Chapter 341 Signing an Agreement

These Chinese people are really good at drinking! Covering his head, Ustinov sat up from the bed, feeling extremely depressed.

Thinking back carefully, in fact, it was not the Chinese who could drink, but a tall and thin guy among them! How much did that guy drink? It seemed to be 20 kilograms? Or 30 kilograms?

After drinking so much, this guy didn't vomit blood on the spot! Even if it's just water, most people can't drink that much, right?

"What time is it now?" Ustinov asked, looking at the orderly beside him.

"It's ten o'clock already," said the orderly.

It's ten o'clock! I had planned to discuss this with the Chinese people this morning, but it seems that it can only be done in the afternoon! Ustinov lay down again. It seems that he is really old and can't drink as much as before.

I originally wanted to give the Chinese a warning at the table and undermine their confidence, but this trick didn't work! Now, it seems that the Chinese were well prepared!

Yes, that's right. Yesterday, I drank with that guy! I should have drunk with the other side's defense minister first and got the leader drunk first! Thinking of this, Ustinov felt depressed again.

In the afternoon, until three o'clock, the two sides entered into discussions again in a conference room of the Ministry of National Defense.

The Chinese personnel were all in high spirits, and the Soviet personnel had also recovered their energy. It was just a cocktail party. In the Soviet Union, drinking and work did not interfere with each other.

"After careful comparison, we have decided that you should purchase the MiG-23K, which is the twin-engine MiG-23," said General Xu, China's Minister of Defense.

It has been decided. If you are going to buy something, buy the best!

"The MiG-23K is very expensive. For your consideration, we have made great concessions," Ustinov said. "We can provide you with ten MiG-23KMs, the export model of the MiG-23K, for free. However, you need to exchange some technologies, such as nuclear weapons miniaturization technology or quantum communication technology."

Ten for free! The conditions offered by the Soviet Union were quite favorable, but China also needed to make concessions and export China's nuclear weapons miniaturization technology or quantum technology to the Soviet Union! This was the only advanced technology that China could offer.

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world. Asking the Soviet Union for the most advanced fighter planes also requires a certain price. General Xu hesitated for a moment, and then he felt that he could still agree to the Soviet conditions.

After all, China can only be said to have nuclear weapons. Due to the huge cost, the number of nuclear weapons is not large. But it was different for the Soviet Union. During the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, both sides had thousands of nuclear warheads aimed at each other. Even if the Soviets mastered the technology to miniaturize their own nuclear weapons, it would be the same for China's national defense security.

China, on the other hand, was able to obtain an advanced fighter jet. For China, the most important thing at present is to update its own fleet! Air power has played an irreplaceable role in modern warfare. The Soviets were able to take over the island country from the Americans. It can be said that the Soviets' air superiority played a significant role.

"We need to report to our superiors." General Xu said, "Next, we can continue to discuss the subsequent introduction of fighter jets and their domestic production. I hope you can give a reasonable price, otherwise, we can only leave with regret."

The Soviets must know that they came from the United States. If the price offered by the Soviet Union is too high, they can only continue to choose American-made fighter jets. The initiative is always in their hands.

"This is the cost we calculated ourselves," Ustinov said. "Take a look at it. If you think it's acceptable, we'll sell it to you at cost price."

General Xu took it, which had been translated into Chinese. He opened the engine first, which was what he was most concerned about. One engine was almost as powerful as a J-7. The price was too high and he really couldn't afford it.

However, when he opened it, he was extremely excited. After adding up the man-hours for processing various parts and the material costs, the calculated price showed that the cost of each engine code-named RD33 was only 2.6 million rubles!

Then, continue to flip back, the whole machine statistics, the manufacturing cost is 12 million rubles! This is the price of the imported whole machine. If it is produced domestically and only the engine is imported, the cost will definitely be greatly reduced.

In short, the Soviets did not ask for a high price. This price is completely affordable for us!

You know, a few days ago in the United States, the Americans quoted an F-16 that only used the J79 engine, and it was 26 million US dollars! It can be said that buying an F-16 can buy more than two MiG-23s! You know, the MiG-23 is a heavy air superiority fighter!

"These prices do not include the cost of the matching missiles. If you want to import fighter jets and missiles at the same time, we can calculate the cost separately and give it to you at cost price." Ustinov said: "In short, we will not let our friends suffer losses."

If we introduce fighter jets, we must have missiles. Now, China's domestic scientific research level is very low, and the performance of the several missiles available domestically is extremely backward. If we introduce fighter jets from the Soviet Union, we must also introduce missiles at the same time.

"Regarding the production line, we can provide technology to help you transform the original production line to meet the technical requirements for producing MiG-23." Ustinov continued, "As for the engine, we have just started production in our country and need a lot of new technical equipment. You are unable to achieve the same production capacity for the time being and can only use the engine we provide."

"Okay, we can accept it." I don't know why the Soviets gave such favorable conditions! This made General Xu very curious, but it would be beneficial to sign the contract while the other party did not change their minds for the time being.

After discussing many details and applying to the country, the Soviet Union finally signed the document for another large-scale arms sale to China.

China purchased 200 MiG-23KM fighters at a price of 12 million rubles per unit, of which 80 were purchased as complete aircraft and 120 were produced in China through exporting production lines and technology. In addition, the contract for fighter technology in exchange for nuclear bomb micro-technology was extremely secret, and the Soviet Union also paid an additional 10 MiG-23KMs. Except for the different friend-or-foe identification system, the internal electronic system and radar of these MiG-23KMs were the same as those of the Soviet army's equipment batches at the same time.

This contract allowed China to continue production until the 1990s, with a total of 300 fighters, including 250 for the Air Force and 110 for the Navy. Moreover, since the MiG-23KM is a natural carrier-based aircraft, and the first batch of 80 MiG-23KMs exported by the Soviet Union were all complete carrier-based aircraft, the carrier-based aircraft equipped on China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was the MiG-23KM.