The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Al made a phone call.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in military uniform walked in.

"Mr. Al." The middle-aged man had a puzzled look on his face, "Who is this Chinese?"

"This is the director of a military factory in China, Mr. Liu Tao." Al introduced him, and then introduced the man in front of him to Liu Tao, "Rashid, the Army Attaché!"

"Are you kidding, Mr. Al, how old is this young man, and he is the director of a military factory?" Rashid was surprised.

Liu Tao was really too young, and he didn't look more than 30 years old.

"Mr. Rashid, although I am young, I have successfully developed several firearms, which have been tested on the battlefield and are loved by soldiers." Liu Tao smiled, "Genius, never judge a hero by age!"

Rashid said.

Soon, they set off. In addition to Al and Rashid, there were two guards.

About 20 minutes later, they arrived at a military camp.

After Liu Tao showed his letter of introduction and explained his purpose, the soldier went to report.

"Comrade Liu Tao, who are these people?" A young man in military uniform looked at Al and others in confusion.

"They are our friends, and they are here to experience target shooting." Liu Tao said with a smile.

The battalion commander led Liu Tao and others into the barracks and went directly to the shooting range.

Not long after, soldiers came with boxes and opened them one by one.

"These are all guns I developed." Liu Tao introduced ten '78-type' pistols, four '78-type' automatic rifles, two '78-type' heavy sniper rifles, three '78-type' general-purpose machine guns and two '78-type' heavy machine guns.

He picked up a '78-type' pistol, turned it familiarly, and handed it to Al, "Mr. Al, Mr. Rashid, you know best whether the weapon is good or not by using it yourself."

In addition to the gun, each box also has a bullet box.

This time, more than 10,000 bullets were transported to the capital.

"Let me try." As a military attaché, Rashid took the pistol and began to try target shooting.

After firing a magazine, Rashid couldn't help but admire, "It's a good pistol, very powerful, very accurate, and the recoil is very small."

"Of course, this pistol is definitely suitable for officers. Now our army is using this gun as an officer's gun." Liu Tao introduced the performance data of the 'Type 78' pistol, "Of course, the most important thing is its cost-effectiveness. Such a good gun only costs 180 US dollars."

According to the current exchange rate, 1 US dollar = 1.5 RMB.

180 US dollars, that is, 270 RMB.

The military purchase price of the 'Type 78' pistol is 200 RMB/piece, and this export is naturally not comparable to self-use.

And it seems that the current exchange rate is this, but in fact, on New Year's Day, the country announced that the exchange rate will implement a 'dual track system', that is, to establish two exchange rates, "interbank market" and "free market".

1 US dollar can be exchanged for more RMB privately.

"So cheap?" Rashid widened his eyes and looked incredible.

There are cheaper pistols on the market, but the performance of those pistols is much worse than this pistol.

"When making friends, you must be sincere and give them discounts." Liu Tao said with a smile, "This pistol is definitely the most cost-effective pistol in the world, and we can also give a discount on bullets, only $0.5 per bullet!"

In the current international market, a pistol bullet is about $0.8 to $1. If you buy it on the black market, it will be even more expensive.

For military procurement, the price is terribly low, leaving only a little profit.

But this kind of export is different. The arms business is well known for its huge profits.

What Liu Tao did was to actively lower the price and get orders with good quality and low price.

Compared with Soviet-made weapons and American-made weapons, Chinese-made weapons are too unknown, so he can only focus on cost-effectiveness.

But even at this price, the profit is still amazing.

Rashid was so shocked that he couldn't think. The gun was cheap, and the bullets were cheap, much cheaper than he knew.

More importantly, there were no additional conditions.

At this time, Liu Tao picked up the '78-type' automatic rifle, skillfully filled the magazine with bullets, and handed it to Rashid, "Major Rashid, try this automatic rifle, its performance will definitely surprise you."

Under Liu Tao's instruction, Rashid began to test the '78-type' automatic rifle.

After two magazines, Rashid already had a good idea in his mind that this was a good gun.

After Rashid finished testing the gun, Liu Tao introduced the performance of the '78-type' automatic rifle.

Although Al was the person in charge, Rashid was an army attaché with a rank of major. He was an insider and was the easiest to communicate with, and he would also have a lot of say.

"Mr. Al, Mr. Major, you are very likely to be the first customer of our Panshan Machinery Factory. I came here with great sincerity." Liu Tao emphasized "friendship". "For the sake of our friendship, the price I give is very favorable. Such a good gun only costs 700 US dollars, which is about the same as AK47, but it is much better than AK47!" The price of AK47 in the international market is about 650~700 US dollars now, and the second-hand AK47 is even cheaper, about 300~400 US dollars.

Liu Tao's quotation is similar to that of the AK47. However, although the AK47 is a classic rifle, its performance is inferior to the '78 Type' automatic rifle.

"As for the price of rifle bullets, it's US$0.7 a piece." Liu Tao said.

Rashid's eyes widened. The price was indeed very cheap.

He naturally knows the current situation in the arms market. A good automatic rifle often costs thousands of dollars, and rifle bullets are more expensive than pistol bullets.

Watching Rashid's reaction, Liu Tao felt happy and his confidence increased.

In this era, everyone is preparing for a world-level war. In addition, the United States has consumed a large amount of weapons and ammunition in South Vietnam for more than ten years, and there is no industrial monster like China, so the prices of guns and ammunition are relatively high.

In the future, the United States will import 200 million rounds of ammunition from China every year. In addition, there will be no major wars in the world, causing the prices of guns and ammunition to plummet.

He didn't believe that such a huge discount could not impress the wealthy people in the Middle East.

Of course, pistols and rifles are relatively easy to buy in the international market, but machine guns are not so easy to buy. Heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns are even harder to buy. Advanced heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns are all classified as controlled weapons.

In the international market, the trade of heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns sometimes does not even require US dollars, but only gold.

After all, the countries that can produce heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns can be counted on one hand.

Heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns are Liu Tao's trump card.

Even though Iraq is now known as the third largest military power in the world, Liu Tao does not believe that they can resist the attraction of heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns.