Chapter 343: F-16 Wreckage
Gift-giving is an art.
When the Iranian battlefield after-sales team contacted the Soviets, they gave a rough diamond, because this thing is small in size and high in price, and it can be easily realized in Iran.
But not in the Soviet Union, not to mention diamonds, even gold is not easy to sell, because the Soviet Union completely forbade domestic gold to be traded in the form of pure gold, and can only be traded in the form of various K gold as jewelry, which is very inconvenient to cash out and use, unless the received Gusyev also takes away the relationship.
Similarly, because the Soviet Union also had a similar domestic economic situation, that is, the exchange ratio between the ruble and the dollar, and the black market was much higher than the regular official exchange rate, so the dollar could also be used within the Soviet Union, and the effect was very good, not only to buy some scarce materials, but also to buy more and better things at a lower price than the ruble.
Even for the vast majority of Soviets today, the ruble is useful, but not very useful.
Because the store supplies very little, you can't buy it with money, such as a TV set, so the Soviets are very generous, if there are relatives and friends to borrow money, they are generally happy to lend each other, because they have saved rubles for many years, and in the absence of relationships and bills, they can't spend it at all, and the money that can't be spent is just a piece of waste paper.
And the dollar is different, if you have a dollar in your hand, you can buy almost anything you want.
Of course.
It is still the early eighties, and the role of the ruble is still not small, and by the end of the eighties, the value of the ruble will completely begin to collapse, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ruble has really become waste paper, and in that era, if you have a hundred dollars in your hand, you can buy the first night of a beautiful young girl.
"Gone, back."
"The seed has been planted, and the next thing is to wait for it to take root and sprout."
Finally, at the door of the small building with the sign "Office of the Red Star Consortium in the Soviet Union", the young man with a big back patted the companion who played the staff next to him, and said with a soft sigh.
The companion nodded, and the two turned back to the building.
A few kilometers away at the port, a transport ship belonging to the Red Star Consortium bound for Yuntai City is being loaded, and copper ore transported by the Trans-Siberian Railway is being transferred directly onto the ship here
Meanwhile.
Northern Pakistan, near the border line in the Kasmir region.
A week ago, Pakistan used heavy rocket artillery to inflict heavy damage on India's armored clusters, which greatly delayed the advance of India's armored forces, and the precious time gained allowed Pakistan to mobilize more tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and combat personnel from the south; On the one hand, it also allows Pakistan to place a large number of anti-tank positions, fortifications, minefields, trenches, anti-tank cones, and so on at the location of the border line.
It is clear that this is to start a protracted tug-of-war.
And in the recent period, although India's armored group has not advanced on a large scale, and seems to be recuperating and accumulating strength, the position of the two sides on the border line is still a small-scale clash and exchange of fire, there is the sound of artillery bombardment every day, and there will be bursts of air battles in the sky from time to time, and field teams are interspersed with battles.
Looking down from the sky, I saw a convoy moving fast.
Moments later, they arrived at a logistics maintenance base in the middle of the valley, where the main task was to repair some of the injured but repairable vehicles that had been towed back from the forward position.
From ordinary cars to tanks, it can be repaired here, but there are very few tanks parked in the open air, because the weight of the tank is too huge, if only the track is broken, there is no need to tow it back here for repair, if the power system is broken, then there is no point in towing it back, so there are only a small number of tanks here, most of which are various vehicles.
In addition to repairs, it is also a "dismantling and recycling area" and a "garbage plant".
After all, a large number of weapons and equipment will be scrapped on the battlefield every day, including all kinds of combat vehicles, artillery, weapons, etc., in addition to those that are very valuable for maintenance, will be pulled back for maintenance, some are still easy to transport, although they can no longer be repaired, or do not have maintenance value, but have relatively complete parts, can be dragged back for simple disassembly, classified and stored in the "recycling area", as accessories for other weapons of the same type of maintenance.
Because today's Pakistan, after more than half a year of high-intensity war, the consumption of weapons and equipment is extremely fast, and the financial situation is stretched, the key is that these things are all dependent on imports, and the shipping will delay a lot of time, and the supply is not so sufficient, so in line with the principle of economy, it is still necessary to recycle.
It can still be used for repair, not to mention saving a lot of money, and it can also reduce the demand for maintenance materials.
As for the parts and wreckage that have been dismantled and have no value at all, or have no value in a short period of time, they are simply stacked there in the open air, waiting for the war to be recycled.
Moments later, the convoy arrived at the door of the repair base.
"Parking! Please show your ID! ”
At the gate of the base, the convoy slowly approached, although the vehicle was hung with its own logo, but the soldiers were still very vigilant, the weapons were loaded, and at the same time, the soldiers led by them made a stop action and shouted loudly.
The windows were rolled down, and several cars came to a steady stop for inspection.
"This is our ID."
In the car, driving was a dark-skinned soldier, and next to him sat a yellow-skinned young man, he took out a folded document from his pocket and handed it over to a small book, there were seven or eight guards at the door, and the others continued to be vigilant, and one person stepped forward and began to check the documents.
"Red Star Consortium Field After-Sales Group."
"With the approval of the front-line command, the Red Star Consortium Field After-sales Group can freely enter and exit the following authorized bases and units, and the personnel of each unit need to assist the after-sales team in completing the work related to weapons research on the battlefield."
"The research work includes"
"The bases and units involved include"
In this document, the places where the Red Star Consortium Field After-sales Team can go are described in detail, and after presenting the certificate, the staff of the corresponding unit need to assist in some of the work.
At the gate of the recovery base, the soldier looked at the documents, then at the documents, and finally at the person sitting in the co-pilot, compared it with the photo on the documents, and said with a smile on his face:
"Oooh! You are from the Red Star Consortium? Battlefield after-sales team? Your heavy rocket artillery is amazing! ”
"You will always be our friends, welcome! Welcome! ”
He said with a smile as he handed the document back, waved his hand to signal that there was no problem with the document, and ordered the other soldiers behind him to open the gate of the base.
"Thank you, a few packs of cigarettes and tea."
"Divide it among the big guys."
The young man in the co-pilot said with a smile, and at the same time handed out a package, which contained cigarettes and tea, at present, Pakistan is anxious because of the war situation, so the supply of cigarettes and tea in the front-line area is not particularly sufficient, if it is a first-line army, it is a little better, this second-line guard unit almost does not get a pack of cigarettes a week.
"Huh? Thank you! Thank you! Friend! ”
"Please come in, hurry up and please come in!"
After getting a bag of supplies, the guards looked very happy, and the smiles on their faces became brighter and brighter, and then the convoy slowly drove into the base, and the guards at the door began to distribute cigarettes with bursts of exclamation and laughter.
At the same time, the convoy entered the base.
It is said to be a base, but in fact, the whole is very simple, only some simple mud houses, a few simple steel structure maintenance workshops, and a small number of iron warehouses, leaving a mess of broken cars, armored vehicles, and even tanks, which are parked there in the open air, and there are also a messy mountains of parts and garbage.
Moments later, the car stopped in front of a row of earthen houses.
"Akhtar, my friend, it's a pleasure to see you again!"
The young man who had just shown his ID jumped out of the co-pilot's seat, and at the same time, a Pakistani officer in military uniform also walked out of the earthen house, and his eyes lit up when he saw the young man not far away.
"Old horse? Old horse! Hahaha! ”
"You're finally here!"
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The officer shouted Lao Ma in Chinese in a slightly strange tone, and then greeted him cordially, and finally the two shook hands heavily, as if they were friends they hadn't seen for a long time.
After greeting him, the officer pointed to the three or four men next to him, who were also wearing military uniforms, and said:
"It's all 'yourself' people, I'll introduce you to it."
Next, there was another voice of introduction and greetings, and after this round of greetings was over, the young man smiled and pointed to the car behind him and said:
"I've got some supplies for you along the way."
"There are cigarettes, coffee, tea, chocolate, canned food, etc."
Hearing the young man say this, a look of joy appeared on the faces of the other people present, and the officer who was the leader shook hands with the young man again with a smile and said:
"Thank you, my friend."
"Quick, unload!"
Just as the soldiers next to him were unloading, the young man coughed lightly and said solemnly:
"We came here this time to find some parts and wreckage."
"After all, the clouds of war are still there, and the enemy's attack will only become more and more fierce in the future, and we must collect data from the wreckage of the warring weapons, so that we can effectively improve our weapons and increase the damage to the enemy's armored forces."
Hearing the young man say this, the officer named Akhtar nodded and said with the same seriousness:
"Of course, we have to make them pay the price in blood."
"Let's go, I've found a lot of parts and wreckage for you that I think are valuable, and I need to confirm with the scientists you brought with me, if it's really useful and can help you improve the performance of your weapons, that's great."
"You can also look for it yourself, we have recently recovered a lot of wreckage, and it is parked in the open space over there."
"Get in the car, I'll take you there!"
Finally, the officer named Akhtar got into the car that had been unloaded, and the young man got into the car as well, and several cars set off with a rumbling roar, heading towards the dismantling and stacking area.
Moments later, the convoy stopped next to a huge mountain of parts rubbish.
Officer Akhtar got out of the car, and then climbed halfway up the garbage hill with his hands and feet, and under the gaze of everyone, he pulled up the green camouflage tarpaulin covering it, and at that moment a voice of exclamation sounded directly in the crowd.
"it!"
Looking along the eyes of everyone, I saw that under the tarpaulin, on the side of the garbage mountain, there was a cylindrical long part as a whole, for these people present, it was not difficult to distinguish, this was the wreckage of an aero engine, although it was said to be a wreckage, but on the whole it was relatively complete, not a pile of fragments.
"How? Friend? Am I interesting enough? ”
"Worthy of the five kilograms of gold you paid?"
"Look! Look! Anyone who knows the goods knows that this is an engine from an F-16 fighter, and it is quite complete. ”
"To be honest, it took a lot of effort to recycle this thing, to make it come here unconsciously in the name of 'scrapped car engines'."
At that moment, the officer standing on the garbage hill said proudly, crossed his waist.
"Falling from the sky, still so whole?"
The young man standing there looked at the engine in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and at the same time he subconsciously exclaimed.
The two researchers who looked to be in their forties and fifties on the side couldn't help but trot over, half-squatting on the ground and starting to study.
"How?"
Hearing the young man say this, the gray-haired researcher said with excitement on his face:
"No problem, you can be sure of the American engine."
"It's not the model we're familiar with, it's probably the F-16."
Although the conversation between the two people was in Chinese, it was not difficult to guess what they were talking from their expressions, and this scene naturally fell into the eyes of the officer Akhtar, who said with a heav:
"My friend, how could I deceive you?"
"If I lie, I will definitely be debunked by you one day in the future, this is not the slightest benefit to me, and besides, it is not difficult for me to get these things."
"If you don't believe me"
As he spoke, he cautiously descended from the mountain of garbage, walked to the side of it, pointed to a huge piece of tattered iron sheet, and said:
"Uncover this tin sheet!"
In the face of this order, the personnel of the Iron Fist Security Company accompanying him were busy, and a few seconds later, when the iron sheet was lifted, a gasping sound directly sounded at the scene.
Because under the iron sheet, there is a piece of wreckage from the position of the head of a fighter, including the radar!
"This is on top of another F-16 fighter."
"It's still very complete overall."
At that moment, the young man who took the lead took a deep breath, turned around and walked to the car, took out a heavy-looking army-green vest from it, threw it at the officer Akhtar with all his might, and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you, my friend, for a little bit of caution."
"It's still five kilograms, and it's sewn into the inner lining,"
"I want both!"
As soon as these words came out, Akhtar, who was holding a heavy vest, smiled from ear to ear, waved his hand and said:
"My friend, don't worry, I have other things for you."
"But for now, you'd better hurry up and load the car first! There's a crane over there that can be used, so I won't call anyone else to come over, let's go to the warehouse area after loading, and the other thing I prepared for you is not here, it's in the warehouse over there. ”
"That thing, it's more 'sensitive'."
Hearing the officer Akhtar say this, the young man's eyes flashed, and he nodded and said:
"Good!"
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