Super military empire

"Sold! Only 600 pieces!" Sultan was naturally happy when Liu Yijiu agreed to sell 600 pieces. "The precision is only two hundred meters and the circumference diameter is enough. 400 pieces with a range of 120 kilometers and 200 pieces with a range of 140 kilometers. ..."

There are 600 missiles with a range of more than 100 kilometers. This is a huge amount of data, and there are not so many missiles deployed in China.

It's not just because of money.

Moreover, this is also part of the U.S.-Soviet nuclear agreement. Strategic missiles are restricted weapons. The tactical level is also the same. Anyway, as long as they can carry mushroom bombs, whether it is tactical or strategic mushroom bombs, they are all mushroom bombs. The development is restricted.

"His Royal Highness, we hope that you will not transfer these missiles to a third country. Otherwise, it will cause us great trouble." Liu Yijiu breathed a sigh of relief. If the other side kills, he must have more missiles. In the end, he had to agree that the number of rocket launchers would continue to be reduced."In addition, for these missiles, we hope that you will be paid in cash just like the Dongfeng-3 transaction!"

Sultan was silent, and the weapons were resold to a third country. Naturally, this kind of thing would not be said during the negotiation between the two parties. He had no opinion on this, but asked them to pay for these conventional weapons and equipment in cash. , There are more weapons and equipment that need to be imported from China, and the huge foreign exchange expenditure is also a lot of pressure for Saudi Arabia.

The problem of not transferring weapons is really not big.In the future, as long as everything is in their hands, they naturally have the final say, especially these small missiles that are not very difficult to maintain.

"Director Liu, how long will these missiles be delivered?" After Liu Yijiu agreed on the export quantity, Sultan considered for a while, asked Liu Yijiu about the delivery time, and then measured whether Pay part of it in cash."Perhaps, we use some cash to pay?"

The sooner it is delivered, the sooner Saudi Arabia can form combat effectiveness.

Liu Yijiu measured it. The production speed of rockets can only produce 1,200 in one year. If a guidance system is installed, this will require a period of research.Time is short, it is impossible.

"If you pay in cash, the rocket launcher can be delivered within 18 months in three years. The rocket launcher with the guidance system needs to be re-improved and experimented. The time is too short. It is estimated that it will take three years to complete the delivery. Of course, if it is not paid in cash, this time may be longer..."

"Three years is too long! You promised that 60 Dongfeng-3s will be delivered within one year!" Sultan quit.

He was anxious to have these weapons and equipment immediately after the negotiation was made.

Although China's productivity cannot be compared with that of the United States and the Soviet Union, he believes that the production of these things should not take too long.

"His Royal Highness, the reason why we promised to deliver 60 Dongfeng-3s within one year, and let you form a certain combat effectiveness within at least half a year after the delivery is completed, is because all military units under our military system Cooperative production. After all, our government attaches great importance to this transaction between us. Billions of US dollars in foreign exchange are very important for the reform and opening up process that our country is currently undergoing.” Liu Yijiu kept thinking in his heart.

How can we let Saudi Arabia take the initiative to use oil fields to offset part of the weapons purchase money?

Regardless of the oil production of Saudi Arabia’s oil fields, at least relative to Iraq and Iran, they are much more stable and will not stop production due to war or political factors.

When Iraq was beaten twice by the United States and international oil prices rose steadily, Saudi oil was the most profitable in the entire world.

"This doesn't seem to affect these rocket launchers equipped with guidance systems?" Sultan is not a fool.

Liu Yijiu nodded, there was no way in his mind, Sultan would not take the initiative to use oil fields to offset their weapons purchases.I can only propose by myself that most of the weapons purchases are in cash, and the remaining small part will be exchanged for oil fields. As for the exchange of oil, Liu Yijiu naturally would not agree.

Therefore, he needs to be very patient to explain: "His Royal Highness, that's what it said. But our domestic production system is complicated. Generally speaking, unless it is a strategic weapon R&D and production unit, other conventional weapons, which unit are we? R&D, which unit produces it. 336 rocket launchers use missile manufacturing capabilities. All the production capacity of our country’s aerospace system will be transferred to the production of Dongfeng-3. The production of these large rocket launchers can only be our nine Units affiliated to the hospital. Even with 1,200 pieces per year, they have to expand their production capacity several times!"

The situation in China, the level of complexity Liu Yijiu has a headache.

Naturally, Prince Sultan cannot figure it out.

"Expanding is expanding, increasing production capacity. Isn't this a good thing for China?" Sultan asked Liu Yijiu suspiciously.

Liu Yijiu laughed bitterly: "His Royal Highness did not know that. In the past 30 years, our country's industry has gone from nothing to a complete industrial system. At the same time, like the Soviet Union, it has been vigorously developing the military industry. Obviously surplus, and it is the production capacity of those backward weapons and equipment. Reform is to change this pattern. Many domestic military production units are transferred to civilian production..."

This is no secret.

When Bandar arrived in China, he should know clearly.

China’s military production capacity, and the entire production system, is extremely poor compared to Europe and the United States, and its foundation is not very good.

"The reason why we ask you to pay in cash is not only because we need foreign exchange, but also because we need to improve the production efficiency of our technical production system. These are all things that need to be spent..." How to ask Saudi Arabia to give oil fields, this Liu Yijiu didn't think about it, but the cash that should be given is absolutely indispensable.

"Why can the space system be completed in one year, you can't? Don't you mean that you are the most advanced military unit in China?" Sultan was a little bit unable to understand.

China's technological upgrading will definitely not be so fast.

There are still problems he doesn't know.

"Because the aerospace system is producing Dongfeng-3, we have produced strategic missiles for more than ten years. We don't need to expand the factory and upgrade the technology system like our Ninth Academy system." Liu Yijiu explained ."In other words, in order for Dongfeng-3 to be delivered to you in advance, so that you can build up combat effectiveness early, we can fully produce and adopt the previous technology. Although this will make the production cost higher, this is not a problem. Wait until the production is completed. We will further upgrade the technology, but the production of the 336 rocket launcher in our country has not been too long. Up to now, our country has only just equipped two rocket launchers..."

Liu Yijiu's words are a bit bragging.

The Republic has so far only equipped two battalions, and the rocket launchers of these two battalions are still experimental.

What's more, this was originally because the military gave two battalions to take care of the Ninth Hospital.

These two battalions belonged to the Second Artillery Corps.

The Chinese military also assigns such weapons and equipment to its strategic forces.

"Cash payment is no problem, but Director Liu, your delivery period is as long as three years. This is internationally..." Prince Sultan's words were not very clear.

Internationally, such things are naturally rare.

Similarly, there has never been such a large transaction in a single purchase.

"You can pay a part of the advance payment first, and then according to the contract, how much we pay and how much..." Liu Yijiu did not ask the other party to pay all in advance on the rocket. "But the Dongfeng-3 payment must be paid at least first. Seventy percent, rocket launchers equipped with guidance systems must do the same!"

Liu Yijiu must insist on this point.

The more cash payments, the more beneficial it is for China as a whole.

Then there is the oil field.

"This is no problem, but for the rest, we hope to use oil to pay..." Sultan asked Liu Yijiu tentatively after weighing it.

When Liu Yijiu heard this, he was speechless.

Damn, don’t you know that teaching people how to fish is worse than teaching people how to fish?

Give it to an oil field or a few oil wells, it will be gone after the oil is used up!

It seems that there is not much hope to count on the Saudis to take the initiative to give oil fields.

Liu Yijiu simply no longer cared about anything else, and said directly: "His Royal Highness, you also know that China's demand for oil is not very large, and the domestic annual oil production cannot be consumed by itself. There is a part of it. Export it to exchange for foreign currency..."

Sultan's words were nothing but temptations. He didn't expect Liu Yijiu to refuse so thoroughly.

China’s economic growth rate has begun to increase a lot, and the demand for oil is becoming larger and larger. Part of the oil is used to offset their arms purchases. At present, when Saudi Arabia withdraws from OPEC to increase oil production, it is also very important. Nice thing.

However, Liu Yijiu disagreed.

Is it all paid in cash?

"Director Liu, although our country has huge foreign exchange reserves, our country is more of oil. At present, the price of international crude oil is low. Exchange of oil for weapons and equipment is also very good for your fast-growing economy. thing……"

"His Royal Highness, we don't need too much oil at the moment. The reason why our government says that we agree in principle to export Dongfeng-3 is because you have proposed that you can pay in cash..." Liu Yijiu considered, should How to say it will make it more acceptable to the other party, "Furthermore, the international crude oil price is no more than $12 to $13 per barrel, tens of millions of barrels of crude oil, or even hundreds of millions of dollars. , Just transportation is a very huge problem for us..."

What Liu Yijiu said really embarrassed Sultan.

Although they withdrew from OPEC and kept increasing oil production to ensure the income of Saudi Arabia as a whole, the increase in oil consumption in the world could not keep up with their increase in production. The Soviet Union was also desperately increasing oil production.

In other words, Saudi Arabia is now facing the problem of overcapacity in oil.

Transporting the extra output to China is definitely a good thing for Saudi Arabia.

"His Royal Highness, we can also understand your difficulties. Paying with oil is not something that is easily accepted by our senior management." Saudi Arabia's difficulties are also clear to Liu Yijiu. At the beginning, he persuaded the bigwigs. Conducted a comprehensive analysis, "This is not impossible, but we have to change the way..."

Liu Yijiu said at the beginning that it was not easy to accept the high-level staff, which made Sultan's face suddenly sad. When he said that there was no way, Sultan's eyes suddenly lit up, "I don't know what Director Liu has suggestions?"

"Replace oil with oil fields!" Liu Yijiu said unceremoniously.

For him, the oil field is the real sweet pastry.

Saudi Arabia’s oil fields are definitely not easy to dry up.

Moreover, this is also the purpose of his coming here. After reaching such a cooperation with Saudi Arabia, negotiations with Iraq and Iran will be easy. Without him, the other party will take the initiative to conduct the transaction.

Sultan frowned.

The appetite of the Chinese is really too big.

"His Royal Highness, this is not because our appetite is too big, but under the current circumstances, our domestic oil production capacity is inherently surplus, and our senior leaders will not agree to import too much oil, which will cause serious damage to our domestic oil industry. Big shock..." Liu Yijiu continued to flicker.

The sulfur content of domestic oil is much higher than that of the Middle East. At the same time, domestic oil extraction costs are also higher.

But what he said is also true. Once domestic oil production is reduced, it will have a very big impact on the entire domestic oil system, and countless people will be laid off!

After explaining these reasons, Sultan was able to understand it. What he couldn't understand was what Liu Yijiu wanted the oilfield to solve under such circumstances!

"If we have oil fields in your country, we will be able to export oil extraction equipment from domestic to Saudi Arabia. At the same time, for transportation, our country’s shipbuilding industry will be able to have oil tanker production orders... In this way, we will provide a lot of supply to our country. Jobs, the entire system will develop, and at the same time, more orders may be obtained..." The benefits of oil fields are all on the surface.

There is another biggest advantage Liu Yijiu did not say, that is, in a few years the Gulf War will break out and oil prices will skyrocket.

When the Americans beat Saddam, the oil will soar to more than one hundred dollars a barrel!

How can a little oil satisfy Director Liu's appetite?