The m-6oa3 tank is the fourth generation in the US m6o "Paton" series and the ultimate improved main battle tank. It began development in 1971 and was launched at the Detroit Tank Factory in February 1978. In May 1979, the m6oa3 tank was approved to be delivered to the First Armored Division of the US Fifth Army stationed in Federal Germany.

Until now, it has been mainly used to equip American troops and NATO countries in Europe.

Saudi Arabia has always wanted the most advanced m6o in the United States, but Americans have been delaying on it.

China's Longwei gave them new choices, but this is likely to anger the Americans. This will have a significant impact on Saudi Arabia's oil exports.

"If you give up importing m6o and instead buy Longwei from China, it will anger the Americans even more!" The king's concerns were not unnecessary.

Bandar and Sultan shook their heads at the same time. For them, strategic weapons like Dongfeng-3 were purchased from China, and purchasing some conventional equipment would not have much impact. It is impossible to purchase the most advanced m1 from the United States.

After all, what the Americans exported to Iraq is just to test the combat performance of these tanks by war, rather than to export them to Iraq on a large scale.

"Your Majesty, we have purchased two kicks, and we don't care about hundreds of more tanks." There are too many lice, and there are no worries about too many tents.

Americans will definitely make a fuss, but the oil crisis has not yet completely emerged from the financial crisis caused by the oil crisis in the 1970s, and cannot bear it! "What's more, Americans still need us to desperately produce oil to suppress international oil prices and reduce Soviet foreign exchange income!"

"Then buy it from China?" The king was still a little worried.

After all, he was considering more than just the military side.

"I also think Liu Yijiu is right. Purchasing from China has great benefits for us. Since we have decided to cooperate with China in the field of high-tech and take advantage of our military system with China Industrial Exhibition, this is an opportunity. If we purchase a lot of weapons and equipment from China, we can send our people to their factories to learn, understand the operation of their military factories, and various supporting facilities..." Sultan nodded.

As long as China does not attach political conditions to weapons and equipment procurement contracts, it will not be easy for them to be stuck in the neck by Western countries when the war breaks out.

And Iran, which went to war with Saudi Arabia, is now in a difficult situation to separate from Iraq and has no ability to provoke Saudi Arabia. Only Israel is left with a public enemy of the Muslim world. Once a war with Israel, the United States will definitely stand on Israel's side. Jewish chaebols basically control more than half of the entire United States' economy.

"How much to purchase? Their tanks are not cheap!" Although the king was rich, he also made a bold statement from the beginning. Liu Yijiu's reason convinced him that he would give China at least $5 billion in conventional weapons purchase orders.

Although the Longwei tank has good performance, it is very expensive. If it uses the Longwei II type, various missile equipment, and various types of shell equipment, the Chinese will probably also have a big mouth.

"At least one armored brigade, three regiments of 330 vehicles!" This was to purchase equipment for his new troops. Bandal immediately spoke.

The king was planning to purchase 45o Pattons from the United States at first.

"There are still a need for at least three helicopter battalions, 72 Z-91s..."

Helicopters cooperate with tank operations are obviously the direction of future wars.

After Prince Bandar's contact with China during this period, he felt that he should lay a solid foundation with China now. The technology in the Ninth Academy is no worse than what he saw in the United States.

At that time, as long as China is willing to export weapons and equipment, negotiations with the Americans will have a lot of advantages.?

"No, we have to purchase at least 500 Dragon Guard tanks, and the armored troops are no longer equipped with other tanks. This kind of tank has anti-armor capability, and at the same time has air defense capabilities and high battlefield survivability. Cooperate with American infantry fighting vehicles for coordinated combat..." Sultan suggested decisively.

"Is this a bit too much? One Dragon Vehicle II car costs at least 2.5 million US dollars, and the reserves of various ammunition and missiles are quite large, five hundred vehicles. There are at least 1.5 billion US dollars here, and at the same time, there are their helicopters. I heard that the offer is 10,000 US dollars per vehicle? With accessories and other parts, it will cost about 1 billion US dollars..."

Even the king of the most tyrant country in the world, Fahd was a little painful.

The Chinese have sacked Saudi Arabia for $5 billion in strategic missiles and rockets alone. With tanks and helicopters, it will exceed $7.5 billion. If you purchase something else, the 10 billion dollar will be gone.

This is hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil!

"We don't have to buy all the Dragon Guard II tanks. These tanks are not much different from the Dragon Guard I. You can still use the Iranians to equip them, one-third of the Dragon Guard II and two-thirds of the Dragon Guard I. This will save a lot of money. Moreover, our 500 vehicles are an intention contract, requiring the other party to deliver about 200 vehicles at the beginning and then look at the situation later. If the new Chinese tank is the heavy tank mentioned by Liu Yijiu, we will talk about it when we see it! As for the helicopters, I think 5o is about the same." Prince Sultan measured it and felt that there was no need to pursue the best.

"As long as they sell, they will use the Dragon Guard type two!" The king waved his hand and said heroically.

The second type of Dragon Vehicle has air defense missiles!

At that time, even if these tanks do not fire artillery and spread along the surrounding areas of the battlefield, they will be able to form a huge blockade position.

"But their missile range is obviously not enough! We should put forward requirements for China! Since we want to do it, we must do it well. If they cannot meet our needs, we will naturally not be able to trade in this regard!" The king's idea is not only to meet the current performance of China's air defense missiles.

The Americans exported the F15 to Saudi Arabia, but the missile restrictions were very dead.

Also for Israel.

"Since that's the case, we will ask them to equip more missiles. After this, I will discuss with the Ministry of Defense that their Red Flag 5 has poor performance and its survivability is too poor, so we should not buy it. This can be put in the future. After all, what Your Majesty promises is to give an order of 5 billion US dollars in the next few years." Sultan has never been optimistic about China's Red Flag-5 air defense missile.

The king nodded, and Bandal had no objection.

Several people discussed it again. Originally, Bandar hoped to purchase some of the 2o3mm heavy howitzers from China, but when he thought of the huge tank troops and a large number of missiles, equipped with thousands of long-range rockets and hundreds of precisely guided missiles, the cannon was no longer necessary.

The discussion lasted for a long time. After Liu Yijiu came out of the palace, he was arranged in a villa and waited for several days before he was taken to the palace again.

"Director Liu, this is our procurement list and some technical conditions we hope to meet. You can take a look and then discuss with your country's technicians, which can be done and what cannot be done. Let's discuss it again." As soon as Liu Yijiu arrived at the palace, Crown Prince Sultan handed Liu Yijiu a contract with Arabic and Chinese.

When Liu Yijiu saw 5oo Dragon Vehicle II tanks, 22o of which needed to be provided to Saudi Arabia within one year, two base ammunition equipment was equipped, and he couldn't help but frown.

When I saw some lists of densely packed behind me, I could only sigh!

Because many things on the list cannot meet the other party's requirements.

If a long-range air defense missile like Hongqi-9 is produced, the data on arms sales will increase a lot!

The only ones that can be exported are 22o Longwei tanks, plus 5o Z-91 armed transport helicopters and various supporting ammunition. Other air defense missiles, etc., no!

There are also medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles with a range of more than 30 kilometers. Don’t say it, China itself does not have them yet.

Finally, after negotiations, the Dragon Vehicle II tank was sold by Liu Yijiu for 240,000 yuan. If these missiles do not carry missiles, they will have to be calculated as additional money if the missiles meet Saudi Arabia's requirements! Five hundred Dragon Vehicle II, two base shells, one base missile, without improved missiles, the total contract value is 1.8 billion US dollars!

5o helicopters, various ammunition matching, a set of reserve ammunition is given, 104o,000 US dollars per aircraft, and the total contract amount is 520,000 US dollars!

Saudi Arabia spent a total of 2.3 billion 2000 million for conventional weapons, plus 3.9 billion US dollars of Dongfeng-3, rocket launchers and missiles, a total of 1.2 billion 200 million US dollars. In total, Saudi Arabia spent 7.44 billion US dollars in this regard! The training costs of 60 million US dollars, and the subsidy for Chinese technical engineers to go to Saudi Arabia on business trips is also calculated.

At this point, he obtained a total of US$7.5 billion in weapons purchase orders from Saudi Arabia! It was a large part of what Director Liu imagined.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia is unwilling to give oil fields to China. For specific matters, we will negotiate after Dongfeng-3 arrives in Saudi Arabia. According to a 70% advance payment, Saudi Arabia will pay 5.25 billion US dollars in cash to China, and the remaining balance will have to wait until the equipment is in place and the Saudi forces have combat capabilities before paying them one by one!

"Director Liu, did you hear it wrong? So much!" Even Qi Hao did not expect that the Saudi trip would have such great gains.

You know, this is an astronomical figure that he absolutely dare not imagine.

"Oh, it's only 7.5 billion US dollars. It's too little for them. Unfortunately, our country's fighter jets are not good, otherwise it would have to be tens of billions!" Liu Yijiu said regretfully. (To be continued.)

ps: I’m really sorry. I originally said that I was in the fifth update today, but things were delayed.
Chapter completed!