CHAPTER XVII
Karev, the commander of the Russian border division, his regiment was responsible for the defense of the area around Vladivostok.
At the age of fifty, he had had enough of life in the Far East, and he wanted to return to Europe, maybe St. Petersburg, maybe Moscow, it didn't matter which city it was, the important thing was to return to Europe, which was a paradise for Russians.
Kalev's troops stationed in Vladivostok have not been paid any allowances, or salaries, for three months.
Russia's annual defense and military spending is a large part of Russia's overall budget every year, but there will always be troops who do not receive salaries every year, which is also a strange place in Russia.
Every year, a large part of the weapons and ammunition produced by Russian military factories are taken out and sold by these unpaid soldiers, but the government does not see them.
Kalev needs money, he needs money to open the mouths of the bigwigs in the Ministry of Defense, and make them send out a piece of paper weighing less than 10 grams, on which is written his order, and he also needs some money to ease the discontent in the barracks, only then can he leave here safely and return to the European continent of his dreams.
Winter in Russia is cold, the Far East has just blown a cold snap, the whole land is in a depression, 30 kilometers away from Vladivostok, a lonely military camp stands on the vast land.
"Hello, Mr. Lin Qing, welcome to Russia." At the gate of the barracks, Kalev greeted Lin Qing in a military uniform with a welcoming smile, and he swore that he had never liked an arms dealer so much.
"Hello, Commander Kalev, it's cold in here."
"You're right, if it's convenient for you to stay at night, you should take care to protect your brother, or the next day you'll find that he's out of function."
"Thank you very much for the reminder, I'll pay attention, I think we can talk about our business, after all, no one wants to stay in this damn place."
"No problem, come with me and let you see the big guy I have prepared for you."
Lin Qing followed Kalev to a well-defended warehouse, saying that it was heavily defended because there were four guards here, and as for other places, there were none.
"Look, as long as the price is reasonable, these things are yours."
Karev opened the door of a warehouse, and the tanks were neatly arranged among them, which made Lin Qing's heart boil, this is a real tank, a real king of war.
Lin Qing couldn't tell the model of the tank, and turned his head to look at Johnson.
"boss, this is the T-72 tank, a product of the Soviet era, it can be said to be an antique, but the operation is simple. It's easy to maintain, and those warlords in Africa like it, but the price on the black market is not high, you can get one for about 250,000 US dollars, and the price can't be sold too high, because this thing flowed out of Ukraine too much when the Soviet Union collapsed, and I didn't expect that there are still these backward guys in Russia now. ”
"Comrade Karev. I'm very happy with the big guy you have prepared, and I think we can talk about the price. ”
"120,000 US dollars a piece, I don't want rubles, as long as US dollars, cash, gold can be. What do you think? ”
Lin Qing shook his head, this price has only doubled, and Siberia is too far away from Africa, the freight is too expensive, and he has to give Johnson a share in the middle, after all, this is the business he found to eat meat and drink soup by himself, Lin Qing does not make a lot of money, and the profit is too low.
"How many do you have? If it is less than 50 units, 80,000 US dollars for a unit, and more than 50 units for 90,000 US dollars, this price is very reasonable, after all, you only need to help me load it on the ship, and you don't have to bear any other costs, but I have to take him to Africa, and I have to look for buyers, you know, this thing, a lot of it flowed out of Ukraine back then, and he is not scarce. ”
Kalev and the people around him bowed their heads and said for a long time: "Forty-eight T54s, plus two T90s, a total of 4.5 million US dollars."
"No problem, let's look at something else, I think you must have something good."
Kalev nodded and led Lin Qing to another warehouse.
Russian warehouses store a wide variety of weapons, from old rifles, machine guns to advanced tanks, and helicopters that you can buy as long as you have money.
Lin Qing paid for a military helicopter with his own money, 600,000 US dollars, the price is much cheaper than the civilian aircraft outside, and with a slight modification, it is a comfortable passenger helicopter, and the protection capacity is better and the space is larger.
In the end, Lin Qing and Karev reached an order for 8 million US dollars in arms, of course, this is the purchase price, and the price of shipping to Africa will be doubled or quadrupled.
After talking about business, Lin Qing didn't stop long, and returned directly to Vladivostok, the next thing he had to do was to safely send these goods to the African continent, as for the seller? As long as you have arms, a large number of African warlords have heard the news, and they have the same extraordinary intuition about arms as sharks at the bottom of the sea.
When Lin Qing returned to the hotel, the Night Killing God mercenaries had already come to Russia, and after a brief introduction to the mission, the night agreed to come down, for them, the sea escort, except for the waters near Africa, the rest of the places are safe, and this mission is equivalent to tourism.
The next day, Lin Qing took a few mercenary bodyguards and simply walked around Vladivostok, Kalev's arms still need a little time to prepare, after all, it is still troublesome for so many weapons to leave the warehouse.
There are very few aborigines in Vladivostok, and the tragedy of that year still remains in the hearts of many people in Northeast China, and Lao Maozi committed a lot of murder here.
If Japan is China's mortal enemy, then Russia is definitely one of China's mortal enemies, and the crimes committed by the Russians against China are no less than those committed by the Japanese, but because of some problems, they have not been deliberately mentioned.
Vladivostok is deserted in winter, the streets are very few tourists, most of the Russian tourists are from China, this season Chinese tourists go to Hainan and other places to relax and have a comfortable vacation, only some tourists from southern China and some white tourists come back here.
There are no very special sights and snacks, as if there is nothing to remember in Russia except for nesting dolls and vodka, oh yes, and their nickname, Fighting Nation.
After shopping for a long time, buying a few nesting dolls, and eating some local so-called special snacks, Lin Qing returned to the hotel with a few bodyguards, the winter in Russia is too cold!