"Because they will not allow a slight threat to exist. If they do not demolish it, the Ukrainians may cooperate with Russia to continue to build this aircraft carrier. Ulyanovsk is a real aircraft carrier. As long as this is built, the US aircraft carrier fleet will no longer have any advantages..."

Xie Kai looked calm.

Things are destined.

It is because of the combat capability of the Ulyanovsk.

Adhering to the Soviets' always-standing habit, this thing can not only carry more than 70 fighter jets of various models, but also carry a large number of various missiles.

Once an aircraft carrier fleet is formed, if the US aircraft carrier fleet is not large in size, it will have to kneel down if it encounters it!

"So, since that's the case, we're not going to get a high probability."

Liu Dongsheng frowned even more.

The Ukrainians never let go, and the West stared at them again.

They wouldn't let these things be easily taken away.

"No, the probability is very high. Especially now. If you give an order to the Black Sea Shipyard, this is the condition..." A smile appeared on Xie Kai's face.

After hearing his plan, Liu Dongsheng lost all doubts.

According to Xie Kai, it is indeed easy to operate.

"Okay, I'll talk to them, you're waiting for news here." Liu Dongsheng was unwilling to let Xie Kai go out for a risk.

This is Ukraine.

"No. My uncle, you have to talk to them, but you can only give a lower price. Otherwise, they will doubt that if we spend money in the end, we may not get anything." Xie Kai shook his head firmly, "We represent two different needs."

The two sides are in a competitive relationship, so it is easier to operate.

"If the news is leaked..."

"Don't worry, my uncle, I only contact those few people. Moreover, when talking about the follow-up, it is another person. As long as the drawings are obtained there, we will ship them back directly by our An-225. At the same time, we will also arrange for shipping to attract the attention of some people..."

Xie Kai told his plan in full.

"An-225 has not made any progress yet, and the people from Antonov have asked for additional money!" Liu Dongsheng reminded Xie Kai.

Xie Kai’s plan is correct.

If the plane belongs to them, it will be delivered on time, there will be no problem in this way.

But now, Antonov Company is simply unwilling to deliver it to Hongqi Group.

There has been little progress in negotiations between the two sides.

Such an aircraft can be said to be a national important weapon.

"So you need to come forward..." Xie Kai told Liu Dongsheng about his plan.

Getting Antonov to deliver An-225 is crucial to the entire plan.

When Xie Kai was still in China, Antonov, the Hongqi Group, gave the plane $300 million, but it was unwilling to deliver it due to funding issues, which led to the suspension of cooperation between the two parties.

The Ukrainian government now lacks foreign exchange.

As long as they can make money, they don’t care about face or anything else.

Antonov.

This star airline, which was once indispensable in the entire Soviet military industrial manufacturing field, now has no past glory.

Several huge military transport planes were parked in the test airport outside the production workshop.

Both An-124 companies feel extremely huge.

On the tarmac, there are two aircraft with a taller, thicker fuselage and larger wingspan that stay quietly here.

An-225!

One of the An-225s also had a large space shuttle on its back.

The world's largest aircraft, the air giant with a maximum take-off weight of 640 tons, is no longer just one.

Unlike the An-225 carrying a space shuttle, the other one has a roughly similar appearance, but there are many subtle differences.

Next to this An-225, there are some small humans who are very different from this plane.

"Director Yang, you have seen the specific situation of the two aircraft, and the comparison is very obvious. Just transforming it into a carrier platform that can launch rockets will increase our cost by hundreds of millions of dollars." General Manager Yuriav, Antonov, looked at the Chinese in his forties next to him and introduced calmly.

The newly built An-225 has been transformed to launch rockets at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.

This reduces the cost of space missions such as satellite launches a lot.

Yang Xiaodong didn't care about what Antonov's people said at all.

"General Manager, this is very clear within the scope of our contract. It is written in black and white. This is a basic technical requirement. After all, if such a huge aircraft is only used to perform ordinary transportation tasks, the cost is too high." Yang Xiaodong directly refuted, "In addition, although this aircraft was manufactured, it did not conduct space mission launch experiments..."

This is something Antonov can't solve.

In Ukraine, there is no space launch mission at all.

Even Russia's space missions have become extremely rare due to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The An-225 aircraft can carry 200-ton rockets and satellites on the top, but it cannot receive the launch mission.

Even their own launch missions cannot guarantee the survival of all domestic space units.

International competition and space launch are already fierce.

"Didn't it be agreed that you will continue to improve your experiments?" As the chief designer, Piotel Vasilyevich Balabier looked at Yang Xiaodong with dissatisfaction.

When the two parties signed the contract before, they had already agreed on the responsibilities and obligations of both parties.

Ukraine is responsible for designing, manufacturing, and improving, and China conducts experiments.

After the experiment, China proposed an improvement plan, and Antonov continued to improve it.

After all, there are many difficulties in launching a space launch vehicle by a single aircraft.

There is no experience in the international community.

"You don't even want to deliver, how can we experiment? Everyone, you know, because of the cooperation agreement, we have specially designed and developed a launch vehicle that can be launched on the aircraft. Now we are waiting for the air launch platform to be in place to conduct early experiments..." Yang Xiaodong snorted coldly and looked at Antonov's senior management.

These people don't speak of integrity at all.

Antonov's people also felt embarrassed when they heard his words.

Today, if the other party doesn't give money, they can't do anything about this.

The An-225, which was previously funded by the Soviet Union, was to launch the Blizzard space shuttle, and it was of little use.

Now that the Soviet Union is gone, the space exploration mission has been completely stopped.

Russia didn't even ask to hand over these planes to them.

Whether it is the Blizzard space shuttle or the An-225 that is carrying a huge Blizzard space shuttle to tens of thousands of meters to launch, Russia has no requirements.

These two aircraft alone require a large amount of maintenance funds every year even if they do not perform tasks.

They are all poor.

"It's not that we are unwilling to deliver, but that the price you give is lower than the cost price. No one in our company or our government is willing to bear this part of the funds..." Yuriav quickly returned to his calm.

No matter what, it is impossible to deliver without adding money.

The two sides have started negotiations many times.

"Director Yang, as long as you add another $30 million, the plane can be delivered directly. There is no problem with air test flights..." Yuriav still expressed his opinion when he saw the other party's ugly expression.

China needs such aircraft.

The first 300 million US dollars has been given. If you don’t give these 30 million US dollars, the previous 300 million US dollars will be wasted.

"This has fully expressed our sincerity. Various improved experiments cost far more than this price, and require at least hundreds of millions of dollars..."

The other party did not answer, Yuriav continued to speak.

I do have great sincerity.

The funding of 100 million US dollars increased, and the other party was unwilling to give it to it.

After so many negotiations, they took the initiative to reduce the additional funds needed from US$100 million to 80 million, 60 million... until now 30 million.

"No penny is possible. At the same time, we will completely terminate our cooperation with you." Yang Xiaodong said this directly, and then led the expert team of Hongqi Group to go out.

This kind of scenario is not once or twice.

The Ukrainians are not in a hurry.

Hongqi Group is not particularly rich, so it is impossible to waste US$300 million investment.

What's more, many core technologies have not been transferred for Antonov's technology transfer agreement with Hongqi Group.

"Old Sun, does the technical performance of this aircraft meet our usage needs?" When walking towards the hotel, Yang Xiaodong directly asked a small gray-haired old man next to him.

The old man walked with black-framed glasses and looked back at the huge six-story plane next to him.

"The technical indicators are all in line with the flight data, and so on. Whether the rocket can be launched has not been tested at the moment, so I don't know at all." Mr. Sun sighed. "If they don't deliver it, we have no choice and cannot conduct subsequent tests and experiments."

This plane should have belonged to China now, but the Ukrainians are unwilling to deliver it.
To be continued...