Babylonian Empire

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As for the introduction of the wireless communication system from the Soviet Union, Zhang Feng didn't tell his father much that this kind of thing is at best a gadget for civilian use.

It will be more convincing to introduce it to Dad after trying it out in Basra first.

After talking about these things, Zhang Feng mentioned cautiously: "Your Excellency, I heard that our troops won the battle?"

When mentioning this, Saddam suddenly became interested and said: "Qusay, now the southern military region has made great achievements in battle, so the northern theater must also work harder to capture Bakhtaran, and we have occupied the Iranian plateau. In this way, we can advance to attack, retreat to defend, and no longer become passive, which is of great benefit to us.”

"Yes, Your Excellency, the Northern Military Region has done a very good job this time," Zhang Feng said.

He had already grasped his father's temper, so he said he was happy first, and then raised his own opinion, so he would be more confident.

Hearing what Qusay said, Saddam was naturally very happy. You must know that in the past two years, Qusay has made more and more military exploits in the Southern Military Region, and Saddam has become more and more dependent on him. Subconsciously, he was established as the successor.

However, under his halo, other people will be unknown, which is inappropriate. Iraq must have a group of talents who can fight. very happy.

"I heard that the Iranian Plateau is very cold, and our soldiers don't know how well they are defending against the cold." Zhang Feng said: "Also, there are mountains there, and supplies are a problem. We only rely on one Road, if there is a problem with the road, we may face certain dangers."

"Qusay, don't worry." Saddam said: "We have made sufficient preparations. There are two infantry divisions dedicated to guarding this traffic artery. The Iranians are absolutely incapable of attacking our logistics. The supply line, we took Bakhtaran, where we can spend the winter on the Iranian plateau."

Yeah?Zhang Feng was very disapproving in his heart.Two infantry divisions are quite a lot. However, this long supply line is in the mountains. No matter how strong the troops are, they cannot be deployed. A small group of Iranians can attack the garrison.

You know, it's the world of Iranians there.

3Chapter 17F-20 fighter started production

Combat in the mountains is a very challenging subject. Most of Iraq is plains and deserts. They are used to combat in this area, and they don't have a deep understanding of the dangers of the mountains.

What's even more frightening is that if the Iranians conduct guerrilla operations, in a mountainous environment, they will cause great casualties to their own troops.

Zhang Feng was worried about the situation of the Iraqi army, but he also knew that he could only worry.In the Iraqi army, the most powerful troops in the northern military region do not belong to his command.

After Zhang Feng finished his report to the president, he rushed back to the Southern Military Region.

This time, after leaving the Southern Military Region for almost a month, Zhang Feng did not expect that great changes had already taken place.

In particular, when he came to the base in Zubayer, the F-20 production line had already started running!

Parts imported from the United States are constantly flowing on the production line, and a few parts produced by Iraq have also joined the ranks. In the final factory building, two F-20 fighter jets have begun to take shape.

The skin has been fully anchored, and the engine has been placed in the tail, but the radome on the head is still empty, and the radar has not been transported.

There was a large group of people around, installing various parts.

Although the production of fighter jets is said to be an assembly line, in fact, many things must be done manually by humans. This is also the reason why a production line can only produce dozens of fighter jets a year.

A fighter plane is a huge machine, the result of the cooperation of all aspects.

This progress is too fast, right?When I came last time, the production line was still being installed and debugged.

Moreover, they worked very hard. Even if Zhang Feng, the No. [-] figure in the Southern Military Region, came, they didn't look up, they were studying something carefully.

The arrogant Americans also changed their attitude last time. The questions raised by the Iraqi engineers were answered, as if they could wear a pair of pants.

Zhang Feng faintly felt that something was abnormal.

At this time, a person came out from under the belly of the fighter plane. Zhang Feng saw that it was Dr. Kashin, the general manager of the United States here!

"Dr. Kashin!" Zhang Feng said in surprise, "I didn't expect you to do it yourself?"

"In order to send the fighter plane to the sky as soon as possible, you must demonstrate it yourself. Your personnel have not fully mastered our CNC machine tools, and the precision of the processed parts is not enough. This beam has to be remade, otherwise, the landing gear will definitely It cannot be taken back into the cabin," Kashin said.Those Iraqi engineers who came back from foreign countries are all very high-level. They have been responsible for the various subsystems of the main fighter jets. However, those Iraqis who operate the machines are not so good. They always make such low-level mistakes. You know, this beam, imported from the United States, is also cheaper than Iraq's own production, because this kind of metal material is very expensive, and this is already the third one, and the cost has long exceeded the imported finished product!

Kashin is very strict, as long as this kind of mistake is not up to the precision, it must be made again.

"Thank you, Dr. Kashin!" Zhang Feng said, "Thanks to our American friends for their sincere help to us, you are our friends!"

Zhang Feng really felt it.

"In order to defeat the Iranians, these things should be done." Kashin said: "However, this progress is still too slow. Although most of the products used are finished products exported by our company, it will take another two months." , to complete all the work and make the first flight, and it will take at least one month of test flight before it can be equipped with troops."

When Zhang Feng heard the other party say this, it was entirely for his own benefit. When would he think about it this way?

However, the number of advanced fighter jets on our side is relatively small now, and some pilots who can fly F-20 have been trained with those two two-seater fighter jets, but they are all flying old-fashioned Soviet fighter jets.

"I wonder if Dr. Kashin has any suggestions?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Our company's production line has already produced eight F-20s, which can just equip two squadrons of your country's air force. If you feel that the current fighters are not enough, you can export these eight fighters first. In our original contract."

Is there such a beauty?When will the Americans take the initiative to deliver it to their door for themselves to receive?

"The Sparrow air-to-air missiles we ordered are also relatively outdated models. Moreover, this time only a few dozen were shipped, which simply cannot withstand the consumption of several battles." Zhang Feng said.

"The company has already helped to re-contact Raytheon. The last export was only inventory, and this time it is the new AIM-7F missile." Kashin said. ?Zhang Feng felt a little unbelievable, why did their attitudes suddenly change so quickly?You know, just half a year ago, they froze the export contract of this production line!Now instead of taking the initiative to contact, export new types of missiles?

The reason why Kashin changed his attitude was naturally the decision of the top US officials.

What Khomeini did this time did let the Americans see the essence of Khomeini. They finally realized that it is very stupid to deal with such a person, or even want to use such a person to achieve a balance of power in the Middle East.

The weapons had already been given to Khomeini, and only part of the people were returned. Only Khomeini could do this kind of thing.

Now, needless to say, their high-IQ American executives, even ordinary people, may be able to see something.

As for the U.S. military, it must not be dispatched until the last moment.Therefore, if the United States wants to deal with Khomeini, it can only assist Iraq.

What's more, His Excellency Qusay from Iraq actually visited the Soviet Union. This is a very bad signal. They must use the cake of arms to seduce Qusay.

Therefore, after receiving the news that the company was fully cooperating with Iraq, the American technicians who were sloppy and cowboy-style at the beginning, all put away that attitude and started to work formally, and the progress was very fast.

There is another reason, that is, Northrop's lobbying of the U.S. Air Force failed again.

Northrop still concentrated its main force in the country and produced several mass-produced models, hoping to win the favor of the U.S. Air Force.

It is a pity that the U.S. Air Force already has a light fighter such as the F-16, and does not want to equip a fighter of the same level, which is not conducive to logistical maintenance.

Although the performance of the F-20 was very exciting, and the price offered by Northrop was also very attractive, the U.S. Air Force was unmoved.

Now that these planes have been produced, the company's top management has made a decision after deliberation: taking advantage of the President and Congress agreeing to lower export restrictions on Iraq and exporting new Sparrow air-to-air missiles, by the way, sell these fighter planes to go to Iraq.

Even if the price is lower, it is acceptable.

It's just that they haven't waited for the right owner, and after Zhang Feng came back, the person in charge of these matters hadn't reported to him, he had already gone to the production line, and Kashin was just a researcher, and he said these things from time to time. He can beat around the bush, so after seeing Zhang Feng, Kashen directly said these things.

Thinking about it in Zhang Feng's mind, he already understood the general idea of ​​the matter. I'm afraid it was caused by the hostages in Iran. Could it be that the Yankee wants himself to be a scapegoat and let them rush ahead?You can't do this kind of thing yourself.

For the hostages taken by Khomeini, there is no solution. Whatever they do is wrong. If the Americans dare to use force, the Iranians will definitely dare to tear up their votes. Moreover, they will definitely dare to kidnap Americans on the land of the Middle East.

"Thank you very much for your country's friendship." Zhang Feng said: "This time your country's selfless assistance has made us appreciate your country's support for our people in the Middle East."

"We and Iraq will always be brothers," Kashin said.It's hard for him to say such a sentence.