Chapter 256: Preparations Before Upgrading III

"The sale of weapons and equipment brings the most lucrative profits, and it seems that the numbers are indeed staggering, but you have to know one thing, those cutting-edge naval and air force weapons have certain limitations, and there are several Middle Eastern tyrants like Saudi Arabia in the world?"

"The manufacturing cycle of a conventionally powered aircraft carrier is as long as four to five years, and we still have to continue to develop during this period, so we must expand the scale of production, and the most profitable place is not the finished product, but the follow-up service. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"According to the negotiations between me and the Russian government, a large shipbuilding plant capable of manufacturing aircraft carriers will be opened at the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base, and the construction period will be two years. Wu Chen added.

And then there is the expenditure, for two consecutive years, the number of mercenaries dispatched did not exceed one brigade-level combat team, and a brigade-level combat team was stationed abroad, at most 8,000 people, except for the fleet on the Black Sea side, the navy basically did not participate in the war, and strategic bombers were dispatched most frequently, at most 20 at a time, except for the Angolan bombardment, which dispatched 40 planes, just like that.

If you calculate based on the actual 10,000 people who actually fought and take $300,000 as the base line, it would be $3 billion. However, since several actions are directly related to the United States, at least eighty percent of them are borne by the United States. Until now, those warships in the Black Sea, including aircraft carrier personnel, are still paid monthly salaries by the United States.

There are more than 3,000 officers in the headquarters and senior and senior ranks, and the total expenditure has reached $1.4 billion, many of which are paid millions of dollars a year, such as the captains of warships, submarines, fighter and bomber captains, and so on.

There are about 10,000 ground crews at the major bases, and about 8,000 people in the two brigade-level combat teams of the Defense Forces, and these are the part of the basic salary. Ground crews spend $5,000 per person per month, for a total annual expenditure of $600 million, and the basic salary of the Defence Force is $500, up to a maximum of $500 million a year.

The remaining 60,000 or so people are basically staying still, especially the navy group, which is basically calculated according to the guaranteed minimum of 100,000 US dollars, that is, 6 billion US dollars. All the expenditures of the three services are combined, and they cost $11 billion.

Then Wu Beixin reported to everyone that the Golden Triangle City has invested in infrastructure such as water and electricity pipelines, public transportation, underground drainage facilities, urban roads and greenery, hospitals, schools, banks and parks. Shati reported on the investment in civilian and military residences, office space for various units, office buildings, and commercial streets.

Meng Ling reported on the investment in transportation, roads and power facilities, and the investment in the construction of the second and third phases of the electronic base, including the investment in the luxury villa area. Meng Shuang reported on the investment in the construction of scientific research bases, the investment in the Golden Triangle civil airport, Jingdong civil airport and military airport.

At the end of the report of the four people, a total of more than 20 billion US dollars was spent in two years, and the transportation connecting Jingdong and various important towns in the Golden Triangle City alone, as well as the three airports, invested as much as 10 billion US dollars, which is really indispensable.

The aircraft manufacturing base, the Cam Ranh Bay shipyard, and the manufacturing base for core components of weapons and equipment, which are about to start construction, also need to invest billions of dollars this time.

Hearing the boring figures, the people present broke out in a cold sweat, and the money they earned was almost not enough to spend! Fortunately, the Americans have borne a large amount of military spending, plus the boss has the foresight to engage in laptop manufacturing, which can get more than 10 billion US dollars a year, bearing half of the firepower, plus these investments are not one-time, otherwise the figure of more than 30 billion US dollars will kill people, either scared to death or exhausted!

"Ladies and gentlemen, we must complete the upgrading and transformation of all weapons and equipment, and complete the establishment and training of all armies within two years, the situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows how long our honeymoon period with the United States will last."

"Now I have issued a two-year phased goal implementation plan, everyone according to their respective division of labor after going back to implement it as soon as possible, the Golden Triangle is about to be founded, this is the hometown of our mercenaries, I hope you and I will work together to achieve this arduous task!" Wu Chen said.

The navy, air force, army aviation, and other technical branches of the armed forces are still recruited in the form of mercenaries according to the original plan, and strive to reach full strength within two years. Due to financial pressures, the Army has to replenish some of its troops from Bangladesh and some from Africa and the Middle East, and recruit them on the basis of the Defence Force.

The ground forces of the mercenary corps are organized according to the size of six divisional combat teams, and the U.S. government has given enough weapons and ammunition, which must be put in place, but the mercenary corps will not expand the ground forces in the future.

But just in case, the Army will acquire several factories in Ukolan, including the famous Malyshev factory, which will secretly produce parts for the Abrams main battle tank and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

There are also some parts for the main helicopters, such as Apache, Black Hawk and Kiowa, and various ammunition will continue to be manufactured, and this batch of equipment will not be outdated in another twenty years, and resources cannot be wasted in vain.

The two air assault divisions were named the Thunder Air Assault Division and the Lightning Air Assault Division, with the Thunder Air Assault Division temporarily stationed in the Golden Triangle area, and two brigades of the Lightning Air Assault Division stationed in Mogadishu, Somalia, and two brigades stationed in Cam Ranh Bay.

Two armoured divisions were named the Iron and Blade Division, with the Blade Division temporarily stationed in the Golden Triangle, two brigades of the Iron Division stationed in the port of Berbera in Somalia, and two brigades stationed in the fortress of Sestopol in Ukorankolymia.

Two airborne divisions were named the Falcon Airborne Division and the Storm Airborne Division, with the Falcon Airborne Division temporarily stationed in Angola and Sierra Leone's Port of Bonthe, two brigades of the Storm Airborne Division temporarily stationed at the air base in Ukolan, and two brigades stationed in Cam Ranh Bay.

Within two years, the upgrading and transformation of the two aircraft carrier groups must be completed, and when the time comes, the land, sea and air forces will be carried out simultaneously to implement maritime deterrence against Thailand, Lao Wo, and Burma, all three of which are coastal countries, and the aircraft carrier groups can be said to be the most lethal threat.

In view of the fact that aerospace manufacturing companies have expanded their production capacity by nearly half compared with before, it may take half a year to work overtime for Saudi-made aircraft, so carrier-based aircraft training has also been put on the agenda.

Wu Chen's request was that each aircraft carrier carry 60 Shield Guardian-1 carrier-based aircraft, two Hawkeye AWACS aircraft, and five Seahawk anti-submarine helicopters, plus one Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, one Glorious-class missile cruiser, two Hyundai-class missile destroyers, two Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, two Burke-class destroyers, four Perry-class frigates, and four Spruance-class destroyers.

There is also a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship and ten anti-submarine helicopters, an E3 early warning aircraft, two Ohio-class cruise missile nuclear submarines, two Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine and a Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarine, two transport ships, two supply ships, forming the strongest naval combat formation in the world.