659 $180,000 a sky-high price of anti-tank missiles

"I'm taking into account that the new mercenary pilot is unfamiliar with the environment...... "Kovarrubi looked at Ibrahim with fire-eyed eyes.

Anyway, it is absolutely impossible to let the Tanzanian family bear the loss.

Coupled with Mwini's commission, it was not enough to compensate these fighters.

Xie Kai didn't speak, looking at the two.

"Thank you, we compensate Jabri for the loss of tanks and armored vehicles. I'll explain to Kabila myself and apologize for giving him an extra tank and armored car. Ibrahim didn't argue with Kovarrubi and looked at Shekai instead.

Xie Kai's attitude determines how he will be compensated in the end.

Ibrahim would certainly not agree to bear such a large loss, more than $20 million, and if it is evenly spread, it will be less than $6 million.

Therefore, he prefers to bear the loss of tanks and armored vehicles.

"After this time, no matter who you are, you must no longer interfere with the mercenary group's employment contract. Otherwise, I'd rather disband the mercenary group. Xie Kai finally spoke.

Kovarubi looked at him eagerly, hoping that Xie Kai would say that all the lost fighters would be borne by the mercenary group.

"No problem, there will never be such a thing in the future. Kovarrubi nodded hurriedly.

Ibrahim didn't speak, he didn't know what Shekai would say.

"Regarding the reparations for Kabila this time, it must be made. The losses caused by the Tanzanian Air Force and Iraqi armor in defiance of orders are a fact. Xie Kai said as he observed Kovarrubi.

Kovarrubi's face suddenly turned ugly.

Xie Kai is not Ibrahim, even if he is dissatisfied, he does not say anything.

I just feel that if this is really the case, the cooperation with Xie Kai in the future will have to be considered separately.

At the beginning, various preferential conditions were given, land was given to land, and policies were given to policies, but the results were ......

"Of course, they are also for the task of the mercenary group, and the mercenary group must bear a part, I think, the mercenary group bears half of it, which is considered the cost, what do you think?" Xie Kai asked. "In addition, President Bagaza spoke to me before he left, hoping that the mercenary group would send a certain size of armored troops and pay $2 million a month for security. ”

"No problem!" Hearing this, it was only half the burden, and even if there was not much in the end, Kovarubi was busy saying that he had no opinion.

In particular, when Xie Kai said the follow-up contract, he even withdrew the words that he was going to quit.

"Thank you......" Ibrahim was clearly unwilling.

As soon as he spoke, Xie Kai interrupted him, "General, don't you want to know the performance of our new armor-piercing missiles and anti-tank missiles? ”

With Xie Kai's words, Ibrahim no longer objected.

This time, the River Crab mercenary group won more with less, relying on new armor-piercing shells and anti-tank missiles.

Previously, China's anti-tank missiles were all imitations of the Soviet Union, which is obviously not good.

Since the avant-garde anti-aircraft missiles gave the Iraqi ground forces the desired results, they have been paying close attention to the news of China's new missiles.

But I didn't expect to meet it in Africa.

"General, if you are really interested, I suggest you go and see the destroyed M48 tanks and AMX-30s. Although these two tanks are relatively backward, the defense cannot be compared with the active main battle tanks in various countries around the world, and some things can be seen in the wreckage of those tanks. "Selling armor-piercing shells and anti-tank missiles is used here, on the one hand, to monitor combat performance, and on the other hand, to advertise with actual combat effects.

There is no need for Xie Kai to advertise, with the intelligence systems of European and American countries, this new missile will soon be known.

In particular, the method of attacking the top is a complete nightmare for tanks that currently have almost no armor attached to the top.

Now, Xie Kai doesn't plan to introduce Ibrahim first.

After all, Ibrahim is an old buyer.

Ibrahim thought about it, it's the same thing, hearing is not the same thing as seeing, seeing is believing, anyway, now all the troops will advance on all fronts in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, and the area of Cabez will become the front-line command.

So, he took his bodyguards and waited for the arrival of the Tanzanian army to go to Cabez together.

"Everyone, what do you think?" Xie Kai gathered Liao Dong and Tan Lin and the others together, "The gold mines in northwestern Burundi have been mined for decades, but most of them are in the hands of some small miners abroad...... In this Burundian rebellion, many mining companies participated, and at the same time, the River Crab Mercenary Group will cooperate with the Burundian army to crack down on privately mined gold mines......"

"We want these gold mining rights. Chen Yu said impatiently.

Gold is mined, that is money, even better than soft currency hard currency, and it is convenient to exchange foreign exchange or something.

"There's a big nickel mine near Kabanga, I wonder if you can get the right to mine it?" Tan Lin didn't grab the right to mine the gold mine, but asked Xie Kai about the right to mine a large nickel mine near the southern border town of Kabanga in Burundi.

Xie Kai couldn't help but glance at Tan Lin more.

Nickel is needed for many metal materials such as stainless steel and nickel-based superalloys.

"Not a problem. Xie Kai nodded and said, "In the Kabanga area, a barracks of mercenary groups will be built. ”

"What about the northwest?" asked star fruit. "It's been chaos over there. ”

Burundi's largest gold reserves are in the north-west, near the most chaotic province of the Republic of Zaire, Kivu, and adjacent to Rwanda.

Both the rebels in Rwanda and the anti-Mobutu forces in the Republic of Zaire have been active in these areas.

Otherwise, Burundi would not have been in a position to recover these gold mining rights.

"The River Crab Mercenary Regiment will have an armored unit stationed in Bubanza Province, north of Bujumbura. Xie Kai said.

Star fruit was immediately relieved.

There was no conflict between the two sides, and Tan Lin didn't attach so much importance to the gold mine.

"There is a condition for nickel mining rights, you need to invest in the construction of a nickel ore smelter here, and the Sino-Burenos joint venture ......" Xie Kai looked at Tan Lin.

Tan Lin frowned, "What can the Burundian government provide?"

"Land, mining rights, policy support, etc. Xie Kai said, "Brother Tan, Burundi is not close to the sea, there is no access to the sea, if it is to transport raw ore, the cost will be very high, and the profit will naturally not be high." ”

Tan Lin naturally understands that the cycle of mine construction is too long.

"If I think about it again, they can't eat the Burundian gold mines anyway. ”

"How do you know we can't eat it?" Tan Lin, don't deceive people too much!" Chen Yu suddenly became angry, "Mine your nickel ore well, what are you robbing us of?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, although Burundi is not big, there are many mines. Xie Kai saw that the two sides were going to quarrel, so he had to intervene to stop it. "There's no need to fight for anything. Even infrastructure projects are a lot of ......"

Lao Fang and Sister Tao just sat there silently, and let Chen Yu make a fuss there.

The two sides have been with the mercenaries these days, and although they have not participated in the war, both sides have learned a lot.

I also have a more intuitive understanding of Xie Kai's strength here.

"Small projects, we weren't very interested. Tan Lin said.

Chen Yu was about to make sarcastic remarks again, but was stopped by Sister Tao with her eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone think about it, and in two days, I will take you two to talk with President Bagaza and settle the matter. Xie Kai didn't want to see the two sides tear down, so he quickly ended this communication.

No matter what happened to Tan Lin and them, Xie Kai returned directly to the headquarters, and he also had to move forward with the headquarters.

Helping Bagaza take back power, he hasn't gotten any benefits yet.

Unexpectedly, Kabila, who had never known where he was hiding, came to find him.

"Thanks, what are you going to do with the destroyed warplanes and tanks?" Originally, Kabila was not going to ask.

But his subordinates all have opinions, and Kabila can't help but ask Xie Kai.

In addition, he had already received the news, and Xie Kai was ready to compensate them, so he could naturally ask about it.

"Indemnification. If you want a fighter, I will compensate you for the fighter, and if you think that the fighter and the armored vehicle are enough, you can directly convert it into money and compensate you according to the price you bought from me. Xie Kai didn't say a word.

Anyway, he made up his mind at the beginning and wanted to compensate the other party.

Credibility matters.

"Thanks, if it's possible, can you replace those equipment with the new anti-tank missiles you used this time?" Kabila asked eagerly.

Xie Kai was a little surprised.

Mobutu did not have much of an armored force in his hands, a few warplanes and lost tanks, the total price was almost $30 million.

For new anti-tank missiles, this is hundreds.

Kabila needs so many anti-tank weapons?

"Mr. President, I am very pleased to be in the position of a businessman for your order. But for now, you don't seem to need so many anti-tank missiles...... "Xie Kai doesn't know what Kabila wants anti-tank missiles for."

It's not that he doesn't want to sell, but he wants to know who the ultimate buyer of these anti-tank missiles is.

New anti-tank missile, not yet named.

This was developed by Xie Kai for the missile research team of the 404 base in combination with the Javelin anti-tank missile research direction.

It can be used not only for anti-tank and anti-armor, but also for the storming of strong fortifications, which is equally effective.

"I've heard that this anti-tank missile can be attacked by both topping and direct fire, and if it encounters an enemy's strong fortifications, it can be solved with one missile, how good it is. Kabila said calmly, "Is that okay?"

Who's behind this?

"No problem. However, at present, the technical performance of this anti-tank missile is advanced, it has not yet been finalized, it is mass-produced, and the cost is not low......" Xie Kai weighed it and said no problem.

Maybe this order will earn back the cost of research and development.

"How much can I get?" Kabila didn't ask for the price, but asked him how much he could get.

"At present, the cost price of one piece is about 18~200,000 US dollars. Originally, I didn't plan to sell it......" Xie Kai said while looking at the other party's reaction, seeing that Kabila was obviously a little impatient, he hurriedly said, "Since you want it, just according to the price of 180,000 US dollars, what do you think?"

An anti-tank missile of $180,000 a piece, in this era, is absolutely sky-high.

But at this time, Xie Kai didn't feel that he was not authentic at all.

Javelin anti-tank missiles, Xie Kai remembers clearly, Wanwan on the other side of the strait, bought a batch in 08, and the unit price reached $270,000 each.

He felt that he asked for $180,000 a piece, which was not too much.

Kabila looked at Xie Kai with wide eyes.

Apparently, he was intimidated by the price.

A 59 tank costs only $500,000, and a Type 63 armored personnel carrier costs only $200,000.

Xie Kai actually dared to open his mouth and asked for $180,000 a piece!

This thing, for anti-armor, is it appropriate?

Armored vehicles are a very powerful presence in Africa.

"Isn't that too expensive?" asked Kabila to Xie Kai.

"Mr. President, it's not expensive. At present, it is only the cost price, you know, in the international market, the price of weapons and equipment, there are many influencing factors......," Xie Kai said, "plus the technology of this missile is complex, it is not easy to produce, and if it is really put on the market, the price is estimated to be more than 300,000 US dollars." After all, these missiles were fought against Soviet T-80, American M1, German Leopard-2 tanks. ”

The reason why the Javelin sold well was because it could deal with third-generation tanks with thick armor.

At present, the world's anti-tank missiles all use uncooled mercury-cadmium tellurium or amorphous silicon focal plane imaging seeker.

Xie Kai directly used the vanadium oxide uncooled infrared focal plane imaging guidance head of Red Arrow-12, and the resolution has not reached the level of 784X479 of Red Arrow-12, but it is much higher than the resolution of 64X64 of the American Javelin.

There's no way around it.

So, the cost is high.

Although it did not reach the level of 180,000 US dollars, it also had a cost of nearly 100,000 soft sister coins, that is, more than 30,000 US dollars each.

The technology is mature, the production quantity is large, and the cost will be reduced, but it is not a reason to sell at a low price now.

Xie Kai explained these reasons, and Kabila was silent for a while.

According to the loss of about 30 million dollars in their equipment, Xie Kai was able to make up for his losses with only 167 anti-tank missiles.

"Mr. President, I can compensate you for the warplanes and tanks. "Although the profit is high, Xie Kai really doesn't want to sell this thing to Kabila.

"No, I want missiles. Kabila said firmly. "I want 300 pieces, and if it is insufficient, I will make up the difference. Pay directly with the gold I have deposited in your hands. ”

"Are you sure?" Xie Kai was a little shocked. "I would like to ask, what are you buying so many anti-tank missiles for?"

You can't buy anti-tank missiles to deal with those armed pickups that are not.

"It will definitely not endanger your national defense, you sell weapons, I buy weapons, you don't care what I use it for. Kabila said.

"Okay!" Xie Kai didn't bother to ask.

300 anti-tank missiles, at a price of $180,000, will cost $54 million.

Kabila also had to make up the difference of about $25 million for Xie Kai.

Xie Kai couldn't wait.

Anyway, Kabila still has a lot of gold in his hands, and as for the difference in the middle, isn't there still 30 million dollars in cash this time?

Then keep it in his own hands for now, anyway, this is the profit he deserves from selling arms, what if someone knows?

"When will it be delivered?" Kabila was a little anxious.