Chapter 213: Copying the Osprey, a brilliant project! Daxia’s warships are about to reveal their true colors!

In Kiev, inside a high-end local Western restaurant.

The puppet asked this question very seriously: "I don't know, when can we visit?"

After all, Ermao doesn't have many treasures, and there is nothing else except these. The Tu-160 White Swan is one of the only treasures that Lu Ze likes.

The rest of the weapons and equipment were really outdated, and Ermao, who was deceived, even took the initiative to castrate and discard his own equipment, so there were even fewer top-level weapons that survived.

however.

When he heard this, Clough didn't care too much, but just carefully put away the contract he had just signed.

It was just a small request from the sponsor, and this 'sponsor' might even buy more arms and equipment in the future to make him earn more money, so this request was naturally not a problem.

Want to visit the Tu-160 strategic bomber? What's the big deal?
If there were no nuclear bombs in their arsenal, Clough wouldn't mind taking her to see this "big treasure".

"Well, I'll take you to visit once the weapons are ready." He agreed directly. "At present, the defense department needs a few days to help you collect the equipment you need."

If you were the Eagle Sauce, and you bought 2 million US dollars of weapons and weapons just to see the "B- bomber", the Eagle Sauce might not even pay attention to you. You still have demands for such a small amount of money? Are you dreaming?

If it were the Russians, they would probably have to hold out with you for a while before agreeing to this matter with reluctance. After all, the Russians' broken ship still has three pounds of nails, so they wouldn't be so "humble" for 100 million US dollars.

But now, Lu Ze is facing Ermao. In 09, he is almost penniless. He buys arms and weapons worth million US dollars. What will happen?
Although Ermao obtained 19 Tu-160s, there is only one left now, which is still kept in a museum.

If the current priority was not to complete the order, he could even take this lady named 'Eva' to visit the strategic bomber that was about to rust tomorrow.

Hear the words.

"Then I look forward to your good news." The puppet picked up the wine glass and smiled faintly. After clinking the glasses, he took a sip and then said, "If the cooperation is pleasant, we will purchase more weapons next."

"More weapons? How many do you want to buy?" Clave's eyes lit up, which meant that more small change would go into his pocket.

This kind of side income that comes in quickly and requires little work is the best way to make money in his life.

"That depends on your speed." The puppet nodded and smiled, "If you can satisfy us, even if it's a number with a zero added to the end of the purchase amount, it won't be a problem."

As soon as the words fell, Clave's eyes, which had been slightly narrowed, suddenly widened, as if his soul was shocked by these words.

Add a zero to the end of the number? Wouldn't that mean a super arms order worth nearly one billion US dollars?

"You will definitely be satisfied." He immediately stood up and said with a serious expression on his face: "You can congratulate us now, and we will have a happy cooperation next time."

The moment this big pie was drawn up, Krafft felt that his whole body was filled with motivation.

This is a super order worth ten billion US dollars, what an exaggerated number.

Perhaps this amount is not considered large in the eyes of big countries like Daxia and the United States, especially since the United States' annual arms sales abroad are calculated in hundreds of billions of US dollars.

But you have to know that their total foreign trade import and export volume this year is expected to be only 1 billion US dollars, and this 80 billion US dollar order can account for / of it.

In the past, when sellers were clearing out their inventory at the end of the year, it would be good enough to sell arms and equipment worth 500 million or 600 million US dollars. On top of that, they would even have to face criticism and price pressure from buyers from all sides. How could they be as easy to deal with as the international arms buyer in front of them?

Of course, the more crucial point is that Kraft can get a commission of 1% of the total order amount, which is a full million US dollars. Even if part of it needs to be distributed, he can still get millions of US dollars in profits from it.

He had never come across such a lucrative business in his 20 years as the 'Director of Antonov Design Bureau'. Now that he had encountered it, how could he let it go?

at this time.

On the other side of the ocean, in the small town of Livermore, inside the LLNL laboratory.

When I saw the puppet returned to the hotel, I was ready to wait for the next development.

Lu Ze broke away from the perspective directly in the light curtain, took a look at the surrounding environment, and quickly locked on the main purpose of his visit.

'Finally I found this thing,' he thought to himself.

He was in the storage warehouse of the maintenance center of the LLNL laboratory, staring at the behemoth in front of him.

The iconic large propeller design tilted to the left and right looks like two large antennas hanging on it, making it look like a completely weird-looking helicopter.

Some military enthusiasts can immediately recognize what kind of helicopter this is.

V22 Osprey helicopter.

"This type of helicopter is more suitable for use in Daxia at present." Lu Ze touched his chin and began to ponder in his heart.

This thing is superior to the Chinook helicopter in all aspects of performance. After all, the original plan of the Eagle Sauce was to use this type of helicopter to replace the Chinook.

Both are heavy-duty transport helicopters of the 20-ton class and are comparable in technical specifications.

'Chinook is good, but I overlooked a problem before.'

Lu Ze has always wanted to copy a Chinook helicopter, mainly because he thinks it is cheap and practical, and its production and maintenance costs are not very high.

Isn't this kind of 'heavy transport helicopter' what Daxia needs most?

But now when he saw the 'V22 Osprey', an important question suddenly came to his mind.

That is, what Daxia urgently needs is helicopters like the Osprey that can meet various high-specification requirements of ships and land, rather than a single-category heavy transport aircraft like the Chinook.

Even the current demand for more helicopters by the Daxia Army can be met by general-purpose transport helicopters of ten to fifteen tons.

There is no need to use this 10-ton twin-rotor helicopter as a substitute. The 15- ton medium-sized single-rotor helicopter is simpler and safer in terms of price and maintenance.

Or we could directly demand an ultra-heavy helicopter transport aircraft of more than 30 to 40 tons, instead of being stuck in the awkward position of 20 tons.

in contrast.

The V22 Osprey, a high-speed tilt-rotor aircraft, does not seem to be as useful as the Chinook, despite its higher technical requirements, higher manufacturing price and higher maintenance costs.

However, it has high demand from the navy, army and air force, and can even meet transformation needs in all aspects. It can easily handle all kinds of dirty work, and it is not a problem to use it temporarily as an armed attack aircraft. This is a feature that a single transport aircraft such as the Chinook cannot have.

"And in the future, it may be more appropriate to replace heavy helicopters with unmanned transport aircraft."

Lu Ze thought about the development of drones in the future, and he was constantly thinking about it.

At worst, when you encounter a Chinook later, you can use the 'borrow' permission to copy it down. There is no need to hesitate.

Think of this.

Lu Ze placed his hand next to its case and said to himself, "Use the 'borrow' permission."

【Ding! Borrowing permission was used successfully. 】

[V22 Osprey helicopter, value achievement points: 13000 points. ]

[Do you want to consume: 13000 achievement points and use the 'borrow' permission? ] "Yes." Lu Ze confirmed decisively.

The achievement points required are not many. The achievement points consumed by a V22 Osprey are on the same level as those of top-level industrial equipment.

As for the regular number of copies, Lu Ze planned to save them up. Currently, there were no advanced technological items worth copying, let alone things that could use "multiplied replication".

Anyway, the regular copy times can be accumulated, so there is no rush.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for consuming 13000 achievement points and obtaining the following rewards. ]

[V22 Osprey helicopter (already sent to inventory), technical design drawings of all V22 Osprey models. (Including CV-22A, MV-22B, etc.) ]

When Lu Ze was busy copying.

On the other side, in Daxia, at this moment.

In the office of an academician at the Daxia Aerospace Science and Industry Rocket Research Institute, two elderly men were sitting.

But the current scene is very strange. An old man is holding a document like a wooden sculpture, completely motionless.

On the desk next to him, another old man was happily drinking tea and jokingly asked, "What's wrong? Old Pei, who is fearless, are you also scared?"

After a while.

Pei Tian still had a dull look in his eyes. He looked at the document in his hand, and then at Zheng Lixing, who had a questioning look on his face.

"Old Monster Zheng, you are kidding, right?" He felt as if his heart was about to stop beating: "We have the full set of technology for this thing?"

How could I not be scared?

Is the 'hypersonic missile' written in this TM document something that Daxia is currently able to develop?
"Yes, you heard it right." Zheng Lixing repeated again: "A full set of technologies, from theory to implementation process, material selection, etc., every step of the technology is included."

"This..." Pei Tian sat down on the stool, slowly digesting this extremely large amount of information.

Then he read the document again with extreme care.

Previously, he held a critical attitude and looked at the technical theory and demonstration process. After all, for a technology that has not been developed, all its parameters can only be regarded as an "ideal number" and one cannot have too high expectations.

But it’s a completely different story when you know that this technology is real, which means that any data written on it is achievable and can be verified.

Half an hour later, Pei Tian suddenly raised his head, his pupils filled with confusion and shock: "What technology did you develop at Xiake Institute?"

According to the description in the document, this is a third-generation hypersonic missile that uses a 'waverider' and can change its trajectory multiple times at the terminal.

"That's right." Zheng Lixing nodded.

"A missile with a terminal velocity of 10 to 20 Mach can also change its trajectory in the critical space."

"Xia Science Institute can actually develop this kind of technology? Are you kidding me?" Pei Tian's voice was filled with horror.

The maximum speed can exceed Mach 20, and most of the time it spends changing its trajectory within the critical space atmosphere. This is simply an uninterceptable missile. Once it is launched, unless there is a mechanical failure, it means it will directly "hit" the target.

He had only heard of the idea of ​​this missile technology, and even Daxia was already conducting preliminary research and development work.

However, no one in the world has developed it, and whether it can be realized remains an unknown.

And now, when did Xia Keyuan have this technology? How come he didn't get any information? What happened?
"Don't worry about how I figured it out. If your Rocket Academy isn't interested, I'll go ask the Second Academy."

Zheng Lixing sat up directly and pretended to be about to leave.

Seeing this, Pei Tian didn't bother to ask too many questions and pulled him to sit down: "Why are you in such a hurry? What do those guys in the Second Institute know about 'hypersonic' missiles? Wouldn't it be a waste to give them this technology?"

"You are from the Rocket Academy, you can't turn your elbow outward."

The Second Academy is a branch of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.

Originally, both of them belonged to the Fifth Academy, but the Rocket Research Institute was the main body of the Fifth Academy, and the Second Academy was just a branch.

The two institutes have been fighting for decades, so how could they just watch this technology slip into the hands of others? If the guys from the Second Institute develop a 'waverider trajectory-changing hypersonic missile',

If that were true, Pei Tian would probably be so jealous that he wouldn't be able to sleep for days and nights.

"Prepare a plan first and make it work." Zheng Lixing said, "As for the technology, someone will send it to the Rocket Academy later."

At present, they must develop this "hypersonic missile" as quickly as possible.

After all, Daxia is facing more and more challenges, and the best defense is the ultimate offense.

This kind of "hypersonic" weapon just corresponds to the old saying of Daxia: The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed.

Just look at this martial arts that can reach Mach 20, can you, American Eagle, withstand it?

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Ermao is still preparing the prelude to the arms deal.

At this time, nearly half a month had passed since the acquisition of the "Wasp-class" amphibious assault ship.

The research and development of the "hypersonic missile" project has been officially launched and has entered an intense preparation stage.

However, this project should be completed much faster than Zhang Yuli and others expected. After all, Daxia originally had certain research and development ideas for "hypersonic ballistic missiles", and now it has just accelerated the pace and developed it several years ahead of schedule.

Just at this moment, suddenly.

A phone call came to Xia Keyuan, disturbing the two elders who were playing chess leisurely during this opportunity.

"It's a call from that guy Lao Wang." Zheng Lixing glanced at the caller ID and answered the call.

time.

Over there, Wang Guanghai's voice came, unable to contain his joy: "Report!"

"Our Southern Fleet has completed the transformation of the target's appearance. Please provide further instructions."

After hearing this, the two old men looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

What other ships are the Southern Fleet currently undergoing renovation, besides the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship?
Zhang Yuli shouted several "good"s and issued an instruction directly: "Carry out the ship's sailing operation according to the previous plan."

The ship transformation is completed, doesn’t this mean?

This "big toy" of Daxia can finally reveal its true appearance under the eyes of the whole world.

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