Chapter 229: Old Chinese and Soviet Customers

(Second, the problem of shielded words is basically the two of I-Si-Lan-world-world and political-religious integration-one, which have now been corrected.) After the revision of the starting background, there are more and more blocking words. )

At a time when the United States' statement on punishing Iran was in full swing, there was silence on Iraq's side, and Saddam Hussein even let Iraq out that it only wanted to seek independent development rather than hegemony in the Middle East. To others, it seems that since the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein has given up his ambition to unify the Middle East because of the domestic economic situation, but in fact he is recuperating and waiting for the day when he will rise again.

And because of Iraq's silence, the United States has also focused its attention mainly on Iran, in other words, who told you to hit the muzzle of the American gun at the most critical juncture. As a result, Iran has become another country that the United States wants to conquer that opposes American values. At least in Uncle Sam's eyes, there are only two kinds of countries, one is a "free and human rights" country that follows in the footsteps of the United States, and the other is a "dictatorial and brutal" regime that opposes the United States.

In the face of the aggressive posture of the Americans, Iran naturally could not sit still. They will not sit idly by and allow the Americans to launch a double attack on Iran in terms of public opinion and economy, and they need to find a breakthrough to counter US hegemonism.

Khamenei is preparing to visit China recently, and the news of his meeting with the Chinese leader has once again attracted everyone's attention. Everyone knows that as the leader of Iran's spiritual world, Khamenei does not visit foreign countries at will, unless Iran has encountered some problems in international affairs and needs to find solutions, or visits to other Iranian = Sri Lankan countries. But now it is clear that it belongs to the former. Iran has a problem. Continue to seek new strategic partners.

President Rafsanjani, who had exercised his right to visit foreign countries, has now been replaced by Khamenei, and for those familiar with Iran's political situation, they have expected that the contradictions between Iran's president and its spiritual leader are gradually beginning to surface. Khamenei is not a figure without real power, although he is not the head of government, and as a former president who led the Iran-Iraq war, he has great prestige, both in the military and in the civilian population. In other words, as long as the president is incompetent. Khamenei has the right to exercise the power of impeachment.

Khamenei's visit to the country this time is seen by other countries as the first step in his comeback, and as for the first country he visited was not the Soviet Union but China, even the CIA could not guess what the old fox was thinking.

Only Khamenei himself understands that this action is nothing more than a demonstration, both against the West and against the opposition at home. Let them really figure out one thing, who is the absolute leader of Iran.

Of course, China will not miss the opportunity to win over an oil-rich country in the Middle East, not to mention that the war in which this country was involved in the first place fed its own military-industrial system, so much so that when it heard of the visit of the leaders of Iran or Iraq. The military-industrial sector was as excited as it was when they saw a rich man giving money.

Of course, Khamenei did not disappoint them this time, and when he visited China, he first put forward a plan to sign a large order with China's military industry. This plan included the most basic Type 56 submachine guns. There are also Red Flag anti-aircraft missiles, and for Iraq's recent purchase of some Chinese-made tanks, Khamenei has also proposed to purchase the Red Arrow series of anti-tank weapons. Anyway, in the eyes of the Iranians, Chinese weapons are cheap and practical, and they can obtain great combat effectiveness with low military spending.

Although this time Iran did not purchase tanks and fighter jets, but purchased defensive weapons, it can be seen who Khamenei is targeting. After expressing his wish for long-term cooperation with the Chinese side, Khamenei went to Moscow, so that everyone suddenly realized that the original Islam-Sri Lanka World wanted to unite with the socialist camp to deal with the democratic, liberal and American traitors.

Khamenei met with Yanayev in Moscow, where the two sides exchanged views on economic cooperation and, to put it bluntly, with Moscow the issue of the arms deal.

"Procurement of our hail rocket artillery and SAM anti-aircraft missiles? It seems that you are determined to fight the United States to the end, with all due respect to Khamenei, do you really think that with Iran's strength, you can really fight to the death with the combined forces of the United States? Yanayev deliberately used verbal stimulation to test the other party.

"President Yanayev, you and I both know who our common enemy is, so I'll just say it. Yes, now we do need the arms trade of the Soviet Union and other countries to strengthen our armed forces, and we have all seen the end of Iraq since the Gulf War, and the United States, with its own high technology, has crushed the world's fourth-largest army almost in a matter of weeks. The gap is obvious, both for the main camp of society and for the armed forces of our I-Ran world. ”

Khamenei retorted to Yanaev, reminding Yanayev that in the face of the United States, the common enemy, it was better for the Soviet Union and Iran to maintain close and cooperative relations, lest the Americans find an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although he was refuted, Yanayev found Iran an ally more and more interesting: "I very much agree with you, Khamenei. But everyone knows that this is not a short-term war, and that Iran may face a ten-year blockade by the United States, so are you sure it will not give in to the Americans? ”

Before Khamenei could speak, he was stopped by a gesture from Yanayev, "I don't need any promises and guarantees, after all, you are an old customer of the Soviet military industry, and since you need weapons, then we are also willing to conclude this deal." But don't you need any other weapons than Hail and Sam? ”

"Especially weapons that can cause wide area damage to the enemy." Yanayev threw out the idea of a deal in chemical weapons, and he had to get rid of the stock on Pozluz Island before the United Nations convention came into force.

However, Khamenei's attitude surprised Yanayev, who only shook his head, "We don't need chemical weapons for the time being, if the United States catches the truth, they have a chance to start a war against Iran." What's more, Iran has no strategic depth, and once it engages the US military, then Iran may not be able to hold out for a few days. ”

Yanayev was slightly stunned, this was a little different from what Viktor had reacted to him at the beginning. Seeing that Yanayev looked a little embarrassed, Khamenei also added, "Of course, the previous deal has not lapsed, we just think that now is not the best time to trade." ”

At this point, Yanayev finally reacted, Khamenei agreed to Viktor's request at that time, and only wanted to use the Soviet and American forces to achieve the goal of making the domestic moderates lose power, and the so-called chemical weapons deal was just a front, to be precise, Khamenei used to solve the opposition.

Thinking of this, Yanayev was a little angry, but even he couldn't help but admit that the guy in the white robe in front of him was really a cunning old fox, and in this three-country competition between Iran, the United States and the Soviet Union, under the design of Khamenei, the Soviet Union finally came up empty. However, Yanayev will never allow Iran to play tricks on the Soviet Union. He must let Khamenei know what happens if he cheats a superpower.

He secretly raised the price of all weapons and ammunition to about seven percent. To make up for the lost share of the chemical weapons deal is also a small punishment for Iran.

Khamenei also procured a certain number of BMP armored personnel carriers during this visit, which they hope to increase their military strength, and now the Iranian army is still a certain distance from real mechanization. But when the price list was listed in front of Khamenei, he was in a bad mood.

"How can it be so expensive, it's almost a quarter higher than the price we said was good." Khamenei frowned a little dissatisfied, and he accused Yanayev of providing a problem with the manifest, but the other party retorted to him.

"Have you forgotten the price of our supplies? When was the last time Iran procured our weapons? It's probably been five years. The prices of many things have risen in the past five years, and although we are committed to curbing the rise in the price of raw materials, these things are not something we can fully control. ”

If weapons are just a one-time deal, then consumables are a trickle of cooperation. Yanayev calculated that Iran would hold many military exercises to show off its strength to the United States, so for Iran, consumables are the most important source of profit.

In Yanayev's eloquent reply, Khamenei had no choice but to sign the contract with a trap, of course, a quarter of the price is not very expensive for Iran, and now in Iran's armed forces, the vast majority of arms are still Soviet-style or Chinese imitation Soviet-style weapons, and Iran, which lacks its own heavy industrial strength, must gnaw on this somewhat rude demand of the Soviet Union if it wants to seek development.

Yanayev just smiled and watched as the other party signed his name on the contract, who called Iran is not trustworthy, especially when the other side is trying to use a big country to achieve its own goals.

"Do you really think that if you don't have chemical weapons, the United States won't dare to do anything to you? Khamenei, you still underestimate the degree of shamelessness of the US government, and when the time comes, there will really be an armed conflict between the United States and Iran, but don't blame me for not reminding you in the first place. Yanayev said to himself with the signed arms deal contract. (To be continued.) )