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This Qu Sai forgot, he asked for this thing by name at random, just to prevent future generations from falling into the hands of others, and this is for bargaining.

"Okay, then let's tick this off." Qusay happily picked up the pen and drew a cross on it.

"There is also this E-3 pre-alarm machine. Our order has been in 88." Brightman decided to start talking from the back and move forward, and then talk about getting rid of all the back.

Moreover, what Brightman said is also true. As a strategic early warning machine, the E-3 is selling very well. In addition to its own country, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and other NATO countries, even the arrogant Gauls, also ordered Even if Iraq wants to buy four, it will have to wait four or five years, and no one can say what will happen in these few years.

Brightman also explained the reason truthfully, it's not that he won't sell it to you, it's because you have to wait in line!

However, Qusay is definitely not a disciplined person, he wants to jump in line.

7Chapter 17 arms sale again

"Didn't the UK also buy this kind of early warning aircraft? And the UK has been delaying, and can't afford the money to pay for the follow-up costs. You might as well build the early warning aircraft for the UK and then fly to Iraq. We can pay the full amount, and as far as I know, after you delivered the Saudi pre-alert plane, it will be from the UK, right?" Qusay asked.

The E-3 is selling well, of course Qusay knows it. Although he also wants this kind of early warning machine very much, the United States will never export it. It can be regarded as a strategic weapon. If the United States really sells it, they will The domestic Jews may have to go to Bush's house to scold their mothers.And he put it this way is purely disgusting to the British.

Want to grab the UK?How is that possible!Brightman still didn't know how to reject this brazen person, and then he heard President Qusay say: "If you can sign this contract with us, we will invest a lot of energy in oil production, and tomorrow we will It is possible to increase crude oil production by 100 million barrels in Japan, and we may eventually break through the scale of increasing Japanese production by 300 million barrels. We are confident that we can lower oil prices to an appropriate level, for example, [-] dollars a barrel. "

Occupying abundant oil field resources, coupled with a large amount of crude oil in the previous period, Qusay has too much confidence to say this, but it is definitely possible.

Now the trump card has been revealed, but Brightman did not agree immediately, but reported all the details of the arms sales agreement to Washington.Brightman does not have that much power to handle such a large arms sale.

After receiving Brightman's report, the United States held another meeting.

"Iraq is blackmailing us, trying to use 100 million barrels of crude oil in exchange for the export of our high-tech weapons, especially the advanced early warning aircraft, and also wants to steal the British early warning aircraft. This is absolutely impossible. ,” Defense Secretary Weinberger said.

"Early warning machines are absolutely not to be exported, but for some other less important items, we might as well consider, for example, something on the second page." Bush said.

"Except for the first page, the rest cannot be considered." Weinberg was still very insistent.

"Everyone, look at the conditions proposed by Iraq, and you can find that there is some information in it," Bush said.

what's the message?Aren't those weapons?

"The ones on the first page are within our psychological capacity. I guess, Qusay knows, and we will agree with them, so they are listed at the front. And the last page is something we can't export no matter what. , so it is listed at the end, and we can export some of the middle ones, or deny some of them, and this is the most realistic condition that Qusay asked us." Bush said.

On the surface, it seems that from small to large, from subsystems to the whole, but, in fact, there is a law, which is the tolerance of the United States!The guy in the Middle East guessed very accurately. This second page is what Qusay really needs.

However, can this second page be exported to Iraq?

Iraq has already implemented the C3I system, and buying two more data links will definitely strengthen their system. They will definitely dismantle these data links and distribute them to their various links to increase their data communication capabilities.The long-range early warning radar will increase their ability to grasp air targets, especially the monitoring of ballistic missiles.And those helicopters can increase the actual capabilities of their army.

UH-60 Black Hawk is an excellent multi-purpose transport helicopter in the United States, used for tactical transport and rescue, reconnaissance, command, electronic warfare and anti-submarine warfare, etc., accompanied by the US military, it appears on many battlefields.The CH-47 has a large load capacity and a large number of crew members, which can improve their tactical transport capabilities.As for the AH-64 Apache, it can even improve the strike capability against the Army armored cluster.

The United States does not want to export any of these things to Iraq.

"Let's select some of the less important items first, and see if we can satisfy the appetite of that guy in Iraq, Qusay. Let's sell him the Black Hawk helicopter and the long-range early warning radar first." Reagan finally said.

Bush shook his head. He knew that that guy had a big appetite. These things might not be enough. Now, Iraq can bargain slowly and methodically with the United States, but the United States can't last too long. High oil prices are Destroy the U.S. economy.

"We are not as good as adding the data link and CH-47, and at the same time urging Iraq to increase oil exports to more than 300 million barrels, so as to curb the continued rise of oil prices as soon as possible." Bush said: "We need to give Iraq enough sweetness to let Iraq They acted fast to save our economy."

In the big eastern countries, there is an idiom called drinking poison to quench thirst. They know that doing so can improve Iraq's military strength, but they have no better way. They must take this step and save the domestic economy first, which is the most important thing.

However, this time Iraq is very interesting. There is no production line for these weapons. As long as they are these weapons, the United States can restrict Iraq through accessories in the future.

For the sake of oil, although knowing that Iraq is a bit shameless, although it may increase Iraq's military strength, the United States still partially agreed to Iraq's request.This is another large-scale arms sale, which has brought a lot of income to American military workers. At the same time, it has finally started to change the world's oil prices.

After receiving Brightman's reply, Qusay struggled with Brightman for a long time on other projects that did not pass, especially the E-3 early warning aircraft project. Brightman explained for a long time that the United States did not want to provide it, but It is indeed because of insufficient production capacity.After further discussions on the quotation given by the United States, Qusay reluctantly agreed to these projects, and at the same time promised to prepare for the work of increasing production immediately.

After Brightman left, Qusay's joy was beyond words.After the relationship between the United States and the United States has been distanced, he did not expect that he could still import so many things from the United States!He is already satisfied with the weapons on the first page alone, not to mention the data link, long-range radar, and two types of helicopters. This time, he has already earned enough, and he still has enough funds to buy these things !

He made a fortune by speculating in oil futures this time. At least for the next year or so, he won't have to worry about where to find money again. Iraq's military industry will once again usher in a new climax.

According to Qusay's plan, in order to attack the British oil industry, Iraq originally planned to increase crude oil production. Politics is the art of how to toss people.

As Iraq continues to increase crude oil production, it will also gain more favor from the United States. When speeding up the delivery of ordered weapons, Iraq can also consider importing some things from the United States in the short term.

Qu Sai sent a message to Hong Kong again, and within the last three days, he kept the last [-]% of the futures in his hand, and sold the rest.

London, England.

Mrs. Thatcher looked at the US ambassador to the UK in front of her and couldn't believe her ears.

"Ronald (Reagan) wants me to let go of that Iraqi?" Mrs Thatcher asked.

"Yes, this is related to world peace and stability. I hope the British side can let go of that Iraqi. Anyway, you didn't find anything from him, did you?" the ambassador said.

If the person in front of her was an ambassador from Iraq, or other countries in the Middle East, or even an ambassador from France, Mrs. Thatcher would accept it. However, she did not expect that the Americans were actually speaking for Iraq, hoping to release the captured spy. .

"That's a spy. The important information we lost can open a breakthrough from him." Mrs. Thatcher said.

"With all due respect, now, I don't know whether it is a spy or not. Even if it is a spy, can you get back what you lost? It must not be in the UK now. For this reason In this incident, the United Kingdom and Iraq terminated all cooperation. For the United Kingdom, it is also a big loss. I heard that under the operation of Iraq, your cooperation with Sweden has also come to an end. For this incident, the loss is so great Is it worth it for you?" said the ambassador.

Mrs. Thatcher was very puzzled. The United States has always been on the side of the United States, but now, although it sounds like the other party is speaking for themselves, in fact, they must have other purposes!

Reminiscent of the increase in oil production that Iraq just carried out, Mrs. Thatcher seemed to understand a little bit. Are they here for Iraqi dignitaries?

Mrs. Thatcher had a very friendly personal relationship with President Reagan, and the United States and the United Kingdom were also important allies to each other. However, when it came to the vital interests of the United States, they still chose to think for themselves first!

"We will never let this Iraqi go, because this involves our military secrets and the dignity of our UK." Mrs. Thatcher said: "Please tell Ronald that our UK will continue to add Offshore oil rigs to increase our oil production. To maintain the stability of the world crude oil market, we in the UK can also do our part.”

The American ambassador was a little embarrassed, and said: "Yes, I will pass on my wife's words to our president."

This is almost the first time that Mrs. Thatcher has taken a tough attitude towards the United States, and this is what she has to do, because although the United Kingdom has fallen, it is not yet the turn of a bumpkin country in the Middle East to bully it!They have oil, and so does their own country!Why can't the United States see the prospect of its own oil exports?

Chapter 748 Metal Institute

At the end of 1984 AD, this was a turbulent era. This turmoil was not in the military or political, but in the economy, in the black gold that is indispensable for the development of human civilization.

Just before the arrival of the new year, I had already seen that the high oil price could fall, but I didn't expect that it was just a moon in the water, a flower in the mirror.The exports of several major oil-producing countries in a row have been affected by various unforeseen effects and cannot be completed. As a result, the oil price has only been low for a day or two, and then began to continue to rise, and there is no end.

The price of oil has risen to $[-] a barrel!Many factories around the world have fallen into a state of shutdown. Anyway, the factories are losing money when they start work, so they might as well take the annual leave earlier.

At this time, Iraq in the Middle East, a country that has become very famous this year, once again attracted the attention of the world.

In the past, various conflicts in Iraq, Arabia, Israel, etc., could only be topics of discussion among the people of other countries at best, and the number of casualties was only a number.

But now, it is completely different. This move by Iraq will affect the whole world, because Iraq announced that it will increase oil production!

This time it was not loud thunder and little rain. Unlike the previous increase of 100 barrels of production, this time, on the day Iraq announced, it increased production by 300 million barrels.Moreover, Iraq announced that it will stabilize its production increase at around [-] million barrels at the beginning of next year, that is, in a dozen days.

On that day, the price in the international oil futures market stabilized at $[-] without continuing to rise. This was a good start.

Those who have just bought futures are beating their chests. They bought at a high price, but now they want to sell, but there are no buyers.

Only one day later, at the new OPEC meeting organized by Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, the proposal of OPEC Secretary-General Fadhil J. al-Chalabi of Iraq was adopted. OPEC members should increase oil production and lower oil prices, otherwise If not, the world economy will collapse.