"Do you mean to continue to cooperate?" Canglong asked calmly, "If you want to continue to cooperate, it is conditional, I think the agreement must be resigned, and it is not a simple reciprocal agreement, but a deeper military alliance agreement." ”

Nikolav's face was pale, he was silent, Canglong made it clear that he had to make inches, but he couldn't help it, they Russia did not sell Basra weapons, Basra would naturally get weapons from other sources, and Europe was not monolithic, under the temptation of huge arms contracts, there must be countries willing to secretly supply Basra weapons.

It is not unheard of in the past, military alliance agreements, which Nikolav did not have the right to sign and negotiate, and the so-called military alliance is to completely tie Russia and Basra together, and if Russia is violated, Basra has the obligation to support, and if Basra is violated, Russia is also obliged to support.

It's not as simple as providing weapons, it's about sending troops, depending on the direction of the war and the political environment.

"I need to report back to the top." Nikolav said calmly, "I can't give you an answer for the time being. ”

"Consideration is a must." Canglong said, looked at Su Su, and then Su Su took out a document and handed it to Nikolav.

Nikolav, of course, was strange and thought it was trying to bribe him, but he soon found out that it wasn't, because it was a list of weapons worth tens of billions of dollars, and he didn't have to think about it to understand what Canglong meant, it was like a swaggering rich man who was showing off his wealth with a middle class.

As long as you are willing to sign a military alliance with us, there will be such arms orders in the future, which can greatly promote the development of Russia's military industry and boost Russia's economy.

Nikolav admitted that the dragon had seized on their weakness, and the Russians had no money, so when they saw the arms contract, they were like beggars seeing gold.

Leaving the Basra International Hotel, Nikolav felt a lot of emotion in his heart, thinking that when the Soviet Union was strong, the whole world had to act according to their faces, but now, under the temptation of money, they have to act according to other people's faces, what a change is this? But there is no way, who made Russia poor.

After Nikolav left, Vivian asked: "Military alliance?" Will Russia countersign? ”

"You should look at a statistic, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Russian Federation was established and carried out large-scale disarmament, the domestic economy completely collapsed, and Russia, the world's largest territory, spent only $5 billion a year on military spending, and now 20 years later, Russia's military spending is only $50 billion, an increase of only 10 times." Canglong said with a smile, "It seems that this ten times is a lot, but Russia's territory is vast, but their military spending is now less than one-third of China's, and it is even worse than the more than 600 billion yuan of the United States, and the reason is because they are poor." ”

"But I think that no matter how poor Russia is, it will not sign a military alliance with us, unless they follow the old path of the Cold War." Vivien retorted.

At this time, Canglong stopped talking, but Su Su said: "You don't know this, in the past twenty years, Russia's influence has fallen to the lowest point in history, and their navy roamed around the world during the Soviet period, making Americans uneasy, and now their navy is inferior to China, almost all of them are old-fashioned warships, every time Russia and China conduct joint naval exercises, they send old-fashioned warships, while the warships sent by China are all new-style warships, which is extremely psychologically unbalanced, Maybe Russian politicians are not willing to confront the United States, but the Russian military people absolutely want to return to the strength of the Soviet period, and military and politicians cannot be compared, not to mention that with the current situation, there is no possibility of a second Cold War, Russia is not a superpower, and neither is China. ”

Su Su's remarks are completely from the perspective of a soldier, as a China. Soldiers, he understands the situation and mentality of Russian soldiers very well, the former world giants have been reduced to a third-rate country, politicians can not care, but for the soldiers who defend the country, it is painful.

At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were as many as nine aircraft carriers, including those under construction, which were worse than the Americans, but they were enough to pose a huge challenge to the United States.

But as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed, most of the aircraft carriers in service were mothballed, and those sold cheaply were sold cheaply, especially the Varyag aircraft carrier on the Black Sea shipbuilding, which was bought by a company in Macao at a cheap price of 20 million US dollars, when the Varyag aircraft carrier left the Black Sea shipbuilding, almost all the Ukrainian servicemen who got the news rushed to the scene, they stood solemnly, and when they saw the unfinished aircraft carrier slowly leaving the shipyard under the tugboat drag, all the servicemen cried, at that moment they were thinking, why the powerful Soviet Union, Overnight, it collapsed?

Today's Russian soldiers, still immersed in the scene of that night twenty years ago, will never forget the humiliation of the world's most powerful country, which in an instant became a third-rate country.

Soldiers can't think about problems like politicians, because they are closely related to the honor and disgrace of the country, and it is precisely because of this mentality that Canglong is full of confidence.

"Even if Russia signs a military alliance with us, will it be able to restrain Iran?" Vivian doesn't think so, first of all, China will definitely not support Basra to go to war with Iran, you must know that China has more than 100 billion US dollars in oil contracts in Iran, and the relationship between the two countries is very close.

Canglong did not explain, because a few days later, Nikolav rushed back, and this time it was not just him, but at the same time the Russian military delegation arrived, including several senior staff officers of the Russian General Staff and a deputy minister of defense.

The secret visit of such a military delegation is enough to prove how sincere the Russian military is this time, of course, this meeting was held in secret, and Canglong also specially asked the intelligence agency to do secret work.

And in this negotiation, Canglong also led his military high-level, and after the two parties took their seats, there was no politeness, after all, this was not a press conference, but a secret meeting.

Nikolav, as an interpreter, first introduced his own side, and at the same time introduced the dragon to the people of the delegation, and the two sides exchanged glances, and the negotiations began.

As the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, Ivanovich is a real figure of real power and can definitely represent the military, the Russian Federation is not like China, because the Chinese Ministry of Defense does not have much real power, and the right to mobilize the army is in the hands of the members of the General Staff and the Military Commission.

The Russian General Staff, on the other hand, does not have as much power as the Ministry of Defense, and generally speaking, the Ministry of Defense is above the General Staff and is directly assigned by the president.

So at the beginning, he said very strongly: "The military alliance agreement is a big deal for any country, Basra is only a province of Iraq, what ability does it have to ask for a military alliance?" ”

Although this seems polite, but in fact it is full of irony, Ivanovich does not take Basra's military strength into account at all, and in fact Basra's weapons are all provided by Russia, he naturally knows how many pounds and taels Basra has, so what he means is that if you want to sign an agreement with us, at least you have to wait until you become a country to say, before you become a country, you are not even qualified to sign an agreement.

It was a person who understood and could hear what he meant, so the top brass of the Basra military was very angry, but Canglong was very calm, and said with a smile: "Since you are not here to sign a military alliance with us, then what are you sending a military delegation for?" How about you when we become a nation? ”

Canglong used standard Russian, and the military delegation led by Ivanovich heard it clearly, and at the same time, they were surprised, but they did not know how to respond.

came here with such fanfare, just to discuss the signing of a military alliance agreement, and before the discussion, Ivanovich naturally had to put on a posture, we don't care at all, in order to deal with the next specific agreement negotiations, but he didn't expect that Canglong came to govern others in his own way, you don't care, I don't care yet, love to sign or not, don't sign to pull down.

The atmosphere became awkward for a moment, and at this time, if Canglong gave a step, he would be able to continue talking, but Canglong didn't give a step.

As if it had been arranged in advance, Su Su suddenly said, "Prophet, the person in charge of the French Renault company is waiting for you to receive you. ”

As soon as he heard this, Nikolav's face changed, and he quickly translated it to Ivanovich, and the delegation's face completely changed when they heard that the prophet was going to meet with the French arms dealer.

France is the only country in the NATO alliance that does not like to listen to the dictates of the United States, even in the European Union, France is a maverick, as long as the interests are sufficient, France will not care what you agree or not, you have to sell what you should sell, and the French weapons are not much worse than the Russians, and even more advanced than Russia in some fields.

The two sides didn't say a few words, and the situation made the Russians very embarrassed, and then Vivian suddenly said: "Prophet, I think it is very important to sign a military alliance with Russia, France is a member of NATO after all, not to mention that most of our weapons are Russian-made, if you want to change your outfit, then you have to replace them all." ”

Hearing this, Nikolav suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he naturally heard that this was a step released by Canglong, which means, you don't take yourself too seriously, you have to negotiate well, then we will talk, don't negotiate, then we will not talk, go back to their own homes, what should they do.

After the translation, Ivanovic's face was a little better, there is no way to make Russia poor, they have already made an estimate this time, if they sign a secret military alliance with Basra, they can not only get long-term arms orders, but also increase Russia's influence, although it will offend the United States, but Russia wants to re-enter the ranks of the world's top powers, sooner or later it will have to conflict with the United States.

History has proven that Western countries will not be soft on Russia, and the same is true until now, since sooner or later they will have to be opposed, it is better to strike first.

"Then let the people from Renault wait." Canglong looked at Ivanovich with a smile, "Your Excellency, do you think it is still possible for us to talk?" ”

Ivanovich was stunned for a moment, and his face changed faster than turning a book: "Of course, we have to talk about it, Russia attaches great importance to cooperation with Basra, otherwise I would not have come here in person." ”