Speaking of the cooperation on the Eurofighter, Alan Wilson has a certain impression. Whether it is the early squall or the later typhoon, although the development process is not smooth, the final result is that the two fighters take more care of the British. In reality, other cooperating countries have compromised more on Britain's demands.

In fact, this is easy to understand. The United Kingdom is not said to be the strongest in the world in the field of engines, but after decades of experience, it is still one of the strongest in the world. If the United States and the Soviet Union are excluded, the United Kingdom is the only option for European countries, and it has unstoppable alternative.

Even fighter jets are like this, and with larger strategic transport aircraft, Britain's advantage is even more obvious. Alan Wilson remembers that although France is also a triad nuclear country, it is actually a trinity in name.

The British triple V bomber is a genuine strategic bomber, as is the Belfast strategic transport aircraft.

Although it was decommissioned and terminated later, the United Kingdom was indeed a genuine trinity nuclear power for a period of time. And France does not have a real strategic air force.

France's choice of strategic bombers and strategic transport aircraft is to consider the farthest possible intervention in African affairs at any time. . France and Africa are separated by the Mediterranean Sea, so it is enough to have a decent transport aircraft.

Later generations of France did not want to introduce the C17 transport aircraft made in the United States because it was really difficult to manufacture heavy transport aircraft, and France was not the same as the United Kingdom. Instead, European partners such as Spain, Belgium, and Germany were called to develop the A400M transport aircraft.

As for the strategic bomber, the French Mirage IV strategic bomber should also be the strategic bomber with the shortest legs in the world.

Therefore, to cooperate on the strategic transport aircraft, Alan Wilson believed that it was proposed by France. If it was a fighter jet, France would never speak.

There are two reasons for this. Although strategic transport aircraft are important, they are not insurmountable in the Air Force.

Fighter jets are a deadly thing, and France under Charles de Gaulle's administration must be guarding against getting stuck. What if the cooperation produces a finished product, and at a critical moment, the United Kingdom will use the special relationship between Britain and the United States to force France to submit? These are all inevitable things.

In terms of European defense cooperation, France has never conducted multinational cooperation in the field of fighter jets. The strong winds and typhoons are all dominated by the United Kingdom.

After some simulations, Alan Wilson asked his father-in-law to work in the Ministry of Defense in person about the matter involving his daughter's property, and he himself did diplomatic work. Of course, this matter cannot be hidden from Rabo Butler. The foreign secretary.

"There is no doubt that this is a good move by France. It is used to counter the accusations made by the United States at the foreign ministers' meeting." Rabo Butler also understood the twists and turns, "and the person I found is very accurate, if I remember correctly , This is the airline integrated by the Mountbatten Group, and it is currently the product that has put the most energy into it, isn't it, Alan?"

"Is the foreign secretary suspicious? I will make mistakes because the Belfast strategic transport aircraft is Pamela's painstaking effort?" Alan Wilson changed the subject when he said this, "Actually, to be honest, the development of strategic transport aircraft is complicated and difficult. I mean, it is a good thing for close allies to share risks. Even if there is no result in the end, you can accumulate experience and reduce costs.”

Rabo Butler shook his head with a smile, "Alan, you misunderstood. I believe that Whitehall's professional ethics in this regard is no problem, Europe cooperates, and the Prime Minister also supports it."

This is a pure lie. The Conservative Party does not have a prime minister who supports European cooperation, but facing pressure from the United States, it is always right to report to the group for warmth, even with suspicious allies.

At this time, will Britain choose to respond warmly to France's overtures, or is it because it is unwilling to be held hostage by the United States? hand it over.

"That's no problem. I will try my best to reach a wide range of cooperation projects that are beneficial to the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson made a solemn promise, "Although it may not be appropriate to do so based on my friendship with the United States, it is also possible. There is really no way. Let the United States know how powerful the United Kingdom is, which will help establish a more equal relationship."

Rabo Butler nodded. Although he didn't understand how to implement the establishment of a more equal relationship in Alan Wilson's mouth, and what it had to do with military cooperation, the NATO foreign ministers meeting this time was indeed irritating, but The French rushed to the front and assumed the main firepower. In fact, the British were just as dissatisfied.

After getting the authorization, Alan Wilson immediately learned about the position of the Ministry of Defense from his father-in-law.

"Let my son have a taste of Britain's long-standing hegemony of public opinion." Alan Wilson whistled. In the reaction stop incident, Britain's public opinion attack was a small attempt, but Kennedy used Germany to divert the attack on the US government.

In the first round, Britain and the United States had a tie, and the Germans suffered a lot. This time, Allen Wilson started with the flying coffin f104 fighter jets that were deployed in large numbers in Germany.

"Quoting German reports, why does Hartmann, the best pilot in the world, oppose the deployment of f104 fighter jets, and why f104 fighter jets have the nickname of flying coffins."

"Every f104 fighter pilot has excellent courage. It reminds me of the Japanese kamikaze special forces on the Pacific battlefield."

"Astronomical crash rate, a failed design like a suicide torpedo boat..."

Almost immediately, a spark of public opinion that could start a prairie fire appeared in the eyes of British citizens. Erich Hartmann can be described as famous, known as the number one ace pilot in the history of world air combat.

The halo on his body makes Erich Hartmann shrouded in mystery. In fact, Erich Hartmann is still quite young. He was born in 1922 and is only a few years older than Alan Wilson.

As a soldier, this age is far below the age of retirement, and the respected Marshal Mountbatten is still shining.

However, after Erich Hartmann's inspection, he felt that the f104 fighter jet was indeed a failure, so he opposed the deployment of the Federal Republic of Germany, but his fierce opposition could not shake Germany's determination to express friendship with the United States.

At this moment, Britain came back like lightning, and justice fell from heaven, which put Germany in an extremely embarrassing situation. The pervasiveness of British public opinion made the Germans know that the fighter jets they rely on most in their country's air force turned out to be the failure of the US Air Force.

This is not over yet. The British media continued their efforts and dug up the fact that the F-104 fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force are rarely in service. The fighter jets of the combat wing have even been retired.

The current F-104 fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force are only used for testing to obtain experimental data. This follow-up report directly discredited the F-104 fighter jet.

"Adenauer dare to refute? With the US military stationed in Germany, there is no British military stationed in Germany? He dares to open his eyes and tell nonsense, and the High Commissioner in Germany will find out immediately whether the respected German Chancellor is lying .”

At the French Embassy in London, Alan Wilson talked eloquently in front of Selt, making fun of the silent German government. The remaining British civil servants in the entire British-occupied area wore a pair of trousers with Alan Wilson.

"You Brits are experts in this aspect." Selt sighed, "Is the continent balanced? No one knows better than you Brits."

"Oh, my friend, that was all in the past. The current situation forces us to adopt a cooperative attitude in certain areas. Of course, I know that both France and the United Kingdom have heavy historical burdens. Cooperation may not be possible. They will be intimate, but the basic trust must be established slowly. You French people make trouble, we British people persuade us to fight, there are many flexible ways of fighting, we can’t just use one method.”

Alan Wilson took a sip of goji berries when he said this, supplemented the energy he spent at Vivien Leigh yesterday, and continued, "Recently, I have been active, about the progress of cooperation on strategic transport aircraft. The results are gratifying, whether it is the Ministry of Defense or foreign affairs. Both ministries are open to cooperation in this field."

"Of course, we can also cooperate in many military fields, such as fighter jets."

As soon as Alan Wilson finished speaking, the smile on Selt's face froze slightly, but he immediately replied, "Of course I am fine personally, but as Sir Wilson said, each of our two countries has historical burdens. It seems that we can have a good start with the strategic transport aircraft, and then gradually expand the cooperation to other fields."

"That's right!" Alan Wilson said with a smile after taking a deep look at the other party~lightnovelpub.net~.

How could he not know that France did not dare to cooperate with foreign countries on fighter jets, and which link really went wrong. Now France is always in a prickly situation. If the United States uses any means in any country, France may be in a hurry to deal with it.

Other aspects can be overcome, can this engine engine? If France rejects the British engine, it may make Britain feel distrusted, but if it does not reject it, France will not cry if something happens.

The engine is equivalent to the heart of the aircraft, and the French dare not let the British be responsible for their own heart safety.

The reason why Alan Wilson proposed to expand the cooperation to the field of fighter jets was just to take the opportunity to lower the price, so that France would not have little technology to help the United Kingdom, and would always ask for it.

Selter said that he must truthfully inform the French government of Alan Wilson's views on behalf of the United Kingdom, and personally go out to see him off when he leaves.

"Diplomatic work is really rewarding. The so-called covering the sky with one hand." Alan Wilson raised his wrist and glanced at the unpretentious old Patek Philippe that has been out of the factory for ten years.