At the time of the ups and downs in Burma, Qi Yiming made two more arms businesses in China, because of the great brilliance of Chinese weapons on the battlefield, coupled with the active marketing and active market development of Shenghua Company, so the growth was extremely rapid, but in just a few years, China's arms exports have reached the second place in the world, second only to the United States. The FC-1 Thunder, C-802 anti-ship missiles, S20 AIP submarines, WM-80 self-propelled rocket launchers, MBT-1000 and so on are all well-known Chinese weapons in the circle, not only excellent performance, but also low price, so the Stockholm International Peace Organization research report believes that Chinese weapons may not be the most outstanding in performance, but the cost performance is undoubtedly the highest. These people also analyzed some of the reasons, one is that China hopes to win over customers and open up markets at low prices, and the other is that China's material prices, labor costs and scientific research costs are relatively low, so it is inherently cheaper than other countries.

Shenghua's current status is somewhat similar to the trinity of the later generations of China Aviation Technology, Precision Machinery Import and Export Company and Poly, because it is particularly attentive to operating the international market, so it has a lot of marketing channels and customer relationships, even if some products are not manufactured by Shenghua's subsidiaries, Shenghua also helps other military enterprises sell products, of course, it will take commissions. Some companies are also happy to have someone to help them find orders and concentrate on product development and manufacturing. In particular, some enterprises with weak strength should register with Shenghua.

The first big business in this period of time was Shenghua's deputy manager Zhao Jinsong, who was already well-known in the circle of arms dealers personally ran to Algeria to sell them weapons, Algeria originally did not plan to buy Chinese equipment, but could not stand Zhao Jinsong's soft grinding and hard bubbles plus the good quality and good reputation of Chinese weapons, Algerians finally gave up the original plan to order from the Soviet Union, and instead purchased Chinese weapons.

Algeria has traditionally tended to purchase Soviet weapons, and their army is almost exclusively Soviet-made, although they do occasionally purchase Chinese weapons, but not in large quantities. This order mainly includes 41 Z-9 helicopters produced by Hafei, 225 VN-1 tracked armored vehicles, and 200 VT-1A main battle tanks.

In order not to offend the Soviets, the cunning Algerians held an open bidding event, and set up a special shooting range for the Chinese and Soviet weapons to display and compare in a centralized manner.

Helicopters are mainly used by the Algerian police, so the service, ease of operation and price requirements are relatively high, and factors such as armed capability and defense do not need to be considered much. In terms of price, the Mi-2 that the Soviets came up with is actually cheaper than the Z-9 of Hafei, but because it is an old model from the end of the fifties, the performance cannot be compared with the Z-9, especially when the aircraft is evaluated. In the end, the Algerians thought that although the Mi-2 was cheaper, the cost of the service cycle plus the cost of maintenance and parts may eventually be more expensive than the Z-9, so they chose the more advanced Z-9.

Saying that, the Zhi-9 was bought by China for $100 million in patents and production licenses from France, and the French did not think that the Chinese could be used for export so quickly after learning it, and it was sold cheaper than them, and there was no gap in performance, which made the French lament that they were cocooned.

Of course, if it is in another plane, it took China a long time to completely master the Z-9, and it only began to manufacture it on a large scale after the 21st century, and in addition to meeting its own domestic needs in large quantities, by that time, the French would have already developed new models, so in fact they did not suffer.

Each police Z-9 costs $3 million, which is extremely cheap even in light helicopters. Together with the mess of parts and other parts, the helicopter procurement part cost a total of 1. $400 million.

The appearance of the VN-11 tracked armored vehicle is somewhat similar to the Soviet-made BMP series, but the turret used is a new turret independently developed by the base, which can be equipped with Red Arrow anti-armor missiles and Red Tassel anti-aircraft missiles on both sides, which greatly increases its practicality. In addition, the unique chassis design also allows it to float unprepared, but it does not have much effect on Algeria, which is mainly desert terrain.

Competing with VN-11 is naturally the Soviet BMP-2, in fact, the gap between the two in data is not large, and the price is relatively close, but it is still in refinement, BMP-2 inherits the stupid big black and thick Soviet-made weapons, easy to make small mistakes, inconvenient to repair, and the man-machine efficacy and user interface are not very good, but the VN-11 is easy to operate, and the soldiers have a better experience to use.

In addition, in the firepower test, the BMP-2's 2A42 30mm cannon has a relatively large gap with the VN-11's similar weapons, first of all, the rate of fire control is less than the VN-11, not flexible enough, and the barrel is prone to overheating, and the real rate of fire is far less fast than the VN-11. In terms of strike effect, the VN-11's 30mm armor-piercing shells can penetrate the frontal armor of tanks such as the T-55, and the side or back of tanks such as the T-72 can also be pierced, but the 2A42 is much weaker.

The same is true in terms of mobility, because the base has brought better engine technology to the Celestial Empire, so the engines produced in the Celestial Empire, whether it is a vehicle engine, an aero engine, or a ship engine, can reach or even exceed the level of first-class engine producing countries such as the United States and Germany. Therefore, the good power system gives the VN-1 far superior maneuverability to the BMP-2.

Because the gap was so obvious in comparison, the Algerians could only regretfully say sorry to the Soviets, and in the end they purchased 225 VN-11s at a unit price of $1.65 million, with a contract value of about 2. $7.1 billion.

In the last main battle tank competition, the Soviets did not even compare, and voluntarily announced that they had withdrawn from the bidding. Because they have inspected the MBT-1000 Rhino-I tank purchased by Iraq, they think that the design is very good, not only the leather is durable, but also the firepower and protection are impressive. The Soviet armored forces also fought with the Chinese armored forces, and the terrible Chinese Type 99 made them shudder, which also proved that China was ahead of the Soviet Union in the production of main battle tanks. This VT-1A looks like a Type 99, and the Soviets naturally knew that it was impossible for China to export Type 99 to foreign countries, but as long as it had half the ability of Type 99, then the T-72 was not an opponent.

Mao Zi has always liked to sell the monkey version of weapons, and a lot of castration was carried out when the equipment was exported, so that he repeatedly saw that the T-72 was easily blown up by others, and they were unwilling to make this ugly again, and the T-72 was the focus of their export, and they didn't want to do this business after it was rumored to be out.

Without competitors, the VT-1A naturally managed to get orders. The sale to Algeria is also the second export record of this Chinese tank, the first of which was sold to the Thai Army. NORINCO, the producer of VT-1A, also has high hopes for this tank, and similar products in the world are either much more expensive than the VT-1A with a unit price of 960,000, or the T-72 cannot compete with it at all, and perhaps for a long time in the future, VT-A will be the cheapest third-generation main battle tank in the world.

This tank is basically the foundation of the 96 type, and it has made a relatively large correction in the on-board electronic equipment, especially in the night combat capability, because China is already the world's largest electronic component production and design country, so the VT-1A uses basically the cheapest and low-grade fire control computer, infrared imager, etc., but because the system integration ability is really breathtaking, so NORINCO made this cheap and powerful main battle tank.

However, because of the appearance of the VT-1A, the most affected tank is the MBT-1000 Rhino I tank that they exported before, as a quasi-third-generation main battle tank, although it cannot be said that it can completely defeat the VT-1A, but it is still a bit difficult. In addition, the VT-1A is not much more expensive than the MBT-1000, so the future sales of the MBT-1000 are not very optimistic about the North Industries itself.

In fact, even if the T-72 were to participate in the competition, the result would not be the slightest different. The Algerians, after trying out the VT-1A, were full of praise for its strong performance, and the price was quite cheap, even cheaper than the second-generation tank T-72 sold by the Soviets. The Algerians felt that even if the Soviet Union could choose a few other pieces of equipment, there was absolutely no reason to abandon the high-quality ones and choose the inferior ones for the main battle tanks. The main battle tank is the absolute king of land warfare, and having these powerful tanks can undoubtedly raise the strength of the Afghan army by several levels.

Counting the cost of some scattered accessories such as ammunition, the three orders are combined, and the offer given by the Chinese side is 6. 200 million US dollars, Algeria only then understands what to do, and many countries in the world are saying that China's weapons are of good quality and low price. In terms of delivery time, in addition to the relatively long production cycle of helicopters, China, which has a strong army vehicle manufacturing capacity, can deliver the tanks and armored vehicles required by the Qi'an army within one or two years, which is also a surprise.

Although the list that Zhao Jinsong ran out of is much smaller than the orders of the United States and Saudi Arabia, if it is compared with the other, the Celestial Empire can rarely receive orders of hundreds of millions of dollars, and we can know what kind of status the country's military trade has now. Qi Yiming also rewarded Zhao Jinsong with a sales commission of $1 million, if it weren't for his efforts, this money would never have been earned. What's more, China's military trade is really small and profitable, and the profits of various enterprises are definitely quite a lot.

Another business is an old customer, who came to the door by himself. Iran has just finished the Iran-Iraq war, and although the people's livelihood in the country is withering, it is still gritting its teeth and looking for China to buy a new batch of weapons to defend the region. Their choice of weapons is very defensive and deterrent, so China has no worries and opens the door to export.

What surprised Qi Yiming was that Iran not only asked China to buy military products, but also asked China to import a large number of industrial machinery, mainly focusing on heavy machine tools, petroleum equipment and other industrial equipment that is not cheaper than armaments. At this time, Iran still has the tight spell of the embargo on its head, and the price of these equipment in the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries is relatively expensive, when they learned that China also has similar products for sale, the Iranians feel that Chinese products are known for their high quality and low price, so they decided to purchase Chinese goods.