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"Minister of Defense, do you remember the last time the Iranians dropped mines in the Persian Gulf and blocked the waterway?" Qusay asked.

"Yes, our country's oil tankers were also affected. Fortunately, several countries in the Middle East joined forces to reopen the waterway. Otherwise, the world economy would be affected." The Minister of Defense said, he was very curious, and the thinking of His Excellency Qusay jumped Xìng is too strong, right?

Chapter 585 Purchasing Missile Boats and Training Ships

"After this incident, we realized that our navy is too weak, so we want to buy some missile boats from your country," Qusay said.

Missile boat?The Minister of Defense thought that he had heard wrongly. Iraq has always made big moves. He originally thought that if Iraq wanted to buy, the worst would be a frigate. Those small missile boats, would Iraq be interested?However, in the current country, there are really no frigates or destroyers that can be used.

"We can fully meet your needs. What kind of missile boat does Iraq need? Is it the Wasp class or the Valley class?" asked the Minister of Defense.

Wasp class, River Valley class, that is their main missile boat.

However, Kusai looked down on them. They were all products before the 70s, and the displacement was too small. What he wanted was a slightly larger "Red Star" class (Type 037IG) large guided missile frigate.

The capabilities of the Iraqi navy are limited even for cruises in the Persian Gulf. Therefore, Iraq urgently needs a missile boat. In the Persian Gulf, a missile boat is enough.

The Red Star is the country's second-generation missile boat, and its displacement has increased to [-] tons. While improving the living space of the crew, it also provides better conditions for the modification of this missile boat.

Moreover, this missile boat uses C801 anti-ship missiles, which Iraq can produce independently. Moreover, it can also be modified to extend the range, or to modify Iraq's improved ground attack missiles on the basis of C801, Red Bird One or Red Bird II allows this missile boat to carry out ground attacks with the support of its own C3I data link.

The only thing that makes Qusay a little uncertain is that in later generations, this missile boat only entered service in the late 80s. Now, has this missile boat started to be built?

"We need a guided missile boat with a displacement of about 801 tons, moreover, it can install four C37 anti-ship missiles, and there are two twin [-]mm cannons at the bow and stern of the boat as anti-aircraft fire." Qu Sai said: " Wasp class and River Valley class, the displacement is too small."

The Minister of Defense had an idea. He had a missile boat on the design drawings that could meet this need. Construction had not yet started because the funds had not yet arrived. Since the other party proposed it, he might as well build it for them first!

"We have a red-star missile boat, which is completely suitable for your needs. If we sign the contract, we can start construction now. The construction period of this small boat will not exceed half a year." The Minister of Defense said: "I don't know how expensive it is." How many ships does Fang need?"

Sure enough, there are red stars!Qusay was overjoyed: "We need ten ships, but we can deliver them in batches. The first five ships will be produced in your side, and the later five ships will be produced by Iraq itself."

Do you produce it yourself?The Minister of Defense asked: "Your Excellency Qusay, do you have a shipyard?"

"No, but there will be soon," Qusay said.

After listening to Qu Sai's words, everyone present laughed. On this occasion, His Excellency Qu Sai said such a joke.

"As long as your country needs it, we are willing to help your country build a shipyard to produce such missile boats." The Minister of Defense said that building a shipyard also requires a lot of investment, so that the country can also obtain part of foreign exchange.

"We need this shipyard to be larger. In addition to building these missile boats, it can also manufacture civilian ships of several thousand tons." Qusay said.

"It's no problem at all. It is an oil tanker of tens of thousands of tons. As long as you are willing, we can also help you build such a large shipyard." The Minister of Defense said.

"In addition to missile boats, we also need to order several large training ships for naval training from you," Qusay said.

Now, the Naval Academy in Basra has begun to gradually cultivate talents, but up to now, they have only talked about it on paper, and at most they have used civilian ships to go to sea for training. From the beginning, when catching talents, in addition to educating them, training is also very important. In this way, professional training ships are needed.

Large training ship?The Minister of Defense asked solemnly: "What kind of training ship does your country need?"

Because at this time, our country’s navy does not have a professional naval training ship, and has been renting merchant ships and fishing boats for naval cadets’ internships. The first professional ocean-going training ship "Zheng He" designed by our country trained The ship is still on the drawing board.

"The length is more than 100 meters, the displacement is tens of thousands of tons, and the front is a flat deck, on which several helicopters can take off and land, and can also carry standard containers." Qusay said: "This ship needs to have navigation training and helicopter training. , medical training, national defense mobilization exercises, and carrying 300 standard containers, etc. By adding various container modules, a civilian transport ship can be quickly converted into various military auxiliary equipment used in wartime. In the year before last During the Falklands War, the British could quickly refit many civilian ships for military purposes during the voyage, and they could also be converted into rescue ships by loading different container modules, such as medical module containers.”

What Qusay said was the idea of ​​the "Shichang" of later generations. Iraq needs professional ships for naval training. obsolete.Moreover, the large deck in front can take off and land multiple helicopters at the same time. If it really comes to wartime, anti-submarine will be of great use.

These people were moved by the idea that Qu Sai put forward. None of them thought that a layman who almost did not have a navy would actually come up with these ideas. If this is the case, this ship will be of great use .

"Your Excellency Qusay, these ideas of yours are very interesting. We need to design such a ship. From design to construction to service, I am afraid it will take two to three years." The Minister of Defense said.

"We can wait, but the ship must meet our requirements," Qusay said.

"Your Excellency Qusay, we invite you to visit the Shanghai Qiuxin Shipyard, and at the same time, explain your ideas in detail to our designers." The Minister of Defense said.

One of Qusay's itineraries was to visit Shanghai. Therefore, the Minister of Defense asked him to visit the Shanghai Shipyard, and Qusay agreed immediately.

After the meeting, it was almost dark, and after a friendly banquet, Qusay checked into the hotel.

The sky in the capital is still very clear at the moment. Looking at the stars in the sky, Qu Sai suddenly became interested and wanted to go out, ride a bicycle, and go for a turn.

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Western Iran, Bakhtaran region.

This was originally a mountainous area on the barren Iranian plateau, and crops could not be grown on the land. Only in the Galei River Valley, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Karhei River, there is a little food, mainly wheat and sugar cane.

But now, in the tall and silent mountains, there is a sudden uproar, because a geological survey expert from Austria discovered minerals here.

In addition to iron ore, there are mainly copper ore, and even in a special place, rare earth ore was discovered.

A simple mountain road has been built, and the Steyr 91 series and Mercedes-Benz NG-80 series 6*6 off-road heavy trucks that entered Iraq in advance, rushed here to transport the ore dug from the cave to the west In Iraq, the metal smelting base under construction will be transformed into Iraq's continued metal resources.

Those responsible for these transportation tasks were the transportation units of the Iraqi second-line reserve force. After they replaced these trucks, they immediately realized that they were completely different from the worn-out Soviet-style trucks they had driven before.

These cars have strong horsepower, especially the turbocharged technology, even in the plateau area, there is enough power to support the car to climb uphill with heavy loads. Although the rated load is only [-] tons, these transport companies in Iraq have to complete the mission. , often pulled to [-] tons, or even [-] tons, which is seriously overloaded. Both Steyr and Mercedes-Benz have shown their ability to adapt to overload.

One of the convoys was very curious about the minerals they transported, because the stones they transported looked no different from ordinary stones, but they were told that this was a rare ore. People found that they needed to have strict secrecy measures, the entire convoy was not allowed to talk to the outside world, and was escorted by personnel from Baghdad's intelligence agency, and before entering the cave, they would be replaced by other internal personnel to drive .

Therefore, although they were very curious, they knew that they had important responsibilities on their shoulders, so they dared not say a word.

They didn't know that what they were doing was indeed a very secret thing, because what was being excavated there was an underground nuclear test site.

Because a large number of cars in Iraq are transporting ore here, even if they are discovered by satellites in the sky, they will only think that it is ordinary ore transportation, and they will not know what other secrets there will be.

At this time, in the cave, Haidar Hamza, who has been the head of the Physics Department of the Research Center of the Iraqi Nuclear Energy Ministry since the 70s and a major figure involved in the nuclear program, is now in the cave, directing the final battle .

Underground nuclear tests are divided into shallow layers and deep layers. After the shallow layer explodes, a large pit will still be left on the surface. Therefore, deep nuclear tests are mainly carried out. There are mainly two types of underground holes: flat holes and vertical holes. For the sake of convenience and simplicity, Iraq adopts the method of flat tunnel, and it is far away from underground water sources and other places to prevent underground pollution.

Now, they have excavated the tangential direction of the horizontal tunnels under the mountain according to the geological conditions. There are several tunnels in each horizontal tunnel, with a depth of 150 meters and a cross-sectional area of ​​12 square meters, which is convenient for transporting equipment and devices. Then, Place monitoring devices a few meters to 10 meters away from the explosion center. At the exit of each horizontal tunnel, there is a collection and distribution platform for test equipment, which is distributed into corresponding districts so that various equipment with different performance can be placed.The final automatic explosion console and detection instrument console are located 5 kilometers away from the exit of the tunnel.

Now that the burrow has been dug, they are waiting for the equipment to arrive.

Chapter 586 The Rude Female Engineer

In the silent night, a special convoy drove into Harris. They all used Mercedes-Benz NG-808*8 heavy trucks and Mercedes-Benz OM300 kilowatt engines. They were the latest heavy trucks exported to Iraq. An 8*8 series engine with a rated load of more than 25 tons is used to transport various measuring equipment developed from Harris, as well as Iraq's first nuclear weapon.

In order to prevent satellite monitoring in the sky, they deliberately chose night to avoid the orbits of optical satellites and most spy satellites. At the same time, they also made a special cover for the engine to prevent the detection of infrared satellites.

The entire convoy is protected by agents from the Messiah Bureau and a small team of the Sidewinder Special Forces. At the same time, a squadron of Mi-24 armed helicopters is ready to dispatch at any time to deal with possible dangerous situations.

In the dark, the convoy set off from Harris. The vehicles already had some special equipment. This time the convoy was not overloaded. Each vehicle was loaded with no more than fifteen tons.

The father of the Iraqi nuclear bomb, Zia Jaafar, was sitting in the co-pilot of a Mercedes-Benz car, his eyes shining brightly. Behind the car he was sitting in, there was a heavy four-ton guy, which was developed by Iraq itself. The first nuclear weapon named, Light.

This nuclear bomb will bring new light to Iraq!Light up the whole Middle East.

Zia looked at the dark sky outside, hoping in his heart that after the installation and adjustment of these equipments, the detonation of Iraq's first nuclear weapon would enter the countdown.

They didn't know that people from another country in the northwest of them were doing the same job.