Chapter 38 China's Military Procurement (Recommended, Collected)

  Panting and out of breath, Drechsler returned to the villa, his hair wet and plastered to his head, his chubby face completely devoid of its usual cleverness.

  Drechsler smiled wryly at Sun Xiang: "Steve, you're also too much, dumping all the procedures on me and running away so quickly."

  Haha, with a smile, Sun Xiang took a sip of the orange juice in his cup and turned to kiss Sherry, causing her to pout. The fat guy's body shook violently, his hat almost twisted into a knot, his face filled with an expression as if he had been polluted by the two people's eyes. After teasing Sherry and incidentally teasing the fat guy, Sun Xiang pulled him into the room with a pleased expression. Hehe~ Hehe~ Oh! Don't misunderstand, this is just the sound of the fat guy stepping on the wooden floorboards.

  "Drake, I promise you that once I've finished this sentence, you won't be angry at all, hehe. Come with me to China, where there's a vast market waiting for you to tap into. Just imagine it, a land even broader than the entire European continent! Hehe." As he spoke, Sun Xiang made a gesture of rubbing his hands together as if counting money.

  "Steve, it's my honor to serve you, and going to China is my dream. Letting Mr. Howard rest assured is my responsibility. Trust me, I'm a professional manager." After finishing, his expression changed back to being sly: "Is it still the same as before, with a 5% commission for each order?"

  "Drake, I'll introduce you to a master of Sichuan Opera face-changing later."

  The girl's resilience was indeed not ordinary, after a night of rest Sherry was radiant again. The snakehead Drake found a luxury cruise ship and booked two top-notch rooms.

  The F4Us that completed their mission were directly dismantled and shipped back to the United States by H·S Company's French branch. Sun Xiang slept for a day and a half on the ship, and his body, which had been in a state of semi-exhaustion, finally recovered.

  The days of intense attendance in Spain were really unbearable, when the body gradually adapted to the war, fatigue was also accumulating bit by bit, and one day's flight time in the sky was even longer than on the ground, and the iron body couldn't stand it either.

  The warm Atlantic sea breeze blew through the window, the restaurant was filled with sufficient natural light, top-grade Bordeaux red wine, sumptuous seafood dishes, and of course, a fatso with extremely poor table manners. From Drake's physique, it could be seen that this guy's hobby is absolutely a foodie.

  Drake skillfully extracted the meat from inside the crab leg, dipped it in sauce, and quickly put it into his mouth, with a look of intoxication on his face. Sherry couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter.

  Drake looked at Sherry with a look of discontent: "You're desecrating the food, you know? Good food should be put in your mouth at the right time after it's out of the oven, so that your taste buds can fully contact these ingredients. This is respect for these top-notch ingredients and the chef." Chubby's face was solemn, but this time Sun Xiang couldn't help but laugh too.

  Sun Xiang asked him to teach some seafood eating methods, which scratched Drake's itchy place. He began to introduce the delicious food from various European places, and many of them opened his eyes.

  Drake started from the origin of French cuisine, all the way to a kind of Bohai cake on the Scandinavian Peninsula, which is called Lafftz cake, a characteristic national snack of Norway. Listening to Drake's introduction, Sun Xiang and Sherry looked at him with reverence! This fat man's persistence and understanding of food are admirable!!

  No cannon fire, no sacrifice, it's like entering two worlds at once. The tranquility and peace are so precious at this moment. After a few days of navigation, the ship sailed into Boston Harbor, the dock was bustling with people, listening to the sound of big and small flutes and the cries of seagulls in the sky, giving people a sense of freedom and exhilaration.

  Soon the passengers on the ship discovered today's difference! Hundreds of journalists with flashlights, and a large crowd gathered spontaneously at the port, they seemed to be waiting for something, all heads looking towards the giant cruise ship docked.

  Drake walked to the front with a big smile, and hugged Hughes who was standing in the front of the crowd: "Boss, I've missed you so much (paying tribute to Feng Gong)". At this time, the flashlights lit up the entire scene, and a white light flashed on the dock.

  Sun Xiang knew he was famous in the US, but didn't expect to encounter such a big scene. Seeing this lineup, have all the media outlets from across the United States arrived?

  Sun Xiang and Hughes' embracing photo was instantly recorded faithfully by all the reporters on their own film, this moment became eternal...

  When Sun Xiang went to Spain, Hughes planned his trans-American flight. He piloted the F4U aircraft from Los Angeles Airport and quickly climbed to an altitude of 6,000 meters. The F4U with a new water-cooled engine had a powerful "heart" and broke through 600 km/h in no time, with a sustained speed of 613 km/h.

  From Los Angeles to New York, a distance of over 3,500 kilometers, Hughes finally broke the all-American flight record with an absolute speed of 6 hours, 7 minutes and 15 seconds. At that time in the United States, no matter what kind of plane, flying across the American continent took more than 9 hours, and some even exceeded 10 hours.

  Hughes' record was the envy of other airlines. The increase in aircraft speed brought H.S. Company to the attention of the world, and Sun Xiang's achievements and the strong performance of the F4U in naval service made the military attach great importance to Hughes, far exceeding Grumman, Lockheed and other companies. This also made Hughes very proud.

  By the first half of 1937, they were the two most famous people in America, one a record-holding aviator and the other a newly-minted super ace flyer, with their embracing photo appearing on the cover of Time magazine the next day.

  "Epoch-making hug, the American sky is guarded by them!" The magazine also posted photos of F4U and Shirley while introducing the two. Time Magazine's all-around report made the distributed magazines sell out instantly, and they had to be reprinted several times to satisfy people's desire for knowledge.

  Henry Luce, as a media leader, published an article that comprehensively analyzed the achievements of the two men and finally concluded that the new engine developed by H.S. Company was the starting point of all these miracles! He detailed the comparison between the old and new engines, the advantages and disadvantages of water-cooled and air-cooled engines. His article was widely acclaimed, which also indirectly changed the views of some engine companies, moving forward in a direction different from history.

  Drake left under the instructions of Hughes and Sun Xiang, without staying for long, directly boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles, where he will reunite with the team and head to China.

  Sun Xiang sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, explaining his plan in mind. The H·S company wants to cooperate with China and provide new aircraft to support the country's fight against Japan. He also proposed bringing several pilots to serve the country.

  Domestically, news came back quickly. The GM party is very much looking forward to this cooperation. He took the initiative to contact this cooperation and expressed his gratitude to Sun Xiang, hoping that Sun Xiang would become an air force leader.

  Drake arrived in China one step ahead, representing H.S. Company to cooperate with the Chinese side very smoothly, and the first order of 50 aircraft will arrive in China in June. Change starts from this moment! Sun Xiang is also preparing his plan in the United States.