Of course, he couldn't say these things. He certainly couldn't say that he was reborn. He saw all of this with his own eyes.
"Perhaps you haven't been there and don't know the situation. Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as a major Soviet military industrial city, normally has very strict political scrutiny, but now no one's watching. Take the steel we're trading, for example. This kind of steel shouldn't be entering the civilian market, but not only is it entering, but all restrictions are completely ineffective. For example, several types and varieties of steel we're trading are prohibited, yet they're still entering our docks. This shows that chaos has begun in the Soviet Union, and it's not just chaos at the grassroots level, but chaos from top to bottom."
Since he couldn't tell Comrade Wang Jiang and Tang San that he was a reborn person, Wan Feng had to use some reasonable explanations to explain the chaos in the Soviet Union.
"Is it that serious?" Wang Jiangtang and the other two were skeptical.
"The steel mill we're dealing with is the largest smelter in the Soviet Far East, supplying materials to the Soviet Pacific Fleet, aircraft, and tanks. Its original output was around five million tons, but now its four branches have an annual output of less than one million tons. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to produce thousands of tons a month. This is a logistics unit that supplies the military, and the Soviet Union can't even take care of its troops right now, which shows how serious their problems are. Based on this analysis, I boldly predict that within five years, the Soviet Union will undergo a transformation that will shock the world."
Wang, Jiang, and Tang exchanged glances. "Are you saying the Soviet Union will be destroyed?"
Wan Feng shook his head: "That's impossible. After nuclear weapons appeared in the world, a country with nuclear power could not be in danger of being destroyed."
"What kind of world-shaking event will happen in the Soviet Union?"
Wan Feng paused, not knowing whether to continue this topic.
It seems that there is no benefit in discussing this topic any further, on the contrary it may cause trouble.
"It's okay, let's just treat it as a casual chat and talk about it."
"Well, let's just treat it as a joke. The possibility of the Soviet Union being destroyed is almost non-existent, but there is another possibility: its disintegration!"
"Disintegration!" Wang Jiangtang and the other two were surprised.
"The Soviet Union was made up of many republics. Most of these republics joined the USSR after the October Revolution, following the invasion and occupation of Tsarist Russia during the latter part of the Soviet era. Some joined willingly, while others were forced to do so. When the Soviet Union reached a certain level of chaos, those republics that were forced to join would be the first to rise up and demand independence. If independence were successful, the Soviet Union's 22 million square kilometers would be reduced by half, its population by nearly half, and the USSR would collapse completely."
Wang Jiangtang and the other two gasped.
"Xiao Wan, you have such a rich imagination, you really dare to think of it." Comrade Wang couldn't believe it.
"Xiao Wan, if the Soviet Union really disintegrates within five years as you said, the benefits to our country will be obvious. Do you think our military industry can take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and gain some benefits?" Comrade Jiang's mind was more clear. The first thing he thought of was what benefits the military industry could gain.
"Once the Soviet Union really disintegrates, we will certainly reap a huge amount of benefits, and we will be able to get everything we used to covet."
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, we got the Su-27, the Kilo-class, the aircraft carrier, and most importantly, the tens of thousands of scientists.
"Really! We can get all of these!" Comrade Tang's voice was hoarse.
What Wan Feng said was something the Chinese military at that time wanted only in their dreams!
At that time, the aircraft guarding China's skies were still the Jian-7 and the immature Jian-8. These aircraft, which were between the first and second generations, were more than 20 years behind the advanced Western aircraft and could not compete with the aircraft of Western countries at all.
As for submarines, the commander of the US Navy once said that as soon as China's submarines set out from the Yellow Sea, they could hear the sound in Hawaii. It can be said that the gap between them and others is simply unbridgeable.
But at least China still has these two things, as for aircraft carriers!
That's even more tears!
"We will have it all. In the future, we will have our own world-leading fighter jets, our own advanced tanks, warships, and submarines. We will see the day when China rises in our lifetime."
"Xiao Wan! Can you get us a T72? We want the A-type used by the Soviet army, not the one they export." Comrade Jiang, who had been silent all this time, spoke up.
If he didn't make a sound, he would have been nothing. But when he did, he made a stunning move, almost choking the ambitious Wan Feng to death on the spot.
Holy crap! They say bragging is tax-free, but this time you've gotten yourself into trouble!
The T72 was known as one of the most advanced tanks in the world at the time. Although it had obvious shortcomings such as secondary explosions and flying turrets, it still had huge advantages over the Chinese Army, which was still equipped with a large number of Type 59 and Type 62 tanks. The gap was conservatively estimated to be twenty years.
In 1980, China obtained a T72 tank from Romania, but it was only a monkey version.
The weapons exported by the Soviet Union to other countries were generally one grade lower than those used by its own army, commonly known as monkey versions.
This is true for airplanes, tanks, submarines and warships. This tradition was eventually passed on to its successors, the Russian screws.
The monkey version of the T72 that China obtained also made the military at the time extremely excited. A general named Zhang, who had once boarded a US aircraft carrier, even went to inspect the tank in person.
The Chinese military modified this monkey version of the T72 for several years. When they confirmed that the gap had been narrowed to about five years, the Gulf War broke out.
In the Gulf War, the T72 of Iraq was beaten to a pulp by the UN forces, which also made the Chinese military wake up and dumbfounded.
However, after being stunned, the military immediately studied the weaknesses of these Soviet tanks, modified and exploited them, and finally designed their own Type 96 and Type 99 main battle tanks.
But now, with three years still to go before the Gulf War broke out, the military was not yet dumbfounded.
The military also knows that the monkey version of the T72 is definitely not as good as the original Soviet version, and they really want to get a T72A tank with the original configuration.
Wan Feng was a little at a loss. Although Li Mingzhe vowed that he could get it, how could he get it?
Disassemble into parts?
I'm afraid this is the only way to play it.
Can it pass customs if it is disassembled into parts?
"Comrade Jiang, I can't guarantee this. Let me see. After all, the Soviet Union isn't in such a state of chaos yet that it's difficult to deal with."
"Give it a try, if it doesn't work then forget it."
"I'll do my best."
This is indeed a difficult matter. It is not difficult to get the original tank from the Soviet Union, but how to get it to China is a problem.
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