There are several rows of huge assembly and maintenance workshops on the side of the Antonov Design Bureau's airport, and the mere look at the behemoth-like factory buildings can give the Soviets a sense of pride, not to mention the Antonov series of aircraft on the wide tarmac outside.

More than a dozen types of An-style aircraft are lined up, and the most conspicuous ones are the two huge An-124s and three giant turboprop long-range heavy military transport planes in the large aircraft tarmac area.

Unfortunately, it was a bit awkward for the Red Devils who had arrived here in a row in the past few days: the livery of these planes, which were constantly transporting supplies and equipment abroad, was no longer the livery of the Soviet Red Army Air Force, but the emblem of a private airline.

They were already not the property of the USSR and were sold!

And the design bureau airfield has become a cargo airport, and those giant transport planes have taken away Soviet stocks and brought back huge quantities of frozen beef, which can at least add some heat to the tables of Ukrainians.

As for whether it will be sold on the black market and whose table it will be, these are not controlled by the Red Devils, and it is not their turn to control them.

The giant turboprop aircraft, that is, the An-22, the largest turboprop aircraft built in human history, began to be delivered to the Soviet army in 1967, but unfortunately it was discontinued in 1974.

As for the reason for the suspension of production, some people say that it is poor reliability and economy, but after it has been discontinued for more than 40 years, there are still some An-22s flying again!

Besides, no matter how bad the economy of a turboprop is, it is just a turboprop, and no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?

The more likely reason is that at that time, the Soviet Union and the Antonov group were strong and began to design the larger An-124, which was a bit inferior to the An-22.

So far, "Sunshine Star" has not only bought 3 giant An-124 in stock and ordered 5 aircraft, but also bought 8 An-22s in usable condition so far, and even covered almost all the accessories and maintenance equipment and personnel of the Antonov Group related to the An-22.

Five of them are in service, two more will be completely refurbished in the design bureau's maintenance workshop, and one more is waiting to be refurbished.

Not only that, but Andrei also knew that there were four mothballed An-22s built in the late 60s in the Soviet aircraft cemetery, which were being carefully disassembled into parts.

The four planes were overloaded for a long time at the beginning of their service and during the Afghan war in previous years, and the condition of the airframe could no longer fully guarantee safe flight, and they were mothballed in the first two years when the Soviet army had sufficient capacity.

Now that it's been dismantled into parts, the strength of the body is questionable, but most of the parts are fine, and for a heavy-duty transport aircraft that was discontinued 17 years ago, these removed parts are the easiest storage accessories to obtain.

The "Prague Spring" Hoi An-22 let the world see its terrifying transport capacity, with a full load of 80 tons can fly 5,000 kilometers, and the maximum oil carrying range is more than 11,000 kilometers.

The runway was 70 meters wide, and the jeep drove along the taxiway on one side of the runway, close to two rows of huge workshops, and there were no guards to ask about it, much to Andrei's disappointment.

Ukraine was abolished, and he and Valentin wore civilian clothes, and when they entered the airport, they showed their KGB documents, and the sentry was allowed to leave without asking any superiors for instructions.

This will be close to the core workshop of the Antonov Group, and there are no guards, and the passing guards are still accustomed to this.

Ukraine and Russia are now arguing over similar issues such as how to divide the spoils of the Antonov clique;

These have nothing to do with Andre, two losers, pity the old father who has worked hard to accumulate family wealth: the old father has been stuffed into the coffin by a group of unfilial sons, and the mud on his head is almost full, and Andre is qualified to be a bystander.

Seeing that the door of the maintenance workshop was half open, I could see that many workers inside were busy with the An-22, and there was another one in the deeper place.

Valetin noticed that Andrei looked sideways at the situation in the maintenance workshop for a moment, and said: "What is that Allen going to do with so many large transport planes?"

Similar to talking to himself, he really couldn't understand what the man thought: playing private armies doesn't have such fun, and organizing large air cargo companies seems to have a bit of overcapacity.

"That's because you know too little, when you have at least $200 billion or more in available funds on hand, large mines all over the world, two countries with their own territory, and more than 35,000 elite troops, and the annual net income can reach at least $350 billion, you will play the same game.

A man's heart will grow bigger, and you think he will only be content to be a rich man?"

As he spoke, Andrei pointed to two giant planes that were loading not far away, one of which was the An-22, a huge 2S7 203mm self-propelled cannon was driving into the An-22's wide cabin through the tail cargo bridge of the cargo plane.

There were also several heavy cannons of the same model and matching ammunition supply vehicles parked on the side, and the shell boxes were piled up into a hill, and many people in Soviet uniforms were busy.

The jeep was getting closer and closer, and Andrei looked at this scene and said: "He didn't just recruit us, but also those people, who want 'Peony Flower' will have no ambition?"

The equipment left by the Soviet Union is his logistics warehouse, so that it is better that those people will not have nowhere to eat.

It is a waste to leave things to those losers in Ukraine, and it is better to use them outside than to waste them as scrap metal.

The Americans used C-5, C-141 and C-130 to carry out global airlift missions, C-5 was responsible for intercontinental long-range strategic airlift, and then C-141 was transported to the rear base of the battlefield, and finally C-130 was finally transported to the front line.

Relying on our An-22, he can complete the three stages of the Americans in one go, buy the An-22, very smart.

The supporting equipment, spare parts and personnel are complete, and the frequency of use of the private army cannot be as high as that of our army, and these aircraft can be used for at least 30 years in his hands!

Coupled with the An-124 and the 225 like the honor guard horse, and the C141 and 130 fleets bought in the United States, the rapid strategic delivery capability of large items cannot even be compared with Britain and France.

These aircraft can also be leased for civilian use, which is self-sufficient and not too difficult to maintain.

Some time ago, he said that he was protecting his own mine interests and sent a little mine protection team to Angola, and now even the Savimbi of UNITA has been destroyed, relying on strategic projection capabilities.

The airport system is all built in a variety of ways, and unless the big powers come forward to get along with him, at least more than one-tenth of the countries in the world will not be his opponent in a few years.

As for those small African countries, as long as they do not touch the fundamental interests of the big countries, they will not be able to destroy whoever they want when the time comes.

I think he will want to be emperor or president one day, but he will be in the Gambia and north-central Botswana anyway, similar to what the Chinese call an emperor. ”

Zhang Nan wants to be the emperor?

No way!

It's been a long time.