Chapter 108: International Orders
The thick black smoke, wrapped in shrapnel and ship wreckage, flew in the air. The picture was shocking, as if you had witnessed the end of the world with your own eyes...
It took about three seconds before the explosion, and the rumbling explosion sounded into the ears of Mawei and others.
"boom!"
With the sound of shocking eardrums, Ma Wei and others could clearly see that a sea shock wave with the battleship as the center is spreading on the sea surface at a speed visible to the naked eye! A circle of waves shining with white flowers is rolling up. The picture looks beautiful, but it is extremely dangerous!
Almost all marine creatures in the shock wave range were stunned by the shock wave. Especially some fish that were too close to them were shocked to break their internal organs and immediately turned over.
The supersonic cruise missile almost blew up the entire front deck of the battleship. The surging sea water kept pouring in from the cracks. Soon, the front end of the entire battleship slowly sank down due to the serious water inlet.
After about five minutes, half of the Soviet-class battleship was immersed in the sea. Due to the sinking angle, the tail end of the battleship was 90 degrees perpendicular to the sea surface. The scene was the same as when the movie "Titanic" sank.
The only difference is that a huge vortex formed around the battleship. This vortex continuously rolled the dead fish and shrimps around them towards the seabed...
The Indian navy standing inside the captain's room watching the picture was completely shocked by the Russian Navy's supersonic cruise missiles!
The 55,000-ton sea giant sank into the seabed in an instant. To put it simply, it was the first time the Indian navy saw it.
"How is it, General Suni Barr? Are you satisfied with the welcome ceremony of our Russian Navy?" This was the first time Mawei has seen such a scene. The scene just now, even in the documentary, is not fully recorded. The shock brought by what he saw with his own eyes is absolutely indescribable.
"I am very satisfied with it! Mr. Mavie, by the way, you said that if you order six frigates at one time, you can apply for a 10% discount? And the delivery time for the first three ships is within the first year?" After experiencing the power of cruise missiles, Admiral Suni Barr had already made a decision in his heart.
That is the 3,000-ton Talva frigate, which the Indian Navy must buy! If these six warships are bought back, they will definitely greatly enhance the strength of the Indian Navy. They will also shock neighboring countries and prevent others from daring to make their waters.
"Yes, General Suni Barr. But there is one thing I want to explain to you in advance..." According to the memories of previous life, Mawei knew the needs of the Indian Navy. He also knew that they had reached a deal with Russia in the end.
So he modified the Russian Navy's three 3,000-ton Haiyan III-type border patrol ships that were horizontally and fully fueled in the 1980s, and modified the 8-unit to launch the "Moss" supersonic anti-ship missile vertically. Then he installed a 3s-90 single-arm launcher that could launch the "Schilli" medium-range ship-air missile.
This instantly upgraded the Haiyan class to the Talva class. The original four-year cargo period was shortened to one year. As for the remaining three warships, they were completed with the efficiency of each ship every four years according to the construction plan.
After listening to Mavie's explanation, General Suni Barr accepted his proposal after thinking. After all, the Indian Navy can't wait for these 24 years at present. Even if it takes 4 years, they can't wait... Their fleet warships are still propelling with steam turbines... Moreover, it is generally difficult to buy the most advanced ones for buying military weapons, which is international common sense.
"Mr. Mavie, thank you very much for this reception! By the way, can your shipyard build aircraft carriers or nuclear-powered submarines? I think in a few years, our Indian Navy may have this demand." Admiral Suni Bar asked Mavie seriously. Obviously, his future business in India also wants to cooperate with Russia.
"Don't worry, Admiral Suni Barr, there will be aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines!" Mawei said in a direct response.
His Beihai Shipyard is not able to build an aircraft carrier yet. However, there is nothing to be ashamed of this, because almost the entire Russian shipyard has no strength to build an aircraft carrier.
The only one with strength is the "Nikolayev Shipyard of the Black Sea" assigned to Ukraine when the Soviet Union collapsed. The first domestic aircraft carrier, the Liaoning aircraft carrier, came from the shipyard.
After receiving General Suni Bar from India, Mavi was also preparing to clean up and go home.
After three weeks of consideration and discussion, the Indian Navy finally decided to purchase six 3,000-ton Talva stealth frigates from the Russian Navy. The total payment amount was US$972 million.
The Indian Navy could not take out this money at once. They borrowed loans from the Russian government to purchase the six warships. Then they paid the principal and interest within ten years.
If you don’t have a loan, it has nothing to do with Mawei’s Beihai Shipyard. Anyway, according to the contract, the two parties will pay 50% first as a deposit, which is 486 million US dollars. The rest will be paid in the middle and final stages of construction.
Six 3,000-ton Talva stealth frigates, one cost only 12.8 million yuan. This international order was smashed, which directly made the shipyard net profit of 900 million US dollars!
Of course, Mawei cannot take over the 900 million US dollars of profit. After all, the Russian Navy is also involved. The military also has its own shipyard, and some orders must be diverted.
But even so, Mavi’s Beihai Shipyard has made a lot of money! Including the ship transformation orders of the little white haters, the Grissa-class frigate orders of the Northern Fleet. Mavi’s shipyard is almost overwhelmed! Even if the number of workers has exceeded 8,500, it feels that there are not enough people.
In the luxury house in the center of Russia, the butler Ivan knocked on Mavi's room and asked him, "Master, the order volume at the Beihai Shipyard is almost saturated. Do you think we will contact a few more shipyards to discuss the acquisition?"
"Yes, go and contact me. If you don't have to be limited to Russia, neighboring countries can also send people to contact me, such as Ukraine."
According to past life memories, Mawei knew that at this time of 2000, not only the Indian Navy needed to buy warships. Malaysia and the Chinese Navy had demands in this regard. They even had demands. If the amount was even greater, the amount would be even greater when purchasing aircraft carriers!
Chapter completed!