Chapter 167 The Latest News From the Middle East (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Production workshop.

At this time, the main gun has been installed in the turret, and the engineers are installing the fire control system.

They have to accurately connect the 15-kilometer-long wires in place, and there must be no mistakes.

Liu Tao is constantly using the system to scan.

Because it is not a dedicated tank production workshop, but a temporary one, and many parts have to be personally brought by Liu Tao, the production speed of the tank is not fast.

When all the parts are complete, it takes so many people ten days to assemble a tank.

At the beginning, it took even twenty days or even longer to assemble a tank.

These engineers were transferred from Factory 256 to participate in the production of tanks in advance.

Similarly, in another production workshop, the production of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns is being carried out.

"This wire is connected incorrectly!" Liu Tao said.

After checking, the engineers hurriedly made corrections.

At the same time, the weapon stabilization system, turret control system and numerous sensors are also being installed.

Finally, the turret work is completed.

The turret is lifted with a crane and connected to the chassis.

Then, the workers began to test the whole vehicle to ensure that all systems are normal.

Finally, the tank was installed with tracks, and the entire tank was considered installed.

Liu Tao jumped into the cockpit and drove the tank out of the production workshop.

Driving the system, he naturally knew that this tank was not perfect, on the contrary, there were still many problems.

Strictly speaking, this was not a qualified tank.

But he did not crave engineers, because it was not easy to achieve this step.

Every time he did this step, Liu Tao would drive the tank around in his own way and then repair the defects.

Liu Tao drove this newly produced Type 80 tank, and as the experience bar continued to increase, he continued to repair the defects.

The next day, he drove the tank to the military camp and handed it over to the synthetic battalion.

Just when Liu Tao was about to stay in the synthetic battalion for a while, he was told that his superiors had called.

Liu Tao hurried back to the office and called the Fifth Machine Department as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, he finally got through to the Fifth Machine Department.

The call was made by Wang Baoguo. In addition to informing him of the latest situation of the Iran-Iraq War, the biggest news was that Al took the initiative to contact Liu Zhenbang and urgently ordered a batch of artillery shells.

Although most of the artillery and tanks used by the Iraqi army were weapons and equipment made in the Soviet Union, the artillery shells and tank shells were not purchased from the Soviet Union, but from China, because China's various artillery shells were obviously much cheaper than those of the Soviet Union, and it would not take the opportunity to raise prices and want to gain greater influence like the Soviet Union.

When Liu Tao heard the good news, he smiled brightly.

This is indeed good news.

Not long after the first batch of goods was delivered to Persia, Persia gave a second batch of orders to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment, and then Iraq also came to purchase!

Now that the Iran-Iraq War has lasted for more than a month, Persia has blocked the full-scale offensive of the Iraqi army, instead of being defeated continuously as at the beginning of the war.

Faced with Iraq's powerful offensive, the Persian army hastily responded to the battle, and its air force attacked 16 targets in Iraq. The ground forces adjusted their deployment and moved to the border, gathering 7 divisions and 2 brigades of troops on the front line, in addition to a large number of revolutionary guards.

Persia's defenses focused on the northern line to control the main passages and delay the Iraqi army's attack.

And it is obvious that Iraq's armored forces did not make a concerted effort, and did not have any eye-catching tactics after the offensive was blocked.

Soon, the two sides will fall into a stalemate, which is a cruel war of attrition.

Before the war, both sides may feel that the weapons and ammunition they prepared are sufficient to win the war. But when the war starts, both sides will find that the consumption of weapons and ammunition exceeds imagination.

Even though Iraq had previously purchased a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Liu Tao, the consumption of weapons and ammunition is still far beyond expectations. Now Iraq's ammunition can only be used for another month, and some Soviet-made artillery shells such as tank shells originally prepared have basically been consumed.

When the Iran-Iraq War broke out, the international oil price exceeded $40 per barrel. You must know that at the beginning of the year, the international oil price exceeded $30 per barrel, and Europe and the United States complained continuously, and the people were quite dissatisfied. Even the United States had to take out a lot of oil from its oil reserves to stabilize the oil price. At this time, both Iraq and Europe purchased weapons and ammunition from Europe and the United States, and European and American countries were not willing at all.

China became the best choice.

Tanks and cannons like those in Iraq, even Soviet-made ones, can be purchased from China, because China's current weapons and equipment are basically imitations of Soviet-made ones, and China has all kinds of Soviet-made shells.

Some of the shells that Persia needs are not available in China, and the shells are of different sizes, but Persia has money, so it can directly purchase cannons and tanks, and then purchase shells.

"When a cannon sounds, it is worth a thousand taels of gold, this is really true!" Liu Tao put down the phone and sighed.

It has only been more than a month since the war started, and both sides have to buy weapons and ammunition again. Otherwise, if they fight for another month, both sides may fall into the dilemma of having weapons but no ammunition.

This is the defect of non-industrialized countries, and many things have to be bought.

Unlike industrialized countries, when fighting, they can rely on their own military factories to continuously produce weapons and ammunition, and the production speed is even faster than the consumption speed.

When a non-industrialized country fights with an industrialized country, the industrialized country must be the winner in the end.

In this regard, China has always insisted that industrialization is the right path!

"Although the war has only been going on for more than a month, Persia has suffered heavy losses!" Although Liu Tao did not know the details, he was still shocked when he heard what Wang Baoguo said initially.

The Iran-Iraq War broke out, Iraq launched a full-scale attack, and Persia organized border defense.

Iraq dispatched 5 divisions and 2 brigades of ground forces, more than 1,200 tanks and about 50,000 people, all of which were Iraq's elite troops, and launched an attack on Persia in the north, middle and south. The offensive was swift. Although Persia assembled 7 divisions and 2 brigades of troops on the front line, as well as a large number of revolutionary guards, it still could not stop Iraq's fierce attack.

Now Iraq has occupied 20,000 square kilometers of Persian territory, controlled the narrow strip on the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab River, and the depth of the invasion in the south reached 90 kilometers.

If the Persians had not been fearless and had an advantage in the air force, and if Iraq had not advanced too quickly after the initial victory, and the logistics supply could not keep up with the progress, coupled with the unfavorable terrain, which slowed down the offensive speed, it is estimated that the Persians would have suffered greater losses.

But even so, Iraq still surrounded Abadan, the oil center of Persia, and the initiative on the battlefield was still firmly in the hands of Iraq.

In terms of losses, Persia's losses were far greater than Iraq's.

Many arsenals were either bombed by Iraq or blew up directly because they were defeated and did not want Iraq to seize supplies.

This is also the reason why weapons and ammunition are consumed quickly on the battlefield, not only because of the use of soldiers, but also because of large-scale destruction.

Next, I have to adjust the release time. Many chapters have been reviewed recently, and I have to leave enough time for review.

Sorry, everyone understands