"There are only eternal interests between countries." Kusai said: "Now, international oil prices are so low that other countries are very welcome except for oil exporters, especially the United States. The United States does not want oil prices to rise at all. For them, the lower the oil prices, the lower their cost of living will be. Moreover, the United States has invested heavily in the arms race with the Soviet Union, and the United States' current national financial resources have reached a low point. Now, the United States' fiscal deficit has often reached hundreds of billions of dollars, so the United States will not speak out at all."

Hearing Kusai's words, Prince Sultan smiled: "In other words, no matter how Britain cried and shouted to find Reagan, Reagan would not let go and put pressure on us."

"Yes! Now, the oil price has fallen to twenty-five yuan per barrel. I estimate that after the British cannot get promises from the United States, the British will come directly to put pressure on our various oil-producing countries." Couse continued.

Britain put pressure on? Now, they see that the British no longer look up to them, but despise them. Since the British embezzled the advance payment of Sky Flash, Prince Sultan felt that the British were no longer so easy to believe in. If the Fierce Wind Fighter had not paid the deposit, they would have cancelled the contract long ago.

"So, what we have to do now is..." Prince Sultan looked at Kusai, and before he finished speaking, he was taken over by Kusai again.

"Continue to lower oil prices, as low as fifteen dollars, the British attitude should be changed. It is useless for Mrs. Thatcher to cry and beg us. We want to lower oil prices to within ten dollars. We want the British to lose a few dollars for every barrel of crude oil exported. However, the British still have to bite the bullet and continue to produce and export oil, and continue to lose money." Kusai said.

"How is that possible? When the oil price is low, they can reduce production." Prince Sultan said.

"We can cut production, but they can't, because, they are the British Empire." Couse said.

Prince Sultan looked at Kusai in disbelief, expecting Kusai to continue talking.

However, Kusai did not continue to talk, although he knew the reason. However, it should be even more interesting to leave it to Prince Sultan to guess.

"We can crack down on the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. Moreover, if the British want us to reduce production and increase prices, they must agree to our conditions," said Kusai.

“What conditions?”

"We want to acquire shares of BP (BP). Especially their overseas oil fields in Canada and even the United States hold part of their equity. We want the UK to open up restrictions on our funds so that our funds can flow into the UK. We want their overseas business to be sold to us in a heavy debt." Kusai said. The agent on his side was brought back with him, and this purpose is the main purpose.

In later generations, BP is the top five in the world's top 500. Kusai would never want to see BP so powerful, so taking this opportunity, we must cut off the tentacles of BP!

Listening to Kusai's words, Prince Sultan was shocked again. Kusai was simply a devil. No, he was a god in the Arab world.

"His Royal Highness, the tank manufacturing plant we are going to be here soon," said Kusai.

This time, the first batch of fifty tanks manufactured by Iraq's T-72 tank manufacturer for the Saudi Army have been completed. The Saudi Army had originally come to receive a tank battalion. However, when Prince Sultan, who was in charge of national defense, came to Baghdad uninvited. As a result, he originally planned to hand over the people below, but now Kusai has to accompany Prince Sultan to the tank manufacturing plant together.

In the car, the two exchanged views on the recent situation. The movement was originally initiated at the suggestion of Kusai. Now, it is the most critical time. Prince Sultan feels very happy when he thinks of having anger.

The person in charge of welcoming Elad, the Iraqi person in charge of the Tank Manufacturing Factory. Under his leadership, the group came directly to the open-air storage square behind the Tank Manufacturing Factory.

Since construction is underway throughout Iraq and the construction is very tight, I originally planned to build it into a closed tank storage place, but construction has not been carried out.

Fortunately, the Middle East has a dry climate and there has been no wind recently. These newly built tanks are arranged neatly, so new that the paint surface is not dry yet.

"His Excellency President, Your Highness, the tanks we exported to Saudi Arabia were modified according to the plan proposed by His Highness last time." Elard said: "We have added high-power air conditioners, which are imported from Germany. After experiments, they can be kept within twenty degrees in the car in the desert area of ​​more than 40 degrees. However, we did not install a refrigerator, but set a fixed position for the air conditioner outlet to place drinks. In this way, as long as the air conditioner is turned on, the drinks will be cool. Moreover, in order to increase comfort, we designed a new seat to reduce bumps during driving."

Since the internal space of the T-72 tank is already small, Kartsev repeatedly designed it, it still cannot be integrated into the refrigerator, so he had to give up. Moreover, when the air conditioner is turned on, the engine power will be consumed, resulting in a decrease in maneuverability. However, because the new 6td engine is used, it exceeds the original T-72 tank engine by more than 200 horsepower, the maneuverability is slightly higher than the original T-72 tank, but the ammunition is reduced by two storage positions.

Prince Sultan kept nodding. These tanks were really suitable for Saudi Arabia's improvement. He was very interested in taking off his coat and getting into the tank despite the weather of only a few degrees Celsius.

When Prince Sultan entered, Kusai asked, "Why can't you see old Comrade Kaltsev?"

"He is leading almost all of our scientific researchers to develop new main battle tanks, so there is no time to greet you," Elard said.

?Kusai then remembered that when he read the reports that had been under pressure for a long time, one of them was about the pre-research of the new tank in the tank manufacturer, and applied for one million US dollars in development funds. Because the development of the tank is a project that took a long time, Kuusai didn't care much. He always thought that these were still on the design drawings. So after allocating the funds very happily, Kuusai put this matter behind his mind. Now, when he heard Elard's statement, it seems that the development of the new tank has made great progress?

"How far has our new tank been developed?" Kusai asked.

"The design is steadily unfolding. If appropriate, it may be possible to test the prototype by the end of this year," said Elard. "We have determined the main performance. We have adopted the improved model of the 6TD engine, reaching 1,200 horsepower and weighing within 45 tons. The main gun uses the same 125mm caliber high-pressure smoothbore gun, but the length may change to 48 times the caliber, using the same automatic loader as the t-72, the fire control system is made from Germany, and it is improved by itself."

When Kusai heard this, he was overjoyed. In addition, Jobam's armor was already in place. It seems that the era of Iraq's completely independent main battle tanks is coming.

As he was talking, Prince Sultan showed his big face and said, "This kind of tank is good, but I want to drive it myself and feel it."

Prince Sultan also wanted to have a good time.

Looking at the excited prince, Kusai left him here for a test drive, and he used the excuse to inspect the production line and meet Kartsev, an old comrade who was making use of the remaining passion, seemed to have rejuvenated his second spring in Iraq.

When he came to the newly established tank design bureau on the open space on one side of the tank production plant, Kusai met Kartsev discussing the problems that arose in the design with many designers. Among these designers were Iraqis, Soviets, and some people from the Eastern powers.

When Kartsev was brought from the Soviet Union, he took some of the technicians from Tagir. After they came here, they found that the treatment was much higher than the original design bureau, so they worked very hard. Iraq's own technicians were also gradually growing. Those familiar faces of the Oriental people were the talents that Iraq dug up when many military factories were transferred from the Eastern powers due to the reduction of armament.

When Kusai came in, Kartsev stopped to explain and greet Kusai.

Kusai signaled him to continue and not disturb his normal work.

Other technicians turned their backs to Kusai, and they were studying it very carefully. Now, the overall plan is gradually being determined, and they must be very cautious. Otherwise, in the later stage, if problems arise, they will be pushed back and started over, which will delay progress and waste funds.

When Kusai saw the large picture that Kaltsev was gesturing, it was a tank design drawing. When he saw that there was still a round cast turret on it, he felt a little unsatisfied. Kaltsev's design thinking was still stuck in the traditional Soviet style. The future development direction should be to weld the turret. It would be great if Western designers joined in and comprehensively integrate the advantages of the East and the West.

Just as he was thinking, he heard a voice saying, "I think that on our tank, we can install an active laser interference or even a suppression system, so that the opponent can destroy their aim at us when they use a laser rangefinder."
Chapter completed!