Gu Biao said, cut off the call, and then asked in a very gentle tone, "Mina, can you eat it yourself?"

"Hmm. ”

"Okay, good, I'll talk to them for a while. ”

As soon as he arranged his younger sister, the door of the ward was pushed open.

The comer, a handsome naval officer in his mid-30s, first gestured politely before walking in slowly.

Until the mid-80s, the military rank system was not restored in the country.

However, the management of the troops still had to be carried out, so the difference could still be seen in the attire of officers at all levels.

Gu Biao glanced at the naval officer a few times, and confirmed that the other party should be equivalent to a major.

The person who came took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Gu Biao and shook hands: "Comrade Gu from the First Machine Department, I am fortunate to have a good time, thanks to your efforts, it has opened up the situation for the work of our later brother departments——

Let me introduce myself, Zhang Zhong, graduated from Peking University with a major in Arabic language, originally worked in the Naval Equipment Planning Institute, and has just been transferred to the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Ordnance Industry. In the follow-up, I also asked Comrade Xiao Gu to take care of me. ”

"Then I'll call you Brother Zhong, don't dare to take care of it, learn from each other and help each other. Gu Biao was very modest and didn't make a big deal at all, "Did you just arrive today? The patient here wants to recuperate, let's take a step and talk slowly." ”

Zhang Zhong immediately stood up and said with a smile as he walked outside, "No, it's been a few days." But they are all dealing with the officials of the technical department of the Iranian side, oh, I have also met your director and director Bao - I didn't hear that you are going to be discharged from the hospital today, and then it is possible to live in the apartment that is isolated and protected by General Hussein, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to meet in the future, so I will come to recognize the door today.

After all, I heard that you are now a 'friend' that General Hussein values very much, and I can't bother you so much about those little things that haven't come to the door yet. In addition, the organization has also decided that until Comrade Isminaya is fully recovered, I can also serve as an Arabic interpreter for you and Director Bao if necessary. ”

This workflow is normal.

When Gu Biao and his entourage first came to Iraq, they also looked for technical officers first, and made a solid technical standard part of the procurement demand and finalized the details of the demand, and then they would find a senior commanding general who made a specific decision.

Otherwise, if you have a little eyebrows, you will find the generals, and the generals will not be exhausted to death.

General Hussein can speak politely, but a person who really does things must not be pampered. Now there is still half a month before the other party's enthronement ceremony, which is the busiest time.

And Zhang Zhong seems to be in the Iraqi equipment department, and he is a little familiar with the middle-level in charge of foreign affairs procurement, so he came to Gu Biao to ask for an introduction to high-level relations.

However, there was still a point in Zhang Zhong's words, which made Gu Biao slightly surprised: "This little thing, why is it that our director is here to work?" It's all my fault, my mood has been a little out of shape these days, and I have actually delayed the right thing." ”

Zhang Zhong hurriedly explained with relief: "It's okay, there was no delay." Just now, Director Bao also said, understand your current situation, let me tell you about the recent progress.

As for your director, he only came yesterday. In order to improve the level of docking, it is convenient to coordinate business terms more quickly - the success of this cooperation is not 'this little thing', it is estimated that the entire system of your department can earn a total of 30 million US dollars. ”

Gu Aorao was mentally prepared, and was taken aback when he heard this figure: "How can there be 30 million? Even if we falsely report more than double the profits, a set of 90,000 square meters of oxygen production will be sold for 3 million, right? Originally, the plan was to sell 60,000 square meters and sell at most 5 sets, and replace it with 90,000 square meters and sell at most 3 sets. ”

Zhang Zhong had just come from Director Bao, and he knew more about the recent situation, so he immediately helped Gu Biao uncover the mystery:

General Hussein finally asked the military equipment department to buy five sets for a total of 15 million US dollars. And don't underestimate the effect of General Hussein's appreciation. You think, Iraq doesn't just need gas separation equipment for the military, but also for the civilian sector.

Their public utilities management department, hearing about the relationship between our side and the general's appreciation, took the initiative to invite the inspection. Director Bao said that he also learned after inspecting the country that Iraq's national public health system did not have its own liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen production plants before, and it was directly imported from foreign countries for high-pressure liquid gas cylinders.

The welfare of Iraqis is really applauded, just like in our country, a seriously ill patient has to pay for a few breaths of oxygen? People are patients with a little cardiopulmonary disorder and dizziness who have to take it for a few days. All of them are converted, and the country's medical system is equivalent to supporting nearly 100,000 people to receive uninterrupted medical oxygen, which is enough to supply several sets of large-scale oxygen production.

In addition, there are other industrial processes that require the use of liquefied separation air. General Hussein has just ordered the construction of gas separation plants in Baghdad, Mosul and Basra. All the equipment procurement of the three factories uses Chinese goods, isn't it another $15 million imported equipment? All the orders of the first machine department this time add up, and there are really 30 million US dollars. ”

With such a large order, it is not surprising that the director personally came to visit the president of the other party.

After all, the higher the level of domestic foreign trade work, the greater the discount scale and negotiation bottom line in hand.

To promote the overall progress, it is better to send a person of sufficient level who can make decisions on the spot than the other party has to interrupt the negotiation and send a secret telegram back to China for instructions.

Gu Biao decided to show his face in front of the director and the director of the division for a while, and then help to do some work, so as not to be rude in his duties.

After talking about helping others talk, Zhang Zhong mentioned the drama meat of his department.

That is, after the Ministry of Ordnance Industry has made initial contact in the past few days, it feels that it can be sold.

Zhang Zhong first asked Gu Biao to confirm: "Xiao Gu, I found that the Iraqi military seems to have a lot of needs at present, and it is not at all like the progress of the country's armament in peacetime. You have had a good relationship with General Hussein recently, do you have any deeper high-level information?"

Hearing this question, Gu Biao did not answer immediately, but subconsciously looked the other party up and down again.

Zhang Zhong knew his worries, and hurriedly showed some secret documents and some other tokens: "Don't worry, I have the secret level of the Middle East Research Laboratory." ”

After Gu Biao checked that it was correct, he said cryptically: "General Hussein, after ascending the throne, you may want to ...... I mean, maybe, do it to Iran. Report what you should report, write your own analysis if you should analyze it yourself, don't spread it around. ”

"Then it's no wonder that Iraq's demand potential is so great......"

Zhang Zhong didn't know that in the time and space without Gu Wei, he would have come to Iraq, and carried out some mediation on behalf of the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, and also facilitated a lot of transactions for the country, and created some foreign exchange - but definitely not at the beginning of July 79.

Instead, it was not until 14 months later, when the Iran-Iraq war officially broke out in the fourth quarter of next year, that China noticed that "Iraq seems to be quite rich, and it seems to have the intention of buying arms."

However, when the war actually started, the whole world knew that there was business here, so American and Soviet arms dealers poured here.

With the weak business negotiation team in China at that time, and the eloquence and skills that did not know how to sell weapons at all, it was almost difficult to move forward in the trial and error of one pit at a time.

Finally, sales to Iraq are not huge.

Or after practicing his hands in Iraq and mixing his sales skills and eloquence, he instead asked the Saudis to sell some things like two kicks.

But that's all after 1981.

The appearance of Gu Biao obviously opened this window for the country in advance through the heavy industrial equipment that the other party needed to purchase in peacetime, and saw the potential of trade with Iraq clearly.

And 14 months in advance, we began to train for some export paths that we had not thought of before.

The more the two chatted, Zhang Zhong naturally benefited a lot from Gu Biao, and Gu Biao also took this opportunity to get in touch with the negotiation and liaison personnel on the hidden front, how to do things, and felt quite rewarding.

Gu Biao's research on military affairs is not very in-depth, but he also knows the basic evaluation of the Iran-Iraq war in later generations.

Even if you remove those points that can't be used and can't be proven by ironclad evidence (that is, those points that are easy to be suspected and sliced), only the remaining part is enough for Zhang Zhong to digest for a long time, and he shouts that it's worth it.

In a few words, Gu Biao roughly sketched a picture of "the two Irans are likely to fight a war with advanced weapons in the 80s but in the form of a backward war in the 60s".

Then, it was also said that "considering the dependence of the two countries on the oil economy, once the war enters a war of attrition, it is possible to bomb each other's oil fields, cruise ships, and ship raids."

Deductions, Gu Biao can only talk about this at best, and it is not something that can be explained by "foresight" in the future.

Zhang Zhong listened carefully, and compared his sales list, and the two quickly thought of a common point.

"Xiao Gu, do you think that although the Iraqis are preparing for a land war, they still need to develop a naval strike force?"

Gu Wei replied affirmatively: "Yes, I think that as long as we guide it properly, it is entirely possible for General Hussein to build a sea strike force that will benefit and spend no expense - purchasing a large number of warships and submarines to develop the navy, which is impossible for Iraq to do, because they only have an outlet to the sea in Basra Port, lack the depth of naval deployment, and have no use scenarios."

But if their imaginary enemy is Iran, which has a long coastline in the Persian Gulf and chokes the Strait of Hormuz, it already has a considerable army. Therefore, it is impossible for Iraq to seize sea supremacy, but it is possible to undermine Iran's sea supremacy, and an asymmetrical strike force that makes it impossible for us to use the navy is needed.

Just like in World War I and World War II, the German army developed submarines, but it could not seize sea supremacy, but it could destroy Britain's sea supremacy at a low cost. In our current era, what Iraq needs is not warships, but a fleet of high-performance air-launched anti-ship missiles. ”

Zhang Zhong pondered it for a while, and felt that it was true-of course, this is all based on the preconditions for deduction, that is, the premise of "war between Iran and Iraq" is established.