Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

Chapter 687 Global Group’s actions in Japan

However, the news that Brazil has a fighter jet that surpasses the US military's F86 Saber fighter has spread all over the world. The most positive person about this is General Nairo Mora of the Brazilian Air Force.

He impatiently applied directly to the Ministry of National Defense to purchase this new jet fighter that they had entrusted Fangyuan Group to develop.

He was also disappointed when he heard that it had not yet entered mass production.

 Fortunately, the T-1 training aircraft, which was actually invested and developed by the Air Force Ministry, has long been finalized and mass-produced, and has now begun to be equipped with the Brazilian Air Force and aviation schools.

 After visiting the jet fighter, the US military inspection team discovered the jet transport aircraft project developed by Fangyuan Group, although Fangyuan Group has repeatedly stated that this is a civilian jet aircraft.

However, the US military inspection team still took a fancy to the huge potential of this passenger aircraft as a transport aircraft. The Horton brothers had Fang Lang's full support and the help of the jet engine R&D team that Pohlman brought in from Germany.

As early as last year, the first turbofan engine was finalized at Fangyuan Power Plant, which is more than ten years ahead of the first turbofan engine in history.

 So, how can this transport aircraft equipped with two turbofan engines not make the American inspection team jealous? This is technology that the United States does not yet have.

If the FY-1 fighter jet is only slightly more advanced than the American F86, the Americans can catch up very easily and do not need to pay too much attention. This transport aircraft equipped with the latest high-bypass ratio turbofan engine made these US military inspection groups no longer able to calm down.

 The new transport aircraft named Fangyuan 80 is a brand new jet aircraft designed by Dr. Horton based on the appearance of Boeing and Airbus aircraft provided by Fang Lang.

Because this was the first experimental model, Rima Horton was not radical. The swept-wing jetliner designed was not huge, and was still far behind the Boeing 707 later developed by the Americans.

But it is also a jet airliner that can transport 80 passengers at a time across a distance of 5,200 kilometers. Such performance simply stunned the US military inspection team.

 So, the first idea of ​​the officers of the American inspection team was to convert this transport aircraft into a military transport aircraft.

 Fang Lang was very generous with this request and told the U.S. military officers readily. This kind of aircraft has been finalized. If the US military is interested in purchasing it, Fangyuan Group can arrange a production plan for them.

There is a reason why Fang Lang’s attitude towards the Fangyuan 80 transport aircraft is different from that of the FY-1. After all, this is a transport aircraft, and the Americans’ modification potential for it is limited.

 At most, it will be like the Boeing 707 of later generations, converted into an early warning aircraft and a tanker, and it cannot be converted into a bomber at all.

 The voyage of 5,200 kilometers is really too much for the Peninsula War. You must know that the base for the United States to launch a war on the peninsula is Xiaori Island, and there is no need for such a long-range transport aircraft.

This flight range from the West Coast of the United States to Japan is not enough, so this aircraft is actually somewhat useless for the US military.

But as a passenger aircraft, this range can beat most passenger aircraft of this era. More importantly, this large bypass ratio turbofan engine has lower noise than ordinary propeller aircraft and is more suitable for use as a passenger aircraft.

If Fang Lang does not take advantage of this opportunity to sell this aircraft and seize the market, other companies may quickly enter the research and development of turbofan engines and eventually compete with Fangyuan Group.

The best way is to sell this product at a relatively low price. When other countries have researched it, they will find that the cost of R&D and manufacturing may be higher than the cost of directly purchasing Fangyuan Group's products. Not worth it.

Of course, there are many large companies that will never give up on this market, but by the time they come up with their research, Fangyuan Group’s new models and engines will have already been released.

These people can only try their best to catch up. If they want to surpass, they have to invest more capital and energy. He doesn't believe that many companies can persist. Finally, it can also directly work with the companies that persist to create a monopoly network, so that companies that want to enter later will be surrounded by all sides.

These are all the old tricks left by Boeing and Airbus. Of course Fang Lang doesn't mind and let this trick appear in advance.

As for whether the Americans will start research and imitation work after getting this model, this is for sure. Fang Lang has never taken any chances. Maybe many people think that the Western world respects patent laws and will not do anything that infringes.

Then you might as well go to the court and take a look. There are many infringement lawsuits going on in European and American countries. Many current equipment, including those in the United States, are imitations of products from other countries.

For Fang Lang, the biggest advantage of Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company now is that it has completed the research and development of related products first and is ahead of other countries.

If other countries want to catch up, the gap will not be narrowed so easily.

Fang Lang even took the initiative to tell the officials of these inspection groups that if the United States needs it, the turbofan engines produced by Fangyuan Power can be sold directly to them.

 The price is even cheaper than these Americans expected. How can this situation not make Americans excited? Soon, Fangyuan Group received a cooperation application from the American Boeing Company.

At the same time, Fangyuan Group also began to rapidly promote this new Fangyuan 80 aircraft model to these companies on a large scale through its own channels that provide airlines with the opportunity to modify transport aircraft.

In order to prevent the Fangyuan 80 from being surpassed by others, Fangyuan Group has also begun research on more advanced aircraft models. This time, Fang Lang set a goal for the research laboratory to develop the most cost-effective aircraft with the lowest flight cost for a single passenger.

 First of all, it is to further expand the number of passengers the aircraft can carry, from the current 80 to more than 100. This is not difficult for Rima Holden. After all, this model is originally a verification machine used to verify new technologies.

 Then, we need to further improve the aircraft's range and work toward direct transoceanic travel in the future.

I have to say that after the American inspection team discovered Brazil’s achievements in the aviation field, the inspection team paid more attention to this inspection in Brazil.

  Not only visited the aircraft manufacturing factory, but also the Fangyuan Shipyard, and also expressed a very strong interest in the warships produced by the Fangyuan Shipyard.

 Then, he visited the artillery factory and expressed great surprise that the artillery factory was able to mass-produce 155mm howitzers. If the Americans didn't have a lot of artillery and artillery shells in stock, maybe they would be planning to purchase a batch from Brazil.

Fang Lang's attitude towards this US military inspection team is very simple. Fang Lang does not intend to provide them with weapons and equipment, but Fang Lang will not refuse them in terms of logistics, transportation or medical rescue. After all, with the United States People's strength, even if he does not participate in these things, others will participate. Instead of doing this, it is better to get involved himself, just like he offered to help the Americans deliver supplies. This way he can not only make money, but also understand the logistics supply situation of the US military, so that this information can be passed on in a timely manner.

Although it may not be able to influence the situation of the war, it can also provide some reference for the hometown side when formulating strategies and tactics.

 Finally, after a detailed inspection, the delegation not only placed an order for the Bell 47 to be produced by an aircraft manufacturing company. It even purchased five of the latest Radius 80 passenger planes. As for the purpose of purchasing this passenger plane, there is no need to guess. It must be for Boeing to study.

Fang Lang didn't care about this, but wished they could purchase more to help Fangyuan Aircraft Company advertise. Think about it, the US military has purchased from our Fangyuan Group, do you British want to purchase a few of them too?

 Developed countries in Europe and the United States such as France, Italy, and the Netherlands have a huge demand for aircraft. These are the most advanced jetliners in the world. Don’t you consider purchasing some?

At the same time that the U.S. inspection team was inspecting Brazil, MacArthur, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Theater, also organized an inspection team to inspect Japan’s industrial conditions.

 By coincidence, John Clark, a colonel in the logistics department of the U.S. Navy, was one of the members of this inspection team.

 With the presence of John Clark, the public relations staff of Fang Lang's American Universal Group naturally got along with the officials of the inspection team.

Coupled with Universal Group’s U.S.-funded background, some Japanese companies controlled by Universal Group soon entered the logistics procurement system of the United Nations Army.

 Among them, some heavy industry automobile manufacturing plants and shipbuilding factories are the most important. According to historical circumstances, during the entire Peninsular War, almost all American cars on the peninsula were produced in Japan.

To this end, the United States directly returned to Japan more than 850 factories originally scheduled to compensate for war losses, including 314 aircraft manufacturing supporting companies, 131 arms factories, and 25 weapons research institutes.

It is these factories in Japan that provide the United States with a steady stream of military supplies, with the arms alone reaching as much as 110 million US dollars.

Hundreds of thousands of United Nations troops took turns resting and recuperating in Japan, which brought a huge consumer group to Japan. During the Peninsular War, these soldiers alone spent US$3.6 billion on various services in Japan when they rested and recuperated. So many.

 As for the specific content of these so-called various service fees, everyone is well aware of it. If you really don’t understand, just take a look at the clubs and nightclubs that have sprung up on the streets of Japan and you will understand.

Although Japan's behavior is very disgusting, it must be said that it is this kind of service-oriented consumption that made Japan's private economy and employment situation improve rapidly. At the end of the war, the gross national product returned directly to the level of World War II. previous level.

Of course, with Fang Lang's presence in this situation, he would certainly not let him reappear. The Global Group, which had begun to deploy Japan as early as two years before the start of the Peninsular War, had long since become a global leader through acquisitions, holdings and other methods. The boss behind Japanese war-related enterprises.

 Among them, Japanese automobile manufacturing plants have been directly acquired and integrated by Global Group. For example, among the famous Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, only one brand looks like a Japanese brand.

 Historically, Toyota's monthly production before the war was less than 300 units. However, in the first month of the war, the US military placed an order for 5,000 vehicles from them.

 Now, all this no longer belongs to Japan, but to Global Group, the largest American-funded consortium in Japan. What's more interesting is that Universal Group believes that the quality of cars produced in Japan is not good enough, so it has changed the engine and gearbox systems, the most important parts of car production, from being made in Japan to imported products from the United States and Brazil.

To this end, Universal Group also specifically persuaded General Motors and Ford in the United States to provide engines and transmissions to Japan. Naturally, these companies would not refuse such a lucrative thing.

 What Global Group needs them to do is to block Japan’s relevant technologies. Japanese car companies are not allowed to master these core technologies. It turned out that Japan's own engine and gearbox technology had also been transferred by Universal Group, and relevant research materials had been packed on ships and shipped to Brazil before the war began.

 Japanese engineers who master these core technologies are also employed by Brazil's Fangyuan Automobile, Mercedes-Benz Automobile, and Aston Martin Automobile. Some of them who were unwilling to leave Japan were even rushed into their homes by Japanese gangsters and forcibly abducted.

  Unfortunately, the risks of maritime navigation during this period were too high, and many did not make it to Brazil alive. This directly led to a gap in the technological level of the Japanese automobile industry.

 When orders are delivered to your door now, these car companies simply do not have the ability to produce core components independently. They can only obey the boss's arrangements and purchase them from abroad.

As for these factories belonging to Fang Lang, Fang Lang doesn't care at all about the higher cost of purchasing these important parts from abroad.

 First of all, the suppliers of these parts are also his own companies, and the one responsible for transportation is Global Shipping. This is not a waste at all, but a proper way to stimulate domestic demand, or use the Yankees’ military spending to stimulate domestic demand.

 There is another more important reason for doing this, which is to hold back the Americans. Think about it, if these core parts can be produced in Japan, how much earlier can the production time of a car be advanced. If you need to purchase from the United States and Brazil, the time will be delayed by at least one week.

 Delaying the delivery of thousands of vehicles for one week will reduce the delivery of supplies. Here alone, the American logistics situation will never be as sufficient as it has been historically.

Coupled with Fang Lang’s early plan to encourage John Clark to sign a vegetable supply agreement with Japanese farmers, Japan’s grain production declined significantly. As a result, Japan's food reserves were simply not enough to support the consumption of the United Nations troops.

The Fang family's Nice Company shipped two shipments of grain from Brazil to Japan's Global Trading Company for sale immediately before the war began. When the war broke out, these two shipments of grain were still floating in the Pacific Ocean.

Needless to say, after this news was passed to the logistics department of the United Nations Army through John Clark, they naturally wanted to requisition this batch of food directly.

These grains are like carrots hanging in front of a donkey's mouth. You can see that you can't eat them, and it's impossible not to eat them. It's really uncomfortable.

This has seriously affected the progress of the US military's build-up. If this situation happens several more times during the war, the squeamish American soldiers may give up their jobs.

 In addition to automobiles and food, Global Group also controls various industries in Japan such as textiles, chemicals, electricity, coal, shipping, steel, and shipbuilding.

 (End of this chapter)