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

Chapter 549 Buy Low and Sell High, Business is Booming

"You have a very keen sense of smell. You came here only after you saw that the Magnesium people were almost leaving."

Looking at the screen, Xia Yu unscrewed a bottle of mineral water worth $14, took a sip and said.

The Kandahar air force base alone consumes 2200 million bottles of mineral water every year. The water that the magnesium army drinks is much more expensive than the oil they use.

Unlike the water sold by Fire Defense for only a few cents, no one would think it expensive even for taking a shower. But since there are military surplus supplies in the base, we rough guys might as well be a bit extravagant to avoid wasting the transport aircraft's capacity.

"They must have taken a fancy to the weapons and equipment left behind at the base. After all, a MK-19 grenade launcher or an M2 heavy machine gun can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars on the market."

Lao Ke followed up with this.

The instructor group was first sent to Afuhan. Accompanied by an interpreter, he went to the local black market for weapons to get a rough idea. Now the market is flooded with American equipment, including many hard goods that were not seen in the past two years.

Some of the money flowed out from the magnesium army, but more of it was from the government army who sold their food and wanted to run away. They didn't want to fight Tata to the death.

Sell ​​everything that can be sold and have US dollars in hand, so that you have the choice of whether to go home or go abroad.

The equipment and supplies evacuated from Bagram Air Base were mainly the expensive Reaper drones, and their accompanying missiles and bombs.

The cheap army equipment, hundreds of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles were no longer needed, and naturally there was no capacity to transport the squad and platoon weapons in the warehouse, so they became the target of these extremist organizations.

If it can be sold, it can be used to deal with Tata later, and it will be useful when the time comes.

However, these squad and platoon weapons that were not even enough to offset the loss have all become the company assets of Jihuo Defense.

Even if it's not very expensive, those who want to steal his things deserve death.

"It's pitch dark here, send a bomb-dropping drone over there."

Xia Yu raised his hand and looked at the time and said.

The other side has more than 20 people and four donkeys, less than a platoon of troops. It would be most efficient to use a drone. Let's wait until daybreak and then call people to collect the bodies!
"Yes, boss!"

It would take at least two hours for this group of militants to reach the outskirts of the base. All members of Group 4 were woken up and gathered in the restaurant to make various preparations.

The modified consumer-grade drones they brought were all their own, and the bombs they dropped were made from local materials.

Open the ammunition box of the MK-19, break off a $50 M383E1 high-explosive bomb, pry off the top cover, manually remove the safety that requires high speed to unlock, and then restore it to its original state, and then put a plastic tail fin printed by a 3D printer on the tail, and a "badminton bomb" that does not require a badminton is ready.

Without a safety, the grenade's impact fuse can be easily triggered, so it can only be made on site before use.

Although it is a bit troublesome, this is the cheapest option. After redesigning the throwing gimbal, a Wu-2 can carry four such badminton bombs.

"Woo~woo~~"

In the darkness of night, four Wu-4 missile carriers took off and flew at high speed to a position within 2 kilometers of the base.

"The Magnesium people's arsenal is in that direction. There is a surveillance blind spot from this road to the wall..."

The guide who used to work in the base was introducing the situation in Bagram to everyone.

But just as they got close to the barbed wire, the night breeze brought the faint sound of an electric motor.

“What’s that sound…”

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

A series of explosions enveloped the entire team.

The donkey hit by the shrapnel roared and ran away under the influence of adrenaline, but a human would only run a dozen steps before falling down. This group of militants were all knocked down without firing a single shot.

Hearing the noise in the distance, the hundred or so remaining Chinese people in the base were all startled.

They are still busy in the ammunition depot. The planes that could not be taken away have been destroyed, and the guidance kits of the precision-guided munitions have been taken away, but the heavy and worthless iron bombs must be destroyed on the spot.

If it gets out, the TNT inside can be taken out to make roadside bombs or buried underground together with landmines.

This is very unsafe for their military base in a nearby country, so it would be more appropriate to take out the explosives and burn them before leaving.

Now that they saw the militants were approaching the base, all the veterans were distracted.

No, they can’t stay in Bagram, they have to withdraw to Kabul.

…………

"You want to go back to Kabuol?"

At daybreak, the frightened crowd, who had not slept all night, found Xia Yu.

"Yes, Mr. Sherlock, it's not safe here. We hope to evacuate Bagram as soon as possible, but our work is not yet completed. I hope your company's C-130H can take these ammunition away after repairing them and destroy them in a deserted place."

A captain who stayed behind spoke on behalf of everyone.

This model of Hercules has a carrying capacity of nearly 20 tons and can carry 500 80-pound bombs at a time. Dropping bombs from the tail of the aircraft is much more efficient than their harmless disposal.

“We put this together for this.”

He placed a suitcase on the table.

Compared with those soldiers who have to patrol and be shot, these technical soldiers are both safer and more profitable.

Now, of course, I can gather enough money to run away early.

Xia Yu took a look and saw that there were probably nearly one million US dollars in the box, which was enough to hire an An-124 to fly a trip. Now that it has been changed to a C-130H with the help of bombing, it is enough for several sorties.

But why would he blow up such a good iron bomb? There were plenty of people who would buy it back if it was delivered to someone's door for three or four thousand yuan, so he could just sell both the bomb and the machine.

This way, two sums of money are added up, and a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat.

"Okay, I'll arrange a helicopter for you this afternoon, so hurry back and get ready!"

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Sherlock."

After thanking them, everyone hurried back to pack their luggage.

"Wow~Wow~~"

Two damaged Black Hawk helicopters, which were repaired by Jihuo Defense at a price of US$30 each to offset the project costs, carried the group to Kabul.

When Xia Yu arrived at the ammunition depot, he recycled the excess iron bombs into the storage warehouse to print 155mm artillery shells. According to his speculation, this thing would be much more expensive than iron bombs in two years, so he only kept one batch for show.

Soon, the two C-130Hs with replaced engines set off first. The lame one also replaced its landing gear, re-rivet the twisted and deformed wing skin, and underwent ultrasonic non-destructive testing before finally leaving Bagram.

To be honest, the Hercules, which had been lame for several months, did have some structural damage, but after Xia Yu's maintenance, only external damage remained, and the problem was solved by replacing a few skins.

These three C-3Hs will all be transferred to Elako, and will be traded secretly only after the Chinese people's attention is completely away from Afghanistan.

However, one batch of goods was booked in advance after Xia Yu made a phone call.

Yes, that is the batch of A-29 Super Tucanos of Kabul.

The people of Magnesia spent more than a billion dollars of the Afghan Security Forces Fund to buy a batch of American-made Toucans to support the government forces. Now, in order to avoid aiding the enemy, these strongest propeller fighters have all been scrapped. Fire Defense bought back 50 slightly damaged ones at a price of $10 each. As for the seriously damaged ones, they were not charged and were dismantled as spare parts.

A brand new A-29 cost more than 1000 million back then, and it is even more expensive now, so Kenya Faso only bought three back then, not to mention that only two could be deployed in the last combat.

If there was a chance to buy a batch of cheap A-29s, Ibrahim would not hesitate at all. He took them all after receiving Xia Yu's call.

Well, 800 Tucanos were purchased at a unit price of 10 million US dollars, and 7000 Hydra rockets were ordered, for a total of 8700 million US dollars (Xia Yu rockets only sell for 1k wholesale, and Lao Mei bought them for 2k with his own money).

But there was still no money, so I used mineral resources to offset it.

As expected, it is still easy to make money from the Chinese people. They make up all kinds of excuses to buy at very high prices, and sell them as scrap metal, so they can squeeze more money out of them.

Xia Yu is not bad either. You can start with 50 and it can become 700 million after it is renovated.

There are not many opportunities like this in history. The last time we retreated so miserably was in Yuexi.

With this batch of Toucans, together with the original two, the Kenyan Faso Air Force can form four A-4 squadrons. In addition to this one-time deal, Xia Yu can also accept orders for maintenance and support.

"Everyone, pack up, we are also going to evacuate to Kandahar Air Force Base."

After watching the last two Black Hawks take off and retreat to Kabul, Xia Yu announced to all employees.

"But before that we have to go to Mazar-i-Sharif to do the German Wehrmacht one last favor."

As we all know, it is not only the Chinese who have stationed troops in Afghanistan. Britain, Germany, and even the United States have also stationed troops here. Countries that do not have troops stationed here also have to evacuate their local citizens, including China.

After all, the next six months to a year will be a chaotic period for Afuhan, and it will be safer to come back after enduring this period.

"Boss, what kind of help can we give them? It's not like we need to transport beer, right?"

The mole, who also had experience in Afuhan's deployment, made a joke about his former colleague.

The Concentrated Fire Defense Force also always has beer on hand, but it can only be drunk at celebration banquets, unlike the Wehrmacht who have two bottles at noon and in the afternoon.

"The beer is not in a hurry. What is in a hurry is a 27-ton stone monument. Your Ministry of Defense actually spent millions of euros to rent an An-124 just to bring back a piece of stone."

Xia Yu also said with emotion.

Of course there is also beer. They have 2.25 liters of beer that need to be transported back to Germany. After all, drinking is prohibited in this area, and even if it is sold locally, it will not be sold.

In this case, we can only airfreight it back to the country and continue drinking it.

The Chinese have their own C-5, and the three An-3s of Jihuo Defense are now all in Afghanistan, mainly serving other countries with large-scale transportation needs.

Those heavy helicopters and heavy truck heads cannot be towed away by the A400M alone, so Ruslan must be used.

"These guys are just wasting taxpayers' money, luckily we don't have to pay them any more."

The elephant shrew couldn't help but say it.

Many employees of Jihuo Defense took Guo's passport, gave up their nationality and became new Afika people.

With Hans taking the lead, the number of Germans will definitely be the largest, and welfare policies that impose heavy taxes will only make the elites who are really capable run away.

If foreigners insist on accusing them of not loving Germany, I believe they can understand their behavior if they see that the taxes they pay are used to support illegal immigrants.

As a subcontractor, Xia Yu has already seen the list of people evacuated from Afghanistan by the Germans.

In addition to the garrison, they had to evacuate more than 500 German citizens, plus 4400 local people.

Those who received passports were new citizens, and those who only had visas were temporary refugees (reserve citizens). They were provided with food and accommodation, and all of them were Germans.

Of course, the situation in the Tai country was not much better. They accepted 2600 local people.

Maybe black people who can speak French can better integrate into the country!

"Go and clean it up quickly, they are our client."

Xia Yu emphasized helplessly.

And so, early the next morning, the Fire Defense fleet left Bagram and landed in Mazar-i-Sharif one after another with an An-124 returning from Europe.

They then switched to the German CH-53G and arrived at the Marmar base.

This may be the last German stallion. For many reasons, the Wehrmacht may abandon the CH-53K and choose the Chinook CH-47F.

But the old helicopter is not unable to fly. Once the purchase case is officially finalized, Xia Yu plans to take advantage of the situation.

Those in the best condition will enter the Cold War branch, and those in the worst condition will enter his bunker after they are prepared for the future.

At that time, there will be CH-53 on the left, Mi-26 on the right, and the Chinook alien will move slightly back.

"Is this the stone monument?"

Xia Yu asked as he looked at the stone tablet that was loaded onto a MAN truck trailer for disinfection.

“Yes, it will bear witness to and commemorate the history of the Defence Forces stationed in Afghan to perform their duties.”

A major general beside him answered.

Is it to perform duties while drinking beer?
A total of 20 years, 16 people were replaced, and the Germans spent 150 billion US dollars. Their reputation is definitely better than that of the Chinese, but they really just tried to show their presence.

As a result, 59 soldiers lost their lives in this imperial graveyard.

"It is better to leave the fate of Afghan to the Afghan people. The intervention of the Chinese has abnormally increased the population here. This land cannot support so many people."

Xia Yu shook his head and said.

“You took more than 4000 people away, but 4000 million people were left here.”

"We really didn't expect this. It would be great if Germans could also have such high fertility rates."

Hearing the other party say this, Xia Yu looked at him more.

This guy doesn't drink, does he?
Why are you talking drunkenly in broad daylight?

In any case, the disinfected monument and its trailer were loaded into the transport cabin of the An-124 and flown to Germany on a chartered flight.

For the more than 20 tons of beer, Xia Yu dispatched an A340-300. Anyway, aviation fuel was cheap at the moment, so it would be profitable even if it was not economical.

The Wehrmacht’s heavy truck heads and heavy helicopters can only wait for the next batch of An-124. Such large items still require large strategic transport aircraft.

After finishing the business with the Germans, Jihuo Defense officially went to Kandahar to assist the Magnesians in completing the withdrawal from the south.

Finally, all countries will gather in Kabul and evacuate Afghanistan from the international airport in the capital.

So that was also Xia Yu’s last stop.

(End of this chapter)