Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

"With all due respect," Serge said sternly: "Eric, no matter what you plan to buy from IAI, I am afraid it is not a good choice."

"Oh why?"

“Of course it’s because of your China’s defense policy.” Searle said in a very serious tone: “As far as I know, China has always pursued an independent defense policy. This is actually very much in line with the views of our late President de Gaulle in Gaul. Unanimously, we, Gaul, as the founding country of NATO, withdrew from this organization in 1966, for this reason."

Tan Zhenhua nodded slightly, he knew this history.

NATO, the full name of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military bloc established by the United States, major developed countries in Western Europe and North America.

After the Second World War, in order to implement the strategy of containing Soviet Russia, the United States gathered 12 capitalist countries on April 4, 1949, signed the "North Atlantic Treaty" in Washington, and announced the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was established in 1949. Entered into force on August 24, 2012, and Gaul was one of the first contracting states.

NATO has been very purposeful since its inception. Its organization includes the North Atlantic Council, the Defense Planning Commission, the Permanent Representative Council, the Military Commission, and the International Secretariat. The member states conduct consultations and cooperation on major international issues. Coordinating positions and strengthening collective defense; NATO holds various joint military exercises every year, and its member states possess a large number of nuclear weapons and conventional forces, making them an important military force in the West.

Among the first 12 member states, North America only occupies 2 seats, and the rest are European countries. However, the supreme commander of the European Allied Forces has traditionally been held by American generals.

It can be seen from this that NATO is the symbol of the capitalist camp's military realization of a strategic alliance, the development of the Marshall Plan, and the tool and symbol for the United States to control the European defense system and dominate the world.

However, the arrogant Gauls actually do not want to be criticized by Americans all the time.

In the 1960s, the then President of Gaul, General Charles de Gaulle, actively promoted the "De Gaulleism", advocated the "moderation and cooperation" between the East and the West, advocated trade and cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, and in 1964 with the first elder of China With extraordinary strategic vision, they resolutely jointly made the historic decision to establish diplomatic relations across the board.

General de Gaulle was also an active promoter of "European integration". He believed that "Europe is the Europe of Europeans", and Britannia is the "Trojan horse" put in Europe by the Americans... In order to show that Gaul can be used in economic, policy and defense aspects. Maintaining independence and being able to rely on his own nuclear weapons and other armed forces to maintain his own security, the government he led withdrew from NATO in 1966.

Seeing Tan Zhenhua, Serge nodded slightly and continued: "Therefore, it is safe to buy our Gaul weapons and equipment. There are no strings attached. It can guarantee that China can use them at any time according to its own wishes, but Isaac cannot same."

"What's the difference? Issa, not a NATO signatory?" Tan Zhenhua asked knowingly.

"Isaac is certainly not a signatory of NATO, and he is not qualified to sign a treaty, because it is neither a European country nor a country around the Atlantic," Serge said in a slightly contemptuous tone: "But it is an ally of the United States. In this sense, its relationship with the United States is closer than that of NATO countries, and this brings about a problem."

When Serge said this, he paused on purpose, then looked up at Tan Zhenhua’s eyes and said word by word: “The problem is that the weapons and equipment Isaac sells to China are likely to be at some point. When China needs to use them, it loses its ability."

This last sentence obviously moved Tan Zhenhua. Serge was very satisfied to see that although the young man's face remained calm, his hand shook a little at a certain moment.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after a short break, the people led to a meeting room again under Charles' arrangement. Serge had already been waiting here, and the talks officially began.

After a brief conversation at lunch, Serge thought he had grasped the pulse of the Chinese visitors, so he did not have too much politeness, but went straight to the subject.

"Dear Chinese guests, since your delegation inspected our company’s "Phantom 2000" fighter in detail last year, we have conducted an in-depth analysis of your country’s requirements. We believe that the "Phantom 2000" can satisfy your country. A fighter with the main target."

Serge came up to express his position in a very positive tone.

"At present, the first mass-produced model of "Phantom 2000", "Phantom 2000C", has begun to enter the low-speed mass production stage and has begun to be delivered to our Gaul Air Force gradually. The maximum flight speed of the mass-produced model is Mach 2.2, which can fully meet the needs of expensive Fang’s requirements for interception missions, and what I want to point out is that the "Phantom 2000" is not just an interceptor that only focuses on high-altitude and high-speed performance. Its transonic combat capability can better reflect its excellent performance. The wing load of "Phantom 2000C" is quite small. Under combat weight conditions, the wing load is only 234 kg/m2, which is the smallest wing load of all known third-generation fighters. The available lift is relatively large, so the instant hovering performance Very good, the maximum usable overload reaches an astonishing 9g, the maximum roll can reach 270°/sec, and the maximum instantaneous disk reaches 30°/sec. Master Chen and Master Song, I know that you are both fighter designs. Experts in this field, these data must also know what it means."

Song Wenhua and Chen Yijian looked at each other, and both nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with the data.

In fact, not only these two commanders, but even the "pseudo" military fan Tan Zhenhua can understand that the instantaneous ability of the "Phantom 2000" is indeed the leader of the new generation of fighters in service.

The so-called "instant disk" means that when the aircraft is turning or circling, it consumes kinetic energy and potential energy in order to achieve the maximum turning speed. It is also the "falling altitude" and "falling speed" as the military fans say, the overload that the aircraft bears at this time It is very high, and the speed drops very fast, because this kind of circling cannot be sustained for a long time, hence the name: instant disc.

The instantaneous disc is a very important parameter of the fighter, because the higher the instantaneous disc, it means that the fighter can point the nose at the enemy aircraft at the limit, and the faster the missile can be launched—— This ability is obviously extremely useful when the fighter is caught in a close-range combat. After all, the current short-range air-to-air missile launches have high requirements for pointing.

However, Tan Zhenhua, who has read countless posts in his previous life, knows the weakness of the "Phantom 2000" fighter, and at this moment, he feels it is necessary to put it forward to emphasize that this is the most commonly used tactic for bargaining.

Xiao Tan Tan has mastered his skills.