Chapter 541: China's Choice

(Please calm down, everyone who is upset. We only see the loss of not exporting Dongfeng 3, but didn’t China also gain more benefits from the Soviet Union’s efforts to encourage the island countries to be friendly to China in the early stage? How much military expenditure has China reduced by resolving the border issue between the two sides? Various investments in China have made China develop rapidly. China’s reform and opening up are full of vitality, and its economy is developing rapidly, which is more meaningful than the billions of dollars of windfall from the dog tycoons! They also exported advanced weapons to China. Otherwise, in the 1980s, we would have been conquering the world with our Eighth Lord!)

China.

It was just getting dark, the lights were on, and the Lunar New Year was approaching. The capital was bustling everywhere. This was not the era of drifting people from Beijing in the future. Most of the people living in the capital were locals.

A black car with an embassy license plate drove through the crowds on the street and into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Mr. Sherbakov, I'm very sorry to call you here so late." After entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Huang welcomed him into the conference room and said in a low voice: "We just received news that you plan to export S-200 air defense missiles to India. We are very sorry about this. If India obtains air defense missiles with a range of more than 200 kilometers, it will mean a threat to us."

Andrei, the most active and capable general in the Soviet Union, made remarks that were definitely meaningful. After receiving the news, Zhongnanhai held urgent consultations, and Minister Huang hurriedly summoned the Soviet ambassador to China.

"We have had many unpleasant experiences with the Soviet Union, but in recent years, we are very happy to see that the relationship between our two countries is moving towards a new level and our cooperation is going very smoothly. Therefore, we do not understand why you are taking actions that damage the interests of our two countries at this time. The long range of this air defense missile makes it an offensive weapon," Minister Huang continued.

"So, do you want to protest to Moscow?" asked Sherbakov.

"It's not a protest. We want your explanation. If you can't give us a reasonable explanation, then we may protest," Minister Huang continued.

He said this, showing that he has made a great decision.

"As far as we know, Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar has come to the mainland. Just today, Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan, who is in charge of defense affairs, also moved here from Malaysia." Sherbakov said: "This is your internal affairs, we will not interfere in your internal affairs, but we also understand that Saudi Arabia is now eager to obtain ballistic missiles, which will seriously threaten the security of the Middle East, and we do not want to see this happen. The appearance of ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia will greatly affect the stability of the Middle East. In addition to ballistic missiles, we will never interfere with your export of any other weapons."

Minister Huang's face suddenly changed after hearing Sherbakov's words. The Saudis' coming to China was an absolute secret. How did the Soviets know about it? How did they know about it? Who among us was bribed by the Soviets?

Seeing Minister Huang's expression, Sherbakov knew he was right. In fact, China's domestic management was tighter than the Soviet Union's, and it was impossible to dig out any spies. Prince Bandar left the United States and went to Hong Kong, and never showed up again, while Prince Sultan disappeared in Malaysia. These were all the KGB's judgments, and they believed that they all came to China secretly to discuss the export of weapons with China. And now, as expected, the other party's expression confirmed the correctness of their judgment.

These people came to China to buy Dongfeng-3 missiles. These were General Andre's judgments! And now, this judgment is completely correct!

"We know that Saudi Arabians are very rich, and this money is very important to your country. However, I also believe that the friendship between us in Moscow and you is also extremely important. During your reform and opening up, we and the island countries have made a lot of investments in China, which has objectively prospered your market. We should look at these issues from a longer-term perspective and not let one or two things affect our friendship."

It has been made clear that China exported the Dongfeng-3 to Saudi Arabia for money, and the Soviet Union's investment in China was also for money. How much can China get from exporting ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia? According to the declassified information in history, it was only 3.5 billion US dollars, but now, the Soviet Union and the island countries' investment in China has approached 10 billion US dollars! In the mutual cooperation between the two sides, although the Soviet Union needed China's light industrial products, the trade between the two sides did create greater opportunities for China, feed more enterprises, and make China's reform full of vitality.

If Saudi Arabia obtains ballistic missiles, it will seriously affect the stability of the Middle East and will also affect the Soviet Union's strategy.

That's why the Soviet Union sold weapons to India! If China stops exporting such weapons, India will not get them either!

This method is very shameless, but there are interests between countries. Where is the pure friendship?

After seeing off the Saudi ambassador, Minister Huang hurried to Zhongnanhai. Mr. Deng was still waiting for his report. This was the Soviet Union's trump card.

The scenery of the north is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.

Standing on the high Great Wall and looking at the spectacular scenery in the distance, Prince Sultan, who grew up in a desert country, had never seen such magnificent scenery.

As it was winter, there were not many people coming to the Great Wall to watch. There were only a few people, all of whom were security personnel. Seeing this scene, Prince Sultan lowered his collar to reveal his big beard.

We have been hiding from everyone along the way. Only here can we breathe a sigh of relief.

Saudi Arabia, there is no time to wait! With the support of the Soviet Union, Iraq's self-confidence is constantly expanding. It is said that yesterday, the Soviet Union has agreed in principle to export anti-aircraft missiles with a range of hundreds of kilometers to Iraq! Although the Soviets promised to export missiles with conventional warheads, who can check the transaction between the two parties? There is only a wall between anti-aircraft missiles and ballistic missiles. If these anti-aircraft missiles do not explode in the air and fall to the ground, they are ballistic missiles!

After Prince Bandar came to China and expressed his intention, China also hoped to further discuss the export of Dongfeng-3, so Prince Sultan came.

Now, we are waiting for the results of the discussion from China. If nothing unexpected happens, this afternoon, Prince Sultan will be able to go to the DF-3 missile base to see that those weapons made in China can effectively safeguard Saudi Arabia’s national security! Moreover, with ballistic missiles, Saudi Arabia can better protect other Islamic countries and maintain peace in the Gulf region!

Thinking of this, Prince Sultan's fingers began to tremble inexplicably, and it was unclear whether he was excited or worried.

At this time, a uniformed staff member came to Prince Sultan and whispered to him: "Your Highness, I am very sorry. After careful discussion, we have decided to terminate this arms export agreement with you. We apologize again. Perhaps you can consider purchasing other weapons, tanks, planes, and artillery from us. Our prices are the lowest in the world."

Hearing this, Prince Sultan was stunned: "Why?"