Chapter 590: An Impossible Request
The Iranians are really here! And the person in charge of leading this high-level Iranian military cooperation delegation to visit China secretly was none other than Mustafa Jarad, a lieutenant general of the Iranian Guards, who was attacked by Iraq's bomb~Dao~Missile~bomb in the early morning of 4 April and lost his closest relatives and flesh and blood for this.
Although he was stunned by the huge shock wave in the missile attack that night, he was very lucky to survive, but his family was not so lucky, his son Rafsanjani, his wife Shatabi, and his eight-year-old son Mossadegh all died tragically under the Iraqi missile.
Jarad who woke up intuitively felt that the end of the world was coming in an instant, and his eyes were full of endless gloom, and the original desire for peace in his heart was instantly replaced by the hatred of the destruction of his family, and that night he took the wreckage of the Iraqi bomb ~~Dao~~guide~~, and swore in the name of Allah that if he did not wipe out all the Iraqi executioners, he Jarad would fall into hell and sink forever!
In fact, not only Lieutenant General Jarad, but also the entire Iranian high-level were all annoyed, they never thought that Iraq would really use missiles ~~Dao~~ guide~~ bombs to carry out indiscriminate attacks on Iran's core cities, and they never expected that the range of Iraq's missiles would reach an astonishing 600 kilometers.
But shock is shock, and revenge is still revenge, not to mention that Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is himself a man tougher than steel, so just two hours after Iraq launched a missile attack on the city, Iran purchased two sets of "Scud B" missile launchers from its ally Syria. Immediately fired two bombs at Iraq~~Dao~~Guide~~.
However, Iran's counterattack played into Iraq's hands, and Saddam Hussein used this as an excuse to launch a larger missile attack on Iran. In less than 12 hours, more than 30 "Hussein" and "Scud B" bombs~~Dao~~Guide~~ bombs were fired, but Iran's counterattack was very weak.
After all, Iran is not as good as Iraq, and it is impossible to buy bombs from the Soviet Union from regular channels ~~Dao~~Guide~~, even if it is a few missiles bought at a high price from its ally Syria, they were completely suppressed by the Iraqis after a few hits, and soon became a live target for Iraqi missiles and were wantonly ravaged ~~.
In the face of this kind of beating, his nose is blue and his face is swollen. In the embarrassing situation of having nowhere to fight back, the Iranians naturally couldn't swallow this breath and waited until after dawn. The Iranian Air Force, which was under the command of the United States, immediately dispatched more than 20 elite attack groups composed of F-14 and F-4 fighters to launch a surprise attack on the measured Iraqi missile ~~Dao~~guide~~ bomb position, with the intention of completely removing the nail that threatens Iran.
It's just that Iran never expected it. The attack fell into a trap laid out in advance by the Iraqis. Just when the Iranian Air Force discovered the target and was about to launch an attack, the Iraqi Sam 6 anti-aircraft missile position ambushed near the missile ~~Dao~~guide~~ bomb position immediately opened fire, and in just a few minutes, the fighters of the Iranian Air Force fell into the depths of the desert like wild ducks with broken wings
In this way, after a day of fighting, the Iranian top brass finally realized that they had no weapons and equipment in their hands to fight Iraq. After learning the hard way, Iran used a flexible wrist. While delaying Iraq's missile attack, several high-level military delegations were immediately dispatched to countries that could help Iran to seek plans to procure related equipment.
Among them, China, an old friend who once brought Iran victory and confidence, was naturally regarded as the most preferred target country by Iran, which had high hopes, and Jarad, who was familiar with China and maintained good relations with Chinese personnel, naturally became the best candidate for the team leader, and Jarad, who was full of hatred, did not shirk, after receiving the order, immediately packed up and took a special plane to Beijing, North China on the evening of the 6th~~~, and began to determine the specific time and schedule on the 7th, and began to be in the north ~~~ on the afternoon of the 8thFormal talks were held in the conference room on the sixth floor of the Jing Hotel:
"We need a lot of things this time!" After the two sides sat down with greetings, Jarald got straight to the point and went straight to the point: "Advanced radar early warning system, reliable air defense system, efficient strike means, and high-performance surface-to-ground bombs ~~Dao~~Guide~~"
Listening to Jarad reading the long list of weapons purchases, Liu Haotian, director of the Third Bureau of the General Staff Department, Guo Qingshan, director of the Armament Department of the General Staff Department, and Lu Jiadong, who participated in the talks, were all stunned
You must know that many of the things that Jarrad put forward, even China itself does not have similar equipment, and even some of them have heard of for the first time, such as short-range missiles similar to "Scud B~~Dao~~Guide~~, not to mention the Chinese Army, and even the Second Artillery Corps, a missile specialist, does not have similar equipment.
There is also a high-performance early warning and air defense system, which is also something that the Chinese Air Force has dreamed of for decades, but it is a pity that due to its poor technical capabilities and too thin foundation, the main force of the current air defense is still dominated by the old-fashioned "Hongqi-2" air defense system, and its performance obviously cannot meet Iran's needs.
As for the efficient means of attack, not to mention, searching China's arsenal, there is no effective equipment that can effectively deal with Iraq, because of this, the two leaders in charge of the talks both frowned, looked at each other and exchanged glances, and then raised their heads, Liu Haotian said:
"General Jarrad, we have always been open and welcoming to military cooperation between the two countries, but, as you know, some equipment is not officially equipped even by us, so"
"It doesn't matter!" Lieutenant General Jarrad's eyes were full of expectation and firmness, and his words were even more trusting: "Just like the terminal ammunition that your country provided us, it was not equipped at that time, but it played a decisive role on the battlefield, and now Iraq will have palpitations when it mentions the 'steel rain of death', so I believe that China's weapons and equipment will definitely be able to meet our Iranian needs!"
"This"
After listening to Jarrad's words, Liu Haotian didn't know what to say for a while, so he bowed his head again and communicated with Guo Qingshan and Lu Jiadong, and then said again:
"In that case, let's take the purchase details you provided back for research and research, and then give you an answer later!"
"Yes!"
Jarrad agreed very happily, and then handed a copy of the procurement details and performance indicators of weapons and equipment to Liu Haotian on the other side, but at the moment when Liu Haotian stretched out his hand to take it, Jarard said intriguingly:
"We sincerely hope that this agreement can be reached, and for that, we will spare no money in terms of money"
Liu Haotian was stunned for a moment, then reacted, nodded and replied, "We will try our best to meet your country's requirements!"
When the Iranian delegation was guided back to their place by the waiter, several members of the Iranian delegation surrounded Lieutenant General Jarad and began to express their dissatisfaction with China's attitude and Jarad's response, Jarad just listened quietly, until everyone said that they were tired, then glanced at several Iranian military generals in front of him, and asked coldly:
"After all these complaints, let me ask you, is there a better alternative to China in Iran?"
As soon as Jarald's words came out, the audience was suddenly silent, and a few unconvinced wanted to defend themselves, but just opened their mouths, but they didn't know what to say, and finally they could only shut up again, Jarald was right, Iran, which was blocked by the United States and the Soviet Union, really has no other way to choose, although Syria is a hardcore, but it is not a self-sufficient weapons manufacturing country; although North Korea has a certain research and development capability, it cannot come up with a systematic weapon equipment.
Only China, which not only has a complete military production system and can self-sufficiently produce most of the weapons and equipment, but also has extremely strong research and development capabilities, which can continuously upgrade weapons and equipment while forming a powerful supporting combat system
"Therefore, we can only rely on the Chinese, believe the Chinese, no matter what, their terminal sensitive bullets in the Battle of Khorramshahr, achieved incredible results, so that Iraq is still claiming that it is a bullet ~~Dao~~Guide~~, not artillery, this is the wisdom of the Chinese, they can use artillery shells, hit the lethal effect of the bullet ~~Dao~~guide~~ bullet, try to ask which country in the world can do it?"
Jarad continued, making the Iranian generals around him nod their heads in disapproval, while Jarad took a sip of water, moistened his throat and continued:
"China is an ancient country, the Chinese are also an ancient nation, they have a brilliant history and splendid culture, of course, they also have unparalleled intelligence, do not forget, they are a country that can make nuclear ~~martial ~~ weapons, so, I believe in them, of course, I also believe in us, after all, Persia is as ancient and brilliant as China, so we should learn from them"
Just when Jarad and others were discussing China, the conference room of the talks between the two countries just now was already full of smoke, and several members involved in the negotiations were all holding cigarette rolls in their hands, smoking sullenly, and I don't know how long it was, Guo Qingshan, director of the Armament Department of the General Staff, snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray, although he didn't want to say it, he still frowned and broke the silence:
"Iran's demands this time are simply too high, far beyond our capabilities, and arguably unfulfillable" (To be continued. )
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