Chapter 40: Digging the Foot of the Wall VIII
"I would like to be able to get a second-hand Leopard 2A4 main battle tank in the number of an armored battalion, as well as Javelin portable shoulder-mounted anti-tank missiles. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Wu Chen said.
"Damn, are you going crazy, it's okay to talk about anti-tank missiles, but an armored battalion organized by the American army needs at least more than 50 main battle tanks, this thing is not an infantry fighting vehicle, where do you tell me to find a seller, aren't you embarrassing me?" Hall was extremely shocked by Wu Chen's request.
"It's not a problem, I won't look for you, it is said that Germany is upgrading its main battle tanks, A4 is no longer so important, and there are many countries that use it, there are more than three thousand in total, dozens of armored battalions, it's not a problem, so, I believe you can do it, and the price won't be very expensive." Wu Chen said with a smile.
Obedient to listen to the sound, Hall only said that this matter was embarrassing, but he did not refuse simply, Wu Chen knew that the other party had a way. Leopard 2 is about to be upgraded, and there are so many countries that use it, you can find a way to let one of them retire or report losses, and there are workarounds.
"Okay, I'll try it, what's your psychological price?" Hall was silent for a few minutes before asking.
"$700,000 a piece, that's a good deal, and you know, it's a hassle to repair this tank, and it can't be upgraded, and the frontal armor on the right side of the turret has major flaws because of the gunner's scope." Wu Chen is full of confidence, in this era, who can know better than him the future trend of the main battle tank?
"If you know it's flawed, why do you spend so much money on it?" Indicates incomprehension. Fifty-eight tanks is equivalent to 40 million dollars, which is a terrible amount for a mercenary group.
"My new base is in the Golden Triangle region, and it is more than enough to equip such tanks with the strongest Thai army, as well as the Burmese army and the Lao army. I also like the A5 main battle tank, but Germany doesn't have it yet, so how can I buy it? Even if I can buy it, seven or eight million dollars for a tank, I really can't afford it, or the A4 is more affordable. "Everyone likes good things, but we also have to consider the actual situation, Wu Chen's explanation is enough.
"Can it be done, I'll give you an accurate answer in a week, but the question is, where are you going to deliver it? Fifty-five tons, I can't send you to the Golden Triangle for such a bulky big guy, even if it is disassembled, it is not easy to transport. **** said.
"You don't need to send it to the Golden Triangle, you can just load it directly and send it to the port in Bangladesh, you are responsible for this sea route, I registered a shipping company there, as for how to ship it to the Golden Triangle, that's my business." Wu Chen said.
"The other party doesn't even check things like main battle tanks, instructor, your ability is big enough, well, it's decided, you have to be patient enough, it will take at least half a year to get these tanks together." Said.
"It's okay, I have time to wait, and I can't use it now anyway." Wu Chen said with a smile. In the eyes of the three surrounding countries, if it weren't for the special geographical location, it would be like an ant casually stretching out its finger and pressing it, ah, it's all over!
He also knew that since the other party dared to say this, and he could even make an estimate of the time, it meant that the deal was fine. The main battle tank is indeed a weapon of mass destruction, but after all, it is not a strategic weapon, and the defense is not so strict.
Besides, the network of arms dealers is very large, and some of them even have the government of a big country standing behind them, except for those few special weapons, if you dare to think about the rest, they will get it for you, provided you have enough dollars to impress them.
The Bangladeshi military announced that it hopes to be able to purchase twelve MiG-23 fighter jets from Ukraine, and the military delegation will leave for Kyiv the day after tomorrow, while the Ukrainian side announced that it has agreed to reach a cooperative relationship with Bangladesh, which was given a text message on Thailand's Fifth TV station.
Two days later, the Ukrainian government announced that it would mothball all strategic bombers, fighter jets and cruise missiles, except for transport planes and a small number of fighter jets, because the existing finances could not support the huge maintenance costs.
Seeing this news, Wu Chen laughed in the office, hugged Meng Ling, who came in out of curiosity, and kissed the girl fiercely, which shows that Marcas's activities have worked, and the United States' strategy to weaken Ukraine's military power has not worked.
Soon, Marcus called, although his voice was very low, but with extreme excitement, he said: "Boss, our plan to buy strategic bombers, fighters and transport planes has been adopted by the other party, and the price offered is very low, unimaginably low!" ”
He also said: "The Ukraine is basically scrap, it will be sold for 10 million dollars, and it should be sold for scrap iron, mainly because the combat capability is not up to standard, and the equipment in many key parts has not been installed, and it is useless to buy it." ”
Wu Chen said impatiently: "To the point, you also know that the Ukraine is not the equipment I pay the most attention to, and it is as verbose as a girl!" ”
Of course, Marcus knew that Wu Chen would be unhappy, he did it on purpose, and there were not many opportunities to tease the boss. "The An-225 transport aircraft is worth 50 million US dollars, and the An-124 transport aircraft sold us 10 units for 10 million dollars each," he said. The most important thing is that, according to the agreement we reached, the other side can sell us ten Tu-160 and ten Tu-95 strategic bombers, along with the technology, piggyback on ten Tu-22s, and package two hundred million dollars.
Wu Chen's spirits suddenly perked up, I am sorry, it has really succeeded, and the world-renowned strategic bomber is sold at this price, which is definitely the price of Chinese cabbage, only 380 million US dollars, which almost includes the best high-tech and cutting-edge weapons of aviation in the world except for the United States. Especially strategic bombers, which are now half of Ukraine's belongings.
Wu Chen didn't feel much surprised by this, this thing may not be able to be used if you buy it, strategic bombers are meant to carry nuclear bombs, conventional weapons really don't have much deterrence, the reason why you want to buy them is just that a few traces of distress in your memory are making trouble. He then asked: "What about bombers, but what about fighters and other transport planes?" ”
"Our early investment has a sufficient return, Su-27 fighters, sold us a hundred, according to scrap and decommissioning, you can buy one for one million dollars, but to be delivered within three years, we can get the number of thirty-three in the first batch. The Il-76 transport aircraft and tanker planes, which are also disposed of as scrapped, are also a million dollars each, and they can be driven away at any time, depending on how much we can get. ”
"Also, the T80 main battle tank is as low as 200,000 US dollars a piece, and the infantry fighting vehicle is 100,000 US dollars, which is of course a scrapped vehicle on the surface, and the same is true for self-propelled artillery and rocket artillery vehicles, but in fact, they are all the latest equipment. Weapons like those cannons are scrap iron, assault rifles can even be sold to us in tons, boss, the world is crazy, I can't believe my ears! Marcus was suffocating.
Don't be inconceivable about such a thing, and don't doubt it, there was such a practical example at that time, the United States only spent more than 10 million dollars to destroy most of Ukraine's strategic bombers, including hundreds of cruise missiles, and many countries looked distressed.
And Wu Chen used his memory and the dollars in his hand to successfully do this, Ukraine will not sell strategic bombers and cruise missiles to any country, all of them will be mothballed, but they will not be destroyed.
The reason for this is that the military and the government's high-ranking officials with real power are strongly opposed to this, and even if they sell some of them, they will earn hundreds of millions of dollars, and the current government is seriously short of foreign currency.
After Marcas's explanation, Wu Chen learned that in addition to contacting the leadership in Ukraine, he also revealed the news to the media, and according to what Wu Chen said at the time, he pointed out the seriousness of it.
After all, the government needs the support of the people, and if it continues to do so, it is estimated that it will collapse in a short time, and for this reason, the president will have to succumb to the pressure of the people and keep the chair under his ass before anything else.