"General, I think the credibility of the Chinese in the international community is still very reliable. In particular, we are a government unit, and your country can rest assured of this. Our country has always attached great importance to its relations with you......" Xie Kai said the truth.

Relations between China and Iraq have always been very good, and the two sides have also had a lot of trade.

When the Iran-Iraq war broke out, China even called on the two countries not to fight, but the fight between the two major oil-producing countries is an absolutely good thing for many countries.

"That was before, it's hard to say in the future, and besides, it's not a deal between the two governments. Ibrahim disagreed with Xie Kai's request, "The $50 million is my part." Of course, if you think that I have taken 50 million dollars and put forward various conditions, I don't think there is any need to continue the negotiations......"

"General, that's not the case. Paying in advance is something else entirely. Xie Kai hurriedly explained, "I'm really thinking about you. Now our base has reached a comprehensive cooperative relationship with 617, and in terms of production capacity, we have increased a lot of ......"

Xie Kai's explanation silenced Ibrahim.

delivery period, which is what they especially need.

"Can you reduce the delivery time to a few months?" Ibrahim and the entire Iraqi government struggled with this.

The Chinese sell tanks, and both warring sides sell.

If it were not for the Chinese's tanks being the most cost-effective, plus without any political strings attached, they would definitely seek European, American and Soviet tanks.

However, the Iraqis have now discovered a fatal weakness of the T-72, the Soviet Union's most powerful tank, - martyrdom!

Once hit, the T-72's internal automatic reloading mechanism and ammunition storage compartment can easily cause an explosion that can blow the turret off. The 359 tanks supplied by China do not have such problems.

In addition, compared with their own use, the tanks exported by the Soviet Union are all simple versions, the armor is weak, the artillery power is much smaller, and even the power performance is weakened, and the price is still expensive.

"12 months. This is obtained after full communication with the 617 production base. Xie Kai's proposed delivery time made Ibrahim startled.

"Do you have such a high production capacity?" It's not that Ibrahim doesn't believe it, but he doubts it.

At first, the other party proposed that it would take at least 22 months to deliver.

"We don't have, plus 617, that's the tank capacity of our entire country. Xie Kai said, "Although at present, a large number of military industrial units in our country have been transferred to the civilian field, if we don't even have such production capacity, once a war breaks out, we can only be chased by the enemy." ”

If a tank like 59 is produced, the country can even produce nearly 10,000 vehicles a year.

The low production of 99A and Type 96 main battle tanks in later generations is not because of production capacity limitations, but because the country simply does not have the idea of equipping so much.

Just look at the tank-building capacity of the Soviet Union during World War II, from the German attack on the Soviet Union to the end of the war, in just four years, the Soviet Union produced 140,000 tanks!

China and the Soviet Union cannot compare production capacity, but in wartime, all production capacity will be tilted towards the military industry, just to win the war and drive the invaders out.

"We lack funds now, and for the sake of funds, it may still be possible to deliver the ...... in two days, as was the case with the previous missile production," Xie Kai said clearly.

Anyway, everyone knows about it, and no one is talking about it.

"Can you make sure that your country doesn't deliver orders to the damned Persians after we have paid everything in advance?" asked Ibrahim.

"Until the production of tanks in your country is completed, we can guarantee that tanks will not be supplied to the Persians. "Xie Kai did not promise not to sell tanks to the Persians, but promised to deliver the Iraqi tanks first and then to the Persians.

Looking at Xie Kai's sincerity, Ibrahim wanted to smash his face.

Too shameless!

"What about missiles?"

"Again, the delivery is completed within 12 months, as long as the contract is signed and the money is in place, the delivery can start next month. Xie Kai said calmly.

Originally, the Red Flag was only a modification, the warhead and some internal guidance devices were replaced, the engine and propellant fuel did not need to be replaced, and it was not a problem to transform a hundred pieces a month.

"I need to report back home. Ibrahim did not refuse. "Can the delivery of missiles be shortened? By the way, what I said last time about the technology of cloud burst bombs......

"Pay all the money upfront, and the cloudburst bomb manufacturing technology was sold to you for $60 million. Xie Kai said with a smile.

As long as you give money, you can say anything.

Ibrahim nodded and said no more.

He could not guarantee whether Iraq would agree, and Xie Kai did not know whether Silly Damu was willing to pay all the fees in advance for a few months.

In the war with the Persians, Silly Damu frantically purchased weapons and equipment from Europe and the Soviet Union, many of which were mortgaged by oil or even directly in arrears. Even if it is necessary to agree to some political conditions attached to Europe and the United States and the Soviet Union for this purpose, they will not hesitate to do so.

Only for the purchase of weapons and equipment in China, there is no way to owe money.

The Chinese are too poor.

And they didn't have any hobbies for this kind of thing.

"How?"

"We'll know tomorrow when we negotiate. With a high probability, I proposed to deliver all tanks and self-propelled guns within 12 months. Xie Kai said as he licked his lips.

Wang Guilin was a little worried, "Can we reach the production capacity?"

"With 617, there should be no problem. Our base is responsible for assembly, the 541 side is responsible for production, and we can complete 30 vehicles per month, and the production of 617 is even higher......" Xie Kai said, "In order for them to pay all the money in advance, I am even willing to guarantee that when I deliver them, I will not deliver them to Persia, so as to avoid the previous situation of delivery in two days." ”

"Don't take orders from the Persians?" asked Zheng Yucheng in surprise.

The goods were sold to two companies before, and Xie Kai proposed it at the same time, but now it has to be changed?

"Not to mention the investment, more than 2 billion US dollars, converted into soft sister coins, is more than 7 billion! These money is deposited in the bank, and the interest can be hundreds of millions a year, which is enough to support all our current expenses. Xie Kai said.

The interest rate on domestic loans is higher.

"What about the Persian orders? Now Tanzania and Sudan have a combined 250 tanks, which is a lot of money. Zheng Yucheng said.

"Donsonia and Sudan will leave us to produce, if the Persians still have demand, let Pakistan produce, they will invest 50 million in it, we eat meat, or give them some soup to drink......"

Anyway, no matter how you calculate it, in six months, the Persians will not get many tanks.

Again, Iraq did not get much in the first six months, and that was all lead time.

"In this way, there should be no problem. Zheng Yucheng thinks the plan is feasible.

"Who's the liaison on the Sudanese's side?" Xie Kai asked, "I think I should talk to them." ”

"Are you really going to agree to their proposal? Let me tell you, there is a war zone over there, the rebels are entrenched, and they have deals with their government, so they are naturally the enemies of the rebels...... Zheng Yucheng glanced at Wang Guilin and said eagerly, "The Pakistani side has a big opinion, can you communicate with them first?"

"What do they think? We started the fighter project, and in order to dispel their worries, I bought 200 engines, but they have not been silent. ”

Shekai has almost forgotten the existence of Pakistanis.

He has a lot of grievances against Pakistan.

"Tank capacity. We have so many orders in our hands, it's not that they don't know ......," Wang Guilin explained.

At the beginning, when Xie Kai fooled the Pakistanis, he said that part of the 359 tank order was given to Pakistani tank factories, so that they could recover part of the funds and reduce the cost of using tanks themselves.

"Colonel, isn't your country ready to give priority to the production of a batch of equipment for your army?" Faced with Musharraf's accusations, Xie Kai also had to pay attention.

This is the future president of Pakistan.

It is too much to pit him, and it will be a lot of fun to affect the relations between China and Pakistan at that time.

Musharraf had a cold face, Xie Kai's explanation before made him very satisfied, but now with such a huge order, there is nothing for them.

"At the moment, our border is very peaceful, and the construction of the production line is about to be completed......," Musharraf said.

"This is just right, now we are worried that the domestic production capacity is too low to complete the delivery......" Xie Kai pretended to be surprised.

"Really?" Musharraf didn't believe it.

"Yes, and their orders are produced in your country, and the delivery is more convenient. Xie Kai said sincerely.

"Persia, don't you know that relations between our two countries are very bad?" Musharraf almost roared. "If tanks are produced for Iraq, there are no problems!"

Xie Kai then remembered that although they were both countries of the same religion, Pakistan and the Persians had different sects.

Khomeini wanted to export the religious beliefs of his faction, so after overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty, he frowned at the Shiites in his next-door neighbor Iraq, and naturally he certainly flattered the Shiites in Pakistan.

In particular, in 80 years, Khomeini publicly accused Pakistan's Zia al-Haq Zheng Quan of being reactionary, and the relationship between the two sides fell below freezing.

As a result, Silly Damu was unhappy, plus Khomeini had just overthrown the rule of the Pahlavi shahover, purged the army, and was sanctioned by Europe and the United States that supported the Pahlavi king, which almost destroyed the national defense and made the foolish Damu see an opportunity.

The Iran-Iraq war broke out......

Pakistan did not beat Khomeini with Dumb Damu, which is already very face-saving.

It is important to know that there are not only religious sectarian contradictions between the two countries, but also territorial disputes in Balochistan for a long time. In particular, the Persians in the seventies also used the profits they made from the oil crisis to aid Afghanistan and India, which had territorial disputes with Pakistan......

After Khomeini came to power, he did not change his previous Pahlavi policy, and even frowned at Shiites in Pakistan, which made Pakistan even more unhappy.

It can be said that the contradictions between Pakistan and Persia have been going on for a long time.

Now Shekai asked Pakistan to produce tanks and supply them to the enemy, can Musharraf not be on fire?

"Colonel, between countries, there is no eternal hatred, only eternal interests. Under Musharraf's gaze, Xie Kai said calmly, "You should know that the current relationship between the United States and Iraq is not good on the surface, and Persia is even worse......

"So what?"

"Your country provides tanks to Persia, it is easy to operate, and the international community will not blame too much. For example, our new tank arrived in a disputed area of the border and was captured by the Persian army......"

"This can't be! Our army won't surrender!" Musharraf jumped up, "Thanks, if you're still a friend of us, don't talk about such bad ideas again." ”

Xie Kai couldn't laugh or cry.

It's just a façade, it's just a pretend, and it's a long-term trade channel or something......

"Okay, let's go another way, what if we trade on the border of your country and send it directly and secretly to the Persians?"

"Persia is our enemy. Musharraf stressed again.

"Do you want to make money!" Xie Kai was also angry.

If you want to make money, but you don't want to cooperate with the enemy, don't you know that the enemy's money is the best way to earn?

"Yes, but not by supplying weapons and equipment to the enemy to make money. Musharraf said solemnly, "Xie, it is impossible for us to supply weapons and equipment to the enemy. ”

"What do you think will happen to the Persians if your country sells weapons to Iraq?" Xie Kai was really helpless.

Look at yourself, in order to make money, but no matter who the other party is, except for long-range missiles, tanks and other things, if Vietnam buys them, as long as they can afford a satisfactory price, Xie Kai doesn't mind selling them to them, but unfortunately, Vietnam won't buy them at all.

Musharraf was silent.

"If you don't want to, so be it, we can give you an order from Tanzania or Sudan, 150 in Sudan and about 100 in Tanzania. Seeing a smile on Musharraf's face, Xie Kai said, continued, "You should know the situation of these two countries, they are too poor at home, and although Tanzania is politically stable, the domestic economy is very poor at present...... As for Sudan, there is a civil war going on in the country, and there is no money to pay for it, so they mortgage the resources of the south where they are in the war-torn area......"

Musharraf's smile froze, and then his face grew darker.

"Are you playing with us?" the colonel was already furious. "From the very beginning, you didn't even think about selling us business! Pakistan is still exporting all kinds of resources!"

"No, Colonel, it's very sincere. At present, we are very unhappy, Tanzania and Sudan are traditional friendship countries with us, and this cannot be refused. And Iraq, once your country does provide tanks, the Persians will not hesitate to attack your country, in case an agreement is reached with the Indians......"

"So, you're thinking about us?" Musharraf asked Xie Kai with a sneer.

"Really, indeed. Colonel, although the Persians are enemies of your country, this does not always last. Peace and development are the mainstream of the international future. In addition, when your country first started production, there was a lack of experience, and the quality may vary, so it is not too much to provide it to them, right? More importantly, the Arab countries that share your religion are the biggest customers...... Xie Kai continued.