Chapter 1009: The Ruble and the Military Base

When he entered the door, Jiang Chen noticed that at least ten lines of sight were focused on him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info But he didn't care, and walked forward as usual.

"Surprised?" Pugin raised an eyebrow and gestured to the couch with his free hand.

"Indeed," Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders, walked to the sofa opposite him and sat down, nodded slightly to the waiter who handed him champagne, and then looked at the leader of the fighting nation, "I heard from the Minister of Foreign Affairs that you are inspecting the situation on the front line on the Crimean Peninsula and will not be able to return to Moscow until three days." ”

Both of them speak good English and don't need to communicate through an interpreter.

Clinking glasses with Jiang Chen gently, Pu Jin drank all the champagne in the glass in one gulp, and then handed the goblet to the waiter.

"If you want to fool our enemies, you must first fool your own people. ”

"Do you still need to look forward to the future in Moscow?" casually returned the empty wine glass to the waiter, Jiang Chen quipped.

"There's no harm in being careful, Russia is a vast territory, and there's no guarantee that a mouse or two won't slip in from around the corner. Speaking of this, Pu Jin's ten fingers were crossed on his knees, his body leaned forward slightly, and his blue coffee-colored pupils looked directly at Jiang Chen, "Then, time is pressing, in order not to miss this drinking party, let's go straight to the point." ”

Pugin looked at Nikolaev, who was standing behind Jiang Chen, and winked at him.

Admiral Nikolaev stood up and saluted, took a map from the hand of the bodyguard next to him, and stepped forward to spread it on the coffee table.

This is a topographic map that encompasses the cities of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk, with contour lines depicting basins and foothills. Sandwiched between the two large cities are large and small towns, including the Red Army Village and Pavlograd, and three jagged black lines are drawn in the middle of the map, and three or four arrows pierce the hinterland of the Donetsk Republic from the northwest like a sharp knife, dividing the civilian armed forces in Donetsk and Luhansk.

This map Jiang Chen is familiar with, and it is not only European countries that are paying attention to the civil war in Ukraine. It's just that the information revealed on this map is slightly different from what Jiang Chen learned. Although he heard that the civilian armed forces were sliding into decline, he didn't expect them to decline so completely, if he was not mistaken, the civilian armed forces that had already been pushed to the Dnieper River were all dared to return to their homes.

Nikolaev's next few words confirmed Jiang Chen's guess.

"Since last month, an illegal private armed force has entered Ukraine from Poland, and the situation has begun to deteriorate sharply. They claim to be mercenaries and are employed by the President of Ukraine. The sources of funding are quite complex, including the US National Endowment for Democracy, and there are more than 20 North American and European human rights institutions, large and small. Our intelligence agents tried to investigate the shareholders behind it, and in the end all the clues pointed to an organization. ”

"Freemasonry?" Jiang Chen asked.

"You guessed it right. Nikolaev paused, looked at Jiang Chen and continued, "This is not a regular mercenary, they are made up of retired veterans of NATO member countries and refugees, trained in Finland. Their armament is not limited to automatic weapons, but also includes armored vehicles, tanks, and even helicopter gunships......"

"Tanks, helicopter gunships, what's the difference between this Nima and the army. Jiang Chen couldn't help but say.

"This is an army, and it is comparable in size to the 58th Army. Nikolaev added.

The silence lasted for a long time.

At this time, Pugin, who had not spoken, spoke.

"How's that? sure?"

"Sure?" Jiang Chen looked at him, his expression a little strange.

Staring at Jiang Chen's eyes seriously, Pu Jin continued.

"That's what we're working with, and we want you to be their opponents. ”

The room fell silent again.

It was Jiang Chen who broke the silence this time.

"We are their opponents, we are a business, and we don't do anything that is not beneficial. Leaning back on the sofa, Jiang Chen said with a smile.

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Pu Jin also smiled.

Although he did not immediately get a positive answer, since Jiang Chen did not directly refuse, it means that there is still room for discussion in this matter.

"Rest assured, you are a new national enterprise, and we do not expect you to provide assistance to our allies free of charge. We will bear all the expenses of the mercenaries in rubles, and we will pay you 100 billion rubles in two installments. ”

100 billion rubles, equivalent to S$1.7 billion, is not a small amount for Russia, which has a tight budget. However, a mere S$1.7 billion obviously can't satisfy Jiang Chen's appetite. He was more interested in something than money.

"A hundred billion rubles, a military base. ”

Hearing Jiang Chen's request, Pugin and Nikolaev frowned together. Although they desperately hope that Transwarp Trade can intervene in the Ukraine crisis and reverse the decline of pro-Russian civilian forces, this does not mean that they will sacrifice their own interests for the Donetsk people.

After making eye contact with Nikolaev, Putin's fingers tapped on the armrest of the sofa and said word by word.

"Russia will not open its military bases to any country or private institution, and the cost of hiring can be appropriately increased, but this condition is unacceptable to us. ”

"You misunderstood," Jiang Chen waved his hand and explained, "Of course, our military base will not be built on the territory of Russia. Since it is a war with the Ukrainian government army, it is naturally built on the territory of Donetsk. ”

Nikolaev breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Putin, this condition is not unacceptable to the Russian side.

"If it's Donetsk, it's fine, our side will help you negotiate with them. Pugin nodded, "Anything else?"

"No, I wish us a happy cooperation. Jiang Chen smiled.

Without any legal documents to sign, it is natural that such a shady contract cannot be on paper. The actual employer of Transwarp Trade will be a local chocolate company in Donetsk, and as for the source of funding, it is the same as that of the Ukrainian government army, and it is also from shell companies registered in Russia or abroad.

A map of the world was spread out on the table, and the bearded general followed the map and pointed to the location of the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok.

"Your men can land in Vladivostok, and we will provide a rail transport route from Vladivostok through the Siberian region to the Russian-Ukrainian border. This line will serve as your supply line, and all costs will be borne by us. If the situation is optimistic, you should be able to deploy two brigades at the border by mid-May......"

"No, you don't. Jiang Chen shook his head, "It's too slow." ”

"Don't need it?" Nikolaev froze.

Pugin's eyebrows were slightly raised, revealing a look of interest.

"We went straight from here. Jiang Chen's finger pointed to the corner of the western Pacific Ocean on the map, where the equator line crossed.

Leaning forward and looking at the position Jiang Chen pointed, Nikolaev's pupils suddenly contracted.

There were no markers there, but he was no stranger to latitude and longitude.

There is the space elevator, the man-made wonder of the Star Ring trade. (To be continued.) )