Tu-160, a supersonic variable-sweep wing long-range strategic bomber. NATO gave it the codename "Jolly Roger", but Maozi likes to call it "White Swan".
This thing was once an important military weapon.
But times have changed.
In the face of modern anti-aircraft missiles, this kind of big thing that is used for high-speed penetration but has no stealth capability will only die - no matter how fast you are, it can't be faster than the missile.
Why does Yingjiang like to use B-52? Why does Rabbit's H-6 number almost use up 26 letters? The reason is that it is not good to throw cruise missiles with a range of two to three thousand kilometers outside the defense zone?
Who would risk their lives and blatantly go to the enemy's air defense circle to drop bombs? Only the mentally retarded would do this.
The only advantages of the Tu-160 after the 1990s were at most its fast speed, long range, and large bomb load.
But for Rabbit, who has not even broken through the first island chain, the enemy is close at hand - let's first think about how to deal with the rebels on an island in the southeast.
But that island can be bombed with rockets. What do you do with an expensive and difficult-to-use thing like the Tu-160?
Moreover, Mao Xiong produced a total of twenty-five White Swans, and nineteen were in the hands of Er Mao. This quantity was too small.
A piece of equipment must be integrated into a system to be effective. It is too wasteful to have to develop a system for such a small quantity.
The biggest difficulty for Rabbit to use the H-6 is the face - because in more than 20 years, a Soviet veteran named Andreevich will ask: "You don't use the Tu-16 anymore, right?"
Damn it, how do you answer this? It’s so embarrassing.
Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng was determined not to be a "white swan", Colonel Isaacfu was actually very disappointed.
Because these strategic bombers are worth a lot of money and can easily be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. This is not just an aircraft, but also a lot of business such as training, maintenance, and spare parts.
The wealth is abundant and can last for at least ten years.
The 'Holy Light' has already got through to Mao Xiong's Ministry of Aviation Industry, and with the help of Chuikov, he has contacted a high-ranking military general. He can buy the goods he needs through 'legal' means.
This was both safer and less psychologically sinful for Colonel Isakoff.
If you don't sell it now...
As time goes by, Ermao will give eight "White Swans" to Da Mao to pay off debts and supplement the latter's lack of strategic bomber force. Keep one in the museum, and the remaining ten will be clicked by big forklifts...
..
All destroyed.
To be honest, Er Mao's brain circuit is weirder than Da Mao. Even if it can't be used, it can just throw those treasures in a hangar somewhere, or even store them in the open air.
Maybe it will be needed someday?
Why do you want to get military aid and insist on destroying it at the request of the Americans?
Only those who are powerful have more say. If you are weak, who will care about you? This is a truth that even a bald man understands, and Ermao actually...
Apart from describing it as a brain problem, I really can't find any other reason. But think about it, Er Mao doesn't even want a big killer like nuclear weapons...
Maybe there is a mole! After all, reality is stranger than fiction.
Anyway, destroy it, destroy it. Zhou Qingfeng did not want this kind of useless equipment. He followed Colonel Isakov to Balaklea overnight in Kharkiv Oblast east of Kiev.
This is the logistics center of the entire military region, and the entire camp area is full of warehouses. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition stored in the open air, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
After passing the simple and crude security check, Colonel Isaach drove his car into the camp the next day. Zhou Qingfeng saw ammunition boxes stacked directly in the camp.
Just look at the Russian logo on the box and you will see a 152mm caliber grenade.
This kind of large-caliber grenade is just one of the countless ammunition in the open-air storage yard. After Zhou Qingfeng got off the car, he jumped on the ammunition boxes piled up to a person's height. He looked around, and he could not see the edge of the storage area in the vast morning light.
"How much ammo have you stacked here?"
The colonel actually spread his hands and said, "A few million."
How many millions of hairpins are piled in the open air?
What the hell are you guys doing? You just pile up so much ammunition.
"The ammunition depot is not enough, we really can't pile it up." The colonel also comforted Zhou Qingfeng: "Don't worry. Without fuses, these shells will not explode. They are very safe."
Safe as hell!
Zhou Qingfeng thought that more than 20 years later, Er Mao and Da Mao had a conflict, and his dew point ammunition depot was detonated by a mere civilian drone.
It turns out that there is such a thing as stacking ammunition in the open air now?
Beyond the ammunition area, there are dozens of military vehicles parked here. Facing them is a row of T-80 main battle tanks, with thick barrels pointing straight ahead, and their steel bodies are majestic and domineering.
"These tanks..." Isakov wanted to introduce.
"I don't want tanks." Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand, and he walked past hundreds of tanks parked side by side, with a large number of military vehicles in front of them.
The original price of a T-80 was three million U.S. dollars, and even a 10% discount would be enough to make the generals fat. But Zhou Qingfeng had no interest in it. He only wanted practical vehicles and machinery.
The colonel had no choice. He couldn't figure out why this young arms dealer had no interest in the alliance's most advanced weapons and equipment. This was something that others wanted but couldn't get.
The first thing Zhou Qingfeng targeted was the MAZ-535 heavy-duty military trailer. The whole vehicle weighed 25 tons, and the tow load was 15 tons. But this was a field load, and it could easily pull 50 or 60 tons on a flat road.
Opposite the T-80 tanks is a row of MAZ-535s with square heads and square heads. These are used to tow missiles. There are several 9T250 transport and loading trucks next to the MAZ-535s.
This special vehicle is configured for the 'Scarab-B' short-range missile. Zhou Qingfeng did not see the missile, but he knew very well that as long as the vehicle was there, the missile would not be too far away.
This is the main battle equipment of division-level rocket artillery.
The missiles should be in a closed warehouse in this arsenal. After all, missiles are different from artillery shells. They are more expensive and cannot be stored in the open.
Nuclear warheads are different from conventional warheads. They must be stored separately and carefully guarded. However, in order to avoid being unable to find them when they are needed, the tactical nuclear warheads of the 'Scarab-B' will not be placed too far away.
Marco Shi was standing behind Zhou Qingfeng and also saw a row of heavy eight-wheel trucks.
This includes communication and command, launch and loading, command and service, and a complete set of 'Scarab-B' missile systems, a total of six vehicles. There are rows of them in front of you.
Ermao declared independence on the 24th of last month, and the military garrison is facing changes. It is very necessary to centralize the management of heavy equipment.
In order to prevent some big-headed soldiers from being stimulated to have a whim.
Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand and walked past the transport and loading truck, "Colonel, these are good. We can discuss the details of the transaction."
Issacoff stood nearby and whispered: "These are equipment produced in recent years and are the best currently. They should not be sold easily."
The 9T250 transport and loading vehicle can transport two missiles, and it also has its own crane for loading the launch vehicle. This is indeed the most advanced short-range ballistic missile currently available, but Zhou Qingfeng doesn't care about the other party's feelings.
"I need a sufficient Il-76 fleet, including pilots and ground crew, as well as airport command personnel. It is most convenient to transport these commodities from the air.
I use light industrial products as payment to help you stabilize the domestic market, so that you can gain more support from the people and occupy a better position in the power struggle."
"Light industrial products are also transported by airplane?"
"You have to use freighters and trains. I suggest that you, like the Ministry of Aviation Industry, organize a purchasing team to go with the Holy Light and place an order directly for whatever you want.
I'm afraid this transportation volume cannot be handled by tens of thousands of tons. It is cheaper and more convenient to travel from Guangzhou to Leningrad by sea, and the shipping time is about thirty to forty-five days."
Isaach shook his head, "It's been too long, and you can't trade much like this."
"Or I can place a deposit first, and you can transport the equipment I selected to other places, such as the Far East. We can trade slowly."
Isaacfu frowned, still dissatisfied with this transaction method. But at this moment, a staff officer came in from outside the camp and called the colonel over.
This walk is dozens of meters away, separated by several warehouses.
Four armed soldiers stared at Zhou Qingfeng and Ma Keshi. The latter two pretended not to care, staring at the T80 tank not far away and chatting.
An invisible goblin followed Isakov and saw him walking into an office in the camp and grabbing the microphone on his desk.
Comrade Colonel said "hmm" a few times, and then asked in surprise: "Are those Americans coming to check again? They are really annoying."
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