Chapter 1031: Paul's Clever Plan
The Gambians are equipped with Su-24 fighter-bombers with the ability to drop nuclear bombs, which is a joke that Zhang Nan himself made angry: now those nuclear bombs can be detonated at regular intervals, and there is no need to load fighter-bombers to attack a certain city like this.
The biggest role of nuclear bombs lies in their existence, stealth deterrence, not use, and for Zhang Nan, the effective concealment of them is the point, not the restoration of the original delivery method given by the people who made it.
In today's society, it is much more convenient to transport a few hundred kilograms of boxes to a certain place than for a fighter jet to penetrate the defense!
Besides, according to the ability of Zhang Nan's gang, it is basically an extravagant hope to get the boxes on Mount Everest to show off, but if you want to move them to the South Pole, it is a small matter of time and money.
For Zhang Nan, it is something that can be done with a small amount of money, and in this way, the "legs" of these nuclear bombs will be much longer than the attack radius of more than 1,000 kilometers of the Su-24 fighter-bomber.
The Su-24 is a joke that comes out of it, but the problem he complained about about the 203-mm cannon before was really scolding his mother!
The previous 152-mm cannon was solved at a great cost, but then again, even if the US military did not capture the artillery from the Gulf War, there will always be a way to get it from Mao Zi or other countries with such equipment in the future: there are three models to choose from, and there is a lot of leeway.
But this 203-mm cannon already belongs to the category of giant cannons, super-large caliber, the Soviets have not exported it at all in these decades, and directly gave a multiple-choice question!
The good news is that the Soviet Union is going to be finished, and if you really want to buy it, you can always think of a way, so the biggest reason for this scolding is not how to solve it, but how to transport it!
The Soviet Union attaches great importance to large-caliber artillery, and there are many types of artillery developed and equipped after World War II, but there are very few more than 152 mm caliber, and each one is bigger than the other!
There are even fewer models equipped with nuclear shells, in addition to the short-lived giant 2A3 406 mm and 2B1 420 mm self-propelled atomic guns, that is, the 2S7 203 mm self-propelled cannon that Guan Xingquan said.
Some people say it's a howitzer, but how can there be a howitzer with a double diameter of 59?
One hundred percent cannon!
The self-propelled cannon was huge, relatively simple to operate, and had high combat effectiveness.
But the problem is that the volume is really large: the total length of the gun is 12.8 meters, the width is 3.5 meters, and the height is 3.5 meters, and the total combat weight is about 46 tons!
Using the inner diameter of a common 40-foot container of 12.024 meters× 2.352 meters × 2.390 meters, you can imagine how big this giant cannon is!
It can't be stuffed into any kind of standard container at all, how can it be transported to the place where it needs to be hidden?
The 2A36 cannon, which is nearly 13 meters long in the marching state, still has a way to be stuffed into a large van for covert transportation.
But if you want to hide a cannon like the 2S7, you have to get a widened van with a width of at least 4 meters: it will stand out like a small sun!
Concealment, concealment is important!
The group was in the lounge on the upper deck of the yacht "Star", where it was safer to talk than on the island of Ibiza – next to the yacht, Charlize Theron was swimming in the sea with two children and under the protection of a group of bodyguards.
Zhang Nan is a landlubber, but hopes that the children can master this life-saving life skill at this critical moment.
Single personnel, safe occasions, anything can be said.
Things are really a bit of a headache, Zhang Nan has no rut, and Boss Guan has no good way to solve the problem.
Paul, who came down from the top bridge, saw that the group of people were all playing cards, as if they were all pretending to be thinkers and playing deeply, so he asked Jin Wenbo, who was standing at the door, what was wrong.
And then......
Everyone in the lounge heard a somewhat abrupt cough, Zhang Nan looked up, it should be Paul, this cough obviously wanted to say something.
"If you have something, just say it!"
A room full of old brothers, there is nothing that cannot be spread out.
Hearing what the boss said, Paul smiled bitterly: what he said next might make everyone else here doubt their intelligence, because the solution to the problem at hand is really simple!
It's not that other people are stupid, but...
They probably really don't know!
"Boss, since it is too difficult to transport it covertly, then simply transport it openly, and even the storage location does not need to be hidden, just put it on the surface and let everyone know about it. ”
"How?"
It was Kwan Xingquan who interjected: Paul clearly had a solution.
Paul organized the language and added: "In the United States, private ownership of artillery and tanks is permitted in many places, but there are various restrictions with varying degrees of strictness.
For example, some states only allow the collection of cannons that cannot be actually fired, which is just the appearance or, only the shape of a cannon, the real decoration;
In some states, only old cannons that use black powder as propellant are allowed to be collected, and in these states private land can be used to fire targets, as long as the site is large enough and neighbors do not complain about noise pollution.
Other states, such as Montana, allow private collections of rifled guns with modern firing mechanisms after approval, but they do not allow the use of explosive warheads.
At the farm training center over there, our company also has a training license for mortars with a caliber of less than 81 mm, and you can also use live ammunition, which is looser than your personal collection..."
Except for Mark and Paul, everyone else in the lounge is from China, and even if they may have seen the scene of American civilians playing with cannons on TV before, they have only seen the old front-loading guns, the kind of black powder, and they have not paid attention to the question of whether American civilians can collect cannons.
I really don't know, they are not Native Americans!
Even among Americans born in the United States, the proportion of people who know and understand these regulations is not too large, and who would think about getting a cannon to put at home and pull it out to listen to when he has time?
Not to mention that each state in the United States has its own laws, plus federal laws, and the vast majority of people who are unclear and do not need to figure it out, such as Mark, who doesn't know about these things, usually he doesn't care.
At this point, Guan Xingquan guessed: "Soviet-style artillery can't work, right?"
"If it is a modern product, the regulations are about a hundred years, and firearms of any country are allowed, and firearms above 20 mm caliber are not even allowed by security companies.
However, many states in the United States allow the establishment of private military museums, where tanks and artillery can be placed casually, and tanks can be those that can be driven, and even ballistic missiles that cannot be launched can be collected.
Artillery items with a caliber of more than 20 mm must be removed from the firing pin or broken bolt in the museum, and the stored ammunition must not have explosive warheads, but the bullets are casual. ”
Now Zhang Nan laughed!
"Firing pins, explosive warheads? they're never going to be in a museum. ”
Zhang Nan showed his attitude, "Private Military Museum, Paul, this road is good!"
You can count my Maxim, and Hitler's equipment can finally see people and show off. ”
Didn't Zhang Nan have the idea of collecting antique firearms two years ago, but he didn't think about collecting tanks, artillery, and armored vehicles.
The German army in World War II has a lot of classic equipment, and every time a few pieces are put out, it will make a group of enthusiasts envious: the Germans have them, and there are many little devils, and there is no problem with one or two of them.
Even the newly discovered armor of European knights can move a set of unmarked appearances.
As for World War II equipment, antique munitions, modern firearms from other countries...
We have money, this is the United States, it's not easy to buy it, I have bought some at some gun exhibitions in the past two years.
This called Thomas: We have a foundation in American, German, and Japanese styles, and in addition to AK, Zhang Nan doesn't have many other goods on hand.
Now the easiest way to get those Soviet-style equipment is to buy it, or ask the US Department of Defense to buy it!
“... Tell our friends that we still need some rockets, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and so on that were originally exported to Iraq by the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact and China, and all our own large-scale equipment must be able to run...
If the 'Scud' launcher and missiles you pulled last time are still there, I'm going to do it too..."
"Boss, what do you want?"
Thomas suddenly couldn't figure out what the boss was thinking, so he had to ask.
"I want to open a military museum to have fun, and Saddam Hussein has a lot of this kind of equipment. You tell them that it's enough to have one piece of equipment for the big ones, and a little more for the small ones.
If there are those strange things made by Saddam, I want them, and the richer the variety, the better.
They can destroy key parts of the weapon system in advance and turn missiles and artillery shells into inert shells, but don't make a mess too ugly for me. ”
Thomas on the other end of the phone didn't have much thought about the boss's decision, and he even thought that it was Zhang Nan's playfulness, so let's implement it.
As for whether there is a deeper reason, this Thomas thinks there may be, but that's not something to be said on the phone.
The military museum, it must be opened in the United States, needless to say that the weapon system has to go through a certain degree of destruction, otherwise can people drive a T72 tank and a 125mm smoothbore gun with high-explosive shells to shell Washington?
The usable "Scud" is transported to the mainland, and it is an empty shell except for the running gear, and the other parts can only be an empty shell.
As soon as the call was over, Zhang Nan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, the problem is more than half solved." The next thing is to wait for the end of the Soviet Union and see which of the original republics can get that kind of big guy. ”
This is the only problem left, as for the procedures for opening a museum, it is not a matter, ordinary people can get a permit, and Zhang Nan has no problem here.
As for the artillery, Washington is likely to be glad that the backstage boss of the "United Forces" can get a few Soviet heavy cannons, and it is very likely that they can borrow one for comparative study.
Just put it on the open side, remove it, destroy the key parts on the bright side, and prepare spare parts in advance.
When the museum is opened, invite some friends to drive a group of tanks of various types and self-propelled guns to go out for a picnic or something, which is fun...
Cattle!
Even inviting well-connected politicians to such a private event is definitely more appealing than a game of golf.
How many people in the whole of America can play like this?
"I have to get a few working Napoleonic cannons or something, and the old-fashioned cannons are probably quite cool and fun to bombard!"
The crowd agreed.
Is it just fun?
No, since you put things in the sun for others to see, then you can make them sunny enough, without a little concealment, and to have "no secrets", it is better to turn it into an "American patriotic education base" at a certain level, and you can also invite Boy Scouts to settle in during the summer vacation and use it as a Boy Scout training camp.
Then, the nuclear shells hidden near the museum have absolutely safe firing cannons!
"I didn't expect that the first museum I was going to open would be a tank cannon!"
sighed, Zhang Nan sighed very emotionally: A good museum has such a dark purpose behind its back!
Zhang Nan felt more and more that he was a bad seed: for the same reason, of course, the museum could also arrange the Soviet-made 152mm cannon openly, just remove the firing pin.
"Brother Guan, can you make a list and see what Chinese and Soviet equipment you can get from the bay to support the façade and use it as a toy?"
Hearing this, Guan Xingquan didn't have to think about it carefully, and immediately said: "In addition to light weapons, Huaxia's 59 and 69II tanks, Type 83 152mm cannons, Type 63 armored vehicles and Type 63 107MM rocket launchers, J-7 fighters;
Soviet T55, T62, T72 tanks, Austrian GHN-45 plus howitzers ...
That's all there is to it, and the rest depends on what the people sent out by Thomas can find.
Didn't Saddam Hussein bury a lot of planes in the sand, and if he had, it would be nice to be able to get a MiG-25 to put on a façade.
If that thing were used as a reconnaissance plane, it wouldn't be beaten, it could run faster than a rabbit, and a surface-to-air missile wouldn't be able to catch up with ...."
The cruise speed of the MiG-25 is about to catch up with the SR-72 "Blackbird", and to play air combat with the F15 is, of course, a collision with a bag, but only as a flashing reconnaissance aircraft, no one can catch up, unless the more clumsy, only speed-only "Blackbird" can be used as an interceptor.
“... Don't think about MiG-29, even if there is a seizure, those people in the Ministry of Defense will not sell you as a toy. ”
Hearing Guan Xingquan say this, Zhang Nan said with pity: "I had to take the job at the beginning, otherwise I would have had the opportunity to take the pilot test, and that year there was a bomber cadet index for recruiting pilots, and the height was relaxed to 1.82 meters." ”
Until the end of the century, the height of the men recruited by Huaxia was basically 1.66 to 1.78 meters, and they were not qualified if they were tall or short.
Paul on the side heard the boss's regret and said with a smile, "Boss, it's easy for you to play fighter jets, this will be the Germans are preparing for a big sale of Soviet-style equipment, and a lot of planes and tanks will have to be disposed of, and some people on the American side want to buy a few MiG-21s that can fly to have a good time..."
Zhang Nan finally shook his head at this tempting suggestion, "Forget it, I still want to live a little longer, I'm afraid of heights."
Let people check what is the bargain that our company uses, and let people talk about it. ”