Chapter 473: I Want Regional Autonomy!
National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi International Defense Exhibition is a biennial exhibition of weapons and defense, which has been held since 1993 and has been held every two years since then, and is the largest exhibition of military equipment in the Middle East.
Most of the world's most cutting-edge defense equipment technologies are unveiled for the first time at the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition, and the Abu Dhabi Defense Exhibition is known as the world's most important event for the defense manufacturing industry, with a defense seminar that brings together the world's top defense groups and defense experts.
After all, the only place where there are frequent global wars and money to buy high-end military equipment is the Middle East......
Wang Zhen, Walter Nobbs, Lao Liu, Poet ...... Wait, don't look at all kinds of weapons and equipment every day, but everyone is participating in a military exhibition for the first time, and as soon as they enter the convention and exhibition center, their eyes begin to run out.
"Let's go to the Chinese exhibition hall first." When he arrived here, Lao Liu was the most excited.
According to the sign overhead, Wang Zhen and his entourage quickly found the Chinese exhibition area, this time there are 8 weapons industry, shipbuilding industry and aerospace industry enterprises, covering an area of 1,500 square meters, including a variety of rocket artillery, missiles, artillery position detection radar, ship network intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles and anti-unmanned and other emerging equipment fields including a variety of advanced equipment, many of which weapon systems are exhibited for the first time in the Middle East, becoming the focus of local media and military attention.
The GS1 155mm guided artillery shell, the SR-5 long-range rocket launcher, the VT4 main battle tank are on display, and the other large-scale equipment are all models, but the guns are all real objects.
Next to him, the staff in the north were introducing the Algerian officials, and next to him, Lao Liu explained to Wang Zhen and his party in a low voice.
In terms of professionalism, Lao Liu chatted more and deeper than the staff in the north, which attracted several other people in the north to peek frequently: No, is there a team that came this time?
However, these people are just a long time old, and they are actually not interested, of course, this is not because they can't afford it......
Definitely not!
However, Poly Technology's Silent Hunter laser defense system attracted Wang Zhen's attention.
With a standard output of 30 kilowatts and a maximum range of up to 4,000 meters, the system is mainly used to intercept low-altitude drones, capable of intercepting targets within 2 meters in diameter and flying at speeds of less than 60 meters per second.
This low-altitude laser air defense system is available in two versions, vehicle-mounted mobile and stationary.
The vehicle-mounted type can be mounted on a 6X6 wheeled chassis, and the stationary type can be separated into separate parts with a size of up to 200 kg each, which can be installed on the roof of buildings.
In the previous battle with the Iraqi government army, it was like a drone exhibition in the sky, so he had no secrets at all, which made Wang Zhen very unhappy!
I open a map, you also open a map, how can this show my superiority?
Now, of course, it's just a matter of looking, concrete, and analyzing.
This time, Wang Zhen's focus here is still on ordinary rifles, submachine guns, pistols, bullets and other small arms.
Wang Zhen knows the common equipment situation in Africa very well, damn, the guns of those government troops are greasy and rusty broken AK, and the overall arms market over there is like this, and the most important thing is that this kind of waste is the same thing, and it is very expensive!
Whether it is guns or bullets, they are more expensive than new ones, because many countries and regions are banned from the sale of weapons by the United Nations, and equipment can only be purchased through underground arms dealers.
In addition, there are those tribes that have no formal purchase channels at all.
After all, Wang Zhen has a regular PMC company, and he will definitely not sell that kind of rag at a high price.
What, Radiant Defense was banned by the Iraqi government?
What does that have to do with Radiant Defence?
Wang Zhen has already entrusted Bei Wen to help handle the relevant procedures of the defense company, and when the licenses are down, he will directly establish the company in the United States, and then through the US military, he will be able to obtain the qualification to legally purchase and sell weapons in NATO member countries.
As long as this qualification is obtained, Korn Defence is eligible to purchase arms or legally sell arms in any country.
He intends to use this method to circumvent the restrictions of some arms embargo countries.
"Sell domestic." Lao Liu whispered, as a Chinese, he must be oriented towards China.
"Don't talk nonsense." Wang Zhen shook his head.
"You think our stuff is not of good quality? It's impossible, everything that is exported is definitely good! Lao Liu frowned and said.
"It has nothing to do with this, we sell things over there, don't you know how much we pay attention to, the first thing to consider is definitely not the question of whether to make money, but the political issue!" Wang Zhen rolled his eyes, "Do you think it's possible to sell equipment to an African warlord controlled by the Chinese?" ”
"Uh......" Lao Liu's lips trembled, "Don't you hide it now?" ”
"Nonsense, cover up what I'm going to do in Africa!" Wang Zhen said with some amusement.
"Okay, what country do you have your eye on?"
"Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, and Eastern Europe have excellent equipment quality and cheap prices, and the volume of domestic arms transactions is gradually shrinking. Wang Zhen said with some self-deprecation.
As he spoke, the group walked towards the exhibition area of several countries in Eastern Europe.
After a big turn, Wang Zhen first abandoned Romania and Bulgaria after watching them separately, and he took a fancy to Serbia's M21 series, the Czech CZ805 series and Croatia's APS-95 series.
"Lao Liu, what do you think?" In the rest area, Wang Zhen touched his chin and said.
"Ahem, I think you should call me Liu Gong at this time!" Lao Liu glanced at Wang Zhen.
"Ah, yes, yes, Grandpa Liu, what do you think?"
"Fuck off!" Lao Liu scolded with a smile and said: "First of all, guns, they are all good guns. ”
"The Czech CZ805 launched in 2006 is a Czech military standard equipment, the technology is very mature, modular design, can freely choose to use different bullets, barrels, butts, the whole series from short protrusions to precision rifles, very practical, I like it very much."
"But I don't think it's suitable for Africa."
"I don't discriminate against blacks, but I have to say that blacks in Africa are really ......" Lao Liu shook his head regretfully, "It's hard for them to learn to use, assemble, and maintain CZ805, it's too complicated." ”
"Croatia's APS-95 assault rifle is also good, it is modified on the basis of the South African R4, but this gun has almost no chance to perform except for a certain actual combat on the Libyan battlefield, I personally believe that Yugoslavia, oh no, it is Serbia's M21 series better."
"This gun is on the AK this extremely mature system, Zastava Arms Company was developed shortly before the collapse of Yugoslavia, when Yugoslavia was still in the afterglow of Tito, in terms of industrial technology is the peak of Yugoslavia, the use of 5.56NATO bullets, the bullet is very easy to buy, the structure is simple and reliable, at present, in addition to Serbia, Macedonia, Armenia, Peru, Jordan, Azerbaijan and other countries are also equipped with M21 assault rifles."
"Wait, is this gun also equipped by the Iraqi government forces?" Wang Zhen asked suddenly.
"Yes, we have captured it, I took it apart and tested it myself, it is really good, this gun has participated in the war on terror in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the war in Libya, it is known for its reliability, it is not only used in desert areas, but also in the plateau of Azerbaijan and in the rainforest region of Peru."
"Although I still can't avoid some of the traditional problems of AK, I think it's perfectly fine for these Africans, there are really good players who need better guns, and you can customize them individually."
"Okay, what your old Liu said, then I definitely believe it, so it's decided!" Wang Zhen agreed, and not directly buying the old AK47 was already the greatest respect for these people.
"Shall we continue to watch it in the afternoon?" Next to Walter Nobbs asked.
"Look, but don't buy anything else, learn about the current frontier of science and technology, and see if there is anything you can learn from." Wang Zhen said with a smile: "As for the rest of the equipment that needs to be matched, just buy it from Taobao when the time comes, I am familiar with this." ”
After eating something, I continued to walk around the exhibition hall, missile defense system, electronic jamming system, radar system, network communication system...... Wang Zhen drooled when he saw it, he really wanted to equip all these fucking things!
It wasn't until the afternoon that the group left the exhibition hall, and according to the plan, they would stay here for two more days.
The main thing is that Wang Zhen wants to meet a man here, Yumit Sandoval.
Yumet Sandoval, 49, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the South Soviet Union, a native of Dinka and a member of the faction of President Salva Kiel.
Last time, he actively invited Wang Zhen to Tikrit, but he was politely refused.
Wang Zhen didn't expect that he would have a really fragrant day.
"Hey, Wang, I knew, I knew we would meet again." As soon as he got out of the car, Yumit Sandoval laughed and walked up to Wang Zhen and gave him a hug.
"I really didn't expect it, okay, let's talk inside."
In the hotel, in Wang Zhen's room, the two of them sat on the sofa, and Yumiit Sandoval said happily: "Fortunately, I called you in advance, otherwise, I would have appeared in Bairwanai tomorrow, I really didn't expect you to come to Abu Dhabi." ”
"I'm free now, so I'm here to see the military exhibition." Wang Zhen said with a smile.
"You're so young, it's not time to rest, how about it, come to our Nansu." Yumit Sandoval said directly: "Conditions, you can drive as you like!" ”
"First of all, I have to thank you for inviting me so warmly, and I do not deny that I am going to go to Africa for my next step." Wang Zhen groaned a little and said with a smile: "But I haven't thought about where to choose. ”
He didn't look at Yumit Sandoval's enthusiastic and direct appearance and take it seriously because of this, he was a minister of a country after all.
Wang Zhen firmly believes that don't trust any politician easily!
"What's there to think about, North Africa is the world of the Arabs, it's no different from Iraq, they're extremely xenophobic, even the blacks who believe in them are the same, and you're going to have the problems that Iraq has again." Yumet Sandoval said with a sincere face: "There is no need to consider West Africa, the basic conditions there are indeed better and the resources are richer, but there is no doubt that it is the territory of the French." ”
"They won't even tolerate Bob Denard, a Frenchman, and they won't allow you to grow over there."
"Southern Africa, which has always been regarded by South Africans as their sphere of influence, is not very easy to develop, and the most suitable is East Africa."
"In East Africa, the United Kingdom, which was originally the most influential, has gradually withdrawn, and the most influential here are the United States and China, you can handle both of these kings, and the most important thing is that your Chinese influence is growing little by little."
"We all believe that you can balance these two forces and succeed!"
Wang Zhen smiled, "I admit this, but the conditions in South Sudan ...... In particular, traffic issues ...... It's really embarrassing for me. ”
"This, in fact, is similar in the whole of Africa, and no one is better than the other, except for South Africa." Yumet Sandoval shrugged, "In this way, as long as you are willing to invest in South Sudan, I will give you a mine, and you can choose the location yourself."
"Then I have to invest more in order to open a mine, I have to build roads, I have to build infrastructure, I have to open mines, I have to hire a lot of people, and I don't know if these minerals can't be sold, am I right?" Wang Zhen shrugged, "If it were that simple, Nansu, no, the whole of Africa would have developed a long time ago." ”
"Then tax free, I know that your country's attitude towards foreign capital is like this, how about tax exemption for 10 years, as long as your investment can exceed 10 million US dollars, and the mine is still given to you." Yumet Sandoval made another bid.
"10 years?" Wang Zhen smiled, "No one goes to Africa to invest for tax exemption. ”
"20 years!"
Wang Zhen still shook his head.
"Okay, okay, man, then you say, what conditions can you agree to." Yumit Sandoval spreads his hands.
"First of all, mine, I don't need you to give it away, I can spend money to buy it, of course, the price will be cheaper." Wang Zhen stretched out his second finger, "Second, I need President Mr. Salva Kiel to set up a company, and use this company to invest in my mining company, the amount is not less than 2 million, of course, how you divide the 2 million, then I don't care." ”
Yumet Sandoval smiled wryly, he understood that Wang Zhen did not believe in the South Soviet government, and in order to implement the policy, he wanted President Lakir to go into the water and pay real money.
However, on the other hand, if Wang Zhen really develops, then President Kiel, who has invested money, including them, will benefit.
"So, is there a third?" Yumit Sandoval asked again.
"Absolutely!" Wang Zhen raised his eyebrows, leaned forward, and stared at Yumet Sandoval, "The last one is more important, I ask for the political and military autonomy of this region!" ”
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Today's two more are 7,000 words, and the old fireworks have to sort out their ideas. (End of chapter)