Chapter 681 Looking for Stealth Plane

Americans don't know why the Iran-Iraq war ended hastily. Although the Soviet Union was the mediator, it was also confused. Iranians have always had a tough character, and this has been the case since ancient times. Why did they suffer such a big loss? Instead of seeking revenge, they sought peace with Iraq. This really shouldn't happen. The Soviets wanted to know what Iran had gone through.

However, the mediation of the Iran-Iraq war this time gave the Soviets a lot of international prestige. Few countries in the world have the strength to mediate wars. Now that the Soviet Union has done it, this is a great victory. However, at this time, the Soviet Union not only wanted to gain international prestige, but also cared about practical significance.

The Soviets must know what weapons Iraq used for bombing. This is related to national security. However, compared to stealth aircraft, the Soviets cared more about the oil extraction and pricing situation in the two countries after the war.

Iran and Iraq are both major oil-producing countries, and some measures taken by the two countries can determine the trend of oil prices. The Soviet Union was no better than the United States, and its foreign economic exports were very limited. Oil is the top priority. International oil prices have been very stable during the Iran-Iraq War in the past few years; coupled with titanium alloy and arms exports, the Soviet Union can count on living a good life for several years. Now that the war is over, arms supplies are bound to decrease. If oil prices continue to fall, it will be a serious test for the economy.

However, what disappointed the Soviet Union was that they did not obtain valuable intelligence from the Iraqis. Most of the representatives who came to negotiate were civilians and were not involved in the bombing of Iran.

Iran was very generous and handed the missile fragments directly to the Soviets. But the Soviets were even more embarrassed when they saw the fragments. This was obviously a missile produced by the Soviet Union. They didn't know what equipment it was launched with.

No wonder the Iranians have great opinions about the Soviet Union, not to mention the bombers. If the Soviet Union had not provided missiles to Iraq, Iran would not have suffered such heavy losses.

At this time, in the Kremlin of the Soviet Union, KGB Deputy Chairman Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov was reporting the situation to Supreme Leader Andropov.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov, Soviet political activist. Born in Volgograd in 1924, he graduated from the All-Soviet Law Correspondence College and the Higher Diplomatic School of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The rank of general. From 1978, he served as Deputy Chairman of the KGB of the Soviet Union and Director of the First Main Directorate.

As Vladimir's old leader, Andropov still knew his subordinate's character very well and knew his abilities even better, so the conversation between the two was not as formulaic as Reagan's and William Joseph Casey's.

Andropov: "Vladimir, the Iran-Iraq war is over now. Has the KGB investigated who provided the stealth aircraft to the Iraqi Air Force?"

Andropov had no idea about stealth aircraft before, but he was just the director of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, and he introduced the design principles of stealth aircraft to him in detail. Although I had obtained information about the United States before, it was only intelligence after all. No one has seen the actual aircraft, let alone the aircraft participating in the war.

Iraq has taught the world a good lesson this time, this time by bombing Iran. You may not know who it will be next time, so there is no country that doesn’t pay attention to stealth aircraft.

Vladimir: "From the intelligence analysis, it is certain that it was provided by the Xiangjiang Heiyun Group. The intelligence shows that although the Americans have also developed stealth aircraft, they have not sent them to the Middle East. The Soviet research has not yet achieved results, and only Only Heiyun Group has such superb technical reserves."

"Heiyun Group has developed a ground-effect aircraft, which proves that they will not have any shortcomings in aircraft research and development. And Bao Zixuan is in Iraq at the moment; as a big capitalist and a super rich man, he will not hang out in a country where a war breaks out."

"Another important point is that if it is an American aircraft, for the sake of safety, Soviet-made missiles will not be used to attack. Although this makes the Iranians unhappy, it also serves as an advertisement for Soviet missiles and increases their popularity. . Even if U.S. officials agree, arms dealers will not agree."

"More importantly, the Americans do not want the war to end so early. Although the Americans want to consume Iran, they also want to weaken Iraq; it is more beneficial to the United States to lose both sides."

The Soviets' analysis is very simple. If it's not them, it's the Black Cloud Group. The United States can directly rule it out. The most important thing is that Bao Zixuan's past in Iraq could not be concealed from the intelligence agencies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Andropov: "Now that the matter has come to an end, the Soviet Union must possess such a powerful stealth aircraft. Heiyun Group can do it as a company. The great Soviet Union has so many design bureaus. How can it not develop a stealth aircraft?"

"You can walk on two legs at the same time and let people touch Bao Zixuan. Look at his attitude. The Soviet Union and Heiyun have a good basis for cooperation. They can continue to cooperate on stealth aircraft."

With the instructions from the top leader, the top Soviet officials also knew what to do. Soon, arrangements were made for little Ustinov to contact Bao Zixuan, who had been in contact before.

Now that Ustinov Jr. has been promoted to lieutenant general, his weight is heavier than before.

Not only are the United States and the Soviet Union discussing stealth aircraft, the British are also discussing it. The Middle East was a British colony before. Although each country is now independent, it still has some influence.

As a powerful country in the aviation industry, it pays special attention to the emergence of every new aircraft. Now Iraq is the first to use stealth aircraft in the war, and it also bombed Iran so badly; of course the British want to know the specific situation.

The Iron Lady said to the head of MI6: "Colin, this is the stealth aircraft provided by that country to Iraq. Don't tell me that it was developed by Iraq itself. Today is not April Fool's Day."

The Iron Lady has just consulted aviation experts and knows that stealth aircraft require high technology. Iraq can't even produce World War II-era aircraft, so how could it develop a stealth aircraft? It's a big joke.

Although the British intelligence agency is weaker, it is still compared to the United States and the Soviet Union. It is still much stronger than other countries, so some traces of the organization have also been found.

Colin, the current head of MI6, said: "Based on the current intelligence analysis, it is likely to be the Black Cloud Group. However, it cannot be ruled out that it is the Soviets, because all the missiles used are produced in the Soviet Union."

It's good that the British were able to investigate so much. After all, the time was too short, and the Iraqi side was also very powerful. All those involved in the air strike stayed at the air base, euphemistically called it for safety reasons.

This is the sincerity shown by the Iraqi side to the Heiyun Group, and they want Bao Zixuan to take a good look at how good their confidentiality work is.

However, compared to the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, one country is the most nervous; that can only be Israel.

The Israelis are very worried about the end of the Iran-Iraq war, and the Iraqis will do the same to them. This has a historical origin, and you should be retaliated against. Operation Babylon caused heavy losses to the Iraqis, and they still remember it vividly.

Operation Babylon was a military operation conducted by the Israeli Air Force to attack the Iraqi nuclear reactor, codenamed "Operation Babylon". On June 7, 1981 (Sunday), Israel dispatched 14 aircraft to sneak attack the nuclear reactor about 20 kilometers southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, completely destroying the US$400 million equipment. From a military perspective, this was a very successful sneak attack.

Operation "Babylon" will be Israel's eternal glory. As expected, many countries condemned Israel, and Iraq was even more furious. But everyone knew in their hearts that no matter how loud the fists were, it was useless, so the political turmoil passed quickly. The United States once suspended the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Israel after the air strikes, but it was only a formality. For the U.S. Air Force and General Dynamics, Israel's actions came as a surprise and were beyond the capabilities of the F-16 fighter jets. But this is a good thing for them. From then on, the F-16 fighter jets were successfully promoted in the international market.

Now Israel is very worried about Iraq's bombing of Tel Aviv. This kind of stealth aircraft that disappears from the radar is definitely a sneak attack weapon; it is difficult to guard against. Now Israel has entered a state of war preparedness, ready to be prepared for Iraqi retaliation at any time.

In fact, the President of Iraq really has this idea, but now the control of the HH-01 Phantom aircraft does not belong to Iraq. Without the assistance of Heiyun engineers and the driving of Heiyun pilots, there would be no combat effectiveness at all. Therefore, he thought that when the plane completely belonged to Iraq, he would take revenge and go back. It was not his character not to take revenge.

Israel learned that the stealth aircraft was probably from the Black Cloud Group, and thought it must have a good talk with Bao Zixuan. The Middle East is Mossad's home ground, and its intelligence capabilities are not weak at all.

According to the original itinerary, Bao Zixuan should be in Jordan at this time. Go to Israel via Jordan, and then return directly to Xiangjiang from Israel.

The Israeli side knew that there was no rush and could only wait for Bao Zixuan's arrival. Although this kind of waiting is very painful, there is currently no other way. Whatever the cause was sown in the past, the fruit will surely be tasted in the future.