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Chapter 234 Upgraded contract, new helicopter (please subscribe!)

"Yes, we must have our own pilot first."

Not only Akalay, but all the generals present agreed with this.

You can't change a pilot, you have to invest real money and a lot of time.

However, most third world countries do not have a pilot training system. They can only select suitable seedlings and send them to the country where the aircraft is purchased for training.

The typical delivery cycle of modern aviation equipment is 12 to 36 months. What Busa can do is select the best from the country's elite group of college students.

Without a cultural foundation, no matter how good your physical fitness is, it will not work.

I think it was the same in China back then. The first generation of pilots were almost all the children of wealthy officials, because the proportion of them with higher education was the highest.

By eliminating the need to lay the foundation, you can take difficult subjects and reach the level of getting on board and receiving practical training before the aircraft is delivered.

These Xia Yu stopped interfering and let Akalai and the others talk to the CASC people themselves.

However, the other party seems to be quite busy at the moment. In addition to the generals like Busa, there are also a group of black brothers with high military ranks chatting with the staff.

"They're from the Hengde Air Force. I haven't been able to understand their Arabic-accented English for so many years."

Meng Qiao beside Xia Yu complained.

As an Army member, he came to the aviation defense exhibition as a companion, but the other party reminded him of several of his old classmates.

"Their air force is quite large. Are you planning to buy an L-15Z when you come here?"

Seeing Zambia's fighter jet parked at CASC's open-air exhibition stand, Mengqiao continued to guess.

"I don't think it's L-15. The probability of them choosing another model is higher."

Xia Yu expressed a different view.

Due to business needs, he didn't know much about the military composition of many countries in Afika, but he definitely knew what equipment the other party had.

For this kind of air force that has a certain foundation and is not quite small in scale, there is historical inertia in the subsequent procurement of equipment.

Only small-scale, or simply non-existent, can make a big breakthrough, otherwise you always think of using the old and the new together.

The equipment of the Sudanese Air Force is mainly Soviet and Chinese, of which the number of F-7 (J-7)/MiG-21 has reached 20.

However, due to improper maintenance and age, the maintenance rate is a bit low.

This is also one of the reasons why they plan to buy a new plane!

A large number of old aircraft have been retired, and the number of accumulated pilots is not low. Let them switch to flying other fighter jets. It is not as simple as ordinary people changing cars.

Compared with L-15, another FTC-2000 will be more suitable for them.

Xia Yu has known about this magically modified foreign trade aircraft based on the MiG-21 for a long time, but it seems that it has never been sold. Now it seems that Heng Jue is tempted.

Speaking of which, the price of the FTC-2000 is much cheaper than the L-15. If Busa chooses it, it can buy one or two more.

But the equipment that suits you is the best.

As long as Busa's economy improves, they can afford a true third-generation aircraft squadron, rather than a training and combat training aircraft squadron.

"That's right, but I'm more interested in their army than their air force."

Monjo changed the subject. The army was what he was good at.

"Who would have thought that the Janjaweed militiamen had fought their way into the regular army, while the Seleka in the Philippines were just a pile of loose sand."

It's probably due to the gap in ethnic numbers. Seventy percent of Sudan's population is of Arab origin, but in the Philippines, MSL only make up a minority.

"I think their president also has a lot of ideas to integrate such an armed group that is recognized as a war criminal by the United Nations into a rapid reaction force, but I always feel that something is wrong."

Xia Yu also expressed his opinion.

"Something is wrong. This peace is just a truce. Sooner or later they will fight again."

Meng Qiao agreed with Xia Yu’s point of view,
They have also done this to integrate local armed forces. The difference is that they are large in number and small in scale, with each family having one brigade.

The former Janjaweed militia now has a rapid reaction force of 6 to 10 people.

This was several times more than Busa's troops, and it was too brutal.

"The difference is that the quick-reaction force does not have tanks, but the government army received a batch of hard goods in 12."

Speaking of this, Xia Yu couldn't help but think of his old buddy.

"Yes, it knocked out all the T-72s, but our army can only afford the T-64."

Mengqiao said enviously.

After defeating the rebels, their demand for tanks fell instead of rising, and the main force of the armored forces was transferred to the infantry battalion.

Because the performance of the tank battalion was very poor, more than half of the rebel T-72s were destroyed by concentrated fire defense, not to mention that they also used "T-64".

The same weapons still perform so poorly, and the emergence of the four-unit Cornet Weasel infantry fighting vehicle completely changed the combat philosophy of the Busa Army.

"The T-64 is good, but the important thing is modernization."

Xia Yu has been paying attention to the only remaining batch of T-64B1M in Busa.

They can't afford a three-layer sharp blade, and there's no need for it, but are you sure they don't want a set of Catherine FC thermal imaging night vision devices?

The active defense system cannot be used, but it can increase the power by 20%. Are you sure you are not excited about the newly designed 6TD-2E engine?
With these, old equipment can also have a second life. Fighting an old T-72 with infrared headlights without protection is like fighting a grandson.

"Is that expensive?"

Mengqiao really took the bait. After all, the performance of the devil T-64, which focused on fire defense, was obvious to everyone.

Even if you no longer buy new tanks, it is a good deal to modify the T-64s currently in service.

"If it's expensive, there's nothing you can do about it. This equipment purchase for the Air Force and Army has spent several years' budget."

For Busa now, cheapness is the last word.

"New goods must be very expensive, but we won't be able to get new goods for a while, but there are still ways to dismantle car parts."

After selling the dismantled machine parts, the dismantled car parts will be sold soon after. There is no one else who can do this business.

"I understand, I understand, are removable car parts easy to break?"

After Mengqiao showed a clear expression, he bluntly expressed his worries.

Busa's last batch of T-64B1M was delivered due to the impact of that local conflict, but so far there is no sign of stopping. Instead, a large amount of equipment has been destroyed and then ended up on the black market.

He thought that was Xia Yu's source of goods, but it wasn't that troublesome.

"A 70-yuan car. If it breaks down, it will be covered by a warranty for 3 years. After 3 years, you can directly replace it with a new one at extra cost."

Xia Yu directly quoted the price and told Meng Qiao not to worry.

Jihuo Defense never does one-and-done deals, and reputation is the most important thing to them.

"The price is okay, but I have to go back before I can give you an answer."

Meng Qiao pretended to be calm, but his slightly trembling hands had betrayed him.

It was only 70, and he could even pay for the upgrade of a company from his own pocket.

The old tank platform is not valuable, but the valuable ones are these big pieces. Even if Xia Yu uses dismantled vehicle parts, the price is very affordable.

Since the Weasel infantry fighting vehicle, the T-64 tank has also become a key product of concentrated fire defense.

This time, Xiayu doesn’t need to buy the car body himself, he can directly earn money for modification and upgrade.

布萨那边20多辆T-64B1M，就是1000多，近2000万。看着好像没黄鼠狼S30赚钱，可锅盖头的价格本就不贵。

Even the T-90B72, which has slightly better overall performance than the T-3A, has an upgrade price of only about US$100 million.

"Don't worry, I haven't even finished delivering the Weasel S30 from Kenniyaren yet!"

Xia Yu waved his hand to Meng Qiao to take his time.

"Speaking of this, when Anka graduates and returns to China, his shelf brigade will definitely need to be filled. Busa means to equip it with similar equipment to his battalion, and then split it into three battalions."

Meng Qiao revealed some inside information to Xia Yu.

The number of infantry fighting vehicles in Anka's infantry battalion is insufficient even for countries with strong armies, but in Afika, it is a proper reinforced battalion.

Expanding into a synthetic brigade, it is inevitable to split the main force, but fortunately there are still two-thirds of the original force.

"Oh? Isn't Busa out of money?"

Xia Yu asked curiously.

"We have no money now, but after two or three years, Anka will come back, so how can we still have no budget?"

Meng Qiao said that the difficulty was only temporary. He told Xia Yu this just to make him prepare.

There is no problem with Xiayu. Others have limited production capacity. He has absolutely enough capacity to supply as much as he needs.

"By the way, when will he set off?"

"Just this month, including Anka, a total of 10 people have gone there, and they are all good talents."

The 10 people Mengqiao mentioned are all from the Army, and the ones from the Air Force haven't been picked out yet!

As for the navy, let’s fool around first!
The investment required by the Navy is not comparable to that of the Air Force and Army. Busa is really out of money.

"Then when we get back, I'll see him off."

Xia Yu also had feelings for Xiao Anka, a godson who was not an adopted son but was better than an adopted son.

Now that he is going abroad to study in China, I really can't bear to leave him.

Xia Yu and Meng Qiao were chatting here, and Akalai also reached a preliminary agreement.

The two sides will send personnel to each other to discuss the specific details. In short, this aviation defense exhibition trip was a complete success.

The hometown has received the order, and the concentrated fire defense is not bad. Aircraft, tanks, and future infantry fighting vehicles, which add up to half a small target of US dollars, are definitely available.

But it only weighs one ton in gold, which seems like even a coffin plank is not enough!
Well, it seems that I still have to work hard to make money.

Returning to Busa on a military plane, waving goodbye to several generals, Xia Yu got on the little antelope that Andre came to pick him up.

"Glider, how have you been these two days?"

On the way back, Xia Yu asked on the radio.

"Me? I'm fine. I've flown with Shrew twice. Apart from the fact that he doesn't have a certificate, he has officially graduated and can fly solo."

Andre talked about Lyman.

Like Xia Yu, a former excavator pilot has completed his magnificent transformation as a helicopter pilot.

However, his main position is still to fly the Weasel S30. If he needs to use a helicopter and there is no one to fly it, he will be the one to do it.

“Speaking of which, I feel like the museum needs two helicopter pilots.”

Xia Yu said to the second helicopter pilot who was focusing on fire defense.

This is what he thought. When setting up fire defense missions, all personnel were basically dispatched. Even if the helicopter stayed in Bogo Village, no one would fly it.

It was okay before, but once the museum opened for business, helicopters were indispensable to deal with many emergencies, so it became necessary to hire more helicopter pilots.

Of course, the establishment must be listed under the museum, and because there is no need to fight, the salary will not be too high, just average for Afika.

"Just need to know how to drive a gazelle?"

Andre asked.

"Let me think about it, the Antelope can only seat 5 people. There should be better options."

Xia Yu rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully.

There are indeed better options. Once the St. Paul is delivered, he can choose to print SA316/319 Skylark III helicopters, SA321 Super Hornet helicopters, and AS365 Dolphin helicopters.

The closest ones include the H125M light utility helicopter and the H225M multi-purpose helicopter configured by Basi.

Compared with the old Super Ensign, these are the third value of the St. Paul.

Super wasp, Xiayu has this, what else is there to buy for rice-8 big hippopotamus!

But it seems that the H225M Caracal is more advanced. After all, they dare to sell it for less than 3000 million US dollars.

Xia Yu didn't know what the Basi people were thinking about equipping the aircraft carrier they bought thousands of dollars with such an expensive helicopter.

In his opinion, it would be better to print two Super Hornets. After all, they are produced in large quantities and are old enough.

Unlike the Caracal Cat, which was so new that even the people of the country didn't buy many of them, why did Afica suddenly have an extra one here?

Well, the Super Hornet is also an 8, a straight-8 of 8.

Not to mention the domestically produced models, many retired Super Hornet helicopters have also been laid off and re-employed in Afika. One of them is equipped by the Fire Defense and the museum, which is inconspicuous.

Of course, what Xia Yu misses most is the Chinook.

The Super Hornet, which has a maximum take-off weight of 13 tons, can carry up to 27 to 30 passengers.

But the 20-ton Chinook can carry up to 50 people, and can also hoist boats and howitzers.

As a conventional howitzer, the M777 is useless except for being light, but it can hit M982 Excalibur guided shells.

When air strikes are inconvenient, the importance of ground-guided weapons becomes apparent.

In addition to guided artillery shells, guided rockets can also do the same job, but they are not cheap.

Xia Yu has a dream, which is to lower the price of precision guidance so that every Party A can afford it.

"Okay, I know who to call now, and you will have to follow suit (change model) when the time comes."

Andre said:? ? ?

The boss is still so showy.

Since the Chinese retired all Super Hornet helicopters in 2010, there is only one country that still has a large number of pilots who can fly this helicopter.

Alvin and Wang Kai will soon have company, and they hope that the new friend Dolphin can also drive it. After all, it is also the main model in his hometown!

After more than two hours of flight, the little antelope finally landed on the tarmac of Bogo Village. The sound was so frightening that Mimi, who had just finished drinking milk, crawled into Dahuang's arms.

Isn't it said that cheetahs like antelopes the most? This cat is not pure!

After getting off the plane, having lunch, and sleeping all the way back on the C130-H, Xia Yu is very energetic now.

After eating, he asked Hans to give him a cup of after-dinner coffee and went directly to the museum a few miles away from the village.

After the hard installation was completed, not all the workers left, but half stayed to help lay the barbed wire fence.

The museum is officially open for business and the entire area is to be fenced off.

If someone breaks in by mistake, Xia Yu doesn't worry about tanks crushing them, but artillery and machine guns of various calibers don't have eyes.

　I have been checking this information for a long time, and I also found that helicopters are so expensive!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)