Chapter 617 Su-27S

"How's it going?" Ding Huiqiang looked at Lei Zhen with a melancholy face and asked in a low voice.

Lei Zhen shook his head slightly and sighed, "Li Mo went to Ukraine."

"Ukraine?" Ding Huiqiang stared at her eyes and said in surprise. Ukraine gives the outside impression that it is a rich man who inherits many of the wealth of the former Soviet Union, especially many military technology, which has always been greedy by the outside world, and China is no exception.

"Is he going to cooperate with Ukraine? Well, I think it's very possible. Ding Huiqiang quickly guessed the purpose of Li Mo's visit to Ukraine. Globally, in addition to Russia, Soviet-made weapons, Ukraine is also the inheritor of the former Soviet Union. And the 'threshold' of Ukraine is obviously not as high as that of Russia. Its politics also pursues neutrality. With the diplomatic situation that Somalia is facing today, it may really get good news in Ukraine.

Just like this, the bigwigs in China can only watch orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars slip away from their eyes.

"The order is small, and the relationship is far away." Lei Zhen sat down and shook his head with a wry smile, "During this period, Li Mo's relationship with us has become more and more estranged. On the contrary, it is associated with those countries. This time, Li Mo's order has been delayed and will not be answered. I think he is going to beat Li Mo to make Li Mo continue to be consistent with Huaxia, but they didn't expect that Li Mo's reaction was so excited. Lie, I ran out directly to contact Ukraine.

As the link between Li Mo and Huaxia, Lei Zhen can see it more clearly, but so what? Neither China nor Li Mo will listen to him.

Huaxia wants to protect himself, and Li Mo wants to strengthen his strength to protect himself. The gap between the two here is getting bigger and bigger, and the gap is more and more difficult to make up for. In the end, they only scored.

The two of them were silent. If Li Mo and Huaxia parted ways, they would be of no use here. That is to say, they should almost pretend to return home. Although there is no need to go abroad to carry out tasks, and it is worth celebrating when they return to China to reunite with their families, there is always a trace of unwillingness in their hearts. Two years of efforts have been in vain, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the ambitious two people.

"I heard that Li Mo took away a large amount of money in Kenya?" Ding Huiqiang felt the heaviness and depression of the atmosphere, and reluctantly smiled and changed the topic.

Lei Zhen nodded slightly and said, "Well, the news has come from there. Li Mo found a gold mine in Kenya and was sold by him for 1.5 billion US dollars."

"1.5 billion, still US dollars. Well, with such a large amount of money, it's no wonder Li Mo ran to Ukraine silently. Ding Huiqiang sighed with a sigh.

1.5 billion US dollars, if used to buy arms, can purchase a large number of advanced weapons. Especially for the procurement of fighter jets and missiles. In addition to the advanced fighters of the United States and a few countries, China's current two mainstream fighters. The export unit price of the J-10 is only 40 million US dollars, while the unit price of the Su-27 is only about 30 million US dollars. If it is relevant, the price can be less.

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Li Mo and Hussein arrived in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on the morning of the 20th. The Ukrainian military, military and military officials led by Lieutenant General Kirchenko, Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were greeted at the airport.

This time in Ukraine, Li Mo did not serve as the head of the regiment, but let Hussein serve as the head of the regiment and be responsible for communicating with the Ukrainian military. He had another task to meet with the organization behind the Ukrainian arms dealer Nazyrov.

The supporters behind the Ukrainian arms dealers endorsed by Nazyrov have not yet figured it out, but Li Mo knows that this organization is very powerful in Ukraine. Otherwise, the arms deal he had made with Nazyrov twice before would not be so easy to conclude. You should know that neither 20 Mi-24 armed helicopters nor "sword" ballistic missiles are ordinary forces that can get and ship them out of Ukraine.

Of course, meeting with the forces behind Nazyrov, in addition to Li Mo's mention, the hidden forces also have such a meaning. After all, Li Mo's identity is different, representing more than a local warlord. Instead, it represents a political axe, a national army, and a good relationship with Li Mo, perhaps the interests will be greater.

Li Mo and others first came to the General Staff of Ukraine, accompanied by Lieutenant General Kiritchenko, briefly watched some programs prepared by the Ukrainian military, had dinner at noon, and formally discussed in the afternoon.

Before coming, Somalia's political axe had informed the Ukrainian Embassy in Somalia of its purpose. For orders from Somalia, Ukraine, especially the military, is mixed. The good thing is that once a large arms trade is reached, the military's military funds will always be rewarded, which is of great significance to the current Ukrainian military. Worryingly, from the previous budget of Ukraine's foreign arms sales, the military can only get a small part at a time.

Most of the weapons currently used by the Ukrainian army were made in the former Soviet Union. In addition, without the funds for maintenance and upgrading, many weapons were almost scrapped into the warehouse. In the past two years, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly proposed to upgrade military equipment, at least research and upgrade some important weapons. However, the lack of military spending has always been an important issue restricting the implementation of this proposal.

As one of the world's top ten arms exporters, Ukraine's annual arms sales are only a few billion US dollars, and in very few years, it can exceed 1 billion US dollars. Most of the profits from the export of arms go to finance and are used in other places, but few are allocated to the army. After a long time, the army became a little resentful, and some people's minds began to crook.

But on the whole, the senior officials of the Ukrainian military are still reasonable and know that one is better than nothing. Every time a batch of arms is sold, the military can always get a part of the funding, right?

Therefore, the Ukrainian military still attaches great importance to orders from Somalia. The Chief of General Staff of Kirichenko has been accompanying him, and the officials of the relevant departments of the political axe are also very warm and polite.

In the afternoon, before the formal talks, Hussein proposed to visit the Ukrainian Air Force.

Kirichenko was stunned when he heard the words. The Ukrainian political axe and the military already knew the types of arms purchased by Somalia, which were aircraft and missiles, and the Ukrainian political axe and the military had also made several preparations. But because it is not clear how big the orders in Somalia are, these preparations are not intended to be taken out before understanding the orders in Somalia.

After all, Somalia is just a small country in East Africa. After more than ten years of civil war, the financial situation can be guessed without more analysis and investigation. In this way, the Ukrainian military and the political axe department will always make more preparations in the reception. If the number of orders is large, some of Somalia's requirements will be ignored and met. If the order is small, for the sake of the relationship between the two countries, it may not give a face, but it will certainly not serve like the emperor.

Therefore, Kirichenko was embarrassed by Hussein's proposal, but it was impossible to refuse such a thing to his face. Because between countries, generally speaking, as long as there is a high-level military visit, they will basically visit some military facilities. Such as bases, military camps, etc. Although Hussein's request is a little abrupt, others are now here to purchase, and it is common to know the live information of Ukrainian Air Force fighter jets.

Kirichenko can make the decision on this matter. After a little hesitation, he agreed.

An air base on the outskirts of Kiev, where the 40th Combat Aviation Regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force is stationed, is one of the 50 air bases of the Ukrainian Air Force. Although the Ukrainian Air Force is currently a mutilated structure, as an air base to defend the capital and defend the air security of the capital, the 40th Combat Aviation Regiment is full. It is equipped with a MiG-29 light fighter squadron, a Su-27 heavy air fighter squadron, and a Su-25 attack aircraft squadron, with more than 40 aircraft of all kinds.

In the air base, everyone watched the flight and landing of two Su-27 fighters. I did some simple performances in the sky. Because of the lack of military spending, the Ukrainian military obviously did not prepare too many performances. After all, the two fighters will consume a lot of fuel money to take off and land.

"Chief of Staff Kirichenko, what kind of model is the take-off Su-27?" Hussein looked at the two Su-27 sprayed in dark blue with a telescope and asked excitedly on his face.

Such a small action shocked the officers and officials in Ukraine around them. Then some familiar people looked at each other, and there was a question in their eyes: Is Somalia planning to purchase Su-27 fighters?

Although Ukraine is one of the world's top ten arms exporters, the largest arms export trade is supported by tanks and technical services. Aircraft sales are more, but more are MiG aircraft, or second-generation aircraft that are close to the service life, or slightly damaged and need to be repaired, and are sold to countries such as Grunia. The Su-27, which is also the main fighter in the Ukrainian Air Force, has never been sold to the outside world.

Taking the Su-27 as an example, Ukraine has inherited about 80 fighters from the former Soviet Union, including the Su-27 basic type to the Su 28UB two-seat coach combat type. However, because Ukraine's economy is bad, many weapons have not been well maintained. Most of the 'golden' things like the Su-27 are also sealed in storage. Today, only 38 of the Ukrainian air force are in service.

Although the Soviet 27 in Ukraine was made in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, compared with various derivative Su-27 fighters developed by Russia later, these Soviet-27s in the former Soviet Union have lagged behind in fire control systems, electronic systems and other aspects, but the overall surname energy is stronger than the Soviet 2 exported by Russia. 7SK. From this, we can see the gap between the surname energy and the export type of the same fighter used by the national army.

"These two are Su 27S, and the combat surnames are excellent. Even if they have served for 20 years, you can still look like new ones." After guessing that Hussein was interested in Su 27, Kirichenko was overjoyed and could do everything in heaven and earth when Su 27S praised him.

"Oh, isn't it? I remember that the Su-27S is a homeland air defense model, and there is also a Su-27 benchmark model, which is an air superior fighter. I don't know if this base is equipped? Hussein asked with an indifferent smile.

(to be continued)