What is Gwadar Port? It is just a remote wasteland where some primitive indigenous tribes have lived there for generations and lived an isolated life.
For Lao Ba, it is too difficult to develop the economy. The existing sea outlets are not enough. They have long wanted to develop Gwadar Port, but they have no money.
Therefore, a few years ago, after the collapse of the Red Empire, the American company Uncol tendered for the Laoba oil pipeline project, with the end point being Gwadar Port.
But Laoba doesn’t have this kind of energy?
This, of course, starts from the Turkish Kingdom. The Turkish Kingdom in Central Asia is also an important energy country. It has the famous Adelabad Oil Field in the country. In this way, as long as the construction starts from the Turkish Oil Field and passes through the Imperial Cemetery,
It can reach Pakistan, with a total length of nearly 1,500 kilometers and a planned investment of 1.7 billion.
In this way, the oil and gas resources of the Central Asian countries can be directly exported to the Pakistani port through pipelines, and then transported to the Far East through giant oil tankers crossing the Indian Ocean. Therefore, the economic prospects are very attractive.
However, even if the Red Empire collapsed, Da Mao still regarded Central Asia as his own back garden. Da Mao would never stand by and watch. So with a wave of their hands, they directly bought out 80% of the oil and gas reserve rights of Turkey.
As a result, even if the pipeline was built, there would be no energy output at all, so the plan was terminated.
Besides, since the Red Empire evacuated the Imperial Cemetery, continuous civil wars have begun there. It is too uncertain to build an oil pipeline through that country.
Therefore, the construction of Gwadar Port was quietly terminated.
Now, Qin Tao has proposed that he can lease Gwadar Port to himself, so that he can have a large amount of funds.
"What do you want Gwadar Port for?" Mahmoud remained calm.
The purpose of a port is either to have a suitable geographical location and serve as a transit point for shipping. For example, Singapore, a small city in Malacca, has a geographical advantage. The same is true for the Oriental Pearl Tower.
Or, it serves as the country's external port and undertakes the task of import and export.
For Lao Ba, the country's import and export business can be handled by the current port. It is useless to build another Gwadar port. As for the transfer station, it is even less necessary. All the oil ships coming out of Anxi Bay are oil tankers.
It's not their turn to be transshipped at the port.
It was originally developed for the export of Turkey's oil and gas resources, but now it has come to nothing.
Is it to establish a naval base? Impossible. China’s policy is offshore defense. Where does it need overseas bases?
"Well." Qin Tao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "At present, it is indeed of little use, but after obtaining this port, we can unload some goods from this port and transport them to our country by land.
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Several old men present opened their eyes wide.
In fact, Qin Tao is not willing to reveal his trump card so early, so the construction of railways and oil pipelines can be left alone for the time being. However, it is only said that land transportation after unloading is still possible.
After all, although the road is difficult to travel, it is still passable.
"The Xingchen incident has greatly stimulated us." Qin Tao said: "So, in the transportation of certain goods, we would rather spend more time on land transportation than sea transportation."
Several Laoba officers nodded.
Yes, last year's Zhejiang incident had a huge impact. China's purchase of the Modern-class and the Kilo-class were all after that incident.
"Yes, you have reasons to obtain Gwadar Port." Mahmoud nodded.
"We not only have reasons, we also have the strength." Qin Tao continued: "You probably know that we built a shipyard for Parthia last year. Now, it is progressing smoothly. In terms of overseas construction, we
We have already gained a lot of experience. We can definitely build Gwadar into a modern port."
"During the construction process, related local employment will be generated. We will recruit thousands of local workers, allowing them to earn high incomes. After the construction is completed, local health and transportation will have great development.
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Qin Tao extended many olive branches.
"So, how many years do you plan to contract? At what price?"
"At least fifty years. In terms of price, how about four F-40T foreign trade frigates?"
Four frigates, in exchange for the fifty-year right to use one port, seems not cost-effective. However, if you take into account the investment of the Mingzhou Group and the benefits to the surrounding and even the entire country, it is quite a cost-effective one.
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After all, if there is no investment, it will always be an ancient and primitive area, and Lao Ba himself will not have the power to develop it.
Four ships, 600 million U.S. dollars, in exchange for fifty years of use rights. Qin Tao stated this condition, but only gave the other party a preliminary plan, because this kind of thing cannot be finalized in a few words and requires repeated negotiations from all parties.
, there may also be many people obstructing it, and it may take a long time to finally reach an agreement.
It can only be a suggestion now.
"This kind of warship uses Damao's weapon system. Will we encounter problems in purchasing ammunition in the future?" Mahmoud continued to ask.
There are few countries in the world that can produce military industry, and most of them rely on outsourcing. This kind of outsourcing will cause big problems in future ammunition supply. After all, Damao and Asan have a better relationship.
"Don't worry about this. We have purchased two modern-class destroyers, which also use this kind of missile system. It is impossible for us to always outsource ammunition."
You don't need to say this kind of thing too clearly. Just mention it a little and the other party will understand.
It doesn't matter. You don't have to go to Lao Maozi to purchase ammunition later. Our copycat ammunition is better than the original.
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After seeing off Lao Ba's navy representative, Qin Tao continued to go out and watched Yang Dawei leading the fifth wave of people to visit.
This warship is not a cabbage. It must be weighed in many aspects. The main reason for attending the defense exhibition is to take a look, broaden your horizons, fall in love with it, and then discuss it in detail. It may take many rounds of negotiations before you finally purchase it.
Only those kind of old customers will be more likely to place orders.
For the Mingzhou Group, the Siam Navy is an absolute old customer. However, these customers have just bought aircraft carriers and are now thinking about supply ships. Therefore, even if they are interested, they cannot place orders directly. Now f-
The 25t frigate has not been delivered yet, and it is impossible for Siam to have any new frigate procurement plans.
At this time, Yang Dawei was accompanied by naval officials from the Pyramid State.
"Currently, there are very few warships using vertical launch systems in the world. Our warship is definitely the most suitable choice for you." Yang Dawei kept introducing there. Although he is engaged in technology, but
Now, it’s not bad to rush the ducks to put them on the shelves and promote them.
"Compared with the 053he we imported before, it has indeed undergone earth-shaking changes. However, my friend, if we purchase it, we have one more requirement."
"Speaking."
"Can we start construction in our own shipyard?"
Yang Dawei was stunned when he asked this question.
The two are considered old friends. More than ten years ago, the Navy of the Pyramid State came to the East to start construction and ordered two 053he frigates. This was also the first time that domestically produced frigates went abroad. Of course, they relied on low prices at that time.
When the other party came, Yang Dawei, a designer, accompanied him throughout the whole process, which was considered a friendship with the other party. So now, Yang Dawei is able to do so with ease. He is an old friend and is familiar with everything. Everything is easy to talk about.
However, after hearing the other party's conditions, Yang Dawei had no idea.
How is it possible to let the other party build it by themselves? This is a frigate!
"That depends on your purchase quantity." At this moment, Qin Tao's voice came.
Yang Dawei breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Qin Tao is here, he doesn't have to make trouble. Let Mr. Qin make the decision on decision-making matters.
"If you can purchase four ships at once, or even more, then when we sign the contract, we can stipulate that the first two ships will be built domestically and the last two ships will be built in your shipyard. If you only plan to purchase
If there are two ships, it is really unnecessary. The cost of building them yourself will exceed the cost of purchasing them from us."
Every country has its own special national conditions, and the Pyramid Country is no exception.
They used to be the big brother in the region, but later they were abandoned because they sued for peace with their sworn enemies. Their original equipment was old-fashioned, but later they began to move closer to the Western world.
However, their country's economy is not very developed, so when purchasing weapons, they have to weigh and compare.
China exports weapons without any political conditions. Therefore, they have also purchased a large number of Chinese weapons, ranging from fighter planes to warships.
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the existence of a.
Moreover, they are also working hard to improve the industrial level of their own country, so after the introduction, there are often additional conditions, which is to produce it in their own country.
The K-8 trainer aircraft is one of the examples.
As for the navy, the Pyramid State purchased the Type 053he frigate ten years ago. They call it the Zafir class. The weapons on it include
When they were purchased ten years ago, the performance was not very strong. Now, it has completely lagged behind. They are very concerned about getting new frigates.
Therefore, in 1996, they obtained 4 American-made Perry-class frigates and 2 Knox-class frigates, which solved their urgent need.
In their sea area, there can be no tigers in the mountains and monkeys can rule the roost.
As for now, I don’t have it on hand yet, so I’m very anxious.
It would be great if this brand new anti-aircraft frigate could be purchased back. It would be even better if it could be built in its own shipyard.
Their idea was good, but Qin Tao put forward conditions for them.
At least four ships!
"If the price is cheap, of course we can purchase four ships." Mamish said.
"The price is definitely cheap. The version equipped with Hedgehog ship-to-air missiles only costs 200 million U.S. dollars. You have built it yourself and it will cost about 150 million U.S. dollars." Qin Tao finally made the price public.
"What? This is too expensive!"
"Yes, how much does that aircraft carrier cost for Siam?"
"Everyone, that is the standard for civilian ships. If you want to lower the standard, we can also lower the price." Qin Tao said: "Besides, we only make the shell of that aircraft carrier, and many of the equipment were purchased by Siam. Now if you
As long as it’s a shell, I’ll sell it to you for 50 million, and you can install the equipment yourself, how about that?”
Xu Zhengyang, who was following Qin Tao, was a little curious. Mr. Qin was very kind to Lao Ba, but not to others. This Pyramid Country is supposed to be our traditional customer, so why can't he give a friendly price?
"Of course, no matter how much the price is, you need to settle the final payment when the ship is delivered." Qin Tao continued to add a condition.
At this time, Xu Zhengyang's eyes were even more surprised. What's wrong with Mr. Qin? He has such a good attitude towards Lao Ba, but is so harsh on the people of the Pyramid Country? Do you look like you are in business?
Of course Qin Tao is in business, but he will never do a business that loses money. A certain customer has a history of not paying the final payment and defaulting on the bill, so of course he must avoid such things.
Otherwise, if a warship is built and only 20% to 30% of the final payment is made, and the other party just forgoes the remaining payment, what else will he earn? Qin Tao will not do this kind of thing of making wedding clothes for others.
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On the other hand, Qin Tao also knew that the customer in front of him had no choice at all.
What can they choose?
The fremm "European Multi-Mission" frigate is not available yet. None of the warships built in Europe are equipped with vertical hair. The most they buy is the second-hand Perry class from the United States. Those warships are just sea sparrow point defense systems.
Can it be compared with our tall and tall hair?
American Aegis? Don’t even think about it.
In the 1990s, when 054 was launched, it was definitely the first choice in the third world. Any customer would find it delicious.
"The South Kimchi Country has launched an export version of the King-class warship." Finally, one person in the delegation from the Pyramid Country couldn't help but said, "We might as well go and take a look at the products of the South Kimchi Country."
"What? King level?" Qin Tao was also a little curious: "Is he a King of Earth?"
"Anyway, the displacement is about the same as your warships, and the performance of Western equipment is not inferior to yours at all."
"Yeah, let's go take a look." Mamish said.
The conditions Qin Tao just mentioned were difficult for him to accept, so now he has given up his interest in this warship and decided to look elsewhere.
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Mamish and others are very curious, what are you going to do?
Of course he was going to destroy the place! The other party just sent someone over to destroy his own place. If he had anything to say, of course he was going to destroy it!
"Let's go, it will be fun if we go together."
Can't you see that we are not satisfied with the service of this warship, so we want to change the manufacturer? What do you mean by going with us?
However, they were too embarrassed to say it, so a group of people like this left the Mingzhou Group's booth and headed to the indoor exhibition area.
Generally speaking, as long as there are no ordinary tourists, there will not be too many people in this kind of exhibition area. However, today is the first day after all, and a lot of reporters came, so the entire defense exhibition seems very lively.
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The exhibition area of South Kimchi Country happened to be not far from that of CSSC. When Qin Tao and the others walked by, they saw that there were also many people gathered there. After all, there are still not many rich people in Asia.
, when countries purchase warships, many of them go for high quality and low price.
Inside the Hyundai Heavy Industries booth, designer Lee In-joon was giving an introduction.
"Our King-class warship is almost the same as the domestic KDX-1 warship. Its biggest feature is that it uses a 16-unit vertical launcher that can launch Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles."
In the past, the main force of the South Korean navy was second-hand warships retired from the United States, and it also pursued a policy of offshore defense. After all, for them, once a war broke out, the enemy would definitely come from the land in the north. A strong navy was needed.
Useless.
It was not until the late 1970s that they started the road to the first-class self-made frigate, which is the Ulsan-class frigate. Since the target is still the enemy in the north, there is no need to consider air defense at all. This frigate is fine for personal use, but it is definitely not exportable.
People want it.
In this way, after entering the 1980s, the policy of the South Kimchi Country changed, from "coastal defense" to "ocean defense". When the first Ulsan-class frigate was put into service, they proposed the famous "homemade defense"
"Destroyer Experimental Plan", this plan implements a three-step strategy, and the product of the first phase is the KDX-1 Gwanggaeto the King-class destroyer.
If we draw an analogy, this first destroyer is very similar to the domestic 052. Both of them purchased large quantities of advanced weapons and equipment to achieve a rapid increase in combat effectiveness despite insufficient industrial capabilities.
For the Kimchi Country, the weapons and equipment above are of course all American products.
In terms of displacement, the full load is 3,900 tons, which is very similar to the F-40t exported by Mingzhou Group. However, in terms of configuration, it is far different.
At this time, hearing these guys bragging, Qin Tao coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then spoke in a loud voice.
"A 16-unit vertical launcher is still a Sea Sparrow with a range of only 16 kilometers. This is simply making fun of people in a lake!"
As soon as he said this, the person explaining above immediately became angry.
"Who? Who is talking nonsense there?"
"Nonsense? A warship with a displacement of nearly 4,000 tons is only equipped with 16 vertical launch units. It's still a sea sparrow. What's the use? It's useless!"
Li Renjun was completely annoyed and looked down sharply. At this time, the crowd of people watching below also made way, and Qin Tao and Li Zhengyang appeared in front of everyone.
"Mr. Li, he is Mr. Qin of Mingzhou Group." Zheng Yuzhe approached Li Renjun and whispered to him.
After Zheng Yuzhe came back in despair, he told Li Renjun what happened. Li Renjun didn't pay attention at that time. He would never have thought that the other party would actually come to his door!
However, why are there a group of people from the Pyramid Country behind the other party? We had already introduced them to these people before the defense exhibition started. They seemed dissatisfied. They took a quick look at it today and left.
Why are you back now?
Zheng Yuzhe couldn't figure these things out in his mind, but now, the most important thing is to drive the other party away!
"Mr. Qin, if you do this, aren't you afraid that we will call the security guards in?"
He was quite straightforward and called the referee directly. Qin Tao was causing trouble here, so he called the security guards to chase him away. This was like fighting with a child and suing his parents if he lost.
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
"What's wrong with me? As warship designers, can't we communicate?" Qin Tao said with a smile: "If you are afraid of communicating with us, okay, we can leave, and you can continue to entertain yourself here."
"Stop!" Zheng Yuzhe certainly knew that if Qin Tao left, it would definitely be publicized everywhere and ruin the reputation of Hyundai Heavy Industries. So, let's make it clear now, what are we afraid of?
"You say our design is not good, so tell me, why is it bad?"
"For Sea Sparrow, it is enough to use eight mk29 launch boxes. Why did you choose the vertical launch system?"
"The vertical launch device is, of course, to gain the ability to withstand saturation attacks! We have sixteen units that can intercept eight targets at the same time!"
"What happens after eight? In today's maritime battlefield, saturation attacks have become the norm. As long as the enemy has a ninth missile, you will not break the defense!"
"However, if you use the mk29, there are only eight prepared bombs. How can it be compared with the mk48 launcher with sixteen units?"
"So I just said that this is a useless air defense system. If you use vertical launchers, you have to at least double the number to thirty-two units. In this way, even if two missiles intercept one target, it will not
It can intercept sixteen targets. The survival rate on the battlefield is doubled. If the opponent has a seventeenth missile, that is enough."
What does it mean to be basic enough?
Of course it’s the price. An anti-ship missile can cost up to a million, and a warship can cost tens of millions or even over 100 million. Therefore, it is not cost-effective to intercept seven or eight targets. If it is to intercept a dozen targets, then
If it gets sunk again, it will be a good deal.
Li Renjun really couldn't say anything. Their original imaginary enemy was still the Kimchi Country. How many anti-ship missiles could there be there? Sixteen launch units are enough, but if they are introduced to the international market, it won't work.
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"Then you said using the mk29 launch box, what's the use?"
"For a point defense missile system, oblique launch is more suitable than vertical launch." Qin Tao continued to talk: "The oblique launch device can be rotated to the direction of the target in advance and launched at the right time, while vertical launch
The system needs to be launched into the sky first and then dive down, which will delay time."
“Vertical launch is the trend!”
"If we use mk41 vertical launch devices, there are still a lot of them, and they can be loaded with various weapons. That is indeed a trend. If there is only one kind of sea sparrow, and the number is not large, then why bother with vertical launches? Keep up with the trend of the times.