latelenovela Chapter 155: The Strange Third Brother’s Military Industry (Part 3)
Chapter 155: The Strange Third Brother’s Military Industry (Part 3)
In 1998, Russian Prime Minister Primakov visited Sri Lanka, and the two sides talked about buying aircraft carriers. After some pleasantries, Primakov suddenly shook the hands of the Indian senior officials and said excitedly, "What's the point of talking about money, brothers? It's just an aircraft carrier. We're giving it to you for free. Just give me one dollar as a token of your appreciation."
When the top executives of Third Brother heard this, they smiled so hard that their mouths were crooked. There is such a good thing in the world. Big Mao must have seen the potential of our country, the largest country in the East. We must quickly sign the contract while they are in such a good mood.
So the two sides quickly entered the contract drafting stage. Da Mao said, I will really sell the aircraft carrier for one dollar, but you have to pay $900 million in maintenance fees. This is reasonable.
The third brother said it was very reasonable. Da Mao then said, you don’t have carrier-based aircraft, we can provide them and customize carrier-based aircraft specifically for you, is that okay?
The third brother nodded quickly, "OK, OK, OK." The cooperation was happily agreed upon.
In 2004, India and Russia formally signed an agreement to buy an aircraft carrier for one dollar, repair the aircraft carrier for $2008 million, and purchase aircraft for an additional $ million. The delivery date was set for .
It is obvious that what Russia is selling is not goods, but technology. At this time, India does not know the ins and outs of this and is immersed in the joy of buying an aircraft carrier for one dollar.
But it is not so easy to fleece the wool of Big Mao. The reason why they took the initiative to undertake the task of repairing the aircraft carrier was to practice with the money of Big Brother India.
At that time, the Damao family was seriously short of military and technical talents, and they did not have the money to train them. The money from the third brother was like timely help.
Since it was just for practice, he had to take it slow. After all, Damao didn't know how to repair it, so Damao didn't hurry up and it took him four or five years.
The delivery date is getting closer, but the aircraft carrier has not even been launched.
The third brother couldn't stand it anymore and started to call non-stop to urge the order. Damao said aggrievedly, "Brother, there's nothing we can do. We are still short of this and that material. Do you want to transfer some more money? Otherwise, I can't guarantee the delivery date!"
Third brother, how much more money should we bet?
Oh, no, it’s only 14 billion US dollars.
When the third brother heard this, he was dumbfounded. Is he kidding me? Or is he kidding me?
But there is no point in getting angry. After all, 9 million yuan has been spent on buying scrap metal. It would be a loss if we don't spend another 14 billion yuan to repair this pile of scrap metal.
So the third brother had no choice but to transfer the money honestly.
After that, the ship was repaired for another four years, and finally the Gorshkov was launched for the first time for testing. Suddenly, a series of huge explosions were heard, and seven of the eight boilers exploded directly. The third brother and the officers of the ship were all stunned.
Both sides immediately investigated the cause of the explosion. It turned out that there was only one boiler with problems, and the reason for the serial explosions was the poor quality of the aircraft carrier's fire protection facilities.
Damao breathed a sigh of relief because the fire-fighting equipment used on the aircraft carrier was purchased by his third brother himself.
The third brother realized that Damao couldn't be blamed, so he had to find someone to take the blame. So he made them find out that it was all Longguo's fault.
Longguo is unhappy. He was just enjoying the fun, but why is he blaming us?
Brother Sri Lanka, the fire bricks on our aircraft carrier are made in China. It turns out that the Sri Lankan military was reluctant to spend money when purchasing fire bricks, so they asked around for prices, and finally found that the products from Dragon Country were very cheap.
So the third brother quickly placed an order, but what he didn't know was that the special fire bricks of the Longguo military were not sold to outsiders. They bought civilian fire bricks made by a private enterprise. Who would care about you if you were greedy for a small profit and blamed Longguo?
There was no other way but to ask Russia to tow the aircraft carrier back for further repairs, and of course he had to continue paying the repair costs.
A few years later, the aircraft carrier finally arrived at India and was renamed "Chaos Sun King". It took nine years, and India spent 29 billion US dollars on the long wait. In addition, the contract stated that the aircraft carrier must carry the MiG-K carrier-based aircraft provided by Russia.
This means that Da Mao can still catch and exploit the Third Brother for a few more decades.
From then on, the third brother went further and further on the road of being cheated, and became more and more familiar with it.
The three people in Damao's family not only bought aircraft carriers, but also tanks and planes. Each one is worse than the other!
I get fooled every year, but it’s always different. India’s military industry is so funny. Planes and tanks are made by all kinds of countries. The overlord of Asia wants to be deified, and the Five Permanent Missions will serve only me.
What other weird things are there in India’s military industry?
The third brother bought 310 T-90S tanks from Damao, spending 5 million US dollars. Unexpectedly, these tanks, which were so powerful at Damao, could not be driven when they arrived at the third brother's house.
The reason is really strange. It's because of the unfamiliar climate and soil. Most of Damao's family lives in a high-altitude area, while Third Brother's family can't even see snow. Moreover, Third Brother needs to fight in the plateau, so he has to drive the tanks to the Himalayas.
However, the power system of this batch of tanks is not so awesome, and the experts in India don’t know how to repair it. Any minor problems require them to ask for help from Russia, so they have to spend a lot of money.
In the 90s, Longguo proposed to purchase Russia's Su-30MKK fighter jets, and Sri Lanka became anxious again when it heard it.
I called Brother Damao and said, "I want to buy it too, and I must get the goods before Longguo."
So all of India's customized Su-30MKI fighter jets arrived. Damao told India that these fighter jets were deeply improved versions of the Su-30, equipped with advanced vector engines, and capable of performing some incredible aerial maneuvers.
After the plane arrived, the Third Brother's Air Force immediately conducted a test excitedly, but they did not expect that they were almost wiped out.
This batch of Su-30 fighter jets not only had problems with their engines, but also their radars. They could not even distinguish between friendly forces and enemy forces, and often inflicted heavy damage on friendly forces during exercises.
It turns out that the performance of this batch of fighter jets is indeed high, and it is ridiculously high. Russia has added all the new technologies that it dares not use at home. It can be said that India has paid to be a guinea pig!
The third brother had no choice but to ask Big Brother to repair it again and again. After six years of hard work, this batch of fighter jets can finally be used normally!
But even so, it cannot prevent the Sri Lankan Air Force from facing one nightmare after another.
During a normal exercise, a Su-30MKI fighter jet crashed because the pilot accidentally touched the power supply shutdown button. Not long after, another Su-30MKI crashed due to a fuel system failure and fire.
The disaster continues, another Su-30MKI crashed due to a control system failure. So far, 30 specially customized Su-11MKI fighter jets of Sri Lanka have crashed.