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Chapter 1078 orders, more orders
On the Baghdad-Fallujah Highway, Nelson, a veteran of the Warhorse Security Company on patrol, is leaning on the back of the co-pilot's seat, chewing gum with a relaxed expression on his face, feeling extremely comfortable: Speaking of which, how old is he? Time has not been so relaxed?

Although it is not a good habit to relax when performing tasks, and everyone was tense when performing tasks before, but this time the situation is different. He bought three mine-resistant ambush vehicles, which is the big guy under his buttocks.

Since witnessing the testing of this big guy by the PMC companies in Baghdad more than a month ago, Nelson has fallen in love with this big guy who makes him feel safe: if he can take this car to go out Patrol, do I still have to worry about those damn IEDs?
After finally waiting for the leased vehicles from Sinotruk Group to arrive in Baghdad, Zhanma Company finally changed its guns. When he saw these anti-mine and anti-ambush vehicles, Nelson silently swore in his heart that I would never touch that damned vehicle again. Hummer!

It's just that the nagging "warhead" in the back made Nelson a little annoyed...

"Hey, buddy, I heard that this car is made by Huaxia people. Is it really okay? As far as I know, Huaxia people can only produce shirts and shoes. Compared with this car, I still believe in M1114... ...Oh, unbelievable, this car is still manual..."

Listening to the endless nagging of "Slug", Nelson couldn't bear it anymore: "Hey, Slug, shut your mouth, if you really can't accept this car, you can change it back to the company's M1114 or M998, but now, can you Can't you be quiet for a while?"

Hearing what Nelson said, "Warhead" was a little unhappy: "Hey, buddy, you can't do this to me. I'm also thinking about the safety of everyone. This car looks mighty, but who knows if those Chinese people have it?" Cutting corners where? Compared to it, I believe in M1114, of course, it would be great if there is a South African 'Burma' or a General Dynamics 'Puma', if I have these two, I even You can sleep directly in the car."
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"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing the complaint of the "warhead", everyone burst into laughter, and the comrades in the same car laughed and joked...

"Warhead, if I remember correctly, when Mr. Carlisle asked everyone who was willing to use the M1114 when we set off, you were the first one to express that you didn't want to use it."

"Yes, I can attest that the warhead was hidden in one fell swoop."

But now it seems that I underestimated the attractiveness of the MRA rental business to these small, medium and even small PMC companies, because in the previous call, Liu Jianfeng introduced to Zhang Qihang, saying that even those small PMC companies, Although they can't afford mine-resistant ambush vehicles, they can even take on some businesses that they couldn't undertake before by renting mine-resistant ambush vehicles. In this way, they earn more than before, and the earned More, which in turn stimulated them to continue renting vehicles from Xiaoliu, thus forming a good cycle...

This is only the United States itself. In fact, apart from the United States, the allies that assisted the Mi army in the war in Iraq are also developing their own anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles. The demand is at least 12 or more.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Qihang was cautiously optimistic about the market for mine-resistant ambush vehicles, thinking that he could sell two or three hundred vehicles or even one or two hundred vehicles a year, and bring a new opportunity to Sinotruk Group. It would be nice to have an additional income of [-] million US dollars, but now it seems that I have greatly underestimated the size of this market.

This is just Iraq. In addition to Iraq, there is also Afghanistan, which has a market size comparable to Iraq, so I think that at least in the last two or three years, the Iraq and Afghanistan markets alone will need at least 1000 anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles As for cars, after two or three years, the demand for at least two or three hundred cars can be maintained every year.

Not only did the warhead stop, but everyone else in the car, including Nelson, also stopped. Everyone thought of the attack in Karbala last year. That attack was also the most costly attack on the War Horse Company. In that IED attack, three people from the Warhorse Company died, and everyone in the rest of the patrol team was wounded. Several brothers who had a good relationship before had to have their limbs amputated.

After listening to Liu Jianfeng finished speaking, Zhang Qihang nodded. After pondering for a while, he asked Liu Jianfeng: "Xiao Liu, you are directly on the front line and facing the market. Do you think the market size of our mine-resistant ambush vehicles can reach How big is it? How much does our production capacity need to be suitable for?”

The PMC market consists of at least [-] mine-resistant ambush-resistant vehicles, plus the domestic market, and other countries that have actively purchased mine-resistant ambush-resistant vehicles after seeing the performance of Sinotruk Group in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Nelson nodded with a smile.

"Is that so..."

"Good Lord..."

Speaking of the psychological shadow of the "warhead", everyone laughed wildly again!
You can't stop laughing, poor warhead, when he was attacked by the IED last time, although he escaped by luck, he peed his pants because of the scare.

Just as the "warhead" closed his eyes and was helplessly facing death, suddenly there was an exclamation of surprise mixed with disbelief from his comrades in arms: "I'm fine? Are we fine? God, I love this car to death." ..."

Good guy!
Hearing what Liu Jianfeng said, Zhang Qihang called out in his heart what a guy!

Um? ?

These two unlucky guys also became the butt of everyone's jokes, and their names "resounded" in Baghdad.

"boom……"

"I love this car to death. I swear, if I don't come out to perform missions in the future, I would rather quit my job if it weren't for this car..."

The anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles of Sinotruk Group have encountered four consecutive IED attacks, and they have successfully protected the occupants of the vehicles. Their protective performance has been completely recognized by those PMC companies, and orders are naturally coming in. , it’s just that more orders are not entirely a good thing, such as now...

After sending back the order for 20 additional anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles via email, Liu Jianfeng was a little worried and specially called Zhang Qihang, hoping to attract Zhang Qihang's attention and ensure that these orders can be delivered in a timely and best possible manner. is delivered in advance.

In addition, there are needs in other fields that you analyzed before, but I am not very clear about those markets. "

"Gentlemen, don't say that, we have to be considerate of the warhead. After all, not everyone can get off the M1114 that has survived the IED intact, although the explosion may have left some psychological shadows on our Mr. Warhead..."

Of course, I have no chance at all to get a share of it, and I can only target the PMC market that the United States and its allies have no time to take care of for the time being. It is possible to reverse the demand for mine-resistant ambush vehicles in the PMC market—many people may not have an intuitive concept of PMCs, thinking that PMCs are mercenaries. They are not active civilian armed personnel, but in a broad sense, even those who are responsible for providing barracks cleaning and food for the army are considered PMCs. So from this perspective, in theory, the chefs of the snack bars in the military camps are also PMCs. No problem at all.

"I'm fine, thank you." Looking at Nelson's warm smile, and then at the mine-resistant ambush vehicle that didn't even overturn, "Warhead" had mixed feelings: "Sir, this car is really good..."

At this moment, people including the "warhead" flashed a desperate thought in their hearts: IED! !
Apart from IED, there is nothing that can cause such a big impact on yourself!And myself, there is no doubt that I am dead...

"God, I'm fine."

Hearing the voice of his comrade-in-arms, "Warhead" froze for a moment, and touched his body twice indiscriminately. After making sure that he didn't feel any pain, he finally realized: I'm fine?
It wasn't until this moment that a strong surprise surged up from the bottom of his heart.This strong surprise even made Warhead feel a little dazed: After being attacked by the IED, I was fine?This anti-mine anti-ambush vehicle produced by Huaxia really has such good protection performance?

Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang felt confident, and he said to Liu Jianfeng: "Okay, I probably know it, Xiao Liu, I don't guarantee that all the cars will be delivered within three days, but I will try my best to coordinate. Try to get it done within 4 months, and I will discuss it with Chairman Cai, Sinotruk Group will immediately increase production capacity, and first increase the annual production capacity to 600 to 700 vehicles."

With such a huge number of PMCs, it is conceivable how many anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles are needed.

Hearing the cheers and congratulations in the car, "Warhead" finally realized: Yes, it was the anti-mine anti-ambush vehicle produced by the Chinese people under his buttocks that saved his life...

In just one month, the anti-mine anti-ambush vehicle produced by Sinotruk Group encountered 4 IED attacks, and in these 4 attacks, all the attacked vehicles protected the members of the vehicle, and everyone was shocked. Among them, the most unlucky and the biggest loss is a PMC company called Hope Security. I don't know if their mercenaries are careless or not taking it seriously. A few guys didn't wear seat belts, and they were even more unlucky What happened was that they encountered an oversized IED. As a result, the mine-resistant ambush vehicle was overturned by the violent shock wave.

Just when warhead was full of mixed feelings, the veteran Nelson patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Boy, are you okay?"

Of course, all the guys wearing seat belts have no major problems except for being a little nauseous, uncomfortable, and vomiting due to the impact of the shock wave. Dan was caught off guard by his comrades and broke his arm...

Although these PMCs cannot be compared with the Pentagon with deep pockets, but combined with leasing and self-purchase, in the next ten years, the PMCs in Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to digest at least [-] mine-resistant ambush vehicles, right?

Speaking of this, Liu Jianfeng couldn't help being a little proud: "It's mainly because of the cooperation of the rebel forces in Iraq. They have launched several attacks on our customers before, but they were all taken down by our anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles. The PMC company is trying to place an order for us, 43 of the 12 mine-resistant ambush vehicles this time are from PMC, and the remaining 31 vehicles are from our vehicle rental business."

And don’t forget, apart from Iraq, there is also Afghanistan, which has a combatant size comparable to that of Iraq and lasts even longer...

The popularity of MRA vehicles exceeded Zhang Qihang's imagination.

That attack has also become the last thing the entire Nelson team wants to mention. Now that the warhead inadvertently mentions it, the atmosphere in the car instantly becomes heavy.

In addition, our company is becoming more and more famous in Iraq, not only in the Baghdad area, but even PMC companies in some other areas are now contacting us for procurement and leasing business, so the size of the fleet must be expanded..."

As a mercenary, being scared to pee his pants can be called an anecdote.

"Good guy, you have received a new order for 43 mine-resistant ambush vehicles? And it should be delivered within three months?" Zhang Qihang was very surprised by the situation reported by Liu Jianfeng: "Our mine-resistant ambush vehicles Are anti-ambush vehicles so recognized in Iraq?"

Although the vehicle leasing business was suggested by Zhang Qihang to Liu Jianfeng, the reason why he suggested that Liu Jianfeng promote the leasing business of MRA vehicles in Iraq was because he felt that MRA vehicles were not cheap in themselves, and one or two vehicles would cost more. It is not enough, at least four vehicles are required. Such a huge expenditure is unbearable for those small and medium-sized PMC companies. It should be attractive to the company.

No, this virtuous circle is getting better and better?
"In addition, our anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles have encountered several IED attacks before," Liu Jianfeng on the other end of the phone continued, "Although these vehicles have successfully driven out of the combat zone and successfully brought the employees of the PMC company Come out, the other party also paid the relevant compensation according to the contract, but our vehicle was more or less damaged and needs to be repaired and repaired. As a result, the number of mine-resistant ambush vehicles available for lease is somewhat small .

"Mr. Zhang, we have received a new order for 43 anti-mine and anti-ambush vehicles this time. Can these vehicles be delivered within three months?"

When the atmosphere was so heavy, Nelson was the first to break the silence. He waved his hand and said, "Hey, what are you talking about..."

Hearing everyone's wild laughter, Warhead was unhappy: "I was not the only one who wet my pants when IED was attacked... Fork, if I remember correctly, in Karbala last year, you not only wet your pants, And even..."

But also, the first batch of orders for the "Puma" and "Buffalo" mine-resistant ambush vehicles placed by the Pentagon to domestic companies was 4100, and just in the first two months, the number of orders for mine-resistant ambush vehicles increased rapidly to More than 2 vehicles, if I remember correctly, when the war in Afghanistan and Iraq ended, the Pentagon purchased a total of more than 7 anti-mine anti-ambush vehicles, plus supplements after damage and vehicles sold to Saudi Arabia and other allies , In the end, more than 10 mine-resistant ambush vehicles were produced and sold in the United States.

Before the words were finished, accompanied by a loud noise, a huge impact force slammed into the 4*4 anti-mine anti-ambush vehicle of Nelson's team. Before everyone could react, the vehicle body shook violently.

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"Hahaha……"

As for the number of PMC personnel in the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, it is only compared with the number of active soldiers of the US Army and its allies, which may be far beyond everyone's imagination: By the time the US withdraws from Iraq in 2011, the PMC personnel in a broad sense will be the same as the US soldiers The ratio has reached 2:1!

After listening to Liu Jianfeng's analysis, Zhang Qihang pondered.

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When the warhead was still in a daze, the carriage had turned into a sea of ​​joy...

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Liu Jianfeng obviously thought about this issue seriously, so when faced with Zhang Qihang's question, he said seriously: "I think it is only on the Iraqi side that at least six or seven hundred MRA vehicles can be sold in the past two years. As for the rental market, there are no more than 500 mine-resistant and ambush-resistant vehicles that cannot meet the needs of the market at all.

Speaking of this, the bullet stopped suddenly, his lips moved twice, and he whispered with red eyes: "Sorry."

Although Zhang Qihang has just analyzed that in the next 10 years, the annual demand for mine-resistant ambush vehicles at home and abroad will be between 1000 and 1200 vehicles, but for the sake of caution, Zhang Qihang feels that the pace should not be too large. , It is enough to increase the production capacity to 600 to 700 vehicles first. If the market feedback is still good, then continue to invest more.

Hearing from Zhang Qihang that he would strive for all deliveries within four months, Liu Jianfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Four months are fine, Mr. Zhang, thank you for your hard work."

In fact, Liu Jianfeng is very aware of the production capacity and production speed of Sinotruk Group's mine-resistant ambush vehicles, so when he received the order, he knew when these batches of mine-resistant ambush vehicles could be delivered, but he cried poorly to his own leaders Well, this is a skill that every qualified subordinate must master. No, after pleading with the leader, the leader decided to put pressure on the heavy truck group?
"Stop flattering me!" Zhang Qihang scolded with a smile: "With the skill of flattering, why not think more about dealing with any enemies in the dark... We make so much money, do you think there will be no jealous people in Iraq? Or do you think those who are jealous?" Would people do nothing?"

Liu Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, and then his head was covered with cold sweat: During this period of time, I have been patronizing Ziyi, but I have forgotten where I am making a living. This is war-torn Iraq, facing a Huaxia family that is making a lot of money. Enterprises, how can those red-eyed hungry wolves do nothing?

(End of this chapter)