At a military airport near Beijing, when a British-made Trident aircraft took off into the air and flew south quickly, a military transport aircraft with the "August 1" logo was aimed at the runway and began to slowly descend. The interval between the two aircraft was very short, and just as they fell together, the airport seemed much busier than before.

However, compared with this busyness, the Singapore International Airport is truly like clouds of flights and passengers, and the ups and downs of planes are like flocks of migratory birds, showing the unique open, inclusive and prosperous side of this port country known as the "garden city". However, behind this busy opening is a paradise for all parties...

Just now, not long after the flight to Singapore from the UK landed, a low-key and luxurious Mercedes-Benz sedan slowly drove out of the parking lot in front of the airport terminal. After entering the flat and straight expressway, the car began to accelerate. In a blink of an eye, it passed through most of the island and arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.

At this time, the hotel doorman walked forward quickly and politely, opened the car door humbly, and put his right hand on the door frame. At the same time, a tall Westerner walked out of the car. He saw that his hair was a little dark, his skin was a bit rough, but the fairness of Western Europeans. His well-tailored suit made him look particularly tall, but the black sunglasses on his eyes covered the most important part of his face. Although he couldn't see the specific expression clearly, it echoed his cold face, making it even more elusive.

After taking him out of the car, he took out a $10 bill from his pocket. The doorman saw this and quickly picked it up with joy, and said respectfully with a slight waist:

"Thank you sir."

But the mysterious Westerner ignored the doorman and walked into the hotel lobby with his black briefcase. After completing the relevant procedures, he took the elevator to go straight to the eighth floor. When he arrived at the door of Room 8310, he looked left and right with vigilant eyes. After finding that there was no one around, he knocked at the door three short and one long. Not long after, a sound of the door lock opening came from the room, and the door opened.

A Westerner wearing a white shirt and straps appeared at the door. When he saw the visitor outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face, which looked like an Arctic ice cap, immediately showed an extremely unnatural smile:

"Oh, my God! Anderson, my dear old friend, I really didn't expect that you came here in person!"

The person who came was not someone else, but Anderson, but his current identity was no longer the deputy military officer of the Military Attendant Office of the British Embassy in China, but was transferred back to China to serve as the director of the Foreign Aid and Liaison Department of the British MI6, and his military rank was promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel.

At this time, Colonel Anderson had stepped into the room, then took off the black sunglasses from his face, revealing his blue and deep eyes, looking at his friend, Brown, who has now become the sales director of United Technologies, had his mouth slightly raised, and a unique smile of a British gentleman appeared on his cold cheeks, but even so, Anderson's words were very serious and direct:

"How are you talking to Iran?"

"Thank God! It's even smoother than expected!" Brown said, walking to the wine cabinet in this luxurious suite, taking out a bottle of British rum, pouring two glasses, then holding the wine glasses in both hands, and handing a glass to Anderson:

"Although these Iranians look arrogant, they really can't stand the lashing in their bones. They were obedient in a few words. Although they haven't reached the obedient level of the German Collie on your farm, they are almost done!"

"Oh?" Anderson took the wine glass and took a sip, and then the smile on his face became even better: "It seems that the Iranians are reluctant to let their chieftain tanks go to bed no matter what!"

At this time, Brown had already leaned his whole body against the soft sofa, crossed his legs, and nodded with a proud smile on his face. His tone of speaking could not help but feel a little British teasing:

"That's right! Although King Pahlavi was overthrown, I think even His Majesty the King never thought that the nearly nine hundred chieftain tanks he purchased during his administration would become a bottomless gold mine. As long as the high-intensity war such as Iran and Iraq continue, the accessories consumed by this huge tank group alone would be equivalent to a permanent mint, and the green US dollar would only rise more and more!"

Brown said, with golden light flashing in his azure eyes, as if there was a golden mountain in front of him, and his words were indeed correct. Iran was very close to Western countries such as the United States and Britain as early as during the Pahlavi rule, and it was also with the support and help of these Western powers.

The Pahlavi regime of Iran rejected the Soviet Union in the north, crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the south, faced Afghanistan and Central Asia in the east, resisted Iraq in the west, and joined forces with Saudi Arabia and other kingdoms to actively resist and fight back against the Nasser Pan-Arabist movement, mainly Egypt, and relied on the huge wealth brought by the petrodollar and the undestroyed national pride of the Persian nation. During this period, Iran was called the defender of Islam or the Islamic lion.

Of course, Iran wants to be a lion, not just to scare people with a mane, but to sharpen teeth and claws, becoming a ferocious beast that can tear all enemies apart at any time. In order to achieve this goal, King Pahlavi personally did it and ran around in Western countries. In addition, Iran had extremely good relations with the West at this time, and purchased a large number of advanced weapons and equipment in a short period of time:

The F-4D ghost in the Air Force and the latest F-14A Tomcat that the US carrier-based aviation company had just been put into use; the Navy is a replica of the "Kid-class" destroyer of the main American destroyer "Sprounz-class"; and the Army not only purchased US transportation helicopters and attack helicopters, the main tank was the "Chief" tank made by the UK. At that time, the British country only equipped 900 vehicles, and the wealthy King Pahlavi bought 894 vehicles in one breath, becoming the largest chief tank user country second only to the UK.

According to the arms sales contracts between the two countries, all chieftain tanks were delivered in place by the end of 1978, but the relevant spare parts and maintenance plans for the modified tanks were not included in this contract. Although the UK gave away a large number of related spare parts in accordance with its traditional friendship with Iran.

However, with the outbreak of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the relationship between Iran and the West quickly dropped to freezing point. The subsequent spare parts sales of the chieftain tanks, like the F-14a fighter jets and other weapons and equipment, all fell into a stagnation. But at this moment, Iraq seized the favorable opportunity of Iran's turmoil and no one in the East and the West, and suddenly launched a fierce attack, which caught the new Iranian Khomeini regime off guard for a while. Although it barely stabilized the situation of the war, it suffered heavy losses.

Especially the armored troops, as the vanguard of land warfare, suffered huge losses. However, compared with these tanks destroyed on the battlefield, the most troublesome thing to the Iranian military and government is the problem of spare parts of the tank. You should know that even ordinary family cars enter the 4S store for a period of mileage to carry out a series of maintenance and replacement of spare parts, and this is even more true for tanks that conduct harsh high-strength combat. What's more, some tanks on the battlefield were hit but not destroyed. They can still be put into battle after being rescued and repaired.

However, whether it is maintenance or war damage repair, spare parts used are indispensable. However, at this time, the West adopted an arms embargo on Iran, and the British chieftain tank spare parts are naturally included. Faced with the high-intensity war between Iran and Iran, the batch of spare parts donated by the UK before was used up within a few months of the war.

Iran, which lacks spare parts, can only watch the chief tanks abandon the battlefield due to mechanical failure and are powerless. Other tanks can barely maintain the east and west walls. Faced with such situations, both the Iranian military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and even the Iranian senior management are worried. You should know that these British chief tanks are the main force of Iranian armored forces and are the only equipment to compete with Iraqi Su-made T-62s. If all these chief tank groups fall into their homes, Iran can only watch Iraqi armored forces gallop across the desert and approach Tehran.

"The reputation of the 'King of Land Warfare' is not for nothing, especially in desert areas, which has irreplaceable tactical value. Unless Iran is willing to be a loser, you can only submit!" As soon as Brown finished speaking, Anderson gently drank the rum in his glass, with a playful smile on his face. He raised his eyes and glanced at Brown, who was on the opposite side, then moved his thin lips and asked word by word in his London accent with a heavy tail:

"Iran has no intention of continuing to contact China again, right?"

"Hmph!" As soon as Anderson finished speaking, Brown snorted coldly with great disdain, then raised his eyes and looked at Anderson opposite him seriously, and couldn't help but say meaningfully:

"My dear Mr. Anderson, tell me in the presence of God, do you think these so-called Persian descendants still have this courage?"

After hearing Brown's words, Anderson did not answer, but his seemingly polite but extremely cold smile showed everything in his heart at this moment. Brown couldn't help but smile knowingly, and then said confidently:
Chapter completed!