75: Goal: To become a world superpower!

“Have you seen the news reports from the international media?”

“France-Presse from the Gallic Rooster said that our Dragon Country conducted a soul-stirring military exercise at the UN headquarters for all global nations!”

“The Beautiful Country had Israel submit a bill at the UN for an investigation into our Guardian rocket launcher violating the ‘International Missile Control Treaty’!”

“But our Dragon Country’s representative to the UN directly showed the launch video of the ‘Guardian’ to all countries at the UN General Assembly!”

“Now it’s good. In just a few days, more than a dozen countries like Iraq, Syria, Siam, UAE, Qatar, Libya, Pyramid Country, Kuwait, and others have contacted our Ministry of National Defense, requesting to purchase our Guardian rocket launchers!”

“The Beautiful Country and Israel just gave your Changhe Arms Industrial General Factory a huge ‘GG’ at the UN General Assembly!”

Marshal Xu Yong'an’s hearty voice came from inside the Ministry of National Defense office.

As he spoke, he handed the detailed arms orders from various countries to Peng Lin.

From July 4th onwards, for three or four consecutive days, the Dragon Country’s Ministry of National Defense and its UN representative had been working tirelessly to handle the arms sale to Saudi Arabia.

And now, Dragon Country has completely passed the UN investigation bill!

That is, the ‘International Missile Control Treaty’ only applies to missiles; the Guardian rocket launcher is a rocket launcher and has no legal binding effect!

The UN has no right to interfere with Dragon Country’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia!

As soon as the result of this investigation bill was announced, the whole world was in an uproar!

Because under the control of the ‘International Missile Control Treaty’ formulated by the Beautiful Country and the Hairy Bear Empire, many countries severely lacked heavy self-defense weapons!

For most small and medium-sized countries in the world, their conventional forces and troops are very limited.

Many countries cannot even afford to maintain a large army to protect their national security.

In this situation, possessing a powerful tactical missile with a relatively long range is undoubtedly the best choice to deter neighboring countries.

However, the technical research and development threshold for missiles is extremely high, and it is not something these small and medium-sized countries can independently support.

But now, Dragon Country’s Guardian rocket launcher system has perfectly solved this problem for small and medium-sized countries around the world!

Therefore, after the UN investigation results were announced, the foreign affairs contact phone of the Dragon Country’s Ministry of National Defense was almost overwhelmed!

Countries from all over the world expressed strong demand for purchasing the Guardian rocket launcher!

Peng Lin took the arms purchase list handed over by Marshal Xu Yong'an and began to examine it:

“The Ministry of Defense of Iraq hopes to purchase 100 sets of Guardian Type A rocket launchers and 100 sets of Guardian Type B rocket launchers?”

“In addition, they are also purchasing an additional 1000 Guardian Type A and 1000 Guardian Type B rockets?”

The first thing that caught his eye was Iraq's arms purchase request.

Among them, the Guardian Type A is the conventional version of the Guardian rocket launcher with a range of 70 kilometers, priced at 2 million US dollars per launch system, including 6 rockets.

The Guardian Type B is an extended-range rocket launcher with a range of 480 kilometers, priced at 8 million US dollars per launch system, also including 6 rockets.

As for purchasing rockets separately, a Guardian Type A rocket costs 100,000 US dollars, and a Guardian Type B rocket costs 1 million US dollars.

This means that Iraq has once again ordered arms worth up to 2.1 billion US dollars from Dragon Country.

“Siam hopes to purchase 100 sets of Guardian Type B rocket launcher systems and 1000 Guardian Type B rockets!”

“Kuwait hopes to purchase 200 sets of Guardian Type B rocket launcher systems and 2000 Guardian Type B rockets!”

“Pyramid Country hopes to purchase 50 sets of Guardian Type A rocket launcher systems, 1000 Guardian Type A rockets, 1000 Mengshi protected assault vehicles, and 200 each of Type 79 A, B, and C 155mm howitzers…”

As Peng Lin looked at the arms order requests from one country after another, the surprise in his heart became increasingly difficult to suppress.

Just a moment ago, he was still curious why Marshal Xu Yong'an’s mouth had been constantly curving upwards.

And now, Peng Lin finally understood.

Because through the promotion of the Guardian rocket launcher system at a UN General Assembly, Dragon Country actually received arms trade requests totaling tens of billions of US dollars from more than a dozen countries!

Even a series of weapons and equipment such as the Mengshi protected assault vehicle, Z-8 helicopter, individual thermobaric bomb, sniper grenade launcher, and 155mm howitzer have become popular choices for equipping and purchasing by various countries internationally!

Now, with the Hairy Bear Empire and the Beautiful Country engaged in an arms race, and the Hairy Bear suddenly invading Afghanistan, the international situation has suddenly become unprecedentedly tense.

In this situation, what is most valuable for a country?

Naturally, it is security!

For example, Siam fears that the Hairy Bear will support the Vietnamese Monkeys in starting a war against them on the Indochinese Peninsula.

Therefore, they are extremely eager to purchase the Guardian Type B rocket launcher system with a range of 480 kilometers from Dragon Country to deter the Vietnamese Monkeys.

Another example is Pyramid Country, which has recognized the huge potential of Dragon Country’s military industrial development, and is preparing to extensively equip and develop Dragon-armed divisions within its domestic military!

“This time, our Dragon Country’s military industry has truly gone global!”

Peng Lin said with immense surprise after finishing the list.

Previously, the weapons and equipment from Changhe Arms Industrial General Factory were only sold to a small number of wealthy Middle Eastern clients.

But now, after the Beautiful Country’s commotion at the UN, Dragon Country’s military industry has gained widespread international fame!

Now, Dragon Country’s arms clients are spread across Asia, Africa, South America, and other countries!

If all these arms trade orders can ultimately be achieved and contracts signed, then Dragon Country’s total military trade volume this year alone will exceed 20 billion US dollars!

This is almost one-tenth of Dragon Country’s total GDP for the entire last year!

Currently, Dragon Country has a population of one billion, which means that the total output value created by one hundred million people’s labor for an entire year is only 20 billion US dollars!

This is absolutely an astonishing amount!

“Today, when Zheng Gong spoke with me, he also sighed, saying that the country hasn’t earned much foreign exchange since the reform and opening up!”

“Instead, our military has carved out a path for creating revenue through international arms trade!”

Marshal Xu Yong'an also smiled and said to Peng Lin.

“It’s the same logic. Military industry, military industry, arms and industry are inseparable!”

“The increase in military industrial orders will also stimulate the rapid construction and development of domestic heavy industry!”

Peng Lin explained.

He was not worried about this.

Because military factories that can produce high-quality military industrial products can still switch to producing civilian products even if they don’t have a large number of military industrial orders in the future.

The quality of civilian products produced by military factories will definitely be favored by the market!

Subsequently, Peng Lin and Marshal Xu Yong'an began to discuss in detail the arms order requests from various countries on the list.

Arms trade is intertwined with complex international political games and national strategic directions.

For example, Dragon Country’s unilateral sale of this order to the Saudi royal family caused such a huge stir internationally.

Therefore, which countries can be sold weapons and equipment to, all these need to be carefully considered.

From morning until afternoon, the two only initially finalized the list.

Dragon Country, according to its own strategic needs, still chose to prioritize selling weapons and equipment to Southeast Asian countries and Middle Eastern countries.

As for other regions, expansion would need to be gradual.

“By the way, how is the situation in Afghanistan currently?”

After finalizing the arms trade list, Peng Lin asked Marshal Xu Yong'an again.

The situation in Afghanistan involves Dragon Country’s security and the struggle for hegemony between two superpowers, so Peng Lin was extremely concerned about its development.

“Our Dragon Country’s suggestion to the Afghan government army was to retreat.”

“But the Beautiful Country applied for international aid and strategic support for the Afghan government army at the UN.”

“The Beautiful Country is currently not only providing the Afghan government army with Hairy Bear troop deployment maps, training the Afghan army in encrypted communication technology, but also raising hundreds of millions of US dollars in weapons and equipment for them internationally.”

“The Afghan government army, following the command of the Beautiful Country’s Pentagon, is preparing for a decisive battle with the 100,000 troops mobilized by the Hairy Bear on the border.”

“Currently, only a group of Afghan militia forces close to us have chosen to retreat and sent some personnel to Pakistan to receive our military training…”

When discussing the situation in Afghanistan, Marshal Xu Yong'an’s face showed a trace of worry.

Because the development of the situation was not as smooth as they had imagined.

Dragon Country’s international voice and influence were still too weak.

Although Dragon Country’s Ministry of National Defense had formulated a combat strategy and was willing to provide corresponding assistance.

However, the Afghan government army was more willing to follow the command of the Beautiful Country and the Pentagon.

“No matter!”

“Even if the Afghan government army is completely wiped out, it doesn’t matter.”

“As long as that militia force close to our Dragon Country is willing to cooperate with us, they can still raise the banner of resistance against the Hairy Bear’s aggression!”

“In the future, after driving out the invaders, they might even be able to form a government that aligns with the will of the people…”

A glimmer of light flashed in Peng Lin’s eyes as he said to Marshal Xu.

Cooperating with the Beautiful Country to support the Afghan government army would only lead to Dragon Country being constrained at every turn.

Moreover, with the Beautiful Country, a world superpower, behind them, the Afghan government army might not even be willing to cooperate with Dragon Country.

Therefore, rather than having their painstaking efforts wasted, Dragon Country might as well support militia forces close to itself.

Who will become the legitimate power in the future is still up in the air!

Currently, the Hairy Bear Empire and the Beautiful Country, as world superpowers, both have numerous allies internationally.

The Hairy Bear Empire has a host of younger brothers in Eastern Europe, while the Beautiful Country develops its influence in Western Europe.

Although Afghanistan is constantly plagued by war, in terms of mineral resources, it is referred to by the international community as an undeveloped “trillion-dollar treasure”!

It not only has the world’s largest reserves of lithium ore but also rich deposits of copper, rare earths, as well as oil, natural gas, and coal resources!

In the future, if the militia forces close to Dragon Country drive out the Hairy Bear Empire and gain legitimacy.

Then the relationship between the two sides will naturally become incredibly close!

At that time, Dragon Country can not only jointly develop mineral resources with Afghanistan but also continuously expand its influence and voice in the surrounding areas!

To develop its own circle!

If Dragon Country wants to develop into a world superpower, this is almost an inevitable process!