Chapter Seventy-Five: The Armored Division Can't Afford It
Nestorovich's chubby face was filled with smiles when he heard Guo Yu's words. Business had come to his doorstep, and he was naturally delighted. "Alright, Guo, what do you want or where do you need it? Tell me, and I'll match it for you." The service was just like that of a supermarket salesperson, who would even help you with matching.
"You also know some situations in Africa, the opponent is not very powerful, just equip me with the equipment of an armored division." Guo Yu said.
"Armored division, which equipment do you want, Russian-style, American-style or Chinese-style? Although I can't get the original for you, but export-type is still possible to assemble a set."
Guo Yu didn't know about these things, he had only heard this kind of talk on the forum, it felt very powerful, and his brain just heated up so he said it out loud.
Nestorovich said to himself, "How many people are you preparing to equip, what kind of target do you want to deal with, and what position do you want to occupy? Russia doesn't have an armored division now, but I can assemble one according to American or Chinese standards. The price would be around $4.6 billion. If you want American goods, the price should be over $6.5 billion. China's is the most economical, probably around $3 billion. Which one do you want?"
"Neither of them do I want, Niefu, are you kidding me? How can a single set of equipment for over 10,000 people cost tens of billions of dollars?" Gu Yu's tone was somewhat angry.
"Hey, no, no, Guo, you don't know how many things an armored division has. You're not a qualified arms dealer. Let me tell you, even for big countries, there aren't that many real armored divisions. China has about nine, the US only has two, and Russia doesn't even have any armored divisions anymore, they've all been downsized to brigade-level units. An armored division is no simple thing."
Guo Yu felt a bit too optimistic, his thoughts still stuck in the era of rifles. Armored divisions were part of a comprehensive system that included tanks and aircraft command systems - how could it be so simple? The fat man also told Guo Yu that this was just the equipment cost, not to mention the expenses for base construction, ammunition replenishment, logistics maintenance, and more, which might not be less than the equipment costs. The fat man's words made Guo Yu's scalp tighten - investments of hundreds of billions of dollars were beyond his means, and this was only for an armored division, just one unit in a war that involved tens of millions of people. In World War I, there were 70 million troops; in World War II, even more, with several billion participants worldwide. Just Japan alone lost over 3 million people - how many troops would be needed? Even if he had an army equipped to the teeth, it wouldn't be enough to take down a giant like that.
It seems that I should develop steadily, wait until the base is established in the future, develop my own industry, use the things from the Republic of China era to make bullets, shells, rifles, cannons, airplanes and ships. With super-advanced technology, I don't believe it's impossible to surpass those foreigners.
Guo Yu was lost in thought when Nesterovich said, "Actually, you can also ask for a lower level of equipment. In Africa, high-end weapons are also a waste. They won't be able to use them, and they'll just keep using AKs. When the old man dies, his son will continue to use it. You can buy some lower-level equipment, such as the armored division equipment from the former Soviet Union. At that time, they advocated for large-scale warfare and equipped a large number of weapons and ammunition. Now many are in storage, and I think if nothing unexpected happens, they'll just rot away. Why not take them out and use them? Sell some to make some money."
Guo Yu regained his interest, the Soviet ones were much more advanced than those of the Republic of China. "Nev, how much does this cost per division?" He asked directly about the price, he was scared by the quote from the fat man just now.
"All those equipment are from before 1990, some are even from 1976, they're all outdated but well-maintained, the weapons and ammunition are all complete, absolutely enough to fight a small-scale war in Africa, the price is probably less than $2 billion, I'll give you all the good stuff, how about it?" The fat man then looked at Guo Yu's reaction.
"Damn, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Even the eliminated ones cost $2 billion. I might as well buy one from China. At least I'll get a brand new one that's definitely better than those old Soviet-era things. Are you guys stupid or what?"
"Never mind, it's not urgent recently, let's talk about this later. Buy me 10 T-84 tanks, and then another 10 2S19 152mm self-propelled howitzers, and 10 armored vehicles. I'll use them first, and you can calculate the price for a large amount of ammunition." Guo Yu planned to send a few vehicles over first to let the army practice, and talk about other equipment later.
Nestorovich took out a pen and made some simple calculations: the T-84 tank costs $20 million per unit, the 2S19 152mm self-propelled howitzer costs $13 million per unit, and the BTR-80 armored vehicle costs $8.5 million. The total cost is $415 million. Guo Yu's required amount of ammunition is quite large, add another $50 million for the ammunition.
Although the T-84 is said to be decent among tanks of its tier, it's also cheaper. Besides, Neff is a convenient guy for buying Russian equipment, so I'll just use Russian gear for now.
Nestorovich also prepared a set of ground communication command systems, which don't need to be too advanced, no satellite is needed, just the fourth generation of Russian military equipment will do. This kind of thing isn't very expensive and belongs to eliminated products already. Of course, it must use Russian ones, but it needs to change into Chinese command system because it needs to cooperate with ship guns and equipment, only Russian style can be used. With this thing, buying some more small communication equipment can completely satisfy Guo Yu's usage.
This thing can be used for global communication in 1915, and later on, no matter where you are, you can command all the troops at any time, which is very convenient for your future actions.
The batch of weapons and communication equipment purchased, when receiving the ship, was put on the ship together with the reception, so there is no need to let Nesterovich deliver the goods again, Guo Yu can save a little.
After finishing the matter, Guo Yu didn't stay long and didn't have much to do with this fat guy either. He went back home directly, accompanied his parents during the day and his girlfriend Huang Wenjing at night. Two days later, Guo Yu took his luggage and went to the airport by himself, preparing to take a plane to Liberia.
In the waiting lounge, Guo Yu was bored and took out a new laptop, connected to the airport's wireless network, downloaded the file package given by Yang Sen, which were all videos shot by Yang Sen himself, involving more than a dozen female celebrities of Ying Huang, as well as some women that Guo Yu didn't know at all. Guo Yu was really amazed, this guy is much more capable than himself, beheading hundreds would not be a problem.
There are also several dialogues involving the internal affairs of the entertainment company, including signing, operation ranking and other contents of black-box transactions, which repeatedly mention Yang Shoucheng's autocracy and the former rules for female artists.
It's amazing how entertaining it is when you don't know, Guo Yu directly uploaded the video of the female star to the internet, let everyone entertain together, take a look at the real situation of your favorite idol, and make those brain-dead fans give up. These people are not worth your efforts, and also let Yang Shoucheng suffer some setbacks. Since he dares to raise such a son, he should pay for his son's mistakes.
After uploading, put the laptop directly into storage and never use it again, see who can find out.
