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Chapter 1797 Huang Ao starts with arms sales (Second update, please subscribe)
We should further strengthen cooperation in all aspects.

After thinking about Li Yian's suggestion for a while, Gordon said:

"Cooperation in various fields? I don't know what you mean?"

In response to his questions, Li Yian was very direct, even without hiding anything.

"Like economic, political and other aspects of cooperation, we can see that the cooperation among the European Communities is very close. Although their economies have certain complementarity, it is not as strong as ours. The economic complementarity between SEA and Australia is very strong. We can learn from the model of the European Communities, extend the principle of community to our economic field, and establish a common market."

The reason why it is so direct is actually very simple. In terms of market rules, SEA is a large market of 1250 million people, while Australia has only 90 million people. In terms of economic scale, SEA is several times the size of Australia. In terms of economic dependence, SEA is Australia's most important export market - 60% of minerals and % of livestock products. The dependence on these two alone is enough for Australia to refuse.

"To establish a common market..."

Gordon thought for a moment and said:
"Is this different from the Imperial Special?"

In fact, there are no tariffs between SEA and Australia. This is the principle under the Imperial Preference System. Since SEA established the principle of foreign trade as the basis, the Commonwealth market has been the most important market for SEA. After all, there are no tariffs under the Imperial Preference System. Who wouldn't care about such a huge market?

"The difference is that this is an agreement between the two of us, and of course other countries will be added in the future, and this will help strengthen the connection between the two of us and ultimately promote our relationship and ensure our security."

Listening to Li Yian's explanation, Gordon thought for a while, then said:

"Your Excellency, you know that I am not authorized to give you a direct answer to this question. After all, it requires the approval of Congress. However, I personally support the establishment of a common market!"

The common market is just the first step of the whole plan. Just like falling in love, you can't just coax a woman into the bedroom and do something obscene right away.

It always takes some time to coax him into the bedroom, and this process may be 20 or 30 years, but in the end, Li Yian believes that he will slowly digest Australia.

After all, the 9-fold population advantage is the biggest advantage, and this population advantage will be further expanded in the future.

Originally, the two sides have visa-free access. After the common market is established, when the time is ripe, the free migration of people from both sides can be promoted.

Through free migration, immigrants will eventually change Australia little by little. When Australia changes from White Australia to Yellow Australia, the supranational community may become a country.

Although this time is a bit long, it is the safest way. More importantly, Australians will not realize this for at least half a century. By the time they realize it, the integration will have been completed.

Trust the wisdom of future generations.

Afterwards, they talked about many political topics, mainly involving security issues. After all, as a small country with a population of only 1000 million, Australia is still very insecure, which is why he needs to hold on to his big brother.

Now that the United States is no longer reliable, people naturally hope to cling to SEAs. Moreover, SEAs have a good credit and will really help when something happens.

"We want to strengthen our defense. Russia's expansion requires us to further expand our military strength, especially after the United States leaves the Western Pacific region. We can either accept the defense monitoring left behind by the United States or we can only watch the Russians expand."

Li Yian looked at Gordon and said:

"So I think we should all strengthen our armed forces further."

"Yes, sir, I think so too."

Gorton said bluntly.

"We are planning to further strengthen our military buildup, mainly focusing on the navy and air force. Of course, Your Excellency, as you know, Australia does not have any military industry, so we will purchase a batch of advanced weapons and equipment from the SEA."

Regarding arms purchases, Australia had already reached a consensus before coming to SEA that they would use arms purchases to win the support of SEA.

"navy……"

After a moment of silence, Li Yi looked at him and asked:
"Are you interested in purchasing an aircraft carrier?"

"what!"

Gordon looked at Li Yian in surprise and said:
"Purchase an aircraft carrier?"

Then he asked in return:

"Are you talking about the Borneo-class aircraft carrier? ?"

Without waiting for Li Yian to answer, Gordon shook his head and said.

"Your Excellency, although Australia's economy has achieved very rapid development in the past 20 years, we are unable to maintain such a large aircraft carrier fleet."

Now Gorton has a very clear understanding of his own economic strength. Without sufficient economic strength, he certainly cannot afford a super aircraft carrier.

It is not just an aircraft carrier, but also nearly 100 aircraft on it. Not only that, it also requires a large number of escort warships and even nuclear submarines. The total cost of all this is undoubtedly astronomical, and Australia certainly cannot afford it.

Li Yian shook his head and said:
"It's a small aircraft carrier. You know we are building an amphibious assault ship. Although it is an amphibious assault ship, it can carry 20 to 30 Harrier fighters."

When mentioning the Harrier fighter, Li Yian asked again.

“Have you heard of this plane?”

If it were someone else, they would not have heard of the Harrier fighter, after all, it is a fighter jet that can take off and land vertically and has just been put into service in the UK.

But Gordon was a pilot, and a fighter pilot at that, so he had naturally heard of this revolutionary fighter jet that had just been put into service last year.

"certainly,"

Gordon nodded and said:

"I've noticed this fighter a long time ago. It can take off and land vertically, which means it can take off and land on small warships."

Li Yian looked at the other party and said.

"Yes, so we will purchase this fighter to equip our amphibious assault ship. Although it is an amphibious assault ship, with a displacement of 35000 tons and a modern hangar, it is definitely a very good light aircraft carrier. If you are interested, you can consider it."

Why did you suddenly become a salesman?
To put it bluntly, it is to reduce costs. After all, for SEAs, amphibious assault ships are an absolute necessity.

To a certain extent, it is even more important than aircraft carriers, not only because SEA is an archipelago country, but also because compared with aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships are more flexible and less sensitive.

Amphibious assault ships may not seem to have strong combat capabilities, but basically, most of the time, one amphibious assault ship can pose a deterrent to 90% of the countries in the world.

The Harrier fighter jet may look ordinary, but it has no problem bullying those developing countries.

When the Harrier fighter jets can no longer bully a country, we can basically mobilize the military on a large scale without having to consider any sensitivity issues.

According to the plan, the navy will be equipped with four amphibious assault ships and three super aircraft carriers in the future. From an economic point of view, the financial pressure is still very great. Considering the development cost, getting a sponsor can not only reduce the development cost, but also obtain huge profits through arms exports, and Australia is undoubtedly the best partner.

"This one……"

This suggestion was obviously beyond Gorton's plan. His original plan was very simple, which was to import various weapons including aircraft, howitzers and tanks from SEA.
This kind of purchase is not only for Australia's national defense strength but also for trade balance. After all, Australia has always had a trade surplus with SEA in recent years, after all, it exports hundreds of millions of tons of minerals every year.

Although Australia has been importing various goods such as electrical appliances and cars from here, the scale of our imports cannot keep up with SEA's demand for mineral resources.

Therefore, procurement, including weapons and equipment, has become a powerful tool for balancing trade. After all, people who often do business know that blindly making money from others without letting others make money will definitely worsen the relationship between the two parties, so such financial sponsors must be taken care of.

Because of this, the current Australian military basically has weapons from the SEAs in addition to American-made weapons obtained through the US Joint Defense Program. Two years ago, they even purchased several warships. Historically, this order should have been given to the UK, but sometimes the biological father is not as close as the financial sponsor. In most of the time, the financial sponsor is the real biological father.

Now my father has made such a request, no, it should be said that it is a suggestion.

Faced with such suggestions, Gordon unconsciously realized the benefits.

On the one hand, it can balance the trade surplus between the two countries, and on the other hand, it can strengthen Australia's armaments.

Aircraft carrier...Australia's aircraft carrier "Melbourne" is a World War II aircraft carrier that was eliminated by the United Kingdom. In terms of demand, Australia does need a new type of aircraft carrier.

Although it is an amphibious assault ship, the Harrier is the latest fighter aircraft.

Isn't the power of an aircraft carrier realized by fighter jets?
While Gorton, who was a pilot, realized the advantages of this warship, he also saw another benefit.

Harrier fighter - this is made in Britain.

As we all know, among all the sons of Britain, Australia is the one that truly regards Britain as its biological father. Whether it was World War I or World War II, the Australian Imperial Army never hesitated.

Apart from anything else, just looking at the name of their army, you can tell how loyal they are to the British Empire.

Therefore, in Gordon's view, it is a great thing that kills three birds with one stone. It can not only increase his own national defense strength, but also make friends with SEAs, please the financial backers, and please his father. Where can you find such a good thing?

How could he not support this?

So the two sides quickly reached a basic consensus.

In this way, the cooperation between the two sides began with arms sales. When the cooperation started, no one knew what would happen in the future, but everyone believed that this was a good start.

(End of this chapter)