Just when the Southwest Science and Industry continued to promote various projects in full swing, the Gulf War, which was changed the path of development, also ushered in the final finale. Unlike the previous Iraq, which ended in seconds, the coalition has since become famous.

This time, although the NATO countries in the coalition are still extremely strong in the air raids, and even out of revenge for the previous sneak attacks in Iraq, the combat forces invested in the subsequent air strikes are stronger, and the losses suffered by Iraq itself are even more severe.

Moreover, because the United States and Britain have firmly implemented the policy of internal friction in the Middle East countries, this time the Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt have suffered heavy losses in the implementation of the operation to recover Kuwait, at least in the battle to recover Kuwait City, whether it is Saudi Arabia's M-60, or Egypt's M60 and T-62 are all losses.

Fortunately, the MBT-2000 tanks driven by Pakistan and Kuwait were slightly better, and in urban warfare, the accompanying combat infantry of Pakistan's armored forces had excellent tactics.

As for the post-war period, when the Gulf countries upgrade their armored forces, whether they will take more into account the MBT-2000 tank, this is not known for the time being, and it is also not something that Yang Hui needs to care about, anyway, even if the foreign sales of MBT-2000 are good, Southwest Science and Industry will not be able to benefit here.

On the contrary, Yang Hui is now more concerned about the Egyptian side's proposal to have a very interesting JF-17 fighter and issue a bid, which is what should be the focus of attention now.

"Okay, okay, since Egypt is interested in JF-17 fighters, we must attach great importance to this project, the last time our country and Egypt in the field of military fighters intersected was about ten years ago, during which because our equipment performance is not comparable to Western countries, so Egypt began to purchase a new generation of fighters from France and the United States. This time, we have finally made some name for ourselves through the Gulf War, and we must not miss this opportunity. ”

Not to mention Yang Hui, Xie Lianfa, who was on the other side of the phone, also attached great importance to this project, and he had been coveting Egypt's huge second-generation aircraft replacement demand for a long time.

"Yes, I also roughly calculated, Egypt in the last five to ten years, at least 100 old aircraft to be retired, the future can be expected to their second-generation aircraft completely retired, at least need more than 300 new fighter gaps, we don't say all the orders, only half of the calculation can also have 150, this is already quite a huge order, our domestic procurement may not reach this number."

Hearing the domestic order procurement, Yang Hui is too lazy to care, the current JF-17 only needs the domestic symbolic purchase of about 100 units, that is, to ensure the transitional needs of the Navy and Air Force before the 10th service, and it can also be regarded as an example for international buyers, indicating that this aircraft is recognized by the Navy and Air Force of a large country like the Republic.

As for the future, as long as the market in front is opened, just the procurement of the other three participating countries of the project, plus the previous orders from Venezuela and Colombia, these add up to a large amount, and when the reputation and market holdings are all alive, there is little need for the Republic to continue to purchase JF-17 as an example.

However, there is no doubt that the current Egyptian order must be obtained by all means.

"That's right, but this time Egypt is interested in the JF-17 fighter, this aircraft was agreed at the beginning of our development, and overseas orders need to be fully involved in the Brazilian side, and you should have known about it when you ordered Venezuela last time, so I still call the Brazilian side again."

I thought about it again and found that it was better to handle this matter myself.

"Forget it, I'll go and contact the Brazilian side myself later, it just so happens that I also have something to communicate with the Brazilian side. What you have to do now is to use all channels as much as possible to collect information about this Egyptian procurement case, and we must know ourselves and the enemy! ”

After all, the Egyptian procurement case is not the kind of direct private communication with the purchaser that is common in the Southwest Science and Industry Institute before, and the contract procurement will be signed immediately after the conditions are negotiated. The United States has taken out F-16C / D fighters, and France's Mirage 2000 fighters will certainly not be absent, which are the main third-generation fighters in the international arms sales market, and none of them is worse than the JF-17.

Therefore, Yang Hui already had an idea at this time, JF-17 wants to stand out, it is definitely impossible to compete in performance, compared with the cost performance of the aircraft, the purchase unit price is the right choice, and even this time to export the JF-17 production line to Egypt, it is not hesitant, anyway, it must take the Egyptian market.

"Don't worry! Although we have not sold military fighters to Egypt for 10 years, our L-8 trainer aircraft only rolled off the production line in Egypt not long ago, and now the Egyptian side is very satisfied with the L-8 trainer. Even have been contacted by Hongdu, want to improve a light attack / patrol aircraft on the basis of the L-8, once successful, it means that the L-8 series can continue to expand the number of holdings in Egypt, so our aircraft in Egypt has a good impression of the change, JF-17 this aircraft to Egypt, that there are still relatives. ”

Being able to use this metaphor, Yang Hui also feels quite fresh. Using the metaphor of the L-8 trainer with the relatives of the mother's family, not to mention, it is really special enough, whether it is L-8 or JF-17 are of republican blood, and the Egyptian trainees will be able to seamlessly connect to the JF-17 two-seat combat trainer type immediately after walking down from the L-8 trainer plane, which can form combat effectiveness at the fastest speed.

So we really have relatives in Egypt cheering for us, not bad, not bad!

Egypt's purchase order has not yet been clarified, a delegation secretly from Iran arrived at the republic, this delegation has not yet contacted the southwest science and industry, but took it for granted to go to the republican ** team, the name is bilateral military exchanges and the like, that's it, and now it is still a headache for Vice Chairman Liu How to deal with it.

You say agree to the Iranian side's request for import, the Republic is really not good to take the risk of offending the United States now, but if you want to say that you don't agree, the order given by the Iranian side is really tempting, and people just gritted their teeth and took out money from the already small amount of foreign exchange, which is quite a lot!

"I think this will be put aside in advance, the current situation is still a little unclear, the multinational coalition forces have not yet begun to withdraw from the Persian Gulf, the situation is not easy to say, it is difficult to say."

In this way, even without the knowledge of the Southwest Science and Industry, the procurement needs of the Iranian side were shelved, and as for when it may be restored later, it is not known when, at least in the last republic, a lot of means of production of anti-ship missiles were sold. (To be continued.) )