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Sitting in the car, Brightman was still a little puzzled, and he ran from Baghdad to Basra in the hope that he could meet Qusay and discuss with him about increasing Iraq's crude oil production, but when he arrived in Basra, he was sent by the mayor of Basra to Zubayr in the north, where President Qusay was said to be waiting for him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info≦≧

It seems that President Qusay is not deliberately avoiding him, but he is indeed very busy, as a president, he only needs to give various orders, and there are other people in charge to do specific things, and if he has to bow down to everything, he will be exhausted to death.

Now, sitting in the car to Zubayer, Brightman is thinking about how to convey the American side to Cusay.

Now, as a major oil-producing country with important oil reserves in the world, Iraq must contribute to maintaining the stability of the world economy.

In the conflict between the countries of the Middle East and Israel, the United States exercised restraint in the final stage and restrained Israel from agreeing to the peacekeeping of the Golan Heights by the United Arab Army. ≦≧

The car quickly drove into the aircraft factory in Zubayer, and Brightman was somewhat flattered that Iraq's very secret Mirage 4000 aircraft production plant, which had never been visited by outsiders, actually opened its doors to him.

At the final assembly line, Brightman met with President Qusay, who was visiting.

Qusay stood in front of a Mirage 4000 that had been fully assembled, the plane had not yet been painted, and the appearance was like a patch, showing in front of them piece by piece, and Kusai felt the rivets on it, which had been fused into the skin, and was talking to the technician next to him.

The head of the French side is also next to Cusay, and on the production line of the Mirage 4000, there are some Dassault technicians stationed there. Undertake tasks such as technical supervision.

Seeing that Brightman had come here under the leadership of the factory staff, Qusay beckoned to him.

"President Qusay, it is a great pleasure and a great honor to be able to see you here, to visit the aircraft factories in Iraq. ≦≧," Brightman said.

"Mr. Ambassador, what do you think of this kind of fighter plane produced by our Iraq?" Qusay asked.

Home-made? Plainly. That is, an assembly line. Brightman thought in his heart, but said: "The Mirage 4000, a French fighter, can be regarded as a relatively advanced aircraft. However, to our American fighters, it is still a little close. ”

In the hearts of Americans. Yourself will always be the greatest.

"Really?" At this time, the Frenchman in charge of the Mirage 4000 project said: "In the last exercise of the Arab countries, our Mirage 4000 fighter won the confrontation against the F-15. ”

In the eyes of the Gauls, their own fighters are the most powerful, especially the appearance of the Mirage 4000, so that France also has a fighter that can compete with the F-15, and they are very proud.

"That's only because the Mirage 4000 used AWACS. The advantage of ≦≧ AWACS aircraft is very great, and now, the Saudi Air Force is about to get our American E-3 AWACS aircraft, and after this AWACS aircraft joins the Saudi Air Force, it will again conduct simulated air battles, and the results will definitely be different. Brightman said.

"Then we also have a big advantage in close-range grappling." The Frenchman continued.

"That's because it's a pilot from the Saudi Air Force. If our Air Force pilots were used, then, the results obtained, would definitely not be the same. Brightman said.

The two men went head-to-head, but Kusay didn't find out. It was not his intention to have such a result.

"Even if it's not the F-15. The F-20 fighters we exported to Iraq are also relatively advanced. Brightman said, when he said this, Brightman was a little angry with the arrogance of the French, and deliberately said it to the French.

Comparing light fighters with heavy fighters, it is simply impossible to compare, Brightman is not an expert after all, just to suppress the sharpness of the French. ≦≧

Qusay did not participate in their debate, he said: "These two fighters are Iraq's main fighters in the future, and they will also become the main fighters of the Middle East countries, especially the F-20 fighters, and we have made preliminary estimates that there is a potential market of 400 in the Middle East." But, alas, now Iraq, which needs to invest the main funds in the production of Mirage 4000 fighters, the production line of F-20, we need to put it on hold for the time being. ”

"Why?" When Brightman heard this, he abandoned the American fighter planes and used all the legal system? That's not going to work! At this time, he had been bypassed by Qusay, and he had forgotten his intention.

"If the ambassador wants, I can take you to our F-20 production line to have a look, but the production line there has stopped, and our workers have been transferred to the production line here." Qusay said.

"Why?" Brightman vaguely felt that if Iraq produced the Mirage 4000 at full speed and gave up the F-20, then it would not necessarily be a good thing for the United States, because the United States would still have a lot of income by exporting raw materials and avionics and other equipment for fighter jets, especially when Qusay said that there was a potential market for 400 aircraft in the Middle East, although the production was Iraqi, but the imported accessories were enough for Northrop to make a lot of money. ≦≧

"Because your country actually violated our agreement and refused to provide our country with the remaining equipment that we need to import, including avionics, so we are now only producing airframes, without avionics, and we are still unable to produce qualified fighters, we have paid for the new twenty sets of avionics, but now half a month has passed, and your country still has not given us any signs of exports, so we are considering whether to transform the production line of the F-20, Producing Dassault's Mirage 2000 fighter, we can also achieve the role of highland matching. Qusay said.

Those guys in the country! Brightman scolded in his heart, he knows some of these inside stories, although last time, in order to restore peace between Israel and the countries of the Middle East, the United States first exerted pressure, imposed sanctions, terminated all cooperation, and then lifted the sanctions and resumed cooperation between the two sides.

However, at this time, there began to be disagreements at the top level of the United States, in this dispute between Iraq and Israel, Iraq's army showed greater combat effectiveness, which has never been done before, Iraq can produce its own weapons, can use advanced tactics, and Iraq is not very obedient, such a country, the United States does not want him to be strong.

Therefore, at the suggestion of some people, the United States began to reconsider its policy toward Iraq, in particular, the production line of F-20 fighter jets exported by the United States to Iraq is regarded as part of the highest technology, and the United States should re-examine whether it needs to continue to fulfill this agreement.

The House of Representatives, the Senate began to discuss this issue, but Iraq could not wait that long. The original inventory of avionics has been fully installed, what to do with the rest?

Iraqi technicians have begun to jointly conduct research in the big eastern countries, striving to digest, absorb, integrate the avionics technology of the F-20 and the avionics of the F-14, and imitate them on this basis, but this is a long process, and some of the electronic parts can be imported through the Ousheng Electronics Company, and some parts are still blank.

Iraq is considering temporarily introducing some avionics equipment from other European countries to meet the needs of the follow-up production of F-20 fighters, and the Americans want to rectify Iraq's defense industry, Iraq will absolutely not compromise, and Iran in the future can hang ground-to-air Hawk missiles on F-14 fighters, and Iraq's current technological level has far surpassed Iran's.

And when he saw Brightman, Qusay said this, it's all the United States that is to blame, depending on what reason you give! McFarlane had fully agreed.

"These should be misunderstandings, I think, it may be that we have encountered some problems in the United States, but it is said that the Senate has doubts about these items, so consultations and discussions are underway, and when they have a positive resolution, they will soon send you the materials stipulated in the agreement." Brightman said.

"Misunderstanding? Our production line, thousands of people have nothing to do, every day delayed, we are hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses, and, half a month has passed, the items we need are still missing, this is not a misunderstanding at all, but your ignorance. You can spend two months voting on a resolution, and we can't afford to wait that long. Qusay said: "We in Iraq have been very disappointed with your country's performance over the past period of time, and it is not only the United States that can export Iraqi technology to us, but also many European countries have a very friendly attitude towards us, and we must better develop relations with European countries." ”

After hearing this, the French engineer standing next to him showed a smile on his face, in their hearts, the so-called European countries, I'm afraid it is France, and they will have to send a report back to Dassault later, the production line of the F-20 has been stopped, and they don't know yet, see if they can export the Mirage 2000 to Iraq, this is a new order!

"I wonder what happened to Mr. Ambassador coming to see me this time?" Kusai asked, after finishing up the atmosphere.

Brightman looked at the French in front of him and the employees in the distance, and he couldn't say here that we in the United States need to increase Iraq's crude oil production, right?

"Next to the assembly hall is our office building, so please ask President Qusay to come to the office and take a break." The head of the Iraqi side next to him said.