Chapter 266: with translation of chapter title

On the first day of the exercise, the spectators were surprised to find that a deal worth millions of dollars had just been concluded!

The Easterners packaged and sold their entire modern system to the French for a price of 100 million US dollars, while the French exchanged three Mirage 2000 fighters and accompanying engines and parts, this deal…

Obviously, the French got a great bargain!

Three aircraft alone couldn't even form an experimental squadron, yet this system could greatly increase their modern command capability! What on earth are these Easterners thinking? They really haven't seen the world!

Thus, the British also became interested.

The next day, before the exercise had even started, someone came looking for them.

"Mr. Qin, we can exchange our most advanced VTOL fighters with you—we'll offer ten!"

"Mr. Stirling, the era of VTOL fighters is long over!" Qin Miao looked at the counterpart: "Besides your Sea Harriers and the Russians' Yak-36s, can you find a third model anywhere in the world?"

For a time, under the threat of nuclear weapons, all aircraft engineers were researching runway-independent takeoff and landing methods for fighters, and thus VTOL fighters became a trend.

Even the Easterners had a VTOL variant based on the J-6.

However…

After studying it, one realizes how useless it is; to accommodate VTOL capability, everything else is neglected!

With a short range, if the Sea Harrier doesn't use short takeoff, its range is just over a hundred kilometers—it's nothing but an airfield defender, and at sea it becomes a carrier defender!

With a low takeoff weight, it cannot carry heavy missiles; even for the Sea Harrier, two short-range dogfight missiles are its usual load—enough to bully the weeping nation's navy, but swap in any slightly stronger opponent and they could sink the entire British Empire fleet!

Qin Miao waved his hand: "Let's just watch the exercise!"

Thus, the exercise continued amidst the roar, and each Westerner widened their eyes.

"What is this person doing?"

"What is he holding?"

"A call terminal."

"What?"

"With this equipment, one can directly call the aircraft in the sky and even give them precise target coordinates…"

This… this is still the Easterners that everyone thought were at an agricultural nation level? This high-tech is dazzling!

During WWII, there were ways for ground troops to call for air support, but these were very primitive; when calling, they'd just shout indiscriminately, and even when the fighters arrived, they wouldn't know exactly how to bomb, causing communication problems and even possibly bombing their own men!

Now, with this, one can directly designate the target, making it impossible to bomb the wrong place!

Advanced, too advanced!

"Mr. Qin, do the equipments we purchased also include these?"

"Of course! General Alfred, definitely yes!"

Thus, the French raised their heads again, while Stirling went to discuss with Weitman, and then came back to find Qin Miao again.

"Mr. Qin, we've decided to bring out our most advanced Wild Wind Fighter-Bomber—this is a twin-engine fighter, far superior to those low-end Mirage 2000s—we'll also offer three of them with corresponding parts for exchange, how about that?"

Qin Miao felt moved; these guys are still taking the bait!

In the early 1970s, after some wrangling, Britain, Germany, and Italy teamed up to develop a twin-seat, twin-engine supersonic variable-sweep wing fighter. It first flew in 1974, entered service in 1979, and only last year did they begin delivering the first batch of aircraft.

At that time, only the fighter-bomber variant was available; the British continued to develop a dedicated air-defense interceptor based on this aircraft, which didn't make its first flight until 1985.

The latter definitely won't make it in time, but the former is not bad either—after all, it's an advanced fighter-bomber!

Looking at Western arms sales shows that light and medium fighters are sold freely, but ground-attack capability is always stripped out; as for heavy fighters and dedicated bombers, they are rarely sold—the former being defensive in nature, the latter offensive.

Right before them, the Brits and Germans came together, apparently very satisfied with their own system!

"This aircraft only went into production last year; you probably don't have many on hand. If delivery takes three to five years, our exchange ratio would change."

"We can deliver the early production batch to you!" Weitman said.

The Brits might not be in a hurry, but the West Germans are truly anxious—after all, if conflict really breaks out, they'll be on the front lines! A rolling torrent of armor will come, and the West Germans will surely be doomed.

With such a modern command system, the moment war breaks out, news can be sent back to rear headquarters and an immediate response made; as for the American system… who knows when it will arrive, so the West Germans also look forward to this system!

Even if they had to hand over their ordered aircraft to the Easterners first, they still needed to obtain this system as soon as possible!

Especially today, watching that soldier, upon spotting the enemy, immediately call for air support and even precisely report coordinates—this is clearly prepared for the West Germans!

"Alright, since that's the case, let me go report to the leadership."

On the exercise observation platform.

"Old Lin, Old Lin, an unexpected joy!"

"Old Lin's eyes were full of anticipation: 'I see the Brits and Germans sneaking around over there; could they also want this system? Them going together—could it be… the Wild Wind Fighter-Bomber?'"

"Impossible, impossible! That's currently Europe's most advanced equipment!"

"Congratulations, Old Lin, you got it right—three Wild Wind Fighter-Bombers!"

Old Lin was stunned—really?

Currently, the Easterners' technology in all aspects is backward, their main equipment is poor, but now Qin Miao has exchanged back these one or two types—one handles air combat, the other ground attack—thus they're fully equipped!

At that moment, Old Zhang turned over: "What medicine are these Westerners selling in their gourd? I can't believe they have such good intentions."

Qin Miao smiled: "They're only giving us three; we can't form combat power with that. Their idea is that after we use them, we'll be satisfied with their equipment and then place large orders."

"Hmm, they're doubting our capability!" Old Zhang gave a definition.

These Westerners still don't know how formidable our Easterners' capabilities are? When it comes to copying, we claim second place—no one dares say they're first!

"Do you think the Americans will take the bait next? If we exchange a few F-16s for them, we'll be fully equipped!" Old Lin said.

Everyone laughed, and the air was filled with a relaxed atmosphere.