Shepard's team is responsible for negotiating Saudi Arabia's aid exchange for Afghanistan.

Because of the huge financial resources brought about by the oil trade, Saudi Arabia has always hoped to become the big brother and leader of the Arab world.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was such a great opportunity to expand Saudi Arabia's influence, and with a large amount of economic aid, Saudi Arabia's own status in the Arab countries was also rising, and it won a lot of people's hearts.

In addition to military contractors such as Shepard, the team also includes think tank experts and military personnel, and they are hosted by the first personal secretary of His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, who is also the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and First Deputy Prime Minister and also the Commander of the Army.

This Prince of Sultan Shepard is no stranger, he is an evergreen topic on the Jane-Chinese Internet in later generations, as long as Saudi Arabia is mentioned, he is indispensable, not because of his identity and official position, but because this prince was a great contributor to Saudi Arabia's successful purchase of Dongfeng ballistic missiles, so it was talked about by countless people.

But now, he is just a high-ranking official who is busy with government affairs, and because he is busy enjoying life, he can't find time to meet the professional team from the United States, and his secretary can only be in charge.

His secretary was also more conscientious, and after taking the professional team to the hotel where he stayed, he quickly organized a professional team, and the two sides conducted a new consultation on what kind of assistance they would carry out in Afghanistan.

Although the Soviet war in Afghanistan has been going on for four years, the situation of the Afghan guerrillas has not improved much in these four years, and even because of the tactical adjustment of the Soviets, the war might have been over.

Because the invasion of Afghanistan is not a crooked melon and a cracked date, but a serious Soviet field force, which includes the elite armored army, the Guards Airborne Forces, the aviation army aviation division, etc., and in addition to these serious conventional field troops, a large number of Soviet special forces, GRU, signal flags, etc. are also stationed in Afghanistan, ordinary guerrillas are not the opponents of these special forces at all, and can even be beaten out of hundreds or thousands of exchange ratios.

But even so, the Afghans did not give up, in the past, during the heyday of the British Empire, three invasions of Afghanistan, as a result, they were beaten and lost their armor, and even a number of thousands of troops ran back alive, which shows the tenacity of the Afghan mountain people.

But the quality of the soldiers can depend on will, and the gap in equipment cannot be made up by spirit!

The Afghan guerrillas are desperately short of weapons, especially modern weapons, and even some hill guerrillas are still using ancient hand-made arquebuses against foreign enemies, but how can this old-fashioned weapon be an opponent of the AK74 rifle, not to mention that the Soviets still have countless tanks, artillery, infantry vehicles, helicopters, etc.

Saudi Arabia has provided a lot of money to the Afghan guerrillas in the past, and has purchased a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition, but for high-intensity firefights, these ammunition are still insufficient, and the Afghans urgently need some light and flexible heavy firepower to fight against the Soviet army.

Therefore, they urgently need a qualified replacement at the moment.

"Well, by the way, haven't you thought about the countries that are closer?"

For the Saudis, whose minds are full of purchasing weapons from European and American companies, Shepard cautiously raised his own questions.

From the very beginning, he indulged in a variety of food provided by the Saudi side in the corner, as well as a special massage, although there was no big-eared sheep and fermented grape juice, but the delicious dates and various special fruits and meats already made him can't help but eat.

And the Saudis and Americans didn't have a place to use military contractors for the time being, so no one cared about him until Shepard spoke.

"Excuse me, can you repeat that again?"

"I said, you guys

Instead of looking in the arsenals of Europe and the United States, why not consider countries that are very close to Afghanistan?"

Shepard repeated.

"You mean India? No, no, no, the Indians supported the Soviet Union, they are still eyeing the ****, we can't buy weapons from them!"

A Saudi officer shook his head, then explained.

"It's not India, it's further north!"

Shepard held up a finger and poked it in the direction of the roof, meaning a little higher.

Although nearly 12 years have passed since Nixon's visit to China, it is clear that these colleagues and experts are still ignorant of the mysterious Oriental countries, especially the experts on American affairs from several academies, who are very skeptical of the latter's military level.

"They're also using imitation Soviet weapons, and they're allies with the Soviets! How can we trust them?"

"But the people who threatened to drop nuclear bombs on them were also Soviet allies, and those who had various conflicts and frictions with them were also Soviets, so don't we have a common topic in the fight against the Soviet Union?"

Shepard picked up a glass of chilled, freshly squeezed pomegranate juice and poured it into his mouth.

"I think at this stage, no one is better suited to deliver weapons to Afghanistan than them, after all, there are not many countries that can afford to provide such large quantities of weapons in a short period of time!"

Shepard's suggestion made several Saudi officers thoughtful, but the American expert was a little dissatisfied, and then forcibly interjected the topic, and then began to change direction, and Shepard was not annoyed by the interruption, and continued to enjoy the food leisurely.

The Saudis must have listened to his words, the latter is a big dog, but not a fool, and they are very happy to have one more choice.

So, Shepard estimated that maybe those Saudis would talk to him in private, but now, Shepard felt that it was time for him to get some orders for his company.

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