From arms dealer to king of war

The 'Professor' never expected that Qiao Jia would go out and actually bring back a Minister of Defense.

Although he is the Minister of Defense of Central Africa, he is a real 'big shot', a 'big shot' who can go to the United Nations to fight with others.

However, Central Africa is a sanctioned arms embargo country, and the 'Professor' knows that doing business with such people must go through an intermediary like Qiao Jia. Otherwise, even if the negotiation is successful, Yog Imbert Company may not be able to make a profit. goods.

The 'professor' took the initiative to say hello to Mary Enola, and then asked his wife and daughter to visit the Central African Minister of Defense. Then he took his assistant blind Andre and started to move out of Europa and the legal provisions of various countries in Afica, ready to assist Qiaojia in completing this important negotiation.

Qiao Jia was not nervous at all now. He invited his people to come and meet the 'big man', and then told the butler to start the meal.

The buffet in the villa is designed to cater for a cocktail party of about 50 people. The overall specifications are quite satisfactory, and the content is mainly seafood.

Mary Enola only brought six bodyguards, and even with Qiao Jia and the others and the 63rd Brigade soldiers on shift, it still seemed a bit deserted.

However, Qiao Jia and Mary Enola's energy was not focused on the food. After eating a few casual bites, Mary Enola held a glass of champagne and was accompanied by Qiao Jia to the small exhibition hall that had just been decorated today.

This middle-aged woman with a kind face and a slightly chubby body put down her champagne and skillfully picked up a high-imitation FN-SCAR modular rifle. She skillfully pulled the charging handle to check the gun chamber, and then smiled at Qiao Jia and said: "This It’s a very good gun, but it’s a pity that our army can’t afford it.”

Qiao Jia smiled and shook his head and said, "There are only a few countries that can equip all of them with such rifles."

Qiao Jia's words are a bit of a comforting concept, because if it is FN-SCAR, most countries may not be able to afford it, but this is not necessarily true for high-imitation products.

It’s just that arms have national boundaries. Even if the rifles produced by the superpowers are inferior, they will definitely give priority to using their own products, such as the British L85 series rifles.

The British insisted on upgrading the L85 series to L85A3 despite the military's rebuke.

He looked at the big bodyguard who had been following Mary Enola with his eyes on the table and his gun.

Looking at the historical pistol and holster on the guy's waist, Qiao Jia thought for a while, picked up an EZ9 pistol that still smelled of gun oil, and handed it to him along with a new holster and two empty magazines. He said with a smile: "Consider it a gift. Protecting Minister Enola requires reliable weapons. Your Makarov is a good gun, but it seems a bit old."

Mary Enola looked at the slightly embarrassed expression of her bodyguard. She smiled and waved her hand and said, "Since it is from Mr. Jackal, you can accept it."

As she said this, Mary Enola looked at Qiao Jia and said with a smile: "I believe Mr. Jackal will not be stingy in helping my other bodyguards get better pistols. They really need them."

As the Minister of Defense of Central Africa, Mary Enola does appear to be very approachable, but this also reflects the weakness of Central Africa from the side.

Her bodyguards' equipment couldn't be that bad. They definitely still had automatic rifles, but they couldn't carry them around in Tunisia.

Mary Enola's security could be said to be lax, but Qiao Jia didn't see a trace of uneasiness on her body.

Either she has no enemies, or her enemies are so rubbish that even non-native assassins can't do it.

Thinking about it this way, Qiao Jia's confidence is even stronger. In this case, China and Africa will definitely not want any advanced weapons.

In the eyes of Qiao Jia, EZ9 pistols can only be regarded as passing standards. Faced with Mary Enola's playful request, Qiao Jia smiled and waved his hand and said: "Then one for each person. These are carefully selected." The quality of the selected samples is absolutely guaranteed.”

As he spoke, Qiao Jia called out to Dorian, who was followed by Kaman, and said: "Get 5 pistols and change them for our friends."

Perhaps it was Qiao Jia's generosity that impressed Mary Enola. She visited the small arms exhibition and nodded, "They are all very practical weapons, but we may want more."

Qiao Jia heard something. He invited Mary Enola to sit down on a set of sofas. He took the juice that Nice handed over and took a sip. Then he looked at Enola and said, "I'm all ears. What do you want? What do you want?"

Enola glanced at Nice, who was standing behind Qiaojia with a notebook and pen. After being silent for a few seconds, she said: "We need a lot of team weapons and ammunition, automatic rifles, machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, RPGs. …

In addition to these, we also need armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery. "

When Qiao Jia heard this, he looked towards the far end of the exhibition hall, where the 'professor' was nodding his head, and told him with his mouth, 'all', 'all'...

Qiao Jia was not carried away like the 'Professor'. None of these things were high-end, and the previous ones were easy to talk about, but even if they had armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery, how could they transport them in for her?

As the name suggests, Central Africa is in the middle of Afica. Without air transportation, other delivery routes have to go through other countries. This delivery model of overcoming five obstacles and defeating six generals is very laborious, at least for Qiao Jia himself. There is no absolutely reliable delivery channel.

As long as the small arms are good, the 'professor' has the power to activate the transaction exception and get an An-12 to make a few more round trips, and then the business can be done.

But armored vehicles, tanks, and artillery are too strenuous. Armored vehicles are okay, but Qiao Jia really doesn’t think Central Africa can afford tanks and artillery.

According to Qiao Jia's understanding, the market price of a 155mm howitzer should be around US$4,000. How many rounds can a Central African country with a per capita GDP of only a few hundred US dollars be able to fire?

What Qiao Jia wants is not a one-time deal. His channels in the industry are too narrow. A minister of defense is already the top big shot he can come into contact with.

Regardless of whether she is a layman or not, the most important thing now is to make her customers excited, and then she can expand her influence in Afika and attract more customers.

Looking at the expectant look in Mary Enola's eyes, Qiao Jia nodded and said: "I have everything you mentioned. Even if you have higher requirements, I also have advanced high-mobility wheeled self-propelled artillery here, as well as a large number of vehicle-mounted rocket launcher.

Even on the higher end, I have a 400mm guided rocket launcher system. "

As Qiao Jia looked at Mary Enola's surprised expression, he smiled and said: "Ms. Enola, you were introduced by a friend, so let me tell you the truth, doing business with the Central African Communist Party H is risky. Yes, I need enough price to smooth out the risk.

I first want to know how much budget you can afford, and then we're talking about what do you get?

As long as the money is in place, I will definitely be able to meet your needs.

However, I personally recommend that you give up tanks and artillery, because their cost of use is too high, and one shot of an old-fashioned RPG worth 300 yuan can make them useless.

If you really want to have armored forces in Central Africa, I suggest you choose this ‘Lazar 3’ multi-purpose armored vehicle.

It has a dead weight of 28 tons, an 8*8 wheeled structure, and a load capacity of 12 people. It is equipped with an automatic weapons tower containing heavy machine guns and anti-tank missiles.

A car costs 2.2 million US dollars, and I can deliver it to your door, but first you have to tell me which of the surrounding countries you have better relations with, so as not to make me go around in circles. "

Hearing Qiao Jia's quotation of 2.2 million, the 'professor' at the far end stared straight-eyed, because he clearly knew that the ex-factory price of the regular version of Lazar 3 was only US$950,000.

Now Qiaojia's price has doubled and turned a corner. The defense minister still seems to think it is quite cheap, which makes the 'professor' a little confused.

Not only was the 'Professor' confused, but the interest shown by Mary Enola also made Qiao Jia a little confused.

Of course, Choga believes that as long as the Central African government is willing to tighten its belt, it can spend tens or even hundreds of millions to purchase arms, but this thing is a drop in the bucket for the entire army.

What can you do if you spend 100 million to buy 40 armored vehicles?

The same 100 million can be spent to buy 100,000 rifles, which is an army of 100,000 in Afika.

Qiao Jia's offer contained a hint of intimidation, hoping to make Mary Enola give up and consider more practical light weapons. What he didn't expect was that Mary Enola was actually quite interested.

If you can become the Minister of Defense, you will definitely be able to settle accounts!

For a country whose national defense relies entirely on the support of its "big brother", Mary Enola's current performance is a bit mistaking money.

Perhaps sensing Qiao Jia's thoughts, Mary showed a kind smile on her face and glanced around.

Qiao Jia took a look, turned to look at Nice and said: "You all get out and keep everyone away from here."

After everyone left, leaving Qiao Jia and Enola sitting across from each other, the kind-looking black aunt said: "Actually, I have many choices, and I don't necessarily want you, but you are not too greedy. …”

Qiao Jia frowned slightly and spread his hands and said, "Then should I be honored?"

Enola waved her hand and said: "You should understand the situation in Central Africa. Most of the weapons of our army are sponsored by Russia, and the security of our capital relies on the help of Russian defense companies.

We want to develop our own defense, but our necks are stuck.

The anti-government forces entrenched near the borders of Central Africa and Congo are constantly ravaging our towns. They take our children and train them into boy scouts, and let them come back to fight with their own people.

Not only are we suffering, but our neighbor Congo is also bleeding.

We need enough weapons to arm our troops so they can defend our towns. "

Qiao Jia nodded understandingly and said: "I can understand your feelings, but I still suggest that you consider spending the money you have on the most appropriate place, because dozens of armored vehicles cannot solve your problem."

Mary Enola listened, looked into Qiao Jia's eyes and said: "Armored vehicles can't solve it, but people who have the ability to sell armored vehicles can solve it.

In fact, this purchase is not what you imagined..."