"Zhang, your goods are very useful!"

The bearded man in a white robe shook hands with Zhang Xingyang warmly.

As a long-term arms partner of the Rocket Research Institute, Salman spends hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars every year to buy Zhang Xingyang's weapons.

A few years ago, Salman bought a battalion of heavy rocket artillery, which cost half a billion.

In the past few years, although there has been no such a large amount of procurement, just some supporting products can make many domestic manufacturers full.

For example, the rocket artillery battalion is an integrated export, and in addition to rocket artillery vehicles, there is also a full set of radar systems and command systems.

"With long-range firepower projection, our oil fields and refineries are safe." Salman was pleased to share their current situation.

As a country with an economy largely dependent on oil exports, their refineries in the South have been threatened by various armed forces.

This is also the direction of their army's key defense.

Protecting a refinery is the same as protecting your own purse.

Naturally, they are particularly willing to spend money.

"Just have fun with it."

Zhang Xingyang said after smiling.

The firepower of 300-mm rocket artillery is naturally undoubted, and even heavy tanks have no chance of surviving as long as they take a single shot.

Light armored vehicles, within a range of several tens of meters, have the possibility of being overturned by air waves.

In the case of a direct initiation attack, a heavy tank weighing tens of tons can be twisted into a pile of steel waste.

This is also due to the fact that the nitride explosives used in the rockets are a weakened version of the all-nitrogen explosives, which are much less powerful than the self-used version.

If it is a rocket for its own use, the heavy tank will also be blown to pieces.

"When will our fighters be delivered?"

Crown Prince Salman then asked.

They ordered a total of 81 fighters, delivered the first 12 in '01 and 36 last year.

There are 33 remaining fighter jets that have not been delivered, and full deliveries are expected within this year.

Unlike the minibuses, which are almost hand-in-hand teaching, Salman's pilot training work is relatively decent, basically they send people to China to study, and then fly the J-10S back to China after the learning is completed.

"There is no problem with the production of fighters, the problem now is that the progress of training personnel cannot keep up." Zhang Xingyang said the crux of the problem now.

The training progress cannot keep up, mainly because the domestic air force is still carrying out a large-scale rearmament, and its own pilot training cannot keep up.

Not to mention Salman's work on their pilot training.

Every year, hundreds of fighter planes in China need to be refitted, and hundreds of pilots need to be trained.

After all, in the current battle sequence, there are still hundreds of J-6 and hundreds of J-7.

It will take at least six or seven years for all of this to be completed.

In the past few years, the strength of pilot training will not be too sufficient.

So even if Salman personally found his head, Zhang Xingyang didn't have much to do.

Now it's not a case of people waiting for planes, it's planes waiting for people.

"If you are really in a hurry, we can help you fly back to your country first." Zhang Xingyang said after thinking about it.

"Don't worry, the current 4 squadrons are enough for us to defend in a short time." Salman said with a wave of his hand.

In fact, their air pressure is not very large, and those armed forces in the south do not have any decent air power.

"What we need now is a sufficiently reliable anti-aircraft missile." Salman said seriously.

Although the armed forces do not have air power, their strength on the ground should not be underestimated.

Especially in the years since the disintegration of Mao Xiong, in the international underground arms market, not only a large number of light weapons have appeared, but more importantly, a large number of heavy equipment has also appeared.

From troop carrier armor to heavy tanks, and even self-propelled howitzers, MLRS, and more.

Many of these weapons have flowed into the hands of armed forces through various channels.

Then artillery shells and rockets hit their refineries and oil fields, causing them countless losses.

Not only the direct loss of equipment and so on, every day when the oil field is shut down, it means that tens of millions of dollars in losses fly away.

In addition to those who can get military equipment from the black market, the armed forces can also rely on their own hands to assemble a variety of home-made munitions.

Thanks to the development of today's steel and chemical industries, both seamless steel pipes and potassium nitrate are easily available all over the world.

Moreover, it is not easy to be monitored by others.

After all, seamless steel pipes can be used to make cannon pipes or sewer pipes, and potassium nitrate is not only an important raw material for explosives, but also a fertilizer commonly used in agriculture.

Especially in China, a large number of seamless steel pipes are exported to all parts of the world every year, after all, the steel output is hundreds of millions of tons every year, and it has maintained the world's first steel output all year round.

The same is true for potassium nitrate, which is produced in the hundreds of thousands of tons per year, and in addition to being used in large quantities on its own, it is also exported to many regions.

"You know, those guys are just everywhere." Salman complained to Zhang Xingyang.

"Just last month, one of our refineries was attacked by their home-made rockets, but fortunately, there was a problem with the rocket's guidance system and it didn't hit directly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Home-made rockets are also things that those who can't get military supplies like to rub by themselves.

Especially in the past year, the electronics industry has developed rapidly.

Whether it's autopilot or gyroscope, it's no longer the same expensive product as before.

The quality of some civilian goods can also get into their eyes, and the price is very cheap.

Only solid engines require a little bit of industrial power, but they can also find a way to buy them from elsewhere.

In this way, rockets were born from the accumulation of various civilian goods.

Although the quality control in all aspects is much worse than that of rockets produced by military units, it is cheap and easy to make.

It is one of the few high-powered weapons they have.

But such rockets also have their faults, that is, they are very easy to go wrong.

For example, the rocket that Salman just mentioned, it is obvious that there is a problem with the guidance system, and the rocket will do irregular Brownian motion in the sky.

"Don't you have air defense systems?" Zhang Xingyang asked with some curiosity:

"Didn't turn on?"

In the past, they had bought a lot of Patriots from Eagle Sauce for air defense.

"The interception efficiency of the Patriot is simply too low, and each interception costs a huge amount!"

Salman said with some annoyance.

In fact, Salman and the others now feel that using Patriot missiles to intercept these home-made rockets is really a suspicion of anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes.

However, even so, the problem of failed interception arose.

If it weren't for the problems of their own home-made rockets, then they might have caused considerable economic losses.

So the high-priced, inefficient Patriot missiles are somewhat disgusting to Salman.

happened to come to China, so I asked Zhang Xingyang if they had any weapons for air defense interception.

Zhang Xingyang thought about it, and it seems that the current domestic air defense interception system really does not have weapons that can deal with such a situation.

After all, most of the equipment is designed to deal with enemy aircraft and missiles, and such Brown rockets have really not been considered.

The main enemies faced in the country are all regular troops, and this situation similar to the armed bandits is really less considered.

However, Zhang Xingyang thought about it and came up with a piece of equipment that was more suitable for their situation, but in this way, it may need to be customized.

"I have a piece of equipment that fits you well, but the project hasn't started yet."

Zhang Xingyang said to Crown Prince Salman with a smile.

"What equipment?" Salman also knew that normal powers would not develop this kind of equipment, so he was a little confused.

"Laser anti-aircraft installation!" Zhang Xingyang said.

Laser air defense actually appeared after the development of UAV swarm tactics, if not Salman, if they needed it.

Suicide drones designed to defend against the enemy's endless stream of enemies.

In later generations, it has an even more resounding name, the Spiral Tower!

Because the volume of the 1200-kilowatt laser anti-aircraft device is actually very large, ordinary truck chassis or tracked chassis cannot carry it.

The warships on the sea are better, and the large ships of the 10,000-ton class can still carry it.

But on land, it won't work, the chariot can't be carried at all.

It can be loaded into a combat vehicle and move with a small laser emitter with a power of less than 100 kilowatts, which can only intercept small targets, and it is also a low-speed target.

However, the 1200 kilowatt laser air defense system can intercept more targets, from small UAVs to large UAVs, ordinary artillery shells to cruise missiles, all within its interception range.

However, for people now, laser air defense system is still a relatively sci-fi word.

Generally, it can only be seen on the interstellar sci-fi battlefield where various lasers are flying.

For example, in the Star Wars released before, there is such a picture.

"Laser air defense?" Salman repeated it somewhat bewildered.

"Can it be effectively intercepted?"

"Lasers have more advantages than traditional anti-aircraft missiles." Zhang Xingyang patiently explained.

"First of all, the laser interception efficiency and speed are faster, and the interception speed of the laser is the speed of light."

"And it is possible to intercept multiple targets at once, as long as the power is sufficient."

"Secondly, the interception cost of the laser is lower, and it only needs to consume electricity."

"Actually, laser interceptors are very suitable for your situation, most of your petroleum refineries are on the edge of the desert, and the meteorological conditions are relatively good, which is very suitable for the working environment of lasers."

Another difference between lasers and missiles is that they are susceptible to weather conditions.

Substances in the air can easily attenuate the laser and weaken the power of the laser.

Therefore, this type of weapon is most suitable for desert areas like Salman.

"Is this really as good as you say?"

Salman is still skeptical about this, after all, although the concept of laser interception is not very new in the world, there are no practical products yet.

"Friend, please trust my judgment."

Zhang Xingyang also knew that it was difficult to convince the other party without an actual product, so he took out his reputation as a guarantee to make the other party believe in himself.

"Hahaha, my friend, I believe in you!"

In the face of Zhang Xingyang's guarantee, Salman doesn't care whether the laser weapon is reliable or not.

It's just a little bit of a dollar to be lost at most.

"We can do collaborative development, and of course we won't let you suffer." Zhang Xingyang said what he thought.

The plan of cooperation is relatively simple, Salman and they will contribute money, Zhang Xingyang and they will contribute technology, and cooperate in the development of laser air defense weapons.

After the technology is developed, a production line will be built in Salman's local area, and they will be allowed to produce it through a license.

However, given Salman's local industrial prowess, most of the equipment and parts must be imported domestically.

Zhang Xingyang is equivalent to borrowing Salman and their hens to lay eggs.

And, after that, a portion of the eggs had to be taken and sold back to Salman.

However, even this is still enough for Salman to think is affordable.

The friendship between them is really deep!

After all, in most cases, it is difficult for them to buy a production line even if they invest, and as for the technology, they don't even think about it.

Therefore, it is quite gratifying to be able to achieve such an operation.

"Friend, we welcome you to our country at any time."

On the last day of Salman's trip, he said very cordially to Zhang Xingyang.

"If you have the chance, you must go!"

Zhang Xingyang smiled and said politely.

Actually, it was not possible for him to travel to Salman for their local area.

As long as he dares to go out of the country, there is a high possibility that he will die due to various accidents.

For the sake of his own personal safety, Salman's advice could only be perfunctory.

Salman didn't think anything of it, but he felt that his trip was a good deal.

First of all, they purchased a large number of rockets and several sets of rocket artillery from the No. 2 Machinery Factory in western Henan.

The second is that an additional agreement on their J-10S pilot training program was finalized, that is, they paid more for the training of some J-10S pilots.

This is also in order to be able to drive back the remaining 30-odd J-10S as soon as possible.

Finally, he invested in the laser air defense interception system strongly recommended by Zhang Xingyang, although to a large extent, it was an investment based on Zhang Xingyang's reputation, but later he also asked many technical experts, and they all thought that this technical route would work, but I didn't know if Zhang Xingyang's technology could be completed.

In this way, Salman's trip to the dragon country ended with a happy ending for both parties! (End of chapter)