Chapter 99 Comprehensive Upgrade: Weasel S30 (Please Subscribe!)
What is profit maximization? This is profit maximization.
At this point in time, Jihuo Defense had just received the funds and had no time to spend them, making it the best time to take action.
"Even without considering Bomato's profits, they should be able to squeeze out ten or twenty million. They spent too much money on modifying the tanks."
Maxim counted on his fingers as he spoke.
"Don't be sad about it, we can make use of those two cars."
Brother Beard has already figured out how to use it.
He then personally recruited two elite vehicle crews, sending them out to tackle any tough challenges.
The fat sheep that the two had been longing for had just arrived at Busa's Maya Airport on a ride back from the supply convoy.
This is a dual-use military and civilian airport. In the Russian Air Force's transport squadron, apart from one C-130H-30 medium transport aircraft, the remaining two An-26 Curl aircraft are all grounded.
The fleet consists of four Su-25 Frogfoot fighter jets. Two are out of commission and used as spare parts, leaving only two operational. However, there is not a single reliable pilot among them, and all sorties are handled by temporary PMC personnel.
The helicopter squadron was in a terrible state, otherwise Monjo would have arranged for him to return in a Mi-8.
Let's wait and see. After dealing with the rebels and the White Hats, Xia Yu will discuss the aircraft maintenance and repair contract with them.
The price is negotiable, as long as the other party is willing to rent out their transport planes and facilities.
In the world of martial arts, what matters most is having a wild and unconventional approach.
Xia Yu needs to deliver weapons and equipment over long distances, or transport sensitive goods.
Using transport planes is the fastest way to avoid using the system's garage and hangar.
The scale of the concentrated fire defense is not large enough to support a medium-sized transport aircraft, let alone a matching airport runway and a dedicated hangar for maintenance.
Borrowing from others' existing resources would be more suitable for the early stages of development.
As for why people want to borrow it, it's because Xia Yu has the magic to turn trash into treasure and exchange the old for the new.
Unsure whether the man in the white top hat had figured out his true identity, Xia Yu used the false identity to buy a plane ticket to Kongluga and returned to Bogo Village before dark.
He entered the underground second floor of the vehicle yard alone and removed the four-barreled observation and aiming system from the other side of the anti-tank vehicle.
Apart from the time with the Osa Infantry Battalion, Xia Yu had never used a complete vehicle in combat; he either dismantled an Anpika or an Anbu fighting vehicle.
This vehicle is purely a production line machine, since its armor is much weaker than that of an infantry fighting vehicle.
Aside from production, they are only somewhat useful when guarding the base.
If he wipes out part of the White Hat Afica companies, their headquarters will definitely come after him.
Whether they send people or fighter jets, Xia Yu needs to be prepared for both scenarios.
He drifted off to sleep, lost in thought, and when he opened his eyes again it was the next morning.
Xia Yu mixed dried shrimp, pickled mustard greens, cilantro, and tofu pudding together, then folded the freshly fried and drained youtiao (Chinese fried dough stick) in half and took a big bite.
Although he came back to reorganize the troops for war, people need to eat, and that won't stop him from having a good meal.
"Boss, this is the cold skin noodles I made. Just mix it up and it'll be ready to eat."
Xia Yu said yesterday that he would leave this morning, so Lao Yu prepared lunch in advance.
Brushed with oil and cooled with ice, the cold noodles don't clump together easily. Add a big piece of meat, and it's delicious.
Xia Yu tossed his lunch into the back seat of the car and drove the Panhard straight to the port.
Several batches of goods he purchased arrived at the port last week, and after customs clearance, a total of 7 containers were transported into his warehouse at the port.
With the big battle approaching, Xia Yu had no interest in opening blind boxes, and simply opened each box one by one according to the receipt.
The first container utilizes the vertical space, with two irregularly shaped wooden crates placed alternately.
This is the mK30 2\/Abm type autocannon system that was transported from Pasir.
A company called Engesa Special Engineering purchased a batch of the system from Rheintech, and then a small number of them were distributed to Xiayu.
Compared to wholesale prices of tens or hundreds of dollars, his five doors will have a certain premium, but as long as they work well, that's fine.
Xia Yu touched the door above and put it into the modification laboratory module, then went to the corner of the warehouse and put the last Weasel vehicle into it as well.
During his last trip to Europe, he purchased 10 vehicles, and after refurbishment, delivered 7 of them to the Anka mechanized infantry battalion.
He owned a Weasel A3, modified a Weasel S3, and finally upgraded the last one to a Weasel S30.
Continue opening the second and third containers. They are from the same batch as the first one. The third container, apart from housing a single main gun system, is filled with other containers.
Inside is the cLARA composite lightweight general-purpose reactive armor, a hard-to-find product jointly developed by Nobel Dynamics and Verseidag Indutex.
Labeling everything with explosive reactive armor will only harm you. But what if it's a lightweight explosive reactive armor specifically designed for infantry fighting vehicles?
This is the explosive reactive armor specifically designed for the Marder A5 and Puma infantry fighting vehicles. It uses fiber-reinforced plastic composite materials instead of traditional explosive reactive armor made of metal plates.
Infantry fighting vehicles are used to carry mechanized infantry squads in coordinated operations.
If it's a tank explosion, and an armor-piercing round detonates the hollow explosive charge, the scattered infantry, even if they're wearing body armor, will be injured by shrapnel from the explosion.
In this way, a world where only infantrymen are injured, aside from the vehicle crew, is achieved.
Fortunately, this new type of explosive reaction does not produce lethal fragments, making it the best partner for vehicle crews and infantry.
The downside is that it's expensive. Engesa Special Engineering Company only purchased a batch of samples and then decisively abandoned the plan to add explosion-proof features to their products.
We can't afford it. Their products are already expensive, and adding a set of gold tortoise shells on top of that makes it hard to sell them even in our own country, let alone whether anyone will buy them internationally.
These unused samples, along with five main gun systems, were leaked to Xia Yu, which can be considered a way to make use of waste.
Each armor block weighs 18.5kg and is only 100mm thick. Compared to a single-layer blade, it is incredibly thin, providing gentle protection for sensitive skin.
Xia Yu counted the number of armor blocks; they could provide the defense of about 1.6 Weasels.
One set was sent to the system modification lab workshop, and the remaining 0.6 sets can be kept as spares.
He then opened the fourth container, which contained two armored vehicle power packs that had been stored there for some years.
The ability to modify parts using discarded components, a feature of the system that allows for diverse usage, gives Xia Yu a great deal of room for maneuver.
After searching extensively online, he discovered that Thyssen Henschel (a land systems company under Rheinmetall) had exported a batch of tAm tanks to Agantin, built on the chassis of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle and fitted with welded turrets of the Leopard 1A3.
Good heavens, Xia Yu thought his modifications were quite advanced, but he didn't expect that the official authorities had already intervened years ago.
After decades of use, the Agantin military has a good opinion of the tAm tank. A couple of years ago, they even had it modernized, upgrading the fire control and turret servo mechanism, and renamed it the tAm2c improved version.
The powertrain has not been upgraded.
Because the original engine of the tAm tank was more powerful than that of the Marder A3 infantry fighting vehicle.
Just like adding a "ti" to a computer graphics card or adding a "+" to a mobile phone chip, tAm's power pack is still the MTU MB 833 series, but it has been upgraded from the Ea-500 model to the Ka-500 model.
With just one letter different, the power output increased from 600 horsepower to 720 horsepower, a full 20% increase.
It doesn't seem as powerful as the Cougar 1000+, but this Ka-500 model can fit into the engine compartment of a Marder chassis.
Xia Yu placed the order precisely because he saw this potential. He bought five Ka-500 engines that had exceeded their service life and were completely scrapped from Agenting, along with the matching gearboxes.
The most important thing in the international arms trade is the availability of spare parts. Car engines can run for hundreds of thousands of hours, but tank and infantry fighting vehicle engines don't have that many hours.
Over its decades-long service life, the tAm tanks have accumulated a considerable number of scrapped engines, and Rheinmetall continues to supply power packs for newly produced Ka-500 tanks.
Xia Yu could get new stock if he thought of a way, but there was no need for it.
The main gun was already so expensive, let's save money on the engine; anyway, everything we modify will be brand new.
Xia Yu gestured and stored an engine and transmission into the system.
[1 vehicle discovered, 5 types of usable modification parts, available for modification]
The system automatically generated a modification rendering. Xia Yu still adjusted some details according to his aesthetic sense and usage habits before finally choosing to modify it.
"Modify!"
Estimated remaining man-hours for modification: 73.1
Goodness, it took him three days to make those changes, even though he did make quite a few.
Now all that's left is to wait. Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the time, realizing it was already lunchtime.
Back at Panhard's side, he stirred his large portion of cold noodles, then took a bite of meat as a reward for a hard morning's work.
Hundreds of kilometers away in Panaka, a group of people in white top hats, sipping garlic baguettes and creamy mushroom soup, were unaware that a winning weapon specifically designed to counter them was being modified and prepared.
"I still prefer the sweet bread from my hometown."
Although he has been a Frenchman for seven or eight years, Maxim's stomach is still that of Romania.
"I wouldn't say that if I treated you to a thirteen-course meal."
"Brother Beard continued."
"Yes, French food is still the best."
Maxim no longer craves the sweet bread of his childhood; he is now a Frenchman, and he must love his country.
If Xia Yu knew how patriotic this guy was, he might be willing to pay for his cremation and send his ashes back draped in a white flag.
Want to live?
Why didn't you give him a way out in the first place?
If they were piloting the original Mi-24V, the entire helicopter crew would be killed on the ground.
Once a grudge is formed, it's either you die or I live.
After locking the warehouse doors and leaving the port, Xia Yu drove into a rainforest clearing on the outskirts of the city.
"Whoosh~~"
After releasing the newly refurbished Mi-24V from the hangar and finishing his business, he planned to return to the front lines.
Xia Yu climbed into the cockpit; he still preferred to stay with his buddies.
Start the engine, control the helicopter to take off, and Xia Yu flew straight towards Panaka.
After the defense upgrade, the Mi-24V is great in every way, except it's not very intelligent.
If the system doesn't unlock the modification lab module for the aircraft, then he'll have to find his own way to upgrade the avionics and fire control by spending money.
The money we earn is meant to be spent; by converting it into fighting power, we can earn even more back.
Only by being willing to make continuous investments can Jihuo Defense grow bigger and stronger.
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