During this period, the battlefields between Babylon and Persia were not idle.
In order to regain the initiative on the battlefield, Sa Damu concentrated more than 1,000 tanks, 200 aircraft, and 150,000 troops to launch the summer offensive.
The result of this battle was not as he planned. Although some tactical victories were achieved on local battlefields, and judging from the exchange ratio on the battlefield, Babylon also had the advantage. However, Sadam did not achieve the campaign objectives and did not successfully reverse the strategy.
Due to the disadvantage, the main force of Persia was not defeated frontally.
This is the most terrible thing. You must know that Sa Damu prepared for several months and spent billions of dollars in order to launch this offensive.
But it only got this result, which he couldn't accept at all.
At this time, Sa Damu finally began to realize that it would be difficult to completely defeat Persia, this powerful neighbor, by conventional means alone.
In order to win, he must seek more powerful weapons.
In order to achieve this goal, he made two preparations, one of which was Du Fei.
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In Bagoda, located in the center of Babylon, the weather in July was extremely hot, and it felt like fire was falling from the sky.
In Sa Damu's secret underground headquarters, his face looked extremely ugly.
Since the war with Persia, in order to guard against Persian assassinations or air raids, Sa Damu moved into the underground headquarters early and prepared several stand-ins outside to confuse the enemy's ears and eyes.
Although it is an underground headquarters, the area here is not cramped at all.
Sa Damu was wearing a military uniform, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and he stared fiercely at the tape recorder in front of him.
The unique pronunciation of French people came from the tape recorder, and he held the translated manuscript in his hand.
In fact, the relationship between Babylon and France has always been good. The third-generation fighter jet that Sadam has obtained that can compete with the F-14 is the Mirage 3 manufactured by the French company Dassault. There are other important cooperation between the two parties.
Even many years ago, France secretly provided experimental mushroom reactors to Babylon.
Although it is nominally for civilian use, everyone understands what is going on.
But this time, after Sa Damu realized that conventional means could not defeat Persia, the first thing he thought of was biochemical bombs and mushroom bombs.
He had biochemical bombs himself, and the first thing he thought of when developing mushroom bombs was France.
However, the eavesdropping recording played by the tape recorder hit him hard in the face.
Inside is a conversation between two French people, one of whom is a French foreign instructor stationed in Bagoda, and the other is a senior official who came to deliver the Mirage 3 fighter jet this time.
Just yesterday, Sa Damu had a very pleasant chat with the two of them, and even gave each other heavy gifts in private.
This heavy gift is not a description, but a literal meaning, ten kilograms of gold, among other things.
This is just a trivial matter. Sa Damu's real purpose is to hope that France can help him obtain mushroom bombs. As long as this goal can be achieved, he is willing to pay any price.
These two people also promised well in person, saying that they would leave no stone unturned and do their best.
However, after returning home last night, the two of them changed their expressions, probably because they drank two more drinks. When they returned to their residence, they ridiculed and ridiculed Sa Damu, calling Sa Damu's wish to obtain mushroom bombs a whimsical fantasy.
Some of the things he said were as unpleasant as they sounded, and he did not hide his arrogant and despicable face.
Originally, Sa Damu knew in his heart that those white people who were polite on the surface actually looked down on him, but he could only deceive himself in his heart.
But this time the recording completely tore off his face and put it on the ground. Listening to the laughter and taunts of the two Frenchmen coming from the recorder, Sa Damu's blood pressure instantly soared to 200, and he wished he could send someone to arrest him immediately.
These two bastards were captured and fell apart.
However, he cannot do this. Now he must endure it for the sake of the overall situation, for Babylon, for...
"I can't stand it!" Sa Damu tried some mental construction, but failed in the end. His face turned red and he yelled: "Badr! Kill these two bastards!"
Standing aside was the head of the Babylonian Intelligence Department, Badr, whose expression changed upon hearing this order.
Sa Damu could go crazy, but he couldn't. He really had to obey orders and arrest the two Frenchmen immediately. What would happen?
Sa Damu is now blinded by anger, but when he calms down again, he may change his mind again.
Then he will be the one to take the blame.
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief..." Bader considered his words in his mind, hoping to persuade Sa Damu.
However, before he could speak, Sa Damu looked at him with red eyes, as if he guessed what he was thinking, took a deep breath and said: "Don't rush to start, wait three months later, go somewhere else, understand
?"
Badr felt a chill in his heart and quickly lowered his head.
He realized that Sa Damu in front of him was not really carried away by anger. He was angry and calm.
Considering the overall situation now, although the two Frenchmen cannot be touched, it does not mean that it will not be possible in the future. Such people must die!
It’s just that I can’t die in Babylon, and I can’t die now.
As for what clues the French side found after the investigation, they had many excuses to evade it, but it was just nonsense anyway.
After thinking about this, Badr immediately said: "I understand."
Sa Damu took a deep breath to calm down.
According to the wiretapping recording just now, in addition to the personal ridicule and derogation of him, we can also draw an important message, that is, it is impossible for the French side to provide him with more help with mushroom bombs.
Now these so-called cooperations are actually cheating money and treating him like a fool.
Thinking of this, Sa Damu couldn't help but grit his teeth in hatred.
Fortunately, he didn't put all his eggs in one basket from the beginning.
Based on past experience, the West is unreliable, and whether it is America, Ying Guo or Fa Guo, they are all the same.
Fortunately, Huaguo's friends in the East seem to be different. Although dealing with Du Fei in the past few years has always meant spending money, Huaguo has one advantage, that is, it has never deceived him on its products.
Unlike Westerners, including Sulian, who agree on what to buy, what comes out is completely different.
Just like the Sailian T-62 tank, the one sold to him is the same as the one used by the Sailian people themselves. Except for the shell, the various equipment inside are not the same thing at all.
There are also missiles and aircraft purchased from Europe, which is also a virtue.
But he had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it. For Babylon, it was good if he could buy it, and he had no right to be picky.
On the contrary, I have cooperated with Du Fei over the years, especially in this war with the Persians. The weapons purchased from Du Fei are quite powerful.
Compared with the imitations of the Sulian T-62 Fire Fighting No. 1 and Fire Fighting No. 2 tanks, their performance actually completely exceeded the original T-62 he bought from Sulian. They also installed high-power air conditioners according to local conditions, especially the Fire Fighting No. 2, which used welding.
The turret has a larger space inside and is more comfortable to ride. In this summer offensive, it competed head-on with the Chieftain tank that Persia bought from Yingguo and America's M60, creating a pretty good exchange ratio.
Therefore, when considering making mushroom bombs, I spread the big trees and included flowers and fruits, and then tried every means to get Du Fei to come over.
Babylon's use of mushroom bombs was not a temporary move, it started more than ten years ago.
It's just that the progress was relatively slow. It wasn't until this time when we faced the behemoth of Persia that conventional methods were frustrated one after another, so we rushed to speed up the progress.
Even Sa Damu was mentally prepared to find a way to get mushroom bombs even if he spent a lot of money.
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On the other hand, Du Fei was on the way from Beijing to Bagoda on a K-8 passenger plane.
Because he was in a state of war, he deliberately avoided Persia in order to avoid dangerous routes. Although Du Fei thought he had a good relationship with Persia, he sometimes still sailed cautiously.
Du Fei was sitting on the plane, looking out the window, his mind spinning.
Regarding Sa Damu's invitation, although the other party did not make it clear, he also revealed some key information.
Du Fei knew in his heart the true purpose of spreading big wood.
To be honest, I still have this idea at this time. I have to say that Sa Damu is too naive in Zhengzhi.
It’s not that Sa Damu’s abilities are incompetent, or that he lacks skill and determination, but it’s a matter of vision and thinking.
Since traveling through time and reaching a certain status, Du Fei has become more and more aware that no matter what method he uses to become the leader of Yiguo, almost none of them are parallel imports.
What this refers to is someone who went up on his own merit, not a puppet who was pushed up.
And people like Sa Damu, who can stir up the charm and dominate a certain period of time or an area, are even more outstanding.
However, Du Fei's excessive use of mushroom bombs and his crotch-stretching performance in the war with Persia are more of the sequelae of being a colony.
The destruction of colonial civilization by colonists will take decades, even hundreds of years, to be healed.
Including the current Middle East, Persia and the Indus region, they are all places that once gave birth to splendid civilizations. However, after World War II, even if they regained independence, they were still unable to adapt to the new rules.
Just like mushroom bombs, how could the five permanent members, including flowers and fruits, allow Babylon to have such a thing.
Even if Du Fei went there, it would be a cowardly attempt to find a way to squeeze more benefits from Babylon.
It's just that Du Fei wants to be more obscure and less hated by others.
After all, Sadam will have great power in Babylon in the next few decades, and he must give him enough face.
By now, Sadamu's foreign exchange reserves should have been spent more than half. After this year at most, they will have to borrow external debt. By then, the money will not be so easy to earn.
Du Fei rubbed his hands, thinking about how to get the cash from Sa Damu's hand.
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A few hours later, Du Fei's plane arrived at Bagoda Airport.
Du Fei got off the plane and saw Majid leading people to greet him below.
As soon as they shook hands, Majid explained: "Du, my cousin asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. As his best friend, I can't come to pick you up."
Du Fei chuckled and said: "I understand very well that now is the most critical time for Babylon. The brain of this lion must be careful."
Majid quickly thanked him and immediately took Du Fei to the hotel where he was staying.
Du Fei got into the bulletproof car and looked at Bagoda during the war through the car window.
There were many slogans on the streets and a large number of damaged buildings, all caused by Persian air raids.
However, with the acquisition of Mirage 3 fighter jets and the shooting down of an F-14 in actual combat, air supremacy was regained. Relatively speaking, there were fewer air strikes, but that was only relatively speaking.
War is always cruel.
In the once noisy city, people's eyes were full of fear, and everyone was in a hurry. As soon as they heard the air raid siren, they would quickly get into the nearest air raid shelter.
Because there were no people on the street and the convoy had the highest traffic level, it quickly reached its destination.
After a brief rest, Du Fei met Sa Damu that night.
Different from the heroic appearance last time we met, Sa Damu was obviously old and haggard at this time. Although he had carefully trimmed his hair and beard before meeting, he could not hide the fatigue between his brows.
This war has been going on for more than a year now, and the war process has long gone beyond Sa Damu's plan.
"Du, welcome to your arrival, my friend!" Sa Damu opened his arms and gave Du Fei a hug.
Du Fei also had a smile on his face and patted Sa Damu on the back.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Sa Damu took Du Fei to the restaurant, and the two had dinner together.
Although Sa Damu's living expenses were not affected at all during the war, the meals made with expensive ingredients tasted like nothing in his mouth.
"Du, the weapons purchased from you this time performed very well..." Sa Damu got down to the topic. This time he invited Du Fei to come. In addition to talking about mushroom bombs, there was also a new equipment purchase contract. This time it was mainly about
tank.
Although he was mentally prepared to suffer heavy bleeding from mushroom bombs, Sa Damu knew that this matter was not safe and conventional war would have to continue.
Based on this year's actual combat experience, if you want to suppress Persia in ground combat, you must gain an absolute advantage in armor strength.
Then there are anti-tank rocket launchers and imitation Scud tactical missiles.
After hearing what Sa Damu meant, Du Fei put down the tableware and thought: "In other words, you want me to deliver 1,500 tanks before the end of this year."
Sa Damu nodded: "Yes, according to the feedback from this summer offensive, there were several key battles that were unable to break through the Persian defense line due to insufficient armor strength, or were unable to expand the results after breaking through. After learning from this experience,
I am preparing to hoard a large number of tanks and launch another large-scale offensive at the end of this year or early next year."
Du Fei was a little surprised. This was not the case in the world before he traveled.
In his impression, during the entire war, the total number of Babylonian tanks was just over 2,000.
Now, Sa Damu has placed two large orders with Du Fei, totaling nearly 12 billion US dollars, including hundreds of tanks.
Even if some were lost in more than a year of fighting, it is estimated that Sa Damu has at least 1,500 tanks. If another 1,500 tanks come, this will be more than 3,000 tanks!
Even though the quality of Babylon's tank soldiers is not very good, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, which really makes them accumulate money. Can Persia withstand it?