251: Chapter 351 provides over $110 billion in credit financing.

Colonel Beka understood; it was about purchasing weapons and equipment on credit and paying later. He said, "We can promise to pay for the relevant oil and natural gas resources on time after receiving the weapons and equipment. But what is the scale of the procurement funding you can provide?"

If they only provided two or three hundred million barrels of oil as procurement funds, it would not help the Libyan National Army significantly improve its combat effectiveness at all.

Li Yi considered it for a moment; calculating based on Libya's maximum daily oil production of 2 million barrels, it was very possible to produce 600 million barrels of oil a year.

Assuming Libya's natural gas production increased to 400 million cubic meters per day, producing 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year would also be no problem.

Li Yi felt they could provide a relatively high credit limit for the Libyan National Army's weapon and equipment procurement, saying, "We can provide a procurement fund limit of 800 million barrels of oil and 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas. You can use this procurement fund to purchase various weapons and equipment in advance."

Upon hearing that there were 800 million barrels of oil and 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas available to purchase various weapons and equipment, Colonel Beka felt a sense of overwhelming satisfaction.

Calculating based on an oil price of $88.5 per barrel, with a 30% discount on the international oil price, the price was $61.95 per barrel; the value of 800 million barrels of oil was $49.56 billion.

The natural gas price was $845.4 per thousand cubic meters; calculating with a 28% discount on the international natural gas price, the price was $608.688 per thousand cubic meters; the value of 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas was $60.8688 billion.

The total value of the oil and natural gas exceeded $100 billion, reaching $110.4288 billion. This was a huge sum of money, making his previous funds used for purchasing weapons and equipment look insignificant.

Colonel Beka asked, "How long will we need to pay off these 800 million barrels of oil and 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas?"

Li Yi said, "You will pay it off over two years. In the first year, you will pay 25 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas each month. In the second year, for the first 11 months, you will pay 42 million barrels of oil and 6.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas each month, and in the last month, you will pay 38 million barrels of oil and 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas."

Hearing that such a large amount of oil and natural gas needed to be paid each month, Colonel Beka realized that if the territory controlled by the Libyan National Army was too small, they would not be able to support such a large payment volume. He asked, "When do we need to start making payments?"

Li Yi thought for a moment; the Libyan National Army should be able to seize the entire territory of Libya within six months after receiving the weapons and equipment, so he said, "Start gradually fulfilling the payment terms after six months. Can your Libyan National Army reorganize and launch a siege against other Opposition Armed Forces within six months and control the oil and natural gas production areas in Libya?"

Six months was not a long time, but the Libyan National Army could use one month for reorganization, and then fight while reorganizing; that should be enough time.

As long as the Libyan National Army occupied Libya's main oil and natural gas production areas, paying 25 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas each month should be no problem.

After calculating, Colonel Beka said, "No problem. We will complete the military reorganization as soon as possible, launch a cleanup operation against other Opposition Armed Forces in the country, and restore production in Libya's oil and natural gas fields as soon as possible."

"Then consider what weapons and equipment you need to purchase," Li Yi said. "We currently have various models of fighter jets and bombers available for sale."

Li Yi sent all the various models of weapons and equipment available for sale to Colonel Beka.

Upon seeing the prices of the Eagle series fighter jets and War Tiger series bombers, Colonel Beka immediately dismissed the idea of purchasing them.

With such high prices, the Libyan National Army couldn't afford to purchase many. Moreover, the Libyan National Army had no pilots who could use them; they couldn't fly these combat aircraft at all.

Colonel Beka decided to prioritize purchasing various Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile systems and armored vehicles, and he quickly drew up a procurement plan.

He would purchase 2,000 sets of Tianlei Type I and Type II Anti-Aircraft Missiles each, plus 5,000 accompanying missiles for each; and purchase 500 sets of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missiles, plus 2,000 accompanying missiles.

He would purchase 500 sets of Tianlei Type IV Anti-Aircraft Missiles, plus 1,000 accompanying missiles; 300 sets of Tianlei Type V Anti-Aircraft Missiles, plus 600 accompanying missiles; and 100 sets of Tianlei Type VI Anti-Aircraft Missiles, plus 200 accompanying missiles.

He would purchase 30 sets of Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missiles, plus 80 accompanying missiles; and purchase 10 sets of Tianlei Type VIII and Type IX Anti-Aircraft Missiles each, plus 20 accompanying missiles for each. He would also purchase one Tianlei Missile Defense System.

He would purchase 2,000 sets of Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs, 1,500 sets of Sky Dragon Mark II UAVs, plus 20,000 accompanying air-to-ground missiles and 100,000 bombs.

He would purchase 5,000 sets of Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missiles, plus 28,500 accompanying missiles; 3,000 sets of Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missiles, plus 10,000 accompanying missiles; and 2,000 sets of Tianjian Type III Anti-Tank Missiles, plus 5,000 accompanying missiles.

He would purchase 1,500 Fierce Rhino Type II Tanks, 1,500 Fierce Rhino Type III Tanks, 1,000 Fierce Rhino Type IV Tanks, plus 200,000 rounds of various types of accompanying artillery shells.

He would purchase 2,000 Fierce Tiger Type II Armored Vehicles, 1,500 Fierce Tiger Type III Armored Vehicles, 1,000 Fierce Tiger Type IV Armored Vehicles, plus 300,000 rounds of various types of accompanying shells.

He would purchase 500 Fierce Lion Type II Artillery, 500 Fierce Lion Type III Artillery, 300 Fierce Lion Type IV Artillery, plus 200,000 rounds of various types of accompanying shells; and purchase 300 million rounds of machine gun ammunition for the armored vehicles.

After some calculations, the funds for purchasing the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles were $43.09 billion, the funds for purchasing various armored vehicles were $44.15 billion, the funds for purchasing the Tianlong Series UAVs were $17.5 billion, and the funds for purchasing the Tianjian Series Anti-Tank Missiles were $5.68 billion, bringing the total purchase price to $110.42 billion.

Li Yi saw that this was exactly equivalent to the $110.4288 billion value of oil and natural gas provided to the Libyan National Army, so they quickly reached an agreement.

Colonel Beka asked, "How long will it take for you to complete the delivery of so many weapons and equipment?"

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "We will deliver everything in two batches. You also need time to expand your army."

Colonel Beka said, "Fine. We hope the first batch will include all the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missiles and half of the armored vehicles, and the second batch will include the remaining weapons and equipment."

Li Yi didn't care about which weapons and equipment were delivered separately and said, "No problem."