Even if China gets a Su-27 fighter jet, it is destined to not be able to imitate it because the single engine is a bottleneck.
Without the engine, the rest is zero.
China is currently quite weak in engine manufacturing, and it will not become a strong point even after several decades.
At that time, only the United States, the Soviet Union, the British Empire, and a few other developed countries could produce advanced engines.
Except for the Soviet Union, the rest are NATO countries.
Although China had a honeymoon period with the West in the early 1980s, the relationship between the two sides began to cool again after the West's conspiracy to subvert China through students was crushed by China. After a certain incident happened in 1989, the relationship between the two sides turned completely cold.
Therefore, the possibility of obtaining engines from Western countries is almost zero.
The only channel left was the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union's concept of aircraft engines is completely different from that of the Americans.
The Soviets treated aircraft engines as consumables and did not care much about their service life. It was unknown how many aircraft could survive a war.
Since it is a consumable, there is basically no difference between using an engine for 500 hours and 1,000 hours.
The United States treats its manufactured aircraft engines as commodities, after all, it is the world's largest arms dealer.
Therefore, the service life of American engines is relatively long.
But no matter how long it takes, China cannot produce it now.
Therefore, without engine authorization or the ability to buy and sell, it would be useless for China to get a Su-27.
If China wants to imitate the Su-27 fighter jet, it can only buy it from the Soviet Union or obtain authorization to produce it itself.
This also revealed another consequence.
If this plan succeeded, it was bound to anger the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union is weak now. Even if it is provoked, it can't do anything. It can still go to war with China because of the defection of a pilot.
However, it will inevitably affect China's plan to introduce the Su-27. Maybe the Russians will refuse to sell it.
With Maozi's stubborn character, he is really capable of doing such a thing. He would rather starve to death than sell it to you. Can you bite him?
If such a thing really happened, it would be a case of losing the big picture for the small, and he would become a sinner of China.
So, when Wan Feng thought of this, the plan was killed just a few minutes after it was born.
After the plan to defect...revolt was canceled, another plan emerged.
If we cannot plan an uprising on the other side, then it should not be a problem to extract some data about the Su-27 from them. Although these data cannot play a mainstay role for China today, they are of great value as a reference.
A pilot should know all the advantages and disadvantages of the Su-27, and this information is also extremely valuable to China.
Even if it is not used to build aircraft, it is still very useful for defense.
Even though the Soviet Union is weak now and there is no possibility of conflict or friction with China, the Russians' minds are somewhat similar to those of the Indians. They will do some short-circuited things from time to time. What if they go crazy?
"I'll write you a note when I get back. Go to Shamilov and get 100,000 rubles. Use that money to buy all the data on the Su-27 from that pilot. That shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Wan Feng felt that given the current situation of the Soviet Union, 100,000 rubles should be enough to buy this information.
Li Mingzhe thought carefully for a few minutes and then nodded: "This is feasible. I think it should be fine."
"If you succeed in this matter, I will give you a reward of 50,000 rubles."
"Give me twenty days and wait for my good news!"
Li Mingzhe left happily.
Wan Feng accompanied Li Mingzhe all the way to the riverside.
After seeing Li Mingzhe off, when passing through a small street, Wang Zhonghai and Yang Pao were standing on the side of the street, talking about something.
Wan Feng also stopped.
Wang Zhonghai and Yang Pao occupied almost the best location in the street. They opened a restaurant and a hotel, and also sold tobacco and alcohol in the restaurant. In addition, they also had a dance hall, so their annual income was very considerable.
Although the brothers who followed them were not rich, they had enough food and clothing.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Brother! We are thinking about what kind of business to start. Can you give us some advice?"
"Haha, I asked you to run the goods for me, but you refused. I also threw the scrap iron out there and asked you to take it over, but you refused. Now you're so angry?"
"Back then, we didn't know much about making money, and we didn't think those things could make much money."
"When you think a business can make money, even a beggar on the road will see it. But it's not too late for you to wake up now. So, how about you do lumber business?"
"Dry wood?"
"I'm not involved in the timber business. You guys can do it. The Soviet Union has plenty of high-quality timber. I'll have Shamilov build a road for you there, and you can just exchange it for the timber."
There are countless high-quality virgin forests in the Soviet Union. Although the profit from timber is nothing compared to that from steel, it can still reach the level of chemical fertilizer if it is well developed.
“Can you make money with lumber?”
"Are you stupid? Do you know how much timber our country needs every year? Billions of cubic meters, a large portion of which is imported. You'll have to listen to me. Now all you have to do is build warehouses and stockpile supplies. If you don't know how to do it, send a few smart people to my men, Guo Wu and Jiang Ming, to take a look. And I'm going to tell you a secret: starting this summer, there may be one or more waves of large-scale price increases. Take out all your money and stockpile."
"But we haven't even seen the warehouse yet?"
"I've used some of the caves in Xiaoyan Mountain, and most of them are unused. You can each clean out a few. Although it's winter now, construction in Xiaoyan Mountain won't be delayed. Clean them out before the New Year. I'll help you get some goods in, and you can start trading after the New Year. I can't guarantee that we can make more in a year, but making three or two million is not a big deal. Go ahead and do it."
The timber from the Soviet Union has been tall, thick and straight because no one has cut it down for many years. When it comes to China, it is first-class timber and is definitely a best-selling commodity.
If Wan Feng didn't dislike the low profit, why would he make such a fuss about it?
These two good-for-nothings have no strategic vision. If these two guys had taken over the scrap steel when Wan Feng let go, they would have been the richest men in Heihe now.
Even if it is scrap steel, the profit can be thousands of yuan per ton.
Unfortunately, it has been taken away by someone else, and it would be easy for Wan Feng to get it back.
But he thought that was not the right thing to do, as it was not easy to make a living.
Although there are people trading timber in Heihe, they are all on a small scale, with only one or two trucks being traded.
What a bargain for these two pieces of junk.
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