Chapter 82 Buy weapons! Pirate attack, Yan Guo spends 2 million dollars to buy peace

However, not everyone wants to join the army.

At this stage, the vast majority of people who want to immigrate to Yan Guo must do so for leisure purposes.

It's difficult to get them into the army.

In any country, as long as people have a choice, almost no one is willing to enlist in the army on their own initiative.

This is why some countries impose mandatory military service.

Firstly, it is because these countries have small populations and secondly, it is to increase the cohesion of the country.

Chen Yang does not plan to impose mandatory military service for now. After all, there aren't many people. Making military service mandatory at this time will only make people intimidated.

It's difficult to get them to serve as soldiers, but it's also very simple.

After all, it is money.

As long as enough money is given, there will definitely not be a shortage of people.

Currently, the country with the highest military salary in the world is Australia, with the average monthly salary for each soldier exceeding 30,000 Australian dollars.

The salary is so high mainly because Australia has a small number of armed forces, just over 60,000.

Next comes the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Although the Self-Defense Forces are not an army, they are essentially no different from the army. Furthermore, Japan's military expenditure is extremely high, and the average monthly salary of soldiers is about 1.15 million yen.

In third place is the United States.

With the most powerful army in the world, soldiers entering the military field for the first time can earn an income of over 1,700 US dollars.

If Chen Yang wanted to organize an army quickly, he could only start with money.

Of course, Chen Yang couldn't let them directly join the army as soon as they arrived.

Before joining the army, you must first undergo military training.

Military training is mainly aimed at cultivating your sense of identification with Yan Guo.

After all, they've just arrived and it's hard to have real feelings for a strange country.

During this year, Chen Yang will give them enough preferential treatment to build a relationship with Yan Guo.

Putting away the map, Chen Yang opened the system mall and began purchasing the corresponding blueprints.

Then he records the necessary building materials and gives them to his subordinates for purchase.

After doing this, he left.

He took a helicopter and went to the location marked on the map.

After arriving at the location, he purchased robots.

But this is not enough.

He also needed to acquire weapons.

Typically, weapons are developed and manufactured by the country itself or purchased from large nations.

Ordinary small countries do not have the capacity for independent research and development, and military research and development is extremely expensive.

Therefore, many countries import.

Currently, the three main arms exporters are China, the United States and Russia.

The combatant nation's main weapons exports are fighter jets, anti-aircraft missiles and tanks.

The United States' main weapons exports are fighter jets, rocket launchers and air defense systems.

China's main weapons and equipment exports are warships, submarines, rocket launchers and air defense systems.

Chen Yang could have bought it from the system mall, but after careful consideration, Chen Yang temporarily gave up on that idea.

Firstly, Yan Guo wants to develop his military. This matter cannot be hidden and there is no need to hide it.

Secondly, common weapons can be purchased with money, so there is no need to waste citizen points.

Furthermore, this is just a country's normal military reserve.

Unless he shows the attitude of developing nuclear weapons, then it is estimated that the five permanent members will issue a direct warning.

But these are just normal military reserves, and no country will say anything.

At least outwardly, no one would say anything.

There are many restrictions on the weapons that can be imported.

The first is China. As we all know, China often exports weapons without any political conditions.

In the field of arms exports, not imposing political conditions is harmful to arms importing countries.

Because the arms trade is different from the trade in civilian products, it is not about paying money on one side and delivering the goods on the other.

What arms-buying countries want most is not just guns, but military protection from the arms-exporting country, commonly known as "payment of protection duties."

It's fine if there are no problems in normal times, but once war breaks out, the most worrying situation for the weapons importing country is that I bought your weapons, but when I actually went to war, you stuck the ammunition down my neck. This ride is very scary.

This is not something Chen Yang is blindly worried about, because this actually happened in history.

During the Battle of the British Isles, the supply of Exocet missiles ordered by the Argentine Air Force from France was cut off. As a result, the Argentine Air Force only had 5 Exocet missiles from start to finish.

If China had not cut off the supply of Exocet missiles to Argentina, Argentina could have sunk the Royal Eagle Navy's "Sports" or "Invincible" aircraft carrier in that war.

This is the adverse consequence of the absence of political conditions in the arms trade. The buyer and seller are not politically linked deeply enough, which results in weapons not being guaranteed when they are used. This is the most embarrassing situation.

Therefore, many arms importing countries are not afraid of spending more money, but rather of falling into the trap.

Forget if the weapon you buy is not useful, but you are more afraid that it is useful but useless. If you buy it, you didn't buy it.

'I fight, but you don't deliver.'

'When I finish the job, you will deliver the goods. Will the money be wasted?'

If you buy weapons from the United States, you don't have to worry about this.

But beyond this aspect, there are still many problems.

The biggest problem is that imported weapons can only buy some basic weapons, and weapons with higher technological content are basically unavailable.

Even if you can buy it, it will be a neutered version or there will be additional conditions attached.

For example, just like Japan, which was garrisoned by the United States.

But this is absolutely impossible.

Therefore, Chen Yang can only buy a few basic weapons for now.

As for high-end weapons, they are really impossible to buy.

You can naturally buy it from the system mall, but you need a process to pick it up, and this process cannot be challenged by others.

Chen Yang thought of a way to not only take out all kinds of inaccessible weapons openly, but also take advantage of the situation to carry out independent research.

But there is no rush in this matter, the most important thing now is to equip the basic weapons first.

Yan Guo's top priority is the navy, and the most basic need is to be equipped with missile jet boats for offshore operations.

Naval weapons and equipment can be imported from China, while air force-related weapons can be imported from the United States.

Chen Yang made a list of weapons that needed to be purchased and sent it to Yan Guo's Ministry of National Defense.

As soon as the message was sent, his cell phone rang.

It's a call from Pear.

A few minutes later, the phone hung up and Chen Yang had a strange expression.

During the call, senior management told him that there was a company there in Syria that was looking for them in hopes of ordering a batch of telecommunications equipment, mainly routers.

Pear doesn't make routers, didn't you know?

Besides, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to go directly to China to order this thing?

Regardless of the distance, there are many companies in China that can produce this type of product, and the price can be favorable in large quantities.

As for traveling across the Pacific to buy here?

Isn't there something wrong with that?

Chen Yang really couldn't understand the other person's brain circuit.

He suddenly remembered something that had become increasingly difficult for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come and discuss for some time.

Is it related to this topic?

Is this a deliberate decision to give the order to myself to make it difficult for Pear to implement the manufacturing process?

The other party only asked for telecommunications equipment and did not mention anything else.

But this thing was so strange and happened so suddenly that Chen Yang could only think of this possibility.

Strangely, Chen Yang asked the top management to directly reject her.

Pear's development direction is very clear. In the initial stage, it will focus on mobile phones, computers, iPads and other related electronic products.

This thing is highly profitable and has a wide radio reach.

As for telecommunications equipment, there's not much going on.

Unless Yan Guo's basic industry is completed and there are stable orders, then it's fine.

But there is still no progress.

You need to find foundries for cell phones and also factories for telecommunications equipment.

Once the middlemen buy the goods, they will only receive a few cents.

The phone rang again, this time it was a call from a senior executive at the shipping company.

"King Chen Yang, our country's container ships sent to Singapore were attacked by pirates. Two 10,000-ton container ships were occupied by pirates."

Hearing the words coming from the cell phone, Chen Yang was shocked.

What the hell?

Pirates?

"I understand!"

After coming back to his senses, Chen Yang hung up the phone, picked up the device and hurriedly left.

Leaving the Ministry of Commerce, several Asians approached him. Upon seeing Chen Yang, they immediately approached with a smile: "King Chen, good afternoon, we just have something to ask..."

They are from China's Third Directorate of Construction Engineering and are responsible for the construction of three resort projects.

With the opening of Pear in Yan Guo and the conquest of the world in a short period of time, many people began to re-examine this country.

In the past, Yan Guo was not considered a country with much investment value, but its attitude changed at this time.

Some business people from China contacted the Third Directorate of Construction Engineering of China and wanted it to help them introduce and discuss some matters of cooperation with Chen Yang.

For example, should we develop some amusement parks or more tourism projects in Yan Guo?

Because the funds involved were relatively large, they didn't delay in going to the investment department, but planned to go directly to Chen Yang for an interview.

"I have something to do."

Chen Yang forced a smile, then hurriedly got into the car and drove away under the doubtful gazes of several people.

The person in charge of China's Third Directorate of Construction Engineering said, "I have never seen King Chen look so serious."

"He didn't laugh?"

"It's obviously a forced smile."

"Did something happen?"

Twenty minutes later, Chen Yang arrived at the shipping company.

Most of the shipping company's senior executives are a group of emotional robot assistants. Only two of them recently applied for a green card through a work permit, stopped being fishermen and applied for mid-level management positions at the shipping company.

At this moment, both people looked anxious.

Seeing Chen Yang arriving, the two followed the senior executives and looked at Chen Yang.

Entering the conference room, Chen Yang said, "Tell me everything in detail."

Immediately, he looked at the two middle managers and said, "Mr. Liang, Mr. Li, tell me."

They are both around forty-four or five years old and both are veteran fishermen.

The main reason for transferring to a green card this time is that I don't want to continue wandering at sea.

Although the income of middle managers is not as high as that of fishermen, it is more stable.

Additionally, they have already contacted their families, who have also recently applied for tourist visas to come here.

They plan to apply for family reunification for their wives and children after they arrive.

Once the wives and children arrive, they will have time to spend with their family every day.

Other fishermen also applied for green cards, but no one applied for the company manager position.

The main reason is that fishermen's income is really very high.

Even the most ordinary fisherman can receive 4-5 thousand dollars in bonuses per month.

They really don't want to give up that income.

Mr. Liang organized his language and said, "At 10:33 this morning, Container Ship No. 7 and Container Ship No. 8 contacted the company to report that pirates were attacking the ships."

"At 10:51 am, the pirates boarded the ship and all crew members were taken hostage by the pirates."

"At 10:55 a.m., at the request of the pirates, the crew contacted the company and said the pirates were demanding a ransom of $1 million."

Chen Yang looked glum and asked, "Where are the specific locations of the two container ships? In which country's territorial waters are they?"

"Have you contacted the local Maritime Intelligence Center?"

Mr. Li said, "It's the Strait of Malacca."

Chen Yang's heart suddenly sank, shit!

It was the Strait of Malacca.

Although the Strait of Malacca is jointly administered by the three neighboring countries: Singapore, India and Malaysia, due to its special location, it does not belong to any country, but rather to the international sea.

It is unrealistic to expect other countries to rescue their own crew.

Of course, if Chen Yang requests it, the other party will definitely agree, but there will be no movement in action. Anyway, there are several reasons.

Chen Yang asked, "Can I contact you now?"

"He can."

"Contact them."

"Good."

An executive took out the marine satellite phone, dialed the number, and handed it to Chen Yang.

A few seconds later, a very calm voice sounded from the other side.

There are not many crew members on container ships, and a 10,000 ton container ship only has five crew members.

Furthermore, among the crew members of these container ships, only the captain and chief engineer are robot assistants, and the other three are migrant workers who have applied for jobs.

"I am the captain of Yan Guo's No. 7 Container Ship, giving instructions."

On the container ship, six pirates armed with guns surrounded the five crew members.

All five crew members crouched on the ground, and three of them panicked.

At this time, they looked at the captain who answered the phone, his tone and expression were calm as always, and they admired him in their hearts.

As expected of a captain who earns tens of thousands of dollars a month, he can still be so calm when the pirates hold a gun to his head.

Chen Yang said, "The other party asked for 1 million US dollars?"

The captain said, "Yes, two ships, 2 million US dollars."

Chen Yang said, "Ask how to give money?"

At this time, the satellite phone was taken away. A pirate with dark skin, but a little lighter than African skin, picked up the satellite phone and said in words that Mr. Li and Mr. Liang didn't understand: "I have no idea."

"I mean, we don't want to hurt your crew, we just want money."

Chen Yang automatically switched to Malay and said, "There is no money on the ship, how can I give it to you?"

The pirate suddenly started laughing: "It's really a new country, and we don't have any experience. It doesn't matter, we will in the future."

"You can rent a helicopter or a speedboat and send the money in a suitcase full."

"If necessary, I can introduce you to a helicopter rental and sales company."

"I suggest you rent a helicopter. It can effectively reduce the time."

Chen Yang said, "Okay, please give me your contact information."

Sure enough, the other party gave him contact information, but Chen Yang didn't think that this group of pirates had anything to do with the helicopter rental company.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yang handed the phone to senior management, "Contact the other party and rent a helicopter. Determine which country the company belongs to and contact the other country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask for help."

"Arrange the exchange of 2 million US dollars."

The senior management nodded: "Okay."

"Let's end the meeting."

Chen Yang got up and left.

Mr. Li and Mr. Liang looked at each other, and after leaving the conference room, they whispered, "Is that the problem?"

Mr. Liang sighed, "Pirates, it can't be helped. It just appears at the wrong time. Our country, Yan Guo, is now economically prosperous, but it has no military strength."

"Besides, even if you have military power, you can only pay for it if something like this happens."

The profession of pirate has existed since ancient times.

However, for such an old profession, there is still no suitable solution.

Mainly because the areas where pirates operate are on the high seas.

Furthermore, pirates generally don't exaggerate when asking for money. Most countries can only spend money to eliminate disasters when they encounter them.

However, most pirates are trustworthy. After all, the essence of pirates is actually merchants.

Although they are a type of businessman with no moral values, he is still a businessman. If they don't hand over the ship after receiving the ransom, they won't receive reports again in the future.

Remuneration.

2:00 p.m.

A helicopter flew towards the Strait of Malacca and arrived above Yan Guo's container ship.

Then, the suitcase containing 2 million US dollars in cash and weighing 20 kilograms was thrown into the sea.

The pirates took the suitcase, opened it and started counting the money after confirming that it was genuine.

After the count was completed, a pirate in his forties shouted loudly, "Yan Guo is a man of his word, let's go!"

The pirates on the ship laughed, patted the crew on the shoulders, and said, "We wish you a safe journey."

The captain and chief engineer remained calm and watched them leave before entering the cabin and continuing the journey.

The three members of the ship's crew looked at each other with lingering fear.

They took a trip to Hell's Gate, because it was very scary.

At the same time, a news item appeared on the internet.

"Container ship Yan Guo encountered pirates in the Strait of Malacca and offered 2 million US dollars"