1092 Angola needs more expensive and more advanced fighters
In any case, Zheng Yucheng did not believe that poor countries like Angola would look down on Chinese equipment.
The opponent's army has almost no heavy equipment. Every year, guns and ammunition rely on Soviet military aid. What qualifications do you have to look down on Chinese weapons and equipment that are cheap and affordable?
Xie Kai did not explain to him.
The brain circuit of the Angolan military is different from that of all African countries.
At that time, China promoted the Angolan military to the l-15b light attack aircraft, which was improved from the l-15 trainer aircraft. This thing has advanced aerodynamic layout, adopts telecom control systems, integrated avionics systems, etc., which is definitely enough for low-intensity wars in Africa.
However, the Angolan government rejected China's sales and spent more than one billion US dollars to buy 12 Indians from Russia for the renovation of Su-30k fighter jets. You know, the price is all up to Su-35!
Why buy Russian fighter jets that have reached their service life at a higher price and reject China's low-cost and affordable light attack aircraft? The reason given by the Angolan military is: to introduce more expensive and advanced fighter jets to meet the demand!
In a word, the Angolan military believes that Chinese fighter jets are cheap but not good.
This almost made Chinese personnel vomit blood.
However, Xie Kai also understood the Angolan military's idea. It is not without reason that they need more combat-powered and more advanced fighter jets. They should know that their imaginary enemy is South Africa, and South Africa almost took the throne of the sixth largest gadfly in the world. Its strength is better than being attacked by the People's Liberation Army in Vietnam. After the US Iraqi army beaten, the third Indian brother, who has been clamoring for the third place in the world, is not sure where he is stronger.
Even though Mandela, the president who is loved by countries around the world, destroyed his martial arts skills, gave up the development of mushroom bullets, and gave up all trade barriers, and made South Africa from a first-class developed country to a second-class developing country, South Africa's military strength is still the best in Africa.
Therefore, it is normal for Angola to look down on Chinese weapons and equipment.
Xie Kai couldn't explain all this to Zheng Yucheng.
Zheng Yucheng did not pay much attention to African countries.
Those countries only need guns and cannons, not the target customer group of manufacturing units with expensive equipment such as 404.
"You can take the exam first." Zheng Yucheng didn't say anything, but asked Xie Kai to deal with the exam first. "You should stop thinking about going abroad. The above has issued a ban on going abroad..."
"I don't want to die! Why do I do when I go abroad?" Xie Kai was really scared about going abroad.
This time, Liu Xu, who had been thinking about letting him go abroad, became a firm opponent of Xie Kai's going abroad.
As long as it is not the previous confinement order, how can such a large China, with a land area of 9.6 million square kilometers and a huge territorial sea, not enough for Xie Kai to do anything?
"You take the exam first, let me talk first and see what they need." Zheng Yucheng said to Xie Kai when he left.
Xie Kai did not refuse either. While taking care of Moqi, he was preparing for the exam honestly.
The Thai military is still in the future, and the Angolan military delegation will arrive.
I don’t know if Zheng Yucheng was bored or why, but he actually received an Angolan military delegation in person.
"General Savent, please rest assured that we have everything you need, whether it is the Air Force fighter jets, the heavy firepower of the army, and the navy's ships..." Zheng Yucheng despised the Angolan delegation and showed great importance to it on the surface.
He didn't believe that without Xie Kai, the top 404 leader, would not be able to sell equipment.
If the other party is a country where domestic advanced equipment or money can buy any advanced equipment, Zheng Yucheng will not have such confidence.
Angora.
The country is so poor that it basically has no heavy weapons.
General Savent, who led the team, did not comment or say much nonsense, and directly expressed his hope to take a look at Chinese equipment first.
The first stop is Factory 132.
For the Angolan military, air support is a must.
Any country has priority to developing the air force. Without air supremacy, ground forces can only be beaten.
Previously, with the support of Cuba’s air force, Angola did not have these problems. Now Cuba has begun to withdraw its troops, so that’s not possible.
The Soviet Union had previously supported 8 MiG-21s, which was definitely not enough. At least the entire Angola also has a territory of millions of square kilometers. Could it be that 4 were arranged on the northern border and 4 were arranged on the southern border?
Mobuto to the north and South Africa to the south, the air force is far stronger than them.
So, they need a large number of advanced fighter jets.
At the same time, the Angolan government needs to owe money, and the government has no money.
"Although the J-7 is a counterfeit MiG-21, after more than 20 years of improved design, its performance has long surpassed the MiG-21 and has very powerful combat capabilities. These fighters are familiar with the operation of MiG-21 fighter jets. Your country is familiar with the operation of MiG-21 and can easily become familiar with the operating performance..."
In the assembly workshop of Factory 132, a group of leading cadres from Factory 132 accompanied the black brothers from Africa, introducing the J-7 fighter jet while visiting.
The J-7 has been modified in many models, and even the aerodynamic layout outside is almost the same as that of the MiG-21.
"This is a fighter specifically used to obtain air supremacy. At the same time, different ammunition can be added, so that the fighter has ground attack capabilities and fast speed. After dropping the bomb, it can leave quickly to avoid ground air defense firepower..." Zheng Yucheng introduced.
The MiG-21's combat radius is only 270 kilometers. For the Soviet Union, the function of this type of fighter was to encounter the enemy and launch missiles at a suitable position, and evacuate after launch.
China's J-7 is different.
Because of national defense needs, the J-7 needs not only to intercept enemy fighters, but also to have air combat capabilities. Also, because the Chinese military has no money, a fighter needs to have comprehensive performance that can perform more tasks.
As for the Soviet Union, because of Migoyang's strong technical strength, even if the MiG-21 is modified, it will only increase the engine thrust and improve electronic equipment so that this thing can have a faster speed and a longer range.
China's J-7 and MiG-21 are completely different.
The MiG-21 fighter jet is the most familiar jet fighter jet of the Angolan Air Force.
Of course, the Soviet Union not only assisted them with eight MiG-21s, but also Su-22 attack aircraft, but also some Mi-24 armed helicopters.
Africans did not show much interest in the J-7.
"Director Zheng, for our Air Force, the performance of the J-7 is a bit behind..." General Savent said with a shake of his head.
The attitude is very obvious. If there is no better introduction to the fighter jet, then we will leave.
"General, such a fighter has advanced performance and low price..." Even Xiong Hongyuan was a little unhappy. He didn't even look down on such a high cost performance?
A J-7 sold for only US$7 million, with a large purchase quantity, and it is not impossible to reduce the price.
"What our Air Force needs is a powerful fighter jet with advanced performance and can meet our national defense construction needs, and weapons that can guarantee us to win, not cheap equipment!"
Although I have no money, even poor countries are almost without pants.
But the Angola general acted as more money than the Iraqi tycoon who had once traveled to China to buy weapons and equipment.
"We have more advanced fighter jets, but the prices are much higher." Zheng Yucheng said.
"Are you worried that we can't afford it?" Savant was dissatisfied.
Zheng Yucheng really wanted to tell him that he was really worried that the other party could not afford it, otherwise he would not have directly introduced the J-7 instead of the Super-7, right?
Not to mention Zheng Yucheng, even the leaders of Factory 132 who heard the translated words wanted to tell the generals of Angola that you really can't afford it.
Although the People's Liberation Army is poor, it is richer than the Angolan military, right?
The Air Force can't afford a Super-7, and it costs more than 10 million US dollars per aircraft.
The double-engine super-7b is even more deadly. The current manufacturing cost of one prototype is more than 50 million.
"We do not have much cash, but we have rich resources! So, for the price issue, you don't have to worry about it at all." Savente said boldly.
Zheng Yucheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
It seems like it's really rich.
"General, Super-7a, has advanced performance and outstanding combat capabilities. Our most advanced fighter jets in China! There are currently hundreds of orders, and even the United States has purchased 100!" Zheng Yucheng said proudly when he arrived at the Super-7a assembly workshop next to him.
After several months of production, the Super-7a has now installed more than ten assembly frames in the workshop, and there are even more behind it.
Some of the production lines purchased in Egypt are produced in China. China helps cultivate seed pilot instructors, and the orders produced later are delivered to Americans. As for how Americans use them, they don’t care.
Anyway, the money has been given.
"How is the performance of this fighter jet?" The Angolans became interested when they saw the appearance of these fighter jets.
But when I heard that the range of the sub-fuel tank was only 1,200 kilometers and the combat radius was only 500 kilometers, I suddenly felt powerless.
"We need better fighter jets, stronger performance, faster speeds, and instantly disappear without a trace..." An Air Force major general emphasized, "This kind of fighter jet is not even as good as the MiG-29!"
Grass!
Zheng Yucheng almost went crazy.
People are poor, why do you have such a big tone?
Not that there is no good, can they afford it?
Huo Haiyuan also felt embarrassed. Looking at Zheng Yucheng, the Super-7b was planned to be used by the Air Force.
Should I sell it too?
"General, we are a light fighter! Single shot, and it also takes on the function of a trainer." Huo Haiyuan didn't want to introduce these guys to the Super-7b, which was a good thing, and left to the Air Force for use on its own.
Chapter completed!