Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

A flying motorcycle?

Qassem Soleimani paused for a few seconds before reacting: "You still want our drones?"

Other armed groups at most have some AKs and RPGs, and may not even know how to use 107mm rockets, and their IDE skills are only the most basic.

And now... Azam actually wants to fly drones! That's quite a request! But... do you even know how to fly one?

Wait a minute, they really know how! Yesterday, when they attacked the US military base, they used drones to clear the way...

"Yes, drones are great. They can be used for reconnaissance and also carried explosives for attacks. They'll be like a tiger with wings..." Azam continued enthusiastically, "We still have about ten American-made drones, but we're worried about them being remotely located by the Americans. We can give them all to the Langtuo brothers! You just need to give us about a hundred drones of your own..."

Judging from their tone, they seem unwilling to give it away directly. Let's trade then. I, Azam, never take advantage of my brothers!

Ten American-made drones in exchange for hundreds of our drones?

The camel riders all had complicated expressions on their faces. You're clearly here to rip us off!

"Once we get our hands on these drones, we can push Iraq's anti-American cause to its climax! We need to focus on eliminating high-ranking U.S. military officials and make them tremble with fear..."

Qassem Soleimani took a deep breath: "I can't make the decision on hundreds of drones, so I'll give you twenty Ababil drones for now."

Langtuo has a long history in the research and development of drones. After 1979, they began to develop drones and in the 1980s they developed the Ababil drone, which is transliterated as "Ababil" and literally means "swallow".

This drone has a cylindrical fuselage, swept main wings, a rear-mounted engine with a two-bladed propeller, and canards mounted on the front of the fuselage.

The earliest swallows were used in the Iran-Iraq War, equipped with a 40-kilogram warhead to attack Iraqi defensive positions.

However, the production volume of early products was not large. After 1992, the Yanzi-2 UAV was developed and became the main UAV of Langtuo. The airframe was similar, but the vertical tail was inserted into the wing. It used a 25-horsepower twin-cylinder piston engine produced by a British company and had a combat radius of 100 kilometers with the support of a 16-liter fuel tank.

This means that drones can take off from Mandeli, fly to Baghdad, circle around, and then fly back!

This is much better than the small drones used by the US military!

Twenty drones is quite a lot. You should know that in 2006, when the David and Lebanon war broke out, Lebanon only gave Hezbollah twelve drones of this type! They were just improved to have twin tails and renamed the Mirsad-1 drone.

Azam nodded: "Alright, twenty it is. We don't mind taking a loss; we're friends after all..."

Trading a dozen for twenty, and you're still losing out?

Lang Tuoren felt a tightness in his chest.

At this moment, Azam seemed to have thought of something and spoke again: "You have a limited number of drones on hand, so it must be difficult for you to import engines from the UK, right?"

You understand this?

Qassem Soleimani stopped holding the mutton and stared wide-eyed at Azzam.

"Actually, if we just send the engine to the East, we can replicate it in no time, and at a lower price!"

The 25-horsepower engine used in the Swallow-2 UAV is from the UK, and with US sanctions, it is becoming increasingly difficult to purchase!

In order to develop drones with longer range, Langtuo developed the more advanced Swallow-3, which uses a German-made four-cylinder engine with fifty horsepower.

To evade sanctions, Langtuo can only circulate its products through middlemen, and the price is three times the market price!

This is a complete waste! Wouldn't it be better to buy an Eastern engine?

Anyway, the Swallow series is mainly a one-time suicide plane, so why use such a good engine? Dongfang can easily copy a similar engine, with slightly higher fuel consumption and a tiny bit more noise, but it's cheaper!

Moreover, purchasing from the East can be done entirely by land transport; crossing the Graveyard of Empires would take them to the Eastern border, completely avoiding American surveillance!

He just mentioned it casually, and everyone else was stunned.

"Azam, you seem to have a deep understanding of the East?"

"Yes, didn't we buy weapons from the East during the Iran-Iraq War? The quality of Eastern products was somewhat inferior back then, but they've continuously developed and improved over the years," Azam said calmly. "Of course, what attracts me most is the East's policy—the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Compared to the Western bandits, they are true friends!"

Azam realized he had let something slip, so he calmly made up for it and even added a few words of praise, since the Middle East needs the strength of the East to restore peace!

Now that we have the opportunity, let's say a few misleading words. Regardless of the future situation, even if Langtuo can get cheap engines now, our side can use more drones!

There's no way for Yituo to develop its industry in a short period of time!

"Alright, we'll do as you say. If we can get a lot of cheap engines, we'll replace the remaining eighty drones with these! But... I hope you can make the most of these drones!" Qassem Soleimani said.

Azam gave a faint smile: "Of course, within three months, we'll make sure someone dies in the White House..."

Everyone's eyes widened.

Killing American soldiers and division commanders is not enough!

Next step: take down the people in the White House!

Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. While the US military is despicable, they are, after all, soldiers whose duty is to obey orders. The truly despicable ones are those politicians in the White House! They are the ones who issued the orders.

Now... if you take down one of the people in the white house, then this equipment is worth it!

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news!"

Azam nodded: "Come on, eat some meat!"

As night fell, after seeing Qasim Soleimani and his men off, the old chieftain Ahmed Kassen Hamed was also leaving. Before departing, he looked at Azam and said in a complex tone, "Azam, the tribe will continue to provide support, but... the tribe will not publicly support you..."

Azam is very ambitious; he even wants to kill the people in the White House. The tribe should keep some distance from such a person.

"Yes, Chief, it was the Mahdi Army that killed the Americans, it has nothing to do with our tribe, please take care!"

Watching the old chief get into the Mercedes, the village chief Sheikh patted Hassan on the shoulder: "Azam, well done, and the other warriors in the village are well done too..."

"And what about me?" a girl's voice rang out.

Looking at the girl standing quietly to the side, Azam said, "Mariam, from now on you will be our battalion's logistics supervisor!"

"good!"

Mariam was overjoyed; finally, she had a position! She had thought Captain Azam would send her back to the village!

After the guests left, everyone gathered around Azam: "Commander Azam, how do we deal with the people in the White House?"

"We'll talk about that later. Right now... let's train! Only the best trainees will have the opportunity to go on this mission with me!"

"Yes!" Five hundred people roared.