Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

This was actually Qin Yang's original plan. China didn't need 203mm cannons, but Iraq did! After they were developed, they could be sold to Iraq! After all, historically, Iraq had used the French FAOs of 210mm caliber. These cannons had a range of over fifty kilometers and were extremely powerful.

It's unclear why they used this particular caliber; other than Germany, no other country used it. However, since Saddam liked things big and powerful, he would satisfy him.

Factory 960 couldn't handle too many projects, so this type of cannon could be given to Factory 127. This way, he could also do Factory 127 a favor. Factory 127 shouldn't be grateful to the system but to him.

Looking at Ding Kui's face, it was clear that he no longer had the urge to hit someone. He should be grateful now.

Ding Kui was not reckless, and he didn't want to ruin things.

After all, he had heard about Qin Yang helping other military factories sell equipment. Everyone Qin Yang had promoted was making money. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he couldn't afford to fall out with Qin Yang. Now that Qin Yang promised to sell this cannon to Iraq, Ding Kui was even more hopeful.

"President Qin, I'll be waiting for your good news."

Qin Yang nodded: "If we hadn't discovered the problems with Dr. Bull's cannon, this would have originally been a cooperative project for your factory. Now that we've taken it over, I feel quite embarrassed. However, this is for the sake of the army and the country. I hope you won't hold any grudges."

Ding Kui repeatedly shook his head: "Not at all, not at all, President Qin. We understand that competition is the name of the game now, unlike before. Many people were unhappy when the higher-ups directly assigned this project to us. Now that you can come and take charge, it's naturally for the best. Our factory just needs to have military sales projects."

Qin Yang continued to nod: "Good, then when the people from Iraq come, I'll try my best to make the sale! You can go back for now."

Go back? Ding Kui's face wore a wry smile: "President Qin, I patted my chest to the factory before coming here. Now that I don't have a project, how can I face going back!"

This guy still didn't trust him and was afraid he was fooling him!

Qin Yang said: "Alright, you can stay at the guest house of our Factory 960 for the next few days and wait for my good news."

"President Qin, I've heard of your great name for a long time. I'm here to meet the savior of our armored forces while I'm here to receive tanks." A short, stout middle-aged man extended his hand to Qin Yang: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Ali. I used to lead the First Armored Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard and currently work in the equipment procurement department."

"Your First Armored Division is equipped with all T-72 tanks, right? How do those tanks compare to our Type 69 tanks?" Qin Yang chatted warmly with the other party, with a question in his mind: You're so fat, can you even fit into a T-72 tank?

You know, no matter how high-ranking the division commander of an armored division is, they still need to drive a tank to the front lines. Could it be that he got too fat and couldn't fit into the tank, so he went to the equipment procurement department? Or did he get fat after changing jobs? This equipment procurement is a lucrative position.

"Yes," Ali said. "War is a matter of attrition. Our precious T-72 tanks can't withstand attrition. The Type 69 tanks are more suitable for us. Coupled with the Type 63 armored vehicles, our troops often catch the enemy off guard."

As he said this, Ali's gaze turned to the tank parking lot.

A row of desert-yellow tanks, neatly arranged, with their cannons raised high, looked full of power.

"Fighting a war with tanks alone is not enough. You also need cannons. Would you like to purchase a batch of 152mm howitzers? We are currently using this type of cannon on the southern border, and its performance is excellent."

Ali shook his head: "No, we have previously investigated the Soviet 152mm howitzer. The range of this howitzer is not even as good as the 122mm howitzer, so it is not suitable for us at all."

The Iraqis were discerning. The old 152mm howitzer had great firepower, blowing up an area the size of a basketball court with one shot, but its range was too short. The Russians also knew the shortcomings of this howitzer, so they made some improvements and created the 2A65 howitzer, which could fire ordinary shells to a range of 25 kilometers, but it was already 1985 when it was equipped to the troops.

"If there are no large-caliber howitzers with a range of 30 kilometers or more, there is no need for us to purchase them," Ali said.

"Do you like howitzers with a range of fifty kilometers?"

Ali gasped: "A range of fifty kilometers?"

"That's right, not only is the range long, but the power is also great. One shot can blow up an area the size of a football field," Qin Yang said.

Ali was even more shocked: "What caliber?"

"Over two hundred millimeters."

"Do you have this level of cannon?"

"We are currently developing it, but because of a lack of funding, the development is not fast," Qin Yang said. "If we can have external financial support, we can complete the development within a year."

Ali nodded: "President Qin, we can provide the necessary funds, but we have one request."

"Please speak."

"After this cannon is developed, you can only provide it to us and cannot export it to a third party. After all, this tank was developed with our funds."

This sentence was meaningful, implying that you sell weapons to us and also sell weapons to Iran, which is not ethical.

However, they couldn't condemn it. After all, it was natural for the East to sell weapons, and it was not up to them, the customers, to complain. However, if they were investing in the development, they could make demands.

Nie Xiaoqian, the translator, sighed inwardly. Foreigners were not easy to fool!

Qin Yang nodded: "Of course, we can promise to only sell to you and not to a third party. By the way, we also have a research and development plan for a larger caliber cannon. I wonder if you are interested?"

Qin Yang hadn't mentioned this project before. Nie Xiaoqian knew that Qin Yang was improvising again.

Moreover, she could guess some things.

Didn't the other party want exclusive procurement? Then you can have this cannon, but if an opponent appears with a longer-range cannon, then we won't be in breach of contract. If you want to prevent your opponent from obtaining it, you'll have to provide the research and development funding!

"How big is this larger caliber?" Ali asked.

"One meter."

Nie Xiaoqian's eyes widened in surprise, and it took a second or two before she translated Qin Yang's words.