Chapter 773: Interests Are Fundamental II

"We will modify 10,000 Humvees for the mercenary corps, 100 of which will have Javelin anti-tank missile systems and four anti-tank missiles, each of which will cost $2 million, and the remaining 9,000 will be given away for free, with improvised armor, winches, and top weapons on them, for $10,000 each."

"The mercenary corps' logistics support system and field combat system are very imperfect, after the consideration of the Ministry of Defense, we are ready to support a number of your vehicles, although they are all retired after the end of the Gulf War, but the vehicles are in very good condition and do not affect their use, including ammunition transport vehicles, heavy off-road trucks, box van trucks, fuel trucks, semi-fuel trucks, field medical vehicles, refrigerated fresh-keeping vehicles, bridge trucks, dump trucks, tractor-mounted cranes, road wreckers, fire trucks, tank transporters, excavators, forklifts, forklifts, etc. There are more than 100 models in more than 30 categories, and the number is 300,000 units. ”

"The Ministry of Defense has decided to sell you 200,000 units to make up for your shortcomings, and of course, we can charge a symbolic fee of $10,000 per car, which is a big bargain that only mercenaries can enjoy." The director of the Logistics Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said with a smile.

Cheap you uncle! Marcus was quite angry in his heart, it is said that even if the mercenary corps spends two billion dollars, they can't buy so many military vehicles, some of which are special vehicles, but the problem is that the mercenary corps doesn't like too many second-hand goods now, they are cheap to buy and expensive to use, and there are problems with maintenance and spare parts.

The vehicles that were retired after the end of the Gulf War, not counting the time when these cars left the factory, the most recent period of time alone has been particularly ten years, and with the US military's tossing efforts on vehicles, it is estimated that the situation will not be much better no matter how good it is!

However, the high-level members of this group of American troops, one by one, have a very thief eye, and they see the disadvantages of the mercenary corps, that is, the infrastructure is too far behind, after all, they started too late, and there is a lack of a large number of transport vehicles and combat vehicles, which will directly affect the efficiency of logistics and operations, so they will stuff those retired vehicles into the mercenary corps, you can not buy it, we don't force it!

"This price seems a little unreasonable, your US military vehicles are generally retired after a service life of twenty or thirty years, even if they are sold to private individuals, at most 10,000 US dollars a piece, we are now a strategic partner of cooperation, we must always see a little gap." Marcas objected for the first time.

"Don't worry, there is a reason why we are asking for this price, the Ministry of Defense decided to provide the mercenary corps with bulletproof vests, infrared night vision devices, laser sights and other individual night combat equipment, the number of which is 180,000 sets, enough to arm ten mechanized infantry divisions, whether it is to deal with the night attack of the coalition forces or to take a night offensive, this is very important."

"We will provide more than 10,000 sets of military power equipment and various surveillance equipment, including more than 60,000 sets of camera equipment and sensing equipment in the field, to help you improve your long-range surveillance capabilities and increase the security factor of important military facilities. The construction materials for the Esker bulletproof wall, the contractor is working day and night, and the cost price is supplied, which is the best measure for the construction of a barracks, and a large barracks of several square kilometers can be built in a few days. ”

"In order to help you conduct real-time aerial surveillance, the U.S. government has approved the provision of two Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and 30 sets of Predator UAVs, including mobile UAV ground stations, and will also provide 2,000 Hummer M1114 armored vehicles, and these will only charge two billion US dollars, what do you think?" The Minister of Defense said with a smile.

These alone cost nine billion dollars, the army really spends the most money, and the price of the Americans is really not cheap, only an internal purchase price is given, Marcas only feels that his heart hurts and his teeth hurt, and he is a little angry!

It's not that the mercenary corps' current finances can't take out the money, and it doesn't matter if it increases it tenfold, the point is that Marcas is used to making cheap money from this superpower, and once he really takes the money out, he actually becomes unaccustomed to it.

"Your Excellency Minister, this amount of money doesn't matter to your superpowers at all, plucking hair is thicker than the thighs of mercenaries, but we are just some mercenaries who are barely eating, and we are still begging for feed in the cradle, let's not open our mouths widely, okay?" After the meeting of the Ministry of Defense, in the villa of a military-industrial tycoon, Marcas met with the Minister of Defense and a group of high-ranking military officials, and opened his mouth to complain.

"Mr. Marcas, the money of the U.S. government is also taxpayers' money, we always have to come up with a decent explanation, and the price given to the mercenaries is indeed very fair, helping you save at least three billion dollars, if it were another country, you would not be able to take it without two hundred billion dollars." The Minister of Defense said with a smile.

"Your Excellency Minister, you know the country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now the poor still need us to send food there to relieve the victims, and our medical team needs to see a doctor and deliver medicine, there is really no money for us, I admit that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resources, but the development of resources also costs money, this time I thought that the task could be completed in a month or two, and then quickly open a mine to make money, who knew that such a thing happened, you and Mr. President are masters!" Marcus said helplessly.

"What you said is indeed the truth, whoever encounters such a problem will also have a headache, let me tell you the truth, the conditions discussed in the conference room today are just used to deal with Congress, some congressmen are very dissatisfied with the government's many times of free support, and the amount is really too large, scattered and scattered together as much as hundreds of billions of dollars, enough for the US military to spend for two years, so, this time to support you, can not be too obvious, let His Excellency the Secretary of the Air Force talk to you." The Minister of Defense smiled slightly.

"This time, in order to show the strength of scientific research to European countries and Japan, the US government has decided to fully support the second modernization war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the mercenary corps will all use American-made weapons and equipment to deal with the coalition forces, and for this reason, the US government has approved to support your AGM-130 air-to-surface missiles 300 at a cost of $150 million, and AGM-88 Hamm anti-radiation missiles with a cost of $560 million, which are specially used to clear the opponent's radar and communication systems."

"Two thousand AGM-65G young animal air-to-surface missiles costing $700 million, and two thousand AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank missiles costing $400 million are designed to deal with enemy armored vehicles and targeted killing, especially Predator drones and Apache helicopter gunships."

"The total purchase price of these missiles by our military is $1.8 billion, and your mercenary corps needs to pay 50 percent of the total quota, that is, $900 million, and the U.S. government is responsible for the remaining 50 percent."

"The AGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile gives the mercenary corps 1,000 pieces this time, costing a billion dollars, this is the latest production model, the accuracy is much higher than the previous models, to help you strike the opponent's headquarters, ammunition depots, oil depots and material warehouses and other important military facilities, from various nuclear submarines, destroyers and cruisers. Given that this missile has already been given to you a lot, the number is estimated to be more than three thousand, and you have to bear the money yourself. ”

"The MIM-104 Patriot-2 anti-aircraft missile system, four companies per battalion, eight launchers and two transporters per company, equipped with sixty-four missiles, a total of two hundred and fifty-six missiles, for the equipping of your four battalions, at a cost of two billion dollars, which is borne by the US government." said the Minister of the Air Force.