Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1180 - 990: Flee at the Mere Sight of the Enemy’s Approach

Chapter 1180: Chapter 990: Flee at the Mere Sight of the Enemy’s Approach

Shao Yigu was highly efficient in getting things done. The day after Wang Ye made the call, he had completed the procedures and sent Wang Ye the sales list.

Looking at the list, Wang Ye found an unexpected "surprise"!

Aside from the complete Aviation Combat Brigade mentioned over the phone, it even included an air defense battalion!

Clearly, Shao Yigu had given this more thought, afraid that having only fighter jets wouldn’t be enough to overcome Blackwater, or that a real battle might lead to a pyrrhic victory with heavy casualties.

So he simply decided to add an air defense battalion to the package!

It contained one battalion with four launch units, sixteen launch systems, and 98 48N6E missiles!

That is the renowned S300 air defense missile system...

Once deployed in Africa, it would not only make Blackwater’s several dozen outdated fighter jets obsolete, but most regular military forces wouldn’t dare to test the power of the S300 system either!

With the Aviation Combat Brigade complemented by a ground air defense battalion, Wang Ye’s own fighter jets could fly freely and with ease, while the enemy’s fighter jets wouldn’t dare show their faces!

How would Blackwater compete with that...

Beyond the S300, the main attraction was naturally those fifty fighter jets.

Although Shao Yigu said over the phone that the models of the planes were dated, that was just his modesty speaking.

On the sales list, the SU-27 was prominently included!

And there were as many as twenty of them!

These were the backbone models of Russia’s air force. The other thirty planes were also impressive, consisting of Mig-29s.

It was clear that Shao Yigu was truly generous this time around!

However, this kind of deal wasn’t likely something he could decide on his own; he must have sought approval from the Kremlin. Only after the father-in-law had spoken could such a sales list have come about.

It wasn’t hard to understand. Wagner was essentially Wang Ye’s "private army," and now that Wang Ye was practically family with the Kremlin, his father-in-law naturally wished to see Wang Ye’s power grow stronger!

There were some things he himself couldn’t directly handle, so they could be conveniently passed to Wang Ye, thereby attracting less attention.

Fifty fighter jets and the S300—if priced at the normal international arms sales rate, they would cost a fortune!

Just the jets, whether SU-27s or Mig-29s, were both very expensive, roughly thirty million US dollars each.

As for the S300, those were even pricier than the fighter jets!

For reference, a certain country had purchased a substantial number of S300 systems from Russia.

A battalion unit, meaning four launch units, sixteen launch systems, and 98 48N6E missiles, cost a neat two hundred million dollars...

And that was in US dollars!

But the price for selling to Wang Ye would certainly not be the international arms sale price; it had to be the cost price with a discount!

After all, these items had been "retired" from military service, second-hand goods, practically given away at half-price.

The average price for a fighter jet was five million US dollars, and a battalion unit of the S300 was only fifty million US dollars, totaling three hundred million dollars altogether.

As for the personnel, well, they couldn’t be counted in monetary terms, given they all came from downsized military ranks. Now that Wang Ye was taking them all "in one package," it was as if he was helping the country to settle veterans.

How could Shao Yigu have the audacity to ask for more money from him then.

After looking over the list, Wang Ye promptly signed his agreement, instructing Wagner on their end to make the payment and expedite the handover.

After all, the situation with Androf was very tense, and conflict could break out at any moment!

The earlier that equipment arrived at the African base, the greater their chances of victory.

...

After resting in Petersburg for a week, Wang Ye sent Angelina back to Simferopol on his private plane and then returned to Moscow to dive back into his busy workload.

Although he had been gone for just a week, the documents piled up on his desk had already accumulated like a mountain...

It was inevitable, considering the vast number of tasks he was now responsible for.

The string of titles he held was something even Wang Ye himself might not always articulate clearly.

Meanwhile, at Wagner’s main base in Burkina Faso, Africa, new comrades and equipment were warmly welcomed.

The scale of this base was immense, expanding over time to cover nearly fifty square kilometers!

It featured not only barracks and training fields, but also various shops and entertainment facilities, as well as a standard military airport capable of handling large transport planes.

This was Wagner’s major stronghold in Africa.

It was so because the current president of Burkina Faso was an old friend of Wagner’s, also Wang Ye’s former roommate from Friendship University, Little Dark Moomoo!

Without Wagner’s full support, Moomoo could never have achieved his current position.

So he was very aware of what he truly relied on.

One of his first acts after taking office was to entrust the entire country’s security to Wagner Company, retaining only the police system to maintain social security.

Since they had no intention of engaging in foreign wars and Burkina Faso was incredibly poor—a country so impoverished that even former colonial governors had gone bankrupt—it was obvious that no other country would covet it now...

Even conquering Burkina Faso would gain nothing, apart from dealing with over ten million desperately poor citizens. That wouldn’t be an invasion but rather a poverty aid mission!

Even Moomoo’s personal security detail was handed over to Wagner. This was his way of showing his stance, firmly tying his political future to Wagner.

Over the years, Wagner used Burkina Faso as its main base to begin expanding in all directions.

If they encountered any thorny issues, they could also utilize the state of Burkina Faso to officially intervene and facilitate communications.