Northern Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed Port.

It is said to be a port, but it is actually a stretch of coastline, but it is fenced off, indicating that it is the territory of the Saudi royal family.

In fact, theoretically, the entire country belongs to the Saudi royal family.

In addition, part of the port is in Kuwait, and the land on that side is also provided by the Kuwaiti royal family, and will be connected in the future.

This is the outer harbor of the military industrial city promised by Crown Prince Mohammed to the king.

Now, of course, it is part of the Military Industrial City.

What's more, the Kuwaiti royal family has also become a shareholder of the military industrial city in the form of land and capital, or more precisely an investor.

In fact, land is not worth anything at all.

As for how much oil is buried under this, Wang Dong is not very interested.

What he cares about is the support of the Saudi and Kuwaiti royal families, the shipbuilding base built here, and the huge orders for decades to come.

Of course, what is more important is a broader development prospect.

Wang Dong had to admit that the Iraqi civil war had turned many things that he would not have dared to imagine into reality.

Although in this war, the "Angu" company suffered hundreds of casualties, many of which were the first Pakistani special forces to follow Wang Dong, and some special forces from China, but no one can deny that their sacrifices and efforts have brought extremely huge returns.

Starting from here, a few dozen kilometers inland, is a military industrial city that is engaged in infrastructure construction.

The road has already been built, but the Saudi authorities plan to build another highway and a railway to the port within five years.

Although it has only been a few months, it has changed so much that even Wang Dong can't believe it.

The key is still funding.

During the Iraqi civil war, D&F Saudi Arabia undertook a lot of tank and combat vehicle maintenance work, not only trained a group of technical personnel, but also obtained enough income.

What's more, the services provided by D&F are exactly what Saudi Arabia and other countries continue to be able to do.

Why?

So many tanks and combat vehicles that were damaged in battle could not have been repaired without the assistance of D&F, at least not so quickly.

As a result, the Saudi royal family first increased its investment in the military industrial city.

By the end of the Iraqi civil war, the Saudi royal family, controlled by Prince Waleed, had invested more than $10 billion in the country, with a focus on infrastructure.

According to Crown Prince Mohammed, when most of the infrastructure is completed, that is, after it has begun to take shape, it will be named "King Salman Military Industrial City", that is, it will be raised to the level of national construction, side by side with the three military cities that were built decades ago.

As expected, the first Saudi tank factory will be inaugurated here.

When the temporary airport is expanded into a military airport, Saudi Arabia will also invest in the establishment of a military aircraft maintenance plant here, and even a military aircraft manufacturing plant in the future.

It's just that there is more resistance to the march into aviation.

Why?

Saudi Arabia's combat aircraft, especially fighter jets, all come from Europe and the United States, and when they are imported, after-sales service is included.

In addition, arms companies in Europe and the United States will not allow D&F companies to interfere in the maintenance of their products.

In the case of EF2000, Eurofighter Industries has repeatedly sent notes to the Saudi authorities, demanding that Saudi Arabia strictly abide by the confidentiality agreement.

As for the United States, it simply sent a monitoring team of dozens of experts to keep an eye on the F-15SA fighter jets sold to Saudi Arabia, ensuring that at any time, D&F personnel could not access the fighters, and even put a seal on the key equipment on the fighters.

Of course, D&F is not without a way to enter the aviation sector.

That is, the basic maintenance of the JF-17 and A-5 combat aircraft provided by Pakistan to the Iraqi government forces has been handed over to D&F, and Pakistan has sent technical personnel to assist, and is also preparing to establish a joint venture with D&F.

In addition, Saudi Arabia has also been trying to become a customer of Huaxia fighters.

Before the end of the Iraqi civil war, the Saudi Arabian arms procurement delegation went to Huaxia and formally put forward its intention to purchase combat aircraft from Huaxia, and also submitted an order of intention that was enough to make the jaws of the Chinese arms enterprises drop, but the relevant negotiations were still ongoing.

It's very simple, what Saudi Arabia wants to buy are the best combat aircraft in China.

At that time, what the Saudis wanted most was the J-20 fighter jet.

In the words of Crown Prince Mohammed, as long as Huaxia is willing to sell this fourth-generation heavy air supremacy fighter that has achieved mass production in addition to the F-22A, the price is not a problem, no matter how expensive it is, Saudi Arabia will buy dozens of them back to act as the main force of air supremacy.

It's a pity that the price is really not a problem, because Huaxia's refusal to sell is the problem.

On the position of selling J-20, Huaxia has long made clear its position, that is, as long as the United States does not put the F-22A in the export arms list, Huaxia will not export J-20.

Why?

This extremely powerful fourth-generation heavy air superiority fighter is enough to change the military balance in the region.

Theoretically, a squadron of up to 10 J-20s would dominate the skies of the Middle East and defeat the air power of a medium-sized country.

Saudi Arabia has dozens of J-20s, so how can neighboring countries live?

Of course, given that the United States has begun to sell F-35 fighters, Huaxia vigorously promotes the FC-31, but this fighter has not yet reached the level of mass production.

In addition, the Huaxia Air Force has no intention of purchasing FC-31.

Because the FC-31 will not be able to reach mass production level until several years later, Saudi Arabia has retreated to the second best place, focusing on Huaxia's J-10D.

It's just that Saudi Arabia not only wants to purchase this fighter, but also to buy the production line and all the production patents.

Why?

Obviously, it is not only necessary to produce it yourself, but also to improve it according to your own needs.

After all, the J-10D is not much better than the EF2000 and F-15SA, but to supplement the air power, that is, to solve the problem of the lack of air defense suppression capabilities of the EF2000 and F-15SA.

You know, the J-10D itself is a multi-role fighter, and its main mission is to perform anti-aircraft suppression tasks.

At least one-third of the J-10Ds prepared by the Huaxia Air Force are professional air defense suppression fighters, which form a high-low match with the J-16.

Of course, purchasing J-10D is not a problem, but to get the J-10D production line and a full set of patents, that is the problem.

Don't forget, heavy fighters such as the J-16 are not exported, and before the FC-31 is officially put into service, the J-10D is the most advanced fighter that Huaxia can come up with.

If Saudi Arabia is allowed to produce and export such fighters on its own, what will China's arms companies do?

Of course, it's only a matter of time.