Shannuo's words silenced Prime Minister Al-Sabah, who was in charge of the small country of Kuwait. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Middle East at this time is not the Middle East thirty years later. The streets of Kuwait are full of well-dressed women, fashionable and open. Although men are not very motivated at work, they are at least willing to accept the ideas of modern society.

Iran's religious revolution, or fundamentalist countercurrent, threatens stability in the Middle East, but it is also why other countries have gone to great lengths to support Iraq.

To put it simply, the Middle East in the eighties was not entirely the preserve of the United States, and the declining Soviet Union still had a natural influence in the region. Prime Minister Al-Sabah, as the head of state of Kuwait, will certainly not be willing to be a vassal of the United States.

Indeed, as Sanno said. The trilateral cooperation project between China, Iraq and Kuwait is a rare opportunity for Kuwait and Iraq, which are Middle Eastern countries.

Even if the joint development of the three countries is just a pretense, even if China opens up some of the positions in the R&D project to Iraq and Kuwait, the two countries will not have enough R&D personnel to fill them.

But after the completion of the project, the temptation for China to promise to transfer technology to Iraq and Kuwait is too great.

Although the industries of the two countries are not enough to support them to achieve full 100% self-production, even obtaining the assembly capacity of this system is quite an amazing breakthrough for both countries.

With such a breakthrough, Iran and Kuwait can never count on Western countries.

Western arms dealers will only sell them castrated versions of finished weapons, and even the people who operate them are hired from Western countries.

Don't even think about transferring weapons production technology?

Only China can come up with such conditions. Although it is not a spot, neither Saddam nor Sabah can doubt whether China can complete the project.

The price is cheap, the conditions are impressive, how could Kuwait not want to participate in such a project?

But Kuwait has its own political position, and it is even less likely to resist US pressure. No matter how good the project is, the Americans will not let go, and there is only a limit to what Kuwait can do.

Even Kuwaiti Prime Minister Al-Sabah is often unable to decide international affairs on his own.

In Kuwait, he may be able to make his words true, but unfortunately, once the issue involves international affairs and the United States, he can only carefully weigh the pros and cons.

If Shannuo is facing a hegemon with great talent, he may even grit his teeth and withstand the interference of the Americans and strive for a chance for the country's independence. It's a pity that even Erdogan, the "Heavenly Khan", did not resist the pressure of the United States back then, gave up the Hongqi Jiu, which was better in performance and price, and turned his head to hug the cold ass of the Americans with a hot face.

Of course, it is fair to say that Erdogan did not really want to buy Hongqi Jiu back then, but just wanted to use China's entry to lower the price of the United States and Russia.

It's a pity that China later saw this little abacus of the local chicken, and simply flipped the table. Erdogan, who had a good calculation, had to turn back and face the patriot family that had no competitors at all, and the bitter fruit could only be knocked out and blood swallowed.

What did Erdoğan put so much effort into turning his mind for back then? It was for the sake of the situation that Kuwaitis are facing today -- technology transfer.

Although China is willing to supply goods at low prices and transfer technology, it is a pity that Turkey's defense cannot be independent, and good things can only be watched in the face of US interference. If they want to introduce the technology of the Patriot missile, the Americans have always guarded against it.

If you want the goods, you can, but if you don't have stock, the waiting time is at least 40 months. Anyway, it's more expensive than Red Arrow Nine. Transfer technology? Chicken, wash and sleep.

Tossed and slipped thirteen moves, and in the end, the local chicken still didn't get anything. On the contrary, it was its sworn enemy, Greece, that got the Russian S-300 from Cyprus, which simply made the international arms sellers who watched the show laugh off their teeth.

Speaking of the S-300 in Cyprus, the native chicken is also a big joke. In the 90s, Turkish fighter jets repeatedly violated the airspace of Cyprus and were equipped with ATACMS US Army tactical missiles capable of threatening the entire territory of Cyprus.

After all the searches, Cyprus finally got into contact with Russia and got the opportunity to buy the S-300. Cyprus, which has been suffering from Turkey for a long time, smashed the pot and sold iron, and got two companies of full S-300 systems. Including radar, early warning and command systems, as well as 36 anti-aircraft missiles.

In this way, it is Turkey that blew up the hair. It is claimed that the equipment, once delivered to Cyprus, would launch a pre-emptive strike against the missile facility or declare war on Cyprus.

Sadly, the airspace of Cyprus was violated without a declaration of war, and the missiles that covered the territory were directed without a declaration of war. As a result, 36 defensive weapons were purchased, and Turkey, the aggressor, threatened to declare war!

Unfortunately, Cyprus is a small country, and the whole country is just an island in the Mediterranean, so what is the reason?

So Cyprus sold the S-300 that had not yet docked to Turkey to Turkey's sworn enemy, which made Greece feel like a sister Lin had fallen from the sky and was stunned, and she was about to find the north! Because Greece itself is a NATO country, and if it were not for such an opportunity, it would not be able to buy Russian weapons!

This batch of S-300s greatly strengthened Greece's air defense capabilities, and made Turkey's dream of regional hegemony in vain. Cyprus, on the other hand, received a large number of short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles and 12 155 self-propelled howitzers from Greece, and its national defense capability has generally been upgraded to a new level, and a win-win situation has been obtained.

And what is left for the local chickens is the end of stealing chickens and rice. It is not the first time that the Americans have cheated on the chickens, Greece purchased a full 170 Leopard 2A6 tanks from Germany that year, and the performance completely suppressed the Turkish Leopard 2A4 tank. And the response of the United States and Europe to Turkey's purchase of tanks against Greece......

Germany rejected Turkey's request to purchase Leopard 2A6. Then the United States stood up and stuffed the M60 tanks into the arms of the local chickens -- in line with the principle that the customer is God, these old-fashioned second-hand goods were at least replaced with 120 tubes! The Yankees are already very conscientious!

Greece and Turkey, the "little Cold War" opponents, have loved and killed each other for decades. Even when Greece was in debt crisis and the country went bankrupt, it could not stop Greece from exchanging the treasury gold for Russia's S-300P for its own anti-aircraft missiles.

With such neighbors, the local chickens can only play the arms race with their teeth. But of course, the protagonists of the arms race between these two countries are all imported from foreign countries. What real money bought back is nothing more than a bunch of disposable troops.

Speaking of Hongqi 9, China withdrew from the bid, and the United States will never transfer technology, and the minimum supply time is 40 months. The plan to acquire long-range anti-aircraft missile systems from abroad in the short term is in a desperate situation, and no one wants to come out to help it because of its bad reputation. At this time, the Americans came to the bottom of the pot again, announcing that because Syria had lost the ability to strike Turkey from the air, they turned around and withdrew the Patriot missiles deployed at military bases in Turkey!

What about the pit chicken!

Turkey's air defense and missile defense has never been Syria, but the feud with Greece! But there is no way to say this, because both countries are NATO members, and fighting the Yankees in the nest will turn their faces.

There are no patriots of the Americans, and there is no transfer of technology, but this will not be difficult for the great Erdogan. The proud native chicken said that we will develop long-range air defense missiles on our own! The young master's body is running away from the hall!

As a result, there is no more news about long-range anti-aircraft missiles in the world.

It can be seen from this that the transfer of technology means to these countries in the Middle East, and how can Prime Minister Sabah's words not be touched at all by Shanno's words?

Under the watchful eyes of Shannuo, Zhang Shaozhong and Wright, Prime Minister Sabah was silent for a moment.

His eyes, it should be said that in these Middle Eastern royal families, there seems to be a pair of sexy and beautiful eyes. Their eyelashes, in particular, can make a woman scream. Unfortunately, the Kuwaiti royal family is not known for its looks. Except for a pair of eyes, Prime Minister Sabah can only be said to be mediocre.

However, at this time, even this pair of eyes lost their luster at this time. He was stunned for a moment, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about a small problem.

In his position, emotional control is not there at all times. It is already very rare to be able to express so many emotions.

"You're from China, a regimental commander in the army. Prime Minister Al-Sabah whispered: "I heard that the Chinese are not rich, your per capita income is terrible, but there is no doubt that you are a strong country." ”

"In China, maybe you're just an ordinary officer. But if it's in Kuwait, a regimental commander of the Army, I might have to give you the rank of General of the National Guard. Kuwait is a rich country, and our citizens don't like military service, so I have to try to meet the needs of my soldiers so that they can be used by me. He smiled wryly: "You are all foreigners, in such an informal setting, so I can complain a little." ”

"Kuwait needs a strong defence to protect our wealth. But it can be seen that our own strength is not enough to protect ourselves. So Kuwait needs the protection of the Americans - as well as friendship, and Kuwait needs to listen to the United States in the matter of defense, which is beneficial to Kuwait. My Chinese friends, you know what I mean?"

Prime Minister Sabah's remarks can be said to be a very, very face-saving explanation. Of course, it is also in such informal occasions that he will reveal such a side.

Normally, he probably didn't need to answer any of Sanno's questions. Or answer the previous word: NO, and it will be enough to end the question. But when he said such a thing with emotion, it could even be said that he was giving an explanation to Shanno.

This attitude is placed on the **** of a country and the prime minister, and it can be said that there is nothing more to ask for.

It should be said that Shanno's words really touched the heart of Prime Minister Sabah. Strategically, however, the protection of the United States is undoubtedly a more important security guarantee than any advanced weapons and industry.

Prime Minister Al-Sabah clearly explained this truth, not only to Shannuo and Zhang Shaozhong, but also to Wright and the people behind him. This means that Prime Minister Al-Sabah has a very clear understanding of US-Kuwait relations, and even more so, of Kuwait itself, and he is a very qualified political figure. Sober, sane, and free from unnecessary and dangerous adventures.

Sanno stood up and bowed, but he didn't salute. From a personal point of view, he felt acceptable and even somewhat flattered by Prime Minister Sabah's explanation, and there was no doubt that the two had a huge difference in status.

On the other hand, however, as a military man, especially a military man of a great country. I'm sorry, but he understands Prime Minister Sabah's purely political choice, but he doesn't agree with it.

What is the difference between such a country, he actually wants to say, and those proxies supported by the great powers in China in the past? A country like Kuwait may seem to be independent on the surface, but in fact what is the difference between it and a protected state of the United States?

As Prime Minister Al-Sabah said, as a citizen of a large country, I think it is really impossible to understand the thinking of these countries.

In that case, let's stop there.

Although he is unwilling to admit defeat, he is not a person who cannot afford to lose. Now that all the efforts that can be made have been made, then accept the result safely.

Kuwait's rejection of China's proposal has had an impact on China's military equipment research and development. But if the losses are even greater, who knows if Kuwait will one day regret rejecting this offer?

Shannuo nodded and said calmly: "I understand what Mr. Prime Minister means, and I will convey your opinion to my leadership, as well as the Iraqi side." ”

"I hope it will not affect the friendship between China and Kuwait. Prime Minister Al-Sabah smiled.

"Personally, I am very envious of the life of Kuwaitis. Shanno straightened his back and said, "I hope that one day, my home country will be able to live as rich as the Kuwaitis." ”

"Oh, it's not easy. Wright stood up, obviously with some mockery: "If all Chinese live the life of Kuwaitis, I am afraid that it will not be possible to gather all the wealth of this world." ”

Mr. Wright is not right. Shannuo shook his head: "We don't need to gather the wealth of the world, we create our own wealth." ”

“anyway――”

Wright stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, seemingly indifferent to Shannuo's words: "I'm afraid this meeting will end here, does Shanno have any other opinions?"

Shannuo and Zhang Shaozhong glanced at each other, so they had no choice but to caress their chests and bow to Prime Minister Sabah to retire.

Prime Minister Sabah smiled and nodded, watching as Wright sent the two out of his field of vision.

Standing on the streets of Kuwait, the cold wind of the desert at night is like a knife. Wright put on his sunglasses and asked someone to call a taxi for him in a gentlemanly manner.

He stretched out his hand, with a victor's smile, and said proudly: "I hope this is the last time I will see the head of Shannuo in Kuwait, and the Chinese side should abide by our agreement, and the trilateral cooperation project will end here, right?"

In fact, after understanding Kuwait's attitude, the actual organization had already made plans for the withdrawal. It's just that Shannuo didn't admit defeat and made this last effort.

At this point, there is nothing more to say. Shannuo nodded: "Mr. Wright, don't worry, I still have the spirit of willing to gamble and lose." But only this time, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Mr. Wright, and I'll be back one day. ”

Shanno is not particularly upset about this, although there is no Kuwaiti project, but the Iraqis have already made enough money at home. The traditional arms trade, **** tanks and all kinds of light weapons, military supplies, silkworm missiles and Jian-7 fighters. It was already enough for the domestic military industrial system to survive for several years, and now an Iraqi C3I project has been added, which has scraped at least $20 billion of land on Iraq, and Iraq's sky is three feet high.

With Iraq as a starting point, Shanno believes that sooner or later the country will have to carry out a systematic upgrade of the army. When that time comes, Chinese products will no longer be rejected by the Americans as they are now.

In fact, Shannuo's synthetic regiment is now intended to be used as a pilot for military reform. Nominally, it is a regiment, but in fact, with the formation of new equipment and new formations, the army is already considering upgrading the composite regiment to a composite brigade.

If it weren't for the fact that the Navy had come forward to borrow someone, hoping to take advantage of the relationship Shanno had established during the construction in Iraq to try to open up the passage on the Kuwaiti side, he would have really organized the work of promoting the regiment to the brigade in China now.

Mechanized infantry battalions, armored battalions, special operations, road aviation and electronic countermeasures, anti-chemical warfare, air defense, fire support, logistics, so many functions are concentrated in the brigade establishment, and the test for the commander can be imagined. Not only that, but the new establishment has also brought new equipment, and the battlefield command system is now almost a year in China, and the first equipment to come out of the new version is Shannuo's composite regiment -- soon, it will be called a composite brigade.

Air defense no longer has to count on the Type 80 57-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and now his composite regimental air defense battalion is armed with a domestic model of Hongqi-7 anti-aircraft missiles imitating the Sidewinder. The reconnaissance battalion is not only equipped with digital communications equipment, but also equipped with unmanned reconnaissance planes and communications relay reconnaissance planes.

There is also a new self-propelled artillery project, although the finished product is still in the research and development stage, but the artillery battalion of the composite regiment has a self-propelled artillery equipment test company. Inspired by the artillery command system that Hu Wenhai had engaged in in Liangshan at the beginning, China has been exploring the self-propelled artillery command system in the past two years. Battalion command posts, fire command vehicles, forward observation, target search, ballistic positioning radars, meteorological survey radars, supplies, repairs, materiel and, most importantly, new self-propelled artillery and ammunition supply vehicles.

The army, which has money, is even more foreign than the navy, and is bent on moving the command system that Hu Wenhai has built into the car. With more than $20 billion in renminbi, the troops are really willing to spend money on new technologies.

The PLZ-45 self-propelled gun, which was supposed to be developed in 1988, was in the hands of NORINCO, and it was rushing towards its 95-year-old version in great strides. The original PLZ-45 self-propelled artillery equipment plan has been fully postponed, and if you want to do it, make big news!

Rich, capricious!

How could Shannuo, who was in this crucial position, be knocked down by a small setback? The completion of the work on Kuwait's side has unloaded his burden for him, and he can return to China and continue to travel lightly!

Wright, who didn't know anything about this, nodded, as if he was very satisfied that Shanno was able to recognize the reality and "know the current affairs".

"That's good. Wright laughed lightly.

Shanno opened the car door and was about to sit in the car, when Wright said, as if it had suddenly happened, "Oh, yes. By the way, if China expects to create its own wealth to the level of Kuwait, I think a thousand years may not be enough. ”

"I have a good suggestion, instead of making missiles and guns, why don't you make more shirts, toys and shoes?

Sano's body froze, but he didn't look back, still sitting in the back seat of the taxi.

It was only at this time that suddenly another speeding car was flying through the streets of Kuwait and drove towards them. The lights were dazzling, and the sound of the car's brakes scared everyone.

Luckily, the car stopped not far from the taxi, and the low beams made it difficult to see the car behind the lights, but someone soon stepped out of the car.

"Captain Shan, and Researcher Zhang?"

The person who came spoke Chinese, so that Shannuo's head, which had already gotten into the car, was raised again: "I'm Shannuo, who are you?"

The person who came walked from the door to the front of the car, his figure blocked the headlights with a backlight, and said calmly with some excitement: "I said that Counselor Xu of the embassy, head of the mountain, a letter from the motherland, negotiations have resumed." ”

"Restart the talks, but aren't they all about to cancel the project? What's more, even if the talks are resumed, the Kuwaiti side has already shown its attitude......

"No, the situation has changed. Counselor Xu came over and handed the letter to Shannuo: "The U.S. stock market crash, Hughes was hit hard, and the U.S. Secretary of State personally communicated with the country. The United States is no longer an obstacle to negotiations. ”

"Why did the U.S. Secretary of State contact us?" Sanno knew that the answer was in the letter. He opened the telegram in his hand and read it at a glance.

At the same time, an American staff member came to Wright's side at some point, whispering something in his ear.

But as long as you look at Wright's increasingly gloomy and Sano's increasingly frowning expression, you probably know that they are probably getting the same news.

Of course, although it is the same news, I am afraid that it is good and bad for the two.

The most wonderful thing in the world is probably nothing more than-

"Mr. Wright, let's get acquainted again. ”

Shannuo stretched out his hand and said calmly: "My name is Shannuo, the mountain of the Rocky Mountains, and the promise of a thousand gold." I said I would be back!" (To be continued.) )