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Although the current DC-3 passenger aircraft has just been put into production for more than three years and has been in short supply, so the current price is as high as 150,000 US dollars per aircraft, but considering its excellent performance and amazing service life, it is still
It can be said to be good value for money. Not to mention that Zhongfu International only bought 20 finished products.
They were sent back to the country for official duties and training, and the other 80 were produced under license. The corresponding technology and equipment were bought by the way, and the United States was also responsible for personnel training. Overall, it was a good deal. After all, this kind of impact on the industrial base was very cost-effective.
For projects with higher requirements, if they can be introduced, it is better to introduce them directly...
The Air Force's procurement volume is also not small, with a total cost of more than 80 million US dollars. However, whether it is the Army or the Air Force, this large purchase can only be said to be the icing on the cake. Only the Navy can truly be regarded as a "timely help".
Although Zhongfu International’s procurement did not go smoothly...
Since the occupation of Qingdao, Hu Weidong has been trying to develop China's warship manufacturing industry. However, compared with the army and aircraft that have not yet had a long history, naval ships have higher requirements for industrial foundation and technological accumulation. China alone
If you fumble around, you probably won’t be able to find anything decent until the end of World War II.
The results have come out, so the introduction of technology, equipment and even talents is essential. But before World War II, it was the era when the great powers paid most attention to sea control (afterwards, because air control became more critical, it was meaningless to talk about sea control alone.), so for
Related technologies are also closely watched. How easy is it to introduce them?
It should be noted that the Soviet Union failed to achieve much in the introduction of shipbuilding technology during the Great Depression in 1929, even during the golden opportunity of 1929 (Note 1), let alone now that the great powers have further strengthened export controls on technical equipment.
It is precisely because of this that Hu Weidong does not
It had to introduce some small ship construction technology from the Soviet Union, whose shipbuilding technology was obviously lagging behind the Western powers. This was not only because of the future development idea of the Chinese Navy's "fast submarine", but also because at that time, no other country except the Soviet Union was willing to do so.
Selling shipbuilding technology to China...
Originally, Hu Weidong's plan was to use this opportunity to introduce various ship construction technologies and corresponding equipment and talents from Germany after launching comprehensive cooperation with Germany. However, he did not expect that Zhongfu International would be able to use the DuPont consortium's relationship to open up the United States.
The connections of major arms dealers,
Hu Weidong naturally knew that only the submarines produced by Germany during World War II were slightly better than those of the United States, and the rest were far inferior to those of the United States (Note 2). Therefore, he could buy warships and even a complete set of warships from the United States.
Shipbuilding technology, this is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise...
However, through Situ Meitang's proud words, Roosevelt had already understood the Red Party's military victories and outstanding achievements in economic construction in the past two years, and therefore realized in advance the inevitable and red changes in China.
There is huge development potential in the future. Even regardless of ideological differences, he does not want to cultivate a competitor or even a future enemy of the United States. The lessons of the rise of the Soviet Union are enough for him to reflect. Therefore, regarding the types of ships sold and transferred
Categories of technical equipment,U.S. government
FU has strict restrictions. Especially those large ships that can operate in oceans are determined not to be sold. Even the light cruiser technical equipment they initially agreed to transfer is because the tonnage of the light cruisers currently in service in the United States is generally close to, or even exceeds
The international standard for heavy cruisers was ultimately rejected...
Fortunately, the U.S. Department of the Navy is now worried about the significant reduction in the three-year shipbuilding plan. The Chinese Red Party's procurement made them see an opportunity. After some contacts, the U.S. Navy managed to convince Congress and agreed to sell 2 warships to China.
U.S. Navy
The unit price of the Omaha-class light cruiser, which has been in service for many years, is as high as 15 million U.S. dollars, which is more than double the construction cost. Not to mention that both warships have been used for more than ten years. If depreciation is included, the price may not even be 5 million U.S. dollars.
Not worth it, but because of China
No other buyer can be found for the time being. Therefore, the United States is extremely strong in the negotiations. Even if Mao Zemin personally negotiates the price, he can only barely reduce the unit price to 12 million US dollars. However, the service attitude is quite good, considering that even if China buys these warships, it will not be able to
After breaking through the interception of the Japanese Combined Fleet and returning home safely, they agreed to deliver the goods to the door and said that if China needed it, they could modernize the two old light cruisers. Of course, the modification fee still had to be charged...
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After receiving the telegram from Mao Zemin from across the ocean, Hu Weidong almost called him back on the spot to ask him to give up the purchase. But after thinking about it, he decided to be taken advantage of. As a fan of "giant ships and artillery", Hu Weidong had a deep understanding of the World War II period.
The advantages and disadvantages of the main ship types of each country are very clear, especially
Especially among the four countries, the United States, Britain and Germany, the internal structural design of the German warships is the most perfect, while the external layout of the American warships is the most reasonable, both in terms of weapons and armor. Therefore, even if you cannot get a large American warship
construction technology, as long as the warship can be brought back to develop
According to research and analysis, this advantage can also be learned, and he also has a wishful thinking, which is to introduce the construction technology of large battleships from Germany, and then integrate the advantages of the US warship layout into it, so that he can get the best of both worlds.
The captain of the ship. Of course, Hu Weidong also knew that this was not
It is easy, so I deliberately put forward some modification requirements, and then sent some carefully selected technical backbones from the Qingdao Shipyard to the United States. They were called supervision, but they were actually stealing lessons to observe and study the weapons, armor and other arrangements of the Americans on the ship.
Equipment ideas...
Note 1: However, this is also because the Soviet Union chose to modernize its army and aviation forces first in the face of the reality of limited financial resources. It was not until the two five-year plans achieved unprecedented success that the Soviet Union became the world's second largest industrial country.
The pace of modernization of the Red Navy, but at this time the Western powers have begun to recover from the Great Depression and will no longer sell everything as before...
Note 2: Some people may disagree that the design of German warships in World War II was backward, but even the most die-hard German fans cannot deny that the performance of German surface ships during World War II was not as good as that of American warships of the same grade.
The construction speed of German warships was not as fast as that of the United States, and the cost was actually no advantage (you must know that the labor costs of the United States were much higher than those of Germany at the time). When compared together, the gap is even greater...