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He suddenly woke up, no, the National Stadium is not in that direction at all, on their way, that is, the direction the convoy is driving now, how could they come back from the National Stadium?

has a problem!

"Stop!" shouted the platoon leader.

At this time, in the last car, a man suddenly stood up and raised his automatic rifle.

"Papa, papa," several bullets hit the concrete pavement under the platoon leader's feet, and the platoon leader had skillfully rolled to the temporary bunker aside.

They have weapons!And they fought back!That is to say, they are unknown armed personnel that our side needs to eliminate!

"Fire!" Just after the platoon leader finished speaking, his own tanks and soldiers began to fight back.

Hussein Kamal couldn't help but want to yell, the bad guy in the car behind, but there was a voice from behind to stop, this guy couldn't control it.

People who are on the battlefield for the first time, even if they pat their chests and say they are brave before leaving, they will still have various abnormal reactions when they arrive on the battlefield. This is a normal human reaction. Only those who have experienced many battles Only veterans can face the roaring bullets calmly.

The people gathered by Hussein Kamal are usually brave enough in Baghdad, but now facing this situation, they still cannot maintain enough sobriety.

Immediately, the sound of fierce firefights erupted one after another, and the first few cars of Kamal were moving forward rapidly, leaving only one intersection away from the Ministry of National Defense building they wanted to control.

The two cars behind had been turned into a hornet's nest in the fierce firefight behind. Hussein Kamal no longer cared about the cars behind. He needed to rush through the intersection in front and take down the Ministry of National Defense!

At this point, he had already regretted it. His hundred or so people would not be enough to consume if they really fought. If the President's private security armed special guard came, it would be easy to handle.

Before Kamal's convoy reached the intersection, another violent attack came.

They have been exposed, they held weapons and fired first at the martial law troops, which is enough to show that they are the people that the martial law troops need to deal with.

The soldiers of the dúlì armored regiment guarding the intersection in front were ready. When those vehicles arrived, the 1mm caliber 73A2 low-pressure smoothbore gun in front of the BMP-28 infantry fighting vehicle first tore apart the entire city of Baghdad. In the silence of the night sky in the district, the car in the front was immediately lifted up under the artillery fire.

In this kind of street with many residents, the power of using tank guns is a bit too amazing, but the artillery of this infantry fighting vehicle is enough to deal with ordinary vehicles.

Seeing a ball of flames appearing in front, and then the car was lifted up, Hussein Kamel, who was sitting in the second car, knew that something was wrong, there were interceptors ahead, and there were heavy weapons, Ordinary fighters who at most held bazookas couldn't deal with them at all.

Moreover, what they need to consider now is how not to be wiped out, instead of attacking the Ministry of Defense.

"Hold on, our reinforcements will be here soon." Hussein Kamal still has great confidence in his brother's order to the president's private armed special guard. In seconds, he will come here and join the battle.

Although those tanks looked very imposing, but as long as they climbed up from the nearby buildings and fired rockets from the side, they could easily penetrate the weak rear armor of the opponent, and they still had a chance.

They didn't have any chance. Then, the soldiers of the mechanized infantry battalion in the infantry fighting vehicle had already entered the battle. They began to outflank from the side, followed the soldiers coming from the intersection behind, and formed an encirclement circle to completely surround these unknown armed personnel. There was no escape for them.

The citizens of Baghdad spent the whole night in fear. They heard the sound of guns and shells outside, and knew that another major event had happened in Baghdad.

They remembered that a few years ago, Baghdad was finally calmed down after several turmoil. Could it be that the previous scene will be staged again?

The gunfire only rang for more than ten minutes before it calmed down, but many people were sleepless all night.

There is another group of people who are sleepless all night, that is, those who have pledged their allegiance to the Kamal brothers.They heard the gunshots and knew that the Kamal brothers had made a move, but whether they had succeeded, God in Baghdad, whether they had changed, they didn't know.

Wait until the next day to know the exact situation!

They didn't wait, and before dawn, the arrest operation began. Anyone who had been in close contact with the Kamal brothers recently and had sufficient evidence was arrested.

Chapter 694 Kicking the Brits Away

The Kingdom of Sweden, located in the southeast of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, covers an area of ​​about 45 square kilometers and is the largest country in Northern Europe.The name of the country comes from Swedish, which means "the kingdom of tranquility".

In fact, this country is indeed a quiet country. Now, when the dark clouds of the Cold War are over the world, Sweden has not been affected in any way, because Sweden's national policy is neutral. What is the Cold War? In World War II, Sweden neither stood on the side of the Axis powers nor the side of the Allies, but maintained a rare neutral stance.Germany also did not invade Sweden throughout the war.From 1940 to 1945, the peace and quiet of Sweden formed a stark contrast to the war-torn Europe.

After entering the Cold War period, the skies over Europe were full of war clouds, and the powerful torrent of steel from the Soviet Union could cross Germany and enter Western Europe at any time. Sweden remained outside the two camps of the East and the West and maintained its neutral position.But Sweden is not an "ostrich", let alone a "peace dove". It has adopted a very active national defense policy, using its powerful armed forces to defend its sovereignty, interests and neutral status, and has developed a new product based on the original defense industry. It has very strong national defense research and manufacturing capabilities.

During the Cold War, the main equipment of the Swedish army, especially the naval and air force equipment, was developed and manufactured by local industrial enterprises.For example, in terms of the most important air force equipment, there are the famous three sisters of the road angels: "Dragon", "Thunder" and "Gripen" fighter jets (Gripen is still in the development stage at this time). On the police plane, it is even more unique. When other police planes carry a mushroom plate, it carries a big bamboo stick.

When mentioning Sweden, later generations often think of IKEA, Ericsson mobile phones, and Volvo cars. This small European country with a population of less than 900 million and a land area comparable to Gansu Province is also an out-and-out military power, especially in the manufacture of weapons. , Sweden's achievements in national defense have made Americans envious.

The leaders of Iraq have long realized the necessity of maintaining diversified arms import channels, especially after the United States imposed sanctions on Iraq, this demand has become more urgent, although Iraq's ultimate goal is to be able to produce high-tech weapons by itself However, it is definitely not behind closed doors. Iraq needs to fully absorb the development of existing weapons and equipment, and learn from others. The technology of the United States is undoubtedly the strongest, but the technical barriers of the United States are also the largest. At the same time, the only The NATO countries headed by the United States must also listen to the voice of the United States when exporting weapons. If the United States does not nod, they cannot sell weapons to Iraq.

France has withdrawn from NATO, so France can sell weapons at will, but not all French weapons are advanced enough to meet Iraq's needs, and French weapons are expensive.Therefore, Qusay has already set his sights on another big arms exporting country: Sweden!

When the situation in the Middle East was intensifying, the inspection team sent by Qusay, represented by Hikmat, came to Sweden, and the focus was to discuss their active sky flash missile with the Swedish Saab company.

In future air combat, active air-to-air missiles are definitely a trend. After beyond-visual-range air combat has increasingly become the main combat style, active air-to-air missiles that are left unattended after launch can allow aircraft to fly faster Getting out of danger, even if only the last twenty kilometers is the active guidance range, can also increase the pilot's survivability in future air combat.

Iraq put a lot of energy into the active sky flash missile, and Sarah of the British Ousheng Electronics Company devoted a lot of effort. They hold shares in the British Aerospace Corporation and participated in the active sky The flashy project came up, and the joint investment of Saudi Arabia and Iraq was won to help British Aerospace Corporation continue this project in cooperation with Saab.

However, the subsequent sanctions from the United States and the follow-up of the United Kingdom made this project postponed indefinitely. Qusay decided to abandon British Aerospace Corporation and directly cooperate with Saab!

Sweden is located in the northern part of the northern hemisphere, and even 15.00% of its land is within the Arctic Circle. However, affected by the warm Atlantic current, the winter is not too cold. Most areas have a temperate coniferous forest climate, and the southernmost part has a temperate broad-leaved forest climate.

After getting off the plane, Hikmat's representative team met William Scheele, head of the National Defense Research Institute under the Swedish Ministry of Defense, and Sven Tobias from Saab.

Hikmat was surprised to have these people come to greet him. You must know that this is only their first visit to Sweden, and it can be said that it is the first time that Iraqi high-level officials have come to Sweden. They had no contact with Sweden before. Now, The solemnity of the Swedish side surprised Hikmat very much.

Sweden is a small country, and its investment in weapons is not very large. However, the export of weapons is also very important for its own military industry to achieve such a huge development.Now, the Iraqi side took the initiative to send people to investigate the Swedish project, which made Sweden very excited. The French made a lot of money from Iraq. Now, it is finally Sweden's turn!

Therefore, Sweden attaches great importance to this visit from Iraq. They have carefully studied the current equipment of the Iraqi army, hoping to open up various markets and quickly occupy the Iraqi military market. Moreover, through Iraq, they can also radiate to the entire Middle East. Go, for example, after Iraq used the Mirage 4000 and T-72, didn't Saudi Arabia and Kuwait both express their intention to buy it?

"Welcome friends from the Middle East," Scheler said.

"It's a great honor to be able to come to this beautiful country." Hikmat said, shaking hands with important figures from Sweden.

Scheler and Tobias also shook hands one by one. Looking at the Iraqi personnel who came, they seemed to see countless dollars injected into their military enterprises.

Under the leadership of the Swedish personnel, Hikmat visited Saab. In 1937, Bofors and Eloque-Joefus jointly established Saab (some translated as Saab) Aircraft Company. In the early 50s, the fighter Saab-29 developed by Saab was widely used in the Korean War. Saab made its own brand in the world in this opportunity. The Kania-Vabis depot was merged into the Saab-Scania Group, becoming an industrial group in the world that simultaneously manufactures high-tech products such as aircraft, automobiles, trucks, tanks, rockets, satellites, computers and communications.

Hikmat visited Saab with great interest. Although Iraq now has production lines for various weapons, Hikmat still visited their fighter production lines with great interest. He found that, compared with Iraq's production line, there is another huge advantage here, fully skilled skilled workers!This is the result of years of accumulation in industrialized countries.

After the visit, the two sides held a meeting to discuss the projects that Iraq plans to introduce.

Iraq came here to prepare for the active sky flash missile project. The Swedish side is very clear about this, so the first topic of negotiation is about this missile.So far, Saab is still in the development stage, and the progress has been slow because the funds of the joint development party British Aerospace Corporation have not been in place for a long time.

"Our visit this time is mainly for your active sky flash missile project." Hikmat said: "We have already learned that you have been cooperating with British Aerospace Corporation for this missile, but the UK has no No funds have been spent on this project, so we hope to replace the British side as your partner."

Although they knew that the other party was here for this kind of missile, Scheler, Tobias and others did not expect that Iraq did not want to directly introduce this kind of missile, nor did it mean to introduce the production line, but invested funds to participate in this development of missiles.

On the Iraqi side, the idea put forward is even more bizarre. Putting aside the British and cooperating with Iraq?

You must know that this project was originally a cooperation with the United Kingdom, and the missile body was provided by the United Kingdom. Sweden is mainly responsible for the development of the most important seeker. The two parties will work together in an attempt to seize the future air-to-air missile market.

Britain's economy has been sluggish recently, and correspondingly, defense expenditures will be reduced. Even the pre-warning machine, which they have studied for several years and is close to success, was finally sold to Iraq.The ensuing sanctions stopped Britain's exports to Iraq, and the boycotts of Arab countries led to an even more sluggish world economy.

If you continue to cooperate with the United Kingdom, it is very likely that this missile will end without a problem, but if you switch to cooperation with Iraq, for the United Kingdom, it will face contract disputes.

Therefore, when Hikmat made this statement, the Swedish side hesitated.In the past, Iraq just released rumors, bypassing British Aerospace Corporation, and cooperating with Saab, but that was just to force British Aerospace Corporation to make concessions, but now, it is already true, Iraq must kick the British Drive out of this plan and insert yourself!Because, Brits are too much!

Originally, Iraq and Saudi Arabia contributed 5000 million each to help British Aerospace Corporation continue to complete the active sky flash missile project, and ordered a batch of such missiles at the same time.