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"Your country is busy with state affairs and is in the middle of a war. Everything should be kept simple. Since entering your country's airspace, you have been protected by fighter jets. It is already very thoughtful." Prince Fahd said.

As soon as his special plane entered the sky over Iraq, the Southern Military Region dispatched two F-20 fighter jets to escort it all the way, because it is a time of war, and even though our own airspace is very safe, we still have to be careful.

After exchanging pleasantries, I came to a meeting room in the Ministry of Defense.

"Your Highness, our agreement was completed very well last time, and I wanted to thank you personally." Qu Sai said.

What happened last time was when the Abadan Oil Refinery was just started, because Ahwaz had not been taken down yet, so Kuwaiti crude oil was always used, and then the refined oil was shipped back to Kuwait to earn a lot of money from it. Otherwise, their war expenses would not be available at all.

Later, after the oil field in Ahvaz was captured, this large-scale oil transportation operation was considered to be over.

Although for Kuwait, this is just a matter of little effort, and they have also gained benefits, but they are able to take risks and dare to do so, which is already the greatest help to Iraq.

"Iraq and Kuwait, we are all brothers, those are what we deserve, and we have also received tangible benefits." Fahd said: "Your country resisted Khomeini's export revolution with the power of one country, and we provide Some material help is also appropriate.”

Kuwait is indeed a friend of Iraq, Qusay knows this very well.

"Your country is now launching a counter-offensive, and it looks like it will be able to defeat the hateful Persians." Fahd said: "However, your country's expenses must be very high, right?"

If you ask yourself this way, Qu Sai will know, is it because the other party wants to help him?This friendly Arab brother is really enthusiastic.

However, as a matter of fact, their expenses are indeed very large.

Supporting war with war, Iraq won the Ahvaz Oilfield and Abadan Port, and tried its best to maintain the normal operation of these two places, so that it did not fall into the huge foreign debt owed by Saddam as in later generations.However, the cost of Iraq is also very large.

Needless to say the newly launched projects, the production lines of C801, F-20 and T-72, just talking about the current battle, the fleet takes off and lands, and the armored forces advance for a day, the fuel consumption is an astronomical figure, even if it is Iraq, which stores oil underground, also feels that it can't afford it, and the supplement of ammunition is also very large.

Fighting a war definitely costs money. In the past two days, like setting off fireworks, so many cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and laser-guided bombs have been fired, and the cost is quite high.

If you want to reduce casualties, you have to pay a monetary price.

This is okay in the short term, but over time, if the entire country is put on war, the economy will still not be able to bear it.

That's why Qusay invests overseas, relying on the work of Aliwaleed and Faisal to invest in various projects, hoping to bring great profits.

And the operation of investing in Hong Kong to make a fortune is also in full swing.

"Indeed, our funds are a little tight right now." Qusay said: "In order to support the front-line war, a part of the production and construction funds have been embezzled."

"In order to support our Arab brothers in this just war, we have already negotiated with Saudi Arabia and decided to assist your country with [-] million US dollars free of charge." Fahd said.

Hearing him say this, Qu Sai knew that they must want to help him a little bit, especially when he heard the other party deliberately emphasize the word "justice", which made Qu Sai guess the meaning of the other party, but, no matter what No matter how he guessed, he would never guess that the other party actually wanted to aid him with [-] million U.S. dollars for free!

Five hundred million dollars, what kind of concept is that?A 500 million fighter jet can be equipped with more than 30 aircraft, eight flying squadrons, and a 200 million tank can be equipped with more than 200 vehicles. These funds can even catch up with the annual economic value of those small countries!

You must know that this money was not lent to him, it was given to him for nothing.

The two countries are really too generous. With the [-] million US dollars, the army's current war funds can be said to be completely sufficient.

"Thank you very much to my Arab brothers." Qusay said: "You are the best friends in Iraq!"

Qusay knows that for the war in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are firmly behind Iraq. Now, when Iraq continues to win, this kind of icing on the cake is still very necessary.

"We have always firmly supported the war to overthrow the Khomeini regime. Regardless of international comments, we are all Arabs. We all refuse to export revolution. We will never change. I hope your country can also withstand Pressure," Fahd said.

pressure?International review?Qusay also knew that there would definitely be voices of opposition in the world for his continued invasion of Iran.

Occupying southern Iran, Iraq will have larger oil reserves and more oil exports. In this case, it will definitely threaten the interests of certain countries.

Since Iran is now extremely opposed to the West, the West is still supporting itself. Once Iran is defeated by itself, or Iran changes its attitude of hating the West, then the West may turn its head and hate itself.

In this world, there are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests!

"What we are fighting now is a just war, and we will definitely continue." Qusay said, "We in Iraq will never succumb to the brutal interference of any foreign forces."

Seeing Qusay's firm tone, Fahd knew that although this young man looked more easy-going, he was actually a very firm person. At the same time, he was even more convinced that it was indeed this man who had the final say in Iraq.

"We in Kuwait absolutely support Iraq, and this will never change." Fahd said: "Our entire Arab brothers support Iraq! We even support His Excellency Qusay."

The best support is money, and it is better to give material reality than to issue a statement of support.

"On behalf of the Iraqi people, I would like to thank your country and Saudi Arabia for their friendly support." Qusay said, and he also understood what the other party meant by supporting him.

"Of course, we also need your country's support," Fahad said.

"We are all brothers, if you need our help, please tell me!" Qu Sai said generously, in short, the other party is definitely not here to borrow money, they are here to give money.

"Seeing that your country has introduced the production line of fighter jets and tanks, we and Saudi Arabia are very excited. Can you borrow a few tanks produced by your country's production line to our two countries? We want to do a test. If we can do it, we will Want to order a batch of tanks from your country."

This is not asking myself to help them, this is simply to help myself.When Qu Sai heard it, he immediately burst into joy.

When I first introduced the production line, in addition to self-production, another purpose was naturally to be able to export to the surrounding Arab countries with a little bit!

Although the current production capacity is still very insufficient, but now we will provide a few cars first, and when the production volume comes up, they can be provided to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Although they will not ask for too much price, they still have to pay themselves hard work, right?

Only the opposition of the Soviets can be put aside for the time being. Anyway, after the tanks are officially manufactured, their armor, fire control, and artillery, they all want to import from Europe, or steal them. The Soviets will not Stuck myself on manufacturing.

Besides, I can change the name of the tanks exported to these two countries to a new one. Anyway, the equipment has been changed, and it has nothing to do with the Soviet T-72.

A military industrial enterprise cannot make a profit if it produces and sells itself. Only by exporting can it make a large amount of profits. Moreover, through exporting, it can also strengthen the alliance between each other.

Finally pull them into your camp!

"Although we have introduced production lines, those from the Soviet Union do not fully meet our needs. We will import components such as fire control and artillery from the West, and after they are officially put into production, they will definitely be provided to your country and Saudi Arabia," Qusai said. .

"I hope this tank can be put into production as soon as possible." Fahad said.

Chapter 431 Ambush on the Railway Line

Khuzestan Province in Iran is one of the thirty provinces in Iran with an area of ​​63,213 square kilometers.It is bordered by Ilam Province, Lorestan Province and Isfahan Province in the north, and Chahmahal-Bakhtiari Province, Kojiluye-Bowe Ahmed Province and It is bordered by the Bushehr province; it is bordered by Iraq to the west and the Persian Gulf to the south.

The east and north of this province are high mountains, while the southwest is a rare plain in Iran. The land here is fertile, and under the land, there are rich oil resources. It is the main oil-producing province of Iran. It is a coastal area with two ports, Abadan Port and Khomeini Port, so the strategic location here is very important.

At the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq took a fancy to this place and attacked Iran with three routes, of which the southern route was the most powerful. Unfortunately, after more than a year of attack, it was still circling around the periphery of Abadan.

It was not until His Excellency Qusay was born that he used various strategies to conquer Abadan, Khomeini Port and the Ahvaz oil production zone, gaining important economic and strategic significance.

Since then, these places have been firmly in the hands of Iraq. They used the oil fields around Ahvaz to extract crude oil, and then used the Abadan refinery to smelt crude oil, earning high profits.

Unwilling to fail, Iran finally gathered enough strength to launch a counter-offensive. Unfortunately, it failed and was completely defeated by the [-]th Armored Division of the Republican Guard, which galloped southward from the north to support, and the offensive and defensive sides changed hands again.

After the [-]th Armored Division defeated the Iranian armored forces, it immediately advanced to the area of ​​​​Avaz and Khomeini Port.

In order to create opportunities for the offensive forces, Iran has been harassing these two places to contain the defenders.

It's a pity that with the failure of the offensive troops, they have lost the value of containment, and also lost the capital of containment.

Northeast of Ahvaz, the small city of Weiss.