Volume 2 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 1576 Three Roads
"Very well, I am waiting for your good news." With the assurance of his right-hand man. The strongman's face finally looked better.
Although Patrushev's mistake this time is very fatal, it is even intolerable to some extent, the war has been fought for so long, and he has not even figured out whether there are allies behind his opponent and who the allies are, this thing is simply laughing out of people's teeth! The entire Russian government, military and intelligence services have lost face!
However, for Putin, although Patrushev's mistake is very fatal, but fortunately it has not reached the fatal level, with the strongman's understanding of his loyal and capable subordinate over the years, this time his subordinate was probably also deceived by the cunning Chechens, but now that there is this clue, everything is already in the past, and it will probably not be long before he can catch the damn poisonous snake hidden behind it.
"Mr. President, I'll go down first." Patrushev, full of anger and motivation to wash away his shame, clenched his fists and said.
"Hmm," looking at his subordinates who were full of unyielding fighting spirit, the strongman nodded with satisfaction, as long as he had fighting spirit. After thinking about it, he pointed to the sniper rifle, "My dear Comrade Poladanovich, this gun will be given to you." Hopefully, one day you'll be able to return this gun to its owner. ”
"Yes. Mr. President, I assure you! Patrushev nodded solemnly, and at the same time clenched his fists tightly: yes, this gun must be returned to its original owner, its real owner!
As for why his boss gave him this gun, Patrushev knew very well in his heart: this was a spur to himself, and he had to put this gun in the most obvious place in his office, and only when he could see this gun at all times could he keep his heart vigilant and not relaxed.
At the same time, the "rebels" in Chechnya are excitedly recovering from the supplies of weapons, ammunition and food that they have just received!
Although they don't know where these guys, who take advantage of the night sky every time to drop supplies, what they are doing at such a huge risk, and how they break through Russia's powerful air defense radar network, these issues are not important to them, what matters is that they have a strong ally in their most urgent time - to be honest, until now, they don't know who their ally really is.
Since the beginning of the Chechen War of Independence, although the Chechens have waged an unrelenting war with Russia -- this is what they say, at least they themselves think so -- although their soldiers are all real elite soldiers of the former Soviet Union, real professional soldiers, and after so many years of fighting, the combat experience of these elite veterans has been tempered, but in any case, this small area of Chechnya cannot be compared with Russia, which has a vast territory and huge war potentialHow can their population be compared with Russia, which has a huge population base?
Plus bombed and destroyed by Russia during the two Chechen wars. The reality is that Chechnya's war potential has been destroyed!
If it weren't for the fact that over the years, Russia and the former Soviet Union republics sold their existing military equipment to the country at a price close to scrap iron for money, and the Chechens took advantage of this opportunity to play the role of arms dealers and make some money.
Even now, if it weren't for an ally who has been hiding behind the scenes to help them, these Chechen soldiers don't know what the war will be. …,
But for now, these are not the things that these Chechen soldiers, who have just ended a war and are receiving supplies from airdrops, should be on their minds. All they had to do was enjoy being alive and how much they could get based on their exploits.
"Andrey, according to your previous record of shooting 30 Russian pigs, you should be able to get a lot of good things this time. What did you get this time? The two Chechen "soldiers" happily walked and exchanged their gains.
"Well, I got an all-band radio and two boxes of canned luncheon meat." Soldier A's face was filled with smugness that could not be concealed.
"Oh my God, two boxes of canned luncheon meat?" Soldier B's eyes instantly widened, and there was a thick envy on his face.
In the Chechen region, the most precious thing is not weapons, but food, and the Chechens, who are on the verge of hunger all year round, have an extraordinary hunger and thirst for food! This hunger and thirst was clearly marked by the Chechen military: two boxes of canned food = the lives of 30 Russian soldiers!
Of course, this market is not set in stone. It's just that Chechnya has received more supplies during this time, if it was in the past, these 30 Russian soldiers would only be able to get a box of canned luncheon meat, or the kind of canned luncheon that doesn't have much meat in it, and most of it is flour, but not this kind of pure canned luncheon meat full of meat.
For these soldiers, having two boxes of canned luncheon meat is the greatest affirmation of themselves.
"Andrey, what did you get?" Soldier A asked Soldier B rhetorically.
"Oh, I got a box of cans and 100 rounds of ammunition." Soldier B's voice sounded a little modest, but the smugness could not be concealed.
"Bullets?" Soldier A was puzzled for a moment, then immediately reacted, and his eyes instantly widened, "You...... You mean mercury bullets? ”
"Hehe......" Soldier B finally couldn't hide the smugness in his heart, and his whole face seemed to laugh like a cramp.
This time it was Soldier A's turn to envy Soldier B, 100 rounds of mercury bullets for snipers, for these professional snipers, its temptation is definitely no less than the temptation of drugs to those addicts!
Although ordinary sniper bullets can also meet the requirements of these snipers, how can those sniper bullets be so shocking when they hit the target? When watching the target be hit by a watermelon-sized hole, all the snipers thought that the bloody beauty that bloomed at this moment was the best compliment to themselves!
This similar situation is still playing out in various parts of Chechnya.
What is certain is that in the coming period, the life of the Russian government army will probably not be so easy.
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"I decided that the private jet project we studied some time ago would still be launched."
After carefully considering for several months, carefully analyzing the feasibility of his previous plan, and making up for some of the loopholes, Zhang Lan finally decided to officially launch the four-person aircraft project he had planned before.
"How?" Alice nodded. Skip the question of whether to do it or not, and directly turn into how to do it. Now that Zhang Lan has made up her mind, there is no need to discuss whether to do it again.
"I plan to divide this project into three projects, the first one, for those who are rich, superstars and those large companies, for those who like luxury and enjoyment, a luxury business/business private jet is a symbol of status and status and strength, this market can not be given up in any way, our opponents are the challenger and the Gulfstream, the two major business/business luxury aircraft giants, we have already started to do this project, the aircraft has been tested and will soon get the airworthiness certificate;" …,
"And compared with the two series of business/business jets of the Challenger and Gulfstream, we also have one of the biggest advantages: the small turbofan engines we use in this type of aircraft are our own production, and the electronic systems, data systems, computer systems, etc. on board are all produced by ourselves, and the cost can be reduced a lot, and our aircraft are more competitive than the Challenger and Gulfstream."
This is good, Xiao Chenxi and Alice both nodded, among the many aero engines that were unveiled during the Singapore Air Show before, Alice Group launched a small turbofan engine jointly developed with the Ukrainian Sich Engine Company and the Ukrainian Progressive Machinery Design Bureau, which was originally aimed at this kind of business/business aircraft, and now it is more convenient to use it at home, and the overall cost of the aircraft is naturally lower.
"Still. There don't seem to be many celebrities who buy their own private jets now, right? Even if these stars are rich, the price of a luxury private business jet is not cheap after all. Xiao Chenxi asked a question.
"Well, as far as I know, there are stars of these 'big' luxury business jets, the golf-playing 'Tiger' Tiger. Woods had such a plane, before Michael. Jackson also has it, but it seems to have been sold, and by the way, pop diva Madonna also has a private jet luxury business jet. But I'm not happy that none of the world's most profitable guys: NBA players have a luxury private jet of their own. ”
Zhang Lan was already familiar with these materials, so she naturally opened her mouth for the answer to Xiao Chenxi's question. There seems to be a lot of frustration with the fact that NBA players only have one or two small helicopters and no luxury business/business jets like the Gulfstream, Challenger or Falcon.
"Huh...... I really didn't expect that these guys who play ball and sing are already so rich. Xiao Chenxi shook her head and sighed, she usually doesn't like basketball very much, but she really didn't expect that these "blue collars" who play ball have reached the point where they can mix with a private jet, although these planes are not good planes.
"Well, this market is a huge market. We just want to tell those who don't know how to burn a bun with a lot of money, the era of buying luxury houses, luxury cars, luxury yachts to show off their wealth is over, this kind of vulgar behavior will only make people look down on it, and now, having a luxury jet private business jet of their own is the popular trend of the NBA and celebrities. Zhang Lan has redefined the NBA's pop vane for the next few years.
"Uh......" Alice smacked, "there aren't many players in the NBA who have their own private jets right now, right?" Quite a few words"
"It doesn't matter, any popularity is cultivated by people, and the responsibility of this cultivation is left to us. Well, by the way, who was the MVP of the NBA Finals in the 02-03 season? Regarding the fact that she, a pseudo-basketball fan, had forgotten the MVP of the finals just past, Zhang Lan didn't seem to feel anything wrong or ashamed at all.
"Spurs' Tim. Duncan. Alice said quickly.
Luckily, this girl is here.
"Well, just to announce it, we're going to be choosing one of the NBA's famous players to be the face of one of our products, and the endorsement fee is a luxury private business jet. You can't contact Duncan directly, lest this guy's vampire agent lion open his mouth, even though this guy is a stone man. Zhang Lan did not hesitate to open his mouth, and turned the stone Buddha into a stone man with a very shameless approach.
However, although it seems that the endorsement fee is very high, considering that the endorsement fee of these guys is also more than 10 million US dollars, in fact, this endorsement fee is similar to giving them a private luxury jet business jet, but the money is definitely not as shocking as sending a private luxury jet. …,
"Okay, this is a solution," Xiao Chenxi thought for a moment and agreed, "You can contact Duncan, Wade, McGrady and O'Neal at the same time. ”
O'Neill...... Well, we'll talk about this issue after we've discussed it, and now we'll move on to the question just now. ”
Imagine the scene of such a fat shark "swimming" on this plane, Zhang Lan was a little dumbfounded: This plane should be able to support this guy's weight, right? Not a lot of words
"The second, aimed at those who have strong hands-on ability and fanatical love for military aircraft during World War II, such extreme flying sports enthusiasts, introduced World War II military aircraft using piston internal combustion engines, these imitation military aircraft. It is dominated by three fighters: the British Spitfire, the Hurricane, and the American Mustang during World War II. In addition to strengthening the safety of drivers and passengers, it is more important to maintain the original flavor. ”
"And for this part of the market, I have subdivided it again, one is that we directly sell the finished products of these aircraft; The second is to launch those 'hybrid' World War II aircraft that look exactly like these World War II famous aircraft, but use small turboprop engines and digital instrument cockpit display systems to meet the needs of those who like these World War II famous aircraft but also like modern technology, and the third is to sell complete sets of parts of these aircraft to satisfy the crazy DIY psychology of military aircraft enthusiasts around the world. As long as the buyer is willing to spend enough time, they can assemble an original Spitfire, Hurricane or Mustang fighter in their own garage for a fraction of the price. ”
Xiao Chenxi and Alice looked at each other: the first two points are okay, the first kind of pure World War II aircraft enthusiasts and the second kind of not so pure World War II famous aircraft enthusiasts can be seen everywhere in the world, but for the first ... that Zhang Lan said, the two girls really don't have a bottom in their hearts: launch a complete set of assembled parts for the aircraft? This one...... All right?
"Is this okay?". Xiao Chenxi was a little hesitant about Zhang Lan's whimsical idea.
"Don't worry!" Zhang Lan looked confident.
In 2006, before Zhang Lan returned to this world, an Australian World War II aircraft company was on the verge of bankruptcy, and he had no choice but to come up with such a "whimsical" idea, which was ridiculed by his peers: to launch a complete set of assembled parts of the British "Spitfire" fighter jet, a famous World War II fighter with a 98% degree of the same, and the price of each set of assembled parts was 130,000 pounds.
Originally, the company thought that it would be God's blessing to be able to turn a profit, but what no one expected was that this kind of assembly of parts was very popular with those World War II aircraft enthusiasts, and in the three months after its launch, it received 12 sets of orders throughout the United Kingdom, and in the following year, it was crazy to get more than 200 sets of orders, and in the second year, it got more than 500 sets of orders, so that countless cynical experts before smashing their glasses!
Since this road has been proven to be a golden strip paved with gold, then Zhang Lan naturally has no reason to give up: 500 sets is 65 million pounds, you know, the reason why the price of the aircraft is so high is not because its parts are very expensive - of course, cost is also a very important factor - but because in the process of aircraft production, it is basically all produced by manual assembly, even if it is modern aircraft production, This is also the reason why the annual production capacity of the two production lines of a modern fighter is only about 50 aircraft, because these things are assembled by hand one by one.
So it's not surprising that a finished Spitfire can fetch $4 million to $5 million, but a Spitfire kit costs £130,000, because that's why: the parts used to produce the aircraft are produced by machines, but the assembly of the aircraft does have to be assembled by hand with a lot of man-hours.
"Okay, so what about the third?" Xiao Chenxi and Alice don't know where Zhang Lan got such full confidence, but since this kid is so confident, what is the third idea?
"The last one is the idea of a 'luxury air sports car' that I mentioned before, which is to modify a supersonic fighter jet and transform a civilian supersonic 'fighter' that likes to fly at high speeds. Zhang Lan finally shook out all her ideas.
"Tell me what you think." For Zhang Lan's idea, the two little girls don't dare to continue to "connive", and they must Zhang Lan say a specific idea before they dare to do it.
There's no way, the lessons from the past are too serious......,