"They have a keen sense of smell; they only came over when the Americans had almost finished withdrawing."
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 22 million bottles of mineral water every year; the water the military drinks is far more expensive than the oil they use.
Unlike the water at Jihuo Defense, which costs only a few cents a bottle and no one would complain about the price even if you used it for a bath, since there are surplus military supplies at the base, we roughnecks can splurge a little and save the transport planes' capacity.
"They must have been interested in the weapons and equipment left behind at the base. After all, an MK-19 grenade launcher or an M2 heavy machine gun can sell for tens of thousands of dollars on the market."
Old Ke followed up with that.
The instructor team was the first to be stationed in Amur. Accompanied by a translator, he went to the local black market to investigate. Now the market is full of American equipment, including many high-end items that were not available a couple of years ago.
Some flowed out from the US military, but more were government soldiers who sold off their weapons and wanted to flee; they didn't want to fight the Tata to the death.
Sell everything that can be sold, and have US dollars in hand. This will give you options, whether you go home or go abroad.
The equipment and supplies evacuated from Bagram Air Base mainly consisted of the expensive Reaper drones, along with their accompanying missiles and bombs.
Cheap army equipment—they didn't even want hundreds of mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, and naturally, they couldn't transport the squad and platoon weapons in the warehouse back—making them targets for these extremist groups.
If we can sell it, we can use it to deal with Tata later; it will come in handy then.
However, all of these platoon and squad weapons, which were not even good enough for a direct assault, became the assets of the concentrated fire defense company.
Even if it's not very expensive, those who try to steal from him are already courting death.
"It's pitch black here, send in a bombing drone."
Xia Yu raised his hand to check the time and then said.
The enemy has more than twenty people and four donkeys, which is less than a platoon. Deploying drones is the most efficient way to deal with them. Let's wait until dawn to call people over to collect the bodies!
"Yes, boss!"
It would take at least two more hours for these militants to reach the outskirts of the base. All members of Group 4 were woken up and gathered in the canteen to make various preparations.
The modified consumer drones were all brought by them, and the bombs they dropped were made from whatever materials were available on-site.
Open the ammunition box of the MK-19, break off a $50 M383E1 high-explosive round, pry off the top cover, manually remove the safety that requires high speed to unlock, restore it to its original state, and then put a 3D-printed plastic tail fin on the tail. In this way, a "badminton bomb" that does not require a badminton shuttlecock is completed.
Without a safety device, the impact fuse of the grenade is easily triggered, so it must be made on-site before use.
Although it's a bit more troublesome, it's the cheapest solution. After redesigning the gimbal, an Inspire-2 can carry four badminton bombs like this.
"Waaah"
In the darkness, four Inspire-2 helicopters took off in succession, carrying missiles, and flew at high speed to a position that had already reached within 3 kilometers of the base.
"The Americans' armory is in that direction; there's a blind spot in the surveillance cameras from this road to the wall..."
A guide who had previously worked at the base was introducing Bagram to the group.
Just as they got close to the barbed wire, a faint motor whirring sound came from the night breeze.
What was that sound...?
"Boom boom boom"
A series of explosions engulfed the entire team.
The donkey, hit by shrapnel, bellowed and ran away in the distance under the influence of adrenaline. A human would have only run a dozen steps before collapsing straight down. The armed men were all taken down without firing a single shot.
Hearing the commotion in the distance, the remaining hundred or so Americans in the base were all startled.
They're still busy in the ammunition depot right now. The planes that couldn't be taken away have been destroyed, the guidance kits for the precision-guided munitions have been taken, but the heavy and worthless iron bombs have to be destroyed on the spot.
If it were to end up outside, the TNT inside could be extracted to make roadside bombs, or it could be buried underground along with landmines.
This is very unsafe for their military bases in nearby countries. It would be better to take the time to manually remove the explosives and burn them before leaving.
Now that the militants have gotten close to the base, these veterans' minds have completely wandered.
No, Bagram can't stay; they need to evacuate to Kabul.
…………
"You want to go back to Kabul?"
As dawn broke, the group, who hadn't slept all night and were filled with fear, 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 finished. We hope that after your company's C-130H is repaired, you can tow these munitions away and destroy them in a secluded place."
One of the captains who remained behind spoke on behalf of everyone.
This model of Hercules has a payload capacity of nearly 20 tons, and can carry 80 500-pound bombs at a time. Dropping bombs from the tail is much more efficient than their disposal methods.
"That's why we've scraped together all this money."
He placed a suitcase on the table.
Compared to the regular soldiers who have to patrol and get shot, these technical soldiers are both safe and have more lucrative opportunities.
Now they can easily scrape together the money and run away ahead of time.
Xia Yu glanced at the box and saw that it contained about a million US dollars, enough to hire an An-124 for one flight outside, and now, with the help of a C-130H to drop bombs, it would be enough for several sorties.
But why blow up a perfectly good iron bomb? There are plenty of people willing to buy it back for three or four thousand yuan a time. He can just sell the bomb and the machine together.
That's two sums of money each time; even a small amount is still money.
"Okay, I'll arrange a helicopter for you this afternoon. Hurry back and get ready!"
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Sherlock."
After thanking them, everyone hurried back to pack their luggage.
"Splash splash"
Two battle-damaged Black Hawk helicopters, which were used to offset the project cost at a unit price of $300,000 and were repaired by Jihuo Defense, carried the group to Kabul.
Xia Yu, who arrived at the ammunition depot, recycled the excess iron bombs into the storage warehouse to print 155mm shells. According to his speculation, these things would be much more expensive than iron bombs in two years, so he only kept one sortie to make a show of it.
Soon, the two C-130Hs with replaced engines took off first, and the lame one, after having its landing gear replaced, had its twisted and deformed wing skin re-riveted and underwent ultrasonic non-destructive testing before finally leaving Bagram.
To be honest, the Hercules, which had been crippled for several months, had indeed suffered structural damage, but after Xia Yu's repairs, only external injuries remained. Replacing a few skin panels solved the problem.
All three C-130Hs will be transferred in Yilakou, and the transaction will take place secretly after the Americans have completely left Afghanistan.
However, one batch of goods was pre-ordered after Xia Yu made a phone call.
Yes, those are the A-29 Super Toucans from Kabul.
The US government spent over a billion dollars from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to purchase a batch of American-made Tucano fighters to support the government forces. Now, to prevent them from falling into enemy hands, these top-of-the-line propeller-driven fighters have all been scrapped. Jihuo Defense bought back 10 lightly damaged Tucanoes at $500,000 each; the severely damaged ones were sold free of charge and can be dismantled as spare parts.
A brand-new A-29 cost over 10 million back then, and the price is even higher now. That's why Kinabalu only bought 3 back then, not to mention that only 2 were available for deployment in the last operation.
If given the chance to acquire a batch of cheap A-29s, Ibrahim didn't hesitate at all; after receiving Xia Yu's call, he bought them all.
Well, they bought 10 Tucano helicopters at a unit price of $8 million, and ordered 7,000 Hydra rockets to go with them, for a total of $87 million (Xia Yu rockets only cost $1,000 wholesale, and Lao Mei bought the $2,000 worth with his own money).
However, they still didn't have the money, so they used minerals to offset the cost.
Sure enough, it's easy to make money off Americans. They can buy things at ridiculously high prices under various pretexts and then sell them as scrap metal, squeezing every last drop of profit out of them.
Xia Yu is not bad either; it can be bought for 500,000 and repaired to become 7 million.
Such opportunities are rare in history; the last time a retreat was this disastrous was in Yuenan.
With this batch of toucans, along with the original two, the Kinabalu Air Force can form four A-29 squadrons. In addition to this one-off deal, Xia Yu can also accept maintenance and support orders.
"Everyone, pack up, we're heading to Kandahar Air Force Base too."
After watching the last two Black Hawk helicopters take off and head to Kabul, Xia Yu announced to all employees.
"But before that, we have to go to Mazar-i-Sharif to do one last favor for the German Wehrmacht."
As is well known, it is not only the United States that has troops stationed in Afghanistan; the United Kingdom, Germany, and even the United Kingdom have also stationed troops there. Countries that do not have troops stationed there are also withdrawing their local citizens, including China.
After all, the next six months to a year will be a chaotic period for Ah Fuhan, and it will be safer to come back after this period.
"Boss, what kind of help do you need? It can't be just delivering beer, can it?"
Mole, who also had experience deploying troops in Akumah, joked about his former colleague.
The Jihuo Defense Force also keeps beer on hand, but it's only served at victory celebrations, unlike the National Defense Force which serves two bottles at noon and in the afternoon.
"The beer isn't the priority; what's urgent is a 27-ton stone monument. Your Ministry of Defense actually spent millions of euros to rent an An-124 just to haul a stone back."
Xia Yu said with great emotion.
Of course, there's also beer. They have 22,500 liters of beer that need to be transported back to Germany, since drinking is not allowed openly in this area, and even if they tried to sell it locally, they wouldn't be able to.
Since that's the case, we'll just have to airfreight it back to China and continue drinking it.
The Americans have their own C-5s, and all three of Firepower Defense's An-124s are currently in Afghanistan, primarily serving other countries with large cargo transport needs.
Those heavy helicopters and heavy trucks can't be towed by the A400M; they have to be carried by Ruslan.
"These guys just waste taxpayers' money. Luckily, we don't have to pay taxes for them anymore."
The elephant shrew couldn't help but say something.
Many employees of Jihuo Defense have obtained Guo's passports, renounced their citizenship, and become new Afica citizens.
With Hans leading the way, the number of Germans is definitely the largest. The welfare policy of heavy taxes will only cause the truly elite to run away.
If foreigners insist on accusing them of not loving Germany, they can understand their actions once they see that the taxes they pay are used to support illegal immigrants.
Xia Yu, as a subcontractor, has already reviewed the list of Germans who evacuated Afton.
In addition to the troops stationed there, they also need to evacuate more than 500 German citizens, plus 4,400 locals.
Those who received passports were new citizens, while those with only visas were temporary refugees (reserve citizens). They were also provided with food and lodging, and all of them were Germans.
Of course, things weren't much better in Thailand; they accepted 2,600 locals.
Black people who can speak French are probably better able to integrate into the country!
"Hurry up and pack up, they are our clients."
Xia Yu emphasized helplessly.
And so, on the morning of the next day, the air force of the fire defense team left Bagram and landed in Mazar-i-Sharif one after the other, along with an An-124 returning from Europe.
They then transferred to German CH-53G aircraft and arrived at the Malmar base.
This may be the last German stud, as the Wehrmacht may abandon the CH-53K and choose the Chinook CH-47F for various reasons.
However, the old helicopter is still flying, so once the procurement deal is finalized, Xia Yu plans to take advantage of the bargain.
Those in the best condition will enter the Cold War section, while those in the worst condition will wait until they are fully prepared before entering his bunker.
At that time, the CH-53 will be on the left, the Mi-26 on the right, and the Chinook alien will be moved slightly to the back.
"This is the stone monument."
Xia Yu looked at the stone tablet that was being disinfected by attaching a man card and asked.
"Yes, it will witness and commemorate this period of history in which the National Defense Forces are stationed in Afuham to perform their duties."
A major general standing next to him replied.
Is he fulfilling his duties while drinking beer?
Over a total of 20 years, 160,000 people were replaced, and the Germans spent $15 billion. Their reputation is certainly better than that of the Americans, but they really just made a brief appearance.
Among the costs, 59 soldiers lost their lives forever in this imperial graveyard.
"It's better to leave the fate of Ahmed to the Ahmed people. The US intervention has abnormally inflated the population here, and this land can't support so many people."
Xia Yu shook his head and said.
“You took away more than 4,000 people, but left 40 million people here.”
"This is something we really didn't expect. If only Germans could have such a high birth rate."
Hearing what the other person said, Xia Yu glanced at him again.
This guy can't drink anymore, can he?
Why are you talking nonsense in broad daylight?
In any case, the disinfected monument, along with its trailer, was loaded into the transport bay of the An-124 and flown to Germany on a chartered flight.
For the 20-plus tons of beer, Xia Yu arranged for an A340-300 aircraft to operate. Anyway, jet fuel was cheap at the moment, so even if it wasn't economical, there was still a profit to be made.
The heavy trucks and heavy helicopters for the defense forces will have to wait for the next An-124 sortie; such large items still cannot be separated from large strategic transport aircraft.
After completing their business with the Germans, Jihuo Defense officially deployed to Kandahar to assist the Americans in completing their troop withdrawal in the southern direction.
In the very end, all the countries will converge on Kabul to evacuate Akham from the capital's international airport.
So that was Xia Yu's last stop.
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