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"How?" Ding Huiqiang looked at Lei Zhen, who had a melancholy face, and asked in a low voice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lei Zhen shook his head slightly and sighed, "Li Mo went to Ukraine. ”

"Ukraine?" Ding Huiqiang's eyes widened and he exclaimed. Ukraine gives the outside world the impression that it is a local rich man who has inherited a lot of wealth from the former Soviet Union, especially many military technologies, which have always been coveted by the outside world, and China is no exception.

"He's going to cooperate with Ukraine? Well, I think it's very likely. Ding Huiqiang quickly guessed the purpose of Li Mo's trip to Ukraine. To say that on a global scale, in addition to Russia, Soviet-made weapons are also the inheritors of the former Soviet Union. And the 'threshold' for Ukraine is clearly not as high as for Russia. Its politics are also neutral, and given the diplomatic situation that Somalia is facing today, there may be good news in Ukraine.

It's just that in this way, those bigwigs in China can only watch orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars slip away from their eyes.

"The order is small, but the relationship is estranged." Lei Zhen sat down and shook his head and said with a wry smile, "During this time, Li Mo's relationship with us has become more and more estranged, but he has been involved with those countries, and the country has delayed Li Mo's order this time and has not replied, thinking that he is going to knock Li Mo and let Li Mo and Huaxia continue to be consistent, but they didn't expect that Li Mo reacted so violently and ran out directly to contact Ukraine." ”

As the link between Li Mo and Huaxia, Lei Zhen can see it more clearly, but what about this? Whether it is China or Li Mo, they will not listen to him.

Huaxia wants to protect himself, and Li Mo wants to strengthen his strength to protect himself. The gap between the two ideas here is getting bigger and bigger, and the gap is becoming more and more difficult to make up, and in the end they only go their separate ways.

The two fell silent, if Li Mo and Huaxia parted ways, they would not be of the slightest use here, which meant that it was almost time for the two of them to pack up and return to China. Although they don't have to go abroad to carry out missions, and returning to China and reuniting with their families are worth celebrating, there is always a trace of unwillingness in the hearts of the two. Two years of hard work have been in vain, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the two ambitious people.

"I heard that Li Mo took a large amount of money in Kenya?" Ding Huiqiang felt the heaviness and depression of the atmosphere, and reluctantly changed the topic with a smile.

Lei Zhen nodded slightly and said, "Well, the news over there has come that Li Mo discovered a gold mine in Kenya and was sold by him for 1.5 billion US dollars." ”

"1.5 billion, still dollars. Tsk, with such a large sum of money, no wonder Li Mo ran to Ukraine without making a sound. Ding Huiqiang sighed.

$1.5 billion, if used to buy arms, can purchase a large number of advanced weapons. In particular, it is used in the procurement of fighter jets and missiles. In addition to the advanced fighters of the United States and a few countries, the two mainstream fighters of China are concerned. The export unit price of the J-10 is only 40 million US dollars, while the unit price of the Su-27 is only about 30 million US dollars. If it mattered, the price could be a little less.

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Li Mo and Hussein and their entourage arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on the morning of 20 July, and Ukrainian military, political, military, and political officials headed by Lieutenant General Kirichchenko, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, greeted them at the airport.

This time when he came to Ukraine, Li Mo did not take the position of regiment commander, but let Hussein serve as the regiment commander, responsible for communicating with the Ukrainian military. He had another mission, meeting with the organization behind the Ukrainian arms dealer Nazirov.

The supporters behind the Ukrainian arms dealer endorsed by Nazirov have not yet been figured out by Li Mo, but Li Mo knows that this organization is extremely powerful in Ukraine. Otherwise, his previous two arms deals with Nazirov would not have been so easy to achieve. You must know that whether it is 20 Mi-24 helicopter gunships or Sabre ballistic missiles, it is not something that ordinary forces can get their hands on and transport out of Ukraine.

Of course, when meeting with the forces behind Nazirov, in addition to Li Mo's mention, the hidden forces also have such a meaning. After all, Li Mo's identity is different, and he represents more than just a local warlord. Instead, it represents a political axe, a national army, and a good relationship with Li Mo, perhaps the benefits will be greater.

Accompanied by Lieutenant General Kirichchenko, Li Mo and others first came to the Ukrainian General Staff, briefly watched some programs prepared by the Ukrainian military, had dinner at noon, and formally held talks in the afternoon.

Before coming, the Somali political axe had already informed the Ukrainian embassy in Somalia of its purpose. For the Somali order, the whole of Ukraine, especially the military, can be described as mixed. The good news is that once a large arms trade is reached, the military will always have some gains in military spending, which is of great significance to the current Ukrainian military. What is worrying is that, judging from the previous budget for Ukraine's foreign arms sales, the military can only get a small part of it at a time.

Most of the weapons currently used by the Ukrainian army are still made in the former Soviet Union, and there is no funds for maintenance and upgrading, so many weapons are almost scrapped and put into warehouses. In the past two years, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly suggested that the army's equipment should be upgraded, and at least some important weapons should be studied and upgraded. However, the shortage of military spending has always been an important problem restricting the implementation of this proposal.

As one of the world's top 10 arms exporters, Ukraine's annual arms sales are only a few hundred million dollars, and in rare years, they can exceed one billion dollars. Most of the profits from the export of arms go to the treasury and are used elsewhere, and very little is allocated to the army. After a long time, there was some resentment in the army, and some people's minds began to be crooked.

However, on the whole, the top brass of the Ukrainian military still understands things and knows that one is better than nothing. For every batch of arms sold, the military always gets a part of the funding allocation, right?

Therefore, the Ukrainian military still attaches great importance to the Somali order. The Chief of the General Staff Kirichenko has been accompanying him, and the officials of the relevant departments of the political axe are also very warm and polite.

In the afternoon, before the official talks, Hussein offered to visit the Ukrainian Air Force.

Kirichenko was stunned when he heard this, the Ukrainian political axe and the military already knew the types of arms purchased by Somalia, which were aircraft and missiles, and the Ukrainian political axe and the military had also made several sets of preparations. However, because it is not clear how big the Somali order is, these preparations are not intended to be made until the Somali order is known.

After all, Somalia is only a small country in East Africa, and it has experienced more than ten years of civil war, and what the financial situation is, you can guess one or two without much analysis and investigation. In this way, the Ukrainian military and political axe departments will always make more preparations in the reception. If the number of orders is large, some of Somalia's requirements will be met despite the difficulties. If the order is small, for the sake of the relationship between the two countries, it may not give a face, but it will certainly not serve like the emperor Lao Tzu.

Therefore, Kirichenko was embarrassed by Hussein's proposal, but it was impossible to refuse such a thing in person. Generally speaking, as long as there is a visit from a high-level military officer, some military facilities will be visited. Such as bases, barracks, and so on. Although Hussein's request is a bit abrupt, others are now here to procure, and it is common to know the live information of the Ukrainian Air Force fighter jets.

Kirichenko could decide on this matter, and after a little hesitation, he agreed.

An air base on the outskirts of Kyiv, where the 40th Combat Aviation Regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force is located, is one of the fifty air bases of the Ukrainian Air Force. Although the Ukrainian Air Force is currently a crippled structure, the 40th Combat Aviation Regiment is full as an air base for defending the capital and defending the capital's air security. It is equipped with a squadron of MiG-29 light fighters, a squadron of Su-27 heavy air fighters, and a squadron of Su-25 attack aircraft, with more than 40 aircraft of various types.

At the air base, everyone watched the flight and landing of two Su-27 fighters. Done some simple shows in the sky. Because of the lack of military spending, the Ukrainian military obviously did not prepare too many performances, after all, two fighter jets take off and land, and it will consume a lot of fuel money.

"Chief of Staff Kirichenko, what kind of model is the Su-27 that took off?" Hussein looked at the two Su-27s sprayed dark blue with a telescope and asked with some excitement on his face.

Such a small action surprised the officers and officials of the surrounding Ukraine, and then some familiar people glanced at each other, and a question was passed in their eyes: Could it be that Somalia intends to purchase Su-27 fighters?

Although Ukraine is one of the world's top ten arms exporters, the largest part of the arms export trade is tanks and technical service support. Aircraft sales are larger, but more are MiGs, or those second-generation aircraft that are close to service life, or slightly damaged, and need to be repaired, and are sold to countries such as Georgia. And the Su-27, which is also the main fighter type in the Ukrainian Air Force, has never been sold to the outside world.

Taking the Su-27 as an example, Ukraine inherited about 80 fighters from the former Soviet Union, ranging from the Su-27 basic to the Su-28UB two-seat trainer combat type. However, because of Ukraine's poor economy, many weapons have not been well maintained, and most of the 'expensive' things like the Su-27 have been sealed and put into storage, and now only 38 of them are in service in the Ukrainian Air Force sequence.

Although Ukraine's Su-27 was made in the former Soviet Union in the 80s, compared with the various derivative Su-27 fighters developed by Russia later, these Su-27 fighters in the former Soviet Union have fallen behind in terms of fire control systems and electronic systems, but the overall surname is Neng, but it is stronger than the Su-27SK exported by Russia. From this, we can see the difference between the same type of fighter used by the national army and the export type.

"Both of these are Su-27S, and their combat surnames are excellent, even if they have been in service for 20 years, you see that they are still like new." After guessing that Hussein was interested in the Su-27, Kirichenko was overjoyed, and when he praised the Su-27s, he could do everything in heaven and on earth.

"Oh, is it? I remember that the Su-27S is a homeland air defense type, and there is also a Su-27 benchmark type, which is an air superiority fighter, I don't know if this base is equipped? Hussein asked with a nonchalant smile.

(To be continued)