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Li Yifeng didn't take it seriously, but Jin Xiaoqiang, who was sitting opposite, was really shocked after hearing the answer to the riddle.

It's so small. This business is getting bigger and bigger. You can just play with oil, but now you actually dare to engage in arms? It seems that this guy's cheap cousin in Russia is really good.

"Brother Li, are you kidding me? Arms business?"

Jin Xiaoqiang looked at Li Yifeng carefully, but still couldn't believe it. This was indeed a bit ridiculous. Arms trade, what kind of international joke were you kidding?

Today's Russia is not the former Soviet Union. Their weapons are actually not easy to sell internationally.

When it was still the former Soviet Union, they were supported by the large design bureaus of the Soviet Union, so they could compete with the United States in terms of high technology. However, the current Russian military industry can really be said to be worse than a phoenix.

Apart from relying on the former Soviet Union's capital, I am still relying on the former Soviet Union's capital. I really have nothing to show for my special skills.

In fact, when it comes to Russia's military industry, although the workmanship is not as sophisticated as that of Europe and the United States, it still has its own uniqueness.

In the era of the former Soviet Union, Russia was one of the two major arms giants in the world, and could be said to be evenly matched with the United States.

In terms of high-tech, Russian products are slightly inferior to those of the Americans, but their tanks and aircraft can also be exported in large quantities to some countries such as the Middle East and South America.

Unlike the Americans, whose tanks and aircraft could only be sold to some allies of the alliance, the former Soviet Union completely ignored these.

In terms of low-end weapons, Russia's Kalashnikov, commonly known as the K47 rifle, is the world's best-selling gun, with more than 100 million units sold worldwide.

Therefore, in the former Soviet Union at that time, when it came to arms trading, not only was it not necessary to be inferior to the Americans, but it was actually a little bit stronger.

However, after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, with the disintegration of many of Russia's original large-scale state-owned machinery design bureaus and the loss of people, Russia's military industry gradually declined.

In terms of high-end products, as the United States violently attacked Iraq, 11 also violently defeated the former Soviet Union's T72 in Iraq, almost without losing a single blow. As a result, in terms of mid-to-high-end weapons and equipment, Russian weapons have been abandoned by many people.

Now Russia's largest arms buyer in the world is India's Asan. The other original big sellers have more or less chosen to abandon Russian products. After all, in the eyes of many people, Russia's

Compared with American-made products, the quality of the products is very different.

There was also China, which was originally a big seller of Russian arms. After the two families fell out, China's military industry was still taking the road of imitating Russian military industry. However, the shortcomings of Russian weapons and equipment in the later period also made the Chinese military choose their own.

road.

For now, although there are many similarities between China's weapon systems and Russia's, they are also very different. In many aspects, they have embarked on a path that is more suitable for them.

At present, the only thing that the Chinese military has to rely on is Russia, that is, fighter jets. In terms of modern jet fighters, due to problems with materials, technology, and processing, the independently developed fighter jets that the Chinese Air Force has tried have not been very good.

Success, so even now, the main fighters used by the Chinese Air Force are still the Su27h and Su30 from Russia.

As for the low-end weapons market, Russian K-Rifles have also been robbed of a lot of market by Chinese imitations and North Korean imitations.

Therefore, in recent years, Russian military products can be said to be facing a large-scale shrinkage in the world's arms market. A large number of high-end orders cannot be obtained, while low-end orders have been snatched away by high-quality and low-priced Chinese products.

.So the Russian military has always been very annoyed.

Although Jin Xiaoqiang is not an expert in military weapons, he still has a general understanding of Russia's weapons. Now that Li Yifeng told him that he wanted to do a weapons business with him, he was really confused.

First of all, it is quite embarrassing that he is now engaged in arms business as the boss of a world-renowned automobile company, and he is also a native of China.

Secondly, in his opinion, Russia really can't come up with any decent tools, and he really can't think of any other tools that the Russian military can come up with that can be sold.

"Haha, well, how should I put it? This business is actually mainly a steel business, but if we talk about the arms business, that's right. After all, this business can still be slightly related to the arms business.

"

When Li Yifeng heard Jin Xiaoqiang's question, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then expressed his opinion after careful consideration.

"Can you tell me more details?"

Jin Xiaoqiang asked again. He was also confused by Li Yifeng's statement.

"Do you know about the Russian T72 tank?"

Li Yifeng raised his eyebrows again, then took a sip of the coffee in front of him and asked Jin Xiaoqiang with a smile.

"I know!"

Although Jin Xiaoqiang is not a military fan, he still knows about the famous Russian T72 tank. The reason why he knows about this tank is mainly because it is this tank that made the American 11 tanks famous.

At that time, the pride of Saddam, who was known as the invincible in the Middle East, more than 200 T72 tanks of the Iraqi National Guard's Allah Division, with the cooperation of hundreds of T62 and T55 tanks, had a head-to-head confrontation with the Allies, and the results were several

In just one round, the Yankees' Apache and 11 were defeated. From then on, the Yankees' 11 became famous all over the world for their success in one battle, while the Russian T72 quickly became a laughing stock and became garbage in the arms market.

goods.

Of course, the reason why the Russian T72 tank was beaten into such a miserable state when faced with American tanks is actually not the Russian tank. There are several main reasons.

When Russia sold tanks to Iraq, they also kept a lot of the cash equipment that came with the tanks and did not sell them to the Iraqis.

Secondly, compared with the European and American coalition forces, the Iraqi army had no information advantage or air superiority. Therefore, after that battle, although the reputation of American tanks increased, there were still many Russian military personnel who were not convinced.

, they believe that the Iraqis cannot defeat the Americans. In fact, it is not their tanks that cannot defeat them, but the people who use them.

And theoretically speaking, the Russian T72 tank can really be called a legend in the history of world tanks. It is the tank with the most production, the most equipment, and the most modifications in the world.

This tank was developed by the former Soviet Union when it was not very satisfied with the original T55 and T64 tanks. In 1971, it began to be assembled into the army.

And it got out of hand. In the end, more than 20,000 vehicles were produced and equipped in at least fifteen countries.

The former Soviet Union alone was equipped with no less than 8,500 vehicles at that time.

Therefore, although this tank did not perform satisfactorily on the Iraqi battlefield, it must have its own benefits. Otherwise, so many countries in the world would not be stupid to equip so many tanks of this type.

"Since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, Russia's military spending has not been very sufficient. Even after several years of reform and management by President Putin, Russia's military strength is still in decline, and military spending has not been very sufficient. At present, the T72 tank

It is already old, and due to military expenditures, many tanks are maintained

None of them are very good. Coupled with technical improvements, the potential of this tank has been tapped to the limit. Therefore, the Russian military plans to eliminate their current main battle tank T72 tank. They plan to introduce the T90 model from next year.

Tanks, and these T72 tanks currently in service will be dismantled and eliminated."

When Li Yifeng said this, Jin Xiaoqiang basically understood what he meant. He just wanted to play scrap metal recycling with him!

"Haha, Brother Li, I understand what you mean, but how many tanks like this are there in Russia now?"

To be honest, Jin Xiaoqiang is very interested in such scrap metal. When he was a senior, he had seen on the Internet the fate of weapons and equipment that had been eliminated by the Russian military.

Those big tanks and aircraft, after some key parts were dismantled, were still so casually lying on the open land, left to be exposed to the wind and sun, rusted and abandoned. Within a few years, those originally ferocious war giants were transformed.

The beasts turned into a pile of scrap metal.

At that time, the price of steel in China was at its strongest. Many netizens left messages below, saying that they were going to Russia to collect scraps. At that time, he also imagined that if he could collect all the scraps of copper and iron from so many years,

If you do, then you will be rich. I never thought that this dream would come true in this generation.

"There should be about 7,500 vehicles in the whole of Russia plus a few particularly close countries such as Belarus and Lithuania. If we go through some other channels, we may be able to get more, not to mention far away, just in the Far East.

, there are more than 2,000 of them. These t72 plus t

The average weight of the 72 improved model should be about 45 tons. If the engine and some key parts are eliminated, about 28 to 30 tons of steel can be saved. And these are not ordinary steel, but they are all

How about military steel with good quality? Is this deal worth doing?"

Li Yifeng said to Jin Xiaoqiang with a smile.

Well, even if it is a 30-ton unit and a total of 7,500 units, it is only more than 200,000 tons. This is really insignificant compared to the domestic steel market that has frequently produced millions of tons or tens of millions of tons in recent years.