Originally, before that, Iraq had ordered Pakistan's self-developed Thunder Dragon fighter, as the main fighter in the future, this fighter has advanced electronic equipment, and can effectively confront other third-generation aircraft, but unfortunately, this fighter has not yet been delivered, and the current incident has occurred, Pakistan firmly stands on the side of Kuwait, and even the emir of Kuwait is rescued by Pakistan.

In this case, Pakistan shamefully terminated the agreement, and the deposits paid by Iraq in the past have also been wasted, and now Iraq's main fighter is actually a second-generation fighter!

Originally, after Iraq inspected the Soviet fighters, it was quite interested in the wide Su-27, and even signed an order for 40 planes at one time, but the Su-27 fought very poorly in the skies over Afghanistan, and after inspecting Pakistan and deciding to purchase Pakistan's Thunder, Iraq had no interest in this kind of backward avionics, five big and three thick Soviet goods, and canceled the order, and instead ordered Pakistan's Thunder.

The Iraqi Air Force has every chance of winning against Kuwait, but Iraq really cannot confront it head-on against the multinational forces, especially US warplanes.

When it comes to this issue, Saddam is no longer as confident as he was just now, and he also has a headache.

"Mr. President, I contacted an international arms dealer who has the means to buy MiG-29 fighters from the Soviet Union, which is also a good third-generation aircraft." Seeing that Saddam Hussein was also worried about this, Ibrahim continued.

MiG-29? The MiG-29, like the Su-27, is a third-generation aircraft developed by the Soviet Union! International arms dealers, can they still get a fighter like the MiG-29?

Saddam Hussein was immediately very interested and said, "Where is that person?" Bring him to us! I'm going to talk to him personally. ”

Two days later, a Soviet man secretly came to Baghdad, inside Saddam's mansion. Met the powerful rulers of Iraq.

"It's a great pleasure to meet you, President Saddam." The person said, "You can call me Xiao." ”

"Do you have a way to get the MiG-29 fighters of the Soviets?" Saddam Hussein asked: Although the Soviet Union was once an ally of Iraq, after Iraq invaded Kuwait, the Soviet Union actually changed its face. When the United States proposed at the United Nations to organize a coalition army to drive out the Iraqi army, the Soviets actually abstained from voting, and as a result, the United States proposal was established by the United Nations, and the United States had the authorization of the United Nations, even if it had mastered international public opinion.

"Yes." "I have a very wide network of contacts in the Soviet Union, and I can get all kinds of weapons, except nuclear weapons. MiG-29 fighters, I can get about forty. ”

"Is it second-hand that served in the army?" Saddam asked.

The person who came shook his head: "No, it is a fighter plane that has just left the factory of the Mikoyan company, and it has not yet been delivered to the troops." ”

"Then how did you get it?" Saddam Hussein was puzzled.

"Mr. President, the situation in the Soviet Union, you may not know very well, right now, the Soviet Union is undergoing deep reforms. The country's investment is inclined to economic construction, many defense industry units. They did not get enough money, they had to sell their products for their own development, just like Huaxia, and began to follow a similar path to the market, and the same was true of the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Their factories are still building fighters according to the original plan, but the army's military spending is limited, and the army can't equip these fighters to the troops, so they pile up in the Mikoyan factory. There are a lot of people who know it, and you can buy these fighters, they are all brand new MiG-29s, and they have not been moved again except for test flights after they are manufactured. ”

Brand new forty MiG-29s! Saddam Hussein was tempted: "How much is a fight?" ”

"Fifty million rubles, because the ruble has shrunk, so, in dollars, forty million dollars a plane will do." The other party said.

Four million dollars! It's not cheap! At this time, if it were not for the emergency, Iraq would never agree to this price, but...

"What about the training of our pilots?" Saddam asked: "With only fighter planes and no pilots, planes still cannot display their strength." ”

"Don't worry, Mr. President, if you buy these fighters, then the training of pilots will be carried out simultaneously, and you can send a few top pilots to the Soviet Union with me for training, and at the same time, if you are willing to pay a high price, I can also poach experienced pilots from the Soviet Air Force and Air Defense Force, join the Iraqi Air Force in the name of mercenaries, and fly MiG-29 fighters into the air for combat."

Dig up the pilots of the USSR! This is certainly better! Saddam Hussein immediately nodded in agreement: "Okay, that's the best!" We in Iraq hope that this agreement will be reached as soon as possible. ”

"If that's the case, please pay me the deposit, and I'll take the deposit and pick it up at Mikoyan." The person who came said it was very calm, just like selling Chinese cabbage.

"I wonder if you're interested in other Soviet goods?" The visitor continued to ask: "S300 missiles, T80U main battle tanks, SAM-18 pin anti-aircraft missiles, and Scud missiles. ”

Everything touched Saddam's heart, and Saddam couldn't stop nodding: "Yes, yes, we want it!" ”

S300, but the most famous anti-aircraft missile system of the USSR! With this system, it is possible to protect the airspace of important cities such as Baghdad, and the T-80 main battle tank, which is equipped by the Soviet Union itself and will never be exported! And the Scud missiles, the more of this stuff, the better!

With a huge multi-billion dollar contract, arms dealer Shaw left Baghdad and began his largest arms trafficking operation.

Shaw, that is, Shostakovich, was captured in the Afghan war in his early years, and finally was willing to be a truck driver and live a happy life as a Soviet special forces, and then was photographed by Mhammad and became an arms dealer, specializing in selling Soviet arms. His business is getting bigger and bigger.

After Shostakovich's activities, the Soviet top brass has already acquiesced to the fact that it is not possible to openly support Iraq and secretly export some weapons while making a lot of money, which is completely okay.

Because of Mhammad's crossing, the Afghan war was far more cruel than in history, which directly led to the Soviet army investing more forces in Afghanistan, and the failure of the confrontation with Mhammad also indirectly led to Marshal Akhromyev and other veteran Soviet military veterans being purged by Gorbachev, and Marshal Olgakov, the pioneer of reform and the leader of new military thought, who had been excluded and suppressed, was favored by Gorbachev and promoted to Minister of Defense. The reforms within the Soviet army, which had been stopped due to the resistance of the senators, were unswervingly carried out by Marshal Olgakov with the support of Gorbachev.

The Soviet Union lacked a lot of money in the process of military transformation and economic reform, so a large amount of surplus military equipment was sold through open or illegal channels to obtain much-needed funds for the Soviet Union. And this policy was also tacitly approved by Gorbachev and Olgakov. Although it is difficult for Pakistanis to come forward, Shostakovich, a former member of the Soviet army, took advantage of his racial advantages and earlier connections in the army to smuggle all kinds of arms from the Soviet army on a large scale under the opening of money and beautiful women.

At present, the outbreak of the Gulf War has indeed come as a surprise to the Soviet Union, and in addition to hating Saddam's behavior of taking matters into his own hands without greeting and disobeying him, the Soviet top level is even more resentful of the US imperialists' assembling of multinational forces in the name of justice to teach their younger brothers a lesson; although the United Nations is unable to openly support Iraq, it is not an effective way to maintain the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East and help it resist US imperialism by handing over a large amount of advanced equipment for the Soviet army in service through Shostakovich's mediation.

The Soviets, of course, will see the effects of the American war in the Middle East, which the USSR cannot tolerate!

Shostakovich hummed an unknown tune, and after leaving Iraq, he went to Syria, this time the arms smuggling was very special, and it had to go through Syria to transit.

Is it shameless to do so? Now it is time to intervene in Iraq by force, and Mhammad is secretly helping Iraq to increase its military strength!

After receiving the news from Shaw, Mhammad touched his nose, this is a must, and the time must be grasped well, these new arms must be transported after the Iraqis are driven out of Kuwait, that is to say, this batch of arms needs to be used in the confrontation with the Americans, and when the time comes, Mhammad will just clap his hands and shout that both sides will come on!

Start preparing now, all for that moment!

At the same time that Iraq was secretly buying arms, a delegation from Pakistan came to Grumman.

At this time, Grumman was in a state of anxiety, and the whole was very grateful for the arrival of the Pakistani delegation, and Pakistan solved a big burden for Grumman!

Grumman's troubles all started with the Iran-Contra incident.

Iran, a rogue state, took American hostages, and the Reagan administration at that time, in order to solve this problem, had to reach an agreement with Iran, transported weapons parts to Iran, and exchanged hostages.

Originally, the incident was carried out very secretly, but for some reason, it was suddenly exposed last year.

Reagan stepped down, and he didn't have a big deal, but the main parts transported to Iran at that time were parts and components for Tomcat fighters, and Grumman, as the manufacturer of Tomcat fighters, became a scapegoat thrown by the government and the military. (To be continued.) )