84: Daxia is making a fortune! Go to the Air Force Base and unlock

Chapter 84: Da Xia Makes a Killing! Heading to the Air Force Base, Unlocking Purple Draw is Within Reach!

The memorandum of understanding for the order of 100,000 Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles was quickly signed at this simple banquet.

After establishing the initial cooperation framework and a few rounds of drinks,

Ahmad Hassan checked the time on his watch and smiled, “It’s getting late, I should head back to the Consulate General.”

As Persia’s plenipotentiary ambassador, he could not stay out late without reason and return to the Consulate General deep into the night, otherwise, it could easily cause unnecessary diplomatic disputes and troubles. If he encountered danger, he would have even more difficulty explaining himself.

This is common knowledge for all diplomats; on foreign soil, only the consulate is a small piece of their own country. Moreover, he is a plenipotentiary ambassador representing the face of Persia.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuli stopped his small talk and smiled, “Mr. Ambassador, don’t rush back yet. Our Factory Director Li still has something to discuss with you.”

“Something else?” A hint of confusion flashed across Ahmad Hassan’s face.

“Mr. Ambassador, our 732 Military Factory has recently developed a new weapon equipment that I believe you will definitely be interested in,” Li Yunshan, Factory Director’s rough voice boomed with a laugh like a brass gong, “If you leave now, you might miss it!”

“Oh? Something good!”

This piqued Ahmad Hassan’s interest. After all, Persia had previously purchased various artillery pieces developed and manufactured by the 732 Military Factory, and both their quality and power were excellent.

And after witnessing the powerful combat capability of these Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, he became even more interested in equipment produced by the 732 Military Factory.

“Factory Director Li, please elaborate. Persia is very interested,” he sat back down in his seat, saying earnestly.

Seeing this, Li Yunshan, Factory Director put down his chopsticks and said directly, “This is Da Xia’s latest high-tech weapon equipment, prepared for the Army. You can think of it as an upgraded version of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle you used before.”

“Furthermore, in Gaza, this high-tech weapon will likely play an even greater role.”

“What kind of equipment is it?” Ahmad Hassan’s curiosity was piqued.

The latest high-tech equipment for Da Xia’s Army? An upgraded version of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle? Capable of greater power in Gaza? What kind of miraculous equipment could this be?

Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing, who were at the side, watched the two converse, both smiling and observing without actively interrupting.

Li Yunshan, Factory Director leaned close to his ear, as if the two were whispering, afraid of being overheard, “Mr. Ambassador, how do you feel about the reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle we provided before?”

“Excellent. Its role, in some situations, is even much more effective than ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” Ahmad Hassan did not hesitate and directly nodded.

This type of small reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a master at sneak attacks.

Because even when flying at low altitudes, the noise it emits is very small, almost undetectable without careful listening, it can quietly sneak near enemies and then directly detonate the explosives carried on the reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Similarly, tasks like intelligence gathering are no problem for it. On several occasions when ‘Palestine Resistance Organization members’ faced desperate situations, they successfully turned the tide because the reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle could obtain the enemy’s specific deployment locations.

If ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are brave and fearless warriors, then the reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is an all-around support unit, and it can also barely do what ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can.

Therefore, in Persia’s procurement list this time, reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles actually accounted for 60% of the share, with the rest being ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

“However, the most regrettable thing is its slow speed, making it difficult to effectively attack fast-moving targets,” Ahmad Hassan lamented with some regret.

Although a flight speed of around 80KM per hour is already quite fast, it is often impossible to accurately hit high-speed moving objects, and the blasting location is always unsatisfactory.

“Then this Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a brand new upgrade specifically addressing that shortcoming,” Li Yunshan, Factory Director continued, “Its only characteristic is speed, a speed that wins by speed!”

“How fast? And what about other performances—”

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yunshan, Factory Director interrupted, “Its noise will be louder, its cruising range is also halved, it requires full manual operation… and cannot hover…”

It seemed that the shortcomings of this Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle were countless.

However, facing Ahmad Hassan’s extremely puzzled gaze, he then introduced, “But, its speed is 230KM per hour, and it also supports various personalized customizations for you.”

“This is our 732 Military Factory’s latest product, named ‘High-Speed First-Person View Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’.”

“You can also call it a ‘Traversing Machine’.”

Simply put, this Traversing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle does not have a high load capacity, nor does it have functions like stealth or hovering. It has only one ability: to break all laws with absolute speed.

However, listening to this seemingly ‘flawed’ Traversing Machine, the Persian ambassador’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Isn’t this the weapon he had been dreaming of?

“Persia wants this Traversing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle too!” Ahmad Hassan tightly clasped Li Yunshan, Factory Director’s hands and pleaded, “An initial order of ten thousand units. The sooner the delivery, the better. How much does each unit cost?”

At a speed of 230KM per hour, no matter how fast ground equipment like armored vehicles or tanks move, it would be impossible for them to escape its sniping range.

Loud noise, so it might be detected by the enemy?

At a speed of over 200 kilometers per hour, it flies over 65 meters per second. By the time you detect the noise, it would already be too late.

“This Traversing Machine also requires an additional helmet, so a set will cost you 3500 usd,” a hint of pain flashed across Li Yunshan, Factory Director’s face. After seemingly making up his mind, he said, “Including the previous 100,000 Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the total is 245 million usd. As a long-term partner, Persia will receive an 18% discount, so 200 million usd will suffice.”

“Mr. Ambassador, this is the most favorable price we can offer.”

“Happy cooperation.”

Ahmad Hassan did not hesitate, “We will pay as usual with resources such as oil and natural gas, and the price will be based on current international oil and gas prices.”

After this cooperation was also finalized,

Ahmad Hassan, riding in an embassy vehicle, hastily returned to the Consulate General. He still needed to report this matter to Persia, and only after the Supreme Leader approved it would the cooperation be officially concluded.

Watching the departing figure,

After a while,

Zheng Lixing looked at Li Yunshan, Factory Director, who was happily drinking at the table, and cursed with a smile, “Old Li, you really are a cunning merchant.”

“An ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for 2100 usd, and a Traversing Machine for 3500 usd—you actually dare to quote these prices.”

He remembered that the cost of an ordinary Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was at most a few hundred RMB, and a Traversing Machine, including the helmet, was less than two thousand RMB. Yet, Li Yunshan, Factory Director was going to sell a set for a whopping 3500 usd?

This wasn’t just a matter of multiplying by a few times; it was an order of magnitude increase.

Even Qin Shi Huang touching a live wire wouldn't have made as much profit as Li Yunshan, Factory Director.

“Isn’t research and development cost money?”

Li Yunshan, Factory Director said righteously, “If you let the Eagle Nation develop and manufacture this kind of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, they would sell it for at least 10,000 usd per unit. Our price is already honest.”

Although the 732 Military Factory did not conduct the research and development, the sale of such new equipment inherently amortizes a large amount of R&D costs.

It’s like pharmaceuticals; a special medicine might cost a few cents to manufacture, but after amortizing R&D costs, the selling price might be dozens or even hundreds of yuan. Otherwise, where would the single B-2 Bomber’s cost of over two billion usd come from? It’s not actually made of gold.

“I won’t continue eating and drinking with you. I need to rush back to the military factory,” After eating and drinking his fill, Li Yunshan, Factory Director also left the banquet hall.

The 732 Military Factory not only took these orders from Persia, but the Army’s demand for Traversing Machines was also very urgent. He had to rush back to expedite production.

At this time, only Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing remained in the banquet hall.

“Old Zhang, do you think Persia’s support for Palestine is enough?” Zheng Lixing lit a cigarette and asked leisurely.

“Probably still very difficult,” Zhang Yuli shook his head.

Even if Persia fully supported the Palestine Resistance Organization, at most it could only buy them some living space in Gaza. A full counter-attack was simply impossible.

“So Saudi Arabia must reconcile with Persia…” Zhang Yuli murmured, “Only with a comprehensive reconciliation in the Middle East can Israel be contained.”

“But one Palestine region is not enough…”

How could a single Gaza prevent the Eagle Nation from acting?

Which country in the Middle East does the Eagle Nation not treat as a counter-insurgency war? Unless multiple fronts open up, making it impossible for the Eagle Nation to intervene.

Zheng Lixing thought of something, “Are you talking about the Afghanistan region?”

“Exactly, you and I are on the same page. It’s Afghanistan.”

Zhang Yuli nodded.

The Eagle Nation is currently still engaged in counter-insurgency warfare in the Afghanistan battlefield. If Afghanistan could also rise up at the same time, with the entire Middle East erupting, it would be enough to exhaust the Eagle Nation.

However, the only difficulty here is that the East is currently not in a good position to personally intervene.

And Afghanistan is also difficult to handle; not only is it a sworn enemy of Persia, but even Saudi Arabia, which used to be friendly, has cut off all diplomatic ties under the strict orders of the Eagle Nation. It can be said that Afghanistan has no trustworthy allies, neither politically nor militarily.

Although it is not an isolated city like Gaza, it has long been isolated from the world by the Eagle Nation.

“It seems we need to find a way to cause some trouble for the Eagle Nation.”

Time passed by.

Sunday morning, just seven o’clock.

In the LLNL employee dormitory, after waking up early in the morning,

“There are still four more times until the purple draw is unlocked,” Lu Ze muttered to himself, staring at the number on the system light screen.

Including today’s replication count, three more replications would make it 10 replications.

This means that after Lu Ze returns from his vacation in Da Xia, he will successfully upgrade to the purple draw.

‘What changes will upgrading to the purple draw bring? Will it simply open up higher-level draws?’

He vaguely felt it wouldn’t be that simple.

Higher-level draws naturally mean more functions or permissions will be unlocked.

‘Forget it, don’t think about these things. For now, I should hurry and pick up Lucy.’ Lu Ze shook off his thoughts.

Today was the day to visit the Air Force Base.

(I went for a re-examination at the hospital again, so it’s a bit late. The second update might be around 11 o’clock. Apologies.)

(First day of June, asking for monthly votes! An extra chapter for two hundred monthly votes, just a little bit more to go.)