Chapter 1069 Give them

Speaking of which, the Gallic rooster is also really miserable. Since the S2, it has been patching up its lameness. It has an aircraft carrier, but no fighter jets. This "North Wind" fighter jet is still a licensed John Bull product.

For the Gauls, this matter is simply unpleasant to think about, for no other reason than that this thing originated from John Bull.

However, compared with their neighbors across the strait for thousands of years, the Gauls were still very ambitious at least after S2. Although they patched up the system, they managed to make it almost complete. In this regard, even if they were teased as being below the two permanent members, they at least maintained their decency.

Having said that, the "Borey" as a straight-wing subsonic fighter is actually not something unacceptable to the Gauls, because the main purpose of their aircraft carrier is not to clamp down on the Russians, but to maintain a presence in faraway Africa, which is basically enough.

This was the 60s, not the era when the Russians were risking their lives to export weapons. Subsonic fighters were still more than sufficient as a tool to maintain presence and demonstrate power in Africa.

The Gauls are actually very pragmatic, which is why "that man" said it is not unacceptable.

They make great use of their very distinctive colonial frigates, such as the "Hanazuki" class destroyer, so it is no big deal to temporarily use the "Boreas".

"Sir, Beifeng's performance is limited..." The people from the Equipment Directorate felt that they had to point this out.

"I know, but I believe that we won't use North Wind forever! Tell Delta Aircraft Company that it's time for them to work overtime." The man looked at the people from the General Equipment Administration.

The Gauls' interest in the Zhengxian-62 soon spread to us, and this matter gave our comrades a lot of trouble.

In terms of mood, we must be happy. Our advanced weapons have actually attracted the interest of the most advanced countries in the West?

But from an operational point of view, can this be done?
When you are in doubt, ask your leader. This is when the leader should play his role. A very important function of a good leader is to solve problems for his subordinates and take the blame for them when necessary.

It’s a pity that such a good traditional virtue is no longer so common nowadays.

Their leader can't make a decision on this matter either. It's too big a matter. They have to report it to the Defense Work Committee!
The Defense Work Committee is the most important decision-making body as to whether all weapons should be exported, unless for certain purposes the leader personally requests that they be provided.

When the Defense Work Committee received this report, they were a little scratching their heads. There was nothing they could do but to hold a meeting!
Naturally, although Gao Zhendong had hardly participated in any specific work of Zhengxian-62, as the de facto initiator and core technology provider of Zhengxian-62, he also received the notice.

Sitting in the meeting room of the Defense Working Committee, Gao Zhendong was actually still confused. The purpose of this meeting was not clearly stated in the notice, and this was also a routine operation.

However, when he heard the comrade in charge of communicating with the Gauls mention the Gauls, he probably guessed, maybe...what did the Gauls want again?

Gao Zhendong welcomed this extremely. After all, compared with ours, the other party's technology was much more advanced overall. As long as this kind of business was handled properly, it was a sure profit!
"... Leaders and comrades, this is the situation. The Gauls are very interested in our new anti-ship missiles. At the same time, they have also proposed to communicate with us on a broader military and technical level..."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee took over the conversation: "Comrades, today we are gathered here for this matter. On a small level, should we provide the Zhengxian-62? On a large level, should we have more military and technical cooperation with the Gauls? Everyone, please share your opinions."

The comrades here are all leaders or leaders in relevant positions and they all play an important role.

After hearing the words of the leadership of the Defense Work Committee, they also spoke freely and expressed their opinions from their own perspectives. In these aspects, the atmosphere is relatively healthier these days.

Gao Zhendong listened to the speeches of his comrades silently. Generally speaking, the comrades were divided into two factions.

One faction was opposed, and the majority of them were comrades in the army.

There is only one reason: we have finally acquired advanced weapons, and we haven't had enough fun with them yet, but now we have to give them away?

Everyone actually shares this worry about the outflow of new technologies, and it is a feeling that is difficult to describe specifically. Sometimes the external manifestations may be due to other reasons, but the root cause is the lack of understanding of new technologies, and the difficulty in analyzing their true capabilities and scope of influence from a qualitative and quantitative perspective.

Of course, the concerns of the comrades in the army are not entirely unfounded. Will this outflow of technology affect the local advantages we have just mastered? Will it make some deployments brought about by technological advantages meaningless or even cause heavy losses?

This kind of conservatism is not a bad thing, but rather a manifestation of responsibility on the part of comrades.

The other group, which is mostly composed of technical personnel, agrees to open up contact with the Gauls on this basis. The reason is very simple. Perhaps, we can gain something from the Gauls?
They are an old industrial country that has developed for hundreds of years and are ahead of us in almost all aspects. Now, we have something that they are interested in, and perhaps we can exchange it for the technology we want from them.

However, the biggest weakness of this group of people is that they cannot convince the other party on the issue of "danger". The matter of risk assessment requires more than just a grasp of technology. This group of people is not unfamiliar with technology and can more or less explain some of the tricks, but their shortcoming is that they do not grasp the overall international situation. Technology itself has never been isolated, but is closely related to the situation. Otherwise, it would be difficult for nuclear countries other than the five good people and various high-tech weapons that seem advanced and make the Citigroup people helpless to appear decades later.

Playing Gao Chao in slippers, this is something weird no matter how you think about it.

Seeing that the two gangs were arguing, the leader of the Defense Work Committee knocked on the table and looked at Gao Zhendong, who had been silent beside them.

It's your turn now.

"Comrade Zhendong, what do you think?" the leader of the Defense Work Committee said with a smile.

Oh, it’s time to call the shots, and Gao Dapao was the one called. Both the comrades in the army and the technical personnel suppressed the desire to express themselves and looked at Gao Zhendong, wanting to see what he thought.

Those who often attend meetings with Gao Zhendong know that his ideas are not only novel and thoughtful, but also very persuasive. He can always find some very special angles to prove that what he says is necessary.

It can be said that when the two sides are deadlocked, his opinion is almost a very important bargaining chip, and he even has the ability to directly overwhelm any opposing opinions.

Gao Zhendong cleared his throat and looked at everyone.

"My opinion is that we can communicate and even provide them with technology..."

His opinion is not even just a question of whether to sell or not, but that he is willing to directly provide technology to the other party. This is even a bigger step than some comrades who are willing to engage in exchanges or sell technology.

"Ah? You're going to do something this big all of a sudden?" Most of the comrades were a little surprised.

But for the comrades who knew Gao Zhendong's past, they believed that Comrade Zhendong must have his reasons.

"Oh? Tell me what you think." This time it was a comrade from the army who spoke. If it were someone else, they might have jumped up, but they wouldn't do that when facing Gao Zhendong.

Firstly, he gave too much, it was embarrassing.

Secondly, all the comrades in the army knew that all of Comrade Gao Zhendong’s opinions and suggestions were for the good of his own people. If anyone dared to doubt this, the comrades in the army would deal with him first.

Gao Zhendong looked around and said, "The reason why I suggested this is mainly from the perspective of going out and bringing in. Moreover, we should take advantage of our leading window period and use these not-so-advanced technologies to exchange for the other party's advanced technologies!"

His words contained a lot of information. As soon as he said it, the whole audience fell silent, thinking about the meaning of his words.

The most interesting thing among them are the comrades in the army. Due to their 100% trust in Gao Zhendong, they grasped the key points very clearly and accurately.

"Not the most advanced? Comrade Zhendong, you mean..." The naval comrade laughed.

Gao Zhendong was a little surprised. Hey, you guys really know how to find the key points, right?
"Your meaning is what I mean, but that's a story for another time. Anyway, I think it's worthwhile to exchange the Zhengxian-62 for the other party's technology. We only paid for an anti-ship missile, but the Gauls may have paid for our more scarce technology. Don't forget that, to some extent, they are just slow in progress, but not incapable of breakthroughs."

This sentence alerted everyone that they were just slow but not impossible.

For the Gauls, the technical difficulty of the Zhengxian-62 is far less than that of laser-guided bombs, TV-guided bombs, and mercury-cadmium-telluride infrared air-to-air missiles. It is a perfect integration of existing mature technologies, but it does not have advanced, leapfrog technologies.

Not only does it not have overly advanced technology, but even its integration complexity is far less than that of a programmable switching system.

Suddenly, the core foundation of Zhengxian-62 was revealed by Gao Zhendong's few words. This thing is advanced, but not that important.

In fact, Gao Zhendong himself knew that the AS34 Cormorant was much behind the Zhengxian-62 a few years later, but there was no essential difference.

Gao Zhendong's words basically dispelled all concerns about technology outflow. For the Gauls or even the countries in the Western world, this is not an insurmountable peak.

(End of this chapter)