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The second time he came to Zimzibar, Li Mo's mood was very different. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoFor the first time, there was an anxiety and urgency, the expectation that the organization would have a weapon of strategic deterrence. But this time, I was very sure and had a feeling that I was in control.

The one who came with Li Mo this time, in addition to the rat, the Minister of Trade, was the Meteor Commando of a detachment led by Luo Xiang. Although Li Mo felt that his whereabouts were very hidden, and no one would be able to pose a threat to him easily, this transaction was very important and could not be sloppy.

Without the guidance of the peddler named Rauz last time, Li Mo and his party came to Nazirov's weapons warehouse with ease. Nazirov, who had already received the news, had already led his men to stand outside the gate to greet Li Mo, a big customer.

"Welcome to the de facto leader of the Somali Defense Forces, Boss Li!" The moment Nazirov saw Li Mo, he made a rare joke.

The recent 'crisis of rumors' in Somalia has seen reports of this even though he himself is in Ukraine. Only then did he understand that the young Chinese man was really a 'Somali businessman'.

Mr. Nazirov laughed. Compared to you, we are a small businessman! Li Mo already knew that the goods he needed had been found, so he was not in a hurry, and chatted with Nazirov casually.

Entering the gate outside the warehouse, Li Mo and the others saw an assembled Mi-24 helicopter gunship parked in the open space in the courtyard at a glance. Moreover, they also found that the defense around the warehouse was much tighter than the previous one. Just a casual glance around, Li Mo found at least dozens of open and dark posts.

"Boss Li, how is it? I said that the most important thing for arms dealers is their reputation. This helicopter is not bad, right? Authentic Soviet goods! Nazirov shook his head, patted the shell of the helicopter cabin and laughed.

Li Mo didn't answer directly, but looked around carefully, and then gestured to Luo Xiang. Luo Xiang received the boss's eyes and immediately got into the helicopter, and after a brief inspection, he came out and nodded to the boss.

"Almost all new?" Although Li Mo doesn't know anything about helicopters, his vision is sharp enough.

"Haha, Boss Li saw it right. These helicopters can be said to have been deployed to Ukraine after factory inspection at the Rostov plant, when the former Soviet army tried to form helicopters in separate formations, so these helicopters were hardly used except for the necessary training and patrols. Moreover, we all maintain them regularly, which is all dollars, and I don't want them to become a pile of scrap metal! Nazirov gave a thumbs up and laughed, vaguely explaining where the helicopter came from.

Li Mo showed a sure look, and also with a hint of satisfaction. After all, these helicopters have been in production for nearly two decades, and if they are not maintained, it is a question whether they can be used until now. He also didn't want to spend money to buy a pile of scrap metal to go back.

"Is it enough?" Li Mo glanced at the closed inner door of the warehouse and asked. The last time he proposed the number was twenty, and although the scale of this warehouse is not small, it does not look like it can put down twenty helicopter gunships. Moreover, the warehouse is not only stocked with helicopters, but also other munitions.

"Of course, Boss Li, you can't doubt my strength, my strength is far greater than you think!" Nazirov pretended to be dissatisfied and glanced at Li Mo, and said another meaningful sentence.

Li Mo's eyes froze, and he took a deep look at Nazirov. What does this person mean by saying this by now? Want to 'be honest' with yourself? Or do you feel like you're a reliable person who can reveal some of the details?

After Nazirov finished saying that, he didn't mention the matter, and took Li Mo and the others to the reception room last time.

"Somewhere in the Arabian Sea, there is an American-flagged freighter. It is less than 300 kilometers off the coast of Somalia. That's where you need it! ”

Li Mo took a deep breath when he heard this! These arms dealers really can't be underestimated. I even thought of smuggling arms with American freighters! In the Arabian Seas, especially in the Gulf of Aden, the surrounding countries do not have decent navies, and if they do, they conduct routine patrols in the coastal waters close to the coast. It is the US Navy's Fifth Fleet that really dominates this area.

Does the US Navy fleet, when it sees an American freighter, inspect it at will? Definitely not.

Li Mo couldn't help but sigh that Nazirov's strength was strong, and he even came up with this method. And Li Mo estimated that this freighter was certainly not leased or simply flying the American flag. Rather, it is a cargo ship registered in the United States, and Nazirov or the power behind him may have long controlled an ocean-going shipping company in the United States, which specializes in smuggling and transporting arms. However, Li Mo also believes that even if his speculation is true, Nazirov will not often use this company's freighter to smuggle arms, and must only use it when the transaction volume is huge, and he must have disguised this company as other commercial transportation companies.

"How do we trade?" Li Mo suppressed the envy in his heart and asked.

Nazirov didn't know when he lit another cigar, shook his right hand and said, "If Boss Li is really the actual leader of the Paraming Army, we can trade on the spot in Kiyanboni or Kismayo." "The reason why this is done is to confirm whether Li Mo is the boss behind the current chief of the General Staff of the Somali Defence Forces, as the outside world says. If it really is, Nazirov will follow the instructions of the forces behind him and befriend Li Mo.

As the competition in the arms trade has become more and more fierce in the world, business in the underground arms black market has not been easy to do. Especially arms dealers like them, who have a large number of advanced and high-end weapons in their hands. Sometimes you can't find a big customer for a year. Because although they have a large number of weapons in their hands, they are not as good as those national arms organizations. They can sell to other countries in an open and honest manner, and they can also use political and economic influence to force the other side to buy the arms in their hands. Moreover, in the international arms trade, the top arms trade is between countries. Most of the arms in the hands of underground arms dealers like them are not comparable to the weapons in the hands of a country's arms organizations.

The same Mi-24 helicopter gunship, other countries are definitely willing to contact the Russian political axe and purchase it from Rosoboronexport.

In a non-political axe organization, it is extremely rare for someone like Li Mo to purchase arms worth a total of $100 million at a time. In fact, if Li Mo did not control a country's army, he would not have purchased a large amount of arms.

Although Li Mo did not see Nazirov's intentions for the time being, he wished that this batch of arms would be delivered to his door. Although the port of Zimjibar has a number of arms smuggling industries, such as organizations specializing in arms smuggling and transport, it does not have Nazirov to send arms directly to Somalia for safety.

"That's the port of Kismayo, the port of Kiyanboni is too small to moth a ship of three thousand tons!" Li Mo thought for a while and said.

Nazirov didn't care which port Li Mo chose, Somalia didn't have a navy anyway. What he cared about was that Li Mo's answer confirmed his previous guess.

Li Mo's 'influence' in Somalia is not as far away as the outside world says. Because Nazirov suspected that the arms were procured for the Somali Defence Forces.

There's nothing to say about the gunship deal, and that's the core of the deal.

"Boss Li, after I returned to China and contacted many parties, I found that the goods you need are difficult to get in China. Since the signing of the 'U.S.-Russia nuclear limitation agreement', the two countries have banned the production of intermediate-range ballistic missiles, and most of the existing ones have been destroyed. And a batch of medium-range ballistic missiles originally deployed in China are also under the monitoring of the United States, Russia and other countries. As soon as Nazirov opened his mouth, he spoke in a very embarrassed tone, as if he could not do it.

Li Mo was stunned, what does this mean? Can't get it? Li Mo couldn't help but turn his head to look at the mouse. Yesterday, he swore that the source of goods had been found.

The rat helplessly spread his hands, Nazirov didn't say that before. Although it is not directly stated that he is also sure of getting an intermediate-range ballistic missile, the mouse still analyzes that Nazirov is already sure.

"There is one thing that most people may not know, but the major countries in the world know. That is, the 'Southern Machine-Building Plant' for some reason no longer produces strategic missiles, and now mainly produces launch vehicles and other space equipment. However, in order to satisfy your big customer, I used a lot of connections to find two SS-20s at the 'Baprograd Machine-Building Plant'! Nazirov had no feelings about the behavior between Li Mo and the mouse, and continued.

After Nazirov finished speaking, he found that the two of them didn't seem to have much reaction, smiled lightly, and said, "I'm not a person who is often in contact with the arms industry, and I'm afraid I don't know much about SS-20 medium-range ballistic missiles now." SS-20 is the code name given by NATO, known as 'RS-20' in the former Soviet Union, is a medium-range ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometers, and is also one of the fourth generation strategic missiles of the former Soviet Union. The SS-20 has another name in the West: Satan. This missile is divided into two versions, one with a sub-guided warhead and the other with a single warhead. I'm talking about the former SS-20, which can be loaded with a split warhead. During the Cold War, the United States and the Western world feared that this missile would pose a very great threat to Europe and Japan, so they had to sign an 'intermediate-range missile treaty' with the former Soviet Union to limit and destroy intermediate-range ballistic missiles. All 450 SS-20s produced in the former Soviet Union were destroyed in '91. And the way of destruction was to directly launch all the deployed missiles, and the result was that all of them were successfully launched, setting a record for missile launches......"

Although Nazirov's introduction to the missile made Li Mo very excited, this is a medium-range ballistic missile that is more advanced than the SS-4/5 he wanted before. But he still has a question. Since all these missiles have been destroyed, why is there another Ukrainian missile manufacturing plant?

When Li Mo asked this question, Nazirov smiled and explained, "Actually, this can be said to be an accident. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were in the Cold War, and both countries were trying their best to produce various weapons. These two SS-20s can be said to have signed the 'INF Treaty' outside the production workshop, and, as you know, 90-91 was a turbulent period in the former Soviet Union, when many orders of the Soviet Union were difficult to be successfully executed by the federal states below. However, the two missiles were dragged out of the production workshop before they were manufactured. More than ten years have passed, and many parts have long been aged and damaged. However, I still used my connections to get the 'Baprograd Machine-Building Plant' to secretly remake them! ”

(To be continued)