audio and performance are slightly insufficient. This is mainly because the original motivation was not in place, but the motivation has been developed and the more advanced ones are almost completed, so Phantom will soon be equipped with the best aviation motive in the world."

Liu Ming smiled slightly. He noticed the strong sense of pride of the French. He liked to use the word "the best in the world" when talking about everything! He nodded, saying that he accepted the other party's explanation and believed in the strength of Dassault and the French aviation industry! But at present, in my opinion, Phantom is just an excellent platform and is far from reaching the level of a mature weapon system! For example, its fire control system and Da cannot guide the Matera range missile, which is a great disadvantage in air combat."

Sarkozy was shocked. He didn't expect that the other party had never had close contact with the Phantom, and he had such an in-depth understanding of this aircraft. He had to say carefully: "This is only a temporary problem. We are working with Matra and Thomson to solve this problem soon. Don't worry, the French Air Force also has similar requirements, so we will solve it with all our might."

Seeing that the temperature was almost the same, Liu Ming said, "Our procurement quantity may be relatively large, about about -" As soon as he spoke, Sarkozy was ecstatic - Ah! The price of a single aircraft is around US dollars, including spare parts, personnel training and various weapons costs - if according to the NATO Air Force's valuation method, these auxiliary costs are roughly equivalent to the right of the price of the fighter itself, then the average aircraft is US dollar aircraft, which is US$ billion.

"This may become Dassault's largest foreign arms sales contract in decades. If he promotes this contract, then his future career will be in his career..." Sarkozy, who has not been promoted for many years, began to shine with sparks of ambition and hope. He even had a warm and even a little flattering smile on his face, and he tried his best to speak complimentary words next to Liu Ming. However, this person is good at business and has a slight lack of in this regard. His language is often inadequate, which makes Liu Ming a little funny. "If you buy the Phantom fighter, Dassault will provide you with the best service in the world, and you will get the most powerful air force in the world!" Sarkozy enthusiastically promoted Phantom to Liu Ming.

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"I want more than that, Mr. Sarkozy!" Liu Ming smiled slightly and said.

"More than that - what do you want? Please rest assured that for us, the customer's requirements are the highest purpose, and we will do everything you ask for you!" Sarkozy said seriously.

Liu Ming placed the best fighter jets in the world at that time in front of Sarkozy, and the American F-series fighter jets with outstanding results were also among them. Sarkozy couldn't help but hesitate slightly. After all, the Phantom was not mature, and the French did not have the comprehensive technical aspects of the European and American Soviet Union. But looking at Liu Ming's provocative gaze, Sarkozy, who had the same blood as Bonama and Charles de Gaulle, felt a stream of passion surge into his mind. He shouted: "Yes, general! The French can do it because Dassault can build the best plane in the world!" His voice was too high, and immediately quieted the entire hall. Everyone stopped talking and looked at the two people here.

At this time, a clear but slightly vicissitudes of life came, "Yes, sir! He was right. The French can build the best plane in the world!" People around him shook, and Liu Ming looked in the direction of the sound, and saw an old man about 60 years old walking in with a group of people. The words he just said.

Mr. Ger?" Sarkozy was stunned and murmured.

The old man walked up to Liu Ming, smiled gracefully, stretched out his hand, and introduced himself: "General, your youth is beyond my expectations! I am Seger Dassault, the general manager of Dassault Airlines, and I am honored to serve you!"

Seger Dassault Liu Ming was shocked. Unexpectedly, the future leader of Dassault took action personally. This man did not take over Dassault's power until five years later in his 60s. He always wanted to compete with the Americans, build the most powerful fighter jet in the world, and raised funds to restart the famous "France Dream" project regardless of other people's opposition.

Liu Ming stretched out his hand and after holding the other person's hand, he smiled sincerely. Mr. Jier was very happy to see you. I believe that we will have many common languages!"
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