"Didn't they want a prototype for combat experiments?" Xie Kai wondered. "Didn't you say it before, first provide a batch of prototypes to them for testing?"

"No, they are asking for deliveries to start now. Wang Guilin said, "The attitude of Harry Moissan. ”

Mass deliveries of 359 tanks, now is not a good thing.

Xie Kai looked at the two, "Small-scale delivery is okay, but large-scale delivery is definitely not good." We can't smash our own signboards. This kind of tank was originally used by us for foreign trade, and once the signboard is smashed, who will buy it in the future. ”

"Yes, isn't that sad!" Zheng Yucheng said with a bitter face.

They couldn't sell it before, and they were worried.

Now the customer is urging for delivery, and they are still worried.

"It's okay to offer it on a small scale, and I'll talk to Colonel Harry Moissans about this when I get back. "Even if the other party gives cash, everyone is very tempted, and no one wants to smash their signboard.

The positioning of the 359 tank at the beginning was foreign trade, and it was not used domestically, and if foreign trade smashed the signboard, the project was over.

There was nothing to say along the way, and after returning to the base, Xie Kai took the initiative to find Harry Mosan.

"The Tikrit Division is about to be expanded, and the reason why I'm here is to wait for equipment!" Harry Mossan didn't go around in circles, and told Xie Kai straight to the point, "The number of Soviet T-72 main battle tanks available in our hands is not much. ”

"Colonel, there are still a lot of tests that have not been done for the 359 tank. "Xie Kai had known for a long time that the Tikrit Division would be expanded.

Not only that, but Iran's guard will also be expanded.

"It can be delivered and tested at the same time. We need to train soldiers......" said Harry Moissan. "It seems that the tanks left in your country also need to be trained by the Persians, right?"

Harry Moisan looked at Xie Kai calmly.

This made Xie Kai a little embarrassed.

The combination of Iranians and Iraqis in one force has made both sides very unhappy.

If it weren't for the fact that neither side had much choice, it would have been impossible to agree at all, and it would even affect diplomacy between the two countries.

"No, Iran did not purchase our tanks, at least not now. In our domestic training, it is also our experimenters and returnees...... "Xie Kai said.

359 tanks, at a time when Iran did not place an order, naturally it was not possible to provide training.

"We need your country to start providing now, at least the number of tank battalions. "Harry Moissan's cannot be questioned. "Our logistics system, etc., has to be set up from the beginning, and we have a huge number of troops that need to be trained. ”

"I'm sorry, but in order to be responsible for you, we can't start providing it right now. Xie Kai shook his head resolutely, "If you really need it urgently, we can provide a prototype vehicle for combat experiments, at most one company." According to the establishment of your country, a tank company has 3 platoons, 3 vehicles in each platoon, plus 2 vehicles in the company headquarters, for a total of 11 vehicles. ”

11 prototypes, which is not a low cost.

Shekai really didn't know why the Iraqis were so desperate.

They have purchased more than 2,000 Type 69 main battle tanks from China, and there should be no shortage of tanks.

"Can't provide more?" Harry Moisan didn't understand why Xie Kai refused, "We will pay all the cash in advance for those provided." ”

"I'm sorry, but even if you increase the price, we can't provide it. After all, after-sales service and so on need to be done by us. Tanks that have not been tested and finalized will have a very high failure rate......" Xie Kai could not agree to for the sake of signboards, "At the same time, we have not carried out too much training of operators in China, and we cannot provide after-sales service because of the number of them. The number of companies is already the limit, which requires a technical team of dozens of people to train your operators, drivers and logistics personnel......"

"What about the price, if it's in the quantity we ask, we won't care about the price!" Harry Moissan, knowing that the whole 404 was greedy for money, and he was talking about it.

Xie Kai shook his head, "Since it is a test sample car now, what is provided to you is also to assist us in the test and obtain more test data, and I can make the decision for each car at a price of 2.5 million US dollars." That's the equivalent of $500,000 per tank!"

"We're helping you test, and you're still asking us to pay so much, shouldn't it be free?" Harry Moissan.

Xie Kai finally understood what the other party was planning.

Who said Iraqis are stupid with money?

Obviously, they used this as an excuse to ask for large-scale deliveries when the Chinese side did not have a finalized shape, and when they used them with many failures, the base would definitely replace the first batch of tanks supplied in order to maintain its reputation.

In that case, even fifty tanks would cost tens of millions of dollars.

No profit can not afford to be early.

"Colonel, tank tests, we don't need to produce so many prototypes, because design improvements are made during the tests...... These are just prototypes. Without any improvement, why do we produce so much?" Xie Kai said seemed to make a lot of sense. "Even if you help us experiment, we still have to test and improve...... There are even upgrades to the prototypes you procure......"

In order to finalize the 359 tank faster, and at the same time let the Iraqis bear the cost of the test, Xie Kai will not send them a sample car for free.

The Iraqis were desperate for this tank, and there must have been a purpose.

Xie Kai vaguely guessed a possibility, but he was not sure, that it must involve some interests between the Tikrit division and the IDF in Iraq.

It has nothing to do with him.

Anyway, it's impossible to give a prototype for free, not a single one.

Harry Mossan couldn't refute Xie Kai's words.

"Colonel, if you urgently need it, we can sign a contract, and after signing the contract, we will start cutting materials for production, 11 prototypes, which should be ready for delivery within 3 months. ”

Xie Kai dropped such a sentence and left.

Harry Moisan was left to himself, "Did they know our purpose?"

"How?" Zheng Yucheng had been waiting for Xie Kai's news.

"$2.5 million a unit, with the first batch of 11 vehicles, the size of a company, the Tikrit Division is likely to be fighting with the Iraqi Defense Forces for rights. So, even if it's not finalized, they have to get a batch of ......," Xie Kai said his guess.

Saddam Hussein was not worried about the Wehrmacht, and the Tikrit division would expand to more than 100,000 men.

This is the most elite force of the entire Iraqis.

The current Tikrite division has only one division.

"Aren't you afraid to smash our signboard?"

"As long as there are no major problems. It just so happens that the desert temperature in Iraq is high now, so we have to go over to do extreme high temperature tests to see the adaptability of our tanks in the desert environment. They will be counting on this group of technicians to help set up a complete logistical support. This will also provide some experience for the construction of our garrison regiment. Xie Kai's abacus was very loud.

More than a dozen prototypes of the 359 tank, which Iraq obtained, should have been used for training at the beginning.

"Start ordering now?"

"No, wait for them to sign the contract and the funds will arrive. In this way, the cost of producing a new prototype will be borne by them!" Xie Kai shook his head.

"What about the 122-mm self-propelled howitzer?"

"This thing can also be produced with this batch of funds, and when they don't order it, we can directly send one or two sample guns. Actual combat data is not readily available. The war on the southwestern frontier will hardly meet our test conditions. Xie Kai said. "When the 122-mm self-propelled howitzer sample gun is tested, a few will be provided to them first. ”

The 122-mm self-propelled howitzer was originally intended for rear support of tanks.

Many technologies, in fact, are also universal, such as fire control, etc.

"...... Iran's side"

"Ignore them for the time being, Iraq gets these things, and they will definitely be used for actual combat testing, and when the Iranians see the effect, they will naturally look for us. "Xie Kai knows that if any weapon wants to be sold to two families, one must use it.

Let the other party see the power, and will purchase from China.

Iran purchased a large number of Type 69 main battle tanks from China, that is, because it captured Iraqi tanks on the battlefield and found that this kind of tank was simple to operate, easy to use, and suitable for the operation of military personnel with a low level of education in their country, so they imported it from China.

Even the J-7 was purchased by Iraq after it was purchased, and in the end it was found that it could not be done and was transferred.

Otherwise, Xie Kai would not have been so deliberate in wanting to sell all kinds of equipment to the battlefield between Iran and Iraq.

"If both sides have it, and fight on the battlefield with our equipment, this ......" If both sides charge on the battlefield with weapons and equipment from China, the picture is too beautiful, and Zheng Yucheng is a little unimaginable.

Xie Kai grinned, "The two warring sides, if they find that the weapons and equipment of both sides are evenly matched, the continuation of the war will only make both of them continue to lose, and the gains outweigh the losses." Eventually, the two sides will shake hands and make peace. ”

"You won't say that we are contributing to world peace! There is no one like you who is shameless but you. Wang Guilin was amused by Xie Kai's words.

Zheng Yucheng is also a guaner.

Only Xie Kai is serious, "That's the way it is." ”

Zheng Yucheng, how did they know that Xie Kai sent advanced weapons and equipment to the battlefield between Iran and Iraq, not for anything else, but specifically for the US imperialists.

If the Iran-Iraq war ends early, the Iraqis recuperate for two more years, and the Gulf War breaks out, the outcome of the war should not be rewritten, but the course of the war will definitely change.

It just so happens that now Iraqis are their first users.

The first user of the 359 tank is also Iraq, and as long as the time comes, as long as the order for a few of the most advanced M1 and 359 tanks can be overturned, there will be a steady stream.

The Type 69 tank was destroyed too much by the US military in the Gulf War, so that China's heavy equipment sales abroad have not broken through for decades.