Hearing what Said said, Gao Yang was quietly pleased; he knew Grand Ivan's deal was basically in the bag.
He was happy, but he couldn't show it on his face. Gao Yang pondered for a moment, then put on a very troubled look and said, "If we can get Russian self-propelled artillery, that would certainly be much better. But how long would it take to ship a batch of self-propelled guns from Iran? And the matching shells, support vehicles, ammo carriers… Let's go by the configuration for six self-propelled guns. How long will it take to get that whole package from Iran?"
Said thought for a moment, then immediately put on a look of steeling himself for a big decision and said, "It won't take too long. The guns don't need to sail from Iran; we have special channels that can get them here quickly. Fastest, within a week; at the latest, just ten days. I guarantee I can get you the guns!"
Now that sounded reliable.
