Chapter 691: Good Brother, Good Brother
"Do you want weapons?"
When the Quartermaster said this, the struggle of his inner mind was over, as a Soviet soldier. He very much did not want to sell weapons to the other side.
But now the reality is extremely bleak, the 40th Army has become a hated outcast, both at home and abroad, it is regarded as a flood of beasts.
Kravchenko accepted this reality very early, and the quartermaster minister reluctantly accepted this status quo after a struggle of ideas.
Now, they're planning for their future!
"Weapons?"
Durahan was also stunned when he heard this, and according to his assumption, this step should not be proposed until a year after the two sides have reached contact and there is a basis for consensus and mutual trust.
But now, the two sides have been trading for less than nine months, the foundation has not yet been laid, and even every transaction has to rack their brains for a long time in order to avoid possible tracking, and as a result, you tell me, now we can sell weapons?
If you want to say that Dula Khan feels like happiness is coming too fast like a tornado, that's about the same, but more of a puzzle and doubt.
It's like if you have been pursuing a goddess for a long time, but you finally made an appointment with the goddess, and you thought that you would have to go through a lot of hard work to get a taste of Fangze, but then the goddess suddenly said that she didn't take the key, and she brought her ID card, so it was better to go to the hotel outside to rest tonight.
Although the first reaction is ecstasy, after coming back to your senses, there will definitely be all kinds of doubts and thoughts, of course, in fact, it may be that the goddess is simply hungry for your body.
And Kravchenko is also very simple, he is not greedy, he is hungry for money.
Don't look at the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States at this time, but the dollar is also very useful in the Soviet Union, and Kravchenko, who has already made up his mind to return to Moscow and try his best to continue to climb up, naturally needs a huge amount of money to open up various joints.
This can be regarded as the ultimate dream of every old Muscovites, to become the privilege of enjoying ***, Black Sea caviar, Cuban cigars, holiday villas in Sochi, these are the goals that everyone strives for.
Therefore, Kravchenko wants to make money, his purpose is very simple, to get the most money in the shortest time, anyway, it won't take him two years
.qgν. are about to run away from Afghanistan, and now, who is stupid to fight the guerrillas!
Dula Khan touched his head, weapons or something, they are indeed very lacking, but herein lies the problem, he is not a professional military personnel, although he participated in the guerrillas at the beginning, he actually did not shoot a single shot.
When he went to Pakistan, he only received shooting training at the shooting range, but he never touched a gun after that, and even if he bought ammunition, he consulted with the guerrillas and asked what the guerrillas lacked.
Therefore, Dula Khan can only refuse first, and is ready to talk about it next time.
This immediately made the logistics minister a little disappointed, thinking that the other party might not look down on him, or feel that he didn't have any good goods in his hands.
"If you think we only have rifles here, you're wrong! Bazookas, grenade launchers, mortars, you name it!"
"Tanks too?"
Durahan asked jokingly.
Unexpectedly, the logistics minister replied very seriously.
"Tanks aren't good for the time being, but armored vehicles are okay, as long as you can pay that price!"
The armored vehicle that the logistics minister said is not a cutting-edge BP infantry fighting vehicle, this thing is the same as a tank, the 444 regiment itself is not enough, they are talking about BR80 and BR70 wheeled armored vehicles, this is an armored transport vehicle, the protection is average, the wheeled maneuver runs quickly, and it can also load soldiers, as for the firepower, it is relatively weak, only 14.5 mm large-caliber machine gun and 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun.
However, the Soviet Union later developed a more ferocious BR80A, which carried a 30mm automatic cannon, and a successor, the BR82.
Of course, this lack of firepower depends on what it is compared with, and compared with the 113 armored vehicles equipped by Europe and the United States at the same time, it is actually not much different, the former is a 14.5 mm machine gun
, which is a 12.7 mm machine gun.
And compared with those serious infantry fighting vehicles, it is very weak, such as the BP2 infantry fighting vehicle, which has not only a 30mm automatic gun but also anti-tank missiles.
Not to mention tanks or something, but in Afghanistan, the BR80 can be considered a little bully!
The Afghan guerrillas do not have any armored force, the personnel are all light infantry, that is, unprotected soft targets, rapid-fire machine guns hit them like mowing grass, 14.5 mm caliber bullets are either killed or injured when they touch a little edge, and the elevation angle of the BR80 turret is not bad, and it is not too easy for large-caliber machine guns to strafe the guerrillas hiding in the mountains.
When the Afghan guerrillas tried to launch a major counteroffensive, the most serious fire hit was the various artillery pieces of the Soviet army, and then these large-caliber machine guns mounted on motor vehicles.
When a 1,000-strong guerrilla force attempted to attack the Soviet air base in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, the attacking team was strafed by BR80 armoured vehicles patrolling the runway, killing 200 men in less than 10 minutes.
It can be said that this thing, as well as the 23-mm anti-aircraft gun mounted by the Soviets on the LB chassis, became a nightmare for the Afghan partisans for a time.
And the Minister of Logistics now even says that he will sell such weapons if he has money, which makes Durakhan not know what to say.
He could only say that I went back to think about it, and the logistics minister unceremoniously began to agitate.
"You don't have the money to buy it, if that's the case, then we'll have a different seller!"
And Dula Khan was just about to leave, but when he heard the words, he stopped and turned to look at the other party.
"I'm sorry, you're wrong, money isn't an issue, and besides, no one but us can eat your goods here, so your agitation will be useless to us!"
"yes, that's I'm sorry!"
After returning to the hideout, Durakhan immediately reported the situation again, and Shepard waved his hand after receiving the report. qgν.
"Confirm the authenticity, if it's true, buy and buy, money is not a problem, tell Dula Khan that every dollar he spends today will be a bullet from the Soviets on his body in the future, so don't worry about money!"
As for whether the Soviet man really wants to sell those heavy equipment, it doesn't matter, if he is sincere, then this Colonel Kravchenko is a good brother for life, if he wants to do something else, then he doesn't have to worry, he sold so many things to the partisans before, and if he is exposed, he will still die!