Chapter 353 of the main text volume, the arms broker

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The Libyans are warlike and warlike, known as the lion of Africa, during World War II, they dared to attack the Italian army that colonized them with primitive equipment such as spears and muskets, and defeated the Italians again and again, and if it were not for the Germans running to save their allies (pig teammates), the country would have achieved independence as early as 1939.

It was only after World War II that Libya was formed as a United State of Libya under the joint efforts of several local sheikhs, and this short-lived feudal dynasty was overthrown in 1969 by the 'Free Officers Organization' led by Kazafe.

The revolution was victorious, and it was no surprise that the 27-year-old Libyan military strongman became the ruler of Libya. Enterprising young people have led this young republic with a population of only 5 million and an area of 1.76 million square kilometers to unprecedented glory.

Libya, supported by the oil trade, has slowly grown from a small North African country to a rich African superpower (only within African countries).

In the 80s, the per capita income reached 11,000 US dollars, and it was the first country in Africa to get out of poverty. At this time, Libya was really rich in 'flowing oil', and as the boss of the entire African continent, Ka Miscellaneous would never accept that his steel torrent was defeated by a group of black African uncles driving pickup trucks. (By the way, Villa is an Arab country with a predominantly Arab and Berber population, and is not considered a purely black country, although it is located in Africa.) ）

Yes, you read that right, in January of this year in Chad's Fada region, an armored brigade of Kazafe was wiped out by Chadians in jeeps with anti-tank missiles and machine guns. A total of 784 Libyan soldiers were killed, 92 tanks and 33 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, 81 were captured, and 13 tanks and 18 combat vehicles were captured, while only 18 Chadian troops were killed and three Toyotas were destroyed.

And four months have passed since this war that shocked the world, and Libya, which claims to have "money to buy, buy, buy." (The country is genuinely rich and can be seen as Saudi Arabia in the 80s.) Iraq in the 80s was similarly rich, with each family owning more than three cars. ）

The main reason why he was unable to buy equipment that satisfied him with the card and miscellaneous expenses was his hostile relationship with the United States, and Libya had a big red cross behind its name on the list of countries that import and export the US arms trade.

Of course, as a qualified arms dealer, how can such an arms dealer be considered qualified if he does not sell weapons to a hostile country of the motherland? But the law on the surface still has to be enforced, in the face of these tens of billions of orders, the Yankees' first reaction is to find an agent, but unfortunately the Americans' card and miscellaneous fees do not accept this way of direct transactions through the middleman in the United States.

Instead, it made a demand, which most arms dealers would find difficult to accede to, to exchange oil for arms. The conditions are not too harsh, and the reason why it is difficult for this group of American lusters to agree is that the oil trade plan of the card and miscellaneous fees will last for 7 years.

Seven years of tens of billions of dollars of oil is enough to turn an arms dealer into an oil tycoon, but none of them are willing to give up their main business, after all, their 'oil fields' will be exhausted after seven years.

Hou Wenjun, who is far away in Asia, has long been thinking about a business, of course, the original idea was not to sell American weapons, but to use his connections in Ukraine to sell Soviet equipment.

The moon and Zhong Lidong's trip to Africa in April also tried to make contact with Libya under the leadership of Kazafe, but they were not too interested in Soviet equipment. The reason is also very simple, the weapons of the Chadian army are provided by the Americans, and the equipment of the US military will definitely be able to defend against these weapons very well. As for the Soviet goods, it is not necessarily, the poor performance of the Soviet army on the battlefield in Afghanistan is obvious to the whole world.

Words such as crashes, breakdowns, and depot overhauls became the most common words used in military intelligence to describe Soviet weapons. Although the big business did not succeed, Zhong Lidong and others still sold a batch of light weapons made in Ukraine to Libya, such as the most common AK47 or something. But tanks, planes, artillery, etc., rich Libyans don't look down on these Soviet-made stupid guys.

In this context, Hou Wenjun's Hou Group and the American appetite businessmen represented by Gordon will be the best choice to jointly eat the orders of the Libyans.

When I heard Hou Wenjun say that Libyans need more weapons, I thought of Gordon before. Morgan already roughly understood what Hou meant by the fact that the Hou Group would act as a third-party intermediary to facilitate the deal.

"An army of 1,000 men is stationed next to Egypt to force the Egyptians to negotiate peace with you at any moment under the threat of war against the other side." Saying that, Morgan glanced at Hou Wenjun deeply before continuing, "But Mr. Hou, what I don't understand is, why did you find me?" ”

Hou Wenjun is very satisfied with Morgan's appearance, he likes to deal with smart people, so that everyone is not tired. Hou Wenjun, who nodded with a smile, said with a 'I am very satisfied with you' expression, "Smart, as for why I chose you, to be honest, it's just a coincidence." I think you have also put a lot of effort into the solid fuel test report this time, and I will ask you to give you 10 million dollars, and I will buy this article with you. ”

Wen Jiàn was originally in the hands of Hou Wenjun, and it had already been sent to the Rabbit State government, but he still gave 10 million to himself? Morgan knew that if he wanted to take the money, he would have to pay other prices. And his greatest value in Hou Wenjun's eyes is the skin of this senior intelligence director.

Morgan, who knew that Hou Wenjun would not be so kind, looked at Hou Wenjun and smiled coldly: "You want me to spy on this group of arms dealers?" I'm in charge of weapons research and intelligence, and you want me to help you check these weapons. ”

Morgan is indeed very smart, and he guessed Hou Wenjun's plan in a few words. Yes, this is a $10 billion arms sale, and it's not cash yet. As a third party, he must be cautious and cautious, in case the Yankees do anything with weapons, it will be difficult for him to collect the balance of the seven-year-long oil payment.

Hou Wenjun smiled and nodded, "As an intermediary, our Hou Group needs to pay off this $6.5 billion worth of arms within a year (including a sum of $500 million worth of Ukraine-made light weapons.)" And the 10 billion oil contract on the Libyan side will take 7 years to be paid for. ”

Morgan couldn't understand Hou Wenjun again, he made $3.5 billion in 7 years, it seems that he made it, but in fact Hou Wenjun doesn't make money. He believed that Hou Wenjun would not use his own cash to do this business, and he did not have that much cash.

If he applies for a loan from the bank, $6.5 billion is calculated at a minimum interest rate of 5% per year. He has to pay $330 million in interest every year, and he needs to pay at least $100 million in interest over the next seven years. For such a high-risk project, which bank dares to lend him an annual interest rate of 5%? In Morgan's view, whether Hou Wenjun can get a loan or not will be a huge greeting.

Even if Hou Wenjun has a way to get a loan, his interest will probably exceed 7%, which means that Hou Wenjun will not make any money in this transaction at all, and he will have to bear the huge risks brought by various uncertainties in the past seven years. (To be continued.) )