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

Chapter 472 Intended Order, Three Heroes Licking the Ground

If the weasel wants to make money after leaving its territory, it can’t do without the help of the local snake. This can be considered as "snakes and rats belong to the same nest" in another sense!

Next, Xia Yu stayed in Magnesium for two more days and discussed many details with Thompson.

"The first batch is three F-3s, right? Two two-seaters and one single-seater?"

When it came to the order for which a letter of intent had been signed, he confirmed the quantity and model with the other party again.

"Yes, there was a guy who used to drive a Viper before he retired. Now that he's rich, he doesn't like those supercars anymore. He just wants to buy an old friend for transportation. For him, a single-seater is enough."

There are many former magnesium military pilots who have started their own businesses and become bosses, and some of them have successfully accumulated billions of dollars. It is a bit difficult to buy a new F-16 fighter jet, which was once out of reach, but it is very easy to buy a second-hand old version.

And the most important point is that people bought single-seat phones.

Fighter jets sold or leased to the civilian market are almost all two-seater aircraft. Single-seater aircraft are only purchased by PMC companies that provide enemy services, and the rest are converted into unmanned target aircraft.

It's a lot like selling crabs, people are more willing to buy female crabs (two-seaters) than male crabs (single-seaters).

When Xia Yu exchanged the F-16s from the old King, he also exchanged one male and one female. This time, if he went to other wholesalers, he would not be able to buy a two-seater alone. He would have to buy one with two, or one with three.

Fortunately, the Xia family is wealthy and the extra single-seat Fighting Falcons can be converted into QF-16s.

If someone wants to fly an F-14D to fight a MiG-28, then there must be someone who wants to fly a Flanker to kill a Fighting Falcon and compete for the title of ace pilot.

After all, you only need to shoot down 5 planes, and all the expenses added up will cost less than 1 million yuan, so you can achieve this achievement with just tens of millions of dollars.

“还有6架F-4，3架米格-29UB，2架苏-25UB，2架米格-23UB……”

The two continued to check the specific requirements for other aircraft models, all of which were two-seaters.

The number of American and Soviet aircraft each accounts for almost half. Xia Yu can handle the Phantoms and Fighting Falcons himself, but he has to ask Alexei to deal with the Soviet aircraft.

The other party cannot squeeze into the North American market at all, but through Xia Yu, the wealthy people in Magnesium can buy their favorite Soviet aircraft.

The only regret is that the fighter jet has to be stripped of its weapons and is simply used as an aircraft platform.

But I am so rich now, why not one for Mexico and one for Afica?

The aircraft carrier museum does provide shooting services, but they are public transportation that can be accessed by paying a fee. It's fun to try it out a few times for the sake of novelty, but if it really matches your status, it has to be private.

No, in addition to the airport in Kidar, Pointe Noire airport also needs to build more hangars.

Xia Yu decided to push forward the relevant supporting facilities as soon as he returned, otherwise it would be too late if he delayed it for a few more years.

"Then we'll go back now."

After talking about business, he stood up and said goodbye to Lao Tang.

It has been more than half a month since they came out. The European employees ended their vacation a week ago and went to Libya before Xia Yu and his team.

Now that we have seen our good friend off for the last time, FHC's future development has been planned, and the North American branch of Firestar Defense has also laid the groundwork, and it will definitely be established in the coming year.

Then it's time to go back to Afika. Clearing out the remaining enriched uranium and weapons and equipment is the focus of the next work. In the early stages, others must keep an eye on Libya.

If there is time, we can also find time to get the goods that North American customers want. Each aircraft will be prepared and then shipped to Magnesium. Anyway, Libya is very close to Europe.

Yes, Yue Yu, who was the first to practice the theory of equipment financial management, has almost sold all the second-hand F-16s. In a few years, they will have to buy new Fighting Falcons themselves, so Xia Yu had to change to a new supplier.

In order to avoid having to deal with two different people, he planned to import all F-4s and F-16s from one country, and the country that best met this requirement was a European country.

After he is free from Libya, he will go to Europe again, but before doing these two things, they have to fly to China first.

It's already late October, and the Chinese New Year of 10 is still in February. I can't go back, so I'm going to send the child back to be taken care of by his grandparents for a few months, and then bring him back when both my husband and I are free.

By the way, they can also learn Chinese. They travel all over the world without any language environment.

Holding my son who could only speak German and French words, I sat down and fastened my seat belt, and the Fischer began to glide.

Taking off from a group of sealed military aircraft, the Airbus A-319 soared into the sky and then turned to fly eastward.

During the climb, the plane flew over Phoenix, which is also located in Arizona but is known as a graveyard for civilian airliners.

This airport, called Phoenix Goodyear Airport, was a naval air station during World War II. However, with the booming civil aviation industry, a large number of passenger aircraft were produced and retired after a dozen or twenty years.

Some were dismantled and recycled, while the rest were sealed in an aircraft graveyard in the desert.

There are more than one such graveyards, but most of the aircraft in the civil aviation passenger aircraft graveyard are Boeing aircraft. For example, the one in Phoenix has many Boeing 777-200ERs and Boeing 757-200s retired by China Civil Aviation...

It would be great if we could park it in their aircraft graveyard, they have all these models.

In two years, when the sanctions are upgraded, you will make a fortune.

Looking away from the window, Xia Yu realized that the business of the aircraft graveyard could only be advanced after he had more money in hand. After taking stock of all the expected returns, he could squeeze out at least 20 billion yuan in funds from his account next year.

So next year is the best time to enter the market, but some guaranteed orders need to be negotiated this year.

Xia Yu also planned to contact his hometown on this trip back. After all, many airlines' passenger planes have reached the retirement standard one after another. As long as they have not signed a repurchase contract with Boeing, he is willing to buy them at the market price.

Of course, the same goes for Airbus.

The Fisher, fully fueled, sailed eastward and successfully arrived at Benniu Airport in less than 10 hours.

Lin Shuqin and Lao Xia came to the airport early to pick them up. Xia Yu asked his wife and children to go back with their parents first, while he stayed behind to take care of some things.

When they left Magnesium, the maintenance work for the last two A-10s was almost finished, and it is different now that they are being shipped.

But sending them directly to East Asia is still too blatant, so this batch of Warthogs will first transit at Afika, and the spare parts and those spare GAU-8 machine guns will all be left behind. Only 6 airworthy complete aircraft will be sent to East Asia for modification.

"The technical data of the A-10B and YA-10B N/AW are all on the hard drive. Although they are old, they still have some reference value."

Handing the mobile hard drive to the specialist in charge of the Red Warthog project, Xia Yu spoke.

"We have to wait for the F-4 (FV)S. There is no rush for this project, and we can't rush it."

"We understand. The two-seat model of the attack aircraft Mr. Xia needs will be shipped to Guo along with this batch of A-10Bs."

Since Xia Yu is setting up a Cold War branch, none of the three musketeers of the dirt-licking machine can be absent.

A lot of this last model was sold overseas, and he could also find retired old models outside, but how could it be as attentive as the personal service provided by the manufacturer?
There is nothing much to say, just arrange three two-seater versions, one for backup and two for external operations.

After discussing the museum's business, Xia Yu also met the dismantling factory's business liaison at the airport and expressed his demands and development plans.

It’s just an old passenger plane. It doesn’t matter who I sell it to!

Boeing's so-called buyback plan is actually a voucher for purchasing aircraft, which is not worth the market price at all, so he can reserve a few aircraft now. "Over-age and near-scrap cargo aircraft are given priority, followed by passenger aircraft."

Xia Yu has this requirement. Most passenger planes will be converted into cargo planes after flying for 20 years and fly for another 15 years. This cargo plane with the lowest residual value is only worth million.

Apart from the dismantling factory, basically only the Afica airline is willing to buy it and try their luck. They make money for every year the old plane is in service beyond its age, and they can accept it if it cannot be repaired at all.

When we get to Xiayu, we can restore it to factory settings, but there are too many data records for civil airliners, and it is easy for paranormal events to occur when the entire aircraft is sold.

Breaking down the products into parts for preparation and sale can effectively avoid this problem and save labor hours!

"I understand, Afika!"

The other party said with a smile.

He thought Xia Yu was targeting the lower-end market, but in this field, they were occupying the high-end market vacated by Boeing and Airbus.

It's like sanctioning a country's civilians by not allowing them to drink Coca-Cola. Then the COFCO version of Coca-Cola will seize the market, and it will be troublesome to go back at this time.

Coke lovers will always find a way out, even if they switch to other fields.

"That's troublesome. This is my satellite phone number. We can talk about the rest over the phone."

Xia Yu gave the other party his phone number, so there was no need to add WeChat. My parents couldn’t reach the other person using social software, so only satellite phone was the most reliable.

I said goodbye and took a taxi back home.

“Woof~Woof~Woof~”

The little Malinois that his parents brought home had grown a lot in the past year. He started barking at Xia Yu as soon as he came up, but when he got closer and saw that it was Xia Yu, he came over to try to please him, wagging his tail.

Good, I know who is the man of this family.

I walked into the house just in time for dinner. Lin Shuqin had prepared a full table according to Chinese New Year standards, all of which were Xia Yu's favorite foods.

Little Youzi looked at it with envy, but could only eat the porridge in his bowl, his eyes full of complaints about unfairness.

The child still has time to think about food and drink, but after tomorrow, when his parents leave, he will cry.

But it's okay in China, Europe, or North America, where there are no wars. Xia Yu couldn't bring his children with him during the deployment in the war-torn country.

Grandma still has to go to work, so only grandparents have time, so Xiao Xiade, the son of a billionaire, cannot escape the fate of being a left-behind child.

Who told him that his father is either fighting or on his way to a fight?
However, if there is an internet connection, you can video chat, and if there is a satellite, you can make phone calls.

Even though they are thousands of miles apart, Xia Yu and Liv are still concerned about Xiao Youzi.

The only problem is that without the burden, it is easy for the couple to have a second child.

After washing up and sleeping on the plain four-piece suit in the master bedroom, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have not had a wedding with his wife yet?
Yes, they got the marriage certificate first, then had a baby, and finally held the wedding, otherwise these four-piece suits should be red.

"Honey, when do you think we're going to have the wedding?"

Xia Yu asked Liv.

"After I give birth to all the children I'm supposed to have? I want my son and daughter to be flower girls."

Liv also wants a daughter, and if the next child is not one, they will keep trying until they have a daughter.

As for the use of technology, she thinks it is for infertile couples. Couples with healthy fertility are better off with traditional methods.

"You're right. The most important thing at the wedding is that the whole family is together. In three to five years, that should be enough."

After listening to his wife's words, Xia Yu said thoughtfully.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

After Liv finished speaking, she turned off the lights. Xia Yu seemed to be back on the hot battlefield of Afika, driving the Old Deer Tiger and pouring bullets.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, after having breakfast, the couple kissed goodbye to the sleeping Xiaoyouzi, and Lao Xia drove them back to the airport.

"Om~~"

At the same time as the Fischer slid out and soared into the sky on the runway, little Xia De, who was more than 20 kilometers away, woke up and couldn't see his parents, so he also burst into tears.

No matter how Lin Shuqin coaxed him, it was useless. Only time could smooth out all this.

The couple, who had forgotten about their son, started working on the plane, remotely confirming the situation of their employees in Libya.

Because they are under the banner of the United Nations and the European Union, both the Government of National Unity and the National Army must cooperate in the work of concentrated fire defense.

However, they have no interest in clearing out enriched uranium and weapons and equipment left over from the battlefield. Killing the enemy is the most important thing in their eyes.

Since neither side will help with the concentrated fire defense, their cooperation will not be very active, and the relevant clearing work still depends on Xia Yu himself.

Xia Yu has made full mental preparation for this. He is professional in combat and solving cases is no exception.

As for the Coordination of Azawad, they ran away last time, but relying on the legacy of Colonel Ka, the Tuareg people can make a comeback at any time.

In order to eliminate the possibility of Kidar being harassed by the enemy in the future, he was determined to fight this group of people again in Libya and completely crush their war potential.

Secondly, when the Tuaregs have to evacuate Mali, they must avoid the phenomenon of today's enemies and tomorrow's friends, which will increase the difficulty for them to support the Tuareg armed forces.

A successful businessman must have an accurate judgment of the future and make decisive bets based on that judgment.

Further crackdown on the Azawad Coordination Movement, this is Xia Yu’s response.

The horizontal and vertical borders are minefields laid by Westerners, but the country has been established and the world pattern has been formed, so tribes should not cross the country to seek to establish a country.

If the Kurds want to establish a country today and the Tuaregs want to establish a country tomorrow, then the war on the earth will only become more and more intense.

"Om~~"

More than ten hours later, the Fisher landed at Tripoli Airport, which is under the control of the National Unity Government.

In the past six months, the National Army's troops almost reached here several times. It was very dangerous for the An-124 to continue staying here, so Xia Yu decided to solve this problem at once.

Even worse than the An-124 are the more than 20 Il-76s and Il-78s purchased by Gaddafi. They have been constantly damaged in several wars and the civil war that continues to this day.

Today there are only single digits left, which is such a waste of resources.

Xia Yu couldn't take care of those that could fly, but as for those that couldn't fly, instead of rotting in Libya, it would be better to take them to his aircraft graveyard in Mali.

(End of this chapter)