Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Afternoon, 3:30 PM.

"Uncle Dong, you're back?" Qin Yang handed Dong the leader a teacup. "Next, are you going to quickly convey the spirit of the meeting to us?"

Leader Dong took a big gulp of tea and said, "The outcome of the meeting is basically what you guessed."

"Yeah, the so-called 'Great Armory Plan' can go to hell," Qin Yang said. "The Americans' idea harbors malicious intentions, and the old leaders would never fail to see that. I'm just talking about it casually, just worrying about nothing."

"That's right. If we had agreed, we would not only have lost our independent defense, but also made the old Russians aim their spearhead at us. We won't be fooled. But no one can replace your role. Thanks to your reception yesterday, otherwise the Americans would have gone back empty-handed this time."

"Yes, if I hadn't received them, the Americans would at least have full wallets. Now, the Americans have to take a lot of green bills out of their wallets."

"Green bills?"

"That's US dollars."

"Yes, the second half of the meeting was mainly about these things. They have an urgent need for our guerrilla warfare three-piece set and hope we can produce it as soon as possible. As for body armor, they are not in a hurry. The Americans have to go back and coordinate the production of Black Hawk helicopters and need congressional authorization, etc., all of which require going through procedures. However, they did extend an invitation, inviting us to visit the United States to inspect Black Hawk helicopters when it is convenient."

"Really? How many places does our Fangbei Company have?" Qin Yang asked.

"The same as before, still three places. Later, when we had a private meeting, Leader Wang found me and asked if we could reserve a place for the sea turtle."

"What did you say?" Qin Yang asked.

"As long as the sea turtle can develop the Kevlar helmet for us, everything will be easy to talk about. If he can't develop it, does he still have time to wander around? Our soldiers on the front lines are bleeding and sacrificing!"

Qin Yang nodded. Leader Dong was still very helpful and directly pushed the other party back. The other party had nothing to say.

"Leader Dong, we have already arranged the production matters. This is the order," Nie Xiaoqian neatly sorted out the order and handed it to Leader Dong.

Leader Dong was stunned when he saw the first page.

"Thirty yuan for a Type 56 assault rifle? These are defective products from Factory 5206, right?"

"That's right. There are some quality problems, but it depends on who uses them. Does the Afghan guerrillas care about high accuracy? As long as it can fire, that's good enough. Besides, dare they complain to the Americans that the weapons are not good? Are they not afraid that the Americans will no longer provide them with weapons? Where can you be picky about free stuff?"

That was true, but the East has always provided the best quality weapons as military aid, and used the inferior ones themselves. Now, selling the inferior ones as good ones always feels a bit wrong.

"Next, we have to go to the army to collect a batch of retired Type 56 assault rifles," Qin Yang continued to introduce his idea.

Leader Dong's eyes were meaningful. President Qin, you have a whole set of tricks! However, you can't talk about integrity when doing business with foreigners. After the country opened up, I don't know how many times we were tricked by foreigners, so of course we have to be careful now.

"Xiaoqian, pack up these days. Next, Brother Yang will take you to the United States to play." Qin Yang began to relax. After busy work, it is necessary to relax. Traveling is the most suitable.

Leader Dong rolled his eyes at Qin Yang.

"It's a pity that there are only three places. Otherwise, it would be even better if Brother Lin took Wang Fang with him," Nie Xiaoqian was concerned about another matter.

"Cough cough." Qin Yang couldn't help but remind her, "Xiaoqian, we used to act alone when we went out before, so we brought Brother Lin. This time, we are going out together on a large scale, so there is no need to bring Brother Lin. The third place is for Uncle Dong."

Nie Xiaoqian looked at Leader Dong awkwardly.

"I actually hope that young people can go out and walk around more, but after all, our Fangbei Company will often deal with foreigners in the future. It's not good if I, as a leader, don't have any experience abroad, so the higher-ups arranged it," Leader Dong said a little embarrassed.

I don't know what that Leader Wang was thinking, he even wanted the sea turtle to take up a spot. Who would he replace? This kind of guy with no vision should go back to retire as soon as possible.

"By the way, there are leaders from the navy, army, and air force participating this time, about thirty people."

Although what Qin Yang said was humanitarian aid, how it is distributed is up to our side.

The air force is just taking advantage, and the army is still the main force, but the navy must also need it, after all, the navy must also have shipborne helicopters, so the navy, army, and air force are all here.

"So many people?" Qin Yang was very surprised. "It's a bit too extravagant to run to Sikorsky to take a look at the Black Hawk with great fanfare. Are there any other activities? Don't waste the air tickets."

"After inspecting the helicopters, we should also go to Grumman to take a look."

Grumman? Qin Yang became vigilant. Is the other thing going to happen ahead of schedule?

Factory 960, a gun manufacturer, held on to the Tomcat's AWG-9 radar and forcibly started reverse engineering. All of this was of course for that project a few years later. Now that Qin Yang has come to this era, he cannot let the humiliation of the military industry workers reappear.

But it's only 81 years, not even over yet. If I remember correctly, the J-8 is still the nose intake model. The MiG-23's side intake nose has not been put on yet. It is said that there is no urgent need for airborne radar.

The J-8 2 fighter, which was modified to have side air intakes, seems to have only made its first flight in 1984. Is there any need to be so anxious now?

Does Grumman want to sell the Tomcat?

That's also unlikely. Even if Grumman is complaining about the fixed-price procurement costs, they should know that the White House will never approve the sale of heavy fighters to the East!

What exactly is it?

No need to guess, just ask Leader Dong directly. If he doesn't know, he can ask Old Lin.

"What are you going to Grumman for?"

"Old Lin won't let me say."

"He won't let you say? Uncle Dong, you also know my abilities. If you say it, I can also help you with advice."

"Okay, at the end of the meeting, many things were discussed. The Americans said they knew that our air force was under too much pressure from Backfire. If we need it, they can help us improve our aircraft. Later, the J-8 was mentioned," Old Dong said, "Changing the nose intake to side intakes, installing large-caliber radar and medium-range air-to-air missiles, and replacing the most advanced American F404 engine, Grumman can help with these improvements. The air force is also tempted and decided to go and see."

Qin Yang's eyes almost popped out of his head in surprise: "The air force is tempted? Where's the money?"

"Use our body armor to exchange for it."

What?