Chapter 596 Selling Spears and Shields
The flight from Damascus to Tunisia actually didn't have too many twists and turns, because this was still within the scope of Xia Xing's capabilities. Whether it was boarding or landing, and even visas, it was all done at once.
However, flying from Tunisia to Pakistan is different.
They must go through a complete set of procedures with the status they have obtained in advance. Even if they can be accelerated through certain means, they must stay in Tunisia for at least two days.
Just as Chen Chen said, this is another vacation-style business trip.
Stay in the best hotels, eat the most expensive food, and buy the most expensive luxuries.
Chen Chen did not deliberately control the high-profile shopping behavior of other team members, because as a group of mercenaries, they were really the clearest among the clearest.
Not gambling, not whoring, not taking drugs, not bullying others, not being arrogant and domineering, just these few things in the regular military in the world can do.
Sitting in the French restaurant of the hotel, Li Bang swallowed a small piece of foie gras, shook his head and said to Chen Chen:
"The best thing about this meal is the plate of fried chicken that was just served."
"Snails, lobsters. When we retire, let's open a Chinese restaurant in Tunisia. I think we can make a lot of money."
".Aren't snails delicious?"
Chen Chenyan said insincerely.
"Slimy giant snail, what's so delicious about it?"
".What about foie gras?"
"Finely ground egg yolk mixed with some red wine and caramel?"
"Lobster, lobster is always okay, right?"
"It's not as good as the prawns you cooked for us in Mengka - it seems that the kitchen there has been blown up, and there are still tableware we bought in it. It's a pity."
".Your brain circuit is too long. How long ago it happened, and it hurts to think about it now??"
Chen Chen couldn't laugh or cry, but Li Bang said solemnly:
"Those things were expensive - especially compared to the money we had back then."
"When we first arrived in Mengka, we couldn't raise 10,000 yuan together. Now this meal costs more than 10,000 yuan based on the exchange rate."
"It's like a dream."
"Fortunately, we are all still here."
"It's a pity White Dog."
"It's not just white dogs, it's a pity for others too."
Chen Chen corrected him and then continued:
"However, this is how fighting is. As soon as a gun is fired, people will die. You cannot ask that only the enemy dies and we ourselves do not die."
"That does not comply with objective laws and is completely unrealistic."
"yes."
Li Gang nodded and turned to look at Lin He and others on the side.
"Where are you going after dinner later? It feels like Tunisia is quite safe. Let's go out for a walk?"
"I don't know. If I don't go, I can't speak Arabic and I only know a few words in French."
Lin He shook his head, but Pingchuan on the side said:
"I'll take you there. You're here now. It's a bit of a pity not to go."
"Tunisia is the only country among all the places you have been to that can be considered a serious tourist destination. The internal and external environment is not bad, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"Stop fighting and becoming a machine. Go hang out by the lake, take photos, and take them back to show your family."
"Especially Li Bang, your sister is still young. Please pay more attention to her when you have time in the future."
"Character shaping is very important for children at this age. Don't become someone like Bao Xiaomei in the future. You will know you are wrong."
The familiar yet unfamiliar name entered Chen Chen's ears. He subconsciously scratched his head and said:
"There's nothing wrong with her doing that."
"Then your daughter will become Bao Xiaomei from now on."
"Your daughter becomes Bao Xiaomei!"
Chen Chen glared at Pingchuan angrily, who laughed and said:
"You're just kidding. If you really have a daughter, you can't become Bao Xiaomei. There will be discipline to control her."
"Forget it, forget it, what on earth are you going to buy in Peshawar if you don't tell me this? Can you tell me now?"
Chen Chen was too lazy to answer Pingchuan's words, but he took a few sips of water and then raised his head. Looking at Pingchuan's old face that clearly showed a completely different look from when he first met him in Pubei, he finally relented. Go down.
Forget it, he is an old man, and his words are irrelevant and there is nothing to worry about.
So he opened his mouth and replied:
"There's nothing to keep secret, it's just machine tools, high-precision and high-matching gun processing machine tools."
"I know it's a gun processing machine tool, but the problem is that the gun-making technology in Peshawar is basically small workshop style. The most they can produce and imitate are a few models in the AK series of guns."
"Technically speaking, there are such machine tools in Pubei. There is no need to go to Peshawar to find them, right?"
"Although there are many types of weapons in that place, they are generally relatively backward."
"If you want high-precision and well-matched machine tools, you can't find them there."
There was a puzzled look on Pingchuan's face. In fact, he suspected that this decision was Chen Chen's misjudgment, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he would not make such a low-level mistake.
"It's not that there are no high-precision machine tools in Peshawar, but the reputation of handmade guns there is so famous that many people have ignored the real gun-making industry there."
"And to correct you, Peshawar is not only able to make AKs, they can also make AR series rifles."
"Even earlier this year, there was news that they had begun to copy the HK416."
"This is the crux of the problem--think about it, is a gun like the HK416 so easy to make?"
"It is indeed difficult to make."
Pingchuan frowned and shook his head, while others were confused.
You say you understand guns, everyone knows a little bit.
But making guns?
Except for Pingchuan who can say a few words, others really know nothing.
After a brief pause and thinking for a moment, Pingchuan continued:
"The barrel of the HK416 is made of special steel with cold hammer forging and hard chrome plating. At present, the cold forging process is difficult to solve, and the chrome plating process is bound to strong industrial capacity, which is almost impossible for a small country to achieve."
"In addition, in terms of parts processing equipment, you must at least have deep hole drilling machines, deep hole boring machines, wire cutting machines, etc."
"This is just the core part. Other woodworking, plastic parts, and alloy parts manufacturing also require special equipment."
"I believe you when you say they tried to imitate it, but if you say they can really make it, I don't believe it at all."
After Pingchuan finished speaking, Chen Chen nodded slowly.
"Yes, if it was before, even if all the forces of Peshawar were gathered, it would not be possible to make an HK416."
"But it's different now."
"Now, Peshawar does have a set of equipment that can manufacture high-precision firearms, and these equipment are in the hands of a company."
"Which one?"
"ORSIS. A small workshop from Russia."
"I haven't heard of it."
Pingchuan shook his head.
It's normal that he hasn't heard of it. In fact, this Mao-owned company that was famous in the previous life has only been established for less than a year.
According to the route of the previous life, the company's first factory should have been located in the suburbs of Moscow, but Chen Chen didn't know which gust of wind blew them when he flapped his wings, so that ORSIS put the factory in Peshawar.
Their business philosophy is completely different from the traditional and rough philosophy of Maozi. In many cases, they completely abandon the use of relatively mature but not advanced casting technology, and instead spend a lot of money to pursue high-precision cutting technology.
This concept allowed them to quickly obtain a large amount of investment and establish their own brand reputation in a very short time.
What Chen Chen has to do is to pick up this leak before they have really established themselves and have not really grown.
Yes, he wants machine tools.
However, the machine tools he wants are not lying in the factory in Peshawar waiting for him to take them away.
This is just an expectation, an expectation that ORSIS can get the machine tools done.
In the last life, they could even import special steel directly from the United States and other NATO countries, so in this life, their relationship should be able to play the same role.
Chen Chen briefly introduced the situation of ORSIS to Pingchuan, and the latter suddenly realized.
".What you said before is misleading."
"You don't actually want to buy a set of machine tools, but a company, right?"
"No, what I want is the machine tools and production lines. As for whether the company is mine or not, I don't care."
"That makes sense."
Pingchuan nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:
"Now the most critical question is, what do you want to build?"
"Build the Daqili Arsenal with great fanfare, upgrade it, and then what?"
"You can't really copy the HK416, right? To be honest, whether this gun can make money is actually unknown."
Chen Chen did not answer this question immediately, but asked back:
"What do you think I What kind of gun do we need now? "
"Li Bang, you speak first."
"Large caliber, high penetration, high firepower continuity, high precision, light, can be equipped with sights."
". You want everything, tell me the most important thing!"
". Large caliber, high penetration."
Li Bang spread his hands helplessly, and then said:
"If you insist on me choosing, I can only choose these two."
"Our current enemies are too well protected, and attacks on the torso are almost completely ineffective. Hitting the legs is better than hitting the body."
"If we can have a gun with high penetration performance, perhaps our combat effectiveness can be improved a little bit."
After Li Bang finished speaking, Chen Chen nodded slightly and turned to look at Yang Shu on the side.
"What about you?"
"I don't really have any requirements. The guns I use can basically penetrate."
"But as a secondary weapon, I don't have such high requirements for damage."
"I pay more attention to the continuity and suppression of firepower. It's enough for me to transfer safely."
"Understood."
Yang Shu's requirements are completely the standard requirements of a sniper. For them, as long as they use secondary weapons, there is basically only one situation:
Need to transfer.
And it is very difficult for you to cause damage during the transfer process. It is better to fire a few more shots and let yourself run a few more steps.
"Lin He?"
"It's best to be lighter. If you can't be lighter, you have to have high penetration like Brother Li."
"Jackal?"
"Same, high penetration."
"So that's it."
Chen Chen spread his hands and continued:
"In the actual battlefield, all of us have the same requirements for guns."
"Apart from all other factors, in high-intensity, high-level confrontations, penetration performance is definitely one of the core factors that determine victory or defeat."
"The reason is simple. Bulletproof vests have developed too fast."
"So, we have to build a gun that can penetrate the fourth-level bulletproof vests commonly used at this stage."
After the voice fell, Pingchuan sighed subconsciously.
"The idea is a good idea, but gun design is not that simple."
"Who in our entire group has the ability to design a gun from start to finish?"
"Even if we can design it, we may not be able to build it."
"A very simple question, high penetration requires high chamber pressure, and high chamber pressure has very high requirements for receiver design and gun sound materials."
"Objectively speaking, I think it's difficult."
"I know it's difficult."
Chen Chen did not refute, but explained calmly:
"However, if we have a roughly correct direction and then introduce support from other forces, things will become much simpler."
"Coincidentally, I do have a roughly correct direction to refer to now."
".You still understand this??"
Everyone was stunned.
Chen Chen chuckled and replied:
"I know a little bit."
--
In fact, he knows nothing.
He just happened to have read some reports on the design concept of XM7 in his previous life and understood some of the relatively key technical nodes.
All he can do is to make suggestions like a sponsor. As for the specific implementation of the project, it still depends on the project manager.
"You said you understand, then I have no problem."
"But this must be a long job - what about the cannon? Didn't you say you want to build another cannon?"
"That's right."
Chen Chen nodded immediately and replied:
"But this is another direction."
"Remember the homemade cannon modified with depleted uranium bullets that we sent to Xia Xing at that time?"
"Remember, the depleted uranium muzzle-loading gun - you want to copy this?"
"Yes. This is a good idea."
"Where does the depleted uranium material come from?"
"We don't produce warheads."
Chen Chen answered decisively:
"We only make launchers, and only make launchers that match the ammunition that certain armed organizations can get."
".Business genius. Will anyone buy this thing?"
Pingchuan asked in disbelief.
"Don't worry, given the current situation in the Middle East, we definitely have a lot of customers."
"They buy gas cylinders and seamless steel pipes. If we just make what they need and give it to them, how could they not buy it?"
"This business is more profitable than selling bulletproof vests. The profit of bulletproof vests is too thin and can't last for a few years. We also have to plan for the long term."
After the voice fell, Pingchuan was amazed.
"Selling bulletproof vests and armor-piercing equipment, maybe we can sell high-penetration rifles in the future."
"Our group's business has been completed"
"That's right."
Chen Chen nodded happily and said:
"So I finally decided to let Peng Xucheng go there as well."
"This time, we will not only purchase, but also investigate the local market carefully"