blackstone code

Chapter 1828 The cooperation is still necessary

"Gentlemen, the acting prime minister of Gafla just called me. He hoped that we could support some of their fighter jets and pilots."

"I know this makes it difficult for you, but I still want to ask, can we do it?"

In Mr. Treman's office were people from the Ministry of Defense, and people from the Air Force.

The current situation in Gefra is very bad. The Pengeo people played a trick. Although they lost nearly half of their fleet, they firmly grasped the air supremacy extending southeast of Gefra Island.

And over time, it will slowly cover the entire Gafferaben Island!

Once Gefra has no fighter jets to take to the sky, then Penteo's bombers will arrive above Gefra and carry out carpet bombing on this island country!
There is no need to doubt this point, there has never been any humanity in war.

When the controller of the war starts to talk about humanity and morality, it means that he is on the disadvantaged side.

But these are not what they really need to do, they just hope to seek more assistance from the international community through this method.

The Penteo people don't talk about human nature, they are invaders, the initiators of evil wars, and they will refute these accusations at first.

But then I didn't care about it at all, and I didn't even protest, it was just acquiescence.

Admit it or not, there is a fight, and enemies don't become allies just because they refute these views.

Similarly, their allies will not become their enemies because of these accusations.

After all, even if public opinion blows up a storm, it cannot shake the boulder!

Only something harder can break a boulder!
Originally, Mr. Truman didn't really want to support Gafla. They have been holding back the Federation in this war.

But considering that this is related to Gefra's life and death after all, he feels that they should be given a hand.

But after he finished speaking, the entire office fell silent.

Mr. Truman frowned, "Why don't you speak?"

He is a very direct person, what to say.

The people from the Air Force looked at the people from the Ministry of Defense, and the officer of the Ministry of Defense stood up bravely, "Mr. President, we also suffered heavy losses in the Niu Horn Strait."

"If we mobilize some spare fighters and pilots to support Gafla..."

He lowered his head and did not dare to look at Mr. Truman, let alone look directly into his eyes, "Then all the efforts we have made so far will be wasted!"

These words are not difficult to understand, and Mr. Truman grasped the point at once, "You mean, we lost too much air force in the Niujiao Strait, right?"

"No one told me this, I don't even have an exact number, what are you guys doing?!"

His tone was a bit heavy, and the officer of the Ministry of National Defense quickly explained, "We are planning to make a summary report this afternoon, but..."

What he meant was that he was summoned before he had time to report.

Mr. Truman glanced at him for a moment. "Tell me, how bad are we?"

The officer first handed a document to Mr Truman's assistant, which then appeared on his desk, before the officer explained.

"So far we have shot down and destroyed more than [-] enemy planes..."

Mr. Truman interrupted his speech very rudely, and he didn't like people from the Ministry of Defense either.

They always like to play some word games, and they have no military style at all. Of course, this has something to do with the nature of their work, they are in charge of administrative work!
The officer was a little embarrassed, but continued, "We lost 370 planes, and this number may increase later..."

"So many?" Mr. Truman's tone was filled with confusion and doubt, and there was some unbelievable taste.

"I remember that our battle loss rate was not so high before!"

Although there will be a lot of losses in the past, basically the loss of an aircraft will often bring nearly double the benefits. Now just from the numbers, the two are very close!
The officer's explanation is also very clear, "We reported before that the Penteo people use a new type of fighter jet, and the gap in performance between us is not that big anymore."

"Now we still have a relative advantage because our pilots are relatively mature in flying technology."

"If we support Gafla with spare planes and pilots, then we must give up the fight for air supremacy in the Horn Strait."

"This also means that these losses are in vain!"

The officer also emphasized his tone, "The production capacity of the Penteo people is not weaker than ours, and even because of their royal coordination, the peak production of aircraft may be higher than ours."

"Their planes are continuously being sent to the front line. Once we have a gap period, the advantage we have now will be wiped out soon."

In a word, impossible!

Mr. Truman could no longer relax his brows after listening, "I remember that I gave Lynch and the others a new order?"

"How long will it take for these orders to be fulfilled?"

"Also, I remember we had more aircraft reserves, why are there none now?"

Mr. Truman heard a report before that the total number of fighter jets currently in use by the federal military exceeds four thousand, and Lynch still has about fifteen hundred fighters in stock.

Now only less than [-] planes have been lost, and there will be a problem of poor turnover for no reason.

The officer of the Ministry of National Defense gave a more official answer, "Mr. President, have you forgotten the arms sales contract we signed with the World Development Council..."

Mr. Truman slapped his forehead, he remembered!
In more than 20 countries, there were dozens of aircraft at the least, and hundreds of aircraft at the most. Not only did Lynch's inventory be exhausted, but the military even distributed [-] aircraft.

The officer went on to add, "Among the remaining fighter jets, some of them are used for defense in the mainland. About [-] fighters have been deployed by the Mariello side, and about [-] fighters have been occupied by the Midway Island Project."

"We also supported [-] aircraft in Amélia..."

"So now we really don't have much in hand."

The air force is developing too fast. Before, the military believed that maintaining the size of [-] fighter jets would be enough to meet current needs.

But in fact, this obviously underestimated the capabilities of Penteo's man-made aircraft!

They actually blocked the national fortune on the plane, and countless factories frantically produced it. This is also the most special feature of the feudal country of Penteo.

Power belongs to the royal family and nobles, and they can unreservedly hand over production technology to all enterprises with production capacity, allowing them to produce for themselves during wartime.

After the war is over, they take back the power of production and sales, and kill anyone who dares to stretch out their hands. This does not need to bear the risk of process leakage.

Even if someone has mastered all the technologies and processes, there is still no way to produce them in their country.

And going abroad for production may cost more than the internal production of the Penteio Empire itself, so there is a possibility of outflow, but it is of little significance!

This is different from the Federation. Military industrial enterprises are actually monopoly groups, and only they can produce their main products.

For example, the tanks in Ankirk and the armor-piercing projectiles that Lynch authorized them to produce, they may be able to manufacture similar ones in another factory, but it is difficult to catch up with them in terms of performance.

Coupled with the deepening of the military's cooperation and the deepening of the network of contacts, as long as there is no absolute advantage in performance, it will be difficult for latecomers to replace Ankerk Industries as a supplier of military tanks.

The same goes for fighter jets.

The fighter jets currently produced by Blackstone Aviation have the best performance, and the performance of Lanying Air's fighter jets can only be said to be average, and the performance of other small companies is even less good.

As far as the military is concerned, they have no choice. As long as Lynch's conditions are not excessive, they must accept it!
This kind of monopoly business is easy to do, has a technical threshold, and is unique and irreplaceable!
Now that Peng Jieao is crazy about building aircraft, the Federation must keep up, and finally place a big order for Lynch!
The colonel from the Air Force suddenly stood up at this time, "Mr. President,...the Lieutenant General thinks that in order to ensure that our tactical and strategic plans can be implemented smoothly, and have sufficient responsiveness."

"For the Air Force alone, the number of fighter jets should be more than [-]. Based on what we know so far, at least dozens of aircraft are produced every day from the factory in Penteo."

"Regardless of whether we will continue to advance to their hinterland in the future, we must ensure that the air power will at least not be inferior to that of the Penteio Air Force!"

Mr. Truman rubbed his temples, picked up the phone, and dialed Lynch's number.

When the call came at this time, Lynch himself was a little surprised, "Is there anything I can do?"

His words were very direct, and Mr. Truman was not polite, "Now that your assembly line has been released for production, how many fighter jets can you produce every day, the latest model!"

Lynch was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that there would be a big order coming, and he didn't answer indiscriminately. He hung up the phone first, called the Blackstone Aviation Production Department, and then called Mr. Truman.

"I found out that with the current production capacity, 25 planes can be produced per day."

"Too little!" Mr. Truman's business was obviously very dissatisfied, "You must at least double the production capacity, produce fifty machines a day, and I will give you a super large order."

"But you have to finish it as soon as possible, you understand?"

Fifty planes a day, [-] planes a month. In fact, Lynch felt that the production capacity was sufficient for the order that could be delivered to the Ministry of Defense in three months.

But now it seems that the Air Force may have suffered huge losses.

He thought for a while, "Of course, but I have to pay more money first. I need to buy assembly lines, build factories and hire workers. It will take time."

Mr. Truman sighed, "I'll give you a week, and we're running out of time to start production after a week!"

Lynch asked tentatively, "Can you tell me roughly how many planes are needed?"

"No less than five thousand!"

(End of this chapter)