Chapter 31: 31: Simply Crazy

Compared to the disappointed Karman, Joe Ga didn't find it surprising at all.

He had been in North Africa for a while now, and there were many legends about the late Colonel Ka circulating among the locals.

Tales of secret treasuries and bases were endless.

The discovery of this secret base now proved that the rumors were not unfounded but based on fact.

Nis's decision to give this base to him so readily was first and foremost driven by a desire for revenge; more importantly, she simply lacked the capability to deal with all the equipment here.

Joe Ga certainly didn't have that capability either, as repairing all those nearly scrapped items would cost almost as much as buying new ones. Of course, he could do it if he took it slow, but this unlucky place wasn't suitable, and those items were too conspicuous.

Compared to the almost useless tanks and armored vehicles, Joe Ga spotted something useful on a few armored vehicles.

The 'Automatic Weapon Stations' mounted on some armored vehicles were still considered advanced even today.

Selling the armored vehicles was out of the question for Joe Ga, but he could manage to take the automatic weapon stations and their fire control systems and install them on pickups or large off-road vehicles.

He didn't know if he could sell them, but for personal use, they were absolutely an advantage in land combat.

A single person driving, another playing a game, firing 50 grenades or hundreds of large-caliber bullets at the enemy—this was a revolutionary way of fighting in Africa, where the AK47 was still the mainstream weapon.

Moreover, Joe Ga had a secret unknown to others, namely the 'Universal Toolbox'.

This miraculous processing center required material from the outside world as raw materials, which it synthesized into suitable materials.

In the past, Joe Ga used to idle around the rubbish dumps in Khartoum and at various vehicle disposal sites, looking for suitable raw materials.

Not anymore; this time he could certainly fill the raw material warehouse all at once. Since he couldn't sell them, it would be a waste to leave these high-quality materials here.

Furthermore, by scanning, Joe Ga could obtain detailed schematics of the tanks and armored vehicles. If he desired, he could replicate components and assemble an entirely new land combat weapon.

However, doing these things in front of Nis and Karman would be too shocking; these items weren't going anywhere, so there would be plenty of opportunities to process them later on.

Compared to the land combat weapons stored out in the open, Joe Ga was even more interested in the contents of the warehouse.

As an arms dealer who couldn't even produce 500 AKs, it was indeed inappropriate, and using his Omnipotent Toolbox to make AKs was a waste.

Amidst his greed, Joe Ga still didn't know what he had laid his hands on, but it was only when he pushed open the doors of a warehouse and stepped inside that he realized what 'hot potato' meant.

The warehouse, built along the mountain side, was immensely large and divided into several areas.

The largest area was reserved for storing squad-level light weapons, filled with a copious number of AK74 automatic rifles, PKM machine guns, RPG-7s, AT-4 anti-tank missiles, SAM-24 surface-to-air missiles, mortars of various calibers, recoilless guns, and dozens of well-preserved large military trucks.

Joe Ga didn't have time to count the exact number of weapons, but a rough estimate revealed that the light weapons here were sufficient to arm thousands of people. In Africa, owning these weapons meant that basically no one dared to provoke you.

These were still considered normal, as Russian-made light weapons are everywhere in the world, and you can almost always find them on battlefields. Selling them shouldn't pose too much of a problem, but the items that followed were a bit outrageous.

Passing through several warehouses, led by Nis, Joe Ga entered an enormous hangar that was strung together by a number of smaller hangars.

Inside were 6 Mi-24 'Hind' armed helicopters, 8 Mi-8 'Hippo' transport helicopters, and what was most outrageous, there were also 2 beautifully designed Super Albatross propeller fighter planes.

The warehouse was equipped with a full set of maintenance tools and also had two refueling trucks.

If these could still be considered normal, then it was when Joe Ga and his team made their way to the ammunition depot within the warehouse that he realized how terrifying the contents here were.

Heavy machine guns and rocket launchers were standard issue, but what Joe Ga found most frightening was the presence of 16 Russian-made aviation cluster bombs and 80 aerial thermobaric bombs.

For anyone, these weapons were mass destruction devices and outrageously expensive.

Nis was indeed right; if Joe Ga was a guy who came from some special forces and could pilot a 'Hind', that Jindawei guy would be nothing. Pinpoint his location and just a few rounds of rocket fire would do the job, no need for a head-on fight.

Unfortunately, Joe Ga couldn't fly a helicopter, and even if he could, the 'Hind' needed two people to function in combat.

In the tandem cockpit, the position in front was for the weapons operator. Without a weapons operator, the 'Hind' was just a reasonably good transport helicopter.

From this it was also clear that Nis had no concept of these high-end toys; otherwise, she wouldn't even mention the Mi-24 because it was nothing more than eye candy for a squad like Joe Ga's. Searᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

After wandering around the massive hangar for a long time with an awe-inspired mind, Joe Ga made up his mind to sign up for flying lessons as soon as he returned, both helicopters and planes.

Joe Ga thought that sooner or later he would take these big toys out for a spin, even if not for sale; keeping them for his own use was good too.

The 'Hind' was too conspicuous, but the Mi-8 'Hippo' was incredibly useful.

With a change of paint and some money spent on paperwork, like what Sayram did by starting an airplane rental company, he could legitimately put this thing to use.

Actually, Joe Ga's favorite were those two Big Beak Birds because he could barely manage to fly these small planes. After all, every man wants to try flying a fighter jet.

Unfortunately, such pure combat planes were far too conspicuous in Africa; without a reliable channel and paperwork, even converting it to a trainer plane risked attracting outside attention.

Embracing the philosophy of not letting the opportunity go to waste, Joe Ga went to sit in the cockpits of the 'Hind' and the Big Beak Bird to experience the charm of modern weaponry and, with reluctance, finally climbed out of the planes.

After leaving the hangar, he entered the most core area of the base, then Joe Ga saw a heavy iron door, sprayed with a bio-chemical weapon warning sign that made one's calves cramp.

Watching Karman rubbing his hands and grasping the wheel on the door, Joe Ga quickly waived his hands and called out, "Don't, don't, don't—it's too dangerous inside.

FUCK, no wonder the whole world has no sympathy for Colonel Ka, the guy is simply mad. He actually stored chemical weapons in a secret base.

No wonder there are people eyeing these bases from the outside. They're definitely not just after the money."