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Chapter 518: A Good Start (Part 1)
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Sun Cheng's lips curved into a smile. "Xiao Wu, project a list of all military, industrial technologies, and equipment that I have access to through my permissions on the online store!"
"After filtering, there are a total of 143 technologies and products!"
With Xiao Wu's cold mechanical voice, four beams of light immediately projected from Xiao Wu's screen, and four walls with one-meter-long and wide screens appeared out of thin air on one side of the reception room.
On the screens, more than a hundred different technologies and products were displayed.
It should be easy for others to understand, as each technology and product had a picture and a simple introduction.
These were all carefully prepared by Sun Cheng earlier, as he had already anticipated everything that might happen during the country's first official contact.
For this reason, he had prepared no less than ten emergency plans.
Although he couldn't reveal the location of Base One in Tiger King Ridge for the time being, Sun Cheng still had enough cards up his sleeve.
For example, the intelligent smartphone disguised by Xiao Wu. As they say, small things can lead to big things. He now used this micro Decepticon to put on a good show.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Wu's holographic projection appeared, the four people in the reception room all changed their expressions.
"Is this holographic projection technology?"
Captain Sun Long from the Equipment Department widened his eyes. It was clear that he was a military officer with a technical background and was very sensitive to advanced technology.
Sun Cheng smiled slightly and did not answer.
Projection technology was not a rare thing, and it had been around for decades.
Currently, there are three main types of projection technology in the Real World: LCD technology, DLP technology, and LCOS technology, among which the most mature and complete is the DLP technology invented by Texas Instruments.
However, compared to real holographic projection, DLP technology can only be considered to have just touched the threshold.
Xiao Wu used more advanced optical imaging technology, which could indeed be considered a type of holographic projection, but its principle and technical content were undoubtedly much higher.
Sun Cheng did not explain much, and directly stood up and lightly tapped on the icon of a turbofan engine labeled as [F100 turbofan engine] on the projected screen.
Next moment, another slightly smaller screen, measuring about forty centimeters in length and width, was projected from the light wall.
On the small screen, there were more detailed descriptions.
"F100 turbofan engine: Developed by Pratt & Whitney Corporation in the year 1970, the fourth-generation aviation engine was tested starting from 1972 and delivered to the United States Air Force by the end of 1974."
"The F100 series engine consists of 15 models, including 7 in service with the U.S. military, 3 technology-restricted models, 1 continuously improved model, and 4 models exclusively for foreign customers!"
"The F100 engine provided by this online store is an improved version based on the F100-PW-100."
"The detailed data is as follows..."
Seeing that the attention of all four people was drawn to the small screen, especially Captain Sun Long, who eagerly approached.
"Can you really get the F100 engine? How does the performance of this improved version compare to the original? What are the modifications?"
He asked several questions in a row, and his face turned slightly red.
Sun Cheng knew the reason behind this.
Since the Xinhai Revolution, Xia Country had been packaged as a capitalist country, creating a political strategy known as the "Eastern Great Wall" to resist the Soviet Union. For a long time, Xia Country received support from the three countries of England, France, and the United States, who were strongly opposed to communism.
This support continued intermittently until the mid-to-late 1980s. During this period, Xia Country took advantage of two honeymoon periods to procure advanced equipment and devices from abroad.
For example, when the United States developed third-generation fighter jets, Xia Country, under defense pressure, not only independently developed its own third-generation fighter but also actively sought to import the more mature third-generation fighter from the United States.
Although the United States categorically refused to sell heavy fighter jets like the F-15 and F-14 series to Xia Country, the Congress eventually approved the export of another mainstay fighter, the F-16, to Xia Country.
From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, before being included in the Bawa Agreement restricting exports, Xia Country purchased a total of 177 F-16 fighter jets from the United States and obtained permission to assemble 200 aircraft using purchased components.
Later, due to tensions between Xia and the United States, Xia Country's plan to assemble 200 F-16 fighter jets using purchased components was not completed.
However, by studying the F-16 fighter and combining it with the experience gained from developing their own third-generation fighter, Xia Country successfully introduced its first domestically produced third-generation fighter, the Golden Eagle, in the year 1999.
The Golden Eagle is a twin-engine heavy fighter that bears a resemblance to the F-16 in terms of appearance and some design elements. As a result, it is often jokingly referred to as the "twin-engine, enlarged version of the F-16" by military enthusiasts in Europe, America, and even domestically.
Next, a slightly smaller screen, measuring about forty centimeters in length and width, was projected from the light wall.
The small screen displayed more detailed information.
"The Golden Eagle has almost the same range and combat radius as the F-15/Su-27, but due to Xia Country's shortcomings in basic materials and high-precision equipment, the aviation engine of the Golden Eagle only matches the castrated version of the F100 aviation engine exported to Xia Country by the United States."
However, in terms of quality, service life, and accident rate, it cannot be compared to the F100-PW-100 engine used by the U.S. military, let alone the subsequent several upgraded versions of the F100.
After starting the construction of Base One in the Real World, Sun Cheng began to use the Decepticons' copying ability in the Transformers Universe to obtain the advanced equipment and technology of various countries on Earth that he was interested in and gradually bring them back to the Real World.
As the strongest military power on Earth in that world, the United States became the second victim after the Polar Bear.
Among them, the F-16 fighter series, as a star product exported by the United States, and Sun Cheng also knew the relationship between Xia Country and this fighter in reality. Therefore, he had personally infiltrated Chile and Venezuela, two countries that had purchased F-16 fighters from the United States.
Although the fighters exported by the U.S. military were castrated versions, he did have relevant data and technology for the F-16 fighter.
Decepticon engineers even spent some time modifying the stolen F-16 fighter at Sun Cheng's request. They even made two engineering machines for testing, one of which was dismantled into parts and brought back before he returned to reality this time.
Therefore, when faced with Captain Sun Long's questions, his answer was very affirmative.
"Please rest assured, because our country also has F-16 fighters, I have inquired specifically."
"The F100 turbofan engine sold in the P.C.F online store is an improved version based on the United States' F100-PW-100."
"It is said that it was originally uploaded by a Chinese-American aviation expert who had participated in the design of the engine, and after years of collection, plus the continuous improvement and perfection by P.C.F's own aviation experts, the product in the online store now has performance that is comparable to the F100-PW-229EEP."
Sun Long frowned and shook his head when he heard this, with a red face. "Impossible. The F100-PW-229EEP is almost the cutting-edge product of the U.S. military aviation engine. The only ones that can compete with it are the other two military aviation engines of the United States, the F110-GE-129 and the F119-PW-100. Even the improved version of the AL31F of the Soviet Union is slightly inferior..."
The implication was that he did not believe Sun Cheng's words at all.
Sun Cheng did not explain and just smiled lightly, showing no embarrassment or displeasure at being questioned.
Then he looked at the other three people who were already happily clicking on several online store products in front of the screen.
The reception room was quiet for a few minutes until Wang Yuan, the director in charge of special equipment procurement at the National Asset Management Bureau, who had not spoken, broke the deadlock.
"Mr. Sun, I found a 14nm Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine here. May I ask if there are higher-level 10nm, 7nm, or even 5nm products? If not, I would like to ask how this 14nm Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine is sold. Are you selling the technology directly or the finished product?"
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