Babylonian Empire

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"Your Excellency Qusay, are you really willing to build this kind of super cannon?" Dr. Bull asked.

"Very willing," Qusay said, "However, I have one condition."

"What conditions?"

"This super cannon must be produced and used in Iraq, and any technology of the super cannon must not be exported. We want to monopolize all future low-orbit satellite launching businesses." Qusay said.Qusay was very serious when he said this.

"There is no problem at all." Dr. Bull is also a very practical person. He knows that if Iraq does not have any benefits, how can such a project of investment research be carried out, and even the Americans have withdrawn their funds.Moreover, the other party said that he would monopolize the low-orbit satellite launch business in the future, as if he saw the brilliant future of the super cannon.He had no idea that what Qu Sai said was actually for other purposes.

After talking about the topic that Dr. Bull was most interested in, Qusay gradually shifted the topic to his own focus: "Dr. Bull, just two years ago, you used a GC45 155mm howitzer to conduct experiments in the Middle East. The maximum shot The distance is said to have reached 43 kilometers?"

"Yes," said Dr. Bull.

"You also know that we are now fighting against Iran. Iran's crowd tactics sometimes make us feel that our artillery suppression is not enough. Therefore, our existing howitzers cannot meet our needs." Qusay said .

Before coming here, improving the existing artillery in Iraq was also a requirement that Yurid had already stated, so Dr. Bull was also very straightforward and said: "Your country is mainly equipped with Soviet-made 130mm caliber cannons. Ammunition technology is outdated. We can increase the range by changing the tailgate and using new ammunition. However, I still suggest that your country can produce 155mm caliber howitzers. This is the future trend, and larger caliber artillery , should also be equipped."

Dr. Bull brings up an important aspect: ammunition!If you want a cannon to hit far, besides the cannon body, there is another very important part, which is the ammunition. Better ammunition is conducive to the full play of the cannon's performance.

Moreover, Dr. Bull told Qusay very clearly that it is completely possible to produce the 155mm caliber artillery he has developed. The world needs these, and for Dr. Bull, it is his best project. As long as Iraq can fund him to carry out space research programs, he can share these projects with Iraq. You know, when he started a company in Belgium, he sold it everywhere. Cannon, in order to raise funds to continue his research.

"We have an artillery repair shop in the north of Baghdad. We hope that Dr. Bull can provide technical guidance to transform our existing artillery. At the same time, we will upgrade this repair shop and transform it into an artillery production plant capable of producing this new type of artillery. said Qusay.

Now that Dr. Bull has agreed, of course Qusay must implement it immediately.

Converting an artillery repair shop into a production plant?Dr. Bull frowned, and said, "I have to conduct some research first. Most likely, I have to purchase a large amount of equipment, and I don't know if Iraq can produce qualified steel."

"As long as there are foreign equipment, we will definitely try to buy it." Qusay said, Western countries are still more supportive of Iraq, and they can definitely import equipment from the West, and Japanese equipment can also be squeezed out, that is, the United States It's more difficult.

Now that Iraq is able to produce tanks, if it can produce suppressed artillery, it will go a step further, and Iraq will eventually realize the domestic production of all weapons.

etc!In Qu Sai's mind, a thought suddenly flashed, his tank project, there is still a big problem: tank gun!

What Iraq has now introduced is the British L7 105mm caliber tank gun, which is installed on the 69 improved model, and the 2A46 125mm caliber smoothbore gun imported from the Soviet Union, which is installed on the T-72 tank gun assembled by Iraq itself. On the tank, however, Qusay is still not satisfied with the performance of these two types of artillery.

Although what Qusay hopes most is the 120mm tank gun of Rheinmetall, but the other party has rejected Qusay's request to introduce it. This kind of tank gun cannot be exported to Iraq.

Moreover, if it is introduced, 125mm artillery shells and 120mm artillery shells will coexist in Iraq, which is very detrimental to logistical support.

Although in principle, tank guns and howitzers are not the same. Tank guns use high-bore, low-elevation cannons, which focus on direct shooting, while howitzers use high elevation angles, curved ballistics, and indirect shooting.

However, the artillery technologies are all similar. For example, the electroslag remelting technology, which can significantly improve the performance of the barrel, can be used on any artillery, and the ammunition of the artillery also has similarities.

How about letting Dr. Bull play a cameo role to see if he can use the technology he has mastered to design a 125mm tank gun?

"Dr. Bull, we still have an urgent technical problem," Qusay said. "The firepower of our existing 125mm tank guns is not strong enough, and we cannot produce them ourselves. We need to have our own tank guns in Iraq. Only when we have a large-scale armored force can we better wage war on Iran."

Looking at the person who values ​​himself so much in front of him, Dr. Bull said: "Although I have never been in contact with tank guns, I can still conduct some experiments. However, if the propellant made by the new technology I have recently researched is used, Should be able to increase the firepower of existing tank guns."

There is a big cannon pie in front of you, and Dr. Bull is really very cooperative. Qu Sai said: "Then please ask Dr. Bull to take over this tank gun project. We will fully cooperate. We need funds, personnel, and equipment. , will be satisfied immediately.”

485 Two-rib knife

Another major task has been accomplished.

Hassar walked out of the Palace of the Republic and looked at the white clouds drifting in the sky, but her mood was not as joyful as she should have been in completing the task. She was under a lot of pressure.

Are you an agent under His Excellency Qusay, or the leader of that killer organization?How could he be so willing to sacrifice his life for Qusay?Hassar caressed his hands. These hands are used to kill people, but now, why can't he do it?

Because, that person is Qusay-Abdullah!

Hassar was in a daze all the time, and she walked into a vortex that made her unable to extricate herself... "Leader, the director wants to see you." Suddenly, an ordinary Iraqi boy walked by and whispered.

Hassar suddenly realized that he was only thinking about it just now, and he actually forgot the vigilance that a killer should keep at all times!If this young man is not a member of their Messiah Bureau, but an enemy, for example, a Jew, I am afraid that she has already lost her life at this moment.

"Where's the chief?" Hassar asked.

"Baghdad Hospital."

Hassar frowned: "Okay, I'll be there right away."

Hassar knew that some of the best agents in the Messiah Bureau were in that hospital, so there must be important people there, but because Hassar was not in charge, she never asked , As an intelligence officer, the code of confidentiality is clear, you shouldn't ask, absolutely don't ask.

Now that Chief Yurid is there, there must be something important.

Yourid had just returned to Baghdad, and originally planned to take Dr. Bull to see His Excellency Qusay, but something happened at Baghdad Hospital.

Although there is already an army guarding here, and the doctors and nurses who are responsible for caring for and treating President Saddam Hussein have been concentrated in the back building of the hospital to ensure that the news will not be leaked, but the daily necessities and garbage of these people need to have additional people to carry out.

Not all of these doctors and nurses could endure such a long period of isolation. Finally, a doctor actually attacked a garbage worker, and then changed into the worker's clothes and fled.

Although he was discovered later, and he was successfully chased back without leaking the secret, the doctor was also thrown into prison for attacking the workers who transported the garbage. He will probably spend the rest of his life in this single cell Live a more lonely life.

At the beginning, Barzan's people were in charge here. Later, after Ali's armored army entered Baghdad, one of his troops took over the blockade here, and the agents of the Messiah Bureau also took full responsibility for the security here.

After such a big mistake, Yurid dismissed the team leader in charge here, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still felt that Hassar could best take on the tasks here, so he was ready to let her take over.

Hassar quickly walked into the back building of the hospital, and saw Yurid with a stern face.

"Director, are you looking for me?" Hassar asked.

"Yes." Yurid said: "There are some problems here, so I want to entrust you with the tasks here."

Originally, Yurid planned to send Hassar to Europe. Hassar was already an excellent intelligence officer under him. Expanding intelligence work in Europe was also very challenging.

"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Hassar said.

"The task here is very arduous. We need to ensure the safety of this place and ensure that the secrets here will not be leaked." Urid said.

Hassar knew that there must be a big secret hidden here. Hearing the chief say so solemnly, she was already guessing in her heart how big the secret was.

However, she never thought that this place has such a great relationship with her.

"Come with me," Urid said.

Passing through the winding corridors and passing through several layers of guards, they came to the front of a large ward.

"Here is our biggest secret. In the whole of Iraq, except for a few doctors and nurses, there are no more than ten people who know the secret here," Urid said.

After speaking, he pushed open the door.

This is a very luxurious ward, several times larger than the bedrooms that ordinary people live in. The crystal lamp above the head is very valuable.Not to mention the pile of instruments next to it.

Who is lying on the hospital bed?

Hassar's gaze bypassed Yurid and landed on the face of the person on the bed.

The facial muscles were already a little loose, the beard on his face was cleanly shaved, and his skin was a little pale due to the long-term bed rest. He was lying quietly, but he could still feel a sense of majesty.