Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 403: Plan Starts (Part 2)

There was a burst of laughter in the meeting room, and in the end, it was too much to laugh, so Lu Shaohua had to slam the table hard to stop everyone's laughter. People are like this, once they start laughing, it's not so easy to stop, and Li Zhijie's expression is really too funny, so funny that everyone is out of control. Of course, there is one person who didn't laugh, that is Li Zhijie, the protagonist, his face is red, very embarrassed.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business. Let's get down to business." Seeing that everyone had recovered, Lu Shaohua quickly changed the subject, otherwise he couldn't guarantee that everyone would burst into laughter again.

It turned out that Lu Shaohua's method of diverting attention was very effective. Everyone regained their seriousness and waited for Lu Shaohua to speak.

Lu Shaohua didn't let everyone wait any longer. His face straightened and he continued the previous topic. "To sell arms, you can trade with money or oil fields. You can think of a way to connect with them. However, there is one thing you must pay attention to, that is, the intelligence network must cooperate and investigate the other party's background. If the other party has oil fields, you can give priority to selling them."

Lu Shaohua's last words were meant for Li Zhijie, because he controlled the entire intelligence network, so he had to be responsible for intelligence work. As for the sales priority, Lu Shaohua also had arrangements, and he would not allow those cats and dogs to buy the arms produced by the base.

"I understand." Li Zhijie also became serious and said with great force.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded and said, "In the meantime, we need to pay attention to one thing. At present, our targets are the government forces and the **. These two parties are our big customers. They have oil fields and countless money. They are our ideal partners."

There are wars every day in the Middle East, on battlefields of varying sizes, with government forces fighting against ** armies and small organizations fighting against each other. Therefore, there are too many places that need arms, but small organizations are not within Lu Shaohua's consideration for the time being.

Lu Shaohua did not finish his words. He paused and continued, "Some government troops and the Kuomintang army need to hire mercenaries to help. Our Tiger Roar Mercenary Group can also take on the mission. Of course, this is only when necessary. If it is not necessary, I personally do not recommend taking on missions in the Middle East because it is too dangerous there. If the mercenary group goes there, the losses may be huge."

In Lu Shaohua's opinion, the United States is strong enough, but no one knows how many regular soldiers died when their regular army entered Iraq. However, the only thing that is certain is that many people died. Therefore, Lu Shaohua has never underestimated the countries in the Middle East. Even if the weapons and equipment of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group are advanced, it is still dangerous to go there.

However, Lu Shaohua's words were not too final. He just said that he would not accept the call if it was not necessary. On the contrary, he was also revealing another message, which was that he could still accept the call if there was absolute benefit.

At this point, everyone finally understood why Lu Shaohua wanted to expand the number of Tiger Roar Mercenaries. It turned out to be to deal with the Middle East. Everyone knows that the Middle East is far away from Africa. If the Tiger Roar Mercenaries want to go there to perform any tasks, they will not be able to return to the base in a short time. Therefore, if they receive a large-scale mission and need to send too many people, the base will become empty and there will be no troops to guard it, and unknown dangers will arise.

The base has always been Lu Shaohua's headquarters. Even if Lu Shaohua doesn't want oil, he will not neglect the safety of the base. Therefore, expanding personnel and making preparations are necessary, but this problem has now been solved.

"There is another thing. We can do business with Iraq, a major oil producer. But if they want to exchange oil fields for arms, we will only sign a ten-year contract with them. We will not sign a contract longer than ten years." Lu Shaohua emphasized again.

What kind of country is Iraq? It is a thorn in the side of the United States. The United States launched the Iraq War in 2003. Now it is 1992. Lu Shaohua only signed a ten-year contract with them in order to withdraw before the United States invaded Iraq, so as to avoid losses.

No one knew what Lu Shaohua meant, but they all knew one thing in common, that was it was right to listen to Lu Shaohua, so they all nodded at the same time and kept it in mind.

"Why don't we form a force, choose a small country, defeat the government forces, and set up a new government ourselves? This seems to allow us to control the oil fields in the country." This is the question raised by Xie Jianwei. He believes that it is easy to form a force to defeat the government forces with the weapons in the secret base, but Lu Shaohua wants to make it so complicated.

Lu Shaohua shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He had thought about this before, but could he do it? The answer was obviously no. Not to mention that this would make the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group the focus of others, it would be troublesome enough to be on guard against the forces that opposed them.

In the Middle East, there is such a rule: if a new regime is formed and another force forms an anti-Japanese army tomorrow, the two sides will go to war. Therefore, even if the Tiger Roar Mercenaries conquer a country, Lu Shaohua cannot be sure that there will not be a force opposing them tomorrow.

Lu Shaohua would not do thankless tasks. He would rather hide in the dark and steal funds. This is cost-effective and he will not become the target of others' attacks. At the same time, he can get enough benefits. Why not do it!

"No, we won't get involved in this mess. The chaos in the Middle East is far more complicated than we imagined. Even though we have the strength to form a new regime there, it won't feel good to be targeted." Lu Shaohua flatly rejected Xie Jianwei's proposal.

"I also think it's better not to get involved in this mess. Political things are very complicated. If we are not careful, we may end up in an irreversible situation." Chen Guobang said.

Actually, Chen Guobang had his own reasons for saying this. In the past, Chen Guobang was expelled from the army. In addition to killing someone by mistake, the more important reason was that he was too outstanding and hindered others from being promoted. Therefore, Chen Guobang thought it was better not to touch political matters.

Li Zhijie and Qian Qian also nodded, agreeing with Lu Shaohua and Chen Guobang and opposing Xie Jianwei's proposal.

"Okay, let's settle this. We won't get involved in other people's struggles. We just need to reap the benefits." After speaking, Lu Shaohua paused and continued, "Next, let's talk about the issues after the arms are sold. I have already said that arms can be traded in two ways, one is money, and the other is oil fields. There is no need to talk about oil fields. Let's talk about money. After getting the money, except for the cost of manufacturing weapons, the rest of the money will be used in the base. I will not transfer a penny from it. At the same time, I will not invest a penny in the base in the future. Let's produce and support ourselves."

A few days ago, Lu Shaohua exchanged 40 billion US dollars, and Lu Shaohua decided that this money would be the last one. Taking this opportunity, Lu Shaohua also mentioned it in passing, in order to let Li Zhijie and others have a bottom line in their minds and to have a degree of allocation of funds.

"Do you mean to invest all of it?" Li Zhijie confirmed in disbelief.

"Yes, that's all for now. As for the future, we'll talk about it later." It is undeniable that what Lu Shaohua said was all.

As we all know, arms is a highly profitable industry. In addition, every weapon and equipment manufactured by the secret base is of leading-edge technology, and the selling price will only be higher, so the profit will be even higher. It is foreseeable that as long as the base can get in touch with the Middle East, huge amounts of funds will flow in.

Since it is foreseeable that a large amount of funds will flow in, what will the funds be used for after they flow in, except for the manufacturing fee? Li Zhijie was puzzled and didn't know where Lu Shaohua would invest the other funds.

"After we have money, which direction will we develop in?" Li Zhijie asked.

"It's still weapons. Let's start those high-difficulty projects." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

The technology purchased from the Soviet Union at that time was far more than just missiles and long-range missiles. There was also technology that was more advanced than missiles, such as satellite and rocket technology. All of these were available in the secret base, but they had been sealed and not taken out for research and development.

"Where is the aircraft carrier?" Li Zhijie asked again.

Aircraft carriers can be considered as cutting-edge technology. Li Zhijie didn't understand whether the 'those' that Lu Shaohua mentioned included aircraft carriers, so he had to ask for confirmation.

Lu Shaohua didn't rush to speak, because he realized that what he said just now was a bit vague, and he had to add something. "We need to develop an aircraft carrier, but the cost is too high. We are not able to manufacture it at present, so let's put this project on hold for the time being."

After saying this, before Li Zhijie could speak, Lu Shaohua remembered a loophole that he had not mentioned before, and had to add it again. "By the way, we need to speed up the production of several frigates and warships, so that we can escort the oil tankers when the time comes."

As soon as these words were spoken, the topic returned to the transportation of oil. Everyone's eyes lit up. They had actually forgotten about escorting the oil. After all, the sea was not as calm as it seemed on the surface. There were many pirates!

"Are frigates and warships enough?" Chen Guobang raised his doubts. On the sea, some large pirates have nuclear submarines. If they are sent out to rob oil tankers, I am afraid that several frigates and warships will not be able to defend against them.

Lu Shaohua's expression changed. Chen Guobang's question attracted Lu Shaohua's attention. He fell into deep thought and did not speak for a long time.

"What does big brother mean?" Lu Shaohua asked back.

It’s not that Lu Shaohua didn’t think about nuclear submarines, but he subconsciously thought that there was no need to make such a grand event, so he automatically ignored it.

"I feel it is necessary to add two nuclear submarines for escort. Although the cost is a bit higher, I think it is necessary for the oil to reach Africa safely. After all, we have worked hard to develop the oil from there and then transport it to Africa. The cost itself is very high. If an accident occurs, our losses will be even greater." Chen Guobang not only said that he wanted to add two nuclear submarines, but also specifically explained the necessity of the addition.

"Okay, then add two nuclear submarines for escort." This was Lu Shaohua's final decision.

"Okay." Xie Jianwei said.

Lu Shaohua had made a decision and put the final stamp on it. This topic was over. Chen Guobang said nothing more and waited for Lu Shaohua to move on to the next topic.