185: Chapter 185 plans to purchase a new batch of weapons and ammunition.

Major General Zaha soon received a call from General Faraj.

At that moment, he was in the midst of deploying a mopping-up operation against the remnants of the Opposition Armed Forces in the reclaimed territory.

"Major General Zaha, our current stockpile of ammunition is running low, and we need to replenish our weapons and equipment. Arrange the military affairs on the northern front of Syria immediately and come to Damascus; we need to discuss an arms procurement," General Faraj said straightforwardly.

"No problem. I will head over immediately after I finish arranging the work." Major General Zaha naturally would not refuse when he heard about purchasing arms. His troops were waiting for a replenishment of weapons and ammunition.

After Major General Zaha arranged all the tasks and instructed the various Mechanized Infantry Brigades to strengthen their defenses, he rushed to Damascus.

As soon as General Faraj saw Major General Zaha, he said, "Major General Zaha, well done. You deserve a lot of credit for successfully driving the USA military out of Syria. You will soon be promoted to Lieutenant General."

Major General Zaha was very happy to hear about the promotion and said politely, "This is also due to the efforts of General Faraj. If it weren't for having sufficient weapons and equipment, we wouldn't have been able to force the USA to withdraw from Syria so smoothly."

"You bore the brunt of the initial combat missions. The tasks were very heavy, but they were completed very well. Next, after you finish mopping up the Opposition Armed Forces in the northeastern region of Syria, you will need to transfer some troops to support offensives in other directions. You need to be mentally prepared," General Faraj said.

"Understood. I await orders at any time." Major General Zaha had no objections at all. Other directions were still facing threats from Turkey and Israel, and it was indeed necessary to transfer troops to support them.

General Faraj changed the subject and said, "Up to now, we have consumed more than half of our artillery shells, and we have also lost quite a few armored vehicles. The consumption of anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles is even greater, and we need to replenish them in time."

"Indeed. The ammunition stock we have in northern Syria is no longer enough to allow the troops under my command to receive timely replenishment. We should indeed purchase a batch of weapons and ammunition from the arms dealer," Major General Zaha echoed.

General Faraj and Major General Zaha then began to discuss the weapons and ammunition that needed to be purchased. Li Yi had sent some new weapons and equipment to Major General Zaha, and this time, they also needed to purchase some new equipment.

Soon, the two of them worked out a new procurement plan, focusing on purchasing armored vehicle ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles, while also purchasing a batch of UAVs to facilitate reconnaissance and bombing of the Opposition Armed Forces.

Purchase 200 sets of Tianlei Type I Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 5,000 supporting missiles; purchase 200 sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 4,000 supporting missiles; purchase 100 sets of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 2,000 supporting missiles.

Purchase 50 sets of Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 200 supporting missiles; 40 sets of Tianlei Type V Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 80 supporting missiles; 40 sets of Tianlei Type VI Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 60 supporting missiles.

Purchase 20 sets of Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 30 supporting missiles; purchase 20 sets of Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile, plus 20 supporting missiles.

Purchase 300 sets of Sky Dragon Mark I UAV, 500 sets of Sky Dragon Mark II UAV, plus 10,000 supporting air-to-ground missiles and 50,000 bombs.

Purchase 10,000 supporting missiles for the Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missile; purchase 10,000 supporting missiles for the Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missile; purchase 1,000 sets of Tianjian Type III Anti-Tank Missile, plus 5,000 supporting missiles.

Purchase 200 Fierce Rhino Type II Tanks, 200 Fierce Rhino Type III Tanks, 300 Fierce Rhino Type IV Tanks, plus 100,000 rounds of various types of supporting artillery shells.

Purchase 500 Fierce Tiger Type II Armored Vehicles, 500 Fierce Tiger Type III Armored Vehicles, 500 Fierce Tiger Type IV Armored Vehicles, plus 200,000 rounds of various types of supporting ammunition.

Purchase 200 Fierce Lion Type II Artillery, 200 Fierce Lion Type III Artillery, 300 Fierce Lion Type IV Artillery, plus 100,000 rounds of various types of supporting shells; additionally, purchase 200 million rounds of machine gun ammunition for the armored vehicles.

After some calculations, the total price was 39.13 billion USD, of which 13.82 billion USD was for the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles, 16.91 billion USD for armored vehicles, 5.4 billion USD for the Sky Dragon series UAVs, and 3 billion USD for the Sky Arrow anti-tank missiles.

General Faraj felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw that it would cost nearly 40 billion USD to purchase arms again. However, this was a necessary purchase; otherwise, the Syrian army would have no way to continue supporting the upcoming battles.

Fortunately, there was still 57.61 billion USD in available procurement funds. Even after spending 39.13 billion USD, there was still 18.48 billion USD remaining.

These funds would be used to replenish weapons and ammunition after the battles against Turkey and Israel. However, the funds were already running low. It seemed that they would still need to wait for Iran and Russia to pay for the second year of oil and gas leases before they could have more procurement funds to improve the types of weapons and equipment for the Syrian army.

After confirming the procurement plan, Major General Zaha immediately contacted Li Yi.

"We plan to purchase a new batch of weapons and ammunition. Are you still in Beirut?" Major General Zaha asked right away.

"I am not in Beirut for the time being. Are you sure you want to purchase arms?" Li Yi had already returned to Pengcheng and was enjoying the dancing of beautiful women.

"Yes. We are about to engage in new battles and are in urgent need of replenishing weapons and ammunition," Major General Zaha said hurriedly.

"Then let's wait until tomorrow afternoon. I'm heading over now," Li Yi decided immediately upon seeing that there was business to be had.

The Syrian army had been fighting for such a long time that they would definitely need a lot of weapons and ammunition; they should be making a large purchase of arms.

Major General Zaha saw that Li Yi agreed to negotiate tomorrow afternoon, and since he could make it in time, he didn't say anything else.

Li Yi had to throw away some money to end the entertainment for the day and returned to Pengcheng No. 1 early. After a good rest, Li Yi used the Multiverse Arms Trading System to teleport to the presidential suite of the Beirut Riviera Hotel.

Seeing Major General Zaha again, Li Yi noticed that Major General Zaha's face was much more haggard, but his eyes were sharper. It seemed that during this period, Major General Zaha had commanded many battles; although his spirit was a bit low, that ruthless edge was even more obvious.

"Congratulations. I heard that the Syrian army has won several victories. What are the results?" Li Yi asked.

"We did indeed fight several beautiful battles; we have already driven the USA military out of Syria. Now we are starting to mop up the Opposition Armed Forces supported by the USA." Major General Zaha only mentioned the combat situation in the area he was responsible for.