Chapter 136 Making Money Is Not Shameful!

"Liu, my friend, what do you think of the Persians?"

Mohammed held a glass of wine and toasted Liu Tao.

"Saddam is a hero of Iraq and will be a hero of the Islamic world. He is an outstanding leader like Nasser." Liu Tao did not answer Mohammed directly, but exaggerated Saddam.

Nasser is undoubtedly a hero of the Islamic world and has had a huge impact in the Islamic world.

After Nasser's death, the Arab nation was leaderless!

As Sadat's Egypt was expelled from the Arab League for abandoning its policy of confronting Israel, the political center of the Arab nation formed after the war experienced an "earthquake", and a political vacuum appeared in the Arab world.

This provided Saddam with a rare historical opportunity.

At the Arab League summit held in Baghdad at the end of 1978, Iraq's leading role was highlighted. It is not difficult to see that Saddam, who was eager to try, could not wait to replace Egypt.

Now Iraq can be said to have the right time, right place and right people gathered in one, and it is undoubtedly the most powerful country in the entire Middle East.

In terms of military strength, Iraq has a million soldiers, nearly 6,000 tanks, 7,500 armored vehicles, more than 3,700 artillery pieces and more than 700 fighter jets.

In terms of economic strength, Iraq has huge oil wealth. Iraq's proven oil reserves rank second in the world. It has unique wealth and can earn a lot of wealth every year by relying on oil exports. This can be seen from the fact that Iraq has nearly 40 billion US dollars in foreign exchange reserves.

In terms of the environment, Iraq is now on good terms with the Soviet Union and the United States, and is supported by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and others. This environment is simply unique.

Think about it, China was surrounded and intercepted in various ways before, and even now, the situation is only better.

The outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War seems to be accidental, but in fact it has historical inevitability.

Liu Tao is not worried at all that the Iran-Iraq War will not break out.

At most, because of his little butterfly, it affects the time of the outbreak.

Knowing that Muhammad is Saddam's confidant, Liu Tao naturally has to flatter Saddam.

Times make heroes, heroes make times!

Liu Tao praised Saddam highly.

Fortunately, Wang Baoguo and Liu Zhenbang did not know English, otherwise they would have blushed.

Liu Tao kept on saying all kinds of flattering words, not shabby to get orders and make money!

Mohammed and others all had happy smiles on their faces, thinking that Liu Tao was really their good friend, Iraq's good friend!

No wonder they were willing to export such advanced weapons and equipment to Iraq.

"If the war breaks out, I think you will definitely win a hearty victory." Liu Tao said: "You are the fourth most powerful country in the world, and you can even say the third most powerful military country. You have no rivals in the Middle East!"

As soon as Liu Tao said this, Mohammed and others laughed even happier.

Because they also believe that Iraq is a big and powerful country in the Middle East!

In this area of ​​the Middle East, no country can compare to Iraq!

Seeing the reactions of Mohammed and others, Liu Tao laughed in his heart.

He remembered that the Iran-Iraq War was later called "the most unskilled war fought with the most advanced weapons"!

Although this statement is a generalization, it is not without reason that it is widely circulated.

For example, in the Iran-Iraq War, there were "trench warfare", "gas warfare" and infantry open-air group charges!

He did not think that the weapons he exported to Iraq would change the Iran-Iraq War.

The firearms exported before were not powerful weapons after all. They could play a role in local battlefields, but it was impossible to change the entire war.

For example, heavy sniper rifles can at most kill more Persian commanders.

For example, heavy machine guns can at most kill more soldiers and destroy more armored vehicles.

It will only cause more Persian deaths.

As for the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks, it is impossible to deliver them to Iraq at least before the outbreak of the war.

At least the first batch will be delivered by the end of next year, or even the beginning of the year after next.

And exporting a large number of Type 59 tanks is not enough to change the Iran-Iraq War.

The next afternoon, everyone came to the barracks again.

The garage was opened and the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun drove out of the garage.

"Is this... an anti-aircraft missile?"

Mohammed's eyes lit up when he saw the portable anti-aircraft missiles of the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

Compared to the Iraqi army, the air force is undoubtedly weaker.

The current Iraqi air force equipment, the backbone of the fighter is the MiG-21, the most advanced is the 18 MiG-23MS fighter purchased in 1974, and the largest number of equipment is the Su-7 'assembler A' fighter-bomber, with a total of 50, and the entire MiG-23 series fighter has a total of 90. In addition, the Iraqi Air Force's bomber unit is not large, mainly equipped with 10 Il-28 'Beagle' light bombers and 7 Tu-16 'Badger' medium bombers.

There are also hundreds of first-generation jet fighters, which are on the verge of being eliminated.

If the fighters are not advanced and the air force is not strong, the air defense missiles must be equipped more, and they must be advanced enough!

For this reason, Iraq imported a lot of SAM missiles.

For example, SAM 6 missiles and SAM 7 missiles.

Three self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were lined up in a row, with extraordinary momentum.

Liu Tao introduced the three self-propelled anti-aircraft guns one by one.

These three self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are all foreign trade versions of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the only difference is the caliber of the anti-aircraft guns.

The 35mm and 70mm anti-aircraft guns are both double-mounted, while the 25mm anti-aircraft gun is quadruple-mounted.

Muhammad and others had a gleam in their eyes, and it was obvious that they were very interested in the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

"Tank combat mainly deals with ground targets. If there is no advanced fighter to match, it is impossible to gain air superiority, and even the most advanced armored vehicles can only be used as targets!" Liu Tao smiled lightly and said: "This self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is an air defense weapon. It can fight with the tank troops and provide air defense for the tank troops!"

"At present, in the world, only the West German 'Cheetah' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun a few years ago can barely compare with it in terms of performance. According to the intelligence we have collected, the West German Army is equipped with only dozens of 'Cheetah' self-propelled anti-aircraft guns!" Liu Tao introduced the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

His words were full of confidence.

Even though this is only an export version of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, it is still at the world's advanced level.

With powerful armor protection, strong mobility, and advanced fire control system, it will become a "low-altitude air defense weapon" on the battlefield, making the low altitude of the battlefield a forbidden area for aircraft.

Coupled with two portable air defense missiles, it is no exaggeration to say that helicopters and fighters will not dare to enter the airspace within 4,000 meters before destroying the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

From this aspect, there is no doubt that the safety of the tank troops will be greatly improved.