The level of excitement and shock in Zhang Zhong's words is also not low at all, he almost has to carry a "slot" every two or three sentences, but it was not written in the paraphrase just now.

At the end, he couldn't help but sigh: "Xiao Gu, why do you say that the Americans are so generous this time, didn't they think that allowing technical support to the Iraqis would lead to a lot of the performance of the AIM-54 'Immortal Bird' being eaten up?"

In Zhang Zhong's view, the "immortal bird" should be kept secret, after all, this is the high-precision equipment that the Americans themselves only equipped in 1977, and now it is only the beginning of 1981, and the fourth anniversary is less than four years.

Think about it, when we stole the "Pail Gray Zone Technology" from the United States before, which of the Americans did not use it for more than ten years, and we had to go to great lengths to steal it.

Now it actually takes 4 years for an American to take it, and it's completely black technology. Properly belong to the red zone within the red zone.

How can you not excite people from the military-industrial system.

But Gu Biao was very calm, with a cold face.

He knew that the leak of AIM-54 was a special case, as the equipment had already fallen into the hands of enemy Iran.

Historically, the Americans used it because of Iran, and it was leaked everywhere, and finally interrupted the follow-up improvement of AIM-54, until after the Gulf War in 1991, the United States directly engaged in the AIM-120 long-range air-to-air missile of the next generation, and many technologies have no inheritance with the immortal bird.

Therefore, there is only this one, and the Americans know that the enemy will be able to eat it all out sooner or later, and it will only be leaked early and leaked late for a few years.

Even if there is no butterfly effect of Gu Biao, in the later stage of the Iran-Iraq war, the country has eaten the immortal birds from the Iranians.

However, I can't stand it now, and now I don't know this situation in China, and the difficulty of not knowing this matter is actually not that great, so the credit is calculated on the heads of Gu Biao and Zhang Zhong in advance, and it is a big credit.

Zhang Zhong said without any trace that he had made a lot of mistakes in Iraq in the past year and a half, which had already accelerated the accumulation of promotion qualifications.

This time for the merit of establishing so many fund-raising organizations, he will immediately be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. (Note: The military rank system was not officially restored in China at that time, so the wording here is "equivalent to", for the sake of convenience, it will not be emphasized later)

For a naval officer who is not yet 30 years old, becoming a lieutenant colonel after only a year and a half as a major is, of course, more than twice as fast as the normal promotion.

What's more, in the context of downsizing and layoffs in China, until the completion of the layoffs in 84, the promotion qualifications of most non-front-line combat officers were almost frozen. Only those who fight on the front line against Vietnam and the Xisha Sea will rise in a normal rhythm.

However, Zhang Zhong soon discovered that the good news that Gu Biao could bring was far more than an immortal bird missile.

"Brother Zhong, there is another thing to tell you about it, don't worry, it won't be long before the Iraqis will buy an American destroyer that the Iranians refunded, the Kidd.

This class of destroyers was designed in accordance with the latest cutting-edge missile destroyers of the US military, and comprehensively surpassed the Spruance class. It's just that because it has now become a cargo that has been refunded, and the weapon system and radar have been deleted, the comprehensive combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. However, the performance of the hull design, material science, power system, etc., which was built before the Iranians returned the order, is absolutely advanced.

The LM-2500 gas turbine, coveted by the Navy, is the ship's power system, and is the latest modification, custom-made for the Iranians in 1977. After the warship arrived at the Iraqi service sequence and carried out the first wave of combat missions, we worked together to slowly find an opportunity to reverse the dismantling through our friendship with President Hussein.

Don't talk about this matter yet, after you are officially promoted to lieutenant colonel, it will almost be easy to take out, and it can also be used as a merit book for your lieutenant colonel to become colonel. ”

When Zhang Zhong heard this, in addition to being stunned and bursting into tears, he was left to exclaim again in his heart, "".

There's no way, when I meet a teammate like Gu Biao, I am short of words.

"This ...... What is this really to repay...... Ashamed and ashamed......" Zhang Zhong felt very embarrassed, "Alas, my brother is just a soldier, and he has a duty, so he doesn't dare to say that he has a knife in his ribs." But if there is another place in this life that can be used, the brother can just speak. Go in the water, go in the fire. ”

Gu Biao patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder: "Don't be arrogant, the times are developing, maybe in addition to front-line officers in the future, you will also become a media celebrity, such as going to a national defense university of science and technology as a spokesperson or something." If I want to buy you for various media occasions to help me and my brand promotion, it may not be. ”

Zhang Zhong smiled awkwardly: "I'm an officer, how can anyone want to listen to me beep." If there is such a day, I will preach to you on every occasion for the rest of my life, and it will not be a big deal.

I understand, Xiao Gu, you are showing kindness and not trying to reciprocate, comfort me. What kind of spirit is this kind of spirit that you really have no self-interest and only benefit others...... Alas. ”

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In this way, every day, Gu Biao either rode with Young Master Cusse and had fun, or accompanied President Hussein to talk and laugh, or went to the military base to find Zhang Zhong and the technicians secretly sent by China to make points.

At night, without exception, they went back to the dormitory to entangle with Mina.

Of course, if it's fun during the day, he will also take Mina on a trip together, with fresh clothes and angry horses, and the spring breeze is proud.

It was a few days away.

In the outside world, the Americans' attempt to appease them because of a secret promise before the end of 79 and the indiscriminate sale of warships was finally "accidentally" exposed, and the relevant departments also solemnly protested.

Then the Americans urgently announced that they had canceled the arms sales plan for the warship, promising to urgently find another buyer to take over.

But who will take over, of course, will not be said at the press conference of the Americans.

Because the protests were very successful, the Americans admitted their mistakes and softened and immediately knew their mistakes and corrected them, which greatly raised the face of the Chinese.

Therefore, the protests against the relevant personnel can be regarded as a meritorious service.

Ye Kun, who has only been the third secretary of the embassy in the United States for three months, as a link in the chain of meritorious service, has been rewarded for ending the inspection period early and officially becoming a regular member.

You must know that the general inspection period is nine months to one year, and rarely half a year.

Although Gu Biao ended his inspection in only two months at the Taiwan Assets Management Office of the Foreign Investment Commission, it was because he had made meritorious contributions and recruited for the first time in history the famous Taiwan businessman Guo Taiming to abandon his family and business to invest in the mainland.

Ye Kun has been the third secretary for three months, and he has not had the opportunity to make great contributions before, so this time he also relied on Gu Wei.

But considering that she stayed up all night for a week before, helped Gu Biao to commit academic fraud and deceived Kissinger's test, and later took on some dangers to help Gu Biao as a liaison, on the whole, she also deserved this reward, and the two still owe each other.

She and Gu Biao have become accustomed to having mutual affection and paid it off immediately after a short period of time, and it seems that they have been like this since two or three years ago.

After the protest, the warship, whose whereabouts were unknown to outsiders, continued westward with the Navy SEALs on board, and instead of the Strait of Malacca, it bypassed the waters south of Indonesia and entered the Indian Ocean and even approached the Arabian Sea......

On the other hand, with the completion of the transformation of some equipment, Zhang Zhong also secretly obtained the promotion document equivalent to a lieutenant colonel, although he is still a translator in the China Construction Company.

On January 31, Gu Biao saw a piece of news in a local Iraqi newspaper that shocked many people.

The TV news was also followed.

At 11 o'clock in the evening yesterday, a small Algerian-flagged high-speed cruise ship was accidentally sunk in the Arabian Sea. Some Iranian and Algerian nationals were killed.

It was later discovered that the ship was secretly carrying hostages from the US Embassy that the Iranian authorities were trying to transfer to Algeria, a friendly neutral country. However, after discovering the accidental hit, the mistaken hitter immediately dispatched a rescue helicopter to rescue all the survivors on board. ”

"In the early hours of this morning, the Iraqi Navy issued a statement claiming the accidental attack and saying that the attack was carried out by the USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer that they had just secretly procured, when the Kidd was sailing in absolute radio silence and attempting to penetrate through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf at midnight with the cooperation of the Air Force.

To this end, the Iraqi Air Force also attacked the Iranian military's shore-based anti-ship missile base and airfield in the port of Hormuz overnight, destroying two anti-ship missile launching battalions and six bombers.

At that time, the Kidd spotted a secret vessel approaching at high speed in the dark of night, which was not within the declared range of civilian routes, and the speed of the vessel was higher than that of ordinary civilian ships, and in order to maintain its own concealment, it mistook it for an Iranian warship and launched an anti-ship missile without sufficient judgment factors.

At present, the American hostages on board have been returned to the American side unscathed by the responsible Iraqi President Hussein. The hostages had taken off from an airport in Yemen, had a connecting flight through Madrid, Spain, and had flown back to the United States. ”

Of course, this is just the voice of the Iraqi media and a neutral international position.

The Algerian media strongly condemned this and solemnly demanded that Iraq apologize, admit guilt, and compensate for the losses caused by the accidental injury to the Algerian citizens.

The Iraqi side apologized to Algeria in principle, while the United States took on the responsibility of paying for the pacification of Algeria.

As for the condemnation of the Iranian side, of course, it is even more violent.

"The Iranian side has taken the strongest stance that Iraq deliberately killed Iranian civilians under the pretext of rescuing people who had fallen into the water, and that the right to life of non-belligerent civilians should still be respected even in war.

In response, Iran will launch its most brutal retaliatory offensive on the battlefield, because Iraq's actions have already shown that it has trampled on the basic norms of civilized nations. ”

In response to the Iranian side's statement, the Iraqi side said that the Iranians found on the ship that was about to sink at that time were not civilians at all, but armed men, and even fired at the Iraqis who came to carry out the rescue mission first. The Iraqi side, in order to protect the American hostages, had to fight back and killed the Iranian fighters on board. ”

Of course, all media rhetoric is as favorable as possible to the country, so there is no truth to be seen from these verbal battles.

In short, Iraq and Iran exchanged verbal cannons and quickly muddied the waters. For the rest, they'll see the truth on the battlefield.