Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 361

“Even if it is a prototype vehicle for testing, we have to get it! First get a batch and compare it to determine which tank to use as the main equipment. Their 122mm self-propelled howitzer, not a prototype, will be coming out soon? Let’s get some ideas first and compare it with the French. Whoever is more cost-effective will use it!” Ibrahim was unable to make a decision after receiving a report from China, and instead threw the problem to Isard.

Issad said so.

“Their prototype hasn’t been tested too much!” Ibrahim was a little worried.

Ishad didn’t care, “Because of this, we need to obtain the most direct data. The T72 main battle tank provided by the Soviets is not only expensive, but also a lot less configuration. If the Chinese tanks are better, we Why not use them?”

“What if theirs is not as good as imagined?”

“So, we will also lose the money for 11 tanks. These tanks can be used as training tanks to train our tank soldiers to provide more logistical support technicians. Maybe then we can upgrade the tanks from China on our own.” Isard didn’t care at all. “Otherwise, our loss will be hundreds of millions of dollars. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars, but purchasing a pile of garbage equipment, those bastards of the National Defense Force, on the surface, dare not say that the president will be very embarrassed.”

Ibrahim nodded and said nothing.

This matter, they don’t even need to report to their superiors.

Obtaining domestic approval, Colonel Harry Mossan quickly signed a procurement contract for 11 359 tank prototypes with Hongqi Machinery Factory, with a contract value of 27.5 million US dollars.

The two parties have agreed that the delivery period will be half a year, and the Chinese side will provide all training, logistical maintenance and other services.

For the Iraqis so happy, tens of millions of dollars in the list, everyone in the 404 does not have any feeling of excitement.

“Damn the Arabs are crazy! The Chinese tanks have not even done much testing, so they place orders. Do they think they can defeat us by relying on these tanks?” The Iraqis signed a contract with 404 and did not deliberately regard the base. Under confidentiality, the Iranians got the news. “Are they doing large-scale purchases in order to drag us?”

The responsible Hazari did not understand the purpose of cooperation among the Iraqis.

“Mullah, the Chinese data about this tank is kept secret to us, if it is really advanced…” The subordinates don’t think the Iraqis are trying to cheat them.

Although the Iraqis are equipped, as long as they can be obtained, Iran will certainly have to produce a batch.

But these tanks, more than a dozen vehicles, will not have much impact on the war between the two major powers at all.

“Advanced performance? Can it change the entire war situation?” Hazari couldn’t understand.

For the two countries currently in the confrontation phase, a dozen or so tanks cannot change any situation.

One hundred cars, none of them can be changed.

“It’s better to report to the country first, how to decide, whether you need to buy too…” the subordinate suggested.

This kind of thing must be reported back.

Hazari also knew that he had to feed back the news, and he couldn’t control it.

Iran also attaches great importance to this news.

China’s advanced tanks have been sold to them before, but they know the content of the deal. This type of tank has not yet been finalized, and performance testing has just begun. The Iraqis ordered only one tank company, so they didn’t take it seriously.

On the third day after Hazari returned the news, he received domestic instructions.

“Domestic news, don’t care about the Arabs’ tank deals with China. After the intelligence agency confirmed that Iraq has a huge number of SCUD missiles in its hands, we must obtain the same type of ground missiles from the Chinese as soon as possible, otherwise they will launch missiles against us. At the time of the attack, effective revenge cannot be made!” Hazari said to the next step, “You must stare at their missile modification project with all your strength. Once it succeeds, you must get it as soon as possible!”

What Iran hopes more is a ground-to-surface missile with a sufficiently long range.

Even if the armored forces can’t compete with the damn Arabs, they still have death squads.

Iran has a much larger population than Iraq.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

They are incomparable only because of the number of missiles. Once Iraq launches a missile attack, it will not be able to make an effective counterattack.

“In addition, we must find a way to speed up the delivery of avant-garde air defense missiles by China!” Hazari emphasized, “The number of air defense missiles delivered to us by China is too small! The country needs more to make up for the shortage of our fighters…”

“But their output is so much. During this time, we have been staring at every piece they assemble…” the subordinate said distressedly.

The number of air defense missiles assembled by Hongqi Machinery Factory has not been effectively increased.

Iranians are far more worried than Iraqis.

The number of their fighters is decreasing, and the fighters Iraq purchased from France are already in place.

“Think of a way!” Hazari also knew the situation, “I will continue to communicate with their managers.”

Even if they know that the communication is invalid, they will not give up.

Therefore, it does not matter that Iraq has purchased 11 359 tank prototypes from China.

Iraq has a bunch of Middle East oil-producing countries to provide financial support behind, rich and willful.

Iran can’t do it, its own oil can’t be sold, and there are too few foreign exchange sources.

The small amount of funds has to be used on the blade.

Pakistan also got the news. Musharraf was envious and scolded the 404 bastards. In the middle of the night, he wrote a telegram with a password and reported the news to the domestic logistics department.

In the telegram, he expressed his eager hope-to speed up the construction of the domestic 359 tank production line in Pakistan, while seeking potential users.

As for the news reported by Musharraf, Mubara, Kachihed and others attached great importance to it.

“The Chinese prototype came out. Iraq, which should belong to our customer, directly placed an order with them!” Mubara looked upset.

Katchhead looked at him, “We need to speed up construction. Although Iraq has purchased from China, as long as it performs well on the battlefield, this is also a very good propaganda. We can also get a piece of the pie! At least, the Middle East Some of the users who have a good relationship with our country will be ours!”

“Yes, the speed of construction must be accelerated!” There are hardly any differences.

The two high-ranking officials who are leading the cooperation with China have no opinion, and naturally there is no opinion in Pakistan.

Pakistan has invested a lot in the 359 tank project in cooperation with China, so it will naturally not give up to recover the investment.

When the document was reported to the competent unit of the logistics equipment department, it was instructed, “Cooperatively produced tanks should not only be tested in their own country, and are they suitable for military use in their own country…”

This means that China is required to provide two prototype vehicles for testing in Pakistan.

If the test process does not meet the use environment of Pakistan, the Chinese design team will naturally be required to modify the project.

Otherwise, with Pakistan’s technical capabilities, there is no way to modify it.

Fifty million dollars was in vain.

“Does your country need two prototypes?” Zheng Yucheng did not respond to Musharraf’s request for a while.

“This is a tank jointly developed by our two countries. If it does not meet our domestic use environment…” Musharraf smiled. “We can conduct a plateau test in the Kashmir Plateau.”

Pakistan wants three generations of tanks, mainly to cope with the T-72 purchased by India from the Soviet Union.

The average elevation in Kashmir is above 4000 meters.

“In this way, these tanks can be tested in multiple environments at the same time. For example, after our two vehicles have completed the test, they can be exchanged with your country’s domestic test, continue testing, obtain more test data, and speed up the test progress. We paid out the manufacturing cost of the two prototypes, but we absolutely cannot afford the high prices in Iraq! We are also investors.”

Zheng Yucheng couldn’t understand Musharraf’s request.

“They want test data!” Xie Kai is a sensible person.

Zheng Yucheng was even more puzzled, “Aren’t their technicians following along with the test? Wouldn’t we provide test data?”

“If we are in their position, will you rest assured? Even if the domestic cooperation with Western countries, will only accept the experimental data provided by the other party? Even if we have someone involved in those projects, they will open the core to us?” Xie Kai’s series of questions made Zheng Yucheng suddenly realize.

“Then give it or not?” After understanding the crux of the problem, Zheng Yucheng naturally knew what the other party wanted.

“Yes! Why not! Let them pay 1.8 million dollars for a prototype car. Our technicians will pass. It is not a bad thing to conduct tests in multiple environments at the same time. More test data is good for finalization.” Xie Kai said firmly. “Anyway, it is the prototype. The more terrain that can be adapted to the environment, the more beneficial it will be for the entire project.”

Zheng Yucheng felt that what Xie Kai said was reasonable, but he didn’t say much, and went to discuss with the Pakistanis such as Zhang Deming.

“Israel hasn’t been in such a situation, right? Even prototypes with untested and unstable performance are needed!” When the superior military authority approves this contract, all the leaders who have access to this contract are surprised and inexplicable.

Long Yaohua helped 404 to say something nice, “They did a good job of public relations. After all, the 404 base is an independent accounting, as long as the superior policy, self-raised research and development funds…”

“There won’t be any good things to sell, right?”

“How can it be! The domestic three-generation tank project team has cooperated with them. Many technologies are determined by relevant experts from the national defense science and engineering departments. At the beginning of the project, it was clear which ones can be exported.” Long Yaohua shook his head.

The leader then signed and sealed.

This kind of dialogue has almost appeared in many departments above.

Long Yaohua didn’t know how 404 communicated with the Iraqis, and he was able to fool them into paying for the prototype test.