161: Chapter 161 Delivery of Camels and Iraqi Weapons and Equipment

Shortly after the Syrian army started the war, Major General Maliki contacted Li Yi.

"The 260 million barrels of oil required for our procurement of weapons and equipment are ready. When can you come to transport them?" Major General Maliki asked, getting straight to the point.

"Are they all in Basra?" Li Yi asked.

"Yes. They are stored across eight oil storage facilities," Major General Maliki said, providing Li Yi with the address coordinates for each storage facility.

"Let's make it the night after tomorrow. Withdraw all personnel from each oil storage facility; make sure no one is left behind," Li Yi decided.

"That works," Major General Maliki said. The previously signed arms deal contract had already clearly defined the details and requirements for the oil payment, and he knew the arms dealer didn't need Iraq to worry about transportation.

"You should also prepare to receive the weapons and equipment. We will deliver everything in five days, at night," Li Yi said after some consideration.

"Where will you deliver them?" Major General Maliki asked quickly upon hearing that the equipment was being delivered.

"Likely near Basra. Do you have an airbase in Basra?" Li Yi said.

"There is an airbase in Az Zubayr," Major General Maliki said after a moment's thought.

"Withdraw all personnel from that airbase and clear the open spaces so we can stack the weapons and equipment," Li Yi said.

"Understood," Major General Maliki replied.

Seeing that he would have a new batch of weapons so soon, Major General Maliki didn't press for further details. It was only a five-day wait, after all; there was no need to fuss over these matters.

Li Yi recalled that the Libyan National Army had not yet paid in oil and gas; they had only transferred 61.24 million USD to Chaos Company's Swiss Bank account shortly after signing the arms deal.

Li Yi quickly contacted Colonel Beka and asked, "Are the 20 million barrels of oil and 50 million cubic meters of natural gas you owe ready?"

"There are still 200,000 barrels of oil that haven't been fully mobilized yet," Colonel Beka said.

"Can you finish mobilizing them by tomorrow? We plan to head over for transport the night after tomorrow," Li Yi asked.

"Tomorrow? No problem," Colonel Beka said with certainty.

"Give me the detailed addresses and locations of the oil and gas storage," Li Yi said.

Colonel Beka quickly reported the locations of two oil storage facilities and three natural gas storage facilities in Benghazi, then asked, "Once you take the oil and gas, we'll receive the weapons within three days, right?"

"Yes. We will deliver the weapons and equipment to you in five days at night. Be ready to receive them," Li Yi confirmed.

"Good!" Colonel Beka said.

Li Yi originally wanted to ask Major General Faye if the 600 million barrels of oil and 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas for Saudi Arabia's procurement were ready. However, seeing that Major General Faye hadn't contacted him yet, he figured that since the volume was so large, it would take time to gather, so Li Yi didn't rush him.

When the time came, Li Yi teleported directly to Basra via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. As the only water transport hub connecting the Persian Gulf to the inland river system, Basra was Iraq's largest port city and its second-largest city. Li Yi collected a total of 260,001,252 barrels of oil from the eight storage facilities.

Subsequently, Li Yi teleported to Benghazi via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. Although Benghazi was Libya's second-largest city and an important seaport, it had been damaged by war, and since its recovery time was short, its economic level was much worse than Basra's.

Li Yi quickly collected 20,000,210 barrels of oil and 50,000,102 cubic meters of natural gas from two oil storage facilities and three natural gas storage facilities in Benghazi. Without lingering, he teleported straight back to the Beirut Riviera Hotel.

After this collection, the oil stored in Li Yi's Multiverse Arms Trading System reached 400,002,448 barrels, and the natural gas reached 2,505,000,489.1 cubic meters. Seeing such vast quantities, Li Yi decided to sell it all to the system in exchange for system funds.

Based on the international oil price of 72.74 USD per barrel, selling the 400,002,448 barrels of oil would yield 29,096,178,067 USD—over 29 billion USD.

Based on the exchange rate of 7.128 RMB per 1 USD, this converted to over 200 billion RMB, specifically 207,397,557,261 RMB.

Based on the international natural gas price of 702 USD per thousand cubic meters, selling the 2,505,000,489.1 cubic meters of natural gas would yield 1,758,510,343.3 USD, roughly 1.76 billion USD.

Based on the exchange rate, this converted to 12,534,661,727 RMB, exceeding 12 billion RMB.

After the sale, the system funds in the Multiverse Arms Trading System became 138,665,037,389 RMB, exceeding 138.6 billion RMB. This amount seemed like quite a lot.

Li Yi rested for three days. When the appointed delivery time arrived, he teleported directly to the Az Zubayr Airbase. The airbase wasn't particularly large, but it was enough to stack all the weapons and equipment Iraq had purchased.

Li Yi placed half of the equipment Iraq had purchased in various open spaces around the base. He also placed 100 Tianlong Series UAVs on the apron. Suddenly, the entire airbase was filled with various armored vehicles and anti-aircraft missiles.

Li Yi then teleported directly to a highway in Benghazi that was in a semi-abandoned state. He checked the environment, found a relatively flat section of the road, placed the 10 Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs purchased by Libya there, and then placed the other weapons and equipment on the surrounding road.

Li Yi immediately contacted Colonel Beka and said, "Quickly send people to receive the weapons. As for the drones, they can take off directly from the highway, so don't worry." He gave the detailed coordinates to Colonel Beka.

Hearing that the equipment was ready for pickup, Colonel Beka immediately said, "We're going to receive them right now." He was uneasy and felt the need to personally lead his troops to the site immediately.

Li Yi didn't stay, teleporting back to the Beirut Riviera Hotel via the Multiverse Arms Trading System. The arms deal with Libya was concluded; for the Iraqi deal, he would wait for their subsequent oil payments before continuing the delivery of weapons.

When Colonel Beka arrived at the receiving location and saw the drones and armored vehicles parked on the highway, he immediately ordered his troops to set up a perimeter. At the same time, he ordered his officers and soldiers to begin studying the equipment and to fly the Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs away from the site as soon as possible.

As for the armored vehicles, he had the soldiers drive them away, while the anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles were taken along with the unit's vehicles. This receiving process took a full day to complete, mainly because operating the Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs took quite some time.