After a long silence, Susu asked: "Should we negotiate with Iran to withdraw our troops now?"
"No." Canglong refused directly. "Since we are strong, we must be strong to the end. Once we give in, even if we negotiate with Iran, they may still threaten us in the future."
"But if we persist like this, we will be attacked from both sides, which will be very detrimental to us. Moreover, once the central government passes negotiations with Iran and Kuwait, it will make us passive in public opinion." Su Su warned, "It is even possible for the US military to intervene. At that time, what we will face may be the collapse of the entire system.”
"Natasha's plan seems to be perfect, but it is only perfect in her own eyes, so I have to follow her ideas. If I don't follow her ideas, it will not pose any threat to us. Cang Long said calmly, "Tell Vivian that the mining plan in Khuzestan will not be suspended, and everything will be business as usual until I order negotiations with Iran."
Susu didn't know what Canglong was thinking, but he still left for execution. However, Canglong summoned the Russian envoy Nikolay immediately. After the two discussed for an afternoon, Nikolay took a special plane and left Basra urgently.[
One month and one week after the Ahvaz War, Iranian cabinet ministers went to Baghdad for peace talks at the request of the Iraqi Prime Minister. After several days of negotiations, the central government signed five peace measures with Iran and ordered the Prophet's Army to withdraw immediately. out of the occupied Iranian territory of Khuzestan Province.
This incident caused a sensation throughout Iraq. Everyone knew that the Prophet's Army in Basra did not obey the central government's dispatches at all. Moreover, the Prophet's Army counterattacked in self-defense this time, which was justified and gained enough face for the weak Iraq. a province in Iran.
Such a victory was rare in Iraq in the past. Especially after the Iran-Iraq war, when the two countries had a deep hatred, the central government unilaterally signed a peace agreement with Iran and asked the Prophet's Army to withdraw its troops, deepening the People's resentment towards the central government.
Especially for the people of Basra, the central government can do nothing. Now that we have conquered Khuzestan Province, we are proud and proud, but the central government is holding back. This agreement has made the people of Basra excited, and many people took to the streets to demonstrate. They demonstrated in the hope that the Prophet would not obey the orders of the central government. While they opposed the withdrawal of troops, the people of Basra also cursed the central government as a puppet government of the United States. For a time, the voices supporting the Prophet's army to break away from the central government and establish a separate regime became louder and louder.
Even some people in the central provinces responded to Basra and held demonstrations. In a sense, Basra's victory is the honor of the entire Iraq and the honor of all Iraqis. Now the central government is holding back. , making the people extremely dissatisfied.
At the same time, Iran dispatched fifteen divisions from the country and about 100,000 troops advanced into Khuzestan Province, with the potential to annihilate all the Prophet's Army defending Khuzestan Province.
At this time, Canglong held an administrative meeting and a military meeting at the same time to urgently respond to the current situation and at the same time find out the psychological conditions of all senior officials and military officers.
In the speech at the meeting, the top military officials advocated a war with Iran to the end, but the senior administrative officials were not very willing to fight a war. They told Soryu in a sideways manner that they hoped to negotiate with Iran and allow the Prophet Army to withdraw and maintain the original status.
What surprised Soryu was that this time Vivian did not advocate negotiation, but instead advocated war. She suppressed all senior officials with an unusually tough statement: "Khuzestan Province is of important strategic significance to Basra. First of all, the coastline
extension, followed by strategic buffering. If Iran signs a peace agreement with us, then we can withdraw our troops. But they did not sign an agreement with us, but with the central government. In other words, once we withdraw our troops now, the central government will
It may even be possible to let the Iranian army wipe out rebels like us who are already in the central government's eyes. Everyone, once Basra is captured, not only the Prophet's Army will die, but also you officials working for the Prophet's Army."
The senior officials stopped talking because they did not expect the consequences to be so serious, but after careful consideration, they found that Vivian was indeed not alarmist. Most of them were appointed by the new government and had worked for the Prophet Army for so long.
The government won't be able to use them by then, and even if they don't kill them, they will never receive the same treatment they do now.
Therefore, for the sake of their prosperity and wealth, no one dares to mention negotiation.
Vivian's words made Canglong very satisfied. After the meeting, Canglong found her and said, "Have you changed your gender?"
"I'm just thinking about the future of Basra." Vivian said with a cold face, "Now we may face not only Iran, but also Kuwait. You'd better come up with a way, otherwise once Basra is finished, even if
You can't get away with it, don't forget how much money you invested here."
"This is a gamble. No one can guarantee that you will win. All you can do is try your best to increase the weight to ensure a possible win." Canglong said with a smile.
"So there are times when you are so unsure." Vivian looked at him seriously, "You'd better win, otherwise even if the Americans let you go, I won't let you go."
"Why don't you let me go?" Cang Long looked strange.
"Failure means you are wasting my time and youth." After Vivian finished speaking, she turned around gracefully and left.
Looking at her charming back, Cang Long's heart moved for no reason, and finally he suppressed the thought.
At this tense moment, Nikolay came back from Russia. After seeing Canglong, he said: "The things you want will be shipped to you soon." [
In the last secret conversation, Canglong was talking about the 10 billion US dollars in arms. This was a big list that even the Russians would not be able to digest in a short while. Fortunately, Canglong had already mentioned it when signing the military alliance agreement.
So the Russians were prepared, and now it comes in handy.
This 10 billion U.S. dollars of armaments includes the 70,000 soldiers and equipment expanded by the Prophet Army, while also enhancing the strength of the missile force and air force. Secondly, the equipment expansion of the field division. Canglong strives to use the money to build a strong force in the region.
Army, so this time the Air Force’s purchase of fighter jets alone has reached seventy-four.
These include the Su-27 fighter that can completely defeat the US military's F15 and F16. According to Su-30, it is an improved version of the Su-27. It absorbs almost all the advantages of the Su-27. However, in the procurement of fighter aircraft, the Su-27 is relatively cheap. At the same time,
It has been tested on the battlefield for much longer than the improved version of the Su-30.
No matter what kind of weapon it is, it can only be considered truly good if it has been tested in actual combat and received unanimous praise, rather than just having technical advantages. This is just like the Russian-made K47.
It will remain popular into the 21st century, and its stability and operability are much more reliable than many rifles with advanced technology.
The same is true for fighter planes. For example, in the last century, the Americans created the most powerful Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft in the century. This aircraft traveled around the world at a speed that no missile could catch up with. It was once the main reconnaissance aircraft of the United States for reconnaissance of the former Soviet Union.
But why don’t the Americans develop this ultra-fast aircraft into fighter jets?
It's very simple. This kind of ultra-fast performance is not suitable for use on fighter jets. It is impossible for pilots to use it in combat. The maneuverability in the air is not strong. Even if there is such a fighter jet, pilots are not willing to use it.
It was an attempt, because although the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft maintained a record of not being shot down, twelve of them were shot down.
That's why American pilots call this kind of plane a death plane. Whenever a pilot sees this kind of plane, he will shake his head. No matter how fast it is, it's useless. It might fall when it lands, and the plane will definitely crash and everyone will be killed.
However, when used on fighter jets, such speed is simply not possible. To adapt to the modern battlefield, speed is not the first priority, but anti-radar stealth is the first priority.
What's the use of your speed if you can't aim at your opponent? Others can't hit you, and you can't hit them. And you're still flying at high risk, while others can land stably.
So relatively speaking, the Su-27 is a well-known excellent fighter that has been tested by time. The Su-30 is expensive, but lacks time and actual combat testing. The American F-22 Raptor fighter is the best in the world, but the United States is also
Less than two hundred were built.
Some people wonder why the United States doesn’t build more such good fighter jets and instead uses F15 and F16 as its main fighter jets? It’s simple, because the first two are relatively cheap, cost-effective, and have less chance of accidents, and the F22 is, to put it bluntly,
, although the performance is good, it is actually a money-losing product, with a cost of up to 200 million US dollars, which even the United States cannot afford, and this is only the cost of construction, and does not include annual maintenance costs.
Someone once said that the maintenance cost of the F-22 is more expensive than the cost of construction, which is equivalent to raising an aircraft carrier, and it is impossible for a high-speed aircraft like the F-22 to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, which further undermines most of its capabilities.
Value, the United States relies on its aircraft carrier fleet to dominate the world. It can’t even land its aircraft carriers. Do you want you to care about it?
Of course, the F22 is not useless. If it can be stationed at air force bases in certain sensitive areas, such as Kadena Airport in Okinawa, its strategic value will be considerable.
The purchase of the Su-27 was also unanimously proposed by the Air Force. Everyone believes that the Su-27 is better than the Su-30 in terms of cost performance. The Su-30, which has not been tested by time, is relatively risky and prone to accidents.
In an accident, for example, this air strike on Khomeini Port, if the pilot was flying a Su-27 instead of a Su-30, there would be no need to hit the warship with the plane, and the chance of escaping unscathed would be very high.
In addition to fighter jets, Soryu also added four big guys to the Basra Air Force this time, Tu-22m bombers, which made up for the shortfall of the Air Force without bombers.
At that time, Bai Chang suggested that buying fighter-bombers would be more cost-effective than bombers. After all, Basra was only so big, and bombers would not be of much use.
But this time Natasha pressed hard, prompting Canglong to spend a lot of money to buy four bombers. Even though Russia refused to provide technology, he also bought them.
Why spend all the money to buy it? It's simple. An air force with bombers and an army without bombers are two completely different levels.