"Dad, you know that in international negotiations, everything is centered on national interests. Principles and other principles are all about talk. This is not our dishonest, but the negotiation strategy is not? Originally, we only based on our own production capacity and did not consider the increase in production capacity..."

"You still have any reason?" Xie Jianguo was extremely dissatisfied. "Just because you were not honest before, and now you have made us so passive, how can you complete their order in such a short time?"

"There will always be more difficult than the difficulties," Xie Kai didn't know, "When the others of them came, we will talk about it in time. It is impossible for us to mobilize productivity in such a big country, right?"

"Don't the tank factory produce anything else? The military system is reducing its production capacity now. Do you still want to expand the production capacity? What should I do if the production is finished?" Xie Jianguo asked Xie Kai.

Expanding production capacity is simply not advisable.

"Don't expand the production capacity." Xie Kai shook his head and said, "Dad, you must not let go of the delivery time. You must reserve the Persian order."

"What if they don't buy it? It will also affect Iraq's orders." Xie Jianguo said angrily, "You can't put your hopes on taking it for granted."

"Dad, this is not taken for granted, but based on factual analysis." Xie Kai said seriously. "The Persians are currently facing much less weapons than Iraq. In the battle on the Faao Peninsula, the Iraqis were using neurotoxins, mustard gas and other biological and chemical weapons, and the international community did not blame them..."

Xie Kai analyzed to his father why the Persians were most likely to place huge orders at the base.

In particular, they have used the Earth-Hongqi missile and suffered a huge loss from the 359 tank.

This makes it even more reasonable to purchase 404 instead of Soviet weapons and equipment.

Although the missiles, tanks, etc. sold by the Soviets were large in number and famous, they were not dazzling in actual combat performance.

"How to convince Iraqis?" Xie Jianguo asked worriedly.

"See who they come. You must have a reliable Arabic translation in your team, and you also need a clerk..." Xie Kai said.

Xie Jianguo naturally knew.

Now Iraqis no longer have house arrest for Xie Kai and his son. Of course, they are only relative and cannot leave the entire building.

Xie Jianguo was finally able to meet the people in his team. Even though he was wearing plaster on his legs, he could not stop him from meeting the members of his team.

"They may not be able to satisfy us at the delivery time." Ibrahim said to Ishad to another young man next to him. "No contact with the price..."

"How long does it take for them to deliver?" Isad asked with a frown.

A young man with white gloves next to him was admiring the gem-covered rings covered with gloves on his fingers, with a arrogant face and not listening attentively.

"The tank takes two and a half years. Nothing else takes so long." Isad glanced at the young man next to him and frowned.

"This requires negotiation, and time should be able to compress a portion of it." Ibrahim said, staring at the young man.

The young man who admired the huge gem ring on his fingers did not raise his head and said, "Then let them give the fastest time to deliver the goods!"

Neither Isad nor Ibrahim nodded in a hurry.

Then the young man left.

"Why is His Highness Kusey coming?" Ibrahim asked Isad.

"The guard division is so serious, how could he not come?" Isad sighed.

Ibrahim is clear, “Kasim must be responsible for this?”

"Someone must be responsible. At present, it may not be possible to continue commanding the troops. Although the fault is not his, and the security division has been transferred away most of the backbone..." Isad said quietly.

It is already very good that the president can keep Qasim's life.

If it were someone else, they would be killed directly.

Ibrahim wisely didn't ask anymore, just asked, "Did you come for equipment too?"

"Yes, we need such a tank. The Soviet T72 tanks are not as good as the Chinese tanks in combat performance. And the price is much higher. The president is very dissatisfied! At present, he is using the domestic T72 for the time being, waiting for the Chinese tanks to be replaced. An agreement must be reached as soon as possible..." Isad said, "The president personally borrowed another $5 billion from Kuwait to supplement the equipment of the expanded Tikrit Division."

"So many? Not only six brigades are expanded? Do you need to add them?" Ibrahim's eyes widened.

Isad shook his head, he was not sure of the specific situation, "His Royal Highness Kuser will be responsible. What is negotiated with them for the time being is what he asked before."

Kusai, who is only two years older than Xie Kai, came to Basra. Only a few people know what they do.

Xie Kai didn't expect that when he negotiated again, he was always old acquaintances.

"We can relax the delivery time and we must deliver all tanks within 18 months." Isad got to the point.

Xie Kai wanted the other party to give the delivery period more time, but no matter what, the Iraqis no longer let go.

"We cannot reply to the delivery time now. Please, if it can be done, we will definitely not hide anything from it." Xie Jianguo felt that it would be useless to tug on it.

Why not talk about prices and other issues.

After returning to China, we will determine how much productivity can be mobilized based on the situation.

The only thing Xie Jianguo can use to refer to is Hongqi Machinery Factory. Even if 541 can provide, I don’t know how much production capacity it can provide.

"If the delivery time cannot be guaranteed, there is no need to discuss the price. Although your tank performance has been shown, it has not yet been finalized... There are many failures..." Isad needs to determine the delivery time of China first. "Before, even if the contract is signed, you can delay the delivery time..."

Xie Jianguo glared at Xie Kai again, "General, that's a misunderstanding. The contract is not clearly stated. When the contract was signed, our products had not been completely finalized."

"The 359 tank is not set, either." Ibrahim reminded.

"We will study it carefully when we go back, and it should not take more than 27 months." Xie Jianguo said cautiously.

"Since you are not sure, let's talk about your price. Let's study it again." Ibrahim also knew that it was impossible to force the other party to guarantee the delivery time.

Anyway, they will give as much as they deliver.

Unless China does not need money.

"The 359 tank, although the cost is very high, given the large number of orders for you, we can reduce the price to US$2.8 million per vehicle; the ground-to-ground missile carrying cloud explosion bombs is 700,000 per vehicle; the 122mm self-propelled howitzer, plus the supporting logistics support vehicle, is 4.5 million per vehicle, and each gun is equipped with an ammunition automatic supply vehicle..." Xie Jianguo told him the price that Xie Kai told him before.

"You guys rob money!" Even Ibrahim couldn't help but scream.

The price of anything is too high.

If this is the case, they might as well buy from Western countries, at least they have more advanced technology.

"General, these prices are not high. The 359 tanks are already clear. You have the performance and cost-effectiveness, which is obvious to all; the same is true for 122mm self-propelled howitzers. Each battalion is equipped with a battalion command vehicle, 3 company command vehicles, a meteorological radar, 9 armored reconnaissance vehicles, a reconnaissance radar vehicle, 2 armored rescue vehicles, 4 repair vehicles and 2 spare parts vehicles... A battalion is equipped with 18 to 24 guns. According to the minimum 18 guns, it only costs 81 million US dollars. Five to six self-propelled artillery battalions will not exceed 500 million US dollars..." Xie Kai said.

Self-propelled artillery was sold in packages and was learned from the Northern Army.

They sell Type 85 122mm self-propelled howitzers or plz-45 155mm self-propelled howitzers, all of which are packaged as a whole.

The supporting equipment required for logistics is not considered as money, but only the price of a single gun.

In fact, the prices of these supporting equipment are counted in it.

Those equipment, except command vehicles and radar vehicles, are not worth anything else.

"General, after this calculation, the price is not high. The price of a single gun does seem to be a bit high, and we add the cost of the standard guaranteed vehicle. Of course, if you don't need these packages, the price can be reduced by at least a quarter."

"Even if you count as a single gun, the price of each vehicle is more than $3 million!" Ibrahim looked at Xie Kai, feeling that the other party was too greedy. "You drag 122mm howitzer, the price of each vehicle is only $600,000."

A 122mm caliber self-propelled howitzer is not as good as a tank, but he dares to sell $3 million per game!

"General, this is a self-propelled artillery. The maneuverability, firepower strength, and even strike accuracy and range are far stronger than ordinary tow guns. Compared with other self-propelled artillery in the world, our price is almost the lowest. Moreover, all supporting equipment in other countries requires additional purchases." Xie Kai was so vain that his gun was equipped with a stable fire control system radar like the 359 tank, which can fire during the process!"

Compared with France's self-propelled howitzers, Xie Kai believes that providing the base is already an absolute conscience.

The selling point of the 122mm self-propelled howitzer is, this is the thing.

Since Xie Kai got the anti-stable image fire control system, how could he not do more?

"The price is still too high. No matter the range and power, it cannot be compared with the 155mm howitzer." Isad said dissatisfied. "This is just a kind of artillery for division-level fire support!"

"It's not high. We developed this kind of self-propelled artillery to fully support the supporting equipment that accompanies the 359 tank operations. Within 30 kilometers, we use artillery support and further support artillery. It is currently under development. If it exceeds 60 kilometers, we will directly use the Hongqi missile to support it..."
Chapter completed!