174: Chapter 174: Procurement of 3,500 drones and 12,100 armored vehicles

Li Yi arrived at the negotiation site and saw Lieutenant General Sergei waiting with several people. After some introductions, he learned that these people were all from Russia, including military personnel, officials from the Ministry of Energy, and others.

Li Yi didn't care who they were; as long as they were suitable buyers willing to pay with energy and mineral resources, he could sell them weapons and equipment. The negotiation officially began quickly.

"Lieutenant General Sergei, I wonder how much oil and natural gas you plan to use to purchase weapons and equipment?" Li Yi asked, getting straight to the point.

Lieutenant General Sergei did not answer immediately but instead asked, "What weapons and equipment can we purchase from you?"

"We can sell armored vehicles, UAVs, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank missiles, and other weapons and equipment, and there is no limit on the purchase quantity," Li Yi said, not intending to mention other types of equipment.

"Do you have any relevant information?" Lieutenant General Sergei asked.

Li Yi sent information on the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile, Tianlong Series UAV, armored vehicles, and Tianjian Series Anti-Tank Missile to Lieutenant General Sergei for them to review at their leisure.

After receiving the information, Lieutenant General Sergei began to look through it. There were quite a few arms products for sale, and he spent a while reviewing them. He communicated with the military personnel beside him and requested that a procurement plan be drafted as soon as possible.

"We plan to use 1.2 billion barrels of oil, 80 billion cubic meters of natural gas, and 100 million tons of coal as procurement funds. I wonder how you will determine the prices of these resources?" Lieutenant General Sergei asked, throwing out the quantities of energy resources Russia was deploying this time.

After Li Yi introduced the pricing for oil and natural gas, he continued, "For coal up to 50 million tons, it will be priced at 35% below the international coal price; for 50 million to 100 million tons, 32% below; for 100 million to 300 million tons, 30% below; for 300 million to 500 million tons, 28% below; and for over 500 million tons, 25% below the international coal price."

"Based on the energy resources you are using this time, the oil price will be 28% below the international oil price, and both natural gas and coal will be 30% below their respective international prices. We will be responsible for transportation; you don't need to worry about it," Li Yi said finally.

After hearing this, Lieutenant General Sergei felt the prices were acceptable, as they were significantly higher than Russia's extraction and production costs. Moreover, Russia was in urgent need of weapons and equipment, and this was a good way to liquidate their stockpiled oil and natural gas.

Currently, the international oil price is $69.33 per barrel. Based on a 28% reduction, the price is $49.9176 per barrel, making the 1.2 billion barrels of oil worth $59.90112 billion.

The international natural gas price is $697.75 per thousand cubic meters. Based on a 30% reduction, the price is $488.425 per thousand cubic meters, making the 80 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $39.074 billion.

The international coal price is $187.23 per ton. Based on a 30% reduction, the price is $131.061 per ton, making the 100 million tons of coal worth $13.1061 billion.

Li Yi quickly calculated the value of Russia's oil, natural gas, and coal, saying, "The total value of Russia's oil, natural gas, and coal this time is $112.08122 billion. Do you see any issues with that?"

Hearing that it exceeded $110 billion, which was much higher than his previous estimate of $100 billion, Lieutenant General Sergei naturally had no objections and said, "We accept this valuation; let's set it at this value."

Seeing that Lieutenant General Sergei had agreed, Li Yi said, "So, what weapons and equipment do you plan to purchase?"

Lieutenant General Sergei discussed it with the military personnel, and they quickly formulated a procurement plan. They focused on purchasing 3,500 UAVs, 12,100 armored vehicles, and various anti-aircraft missiles, and submitted the plan to Li Yi.

Purchase 2,000 sets of Tianlei Type I Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 10,000 matching missiles; purchase 1,000 sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 4,000 matching missiles; purchase 500 sets of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 2,000 matching missiles.

Purchase 300 sets of Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 1,000 matching missiles; 100 sets of Tianlei Type V Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 300 matching missiles; and 100 sets of Tianlei Type VI Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 200 matching missiles.

Purchase 50 sets of Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 150 matching missiles; 30 sets of Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 50 matching missiles; and 30 sets of Tianlei Type IX Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 50 matching missiles. Also purchase two Tianlei Missile Defense Systems.

Purchase 2,000 sets of Sky Dragon Mark I UAV and 1,500 sets of Sky Dragon Mark II UAV, plus 35,000 matching air-to-ground missiles and 100,000 bombs.

Purchase 2,000 sets of Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missile, plus 10,000 matching missiles; 2,000 sets of Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missile, plus 7,000 matching missiles; and 2,000 sets of Tianjian Type III Anti-Tank Missile, plus 5,000 matching missiles.

Purchase 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type II Tanks, 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type III Tanks, and 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type IV Tanks, plus 100,000 matching shells of various types.

Purchase 2,000 Fierce Tiger Type II Armored Vehicles, 3,000 Fierce Tiger Type III Armored Vehicles, and 2,000 Fierce Tiger Type IV Armored Vehicles, plus 200,000 matching shells of various types.

Purchase 500 Fierce Lion Type II Artillery, 600 Fierce Lion Type III Artillery, and 1,000 Fierce Lion Type IV Artillery, plus 100,000 matching shells of various types; also purchase 300 million rounds of machine gun ammunition for the armored vehicles.

After some calculations, the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile required $39.6 billion, and the Tianlei Missile Defense System required $4 billion; the Tianlong Series UAV required $19 billion, the Tianjian Series Anti-Tank Missile required $3.39 billion, the Fierce Rhino series Tank required $13.8 billion, the Fierce Tiger series Armored Vehicle required $17.5 billion, the Fierce Lion series Artillery required $8.9 billion, plus $5.9 billion for ammunition matching the armored vehicles.

The total funds required for Russia to purchase all the weapons and equipment was $112.09 billion, which was $8.78 million more than the $112.08122 billion total value of the oil, natural gas, and coal used this time.

Considering the large purchase amount from Russia, Li Yi waived the extra $8.78 million with a wave of his hand, setting the purchase price at $112.08122 billion.