Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 355: Borrow a chicken to lay eggs, and watch and fight together (please vote for me at the beginning of the month!)

In order to reduce the number of casualties as much as possible, Xia Yu was worried.

After all, they are all raised by their parents. Even if they are unlucky enough to not be able to return them all, it is still better than putting them in a small box and sending them home.

With this thought in mind, he opened the door of the second container.

"Squeak~~"

A smell of rust hit my face, and all I could see was a rusty metal base. The flashlight swept across the rusted structural parts on it, and I could vaguely tell that this was once a twin-linked artillery?
The twin-linked anti-aircraft gun that had lost all its barrels and easily disassembled moving parts was the once-famous twin-linked FLAK40 that Xia Yu had always wanted to buy.

By the end of World War II, a total of 450 doors were produced in the single-tube and twin-barrel versions, with the latter only producing a fraction of 34 doors.

Except for a few that were equipped with the chassis of the No. 4 tank and were converted into self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the rest were all arranged on anti-aircraft towers.

If it weren't for the discovery of this twin FLAK40 gun body from Austria, Xia Yu would have wanted to make two single-barreled versions to create a twin model. Fortunately, the hard work paid off and he successfully found it before the operation of the third phase of the project. .

As for what to do next, he opened the third and fourth containers.

However, after the museum business got on track, Xia Yu rarely did this.

Xia Yu put the twin FLAK40 gun bodies, the two 128mm gun barrels recovered from the wreckage of the single-barreled versions, and the No. 4 tank chassis into the modification workshop.

Even all numbered parts need to be modified, such as the motor, power supply module, and vulnerable parts on the anti-aircraft gun. They also have to be replaced with modern products. The amount of work is not as large as usual.

When they left for the Philippines, the crew recruited directly from college students by the military happened to be undergoing their first practical training.

To support the poor buddies in neighboring countries in countering rebellion, there is no problem in borrowing drones and crew members, and the fuel burned will be reimbursed to you.

The tactic of "after the artillery bombards the infantry, and after the infantry rushes the artillery, bombard it" is now outdated, but the first wave of long-range firepower delivery is always correct.

"Modification!"

The remaining 88mm and 128mm gun barrels in container No. will not be wasted. They will be used for replacement after the "original" barrel rifling life is exhausted.

To this end, Xia Yu specially provided technical indicators and process manuals for reference, and entrusted the factory in his hometown to rush out a batch of 50mm, 75mm, and 88mm caliber barrels.

No matter what type of artillery, it has a lifespan. Using reduced charges and chromium plating on the bore can effectively extend its life. However, due to the daily money consumption of museums, several popular models can polish off the rifling of the barrel in three to five months.

Whether it is missiles or multi-mode precision-guided bombs, Busa is not capable of purchasing large quantities.

Compared with the purchase price in Busa, the discount is so generous that it can break bones directly. It is really easy to enjoy the shade with a big tree at your back!
The fighter jets take off to provide concentrated fire output, and the long-endurance drones stay in the air to provide supplementary firepower. Only such a set of combos can make up for the previous loopholes and maximize the effectiveness of non-contact combat.

For example, he casually opened an ammunition box, which contained an anti-tank missile that looked very similar to the AGM-114 Hellfire.

Selling arms part-time, he definitely wouldn't have the energy to modify them one by one, but tossing old antiques is called restoring cultural relics and contributing to the construction of human spiritual civilization, and he is willing to sacrifice.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu closed the cabinet door, took out the satellite phone and went outside to call Kuen.

The opponent who concentrates fire defense and explodes first cannot find the north, and it is not too late for ground forces to enter again.

The current system is mainly used to solve things that cannot be done with money, or projects that are obviously very loss-making.

During this period, I don’t know how many AKs will flow into the Philippines, and how many civilians will be trained into militants, pointing their guns at the weaker ones, and then opening fire without hesitation.

Yes, they are all ammunition for surveillance and attack drones, but fire defense does not have such drones. Why did Xiayu get so much special ammunition at cost?
Of course it's like using a chicken to lay eggs.

"They say they want peace talks, but 14 of their 13 main opposition armed groups are ready to send representatives to Italy to negotiate and sign a ceasefire agreement."

Among them were ammunition replenishments that had been used by the company but were consumed too quickly during the deployment in Syria, and there were also rare items that he had seen for the first time.

[Discovered vehicle × 1, effective modification module × 1, effective modification component × 1, can be modified]

"They seem to be quite united. For those who don't know, it's hard to imagine that they were still fighting for life and death more than a year ago."

For large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and those models whose consumption frequency is not high, the barrels available on the market are enough. If not, he can still use the system to repair them.

In another container, there are precision-guided munitions painted in black and orange color combinations with the words "FT-5" printed on them.

With a unit price of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is very cost-effective to replace a tank in a war, and it is not a waste to kill a military truck, but this is not a war in their country!

"Mole, how have you been doing in the past two days?"

[Estimated remaining hours of modification: 66.7]

How should I put it, the agreement is meant to be torn up. These guys are willing to sign this agreement, most likely because they want to recuperate for a while and digest the fruits they have just eaten.

The first CH-4 drone purchased by Busa has just been delivered, and manufacturer training is in full swing.

Of course, a group of two shells would cost you $6. Who wouldn’t want to make such a sacrifice?

There are seven or eight gun barrels of different thicknesses inside, as well as the No. 4 tank chassis (cut) picked up from Syria.

Kuhn relayed the latest intelligence.

Xia Yu curled his lips and said.

Xia Yu's plan is very simple. Collect the parts for modifying the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, dismantle them, and then repeat the above steps to get the three-gun dual version of FLAK3.

He asked directly.

For problems that can be solved with money and within the budget, it is better to spend money directly. If you can only get in but not get out, that is Pixiu, and he, the weasel, is not so stingy.

The key is to prepare your own ammunition. The ammunition in front of you is the ammunition that Xia Yu has prepared in advance.

Continue to open the remaining 4 containers, which are filled with ammunition boxes of various sizes.

When you join the queue sequence, the original progress bar will instantly expand.

It is good to have opportunities for practical training, but drones are not expensive, and the supporting ammunition is not.

Since the transitional government completed its mission and elected a new formal government, both the former Seleka armed groups and the Christian militias who opposed them have gradually put aside their grievances and unanimously overthrew the new president.

"If left unchecked, I have no doubt that these people will join forces and build a new Seleka until the new president is ousted, followed by internal strife and division."

History repeats itself, but it shouldn't happen so quickly.

"Yes, boss, that's why we came to Feifei."

Kuhn said energetically.

Xia Yu told him about the new car two days ago. He has been dealing with weasels for more than ten years, and he can't resist the temptation of the ultimate weasel.

As for the larger KF-41, it feels more like a Cougar. Kuhn still likes the KF-31.

His boss would be more philanthropic.

After chatting for a few more minutes, the two ended the communication, and Xia Yu came to the warehouse next door.

Two opened Leopard 2A4s were parked in the center of the warehouse. He waved and put them directly into garages No. 2 and 3, and joined the queue.

It needs to be reconditioned before it can be modified. The FLAK40 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun can only be refitted if it cannot be reconditioned. The two Leopard 2s do not have this problem.

However, as a result, the progress bar reached more than 200 working hours, and others had to go to the Philippines to complete it.

Take your time, there is no rush.

Flying back to Boge Village against the sunset, Xia Yu was just in time to have dinner.

"Honey Badger, let's go to Busa tomorrow."

As soon as he sat down, he said to Domi.

Busa's four CH-4 drones have a decent range, but the country is too large to cover them.

In the future, they will all be deployed in the capital. How long will it take to fly to the border? It's hard to guarantee.

Maybe the next version will be better if it iterates the self-produced aviation heavy fuel engine.

As far as Xia Yu knows, it is said that a company in Sichuan Province has launched a drone with long endurance and large bomb load using the same configuration as the P-38 Lightning. It is expected to make its first flight this year.

Mr. Xia said that this was too complicated. The CH-4 that Busa had just purchased was not yet warmed up, so there was a risk of becoming outdated, much like the current hot new energy market.

"Yes, sir!"

Duomi, who was filling a bowl of scrambled eggs with tomatoes with rice, immediately responded.

The main force of fire defense can stay in Konglujia for at most one week. Xiayu needs to use this time to arrange the deployment of drones, as well as the preparation and transportation of personnel, equipment, and materials.

At the museum, he also had to meet and get familiar with the new pilots who had joined the company and the newly formed maintenance team. The number of antique aircraft operated in the second phase of the project has exceeded one hand. It is not enough to rely on Douglas as a pilot, and the same is true for maintenance.

It’s okay to leave the driving and maintenance of tanks and armored vehicles to black people. If something goes wrong, it will just stall. Towing them back with an armored recovery vehicle can make it more interesting.

But airplanes are different. An accident can really destroy the aircraft and kill people. These two tasks must be handed over to people who are already very professional.

The pilots are mainly white people with experience in driving various propeller aircraft, and the maintenance staff are mainly Chinese. There are several ad hoc engineers (special equipment engineers) who have just retired.

They are responsible for supporting transport aircraft, fighter jets, and helicopters respectively, but except for the helicopter direction, which has the most work, the remaining people have picked up the experience of the initial training period to protect these antiques.

没办法，公司目前就一架F-4K和一架C-160，2架红色战隼就不说了，6架米格-29UB目前也只完工了4架。

The pilots who are scheduled to be employed by the concentrated fire defense are undergoing modification training, and the four Phantoms have been prepared for a long time, and the two super flags used only for performances have also been printed.

Their pilot, Xia Yu, was going to find people from Ying, Germany, and Lao.

It is most appropriate to leave the Spey Phantom to the people of Yingguo. The old navy F-4S was retired in the 90s. Retraining is not as good as finding a make-up course for regular Phantoms.

The Germans retired all their F-4Fs just a few years ago, and all their young pilots converted them into Typhoons.

But according to their public data, on average only 128 of the 39 Typhoons can be used for training and combat. This rate is not an exaggeration at all.

Without flying hours, there are no draw fees, and without draw fees, pilots’ incomes will be ugly.

They must be willing to change jobs and fly for a few hours every day.

Not to mention the Chinese people, they only retired the last Super Ensign on the Charles de Gaulle last year, and the few remaining ones from the aviation school can continue to train pilots, so the Chinese people can be recruited directly on board the ship without even modification training.

Unfortunately, it is a single-seat aircraft, and its bomb load capacity is not high, so we can only operate two of them for flight demonstrations.

Of course, you can also fight pirates.

After dinner, time quickly came to the next day. Xia Yu and Duomi took a small antelope to Busa and met Meng Qiao, whom they had not seen for a long time.

"Only one drone was delivered, but all ground equipment was delivered."

Meng Qiao introduced to Xia Yu.

He was referring to a truck howitzer battalion, a self-propelled howitzer battalion, and a rocket launcher battalion.

It sounds like a lot, but the main force of each battalion is 4 newly purchased vehicles, paired with some of the original old ones.

"Oh? How's the training going?"

Xia Yu asked.

"Forget it, those who are eligible for training are all high school and college graduates, which directly drains the backbone of several brigades."

Monjo complained.

In Afika, there are not many people with high education who are willing to join the army. People like Ibrahim who graduated from college and joined the army were promoted to officers after only a few years of service, and the same goes for their careers.

But those with high academic qualifications who want to join the army are more willing to go to Konluga rather than Busa. After all, soldiers who retire from the Anka Infantry Battalion can be given priority in fire defense work.

The salary level is comparable to that of a colonel. How many colonels and generals are there in the entire army?
"Buying equipment is only the first stage of investment, and the requirements for supporting personnel are also very high. The number of our talents is still too small."

Mengqiao's words hit the mark.

The development of education is related to the construction of the military. With a population of over 50 million, there are only more than universities in total, and the data on high schools is also ugly.

This not only limits the military, but also restricts economic development.

"In the final analysis, the country still needs peace and stability. Even if the Philippines has eliminated these opposition forces, it will be very difficult to develop."

Xia Yu talked about Party A this time.

War, geographical location, education, and almost zero industrial base are all debuffs.

Fortunately, the population is only a few million, and with a less evil backer, the GDP per capita can still reach 1000 dollars.

As long as your grades are low enough, there is a lot of room for improvement.

"Is it enough for you to just use drones this time?"

Now that we were talking about Feifei, Mengqiao took advantage of the situation and asked about the need for fire defense.

"That's enough. The government forces can't afford cash, so they can only use minerals to offset the company's appearance fees. We will have to invest more in developing these projects in the future. It's better to save a little now."

In Xiayu, if you don't see a rabbit, you won't let go of the eagle. You can do as much work as you want, and it would be good to use drones for this deployment.

The howitzer is towed, and the BM-21 rocket launcher is not unusable.

"Time flies so fast. Jihuo Defense did not accept our mineral settlement plan at the beginning."

Mengqiao said with a slightly resentful tone.

"At that time, it was still a small-scale business, and the minerals obtained could not be developed at all. It is much better now."

Xia Yu hurriedly explained.

What he said is true. There are less than ten people in total. Why do they want the mine?
Unlike now, the number of regular employees plus second-line staff is several hundred. If you include the manpower of the museum, it's well over a thousand.

The same is true for a truly modern army. The combat personnel facing the fire of war only account for a part of the total number of personnel, and the remaining personnel are responsible for command and support.

"Stop talking, let's go to the Air Force and see the training of drones!"

Meng Qiao also knew Xia Yu's intention, and without much greeting, he led the way, and the group arrived at the Air Force station.

Several Su-25s from Busa are deployed here, and now new people are temporarily stationed here.

"You're talking about roaring sea eagles. We took off yesterday morning and haven't come back yet!"

An air force brigadier general responsible for receiving Xia Yu and the others said.

After all, I only bought 4 of them, so it’s not too much to give each one a code name. The roaring sea eagle is also called the Philippine sea eagle. The difference from Lao Mei’s bald eagle is that it also has a white chest and often hunts fish on the Guo River. kind.

"For details, I will take you to the control station!"

The control station was crowded with people. Two bespectacled guys were sitting in front of the screen. One was staring at the data sent back by the drone, and the other was looking at the real-time footage captured by the drone's photoelectric module.

It flies pretty well, or the design indicator is the AK-47 among all-in-one surveillance and combat drones. The CH-4 is not difficult to get started with.

These two people only trained for two months, but they are the most skilled among all the students, so they have more time to get started than others.

"Okay, enter the 250 kilometers range and switch to line-of-sight data link operation."

The manufacturer representative in charge of training said to Xiao Hei who was monitoring the data.

The difference between integrated surveillance and attack drones is huge. Some can only fly more than two hundred kilometers, while others can cruise around the world. This is also the reason why Xia Yu looks down on Yiselie Hermes 450 and Turqi TB-2.

They can only be controlled within "line of sight", and the CH-4, which uses C/UHF dual-band line-of-sight data link and satellite relay data link dual control modes, limits its strike range only with endurance.

In other words, the roaring sea eagle only needs to deploy the aircraft to the front line, the logistics support personnel and ammunition supplies will follow, and the ground control station can stay in Busa.

This makes sense. The ground control station can be touched by the enemy, and the ability to detect and attack the drone is gone.

Very quickly, within an hour, the Roaring Eagle with a maximum flying speed of 230km/h appeared above the runway of the station.

After choosing to execute the landing procedure, the flight controller immediately broke away from the control. After touching the ground, the drone decelerated and rolled, and landed automatically on the runway.

"Pa~pa~pa~~"

Everyone started to applaud and cheer for the success of this 30-hour ultra-long flight training.

This is a drone. Even with relay refueling, the fighter's endurance is only more than 10 hours.

Because the fighter jets can tolerate it, but the pilots cannot.

The drones controlled by the ground station can allow the crew to fly in shifts. The only thing that can limit the duration of the operation is fuel. And when the aerial refueling solution is solved, it can fly as long as they want.

After leaving the control station and following the roaring sea eagle back to the hangar, Xia Yu inspected the maintenance process of the drone up close.

There is also training for the factory representatives and responsible personnel, and the few little guys are very serious in their studies.

(End of this chapter)