1093 Poverty is not a reason to give up the pursuit of expensive and advanced weapons and equipment (3/5)
"Can't get the Angolans?"
Xie Kai thought that Zheng Yucheng asked people to come to him for something.
It turned out that this old guy couldn't handle the Angolans, just as he predicted.
"Yes, those Angolans, who are so poor and so angry, give the impression that they are richer than Iraqis. Zheng Yucheng, the new secretary Yang Xiaodong, who came to find Xie Kai, complained.
Xie Kai looked at him and said with a smile, "Angola has always been supported by the Cuban Air Force since the beginning of the civil war, and in those days, the Soviets supported MiG-21 fighters, although it seems to be backward now, but the ability to supersonic is still good......
For the Angolans, Xie Kai knows too well.
Now that the civil war has barely stopped, the war is still going on, although the United States has signed contracts with South Africa and will no longer support the anti-government of UNITA, which has been transformed into a guerrilla army.
Only four sovereign states, Angola, the United States, Cuba and South Africa, signed the ceasefire agreement.
Anti-government guerrillas such as UNITA are not qualified to sign a ceasefire agreement.
Later, the Soviets supported even such good things as Mi-24 gunships, as well as Su-22 attack aircraft.
The Angolan army has a high eye.
"Don't be happy, now that the exam is over, Director Zheng asked you to hurry up. Comrade Mozi transferred another doctor and a nurse to the base, so that the shift could be changed. Director Zheng said that if he can handle it, he doesn't need to trouble you......" Yang Xiaodong looked at Xie Kai, a young man who was a round younger than himself, and said embarrassedly.
There is no comparison between people.
Look at yourself, and then look at others.
Although Mo Qi is still in a coma, the fetus in his arms has been developing well, which is a new topic for the domestic medical field, so Mo Qi has been taken care of a lot, and Xie Kai is not very worried.
The only thing is to accompany Mozzie every day, talk, and hope that Mozzie can wake up.
Lying in bed, I have always relied on fluid food, and I can barely keep up with nutrition or anything, and my body function is much worse.
"Where are the Angolans now? How was it arranged?" Xie Kai asked, "Lao Zheng won't take them to our base, right?"
"The original plan was like this. Yang Xiaodong looked at Xie Kai with some puzzlement.
"What do you look at a poor country like Angola? Even if you look at it, a brigade needs at least more than one billion dollars, can they afford it?" It's not that Xie Kai looks down on the Angolans, it's that they are really poor.
Didn't look at it, they bought a refurbished version of the Su-30K fighter that was returned by the third brother of India, and they could only buy 12 at a time?
Poverty is not a reason for a country to pursue advanced weaponry in the process of national defense construction.
At least, for the country of Angola.
Anyway, since Xie Kai learned about this country, this country has always been like this.
After the withdrawal of South African and Cuban troops, in order to exterminate UNITA, Angola also sent a large group of Su-25 and an unknown number of Mi-24 helicopter gunships from the Soviet Union.
Later, because the Su-25 was smashed by the Angolan Air Force, when dealing with the UNITA guerrillas, these fighters only dropped bombs at an altitude of 5000~7000 meters and then evacuated, turning the Su-25, which had played very well in both mobility and accuracy on the battlefield in Afghanistan, into a big horse pulling goods, and almost made Sukhoi's general division vomit blood.
In the 90s, Angola felt that this thing was not very useful, and actually ordered 14 brand-new Su-22s from the Soviet Union for $25 million each.
Of course, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Angolan government, which had lost $400 million in military aid a year from the Soviet Union, quickly abandoned the communist cause and turned to the United States, openly stating that it was "disappointed in the Soviet Union...... As a result, the $4.1 billion in arms money owed to the Soviets was repaid.
Moscow certainly could not bear this anger, and directly terminated the supply of spare parts, and withdrew experts, and the Su-25 purchased from the Soviet Union never flew into the sky of Angola again, and was later bought by Libya at a very low price a few sets of airframes and a large number of bulk parts, and the rest became a monument to the Soviet Union's $4.1 billion in arms aid in the Angolan civil war.
"I'm going to land at this point. Yang Xiaodong said.
There is a special operations brigade on the 404 side, and every time you sell equipment, no matter what the other side needs, you can directly pull out the special brigade, and then have a live demonstration to show the performance in actual combat, and it will be easy to sell equipment.
Xie Kai has always done this.
What's more, this is also in line with the style of strategic flickering, isn't it?
Let the international community slowly study and analyze.
The more they think that China is militarily strong and engages in all kinds of small actions, the more careful they have to be, right?
Just like Zhang Juzuo of the strategic flickering bureau, he doesn't have a draft when he blows, what kind of killer weapon for China's aircraft carriers, as long as the party fee -26 is fired in three or two, the aircraft carrier of the US imperialist will have to sink into the sea to feed the sharks or something......
"Damn, they won't think about paying their debts in the first place, right?" Xie Kai immediately felt a chill down his back.
Otherwise, where did the Angolan Air Force get so much confidence?
Lao Zheng definitely didn't know these things.
In desperation, Xie Kai could only rush to the 404 base in a hurry.
"Mr. Liu's Y-8 is already waiting at the airport, and I came here on that plane. Yang Xiaodong looked at Xie Kai, his mind was a little complicated, and in order to pick up Xie Kai, he made a special flight.
Fly once, and tens of thousands of dollars will be gone.
Xie Kai didn't say anything more, just went to the hospital to see Mo Qi, told Mo Qi that he was going back to his hometown, and he would come back soon, and at the same time met with the newly transferred doctors and nurses, and then returned.
"These bastards, I'm really fed up with them! I don't have any money, and the requirements are too high! People are poor and have high consumption......" Xie Kai returned to the base and went directly to the headquarters office building, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard Zheng Yucheng's angry scolding.
Obviously, it was the Angolans who were scolded.
"Are you back?" Wang Guilin was surprised when he saw Xie Kai coming in, and said to Yang Xiaodong who was following behind, "Comrade Xiao Yang, please go to the cafeteria and let them prepare some supper." ”
"Don't be angry, I told you about them before. People have been used to seeing good things since the beginning. What's more, they don't need to pay money immediately when they buy advanced equipment, just owe it. Xie Kai naturally knew why Zheng Yu became so angry.
"Won't you have money? We have sold the equipment for so many years, can we do it without money?" Zheng Yucheng was suddenly unhappy.
If you want to owe money, that's absolutely not okay.
"Resources for equipment. Xie Kai reminded Zheng Yucheng.
This plan was originally put forward by them, in order to keep the domestic military industrial system has certain orders, and it can rely on these orders to continue to develop.
"That's not money?"
"They don't have the ability to mine anyway, do they?" Xie Kai said.
The cub sells Yetian, and it doesn't hurt at all.
The Angolan government is now running out of poor pants.
"The investment is high and the payback period is long. Wang Guilin was also a little worried, "Although it is a good thing that there are more sources of funds for the current base." ”
"Risk pass-through. Working with two barrels of oil, they will also be more interested in foreign oil fields......"
These things are not easy for 404 to operate, but transfer this business to two barrels of oil, they invest, and then 404 only needs dividends.
As for the equipment, then deduct it from the oil first, right?
On the way back, Xie Kai had already planned.
At this time, Angola was not yet completely at peace, and oil at sea had not yet been explored.
It will not be until the 90s that the deep-sea oil fields, which account for the lion's share of Angola's oil, will be discovered.
"Deep-sea oil field, you are crazy! We don't have such technology in China!" Zheng Yucheng had to interrupt Xie Kai's self-congratulatory thoughts.
The prospect is very good, take the opportunity to take the deep-sea block in Angola, extract oil, and then whether you sell the oil field or keep it for yourself, there is no problem.
Xie Kai ignored a key problem - China does not have deep-sea oil extraction technology!
Not only does China not have deep-sea oil extraction technology, but it also does not have the manufacturing technology for deep-sea oil extraction equipment.
"Didn't offshore oil be carved out separately in '82? How could there be no ......?" Xie Kai was dumbfounded.
The coastal areas of Angola, the offshore oil fields and everything are occupied.
The exploration of oilfields in deep-sea blocks will not be available until the nineties, and now it can be obtained at unimaginably low prices, so that the price difference is several times greater.
Angolans are probably unaware that there is oil in their deep-sea areas.
If you let go of such an opportunity, how will you do it in the future?
If it was possible, Xie Kai could even go directly to take it, obviously not.
A huge piece of fat was placed in front of him, Xie Kai had already pounced, opened his mouth and was about to bite down hard, and then, he found that his teeth were gone......
If you can't eat fatty meat, can you do it?
"If you don't have a mortgage and don't want resources, can you really give equipment for free?" Xie Kai was a little entangled.
He knew that the Angolan government would pay its debts later.
Although it is said that the Soviet Union collapsed, Lao Maozi still inherited most of the family business in the Soviet Union, and the Angolan government said "very disappointed in the Soviet Union", so it was a bad debt, so it can't be said, isn't it?
"We still export oil at home. Gold ore, copper ore, manganese ore or something, even phosphate, we import a lot of chemical fertilizer every year, and Africa also needs a lot of chemical fertilizer. Wang Guilin said.
They had to negotiate what they wanted from Angola.
Angolans don't take it seriously, they have to.
"If only they had money. has no money, and pretends to be very rich, so arrogant!" Zheng Yucheng also looked resentful.
"Don't expect them to be rich. If you wait another fifty years, you will probably have no money. Xie Kai shook his head.
Thirty years later, Angola is Africa's largest oil producer, with a GDP per capita of more than US$7,700, but only 37 per cent of the country's population still has access to electricity, half of the population does not have access to safe drinking water, unemployment reaches a quarter of the population, and one out of every five children dies before the age of five......