Chapter 618 Subjective Emotions

Li Mo, standing in the crowd, looked at a row of Su 27S fighters parked on the side of the runway, and suddenly sighed inexplicably.

Sin-made weapons have an inexplicable sense of trust in the hearts of Chinese people. Most military fans also prefer Soviet-made weapons, which may be related to the 'source' between the two countries, or caused by the high proportion of Soviet-made weapons used in the Chinese army.

Li Mo himself, like most Chinese, is far from the respect for Soviet-made weapons, but compared with American-made weapons, he must like more Soviet-made weapons.

In fact, Li Mo also knows that the Su-27 fighter jet was researched and produced by itself. Except for a few times, it has hardly participated in actual combat. A few actual combat still took place in third world countries, such as the competition between the Ethiopian Air Force Su-27 and the Eritrean Air Force MiG-29. Although it was finally won by the Su-27, But the two are not at the same level at all. The Su-27 is a heavy fighter, while the MiG-29 was originally designed to support the front-line fighter.

Therefore, Li Mo is not sure what the real surname of Su-27 can be. It is not just the propaganda of the former Soviet Union or Russia that the outside world can 'deify' it. At least the Su-27 fighter is a plane with a good surname, which can be guaranteed. Through the surname-price ratio, it is suitable for equipment in underdeveloped countries such as Somalia.

Just as the Somali representatives were watching at the air base, the Ukrainian military had reported Hussein's interest in the Soviet 27 to the Ministry of Defense, then the Supreme Soviet National Security and National Defense Commission, and finally Ukrainian President Yushenko, who was concerned about the matter, knew the news.

Somalia's interest in Su-27 surprised the senior leaders of Ukraine's military and politics. As one of the world's top ten arms exporters, Ukraine's annual arms sales are only a few hundred million US dollars. In the global arms trade with annual sales of more than 300 billion US dollars, the small ones can't be smaller.

In addition to the rest, the order of the four 'poison spider' missile boats purchased from Ukraine last time by the Somali political axe, with a total amount of 45 million US dollars, is huge for the Ukrainian political axe and is also very eager for demand. This is why the Ukrainian political axe was able to send an invitation to Somalia through formal diplomatic channels so quickly after the Somali political axe revealed its desire to purchase arms.

It's just that this time the Somali political axe is looking at the Su-27 fighter, and Ukraine doesn't say that this kind of fighter is banned from sale. For the Ukrainian political axe, there is no equipment left over from the former Soviet Union that cannot be sold. For example, nuclear warheads and strategic missiles are basically destroyed, or all kinds of military technology, even technology can be sold, but this price needs to be negotiated.

Ukrainian political axe is surprised, where did the Somali political axe get a large amount of money to purchase Su-27 fighters? No matter what the weapon is, if you want to form combat effectiveness or play the ability of the weapon, you must have a certain scale. The same is true of Su-27 fighters. At least 4-8 aircraft must be purchased to exert a certain amount of combat effectiveness. In this way, the order in Somalia may exceed $100 million.

From President Yushenko to the officials of the National Security and National Defense Commission, they were surprised.

President Yushchenko immediately instructed Chief of Staff Kirichenko to treat Somali guests well. He will meet with the Chief of Staff of the Somali Defence Forces in person in the evening.

After watching the flight performance of the 40th Ukrainian Combat Aviation Regiment, the Somali delegation was still not satisfied. The Su-27 fighter is worthy of being known as the 'air scalpel'. As the first fighter to do stall maneuver 'Pugachev Cobra Action', it is also famous in the world.

"Boss, what do you mean by this Ukrainian political axe? The good afternoon meeting was postponed to the evening. Are they not going to take the order and deliberately delay it? In the hotel prepared by the Ukrainian political axe, Chief of Staff Hussein came to Li Mo's room and scratched with some dissatisfaction.

In the afternoon, I watched the flight performance of the Su-27S fighter. Hussein has fallen deeply in love with this beautiful fighter. As the commander-in-chief of the Somali Air Force, he used to be complacent about the more than a dozen MiG aircraft of the Air Force. When he saw the larger fuselage and keen maneuver of the Su-27, he couldn't wait to do it immediately. Take it for yourself. He also wanted to reach a procurement agreement with Ukraine's political axe as soon as possible, and pay directly to split the fighters and package them back to China by air. Now that Ukraine has postponed the meeting time, how can he not be unhappy?

Li Mo shook his head when he heard the words, and there was nothing he could do about Hussein's behavior of "happying the new and hating the old". He knows that soldiers are all like this, and they always want to take more advanced and powerful weapons for themselves. An officer, who doesn't want his troops to be well equipped and envied by others?

"Hehe, I don't think so." Li Mo was addicted to smoking. He pretended to be embarrassed to smoke outside. As soon as he returned to the room, he clicked a cloud and puffed up.

"In the past two days, I have carefully studied Ukraine's arms sales and Ukraine's economic situation. I know that Ukraine's attitude towards arms sales is obviously different from that of other countries. Except for some special **, there is almost nothing that can't be sold in Ukraine, and the country's political tendencies are difficult to grasp. In the war between Russia and Grulia, she dared to sell many weapons to Gruria, and in the international blockade, she dared to sell some ** technical weapons to China. Such a neutral country is really rare.

"Real is it? So, won't we go there for nothing this time?" Later, Sain was immediately overjoyed. He is now deeply infatuated with Su-27's beautiful 'dance' in the sky. If it weren't for his identity, he might have planned to become a Su-27 pilot.

Li Mo saw that Hussein's posture was not right, and he hurriedly scolded, "Hussein, you should be clear that a weapon is only a weapon in advanced, and the most important thing is to rely on people. Modern air warfare is not a weapon to win. The quality and temporary response ability of pilots, intelligence support, logistics support, etc. are all very important. As the Chief of General Staff, you can't have such a subjective and one-sided mood, which can easily affect the officers and soldiers below. I don't want to raise a group of arrogant people.

Li Mo felt that Hussein's emotional reaction was very dangerous. If it's just a low-level officer or a Su-27 pilot, the pilot has confidence in his own plane and is easy to play for a long time, which will bring incredible results. As a senior officer, especially the status of Hussein, it can be said to be the 'big boss' of tens of thousands of the National Defense Force, and it is very dangerous to have such subjective emotional changes.

Hussein smiled and suddenly woke up. He also knew that his thoughts just now were very dangerous. Once this kind of atmosphere was brought into the army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hussein, who was shocked by a cold sweat, naturally accepted the teachings of his boss with an open mind.

"You remember that your current identity is different, and you should keep your mind calm at all times. You can't bring bad consequences to Somalia because of a momentary careless. Li Mo thought for a little and continued to criticize, and then stopped entangling in this matter. After all, Hussein is the Chief of General Staff. Although he is his subordinate, Li Mo also knows that when dealing with subordinates with such an identity, he must be well-founded when scolding, but he should also take into account the face of his subordinates.

Next, the two made some ideas and preparations for the evening meeting.

At 7 p.m., Li Mo and others appeared in a conference hall on the 8th floor of the Political Axe Building of the Ukrainian Parliament on time. This is a normal diplomatic visit between the two countries, but it is actually a procurement of arms. The representatives of Ukraine's participation in the meeting were mainly the military and the National Security and National Defense Commission, the Ukrainian Arms and Special Equipment Import and Export Company, the Ukrainian aviation giant Antonov Aviation Science and Technology Complex, Zaporozhe Company, etc.

The representatives of Somalia include Li Mo, Chief of Staff of Staff of Hussein, Li Jinfei (mouse), Minister of the Trade Department of Star Company, and relevant officials of the Political Axe military.

When Li Mo learned about the representatives of Ukraine at the meeting, he frowned slightly. There were many representatives of state-owned enterprises in Ukraine attending the meeting, so it was difficult for him to relax at the evening. After all, Star Company is also the only weapons import and export company in Somalia. With the complex relationship between the Star Organization and the Somali political axe military, it is not an exaggeration to say that Star Company is a state-owned company in Somalia.

Fortunately, everyone understands that the content of the evening talks is the order from Hussein. The Ukrainian political axe is very urgent and needs this order very much, which deliberately creates a relaxed and enthusiastic atmosphere. The talks did not seem very serious and rigorous at the beginning.

Hussein solemnly took out a document wrapped in an encrypted document bag from his briefcase and handed it to Lieutenant General Quirichchenko, Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with both hands.

On the Ukrainian side of the meeting table that couldn't wait, several officials near the middle ignored the jokes of outsiders and turned their heads and looked motionless at the list in Kirichenko's hand.

"General Kiritchenko, China's political axe intends to purchase a batch of Su-27 fighters from your country to strengthen China's homeland air defense. This list lists the models of aircraft that China is interested in..." Hussein looked at the uncontrollable surprise on the faces of the Ukrainian representatives opposite side and said with a faint smile.

For this purchase, boss Li Mo prepared 800 million US dollars. More than half of the 'accidental money' swept away from Kenya was taken away. You should be very happy to come to Ukraine, right? You should know that a large order of 8 US dollars is a very large order even for arms sales countries such as the United States and Russia. In Ukraine, sometimes a year's arms sales can't reach this figure.

Of course, these Ukrainian political axes are not clear, and naturally Hussein will not foolishly reveal how much money he is preparing. Isn't that ready to be slaughtered? Hussein also intends to lower the price on the grounds that the Soviet 27 electronic system equipped in Ukraine is old and the aircraft has not been well maintained for a long time. Because the boss told him quietly that the purchase of arms from Ukraine, especially these 'old' weapons, could be discounted.

This is not Li Mo's nonsense, but the truth. Li Mo vaguely remembered that two years later, the American political axe secretly purchased two Su-27 fighters from Ukraine through various relationships to understand the strength of a large number of countries equipped with Su-27 fighters, such as Huaxia and other air forces. And through the understanding and cracking of the Su-27 fighter, we can find loopholes and increase the way to win in the air battle.

And the Ukrainian Parliament hangs a part of the 'sold list' on its official website every year, which is basically decades old and is not attractive to military powers, but for those underdeveloped countries and small countries, these weapons produced in the former Soviet era are still quite marketable.

(to be continued)