As mentioned earlier, before Zhang Zhong was temporarily transferred to the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, he was a member of the Naval Equipment Development Planning Institute, and he himself was also a naval officer.

The reason for this secondment was also because in 1979 there was too little professional personnel in various departments in China, so that the entire department of the Ministry of Ordnance Industry could not find a single senior person who knew both equipment and Arabic.

So I could only borrow Zhang Zhong, a graduate of Peking University - Zhang Zhong was recommended to Peking University in 1974 because of his previous good performance in the Navy, and he just graduated last year, that is, in June 78, and then worked in the Naval Equipment Research Institute for a year.

Today's Peking University students are very valuable.

It is precisely because of this resume that among the things that the Ministry of Ordnance Industry can sell this time, Zhang Zhong is the most familiar with the equipment of the navy.

When he was in the planning office, his own job was to demonstrate the planning of anti-ship missiles.

So after thinking about it a little bit along Gu Ao's train of thought, he sighed and linked to his old business:

"That's a shame...... As a matter of fact, we have been increasing our investment in the research and development of the YJ-5 anti-ship missile since last year, and when the project was established, we wanted to try to reverse replicate the performance of the French 'Exocet' missile. It's a pity that the Navy has never had a demand for orders, and the investment is still insufficient.

If the Iraqis really want to buy it, I don't know if they can afford to wait and how much they will purchase? Even if we start desperately investing money and investment sources for the missile research institute now, it will take at least three years to ship the goods, and I am afraid that by then the battle will be over. No one amortized our expedited R&D expenses......"

Further back, there are also old-fashioned "Eagle Strike" series of first-generation missiles in China, but those things are too backward, and many of them still imitate the liquid-fueled missiles of the Soviet Union's "Styx" in the 50s, and the Iraqis will definitely not look down on them.

Zhang Zhong's words were originally just sighing to himself, but when he heard Gu Ao's ears, his eyes lit up.

Gu Biao is currently the only one on the earth who knows that the Iran-Iraq war will continue to be fought and will not be fought for six or seven years.

So he hurriedly flickered: "Brother Zhong, I don't know how to explain it to you, some sources of information are not easy to say."

However, based on my intelligence, I think that this future war, as long as it can be fought, will not end too quickly -- do you think about it, the Americans will fight Vietnam and it will end soon? No! With the strength of the United States, it has been fighting for 14 years.

Because today's international situation is not only a Cold War, but also a Cold War in which the United States and the Soviet Union happen to be evenly matched. This dooms the end of every proxy war, and the key is not whether the warring parties themselves can immediately defeat each other. It also depends on whether the supporter behind the other party will stop the blood transfusion.

Iraq had a very bad relationship with the United States before, and since 73, under the pretext of the Fourth Middle East War, General Hussein began to nationalize the shares of Iraq's American-funded oil companies, causing Mobil Oil and other American-funded giants to suffer huge asset losses.

If it weren't for the accident in Iran and the end of the Pahlavi dynasty in February this year, the United States would have been absolutely pro-Iranian and anti-Iraqi. So, the current situation is that the United States actually hates Iran and Iraq, and wishes that these two countries would die together.

Therefore, as long as they dare to fight in the future, as long as they do not have the ability to decapitate them in an instant and end the war before foreign aid can react, then the international forces will definitely sell more arms to the weaker side and let them continue to fight, unless one day the two countries are exhausted and can no longer squeeze out the value of the arms business. ”

Gu Biao was beaming and sold his views to Zhang Zhong.

As for the purpose, of course, it is necessary to persuade the relevant departments through Zhang Zhong not to miss the good opportunity and speed up the investment in the research and development of the "YJ-5" air-to-ship missile.

Historically, this missile began to enter the actual research and development in 78 years, but because the country's focus was on economic construction, many military research and development budgets were cut, and I did not expect this missile to be able to earn foreign exchange from abroad, so it took 6 years to successfully put into production and put into service in 1984.

If it is a developed country and spends 6 years on a completely new missile, it is certainly not slow.

But considering that the YJ-5 is only a reverse copy of the French Exocet missile in the 60s, it is actually possible to shorten the development cycle by half as long as there is money.

And Gu Biao knows that the Iran-Iraq war will be fought for a long time, and if the YJ-5 is mass-produced two or three years ahead of schedule, just in time for the peak of the ship raid war, it will undoubtedly create a lot of foreign exchange for the country.

And they are not afraid to change the course of history, which is nothing more than turning the money earned by those foreign arms companies into that earned by the Chinese.

Some people may say: After this matter is promoted, Gu Biao will not be of any benefit personally, right? Even if Zhang Zhong planned and admonished meritoriously, he eventually became Zhang Zhong's military rank.

But Gu Biao really didn't think about seeking any personal gain in this matter, so he regarded it as a contribution to the country - anyway, he just analyzed it and didn't spend any cost.

Even if it's just the friendship of a future general, it's earned.

And the reason why Gu Biao had to do this, another consideration was to disgust the despicable Yinggou - Yinggou was the best at making things when the world withdrew from its colonies.

For example, when they withdrew from India and Pakistan, they deliberately engaged in a Mountbatten plan to induce India and Pakistan to kill each other, which led to the forced displacement of tens of millions of people, the unknown number of people killed in the conflict on the way, and the war confrontation in the following decades and the long-term tension in Kashmir.

When the Middle East was carved up at the beginning, looking at the resolution plan of a direct longitude and latitude line between Syria, Iraq and other countries, which led to so many territorial disputes later, we can also see the skills of the British dog to stir up.

And in the future, in 1983, Yinggou will also do its best to bury mines in negotiations with us.

It can be said that the British dogs 200 years before World War II were the-stirring sticks of the European continent, and the British dogs of the 50 years after World War II were the-stirring sticks of the whole world.

Even if some things are done to harm others and themselves, or even to "damage others 3,000 and self-damage 200", Yinggou is very willing to do it, but he would rather lose money himself than look down on others.

And in 82, a year before the British negotiations with us, it was the Anglo-Argentine War. The French "Exocet" missiles once caused a big loss to the British Navy, which was on an expedition across the ocean.

In the end, Britain won the Falklands War by relying on diplomatic pressure to prevent the French from exporting Exocet to the Argentines again. Otherwise, if the Argentines shoot openly, it will not be difficult to sink the British aircraft carrier.

It's a pity that when the Falklands were fighting in history, the domestic naval weapons department had not yet come up with the "Eagle Strike-5" anti-ship missile, which was a high-imitation of the "Exocet".

Otherwise, if it is operated, or even Gu Wei will mediate the specific time for the Arab side to launch the war, and tie the Falklands war and the negotiations here to negotiate bargaining chips...... At least let Yinggou swallow back a few more poisonous tricks to dig pits and bury mines.

Of course, that will be 4 years later, and Gu Biao will not be able to enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs anyway, and he will not be personally exposed to these things, so he should be promoted to the cause of "high imitation flying fish" in advance, and make a contribution to the country without name. (This credit cannot be grabbed, nor can it be expanded)

In the future, there will always be people who will remember his benefits, even if it is just a few people such as Zhang Zhong, as well as a handful of highest-level leaders, it is enough to know his contribution to the country in the future.

And the premise of all this is that Zhang Zhongda immediately fooled the report and used the perspective of a former expert officer of the Navy's Equipment Planning Institute to emphasize the importance of speeding up investment in the research and development of the YJ-5 anti-ship missile.

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Gu Biao's methodical argumentation and analysis process naturally does not need to be repeated, in short, it makes Zhang Zhong feel quite profound.

Zhang Zhong used a lot of professional knowledge in his department to refute and deepen his questions, but Gu Biao managed to gradually resolve them.

Gu Biao couldn't answer a lot of technical details that were too deep, but his think tank level in terms of overall situation deduction really left a deep impression on Zhang Zhong.

The two soon became year-old friends who not only had a common language at work, but also had a very similar sense of righteousness. (It's twelve or thirteen years old, barely a year-old handover)

"This little comrade is really not ordinary. It is worthy of being an outstanding high-achieving student who has performed first in the first place after the resumption of the Foreign Affairs University, and this analysis of the geopolitical situation has reached the point of perfection.

Sure enough, it is still necessary to specialize in the technical industry, and the foreign affairs analysts who rely on the industrial sector to become a monk halfway can't catch up...... I have to record his analysis well, sort it out when I go back, and make a case to the office. ”

Zhang Zhong thought so, unaware that he had been strategically fooled by Gu Ao.

Many years later, as this matter was decrypted, Gu Biao's title also increased: he was a super fool who could make Zhang Zhong cripple.

It is worthy of being the first mouth cultivated by the diplomatic system for many years, and the two mouths touch no matter how realistic the lies and predictions come when they open their mouths.

After Zhang Zhong wrote down the main points of Gu Fu's narrative, he thought about it carefully, and said with some shame: "Comrade Xiao Gu, what you said is really very reasonable. I'd love to use this as a direct letter to the firm – but it's possible that I won't be able to publish the source, and I'll have to write the report as the result of my own research and analysis in the Middle East.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rob you of your credit, but if I expose your name to the report, the credibility of the report will be doubted from above. As a staff member of the military planning department, in fact, it is a violation of secrecy discipline for me to ask for your opinions and assist my unit in making decisions......

Gu Biao expressed his understanding, and patted Zhang Zhong's arm easily (he didn't dare to pat his shoulder): "Brother Zhong, we are all fighting on the front like this, I understand." Besides, for now, as long as you remember my goodness, that's fine.

As for whether you are willing to euphemistically explain my contribution today in front of the leaders after the matter is completed in the future, it is up to you. Let's also contribute to the country, just analyze a wave, and I don't have to spend any cost, why bother about fame and fortune.

Of course, if the state policy changes in a few years and allows intermediary companies to help sell arms, maybe I will come to do business. ”

The last sentence was naturally Gu Wei's joke, just to ease the other party's psychological guilt.

Zhang Zhong really relieved his knot, and laughed heartily: "He is worthy of being a good comrade of the Foreign Affairs Academy, who makes suggestions for the country regardless of personal fame and fortune." Okay, I've got you done, buddy. In the future, as long as you don't violate discipline and don't use state power, if you have anything to ask me for help with, brother!"