119: Chapter 119 Re-armed into a highly capable mechanized army

Li Yi saw that the arms trading contract was mostly negotiated, and said.

"The usage scope for the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile, as you know, includes Syria and Israel. The Sky Arrow series Anti-Tank Missile is likewise restricted to Syria and Israel. The usage scope for the Tianlong Series UAV, Fierce Rhino series Tank, Fierce Tiger series Armored Vehicle, and Fierce Lion series Artillery will include the entire Persian Gulf region."

Li Yi decided that defensive weapons would mainly be used within the country and in belligerent nations.

As for offensive weapons, the scope of usage could be expanded.

This way, military conflicts could be controlled within a certain scope.

"No problem."

Syria's main combat mission right now is to expel the USA and the Opposition Armed Forces it supports; Major General Zaha had no objections to this, as long as they could be used in Syria, that was enough.

Soon, an arms trading contract with a total procurement amount exceeding 100 billion USD and an initial procurement amount approaching 50 billion USD was reached.

Li Yi and Major General Zaha signed the arms trading contract.

Li Yi was very excited about this arms trading contract.

It was the first time he had signed an arms trading contract exceeding 100 billion USD, and the first time Li Yi had sold so much weaponry and equipment.

Although Syria had yet to utilize over 50 billion USD, once Syria launched an offensive against the USA, it would mean the consumption of large quantities of weaponry, equipment, and ammunition; no one knew how long those 50 billion USD would last when that time came.

Major General Zaha was also very pleased with the purchase of over 8,000 armored vehicles and over 500 UAVs; arming the Syrian army with so many armored vehicles would allow the ground forces to achieve mechanization.

Originally, before the USA invaded Syria, the Syrian army had a force of over 600,000, including nearly 400,000 ground troops, but after so many years of war attrition, only less than 220,000 ground troops remained.

Furthermore, most of these ground troops belonged to infantry brigades, with a relatively low level of mechanization, and artillery brigades were few and far between.

Most of the ground force weaponry and equipment had been exhausted.

This replenishment of so many armored vehicles could basically re-arm the 200,000-plus ground troops, forming a mechanized army with strong combat capabilities.

Although the gap compared to the USA's strongest forces was still quite large, the USA already did not have many troops stationed in Syria, putting them at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.

Used against the Opposition Armed Forces supported by the USA, the 8,000-plus armored vehicles could exert greater combat power and should be able to gain an absolute advantage in weaponry and equipment.

Of course, Syria also needed to replenish a significant amount of small arms and ammunition, which could be obtained through aid from Iran, and combined with existing small arms equipment, it would be fully sufficient to support launching operations against the USA.

Seeing that the arms trading contract had been signed, Li Yi said to Major General Zaha, "Tomorrow night, our side can deliver the first batch of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile you purchased last time. The delivery location will be in the area southwest of Gaeta. Be prepared to receive them by then."

Syria had already paid the 15 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas leased from Iran, and Major General Zaha knew that the arms dealer would soon deliver the first batch of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile.

When they were in contact yesterday, it was also said that delivery would be in about two days.

"Fine. I will arrange for troops to go and receive them then."

"Is Syria really not considering purchasing a batch of fighter jets and bombers? Using UAVs for bombing is still too inefficient. Using artillery for shelling has too small an operational range." Li Yi asked, unwilling to give up.

"We are not considering purchasing fighter jets for the time being. We will discuss it when the need arises." Major General Zaha shook his head firmly, rejecting Li Yi's recommendation.

Seeing that Major General Zaha truly had no intention of purchasing, Li Yi had to abandon the idea of continuing to promote other weaponry and equipment.

Major General Zaha soon left Beirut; he had to return to Damascus to report on the matters of this arms trading negotiation to General Faraj.

After Li Yi returned to the presidential suite at the Beirut Riviera Hotel, he decided to purchase all the weaponry and equipment for the two procurement orders from Saudi Arabia and Syria from the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

A batch of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile had already been purchased previously and had not yet been matched to a buyer for delivery, so the quantity of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile to be purchased would not be large.

Among them, the order from Saudi Arabia still required purchasing 2,500 matching missiles for the Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile; 50 sets of the Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile with 80 matching missiles; and 30 sets of the Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile with 50 matching missiles.

The order from Syria still required purchasing 100 matching missiles for the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile; 20 sets of the Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile with 50 matching missiles; and 20 sets of the Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile with 50 matching missiles.

Li Yi placed an order for 2,500 matching missiles for the Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile from the Multiverse Arms Trading System, totaling 300 million.

An order was placed for 100 matching missiles for the Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile, totaling 50 million.

An order was placed for 70 sets of the Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile and 130 matching missiles, totaling 409 million.

An order was placed for 50 sets of the Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile and 100 matching missiles, totaling 400 million.

The total purchase cost for all anti-aircraft missiles was 1.159 billion.

Subsequently, Li Yi placed an order for 1,000 sets of the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV from the Multiverse Arms Trading System, additionally purchasing 10,000 matching air-to-ground missiles and 30,000 bombs, totaling 1.8 billion.

An order was placed for 3,000 sets of the Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missile, plus 8,000 matching missiles, totaling 640 million.

An order was placed for 3,000 sets of the Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missile, plus 8,000 matching missiles, totaling 1 billion.

An order was placed for 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type II Tanks and 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type III Tanks, with 100,000 rounds of various types of matching artillery shells, totaling 5.5 billion.

An order was placed for 2,000 Fierce Tiger Type II Armored Vehicles and 2,000 Fierce Tiger Type III Armored Vehicles, with 200,000 rounds of various types of matching shells, totaling 8.2 billion.

An order was placed for 1,000 Fierce Lion Type II Artillery and 1,000 Fierce Lion Type III Artillery, with 100,000 rounds of various types of matching shells, totaling 9 billion.

An order was placed for 100 million rounds of machine gun ammunition matching the armored vehicles, totaling 300 million.

The purchase cost for these UAVs, anti-tank missiles, and armored vehicles totaled 26.44 billion.

Added together, it reached 27.599 billion.

Among them, the system funds consumed by the armored vehicles were the highest, basically exceeding 5 billion, and the artillery was even closer to 10 billion.

After this round of purchases, the system funds of the Multiverse Arms Trading System would see another relatively large decrease.