Babylonian Empire

Zhang Feng knew that if the other party asked such a question, it meant that the other party was already moved, so he asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Maybe His Royal Highness doesn't know much about our recent battles. In the last few air battles, our air force successfully shot down one Tomcat and injured two. Cat, we are not helpless. Moreover, the Mirage F1 fighter planes we imported from France have been transferred to the Southern Military Region. After the oil refinery starts, they will cruise over Abadan every day. If the Iranian planes come, super The Matt 530 missile is not a vegetarian," Zhang Feng said.

Fahd nodded. He was very satisfied with that. In fact, he had already made up his mind just now. He asked this question just to confirm that the military genius of His Excellency Qusay had spread throughout the Arab world.

"This matter is very important, so I can't make a decision on my own. I have to discuss it with the emir. However, I will try my best to facilitate this matter." Prince Fahd said.

Since the prince said so, Zhang Feng was relieved. He knew that Fahd had a great influence on the emir. Since he had agreed, there shouldn't be too many problems.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhang Feng said: "The Iraqi people will never forget His Highness's help."

"We are all Muslim brothers," Fahd said. "However, I have a small proposal."

"His Royal Highness, please speak." Zhang Feng said.

"Phantom f1, repair and maintenance are too troublesome, not suitable for our desert climate:."

Zhang Feng suddenly had an unbelievable feeling, this prince is also a genius, why does he know everything?

Prince Fahd is a sports enthusiast, and it can be said that he is a celebrity in the Asian sports world. In addition, as a man, Prince Fahd has very deep military attainments.

Moreover, Kuwait was equipped with the legal Mirage F1 series aircraft earlier than Iraq. This type of aircraft is very unsuitable for the climate in the Middle East. It takes at least [-] hours for maintenance if it does not fly for an hour.

"What does the prince mean?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Recently, the Northrop Corporation of the United States came to Kuwait to promote their F-20 fighter jets. It is estimated that their next stop will be Iraq." Prince Fahd said.

f-20?Zhang Feng suddenly remembered the tragic fate of this fighter jet in history.

"You also know that our country's current finances are not loose, and we will have surplus funds to purchase aircraft after the refinery project is carried out. Now, I'm afraid I'm powerless." Zhang Feng said with a sigh.

"If President Saddam Hussein is interested, we are willing to provide a financial guarantee. Anyway, after our project starts, Iraq will have enough money to pay back. If it is not enough, I think Saudi Arabia will also give generously." After finishing speaking, Fahh De glanced at his secretary.

Zhang Feng keenly captured this moment, the identity of this secretary is very suspicious!He had secretly guessed something.Please remember the URL, if you like "Babylonian Empire" written by Huadongzhixiong

Chapter 1 F-20 Tiger Shark Fighter

Chapter 1 F-20 Tiger Shark Fighter——

The F-20 "Tiger Shark" is the last fighter of the F-5 family of Northrop Corporation of the United States. Its original serial number is F-5G, which is an upgraded version of the F-5. Therefore, it has been given a new number: f20, mainly for export sales, those countries that have bought f-5 fighter jets are all potential customers of f-20:. "novel"

Compared with the f-5 fighter jet, the biggest change is the addition of the f-[-]

The F18 turbofan engine of the same level as the A-404.Although it has been changed to a single engine, it is more powerful than the original twin engine, and it is very fuel-efficient.Because of the change of the engine, the intake curve is different, so the air intake and air intake are redesigned, and the rear fuselage is also different from the previous one.

The even bigger change is the f-20 radar. In order to give this export-oriented fighter a powerful performance, Northrop replaced it with Raytheon's an

APG-67, this kind of radar is more powerful than the f-16 fighter. In addition to providing common air-to-air and air-to-ground modes, it also enables the f-20 to launch medium-range radar guidance air-to-air Missile capability, that's a pretty big boost.

However, the too small airframe limits the development of the f-20. No matter how it is improved, it is only a light fighter.

Moreover, the prospect of f-20, compared with its prototype f-5, is very pessimistic.

In the 70s and 4s, the main fighter of the U.S. Navy and Air Force was the F-4 Ghost fighter, but the price and logistical maintenance costs were very high, which made it difficult for many potential customers to accept. A batch of f-5 was also purchased as a supplement, not to mention other countries.Therefore, the United States decided to develop a light fighter for export to allies. Northrop launched the F-38A based on the T-5 advanced trainer aircraft.

b Freedom Fighter fighter, then improved avionics and enhanced air combat capabilities, launched the f-5e

The f fighter jet has achieved great success, and its sales volume is only comparable to that of the Soviet Union's MiG-21.

Northrop was greatly encouraged, so it went on to improve, using the advanced f404 engine, with the new pulse Doppler radar, and improved the f20.

However, this model was not supported by the state, that is to say, all the funds were raised by Northrop Corporation itself, and a total of 12 billion US dollars was invested before and after, which is definitely not a small sum.

I wanted to send another one, but it turned out that the aircraft was developed, and Northrop had a big cake in its hands, but no one came to blow out the candles.

At this time, the U.S. Air Force has already equipped two types of fighter jets, F-15 and F-16, forming a high-low match, and is unwilling to equip another fighter jet that is even lower than the F-16. Installed f-16, not interested in f-20, and those countries with few dollars in their pockets, watching helplessly that the U.S. Air Force has no equipment, so they can't be the first to eat crabs.

In this way, the prospect of f-20 suddenly became pessimistic. Northrop had expected orders to flood in like a flood, but now, instead, it had to go out and sell door-to-door.

Therefore, Northrop established several teams to go to various places for sales promotion. One team went to Western European countries, one team went to East Asia, and the other team went to the Middle East.

Among them, the Middle East is the most likely. Therefore, Fred Oshila, the company's deputy general manager with a technical background in the company, personally went into battle, hoping to gain something in the Middle East.

His deputy, head of the design department, is Dr. Kashin, who has been a senior engineer since joining the company in 1973.

"Manager, we don't seem to be very welcome in Kuwait this time." In a private room of the Kuwait International Hotel, Kashen said in a disappointed mood.

"That's right, the Kuwaiti Air Force is equipped with the latest model, the Mirage F1, which is simply not as powerful as our fighter jets. I really don't know what they are thinking!" Fred said.

"They may be waiting for f-net" said, "Now we have greatly improved the performance of the Tigershark, which is comparable to the F16, and it is cheaper than the F16, but these guys don't like our aircraft at all. "

Before coming here, I had high hopes. The relationship between Kuwait and the United States is very close, so there is no problem selling this kind of fighter jet to Kuwait. They don't like their own fighter jets. They only have one sentence: Let's think about it when the U.S. Air Force equips it!

Nonsense, if the U.S. Air Force is really equipped with a lot of equipment, would you still use your own persuasive persuasion?Orders have already poured in in large numbers.

This is also a mistake of the company: it is entirely the various performance standards formulated by the company itself, the relevant data for its own decision-making, and it is completely free from the supervision of the Air Force, especially putting reliability and maintainability first, and putting performance first. Therefore, the air force is skeptical of the company's f-20 fighter jets. Besides, with the f-15 and f-16, the air force simply doesn't look down on such fighter jets whose performance is slightly inferior to the f-16.

"We'll lobby the Air Force Commander tomorrow. If they're still not interested, we'll have to go to Baghdad," Fred said.

Speaking of Baghdad, Kashin became interested: "Will Saddam be interested in fighter jets like ours? You know, he is equipped with Soviet fighter jets!"

"Today, Baghdad is fighting Tehran, which is in the interests of us Americans. Since Khomeini came to power, we have brought too much shame to the United States. Therefore, President Reagan has ordered that our fighter jets can completely Selling to Baghdad, not only the Air Force, but also many weapons of the Army are planned to be supplied to Baghdad." Fred said.

"So, are we going to have competition from GM's F-16 again?" Kashin asked.

"This will not, you know, at the top level, although I expect Iraq to defeat Khomeini, a regional power is absolutely not allowed to appear. You know, Saddam's ambitions are actually not small, and the Jews in the country , I am very angry at the fact that the Iraqis destroyed the formation of the Israeli bombing nuclear reactor, and absolutely do not allow fighter jets with the same equipment as Israel to be exported to hostile Iraq, even if it is a shrunken f79 equipped with an old-fashioned j16 turbojet engine. It's our f20, if the negotiation is successful, those people will definitely come out and make a fuss," Fred said. "However, the company has enough ways to get rid of the influence of those people. Our fighter jets are originally intended for export. If they cannot be exported, the company will suffer huge losses."

"Our only opponent is probably the French Mirage 2000. However, it will take a few years for their fighter jets to be put into production. Moreover, their Mirage F1 was not acclimatized in the Middle East. It is not as reliable as our fighter jets. It's very high-spirited and definitely fits the skies here."

Kashin was full of anticipation.

ps: Thank you Faxisi for the reward and reminder to update the ticket. Recently, the management of the unit is very strict, and the consequences of skipping work without permission are terrible. In addition to the recent hot weather, this brain has begun to forget things. Yesterday, only one chapter was updated. , The day before yesterday belonged to Jiageng, and there should be two updates yesterday. Alas, the hero of East China never thought of owed chapters, so I will make up today, and there will be another chapter tonight.Please remember the URL, if you like "Babylonian Empire" written by Huadongzhixiong

Chapter 1 The Emir agrees

Chapter 1 The Emil agrees—

Jahra was only half an hour's drive away from Kuwait City. After discussing with Qusay, Fahd immediately drove to Dasman Palace in Kuwait City. "novel"

The Dasman Palace is near the sea and is where the Emir's palace is located.

Fahd looked at the secretary beside him and said, "Princess Faisal, are you satisfied with seeing this legendary hero this time?"

The veil on Feisal's face had already been taken off, revealing the face of the country and the city. In a country full of deserts, the skin can still be kept moist and smooth, and it will break instantly.

"Uncle, this Lord Qusay, the future Eagle of Babylon, in time, will definitely become a big figure in our Middle East land. At first, we all thought that he just wanted to borrow some US dollars from us to buy arms. Unexpectedly, He has found the perfect solution to the problem," Faisal said.

"Yes, so, although doing so may make us take some risks, we are still willing to do something for Iraq," Fahd said.