At a certain military airport in the suburbs of Beijing, not long after a British-made "Trident" plane took off and flew southward in a hurry, a military transport plane with the "1 August" logo was already aimed at the runway and began to descend slowly.

However, compared to this busyness, Singapore International Airport is really full of flights, passengers, and planes that rise and fall like flocks of migratory birds, showing the unique openness, tolerance and prosperity of this port country known as the "Garden City".

Not long after the flight from the UK to Singapore landed, a low-key and luxurious Mercedes-Benz sedan slowly pulled out of the parking lot in front of the airport's terminal building, and when it entered the smooth and straight expressway, the car began to accelerate, and in the blink of an eye, it crossed most of the island and stopped in front of the most famous Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.

At this time, the doorman of the hotel walked forward quickly and politely, opened the car door humbly, and put the back of his right hand on the door frame, at the same time, a tall Westerner walked out of the car, only to see that his hair was a little dark, his skin was a little rough but he did not lose the fairness of the Western European race, and a well-cut suit made him look extraordinarily straight, but the black sunglasses on the eye sockets covered the most important part of his face, although it was not clear to see the specific expression, but it echoed his cold face, which made people more elusive.

After taking him out of the car, he took out a dollar bill from his pocket, and the doorman quickly took it with a happy face when he saw this, and quickly bowed slightly and said respectfully:

"Thank you, sir. ”

But the mysterious Westerner ignored the doorman, carried his black briefcase, walked into the hotel lobby, and after completing the relevant procedures, he took the elevator straight to the eighth floor, when he came to the door of room 8310. He looked vigilantly to the left and right, and after finding that there was no one around, he knocked on the door a few times, and it didn't take long for the sound of the door lock opening in the room. Then the door opened.

A Westerner wearing a white shirt and trousers suddenly appeared at the door, and when he saw the person outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face like an arctic ice cap immediately showed a very unnatural smile:

"Oh. Anderson, my dear old friend, I didn't expect you to come in person!"

The person who came was none other than Anderson, but his current identity was no longer the deputy military attache of the Military Attache Office of the British Embassy in China, but he was transferred back to China to serve as the head of the foreign aid and liaison department of the British ** Intelligence Division 6, and his military rank was also promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel.

At this time, Colonel Anderson had already stepped into the room, and immediately took off the black sunglasses on his face, revealing those blue and deep eyes. Looking at his friend Brown, who has now become the sales director of United Technologies, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and a smile peculiar to a British gentleman appeared on his cold cheeks, but even so, Anderson's words were very serious and direct:

"How are you talking with the Iranian side?"

"Thank God! it went even better than expected!" said Brown, walking over to the wine cabinet in the luxurious suite, pulling out a bottle of British rum, pouring two glasses, and holding the glass in both hands. Walk over to the couch and hand Anderson a glass of wine:

"Although these Iranians are arrogant on the outside, they really can't stand the beating in their bones, and a few words will crush them into obedience. It's not quite as obedient as the German Shepherd on your farm, but it's almost there!"

"Oh?" Anderson took the glass and took a sip of it, and then the smile on his face was even better: "It seems that the Iranians can't afford their chieftain tank to lie down anyway!"

At this time, Brown had already leaned his whole body on the soft sofa, crossed Erlang's legs, and nodded with a smug smile on his face. The tone of his voice involuntarily carried a bit of British ridicule:

"That's right! Although the Pahlavi king was overthrown, I don't think even His Majesty would have imagined that the nearly 900 chieftain tanks he purchased when he was in power would become a bottomless gold mine, and as long as the high-intensity war between Iran and Iraq continues, the consumption of spare parts produced by this huge tank group alone will be equivalent to a permanent mint, and the green dollars will only roll in more and more!"

Brown said, his blue eyes flashed with a little golden light, as if there was a mountain of gold in front of him, and his words were indeed right, Iran was very close to the United States and Britain and other Western countries as early as the Pahlavi administration, and it was with the support and help of these Western powers,

Iran's Pahlavi Shah regime rejected the Soviet Union in the north, strangles the Strait of Hormuz in the south, borders Afghanistan and Central Asia in the east, resists Iraq in the west, and at the same time unites with Saudi Arabia and other kingdoms to actively resist and counter the Nasser's pan-Arabist movement dominated by Egypt.

Of course, if Iran wants to be a lion, it is not to scare people with a mane, but to sharpen its teeth and claws, and become a fierce beast that can tear all enemies apart at any time, in order to achieve this goal, the Pahlavi king personally did it, running around in Western countries, coupled with the extremely good relations between Iran and the West at this time, a large number of advanced weapons and equipment were purchased in a short period of time:

On the Air Force's side, the F-4D Phantom and the latest F-14A Tomcat, which has just been put into use by the US carrier-based air force; on the Navy side, there are "Kidd-class" destroyers, which are copies of the "Spruance-class" destroyers of the United States; and in addition to the American-made transport helicopters and attack helicopters purchased by the Army, the main tank of the Army is the British-made "Chieftain" At that time, Britain was only equipped with 900 tanks, and the wealthy Pahlavi king bought 894 in one go, becoming the largest Chieftainate tank user outside the United Kingdom itself.

According to the terms of the two sales contracts, all Chieftains were delivered by the end of 1978, but the relevant spare parts and maintenance plans for the modified tanks were not included in this contract, although Britain gave a large number of relevant spare parts in the traditional friendship with Iran.

However, with the outbreak of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iran's relations with the West quickly fell to the freezing point, and the follow-up sales of spare parts for the Sheikh tank, like the F-14A fighter and other weapons and equipment, all fell into a state of stagnation.

In particular, as the vanguard of the land assault armored forces have suffered huge losses, compared with the destroyed tanks on these battlefields, the most headache for the current Iranian military and government is the problem of spare parts for tanks, you must know that even ordinary family cars have entered the 4S shop for a series of maintenance and replacement of spare parts after driving a certain mileage, and the tanks that carry out harsh high-intensity operations are even more so, not to mention that although the tanks on some battlefields were hit but not destroyed, they can still be put into battle after being rescued for repair。

However, whether it is maintenance or war-damaged repair, the spare parts used are indispensable, but at this time, the West adopted an arms embargo on Iran, and the British Chieftain tank spare parts are naturally included, and in the face of the high-intensity war between Iran and Iraq, the batch of spare parts given by the British before was used up within a few months of the start of the war.

Iran, which lacks spare parts, can only watch the chieftain tanks lose their battlefield due to mechanical failures and are powerless, and other tanks can barely maintain the east wall and the west wall. 62 The only equipment, if this group of chieftains tank group is all lying on their stomachs, then Iran can only watch the Iraqi armored forces gallop through the vast desert and approach Tehran.

"The reputation of the 'King of Land Wars' is not given in vain, especially in the desert area, it has irreplaceable tactical value, unless Iran is willing to be the defeated, it can only be obedient!" As soon as Brown's words fell, Anderson gently took a sip of the rum in the glass, with a somewhat playful smile on his face, raised his eyes and glanced at the relaxed Brown opposite, and then moved his thin lips, and asked word by word in his London accent with a strong tail:

"Iran has no intention of continuing to engage with China, does it?"

"Hmph!" As soon as Anderson finished speaking, Brown snorted with extreme disdain, and then raised his eyes and looked at Anderson on the other side seriously, and couldn't help but say meaningfully:

"My dear Mr. Anderson, tell me in God's face, do you think these so-called Persian descendants still have the guts?"

Anderson listened to Brown's words and did not answer, but his seemingly polite but extremely cold satisfied smile explained everything in his heart at this time, and Brown couldn't help but smile when he saw this, and then couldn't help but say confidently:

"Although the Iranian government is out of the control of the West, it was once the chassis of the West's military business, and it is naturally changing now, and even more so in the future" (to be continued). )