Because Sun Cheng had been pressing them hard, and with Blackout's arrival, he truly had no idea when the next tough battle would break out. Improving his strength had become an urgent priority.
For major arms deals between nations, delivery taking three to five months was nothing unusual. Even one or two years was hardly surprising.
Sun Cheng had only learned through recent research that there was an odd country in this world called India. It had once been involved in an utterly infuriating arms deal with Russia, the main successor state to the Soviet Union, which had already dissolved in this world.
It was said that India had reached an agreement with Russia at the end of the last century to purchase an aircraft carrier and had even paid in full. Yet now, in 2007, the carrier India had bought was still being refitted in Russia. Even officials had publicly stated that delivery would probably take another three to five years.
Although aircraft carriers were unquestionably the ultimate kings of the arms trade, construction and delivery for most nations generally took at least three or four years, and as many as six or seven. India had undoubtedly been thoroughly fleeced by Russia.
Of course, none of that had anything to do with Sun Cheng. Since he was in a hurry to receive his goods, he naturally could not sit around doing nothing.
So he once again had the Brazilian arms trade executive whose weakness he had caught step in and press N&J on behalf of the Nebrina Trading Import Export Company. He had only one demand: the first shipment could contain fewer items, but it had to be delivered as quickly as possible.
Naturally, Sun Cheng had also willingly paid an additional twenty percent in "handling fees."
After all,