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

Chapter 455: One step further?
In the following time, Alexei went to help Xia Yu to open up the connection of the Yak-141 project.

Xia Yu accompanied his wife and children to visit the two cities of Moskva and St. Petersburg. Some people say that there are only two big cities in Russia, but Kazan and Yevhensky are also quite famous.

If it happens to be winter, you can also go skiing in Sochi.

In Afica, only the northern regions of Koloko and Algiers have relatively good skiing conditions, so it is better to fly a little further to Europe.

During this period, Xia Yu's family contacted Liv's grandmother's relatives and got together for a few meals.

Through chatting, I learned that the son of her grandmother's cousin was the captain of the Red Navy submarine.

His son Roman did not follow in his father's footsteps but joined the Russian Air Force, where he has been flying transport planes for almost twenty years and is about to become a professional civil aviation pilot.

As long as you pass the modification of Boeing or Airbus models, you can get a high salary of 25 rubles.

"Why fly civil aviation? Come and help me fly the An-124. I will arrange for him to go to Volga-Dnepr Airlines to learn first. When he gets the hang of it, he can come directly to Afika. I will offer him a monthly salary of US dollars."

Xia Yu said generously.

Twenty thousand dollars is more than one million rubles. Even the most senior pilot of the Russian Civil Aviation Administration cannot get such a high salary. Is it possible that his cousin's Chinese grandson-in-law is so rich?

The contract with the army had not yet ended. When Roman heard the news at the base, the focus was not on how much salary he would get, but on the fact that he could drive an An-124.

Who would want to fly a small passenger line when you can fly a large cargo plane?

Roman, who used to fly the old An-12, has always wanted to work in the army until retirement like his father, and strive to fly the An-22 turboprop behemoth.

The problem is that Russia only has three An-22s that can be operated, and the scale of An-3 is also being reduced. He cannot renew his contract and can only go to the civil aviation industry, which has been poached in large numbers by China.

Now, he has also been poached by the Chinese, but his workplace is in Afika.

Regardless of how distant the relationship is, Xia Yu is very nice to relatives who have special skills and is willing to give them high salaries and entrust them with important tasks.

But if you want to make money without doing anything, I’m sorry, the Xia family doesn’t support idlers.

He is busy like a spinning top, and it feels really bad to see someone more comfortable than him.

The newly established Jihuo Air Transport Company will have no shortage of aircraft in the future, but will be very short of pilots.

The captain of the Il-76 can find a ready-made one in his hometown, but for the An-124, he must find a pilot from Russia or Russia.

In the future, some converted pilots like Roman will be reserved to serve as co-pilots, and a few crews will be able to support the business of an aviation transport company.

They ate, drank, walked around, and kept in touch with each other. Suddenly it was August, and they had definite news from Alexei.

The complete set of data and information on the Yak-141 project is still there and has not been lost due to the passage of time.

In fact, as early as the end of the last century, Russia, which was so poor that it had nothing to sell, not only acquiesced to Russia's coveting of the Yak-141 project, but also sold the R-79B-300 engine vector nozzle technology used in the aircraft, the R179-300 engine design plan, and the R-79M design drawings and technical data to China.

Therefore, his hometown has certain technical reserves in the engine technology for this second-generation vertical/short take-off and landing fighter, so Xia Yu does not have to pay again this time.

What he needed was a prototype and information related to the fuselage design and structure.

Based on these, developing a completely new aircraft is a decision that requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

But if we just make some repairs and use new technologies to continue along the old route of the Yak-141 prototype, it will be much faster.

There is no need for mass production, just build a few prototypes and they can be deployed on ships for combat.

The Asian branch's only targets for attack in the past 10 years have been pirates. In the absence of high air defense requirements, the weak mounting capability of the Yak-141 can be compensated by precision-guided rockets.

This thing is not exclusive to armed helicopters. The US has used F-16 to launch APKWS laser-guided rockets.

A 70mm rocket plus guidance kit weighs only 15 kilograms, and a fully packed rocket nest is not as heavy as an AGM-65 Maverick.

If the reborn Yak-141 is equipped with two such rocket pods, it can destroy more than 10 pirate boats in one sortie, so that even if the pirates are equipped with portable air defense missiles, they will not be able to break through.

"That's great, I'll contact Yevgeny."

Xia Yu said happily on the phone.

Since Alexei's preliminary work has been completed, it is now old Yev's turn to take final action. After hanging up the phone, he dialed again.

"Sherlock, I heard you bought the An-124?"

As soon as the call was connected, Old Yev talked about Volga-Dnepr Airlines' public announcement of the transfer of an old Condor.

His network of contacts in China is wider than Alexei's. As soon as he asked, he found out that the buyer was a Chinese from Afika, and he contacted Xia Yu immediately.

I have to say this guy moves really fast. He is just about to buy an Il-76, while others already have an An-124.

Gena's cash flow could also allow Old Yev to force his way in, but he could afford to buy it but not operate it, and it was impossible for him to open an aviation transportation company exclusively.

For old Yev, who focuses on running the PMC industry and digging for gold, the smaller Il-76 is his best choice.

The Gunnar, which uses only Soviet tanks, can be deployed quickly by transporting one tank at a time. If that is not enough, doesn't there still have Xia Yu's An-124?
Xia Yu wanted to ask him for help, and Old Ye Fu also wanted to use Xia Yu's newly acquired strategic transport aircraft, so it could be a mutually beneficial situation for everyone!
"Yes, two more. One of them will be able to go back to Afika with me this time."

"It seems that the aircraft carrier museum is really a money printing machine. You are making money faster than we are digging for gold in the Philippines."

Old Yefu said with emotion.

Relying on the advantage in numbers, Gena successfully won the defense contract of the Republic of China. The Chinese government, which had no money to pay old Yev, mortgaged a large gold mine, and now they have become mine owners.

Even so, it is still not as good as the global money-making ability of the Afika War Museum.

"I prefer uranium and oil to gold, so I just used some spare money to cooperate with others to build a few gold mines."

Xia Yu said with a smile.

He invested in Guo's gold mine and only provided money and was responsible for security, and was not involved in production and operations.

"You are involved in many industries, but what do you want to talk to me about this time?"

After talking about recent developments, Mr. Ye, who had already made some guesses, finally asked the key question.

"Mr. Yevgeny, I told you on the day of the opening that I wanted to buy the prototype of the Yak-141 vertical/short take-off and landing fighter together with the technical data."

Xia Yu explained the purpose of the call.

As early as New Year's Day more than half a year ago, he had given Old Yefu a shot of prevention, and this time he was formally asking for his help.

As for feedback, Concentrated Fire Defense certainly cannot wade into the muddy waters of Libya.

Although they could not help with the attack, the An-124 happened to arrive for transportation, and Guna enjoyed the full cost price for three years by using the services of the cargo air transport company. Yes, Guna only enjoyed a certain discount when using the An-3 of Volga-Dnieper Airlines, but here in Xiayu, it only had to pay the cost of use.

But even so, Xia Yu still makes a profit.

The cost of jet fuel cannot be saved, but the depreciation cost can be saved a lot, not to mention that in the early stage of opening, there will be insufficient orders, so he can create demand in this way.

The route from Libya to Zhunfei is all land, and if you don’t want to drive a truck for thousands of kilometers, the only option is to go by air.

This is also the reason why Yev wanted to buy the Il-76. As the Afika business expanded, the company must have its own strategic transport aircraft.

But now, for a little more money, they can rent the An-76, so why don't they rent the An-124?

Gna's orders can effectively share the operational pressure of the cargo air transport company in the early stage of its opening.

What factories fear most is that their machines are not in use, and what air transport companies fear most is that their planes are not in use. Moreover, Xia Yu is the owner of two An-124s, and in the first two years, his hometown can only help him solve the order for one at most.

Xia Yu had to deal with the second one himself in the early stage.

"Leave it to me. I'll give you an answer in a week at most."

Old Yefu answered confidently.

As Gena's business in Afika developed smoothly, his status in that person's mind became higher and higher, until now he was somewhat confused about his own position.

In Afika he was treated like a local emperor, so why couldn't he go further when he returned?

This idea took root in old Yefu's heart like a seed, and it might take several years for it to bear fruit.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Yevgeny!"

Not knowing that Old Yefu wanted to make progress so much, Xia Yu only expressed his gratitude on the phone and guaranteed special treatment for Gena Air Transport.

After hanging up the phone and talking to Alexei, a week passed quickly.

Accompanied by Lao A, Xia Yu came to the former Yakovlev Design Bureau, now a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation, to sign a technology transfer contract.

Sukhoi, Mikoyan, Ilyushin, and Tupolev... several design bureaus of the former Soviet Union were merged into the UAC group in 06.

Without the alliance, the Federation of China really needs such a group to integrate resources. It can no longer act freely and compete for orders as before.

However, for a prototype plus the technology transfer price, UAC asked Xia Yu for $5000 million.

Don’t think it’s too expensive. Lockheed Martin invested 4 million yuan in the Yakovlev Design Bureau before it got the complete set of information on the Yak-141.

That was 90 million US dollars in the 4s, much more valuable than the green paper today. That is to say, more than 20 years have passed, and after the goods were sold to two companies, it only cost 5000 million.

Fortunately, I bought the An-124 in installments, otherwise it would have been difficult to pay the 5000 million.

Xia Yu signed his name in a flamboyant manner and used up the final budget for this purchase.

Of course, it's already mid-August, and the Chinese have not yet settled the bill for Jihuo Defense, but the War Museum can still squeeze out 8 to million.

He also has stock assets and spot gold that can be pledged, and can also embezzle the decoration funds of the Il-76MF.

It’s enough to buy this much for now, as buying too much may cause indigestion.

The problem was that a few days had passed, and Xia Yu was holding a Yak-141 prototype and disassembling and printing a second one, while browsing his phone and saw a piece of news that made his eyes light up.

[Figure-95MS Strategic Bomber Auction]

【Starting price: US $3000000】

Ermao wants to auction Figure-95?

That’s amazing! It’s an online auction. In conjunction with the F-14 Tomcat fighter jets that will be delivered at the end of the year, Xia Yu was just planning to buy one to use as a target drone.

There are hundreds of Tu-95s in Russia's storage, but he can't bring himself to ask for anything, so he thought about finding a middleman to buy them from India, but there has been no news so far.

Who would have thought that Ermao would find another undisassembled Tu-95 and auction it directly on a shopping website?

However, the starting price is $300 million, which is still a bit expensive.

Because he looked carefully and found that this thing had no engine, or the engine was disassembled, which meant that it was a zombie plane that could not fly without deep maintenance.

The starting price is so high, will anyone really buy it?
It turns out that this thing is not an F-14, and no one is willing to pay for the sentiment of a turboprop bomber.

Xia Yu had a brand new Yak-141 prototype printed out, and no one bid higher.

This Tu-95MS failed to be sold directly. Come to think of it, it makes sense. The Tu-22M and Tu-160 are still somewhat interesting, but the Tu-95MS still had some interest in my country more than ten years ago, but it is not worth mentioning at all today.

Boss Huang was somewhat interested in it because he urgently needed a target drone, but 300 million was too expensive. Xia Yu had also approached His Royal Highness Ha Xianxun about booking the first combat rights for the F-14.

Even though he has a net worth of tens of billions, he can only accept a price of 1500 million for a target drone. After all, with that much money, he can buy two and a half second-hand F-16s.

He bought it for 300 million, spent almost the same amount on prep, converted it to be unmanned, and put in a lot of effort to pretend to shoot it down, but he only made 50% profit, which is really too little. The purchase cost must be reduced to less than 150 million.

"Dear, after the first An-124 is delivered the day after tomorrow, shall we stop by Tungkollan before returning to Afika?"

Xia Yu said to Liv beside him.

After the Yak-141 was printed, the prototype was stuffed directly into the belly of the An-124 and sent back to its hometown. The family could also pack up and go home.

Now that the auction picture - 95MS has come out, Xia Yu wants to see if he can get a bargain at Ermao.

"Tuo Kelan? The scenery there is not much different from here, I see you want to buy something again, so let's go!"

Liv knew Xia Yu too well. In the words of her mother-in-law, even if he fell, he would have to pick up a handful of mud before getting up.

They bought so many things when they came to Ailuos, so this trip to Tungkollan would not be without purpose.

"You really understand me. We have a big order for next year, so we have to prepare the goods first."

Tu-95MS is equipped with MiG-28, and two F-14s attack together. With such a big scene, he will definitely make million yuan!
Then he also met with a few partners. Having consumed so many sharp blades over the past few years, Xia Yu also imported some to settle the accounts.

In the future, when the diesel version of T-80BVM is modified, the same operation will be applied to this engine. It originally went through the Babayang channel, but now it is directly connected with the general supplier.

Import dozens of engines and create a purchase ledger, and the rest will be easy.

(End of this chapter)