Yes, no matter how good your relationship is, you can't just borrow someone's brand new car and "drive it on the track" and drive it aggressively.
But Xia Yu helped solve the equipment problem for the armored forces, and the situation changed.
They said they don't lend out new cars, so you can just take it and drive it without any worries. Once it's broken in, we'll thank you.
You have to provide your own ammunition and supplies, because while truck-mounted howitzers and self-propelled howitzers are relatively easy to handle, the new multiple rocket launcher system really can't be used indiscriminately.
The small amount of ammunition purchased by Busa is enough for live-fire training, with each vehicle firing one or two rounds of different calibers per year. This makes the people feel protected and also serves as a deterrent to the neighboring Luwangda.
See? My howitzer has a larger caliber than yours, and my new rocket launcher is better than the cheap stuff you bought.
Also, don't think that your army is very strong. We also have aces, namely armored units.
If you're not convinced, then let's have a go. See how easily I can take down those light infantry kings of yours.
Of course, peace is the most precious thing.
Busa squeezed out of their budget to buy these equipment, not to start a war. Just like the price of these weapons and supplies, they were so expensive that they were only suitable for exerting influence, not for open warfare.
This illustrates the disadvantage of a country lacking a military industrialization system. For example, Turkey purchased a 302mm rocket artillery system from a major power and, after tasting the benefits, immediately introduced the entire production line.
However, without a certain level of industrial foundation, it is impossible to complete the localized production of rocket propellant, projectile body, warhead, launch tube, as well as launch unit control system and fire control aiming system.
In most countries, even if you teach them step by step, they simply can't learn it; they prefer to buy rather than make it.
This is actually a good thing, as sellers can make more money, and they can only get goods at wholesale prices, while Xia Yu can get them at cost price.
Printing directly from the system would be more convenient, but the ammunition count might not be accurate, so he wouldn't save that little bit of money.
Unfortunately, it's definitely too late to go to Sulya this time. Not only is the equipment not yet ready, but there's also no event in Busa yet. I'll have to wait for next time!
This time, let's use the old guy again, the BM-21 Hail from Jihuo Defense. It was made by Xia Yu to print rockets. The last time it was used seriously was during a courtship operation. I didn't expect that he would be married now.
Back in Afica, they cleared out one vehicle from the warehouse. The intensity of the conflict in the Middle East was too high; the firepower density of a single sortie by a Mi-24V might not be enough.
Having the old BM-21 Hailstorm makes all the difference; a salvo can open up the situation much better.
Similarly, the Syrian government forces, the Russian regular army, and even the Yevgeny Gna, also have BM-21s.
Xia Yu had heard Old Ye Fu say that he had been rigged with ammunition by his own people.
At their level, they might buy equipment from arms dealers like Alexei, but they certainly wouldn't procure consumables like ammunition.
They received their artillery shells and rockets from the regular army.
The availability of ammunition is affected by factors such as combat style, intensity of battle, and factional conflicts.
Fortunately, they have a powerful boss, so Jihuo Defense has never had a shortage of ammunition.
The company is like this now that it has few employees, and it will be like this when it has more employees. As long as there are enough raw materials, the system is a portable arsenal that can produce massive amounts of capacity.
Working 24 hours a day at full capacity, the output of printing 155mm grenades alone is definitely better than that of old magnesium.
This is the result of industrial hollowing out.
They've been at war every year, and their shell production capacity is so small, not even as good as the Koreans in East Asia.
The K9, which was stitched together, secured a lot of orders, which naturally boosted the production capacity of the supporting ammunition. However, the production of the 152mm shells for the main body of the enemy was also not low. The only problem was that no one was buying them.
Xia Yu was very curious about whether the shells they produced would ever come together on the battlefield; that would definitely be very interesting.
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Instead of eating dinner at school, Xia Yu and Liv drove Xiao Anka into the city for a meal at a restaurant.
We ate barbecue. The meat skewers would cool down very quickly in this kind of weather, but there was a small charcoal stove on the table to keep them warm, so it didn't affect the taste. It would be even better with room temperature beer.
Xiao Anka only drank one bottle, which should be metabolized by the time she gets back to school. Xia Yu drank three to five bottles during one meal.
The car was no longer drivable, so we booked a room at a nearby hotel and stayed there for the night with Liv.
The next morning, they left Zhucheng and headed towards Jinling.
Meanwhile, after having breakfast, Lao Huang and his group packed their luggage and took a bus to the airport they had visited the day before.
Apart from the pilots, everyone present was going abroad for the first time today, not to mention that it was the first time for everyone to work for a private company, so they were all a little nervous.
"Old Huang, when are we leaving?"
"Old Liu from the infantry fighting vehicle crew asked Huang Jingxiu."
He was the temporary leader of their group, and he was also responsible for liaising with their superiors.
"I asked the pilot, Lao Li, and he said to wait for the boss to arrive before we can discuss it."
Huang Jingxiu answered while checking the luggage.
The most important of the large and small bags piled up on both sides of the cabin were their weapons, which had to be checked again before leaving.
"I have to say, our boss is a true legend. He achieved such success before he was even 30 years old."
After lowering the folding chair on the bulkhead, Lao Liu sat down and chatted with Huang Jingxiu.
Understanding is mutual. Xia Yu had reviewed all the employees' files, and they had also been informed about the boss's background.
I wonder what kind of name this former soldier, who served two years in the military, has made in Afica.
The environment shapes talent, and the vast Earth holds immense potential.
The two had only been talking for a few minutes when they saw a Mengshi truck driving towards C-160.
"Is the boss here?" Huang Jingxiu immediately assembled the team, and the pilots in the cockpit also lined up.
They are all veterans who have served in the military for more than two terms, and pilot Li Deling is even a retired major. However, they now only have one identity: retired veterans who have chosen to find their own employment.
As Xia Yu got off the bus and walked up to them, he recognized each of them, and they recognized Xia Yu as well.
"I am Xia Yu, the founder of Ji Huo Defense, and also your boss. It is a pleasure to meet all of you elites from various professions."
Arriving at the front of the line, Xia Yu addressed everyone.
"Before you, the company only had one Chinese employee. He was our fighter jet mechanic, responsible for the safety of the company's two fighter jets."
"He's important, but he's still a support staff member, so I keep thinking about the combat effectiveness of our frontline personnel."
Scanning everyone, Xia Yu continued.
“I am the best example, but to prove that I am not an isolated case, you will need to work hard. Please tell me, do you have the confidence to prove this in the next year?”
Xia Yu is good at stirring up emotions. Everyone who has been chosen to come here has a reason to be proud. Since he asked that question, there won't be any other answer.
"We have confidence! We are confident!"
The crowd roared in unison.
"Very good, let's set off now, see you there."
After exchanging greetings and giving a brief speech, Xia Yu saw everyone off to board the plane.
He came here to "encourage" these employees. Talking about dedication without discussing compensation is psychological manipulation, but he treats all full-time employees equally.
The salary and allowances for Lao Huang and his colleagues this year will be based on those of other technical and combat employees.
"Oh, and remember to give yourself a code name. Choose something nice, because new people will inherit those code names a year from now."
Before the tail hatch closed, Xia Yu seemed to remember something and called out to everyone in the cargo hold.
Chinese names are too difficult for foreigners to pronounce, and using English names can be messy. Simple nicknames are the best choice.
Furthermore, they only signed a one-year contract, and the codenames can be inherited.
Of course, this applies only to technical employees.
The instructor team is a special case; they are not simply mechanized infantry squads, but are often used in separate units, so more specific and descriptive code names would be better.
For mechanized infantry deployed as a whole, which are basically organized into squads, numerical sequences are more suitable.
"Buzz"
After the two turboprop engines are started, they rotate like electric fans.
After receiving clearance from the control tower, Lao Li taxied to the runway and, together with another pilot, pushed down the throttle.
They took off with 13 people in the cargo hold, speeding towards Dubai. The people wearing headsets chatted in the cargo hold.
"A person's name, a tree's shadow, what code name are you going to choose, conductor?"
Little Bear asked Huang Jingxiu.
"I remember the boss's code name was Weasel, and I also looked at the company's personnel list and found that all the long-term employees' code names were animals!"
Old Huang recalled.
"Mammalians are more accurate."
Old Liu joined the conversation; as the infantry fighting vehicle commander, he had seen the list before.
"If the boss's code name isn't Weasel, then Old Huang, you could call yourself Weasel."
"Your suggestion is convenient. Then let's just call the little bear a red panda!"
Huang Jingxiu complained.
"Hey, this code name is great, I'll call myself Little Panda, what's it in English again? Red Panda"
As fate would have it, Little Bear liked this code name.
"In English it's redpanda, but in French it's pandaéclatant, and in Latin it's..."
Old Liu took out his electronic dictionary, searched, and said.
He bought this specifically to learn how to use it; it works offline and is better than a mobile phone in Afica.
"My goodness, why has no one in European history standardized a writing system? These all sound different."
The little bear only remembered how to say "little panda" in French; he automatically filtered out everything else.
"Then I'll call myself Giant Panda, our crew needs to be the same."
Old Huang also had an idea, but their codenames did indeed have Chinese characteristics.
"Old Lin, sorry, I stole your codename."
Huang Jingxiu turned to apologize to Lao Lin, the gunner of the tank crew, because Lao Lin was from Sichuan Province, and giant pandas were clearly their specialty.
"What's wrong with that? Giant pandas are too big and don't suit my style. I'll just call myself Dwarf Panda!"
Few people know about dwarf pandas, but Lao Lin has studied pandas in depth, so he knows about this extinct species of the panda genus.
Half the size of a giant panda, it would be even cuter if it hadn't gone extinct.
In addition, the panda family includes the Ailuropoda spp. from different periods, and the suburban panda, a branch in Europe.
There are far more species on Earth than most people imagine, but many of them have gone extinct.
"Wow, your crew is like the Panda Three Musketeers!"
Old Liu gave a thumbs up; he had learned something new today.
"Enough about us, have you decided on your codename yet?"
Huang Jingxiu asked the other party.
"I'm not fixated on domestic mammals. Since we're going out to drive weasels this time, a code name related to the mustelid family would be more fitting. What do you guys think of the marsupial weasel?"
Old Liu asked his colleagues for their opinions.
"Commander, this code name is good. Infantry fighting vehicles are meant to carry infantry, so they need a pocket, right? What other animals have pouches? But kangaroos and koalas are too associated with earthen mounds."
His crew members quickly replied.
"Kangaroos and koalas are not good, even wombats are not very good, how about Tasmanian devils, and marsupial moles are also good."
Exiting the foreign language dictionary, Lao Liu opened the offline encyclopedia on the electronic dictionary, searched, and said.
This gave it the style of the mole crew, but their marsupial crew's philosophy would focus more on the mechanized infantry they rode, which is why he insisted on using marsupial animal codenames.
As for the code names of the six mechanized infantry squad members, they are, of course, Chinese numerals.
It still has to be capitalized as 壹, 贰, 叁, 肆, 伍, 陆, but you have to add the word "老" in front of it.
If the boss is planning to add an infantry fighting vehicle, let's not talk about the crew members for now, but the mechanized infantry squad that rides it can be called by a code name.
These are early commercial numerical symbols derived from counting rods, such as 〡, 〢, 〣, 〤, 〥, and 〦.
They are quite proactive, but with so many new recruits, Jihuo Defense needs some time to integrate them.
Xia Yu will not be adding any more people for at least the next six months.
"Old Wu, what about you!"
Old Liu asked about the last person in the cargo hold.
At first, they thought the other party was a combat employee, but it turned out to be a cook.
Huang Jingxiu and his group were alright, but the infantry squad members felt ashamed because, putting aside other subjects, their shooting scores were not far behind.
Not to mention that the other soldiers have been discharged for a whole year, while they just came out.
"I wanted to call myself Centipede, but centipedes aren't mammals, so I'll just call myself Guinea Pig. I'm the best at making pork stew, and I was born in the Year of the Pig."
Thinking of the two guinea pigs he bought for his daughter, Old Wu's mind started to wander, and he suddenly had an idea.
It could also be called a badger, but it doesn't sound as nice as a guinea pig, so we settled on that name.
"Old Li, you've been listening the whole time, haven't you? Do you have any thoughts about what your code name is?"
Huang Jingxiu wrote down everyone's code names and finally asked the pilot.
"Haha, I initially wanted to call it Quetzalcoatlus, but after thinking about it, I'll call it Foxbat instead!"
Li Deling replied with a smile.
There aren't many flying mammals; most people only know about bats, but there are thousands of species of bats.
The reason he specifically chose the flying fox is because his nickname at school was "Fox," but there are no flying foxes, only flying flying foxes.
And so, the nicknames for these new employees were all decided, marking their first step in integrating into Jihuo Defense.
In the previous chapter, I was put in the dark room. It turned out that it was an export product and I couldn't write the specific model. Sure enough, I made the right choice with the nominee shareholding plan. It will be safer to borrow it and use it, and I have to be discreet about it.
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