Chapter 67: Reminder (monthly ticket plus updates)
Author: Brilliant fireworks
Chapter 67: Reminder (monthly ticket plus updates)
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The poet is going to help Faisal with his assessment.
The Golden Retrievers are going to conduct a short-term training for the recruited people. After all, there is going to be a war soon, and the basic communication problem has not been solved yet.
Wang Zhen was responsible for liaising with the CIA and sponsorship issues, at least that's what he said.
He doesn't want to bask in the sun, this is fucking Iraq!
It will kill people.
Isn’t it nice to have an air-conditioned room?
Donkey had just been discharged from the hospital and was half a cripple. He stayed here under the pretext of helping Wang Zhen.
"King, aren't these all free? Aren't you afraid that Feisal will find out?" Donkey asked while lying on the sofa.
"What is discovery?" Wang Zhen was using the computer to check information, wireless network, and mobile phone data. He said without raising his head: "Didn't I provide him with a service? Didn't he enjoy the benefits? Did I charge a service fee?
What’s unreasonable!”
"As for whether I spent money on these things when I brought them, what does this have to do with him!"
"Besides, the CIA didn't give a penny of commission for this mission. What they paid for was information and channels. This is what makes us money!"
"Tell me, where is it unreasonable?"
Donkey frowned and thought for a moment, then turned over and sat up, "If you say so, you should indeed be charged. It's not expensive at all!"
"Angels still need atonement scrolls, and God's glory will not shine on MSL's head!" Wang Zhen snorted.
Of course, Faisal will definitely not have anything nice to say when he finds out about it in the future. After all, people are all looking for themselves, and they wish that people all over the world would be willing to help them for free, at least for politicians.
time flies.
The CIA had a very good sense of time and delivered the weapons the next day.
50 AIM assault rifles made in Romania, priced at US$4,000 each, with a total value of 200,000.
100,000 rounds of ammunition, all high-quality products from Eastern Europe, priced at $2 each, with a total value of 200,000.
500 grenades, 60 US dollars each, with a total value of 30,000 US dollars. (The US military’s purchase price of M67 in 2021 is 64 US dollars, the manufacturer’s cost is 44, but the price of Eastern European products is only 15 US dollars.)
10 RPG launch tubes and 20 warheads, with a total value of 20,000.
Five 60mm mortars, each equipped with a base shell, with a total value of US$40,000.
Five 82mm mortars, each equipped with half a base shell, with a total value of US$50,000.
The 60mm mortar has a base number of 60 rounds and weighs about 140 kilograms. The 82mm mortar has a base number of 120 rounds and weighs 640 kilograms.
When the truck arrived with the cargo, Faisal, the Scythe team, and the 50 recruited people all arrived.
After getting the list, Faisal seemed a little excited. It was the first time for him to see so many arms, especially so many mortars.
Hearing Wang Zhen say that this batch of goods only costs US$540,000, Faisal said yes repeatedly, feeling satisfied from the bottom of his heart, "Wang, you are my friend, my closest friend!"
Does he trust Wang Zhen 100%?
No, he has his own channels to understand the 'market' price of arms in Iraq, and he also knows what the arms and equipment of ordinary armed forces are like.
Basically, everyone has an AK. As for grenades, you basically don’t have to think about them. Mortars and RPGs are not available to armed forces that are not medium-sized or above. You can’t buy them.
With regard to this arms configuration, Faisal calculated in his mind that a hundred men would be armed. That would be an elite configuration!
What's more, this batch of goods is all high-quality products from large Eastern European manufacturers, and cannot be compared with the goods from small workshops like Aqionghan and Batie.
Regardless of whether we can find such high-quality supplies, if these arms are thrown on the market, there are many people who want them for US$600,000-620,000!
More than 600,000 US dollars, the average price of crude oil in 2014 was 98.97 US dollars per barrel, even if the smuggling market price is only 10,000 barrels, the daily output of a single oil well in Iraq is more than this amount!
Here, money is never a problem, the problem is the source of arms, especially good sources of arms!
The US, UK and Iraqi governments have very strict control over arms smuggling!
Don't laugh, seriously.
If we relax, everyone in Iraq will have an AK within a month.
Just because there are attacks and fighting at all levels in Iraq every day, we should not think that customs management is lax, nor should we think that the United States is the best in the world and everyone will listen to its words.
No, there are too many countries that are just staring at the United States and going against it.
It seems that countries in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have very good relations with the United States. They are very obedient and wear a pair of pants.
In fact, where is the most anti-American region in the world?
Not South America, not Asia, not Africa, not Lao Maozi, not even China...
It's the Middle East!
Closer to home, the weapons were in place. Regardless of speed, quality or quantity, Feisal was extremely satisfied. He felt Wang Zhen's sincerity.
In Faisal's simple mind, there were so many artillery shells that even if two of them could kill one militant, they could kill all those guys.
Wang Zhen burst out laughing. In fact, he was also shocked. He didn't expect the CIA to spend such a large amount of money. This shows the importance of this channel.
Everything is ready, all it needs is training.
50 people who are not familiar with each other can't be dragged directly onto the battlefield. Fighting is not a child's play, it is not a game, and it is not a simple pile of people or equipment.
But it turns out that nothing is impossible.
Half an hour after receiving the goods here, John called.
"What? Let's set off now?" Wang Zhen looked serious, "Stop joking, okay? I don't understand the language, I don't have a command system, I don't know the terrain, I don't know the opponent's personnel and weapon configuration, I don't know anything, and I still have to be there
Attack with an absolute numerical disadvantage?"
"This joke is not funny at all!"
John was silent for a while, and his tone softened, "Wang, I know this, I understand that we can ignore the economic losses, but every day of delay is a heavy blow to our reputation, and we must immediately give the harshest counterattack
."
Wang Zhen stamped his feet hard. This is the fucking problem. Most of the time, war is not the war itself.
Where did those inexplicable defeats in history come from?
Most of them happened because of factors other than war.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhen looked for Golden Retriever with a dark face.
After hearing the request, everyone looked bad. This is the tragedy of ordinary soldiers. Apart from going to the battlefield, they can't decide anything, and they die without knowing why they died.
This incident gave Wang Zhen a great stimulus, so much that it gave him the idea that he must make the decision himself.
Since there is no way to prepare, then set off. When Wang Zhen approached Feisal and told him, Feisal immediately agreed. Even the Iraqis who had just received the weapons and had not had time to get familiar with them did not think there was any problem.
Aren't you given weapons for the purpose of fighting?
What is the problem?
What's more, the equipment is so sophisticated.
These guys didn't even know who they were beating, nor did they ask.
What Wang Zhen is worried about only needs to be considered by regular troops. The armed forces all over Iraq do not have such needs...
The truck delivering the arms did not leave, and most of the things that had just been moved were moved up again. Faisal borrowed a lot of trucks for transportation, ate some individual soldier rations, and the group headed south.
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PS: The monthly ticket is still 200 this month, and there will be an additional chapter!