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

Chapter 457: All gold coin vehicles, final settlement (asking for monthly tickets!)

So this is a real war. Not to mention tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, even fighter jets are consumables, and elite soldiers have suffered casualties in the tens of thousands.

Cutting back to the Afika battlefield, the high casualty rate was supported by the high fertility rate, or to put it more coldly, even if the soldiers and militants who died or were wounded on the battlefield did not take up guns, they would hardly live beyond the average life expectancy of 50 years.

This continent is changing rapidly, and human life is really worthless.

The fertility rate of the Slavs, whether they are the first or the second generation, is really low.

They left Kiev in a rented SUV and successfully entered Kharkov via Poltava, the second largest city in Tungkor Lan and the place closest to the battlefield.

During World War II, this important city was repeatedly fought between the Soviet Union and Germany. After decades of peace, it is unknown how long it will take for the war to break out again.

"This is the Malyshev Transport Machinery Plant."

Looking at the dilapidated gate, Xia Yu knew that he had come to the birthplace of T-64.

Half of the huge factory buildings have been sold to the Polish people, and the remaining half can no longer produce even a new tank. All they have are refurbished tanks with old bodies replaced with new ones.

However, the engines have been in production all the time. In addition to being sold to Palestine and Russia, in the era when tank engines in their hometown were not yet good, a certain type of export tank also used their 6TD-2 engine.

As a result, he got his neck stuck.

It was not until we broke away from the rut of the old 150 with Soviet pedigree and borrowed from MTU's European power package to come up with the new 150HB series that we no longer have to worry about engine problems whether it is for export or foreign trade.

Xia Yu also believes that abandoning the two-stroke and embracing the four-stroke tank engine is the right choice.

The 6TD series of the former Suunto has no future. It seems to be light in weight and has high output power, but the maximum output torque is not satisfactory.

所以开发到6TD-3就到头了，所谓的6TD-4/5还要扩大缸径和活塞行程，这样连体积优势都没有了。

This is a very realistic problem. If the engine compartment of the T-80 cannot accommodate the vehicle, the company will have to start from scratch and replace it with a new vehicle body.

Why not just make the car body a bit bigger and just use Dezi’s European power pack?
Even if it is a shelf product, it is better than your immature 6TD-4/5. The Malyshev Factory is just like Ermao, and it is obvious to the naked eye that it has no future.

However, a highly semi-finished product like the 6TD-3 can still be of some use in concentrated fire defense.

Led by the middleman, Xia Yu entered the diesel engine production workshop in the factory and saw a whole row of 6TD-2 engines.

After the Chinese people, no new foreign trade orders were received. They could only manufacture engines and various spare parts, and mainly undertake maintenance and support orders from the army.

The batch of T-80UDs that Babayang had used has been in use for quite some time now, and the remaining motorcycle hours of the engines are gradually approaching the warning line.

If you don't want to be idle, you have to pay two cents to buy 6TD-2, but you will probably have to move a production line there, which is considered to be spending money to buy technology.

But we have to hurry up. If a war breaks out suddenly and Kharkov is destroyed, the inability to deliver the goods will become force majeure.

而在他们之前，夏屿这赶着出售柴油版T-80BVM，也得先进一批6TD-2，还有T-64B1M的6TD-1。

He really didn't want to waste money as he had his own production line, but the loopholes still had to be fixed, and he could only negotiate after buying this and that.

“纳扎连科先生，我们需要6TD-1和6TD-2发动机各50台。”

Xia Yu expressed his needs as soon as he came up.

"Okay, okay. We have 6TD-1 in stock right now. We still need a dozen or so 6TD-2s, but we can definitely deliver them within three months."

Nazarenko said with a smile.

As for subsystems like the engine, Malyshev can definitely deliver on time.

But if you want to integrate the subsystems into a tank, you can't believe their lies. The Chinese have the most say in this regard. The first batch of VT-4 purchased later arrived half a year in advance, and the T-84M purchased a few years ago has not yet been delivered.

"We also need to purchase a batch of Blade Counterattack."

Xia Yu continued.

Even if equipped with an active defense system, once the interceptor missiles are fired, they still have to rely on explosive reactive armor to withstand the damage, so the consumption of the sharp blades of concentrated fire defense has always been very large.

It is not difficult for the system to print, but once the war situation on Ermao's side escalates, the external supply of Li Jian will definitely be cut off, and it will not be appropriate for him to ship large quantities of goods.

It would be better to stock up some now, and in two years, slowly reduce the use of sharp blades and replace them with the heavy explosive counterattack from home.

In the early days of his business, he wanted to save as much cost as possible, but as his net worth continued to grow, he no longer cared about the profit.

Xia Yuxian made such a large purchase, but 14 years later, the performance not only did not increase, but instead dropped sharply. The Malyshev Factory, which had been losing money every year, breathed a sigh of relief.

"But, I attended the Independence Day parade in Kiev yesterday, and I saw a T-84-120 Yatagan tank in the armored formation that had obviously upgraded its power. Could it be that your factory's 6TD-3 engine has made a breakthrough?"

After laying the groundwork, Xia Yu also turned the topic around with a "but".

"Yes, but such a breakthrough came too late. The military only needs the more stable 6TD-1 and 6TD-2. Only foreign buyers can accept the 6TD-3, but the government has suspended all tank exports. We can only sell some improved versions of the BTR-3 and BTR-4."

Nazarenko said somewhat helplessly.

The conflict in several eastern states has seriously affected their factory's foreign trade business, and even before that, their products were not that competitive.

"What if I don't buy your tanks, but only your 6TD-3?"

Xia Yu proposed a solution that everyone could accept.

"Mr. Sherlock, do you want to..."

“我想用它们提升我们公司T-80U的性能，老实说6TD-2的性能已经不太够用了，它已经被我降级使用在T-64B1M上。”

Xia Yu told the truth.

There are two Soviet tanks in the company's armored vehicle fleet. The performance of the old T-64 is obviously stronger than that of the later T-80.

This is also the reason why he has not eliminated this hero tank. However, once the T-80U and T-80BVM are equipped with more powerful power packs, the T-64B1M can retire into a museum.

"I have to be honest. Our 6TD-3 engine has achieved a breakthrough, but it is still some distance away from actual combat."

After hesitating for only two seconds, Nazarenko told the truth.

You can't fool anyone about this, and making things clear now is to avoid subsequent disputes.

"I know, so I only plan to purchase 10 units to fight in formation with the T-80U, and the Leclerc UAE, which uses a more mature power system solution."

Xia Yu said that this was not a problem. Using tanks with two systems meant more redundancy, and he also had a system!

Just like the hollow charge cap of RPG armor-piercing shells, why is copper used as the material?
Because copper is the cheapest, gold is obviously more suitable according to the requirements of high density and good ductility, but the cost is off the charts, which is not conducive to mass production.

But if it is customized in small batches, it doesn't matter if it uses gold. The front-line assault force only has a few vehicles in total, and he has always adopted the gold vehicle tactics.

“It might be a little pricey.”

Seeing that Xia Yu insisted, Nazarenko stopped persuading him and started talking about the price.

他们的6TD-1和6TD-2这些年一直在出口，单台的售价基本在32万和38万美元上下浮动。投入了大量研发预算的6TD-3因为要平摊成本，价格不用想就知道会很贵，基本上和一辆BTR-3或BTR-4的裸车差不多。

They cannot provide public "value-added services" like Russia. Their brand new crispy wheeled combat vehicle is the same price as the BTR-82S modified from the second-hand platform of Jihuo Defense.

"How many?"

Xia Yu asked without blinking.

"120 million dollars a piece."

So is it worth paying twice the price of the 300TD-6 for a 2 hp increase?
Of course, this amount of money is nothing. Even Russia's T-1250BVM using the GTD-80 gas turbine has only 1250 horsepower. He can completely accept spending an extra 80 yuan on each vehicle.

"I bought it. 10 units cost 1200 million, right? Do you have any in stock?"

Xia Yu accepted the price and asked if it was in stock.

Hunter called him a few days ago and said that the first batch of T-64A and T-64B had arrived in Hong Kong.

When they returned, the second ship of T-80BVMs had just arrived.

If there is stock available, just use the Fisher to pull it back and convert it into a high-horsepower diesel version of the T-80BVM.

"Yes, but there are only 5 units in stock. Because we want to continue to improve it, we only produced a trial batch."

"I'll take all of those five, and deliver the rest along with the other engines and the Blades."

Xia Yu made arrangements accordingly.

"Yes, sir!"

After spending nearly $5000 million, his trip across Eastern Europe and the Far East came to an end. He stayed in a local hotel in Kharkiv for one night, took a brief tour of the city the next day, and then drove back to Kiev.

Arrived at Antonov Horstrom Airport before dinner.

Lao Qian and his companion drove the Fischer from Boryspil International Airport to this side, mainly because they had to take some special things with them.

一共5台打包好的6TD-3发动机和10箱利刃库存被专车送到机场，全部塞进空客A319的底部货舱。

The size of the tank engine is acceptable, but it would definitely not fit if replaced with the engine of the Tu-95MS.

While waiting for departure, Xia Yu, while eating a hamburger, looked around the entire airport.

This is the headquarters of Antonov's cargo department and the home port of Ermao's An-225 and all An-124s. Unfortunately, the dream transport plane that pulled the Little Bird for him last time was not here.

Business is pretty busy, so this airport is empty most of the time?

Xia Yu only saw two An-124s under maintenance and an An-22 turboprop transport aircraft that was trying to be sold to him.

If Russia wanted to replicate the Prague Spring, without the large number of civilians at the civilian airport and the air defense forces at the air force base, the Hostomere Airport would be an ideal place for airdrops.

He wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth, took out his mobile phone, opened the map, and confirmed that this place was only 25 kilometers away from the center of Kiev.

It's too close, so close that even those who don't know the business want to take a gamble and use decapitation tactics to solve the problem.

So can Ermao see this?

Xia Yu didn't know that his small body couldn't get involved in this level. The real thing was to manage the Afika base well and develop subsequent offshore business.

"Om~~"

In the setting sun, Xia Yu was still muttering about the direction where the An-225 appeared in the sky.

After delivering the goods, the aircraft returned to the hangar to rest. As the last ray of sunlight on the fuselage faded, the six-engine heavy strategic transport aircraft successfully touched the ground.

Not limited to strategic transport aircraft, only the Stratolaunch aircraft invested by Paul is larger than the An-225. However, the special transport aircraft that can pull rockets into the stratosphere for launch only rolled off the production line last year and has not yet made its maiden flight this year.

Most people should be able to see the news of its first flight, but Paul will definitely live to see it.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu did not go over to say hello, but turned back to the Fisher.

The An-225's home port is this airport, so the situation is very bad. It would be fine if it went out to deliver goods, but if it stayed at home, it would probably be directly destroyed in the war.

That's really a pity, but I heard that it also has a half-finished Unit 2, but I don't know how complete it is.

If it is less than 70%, can he use the fragments to accumulate it to 70%? In that case, Xia Yu can try to hatch it again. Now he should make good use of his two An-124s!
"Om~~"

The Fischer took off, flew to Afika via Europe, and landed at Pointe Noire Airport in less than 10 hours.

"Mongoose, how's the situation over there?"

On the way back to the village, Xia Yu called Hans directly.

He had come back after a long journey, and his employees were still in Mari. It seemed that after leaving the town, the Tuareg had become difficult to deal with.

As expected, nomadic peoples are not good at defending cities, and if they want to perform well they still have to fight in the field.

"We are about to advance to Tinkebatu. This deployment will be completed in half a month at most."

Hans, who had gotten up early to prepare for today's patrol, replied.

"Then I will come to see you in a week and settle accounts with the people of the country."

The fighting has been going on for nearly half a year. Both regular employees and village protection teams have to withdraw to Kongluga to rest for half a month to a month. After all, humans are not machines, and the low-intensity firefights in the later stages will also make them physically and mentally exhausted.

"Then you have to calculate clearly. The fruit bats have withdrawn, and the two newcomers have been doing a lot of business during this period. They even completed an escort mission last month."

Hans was talking about the horseshoe bats.

The Chinese increased their bombing efforts, with good results, while their escort missions were based on orders from outside.

As Paul had shown earlier, the two F-16s of Jihuo Defense receive an escort mission on average every month, escorting bosses who want to save face or have real needs from Afika to Europe, and then returning from Europe to Afika.

Even old Yev enjoyed it, although he would rather replace the red fighter falcon with Su-35 and his seat plane with Il-96.

Unfortunately, he only has the bomb-dropping Su-24 and the short-legged MiG-29, and can't even fly the Su-27.

"I have never made a mistake in my calculations, but the money may not be much this time. I have to exchange something with the hairy people."

Xia Yu mentioned earlier that he would buy C-160 from the Germans, but it turned out that the debt-offsetting aircraft from the Hair Army was more attractive, and the amount that could be offset was almost below 1000 million euros.

The revenue from this deployment could form a fleet, but he really couldn't sell that many. The best he could do was to take five, and put them all under a cargo aviation transport company to transport goods before converting them to AC-5s.

Because of the scarcity of Afica civil aviation airports, military transport aircraft that can take off and land on dirt runways are also very popular among the public. The Chinese have sold several C-160s before.

Now we have the C-160, which is a perfect match for the An-124.

(End of this chapter)