The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 87 Tell the truth

office.

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

Soon, he also saw Rashid coming.

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

According to his understanding, it would take about sixteen days to reach Iraq by sea from Yangcheng Port.

That is to say, by now, the batch of goods should have arrived in Iraq, and it has been used for more than a month.

As a well-known wealthy country in the Middle East, Iraq is extremely wealthy.

The only countries richer than Iraq are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a few other wealthy countries.

But when it comes to the abundance of martial virtues, Iraq is still the best.

Al smiled and said, "My friend, now you have to be called Lieutenant Colonel Rashid."

Liu Tao showed a look of surprise. It had only been such a short time and Rashid had been promoted to a higher rank?

"Thanks to you, my friend, the troops are very satisfied with this batch of goods." Rashid smiled brightly. It was a big promotion from major to lieutenant colonel.

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

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

The higher Rashid's military rank, the better. The higher the rank, the greater the say!
The more likely the cooperation between the two sides 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 and called him a tough guy sent from heaven and a national hero of Iraq and Arabs. He expressed all kinds of disgust and hostility towards Iran.

The three of them were chatting happily, like like-minded comrades-in-arms.

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

But Al Rashid was suddenly shocked and looked at Liu Tao in shock.

How did Liu Tao know such a top secret?

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

They knew that they would have to give the Persians a good beating next year. Now they had the support of the two hegemons, the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as economic support from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, who were also Arabs. They also had the third strongest army in the world. They would definitely win a great victory in this battle, and it was not impossible for them to even destroy the Persians.

But now, although the two sides are constantly engaged in a war of words, relations are becoming increasingly tense, and even small-scale conflicts continue, no one knows that they are about to take action. This is a secret.

Liu Tao was very satisfied when he saw the shocked expressions on the two people's faces.

He naturally had no intelligence, but he was very clear that the Iran-Iraq War was about to break out.

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

"Mr. Al, Lieutenant Colonel Rashid, my friends, 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 traded before, there are also various cannons, tanks, 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 looked at each other and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

If this information was known to the Persians and they were prepared, or even took the initiative, the consequences would be disastrous.

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

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

Rashid also said: "5000 pistols, 5 rifles, 1500 machine guns, 1000 heavy machine guns, 1000 heavy sniper rifles, 30 pistol bullets, 5100 million rifle bullets, 450 million heavy machine gun bullets, 10 sniper rifle bullets, 10 heavy machine gun special seed bullets, 1 sniper rifle special seed bullets. In addition, we also need spare parts."

Liu Tao was overjoyed when he heard Rashid's words.

Although I haven't calculated it, a rough estimate is that the contract is probably worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sure enough, he threw a bomb and it resulted in a big order.

it is good!
very good!

However, he felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement and felt it necessary to test the waters again: "Mr. Al, Lieutenant Colonel Rashid, my good friend, do you need cannons, tanks, armored vehicles, and airplanes? Although the performance of these is a little worse, the price will definitely satisfy you, the quantity is large, and there are no other conditions."

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

"My friend, cannons, tanks, armored vehicles, and airplanes are not things I can decide. So, give me three days and I will give you an answer," said Rashid.

What the Iraqi army wanted to purchase were advanced weapons and equipment. China's artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft were all very backward, and they simply looked down on them.

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

As for aircraft, the Iraqi army also wants to purchase advanced third-generation aircraft rather than China's outdated aircraft.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Okay, then let's sign this order first. Just give us four or five months to complete your order!"

He did not feel any disappointment in his heart. He was prepared for this. As long as the war broke out, there would be huge consumption and Iraq would definitely go on a purchasing spree.

So what if the performance is a little backward? The most important thing is to be able to purchase it in large quantities for consumption on the battlefield!

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., with a value of more than 130 billion US dollars.

And he did not forget that as an arms dealer, he never did business with only one party, but had to sell goods to two parties!
However, 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 on it later.

The negotiations between the two parties went quite harmoniously. After making a list, Liu Tao calculated that the order was worth $1.3 million, of which the order for guns and ammunition was as high as $1.25 million, and the corresponding order for parts was $500 million.

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

Liu Tao was very excited about this. With this order, he didn't have to worry about anything for several months after the Spring Festival and could focus on production.

As for pistol bullets, rifle bullets, and machine gun bullets, you can directly call up the stock in the ammunition depot and go directly to stock.

Liu Tao was in a very good mood and couldn't help but drink an extra glass of wine during the meal. He kept assuring Al and Rashid that as long as the money arrived, their share would definitely not be reduced.

Al and Rashid both smiled knowingly and felt that it was such a pleasure to work with Liu Tao.

(End of this chapter)