Chapter 21: Weapons and equipment officially arrive; Daxia only regrets that it does not have enough financial resources! (Please read on!)
"Are you interested in the B-2 bomber?" Zheng Lixing was stunned.

Which country in the world is not interested in this thing? Who doesn't want it? If there is, it can only be said that its strength does not dare to say the three words "interested".

This is the world's only strategic stealth heavy bomber. Although its bomb load is less than half of that of the Tu-160 White Swan strategic bomber, the B-2 bomber is a stealth strategic bomber, which is as important to a bomber as the maneuverability and speed of a fighter.

After all, even if a bomber has a bomb load of 100 tons, once it is discovered by radar, it can be destroyed by a missile.

Zhang Yuli was naturally aware of this and responded decisively.

We are very interested in this technology.

With the opportunity to obtain the B-2 bomber right in front of him, if Zhang Yuli hesitated for even a second, it would be a sin and blasphemy.

Soon, the mysterious man's reply email rang.

[Please wait for good news. When the time comes, you can also settle the previous payment together. ]

Look at this message.

Zheng Lixing still felt incredible: "Lao Zhang, this person said it couldn't be the B-2 Spirit bomber of the Eagle Sauce? Maybe he made a mistake?"

"Did you say B-1 bomber instead of B-2?"

After all, this possibility may be even higher, and the B-1 bomber, commonly known as the Lancer strategic bomber, is also one of the most important strategic bomber forces of the Eagle Sauce. (Mainly the B-1B model, only 4 prototypes of the A model were produced)

Zhang Yuli's eyes were burning: "No, I don't think he would make such a mistake."

Anyone who can get something like the F22 fighter design drawings will never joke with you.

Without absolute caution and care, he would not have survived until now in Eagle Sauce.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yuli typed another line of words.

[Please be careful, even if you don't get the technology, we will still give you a certain reward.]

"I hope he can be more careful and never take risks rashly." Zhang Yuli murmured to himself.

This is what he is most worried about, and the remuneration is completely irrelevant.

No matter how tempting the B-2 bomber is, it is far less attractive than this mysterious man who can bring technology from the United States.

Although it is unclear who he is, the strategic value of this mysterious man is not comparable to the B-2 bomber. After all, the former can be developed by Daxia in ten or twenty years, but the latter may not be encountered once in a hundred years.

The mysterious man's current status is that of a true national treasure.

Zheng Lixing, who was standing next to him, shook his head: "This B-2 bomber is good, but I'm afraid it's difficult to build."

“It’s really too expensive.”

The B-2 strategic bomber is the only stealth strategic bomber. Anyone who sees it will be confused.

But the problem is that its cost is ridiculously high, with each unit costing an average of 24 billion US dollars, which is nearly 180 billion RMB. How can we afford it?

"The main reason is the high R&D cost. In fact, the cost of a single unit should be around one billion US dollars."

Zhang Yuli shook his head and continued to speculate, "Moreover, after so many years, the cost can be further reduced using the current manufacturing process."

The United States has only produced 21 B2 bombers in total, and the research and development funding is as high as tens of billions of dollars. The average cost of each aircraft is very high. If it is mass-produced, the cost will drop significantly.

With the development of modern technology, the expensive materials in the past will become much cheaper now, and the cost can be further reduced. Despite this, Zheng Lixing still looked embarrassed: "No matter how much we save, it will probably take 800 million or 900 million US dollars to build one. That is hard to afford."

Eight hundred million US dollars is exactly 55 billion RMB.

This is because the mysterious man has access to a full set of information and they only need to bear the cost of building a single machine.

You should know that the estimated cost of a single J-20 aircraft is only to million RMB, which is less than million US dollars. billion RMB is enough to buy two full squadrons of aircraft.

Zheng Lixing's face was somewhat gloomy: "We are still short of money. Even if we really have this technology, it can only quench our thirst."

This astronomical amount of money is something that Daxia cannot afford at the moment.

Not to mention the J-20 project, the Varyag is currently still docked in the dock waiting to be converted into an aircraft carrier, and Project 072 (Yun-20) is still being carried out in full swing.

Even many Type 051s have not been retired yet, and their service life is approaching years. The development of new destroyers is also imminent. Which of these major projects can wait? Which one is not more urgent than the bomber?

Zhang Yuli sighed helplessly: "Hey, I understand everything you said."

The B-2 bomber costs million US dollars each. At least ten of them must be built to unleash its maximum combat effectiveness, which costs a full billion US dollars.

How much is Daxia's military expenditure this year? At most, it is only more than 400 billion RMB, which is less than 70 billion US dollars.

Now they have to spend more than one-tenth of their share to build bombers? The General Logistics Department can't even afford that much money even if it goes bankrupt.

Even if the mysterious man really sent them the B-2 bomber technology, they might not be able to start construction immediately.

Instead, they are kept as technical reserves, and when suitable technologies become available in the future, these technologies will be integrated into Daxia's new generation of strategic stealth bombers.

Otherwise, we can only hope that they make a huge fortune.

One sentence can vividly interpret their inner feelings:
“I just regret that I don’t have enough money.”

Two days later.

Eagle sauce, inside LLNL National Laboratory.

Time slowly came to Friday, and there were still two days before Zhou Ze's next replication.

During these few days, Lu Ze discovered a bright spot.

The professor he followed, Michael Hasen, was even more lame than himself. He would clock in at the laboratory at nine in the morning and then go straight home to rest. As for the R&D projects, they were in the state of creating folders for a long time.

If he didn't know the inside story, Lu Ze would have suspected that he was just drawing a salary in the LLNL laboratory without doing any work.

Of course, as students, he and Lucy naturally followed the pace of their mentor.

Anyway, as an intern graduate student, there is not much salary at all, so why work hard? The two of them always adhere to the principle of never arriving early if they can be late, and never working overtime if they can leave early.

At this time, the two of them sat contentedly on the chairs, slowly enjoying the free snacks.

Lucy swallowed an egg tart in one gulp and remembered something: "Lu Ze, the latest batch of weapons and equipment from the Ministry of Defense has been brought back for inspection and upgrade."

Lu Ze put down the latte in his hand, his eyes revealing surprise: "So fast?"

Doesn't that mean that he can copy the equipment right away?
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(End of this chapter)