When it comes to the cooperation on Eurofighters, Alan Wilson has a certain impression. Whether it is the early gales or the later typhoons, 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 more compromised with the UK's demands.

In fact, this is also easy to understand. The UK is not the strongest in the world in the field of engines, but after decades of hard work, it is still one of the strongest in the world. If the US and the Soviet Union are excluded, the UK is the only option for European countries, and it has inexorable Alternative.

Even fighter jets are like this. With larger strategic transport aircraft, the British advantage is even more obvious. Alan Wilson remembers that although France is also a nuclear triad, it is actually a triad in name.

The British Triple V bombers were genuine strategic bombers, as were the Belfast strategic transports.

Although the decommissioning of decommissioning, the termination of termination, the UK did for a time be a genuine trinity of nuclear states. There is no real strategic air force in France.

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

In later generations, France was very difficult to manufacture heavy transport aircraft, and France was not the same as the United Kingdom, and was reluctant to introduce the C17 transport aircraft made in the United States. Instead, they called European partners such as Spain, Belgium, and Germany 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 believes that this is the initiative of France. If it were 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 fighters are terrible things, and France under Charles de Gaulle must be guarding against being stuck in the neck. If the cooperation produces a finished product, at the critical moment, the UK will come to the special relationship between the UK and the United States and 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. Gale and typhoon are all led by the United Kingdom. On the contrary, in the development of transport aircraft, France has attracted other countries to cooperate in joint research.

After some simulations, Alan Wilson asked his father-in-law to work in the Ministry of Defense, and he did diplomatic work. Of course, this matter could not be hidden from Rabo Butler. The foreign secretary.

"There is no doubt that this is a gesture of goodwill from 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 who was hired is very accurate, if I remember correctly. , this is the airline that has been integrated by the Mountbatten Group, and the product that has put the most energy into it, isn't it, Ellen?"

"Does the foreign secretary suspect that I will make a mistake because the Belfast strategic transport aircraft is Pamela's hard work?" Alan Wilson said this, "In fact, to be honest, the development of strategic transport aircraft is complex and difficult. , to send a big head to the door? I mean that it is a good thing for close allies to take risks together. 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. European cooperation is supported by the Prime Minister."

This is pure falsehood. There is no prime minister who supports European cooperation in the Conservative Party, but in the face of pressure from the United States, it is always right to report to the group, even with dubious allies.

At this time, Britain will choose to respond enthusiastically to France's goodwill, or because it is unwilling to be held hostage by the United States, especially recently, what the Americans have made a unified response to the threat of the Soviet Union, allowing Britain and France to put nuclear weapons first hand over.

"Then no problem, I will try to reach a wide range of cooperation projects that are beneficial to the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson made a solemn pledge, "Although it may not be appropriate to do so with my friendliness to the United States, but also There is really no way. Letting the United States know about the strength of the United Kingdom will help to establish a more equal relationship.”

Rabo Butler nodded, although he did not understand how the establishment of a more equal relationship in Alan Wilson's mouth should be implemented, and what it had to do with military cooperation, this time the NATO foreign ministers meeting was indeed irritating, only The French rushed ahead and took on the main firepower, in fact the British were just as dissatisfied.

With the authorization, Alan Wilson immediately learned the position of the Department of Defense from his father-in-law.

"Let my son have a taste of Britain's long-term hegemony of public opinion." Alan Wilson whistled. In the stop-action incident, the British public opinion attack was a small test, but Kennedy used Germany to deflect his criticism of the US government.

In the first round, the United Kingdom and the United States fought a tie, and the Germans suffered a dull loss. This time, Alan Wilson started with a large number of flying coffin f104 fighter jets installed in Germany.

"Quoting reports from Germany, why did Hartmann, the world's best pilot, oppose the installation of the F104 fighter jet, and why the F104 fighter jet has the nickname of the flying coffin."

"Every f-104 fighter pilot has great courage. It reminds me of the Japanese kamikaze in the Pacific theater."

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

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

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

As a soldier, this age is far from the age of retirement, and the respected Marshal Mountbatten continues to shine.

However, Erich Hartmann felt that the F104 fighter jet was indeed a failure after inspection, so he opposed the installation of the Federal Republic of Germany, but his fierce opposition did not shake Germany's determination to express friendship with the United States.

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

This is not over yet. The British media have made persistent efforts to dig out the F-104 fighter jets that are rarely used by the US Air Force. The fighter jets of the combat wing have even been retired and are not used as the main fighter jets at all, but are exported to the air forces of other countries in large quantities.

The F-104 fighter jets that exist in the current US Air Force are only used for testing and obtaining experimental data. This tracking report directly discredited the F-104 fighter.

"Adenauer dares to refute? If there are US troops stationed in Germany, then there are no British troops stationed in Germany? He dares to open his eyes and tell nonsense, and the High Commissioner in Germany can immediately find out whether this respected German Chancellor is lying. ."

At the French embassy in London, Alan Wilson spoke in front of Selt, joking about the silent German government. All the British civil servants left in the British occupation area wear a pair of trousers with Alan Wilson.

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

"Oh, my friend, that's all in the past. The current situation forces us to adopt a cooperative attitude in certain fields. Of course, I know that both France and the United Kingdom have a heavy historical burden. Cooperation may not It will be intimate, but basic trust must be built slowly. You French people make trouble, we British people persuade, there are many flexible ways to fight, and you can't just use one method."

Alan Wilson said this and took a sip of wolfberry, supplementing the energy spent in Vivien Leigh yesterday, and continued, "I have been active recently, about the progress of cooperation in strategic transport aircraft. The results are gratifying, whether it is the Department of Defense or the foreign affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is 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 stagnated slightly, but he immediately replied, "Of course I have no problem, but as Sir Wilson said, our two countries each have historical burdens, I It seems that we can start off with a good strategic transport aircraft, and then gradually expand the cooperation to other fields."

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

How could he not know that France does not dare to cooperate with fighter jets and foreign countries, and which link really has a problem. Now France is always in a thorny situation. If the United States uses a little 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 British engines, it may make Britain feel distrusted, but if it is not rejected, France will not cry if something really happens.

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

The reason why Alan Wilson proposed to expand cooperation to the field of fighter jets is just to take the opportunity to lower the price, so that France does not have any technology that can help the United Kingdom, and always makes demands.

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

"Diplomacy is so rewarding. It's so called to cover the sky with one hand." Alan Wilson raised his wrist and glanced at the plain old Patek Philippe that had been out of the factory for ten years.