Three days later, a B777 plane under the purse of the Saudi royal family carried more than 200 operatives to Riyadh, not from the front line in Iraq, but from Pakistan.

That's right, it's Musharraf recruiting.

Strictly speaking, not all, a fifth of them are old acquaintances, that is, from the Pakistani special forces, led by Major Hussein.

At the beginning in Kashmir, Major Hussein fought side by side with Wang Dong, a real friend of life and death.

The other more than 100 operatives were the tank crews recruited by Musharraf.

The goods are genuine, and they are all veterans, all of them have driven the "Khalid" main battle tank, some of them have also gone to the Huaxia Military Academy for further study, a few have test-driven the Huaxia 99A, and a few have participated in MBT3000 projects and trained on the VT-4 for dozens of hours.

In addition, Musharraf sent a set of VT-4 operation and training manuals.

Although Crown Prince Mohammed promised to provide a training place, and it was a military camp on the outskirts of Riyadh, Wang Dong felt that there was no need to make such an exaggeration, so he took these personnel to the military industrial city on the same day, and only asked the Saudi military to provide necessary living materials.

These people were brought in to fight the war, not to let them travel to Saudi Arabia.

After the war is over, don't talk about Saudi Arabia, you can pick any tourist destination in the world.

Fortunately, these operatives were very active, especially the dozens of special forces led by Major Hussein.

When they arrived at the military industrial city, they got busy.

A few days ago, the main thing was to assist the engineers in repairing the tanks sent back from the front line, especially the "Khalid", which was considered a warm-up exercise.

When Gao Jun sent the customized DF8SMG and DF6PD, Hussein and other special forces also started.

After spending a few days familiarizing himself with the two new firearms, Hussein and his team left the city of military industry and trekked into the barren desert.

They will have a long-distance training session with the aim of familiarizing themselves with the natural environment of the Middle East.

Although the battlefield is in Iraq, it is also a desert.

The desert is a relatively unfamiliar environment for these special forces from Pakistan, who had previously operated mainly in Kashmir.

As for the tank crews, they are still helping to repair the tanks and conduct acclimatization training.

Actually, it's all about physical training.

The reason is that, with the exception of a few officers and soldiers sent by the Pakistani military, the rest are retired soldiers, some of whom have been out of the army for several years.

Even in a new tank like the VT-4, being a tankman is a physical job.

Not to mention anything else, on the battlefield, if the track is blown off by a mine, the three crew members have to work together instead of waiting for the engineering maintenance vehicle; Routine maintenance was also laborious, such as cleaning the gunpowder residue from the barrel, and the three crew members had to work for hours.

If you don't have enough physical strength, you can't do these jobs at all.

As for technique, it's just as important, but it's more about the tactical level, or experience.

No matter how advanced a tank is, in fact, it is a tool of war, and as long as it is a tool, it can be mastered in training and use, and it will not be said that it cannot be used at all.

After waiting for a week in the military-industrial city, the first batch of VT-4s arrived.

Now, of course, it is called "Salman", named after the current king.

A local tyrant is a local tyrant.

The Royal Saudi Air Force dispatched four C-17s to airlift the first batch of four VT-4s from Karachi, Pakistan, directly to the Military Industrial City.

It is also the only transport aircraft capable of carrying tanks weighing up to 53 tons and landing at airstrips.

First of all, the purpose of airlifting four tanks is to let the tank crews carry out physical operations as soon as possible and master the necessary skills to control this kind of tank combat.

Seeing the real thing, Wang Dong had to admit that this is definitely the most beautiful main battle tank in the world.

Digital desert camouflage, all-welded turret, high-inclination frontal armor, 52-fold barrel 125mm smoothbore gun, commander-in-chief thermal imager, and much more.

It can be said that the third-generation main battle tank should have it on the "Salman".

Even if it is not necessary to have it, "Salman" has it, such as a remote-controlled weapon station erected above the captain's hatch to replace the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Of course, only "Salman", that is, the luxury version of the VT-4, has a remotely controlled weapon station.

This remote-controlled weapon station alone costs as much as $500,000.

Still, it's definitely great value for money.

The remotely controlled weapon station is equipped with two weapons, the 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, which is fed by a two-way chain and can freely switch between armor-piercing and high-explosive rounds, with a total reserve of 120 rounds, and the latter is fed by a magazine with a reserve of 1,000 rounds, in addition to storing an additional 120 grenades and 1,000 machine gun rounds in the vehicle, which must be manually reloaded by the commander.

Because it was supplied to the Saudis, the 35-mm automatic grenade launcher from Huaxia was not adopted.

Relying on the remote-controlled weapon station, the tank commander can deal with the approaching infantry without revealing himself, and the safety on the battlefield is greatly guaranteed.

It's just that, too, the anti-aircraft machine gun was lost as a result.

Of course, in modern combat, the anti-aircraft machine gun of a tank is actually a heavy machine gun, which is mainly used against ground infantry, and not against aircraft in the sky.

If enemy planes could be seen with the naked eye, the tank would probably be doomed.

On the battlefield in Yemen, the Royal Saudi Army has long proven the value of remotely controlled weapon stations, especially in urban warfare, where remotely controlled weapons warfare is almost irreplaceable.

Externally, the biggest difference between the "Salman" and the standard VT-4 is the remote-controlled weapon station.

It's just that the inner difference is greater.

"Salman" is equipped with the latest 150HB engine, which is numbered 150HBGIII. in Huaxia, which is the third improved model.

Compared to the simplified version of the VT-4 sold to Thailand, the engine output of the Salman increased by 300 hp to 1500 hp, and it was able to work stably for 30 minutes at 1800 hp emergency power, but after that the engine had to be overhauled.

These 30 minutes are useless in peacetime, but they can save lives in battle.

Quite simply, when the tank is engaged, it rarely moves at a constant speed, and has to constantly accelerate and decelerate, and an extra 300 horsepower means faster acceleration.

It is important to know that the time taken from stationary to thirty kilometers per hour is a key indicator of the mobility of a tank.

When the tank fires armor-piercing shells, the acceleration time is reduced by 0.1 seconds, which is of decisive significance.

As for the optoelectronic sighting system, it is needless to say.

Selling it is so expensive, it is natural to pile the best equipment on it, anyway, what Huaxia can make and need to use, all put on it.

According to the propaganda made by Huaxia, the fire control system of the VT-4 is exactly the same as that of the 99A.

The fire control system of "Salman" is better than that of VT-4 and 99A, and it is synchronized with 99B, many of which have not even been obtained by the Chinese Army.

Among the three major indicators to measure the performance of tanks, firepower and protection, "Salman" is definitely not blown.

It's just that how advanced it is, to be precise, is the specific data, which has never been released by Huaxia, and the buying country will not be disclosed casually.