The way Liu Tuanzuo deepened his impression was to smash it with money.

Not to mention the need to order 150 fighters in one go, two sets of spare parts for each fighter are required, including the most expensive engine, which is almost equivalent to 450 aircraft, but 300 are all parts without a fuselage. Even Richard had the audacity to quote a price, and the Chinese fat man agreed without frowning, and the order of a full 10 million US dollars almost stunned the steady Richard.

He came to San Francisco with the mentality of giving it a try, and he didn't even think about signing any intentional contracts, not to mention that he and the Chinese fat man had only been talking for more than an hour. The most excessive thing is that the Chinese "disagree" to pay money, and the whole five suitcases totaling three million US dollars in cash are placed in front of Richard, making Richard's eyes almost flash.

You know, if Richard can negotiate this order, he can have at least three percent of the commission, 300,000 US dollars! That's 30 times his salary for a year as a consultant at Curtis.

Money is a kind of thing with its own magical attributes, especially when it reaches a certain amount, so when the Chinese fat man proposed to let Richard be the chief instructor of the soon-to-be-formed Chinese Air Regiment, with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars, Richard almost didn't have time to think about it, so he agreed in a daze.

There is no way to sober up, Richard has not never seen money, but he has definitely never seen so much money.

Now, Richard has one more impression of the fat man in China: people are not stupid, and they pay back a lot of money.

An order of 10 million US dollars is a big business no matter where it is. Curtiss headquarters was quickly alarmed, and a vice president flew several of the company's senior designers to San Francisco, vowing to swallow the order in one gulp.

At the same time, Rolls-Royce, located in the United Kingdom, also sent its strongest powertrain designers to San Francisco, and the telegram taken by Liu Lang to them explained the demand for 450 aircraft engines, and this order alone was enough for Rolls-Royce's powertrain plant to survive for another year.

It's not that Liu Lang can't spend too much money, an aircraft needs to be equipped with two sets of aircraft parts, especially expensive things like aero engines. Once the war began, the Japanese would strangle all the roads from China to foreign countries, otherwise there would be no later hump routes.

And aero engines are not car engines, they are hundreds of thousands of kilometers at every turn, they have a lifespan. Why is it said that pilots in this period are skilled pilots after flying for 500 hours, but the life of aero engines is too limited. It's not that you want to fly, you can fly to the sky, the cost of flying is not only the fuel, but also the huge consumption of the engine.

If an aero engine is used for training and is overhauled every 100 hours, it may be able to use it for more than 200 hours, but if it is in wartime, once it is flown with afterburner, I am afraid that the entire engine will be scrapped if it is not used in 100 hours.

In other words, the 150 planes plus the two engines they are equipped with, even if it is training, each aircraft will only fly more than 600 hours. If it is used for combat, up to 300 hours, the aircraft is considered scrapped.

With all the additional parts and components, the combat life of nearly 60,000 U.S. sword fighters in total is only 300 hours. Otherwise, it is the financial resources that are fought! As soon as the engine caught fire, the silver flowed out.

In view of the relationship between Rolls-Royce, Liu Lang stayed in San Francisco for several more days until the two companies negotiated a cooperative relationship and at the same time communicated with the military departments of the two countries. Curtis fully agreed to all the conditions of Liu Lang, strengthened the protection and firepower of the aircraft, ensured that the maximum level flight speed of the aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 meters reached at least 500 kilometers per hour, and tried to improve the dive and lifting performance of the aircraft.

Rolls-Royce promised to provide engine prototypes with a horsepower of more than 1,200 horsepower within six months, deliver at least 100 export Merlin aero engines within one year, and complete all deliveries within two years.

Of course, Liu Lang knew that they could, because last month, they had already started to cooperate with Super Marlin to start the development of the famous Spitfire. In the past time and space, the horsepower of the Merlin 61 aero engine that they finally finalized reached 1,500 horsepower, and the improved version in the later stage of the war reached 1,700 horsepower, and the Spitfire with a powerful heart could even reach 650 kilometers per hour, with a maximum take-off weight of 4,300 kilograms, and could carry two aerial bombs of 500 kilograms that could blow up and sink a cruiser.

They are now promising to reach 1,200 horsepower, because after the Chinese business group injected enough money, they have already built a prototype that can reach this horsepower after restarting the wind tunnel experiment, and the reason why they promised for half a year is because they need to develop a more powerful aero engine model, so as to convince the British government to sell this engine, which is already extremely advanced at this stage.

In any case, the aircraft that Liu Lang asked for the Chinese Air Volunteers to be equipped with has completely surpassed the Type 96 fighter that the Japanese are still stepping up their development and put into active service two years later.

This was already the ultimate that Liu Lang could do at the beginning of 1934, each aircraft from design to finalization to equipment, at least two to three years, Liu Lang used this almost tricky method to complete the aircraft equipped by the Chinese Aviation Volunteers in two years, and then in about half a year to transport to China. Finally, they will have a year to train in China.

Of course, all this must be carried out in extreme secrecy, and after Situ Meitang contacted Shi Zhaoji, the Chinese minister to the United States, the bald man who learned the news was naturally overjoyed. Fortunately, the bald man was not stupid, and if the Japanese knew about the sudden increase of 100 planes, it might not only arouse the vigilance of the other side, but more likely, he would use diplomatic means to get the US government not to approve the formation of an air force by the Chinese to return to China to participate in the war.

You know, at this time, Japan is the big customer of the Americans, and a large amount of steel and ore from the United States is dumping at the Japanese, and for China, which has not yet established ambassadorial-level relations with the United States, the Japanese can speak much better than the Chinese.

At that moment, he telegraphed Shi Zhaoji, the minister to the United States, to negotiate with Curtis on behalf of the national government, and announced that the Chinese government had purchased 120 Curtiss Eagle II fighters. When this news reached Japan, the Japanese laughed it off, knowing very well the performance of the old American fighter with wooden wings that China had purchased, and that it was no match for the Type 96 fighter under development. Not to mention the new fighters that can be installed in the troops in two years, even the current Japanese Navy and Army Aviation fighters, which are not very afraid of the Hawker II fighters. What role can stupid Chinese do if they buy more old American fighters?

Japan, which has invested a large amount of spies in China, has not deployed enough forces in the United States, and in addition, the Japanese top level does not attach importance to China's low-quality arms purchase, so the Japanese have completely ignored this news of China's arms purchase from thousands of miles away.

Curtiss certainly won't be stupid to tell this thing, they have to keep this secret for the Chinese, if they don't have this big customer, they will cry.

The Chinese, who had been nervous, waited for a long time and did not find any major diplomatic moves in Japan before they were completely relieved. This is also a major event that the government has rarely concealed from the eyes and ears of the Japanese.

Of course, the sudden addition of nearly 100 airplane-specific radio stations to this order of tens of millions of dollars did not attract anyone's attention.

In fact, the sound of the radio station was almost inaudible in the huge roar of the aircraft engine, and the distance was very limited, so Curtiss exported the Hawker III to China simply dismantled the radio station that added weight and felt that it was not very useful.

The Chinese military has no objections, and it is better to hear clearly what the radio is asking them to do, so it is better for the pilots to keep in touch by flapping their wings or gesturing.

Yes, you heard it right. Don't say that the Chinese military thinks so. Even Japan's most advanced Zero fighter was equipped with radios, but many Japanese pilots chose DIY, dismantled the radio stations, and communicated in the air by gesticulating.

However, Liu Lang knows very well that the Americans are the world's best in the research of radio stations, and they are completely ahead of all countries in this era.

During the war, American GIs even used individual radio intercoms, and in the later stages of the war, they even used big brother intercoms similar to those decades later, with a transmission distance of up to 10 kilometers. An infantry platoon commander of an American cowboy can even speak directly to his own general.

Liu Lang also hopes that in the future war, he can command his soldiers to a greater extent, and the extra 100 sets of seemingly useless aircraft special radio stations will depend on whether the pride of the sky at Huaqing University can reduce enough weight according to their own needs.

The Americans will not launch the radio radio for individual soldiers until 6 years later, and Liu Tuanzuo can't wait.

I'm afraid no one knows that a radio station that can make voice calls over short distances has been thinking about it for a long time since Liu Tuanzuo came to the United States and couldn't get it, because people don't sell it at all. Unexpectedly, the dream was achieved in this way, and it was just as an additive, and the American aircraft manufacturer, who had just received an order of 10 million US dollars, did not even ask for money, and directly gave it away for nothing.

Liu Tuanzuo almost didn't smile when there was no one.

PS: Brothers! Don't look at Fengyue, it's only two more, but Fengyue has been a big chapter recently! is two more, and it is close to 6000 words, which is definitely much more sincere than the 2000 parties. It's the end of the month, so let's smash the monthly pass or something.