Chapter 246: Cam Ranh Bay IV

Buying an aircraft carrier is not the end of the story, but there are also supporting missile cruisers, missile destroyers, frigates, and submarines, as well as fuel transport ships and supply ships for transporting other supplies, which add up to $20 billion and cost more than $10 billion for various ships alone. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The Shield Defender 1 fighter is a fourth-generation fighter in the world, equipped with a variety of cutting-edge avionics equipment, including multi-functional all-weather pulse Doppler radar, sniper pods, and can hang a variety of missiles, including conventional air-to-air missiles and over-the-horizon air-to-air missiles, and can also use conventional aerial bombs and cluster bombs, each with $200 million." Hunter followed up with a plane that appealed to the Vietnamese military, but could not afford it.

"Our country's air force is still in its infancy, the technical force cannot keep up, logistics and maintenance are problems, do not consider such a high air force equipment, thank you for your kindness." The commander of the Air Force also felt awkward, what people gave was indeed a good thing, Saudi Arabia and Huaxia have purchased it, and more countries will place orders in the future, but there is no money!

"In this way, since you are a coastal country, and there are many islands, you will definitely need air-cushion landing ships, and our sea shipyard has a Bison hovercraft, which costs only 180 million dollars each, and this kind of equipment is good and cheap for you." Thompson's tone at the moment was like facing a group of Hanako.

It's only $180 million, and it's very cheap, and this argument has made Vietnam's top military brass grin.

Can you afford it? It must be affordable, and it is also a country, so there is no problem with this money, and the Bison hovercraft is indeed very good equipment when it implements the landing on the island.

However, it is not easy to come up with this money, mainly because the naval equipment that Vietnam needs most now is not bison hovercraft, but submarines to hunt warships, conventionally powered submarines, which is also the most basic strategic need of coastal countries.

Besides, the MiG-21, the most popular fighter in service in the Vietnamese Air Force, is only sold for 10 million dollars, and a Bison hovercraft is enough to buy twelve fighters, and the Navy needs to replace it with new equipment, so doesn't the Air Force need it?

"Mr. Thompson, we in Vietnam need conventionally powered submarines the most now, and I hope you can build four to six Kilo-class submarines for us, please take care of the price." It is often said that the wealth is abundant, but the current situation, there is no money to speak without confidence, and the Minister of Defense is so aggrieved in his heart!

"Of course, this can, the Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine of the former Soviet Union is one of the most advanced conventionally powered submarines in the world, with powerful firepower and good silent effect, we have obtained Russia's authorization and related technology, we belong to the nature of cooperation, and we will charge you $300 million for each one, this price is still reasonable."

"However, our partner Rainbow Shipping Company has always taken prepayment methods, and if you need to build a few ships, you will pay the full amount of a few ships, both Saudi Arabia and Huaxia, and we must treat customers equally." Hunter said.

The Vietnamese government and the Golden Triangle International Security Company held a press conference to announce that they would lease dozens of square kilometers of land in Cam Ranh Bay and its surroundings to the Golden Triangle International Security Company in eight years, and that it would be a permanent lease.

During this period, everything done by Golden Triangle International Security Company in Cam Ranh Bay has nothing to do with the Vietnamese government and is at its own risk and responsibility.

On behalf of the Golden Triangle International Security Corporation, Thompson announced that Cam Ranh Bay will become the company's logistics and transshipment base, and ships of any country, including military vessels, will not be allowed to enter, otherwise they will be attacked by force.

However, the company is considering humanitarian assistance, and ships and military vessels in case of emergency accidents can apply to enter Cam Ranh Bay for temporary rest and maintenance.

Subsequently, Thompson signed a transfer agreement at Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base with the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, who had rushed to Vietnam, to buy an eight-year lease of Cam Ranh Bay from Russia for $100 million a year.

The existing facilities of the naval base, including airfields, docks, radar stations, missile launch sites, maintenance shipyards, oil depots, dormitories, office buildings and fortifications, were all transferred to the Golden Triangle International Security Company.

Immediately afterward, Hunter announced to the news media a purchase agreement whereby the Vietnamese government would purchase six Kilo-class conventionally powered submarines from Rainbow Shipping at a cost of $300 million each, with one delivered annually.

"What's the matter, how did you make an 1.8 billion dollar business, and you are still swearing and swearing?" Wu Chen asked while lying on the recliner.

"These Vietnamese are so special that they can talk nonsense and be paralyzed, and they actually converted our Cam Ranh Bay port lease fee into the submarine procurement fee, and the sixth submarine paid 100 million US dollars less, saying that it was an advance payment for ten years, grass, it's really not a thing!" Thompson huffed.

"Okay, although I spent so much money, I finally took Cam Ranh Bay, don't worry about some losses. The signing of the agreement means that we have a naval base in Southeast Asia that truly belongs to us, and we want to expand the airport and lengthen the runway to strengthen the defense force of the base. Wu Chen said.

After discussion, the three decided to deploy the Hunting Bow-1 air defense missile system, two battalion-level combat teams and an Apache armed helicopter attack battalion, one E-3 early warning plane, five Seahawk anti-submarine helicopters, a squadron of 24 Su-27 fighters, 12 B-1B strategic bombers, and 10 B-52 strategic bombers at Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base.

In addition, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kisage, three Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, three Burke-class destroyers, ten Perry-class frigates and five Spruance-class destroyers were stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, as well as two transport ships and two supply ships.

"Wu Chen, the Chinese military hopes to send a few experts to do some research work inside the Delta-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, we are developing a new generation of nuclear submarines, this kind of former Soviet nuclear submarines have reference significance for our design, especially the technology of nuclear reactors, it is best to stay for a week, so that the understanding is more detailed." Since the task was arranged by the superiors, Lin Qingyi had no choice but to call Wu Chen.

"I know, I will arrange this matter, the nuclear submarine is on its way to the base, you ask the experts to wait in advance in Chittagong, Bangladesh, I will arrange for the nuclear submarine to stay there for a week, the commander of the military police, Du Saidi, is responsible for this matter, I will give you his phone number, and contact him when the submarine arrives." Wu Chen said lightly and hung up the phone.

The Delta-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine that circled Bangladesh really stopped near the dock in Chittagong on time, and a group of China's top shipbuilding experts and nuclear energy experts entered the submarine under the escort of the military police.