The Middle East is a land of right and wrong in the true sense of the earth. Ever since the discovery of a large amount of oil, extremely violent conflicts have begun here. Wars have never stopped, and killings are taking place almost every moment.
Going to this place of right and wrong early next year to serve as a senior tactical instructor seems a bit interesting.
Zhou Hai doesn't care about how the country thinks. He only cares about why he suddenly became a senior tactical instructor?
Senior tactical instructors are completely different from Argentina's basic flight instructors, and they must emphasize offensiveness and practical combat.
"Big dog." Lin Jian said with a smile, spitting out words that did not belong to the country but accurately described a country.
Zhou Hai was startled for a moment and asked: "Big dog owner?!"
Big dog owner!
This Eastern word, which evolved from Good's golden customers, is only owned by one country on earth - Saudi Arabia, which has oil at home.
What does it mean to have a mine at home?
We have petroleum, an energy source that is crucial to the development of the entire human civilization.
With oil, although I don’t have much say in the world’s circle of friends, I have two words on my forehead: rich!
As a serious wealthy businessman recognized around the world and a tycoon among friends in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's label of being rich can be said to be without any water.
When buying military weapons and equipment, as long as you have your eye on it, you can just wave your hand and the unit of measurement is based on hundreds of millions, followed by US dollars.
Arms sales orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars are like mosquito legs. Arms sales orders worth billions of dollars are as easy as eating and drinking. The super arms sales order of $60 billion, which hit a record high ten years ago, can be placed without any ambiguity. .
Over and over again, Saudi Arabia's defense system and military weapons and equipment have cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Last year, it ranked third in the world's defense and military expenditures with $86 billion, and ranked first in per capita military expenditures.
However, if you have money, you will buy military equipment that is basically a castrated version. The performance of various types of fighters equipped by the Air Force is far more severe than that of the FC-20X 'Qingjiao', which is also a castrated version.
Killing the big dog, this sentence has made countless countries drool. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia's large-scale arms sales and procurement are exclusively American military industrial enterprises.
Zhou Hai had to admit that Saudi Arabia, the big dog, was indeed rich, but what puzzled him was why he went to Saudi Arabia to serve as a senior tactical instructor?
Could it be said that Saudi Arabia also bought its own fighter jets?
It seems possible.
Due to confidentiality regulations, Zhou Hai did not take the initiative to ask why he went to Saudi Arabia.
"The one-on-two air combat in South America shot down two Typhoons, which has received enthusiastic response from the international arms sales market. In addition, Qingjiao is cost-effective, has advanced performance, is stable and reliable, and its sales prospects are very good now."
Lin Jian smiled, took a sip of bamboo leaf green, looked at Zhou Hai, the hero, and slowly recounted the situation during this period: "Saudi Arabia secretly sent people to contact us. After half a year of inspection and negotiation, they secretly signed a contract for the fighter aircraft army." According to the sales procurement plan, 48 FC-20X 'Qingjiao' aircraft were purchased, equipped with common data links and weapon interfaces, with a unit price of US$55 million, plus ground crew training, etc., with a total order value of US$2.5 billion."
Just as Zhou Hai guessed, after the air war broke out in South America, the FC-20X 'Qingjiao' carefully built by Academician Yang Wei became an instant hit. Its limelight and influence easily surpassed the famous Typhoon, allowing many international companies with procurement qualifications to The customer's eyes lit up.
Saudi Arabia is one of them.
Because the Saudi Air Force is equipped with 72 Typhoon fighters, 48 in the second batch and 24 in the third batch of production. As a result, when the Saudi Air Force pilots were flying the Typhoon soaring in the blue sky, the news of the air battle in South America came, which immediately made people feel uncomfortable. Hands and feet are cold.
The FC-20X 'Qingjiao' developed by China defeated Typhoon and won the air battle. This news was enough to shock many people.
But it's not too late, the most important thing is, it's one against two!
They were both three and a half generations old, but they were blown into the sky by a typhoon, and had their underwear taken off by the little-known Qingjiao, revealing their true colors. It was so unbearable.
How to play?
How to play this?
Regardless of how others reacted to the news, the Saudi Air Force only knew that their own Typhoon, which looked pretty good, seemed to be dissatisfied with the useless display. After thinking about it, they quickly secretly dispatched a military delegation to China to discuss the purchase of Qingjiao. The situation of the fighter plane.
First, I wanted to find out the truth.
Secondly, I do have the idea of purchasing it.
As a result, when we arrived at the destination, we were constantly seduced and teased by Chengdu Aircraft's staff. In addition, the 'Red Cat' airborne AESA active phased array radar and third-generation helmet display system, advanced avionics, and extremely high maneuverability, And the WS-10A 'Taihang' with reliable performance and independent intellectual property rights, I was attracted immediately.
The comprehensive performance parameters on paper can already rub the F-15C equipped by itself on the ground, and slap the Typhoon fighter hard in the face.
In fact, after personal driving and testing by Saudi pilots, it was found that the performance is indeed excellent.
Not only the excellent performance, but the flirting between Chengdu Aircraft and the Air Force is the most fatal. The fighter jets are sold without any extras. You can buy whatever you want. Except for items on the weapons export ban list, you can buy them all at affordable prices.
Heartbeat!
Sometimes, love at first sight is like that.
Saudi Arabia, the big dog owner who had been secretly involved in the FC-31 fourth-generation stealth fighter military project behind the back of Laos and the United States, was completely moved.
It has better performance than Typhoon and F-15C, and the price is lower. It has been tested in actual combat and has been affirmed. This is a big bargain!
If you don’t buy it, you are simply sorry to the great Allah!
Moreover, I will not buy the F-35 Lightning that I have longed for. Shenfei’s FC-31 fourth-generation stealth aircraft project is still early. As for the F-22 Raptor, I am not even allowed to take a look at it in real life. Watching it on TV and online is a shame.
Then, an ulterior act happened secretly. The Saudi military delegation fell into the arms of Lockheed Martin and signed an arms sales order for 48 Qingjiao aircraft.
After hearing this situation and the quotation for fighter jets, Zhou Hai basically clarified the situation and was stunned: "Will Saudi Arabia agree to US$55 million?"
A single aircraft costs US$55 million, which is a full 10 million US dollars more than the Qingjiao sold to Argentina. It is almost as much as the ex-factory price of the J-10D Fire Dragon.
"Saudi Arabia doesn't know the price between us and Argentina. Anyway, they can kill as much as they can, and they don't pay in RMB. And just like this, the generals in the Saudi delegation think that we are too good and are good friends."
Lin Jian shrugged, recalling the scene of secret negotiations not long ago, and couldn't help but smile: "How about it? It's easy to arrange it. The whole mission will take about two months. When the time comes, we will fly there directly and use the Pakistani airspace. The mission subsidy is US$8,000, the flight subsidy is US$1,000 per hour, and the instructor’s basic salary is US$300 per day, paid in US dollars.”
"Go, of course, I'm extremely poor now. I only have more than a thousand cash or RMB in my body." Zhou Hai's eyes lit up and he nodded without thinking.
