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Lyman looked at the young man in front of him, knowing that the wishful thinking of the top level of the US government had been wrong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info≦≧

The United States can exert pressure on Iraq, but not on the Arab world as a whole. In particular, there are also large oil producers, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

If Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had taken the initiative to invite, the United States could have officially entered the Persian Gulf, but now, the United States is sitting on the cold bench, and no one is looking at the United States.

Perhaps, another way can be found! Brightman took matters into his own hands and said: "So, since it is a joint naval and air exercise, can we, the US Navy, participate?" ”

"Absolutely." "But the United States has to join the Arab League first," Qusay said. ”

The League of Arab States is a regional international organization established to strengthen the unity and cooperation of Arab countries, referred to as the Arab League or the League of Arab States. It was born in March 1945, when representatives of seven Arab countries, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, met in Cairo and adopted the Treaty of the League of Arab States, proclaiming the alliance. The purpose of the ≦≧ Arab League is to strengthen close cooperation among its member states, to safeguard the sovereignty and sovereignty of Arab States and to coordinate their activities.

Originally, Egypt was the unsurprising boss, but Egypt was scorned by other Arab countries for holding peace talks with Israel privately, and was also expelled from the Arab League.

"Why?" Brightman asked if it was absolutely impossible to get the United States to join the Arab League.

"Because this is a coordinated exercise of our Arab League." "Mr. Ambassador, I hope you understand that this is the world of our Arabs," Qusay said. We ourselves are fully capable of defending our own security, and we really don't need to bother your navy for this trivial matter of escorting, so thank your government for me first. ”

Brightman was embarrassed by what Qusay said, but as a diplomat, he still had the necessary qualifications. Does Qusay mean that he absolutely does not want the United States to meddle in the affairs of the Gulf?

It seems that the United States needs to exert a certain amount of pressure on him. ≦≧

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Qusay, but it seems that we can't agree on these issues anymore." Mr. Brightman said he had to report these things to the government to see what the government's response was.

"I forgot to tell you something." "Prince Sultan is currently in Baghdad," Qusay said. Before returning to see you, he had already visited our new Mirage 4000 fighter in the south, and was very interested in this kind of fighter, and offered to buy it. We will introduce a production line for the Mirage 4000 this year, and when the time comes, we will mass-produce the latest European heavy fighter. ”

What did Qusay bring up this for? Brightman thought about it for a moment and understood. This is telling the United States: Don't use the same means as you used to ban arms sales!

The United States has now exported an F-20 production line to Iraq, which is also one of the Americans' bargaining chips, if Iraq does something too much, it can impose sanctions on the raw materials that need to be imported on the production line at any time, and ban sales. Such. That line was abandoned.

And Qusay is now saying this sentence to tell the United States that if the United States dares to make this move, Iraq will also accept it: first mothball the F-20 production line and transfer these already skilled workers to the production line of the Mirage 4000! Then, the US embargo will not affect Iraq. ≦≧ would be a big loss to Northrop. U.S. sanctions are ineffective against France. Because France has withdrawn from NATO, any act of France. There is no need to go through the authorization of the United States, and for Dassault, exporting this heavy fighter will definitely make a lot of profits.

Kousai watched the change in Brightman's expression and admired the president of the French Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle.

After World War II, France nominally wore the halo of a victorious country, but its comprehensive national strength and international influence plummeted, and like other European countries, it was a policy of bending to meet the United States and the Soviet Union in the gap between the Cold War, Eastern Europe all took refuge in the Soviet Union, and Western Europe took the United States as its boss.

It was not until December 1958 that Charles de Gaulle was elected the first president of the French Fifth Republic. After de Gaulle came to power, he implemented a series of tough foreign policies; Maintain the national ** and strive for the status of a great power; It is both alliance and dialogue with the United States, firm and dialogue with the Soviet Union, breaking the bipolar pattern of the United States and the Soviet Union, and promoting a multipolar world; Building a 'Europe for Europeans' with France at its core!

These policies came to be known as 'Gaullism', the de Gaulle government not only insisted on the development of ** nuclear forces, but also proposed to be on an equal footing with the United States and Britain in the North Atlantic Alliance, which naturally did not satisfy the United States, and after being rejected by the United States, de Gaulle angrily withdrew from NATO military integration in 1966. ≦≧ then, France's status as a great power was re-established.

There is such an outlier as France, and the United States is sometimes helpless, as it is now.

Moreover, if Saudi Arabia also buys this kind of fighter, it will have an impact on the US policy, Saudi Arabia is pro-American, and the United States' treatment of Saudi Arabia is definitely very good, Saudi Arabia can even buy F-15 fighters, the main force of the US Air Force, and its dependence on the United States is very strong, but if Saudi Arabia buys the Mirage 4000, this situation will change a lot.

It's a little tricky!

"Moreover, on the way back to Baghdad, when Prince Sultan heard that we still have a tank production line in Baghdad, he was also very interested, and hoped that after the talks with you, he would go to this tank production line to have a look, and it is very likely that Saudi Arabia will also equip this tank on our production line. ≦≧," Qusay continued.

If Saudi Arabia is equipped with a Mirage 4000, which is unacceptable to the United States, then this kind of tank on the production line of Saudi Arabia equipped with Iraq makes Brightman feel even more unacceptable, because that kind of tank is a T-72 from the Northern Soviet Union!

Although this tank has been produced on the production line in Iraq, a tank with Soviet blood equipped with a pro-American Saudi Arabia will be very embarrassing to the United States, and this kind of tank will not provide the United States with a target test.

Looking at Brightman's expression, Qusay enjoyed it very much, in any case, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States would never put all its energy on the Middle East, and it was quite good to bring the Soviet Union out as a shield at the right time. However, if Prince Sultan is satisfied this time, it is also a good choice to order the next batch of tanks on his own production line.

In fact, since the tank production line was shipped from the Soviet Union, the installation was completed, and it was officially put into production, Qusai has not been here a few times, because there are too many things in Cusai, who holds the power.

However, now that Prince Sultan was very interested, Qusay also knew that it was time to take him there, and when a guest came, he had to show him the good things in his house, right?

"The chief engineer has worked hard." When Kusai entered the tank factory, he saw Kartsev, who was already gray-haired, wearing the same uniform as an ordinary worker, with some oil on his hands, and seemed to have come from the production line after knowing that he was coming

Kartsev, on the other hand, has nothing to offer, and since his time in Iraq, he has adapted to life here, especially the T-6 tank with a 72 TD engine, which has begun trial production.

Kartsev has been engaged in the tank business all his life, so it is not hard to work with tanks all day, especially with a good salary.

Prince Sultan looked at the old Soviet man with some surprise in his eyes, how can this Lord Kusai have so much energy, isn't this person a famous Soviet tank designer?

Sultan is the Minister of Defense and knows a lot about these natures.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sultan said: "I didn't expect that Iraq would invite such a good master of world-class modern tanks. ”

"The prince has won the prize." Kartsev said that he knew from the notice that the person in front of him was Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia.

With the help of the translator, the two sides exchanged a few words, and then walked into the production workshop.

Although Saudi Arabia is also equipped with a large number of tanks, Prince Sultan still does not know how the tanks are produced.

And here, on a huge production line, workers are nervously busy, among these people, both Iraqis and Soviets, under their hands, the shape of various tank parts, gradually formed.

When the production line was introduced, the workers had to be retrained, so Qusay brought back a group of workers from the Soviet Union with high salaries, and together with Kartsev, came to Iraq.

"Chief Engineer, how are we doing now?" Qusay asked.

"Our production line is in orderly production, because the front armor ordered from the country has not yet arrived, so the final assembly is still waiting, however, the hull and turret have already been built, and it is expected that the first batch of tanks, about thirty units, will be able to complete production and equip the troops next month." Kartsev said.

Armor is a core secret, so while introducing tank production lines, armor still needs to be imported directly from the Soviet Union.

"What about our diesel engine production?" Qusay asked.

"The production line of 6TD diesel engines is also starting normally, and the first batch of finished diesel engines has produced more than 20 units." Kartsev said.

Although the progress is not as high as Qusay's hope, Qusay is still very happy that the first batch of Iraq's own tanks will soon enter active service, and when production is stable, the annual output will be several hundred, enough to equip the Iraqi army.