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

Chapter 519 Successfully Taken, Heading to North America
"Yes, Mr. Sherlock contacted us a week ago, and the Ministry of Defense approved the deal after a meeting."

Corinne said, looking at Jared.

Strictly speaking, it was Draken International that took a free ride on the bandwagon of Firestar Defense. It was already great that Draken International could buy F-16s together with Firestar Defense. It was just wishful thinking for him to have the right of priority purchase.

Didn't he waste this week?
Lao Jia suddenly felt like a clown who was jumping up and down. The other party had no moral principles at all. He blocked his supply channel in Bilishi before he even left the country.

Anger burned in his heart. Twenty years ago, he would have definitely let the other party taste what American Iai was like.

If Xia Yu knew what Jared was thinking at this moment, he would definitely look down on him, because bullets could not break his defense.

However, it is impolite not to reciprocate, so we have to respond to the Chinese concentrated fire and see how many rockets are the limit of human beings.

"Very good. I will give up this transaction on behalf of Draken International."

Knowing that he could not compete with the other party and could only buy old batches of F-16s, Jared turned and left after saying this.

Since he couldn't buy foreign Fighting Falcons, he could still buy those from the Magnesium Air Force, but he was destined to lose the first-mover advantage. This round was won by Tac Air and Thompson.

Perhaps I should have been more vigilant when the other party was tinkering with those civilian F-16s, but unfortunately I was one step too late, and I kept on delaying.

"It seems that our Mr. Jared doesn't want the sealing machine, but the old Fighting Falcon is still popular internationally. If they don't buy it, there are plenty of people who will."

Watching Lao Jia's departing back, Xia Yu said a few polite words.

Second-hand F-16s are indeed not difficult to sell. For a few thousand dollars, you can own a third-generation aircraft. If you spend another to million to upgrade it, it can become a quasi-fourth-generation aircraft. It is indeed the best choice for the air forces of many poor countries.

In comparison, second-hand Rafale is still too expensive, and not many countries can afford it.

"It's like this. We've dismantled some and sold some over the years, and we don't have many sealed machines left."

Corinne nodded and said.

"Let's take a look at the current fleet's availability of 16 F-16s for sale!"

The price can only be discussed after the condition of the machine has been confirmed. The transaction of weapons and equipment is also acceptable at a discount. After all, there are many factors that affect the price.

"this way please!"

Lao Ke raised his hand and invited.

The 35th Tactical Wing of the Air Force is stationed at the Little Brogel Air Force Base. Because the wing will be the first to be equipped with F-16A in the future, its F-AM/BM will be the first to be sold.

Pilots and ground crew will also go to Magnesium for training in the next two years so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible after the delivery of the Fei Dian.

In the past, when watching videos of graduates from the Old Magnesium Air Force Academy drawing blind boxes, sometimes I found that they could draw a Typhoon fighter jet, which basically meant they were international students from Europe.

But those who can draw the F-35 may also be international students. The F-16 can be learned at the Air Force Academy in their own country, and only Fei Dian needs to study abroad in North America.

"The 16 F-16s of the 12th Tactical Wing include 4 single-seat models and two-seat models."

On the shuttle bus heading to the hangar, Brigadier General Colin introduced the situation of this batch of fighting falcons to Xia Yu.

Lao Tang only needs 12 aircraft, and the extra 4 two-seater aircraft will be purchased by himself.

This is such a rare opportunity, so of course we will buy as many F-16BMs as we can. Of course, since they are newer and have fewer flight hours, the price will be a bit higher.

But if you buy it, you will make a profit. According to the usage of the two red fighting falcons of Jihuo Defense, the starting hours are 300 hours per year, and 500 hours when business is good.

With such high-intensity usage, the aircraft will probably have to be replaced with a spare one within a few years of operation. With these four F-4BMs, which are less than 30 years old, on display, they can be used for self-use or for civilian secondary sales.

【Project: F-16BM Blcok 20】

[Completeness: 99.3% (can be repaired)]

After taking the old Fighter Falcons from several hangars one by one and combining them with the maintenance records, Xia Yu basically understood the situation of this batch of F-16s.

It is indeed good, and the value of a single unit is even higher than the F-16C/D Block30 of the Xila people.

After all, one is fighting against local fighters every day, and the other one doesn't fly if possible. If pilots want to increase their flying hours, they have to rely on joint exercises.

Given such a situation, Xia Yu's offer could not be low, with the unit price coming down to 1000 million euros.

Fortunately, he purchased 12 of them for Tac Air, and the only ones that Jihuo Defense had to pay for were the four F-4BMs.

"Commodore Collin, I hope to bring these four two-seat Fighting Falcons back to Afika together."

Xia Yu spoke when discussing the detailed terms of the contract.

An An-124 of Jihuo Air Transport Company had just unloaded supplies in the country of Mao. Seeing that it was about to fly back empty, it might as well take four F-4BMs back on the way.

"Okay, after signing the contract we will try to complete the procedures within two days."

Eating from an alternative big pot and giving up are the attitudes of the Billy military after the Cold War. Without an imaginary enemy, it is difficult for them to stand up again.

At the small Brocher Air Force Base shared with Old Magnesium, the police recently destroyed a workshop producing ecstasy pills nearby.

Made locally and sold nearby.

Outside the base there has long been a protest group holding nuclear bombs and threatening to roll out of Belgium.

Yes, there are also powerful weapons stored here.

With so many factors combined, we have to say that the local people’s protests are correct, as an accident could easily happen if one is not careful.

Fortunately, Xia Yu came here just to buy some things this time. Now that he has bought everything he needed, it is time to leave.

"Om~~"

The An-124-150 landed at the Kleine Brocher Air Force Base, its active service numbers were cancelled, and the four F-4BMs with their wings removed were pushed into the transport plane's spacious cargo hold.

In this way, the Il-76MF and Ruslan formation left Europe, only one went south to Afika and returned to Mari to unload, and the other flew directly to China.

After picking up his wife who was wrapped up tightly, Sherlock left Benniu without looking back.

Charlotte and Charles are both one year old, but unfortunately as an old father he cannot hug them and can only wait until the situation gets better.

Little Youzi, as the older brother, has a stronger physique. In two months, on Paul's death anniversary, Xia Yu will take him to North America, which is in chaos.

Take the opportunity of worship to see the outside world and broaden your horizons.

Of course, for safety reasons, he has converted a reception room on the Sherlock into a medical cabin, which is equipped with all kinds of equipment including an ECMO artificial heart-lung machine.

After all, Jihuo Aviation Transport Company only has three An-3s, and it can't spare one to carry the Weasel K124 to fly around, so directly converting it into a private jet is the best solution.

When everything is over, you can change it back.

"The equipment is quite complete, and there is even plasma. Could it be..."

After getting on the plane and seeing the medical cabin that her husband had converted, Liv immediately started talking until she opened the special refrigerator in the corner, revealing it was full of plasma.

"That's right, this side is normal plasma, and that side carries IgG antibodies."

Xia Yu confirmed his wife's guess.

In order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness, he specially purchased this batch of special plasma.

Although I don't want to admit it, most things in the world have a price. Even if the boss Xia Yu doesn't prepare it, his employees can afford it.

"My dear, you are so thoughtful. I still remember that when we first met, you took out a whole box of plasma."

Liv instantly recalled the scene when they first met. "Maybe I was afraid of death, and I didn't want to lose my employees. Who would have thought that my own people were not used, and the first person to be rescued was the Party A representative."

Xia Yu also said with emotion.

"You are not afraid of death, you are being cautious. I like your rigor."

In the private military contracting industry, without this kind of rigor, it is basically impossible to continue to be lucky. Liv doesn't want to become a widow at a young age like her mother.

So if Xia Yu had a careless personality, no matter how rich or romantic he was, she would never agree to be with him, and she would even persuade her brother to change jobs.

"I thought you liked my handsomeness, but I didn't expect you liked my 'Gou'."

Xia Yu also found it very funny. Who would have thought that his father-in-law had set an example in advance and became a negative example.

Maybe this is fate. Although he is extremely "afraid of death", he chose a doctor as his wife, and his wife just happens to like his type.

"Let's not talk about that. The next two months may be very busy. Not only will we have various armored vehicles and fighter jets to transport to Marie, but we will also have a large number of civilian airliners to send over."

Seeing that his wife's eyes were a little dull, Xia Yu quickly started talking about work.

In addition to Lufthansa's 6+17 aircraft, many Airbus A320 series will also be retired in their hometown.

There are probably more than 20 of them, and there are 5 fat planes that we want to get rid of.

Xia Yu couldn't handle it, so Liv had to do it all.

"October, October will be fine. We will take Xiao Youzi with us to North America. Who would have thought that FHC's business has not been affected at all? These guys in Magnesium are really not afraid of death."

When talking about the future arrangements, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"This is probably a different choice in life. It's okay not to believe politicians, but you can't not believe in science!"

Liv, who has watched a lot of videos at home, feels speechless about many anti-intellectual cases.

“Yes, we have to believe in science.”

The Sherlock soon arrived in Mary while the couple was chatting. Xia Yu stayed in Kidar with his wife for two days and then returned to Guo.

The infrastructure construction of Kongluga is still in full swing, and he does not take the declining passenger flow seriously.

Even the once bustling Bogo Village was now deserted; Hans and the others were nowhere to be seen.

There has been little business in the past six months, so the Mongoose crew took several infantry fighting vehicle crews of the company to South America to serve as instructors. The Giant Panda crew led several T-80 crews to stay in the Anka Mechanized Brigade to teach the T-64B1M tank battalion how to fight.

The instructor team and several digital teams all went to Magnesium to support the North American branch.

In this way, the headquarters staff were temporarily divided up, and people would only be called together when there was a big job.

Now Xia Yu’s main responsibility is to spend money, stockpile civil aviation passenger aircraft, and military equipment.

Two months passed in a flash, and he visited more than a dozen Afica countries and acquired more than 30 old passenger planes from several bankrupt airlines.

These "foreign garbage" that were brought back in those years must be demolished, and their prices are cheaper than those second-hand passenger planes in Europe.

The tattered cabin was ignored, and all the valuable subsystems scattered throughout the fuselage were removed and finally scrapped according to standard procedures.

Over the next year, Kidar will work around the clock to dismantle the airport, striving to dismantle 100 passenger planes and stockpile enough spare parts.

However, time quietly came to October. After packing their luggage, the couple boarded the Sherlock, flew directly to China to pick up Xiao Youzi, and then crossed the Pacific Ocean and landed in Seattle.

"Dad, is this the country of magnesium?"

Little Youzi has only sporadic memories of things before he was one year old, so he is very curious about the North American continent.

"Yes, your godfather Paul's hometown."

Xia Yu nodded and said.

"Wow~Wow~~"

A Black Hawk helicopter flew in from a distance.

It was one of the three Black Hawks he bought through Lao Tang's method. It was brought to take them back to the North American branch headquarters and their residence during their stay in the United States.

After putting on a mask and noise-canceling headphones for their son, the family of three boarded the UH-60 and flew directly to a farm not far from Paine Airport.

Because there were too many people, they did not visit the FHC Museum in the airport, but it would not be too late to take another look before going back.

"boss!"

The helicopter landed on the helipad in front of the farm barn, and Johnny led the North American employees to surround it.

"Ocelot, you've done a great job in North America in the past two years. I was right about you."

Xia Yu patted Johnny's shoulder and said.

Special events are both crises and opportunities, especially in the North American market.

In May this year, a kneeling case in Minnesota served as a fuse that triggered a public security crisis. In Seattle, where wealthy people are everywhere, the demand for high-end security has grown wildly.

There was no way around it. The police force was already insufficient, and the city council cut 100 police posts under pressure.

If donations from rich people to the police department are no longer effective, then don't blame us for hiring our own security to protect our property and lives.

As for ordinary people, bullets are in short supply, but they are enough for home defense.

"We came at a good time. Who knew North America would suddenly become so chaotic?"

Johnny said with a smile.

Not only was Seattle in chaos, his hometown was adjacent to Mexico, and the influx of a large number of foreign population made the situation even worse.

His ex-wife couldn't withstand the first wave and died, which was really a relief!

“Chaos is short-lived, so we have to make a killing before order is restored.”

Xia Yu also replied with a smile.

In the past, he couldn't imagine why there would be a movie like "The Purge", but later he found it to be quite realistic.

Only rich people can afford "high-end security systems". Ordinary people have few choices. They can either buy a gun on their own or join this "carnival".

All Xia Yu, an outsider, can do is respect the local traditional culture and make some money from the rich people who can afford to pay.

I just wonder what Paul would think if he were still alive, that Seattle, where he was born, raised and died, has become like this today.

He suddenly thought of his deceased friend. He came to Magnesium this time to pay tribute to him as agreed, and inspecting the business of the North American branch and the FHC Museum was just a side trip.

If you think about it carefully, you will probably be very disappointed!

How did the former lighthouse become such a horrible state?

All I can say is that being gone for 18 years may not be a bad thing for Paul, at least he has retained some beauty.

The living people have a lot to consider, and Jody first finds Jihuo Defense to seek help.

(End of this chapter)