Hearing Nev say that weapons can be purchased on credit, Guo Yu immediately wanted to buy a batch of ships, he thought about it clearly, he was backed by the resource of the Republic of China, if he couldn't make money, he would be stupid, now it's just a matter of time, taking out a loan to buy a house and a car is actually the same as a loan to buy a warship.

"Are you still going to buy Soviet ships?" Nev asked.

"Do you have ships from other countries in your hands, or do you no longer have old Soviet ships in your hands?" Guo Yu was a little curious, this fat man doesn't sell his own things, is he going to sell them in strings.

"Of course there are old ships of the Soviet Union, but I am an international arms dealer, and now Tel Aviv is holding a world arms dealers conference, so naturally you can contact other arms dealers, as long as you look at the weapons, I will find a way to get them, of course, it is best not to involve nuclear weapons and space, those controls are too strict to be easy to get." Nev said that it was not easy to get, but what he meant was that it could be obtained, but it was more difficult. However, Guo Yu didn't want those things that were too cutting-edge, because he couldn't use them for the time being.

"I don't know much about the ship, or you help me with the staff, but don't be too expensive and don't be too alternative, if the weapons and communication systems don't match, then it will be very troublesome for my customers to use, I don't want to become the Indian army's kind of universal brand weapons and equipment, the logistics pressure is too great." Guo Yu said.

"That's true, on the one hand, countries buy weapons to consider factors such as politics and performance, on the other hand, they mainly consider systemic issues, if it is too messy, it will be very troublesome to use in the future, logistics is indeed a key consideration of the procurement of weapons, okay, I asked Alec to help you ask what Soviet-style ships are, and I will reply to you tomorrow, we will go to dinner now, and I just want to introduce you to two good friends of mine, who are very good weapons dealers." Nev said.

Just in the hotel's restaurant, a location near the river, Nev took Guo Yu to meet the two people who were chatting, "Nev, you're late." A man visibly dressed in Arabic attire said.

"I'm going to meet my friend, I'll introduce you, this is Guo from China, an antique dealer, he's a very good friend of mine, a good friend just like you, so I'm bringing it to meet you." Nev said to the two.

Then Nev turned his head and pointed to Guo Yu at the man in Arab clothes and said, "This is my friend Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates." Then he pointed to another man in a suit and said, "This is Sergeyev, Russian." ”

The two sides politely shook hands and sat down to chat, these people do not talk about arms, mainly food and beautiful women, if you really say it, the people of these countries are all women's representative countries, Oriental, Eastern Europe, Arabia, all kinds of different customs, a few men talk together is really unscrupulous.

After eating, a few people went to a cigar room to enjoy cigars, and only then did a few people talk about arms, Guo Yu learned that Riyadh was mainly a buyer, and then resold to several Arab countries, and they were all those who had money in Arab countries, so Riyadh was very open in these Arab countries. Sergeyev is from Russia, needless to say, he is an exporter who resells Russian weapons, because Russia itself is a major arms exporter, and it has its own Russian-style system, and it is impossible to purchase weapons from other countries. Speaking of which, Nev's country is the weakest.

"Guo, are you also in the arms business?" Riyadh asked.

"I mainly buy low-end weapons and sell them to other countries, the obsolete kind." Guo Yu also beat snakes with sticks, and directly made up an identity for himself, so that he could integrate into this group.

"That kind of business is not easy to do, there is too little money, the most profitable thing in the weapons business is cutting-edge weapons, a missile is millions of dollars, in fact, the cost is only tens of thousands of dollars, Sergei is the main ammunition, you can ask him." Riyadh said.

Guo Yu looked at Sergeyev, who was enjoying a cigar on a recliner, "Russia has two large-scale ammunition production enterprises, the Tula Ammunition Factory and the Pennant National Production Complex, of course, there are some slightly smaller ones, my main business is ammunition This kind of consumables, so the countries that use Soviet-style Russian-style weapons are my customers, although a missile does only cost a few thousand dollars, but that is only the price of raw materials for steel, thrusters, ammunition and other things, and there are many costs in the later stage. In the case of the Soviet P-17 campaign tactical missile, which is often referred to as the "Scud" missile, it is the oldest kind of Scud missile, his selling price was 150,000 US dollars, and the production cost was about 50,000 US dollars, which does not include transportation and later maintenance costs, so it is not as exaggerated as Riyadh said, but in the Gulf War, it was said that the Scud missile was not easy to use and had been discontinued, and the American Patriot was probably sold for 1 million US dollars, but the cost was estimated to be about 300,000 US dollars. The Tomahawk missile is advertised as $1.2 million, but its cost is about $450,000. ”

It seems that the weapon manufacturing company is really profitable, about one to two times the profit, where Guo Yu found out for himself. However, this is also normal, because missiles are consumables, and this is the price, and a country with deep pockets like the United States dropped 40 billion US dollars of Tomahawk-based missiles in the Kosovo War, which shows that its consumption is very high, and such consumption is difficult for even ordinary countries to bear.

"Why don't you do your arms export business in China, now China's arms exports are getting bigger and bigger in the world's arms exports, and not long ago it seems to be the fourth largest arms exporter, with sales of more than 100 billion US dollars a year?" Sergeyev asked.

"I basically have no contact with the country, and I don't know the situation in China." Guo Yu replied.

"Actually, you Chinese arms dealers also came to the conference this time, but it seems that they are all behind those weapons manufacturing companies in your country, which is different from those of us who rely on reselling state materials." Sergeyev teased himself.

"Sergey, can you contact the ready-made Soviet-style or Russian-style ships, if you want to eliminate them, the price must be cheap." Nev asked Sergey.

Sergeyev looked at Guo Yu and said: "Is it Guo who wants to buy, you are really thinking about your friends, I will ask you back and give you an answer tomorrow." ”

"I have two obsolete ships in my hands, Abu Dhabi-class frigates, this Nev should know." Riyadh took the initiative to say.

"The old guy who was launched in 1978 by the Royal Netherlands Navy was sold to Abu Dhabi after his retirement, and he was changed from the original Cotton-Ayre-class frigate to the Abu Dhabi-class frigate, and he should be regarded as an anti-submarine frigate. It seems that at that time, the Netherlands decommissioned 10 ships together, Greece bought 8 ships, and the UAE bought 2 ships. "Nev is facing the two frigates.

"Yes, now the UAE has been equipped with four self-produced "Bainuna"-class corvettes, and the UAE Navy has a total of 2,000 people, so these old Abu Dhabi-class frigates have been eliminated, but the performance is not bad, is Guo interested. Riyadh asked Guo Yu.

"What's the price?" Maybe the price will always be Guo Yu's biggest concern, but he didn't forget to say, "The weapon and ammunition system must be different from my previous ammunition model, which is not easy to equip." ”

"I remember that in 2001, Greece received the Cotton-Ayer-class frigates for $38 million each. When the UAE accepted it, it was $32 million. Riyadh was interrupted by Nev before he could finish speaking, "Hey man, don't talk about his history, he has been eliminated now, he is about to become scrap metal, you name the real price, you know I don't have a shortage of these iron guys lying on the beach in my hands." ”

"Well, $22 million, with a training and spare parts package, and at least a spare Rolls-Royce gas turbine, how about that." Riyadh looked as if it had lost money.

"With the addition of the three bases of ammunition, it is estimated that it will be about the same." Sergeyev beats a side drum on the side.

"Oh my God, three cardinal ammunition is estimated to be nearly a million dollars, which is not good." Riyadh was bargaining, but Guo Yu listened to his tone and was not resolute, probably just to make a little more.

Guo Yu took out his mobile phone and searched for the situation of the Cotton-Ale-class frigate. The Cotton-Ayre class anti-submarine frigate has a total length of 130.2 meters, a width of 14.4 meters, a draft of 4.4 meters, and a full load displacement of 3,786 tons. Two sets of gas-fired combined power units. Double-shaft five-blade adjustable propeller, maximum speed of 30 knots, 16 knots range of 4700 nautical miles, personnel of 200 people. One Lw-08 dual-coordinate air-to-air search radar, one ZW-06 joint air-sea search fire control radar, one ThalesSTIR180 fire control radar, one Racal1226 navigation radar, one Austin House SQS509 hull sonar, one Signaal SEWACO-II tactical number jù chain, one Sphinx electronic interception system, one Ramses electronic countermeasure system, two sets of Loma SBROCMk36 decoy launchers, Two sets of SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoys, one set of 11-gauge number jù chain system. ONE US-MADE MK-29 EIGHT-PACK SEA SPARROW SHORT-RANGE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE LAUNCHER, TWO QUADRUPLE USH-MADE HARPOON ANTI-SHIP MISSILE LAUNCHERS, ONE OTTO 76MM NAVAL GUN, TWO 20MM OREKONG AUTOMATIC GUNS, ONE SET OF GOALKEEPER CLOSE DEFENSE SYSTEM (30MM), TWO TWIN MK32MOD9 TORPEDO TUBES (324MM, MK-46 TORPEDOES). Armed with a SH-14C Sea Cat helicopter.

A few people chatted like small talk, and finally reached this $44 million arms deal, but Guo Yu asked: "It's hard to purchase ammunition when it runs out, it doesn't match the ammunition of the previous ships." ”

"It does not match the Soviet-style weapons, the armament of the Cotton Eyre-class frigates is mostly American-style weapons and equipment models, and the Russian-style ships are mainly 533mm torpedoes, while the Cotton-El class frigates use 324mm American-made MK-46 torpedoes. But you can rest assured about ammunition, Sergeyev is in the ammunition business, he is not only ammunition with Russian-style weapons, now all types of ammunition in the world, as long as it is not an extremely sophisticated intercontinental missile, he can probably get it for you, like buying these conventional ammunition, it is very simple. Riyadh said.

Sergeyev shrugged his shoulders on the side, which can be regarded as an answer to the truth of Riyadh's words. Guo Yu has to admire the ability of these arms dealers, they are really unscrupulous.

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