Chapter 1013 The Pirates Succeed

Yang Cheng found that there were a group of heavily armed soldiers on the streets of Luxor. Although they did not reach the level of three steps, one post and five steps, one sentry, setting up a patrol point every 50 meters was enough to ensure that every blind spot on the streets of Luxor They were all covered by sight, their expressions were gloomy, and their vicious eyes flashed across ordinary people, as if they were all suspects.

Sitting in the car prepared by Mohammed, the corners of his mouth curled up looking at the chilling atmosphere outside the window. He could imagine the scene of Nassef jumping. It would be great if he could provoke the relationship between Nassef and the military.

The man was successfully rescued, and Yang Cheng was relieved of his worries. The next step was to get in touch with Boeing, and at the same time use Richard Durbin's relationship to get Congress to approve the arms sale. Of course, Boeing was not Vegetarian, in order to pass this order of up to 5 billion US dollars, Boeing will definitely try its best to lobby congressmen to release this arms sale.

Mohammed also sent someone to Paris. He needs to let the French ZF raise the price on the ground and unilaterally sabotage the negotiation process. Boeing will take advantage of the situation and get in touch with Sisi ZF. At the same price, the Rafale really can’t compete with F /A18 Super Hornet to compete, after all, the Super Hornet has been tested by war, and in layman’s terms, the volume of the Super Hornet is about 20% larger than that of the Rafale. Don’t underestimate this 20%, which means more advanced electromechanical Equipment and more ammo to equip.

Compared with the versatility emphasized by the Rafale, the Super Hornet is a real multi-purpose fighter, which has a strong deterrent force in both ground and air combat, while the Rafale is an air superiority fighter, and its advantage in ground attack is not obvious. When the prices are similar, the Egyptian military can clearly tell which is better.

However, Yang Cheng knows that arms sales are never something that can be negotiated in a few words. The relationship between countries is the primary consideration for whether arms sales can be achieved. In the Middle East strategy of the United States, Egypt has always been on the big chessboard. An important pawn, especially a few years ago because a second-generation foolish official from the United States was involved in Egypt, and was taken over by the Egyptian government. The relationship between the two parties suddenly changed from an ally to a former ally. Entangled in the affairs of Syria and Iran, Egypt has long been a testing ground for new US weapons.

Although the new government is now in power, the relationship between the two sides has not made substantial progress. The stalemate is already the best situation both sides can think of. Under such circumstances, will the Sisi government bow to the United States by purchasing arms? Yang Cheng wasn't sure either. On the surface, it seemed to be a matter of 5 billion dollars, but when it was really calculated, the benefits involved were far more than 5 billion dollars.

In addition to the huge single amount at the beginning, the subsequent continuous income and the incidental additional ZZ income are the big ones.

First of all, the reason for the huge profits and far-reaching impact of the arms trade is its high degree of monopoly. No more than ten countries in the world can independently produce and build third-generation fighters, no more than five countries can produce high-performance air defense missiles, and ten countries can build third-generation fighters. For main battle tanks, no more than seven countries can build regional air defense ships, and ballistic missile technology is in the hands of a few military powers.

As a result, countries without production capacity can only resort to military powers. This is an extreme monopoly industry in itself, and because this kind of monopoly has ZZ significance, it is instead protected by ZF and becomes a tool for ZF to reach its destination.

For example, the export price of the F-35 fighter jet was about 180 million U.S. dollars the year before last. What is the concept? A Boeing 737-700 costs $85 million.

This is the end? It's not that simple. The logistical maintenance and regular maintenance of the F-35 cannot be done by most countries.

It is necessary to find the manufacturer Boeing to do it. This is another crazy extra income, and this money has to be paid periodically. The benefit brought by the replacement of maintenance parts will greatly exceed the selling price of this aircraft. Selling you two aircraft for one aircraft is not as profitable as robbing a bank;

Thought this was the end? Hehe, have your pilots seen fourth-generation aircraft? Have you ever flown a fourth-generation aircraft? Do you know what is beyond visual range air combat? Won't? Come, come, as long as you are willing to pay, buddies will give you training, including a church for one year, this is an absolutely unavoidable link, you can only learn, when Dawan bought Apache, he had to go to the United States for training in advance, just Don’t talk about fourth-generation aircraft, you must know that the profession of a pilot is comparable to a national treasure in any country. If you train a weapon that may backfire on you in the future, you will be sorry for that aircraft if you don’t charge you a sky-high price. ;

Don't worry, it's not over yet! Fighter aircraft technology is updated very quickly, especially the avionics system. This year, I recommend a new phased array radar to you. I don’t know how much better it is than pulse Doppler. Next year, I will recommend an active phased array radar to you. I don’t know how powerful the passive one is. I might come to sell plasma radar to you next year. Anyway, new cabbages are delivered to your door every year. In order to keep up with the world trend and maintain air superiority over neighboring countries, these small countries only I can grit my teeth and sell my blood;

That, sorry, is still unfinished! A fighter plane is just a weapon platform, and weapons are another matter. You can't buy an empty shelf and go back without deterrence, right? You can't use the slingshot you patched together to install it on the fourth-generation aircraft, right? It doesn't matter, Boeing will list a series of weapons, such as laser guidance bombs, air-to-air combat bombs, medium-range interceptor bombs, auxiliary fuel tanks, conformal fuel tanks, external electronic warfare pods, and invisible paint that must be painted every time you return from work. None of them are free, all tm are consumables.

Of course, you don’t have to, and I didn’t force you, but look at that guy next to him who has a lot of fourth-generation machines. The number is more than yours, and the equipment is not ambiguous. If you really fight, you will be pushed to the ground~~ ~No no no~~~ Press and rub against the clouds, can you afford to lose this face?

The routines of arms dealers are always deeper than your routines of picking up girls, not only because the arms dealer needs your purchases to share his research costs, but also because you can’t kill you if you are determined enough to withstand the pressure. He will arm your surrounding countries with high-tech equipment, and let you live under pressure until you can't bear the pressure, dreaming that someone will throw a bomb on your head, and start looking for a strong army to update equipment. Smiling and cutting your artery with a knife, want to save some money to develop the economy? Go dreaming!

All in all, if Yang Cheng and Mohammed's plan is to be implemented smoothly, they must be prepared for a protracted war.

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The dazzling champagne-colored Jason rose from the ground at Cairo Airport. Through the porthole, looking at the increasingly smaller land, Yang Cheng said in his heart: I will come back~

Flying from Egypt to London, with the endurance of the Jason, there is no need to land halfway. Yang Cheng can sleep all the way, but he can't sleep. Without the satellite TV, he needed some noise to distract him.

Who would have thought that the news that was being broadcast caught his attention--Muhammad's people succeeded!

Yang Cheng waved his fist, thinking: Well done!

According to news reports, the freighter "Tianxing" (fictitious) under the Fumao Group was hijacked by Somali pirates. The freighter is 200 meters long and has a load of about 108,000 tons. Its volume is equivalent to that of an aircraft carrier. At this stage, there are no crew members. and tanker damage reports.

The news also said that the hijacked cargo ship is currently sailing towards and approaching the port of Ella in the northeast of Somalia, where Somali pirates are entrenched. The range of pirates hijacking ships is generally limited to the Gulf of Aden and the waters near Somalia, but this time the pirates chose the Gulf of Aden. Committed from the southern location, successfully avoided the escorting warships, and moved quickly and accurately, which means that the Somali pirates have advanced equipment and are capable of long-distance crimes.

According to the analysis of experts hired by the news program, hijacking a large freighter is not an easy task. Usually, there are armed guards on such large ocean-going freighters. , and finally use the rope to climb to the deck and carry out a sneak attack.

Hearing this, Yang Cheng secretly laughed in his heart. He didn't expect that he would inadvertently change the tactics of the pirates. At the same time, he gave Muhammad a thumbs up. He didn't think those pirates dared to go so far without support Hijack a 100,000-ton freighter.

At least it must be equipped with advanced communication equipment such as long-distance ships, satellite phones, and global positioning systems, as well as advanced automatic weapons, rocket launchers, etc., but Mohammed can't lose, this time in order to fulfill Yang Cheng's request, the pirate opened his mouth A ransom of $50 million is demanded.

Of course, this cannot be the final transaction figure. After negotiations, the pirates can get 20 million to be considered a success. The 20 million US dollars will be divided into at least half by Muhammad. How much is the cost? Human lives are not included.

However, how much ransom he got was not in the scope of Yang Cheng's concern. Whether he could successfully drag the Zhao family into the quagmire was the most important thing.

After the news was broadcast, in order to put pressure on the Zhao family, he made a few more phone calls to the headquarters and fueled public opinion. Although he hates moral kidnapping, there is nothing better than this at this time. He always pays attention to reputation The Zhao family must be very worried, Yang Cheng thought wickedly, let you make things difficult for the young master!

Just as he thought, once the news spread, it immediately set off an upsurge on social networking sites. Over the past few years, as countries have increased their efforts to escort the Gulf of Aden, there has been little news of successful hijacking by pirates. Now Somali pirates are making a comeback. The eyes of the whole world are focused on the Gulf of Aden.

Of course, a wave of invisible pressure hangs over Zhao's head like an invisible big hand. Everyone wants to see what this well-known Chinese family is going to do. Is it for the employees to compromise with the pirates? Or is it cold-blooded and ruthless, saving a huge sum of money regardless of the life and death of employees?

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