The daytime in Baghdad is exceptionally bright, the cloudless sky makes the hanging sun appear extraordinarily bright, and the slowly flowing Euphrates River is even more sparkling under the sunshine, echoing with the unique style of buildings and green trees on both sides, and another unique exotic style involuntarily comes to the face, just like the sincere smile on the face of the commander of the Iraqi Air Force, Admiral Salah, at this moment, which makes people more intriguing in the cordiality:

"After our detailed demonstration, the basic performance of the 'Falcon' air defense missile system does meet the needs of the Iraqi Air Force at this stage, but it is ......... You also know that the current air defense command system of our country is based on French technology, and I just don't know ........... in terms of system integration."

Admiral Salah stopped speaking at the right time, and then looked at the Chinese young man on the other side of the coffee table with his cunning eyes like a vulture, this is the eighth meeting he has held with this Chinese in five days, for this young man named Lu Jiadong, including General Salah, the Iraqi high-level can be described as thunderous, it was he who sent a large number of advanced weapons and equipment to Iran, and finally achieved the Battle of Khorramshahr, which turned the entire Iran-Iraq situation, and the Tehran air offensive and defensive battle. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the one hand, they hated Lu Jiadong for exporting arms to help Iran defeat Iraq, and on the other hand, they coveted the advanced equipment he possessed, hoping to equip one or two.

Due to this complex psychological reason, coupled with other complex reasons, Iraq's arms trade with China has been tepid in recent years, except for the Type 59 and **** tanks equipped in the early years, as well as some Jian-7 fighters, similar to the new main battle tanks, 155mm artillery, terminal ammunition, modular rocket artillery and other new equipment developed and produced in recent years, Iraq has basically not purchased and equipped.

It is not that Iraq does not want to arm these advanced equipment into its own combat units, but it is mainly that some people in the Iraqi top leadership cannot let go of it, and always feel that China's equipment has become an accomplice in Iran's victory over Iraq, but compared with Iraq's own factors, Lu Jiadong's indifference and rejection, intentionally or unintentionally, may be the fundamental reason why China's advanced equipment cannot be imported into Iraq.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, that is, in the face of the cross-era Gulf War, the Iraqi army, which is not of high overall quality, is not at all a combined general of the US military with sea, land, air and space, and all-round network and electromagnetic networks.

The loss of heavy technical equipment exceeded two-thirds, and countless Soviet-style equipment that was once invincible became the laughing stock of the whole world in the raging flames, so that the image of the Russian military industry after the disintegration could not get out of the shadow of falling into an ice cave for a long time.

At that time, China was no exception, in the **** tank that was blown into parts, the 59 type that was cut off the turret, and the image of the J-7 fighter that was beaten to pieces was spread to all over the world through the Western mainstream media, the reputation and image of China's weapons and equipment were like a waterfall, plummeting, so that for several years after 1991, the total export volume of China's weapons and equipment was not as good as a fraction of the 80s, and this also led to many military enterprises that relied on the export of weapons and equipment at that time to fall into trouble again.........

Although China's weapons and equipment have developed rapidly in recent years, and some equipment has even ranked among the world's advanced, there is still a big gap compared with the US military, which is technologically strong.

Moreover, since the mid-80s, the US military has completed the construction of a joint operations system, and all branches of the armed forces, arms, and even a single weapon platform have become a node in joint operations, and the command system has also been flattened, and the operational orders of the theater commander can be directly conveyed to every combat unit, and its combat effectiveness has been unprecedentedly enhanced.

Based on the above reasons, Lu Jiadong has always intentionally or unintentionally avoided Iraq's willingness to procure, because although the current single combat power of China's weapons and equipment is strong, it is still very far from joint operations, and the quality of the Iraqi army is really not flattering, so Lu Jiadong really does not dare to risk staining the reputation of China's advanced equipment, after all, Iraq's single market is still much smaller than that of the world........

Of course, this kind of thinking cannot be generalized, and while Lu Jiadong uses his indisputable influence in China's military industry to avoid land warfare and the import of air equipment into Iraq, he is happy to see the export of the newly developed "Falcon" air defense missile system.

Because the "Falcon" air defense missile system is based on the needs of air defense and anti-missile missions in the next 20 years, the new air defense missile system developed by the "Falcon" air defense missile system is not available in previous weapons and equipment, whether it is a combat target, a combat style, or even an imaginary enemy target on which it is based.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Jiadong is most concerned about the combat effectiveness of this air defense system, especially its performance under high-tech conditions, and you must know that this is not only related to the real combat effectiveness of this air defense system, but also related to the future development direction of China's air defense and anti-missile defense, and the Gulf War is undoubtedly an excellent stage for verifying these advanced theories and technologies, so Lu Jiadong will spare no effort to sell the "Falcon" air defense missile system to the entire Gulf countries, including Iraq.........

Iraq's senior officials naturally did not know Lu Jiadong's actuarial thoughts; they only felt that this young Chinese was no different from other international arms dealers, and they were all unprofitable masters; at the beginning, Iran promised high prices, and spared no effort to give Iran advanced equipment; now that the Iran-Iraq war is over, Iran's armaments have begun to be drastically reduced, and they have turned to Iraq again if they are unprofitable.

Therefore, Lu Jiadong's reputation among the top leaders in Iraq is not as high as that of him in other countries, but he is much looked down upon, and the commander of the Air Force, General Salah, is one of the most typical ones, but this hardliner in the army with a charitable face is very well disguised.

After a few contacts, he and Lu Jiadong also had a good conversation, looking like a year-old friend, at this time, his eyes flickered slightly, and then his heavy lips curled slightly, driving the beard on his chin to bend a graceful arc, and the signature kind and kind smile appeared on his wrinkled face:

"I just don't know if you have a solution in this regard!"

"Please rest assured in this regard!"

In the face of Salah's kind smile, Lu Jiadong responded with a sincere expression and nodded confidently: "As I said just now, the 'Falcon' air defense missile system can not only fight independently, but also be connected to the national air defense network.

"I am also very confident in this, after all, General Musharraf introduced this system in his talks with President Saddam Hussein, and His Excellency the President is very interested in this, so I have reason to believe that this system can hold up a quiet sky for Iraq..........

Salah's praise for General Musharraf's breakthrough in Iraq a few days ago was even more praised, and Lu Jiadong only nodded occasionally and smiled silently, so Salah ended the meeting after singing praises to the two leaders.

Lu Jiadong sent Salah out of the hotel with a smile, but when he returned to his room, the original bright smile disappeared in an instant, replaced by a solemnity that was difficult to hide, and he didn't care about the fatigue of the marathon meeting just now, and directly instructed Song Xiaoxu who greeted him:

"I'm going to the embassy right about to contact Musharraf, and there's another moth on the Iraqi side........."

"Moth?"

Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Song Xiaoxu was a little confused: "Didn't you talk about it very well just now?"

"It's very good, it's just too long, there was no reaction for five days, and in the current situation, Iraq can still calm down, absolutely strange........."

Song Xiaoxu rushed to Iraq from Saudi Arabia yesterday, many of the situations are not familiar, and he is already a little unclear, and being so brainless by Lu Jiadong made him feel dizzy, but Lu Jiadong did not give him a chance to ask any more questions, and said anxiously:

"I'll leave it to you here, no matter how late it is, I'm afraid that the bamboo basket will really be empty............"

"Do you think that after the Chinese know the truth, they will be so angry that they hit the Code of Hammurabi with their heads?"

Just as Lu Jiadong hurriedly left the hotel and went to the Chinese Embassy in Iraq, in a secluded and luxurious Arab manor on the banks of the Euphrates River not far from him, Galitsky, director of the Foreign Liaison Office of the Central Design Bureau of the Soviet Union's "Diamond", had a smile on his face like a successful conspiracy, wandered on the quiet path of the manor, and said excitedly to Butin, deputy general manager of the Soviet National Defense Weapons and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, with a look comparable to victory in the war:

"I think they will do so, because these Chinese have been kept in the dark all along, so that there is no such thing as a great figure for you, Comrade Vladimir Bugin, because only you can do it so seamlessly........ (To be continued. )