(2nd Update)

In this way, poor Vietnam was forced to agree to the request to buy fifty "monkey version" T72 tanks under the condition of Yanayev's half-intimidation and half-inducement, and this shameless behavior of buying and selling by force made even Pavlov unbearable. He asked Yanayev if it was necessary to do such a desperate thing. How to say that he is also a former ally comrade.

Yanayev just replied to him indifferently, "It's normal, it's not that hooligans don't do the P5." Anyway, China will not buy our ships for the time being. If China really doesn't take action after Vietnam places a large order, the Vietnamese will be grateful to us in turn, believe it or not. The world has changed, and it is no longer the time to pay attention to class friendship, and whoever has a hard fist and who is unscrupulous can achieve the position of world leader. ”

In contrast to the current situation, Britain and the United States have the same interests, and although they occasionally do something to betray each other, most of the time they still show a glue-like state. Since the time of Charles de Gaulle, France has shown that it has always been independent from the alliance, showing an attitude of swimming but not attacking. So what the Soviet Union had to do was to unite closely with its southern neighbors against a group of impudent hooligans with ambitions who wanted to evolve them.

When the Soviet Union and China became partners in exchange for greater profits, then the interests of some surrounding allies, such as Vietnam, such as India, could be appropriately sacrificed. These countries do not seem to have been able to add much political leverage, except for creating some profits and value for the Soviet Union.

It is precisely because of this that China is willing to move closer and closer to the Soviet Union, so that it appropriately ignores the warnings of some of its former allies.

Just after the bunch of T72 foreign trade version tanks were disposed of. Military officials from India's Ministry of Defense also came to Moscow to join in the fun. It was said that it was to inspect the armament situation of the Soviet Union. to purchase weapons that are suitable for India's national conditions. But Yanayev knew very well that the southern neighbor had signed an order agreement with Pakistan a few weeks ago for a batch of Type 85 main battle tanks, which immediately stimulated India's nerves, so they tried to purchase new tanks from the Soviet Union to meet the needs of their own army armored forces.

For this kind of country where people like Ah San are stupid and have a lot of money, Yanayev has always been unrefusal. However, this kind of thing can only be done by people from the Ministry of Defense, and he is not a national leader who is not suitable to participate in such military trade occasions. But Yanayev told Defense Minister Yazov that he must remember Ustinov's law, right Asan. Oh no, to be too merciful about India's purchase price is to be cruel to our military-industrial sector.

Yazov nodded understandingly, at least now the Soviet military top brass has reached a consensus, that is, as long as Ah San comes to buy a tank, he will definitely tear off a large piece of meat from him, and he will be grateful to himself for the rhythm of Dade.

The official Indian delegation included Defense Minister Kapoor, Deputy Chief of Staff Prakash, and a number of accompanying Defense Ministry officials, after the Soviets sold them a batch of Tunguska air defense systems with a conscientious price and quality last year. After tasting the sweetness, India began to think about the armaments of the Soviet Union, so this time they came to plan to place a bigger order. Priority should be given to upgrading the army's equipment, and strive to be able to fully crush the armored division of the opposite Pakistan this year.

This arms race was naturally strongly welcomed by the Soviet Union. And this time the USSR did not intend to give the A-3 foreign trade version, but provided two schemes, the foreign trade version and the original T72.

However, when the official Indian delegation saw the difference in the price of each tank, their hearts were a little unbearable, and they took the price list and asked the Soviet officials, "What? The price difference between the original version of the T72 and the foreign trade version is actually more than four times, what is going on? ”

Defense Minister Yazov kindly explained to them, "You see, the original T72 and the foreign trade T72 are naturally different, although they are steel, fiberglass, steel three-layer composite armor, but you see the main difference is mainly the turret, the foreign trade version uses a cast steel turret instead of the original version of the composite armored turret." The gap between self-use and export is mainly in the gap of software, many foreign trade versions have been simplified, and there are dozens of simplifications, such as the degree of automation of the fire control system, three-proof equipment, fire extinguishing system and so on. ”

"You get what you pay for, so do you still think the price of the original version will be too high?" Yazov was speechless for the other party's rebuttal, and in the end Fei Chief of Staff Prakash had to come forward to relieve the siege.

"Well, what Zhang Yazov of the Soviet Ministry of Defense said is just the price of the unit price, and we will buy it in bulk at that time, so the price will still be negotiated." Prakash's words dispelled the officials' doubts.

"Yes, we do reduce the price a lot if we buy in a group. For example, the Mi-17 transport helicopter sold to the Chinese side was originally quoted at $5 million, but the final transaction price was only about $2 million. Of course, in terms of quantity, this is a military secret and cannot be leaked casually. We also ask for the delegation's understanding. Yazov said apologetically.

The delegations were relieved to hear the assurances of the Minister of Defence. Next, they visited the original version of the T72 tank, which is indeed much better than other export models compared to the foreign trade version with more than a dozen cuts, in addition to the T72 tank, the BMP-3 armored car, the Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the SAM-11 Beech anti-aircraft missile.

The Indian delegation's expression of praise was seen by Yazov, especially after seeing the improved version of the beech, and he directly asked about the price.

"Everything is easy to say, we will give the best deal to our esteemed Indian friends, really." Yazov said with a malicious smile. If you can talk to us about the price at the next table.

After several rounds of visits, the Indian delegation identified the weapons to be procured. Because the Soviet side rejected their request to visit the MiG-29 on the grounds that it was not suitable for sale of MiG fighters in the near future. However, the Indian side is already very satisfied, after all, it is unheard of in the history of arms sales to be able to buy the original Soviet weapons at a conscientious price. This also made Prakash, the newly appointed deputy chief of staff, secretly happy.

It's just that the stupid and kind Ah San didn't expect that the Soviet Union had already designed a trap, and the so-called cheap arms sales? When you can afford to buy an order for the original T72 of 500 units in one go, let's talk about the original version of the arms sale. Yazov stood quietly to the side, looking at the group of triumphant Indians, and thought secretly in his heart.

The terrible thing about the Russians is not only on the battlefield, but also at the table and the wine table, they are also a group of rough and violent Soviet bears. (To be continued.) )