Chapter 767: The battle is raging
The Raven Company, which was rejected by the U.S. government, announced on its official website that it had purchased a V7 strategic bomber at the Paris Air Show at a unit price of $200 million, causing an international uproar.
This is a terrifying monster that can hold 20 tons of bombs, and it can also take off and land vertically, which is really a sharp weapon for terrorists. Can the Great Mongolia, which is not convinced, withstand such a powerful bombardment?
At a time when the exhibitors were amazed by the V7's carrying capacity, Raven was clearly putting pressure on Mongolia by doing so.
Traditionally, people think that bombers are meant to carry out saturation bombing, is this to be used against the civilian hands of Mongolia? The Mongolian people, who were originally calm, really panicked.
At this time, the Raven Company agreed to Mongolia's mineral exchange plan, but it also had to **** all the employees of the Sapphire Company, including Mr. Ji Mingde, the agent of Mongolian affairs, who only had half a life left.
The Mongolian government thought that the other side would be caught in the sea of people's war, just like after the First Opium War of the Great Qing Dynasty, and foreigners could not enter the so-called open ports such as Guangzhou.
I didn't expect the mining team of Raven to really swagger here.
A group of miners were recruited from remote areas of Mongolia who did not know about state affairs, and drove machinery imported from Ukraine to investigate and mine their mineral deposits.
Electricity is not available in Mongolia, which is not a problem, as Ivanhoe Energy now has "portable" mini-reactors that are large enough to operate multiple large mines cheaply.
Water scarcity in Mongolia? This is not a problem, with nuclear power, a large amount of water vapor can be condensed by refrigeration, not to mention that Li Xiantai will also make a plan for the mine to recover water sources, in short, with nuclear power, everything is cost-effective.
Poor traffic? It's not a problem, the ZERO transport plane comes over with a greeting, in fact, whether it is in Afghanistan or Mongolia, the mine of the good lord is the most efficient.
However, in Afghanistan, it has developed to the point where it is possible to start a higher metallurgical industry in large concentration camps, and the situation in Mongolia does not have such conditions for the time being.
Envious and jealous mining rivals have joined forces to spread rumors to Mongolian nationals that Raven's "Kublai Khan Development Company" will cause great damage to the Mongolian steppes by using nuclear reactors with uncertified technology.
I don't know where these competitors got the information, maybe it was because Kublai Khan's development company was not strict, and some Mongols leaked the news.
Even the IAEA has taken note of this. Half-baked scientists in Mongolia believe that plutonium from the nuclear waste from heavy water reactors can be used to make nuclear weapons, and asked IAEA to intervene in the investigation.
There were even Mongolian aunts who went to Kublai Khan's mines to distribute leaflets against their production and operation.
People with ulterior motives used their mobile phones to film the fiery scene of a Mongolian aunt being beaten by the security guards of Kublai Khan's company, which once again aroused the indignation of Mongolian citizens and international public opinion.
Greenpeace activists took the trouble to announce that they had sent someone to sneak into the mine and found unusual signs of nuclear radiation. As a result, it became more and more difficult for Kublai Khan Development Company to recruit miners.
Greenpeace often spreads rumors, and oddly enough, there is a group of people who believe them.
After a quick turn around and finding out that it was Ivanhoe's product, IAEA said, "A heavy water reactor of this size is not enough to produce weapons-grade plutonium, but we hope that this technology will not proliferate." ”
Do you still need to say it? Li Xiantai will not let this technology spread, so he only sells it to US military bases for the purpose of ......
There is also their own important base, especially where a lot of infrastructure construction is needed from scratch, and there is no road, no electricity and no water, so what is the use of a mini reactor?
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Mongolia's affairs came to an end for the time being, and the situation in Burma, which was not far from it, attracted the attention of Li Xiantai. The *armed forces, supported by his small arms, have grown stronger and more confident.
This country is not small, with a population of more than 50 million, an annual military expenditure of more than $2 billion, and about 80 fighters dominated by MiG-29s.
For example, the Pearl Spotted Owl missile, which has repeatedly made great achievements in the process of dealing with missile maniacs, and the portable weapons that have been transformed into portable weapons like the US Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, have made the Burmese planes dare not easily approach the ground.
There is a place called "Wa State" between the Kokang army-controlled area and Thailand, where the local armed forces are very strong, with a total of 40,000 regular troops, secretly colluding with the Kokang army, so the Myanmar military is very troubled.
It was from here that many of Lee's arms in Thailand were transported to Kokang, and some of them were left for the United Wa State Army.
Since the Myanmar military has T72 tanks, Li Xiantai also disguised the Spotted Lion tank exported to Kokang Wa State as T72.
Don't underestimate the T72, a second-generation tank, it can fire anti-tank missiles, and it's obviously a smoothbore main gun.
The T72 exported to Myanmar does not have the function of artillery missiles, so the Myanmar T72 will generally accurately hit the target within 1800 meters, and its error is 1 meter. And with the ability to launch artillery missiles, it is possible to hit a distance of 4000 meters.
The Spotted Lion, disguised as the T72, is ready to take advantage of this to form a first-fire advantage against the Burmese T72. In order to deal with sudden encounters, the Spotted Lion also has the ability to shoot on the move, so if you look closely at the barrel of the camouflaged T72, you will see that it is stable in the bumps of the road.
If the Myanmar military sends helicopters or low-flying planes to disguise the T72 to launch Spotted Owl missiles at high elevation angles, it is not only passively beaten. So the high elevation angle of the barrel is also a feature.
Because using the same T72 shape, having the ability to distinguish friend and foe is a huge advantage, and it can instantly stun the Burmese army in a melee. Li Xiantai designed a unique radar livery for the camouflage T72, which can strongly reflect millimeter waves, and if you use radar to image, you can see a "radar QR code".
This requires the use of radar for identification, so the most important "tank radar system" in information warfare comes into play. This is the Spotted LionT72's unique job,It is cleverly integrated into the hatch at the top,Comes with a code,Strong anti-interference ability,It can not only be used to identify friend or foe,It can also be used for communication,Anti-interference。
The nostalgic Spotted Lion T72 has actually been magically altered, which makes the Kokang Army and the United Wa State Army secretly excited.
The first batch of Spotted Lion T72s were handcrafted by Unsullied workers in the primeval jungles of Burma, with many of the raw materials coming from smuggling channels in Yunnan, the Qing Dynasty, but now a secret factory has been set up near Lao Cai, the central city of Kokang, ready for a large-scale battle for greater Burma.
Zhang Guoxi, a puppet who has been operating in Myanmar, became the vice chairman of the Myanmar National Democratic League, the head of the equipment department, and the minister of industry.
As soon as the Spotted Lion T72 came out, the Burmese official army was defeated one after another, and now, Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, has been approached by the Kokang Army and the United Wa State Army, causing panic among the Myanmar people.
Because the tanks of the Burmese army are always destroyed from a distance, so far, the officers and soldiers have not been able to figure out how many tanks the other side has, in short, the government army has gathered a strong lineup of 100+ T72 and Pakistani-made MBT-2000 in Mandalay, wanting to fight the rebels.
This is already half of the country's main battle tanks that the Burmese army can muster.
Due to the continuous victories, General Peng was already a little flustered and imprudent in his march, and was determined by the government army to have only 30+ tanks, so in the early morning of this day, the defenders of Mandalay took the initiative to attack, and they poured out of the nest to take General Peng's front-line armored troops.
Government forces, increasingly well-behaved, have painted their tanks in a special color to distinguish them from friend and foe, so the well-camouflaged Spotted Lion can no longer confuse right from wrong.
On the Peng Jiajun side, because it is not ready, there is a problem with logistics, and only 18 of the 30+ tanks can be put into battle. It was an unfair battle 120 to 18.
The company commander of the People's Alliance Army did not have a chance to enter the battlefield and did not know where to go, so the platoon commander of the platoon took command of 18 tanks and ordered all the tanks to turn their guns and bombard the enemy tanks while retreating.
The embarrassed People's Alliance Army was destroyed by the opponent's wolf pack tactics at the end of the retreat, which can be described as heavy losses.
Finally, the distance between the two sides widened to 2,000 meters, and the Spotted Lion, equipped with radar, began to exert its power, constantly firing anti-tank missiles, hitting the pursuing Burmese tanks one after another, making the Burmese tank crews begin to tremble.
After blowing up 20 tanks of the opposing side, the acting company commander excitedly directed the troops to turn defense into attack to rescue his company commander and partners.
Since the tank radar can lock on to the local tank from a long distance, and can launch a long-range precision strike, the spotted lion that loses first and then wins is becoming more and more courageous, and the tankers look at the black smoke rising in the distance, and their self-confidence is bursting, this is a high-level tank.
The Burmese army was in a hurry, and did not care about the opponent's anti-aircraft missiles, and sent MiG-29s to support.
By the time the MiG-29 joined the battle, the Spotted Lion had already recaptured its position, and the dozen or so tanks that had been lying on their stomachs had not had time to be controlled, and they were recaptured by the Allied forces.
The brutal Spotted Owl anti-aircraft missiles were terrifying, almost making the Spotted Lion tanks form a 1-to-1 battle damage ratio with the MiG-29s that came to the support of the opposing side, scaring the Burmese army enough.
In the end, with the air support of the MiG-29, the Allied forces were defeated, and only 8 Spotted Lion T72s left the Mandalay theater with the remnants of the defeated army.
However, the losses of the Burmese army were even heavier, 50+ tanks were destroyed, and 12 MiG-29 Dabao were shot down by artillery missiles, and the loss of fighter jets shocked the whole country.
There has never been such a powerful artillery missile before, which shows that the opponent's fire control system has reached a rather terrifying point, and it can be said to be a unique martial arts. Just as Zimbabwe's Mugabe didn't know how advanced the Spotted Owl was to contain the missile maniac, the Kokang army didn't know that its artillery missiles were actually unique martial arts artifacts.