136: Chapter 136 Not Sold to Western Countries

After Commander-in-Chief Qasim learned that 700 units of the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV and a batch of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile had arrived, he immediately ordered Colonel Suman to transport 300 units of the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV to the weapon and equipment depot for storage, while distributing the remaining 400 units of the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV and the batch of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile to various military bases.

The Persian Lion State National Guard also had many UAV battalions, so 200 units were directly supplemented to various UAV battalions to replace some UAVs that needed to be phased out, while the remaining 200 units were distributed to various military bases in quantities of 3 to 5 to improve the reconnaissance and combat capabilities of each military base.

As for the 300 units of the Tianlong Series UAV stored in the weapon and equipment depot, they would temporarily serve as the weapon and equipment reserves for the Persian Lion State National Guard, to be activated later according to operational needs.

Colonel Suman naturally executed Commander-in-Chief Qasim's orders faithfully. Therefore, the Persian Lion State National Guard troops under his charge at Abadan Port were also allocated 20 units of the Sky Dragon Mark I UAV, mainly to supplement the UAV battalion.

The phased-out UAVs were then handed over to the military bases under his jurisdiction for use, and combined with a small number of Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs, they could basically meet the needs for border reconnaissance operations.

Colonel Suman naturally wanted to obtain more Tianlong Series UAV, but the quantity purchased by the Persian Lion State was not particularly large to begin with, and a large portion had been sealed by Commander-in-Chief Qasim. He was only able to obtain this many Sky Dragon Mark I UAV because he was responsible for distributing the UAVs.

One of Colonel Suman's next important tasks was to collect and prepare the oil and natural gas required for payment to the Chaos Company as quickly as possible, and pay the arms dealer in time so that the next batch of anti-aircraft missiles and armored vehicles could be received.

The oil and natural gas that needed to be collected included not only the oil and natural gas required for the two purchase orders made by the Persian Lion State, but also the outstanding oil payments not yet paid by the Glass House, as well as the oil and natural gas leased to Syria.

Colonel Suman calculated that the oil and natural gas required to be collected in the coming month included 315 million barrels of oil and 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas. This amount was quite large and would basically consume most of the Persian Lion State's existing reserves of oil and natural gas.

If they were to continue paying with oil and natural gas in the future, they would have to rely on newly extracted oil and natural gas. Furthermore, there would still be 220 million barrels of oil and 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas that needed to be paid over the following two months, so the pressure of payment remained quite high.

Fortunately, Commander-in-Chief Qasim had already ordered the oil and natural gas companies to increase daily production and restore and improve the daily output of oil and natural gas; otherwise, Colonel Suman did not know if he would be able to complete these oil and natural gas payments on time.

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Li Yi thought of Mannila; it had been a while since he had seen him, so he quickly contacted Mannila. Mannila was currently running around the Persian Gulf region, trying to win over new clients, and he was not in Beirut at the moment.

"Mannila, where are you now? We have newly launched more than ten new models of weapons and equipment for sale, including armored vehicles, UAVs, anti-tank missiles, etc.," Li Yi asked.

"I am in Afghanistan, and I will return to Beirut tomorrow." Mannila stated his location and continued, "The newly launched weapons and equipment, their combat performance isn't as backward as the weapons and equipment you showed me before, right?"

Mannila had previously seen the weapon and equipment data that Li Yi had given him. The product range was quite complete, but the main problem was that it simply could not meet the current military equipment requirements, and the probability of being able to sell them was very low.

"No, the combat performance of these weapons and equipment will not be much inferior to the active-duty equipment of the USA," Li Yi promised full-heartedly.

Of course, some weapons and equipment were not inferior to the equipment currently being used by the USA, but there was still a slight gap compared to the most advanced equipment of the USA. However, for other countries, these weapons and equipment were already completely sufficient.

"Then, after I return to Beirut, I will take a look at the data on the new models of weapons and equipment." Mannila had traveled a large circle around the Persian Gulf region and also needed a good rest.

Soon, Li Yi and Mannila met again at the Riviera Hotel.

Renting a conference room, Li Yi began to hand Mannila various weapon and equipment data, including the newly launched Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile, Sky Dragon Mark I UAV, Sky Arrow series Anti-Tank Missile, and most importantly, the Fierce Rhino series Tank, Fierce Tiger series Armored Vehicle, and Fierce Lion series Artillery.

Mannila flipped through these weapon and equipment data with great anticipation. After a rough look, the combat performance of these weapons and equipment was indeed not much different from the active-duty equipment currently used by major countries, and they could be promoted in most countries.

The most important thing now was to find target clients. Although Mannila had made a big circle around the Persian Gulf region and there were those who wanted to purchase weapons and equipment, the types of weapons and equipment Mannila provided were a bit scarce.

Now that he had obtained a greater variety of weapons and equipment, Mannila believed that he would be able to quickly find new clients and earn more commission fees for himself.

After reading through them, Mannila asked, "Can these weapons and equipment be sold to all countries?"

"They are not for sale to all countries. We will not sell to Western countries like the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, and France." Li Yi did not intend to sell the weapons and equipment purchased from the Multiverse Arms Trading System to Western countries.

"That would make the arms trade lose a very large piece of the cake." Hearing that they would not sell to Western countries, Mannila wanted to try to persuade him otherwise.

"It doesn't matter if it's less. Besides, how many energy resources and minerals can these Western countries have? They all need to plunder from other countries at low prices to obtain them," Li Yi said indifferently.

"But these Western countries have more money, and the quantities they can purchase are larger," Mannila persisted.

"If you want to promote them, you can also sell them to the opposition armed groups in these Western countries. We can conduct small-batch sales. If they can develop and grow, only then will we conduct larger-scale sales," Li Yi suggested.

"Is that so." Mannila was a little disappointed, feeling that if he were to look for opposition armed groups to promote to, the purchase quantities would not be very large, or there might not be much of a market at all.

"Of course, you can also promote them to countries in Africa and Latin America. Quite a few countries should have a need to purchase weapons and equipment, and these countries are quite rich in energy resources and minerals," Li Yi advised.

It seems that after I finish another round of promotion in the Persian Gulf region, I need to make a trip to these two regions, Mannila thought to himself.