Chapter 769 Al Laihua

To make this short-range/vertical fighter reach the level of a third-generation fighter or even a third-generation and a half fighter, it must have a powerful aircraft engine, and it must be a vector engine.

But by that time, China will not need a light aircraft carrier, but a medium aircraft carrier or even a large aircraft carrier.

By that time, there will naturally be more advanced carrier-based aircraft.

Medium and large aircraft carriers have longer flight decks and can carry more aircraft, so they are naturally not subject to as many restrictions as light aircraft carriers.

For example, the J-10 fighter and the J-11 fighter can even develop carrier-based versions.

It’s just that advanced carrier-based aircraft are not urgent for China now.

What China really lacks now are strategic bombers, electronic warfare aircraft, early warning aircraft, and transport aircraft.

These all take time, and it takes time to train technicians, and it also takes time to train pilots.

Even though universities have been expanding their enrollment in recent years, it takes time to cultivate and accumulate talents, and it is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Just like Liu Tao can use the golden finger to shorten the development process of the J-10 and J-11 fighters, saving a lot of development time and a lot of development funds, but the flight of the fighter still requires pilots to fly the fighter, and he cannot replace the pilot.

It takes almost five years for the formation of the test flight team to really get on track and have the ability to operate independently.

And training test pilots and pilots also requires huge investment and time.

Now with the end of the Gulf War, although Europe is on the verge of a war, Liu Tao actually knows that there is no war at all.

The United States is not ready for the S3 season, and the current situation in the United States does not allow the United States to play the S3 season.

Similarly, although the Soviet Union seems to be very fierce now, in fact, the nuclear power plant has dragged down a lot of Soviet energy, material resources, and financial resources. In addition, the international crude oil price has been suppressed to below $25 per barrel, which is also a big blow to the Soviet Union's oil revenue.

At a price of $25 per barrel, the Soviet Union still has something to earn, but the profit is far less than before.

As for China, it is wholeheartedly seeking development and pursuing peace and development. Now China talks with any country around "peace and development" and has become an important force for world peace.

China only wants to develop its economy, strengthen its national strength, and let its people live a good life.

As for war, it is too cruel, and now China has no need to go to war.

China's external environment has greatly improved compared with more than ten years ago. Except for East Asia and the north, there is no threat in other directions.

The situation in East Asia has been greatly eased, and China and the Soviet Union in the north have been normalized. The exchanges between the two sides are increasing, and bilateral trade has repeatedly set new highs.

This is why, in terms of spending money at the previous party group meeting, China Southern Ordnance Group Corporation did not receive funding from the headquarters, but instead asked to prepare for hard times. The other group companies, at least, were allocated a large amount of 50 billion yuan.

After more than ten years of development, from the perspective of the weapons industry system, the production capacity of Panshan Group in the weapons industry alone has surpassed the total production capacity of the national weapons industry system before 1979, and the surpassing is not a little bit, not to mention the surpassing in quality.

Moreover, in terms of missiles, the Thunderbolt series missiles, the "Aegis" series air defense missiles, the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, etc., have already formed a complete set of supporting equipment. Once the production is released, the output is still very amazing.

After staying in Guifei Group for three days, Liu Tao returned to the headquarters of Panshan Group.

Beijing.

Liu Tao hurried to Beijing.

Seeing Al, he looked tired at this time, with white hair on his head.

Liu Tao said: "Al, my good friend, I am glad that you are visiting China!"

The two have also been friends for more than 10 years. They have kept in touch over the years. Many of Panshan Group's businesses in Iraq have to rely on Al.

Al and Rashid are the backers behind Panshan Group's business in Iraq, helping to solve some problems.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. When Panshan Group, a strong dragon, arrived in Iraq, it had to rely on the bigwigs in Iraq to make a living. The two sides cooperated, and only cooperation could lead to a win-win situation.

"Liu, my good friend, we in Iraq need your help now!" Al didn't say much nonsense and went straight to the point.

The current situation in Iraq is as bad as it can be.

Almost all schools in the country have been bombed, and there are hospitals. Now there is no decent hospital in Iraq.

As for the prosperous shopping malls in the past, they have all become ruins.

There is no place where government agencies and units have offices that has not been bombed.

According to the preliminary assessment of relevant Iraqi parties, the war has caused direct economic losses to Iraq of more than 250 billion US dollars.

The huge losses and huge civilian casualties have made Iraq hate Americans very much.

And now it is very bad that Iraq's oil wells have been bombed and can no longer produce oil. Even some of the oil has burned, and Iraq cannot put out the fire.

"Al, we have never frozen the money you put in our bank account! You can withdraw the money at will without any obstacles." Liu Tao said, giving Al a guarantee.

Iraq's assets in Europe, America and Japan have long been frozen.

Even though the Gulf War is over now, these frozen assets have not been unfrozen.

According to the current public opinion in Europe and the United States, these countries want to take these frozen assets of Iraq for themselves, on the grounds that they are used to compensate the dead and injured personnel and soldiers with psychological trauma.

Anyway, with the nature of Europeans and Americans, there are reasons and excuses to confiscate these assets.

Iraq has a total of 35 billion US dollars in deposits here.

Liu Tao is naturally jealous of this money, but he can't do that.

Al said: "Liu, we believe in your credibility very much, and we are very grateful that you can keep your promise."

"But now, we want you to help us put out all the oil field fires!" Al said: "This is the most important thing now. As long as you can put out all the oil field fires, we will give priority to you in our reconstruction work."

Iraq suffered a heavy blow in this Gulf War.

The navy and air force were completely wiped out, and the army was severely damaged, losing a large part of its equipment.

It costs a lot of money to rebuild the army.

But rebuilding the army is not the most urgent thing. The most urgent thing is post-war reconstruction.

Now Iraq relies on purchasing supplies from China to prevent its people from starving and freezing. Various tents, food, noodles, instant noodles, mineral water, etc. are continuously shipped to Iraq.

Therefore, the most urgent thing Iraq faces now is the post-war reconstruction project.

These post-war reconstruction projects are wanted by the European and American consortiums.

However, Iraq still considered Panshan Group because the price asked by Europe and the United States was too high.