"I should agree. What I am worried about now is how to dispense those foreigners. They value this and can't afford it." Xie Kai looked helpless.

Nigeria will be very rich in the future, but it does not mean that it is rich now.

Such countries must establish good relations.

"It doesn't matter if the exporter is called 359, and the domestic ones will definitely not call such a name." Wang Guilin said this instead.

While walking back and chatting, the few people happened to meet Zhao Yuming from 617 coming here. Although they lost the tank competition with 404 today, they now seem to be very happy. They walk with floating and smiles on their faces. When they see Zheng Yucheng and others, they don’t feel like they were gritting their teeth before.

"Why, Lao Zhao, are you very happy to lose?" Zheng Yucheng couldn't stand this guy.

If you lose, you will lose. Why are you happy?

Could it be that if you lose, you can still get the orders from the troops?

Zhao Yuming didn't care about Zheng Yucheng's teasing at all, and said happily, "Yes, I'm really happy to lose. If I don't lose, it won't be our turn to have a good thing. I've been watching you make foreign exchange in the past few years, and now our 617 is also on the turn."

How many people were stunned, 617 earn foreign exchange?

"There is another order for 59 tanks?" Zheng Yucheng asked in surprise, "That's not bad. He sold more than 2,000 vehicles and more than one billion foreign exchange."

"Who sells that worthless thing? Style 88!" Zhao Yuming said proudly, "I have to thank you for this. If your tanks were not too good, we wouldn't have a chance yet, right?"

After saying that, he ignored Zheng Yucheng and the others and hummed a little song and went to the office where the big guys were.

Left 404, these people looked at each other in surprise.

"Type 88 exports? They are not the best tanks in China, they need to be equipped with troops? Can this thing be sold?" Zheng Yucheng obviously didn't believe it very much.

Type 88 research and development was originally intended to equip domestic armored troops. Now tell them if they don’t equip the troops, will they be exported?

To whom to sell?

Xie Kai didn't think Zhao Yuming needed to joke, nor did he brag.

"Relatively speaking, the technical performance of the Type 88 main battle tank is not as high as we export. At present, our domestic sales version has come out. The leaders have seen the specific performance and also seen the performance, so they naturally look down on the Type 88..." Xie Kai said.

Domestic military leaders saw better equipment. In the absence of war, the national defense strategy focus was strategic defense, and the funds were pitifully small.

If there is a better one, how can the military chief be behind?

As for training, it’s easy to say. There are still thousands of domestic 59 tank troops, which is enough for training.

"What should we do with our tank? The price is so high, and the troops can't afford much equipment." Zheng Yucheng became worried.

Wang Guilin was also very worried.

Zhao Yuming ignored Zheng Yucheng and the others' thoughts. They originally wanted to export tanks. Although the 59 was cheap, their performance was also behind. There were really few countries that looked up to them.

At this moment, the domestic sales version of the 359 tank is in a strong limelight, and the superiors look down on them as the Type 88 main battle tank that surpasses theirs.

I communicated with Nigeria's Deputy Defense Minister who could not afford such a top tank before. Although they hoped to get an upgraded version of the 359 tank, after learning about the Type 88 main battle tank in detail, I also felt that this tank was much stronger than other Chinese tanks.

Although the performance is still not top-notch, at least the price is cheap.

The quotation has only been raised at $1.5 million. Let’s talk about it, and it can be lowered.

"Chief, Nigeria and Argentina are both interested in our Type 88 main battle tanks, and Argentina even proposed to introduce production lines..." He said excitedly to a group of big shots.

It was a total surprise.

Nigeria requires 200 vehicles and equipped with 5 armored battalions; Argentina requires production lines, and the number is not much smaller.

Although it is not as cheap as the 404 359 tank, 1.5 million US dollars per vehicle, which is equivalent to RMB 6 million, which is much higher than the profit sold to the army.

What's more, subsequent upgrades are all money.

"Will you sell the 88-style product not cause technical leaks?" General Qin asked Zhao Yuming.

Zhao Yuming shook his head, "Chief, although the Type 88 main battle tank is more advanced than the previous Type 79, it even meets the second generation tank standard, and its technical performance is completely incomparable to the domestic tanks of Hongqi Machinery Factory. These are the upgrades of the technology introduced from the UK back then..."

At this moment, he naturally wanted to say that he was too behind.

Earn foreign exchange with exports!

In recent years, people who have been eyeing the 404 exporting large quantities of tanks to earn foreign exchange have drooled. After the delivery of more than 2,000 59 tanks from Iraq, they have been providing OEMs for the 404 and providing parts.

"Chief, at present, the Type 88 is more suitable for export than the 359 tank. The tanks displayed today must not be exported. Even the tanks they exported before were more advanced than the Type 88..." Hong Aiguo said truthfully.

The leaders looked at him and didn't feel it.

617 is the tank research unit with the strongest technical strength in China.

In the leaders' perception, 404 became a monk halfway and was not professional at all. How could it be possible to have the best technology in the country?

"The 125mm tank gun was improved by the 122 medium tank project in the 1970s, and even the entire 359 came like this. The technical problems that were not solved were integrated after they invested heavily in scientific research funds and the successful research of the 201 Institute's stable image fire control system..." Long Yaohua has been following the scientific research technology of 404.

These guys at 404 are very xenophobic and never take the initiative to explain.

Only Long Yaohua and Li Mingshan know the inside story, and they helped them get a lot of technical basic information.

"So, their 359 tanks are even more advanced than Type 88? Since that's the case, why did they agree to the exit at the beginning?" General Qin asked Long Yaohua and others seriously.

The general staff and the general manager have no idea about the specific situation.

If it weren't for the amazing performance of the 359 tank today, they would even continue to think that this is the modification of the 59 tank.

"Chief, the initial project was jointly researched by Hongqi Machinery Factory and Pakistan. Pakistan paid for the money and they provided the technology..." Long Yaohua explained the situation at that time.

The leaders were silent.

When this project began, it was the climax of the dismantling of a large number of military-industrial research projects in China.

The military has no funds to support the development of these projects.

Pakistan invested 50 million US dollars, but it was just a tank assembly production line. It could not produce anything except some basic spare parts.

Even so, Pakistan is very satisfied.

"Under this situation, it is not realistic to prohibit the export of 359 tanks, and they are sold with high-end equipment. Now, this kind of tank is similar to 359, except for its appearance, and there is no similarity... It is no longer appropriate to call 359." Li Mingshan was afraid that the big guys would be angry, so he banned the export of 359 tanks that had been exporting all the time.

All have been sold, and even if banned, they cannot be kept confidential.

Now this new one must be banned from exporting, which integrates all advanced technologies in China, and many of them are still under laboratory research conditions.

After Li Mingshan finished speaking, Long Yaohua continued, "The 88 type is a technology introduced abroad and is improved and studied domestically, which is also conducive to the confidentiality of domestic real technology. We ourselves did not expect the new 359 tank technology to reach such a level, and abroad and never imagined it... At the same time, although the performance of the 359 tank is advanced, the price is also the reason why many countries that want to buy are turned away..."

Export type 88 can fill the gap.

This kind of tank can be exported as a mid-range tank and is sold for more than one million US dollars. In this way, it can obtain more production orders for the entire armored vehicle research of the military system, thereby supplementing the small amount of scientific research funds provided in China.

"Chief, General Longlika Meadow of Nigeria, expressed his interest in the Type 88 main battle tank after being persuaded to retreat by the price of the 359 tank. We had quoted $1.5 million before, but they did not express much... If we think it is expensive, even $1.2 million, we will have relatively high profits." Seeing that the big guys were worried, Long Yaohua and Li Mingshan were both helping Type 88 talk, Zhao Yuming didn't understand anymore, so he worked for so many years in vain.

Assist quickly.

The 88-style export is indeed of great benefit.

Now it seems that there is no chance for this thing to be equipped with domestic troops.

If you cannot be assigned to the army, you must recover R&D funds and not export them. What should you do?

"Since there will be no technical leaks and you can get funds to continue to improve the technology, it is a good thing to have orders." The big guys did not stop the tank that was lagging behind after being developed.

With more advanced ones, who is willing to be outdated?

The 88 style has been studied. It is no problem to sell it to earn foreign exchange and exchange funds, right?

Although the 359 tank is expensive, it will be less equipped in a year, and at least it will not fall behind in the next 10 or 20 years. Slowly accumulate your family’s assets, even if you have 20 units a year, there will be 400 units in 20 years.

Want to compete for quantity?

There are many tanks in China, including 59,69,79.

"If exported, the 88-type naming model must be changed. The 359 tank installation troops cannot continue to use this model name," Long Yaohua suggested.

Domestic model naming is subject to regulations, so unified management is easy to manage.

"What model is given?" The big guys thought it made sense.

But what model are you given now?

If you are equipped with a force, it must be the same as the previous naming form.

"The chief, the front model of the Type 88 tank is the Type 80 used for export. Later, the Type 85 can be used directly. This model is completely unrelated to the 359 tank of Hongqi Machinery Factory. You can use the Type 88 name directly..." Anyway, as long as you can export and give up a model, there is no problem, right?

In the domestic third-generation tank project, the third-generation tank that Mr. Zhu and his team are working on will be the 617 project.

"359 exports to domestic sales have turned into 88-type? 88-type exports, using the 85ii model of the export model. This is good and the naming is unified." Long Yaohua said.

They have always wanted to win a domestic equipment model for the 404.
Chapter completed!