Chapter 160

Wang Luchuan glanced over and was slightly surprised.

He had not expected the Syrian side to order so much military hardware, and now the coalition led by the Ugly Country was actually conducting an amphibious landing operation.

He could imagine how much casualties these weapons would inflict upon the Ugly Country's coalition forces.

However, as a citizen of the Dragon Country,

no matter how many people from the Ugly Country, Britain, or Korea died,

he would not feel sorrow; instead, he would secretly rejoice.

To be honest, he wished the Ugly Country would forever trap its energy in the Middle Eastern battlefield,

causing domestic fiscal deficits and affecting its scientific research capabilities,

allowing the Dragon Country to seize the opportunity to surpass this great enemy in all aspects.

Therefore, deep down, Wang Luchuan quite appreciated the people behind the DWS platform.

"Alright, our side has compiled a procurement list; sending it over now!"

Wang Luchuan said.

Soon, Lin Yi received a dense list of weapon procurements.

It involved artillery, tanks, aircraft, and other aspects.

Among them, the Dragon Country alone ordered 200 units of the M1A2 Abrams.

At four million US dollars per unit, this amounted to 800 million US dollars.

Additionally, there were 100 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters,

at ten million US dollars each, totaling one billion US dollars.

Then there were the Tu-160M "White Swan" bombers,

at 200 million US dollars each for five units, totaling one billion US dollars.

For the S-400 system: 500 missiles of the 40N6 type,

with a unit price of 1.2 million US dollars, totaling 600 million US dollars.

There were also various other artillery pieces and so on.

Although the Tu-160M "White Swan" bomber was a product of the Soviet era from the 1970s,

the Tu-160M "White Swan" within the system was actually a new product, a revived version by the Brown Bear.

It was equipped with NK-32-02 aero-engines, offering greater thrust and higher fuel efficiency.

It featured updated advanced electronic equipment, including new radar, communication systems, and weapon control systems.

At 200 million US dollars per unit, this was already considered very cheap.

The Dragon Country's military had specifically convened a meeting to study purchasing the Tu-160M from the DWS platform.

On one hand, this could strengthen the nation's long-range bombing capabilities;

on the other hand, it allowed for thorough study of this large aircraft,

laying the foundation for our country's independently developed new strategic bomber.

After reviewing this procurement order, Lin Yi pondered briefly before saying,

"Agreed, but the old rules apply!"

"Understood!" Wang Luchuan trusted the reputation of the DWS platform,

knowing that incidents of payment without delivery would absolutely not occur.

Thus, this order was settled quite simply.

Next, Lin Yi simply waited for the official funds from the Dragon Country to arrive.

Indeed, within two days, Lin Yi's overseas account received a transfer of 5 billion US dollars from the Dragon Country Bank's overseas branch.

Both parties agreed on a timeframe of two weeks,

with delivery to take place near a certain military base.

However, the Dragon Country also knew the DWS delivery standard:

they never appeared at the designated location, but rather at a spot some distance away from it.

At that time, the customer only needed to transport the weapons back themselves.

This time, the Dragon Country's military planned to replace a batch of army tanks, as some tank models were too outdated.

Although the Dragon Country possessed its own latest model, the Type 99,

whose overall performance was not much different from the M1A2 Abrams,

the Type 99 alone had a cost price as high as 30 million Hua coins, equivalent to 5 million US dollars,

which was even more expensive than the M1A2 Abrams purchased from the platform.

Based on this reason, the state decided to order some Ugly Country mechanical equipment to replace the old-style tanks.

At the same time, these could be used for military training.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

Additionally, the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter had always been a weapon the Dragon Country dreamed of acquiring.

In fact, compared to fighter jets, the helicopter sector had always been a weakness for the Dragon Country.

Take the WZ-10, for instance;

although this was a dedicated attack helicopter developed by the Dragon Country in the early 21st century to replace the aging WZ-9,

making its maiden flight in 2003 and entering service in 2012, it had now become the absolute mainstay of the Dragon Country's Army Aviation.

In terms of appearance, this attack helicopter possessed the distinctive "lean" characteristic, which was one of the necessary conditions for an attack helicopter to achieve good maneuverability.

It also adopted the "Yulong," a new turboshaft engine independently developed by the Dragon Country.

However, compared to the AH-64 Apache, which had existed since the mid-1980s, the Dragon Country's attack helicopters still had some shortcomings.

Its payload capacity, protection, and propulsion system were all significantly weaker.

This was mainly because engines were a weakness for Dragon Nation, caused by the complexity of engine manufacturing and Dragon Nation's weak technical reserves.

Compared to Dragon Nation, the Ugly Nation possessed rich development experience and technical reserves in the field of engines.

This allowed the Ugly Nation to easily develop world-leading aero-engines like the F-119 and F-135.

Limited by its engine, the WZ-10 had a large gap compared to the AH-64 Apache (maximum takeoff weight of 10 tons) in terms of maximum takeoff weight (7 tons) and maneuverability.

This was the most important reason why Iron Pak would later abandon its purchase of the WZ-10.

However, Dragon Nation did not know this yet.

This procurement would later make them exclaim how worthwhile it had been.

Because weapons now produced by the DWS platform, thanks to the bonus from Lin Yi's title of "True Arms Merchant,"

had all their performance increased by 10%.

Taking the AH-64 Apache produced by the system as an example, its maximum takeoff weight was 11 tons.

This exceeded the original version's 10 tons.

Naturally, it was extremely worthwhile for Dragon Nation to purchase them.

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