Capítulo 1795: Chapter 1774: That Damn Brother-in-Law

In everyone’s eyes, Grand Ivan, the ruler, has abdicated, and Gao Yang, this guy who appeared out of nowhere, has ascended the throne.

The new emperor on the throne always has to do something, right? Clear out the old forces and replace them with people he trusts, that’s reasonable, right?

Gao Yang, the new emperor, has just completed a purge. To be precise, it’s just been carried out. Whether it’s over, only Gao Yang knows, and only he can choose when to end it. So regardless of why it was initiated, a purge is a purge. Even if it’s initiated to root out traitors, it’s easy to slightly expand the scope, right? That’s reasonable.

So the problem arises. Kanchelskis, representing the old forces, just received praise from the new boss and was told he could keep everything the same, yet this major mess just came to light.

If Kanchelskis decided to ignore everything and simply take out the new emperor Gao Yang, that would be one thing. But the problem is, Kanchelskis doesn’t dare, he wouldn’t dare even if it killed him. To be honest, Kanchelskis now thinks he’d be quite satisfied if only he died without dragging his family down with him.

So, Kanchelskis is really dumbfounded with fear.

“I don’t know, I’m sorry, I-I don’t know…”

Kanchelskis’s teeth were chattering, and he struggled to say that he didn’t know.

Gao Yang held his head with both hands, because he was really angry, extremely angry.

Artillery is expensive!

Artillery is really expensive, especially the large-caliber ones. Don’t be fooled by the fact that artillery is the most common conventional weapon; it’s not that cheap.

Self-propelled artillery, not talking about the system, just a single vehicle, with not so high tech content. For example, Russia’s 2S19 self-propelled artillery sells for three million dollars per unit. The fully integrated, high-tech ones, like Germany’s PZH-2000 self-propelled artillery, cost around seven million dollars each.

Gao Yang lost towed artillery, not self-propelled, but towed artillery isn’t cheap either. How much does one of the most advanced M777 155mm towed howitzers cost? A whopping four hundred and fifty thousand dollars each! Of course, this is the most advanced cannon, so it’s very expensive, but how much does a Swedish FH77 towed howitzer, developed in the 1960s and equipped in the 1970s, cost? Seventy thousand US dollars! And when sold to famous big spenders like India, Sweden dares to ask for two hundred thousand dollars per cannon, not including kickbacks.

The cannons Gao Yang lost are cheaper, because they are Russian, good quality at a low price, but the 2A65 at least costs thirty thousand dollars apiece, friends price, clearance sale price, no way to get it any lower, it can’t be any less.

Now, great, 36 cannons have just disappeared, also lost eighty thousand shells.

Not to mention that different artillery shell types cost differently, just the cheapest type, a 152mm artillery shell sells for at least five hundred dollars, that’s the cheapest type! At least!

Warfare is burning money, it’s not just talk.

Conservatively estimated, losing 36 cannons means losing ten million dollars; losing eight thousand shells means at least four million dollars, adding up to fourteen million just gone.

But what makes Gao Yang angriest is not the fourteen million, it’s that the artillery, which could soon be shipped to Somalia and put to use within a month, is just gone, and who knows how long it will take to get another 36 cannons, not to mention when they could be shipped to Somalia.

The thing with arms, when there’s no war, they’re just decoration, so both Grand Ivan and Gao Yang can easily pull them from Ukraine’s arsenals. Even if it’s artillery already equipped by the Ukrainian Army, they could easily report it damaged and pull out the artillery.

But is it the same now? Now that Ukraine has started fighting, can these arms be the same between peacetime and wartime? Not to mention the price, the Ukrainian army is moving in bulk to the east with their artillery, with entire arsenals being moved out for equipment, and then going to war. For Gao Yang to get another 36 cannons, how much effort would he need?

Gao Yang is about to go crazy with anger, Kanchelskis is about to be scared stupid.

“You don’t know? Hmm? You don’t know?”

Gao Yang lowered his hands from his head, pointed at the empty space in front of him, turned to look at Kanchelskis, and shouted, “A cannon! Over ten meters long! Seven tons! Just sitting there, all new and shiny, covered in waterproof canvas, and it’s just gone! Gone, I’m not even asking where the shells went! Tell me now! Where did my cannons go!”

Kanchelskis was close to tears, he looked at the empty space with a face full of bewilderment and despair, trembling, said, “They were still here the last time I came, they were still here the last time I came. I didn’t do anything wrong, I absolutely didn’t do anything, I really don’t know what happened, damn it, what’s going on!”

Gao Yang was so angry he laughed, he laughed, “They were here the last time you came? The last time you came, they were still here!”

Kanchelskis said with a crying face, “The last time I came was half a month ago, I’ve been really busy lately, chaotic and busy, I haven’t had time to check here, there was nothing urgent to be moved, sorry Peter, I really don’t know what happened!”

Gao Yang roared, “Then why aren’t you checking already! Did my cannons grow legs and walk away on their own!”

Even though he was roaring, Gao Yang’s words already showed his trust in Kanchelskis.

The reason is simple, Gao Yang thinks if Kanchelskis had taken those cannons, he wouldn’t, for any reason, bring him here to the warehouse. There are too many reasons; at least, Kanchelskis has countless ways to avoid facing the reality of being discovered by him that the cannons have disappeared.

Kanchelskis, of course, understood what Gao Yang’s roar meant. He immediately turned around and shouted at his driver and bodyguard, “Go bring that damned Piatov to me, take people, and don’t let him run away!”

The driver ran off like the wind, Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, slightly calmer, he loudly asked, “Who is he?”

“He’s responsible for managing the warehouse, all these warehouses are under his care. I’ve always trusted him, but I didn’t expect, something like this would happen, if there’s a problem, it must be related to him, damn it, it must be related to him.”

After saying it with a crying face, hesitating for a moment, Kanchelskis said in a more dejected tone, “I think I have to tell you, Piatov, he’s my wife’s brother…”

Gao Yang looked at Kanchelskis in surprise, Kanchelskis was about to cry, he said quietly, “For these kinds of things, it’s better to have someone you trust in charge, and family is relatively more trustworthy, but I didn’t expect something like this to happen.”

Gao Yang’s mouth twitched a few times, then with a touch of helplessness, he said, “Ha, haha, brother-in-law, Kanchelskis, your brother-in-law screwed you.”