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Although Iran has obtained some spare parts from various international arms dealers, and put some British-made tanks and American-made armored vehicles into use, this kind of F-14 fighter jet, except for the U.S. Navy, is no longer available. Equipment from other countries, so the fighter parts they need most have never been sourced, smuggled from the US Navy?It is simply impossible.

Therefore, Khomeini finally thought of this method: blackmail the United States!

Thinking of the Iran-Contra incident that put Reagan in trouble in later history (the United States secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages, but this matter was revealed, causing a serious political crisis in the Reagan government), Zhang Feng couldn't help thinking, could it be because of his own Time travel, is this event going to happen earlier?

Due to the limitations of their knowledge, most people in Iraq viewed this incident with the mentality of watching the excitement. None of them knew that this incident had a great relationship with their own side, including the president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein .

Saddam was in a good mood, thinking that the passenger plane landed in Tehran, and then Iran was surrounded by American air strikes, and he felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, Zhang Feng didn't think so. If the United States really launched an air strike on Iran, then the purpose was definitely not just to rescue the hostages, but the black gold underground.Although the United States still has a strong opponent waiting, once the United States gets involved here, it will be a bad start.

This is the land of Middle Easterners, and Westerners are never allowed to get involved!

"Qusay, your travel plans have been arranged. The day after tomorrow, you will visit the Soviet Union." President Saddam said, "This is your first visit to the Soviet Union, focusing on inspecting the Soviet tank production line. Discuss the details with the other party.”

Originally, President Saddam wanted to send a few diplomats to this kind of thing, but Qusay made a request. Considering that he has already introduced some production lines from the West, he is also experienced in this area. Therefore, Saddam Tom sent him out.In addition, there is another purpose, which is probably to deliberately train him to be his successor.

"Qusay, this trip to the Soviet Union, I hope you will gain a lot." Adnan also said.

At this moment, there were only the three of them, and it was more like an ordinary family meeting.Zhang Feng has been in Baghdad for the past few days and has not returned to the Southern Military Region.

"Your Excellency, the hijacking incident in Iran just happened recently, and I would like to postpone the trip." Zhang Feng said. ?Saddam said: "Isn't it just a hijacking incident? It's not a big deal, and it has nothing to do with us. This time everything has been arranged. If it is delayed, it will be difficult for the Soviet Union to explain."

Zhang Feng knew that if he continued to talk, there would be no results, but he could still pay attention to this incident in the Soviet Union.

"Before you go, let's go to a place to see." Saddam changed the subject.

a place?Zhang Feng knew that there was something in his father's words.

"where?"

"It's where Project 13 is located," Adnan said.

Project No. 13 is already one of Iraq's top-secret projects, and its ultimate goal is to produce nuclear weapons!

Therefore, when Zhang Feng heard this name, he felt very excited. Although last year, his first action in this world was to smash the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor, but because he He is not in charge of this project, and he will not know the progress of this project afterwards.

Now, when he heard that he was asked to go to this project together, Zhang Feng knew that it was no wonder his father was so happy. It seemed that this project was making progress.

Zhang Feng knows that the principle of nuclear weapons is very simple, but even in later generations, it is very difficult to cross the nuclear threshold and become a member of the nuclear club. The most complicated thing is to obtain the raw materials of nuclear weapons!

Iraq has been making attempts in this area. Although it has joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iraq still uses ingenious methods to avoid the twice-yearly inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency. In 62, with the assistance of the Soviet Union, Iraq began Construction of the first research reactor - the 2 MW IRT-5000.Trained Iraq's own researchers in nuclear energy.

This research reactor cannot achieve the purpose of Iraq, so the Osirak nuclear reactor was introduced from France.

Israel mercilessly carried out air strikes in an attempt to kill Iraq's nuclear program in its infancy. At this time, Zhang Feng appeared and prevented Israel's air strikes.

Moreover, by virtue of this incident, Iraq announced that the nuclear reactor was destroyed and secretly transferred to a secret underground base, completely leaving the monitoring of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Chapter 335 The Weapon of Iraq

North of Baghdad, Harris.

A mysterious convoy set off from Baghdad to Harris at night. This convoy looked ordinary from the outside, like a private convoy of a rich family in Baghdad. No one noticed. While driving, the surrounding roads were already protected by armed men in plain clothes.

Because this base is very secretive, in order to prevent being discovered, every time I go there, it is done at night.

This was the first time in Zhang Feng's memory that he traveled with his father, Saddam Hussein, and sat in the same car as his father.

In the impression of later generations, Saddam, who was advertised as a brutal ruler, dúcái, at this time, showed more of a loving father.

And now, he was in high spirits.

When the convoy drove into Harris, the number of armed personnel suddenly increased. All of them were well-equipped Republican Guards, guarding outside. This is the most loyal army in Iraq. Even at the intersection, Zhang Feng even saw a T -72 tanks.

Here, there is a huge underground base, which Iraq spent a year building on the basis of the original base.

The convoy drove underground from a special entrance.The driver who was driving just now has been replaced by a person from the base, and most of the people he brought stayed outside. Only Zhang Feng, Saddam, Adnan and a few of Saddam's closest bodyguards entered inside.

It's top secret here!Zhang Feng knew that the reason why this place could survive was the concealment, otherwise, no matter how tight the defense was, they would still be hit by bombs dropped from the sky.

After entering, I saw that there were already people waiting there.

Zia Jaafar just received the news 10 minutes ago that His Excellency the President is coming here for inspection, and then the convoy arrived, and he hurried out of the workshop, still wearing a white coat.

"Hello, Your Excellency the President." Zia said when he saw President Saddam getting out of the car.

"Thank you, I heard that we are finally going to start work here, so let's take a look." Saddam said.

Then, Zhang Feng got out of the car, and what appeared in front of him was a middle-aged Arab man with an unshaven beard but good spirits. His face was pale because he had not been exposed to the sun for a long time.

"This is Your Excellency Qusay, right? Your heroic act last time saved our entire plan. You are so great! You are the pride of Your Excellency the President." Zia said.

"He is the person in charge here, Zia Jaafar." Adnan got out of another car and walked to Zhang Feng and said.

"Mr. Zia, you have worked hard. The future of Iraq will become stronger in your hands." Zhang Feng said.

"God bless, we are all working hard for the strength of Iraq." Zia said: "We have prepared a report to His Excellency the President, and Hamza will give you a specific report after the tour here. "

These people are all the elites of the Iraqi country!Only then did Zhang Feng recall that in later generations, Zia was the most famous figure. He was known as the father of the nuclear bomb in Iraq, just like Deng Jiaxian in China.

"Are there any French people here?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Originally, we had many French people in the Osirak nuclear reactor, but the nuclear reactor was destroyed, and most of the French engineers had already returned home. Only a few people remained, and we stayed with them with high salaries. Moreover, the condition was ten years You cannot leave Iraq within this period," Zia explained.

Sure enough, Zhang Feng thought.

"Many of the equipment here are produced by ourselves." Ziya said as he walked, and the first thing he came to was a large row of identical equipment one after another.

Zhang Feng was completely stunned when he saw it. He knew these things, they were called centrifuges!

To produce nuclear weapons, a very important step is to enrich the nuclear materials. Nuclear reactors only need nuclear fuel with a concentration of 90.00%. To achieve more than [-]%!

Enriching nuclear fuel is the most complicated thing. So far, only a few countries in the world have mastered this technology.Among several techniques, the centrifuge method is the most common. The gaseous uranium molecules are passed through a high-speed rotating machine (ie, a centrifuge). The different weights of the uranium isotopes cause their separation, and the heavier U-238 is thrown out. centrifuge, while the lighter U-235 stayed.After repeated concentration, until the specified concentration is reached. (It's a bit like a washing machine spin-dryer bucket).

"Zia, are these devices produced by ourselves?" Zhang Feng couldn't believe it.

"Not exactly." Zia glanced at the president and saw that the president was also listening to his speech. He continued: "We imported enough raw materials and components from France to produce 1000 centrifuges. Mainly used to make aluminum Special aluminum extrusions for alloy vacuum chambers, ferrite magnets and other components for centrifuge motor stators, and special tools required to install stator components.”

France is a friendly country. As long as you have money, you can buy anything. Although it is impossible to buy the finished centrifuge, those loose parts are purchased for various reasons and finally transported here.

The most critical part of the centrifuge, that is, the bearing that withstands the huge speed, was also purchased from abroad.

Therefore, it is said that it is produced by itself, but it is only assembled. Even so, it has infiltrated the main person in charge of enriching uranium, another famous nuclear physicist in Iraq, Mehdi Obaidi, who once worked in the United States. Alamos National Laboratory has worked for several years and gained a lot of experience.

"Right now, these devices are still being debugged, but they will start working soon," Zia said.

"That is to say, after we start construction, we will be able to manufacture nuclear weapons?" Saddam was very interested in this.