Chapter 1481: Second-hand weapon fair (2)

The Rakshas acted urgently and sent a high-level delegation headed by Prime Minister Chernomyrdin and Navy Commander Grumov to Ukran to discuss related matters. The focus of the negotiations was on the three large ships.
For this visit, Uklan also paid enough attention. Prime Minister Kuchma personally accompanied the delegation to the city of Nikolaev on the Black Sea.
Nikolaev City is located in the south of Uklan, adjacent to Kirovgrad Oblast in the north, Odessa Oblast in the west, Kherson and Dnepropetrovsk Oblast in the east, and the Black Sea in the south. It is one of the heavy industrial cities that invested heavily in the pre-Soviet Russia era, especially the shipbuilding industry. In this city, the former Soviet Union built a total of 9 shipyards, large and small, and the city was also named "Wukelan Shipbuilding" Capital".
According to the itinerary, the group first came to the "61 commune member shipyard".
On the No. 1 slipway of the shipyard, they saw the No. 4 ship of the "Glorious Class" guided-missile cruiser under construction-the "Komsomolskaya".
This is a super warship armed to the teeth. On the huge hull, radar and weapon systems are all installed in place, especially the two sideboards, on which the iconic 16 vessels are arranged in a slanted ladder. The huge circular long-range anti-ship missile launcher clearly shows the mission of this warship-it was born to fight all enemies including aircraft carriers in the deep ocean!
But it is a pity that this nearly completed ship has been out of work for a full 10 months, and because of the turmoil of the current situation and the skyrocketing prices, the shipyard workers have to do everything possible to work for their own livelihoods. It has been a long time since nobody I have time to take care of this ship, and even the most basic maintenance work has long been suspended, so that there are spots of rust on the hull.
Naval Commander Grumov is very familiar with this type of "Glorious-class" cruiser. Under his command, there are already three similar giant ships in service, namely "Glorious" and "Marshal Ustinov". "And the "Red Uk Bar", he knew that this type of giant ship was a targeted weapon developed by the former Soviet Russia to counter the American "Ticonderoga" class cruiser. It has perfect sea strike capabilities and air defenses. Defensive ability is the core of the fleet, second only to the aircraft carrier, and it is also the sword and shield for the navy to go to the open sea!
But now, this sword and this shield are rusty.
How could this not let him, the commander of the navy, feel sad.
After a long silence, he asked: "How much money do I need to make it?"
"We have done a calculation of 30 million U.S. dollars, and we only need so much money to complete it." The general manager of the shipyard who accompanied these prominent figures to visit introduced, his eyes flashed with hope: "The main equipment The installation is complete, and only the final finishing touches are left."
For the current "61 commune member shipyard", if the Raksha people can be told to invest the money to complete the ship, it will undoubtedly save the embarrassed shipyard from the brink of bankruptcy.
However, Prime Minister Kuchma who came with him obviously had other ideas. He sternly glared at the factory manager and quickly took over the topic and said: "It may only cost 30 million US dollars to complete it, but it is not necessary to drive it away. , It is now the property of our Ukelan, so if you want to get it, you have to pay for the construction of the entire ship, not just the construction costs for the unfinished part."
"It was the former Soviet Russia who allocated funds to build it. Most of the money has already been paid." Grumov said dissatisfiedly: "You can't use the same thing to sell the money twice, and you can follow the original plan. After the construction of this ship is completed, it will be delivered to the Northern Fleet and it should be the property of our Rakshasa."
"It was very clearly stipulated when the agreement was signed last year. The equipment belongs to wherever it is now. Does General Grumov want to overturn this agreement?" Prime Minister Kuchma immediately retorted: "This ship It is still in our Uklan area, so it belongs to us. You have already stolen the "Kuznetsov". If we didn't go into this matter, it doesn't mean that we don't mind. Are you planning to do it again?"
Grumov's face flushed suddenly, and his eyes shone extremely shameful.
He himself was one of the planners of the action taken on the "Kuznetsov". To be fair, the matter was indeed a bit unnatural, but at that time it was a matter of urgency. You must know that the Kuzhan was The only warship in the entire Rakshasa Navy that can be truly called an "aircraft carrier" is the last bit of blood and hope for the Rakshas to move towards the deep blue. In the emergency situation at that time, no shameful means must be used. .
Chernomyrdin watched the smell of gunpowder in the conversation between the two parties gradually settled, and said quickly: "Prime Minister Kuchma, we Raksha has no intention to deny the property distribution and attribution agreement signed at the beginning, but there is one thing I must remind you. It was originally agreed that some weapons cannot be sold to non-CIS countries, including that."
He said, pointing to the huge missile launching cylinder on the "Komsomolsk": "Whether it is P-500 "Basalt" or P-1000 "Volcanic Rock", these two heavy long-range anti-ship missiles belong to this. Column, since Mr. Prime Minister talked about the agreement just now, I think, you must have noticed this clause, right?"
After being led by others with the reasons just mentioned, Kuchma was speechless for a while, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Yes, I remember this clause, but this means that this ship The ship can only have one buyer from your Rakshasa."
"It originally belonged to our Rakshasa, and it can only belong to our Rakshasa." Grumov also recovered his demeanor at this time, and said with a little triumph: "We can bear the money to build it, but it is only limited to it. So much, unless you plan to let it stay here until it rots."
Kuchma thought for a while, shook his head noncommittal and said: "Grumov, it seems we still need to negotiate this matter. Your conditions are too harsh. Let's go. After reading it here, we will go to the Black Sea Shipyard. , There are two bigger ships."