Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1626
Wang Xuexin and Zhao Gang are acquaintances, so they didn't waste any time meeting each other. They rushed directly to the shipyard to see Mao Xiong's new four warships.

On the way, Zhao Gang said cryptically: "Leader, let me tell you that you have a bottom line first, let's not have too much hope for Mao Xiong's warship, after all, the tonnage is only more than 1000, it is not as good as the one we captured from the devils! "

At that time, Wang Xuexin just said "um" and didn't think much about it.

Wang Xuexin's idea is that the four warships of Mao Xiong were built in 1935. Although Mao Xiong has a hip in terms of warships, it has not been ten years since they were built. Whether it is advanced or maintained, they must be passable, right?

However, when Wang Xuexin rushed to the dock, he was stunned when he saw the warships with various rusty wires and cables and things that were not known to be clothes hangers or antennas scattered all over the deck.

At that moment, Wang Xuexin doubted whether these were broken ships abandoned by the shipyard. He also looked at Zhao Gang suspiciously, and only after Zhao Gang nodded helplessly did he realize that these were the four warships bought by the Eighth Route Army.

Zhao Gang just asked in a low voice: "Leader, isn't your price high? Have we lost money?"

Wang Xuexin swallowed his saliva and replied: "One ship is 1000 million!"

"One... 1000 million?" Zhao Gang's eyes widened, and then he asked hopefully, "1000 million border currency or silver dollar?"

"Dollar!"

"U.S. dollars?" Zhao Gang became a little anxious when he heard this: "Leader, can we refund this? Or we can pay a little bit, look at this..."

Wang Xuexin pushed back with one sentence: "If we retreat, how can we fight the devils?"

"But this piece of junk is worth ten thousand?"

"You have to buy broken copper and rotten iron!" Wang Xuexin said helplessly, "Who told us not to make it!"

Yes, you have to buy broken copper and rotten iron. This is the tragedy of industrial backwardness.

In fact, let alone Huaxia at this time, in history Huaxia purchased the "Four King Kongs" in 54.

At that time, when Huaxia was negotiating with Maoxiong for the purchase, it was full of shame:
The deputy commander of the navy went to Mao Xiong to negotiate the negotiation. He went there twice, saw the actual warship, and then sent a telegram back: "What Mao Xiong gave was scrap metal, but what he wanted was a high price!"

Huaxia's reply is very simple: "You have to buy broken copper and rotten iron!"

In the end, each warship was bought with 17 tons of gold and was about to be decommissioned. These four "broken copper and iron" can become the "Four King Kongs" in China!
Wang Xuexin summed it up in his heart:

Based on the gold price of about US$35 per ounce at that time, 17 tons of gold were worth about US$1300 million.

Now the Eighth Route Army can buy each ship at a price of 1000 million U.S. dollars and the service life is ten years earlier than in 54. This is definitely a good deal.

However, this is only in relative terms, and the vertical comparison still gave Mao Xiong a hard knife... Usually, a warship with backward technology like Mao Xiong should be a new ship and only barely worth 1000 million US dollars. It has been nearly ten years and there are still serious problems with the maintenance status. Seventy-eight million US dollars is amazing.

Later, Wang Xuexin learned from Lemon Lokov that the reason why these warships were under-maintained was that Mao Xiong was fighting Hans during this period, and all manpower and material resources were concentrated on the army, and even the crew of the navy were sent to After fighting Hans on land, how can I have the time and energy to maintain a warship that basically doesn't work.

At that time, Wang Xuexin couldn't help saying to Lemon Lokov: "It is said that it is a price for a penny. It is understandable that you have poor maintenance due to the war, but you can't sell it as a new ship, right?"

Unexpectedly, Lemon Lokov replied: "Comrade leader, if you have other places to buy it now, we dare not sell it at this price!"

So Wang Xuexin understood that this is the so-called "rare things are more expensive". At this time, the Eighth Route Army can only buy from Mao Xiong, so the price is not called whatever it is?
In their opinion, 1000 million US dollars is already a conscience price!
But it doesn't matter, Wang Xuexin nodded and said, "It's good that you understand the truth that "rare things are more expensive"!"

Then as soon as he turned around, he doubled the price of the transistors used in the air-to-air missiles.From then on, Mao Xiong never dared to call Gaoli again when doing business with the Eighth Route Army.

Just as Wang Xuexin and Zhao Gang were frowning while watching on the deck of the warship, an officer in a furry military uniform and a military cap tilted forward stepped forward. His beard almost covered half of it. The face looked like a head protruding from the grass.

Wang Xuexin believes that if one day he wants to escape back to Mao Xiong, he only needs to shave his beard to ensure that no one will let him.

After Zhao Gang greeted him in blunt Mao language, he introduced to Wang Xuexin: "This is Major Mayakovsky, the commander of the Bear Fleet!"

Major Mayakovsky looked Wang Xuexin up and down and said, "Are you the head of Huaxia?"

Wang Xuexin stepped forward to shake hands with him, and said, "Welcome, Comrade Mayakovsky!"

Mayakovsky nodded perfunctorily, and replied: "Comrade commander, my subordinates and I only care about one question. When do you plan to put the warship into the battlefield? Also, where are your crew members? I have to Remind you, we are only responsible for bringing the warships here and training the crew, not for combat!"

"I know, Comrade Mayakovsky!" Wang Xuexin replied: "I won't make it difficult for you. As for when to enter the battlefield...it's not up to us to decide!"

Mayakovsky opened his mouth half-opened when he heard this, and said, "You won't, you plan to put the warship into battle when the devils attack Dalian?"

"Do we have other options?" Wang Xuexin asked back: "You have to know, Comrade Mayakovsky, we only have this port and these warships. If they don't go into battle and eventually the port is lost, where will the warships stop? Do you want to drive back to Mao Xiong and give it back to you?"

Mayakovsky said with a pale face: "These are things you need to consider, Comrade Commander! However, if you plan to form an army in such a short period of time, it is almost impossible. At least a few months, Do you understand? Only when they become an army can they fight against the enemy! Otherwise, they are just looking for death! Besides, you are dealing with such an enemy..."

As he spoke, he shook his head in the other direction.

Following Mayakovsky's gaze, Wang Xuexin saw a warship larger than the "Wrath Class", presumably it was the "Natori" captured from the devil.

The "Natori" is much stronger than the "Anger Class" in terms of tonnage, maintenance, and advanced level.

No wonder Mayakovsky has so little confidence in himself.

(End of this chapter)