Chapter 1075 The More You Dig, the More You Get
For the Gauls, the aircraft met all their requirements except for the less urgent maritime interception capability.

Mateo collected all the information he could about the Zhan-7 from our comrades. Unfortunately, according to regulations, he could not take photos, otherwise the money for developing the photos would bankrupt him!

Among the materials he got, there was a rough outline map, which he took out and handed to Jacques.

"Look, this is it. What a beautiful fighter plane."

Jacques agreed with his aesthetic, but he was more interested in the other information he had. You have to know one thing, that is, the Z-7 is not very meaningful to their serious air force because they already have the Mirage 3, but it is much more meaningful to the navy that lacks suitable fighter jets.

And Jacques was from the navy.

When Jacques thought of the "Borey" fighter jets on the Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier, he felt a little unhappy, because they were John Bull's offspring!

Nothing that belongs to anyone else can be John Bull's. This is an obsession for the Gallic rooster.

So at this point, Jacques was actually more interested than Mateo: "Show me what you collected."

He didn't think Mateo was lying to him, but he always felt that it was incredible to see a fighter jet with such parameters among the Orientals.

It was a descendant of the MiG-19, but it was clear that the aircraft was far superior to its source.

It is more reassuring to have it in black and white.

When he finished watching all this, his eyes were full of light: "Mateo, you found a good plane! You know, if I wasn't afraid that the manufacturer of the Etendard attack aircraft would lose their jobs, I would even dare to use this plane to replace the Etendard now!"

The Gauls still have clear heads and know that it is better to have things by themselves than to have them by their parents. In this regard, John Bull, who fully relies on his father and son Citigroup, does not have such high aspirations.

So even though this aircraft is ahead of the Etager in all aspects, and can even carry two anti-ship missiles and at least 2 liters of auxiliary fuel tanks, they have not yet considered using this aircraft to replace their own Etager attack aircraft, but are still considering replacing the F-600 fighter.

It is not necessary to change it, but at least when facing the Citigroup guys, you will have a bargaining chip in your hand and will not be so passive.

However, the excellence of this aircraft and its matching anti-ship ammunition forced Jacques to make an objective evaluation.

This plane exploded and killed the military flag!

"Mateo, to what extent do you think they are willing to open this aircraft to us?"

This question stumped Mateo. He was not sure about it. After all, the initial request was just to observe, and there was no request to buy finished products or technology. The necessity of keeping fighter jets confidential is extremely high in any country.

This was the 60s of the Cold War, not the era when the old Russians became a bunch of Russians and went crazy with poverty.

But he still had a vague feeling about the open attitude of our comrades: "I think, at least they are not opposed to selling the finished product."

"Finished product..." This made Jacques feel a little uneasy. This aircraft was very good, but if it wanted to be put on the ship, there were still many places that needed to be modified, including the front landing gear, load-bearing structure, landing hook, and even the wing folding.

If all these can be done, then this will be an excellent carrier-based fighter. Although it looks far inferior to the F-4, in terms of size and the enemies it faces, it meets their requirements very well.

"Don't make it public for now. Let's go back and communicate with our country before making the next decision." For Jacques, at least all the goals of this trip to the East were achieved, and even exceeded.

I just wanted to take a look, but unexpectedly I found something with potential use value.

"Jacques, have you noticed that the equipment of these Orientals is not as backward as we imagined?" Although we have won many victories recently, with the record of the Peninsula War as a foundation, the outside world generally believes that it is the credit of the quality of our troops and combat command, but they don't think too much about it from a technical perspective.

Jacques smiled and said, "I know they are not backward. After all, we purchased a certain number of portable anti-aircraft missiles from them. But their advanced military technology has spread so widely, even if it is only advanced in some areas, it still surprised me."

Changying-62E, the Gallic rooster finally bought some.

"Did you find the guards' guns?" Mateo asked.

"Mr. Mateo, you are not interested in infantry weapons, are you?" In any case, it would be embarrassing to ask others to buy even rifles.

But what Jacques didn't expect was that this matter would be difficult to explain decades later, and it was the Gauls themselves who did it.

"No, no, no, I mean the accessories of the gun."

"Accessories? Are you referring to the grenade launcher on the gun? I'm sorry, we have to listen to the Citigroup boss in this regard for now." Speaking of this matter, they remembered the Oceanic Treaty Organization's universal bullets that made John Bull extremely depressed. It was really a pitfall for John Bull alone.

"No, no, no, I mean the suspension system that holds the accessories up."

"Suspension system?" "Yes, you may not have noticed, but I have observed their suspension system up close. It has good versatility..."

Jacques seemed to remember something: "Ah... Thank you for reminding me. I also remembered it. I can ask them to study it."

"I mean, they seem to have undergone obvious changes from head to toe, including the army, navy and air force. Can we find them to look at other things?" Mateo laughed.

"I understand……"

In the end, their demands were met to a certain extent, but only to a certain extent, especially the terminal-guided bombs that we promised the Russians were not released.

The next day, they saw something in the camp of the garrison troops at the Yuntai Naval Base that surprised them a little, but when they thought about it carefully, they suddenly understood.

——Chijian-61 anti-tank missile.

Looking at the missiles displayed in front of them, the person from the Equipment Directorate of the Gaul Ministry of Defense turned to Jacques and Matteo and said, "Gentlemen, now I know why they have no interest in importing our SS.11, because they have better ones!"

The weight of a system is only equivalent to that of an SS.11 missile, with the same range, greater power and higher hit rate.

No one would buy SS.11 again.

The Red Sword-61 also deeply impressed the people of the General Equipment Administration. Since the army people did not come, he would be the chief representative in this regard.

For the Gauls, anti-tank missiles are symbolic, after all, they were beaten to a pulp by the Hans' tanks decades ago.

The people at the Equipment General Administration looked at the burning target in the distance, and then thought about their own SS.11, which was big and heavy and inferior to the others in every way, and they felt anxious.

Compared with him, Jacques, who was standing next to him, saw something a little different.

"Mr. Deputy Director, I think I need to remind you of something." He pointed the telescope in his hand at the burning target in the distance and said to the person from the Equipment Administration.

"It's nice to hear your opinion, Mr. Jacques."

"The target they used was White Bear's T34-85." Jacques said something that everyone could see. This thing is too famous, everyone can recognize it. It's not like they haven't been hit by this thing before when they were driven out by the monkeys.

"Yes, I saw it. This is normal, isn't it? It is perfectly normal for their country to have T34-85." The deputy director did not feel anything strange.

"I mean, how could they bear to use the T34-85 as a target..."

Jacques's words reminded the deputy director.

Yes, the frugal Orientals are actually willing to use this kind of tank as a target?

Although this type of tank has been around for decades, it is still used as the main force in ordinary economic aid countries and is very valuable. Why would the Orientals, who are known for their poverty and backwardness, be willing to use this thing as a target?
"Mr. Jacques, you mean... they have a new tank? Like a T-54 copy?"

"Yes, that's what I think. And according to the character and moral standards of Oriental people, maybe if we dig deeper, we can see more different things." Jacques' mind was full of the excitement of the Orientals because they could not observe the MiG-19, but instead showed them a new type of fighter.

"I understand what you mean. I will raise this issue with them." The deputy director of the General Equipment Administration also understood what he meant at this time.

It's actually hard to describe the Gauls' tanks. If we talk about the tanks that gave up armor-piercing shells most thoroughly and just lay down and rot, it's really them. After S2 and before Leclerc, the Gauls' tanks should be the most fragile among the mainstream tanks. They even produced such a weird thing as the AMX-13 light tank with a swinging turret.

Protection? What is protection?

But this does not stop them from being interested in other people's tanks.

But this time, their request was not responded to immediately, and even until they returned to the capital, no news came back.

The reason is very simple - compared with anti-tank missiles, the tank issue is much more serious. We are discussing it here at the Defense Committee.

Naturally, Gao Zhendong could not be involved in this matter. Given his relationship with the second-generation tank and his understanding of tanks, his opinion must be had on this matter.

Just as they were flying back to Beijing from Yuntai, Gao Zhendong was expressing his opinions on the matter in the Defense Work Committee.

"...As for the tanks, my opinion is that for now, just show them the guns, and forget about the rest."

For the Gauls, the most important thing was the cannon. As for other things, they themselves didn't even remember how to value them.

(End of this chapter)