v2 Chapter 845： Buried Treasure Five

There are different opinions as to why Lockheed agreed to sell the AH-56 project and production line. But for the circumstances, Lockheed's approach is not a problem.

During the Cold War, although the United States accounted for a lot of **, but in order to achieve a certain balance, each company was not very full. Lockheed's life has not been as easy as expected, and the military has made it clear that it does not want them to enter the helicopter field. Then the previously reserved technology will be of little use. It is impossible to cooperate with Boeing, and the most important people do not look down on their products.

The funds invested in the field of helicopters before are facing waste. Now that the black cloud group has come to the door, how dare to refuse. Lockheed, which has not performed well in the recent period, did not hesitate to leave the helicopter business to the Black Cloud Group.

As for Heiyun's competition with Boeing, it has nothing to do with them. As for the others, who will care so much, they will not enter the helicopter field anyway.

It is precisely because of Lockheed's dumping of the blame, and the US Department of Defense letting it go. The reason why Heiyun can easily receive the AH-56 project is precisely because of all the technical information of the AH-56. Heiyun Group combined the Soviet helicopter design concept to gradually occupy the market.

Of course, these are later words, and the work at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has been completed at this time. Ian Wright is taking the richest man to his next destination.

Bao Zixuan left all the wine in the car to Colonel Freiburg; the old man had no scruples and took it all. It can be said that one is really daring to send, and the other is really daring to receive. It is estimated that in the US military, only this old man has such courage.

Before leaving, Bao Zixuan finally understood why Colonel Freiburg would spare no effort to help him.

Colonel Freiburg said to Bao Zixuan, "Professor Bowman and I are good friends, and I have heard a lot about you from him. Eva is a good girl, and I have always regarded her as a daughter."

It seems that the Germans are hiding very deep, but they don't know it. I really didn't have any idea about Aiwa Bao Zixuan. Now that I heard the old man say this, I didn't know how to answer for a while.

I can only guarantee that people will bring wine over every month, which is considered a chat. The role of Colonel Freiburg this time is to control him for ten years of drinking.

The helicopters have been purchased, and it is the turn of the naval ships. At this point in time, it is not easy to buy warships in the United States. After all, they are not only building ships frantically, but also plan to re-use retired warships.

Since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the number of warships in the U.S. Navy has been declining. The Soviet Union began to deploy warships to ports in South Vietnam, and Soviet warships frequently appeared on all oceans, even as far as the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, the number of Soviet infantry, armor, and aviation troops stationed in Eastern Europe was expanding dramatically. So Reagan made a fuss about it during the election, describing the Soviet Union as a dangerous grizzly bear.

Reagan's ambitious plans for naval expansion include: re-commissioning all four Iowa-class battleships that have been retired; extending the service life of older warships; announcing a new package of shipbuilding plans; accelerating the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier construction speed.

After Reagan took office, he immediately began to implement the naval expansion plan. In 1981, the first "Ohio"-class nuclear submarine with a displacement of 18,000 tons was completed and officially entered into the US Navy.

Four Iowa-class battleships built in the 1940s, USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin, were equipped with Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Tomahawks "After the cruise missile, it also rejuvenated. To retrofit and maintain the four 45,000-ton ships, the U.S. Navy spent a total of $1.7 billion. This is also the first time the new missile has boarded a warship.

During Reagan's eight-year term, nine Ohio-class nuclear submarines were built, accounting for half of the 18 Ohio-class submarines currently owned by the U.S. Navy. 11 "Ticonderoga" class guided missile cruisers with a displacement of 9,600 tons were built.

Reagan, however, declared that by the end of his term, the number of U.S. Navy ships would reach 600. The final result was only 6 ships short, which shows how crazy the Americans are. You must know that in the 21st century, the number of US main ships is less than 300, which shows the pressure brought by the Soviet Union to the United States in this era.

In fact, there is another saying that Reagan wanted to bring down the Soviet economy through the arms race, and in the end he did.

But this invisibly made it more difficult for the richest man to buy warships. Fortunately, his requirements were not high. I just want to get a small warship, and I can buy it and send it to the Heiyun Shipyard in Xiangjiang for practice.

The Allen-Sumner class is an enlarged version of the Fletcher class. It has a larger combat radius than any previous class of destroyers and is the best destroyer built by the United States in World War II. A total of 70 ships were built in this class, three of which were completed after the war. In the early 1960s, 33 Alan Sumners were modernized to carry anti-submarine helicopters.

It may be because of historical deviations, or because the Soviet Union put too much military pressure on the United States at this time. The Americans did not retire all the Allen-Sumner destroyers, but after all, the ships were too old. No one in the Navy wants to serve, and retirement is the best option.

For this battleship, Bao Zixuan can't look down on it. After all, it is the design level of World War II, which is completely behind the times.

Ian Wright could see what Bao Zixuan was thinking. After all, he didn't even like this kind of warship. Even if you buy it back, it is very difficult to sell, and there is a high chance that it will fall into your hands. Fortunately, the Ministry of Defense has a response plan, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with it.

Ian Wright said with a smile: "Mr. Bao is not satisfied with the Allen-Sumner type battleship!"

Although I am not a professional in the field of ships, I also know some general situations. Americans take such a thing, aren't they fooling things!

Bao Zixuan: "The performance of this kind of warship is really too backward, and there is not much room for modification. It's basically useless to buy it back, let's see if there are better options. If it doesn't work, you can only think of ways from other countries. After all The U.S. Navy has a corresponding expansion plan, and the Black Cloud Group will not do business that is difficult for the strong.”

Since he came here, he must not let this kid go easily, otherwise the Navy would have no money to replace modern warships.

Ian Wright: "The Allen-Sumner destroyer is just a match. If Bao Zixuan likes the Ministry of Defense, it is willing to sell the Spruance-class destroyer. The premise is that it needs to be one-to-one with the Allen-Sumner. matching sales.”

That is to say, to buy a Spruance-class destroyer, you must buy an Allen-Sumner-class destroyer.

Hearing this, Bao Zixuan was also speechless. The American side has also started bundling sales, and it seems that business is everywhere.

The richest man is very excited about this plan, because the Spruance-class destroyer is a good thing.

The Spruance-class destroyer is a U.S. Navy multi-purpose guided missile destroyer built in the early 1970s to replace a large number of Alan Sumner and Killeen-class destroyers left over from World War II. Mainly as the anti-submarine main force of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier battle group, this class of ships is the first large fleet destroyer built by the U.S. Navy, the first ship built with a comprehensive modular design, and the first to use full gas at the beginning of the design. The turbo-propelled ship, completely free from the previous World War II design, is a major milestone in the history of American shipbuilding The Americans have really invested their money. After all, the Spruance-class destroyer was only commissioned in 1975. It has been less than ten years since he agreed to retire and sell.

Bao Zixuan: "If this is the case, the Black Cloud Group can accept it, and the combination of high and low will have an explanation for the next family."

The Americans were not very satisfied with the first few ships of the Spruance-class destroyer. After all, many technologies that were not very mature at the time were applied. Now that someone is willing to take over, the U.S. Navy can use the funds from the sale of the ships to improve the latter ships.

It doesn't matter even if the richest man knows, the US Navy is not satisfied because they have high requirements. But for other developing countries, it is not so particular. After all, it is the same model as the active US warship, which is also a huge improvement in combat effectiveness for them.

As for other warships, the United States will not sell them. After all, Reagan's grand plan has already begun, and there are no extra warships for the richest man to choose.

In the end, the Americans sold the 4 Spruance-class destroyers in the previous service to the Black Cloud Group. In addition to the 4 Allen-Sumner-class destroyers, the price of the 8 warships was 480 million US dollars, which was regarded as a gift for the army. The sale came to a successful conclusion.