1431 The local tyrants want to have guns if they have money
"No, we only talk to you, not your government!" Prince Sultan emphasized.
"Yes, in our cooperation like this, we will only negotiate with you, not with your government!" The king also emphasized.
This made Liu Yijiu a little confused. He was no different from the government. Moreover, when negotiating with the government, they could obviously get greater benefits.
I immediately said with some confusion, "It is easier for you to negotiate with our government, right? And it can get greater benefits. In the end, we have to seek approval from our government..."
"When you talk to you, we can consider less political factors. More importantly, we negotiate with you, and the contract is very easy to execute. The delivery deadline can be easily resolved. We need self-propelled artillery, not conventional heavy artillery!" The rich man is the rich man.
Obviously, they also know that if they negotiate with China or government negotiations, the progress of negotiations will be slowed down a lot due to some attached political conditions. International weapons procurement negotiations are often protracted.
I had previously cooperated with China and purchased Dongfeng-3 in China. The negotiations were very fast. Even when the final delivery was finally delivered, the people from the Ninth Academy directly allocated them from the active service of the troops and inventory, rather than placing new orders for production.
"We hope that you can help us run-in first, and the same goes for fighter jets. We will select some excellent soldiers to train in China. Of course, we still hope that your mysterious army will be trained. Don't say you don't have one, we know that you have a unit that is specifically responsible for experimenting with your weapons and equipment. Not only are various weapons and equipment the most advanced in your country, but even the combat techniques are the first-class in the world..."
Prince Sultan obviously knows a lot about China.
Even the existence of the Blue Army knows it.
Liu Yijiu couldn't help looking at Bandar, and the guy was smiling, "Liu, we are very envious of your troops. The equipment is not worse than Captain America, and even the combat capability is because your PLA does not take its life seriously and the fighting style is more tenacious. He is not afraid of sacrifice for missions. These are things that other troops cannot achieve. Therefore, we hope that our army can also be like the PLA..."
How can Liu Yijiu refute such a statement?
He was completely speechless.
The Blue Army under the Ninth Court, this unit is indeed more elite than any other elite in the country.
It comes from the elites of other domestic troops, and then conducts more stringent training and brainwashing political education...
Everything exists for war. After years of exploration, the minimum service period of the soldiers there is ten years.
For them, everything is for a war that may break out tomorrow or may never come. These soldiers are all war machines. The Dragon Ya special combat forces here, and other troops, whether armor, missiles, or engineers, are much stronger than ordinary troops' elites.
Until now, Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq also have soldiers trained in Daba Mountain.
"Yes, we hope that our army can also have the powerful combat capabilities of the People's Liberation Army!"
The king was obviously very envious of the People's Liberation Army.
Liu Yijiu was indeed hesitant about this issue.
However, when I think that there are only a small part of the foreign teams in Dabashan, I have no worries. Even if the United States requires Saudi Arabia to detect the domestic situation, the order of more than 10 billion US dollars is worth it.
"There is no problem to provide training, but we cannot guarantee that they can persist in training. In our country, our troops call Dabashan Training Camp a devil training camp..." Liu Yijiu was very worried that Saudi soldiers may not be able to accept the kind of training in Dabashan. "Your domestic army, even our most basic army training, is difficult to accept, let alone the more stringent training in us. The first stage is 72 hours of introductory basic training, and the trained soldiers only have 4 hours of rest time... During this period, they need to undergo various assessments, and those who fail, all will be cleared..."
"Liu, we are not going to train special combat soldiers, but technical officers and soldiers..."
"Yes, our technical officers and soldiers also need to undergo physical training. The reason why they are strong is that when they are not equipped, they can find opportunities to find the enemy's equipment by themselves..." Liu Yijiu said calmly.
This is true for the entire Blue Army, except for the technical troops of college graduates, other front-line combat soldiers.
It is precisely because of this reason that the development of this army has become so powerful now.
Because of the technical troops, the training they need to receive is not only their equipment training, but also physical training. Just like the original prototype of the Blue Army, soldiers of the Wolf-Tooth Special Operations Force, training for various equipment in sea, land and air must be accepted.
The only difference is different types of troops, and the focus of training is somewhat different.
When these noble soldiers of Saudi Arabia were trained in this way, Director Liu obviously thought that there was no possibility of this. Although their king and their prince thought that their soldiers could endure such hardship, and Chinese instructors had the ability to train them well...
"So, I don't think Saudi soldiers can withstand that level of training!" Liu Yijiu could not fool the other party in order to win the order.
Although, even if you agree now, it is still the responsibility of Saudi Arabia's side to wait until the Saudi soldiers cannot accept the training level and ultimately cannot meet the requirements.
"No, I think our soldiers can!" Sultan insisted, "We hope your country can help us train a group of people..."
"Even if you want to train, you must pass our most basic assessment. As long as you pass, we can agree." Liu Yijiu said without hesitation.
With his attitude, the other party said nothing.
"Liu, can all the weapons and equipment be delivered within two years?" His Majesty the King was obviously a little anxious.
Liu Yijiu nodded directly, and then shook his head, "Some of them are OK, such as anti-aircraft guns, etc. There is no big problem with 155mm self-propelled howitzers, but in terms of tanks and fighter jets, our current production tasks are very full, and it is impossible to do so within two years..."
Isn't this a joke?
If it can be delivered to Saudi Arabia's hundreds of Dragon Guard tanks within two years, what should the Egyptian side do?
There are also fighter jets, but there are still many that have not been delivered to Iran and Pakistan. The tanks that China has been drawn back themselves have not been placed in production plans.
“How long will it take to deliver?”
"In the fastest time of three years." Liu Yijiu calculated with his fingers, and then said, "Of course, this also depends on how much procurement volume you will determine in the end..."
What he said was obvious. Now we are just an intention, and there is no need to say too much.
Things have reached this level, and the other party hasn't said anything more.
Fahd and Sultan had something to discuss and asked Prince Bandar to send Liu Yijiu out.
He refused to continue to entertain himself. After eating a roast camel at noon, Liu Yijiu asked Bandal to send him to meet with Big Brother Qian.
There is no need to meet the Kuwait royal family, anyway, there is no need to escape the few things. How much can a soldier like Kuwait buy? Even if all the weapons and equipment in the country are ordered from China, the weapons and equipment needed by this country will not have too large orders. Director Liu went there in person, which was really a bit of a price reduction.
Anyway, it is convenient for the plane to come and go. The two of them meet in a military airport near the border and then fly directly to Jordan.
The US military's war preparations have become very sufficient. Now it is probably waiting for the United Nations to authorize it and then start to deal with Iraq.
According to the current deployment of the US military, it is not only to attack Iraq from Kuwait, but also to patrol the various airports at the borders of the two countries.
Chinese planes took off and landed here, as if they had not been discovered at all, and there were no US military planes coming to ask about anything.
Liu Yijiu is not sure about how Big Brother Qian communicates with the US military.
"Liu, I'm looking forward to meeting you again!" Along the way, the two of them became a lot of nonsense, but when it came to news between some countries, Bandar was very cautious and quickly changed the topic.
Bandal said this when Liu Yijiu got off the plane.
Liu Yijiu grinned at him, then got off the plane without saying anything.
"How about it?"
When he got on the Yunshen, Big Boss Qian asked Liu Yijiu, which was also what Liu Yijiu wanted to ask him.
"What else can it be done! When I appeared, it seems that everyone knew that I was a sold-out arms. Alas, Saudi Arabia threw out an intention order of $12 billion. What's the specific one? They have to go back to negotiate with us in China." Liu Yijiu shook his head and sighed.
Boss Qian was already accustomed to his style and rolled his eyes directly.
"Boy, do you know, $12 billion is what we think of for our military industry?"
"I know, but this is what puzzled me. Saudi Arabia is also negotiating with the United States this time, and the Americans have received at least US$18 billion in arms sales orders. A huge number of fighter jets, tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, etc. Obviously, this time, the Americans attacked and would definitely destroy Iraq. On the way here, I saw that many of their airports had US fighter jets taking off and patrolling..." Liu Yijiu expressed his doubts.
Boss Qian was not surprised at all, as if he knew these things.
Liu Yijiu was really curious about his reaction.
"What, is there something wrong with it?"
"It's not just a trick! Saudi Arabia was going to hand over all the orders to China this time, but the Americans disagree. They hoped that all 30 billion US dollars would be given to the United States. After all, the Soviet Union is no longer able to do so, and the voice of domestic cuts in the United States is getting louder and louder. The fiscal deficit of trillions of dollars is very serious for the United States. At the same time, their domestic economic growth is also very poor..."
Boss Qian obviously got the news and told Liu Yijiu what was inside.
But for Liu Yijiu, it is not very clear why Saudi Arabia did this.
For others, it may not be surprising, but Director Liu knows the broken things between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The two countries have a honeymoon period of at least twenty years, unless the United States itself begins to mine shale oil desperately and put it on the market to suppress international oil prices. That is the beginning of the breakup between the two sides.
"What are you worried about this? The other party gives you money and we sell goods, it's no big deal. Anyway, Saudi Arabia is not short of money. If they are willing to deliver it with oil, they are willing to pay with oil. Using oil is a good thing for us." Big boss Qian couldn't help but look down on Liu Yijiu's uneasiness, "You kid, you are too cautious."
"This is not too cautious, but it is really too unexpected. At the beginning, I was not willing to sell weapons and equipment to them." Liu Yijiu shook his head.
Is it too cautious and I can't explain it?
After all, the other party initially proposed to build a multi-level air defense system in recent years.
I can't tell the Foreign Minister about this kind of thing.
"If it were Saudi Arabia, the pillars of the entire national economy would be controlled by one country. Now, when we can obviously make more money, we are forced to suppress international oil prices by the United States. If it were you, what would you think?" The plane had already begun to take off, and Big Brother Qian suddenly said to Liu Yijiu.
Liu Yijiu was stunned.
It was not that he had thought about this, but that this matter should not be so simple.
"Saudi Arabia wants to break away from the control of the United States. This time, the United States forces Saudi Arabia to force Iraq to force debts. Kuwait also has senior American officials in it. Many of the U.S. troops will not leave after the war ends. Now, three aircraft carrier formations have entered the Persian Gulf waters, and there are three aircraft carrier battle groups on the way. Do you think that Americans just attack Iraq, and they need to use such a big battle?" Foreign Minister Qian simply told Liu Yijiu some things he knew.
These news play a very important role in Liu Yijiu's judgment of certain things.
Chapter completed!