Babylonian Empire

Those guys, when they heard what they said at the beginning, they all agreed with them, but in the end, they blamed themselves instead. Why didn't you insist on your own ideas at the beginning?

However, His Excellency Qusay, who has benefited, is now in a very good mood.

In Port Khomeini, the Iranian defenders retreated steadily. They also wanted to wipe out a large number of Iraqis in street fighting, but the Iraqis did not give them a chance because of the brutal advancing methods adopted by the opponent.

There are snipers out there!If it were an ordinary street battle, then a group of soldiers would go up the stairs, and no matter how much the price was paid, the snipers there would have to be wiped out!Many of them will fall under the guns of snipers.

But now, the situation is completely different. The Iraqi snipers who had not retreated here were constantly killing and wounding them, and the Iraqi offensive troops, after being attacked, the only way to do it was to use artillery to bombard them violently !Blow up all the people and buildings!

After the attacking troops passed, there were ruins left.

Under such devastating blows, the territory of the Iranian defenders became less and less, and they suffered heavy casualties.

After the UN weapons personnel destroyed all the chemical weapons, Zhang Feng personally sent them back to Basra, and sent them to leave Iraq by plane. This concern made the weapons inspectors grateful.

Zhang Feng knew that he did this to prevent these people from causing trouble.

Because there are also chemical weapons in Iraq's arsenal, but they have never been used.

After sending these personnel away, Zhang Feng received the news that the C801, which was converted into a ground attack cruise missile, successfully conducted a test shot and hit the target accurately!

This is something to be happy about. You must know that the Tomahawk cruise missiles of the Americans were not officially equipped with troops until 83. Finally, there is a weapon in their arsenal that stands on the same starting line as this era.

Although this kind of missile is still not comparable to the Tomahawk, its range is short, and a large number of civilian components are used, which greatly limits its actual combat capability under the condition of strong electromagnetic interference, but this is a good start after all!

Therefore, Zhang Feng decided to hold a celebration party on the bus to express his gratitude to all the personnel who successfully launched the missile test, his own engineers and the engineers from China, especially the Chinese engineers. Within a year, the production line was set up and put into production, and the products were completely qualified.

Among all the technological exports, only people from China are the most sincere. This is also the characteristic of China in this era. The people are very simple and sincere.

At the celebration meeting, Zhang Feng received a piece of news that made him even happier: 6 F-20s and the production line will be shipped to Iraq in the near future!

Chapter 3 and Six: The F-20 Production Line Arrives

In order to welcome the arrival of the F-20 production line, Zhang Feng has already started to prepare. In Zubayer, the factory building is under construction, but it is hopeless.

Following the last action to support Arafat, oil production cuts led to the United States raising the big stick of the arms embargo, and the introduction of the F-20 was temporarily put on hold. For this situation, Zhang Feng is very psychologically prepared .

For the United States, isn't it the favorite game?So, he chose to wait.

And this time Iran's chemical weapons crisis, all public opinion is condemning Iran, so, for Iraq, it is an excellent opportunity.

For example, in order to balance Iran, the United States began to turn to support Iraq, at least to kill those factories in Iran that may produce chemical weapons.

Therefore, the F-20 and the production line have resumed supply to Iraq.

According to the original agreement, for the F-20 fighters, 10 complete aircrafts will be provided first, then 20 parts will be provided, and the last 70 aircraft will be assembled in Iraq.

However, the production line called the complete machine provided this time, as a huge system project, does not mean that with this production line, it is possible to completely produce fighters by itself.

A modern fighter plane, engine, fire control system, and airframe each account for about one-third of the total cost, and this production line only produces most of the parts on the airframe, and then, the aircraft imported from the United States The electricity and the engine are installed to form a fighter plane.

To put it simply, this production line is to produce the frame of a fighter plane, and then all the high-tech things in it need to be imported.

Chips for electronic equipment, those advanced head-up displays, and sophisticated radars all need to be imported, and the engine behind the buttocks cannot be handed over to Iraq for its own production. This has nothing to do with Northrop, it is General Motors provided directly.

(This is like the Su-27 introduced by our country. Although it is also self-produced, the AL-31 engine and radar are all imported from Russia. However, our country’s imitation ability is very strong. Through technological improvement and upgrades, eventually all Self-produced, and replaced the AL-31 with Taihang, and left the Sukhoi people aside to do it alone) Even so, it is a great progress for Iraq. The manufacturing of the airframe is also a very advanced technology, all kinds of precision Although the current localization rate is less than 30.00%, this is a progress from scratch. In the future, You can gradually increase this ratio and improve your own technical level. If you can overcome the difficulties of engines and avionics, then it will not be difficult to achieve self-production in the end.

Therefore, Zhang Feng is very happy to wait for the arrival of this production line. , were also dug back by the Messiah Bureau.

Compared with those hardware, these personnel are a huge asset.

At this time, in China, the General Armament Department is listening to the statements of experts from Chengfei.

Tu Keda said: "The last time we went to Iraq, we saw the American and French fighter planes introduced by Iraq, and we deeply felt that our fighter planes would not be able to gain performance advantages in future air battles. A large sum of money was invested in the development of new fighters, so after several months of redesign, we came up with an improved J-7 plan."

Since the No. [-] project was still kept secret at this time, Tu Jida did not participate in this plan, and he had no knowledge of it.

"The rear fuselage of our aircraft still uses the design of the J-7, but the nose has been redesigned, and the air intake has been changed to the abdomen to free up space in the nose for the installation of radar. With the maneuverability and the most important beyond-visual-range air combat capability of the modern air force, our nose has already blown through the wind tunnel, and there is no problem with the aerodynamic layout." Tu Keda explained.

"So, how feasible is it to do this?"

"We can improve the J-7 into a modern fighter at the smallest cost, which can adapt to future battles. I estimate that we will have more than [-] orders in the international market. For countries in the third world In other words, it should be very popular to be able to obtain a fighter capable of beyond-visual-range air combat, and the price is not very expensive, less than one-third of the third-generation Western light fighters," Tukida said.

Because the main focus of the domestic air force is on Shenfei's J-8 fighter, Tu Jida did not say that it is equipped with domestic equipment, but a new conclusion: it will be very popular in the international market.

Since the country spends most of its funds on social development, there is not much money invested in the military. Apart from maintaining the pre-research of key models, there is no extra capacity to maintain huge military enterprises. Many enterprises have already fallen into a state of shutdown. However, the production plants that export weapons to Iran and Iraq are now very profitable. They are producing at full capacity, which has made many people use their brains.

China's military industry should also look at the world and go to the world to earn money from other countries!

In the past, China provided free aid to the third world, but now, it is a problem for the country to even maintain its own military expenditure, let alone aid. Chinese weapons have also begun to be sold for a fee.Moreover, this model has been approved by the superior.

"So, how do we solve the previous capital investment?" The superior leader asked.

Now the country really can't allocate money. They don't need much money for blowing tunnels. Once the development starts and the prototype is built, the cost will be high.

"Iraq is very interested in our project. They are willing to invest and share part of the profits when they export," Tukida said.

If a few months ago, Tu Keda would not have dared to say this, but now, there is a precedent. The production line of the C801 missile exported to Iraq by China has been completed. In addition, Iraqi and Chinese technicians are working on the development of this missile. Based on the joint development of ground-attack extended-range cruise missiles, this kind of missiles that are already relatively advanced in China can be used. Then, the J-7 fighters, which are already quite outdated in the international market, will not have problems, and there is no need for them at all. Worried about leaks, the Iraqis' F-20 fighters and Mirage F1 fighters are all higher than the J-7.

Tu Keda has made his purpose very clear: use Iraqi funds to transform the J-7 into a modern fighter, sell it to other countries, and earn foreign exchange for the country's exports.

Although the J-7 was successfully sold to Jordan, the technology of this fighter is already very backward. Ever since he went abroad to see advanced Western fighters, Tu Jida has started to make major changes to his baby. In war, avionics is the key!Advanced radar and advanced fire control system can definitely occupy a greater advantage!

"Today's meeting ends here, let's discuss it and make a decision." The superior leader said.

Tu Kida left the meeting room, a little strange, what else do they need to discuss?

At this time, Tu Jida still didn't know about the No. [-] project. In fact, his superiors were already satisfied with his plan. It should be very correct to refit a modern fighter without having to pay for it himself. That is, with the gradual development of the No. [-] project in the future, will Chengfei have enough designers?Will it delay the development of new fighters?What they think is more about this problem.

In the end, the problem was reported to Mr. Deng, and Mr. Deng gave instructions: We must believe in the enthusiasm of the technicians, and it can be carried out!

Zhang Feng looked at all kinds of machines unloaded from the ship, and couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.

He also knew that this production line was remodeled by Northrop with an F-5 production line. However, even the backward equipment in the United States is still the most advanced in the Middle East. These machines and equipment are originally the largest With rich wealth, coupled with skilled workers, Iraq's dream of manufacturing its own aircraft is no longer far away!

Along with the equipment arrived, old acquaintances Fred Oshla, deputy general manager and Dr. Kashin, Fred returned to China after arranging the equipment installation, leaving Dr. Kashin with technicians to train Iraqi technicians , It will be a long process until they fully master the manufacturing technology.

Aircraft manufacturing is no better than assembling that missile, not to mention, Iraq started from scratch!

However, in this way, the company will earn more profits. The conclusion of the deal further enhanced Fred's status in the company and won the favor of the general manager.

"Welcome my friends, I have been looking forward to it for half a year, and finally it is today." Zhang Feng said, looking at the Americans who got off the boat.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Qusay, for coming to greet us personally. If there were no accidents, I think we might have arrived earlier." Fred said, in fact, he was also very dissatisfied with the resolution of the United States, which damaged the reputation of their company. lost.

"In addition to our equipment, because our Congress has approved your request for the introduction of laser-guided bombs last time, so this time we also brought experts in this kind of guidance to upgrade your previous four F-20s, which can Mount this kind of bomb and launch a precise attack on the ground," Fred said.

Zhang Feng had already received the news. He did not expect that the Americans would be so generous this time. However, since it was given to him, he certainly accepted it.