industrial maniac

Although their own intelligence system has been secretly expanding, it is still at the grassroots level.

It's easy to inquire about overseas bases.

If you want to understand why North America purchases so many tanks, it is a bit difficult.

Xu Fei asked the Navy SEALs to contact people to collect relevant information, and then went to Raymond's pet dog to practice canine-specific sign language.

It gave instructions through the small map to let the military dog ​​understand the commander's question, and the military dog ​​then used all four paws to describe what happened.

Unfortunately, 'North American Armed Forces Procurement' is too complicated.

One person and one dog tossed for a long time, but no one could understand the meaning of the other.

After much deliberation, Xu Fei decided to study the joint defense order first.

The M8 is a light tracked combat vehicle for airborne use.

The standard version uses a 105mm rifled gun, a 6V550C engine, a torsion bar suspension, and an automatic transmission.

Although being suppressed and beaten by mysterious forces in Hazara, it also reflects its unique advantage in the plateau terrain: run fast!

It's just that North America doesn't know that the original parts are replaced, and every time it runs out of the limit speed, it needs to be overhauled.

For this order, the North American Military Department proposed an improvement plan, requiring the use of the 'Stryker' chassis.

'Stryker' is a new generation of wheeled armor developed jointly by General Motors-Canada Division with the help of the strategic relationship of 'Three Links' after General Motors announced its return to the field of arms manufacturers.

The overall configuration is similar to the M8, but due to the use of wheels, the overall carrying capacity is low and it cannot adapt to complex terrain. The advantage is that the road is flexible and the travel distance is long. It is suitable for use in plains and deserts with developed roads or flat terrain.

The current price is higher than the M8, about 500 million US dollars.

Therefore, affected by the high price, the 'Stryker' series has not been able to get orders and has not yet been put into production.

The meaning of the North American Military Department is also obvious.

Reduce the weight of the M8 and install a 120mm smoothbore gun.

Finally, an airborne wheeled combat vehicle with low cost, convenient maintenance, flexible maneuverability, and strong firepower is formed, which is used for field raids and street combat assaults.

This is tantamount to having an upgraded M8 with better performance than 'Stryker' if you can't afford 'Stryker'.

Xu Fei listed important information on a piece of paper, "Maneuvering, street fighting, field raids, this is not fighting against Ah Fu."

The terrain of Afghanistan is complex, the whole territory is mountainous, and many places are still plateaus.

If you want to fight Afghanistan, you must use the tracked M8, or M8+.

And the 'Stryker' wheeled armor arrived in Afghanistan, I'm afraid it's not a New Year's gift for Harden.

Therefore, the goal of North America this time is a plain or desert area with large cities.

Xu Fei made a note of this, and turned to consider the quotation.

The M8 change is different from the training uniform order.

There are samples of clothes and trousers, which can be put into production directly, but the upgrade and modification of tanks requires experimentation.

And this order is also different from 900 M8.

When Raymond purchased, the unit price was the actual payment.

Now you have to calculate federal and state taxes, about 40%.

So calculate.

Even without the introduction of GM's 'Stryker' chassis, use its own 'Bradley' series.

Even if you don't find the German Rheinland company to introduce a 120mm smoothbore gun, use your own 125mm rhino tank.

Referring to external quotations, with a budget of 400 million, the profit of the company will not be too high.

Fortunately, now only my own company can make M8, and the price can be written freely.

Xu Fei immediately copied the price of 'Stryker' as his own quotation, and indicated 125 slips, 6V750c and other values.

At this time, a few paragraphs of information popped up in the chat room dedicated to the intelligence system.

Latest information:
General Dynamics + Raytheon received an order for 600 Tomahawks and 5 fraud bombs.

General Electric + Northrop, get 220 F/A18.

Martin + Boeing + Honeywell, get 260 F22.

And Carlyle Investment + Grumman got 60 transport planes, 50 helicopters, and fighter spare parts worth $150 billion.

There are also many chariot parts, firearm parts, artillery parts that have been heard or not heard...

"With so many orders and the original base, not to mention local battles, it is more than enough to destroy a small country."

After Xu Fei was stunned, he looked back at his order and suddenly felt very sad.

Iron Sheet Company's 10.7 billion + 10 billion is a 'low profit' that others look down on.

The 1500 modified M8s of United Defense almost belong to the 'losing money business'.

And people...

This is called a big order!
Suddenly.

In the e-commerce system of United Defense, a notification popped up.

Hello, United Defense, according to the North American defense contractor agreement, the following list must be delivered within the specified time, and the price of the armaments will follow the unit price of the same product that has been delivered in the previous batch.

The list is as follows:

450 Bradley armored infantry vehicles.

Bradley sent 200 cars later.

Brad has 150 combat command vehicles.

Bradley anti-aircraft vehicles, fire support vehicles, rescue vehicles, catering vehicles, 480 vehicles.

Crusader field gun series, 520 pieces.

9 M150 armored combat bulldozers.

There are 55 Grizzly mine-sweeping and obstacle-breaking vehicles.

In addition, it is necessary to cooperate with Martin Corporation to manufacture 150 sets of shipboard vertical launch system VLS.

And provide 2000 sets of 'Bradley' training systems, responsible for training recruits, so that soldiers can learn to drive before seeing the 'Bradley' series of tanks.

Training Location: Joint Defense-Apolis Ordnance Systems Division.

After Xu Fei saw it, he immediately felt comfortable.

This is what is known as a defense contractor.

FMC took over the R&D and manufacturing projects of the 'Bradley' series, and after delivering the first batch of orders, if the North American military has needs in the future and there is no idea of ​​improving the product, it will automatically throw the order to FMC.

As for the price, the unit price of the last order will be used.

In the same way, Boeing's fighter jets, Thor's warships, and electric submarines should be the same.

As for the joint defense division described in the list.

Actually there are five.

South Carolina - Aiken Ground Systems Division,

Minnesota-Apolis Ordnance Systems Division,

Penn-Chambersburg 'Chevalier' Production Division,

California-Santa Clara International Division,

Alabama - Anniston Steel Products Division.

When he first went to North America, Xu Fei was only active in Boston and had never been to these places.

To put it simply, the Joint Defense Headquarters is responsible for overall planning, and Harsco and FMC are responsible for manufacturing raw materials and basic components.

Branches all over the country are responsible for assembly, inspection, delivery, and contracting for the comprehensive inspection, repair and maintenance of naval ordnance.

In addition, there is also the task of producing projectile weapon systems and developing new equipment for future warships.

For example, the next generation of naval guns and electric heat guns.

Such as the next generation fire control system.

Like armed robots.

It's not that Xu Fei ignored these things on purpose, but that the United Defense Headquarters was bombed, Harsco and FMC were also bombed, and the loss of personnel and the shortage of funds meant that the original business would have to recover slowly.

Now in the past half a year, thousands of engineers and more than 200 Navy SEALs have been invested one after another. Now United Defense is the real defense contractor.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for Strauss to get acquainted with so many powerful arms dealers?

Xu Fei stared at the order for a long time, and asked United Defense to transfer the research and development project of 'armed robot' to Iron Sheet Company.

As we all know, Ironhide has already ranked among the best in the world in the field of robotics, and even dare to call it the number one in the industry.

Well, the toy industry.

No way, the little devil's robot uses a highly integrated digital circuit, which is more advanced in terms of logic and calculation than the hybrid version of the 'mechanical toy' that he assembled with disassembled parts.

Of course, if you take out the terrorist robot and the remote control tank, you will definitely kill the opponent in seconds.

But I can't take it out, otherwise, even Germany can't keep the Deutsche Iron Sheet Company.

After all, a Kirov has already put a lot of pressure on the German general manager. If Forman hadn't led the Berlin Parliament to resist, the Iron Sheet Company might have been bought by a North American consortium at a low price.

In short, capital is bloody.

And this bloody, not only squeeze labor, but also all kinds of plunder.

"Down with capitalism!"

Xu Fei roared angrily, making the vicious dog squatting next to him tremble with fright, and also scared the second sister who was biting the apple accidentally biting her lip.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm expressing my feelings."

"Look at me, I'm bleeding, and I have to pay for it."

"Heh, Erni, are you talking to the director of the factory?"

"Believe it or not, I will go to the cafeteria later, and tell everyone that you bit it."

"..."

"uh-huh?"

"You don't need to wash your socks this week."

"not enough."

"This month."

"not enough."

"Lifetime leave-in."

"It's almost there."

The second sister sucked her lips and went to the citizen's hospital.

Xu Fei patted the vicious dog on the head, "From now on, the socks will trouble you."

"..."

"Don't worry, let the third secretary buy you a nanny outfit later, let's wear it more formally, and put the whole washboard... Oh? What are you doing? Damn, my dog ​​hit the wall and committed suicide!"

.........

in the afternoon.

After Xu Fei finished his shift meal, he continued to browse the information, digging out the reasons for so many additional arms orders in North America.

In the first half of this year, Enron went bankrupt, leading to a downturn in the energy industry and the collapse of Andersen, the world's largest accounting firm.

Andersen led to the scandal that WorldCom made false accounts and falsely reported huge profits, and WorldCom went bankrupt.

The scale of funds involved in WorldCom is twice that of Enron, as high as US$1039 billion, making it the largest corporate bankruptcy in North American history.

In the middle of the year, the financial turmoil caused by Carlyle VS Three Links made Washington Mutual bank crumbling. Customers worried about its bankruptcy. They withdrew 10 billion US dollars in 160 days, which led to its real bankruptcy, involving 3279 billion yuan. As for where the money went, no one knows. You know, it was eventually sold to Morgan for $16 billion.

Later, when the Hazara oil field was discovered, the price of crude oil plummeted, and California Energy went bankrupt, involving $360 billion.

In the second half of the year, the Internet bubble burst, Nasdaq evaporated 1.5 trillion yuan, and 80% of the funds flowed to the European Union.

Subsequently, countless Internet bankruptcy and many IT industries were implicated, leading to the bankruptcy of Global Crossing, the most powerful communication company in North America, involving 290 billion US dollars.

then.

Finance-strapped 'Consai Finance and Insurance' declared bankruptcy, involving US$610 billion.

After the deindustrialization of North America, finance was the main focus.

So much money has disappeared, countless investors have lost their money, and countless families are deeply in debt.

Except for Boston, which is still stable, the unemployment rate and crime rate in other cities have risen sharply, and Philadelphia, which lost two factories, almost became a bankrupt city.

Xu Fei knew each of the above things, but he hadn't focused on them.

The relevant information is now sorted out...

"If the Hazara oil field is out of gas, it will not only lead to more bankruptcies, but also cause fuel prices to skyrocket."

"At that time, North America will probably usher in a crude oil crisis + financial crisis."

"It's definitely a disaster."

At the same time, it also shows that JP Morgan has told the behind-the-scenes group in North America about the lack of crude oil in the Hazara oil field.

This is not surprising. JP Morgan is a North American capitalist and a beneficiary of the capital world. After the other party protects itself, the second is to safeguard the interests of North America.

"Morgan purchased crude oil from OPEC frantically, even scheduling orders until 03."

"When the news that the Hazara oil field is out of oil is exposed, the global crude oil price will rise sharply."

"It is equivalent to saying that investing in anything now is not as good as investing in crude oil."

"So, North America conquers a country with crude oil and seizes the other's oil fields, which is more profitable than robbing the treasury."

"But in the expansion, after the plane crashed into the building, it hit Ah Fu."

"And Afghanistan has no crude oil..."

Xu Fei flipped through the map for a long time, and circled the countries in West Asia that hold crude oil with a pencil.

No matter who you hit, let's look for them one by one, and then reveal what North America is doing, and tell the other party: The leader is going to beat you.

And I can help you improve your fighting ability.

"At that time, the disassembled version of the rhino chariot, the disassembled version of the V-series rocket... It seems that we need to study some more bear-style big killers."

"By the way, the Hadza lost their cities, and 10,000+ people are hiding in the ravines. It is difficult to survive this winter."

"For the sake of Victor's hard work, he should help others no matter what."

"If a batch of cellars are dug in the ravine, a construction plant is laid, and the basic production line is installed, it is used to assemble the reduced version of the Rhino, the reduced version of the V series rocket, and even the production of the chug..."

A few steamed buns are wages, and it also saves shipping costs and avoids exposing yourself.

"Factory Director Xu has come to save you Haza people who are oppressed by capital."

Xu Fei immediately contacted Ron, the liaison of the Navy SEALs, to let the other party operate, find a transport ship from the Incheon Naval Port, and transfer the core of the secondary base left in Nanbangzi for the production of toad monsters to West Asia.

The core of the secondary base is different from the core of the main base. It cannot be recovered remotely, and it does not have the ability to move.

But it is not a problem to ask engineers to install a few wheels, find a few tractors, and drag them to Hazara along the route left by the previous tanker transportation of crude oil.

.........

10 month 1 number.

The slime Olympic Games came to an end.

The number of medals in Huaxia has entered the top three unprecedentedly.

congratulations.

And in the past two days, Foreman sold five batches of low-grade material packages again, bringing him 25 billion US dollars in payment.

After Xu Fei went to work, he checked the material inventory of the airship, and then counted the remaining metal resources. Before the price of steel rose to 3 cents per catty, he placed an order worth 20 billion red notes to Shougang and others.

This year's steel production has already exploded, and it is estimated that the official is too lazy to count.

Maybe the staff who counted and reported the number are now on vacation.

Just wait for January 1st and fill in the value of '1% increase over last year'.

As for actual production...

There is a saying in the information sheet that is in place.

Dongfang is the world's largest producer of steel, Beihe is the second, Shantang is the third, and Shantang's concealed part is the fourth.

The only trouble is that the rare earths are used less and less.

In fact, I chose a small island deep in the Pacific Ocean to build a shipyard, mainly for rare earths.

Since those illegal rare earth dealers have increased their prices, we simply don't buy them and wait in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

As long as the other party sails out to sea privately and has the radar with a range of 1000 kilometers, no matter how much the other party ships out, it is ours.

It's a pity that the flying island is gone, and the shipyard-sub-factory project is directly yellow.

Xu Fei pondered for a moment, and applied for 10 tons of rare earth mines in the name of Hongqi Automobile Factory's research and development of precision components such as electrical systems and bearings.

money?
What money?

We are our own people.

After the operation, Xu Fei just planned to pack up his things, take a special red flag, and take a secret path to Hazara.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the newly bought LCD TV yesterday, which was broadcasting current affairs information about the third brother's airship blasting in the air.

"I've said it a long time ago, it's not safe to buy low-end packages, look, something happened."