Chapter 251 Come Two Battleships
Five sets of catapults worth $100 million are indeed very impressive.⊙,
However, even if you are chaotic, you have to buy it.
Holden knew this very well.
If Stalin had not developed the same catapult, perhaps they could hesitate, but in the case where the Soviets would soon be equipped with catapults of the same level, they would have to get this thing in the shortest time anyway, and they had no choice.
"His Excellency, I will report to the President."
Holden said helplessly.
Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction.
Jensen didn't say anything next to him. He knew very well that such a price was too high for Britain. The 100 million US dollars was a huge sum of money for the British government, which was short of money. If it were the same, they would probably have developed it themselves, just to spend more time. After all, Britain is not the United States and does not need to do its best to maintain its absolute advantage at sea.
"The Head of State, the Air Force won a great victory in Java. At the cost of losing two meteors, he shot down the 32 MiG9 of the Java Red Army and chased them to their airport before retreating due to the attack of ground air defense fire."
At this time, Hu Hao walked up to Yang Feng and said excitedly.
"Ah, look, the Soviet planes are just like this!"
Yang Feng said proudly.
Indeed, the result of this air battle soon became the best material for European and American newspapers to mock the Soviets. Although the MiG9 is no longer the best fighter in the Soviet Union, it is also a jet fighter after all. The score of 2 to 32 is too exaggerated. As for the pilot factor, don't mention it. Everyone knows that at least half of the pilots in the Java Red Army were actually Soviets. The reason for this huge difference can only prove that the performance of Soviet fighters is very garbage.
The final result of this mentality was that in the subsequent Korean battlefield, the coalition forces were slapped hard by MiG15 because of underestimating the enemy in the initial stage. Only then did they finally wake up.
Holden and Jansen cooperated and praised the victory of the Ming Air Force, but this result really surprised them. After all, the opponents were fighters of the same level. In order to achieve such results, in addition to the better performance of the aircraft, the quality of the pilot is probably also crucial. It is obvious that the Ming Air Force has truly grown into an elite army that can match any major power.
Speaking of which, these guys are growing fast enough, just like the country behind them.
With a hint of emotion, Holden immediately went to send a report to Truman. However, Jameson smiled and said to Yang Feng, "Haoist Master..."
"His Ambassador,"
Yang Feng stopped him and said, "I sell it to your country at the same price. This will not change. But I have another way. If your country meets my three requirements, I will not only give you five sets of catapults for free, but also give you a full set of technical information."
"Please speak, head of state."
Jansen said overjoyed.
"First, I need two battleships, and I don't have to be old, at least I have to be George V-class."
Yang Feng stretched out a finger and said.
OK. Jansen understood that the Head of State had set his sights on the newly retired George V-class battleship. This year, because the finances could no longer support it, the Labor government retired three George V-class battleships, and then changed the Howe to a training ship. It was obvious that this guy who always liked to pull the battleships was preparing to get two for himself as toys.
"Second, give me a complete set of design drawings for the Kunlun aircraft carrier."
Yang Feng stretched out his second finger and said.
"Head of the People's Republic of China, are you planning to build your own aircraft carrier?"
Jansen said in surprise.
"Why not? Stalin will have five heavy aircraft carriers soon. Even if he is not all in the Far East, he will at least give the Pacific Fleet two. I can't just rely on one Kunlun and a Krai-wei, which cannot carry jet fighters? Could it be that the Royal Navy will come to help me fight at that time?"
Yang Feng said.
Jensen stopped saying anything.
"Third. You must sell nuclear materials to me."
Yang Feng raised his third finger and said.
"Your Excellency, we don't have such things, either."
Jansen said awkwardly.
"No, you misunderstood. I'm not going to make high-purity concentrated uranium or plutonium for the atomic bomb. I only need low-purity, about 5% of it. I think this purity material should not be a big problem for your nuclear factory, right?"
Yang Feng said.
This is so great that all the problems were solved at once. Although the two George V-class battleships will basically bid farewell to the naval battle in the future, they will still be very effective for suppressing the other side. The Americans could use the Missouri to hit Lao Sa in the 1990s. He used George V to hit Comrade Musuo, Comrade Ruan Aiguo, uh, these comrades are still good.
Getting the Kunlun design drawings can solve the design problems of the aircraft carrier in the shortest time. Don’t think that if there is an aircraft carrier, it is a arduous project to follow the Kunlun surveying and drawing drawings. Such an aircraft carrier needs to be calculated in tons. If there are original drawings, at least the surveying and mapping program is spared, and the remaining enlargement will always be much simpler.
As for the last one, it is crucial. In a short period of time, he is not interested in building a nuclear factory by himself. He must have a stable supplier of nuclear materials. He just needs to leave this job to the British. After ten or eight years, he can play centrifuges. After all, this is the king. The gas diffusion separation method is a little behind.
As for whether the Britons would agree...
"His Excellency, I will report to the Prime Minister immediately."
Jansen said.
In fact, he knew without reporting that Attlee would not refuse.
The core of this transaction is actually the two battleships, but the George V class has retired. To them, it is just a pile of scrap iron. If you dismantle and sell scrap iron, you may not be able to sell the ship dismantling fee. Although this kind of treasure is usually not for sale, Britain is no longer the Britain of that time. At least in Asia, they have nothing to worry about, or they no longer need to consider who is weak and who is stronger. Anyway, it has nothing to do with them.
Although there is still a Malayan colony, it has actually been controlled by Chinese capitalists, and guerrilla activities are rampant so far. Smart people have long seen that this colony will be established sooner or later.
In this case, whether Yang Feng's strength is enhanced or not is irrelevant for Britain. Besides, even if his current strength really wants to steal Northern Borneo from Britain, the British government will have no choice but to admit his luck.
As for the aircraft carrier drawings, this is not worth mentioning. If it weren't for the procedural issue, he could have agreed to Yang Feng directly.
Although the nuclear material is quite sensitive, since it is low-purity, it is no big deal. In fact, even if Yang Feng wants high-purity, they don’t have it. The factories of Cappenchts and Winsker have not yet been able to produce weapon-grade uranium and plutonium, otherwise the atomic bomb in Britain would have exploded long ago. Speaking of which, they were cheated by the American people.
In fact, as he thought, the London telegram was sent soon. The British government agreed to all the conditions of Yang Feng, designed the Kunlun aircraft carrier, sold him low-purity nuclear materials, and gave him the No. 5 Ship Hao, the fourth ship of the George V class, which had been changed to the No. 5 Ship Hao, which had been trained. These two ships are basically the best among all the George V class, because they were in service late, in addition to better radar and electronic equipment, the most criticized four-unit turret failure rate has also improved to a certain extent. Anyway, they are already giving favors, so they should just give it a little thoroughly.
Not only did he give it to him, he also specially repaired it. Anyway, there are two ships that were retired at the same time. They just dismantled some newer parts for him to replace them, sprayed them again and dressed up beautifully. It is very important for Yang Yuanzhu to be happy. Maybe he will continue to buy catapults in the future.
In fact, the British knew very well that even if Yang Feng gave them the drawings, it would be hard to say whether they needed to make this thing by themselves!
After Attley agreed to Yang Feng's conditions, Truman soon agreed to deliver the goods within three months, with $100 million, five sets of catapults and all technical information.
The reason why it is so happy is mainly because the CIA has finally found out the latest progress of the Soviet catapult after a bloody effort in the past few days.
According to the information they received, at most, Stalin will install the first set of catapults on an aircraft carrier in the second half of next year, and they are indeed being designed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau to develop a twin-engine carrier-based aircraft. The prototype has completed the test flight and the number used is Jakov25, but it is not the light fighter they developed before. The latter has actually lost to the MiG15 and cancelled, but it still uses this number. It is this camouflage measure that has confused the CIA.
The CIA always thought that the Jacques 25 they were developing was the same, but in fact it was completely different. They used two latest Mikulin engines. As for other things, the CIA couldn't get it. The only thing they could know was that this kind of engine was very rumored, which was that the thrust-to-weight ratio was very high, even close to five. Using this engine could even exceed the speed of sound in a level flight.
This information made the Americans sweat. Damn, Stalin is so cunning that he almost deceived him. Who knew that he had put such a big move silently, this is a super sabre level thing, but the American Navy Air Force has no idea that even the sea sabre is still missing!
They are now testing flights and will be in service in the latest 50 or 3 years.
If Yang Feng hadn't been well-informed, Stalin would have driven out the aircraft carrier with this fighter two years later...
Chapter completed!