The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

office.

Liu Tao met Mr. Al, and the two shook hands warmly as if they had known each other for many years.

Soon, he also saw Rasheed walking over.

"Mr. Al, Major Rashid, I came here this time to find out whether you have received the goods? How was your experience?" Liu Tao said with a smile.

According to his understanding, it takes about sixteen days to arrive in Iraq by sea from Yangcheng Port.

In other words, by now, that batch of goods should have arrived in Iraq long ago, and it has been in use for more than a month.

As a well-known tycoon in the Middle East, Iraq is extremely rich.

Only a few tycoons such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are richer than Iraq.

But in terms of military virtue, it has to be Iraq.

Al smiled and said: "My friend, now you have to change your name to Lieutenant Colonel Rashid."

Liu Tao looked surprised. How long had it been before Rashid was promoted to military rank?

"Thanks to you, my friend, the army is very satisfied with this batch of goods." Rashid smiled brightly. He was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. This was a big promotion.

The most important thing is that the country is very satisfied with the results of his work in China.

"Congratulations, Rashid, my friend!" Liu Tao immediately sent his blessings.

The higher the military rank of Rashid, the better. The higher the military rank, the greater the right to speak!

The more likely it is that the cooperation between the two parties will deepen.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the office became very harmonious.

Liu Tao seemed to be Iraq's best friend. He admired Saddam very much. He called Saddam a macho man from heaven and a national hero of Iraq and Arabs. He expressed all kinds of disgust and hostility towards Iran.

The three of them chatted happily, as if they were like-minded comrades.

"I heard from my friends that next year you are going to fight the Persians and teach them a lesson. Is this true?" Liu Tao seemed to realize that he had let slip, and quickly covered his mouth and stopped.

But Al and Rashid suddenly shook their bodies and looked at Liu Tao in shock.

How did Liu Tao know such a high secret?

Could it be that China's intelligence system has collected relevant information! ?

They know that next year they will really give the Persians a good beating. Now they have the support of the two hegemons, the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as the economic support of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who are also Arabs, and they have the third strongest army in the world. , this battle will definitely be a beautiful victory, and even the destruction of the Persians is not impossible.

But now, although the two sides are constantly fighting wars of words, the relationship is becoming increasingly tense, and there are even small-scale conflicts, no one knows that they are about to take action. This is confidential.

Liu Tao was very satisfied when he saw the shocked expressions of the two people.

Naturally, he had no information, but he knew very well that the Iran-Iraq war was about to break out.

Use this news to pry open the door to this cooperation and make a lot of money.

"Mr. Al, Lieutenant Colonel Rashid, my friend, please believe me, I am your best friend. As an arms dealer, I have prepared a large number of weapons for you. In addition to the weapons and ammunition previously traded, There are also various guns, tanks and armored vehicles, and even airplanes," Liu Tao said.

When Al and Rashid heard Liu Tao's words, they immediately understood what Liu Tao meant.

This is to do arms business with them, and it is a large order.

The two people looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If this information is known to the Persians and the Persians are prepared, or even strike first, the consequences will be disastrous.

Now Liu Tao is just doing business, he is an arms dealer, and his purpose is to do arms business, so this will be easy to handle!

"My friend, I have felt your sincerity. Please rest assured that our sincerity will definitely satisfy you." Al smiled, and then looked at Rashid.

Rashid also said: "5,000 pistols, 50,000 rifles, 1,500 machine guns, 1,000 heavy machine guns, 1,000 heavy sniper rifles, 300,000 pistol bullets, 51 million rifle bullets, and 4.5 million heavy machine gun bullets. 100,000 rounds of sniper rifle bullets, 100,000 rounds of special ammunition for heavy machine guns, and 10,000 rounds of special ammunition for sniper rifles. In addition, we also need spare parts.”

After listening to Rashid's words, Liu Tao was overjoyed.

Although I haven't calculated it yet, a rough estimate is that it may be a large contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sure enough, he threw a bomb and blew up a big order.

good!

very good!

However, he felt that there was still a lot of room, and felt that it was necessary to test again: "Mr. Al, Lieutenant Colonel Rashid, my good friend, do you need artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft? Although these have poorer performance, But the price will definitely satisfy you, the quantity is large, and there are no other conditions. ”

Al and Rashid looked at each other and then made eye contact.

"My friend, artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft are not my decision. So, give me three days and I will give you an answer," Rashid said.

What the Iraqi army wants to purchase is advanced weapons and equipment. China's artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft are all very backward, and they don't like them at all.

Their goal is to purchase the Soviet T72 main battle tank, which is the world's first third-generation tank and the most advanced third-generation main battle tank in the world.

Aircraft, the Iraqi army also wants to purchase advanced third-generation aircraft instead of China's outdated aircraft.

Liu Tao smiled and said: "Okay, let's sign the order first. You only need to give us four or five months to complete your order!"

There is no disappointment in his heart. He is prepared for this. As soon as the war starts, Iraq will definitely go crazy with purchases due to huge consumption.

So what if the performance is lagging behind? Being able to purchase in large quantities for consumption on the battlefield is the most important thing!

History has proven that Iraq will purchase a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, H-6D bombers, J-7 fighter jets, Type 69 main battle tanks, etc., worth more than 13 billion US dollars.

And he has not forgotten that as an arms dealer, he never does business with just one party, but sells goods to two!

But, the most important thing now is to sign this order first and get half of the deposit.

As for the rest, we can continue to work hard later.

The two parties negotiated very harmoniously. After making a list, Liu Tao calculated that the order this time was US$130 million, of which the order for guns and ammunition was as high as US$125 million, and the corresponding order for parts and components was US$5 million.

These parts are mainly the barrels of rifles, machine guns, and heavy machine guns, which are also the most vulnerable parts of guns.

Regarding this, Liu Tao was very excited. With this order, he would not have to worry about anything for a few months after the Spring Festival, and he would be able to release full production.

For pistol bullets, rifle bullets, and machine gun bullets, you can directly call the inventory in the ammunition depot and go directly to the inventory.

In a good mood, Liu Tao couldn't help but drink an extra glass of wine during the meal, constantly ensuring Al and Rashid that as soon as the money arrived, their share would never be less.

Al and Rashid both smiled knowingly, feeling that it was really a pleasure to work with Liu Tao.