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

Chapter 497 Aircraft Graveyard, Recruitment

"Om~~"

The Fisher began to land, and an airport built in the endless yellow sand grew larger in sight.

Xia Yu, who was in the rear cabin, looked down from the side and saw two An-124s parked in the open air in the area designated as an aircraft graveyard, one of which was an intact aircraft.

The other one only had a long fuselage, with the wings on both sides missing.

This is exactly the one in the hands of the Libya National Unity Government. During his stay in Magnesium Country, it was escorted to Kidar by the newly joined third batch of workers and the village protection team. The wings should be in a maintenance and disassembly hangar not far away.

The renovated and expanded Kidar Airport has no terminal building, but only a control tower, oil depot, warehouse, and six hangars, which are still increasing in number.

Of course, the most important thing is the runway that has been extended to 3.6 kilometers and can accommodate the An-225's maximum takeoff weight.

If the construction costs of the Cold War branch are added, the packaged price of the several projects will be several hundred million dollars.

Due to the sensitivity of weapons and equipment, Xia Yu uses his own funds to purchase them, but this museum, airport, aircraft disassembly and repair plant, and supporting commercial facilities are all real high-quality assets.

He must have borrowed money from the bank to build the project, otherwise no matter how much money he made, his cash flow would have collapsed.

"My dear, it's only been a year, and there have been so many changes here."

Seeing the scene below, Liv was a little surprised. This place was still in the hands of the Tuareg last year, but this year there is a new look.

"After all, it's not a proper civilian airport. It doesn't need to host many airlines or handle a lot of passengers and cargo every year. Besides, the hangars, warehouses, and museums haven't been completed yet!"

Cemetery, cemetery, everything else is secondary, we have to let all kinds of aircraft move in first to make this place lively.

Libya is close, so the An-124 can come over by land. If it is farther away, it can only fly over, so the first phase of construction focuses on the runway.

However, Ruslan had removed the wings, and if he wanted to put them back, he would need a repair and maintenance hangar.

The largest disassembly and maintenance hangar among the six hangars below was only completed last month, but the first one to move in and have its wings reinstalled was the Il-6 tanker.

It will be maintained here until it is airworthy and then return to China for avionics upgrades. Finally, it will go to the North American branch of JET Air Transport Corporation for operation with the complete An-124 outside.

As for the other Il-76, since it is not a high priority, it will be shipped to Mari along with the spare parts of the damaged aircraft in the third batch, and should arrive in the next two days.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Yu also got to know the new people who had just joined the company.

Even if the contract is only for one or two years, he, as the boss, still wants to meet and get to know the client.

The Fischer landed on the newly paved runway, and as soon as we got off the plane, we were hit by a heat wave. This place is much drier than Kongluga.

"Don't bother, we can just stay on the plane."

Due to the tight time schedule and heavy workload, the airport only built the functional areas and has not yet taken care of the residential areas.

Workers, maintenance personnel, and village protection team members all live in container barracks, and the person in charge has also cleaned up a room for the boss and his wife, but the Fisher can be lived in. It can be parked in a hangar and connected to water and electricity like an RV.

"Yes, boss, let me take you around here first!"

Murphy, an executive that Xia Yu poached from Mark Gregg's dismantling company in Europe, drove Xia Yu around the huge airport himself.

"The Il-78 will be ready next week and will return to China with you. The dismantling business will begin in August. By then, it will only take us 8 to 747 weeks to dismantle a Boeing 10."

After taking a tour of the well-equipped disassembly and maintenance hangar, they did not look at the empty hangars, but drove towards the aircraft graveyard in the distance.

There are no civil airliners or cargo planes yet.

On the military aircraft side, in addition to the two An-124 transport planes that Xia Yu saw in the sky, there were two modified AC-130s and AC-160s parked neatly at the other end, as well as the batch of F-4 spare parts that landed from Libya.

Dozens of neatly arranged fighter jets are still very intimidating to look at, and when the number reaches hundreds or thousands, it will be an even larger crowd.

"Boss, the dismantling of these military aircraft..."

"I'll be in charge of this myself. There's not much profit in dismantling these old guys. It's better to piece them together and modify them into unmanned target drones. This way, the profit can be maximized."

While answering, Xia Yu was also thinking, wondering if, with such favorable conditions and favorable location, he could create an Afica version of Tac Air.

That’s right, with the Sahel region as the boundary, few countries below have the purchasing power.

But except for Libya which is still fighting a civil war in the northern Philippines, the military strength of the remaining countries is very strong, and their air forces have also purchased aircraft with good combat effectiveness.

However, equipment is important, but it is not the most important thing. Otherwise, the air forces of several major countries in the Middle East would be very powerful, right?

Xia Yu felt that it was a good idea to establish a PMC company based at Kidal Airport to provide enemy simulation services and supply unmanned target drones at a low price, especially since Jihuo Defense would operate more F-16s in the future.

The combined demand of several countries is almost comparable to that of the Air Force or Navy of Magnesium. There is no need to build fighter jets from scratch like Lao Tang did. There is a lot of room for development!
Xia Yu made a decision immediately in his mind. After returning, he contacted the horseshoe bats and tube-nosed bats and asked them to fly four F-4Cs to Kidar Airport.

他从浠腊总共购买了12架F-16C/D，第一批次卖掉了3架，第二批次订出去2＋1架，截止目前还剩6架了。

It would be a waste to convert a Fighting Falcon of this quality into a QF-16 unmanned target drone.

It would be better for him to wait for an opportunity and buy a batch of cheap F-16A/Bs, and keep the remaining 6 F-16C/Ds for sale or personal use.

There are so many empty hangars at Kidar Airport right now, so let's deploy four here first.

Once you have an idea, things will be much easier.

I will find a chance to visit Luoge, Aljiliya and Laoji later. At this stage, the work of the Asian branch is more important.

After inspecting the construction progress of Kidar Airport, Xia Yu also waited for the convoy escorting the Il-76.

And the new generation of number 3 group, number 5 group, giant pandas, golden monkeys, quolls, and the newly formed anteater team.

It was planned to add a new infantry fighting vehicle crew this year. Knowing the tradition of concentrated fire defense, the commander originally wanted to give himself the nickname Pangolin, but the double agent was too deeply rooted in people's minds, so he simply changed it to Anteater.

Having them escort armed troops in the desert is also a test of these newcomers' mechanized marching capabilities.

After running thousands of kilometers in a week, half of the vehicles broke down, but with everyone working together, all the troubleshooting was successful. They escorted the Il-76 and disassembled parts to Jeddah Airport on time.

The wings, engines, and disassembled parts were all transported into the hangar, and the fuselage was parked next to the Venus-124 after the interfaces were sealed. It would only be its turn once the Il-78 was ready.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go to the country of hair."

After meeting with several vehicle crews and digital teams, Xia Yu was also ready to withdraw.

Hans' work was also coming to an end. The ammunition was destroyed on the spot, and the confiscated guns and artillery were successfully loaded onto the ship and were about to be sent to Bili.

So after the Fischer arrived in the country of Mao, Liv stayed in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to inspect the progress of the office's construction, while Xia Yu himself went to Belgium to participate in the destruction of weapons and equipment left over from the battlefield.

"Hua La La~~" After the power was turned on, the huge magnet sucked up tons of AK, PKM, RPG launchers, recoilless guns, heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, howitzers, and multiple rocket launchers and put them into the hopper.

Recorded by media cameras, these weapons and equipment were sent in batches into the red-hot blast furnace, melted into mixed molten iron under high-temperature smelting, and turned into pieces of scrap steel ingots after cooling.

These are the results of spending 10 billion and killing thousands of people. Xia Yu, who was sitting in the audience, listened to Xiao Ma's speech, saying that some artists would use them to create works.

There are too many medals and commemorative coins to be pressed, so it would be easier to cast a large sculpture.

If Xia Yu is still interested in scrap copper, let the artists use the scrap steel!
As for the enriched uranium confiscated by Jihuo Defense, it is still in Libya. Once the company's An-124-150, which has obtained the qualification to transport nuclear materials, finishes its current mission, the enriched uranium will be directly transported to China for processing.

In the past, this kind of work was done by the Russians, but the problem is that after 14, they were hit with sanctions and their Ruslan's transport qualification was revoked.

Magnesium, which owns the C-5 but does not operate it in the private sector, refused to take it over, and ultimately Jihuo Defense got the bargain.

After attending Billy Shi’s press conference, Xia Yu returned to the country.

The second castle that belonged to him had also been renovated, and two VBCI tank battleships were parked in the previous stables.

"That's pretty good, but Mr. Jean, where are our employees?"

Xia Yu asked the liaison officer from the Ministry of National Defense beside him.

"These are the names recommended internally. They all have experience in Afika deployment, and more than half of them have received medals."

Rang handed him a tablet computer and said that they only made recommendations and Xia Yu would have to decide the final candidate himself.

Getting a job in fire protection offers better pay than being a police officer after retirement, especially in Europe where prices are rising.

"I understand. I will decide on the candidate before leaving the country."

Taking the encrypted tablet and swiping through the resumes, Xia Yu looked at the other party and said.

The technical employees of Jihuo Defense are mainly recommended from within, and the same is true for the digital team of combat employees, because the unfamiliar team formed through selection has basically no tacit understanding.

Selection and recruitment is only needed when the instructor group expands, and Johnny has returned to his hometown. With his vacant position and the adjusted organization of the instructor group, he wants to recruit three good men this time.

Unfortunately, Xia Yu couldn’t see it because he had to accompany his wife back to China.

The technical employees, digital team and office employees are decided by him as the boss, and Lao Ke is responsible for selecting the three instructor team members. He will choose 3 people to go to Afika for trial training, and the winners will stay.

"Fennec Fox, I have sent the resumes of the candidates to your email."

Xia Yu packaged the selected resumes into an encrypted file and sent it to Lao Ke.

Leave professional matters to professionals. He made good use of the instructor team, but that was all. He seriously lacked special warfare skills and could not become the commander of a special forces unit, but only its superior.

This is also the biggest difference between Jihuo Defense and other PMC companies. They do not pay attention to every single unit on the battlefield. The attack nodes only have all the vehicle units and group units.

"Yes, boss!"

Lao Ke said excitedly.

The company finally has new people. None of the new recruits in the past were from their instructor group. This time, apart from the one who filled Johnny's position, it would be a good idea to recruit two people.

"Mongoose and Mole, I have also sent the employee information of the Taiwan Office and the newly recruited Leclerc crew members, plus the reorganized Digital 1 team, to your email."

Xia Yu also spoke to Hans and Kuhn who were also participating in the video conference.

These people are all from the country of Mao. I hope they can get along well with each other.

The best Leclerc crews, VBCI crews and mechanized infantry squads that have worked with Fire Defense, which is conducive to mutual cooperation and internal competition.

"Yes, boss!"

After the two responded in unison, they looked at each other and decided not to make jokes about the country anymore.

In this way, a PMC company that has always spoken French and held a French license finally recruited a group of French employees several years after its establishment.

It can’t be said to be discrimination, it’s just that there has always been a lack of fate. Fortunately, it finally happened today.

After finishing the video conference, Xia Yu closed the computer in front of him, stood up and walked to the large window of the study.

Outside the window is a peaceful and tranquil exotic countryside scene. Even without a high-saturation filter, looking into the distance can soothe one’s nerves.

Compared to the messy city, this country manor is better.

Sure enough, the weasels didn’t like cities. After staying in the country of hair for just one more week, they had to go back.

After packing their luggage, the couple left the office and returned to Bali.

There is no other reason. Xia Yu's Il-76MF was finally delivered. This time they returned to China on the Sherlock and took the opportunity to upgrade the avionics system, install satellite antennas and necessary safety subsystems.

"Honey, is it really not noisy?"

Liv, who had ridden in an Il-76 before, asked her husband while stroking her bulging belly.

When she was pregnant with Xiao Youzi, she took a helicopter once. She was wearing noise-canceling headphones and nothing happened. But the brat kicked her because of the noise in her belly.

This time the baby is pregnant with two little ones. If they get noisy and kick their mother, it will be double the joy.

"No need to argue. All engines have been replaced with PS-90A2 engines, using some Pratt & Whitney technology. The Chinese cannot make luxury cars, but the Chinese are trustworthy."

Xia Yu said while putting his arm around his wife’s shoulders.

From the former Lianli to Damao, they have been making tractors as always, but in terms of consumer experience, capitalists are still trustworthy.

The products they jointly produce should be guaranteed to be both durable and comfortable.

Lao Qian changed from the Airbus A319 to his old friend, the L extended model, and he moved his fingers excitedly.

Let’s go home!

After starting the engine, we taxied out and called the tower to join the queue. The couple in the cabin also fastened their seat belts.

"Om~~"

At the starting point of the runway, four PS-4A90 high bypass ratio engines burst out with tremendous power, carrying the two people into the sky.

(End of this chapter)