When Mawi led Admiral Suni Barr and other Indian naval generals, he came to the largest dock in the North Sea Shipyard. I saw a giant warship about 300 meters long and 35 meters wide, which was refurbished and presented in front of everyone.

The battleship has a standard displacement of 55,000 tons, which is almost the same as that of an aircraft carrier! The draft is 10.1 meters, and the main turret is three quadruple 406 mm heavy guns.

The anti-aircraft turret consisted of six twin 130-mm flat anti-aircraft guns and four quadruple 45-mm anti-aircraft guns. The maximum speed is 27 knots. The side armor is 380 mm thick, the horizontal armor is 50 + 150 mm, the main engine power is 140000 horsepower.

Admiral Suni Barr, along with the Indian Admirals, looked at the behemoth not far away with amazement. Compared with the 1,000-ton and 2,000-ton corvettes in their own country, it is obvious that the 55,000-ton battleship in the Beihai Shipyard is more powerful and domineering!

"Mr. Mavi, this should be the No. 6 battleship designed by the First Central Special Naval Bureau of the Soviet Union, right?" Admiral Suni Barr, who is also the chief of staff of the Indian Navy, can remember the relevant information as long as you look at the warships around the world.

"That's right, Admiral Suni Barr, this is indeed the No. 6 battleship built at that time. Now our shipyard has restored it for other use. Ma Wei replied simply and clearly.

After listening to his account, Admiral Suni Barr suddenly became a little confused, and turned to Mavi and asked, "Just in case of him?" Mr. Mavi, although this battleship has fierce firepower, hasn't it been eliminated by other countries now?"

The displacement of battleships and heavy cruisers is comparable to that of aircraft carriers. However, in terms of its combat effectiveness, the aircraft carrier completely outperformed the former. After all, other aircraft carriers have fighters and bombers. These things are a fatal blow to the battleship.

In war, if you want to control the territorial waters, you must control the airspace. Otherwise, they could send a few planes and sink the battleship into the sea...... This situation often happened in World War II, when the battleships of some countries sank in the blink of an eye as soon as they went to sea.

"Yes, now the battleships of the military powers have long been replaced by aircraft carrier battle groups. But that doesn't mean it's worthless. Admiral Suni Barr, we have prepared some welcoming ceremonies for the arrival of your navy. I wonder if you would like to participate?" Ma Wei asked with a smile.

"Yes, but is this welcome ceremony related to this battleship?" asked Admiral Suni Barr, who seemed to have something in mind.

"Pretty much. Ma Wei nodded casually, then glanced at Mikhail, the director of the factory, who was standing not far away, and motioned to him, "You can start." ”

Mikhail received the order, then picked up the walkie-talkie in his hand and conveyed Mavi's order to the dock control room, "The chairman said that it can be started." ”

The control room receives the command and immediately activates the corresponding switch. Then, half a minute later, everyone above saw that the gate on the side of the dock near the sea suddenly opened. Immediately after that, the majestic sea water poured madly through the mouth of the gate, and it did not take long to fill the entire dock.

With the influx of seawater, the battleship, which had been placed on the keel of the dock, slowly floated. It is then towed by the equipment in the dock and introduced into the sea. Then several tugboats, which had been waiting outside, towed the battleship out of the shipyard completely. Completed this action to the sea.

"Alright, everyone, the welcome ceremony will begin soon, and it is time for us to go. Seeing that the battleship had gone to sea smoothly, Ma Wei said to the naval officers with a smile. Then he led everyone to a 3,000-ton Talwa frigate and motioned for everyone to board the ship.

Admiral Suni Barr couldn't understand what was happening in front of him, and he originally thought that Mavi would let them board the battleship just now and experience it. But I didn't expect that it was a frigate with more than ten times less tonnage, which seems to be a bit of a big gap?

"Didn't you say that this welcome ceremony had something to do with the battleship, and why did we board this Talva-class frigate?" asked Suni Barr at Mavi for some reason.

"You'll know when the time comes, Admiral Suni Barr. "Ma Wei sold it first. The Indian Navy's order must be won, because their needs are not limited to this batch, and there are many more to come. Not even the Navy, the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, will have to buy military equipment when the time comes, and the amount is no joke.

Hearing what Ma Wei said, Admiral Suni Barr had no choice but to endure his doubts first, and took his officers to board the Talva-class frigate in front of him. And on the deck of the warship, I saw the captain and the deputy captain who had been waiting for a long time.

"Admiral Suni Barr, I would like to introduce you, this is the captain of the frigate, Lieutenant Commander Povkin. Ma Wei is familiar with the introduction of the two sides to each other.

I have to say that since Mavi donated 26.5 million research and development funds to the Navy, the Russian Navy has had a good impression of him. This also made him a merchant who could travel freely with the army. It can be said that it is a mixture.

Admiral Suni Barr and the captain and the deputy captain got to know each other one by one. Seeing that the time was ripe, Ma Wei began his first round of "flickering", that is, talking about buying and selling.

"Admiral Suni Barr, this Talva-class frigate you're on is loaded with 8 cells capable of vertically firing Moss supersonic anti-ship missiles. and a 3S-90 single-arm launcher capable of launching Schkili medium-range ship-to-air missiles. The ship is fully propulsion, with a maximum speed of 27 knots......"

Ma Wei knew that in 2000, the Indian Navy was still propelled by steamships, and the kind of old-fashioned warships could enter the history museum. Therefore, they are very urgent, and they need advanced ships to arm their military strength.

After listening to Mavi's introduction, Admiral Suni Barr finally stopped paying attention to the battleship just now. Turning to Ma Wei, he asked with concern, "Then Mr. Ma Wei, how much does your country sell for a 3,000-ton Talwa frigate like this? How long is the delivery time? We hope it is best to hurry." ”

The Indian Navy is in urgent need of equipment to improve its strength, and their requirements for delivery time are as fast as possible. It's better to spend money now, and tomorrow there will be ready-made ones to drive back home. Whether it's expensive or not is secondary, as long as it doesn't exceed your budget.

"That's right, Admiral Suni Barr, a Talva-class frigate sells for $180 million. If the demand in your country is high, we can apply for a discount from above. ”