Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 1004: Actual Combat Testing of Weapons

Several arms deals were completed by Chen Changan, especially the last trip to the Middle East, when he signed orders worth more than 10 billion US dollars.

This is not the kind of missile that can be sold at a high price as before.

This order worth more than 10 billion yuan involves many military industrial enterprises, from large to small.

All of a sudden, most of the country's military factories resumed production, and a lot of the army's inventory was consumed.

In addition to Xu Xiaoyan’s report at the army’s summary meeting, this time there is business again and it is natural that Chen Changan needs to take action again.

Uncle Nie just explained what happened and then asked Chen Changan.

"The two sides are at war, and no one wants to sell weapons to Hussein, who is our biggest customer.

I was planning on them coming to us to buy weapons next time. After all, there are people willing to lend them money, so at least in terms of credibility, it's acceptable.

If we sell the plane to the Persians, will we lose Hussein, our big customer?"

Uncle Nie’s concerns are actually not unreasonable.

At this time, Hussein was the most excited and excited.

They were defeated by the Persians and had lost part of their territory.

But after the delivery of this order, the situation became different.

With the help of new equipment, Hussein's subordinates immediately sounded the clarion call for a counterattack.

Relying on the advantages of the air force, artillery and tanks, they directly unleashed the momentum of a steel torrent.

Not only did they regain the lost territory, but they also occupied the Persian territory.

At this time, Hussein was in high spirits and felt the joy brought by force for the first time in his life.

You don't accept it? Then I will fight you until you accept it? Dozens of J-7s would be invincible in the Middle East during this period.

With air superiority, artillery is truly the god of war. Thousands of tanks can charge at the same time as if they were in an empty space.

If Hussein discovered at this time that the other side suddenly had the same model of planes as his, and if the number was greater than his, I wonder if Hussein would turn hostile.

“Sell it, why not sell it.

What we do is an arms dealer. Business is business and friends are friends.

If Hussein couldn't defeat the Persians, it could only be because their pilots were not good enough.

Because we are friends, we will sell the J-8 to them and help them train pilots for free."

Uncle Nie was watching in amazement. He had always known that Chen Changan was good at business and had also heard Xu Xiaoyan's report.

Xu Xiaoyan said in his report that Chen Changan was an out-and-out profiteer in the arms negotiations.

Today, Uncle Nie finally saw it and found that what Xu Xiaoyan said was indeed true.

The big customers and friends who were always mentioned were sold out right away.

"you sure?"

"Of course, Uncle Nie, there are some things that I don't need to say, you all understand. It's just that you care too much about arms, or foreign exchange.

Between countries, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

Even if Hussein knew we sold planes to the Persians, what could he do?

He had no money in his pocket, so who else could he turn to for a plane? We were the only ones.

If he doesn't want to be defeated by the Persians, he will have no choice but to come to us.

As for a friend, if we give him a discount or a concession and then sell him our J-8, then he is still considered a friend, right?"

After listening to what Chen Changan said, Uncle Nie thought for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed with Chen Changan's point of view.

In fact, Chen Changan never thought that Hussein would be a friend.

The J-7 of this period had a very high cost-performance ratio and was exported to many countries in the world.

According to incomplete statistics, at least 7 J-s were exported.

Many countries in the Middle East, Africa, and even in Asia.

But why is it that later, no one bought our military products, especially aircraft, anymore?

Is it because airplanes are cheaper now? There are reasons for this, but there are also geopolitical reasons.

But in later generations, our country's airplanes are still cheap, so why can't they be sold?

The reason lies with this Hussein.

This Hussein spent tens of billions of dollars to purchase almost a full set of Chinese equipment.

It was indeed powerful in the early stage, which also gave Hussein himself an illusion.

The illusion that the armed forces in one's own hands are invincible in the Middle East.

Afterwards, he began to bully neighboring countries with force.

If you disobey me today, I will beat you up. If someone else disobeys me tomorrow, I will beat him up again.

Until one day, the Gulf War broke out, and the US military defeated Hussein, who was fully equipped with Chinese weapons, with great ease.

Although Hussein later purchased a lot of weapons and equipment from the northern power, it is an indisputable fact that he had a large number of Chinese weapons and equipment.

Especially the tanks, which suddenly gave Apache the reputation of being a tank killer.

Whether a weapon is good or not depends on actual combat.

In the early days, Hussein was almost the spokesperson for Chinese military equipment.

This also led many countries to choose Chinese equipment, but when facing the attacks of the US military, Chinese equipment performed vulnerable.

From then on, we could no longer export our equipment except for our own use.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Hussein. Our equipment is indeed inferior to theirs.

It was also this battle that woke us up and made us realize the gap between us and the world's major military powers.

This also makes countries around the world understand a truth.

Weapons and equipment are not necessarily better the cheaper they are. If they cannot be used in combat, they are useless no matter how cheap they are.

So Wang Xin’s idea was very simple. He wanted to sell it as soon as possible while China Machinery Equipment’s reputation was still good.

Once the Gulf War broke out, no one would want to buy them even if they were wanted to be sold, making American equipment suddenly very popular.

"Okay, the Persian representative is currently in North Korea, awaiting our response.

Since you want to sell the equipment, you should cut the Gordian knot and make the deal as soon as possible."

Chen Changan nodded and said.

"Then let the other party come, and I will have a good talk with him then.

We will try to sell them all the stocks that our troops don’t need.”

Then Uncle Nie and Chen Changan smiled at each other, and Uncle Nie immediately called his secretary to arrange all matters.

Chen Changan went home to have a good rest and recuperate in preparation for the arms negotiations that would begin tomorrow.

The next morning, after Chen Changan got up, he was picked up by the special car arranged by Uncle Nie.

Arriving at the meeting place, Chen Changan met Uncle Nie. The two chatted while eating.

"How much money do you plan to trick the Persians into buying weapons and equipment this time?"

"I don't think the transaction amount this time will be too large. After all, they are just like Hussein. They have been at war for so many years, and Hussein has blocked the oil tankers. I'm afraid they won't have much money to spend.

You have to be prepared. Compared with Hussein, it would be good if you can get a fraction of the last time."