Chapter 836 The Russians’ Decision
"Others, is there anything else worth buying?" It seems that not everyone is so serious in the meeting. This person obviously didn't even read the information in his hand carefully.

"Not many, but at least there are some. For example, this programmable switching system that appeared on our front page." Another Russian replied.

"I don't think they're any better than we are at this."

"I'm sorry, my comrade. In this regard, their technology is really far beyond ours. My colleague has tried out the micro-telephone network they use to support this switch on site, and the effect is very good. It has many conveniences or advanced functions that we can't imagine. Indicators such as power consumption, volume, maintenance cost, and switching speed far exceed our existing equipment. Even... even including the procurement cost." His colleague has not returned to China yet, but he has obtained the details of the exhibition through the foreign affairs communication channels.

"Purchase cost?! Impossible! It's written in black and white here that the price of these two 800-port switches is more expensive than our switches of the same size!" Do you think I can't read? The old Russian thought angrily.

"But my comrade, the purchase cost is not just the machine itself, but also the money needed to build a supporting working environment for it. Believe me, this is not a small number, and our larger land requirements far exceed the switch of our southern comrades." As a professional, this comrade understood the facts much more clearly than others.

Equipment procurement is always only a part of it. People, materials, machines, management, profits, regulations and taxes are all indispensable. If some of them are not reflected in the explicit list, they must be hidden in other parts in some form.

In fact, the cost of our programmable switching systems is much lower than that of the Russian switches of the same size. After all, those relays weighing several kilograms are no joke. They can be sold for an extra two cents even if they are sold as scrap metal, not to mention the precious metal or copper contacts on them. Copper has never been cheap and has always been used as currency.

Of course, the price is another matter.

"It is impossible to purchase their switches on a large scale at one time. First of all, our switching network has not yet reached the point where it must be replaced all at once. Second, we have our own switch technology and there is no need for this. However, in addition to the two units purchased this time, it is okay to buy a few for imitation. I agree with this." This Russian man was obviously in a higher status, and his words had some "tone-setting" effect.

"I agree"*N.

In their view, no matter how much more advanced this equipment seems to be than their technology, in fact, it is just an idea of ​​ours. The difficulty of the basic technology is not high. The main thing is that the ideas and thoughts are novel. If the southerners can do it with their little technical foundation, then they will definitely have no problem.

Not to mention the other participants here, even the Russians involved in the communications industry have the same idea.

We have to import this kind of equipment from our comrades in the south at a high price, firstly because we cannot afford to lose face, and secondly because we can also produce it, so there is no need.

The Russians' idea of ​​"even if the boat is rotten, there are still three pounds of nails" has not changed much, not to mention that they are now leading in all aspects with only a few areas lagging behind. As for whether they have suffered any loss in this regard, only they themselves know whether the shoes fit their feet or not.

There is only one question, is it really that easy to cheat homework?
For example, they seem to have forgotten the computer equipment that is now being imported.

Regardless of whether it is easy or not, no one is considering this issue now, and the purchased equipment has not arrived yet.

If they had disagreements on this kind of high-tech equipment but were not very willing to import it, then they were very interested in another thing and unanimously agreed to import it in large quantities, even if it took half a year.

——Video cassette recorder.

The reason is very simple. In the backward switching network, making phone calls would cause trouble for ordinary people, but they are not too anxious about it. However, they also want to use video cassette recorders.

The same goes for color TVs. We hope to import them in large quantities. As for imitations, we can talk about it later.

However, the decline of the Russians' color TVs is not entirely due to technical problems, but also to production and cost issues. In this regard, I estimate that we can do business for a long time.

There is only one thing left - weapons.

In this regard, they don't think highly of other things. Many of their own products are just copied by us and sold.

Including the Thunder-1 air-to-air missile and the Zhengxian-1 anti-ship missile, in their view, there is no technical difference between them and their own K-13M and P-15.

There is nothing wrong with this judgment. The former was originally copied from Citibank's Sidewinder, and later the guidance head was introduced from the technology of Comrade Southern. How big of a difference can there be?

As for the P-15, it is not a high-end product in the Russians' own system. They have better ones, so there is no need for it.

Besides, if we replace alcohol fuel with kerosene, the sailors below might have some opinions. Some people want to buy some and take them apart to have a look. After all, these two things have actual combat records, and there may be some details worth learning.

But this cannot be done. Unlike the fledgling CKJH-62 which still needs to prove itself, precisely because these goods have actual combat records, the minimum order quantity we require is relatively high, which is not cost-effective. The Russians will still calculate this account.

But we are also very generous in this regard. It is impossible for us to sell just a little bit to you, as it would disrupt our sales system. But it is okay to just give a little bit to you.

Yes, we simply gave some Thunder-1 to the Russians. After all, the Russians had given us a lot of things before, so it was just a matter of reciprocity.

"Comrades, our generous southern comrades donated a batch of their Thunder-1 air-to-air missiles to us, but they did not give us their latest portable air defense missiles. The reason is that they are still in the testing phase and their performance is unstable." Although the Russians at the scene wanted to buy some, the decision of whether to buy or not, unlike civilian products, still had to be made by their families.

"Then buy it. This is a new product, our new product, and the other party also paid for it. For our comrades who are still researching portable air defense missiles, this missile is of great inspiration. It is impossible to get ahead of the comrades in the South, but I hope at least not to fall behind the Citigroup people."

“But they require a relatively high one-time order quantity, which is not a small amount. The minimum order is 200 pieces.” This is also due to the results, so naturally the sales strategy is different.

"Buy it, buy it. 200 missiles is 200 missiles. The total cost is not as much as if we sold them one plane." On this point, most Russians were very open-minded. The main reason was that this missile could shoot down two Mi-5000s at a time at a plateau of 4 meters, which meant that it must have its unique features.

Look, in the end, the results speak for themselves.

"What about infantry fighting vehicles?" This is one of the few new weapons that the Russians are interested in.

They are not interested in armored personnel carriers. They are very cheap and everyone has their own requirements. At least serious military powers build their own armored personnel carriers.

Even their interest in infantry fighting vehicles is only because they want to try a few out and have no intention of purchasing them on a large scale.

"Let's not buy it. The conceptual starting point of their infantry fighting vehicle is different from the BMP we are designing. Have you noticed that the height of this infantry fighting vehicle is much higher than our requirements?" The Russians were addicted to low appearance, and many of their soldiers were taller, so it was even more uncomfortable to squat inside.

In contrast, Gao Zhendong did not have this idea for our infantry fighting vehicles. He urged the designers to design the vehicle body to be slightly higher, but not much higher than the finalized BMP-1 he knew.

Even though the height difference is only more than 10 centimeters, this slight height difference can make the soldiers feel much better inside.

"The head space is N fists", this is what the media people in the car circle say.

Obviously, our idea is different from the Russians' insistence on height control. The body design of an armored vehicle is extremely important. It can be said that it determines many things. If the height of the vehicle is different, the difference may be huge.

"Yes, their main weapon is a naval 25mm gun with a shortened shell. The prototype of the naval gun is copied from ours, which does not match our firepower requirements. As for the engine, transmission and so on, I don't think this thing will be of any benefit to us." The Russians' 73mm gun, or more accurately, a large rocket launcher, is also a legend, but this legend is a bit unorthodox.

As the main weapon on infantry fighting vehicles, it has been criticized in terms of firing rate, range, accuracy and other aspects. The only justification is that the power of the armor-piercing shell is acceptable, but it was replaced in the BMP-2.

However, in the guerrilla battlefield, the disassembled 73mm guns have appeared a lot. This thing is too simple, it can be fired by just setting it up, and the firing rate is very fast. Anyway, the main purpose of the guerrilla battlefield is to hear the sound. Of course, if a country's regular army takes this thing to disassemble and fight, it seems a bit abstract, mainly because this thing is not very accurate at all, and the caliber is too small to be used for suppression.

No matter how this gun develops later, the Russians now just want a 73mm large barrel.

To a certain extent, it cannot be said that there was something wrong with their idea. At that time, armor-piercing shells were at their peak. The abnormal armor-piercing depth made the Hans give up armor-piercing shells to fight against the fragile shells such as Leopard-1.

In the eyes of the Russians, with a caliber of 73mm, the infantry fighting vehicles only need to use armor-piercing shells to pose a threat to enemy tanks. This deal is a good deal anyway.

Moreover, when the 73mm caliber is switched to grenades, it can also achieve good fire support effects, killing two birds with one stone!

(End of this chapter)