Chapter 229 Back to the carbine

   "This route is a bit long." Yang Xi said with emotion: "However, we have no other choice."

Looking at the navigation chart, you can see what a huge circle they have to go around to return to the motherland, but there is no way, the sea route is like this, in order to avoid being stuck, they dare not take the Suez Canal, and it will be farther if they go around like this up.

   "Yes." Qin Tao said.

have?

  The others present were also curious.

   "North Pole?" Yang Xi finally thought of something and asked Qin Tao.

  Qin Tao nodded: "That's right!"

  You can tell by looking at the map. The existing routes are very roundabout. If you go to the North Pole, you can save a lot of money.

  According to geographical location, there are east and west roads, respectively in Lao Maozi and the north of Canada.

  Among them, the route here in Lao Maozi is also called the "Northern Sea Route", most of which are located in the offshore waters of the Arctic Ocean along the northern coast of Lao Maozi. Starting from Northern Europe, it goes eastward through the five major waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the Novosibirsk Sea and the Chukchi Sea until the Bering Strait. This route saves at least half of the route compared to bypassing the Suez Canal.

  So, for hundreds of years, countless nautical explorers have always wanted to find a route in the Arctic Ocean, and some people even paid the price of their lives.

   After all, it is a world of ice and snow, which is frozen all year round. Although there are five main sea areas, there are as many as 58 straits connecting these sea areas. It is not easy to successfully move over.

In later generations, thanks to global warming and the thawing of the Arctic glaciers, two German cargo ships finally successfully crossed the sea area adjacent to the Arctic Ocean between Siberia, Russia and the Arctic Ocean for the first time, thus opening up a commercial shipping route, which greatly shortened the distance between Eurasia and Eurasia. voyage.

  However, the travel time is not long after all, and they have to be supervised by Lao Maozi along the way, so the commercial value of this waterway is not particularly clear.

  However, for Qin Tao, if this route goes through, as long as he reaches the Far East, he will be escorted by Lao Maozi's Pacific Fleet, at least there will be no accidents.

  So, Qin Tao is very optimistic about it. Of course, he can't do it now, and he may have this opportunity in the future.

  After dawn, the floating dock had already reached the sea area where the cargo ships were sparse, and there was no boat in sight for a long time, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After walking for a few days, finally, the dangerous sea area Qin Tao talked about has passed, and Qin Tao let out a long breath: "It seems that we are going to part. The safety of Polustat is very important, you must We must protect him along the way, and when we go back, settle in our water jet factory, and say that he is a consultant from abroad. However, it is estimated that I will go back by then."

   Separated?

  Everyone was a little surprised, how did Qin Tao plan to go?

   Now it is not easy for Qin Tao to leave, they are in the vast sea, even if a helicopter comes over, it is not convenient to land here!

   Just as they were feeling, a private luxury yacht was splitting the waves and moving towards here quickly.

   "Toys for the rich." Yang Xi said with emotion.

   But, why do rich people come here with their yachts?

  Yang Xi was a little curious, and then he reacted.

   "Boss Qin, do you want to go back on this yacht?"

  Qin Tao smiled: "That's right."

  On the terrace on the top of the yacht, a beautiful old hairy woman stood there, waving to this side.

   "Hey, it's still a woman?"

   "Yes." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he stood inside the railing outside and waved his arms to greet the other party.

   "Qin, where is Zhao?" Vitalia asked Qin Tao curiously.

   "She didn't come with me this time." Qin Tao said, "I just asked you to bring my yacht here. Unexpectedly, you came with me too. It's really hard work."

   "Anyway, I don't have anything to do recently. The domestic affairs have been dusted, and I just plan to go back and have a look." Vitalia looked at Qin Tao with a smile: "You guys have gained a lot this time?"

   "Yes, thanks to your father too." Qin Tao said, he had already jumped on the yacht, and then greeted the people on it: "Go back! I want to go back again."

  The floating dock is very tall, and everyone looked down at it with great emotion.

   "Boss Qin is too powerful, no matter where you go, you can't do without women."

   "What are you talking about? Talk nonsense again, and I will tear your mouth apart!"

   "That's right, everyone pretends they haven't heard anything now. If this word reaches Mr. Qin's wife, it will be a big trouble!"

  Qin Tao didn't know that a simple change of action would cause so many people to be nervous. Qin Tao stood on the top of the luxury yacht, looked at the vast sea, and chatted with Vitalia.

   "The situation in your country is developing well."

   "Yeah, my father is also very satisfied, he is full of confidence in the future."

   "Yes, I am also full of confidence." Qin Tao said: "Thanks to him this time, we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future."

   "Qin, would you like a drink?" Vitalia said, "By the way, this yacht is yours, and it was paid by the Kimchi Kingdom last time. How about we have a toast for your new yacht?"

  Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, let's go down for a drink, and I can tell you a story about me and Xiaoling by the way."

"OK."

   "We Orientals only love one person in our life. I am sure that we have found our other half. I believe that Xiaoling is the same."

  Vitalia's body swayed with the yacht, and then stood still again. Her face was a little unnatural, and then, she sighed again: "I really envy Zhao."

  Qin Tao's words broke some of her illusions on the way here. She and Qin Tao can only be friends.

   "You will also meet your other half." Qin Tao said: "If you like us Orientals, you are welcome to visit us as well, maybe you can find them there."

   "Really? Then when you return to China this time, I will go back with you, how about it?"

  Hey, I'm just being polite, you don't have to take it so seriously, right?

  Qin Tao was a little helpless, but we Orientals have always been hospitable, so Qin Tao couldn't refuse any more.

   "Okay, of course there is no problem." Qin Tao is very generous.

   When the time comes, Zhao Ling will just rest for a few days and accompany Vitalia to walk around, so as not to exhaust her.

  The yacht entered the North Sea and stopped at a German civilian port. Qin Tao, Vitalia, and bodyguards disembarked together. At this time, Qin Tao transformed into a reporter for Liberty Press.

   Coming back here again, Qin Tao felt a little excited. After entering the hotel, Qin Tao saw a familiar person again.

   "Recently, I'm too busy with work and need to stay in Moscow all day." Boris said to Qin Tao with a smile, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have come to Germany."

   "Mr. Boris, thank you for your support." Qin Tao said very politely: "You will always be my friend!"

   "Qin, this is what I should do." Boris said: "Besides, I have also received a lot of benefits. By the way, what else do you think when you come back this time?"

   "I want to see His Excellency Burlakov." Qin Tao also went straight to the point and stated his purpose directly: "There are some good things in his army, and I am very interested."

  Boris nodded: "Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow!"

   "For convenience this time, I plan to trade directly in US dollars." Qin Tao continued.

  Boris continued to nod: "That's right, it's safer to deposit dollars directly in foreign accounts. Don't worry, Burlakov is very familiar with these operations. Buying some weapons from him is very simple."

  Qin Tao has always been taking the high-end route, looking for the person directly in charge, and the person Qin Tao is looking for now has a lot of history.

  At the peak of the Cold War, the menacing old Maozi deployed more than 300,000 troops, 19 tank divisions and motorized infantry divisions in East Germany. Once a war broke out, the torrent of armor could be pushed directly to France.

  However, such a scene has never appeared. By 8*9, East and West Germany were unified, and the Soviet troops stationed in Germany should retreat.

  However, it is not so easy to retreat 300,000 troops. After all, how to arrange these retreated people is a big problem. It is not easy to find a military camp of 300,000 people. If they are all retired, it will bring huge problems to the government.

   Moreover, these people are still from different republics, Da Mao, Er Mao, Georgia and so on.

  So, although the two Germanys have been unified, the placement of these troops is a headache. It was not until 1994 that all the troops were withdrawn. At that time, the German government paid 11 billion US dollars to send all these people away.

  At present, these troops have left their original station and cannot return home, so they have gathered in the border area of ​​Germany.

   Everything is pretty messy.

  At the beginning, in order to flatten Europe, the old Maozi put a lot of weapons and equipment in East Germany, filling their warehouses to the brim.

  Now, as long as he has the courage, an ordinary soldier can steal and sell the weapons and equipment piled up at the border waiting to be transported.

  Of course, if you want to do something good, you can only go through the superior leadership. It would be best to go directly to Burlakov.

   Boris has a huge network of relationships behind him. On the second day, under his leadership, Qin Tao met Burlakov.

Since the main force of the army has not been withdrawn, Burlakov is very selfless and wants to stay in the army and share the joys and sorrows with the army. Only those who are familiar with the inside story will know that Burlakov stayed here for more. There are so many unsightly things, take advantage of this opportunity, and get more benefits from your own pocket.

   "Burlakov, how are you recently?" Boris greeted him warmly after he walked in.

   "Moscow is chaotic, and there is still no hope for appropriation. We don't know how long it will take to retreat." Burlakov said: "My friend, you have been like a fish in water recently."

"It's all for world peace." Boris said, looking behind him: "Come on, let me introduce you, these two are reporters from our Liberty Press, this is Vitalia, this is ..."

"Hello, Your Excellency Burlakov." It was Qin Tao's turn to speak, with a nervous face on his face: "I recently discovered something, Khorodov, a reporter from the Moscow Communist Youth League newspaper, recently He has been active here all the time, interviewed many officers and soldiers, and investigated the weapons and equipment of the western group. This person is currently watching the whereabouts of a batch of T-80 tanks from the 47th Guards Tank Regiment of the 16th Guards Tank Division."

What?

  Bullakov's face immediately changed drastically: "Really?"

  This kind of thing, can it be fake?

  The expression on Qin Tao's face was extremely confident. Boris, who brought him here, and Vitalia, who was beside him, felt their hearts skip a beat. What did you say?

   They are the most aware of Qin Tao's recent movements. Qin Tao will never investigate a reporter's affairs. After all, Qin Tao's identity as a reporter is fake.

  Even if Boris already has a lot of status, if the people he brings talk nonsense, they will still lose their trust.

  However, Qin Tao's expression is very calm, while Burlakov's expression is very ugly. These clearly indicate that what Qin Tao said is very likely to be true!

  Bullakov immediately dialed the phone number and ordered someone to check it. After putting down the phone, his face was gloomy and his eyes kept rolling, apparently thinking about something.

  Qin Tao was very relaxed, sitting gently on the chair here and waiting.

   Half an hour later.

Jingle Bell!

  The phone rang.

   "Hey, what, did you catch someone? Have you found evidence? Okay, close it first, and deal with it later." Burlakov put down the phone and looked at Qin Tao.

"That's right, we caught Khorodov, we found evidence of recordings and photos from him, and he wrote a half-written manuscript. He is indeed investigating the movement of our arms." Burlakov said: "If That manuscript published in the newspaper will cause us a lot of trouble, thank you for doing us a great favor."

Boris was extremely shocked in his heart, but he did not show any surprise, he coughed and said: "Bullakov, this is what we should do, I am a reporter, and some I want to discuss things with you."

   "Young man, if you have any other ideas, bring them up as soon as possible. As long as it can satisfy you, I will try my best to do it." Burlakov said.

   If the things he did were revealed by the newspapers, there would definitely be big troubles, thanks to the fact that the **** reporter was caught in advance, and then he had to be dealt with secretly. Anyway, in this chaotic era, no one cares about the life and death of a reporter.

  The person in front of him was brought by Boris. First of all, he gave himself a big gift, so he had to express it himself.

   "I interviewed a person a few days ago. He said he wanted to buy a complete set of equipment for the S-300 missile battalion." Qin Tao said: "If he can get the whole system, he is willing to pay 10 million US dollars."

   Ten million, a battalion of S-300 missiles is definitely a bargain. Although it is second-hand, if you buy it from official channels, it will cost tens of millions.

  Bullakov's eyes lit up when he heard the 10 million dollars. Although he had already spent a lot of supplies, this was the first time he encountered such a big deal of 10 million dollars at one time. (This price is supposed to be not low. If it is more expensive, the protagonist will be taken advantage of.)

  He swallowed, and spoke with difficulty: "I'm afraid this is very difficult."

   "It's very difficult?" Qin Tao nodded: "Of course, that's why they will pay 10 million. Please rest assured that this kind of system will definitely not flow into the hands of Westerners."

  After returning, Qin Tao planned to get some more good things. For him, the most important thing was of course this air defense system.

Because China has already started to purchase the S-300, Burlakov would never have thought that the destination would be China, so that it could be kept secret. However, it is still difficult to get him to agree. Once the establishment of selling equipment is found out, it will be earth-shattering.

   If it’s just some tanks, armored vehicles, etc., Burlakov dares to take the risk to vote. After all, the old man has too many of these things, and it doesn’t matter if he loses a batch.

   But, S-300 anti-aircraft missile, that's different! This thing is rare, once lost, it's hard to explain.

   Some reporters have already paid attention to him, so he has to be more careful if he wants to mess around with equipment.

   After all, he doesn't have much of this kind of equipment on hand.

Although the S-300 missile system was jointly researched and developed by the three armed forces, in the end, they were separated and developed separately. The army developed it called S-300V. This missile is different from the missiles of the navy and the homeland defense air force. In the early stage of its development, Intercept targets include ballistic missiles.

  Don't look at the patriots who showed their prowess in the war just past, in fact, the same type of equipment, the old man also has it.

The army has the longest time. It was not until the early 1980s that it had the 9M83 missile with a smaller range and corresponding supporting equipment. It was equipped with the Army Air Defense Force in 1983. The system code was S-300V1 at that time. The intercepted target types were mainly aircraft, Cruise missiles and short-range tactical ballistic missiles such as Scud and Spear.

Soon, the 9M82 missile with a larger range and its supporting equipment were developed. In 1988, it was equipped with the Army Air Defense Force, and the types of intercepted targets were increased to deal with "Pershing" medium-range tactical ballistic missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and patrols in the Jamming aircraft at a distance of 100 km.

For Lao Maozi's army, it has always been its own affairs. Whether it is attacking the enemy's depth or protecting the safety of its own head, it must be done by its own troops. Do not miss it.

Their system is not compatible with those of the Navy and the Homeland Defense Air Force. For Qin Tao, if such a system can be brought back, it may be possible for domestic military personnel to complete the system integration. The Hongqi-9 missile has Stronger interception capability.

   But obviously, Qin Tao's wish will come to nothing.

Although very tempting, Bullakov still couldn't agree. He shook his head: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do this. You probably don't know that there are less than ten such weapon systems in our entire western cluster." camp."

  Things with single digits are too conspicuous to lose, and it is not easy to get started.

   "Okay." Qin Tao didn't care too much: "It's fine to have other things. The person I interviewed is very interested in various weapons and equipment. By the way, do you have Doyle anti-aircraft missiles?"

  Bullakov nodded: "Of course there is!"

  The other party's request was too casual, first they wanted the biggest one, but it was impossible to get it, and now they want the smallest one!

Doyle is an all-weather, mobile, vertically launched single-vehicle automated field surface-to-air missile weapon system. It is mainly used to intercept low- and medium-altitude fast-flying targets, such as cruise missiles, armed helicopters, drones, and low-flying fighters. , so there is a high requirement for the response time of the system.

In order to better intercept the target, this system is very special. It combines all the components, including the target search radar and the antenna part of the guidance station, as well as 2 missile modules, a total of 8 missiles, and TV optical sighting equipment. The tower is located on the chassis as a whole, similar to a tank. The entire turret can be rotated 360 degrees, thus forming an excellent field air defense system.

  After it was developed, this air defense missile system was mass-produced and equipped in many countries. Since the Western Cluster undertook the first wave of attack missions, various advanced weapons were first for them to use. They already have hundreds of such field air defense systems on hand.

"Then get me twenty sets, a total of two million U.S. dollars." Qin Tao said, and took out a bank card: "There are two million U.S. dollars in it. Originally, the customer planned to buy the S-300 The deposit for the system, now I can pay you the full amount directly."

A set of 100,000 US dollars, which is the price of a high-end car, Qin Tao bought Doyle back. Although it is not the M1 version, it is quite cheap and cost-effective. Just go to the army, two million dollars can still be collected for Qin Tao, and the extra errand fee can also be enough.

   "Okay!" Burlakov took the bank card: "We have agreed on a location, and we can trade tonight."

   It's easy, two million is just like this, this is a good deal, none of his tanks have been sold for this price.

"Okay, then we will trade at night." After discussing the location, Qin Tao can be considered to have gained something, but he still said with emotion: "Oh, in fact, if there is S-300, it would be great, 10 million , I can also have a good commission."

   Burlakov's throat moved, he is not a person who can withstand temptation. However, he still held back.

   "If you really want the S-300 missile system, I can provide you with a plan." Burlakov is still very real.

After he finished talking about this set of plans, Qin Tao nodded with satisfaction: "Well, thank you for your plan, this can be worth 200,000 yuan, I will contact the customer and ask him to continue to deposit 200,000 dollars into this bank card , as your reward."

  Bullakov waved his hand: "I can't ask for money for nothing, and send him a few more ammunition supply vehicles."

  (end of this chapter)