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Iraq was a major exporter of military equipment to the Soviet Union. By selling weapons to Iraq, the Soviet Union made a lot of profits and invested in the domestic economy, especially improving the level of agriculture. Gorbachev had great hopes for Iraq.

However, in order to promote arms exports to Iraq last time, Gorbachev had to come up with enough reasons. That's why he said that if he had a good relationship with Iraq, the Soviet Union could get a channel to go south. As a result, these old people Guys, successfully passed the arms export.

However, Gorbachev just mentioned that. He is against war. Now, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is already a quagmire, dragging the Soviet economy heavily. If Gorbachev is the leader of the Soviet Union , He will immediately order to withdraw the army, and the Soviet Union can invest those funds in the construction of the country!

In the market, even the supply of bread is a headache for him. At the same time, the military is a bottomless pit that consumes funds.

Today's meeting is very important. General Secretary Andropov's physical condition is getting worse, but he still attended the meeting in person.

Although General Secretary Andropov has been committed to internal reforms, but in terms of external expansion, he still has the same idea in his heart as other Soviet leaders. Being able to reach the Indian Ocean is the master of any big Soviet Union. An insurmountable temptation.

Now, the Minister of Defense has finally proposed that it is time for the Soviet Union to do something!

"Gorbachev, what do you think of us helping Iraq?" At this moment, Andropov spoke.

Gorbachev felt nervous for a moment. The general secretary asked this question because, first, he was the first to put forward this proposition, and second, he had become one of the most trusted people of the general secretary.

Moreover, Gorbachev knew that he could never say that he was joking last time. This is a very serious issue. Moreover, he could not say that the current Soviet economy is not enough to support the Soviet Union to open up a second battlefield. Now, the Soviet Union must focus on domestic reforms.

That was Gorbachev's idea. However, these ideas will definitely be opposed by the military. Before gaining the greatest power, he must endure and gain the trust and support of these people!

Gorbachev said: "Now, judging from the situation, it is very beneficial to us. We can gradually mobilize our troops, but the actions cannot be too large. At the same time, diplomatically, we can establish relations with Iran's new government." , When the time is right, we can dispatch our troops and head south quickly.”

Gorbachev can only agree, but the statement he put forward can delay the attack time and delay it first.

"There is no need to be so slow at all. We can establish diplomatic relations with the new Iranian government while putting pressure on them to help them deal with the forces of the old Iranian government in the east. Whether they agree or not, we will do it, and we will solve it quickly. Combat, our armored forces can start from Zaranj in Afghanistan and reach Chah Bahar in three days." In the eyes of the Minister of Defense, the flames of desire have already begun to appear.

"In that case, we will be condemned by the international community, and diplomatically, we will be very passive." Gorbachev said.

"When did we, the Soviet Union, ever fear Western public opinion?" Ustinov said.

Chapter 565 The Mercedes-Benz Motors Company Who Came to You

The Soviet Union has never been afraid of Western public opinion or Western blockade. In fact, the West has always blocked the Soviet Union and never exported any high-tech products to the Soviet Union. However, the Soviet Union has always been developing and has been They are all strong, what the United States has, the Soviet Union will also have, artificial satellites, spaceships, aircraft carriers, everything the Soviet Union has, all of them.

Regarding Western public opinion, the Soviet Union has never taken it seriously. Moreover, because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Western countries boycotted the No.20 Olympic Games held in Moscow. Olympic Games.

At this time, the Soviet Union, although the national treasury could hardly maintain normal expenditures and had a deficit, the Soviet Union was still a powerful existence that made people tremble on this earth.

Now, this mighty country that would make the world tremble if it stomped its feet, has started another round of expansion. Even the moderate leaders who have been trying their best to promote domestic reforms and promote the economic development of the Soviet Union as their main purpose, I don't want to let go of this opportunity either.

"The military began to mobilize troops and make combat deployments. The foreign affairs department contacted the current government of Iran and tested Iraq's attitude at the same time." After listening for so long, Andropov felt drowsy, and his kidney disease was getting worse. It's getting serious.

However, after weighing it, he was really unwilling to let go of such a good opportunity.

Hearing this news, Gorbachev was anxious for a while. If the Soviet army really sent troops, then unless the Soviet government sold the gold in the treasury, it would not be able to maintain the army's expenses at all. Andro How did Comrade Bove become so sloppy!

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When mentioning Austria, almost everyone will first think of Vienna, the capital of music, where the blue Danube flows slowly, creating a special cultural atmosphere here.Several music masters have all settled in Vienna.

And in Upper Austria, one of the few administrative regions in Austria, an ancient town with a history of 1000 years, Steyr City, is located at the confluence of the Steyr River and the En River.It is the center of Austria's manufacturing industry and has a long history. As early as the 14th century, Steyr City has been a famous metal processing center and has begun to cast weapons.

Now, the Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, located here, includes all aspects of weapon manufacturing, truck manufacturing plants and automobile manufacturing.

(Unfortunately, in later generations, in 87, the small arms manufacturing division was separated from Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG to form a dúlì "Steyr-Mannlicher" company, while the commercial vehicle part , because of blind expansion, caught up with the economic depression in the 90s, all were acquired by the German MAN company, and only the military vehicle part was retained.) Now, the Steyr company in the city of Steyr has ushered in a group of vehicles from the Middle East. guests.

At this time, the agreement between Steyr and China has just been signed, and the complete production line of Steyr trucks will be transferred to China. This makes Steyr very excited. The guests from the Middle East who followed them naturally received them very warmly.

"Our Steyr 91 series heavy-duty vehicles are a new generation of heavy-duty vehicles developed by our company in 75 to meet the needs of the last 20 years. Our vehicle is a serialized product, with a total of seven tonnage-level models: There are three types of two-axle vehicles, 991, 1291, and 1391; three types of three-axis vehicles, 1491, 2591, and 2891; The whole series of models adopt a modular design, which is composed of 1891 different power engines, 5 types of gearboxes, 4 types of driving rear axles, 3 types of front axles, 2 types of clutches, 2 types of steering gears and a set of air circuit modules. There are dozens of models in 2 levels, which have reached the advanced level in the world. Moreover, in order to be suitable for mass production, our cars adopt a simple production process. For example, the chassis of our cars adopts a common groove-shaped girder, which is made of The inner and outer straight beams are composed of two straight beams with the same height front and rear. For the chassis of models with different loads, we adopt the method of adding auxiliary longitudinal beams. For example, when installing the superstructure of our military 7 model, we It is necessary to add a sub-longitudinal beam with a certain cross-sectional size to meet the demand for chassis strength.”

Mohammad Mahdi Al Saleh, who became the Minister of Trade of Iraq under Saddam's promotion, was valued by His Excellency Qusay this time and sent to visit Austria to carry out this Negotiation of the introduction of the project.

"We need more." Muhammad said: "First, your WD615 engine can only output 310 horsepower at present. We hope that this engine can use turbocharging technology to make the horsepower output 370 horsepower, or even reach 400 horsepower. Second, what we need to introduce is mainly 10-ton and 16-ton wheel-side reduction axles. We hope to obtain the complete production technology of these equipment, including the special alloy steel required for the production of high-strength gears starting from smelting all equipment."

What Muhammad said is that Qusay is based on the models that China mainly produced later, that is, the models that adapt to the overloaded and complicated road conditions in China. After nearly 20 years of testing, they will also withstand the test of Iraq. Although Muhammad took over After this project, I began to study the Steyr project, but I still admire the profound knowledge of His Excellency Qusay. Your Excellency Qusay is definitely the reincarnation of a true god!

Steyr was able to sign the final agreement with China. One of the most important points is that the company is very patient, especially for large projects from the Middle East, which they attach great importance to.

"All of these can be satisfied. We will export a full set of technologies to your country, not only the latest 16-ton wheel-side reducer we just developed, but also all the components of our WD615 engine and double countershaft gearbox. All will realize independent production in Iraq." said the deputy general manager of Steyr.

While the Iraqi delegation was inspecting the Steyr company in Austria, Baghdad, Iraq, ushered in a new customer from Europe. The sales team of Mercedes-Benz, Germany, led by the deputy general manager of Mercedes-Benz Next, came to Iraq in person!

Mercedes-Benz is in a hurry, really anxious. On the project in China, because of the arrogance of Mercedes-Benz, they lost the opportunity to enter China. They don't want to lose the huge market in the Middle East!

It's a great irony that they have the best cars, but they don't export them to a market they're confident about.

The main reason for the export to China is that Mercedes-Benz has determined the Chinese market. They think that China will obediently spend a huge amount of foreign exchange to use their advanced cars. Therefore, when exporting technology to China, they A condition was put forward, requiring China to purchase at least 80 NG-[-] series vehicles before considering exporting technology. For China, which was waiting to be developed and had no foreign exchange reserves at that time, this was almost impossible.

Therefore, Germany regrets, or because of their arrogance, that they lost this opportunity to enter the huge market of the East. However, they still have not given up. A dedicated team is planning a new plan, hoping to Their own cars can enter the Chinese market.

However, what they didn't expect was that Steyr Automobile, a car company that was not worth mentioning in Europe, had luck. Even people from the Middle East also took a fancy to their cars!

The industry of the Federal Republic of Germany is the most eye-catching in Western Europe. They also have proud capital. At the end of World War II, as a defeated country, the entire machinery industry of the Federal Republic of Germany was almost in ruins. However, the Germans who were at the forefront of the Cold War insisted on In just 10 years after the end, it created an astonishing performance of 100 million cars per year in the country. In the early 70s, the Federal Republic of Germany had surpassed the United Kingdom to become the second largest car producer in the world. Up to now, the NG-80 series cars of Mercedes-Benz, Has gained a good reputation all over the world.

They did not expect that China, which is poor and unable to pay foreign exchange, chose the Steyr project in Austria. For this reason, Austria provided China with a low-interest loan of [-] million U.S. dollars and promised to let China use the Steyr cars produced by itself. Debt repayment, but the wealthy Iraq actually chose Steyr!

Qusay didn't know that he just bought things with the money in his pocket, and bought whatever he could, but this deeply stimulated the proud Germans. The Germans made up their minds: they must open up the market in the Middle East!

Because the countries in the Middle East are all rich countries with rich oil, and, from now on, Iraq has gradually replaced Egypt's former status in the Middle East countries. The things on Iraq's own production line have successfully entered other countries. Countries in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, chose the Mirage 4000 fighter jets and T-72 tanks produced in Iraq. If Mercedes-Benz can successfully open the Iraqi market, there will be shadows of Mercedes-Benz trucks everywhere in the Middle East!

Therefore, Mercedes-Benz Motors has been paying attention to the situation in Iraq. When they saw the Iraqi delegation visiting Steyr Motors, they finally couldn't bear it, and the delegation came to Iraq for sales in person.

They absolutely do not believe that Iraq, which can even be equipped with a Mirage 4000 worth tens of millions of dollars, will be reluctant to introduce their best cars. Iraq must not know the excellent performance of its own cars!

Chapter 566 Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The team from Mercedes-Benz came to Iraq, and their deputy managers came to lobby Iraqi zhèngfǔ officials. Some of Qusay’s eyes were about to drop. That German who thinks he is the overlord of the auto industry, what is going on now? Became so able to respect the corporal?Go to Iraq to sell?

The more this is the case, the more embarrassing they will be. Qu Sai knows that only in this way can the price be severely suppressed. In terms of the thoughts in his heart, it is just the symbol of Mercedes-Benz, which will be a symbol of status in future generations. Which of the handsome young nieces doesn't drive the luxury car bought by her godfather?If Iraq can introduce the production line of Mercedes-Benz cars, it will be a great progress for Iraq's auto industry.

Hang the appetite of the Germans first!Qusay didn't want them to see it so easily. In later generations, although Qusay has been in the army, he still has some understanding of those local behaviors. He did this not to put on airs, as an Iraqi As the actual supreme leader, Qusay is very flexible, so how can he have so much time to meet with an ordinary delegation?

In the past few days, good news has been coming from Austria. The negotiations with Steyr are progressing very smoothly. The introduction of a complete set of projects costs only a few hundred million dollars. Iraq only needs to choose a site near Baghdad and build a new car factory. , can end Iraq’s history of not being able to produce cars, because the T-72 production line was established in northern Baghdad, so, in Qusay’s plan, northern Baghdad will become an important heavy industrial park.

However, Qu Sai hadn't survived for a few days, so he had to meet this guest from afar, because there was no way for Qu Sai to refuse the request that You Anli personally made to His Excellency Qu Sai.

You Anli, a senior engineer sent by Germany to Iraq, was responsible for the modified tank gun and fire control system of Iraq's 69 tanks. After that, he did not return to China, and then participated in the modification of the fire control system of Iraq's T-72 tank. Said that this German made a great contribution to Iraq's ground weapons, and Qusay also attached great importance to him. He made this request to Qusay to let Qusay know that the Germans, who are rigorous and rigid, actually At some point, it is also very flexible.

This is also a future generation, when Mercedes-Benz re-entered China, they chose a new partner, this time with higher energy, it is the Weapons Group Corporation!

When Qusay saw the delegation from Germany, although he knew that they came with the purpose of selling products to Iraq and earning Iraqi hard-earned money, Qusay was still moved by their sincerity Because, when they came, they actually transported two complete NG-80 heavy trucks by air, one of which was a military version of the 6*6 all-drive off-road heavy truck!

"Your Excellency Qusay, I am very glad that you are able to meet our delegation in spite of your busy schedule." said Leuter, the deputy general manager of sales of Mercedes-Benz in Germany. During the few days he came, It can be regarded as deeply feeling how "busy" this person is!

"You are very welcome to come to Iraq, and you have brought these two big guys." Qusay said, looking at the two Mercedes-Benz cars parked in the open space.

Seeing that His Excellency Qusay was so interested, Lloyd took his heart, and he said: "Your Excellency Qusay, what you see is the new product brought by our company. We have developed it after several years to adapt to transportation in the next 20 years The world’s number one high-end heavy truck developed by the industry, NG-80 series heavy truck, a 4*2 for civilian use, and a 6*6 off-road vehicle for military use.”