Xia Yu is quite cunning in this regard; he only develops businesses with high profits and short return cycles.
Can you believe that this short-term deployment in Syria involved thousands of employees, with even more casualties, and that the overall revenue wasn't much higher than that of concentrated fire defense?
Different company positioning can lead to such results.
Despite its small size, Jihuo Defense's profitability is exceptionally strong.
While Grenadiers value profitability highly, they place even greater emphasis on the company's "military" attributes.
After saying goodbye to Old Yev, Xia Yu climbed into the cockpit of the Mi-24V.
"Splash splash"
After taking off, he carried his brother-in-law, wife, and personal guards, flying rapidly towards Joaquin.
The cargo ship is leaving today. The Super Hornet has already been folded up and hoisted into the hold. Now only their Deer-Tiger is left.
Because attack helicopters are highly maneuverable and their rotor blades are subjected to great forces, they are not as easy to fold rotor designs as transport helicopters.
In the early days, only the rotors of the AH-1 Cobra could be folded. The Apache folding solution was only solved later. Russia has more options. The Mi-24/Mi-35/Mi-28 cannot be folded, but the coaxial rotors of the Ka-52 are easy to fold.
"This is the high school my brother and I attended. Junior high is over there, and elementary school wasn't in the city; it was in the town."
While it appears to have some defensive advantages, if one were to call it a military fortress, this castle is more like a palace, and now it has been turned into a paid museum.
"You liked it on your very first visit?"
Hearing the commotion in the yard, Ms. Hannah, wearing an apron, came out to greet them.
These listed castles are fine to visit, since they can't be bought or sold, and there's no need to.
Several people stood on the short wing and removed the compound rotor of the Deer-Tiger piece by piece, and finally hoisted the entire fuselage into the cabin and sealed the hatch.
Liv suppressed a smile upon hearing this, while Hans seemed to have been force-fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), and remarked on the exceptional nature of the place.
The refugee issue is complex. Germany, with its aging population, also needs young and strong refugees to work in industries that its own citizens are unwilling to pursue.
"beep"
Under the dim light of the streetlights, the car stopped in front of a three-story German-style wooden truss building.
The welfare system in old Europe is unparalleled, far superior to that in old America.
"The money wasn't wasted. If the jobs available here weren't all unsuitable, I would still be very willing to come back."
"This is where Liv was born and raised, so it must be a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery."
Following the rental car northward, we finally arrived at the hometown of Hans and Liv, a small town in Mecklenburg, before dinner.
The area is less than that of Yunnan Province. It's only a hundred or two kilometers from here to Bailin. Whether you travel by air or land, it's very fast. Going abroad is just like going out of the province.
Xia Yu had never eaten this before; he had only ever had green asparagus served with steak, and he didn't know what it tasted like.
The Fisher family’s ancestral home, which they renovated, is located in the town, so you have to drive a bit further after leaving the town.
Without a private plane, they had to take a commercial airliner. Fortunately, Jochen is not far from Germany, and the plane arrived in Berlin in the afternoon, a distance of more than 3,000 kilometers.
Upon learning that her son, daughter, and son-in-law were coming back, she bought a lot of food and made a thick soup with freshly harvested white asparagus.
Hans grumbled as he pulled the handbrake.
With its mountains and water, this place seems like a nice spot. Besides the Brandenburg-class corvette of the same name, the most famous thing about this state is Schwerin Castle, which is located in the lake and looks like something out of a fairy tale.
There is no difference between foreign countries and China. Outside of big cities are small towns, which are equivalent to county towns, and surrounding these small towns are many smaller towns.
After watching the cargo ship sound its horn and leave the port, Xia Yu and his companions got into their car and headed to the airport.
The salary would be higher than those of white-collar workers, but this was not the life he wanted, so Run went to Afica to work as a PSC.
As they drove through the town center, Liv introduced Xia Yu to the area.
The situation in the west is better. Apart from the capital Berlin, East Germany has been losing population for more than 20 years since the reunification of Germany.
The reality is a bit different from what we imagined. Compared to learning skills and working, nothing beats being on handouts. It's true that the brothers are going to get food again today.
Xia Yu wanted a European-style modern castle (16th, 17th, or 18th century) located on a mountain, with a smaller area and greater fame.
"Don't just stand at the door, come in!"
Digging down into the center of the lake is simply unrealistic; it would require a mountain of hard rock.
However, it's actually quieter with fewer people. Educational and medical resources are just a matter of distance. Cars can solve some of the problems, and the rest can be solved by helicopter.
Compared to the house in the photo, the small building in front of me looks newer, but you can tell from the details that it is the same building.
Liv, having unbuckled her seatbelt, continued.
"Don't say that, I quite like it here too."
Xia Yu helped the small town make up for some of the losses.
With a high school diploma and a stint as a Federal Armed Forces veteran, you basically receive a few years of technical training and are assigned a blue-collar job.
"Don't even mention you, I wouldn't want to come back either. Apart from elderly people like my mother, I guess only refugees would like it here!"
When praising someone, start by praising your hometown; Xia Yu knows how to talk.
"This is it."
Hans clearly didn't believe it.
Perhaps it's the difference between yellow chives and regular chives, but stir-fried yellow chives with egg skin tastes significantly better than stir-fried regular chives with eggs. I'm not sure about their nutritional value.
After greeting his mother-in-law, Xia Yu asked Domi to put down the gifts she had brought.
These were all purchased while he was in Suliya. As a big boss, he couldn't just go to his wife's parents' home empty-handed!
Stock up on a little bit of everything, from expensive to cheap and hard-to-find items; about seven or eight kinds should be enough.
Hannah doesn't speak French, so the group chatted happily in English at the dinner table.
"Mom, let's save up our annual leave this year and go to Afica for a trip."
Liv invited her mother.
She and Xia Yu had discussed it. The scenery in Guo was beautiful, and Lao Xia and Lin Shuqin had a great time. They couldn't let the Fischer family be treated unfairly.
Ms. Hannah hasn't retired yet, so she can only use up her annual leave at once.
With plenty of paid annual leave and short working hours, retiring later doesn't seem so bad.
“Yes, Mom, you absolutely have to go and see.”
Hans put down his spoon and said.
“Your son-in-law’s business there is huge.”
"Small businesses, just small businesses, it's just that the industry is a bit special."
Xia Yu said modestly.
Putting aside the scale, the track is indeed unique, the kind that is difficult for others to replicate.
"Then I'll go for Christmas. I've been spending Christmas alone all these years, so I might as well get together with you all this year."
With her husband gone early and her children all working abroad, Ms. Hannah is indeed very lonely.
Let's wait and see. After Liv gives birth, we'll have her bring the baby back to visit more often.
"mouth area"
Just as Xia Yu was thinking this, Liv covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom.
This is food poisoning.
No, this sounds like morning sickness.
White women also experience morning sickness, or rather, this physiological phenomenon is only related to hormone levels.
It's a bit of a waste to have such delicious white asparagus soup.
Xia Yu quickly followed.
If it really is morning sickness, then he's going to be a father.
Be happy when you should be happy, show concern when you should care, and always place more expectations on the first child.
Whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as they're not a troublemaker, it's fine.
"Is there a supermarket in town? I want to buy a pregnancy test."
Xia Yu spoke up.
"Don't bother, we got back late, it's already 8:30, the supermarkets and pharmacies are all closed."
Hans shook his head and said.
Supermarket and pharmacy employees also need to leave work early; it's normal for them to close between 6 and 8 pm.
"Then it'll have to be tomorrow, Mongoose, no, Hans, you come with me."
At his mother-in-law's house, Xia Yu wasn't the boss, and Hans wasn't a meerkat; they were simply brothers-in-law.
"Okay, Sherlock, you're pretty efficient. I'm about to become an uncle all of a sudden."
Hans joked.
But he was quickly silenced by his elderly mother; this was not something that could be joked about in public.
Suspected morning sickness and fatigue from the long journey, Liv could only finish a little bread and went back to her room to rest early.
Hans then pulled Xia Yu and Domi aside and introduced them to the Iron Cross medals passed down through their family line.
There are those from the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II, as well as those of Class I, Class II, and Knight, but there are no higher-level ones.
In addition to the iconic Iron Cross, several medals from the East German period have also been preserved.
"There are so many that they could probably fill an entire military uniform."
Xia Yu said with emotion.
"It's not like that one person, how could it be full? It takes several generations to collect this small bag. I've worked in the Federal Defense Force for several years and I don't even have a Special Silver Cross."
Hans said, pursing his lips.
The Federal Armed Forces' newly established Third Class Cross medal in 2008 may be a bit ugly, but it is still very prestigious.
It's been almost ten years, and only a little over 200 Silver Crosses have been awarded, the number of Gold Crosses has been halved, and there are fewer than 30 Honorable Mentions.
Kuhn had never been deployed overseas, so he only received a Silver Cross on behalf of the armored grenadiers.
"There are many people who don't have the skills, but those who do are all top-notch. If the company is recruiting a new team, we should at least find a top-notch team leader!"
Xia Yu talked about hiring.
Old Huang and Old Liu are also elites with medals, so among the tank commanders, Hans is the only blank slate.
The new vehicle crews are selected from the best of the best; they must be the elite of the armored forces.
"It would be quite difficult for you to recruit a tank commander who has won the Gold Cross. These kinds of people usually serve in the Wehrmacht until retirement. Only sergeants give up their pensions and leave midway."
Hansby Xia Yu knew a lot about this, and he directly talked about the ins and outs of it.
"It all depends on human effort. Currently, the four core train sets are sufficient."
Xia Yu was not discouraged.
The core of the company's ground forces is two tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles. If we expand further, we will first expand the infantry fighting vehicles. There is no rush to expand the tanks.
However, when they expand their tank crew recruitment, they'll actually use a heavily modified Leopard 2A7.
That would be amazing. Putting aside the fact that he initially only modified a collection item, if he actually put the Leopard 2A7 into service, then the company would have three tanks from different countries, giving it a kind of Indian logistics advantage.
Xia Yu thought about it and decided against it. Besides, the Leopard 2 was a bit too heavy. With the addition of explosive reactive armor, it weighed nearly 70 tons, which was really unsuitable for combat.
The most suitable option is still the red T-80, which was previously shelved due to the acquisition of the Leclerc UAE.
The vehicle has a longer hull than the T-64B1M, with a combat weight kept to around 50 tons, and uses the same ammunition and logistical maintenance as the Panda vehicle crew.
With so many advantages, it was impossible for him not to be tempted.
Leopard 2a7
Let it remain in his private museum!
I've never lost in the game, but in real life, it's just as unsatisfactory as the M1 series.
As midnight approached, the group, yawning, stopped chatting and returned to their rooms to wash up and rest.
…………
The next morning, instead of going to the supermarket to buy pregnancy tests, everyone drove to the obstetrics and gynecology clinic in the city to have blood tests done.
"Congratulations, Ms. Liv, the test results show you are pregnant."
The doctor smiled and congratulated Liv.
A weight was lifted off their shoulders, and everyone who had been holding their breath breathed a sigh of relief.
"If I were really pregnant, I would have said that my period hadn't come this month because I was too tired!"
Liv said happily.
On the battlefield, people's nerves are always on edge. If they don't enjoy their food, they'll just assume it's just a lack of appetite.
In addition to her primary role as a field medic, she also had to assist Xia Yu with company affairs. This time, the deployment was remote and across states, and the intensity made her feel like she was back in the exam week before graduation.
Liv therefore ignored the fact that she was pregnant, but the rapidly rising levels of human chorionic gonadotropin and progesterone still caused morning sickness.
"That was several months ago."
Xia Yu quickly asked.
"It can't be detected in the blood. It can be detected by ultrasound at 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy, but Liv's pregnancy should not be more than a month old."
The doctor made his judgment based on years of experience.
So there's no need to do an ultrasound at this point, since the fertilized egg hasn't developed into an embryo yet!
"I see. Does that mean I shouldn't overexert myself during early pregnancy?"
"Just do your job normally. Humans aren't that fragile."
Yes, as long as they are healthy, white pregnant women are the same as Asian pregnant women.
Xia Yu still remembers the first television set in his family. Lin Shuqin carried it home from Nanjing while she was pregnant with him. More than ten years later, he sold it as scrap for fifty yuan and spent it all at an internet cafe.
"That's good, but our company still needs to hire a new doctor."
Liv can help with the fire control and defense business, but she can't keep up with surgeries.
Xia Yu doesn't lack $8,000 a month; hiring another field medic for the company would be the most suitable option, preferably one with delivery experience.
Liv couldn't stay in Europe or China for 10 months; she could only have her prenatal checkups done, and eventually she would have to return to Afica with her pregnant belly.
In case of unforeseen circumstances or complications, the new doctor can assist with the delivery.
Of course, it's safest for Xia Yu to do it herself; the weasel K1, after routine disinfection, can also be used as a delivery room.
"Hiring someone would be good. While I'm still not heavily pregnant, I can still help out the other person."
Liv also approved of her husband's arrangements.
The new doctor may be more skilled than her, but it's still difficult for him to master how to use an armored ambulance; she has to teach him.
"Then we'll just wander around the neighborhood for the next few days. I'll go to Rheinmetall with Hans."
Xia Yu changed the arrangements, leaving his wife at her mother's house, giving Domi a gun to watch over her, while he and Hans went to Düsseldorf.
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