Of course, they didn't go directly there. Cargo ships destined for Yilang were closely monitored, and most of these transactions were conducted through third countries.
The Airbus A340-600 delivered earlier was a second-hand aircraft that Postal workers "stirred up trouble" at Modibo Keita International Airport and snatched from Mari Air. It has nothing to do with Jihuo Defense.
This scenario plays out almost every year, and Americans are powerless to change it.
However, passenger planes are much more conspicuous and require such a stunt; helicopters don't need to be so high-profile.
The cargo ship sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, through the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf to Yilakou. Staff from the Jihuo Defense Logistics Department then flew over to assemble the cargo into finished products, which were then flown back to Yilakou by Yilakou pilots.
This completes the entire delivery process.
At first, Xia Yu, the boss, didn't need to personally take charge, but ever since the Cold War fossil announced in April that it would officially withdraw troops from Afghanistan in May and complete the withdrawal by September, big news has emerged in that direction one after another.
He plans to personally lead a team to Yilaoke to see how things are developing.
Since it was a wait-and-see approach, there was no need to use all air transport resources for the equipment. Some of it was sent to Yilaoke on the same cargo ship as the helicopters, under the guise of industry exchanges.
The remaining ones will be enough to form a Tsian-124, which will then depart together with the Il-76MF.
"Buzz"
Time quickly passed to mid-May. Inside the cabin of the Sherlock, a family of five and Uncle Hans floated and took a moonwalk.
Aunt Dorothea stayed in Konluga to prepare for childbirth because she was quite far along in her pregnancy, and did not come with us on this trip to the Middle East.
After Hans finishes his business with Yilaoke, he and his sister will have to come back to be with him during the delivery, leaving Xia Yu to take care of the three children all by herself.
This is a challenge for him, but fortunately, he can let the older ones manage the younger ones, and then he can manage the older ones.
"It's so much fun, but it uses up too much gas!"
Upon hearing the fuel alarm, Hans, who was gripping a handrail on the bulkhead with one hand and his nephew's collar with the other, remarked with emotion.
From climbing to diving, each cycle of a few dozen seconds of airtime consumes several tons of aviation kerosene, which he still finds expensive even though he is worth over ten million.
Sure enough, only a wealthy man like my brother-in-law could afford to spend that much.
"Fuel consumption is indeed a bit high, which is why we need to build our own refinery. However, jet fuel is cheap now, so burning a little more won't hurt."
Due to the impact of black swan events on the civil aviation industry, global consumption of jet fuel is also continuously decreasing, but refining one ton of crude oil yields varying amounts of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel...
Therefore, you can't just buy gasoline and diesel; the extra jet fuel will naturally drop in price.
It's hard to imagine that jet fuel now costs less than $300 a ton, cheaper than bottled mineral water.
However, this is only temporary. Prices will rise when the civil aviation industry recovers, so it is essential to prepare for the oil refinery in advance.
Xia Yu didn't want to use jet fuel that cost $1,000 per ton.
Cars can benefit from new energy sources that can save costs, but fighter jets and transport aircraft truly don't.
As for the fact that burning oil is not environmentally friendly, you can criticize other rich people, but you won't criticize him for being a weasel.
With so many oil-consuming vehicles throughout the company, emitting one ton of carbon dioxide, Xia Yu uses his system to recover two tons, and then stores the excess at the seabed. It's safe to say that no one is more environmentally conscious than him.
Outside the cabin, a C-135FR approached the Il-76MF.
The Sherlock was modified with the issue of range in mind, so a rigid fuel inlet like that of the C-130 was transplanted onto its fuselage.
Now that the refueling hose has been inserted, the fuel level of the Il-76mf, which had dropped to the warning line, has risen rapidly again, enough for them to fly to Eylako.
This trip to the Middle East, ostensibly for industry exchange, is mainly about the fact that the Middle East has not achieved true peace since Ace's defeat.
Just like Yilakou today, it is still a chaotic situation of warlord infighting and sectarian conflicts, so PMC's business is still booming.
Even if Xia Yu himself doesn't come, he still has to send a digital team with a platoon of village protection infantry.
After all, it's a huge order for 100 helicopters and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crude oil!
If someone steals it, Xia Yu will lose face terribly.
Soon, the Sherlock landed at Basra International Airport.
His goods have been unloaded at the port and are waiting to be loaded onto trucks and escorted to a small town on the border.
"Splash splash"
Escorted by an armed AS550, the family of five transferred to an assembled Bell-429 and arrived at their destination ahead of everyone else.
"Dad, this place feels no different from Kidal."
Stepping off the helicopter, Xiaoyouzi asked, her feet sinking into the slightly hot sand.
"The Middle East is just a vast desert. Before World War II, it didn't matter. But if there were no oil underground, no one would want to come to this barren land after the war."
Xia Yu said with emotion.
But who can blame them when Pearl keeps feeding them?
With a self-flowing well rate as high as 98%, how can my hometown, which only has a 10% rate, possibly compete?
“How long are we going to stay in El Lagoon? There are planes in Kidal, but there’s nothing here.”
Kids only have a three-minute attention span, so he didn't understand why his dad came here.
"Two or three months, it depends on the Americans."
According to the intelligence obtained by Xia Yu, since May, the US military has launched hundreds of military transport aircraft of various types to evacuate people and equipment from Akham.
Everyone must be brought back, and as for weapons and equipment, those that can be taken will be taken, while those that cannot be taken will be destroyed on the spot according to convention.
They already have 1,300 pieces of equipment on the destruction list, and that number will rise in the future. After all, this feast has lasted for almost 20 years, and many discrepancies need to be settled.
The real estate developer, who had just stepped down at the beginning of the year, sent an auditing team to check the accounts, but the result was no results. The current complete withdrawal represents letting bygones be bygones, but that's the end of it.
Of course, in addition to the withdrawal of the US military, the thousands of private military contractors who depend on them for survival also need to leave. Only the locals who depend on them for survival are truly left with nowhere to go.
Big fish can escape, but small fish that can't even earn a passport won't get a ticket to leave Akham.
Their fate can be seen by looking at the Saigon moment decades ago. If they couldn't get on the plane, they couldn't open a Vietnamese noodle shop in the United States. They could only suffer a Saigon iron fist, be thrown off the plane, and wait to be purged.
"Beep beep beep"
In the following days, when the employees had only assembled half of the helicopter, Xia Yu's satellite phone suddenly rang.
Thompson
After seeing the caller ID, he answered and spoke.
"Sherlock, where are you right now? I'm just a middleman. Someone wants to hire Concentrated Fire Defense."
Thompson identified himself as a middleman during the phone call.
"It can't be related to Ah Fuhan, can it?" Xia Yu asked with some suspicion. This is the hottest topic right now, not to mention that the other party contacted him through Lao Tang.
"You got it right, it's about evacuation. The time allotted by the higher-ups is simply not enough. We don't have time to evacuate the last American before September."
Thompson complained.
"So they're looking for concentrated firepower defense because they want to..."
Xia Yu further confirmed this.
Firefighting teams typically only take on jobs for government forces, or in other words, they only side with the victors.
The Afica government's army may be weak in combat, but at least it can maintain stability. The anti-government armed forces that cause trouble are either eliminated or recruited.
But the government forces in Afghanistan are no different from puppet troops. Even with the support of the Americans, they can't accomplish anything. Now that the American troops have withdrawn, the outcome is basically sealed.
It must be stated that Jihuo Defense cannot stand on their side and oppose the new government forces.
"Don't worry, we're only responsible for security and handling some non-performing assets."
Thompson said with a smile.
The Americans are good at business. Since they're leaving anyway, they'll leave the things they can't take with them to Tata as agreed, and the things not covered in the agreement will be destroyed according to plan.
For destruction before evacuation, there's no need to film it or leave a record; as long as it's documented as destroyed, that's fine.
Using these "scrap metals" as payment to hire private military contractors to ensure safety during the evacuation process is a good deal.
In the past, they always prioritized their own people and would never hire PMC companies that were not based in the United States. But this time, those PMC companies also had to leave with them, so they had to find outsiders to do the job.
After reviewing all the well-known PMC companies in the world, Genna was the first to be eliminated.
However, with its French background, Chinese owners, and Afica-based company with global deployment capabilities, Jihuo Defense became a good choice.
The Army had previously cooperated with them, the Navy had also done business with them, and the Air Force had its own PMC company as a guarantor.
Not to mention they also have a branch in the United States, so it must be Jihuo Defense!
Thus, Thompson made this phone call, but in business, bargaining is still very necessary.
"To be honest, I'm in Yilakou right now! I've been keeping an eye on Ah Fu Han's situation, but I'll be able to acquire these non-performing assets from the other party in due time."
After a moment's hesitation, Xia Yu began his performance.
"Thompson, you know, in addition to the strike force, I also maintain a large logistics team that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of weapons and equipment."
"Unless it's completely broken, my people can fix it. If not, we can take parts apart!"
He's trying to lower the price, and that's also his true intention.
Broken equipment is cheaper to buy, while good equipment can be bought at a higher price. Moreover, to take this equipment, he has to rely on his hometown's influence, which actually makes the Americans profit.
They're good at business, and Xia Yu is no less so. You can destroy those devices as you please, as long as he wants real money. He, the weasel, will get a share of those $2 trillion.
“Sherlock, you’re right to think that way. Equipment and stuff are all virtual; you can’t take them with you, so they’re all useless. Only US dollars are real.”
Old Tang also said with a smile.
As an intermediary, he had no interest in Ah Fuhan, so he naturally chose to side with his friend.
Even if Xia Yu couldn't see this layer, he would have reminded him, but this guy is as cunning as a weasel, and he figured it out without him having to say anything.
"Thompson, I'll have to trouble you to negotiate with them about this..."
"Don't bother me with anything, just wait for my good news!"
Old Tang said he would take care of it.
Having failed to make a fortune in Ottoman, he decided to start his own business after retirement, showing great interest in making those corrupt officials bleed a little.
After hanging up the phone, it was already mid-June, and Xia Yu finally completed the delivery of the last helicopter.
Just then, Thompson replied, indicating that everything had been settled.
The opposing side hired a concentrated fire defense force until early September, completing the evacuation of the last American citizen.
The total offer was $100 million. The equipment stipulated in the previous terms would still be destroyed as originally planned, with the "wreckage" offsetting $20 million. The other party would only need to pay $80 million in cash.
Well, the Americans really do come to mind. They gave us $100 million in less than three months, mainly for security work. They're much more generous than the Americans.
This is the difference between being able to harvest the whole world and only being able to harvest Afica.
However, Xia Yu managed to get into the top 1 in 20,000 this time! He got in by virtue of his own strength and luck.
This contract is not on any paper, but the first installment of 50 million has already been transferred to Jihuo Defense's account. Neither side is afraid of the other defaulting on the payment.
Since that's the case, what else is there to say? Jihuo Defense is like a machine running at full speed. The personnel and equipment that Xia Yu brought from Yilaoke were first taken to Afuhan by An-124.
The Persians noticed this movement, and his satellite phone immediately rang.
"Mr. Sherlock, is your company going to Afghan?"
The bearded Alireza immediately asked Xia Yu a question.
Yes, is there a problem?
He already guessed some things; given how much the Persians coveted American equipment, they probably wanted to do business with him again.
This brings us closer; we can trade once we cross the border.
"No problem, here's the thing..."
After Alireza's explanation, it was pretty much the same as Xia Yu's guess.
They hope that if Firepower Defense acquires good equipment, they can obtain priority in purchasing it.
If you're wondering why the Persians didn't get their goods from the Tatas, what use were equipment that had been destroyed by the US military? They wanted equipment that was still usable.
Only Jihuo Defense can handle this; they have extensive connections and can obtain spare parts for all kinds of military equipment, so even destroyed equipment can be repaired and restored.
Therefore, going through their channels is the safest option, which is why we quickly made contact!
“If it’s just a matter of priority purchasing rights, I can guarantee that, but I can only get those that are not too badly damaged and need to be repaired and restored before they can be put back into use. I suggest that the location be placed in Yila Ke.”
Xia Yu pondered for a moment before speaking.
Let's go through a third country; it'll be better for everyone that way.
“Okay, that’s good. I wish Mr. Sherlock all the best in Afroham.”
Alireza breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Xia Yu's promise.
The Persian army was divided into two factions. The National Defense Army was mainly equipped with American weapons, but after so many years, there were not many of them still able to move around, and they urgently needed to replenish their ranks with fresh blood.
Another armed group with strong religious ties uses Soviet-made equipment and has virtually everything it needs.
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