Chapter 133 The Fat Sheep Is Coming

Two days passed in a flash.

On this day, the Iraqi delegation finally arrived in Beijing.

They first went to Hong Kong, then entered the mainland through the Hong Kong corridor, and finally arrived in Beijing.

When Liu Tao saw the Iraqi delegation, his eyes were full of passion. He didn't see people, but fat sheep, big fat sheep!

Saudi Arabia and Iraq are the targets he wants to cooperate with.

Saudi Arabia is rich, super rich, rich as hell. Saudi Arabia is so poor that only money is left. It is the stupid son of a landlord. It is rich and willful. As long as they can cooperate happily, they can make a lot of money.

Iraq is also a very rich oil-producing country. Now its foreign exchange reserves are nearly 40 billion US dollars, which ranks among the top in the world. You must know that even Japan's foreign exchange reserves are only 20 billion US dollars, and Iraq's foreign exchange reserves are nearly twice that of Japan.

Liu Tao is eager to earn all of Iraq's nearly 40 billion US dollars.

The most important thing is that Iraq is not only rich, but also has a group of Middle Eastern tycoons behind it. Brothers such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are willing to lend him money.

Moreover, Iraq is full of martial virtues, and now it is sharpening its sword towards Persia. Recently, the two sides have a strong smell of gunpowder, and Iraq is willing to buy a large number of arms.

Now, the big fat sheep of the delegation has finally arrived!

Liu Tao finally saw the head of the delegation, a middle-aged man named Mohammed!

The two sides met and exchanged simple greetings before going to the prepared meeting room.

"Have you really developed the third-generation main battle tank in China?" Mohammed asked directly.

Mohammed's face was full of doubt.

According to his understanding, the tanks used by China are all Type 59 tanks, which are imitations of the Soviet T54 medium tanks, and are far inferior to Iraq in terms of tanks.

Because Iraq is equipped with many Soviet T62 tanks, the T62 tank is a new generation of main battle tanks developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s after the T54 tank. It was mass-produced and equipped with the Soviet army in 1961. It first appeared in the Red Square parade in 1965, and then exported in large quantities to equip the Warsaw Pact. Iraq waved money and imported a large number of T62 tanks.

Of course, the T62 tank imported by Iraq is just a simplified model within the Soviet army. Although the caliber of the gun is also 115 mm, the fire control system is very simple and equipped with infrared lights.

During World War II, tanks were mostly aimed by feeling. In the 1950s, coaxial machine guns became more popular. They were equipped with a machine gun coaxial with the tank gun. The machine gun fired tracer bullets for a burst. If the machine gun hit the target, it proved that the aiming was accurate, and then the shells were fired. Later, optical equipment was introduced for aiming, that is, infrared headlights were used to illuminate the opponent, and the periscope was used to observe and determine the position. The effective distance was at most one thousand meters.

But no matter what, the T62 tank is more advanced than China's Type 59 tank.

This point has been determined by the Type 59 and Type 69 tanks imported from China.

The batch of tanks imported by Iraq from China was not used as the main armored force, but as an armored reserve force and to train tank soldiers.

Type 59 and Type 69 tanks are basically T54 tanks, and they are of the same lineage as Soviet tanks such as T62. If you can drive Type 59 and Type 69 tanks, you can definitely drive T62 tanks.

"This is absolutely true, no doubt!" Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

Mohammed said, "Then how about we experience it directly on site?"

Liu Tao smiled immediately. He was not afraid of experiencing it on site, but he was afraid of not even going to the site.

Everyone quickly came to the military camp. Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and tanks were in the garage.

The tank soldiers drove the tanks over.

Mohammed's eyes lit up when he saw the Type 80 tank. Just looking at the appearance of this tank, he thought the tank was very beautiful.

"How long, wide, and heavy is this tank?" Mohammed couldn't help asking.

"The body length is 7.69 meters, the total length is 11.02 meters, the width is 3.71 meters, the height is 2.79 meters, and the combat weight is 55 tons." Liu Tao introduced.

Mohammed's eyes lit up. This is definitely a heavy tank. His feeling is absolutely correct.

55 tons, this is already a big guy. The T72 tank is only 41 tons!

"How much is the engine power?" Mohammed's eyes flashed with heat.

Hearing the roar of the tank engine, Mohammed had a hunch that the engine power of this tank was at least 900 horsepower.

Liu Tao replied: "The engine is 1500 horsepower!"

Mohammed and others were shocked.

1500 horsepower! ?

The Chinese developed a 1500 horsepower tank engine! ?

They were all shocked.

You know, the engine of the T72 tank is only 780 horsepower.

Everyone knows that the power unit in the tank propulsion system is the core device of the tank, and the tank engine is the core component of the power unit, the core of the tank core, the heart and original power of the tank.

Normally, in the internal space of a tank armored vehicle, the power unit accounts for about 40%, and the engine volume accounts for about 35% of the power unit volume.

The height of the engine directly affects the height and total mass of the tank!

The performance of the engine largely determines the performance of the tank.

The higher the power of the engine, the greater the mobility of the tank.

The engine power of China's Type 59 tank is only 520 horsepower, but now the engine of this tank is as high as 1500 horsepower!

This is an increase of 1000 horsepower, which is three times the previous engine power!

This increase is too big! ?

At this time, Muhammad already believed that the Chinese had really developed a third-generation main battle tank.

Looking at the tank in front of him at this time, Muhammad's eyes were full of fire.

In order for Iraq to have a third-generation tank, he contacted the Soviets many times, and even personally took people to Moscow for three rounds of negotiations.

He believed that as long as Iraq was equipped with 300 T72 tanks, it could sweep across the entire Middle East.

In front of 300 T72 tanks, the Persians would be easily crushed to death like little ants.

Unfortunately, the Soviets asked for too high a price, and he has returned empty-handed so far.

"Mr. Muhammad, please take a look at the performance of this tank next!" Liu Tao smiled.

This is an armored regiment base with quite complete facilities.

In the past two days, he coordinated with the troops to temporarily add some props for today's performance.

Emergency-built bunkers, abandoned cars.

The tank began to move forward, and the turret was rotating 360 degrees, which was very flexible. The tank's speed kept increasing, and soon it came to the dirt road, which was about one kilometer long.

Mohammed couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Although the tank's forward movement brought dust and was not easy to see with the naked eye, it was clear through the telescope.

In just a moment, he felt that the tank was very flexible and fast.

He estimated that the speed of the tank had reached 60 kilometers per hour, or even faster!

And you know, the maximum speed of the T62 tank is only 50 kilometers per hour!

In just a moment, Mohammed had an intuitive feeling that the performance of this tank was completely superior to the T62, and he became more and more convinced that this was a third-generation main battle tank!