Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Nie Xiaoqian's face flushed instantly. Although they were married and had long been intimate, whispering sweet nothings in the dark of the bed was one thing, but saying it out in the open was another. What was wrong with this Brother Yang? He was so shameless!

However, with Qin Yang saying that, Dr. Wright really couldn't conveniently knock on the door anymore. He stood at the door, his face displaying a complex expression, turning red and then white.

"Dr. Wright, your timing is indeed not good. Why don't you go back and think about it first? Then come to our repair factory, and we can sit down and talk together. Maybe I can even help you haggle a bit, how about it?"

Dr. Wright sighed, then looked around before sitting down on the sofa in the first-floor living room. "Alright, I'll wait here."

"Dr. Wright, aren't you going to raise money? Didn't you say yesterday that the maximum authority you could mobilize was that much?" Fahata felt it wasn't good to keep him here, as Samat might overhear. He could only remind him.

"Ten million, not a penny less." Qin Yang's reply came from the room, along with the sound of clapping.

Dr. Wright glared angrily at the door, then walked outside.

Clap, clap!

Qin Yang clapped twice more.

Nie Xiaoqian looked curiously at Qin Yang sitting on the chair. "Brother Yang, why are you clapping for no reason?"

Qin Yang smiled. "Of course, I'm clapping for love. Do you want to hear a joke?"

Nie Xiaoqian thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No."

"Then forget it." Clap, clap! Qin Yang continued to clap for fun.

Nie Xiaoqian on the bed seemed to have thought of something, her face blushing. This Brother Yang, he hadn't even done anything, but it was even more embarrassing than if he had. How was she going to face anyone later?

The door to Qin Yang's room didn't open until noon. Nie Xiaoqian walked out with her head lowered, not daring to look at anyone. Lin Heping, who was waiting outside, spoke up: "Xiao Yang, what joke are you planning to tell?"

"It's about a person who heard the neighbors clapping for love, so he started making music himself, patting his belly for fun, for longer than the neighbors. After three days, the neighbors started arguing, after a week..."

"Disgusting!" Nie Xiaoqian interrupted Qin Yang.

"The old lady drinks porridge leaning against the wall." Lin Heping also rolled his eyes at Qin Yang.

The main event of the day was a farewell party, but as soon as Qin Yang and the others arrived at the repair factory, they were called to Fahata's office. Dr. Wright sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression.

"President Qin, did you leave this trap yesterday, waiting for us to spend more money?"

"Of course not." Qin Yang said, "Yesterday, we were discussing how to solve the automatic loading problem of the 140mm tank gun. Did we talk about the commander and gunner?"

Dr. Wright was speechless for a moment.

"Yesterday, it was clearly you who didn't consider this point, and now you're blaming me for leaving you a trap? As a tank designer, don't you think about how to place the commander and gunner?"

"President Qin, we admit it. Give you another million, and tell us the next design, how about it?"

"Ten million, you can have it if you want it, or forget it if you don't."

If the other party hadn't spent money, Qin Yang wouldn't have dared to be so tough. Now that the other party had already spent ten million, if they didn't continue to buy Oriental technology, then this ten million would be wasted. He had nothing to fear.

Of course, if the other party thought carefully and broadened their thinking, they might be able to find a solution to the problem. However, now the other party must be stuck in a fixed mindset, unable to break free from the existing framework, so Qin Yang had full confidence.

Dr. Wright looked at Fahata for help.

"President Qin, with me here, can you give us a discount, just to give me some face?" Fahata said.

"Alright, then we won't ask for ten million US dollars, let's just ask for 9.99 million US dollars."

"What? Is His Excellency Fahata's face only worth ten thousand US dollars?"

"Alright, then 9.88 million US dollars."

"Don't say 9.88 million US dollars, even if it's 8.88 million US dollars..."

"Alright, then 8.88 million US dollars. Since you've spoken, I won't insist anymore. A million less is still a million, we're not short of money, and we're all good friends, always mentioning money is too much of an outsider thing." Qin Yang said, "You're happy, and I'm happy."

I'm happy? When did I say I wanted to buy your technology for 8.88 million US dollars? Dr. Wright was speechless.

"Come on, continue to pay, we have to confirm the payment first, and then we'll give you the design drawings. These design drawings not only have to solve the placement problem of the commander and gunner, but also have to solve the one-meter-thick armor protection problem. After all, since the armor-piercing rounds we fire have to reach a one-meter penetration depth, the protection can't be weak either."

Protection?

Dr. Wright's expression became serious.

If it was just for that damn placement method, then spending 8.88 million wouldn't be worth it, but if it could increase the protection to a one-meter penetration depth, then it would be worth spending this money!

The three major elements of a tank: mobility, firepower, and protection. The mobility of American tanks is unparalleled, but the firepower is definitely not as good as a 140mm tank gun, and the protection is still using Chobham armor.

Even if depleted uranium armor is developed, the protection is not very high. The depleted uranium armor of the M1A2 has the ability to resist fin-stabilized discarding sabot rounds equivalent to 600 mm thick homogeneous steel armor, and the ability to resist hollow-charge armor-piercing rounds equivalent to 1300 mm thick homogeneous steel armor.

"Anti-penetration or anti-hollow charge?" Dr. Wright asked.

No one can make one-meter-thick armor, so these protections are all equivalent, and the effectiveness of anti-armor-piercing rounds and anti-hollow-charge rounds is different.

"I'm talking about physical thickness," Qin Yang said.

Dr. Wright was stunned. "Physical thickness of one meter? How heavy would that be? Can the tank handle it?"

"The design won't make it much heavier than your existing M1 tank," Qin Yang said.

Dr. Wright nodded. "Okay, then it's 8.88 million US dollars, we'll pay!"

Dr. Wright wrote another check, all of which he had applied for today. Although he never intended to give it, he had to prepare in advance, just in case.

Fahata widened his eyes. Another sum of money was in hand? This President Qin was really amazing, but a one-meter-thick physical defense was impossible. Back then, the turret of the German Maus tank was only 480 mm at its thickest point, resulting in a 188-ton monster.

To make the tank's physical protection reach one meter thick without adding too much weight?

He didn't believe it.

Half an hour later, the money arrived. Dr. Wright swallowed. "President Qin, now you should give us the design drawings, right?"

"Yeah. Xiaoqian, give them the design drawings."

Dr. Wright took the design drawings and solemnly spread them out on the desk. When he saw the design clearly, his face changed drastically. This design? Such a simple modification, is it really worth 8.88 million US dollars?