After watching Gaddafi get into the car, the two female bodyguards also got into the car, and the rest got into the car next to him. Taha really envied this guy who was less than forty years old.

Taha knew that Colonel Gaddafi advocated women's liberation and that women's status in Arab countries should be improved, rather than always wearing a veil and unable to talk to men casually, which is the same as President Kusai's proposal. However, Gaddafi did more quickly and had very different methods. He did not first make women on an equal footing with men in other positions, but first established them in the army. In 1978, Gaddafi approved the establishment of the Tripoli Women's Military Academy. In September 1981, Gaddafi personally attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of graduates. Since then, Gaddafi's guards have begun to use female bodyguards. After that, there have been more and more such phenomena. Now, Colonel Gaddafi's bodyguards are all women, becoming a beautiful landscape.

When President Saddam was in power, Kusai liked to go to the airport to welcome important figures, such as Arafat, Gorbachev and others. However, Kusai has become the president now, so Kusai's identity can no longer go to the airport to greet him in person. Being able to meet visitors on the same day is already very much for the other party.

After the convoy arrived at the Palace of Republic, Gaddafi's female bodyguard had already gotten off the car and protected Gaddafi's safety. Then Gaddafi got off the car slowly and entered the Palace of Republic accompanied by Taha.

"Welcome Colonel Gaddafi to Iraq." said Kusai in a wide conference room.

Looking at the female bodyguards behind Gaddafi, Kusai really wanted to ask, is he still afraid of being assassinated in Iraq? Iraq will naturally protect his safety, especially here. Those bodyguards are really useless. Of course, this may be Gaddafi's signature.

"I am very happy to be here. Under the leadership of President Kusai, Iraq is now becoming stronger and stronger. It is a role model for our Arab countries!" said Gaddafi.

Listening to Gaddafi's words, Kusai knew that this was his attitude. They also recognized Iraq's status as a major Arab country, and even surpassed Egypt?

There are still necessary greetings among national leaders. After more than an hour of discussion, Gaddafi felt that the time was almost done. Finally, he began his purpose: "President Kusai, your country's military industry has developed very fast. It has surpassed Egypt and has become the number one industrial country in our Arab world."

"Yes, if we want to change our current appearance, we have to start by establishing industry. We not only rely on oil, but also on industry. A country, only when the industry is developed can it be a promising country." Kusai said.

"Your country's army is equipped with a new type of wheeled combat vehicle. In the process of helping Syria stabilize domestic order, the combat vehicle arrived in Syria by air transport. We in Libya are also very interested," said Gaddafi.

When he heard Gaddafi's words, Kusai knew that this Arab brother was really here to give him money.

Kusai frowned: "That kind of infantry fighting vehicle was successfully developed and equipped with the troops at the end of last year. In order to transform our motorized infantry division into a mechanized infantry division, we need a large number of desert leopard infantry fighting vehicles. Now, our factory has been producing at full capacity, but it still cannot meet our needs. Last time King Fahd and I spoke, I did not agree."

This kind of infantry fighting vehicle is intended to be equipped with a large amount of equipment, but opening up the market is definitely a step that Kusai will take in the future. The main components such as engines and gearboxes are completely the same as those used in civilians. Therefore, production capacity will not become too big a problem. At most, truck production will be slowed down. Anyway, Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks are high-end products, and the demand is not as large as Steyr heavy trucks.

As for King Fahd's request, it was entirely said by Kusai. The Gaddafi brothers would never go to verify with King Fahd for the words of Kusai, right?

Although Libya is also an Arab brother, it is still different from Saudi Arabia and other countries. In particular, Libya has rich oil resources and is very rich in the country. Therefore, if he wants such infantry fighting vehicles, then Iraq's price should not be too low, otherwise it will be difficult to get over the face!

Libya took the initiative to order this infantry fighting vehicle, which shows that the infantry fighting vehicle developed by Iraq is completely in line with actual combat needs and has a large number of foreign trade markets. As for Saudi Arabia and other countries, it is because Kusai really does not intend to export it now.

"We are Arab brothers in Libya and Iraq, and we should help each other. In the previous few times, Iraq advocated the actions of reducing oil production or increasing production, we firmly supported it, because, I think President Kusai, you, your friend, is worthy of our Syrian interactions." Gaddafi said.

Gaddafi, a Bedouin born in the desert, attaches great importance to the word "friendship". He opposed the West and the United States, mainly because of his support for the Palestinian brothers. He has always generously donated African countries that have asked him for assistance.

Therefore, when Gaddafi said that, Libya's support for Iraq was enough. Libya suffered a certain loss in the last oil production increase. This situation needs Iraq to repay.

"Yes, we are Arab brothers, so even if we are not equipped by Iraq, we will meet your needs first." Kusai said: "This kind of infantry fighting vehicle, as long as Libya needs it, we can sell it to Arab brothers at a cost."

After hearing Kusai's answer, Gaddafi was finally satisfied. After all, Libya is considered a country that supports Iraq, and Iraq should also repay Libya.

"We in Libya need to order 200 vehicles in advance. If appropriate, our final order quantity will be about 1,000 vehicles." Gaddafi said.

One thousand vehicles! This is exactly the number of bmp-1 infantry fighting vehicles equipped in later generations of Libya. Now, Iraq has taken all the Soviet business.

"Okay, then we will first export 200 desert leopard basic infantry fighting vehicles to you based on each of the 500,000 US dollars." Kusai said. Two hundred vehicles, each of which are 500,000 US dollars. This is a $100 million project, which is also a big business.

"Thank you so much to my Arab brothers," Gaddafi said. "Most of our Syria is desert areas, no mountainous areas, and using tracked infantry battlegrounds is a bit wasteful. Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are our good choice."

"In addition to infantry fighting vehicles, you actually need to update other weapons and equipment. Colonel, I have to give some advice. Your side only attaches importance to army construction and ignores the air force and navy too much!" said Kusai.

When Taha heard Kusai's words, he felt nervous. Kusai was a teenager younger than Gaddafi. He wouldn't be angry when he educated Gaddafi in such a critical tone, right? Even Sadat from Egypt once tactfully implied that Gaddafi's personality was a bit strange.

Unexpectedly, when he heard Kusai's words, Gaddafi smiled: "President Kusai, you are the God of War in the Middle East and you must have a very high experience. We at Libya have a large area of ​​land. Shouldn't we pay attention to the construction of the army?"

"Yes, Libya has a large area of ​​land, but it also has infinite sky and long coastline to protect. You have also seen that in recent wars in our Middle East, the competition for air supremacy is necessary. For example, for possible hostile forces in Libya, if they want to attack Libya, is it from land or in the sky?" Kusai asked.

Like Saddam at the time, Gaddafi was deeply influenced by mainland military affairs. He ignored the construction of the air force. Although Libya has a large number of fighter jets, they are all backward second-generation fighter jets, Miao 5, MiG-21, and MiG-23. The only ones that can be called advanced fighters are probably the small number of Miao F1 fighters.

The Libyan Air Force was the first overseas user of Phantom F1, earlier than Iraq's order for Phantom F1. In 1974, the "Phantom F1ad" and six "Phantom F1bd" and a large number of "Phantom" accessories were ordered by Libya. However, these "Phantom F1" were delayed until 1978 before delivery began. At this time, this Phantom F1 was already behind, much behind the Phantom F1 ordered by Iraq, especially in terms of radar. Only the next batch of "Phantom F1ed" ordered by Libya was equipped with the Cyrano iv-i radar, the same model used by Iraq, but the total number was only a dozen.

Moreover, in the early 1980s, due to Libya's interference in Chad, France turned against each other, and these fighter jets had lost French maintenance. Fortunately, Libya stored a large amount of spare parts, otherwise, these fighter jets would have been unable to take off.

Therefore, Kusai began to lobby Gaddafi. Libya's air force has outdated equipment and needs advanced fighter jets to have enough advantages to defend Libya's airspace!

Libya's biggest enemy is probably the United States. When Gaddafi heard Kusai's words, he knew what he meant. If the powerful US aircraft carrier formation launched an attack on Libya, he would really not be able to withstand the threat from the sky.

"We in Iraq have a fighter jet that is very suitable for the Libyan Air Force," said Kusai.
Chapter completed!