Chapter 1459: Sadamu's Ambition

Chapter 1461 Sadamu's Ambition

During this period, Babylon and Persia were not idle on the battlefield.

In order to regain the initiative on the battlefield, Sadamu concentrated more than a thousand tanks, two hundred aircraft, and 150,000 troops to launch a summer offensive.

The result of this battle was not as good as he planned. Although some tactical victories were achieved on the local battlefield, and from the perspective of the exchange ratio on the battlefield, Babylon also had the advantage, Sadamu did not achieve the goal of the battle, did not successfully reverse the strategic disadvantage, and did not defeat the main force of Persia head-on.

This is the most fatal thing. You must know that Sadamu prepared for this offensive for several months and spent billions of dollars.

But he only got such a result, which he could not accept at all.

At this time, Sadamu finally began to realize that it would be difficult to completely defeat Persia, a powerful neighbor, by conventional means alone.

In order to win, he must seek more powerful weapons.

In order to achieve this goal, he made two preparations, one of which was Du Fei.

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In Bagoda, located in the middle of Babylon, the weather in July was extremely hot, and it was like fire in the sky.

In Sadamu's secret underground headquarters, his face was extremely ugly.

Since the war with Persia, in order to prevent assassinations or air strikes by the Persians, Sadamu moved into the underground headquarters early, and prepared several substitutes outside to confuse the enemy's ears and eyes.

Although it is an underground headquarters, the area here is not cramped at all.

Sadamu was wearing a military uniform, his eyes seemed to be blazing, and he stared fiercely at the recorder in front of him.

From the recorder came the unique pronunciation of the French speaking, holding the translated manuscript in his hand.

In fact, Babylon and France have always had a good relationship. The third-generation fighter that Sadamu obtained that can compete with the F-14 is the Mirage 3 manufactured by the French Dassault Company. The two sides also have other important cooperation.

Even many years ago, France secretly provided Babylon with an experimental mushroom reactor.

Although it is nominally for civilian use, everyone knows what is going on.

This time, after realizing that conventional means could not defeat Persia, Sadamu first thought of biological and chemical bombs and mushroom bombs.

He already had biological and chemical bombs, and the first country he thought of to develop mushroom bombs was France.

However, the wiretap recording played by the recorder at this time slapped him in the face.

It was a conversation between two Frenchmen, one of whom was a foreign instructor stationed in Bagoda by France, and the other was a senior official who came to deliver the Mirage 3 fighter jets this time.

Just yesterday, Sadamu had a good chat with the two people and gave them a heavy gift in private.

This heavy gift is not a description, but a literal meaning, ten kilograms of gold, in addition to this, there are other things.

This is just a small matter. Sadamu's real purpose is to hope that France can help him get mushroom bombs. As long as this goal can be achieved, he is willing to pay any price.

The two people also agreed to it in person, saying that they would do everything possible and do their best.

However, after returning home last night, the two changed their expressions, probably because they drank two more cups. When they returned to their residence, they ridiculed and mocked Sadamu, calling Sadamu's hope of obtaining mushroom bombs a fantasy.

Some of the words were as ugly as they could be, and they did not hide their arrogant and despicable faces.

Originally, Sadamu knew that those white people who seemed polite on the surface actually looked down on him, but he could only deceive himself in his heart.

But this time, the recording completely tore off his face and stepped on it on the ground. Listening to the laughter and ridicule of the two Frenchmen coming from the recorder, Sadamu's blood pressure instantly soared to 200, and he wanted to send someone to catch these two bastards immediately.

However, he couldn't do that. Now he had to endure for the sake of the overall situation, for Babylon, for...

"I can't endure it!" Sadamu made some psychological preparations, but ultimately failed. His face flushed and he yelled: "Bader! Kill these two bastards!"

Standing next to him was Bader, the head of the Babylonian intelligence department. When he heard the order, his face changed.

Sadamu could go crazy, but he couldn't. If he really obeyed the order and arrested the two Frenchmen immediately, what would happen?

Now Sadamu was overwhelmed by anger, but when he calmed down, he was afraid that he would change his mind again.

He would still be the one to take the blame.

"Your Excellency the Commander..." Bader considered his words in his heart, hoping to persuade Sadamu.

However, before he could speak, Sadamu looked at him with red eyes, as if he guessed what he was thinking, took a deep breath and said: "Don't rush to do it, wait three months, and go somewhere else, understand~"

Bader's heart trembled, and he lowered his head quickly.

He realized that Sadamu in front of him was not really blinded by anger, he was angry but calm.

Now, for the sake of the overall situation, although the two Frenchmen cannot be touched, it does not mean that they cannot be touched in the future. Such people must die!

Just not in Babylon, not now.

As for what clues the French side found afterwards, they also have many reasons to shirk responsibility, anyway, it is just a matter of arguing.

After thinking this through, Bader immediately said: "I understand."

Sadamu took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

According to the wiretap recording just now, in addition to the ridicule and denigration of him personally, an important message can also be drawn, that is, the French side is simply impossible to provide him with more help on mushroom bombs.

Now these so-called cooperations are actually cheating money and treating him as a fool.

Thinking of this, Sadamu gritted his teeth in hatred.

Fortunately, he did not put all his eggs in one basket from the beginning.

Based on past experience, the West is unreliable, whether it is America, Britain or France, they are all birds of a feather.

Fortunately, Huaguo friends in the East seem to be different. Although they have been dealing with Du Fei for the past few years and have been very careful, Huaguo has an advantage, that is, they have never deceived him on products.

Unlike Westerners, including Sulian, they agreed to buy something, but the things they got were completely different.

Just like the T-62 tanks of Sulian, the ones sold to him and the ones used by Sulian themselves are the same except for the shell, and the various equipment inside are not the same thing at all.

And the missiles and aircraft bought from Europe are also of the same character.

He had no choice but to accept it. For Babylon, it was good enough to be able to buy it, and it had no right to be picky.

On the contrary, in the past few years of cooperation with Du Fei, especially in this war with the Persians, the weapons purchased from Du Fei were quite powerful.

Compared with the fire fighting tanks No. 1 and No. 2 copied from the Sulian T-62, the performance was completely better than the original T-62 he bought from Sulian, and high-power air conditioners were installed according to local conditions. Especially the fire fighting tank No. 2, which uses a welded turret, has a larger space inside and is more comfortable to ride. In this summer offensive, it faced the Chieftain tank bought by Persia from Yingguo and the M60 of America, and played a very beautiful exchange ratio.

Therefore, when considering making mushroom bombs, Sadamu also included Huaguo, and then tried every means to get Du Fei to come.

Babylon's mushroom bombs were not a last-minute effort, but started more than ten years ago.

It's just that the progress was slow, until this time when facing the giant Persia, conventional means were repeatedly frustrated, so they were eager to speed up the progress.

Even Sadamu was mentally prepared to find a way to get the mushroom bomb even if it cost a lot of money.

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On the other hand, Du Fei was on the way from Beijing to Bagoda on a K-8 passenger plane.

Because they were in a state of war, they deliberately avoided Persia to avoid dangerous routes. Although Du Fei thought he had a good relationship with Persia, sometimes it was better to be safe than sorry.

Du Fei sat on the plane, looking out the window, his mind turning.

Although the other party did not make it clear about Sadamu's invitation, he also revealed some key information.

Du Fei knew Sadamu's real purpose in his heart.

To be honest, Sadamu was too naive in politics to still have such an idea at this time.

It's not that Sadamu's ability is not good, nor that he lacks skills and determination, but a problem of vision and thinking.

Since he traveled through time and reached a certain status, Du Fei could feel more and more that those who could become the leader of Yiguo, no matter what means they used, almost none of them were fake.

Here it means those who got there by their own ability, not puppets pushed up by others.

And people like Sadamu, who can stir up the atmosphere and dominate in a period of time or a region, are even more outstanding people of the time.

However, Sadamu's poor performance in the mushroom bomb and the war with Persia this time is more of a sequelae of being a colony in Du Fei's opinion.

The destruction of colonial civilization by colonists will take decades or even hundreds of years to heal.

Including the current Middle East, Persia and Indochina, they are all places that once gave birth to brilliant civilizations. However, after World War II, even if they regained independence, they could not adapt to the new rules.

Just like the mushroom bomb, how could the five permanent members including Huaguo allow Babylon to have such a thing.

Even if Du Fei went there, he would just pretend to be submissive and try to squeeze more benefits from Babylon.

It's just that Du Fei has to be more obscure and not so hated.

After all, Sadamu will hold power in Babylon for the next few decades, and he must give him enough face.

By now, Sadamu's foreign exchange reserves should have been spent more than half. After this year, at most, he will have to borrow money from abroad, and then the money will not be so easy to earn.

Du Fei rubbed his hands, thinking about how to get the cash on hand from Sadamu.

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A few hours later, Du Fei's plane arrived at Bagoda Airport.

Du Fei got off the plane and saw Majid and his men greet him below.

As soon as they shook hands, Majid explained: "Du, my cousin asked me to apologize to you on his behalf. As your best friend, I can't come to pick you up."

Du Fei smiled and said: "I understand. Now is the most critical time for Babylon. Sadamu, the lion's brain, must be cautious."

Majid hurriedly thanked him and took Du Fei to the hotel where he was staying.

Du Fei got into a bulletproof car and looked at Bagoda during the war through the car window.

There were many slogans on the street, and a large number of damaged buildings, all caused by Persian air strikes.

However, with the acquisition of Mirage 3 fighters and the shooting down of an F-14 in actual combat, the air supremacy was regained, and relatively speaking, there were fewer air strikes, but only relatively speaking.

War has always been cruel.

In the once bustling city, people's eyes were filled with fear. Everyone was in a hurry. As long as they heard the air raid alarm, they would quickly get into the nearest air raid shelter.

Because there were not many people on the street, and the convoy had the highest level of access, they soon arrived at their destination.

After a brief rest, Du Fei met Sadamu that night.

Unlike the vigorous look of the last meeting, Sadamu was obviously old and haggard at this time. Although he had taken good care of himself before the meeting and his hair and beard were trimmed very neatly, he could not hide the fatigue between his eyebrows.

This war has been going on for more than a year, and the progress of the war has long been out of Sadamu's plan.

"Du, welcome to your arrival, my friend!" Sadamu opened his arms and gave Du Fei a hug.

Du Fei also smiled and patted Sadamu on the back.

After a simple greeting, Sadamu took Du Fei to the restaurant and the two had dinner together.

Although Sadamu's living expenses were not affected at all during the war, the meals made from those expensive ingredients tasted like chewing wax in his mouth.

"Du, the weapons I bought from you this time performed very well..." Sadamu began to get to the point. This time, he invited Du Fei to come, not only to discuss the mushroom bomb, but also to discuss new equipment procurement contracts, mainly tanks this time.

Although he was mentally prepared to bleed heavily on mushroom bombs, Sadamu knew that this was not safe and the conventional war had to continue.

According to the actual combat experience of this year, in order to suppress Persia in ground combat, it is necessary to gain an absolute advantage in armored forces.

Then there are anti-tank rocket launchers and imitation Scud tactical missiles.

After listening to Sadamu's meaning, Du Fei put down his cutlery and thought: "In other words, you want me to deliver 1,500 tanks by the end of this year."

Sadamu nodded: "Yes, according to the feedback from this summer offensive, there were several key battles that could not break through the Persian defense line due to insufficient armored forces, or could not expand the results after breaking through. Learning from this experience, I plan to stockpile a large number of tanks and launch another large-scale offensive at the end of this year or the beginning of next year."

Du Fei was a little surprised. This did not exist in the world before he crossed over.

In his memory, Babylon had only a little over 2,000 tanks during the entire war.

Now, Sadamu had placed two large orders with Du Fei, totaling nearly $12 billion, including hundreds of tanks.

Even if some of them were lost in more than a year of fighting, Sadamu estimated that he had at least 1,500 tanks. If he got another 1,500, that would be more than 3,000 tanks!

Even if the quality of Babylon's tank soldiers was not good, quantitative changes would lead to qualitative changes. If he really accumulated them, could Persia withstand it?

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