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Chapter 594 Blue Army Brigade: It's Not New Shoes After All! (Third Update!)
"Really?" Ji Shuangshuang asked with a hint of doubt.

The equipment cost 4500 million, Dmitri 2000 million, and with the travel expenses of Yoshihiro Yoshitaka and others, the total price of this equipment purchase has reached approximately 6700 million US dollars.

Converted to RMB, the total price exceeds 4.5 million.

This is all cash!

A mountain of cash!

If all 4.5 million yuan in cash were converted, it would weigh a full 5 tons and would need to be hauled by truck!

The thought of investing so much money and the possibility of problems later made her feel like she couldn't breathe.

She rested her head on Lin Yi's shoulder, staring at the ceiling and murmuring to herself:

"When will I ever earn all this money back?!"

"Just one set of equipment has already cost 4.5 million yuan, not to mention labor costs. Moreover, even after the equipment arrives and is installed, it's impossible to put it into production immediately."

"Even if it goes into production, it's impossible to sell it immediately."

"My heart is aching so much!"

"I want a hug!"

Lin Yi reached out and hugged the person, whispering to comfort them, "Don't worry, I'm here for you!"

After comforting Ji Shuangshuang, who was in so much heartache she couldn't breathe, Lin Yi turned off the light and went to sleep.

After staying up all night, the two lazybones slept until the sun was high in the sky, until their phones rang incessantly before they slowly got out of bed.

Looking at the three words "Uncle Guo" flashing wildly on his phone screen, Lin Yi felt utterly overwhelmed.

I answered the phone cautiously, and before I could even speak, Guo Song's loud voice came through:
"What about people?"

"What are you doing?"

"It's already 11 o'clock! You're supposed to be the CEO of a big company, do you know that if you sleep a few more hours, your company might go bankrupt!"

"Young people should get up early, work hard, be positive and strive to build the country!"

"Alright, alright, I'll grab a hoe and go build up the country now!" Lin Yi joked, then, after regaining his composure, asked in a low voice:

"Grandpa, why are you up so early today?"

"I'm in your special vehicle production workshop, come over right away!" Guo Song left with this nonsensical remark and hung up the phone.

Lin Yi sighed in bed and reluctantly got up.

Half an hour later, he appeared in the special vehicle production workshop with his lunch. When he saw Guo Song, he handed him a boxed lunch and then squatted down next to him.

As he opened the lunchbox and ate, he asked, "Uncle Guo, you're in great spirits! You called at 7 a.m.!"

"I'm getting old, I can't sleep!" Guo Song squatted down beside him with his boxed lunch, opened it, and ate as he replied.
"Furthermore, I heard yesterday afternoon that you had already assembled the tanks, so I decided to come and take a look early this morning."

"But when I got here, those stubborn guys from your company didn't see you, they only saw me, and they kept talking about safety in production, that the elderly need to be safe, and that they couldn't be responsible for my safety, so they wouldn't let me in."

"I called you, but your phone was off again."

"It was almost noon before I finally got through to you on the phone."

"Could you talk to these stubborn people in your company? I'm a person of high rank and authority, can you make an exception for me?"

"Heh!" Lin Yi rolled his eyes and pointed to the guard at the workshop entrance:
"These are all good soldiers you trained! Even after they retire, they're still here carrying out your sentry duties. Isn't that great?"

"If things get heated, you can call him back with just one letter!"

"You have to thank me!"

"You're really good at changing the subject!" Guo Song didn't comment on Lin Yi's twisted logic, shoveled a few more mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, and then nodded his chin towards the workshop:
"Have your people check the equipment quickly. Once they're done, load it onto the truck. I'm sending it directly north. The train has already been arranged."

"And then the engineers..."

"I will also take some engineers with me. This tank is a new thing. In addition to the performance of the tank itself, we also need to establish a corresponding logistics system."

"These all require guidance from engineers."

"This time, it will probably take a while, and the environment in the place we'll be staying in is rather poor. You can do some persuasion with them later."

Upon hearing that engineers were to be brought along, Lin Yi gently shook his head: "There's no need!"

"Just bring the people from the China Ordnance Industry Group and the China Ordnance Equipment Group over there!"

"They've learned so much that they can handle it."

"I want to bring your people!" Guo Song corrected again, then counted on his fingers and said, "Our idea is to create another equipment group in addition to the Ordnance Industry Group and the Ordnance Equipment Group."

"You have money, technology, and people; it's like a pie falling from the sky."

"So, I'll be bringing your people with me this time."

"This marks her official debut!"

Lin Yi's eating pace slowed down, until finally he said, "Then I'll lead the team!"

"I originally created the design drawings. By going to the site and seeing how they actually use them, I can make a second round of modifications."

Guo Song paused, waited a few seconds, and then asked:
"are you free?"

"The boss is busy making decisions, but that doesn't mean the boss doesn't have free time!"

"Then you can lead the team!"

"OK!" Lin Yi put down his lunchbox, got up and walked towards the workshop, and Guo Song quickly followed.

This time, the gatekeeper did not use workplace safety as a reason to stop him.

Upon entering the workshop, it was lunchtime, and everyone except a few people on shift had gone to eat.

Guo Song walked straight to the tank and looked at its military green paint job, feeling that the color was getting uglier and uglier the more he looked at it.

Turning back: "Could you change to a nicer color?"

Lin Yi helplessly spread his hands: "This is equipment, not a sports car. It only has desert camouflage, jungle camouflage, and snow camouflage!"

"Of course, we can also do sports car paint jobs, those really bright colors, colors that people will like at first glance."

"It's doable!"

Guo Song imagined what a tank would look like painted like a sports car, and he didn't know how to describe the scene.

That's... pretty outrageous.

He shook his head and began to examine the tank in front of him carefully.

The two didn't have to wait long before the engineers who had been eating returned one after another. Upon seeing the two gentlemen, Liu Nanqiao and Shen Weihua quickly stepped out of the crowd and walked over with the others.

As they approached, Lin Yi pointed at Guo Song:
"Director Guo is going to transport these five tanks back to the north today."

"Hurry up and check it later. Once you're done, load it onto the truck and send it to the train station."

"In addition, we will also take a group of engineers there. This time, the main purpose is to collect data and record information. The time is tight and the working environment is also quite tough."

"So we have to pick the young ones!" "The older generation should step aside!"

Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Shen Weihua and Liu Nanqiao, leading the teams from the Ordnance Industry Group and Ordnance Equipment Group, retreated, leaving the scene to the newcomers from Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

These newcomers, unaware of what they were about to face, were all eager and excited.

Five tanks, each equipped with 10 engineers.

50 people in total.

After confirming the personnel were accounted for, Lin Yi waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and do the final pre-shipment checks, then load them onto the truck!"

Once the order was given, the engineers quickly picked up their equipment and began performing final pre-shipment checks on the tanks, while simultaneously charging them.

The inspection concluded at 4 PM.

Several engineers climbed into the tank, started it, and slowly drove it out of the workshop.

Outside the workshop, five handcarts were ready. With the help of numerous signals, the five tanks boarded the handcarts without incident.

Lin Yi raised his right hand again, started the cart, and drove it towards Suzhou Railway Station.

Long ago, Suzhou Railway Station was not located in the city center, but due to urban development, it was forced to be incorporated into the city center.

So when these five handcarts slowly drove down the street toward the train station, everyone who passed by was dumbfounded.

As is well known, Suzhou does not have a tank manufacturing industry.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for tanks to appear in Suzhou.

In contrast to the usual situation, there are only two: one is war, and the other is military exercises.

Regardless of which one, the official channels will release information.

It's strange that there's still no news.

Passersby took out their phones if they had them, and their cameras if they had them. Those without cameras stared intently, trying to see the details clearly.

Once the vehicle entered the train station and disappeared completely, news of it gradually spread.

These things have no effect on Lin Yi.

He and his team of engineers from Xiaomi Heavy Industry watched the train depart from the train station before turning around and driving to the airport.

They boarded a plane arranged by Guo Song and headed straight for the northern grasslands.

…………

Northern grasslands, the Blue Army brigade's base.

Looking at the telegram in his hand, especially seeing that it mentioned that Guo Song, the old man from the General Armament Department, was going to personally deliver a batch of tanks to them.

Question marks began flashing wildly above Huang Jie's head. The Blue Army Brigade is a unit that professionally imitates foreign armies in military exercises, and it is also the first professional hypothetical enemy unit in China.

Of course, this is just hypothetical!
In the hypothetical scenario, they possess countless nuclear weapons, and a squad-level team could call in nuclear support.

At the same time, they also possess a large number of fighter jets, including but not limited to Russia's MiG and Su series, America's F series, France's Rafale series, and many others.

But all of this is just wishful thinking!

These countries only export inferior aircraft; they cannot export superior aircraft, nor can they export them to China.

In order to cope, they could only make assumptions.

As for more advanced equipment, it's all in the hands of those brother units with special missions, and it won't fall into his hands.

Therefore, Huang Jie had reservations about the telegram sent from above saying that a batch of new equipment was to be delivered.

No matter what kind of equipment it is, it only counts as equipment when you see it and have it in your own hands.

If it's only for your own eyes to see, and not for yourself, then it's not equipment!
However, since the leaders have sent telegrams, it means that this matter must be true.

He took the telegram and walked to the communications room, where he called the 1st Armored Regiment below, asking them to send some men over to wait for the equipment to be delivered.

First, check it out. If it's really too bad, then just make do and get the leaders off.

The armored regiment acted quickly; less than three hours after the call was made, an armored battalion appeared before Huang Jie.

After settling everyone in, Huang Jie walked outside the camp and stood at the camp gate, like a waiting-for-husband stone, gazing at the southern grasslands.

As he looked towards the southern grasslands for what seemed like the umpteenth time, something different appeared at the edge of his vision.

At the front were several military jeeps, followed by 10 large trucks. The first five trucks each carried something covered with a tricolor tarpaulin.

Judging from the marks, it should be a tank or an armored vehicle.

The five trucks behind were all carrying containers.

Behind the container truck were two minibuses with a capacity of 38 people each.

Upon seeing the convoy, Huang Jie's spirits lifted. He quickly checked himself to make sure his clothes were spotless and without any marks. Only then did he stand at attention in front of the gatekeeper, his eyes fixed straight ahead.

The convoy slowly came into view, and the last military jeep stopped in front of him.

Guo Song opened the passenger door, got out of the car, and walked up to Huang Jie. "Very good, very energetic!"

After praising Huang Jie, he turned and pointed to the truck behind him:

"I brought you something today!"

After saying that, Guo Song caught a glimpse of Huang Jie's disbelieving expression out of the corner of his eye, and quickly added, "It's not a model, it's the real thing!"

After speaking, Guo Song noticed that Huang Jie was still somewhat skeptical, so he simply led him to the truck and had the truck driver remove the straps and the tricolor tarpaulin to reveal what was inside.

The engineers in the minibus got off one after another, climbed into the tank, started the tank, and slowly drove it off the truck.

I saw that this thing actually moved, and the movement was very quiet.

Huang Jie raised his hand and slapped himself across the face.

The excruciating pain in his hands and face finally convinced him that the General Armament Department hadn't tricked him this time, hadn't sent him shoes, but had instead sent him new equipment—a new tank!
After the tank stopped, he eagerly ran forward, his eyes greedily scanning the tank, his hands gently stroking it, and as he did so, he exclaimed:
"It's real! It's not shoes after all!"

"This is simply a dream!"

"Let me see this cannon barrel, a 125mm smoothbore cannon? Good stuff!"

"This compartment...is it a partitioned design? This design is great. It greatly improves personnel safety and can also hold more ammunition and more fuel."

"It will definitely run even further!"

"A diesel and electric hybrid drive? Great stuff! This is perfect for surprise attacks! Use this next time, let's see which bastard dares to run around like that!"

"Look at this big screen, look at this steering wheel, look at this brake, look at this... why is there a refrigerator? And there's even Coke in the refrigerator!"

"Grandpa, is this cola safe to drink? Yes, it is."

Huang Jie took a Coke out of the tank's refrigerator. In the springtime northern grasslands, the Coke was a bit cold, but he didn't care. He just opened it and gulped it down.

"sweet!"

(End of this chapter)