1092 Angola needs more expensive and advanced fighters
Zheng Yucheng does not believe that a poor country like Angola will look down on Chinese equipment in any case.
The other side's army has almost no heavy equipment, and every year its guns and ammunition rely on Soviet military assistance, so what qualifications does it have to look down on cheap and high-quality Chinese weapons and equipment?
Xie Kai did not explain to him.
The Angolan military's brain circuitry is different from that of all African countries.
At the beginning, China sold the Angolan military the L-15B, a light attack aircraft improved from the L-15 training aircraft, which has an advanced aerodynamic layout, a fly-by-wire control system, an integrated avionics system, etc., which is absolutely enough for a low-intensity war in Africa.
However, the Angolan government rejected China's offer and spent more than a billion dollars to buy back 12 Su-30K fighters returned from Russia by Indians for refurbishment. You know, this price has caught up with the Su-35!
Why buy Russian fighters that have been refurbished after reaching the end of their service life at a higher price, and reject China's cheap and high-quality light attack planes? The reason given by the Angolan military is: Only by introducing more expensive and advanced fighters can we meet the demand!
In a word, the Angolan military believes that Chinese fighters are cheap and not good.
This made the Chinese almost vomit blood.
However, Xie Kai also understands the thinking of the Angolan military, and it is not without reason that they need fighters with stronger combat effectiveness and more advanced performance. You must know that their imaginary enemy is South Africa, and South Africa once almost sat on the sixth largest gadfly throne in the world, and its strength is stronger than the third brother of India, who has been shouting for the third place in the world after being attacked by the People's Liberation Army in Vietnam and overthrowing the US military in Iraq.
Even if Nelson Mandela, the president who is loved by all countries in the world, self-destructed his martial arts, gave up the research and development of mushroom bombs, gave up all trade barriers, and turned South Africa from a first-class developed country to a second-rate developing country, South Africa's military strength is still the first in Africa.
Therefore, it is normal for Angola to look down on China's weapons and equipment.
All of this, Xie Kai couldn't explain to Zheng Yucheng.
Zheng Yucheng did not pay much attention to African countries.
Those countries are fine as long as they have guns and cannons, and they are not the target customer group for expensive manufacturing units like 404.
"You should take the exam first. Zheng Yucheng didn't say anything, but asked Xie Kai to deal with the exam first, "Don't think about going abroad." The above issued a ban on you to leave the country......"
"I don't want to die! What are you doing abroad?" Xie Kai really had palpitations about going abroad.
This time something like this happened, Liu Xu, who had always been thinking about letting him go abroad, also became a resolute opponent of Xie Kai's going abroad.
As long as it wasn't the previous lockdown, such a large China, with a land area of 9.6 million square kilometers, and a huge territorial waters, how could it not be enough for Xie Kai to toss?
"You take the exam first, the people in Angola, I'll talk to them first, and see what they need. Zheng Yucheng said to Xie Kai when he left.
Xie Kai did not refuse, and while taking care of Moqi, he honestly prepared for the exam.
Before the Thai military arrived, the Angolan military delegation arrived.
I don't know if Zheng Yucheng was bored or what, but he actually received the delegation of the Angolan military in person.
"General Savant, please rest assured, we have everything you need for your country, whether it is the fighters of the Air Force, the heavy firepower of the Army, or the ships of the Navy......" Zheng Yucheng despised the Angolan delegation's feeling that China could not meet their needs, but on the surface he still showed great importance.
He didn't believe that without Xie Kai, he, the number one in 404, would not be able to sell his equipment.
If the other party is a country that has domestic advanced equipment or has money to buy any advanced equipment, Zheng Yucheng does not have such confidence.
Ah, Angola.
The country is too poor to be able to afford it, and there are basically no heavy weapons.
General Savant, who led the team, was noncommittal, and did not talk too much nonsense, and directly offered to see China's equipment first.
The first stop is Factory 132.
For the Angolan military, air support is a must.
Any country gives priority to the development of its air force, and without air supremacy, the ground forces can only be beaten.
With the support of the Cuban Air Force, Angola did not have these problems, and now that Cuba has begun to withdraw its troops, this will not work.
The Soviet Union supported 8 MiG-21s before, which is certainly not enough, but the entire Angola also has a territory of millions of square kilometers, is it possible that 4 are arranged on the northern border and 4 in the south?
Mobutu in the north and South Africa in the south have far superior air forces.
So, they need a lot of advanced fighters.
At the same time, the Angolan government needs to owe debts, and the government has no money.
"The J-7, although it is an imitation of the MiG-21, after more than 20 years of improved design, has long surpassed the MiG-21 in terms of performance, and has very powerful combat capabilities. These fighters are familiar with the operation of the MiG-21 fighter, and your country is familiar with the operation of the MiG-21, so it is easy to familiarize yourself with the operational performance......"
In the assembly workshop of the 132 factory, the leading cadres of the 132 factory accompanied the black brothers from Africa, and introduced the J-7 fighter while visiting.
The current J-7 has changed I don't know how many models, and even the aerodynamic layout outside is not much different from the MiG-21.
"This is a fighter specially used to obtain air supremacy, and at the same time, it can also be equipped with different ammunition, so that the fighter has the ability to attack the ground, the speed is fast, and the bomb can be left quickly to avoid ground air defense ......fire," Zheng Yucheng introduced.
The MiG-21 had a combat radius of only 270 km, and for the USSR, the role of such a fighter was to meet the enemy, launch missiles at a suitable position, and evacuate after launching.
The Chinese J-7 is different.
Because of national defense needs, the J-7 needs a task not only to intercept the enemy's fighters, but also to have the ability to fight in the air, and also because the Chinese military has no money, a fighter needs to have comprehensive performance that can perform more tasks.
On the Soviet side, because of Mikoyan's strong technical strength, even if the MiG-21 is modified, it is only to increase the engine thrust and improve the electronics, so that this thing has a faster speed and longer range.
China's J-7 and MiG-21 are completely two different paths.
The MiG-21 fighter is the most familiar jet fighter in the Angolan Air Force.
Of course, the Soviet Union provided them with not only 8 MiG-21s, but also Su-22 attack aircraft, and some Mi-24 helicopter gunships.
Africans did not show much interest in the J-7.
"Director Zheng, for our Air Force, the performance of the J-7 is a little behind......" General Savant shook his head and said.
The attitude is obvious, if there is no better introduction to the fighter, then, we will leave.
"General, such a fighter has advanced performance and low price...... even Xiong Hongyuan is a little unhappy, with such a high cost performance, he can't even look down on it?
A J-7 will sell for 7 million US dollars, and the purchase quantity is large, and it is not impossible to reduce the price.
"What our Air Force needs is powerful fighters with advanced performance that can meet the needs of our national defense construction, and weapons that can guarantee our victory, not cheap equipment!"
Although there is no money, although the real country is poor, it is almost impossible to wear pants.
However, the Angolan generals behaved as having more money than the Iraqi tyrants who had come to China to buy weapons and equipment.
"We have more advanced aircraft, but the price is much higher. Zheng Yucheng said.
"Are you worried that we won't be able to pay?" said Savante, dissatisfied.
Zheng Yucheng really wanted to tell him that he was really worried that the other party would not be able to afford it, otherwise he would not have directly introduced the J-7 instead of the super-7, wouldn't he?
Not to mention Zheng Yucheng, even the leaders of Factory 132, who heard the translated words, wanted to tell the Angolan generals that you really can't afford it.
Although the PLA is poor, it is richer than the Angolan military, isn't it?
The Air Force can't afford to use such a super-7, and each one costs more than 10 million dollars.
The twin-engine Super -7B, that is even more terrible, the current prototype mechanism has caused this one to exceed 50 million.
"We don't really have much cash, but we have a lot of resources! So, you don't have to worry about the price. Savant said proudly.
Zheng Yucheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
It seems to be really rich.
"General, the super-7A, advanced performance, outstanding combat capability, our most advanced fighter in China! At present, there are hundreds of orders, and even the United States has purchased 100 of them!" Zheng Yucheng said proudly when he arrived at the super-7A assembly workshop next to him.
After several months of production, there are currently more than a dozen final assemblies of the Super -7A in the workshop, and there are even more in the back.
Part of the production line purchased by Egypt is produced in China, China helps train seed pilot instructors, and the orders for the subsequent production are delivered to the Americans, and as for how the Americans use them, it doesn't matter.
The money has already been given anyway.
"What is the performance of this fighter?" the Angolans were intrigued as soon as they saw the shape of these fighters.
But when I heard that the range without the use of auxiliary fuel tanks was only 1,200 kilometers, and the combat radius was only 500 kilometers, I immediately felt bored.
"We need better fighters, more powerful, faster, and we need fighters that can disappear without a trace in an instant...... "This kind of fighter is even inferior to the MiG-29!" stressed a major general of the Air Force.
Grass!
Jung Woo-sung almost went crazy.
People are poor, why is their tone so big!
Okay, don't they afford it?
Huo Haiyuan also felt embarrassed, looking at Zheng Yucheng, the super -7B was ready to be used by the Air Force.
Do you want to sell it too?
"General, we are a light fighter! Single engine, and it also assumes the function of a training aircraft. "Huo Haiyuan doesn't want to introduce these guys to the Super -7B, that's a good thing, and it's left for the Air Force to use for itself.
"We need heavy fighters! Fighters that can carry more weapons and ammunition and have a longer combat radius!" The Angolan general stressed again, "Angola needs more expensive and advanced fighters, if you don't have them, we can continue the next trip!"