Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1200

“The tank is estimated to be their trial cooperation. What Argentina really wants to build is their air force and navy.” Xie Kai doesn’t care about Argentina’s tank orders.

During the naval battle on Yingama Island, the two sides basically fought with the air force, and the ground forces did not fight for long, and they did not use any heavy weapons.

The super flag that Argentina bought from France carried flying fish and overturned the Sheffield class, known as the world’s most advanced destroyer.

You know, the most advanced things in the UK cost more than 200 million U.S. dollars in the 1970s!

“In the Battle of the Falklands, after the British submarine destroyed the Argentine Navy’s largest cruiser, General Belgrano, the Argentine navy warships did not dare to leave the port. The Argentine Air Force was the only one who achieved success in the entire battle…” Xie Kai sighed.

Naval warships do not have enough air defense firepower, nor do they have the protection of the air force. In modern warfare, there is no strong survivability at all.

Although the Argentine Navy sank two of Britain’s most advanced Sheffield-class destroyers, it also paid a heavy price. In particular, the Feiyu anti-ship missiles purchased from the French were not large at the time. After they were used up, they could not be supplemented by France, which is an alliance with the United Kingdom. Fighters could only venture to break through the British fleet air defense circle and carry out surprise attacks.

Under such circumstances, although good results have been achieved, the Argentine Air Force also lost 107 combat aircraft for this.

Finally, after Britain gained air supremacy, the war had to be ended.

Now the Argentine Air Force is more important to the entire military than any service, and it needs a lot of fighters.

“But we don’t have fighters to sell to them. Even if the performance of the Super-7A can make them admire, we still don’t have an engine…” Wang Guilin heard the subtext in Xie Kai’s words.

Argentina wants fighters.

“We can sell production lines and let them build their own fighter production lines, and we can provide core components.” Xie Kai shook his head and didn’t think it was impossible to sell.

Zheng Yucheng didn’t understand, “They need a combat aircraft with a larger combat radius and more ammunition. They will definitely look down on the super-7A.”

“Pakistan also don’t want to exceed -7A.” Xie Kai said, “They are still waiting for the -7B, whether they use a domestic engine or two engines imported from the Soviet Union, they have to meet their needs.”

Pakistan has been waiting.

Super-7A really doesn’t have much combat capability.

Since Super-7B can be exported to Pakistan, it can naturally be sold to Argentina.

“If Argentina had the opportunity to establish its own aviation manufacturing industry, they would certainly not have any opinions. Brazil’s aviation industry far surpassed them…”

Brazil and Argentina, as neighbors, compete in almost all directions, whether it is military or economic.

It’s just that Brazil’s natural resources are far more abundant than Argentina, and the level of development is higher. Argentina simply cannot compare.

Incomparable does not mean that they are not like catching up with Brazil.

They cannot become the world’s top powers, at least in the region of South America. They should become the strongest, and the national economy should develop stronger, rather than being a huge agricultural country as it is currently.

For several days, people from Argentina did not come to Xie Kai.

I don’t know what it was talking about.

Zheng Yucheng and Wang Guilin returned to the base after finishing their affairs. The base is currently in a critical period. Even if they have nothing to do, they must sit on the base to avoid any disturbances in the base.

“Valila, how did the domestic reply?” In the foreign-related hotel where the Argentine was staying, General Carlos and his subordinates were having a meeting in the hotel conference room. At the beginning, Carlos directly asked about the domestic attitude.

“General, China feels that our economy will not be improved by cooperating with the Chinese, and Mr. President does not want the troops to spend too much money.” Wallila, who has been sleeping for more than 40 years, is a bit fat and has dark skin. “The country does not have enough foreign exchange to buy.”

“Do not agree?” Carlos frowned.

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For example, a tank production plant can also produce tractors.

As a large agricultural country, Argentina’s domestic industry mainly serves agriculture.

They can directly import tractors from other countries. After the Falklands War, the entire Argentine executives realized that if they kept importing, they could not produce anything by themselves and would eventually be greatly restricted.

There is really no difference between tanks and tractors, except for the electronic system and the addition of combat systems.

“It’s not that I don’t agree, I only agreed to approve 200 million US dollars of funding.” Valila said.

With 200 million U.S. dollars, it is impossible to get what they want from China.

China’s entire aircraft carrier fleet, plus frigates, cost more than one billion U.S. dollars, and there are still no supporting combat units such as fighters.

“Two hundred million US dollars? They are sending beggars!” One person suddenly yelled, “The Germans helped us design tanks and armored vehicles for more than this price. We also need to purchase naval equipment and fighters from China…”

“There has been news from China saying that resources can be exchanged with the Chinese. They have proposed a resource-for-equipment plan…” Wallila was helpless.

Everyone understands the domestic ideas.

Using resources for equipment, the Chinese can help Argentina build infrastructure, which can effectively reduce their domestic inflation rate as high as 5000%.

Domestic production cannot keep up, and price increases are too much for anyone to bear.

“Will the Chinese agree?” The Argentine was worried.

Relative to the concerns of the Argentines, the negotiations between Nigeria and the 617 factory are progressing very quickly. The export of the 88 type main battle tank is suitable for both parties, especially the price of a 88 type main battle tank is reduced to 1.4 million. After one dollar, the Nigerian representatives were even more satisfied.

In the 617 tank test field, the 617 even launched a 59 tank that was the first domestic production and was scrapped as a target. The 88 main battle tank destroyed the turret of the 59 tank with one shot at a distance of 2000 meters.

General Longlika Maiduo looked at the combat capability of the 88 vs. 59 tanks and was very satisfied.

However, I am still a little disappointed that after the price of 617 has been reduced to 1.4 million US dollars, the price will not be lowered anyway: “Mr. Zhao, can the price really be lowered?”

Zhao Yuming looked at Longlika Maiduo with a wry smile: “General, we have almost no profit. These days, you and your team have also visited our production line. This is our best tank, no matter what the battle is. The general has seen the ability, maneuverability and defensive performance…”

The wreckage of the 59 tank not far away is still smoking.

On the African continent, most countries are equipped with T5455 tanks and contemporary tanks in Europe and the United States. Many countries even use T-34 tanks used in World War II battlefields.

Before firing, the Type 88 main battle tank used 59 tanks to attack and used it as a target. However, instead of using armor-piercing shells, they used armor-piercing shells, and then the attack and defense were switched.

They want to tell the Nigerians that such a tank can withstand tank attacks from most countries in Africa, and at the same time, as long as it hits the target correctly, it can kill the enemy tank with one shot.

“The price of such a tank is already extremely low. If you lower the price again, in order to ensure that it does not lose money, you can only reduce the configuration…” Zhao Yuming explained.

The Nigerians did not say anything.

Lower the configuration?

It is simply impossible.

If you buy a tank and go back, you must at least ensure that you will not fall behind for more than ten or twenty years. Although the countries around them are not strong, the weapons and equipment of such powerful countries as Libya, Egypt, and South Africa are all very advanced.

Nigeria’s economy has developed rapidly over the years, and if it has money, it naturally wants to show its defense capabilities.

Only in this way can they increase their voice in Africa.

“That’s it, let’s buy a hundred cars first…” General Longlika Maiduo’s words made Zhao Yuming almost spit out old blood.

Originally thought that the other party was really a local tyrant.

All kinds of displays, and finally told them that they only bought a hundred cars.

It’s only US$140 million for a single unit of 1.4 million US dollars and 100 vehicles…

It’s really hard to do business with these poor countries. No wonder the 404 guys look down on it.

In desperation, I can only agree.

They have lost the order from the army. If they lose the foreign trade order again, to whom will their 85II tanks be sold? The people in Laos are just soy sauce, so poor they can only choose 59 tanks, or second-hand tanks retired from China!

Sudan is also too poor. They even want to get aid from China, that is, to provide them with free equipment. This kind of thing is almost impossible. China is still poor…

Therefore, Xie Kai did not devote much attention to these low-quality and low-potential customers.

When the Argentine found Xie Kai, Xie Kai narrowed his eyes even more. “General, this plan does exist, but the transaction volume of this kind of cooperation is generally over 2 billion US dollars.”

The Argentines actually proposed to exchange resources for equipment.

They obtained weapons and equipment from China, and exchanged minerals and other resources for China’s equipment and technology.

This is in line with the resource-for-equipment plan proposed by Xie Kai.

The problem is that the current global economy is weak, China’s domestic resource development is vigorous, and production capacity is already somewhat surplus. If the imported ore is not at a very low price, it will not be very competitive at all.

Shipping from South America to China is farther than shipping from Africa back to China, and the cost is low, and there is no market competitiveness at all.

“Two billion dollars is no problem. Our domestic resource extraction is difficult and low cost…” Carlos didn’t give up, “There is even a huge market. According to our understanding, you also have home appliances and other industries…”

Hearing Carlos talking about the home appliance industry, Xie Kai suddenly had an idea, “Cooperation is not impossible…”