Dominate South Asia

Mhammad achieved his goal during his trip to Saudi Arabia. After returning, he dispatched dozens of flight and ground crew members to Saudi Arabia to train their air force, and then dispatched a second-line infantry division to Saudi Arabia to help guard the border. He was simply using Saudi Arabia's financial resources to train Pakistan's army. Before the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Saudi Arabia would not be threatened by war. In the past few years, it was just training.

When Muhammad was sitting in his office, he summoned the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan.

"Ambassador Wang, it's nice to meet you." Muhammad said to Ambassador Wang who was sitting in front of him.

"President Muhammad, I'm also very happy to meet you. Is there anything I can help you with?" Ambassador Wang said.

Muhammad came to him for something important. As the cooperation between the two countries gradually deepened, he became busier.

"For our introduction of the Dongfeng-3 missile." Muhammad said.

This matter is of great importance. When visiting China, Muhammad only applied, but he has not received a reply yet. After all, exporting medium-range ballistic missiles is a matter of great importance.

Historically, Pakistan's missile technology was obtained from North Korea, and it has continuously developed more advanced models to form Pakistan's missile family.

"We are considering this matter at home." Ambassador Wang said.

"It's another matter." Muhammad said: "This time when I visited Saudi Arabia, the Saudi king revealed to me that he wanted to buy your country's Dongfeng-3 missiles, the number is more than 50, and the price they offered is very high, intending to exceed 3 billion US dollars."

More than 3 billion US dollars! Ambassador Wang took a breath of cold air.

Now, the country is carrying out reform and opening up and developing the economy, but. The country is still poor, to what extent? In the 1970s, the country's foreign exchange reserves were only 200 million US dollars! And now, through the export of arms to Iran and Iraq, it is slightly richer, but it is only 2 billion US dollars! And Saudi Arabia is willing to pay more than 3 billion US dollars at a one-time price to purchase domestic Dongfeng-3 missiles!

You know. The cost of one of these missiles will not exceed 8 million RMB.

These wealth are enough for the country to take a risk. With these foreign exchange, the country can buy various equipment and raw materials needed for economic development, and there will be enough funds for the development of military industry...

Looking at Ambassador Wang's expression, Muhammad knew that he had taken the right step again.

Pakistan and China are strategic allies. However, this is still not enough for China to provide medium-range ballistic missiles to Pakistan. This is a huge political risk. If the United States and the Soviet Union knew about it, they would suppress it together.

So, sufficient economic benefits are needed. Pakistan is short of funds, but Saudi Arabia has enough funds. In this way, Pakistan also earns commissions. Five hundred million US dollars can allow Pakistan to do a lot of things.

And, since it is exported to Saudi Arabia, there is no psychological pressure to export a few to Pakistan.

Ambassador Wang did not agree, but contacted the country. Muhammad knew that this big cake. There is absolutely no possibility of rejection in the country.

When Ambassador Wang left, Muhammad received news again that the first batch of ten Leopard 2 tanks from the Germans had been shipped to Pakistan!

The production plan of Leopard 2. Originally, the order was full, and the German Army had to be equipped first. There were also orders from several countries, and Pakistan's order had to be pushed back.

However, when the turret was equipped with the bra, the anti-strike capability was greatly enhanced, and the Germans finally couldn't control their urgency.

At that time, according to the contract, Pakistan first provided the bra product for the Germans to test, and then sold the first 200 Leopard 2s. After these 200 tanks were equipped to Pakistan, Pakistan would hand over the production process of the bra to the Germans, and then the Germans would build a factory in Pakistan. This plan was done step by step.

Now, the strong resistance of the bra made the Germans realize that it could make up for their shortcomings, and it seemed that the bulletproof ability was not worse than the British Chobham armor, so they were moved and couldn't wait to get the manufacturing process of this armor.

Even if they got a qualified bra and disassembled it, they could only study the ingredients in it. The manufacturing process is also very critical, and if they want to improve it in the future, they need all the technical data.

When he heard that these tanks had been delivered, Muhammad was very happy and immediately came to Lahore, the headquarters of the Fourth Army and the Independent Armored Brigade of Punjab Province.

This place faces India across the way and is a plain area, which is very conducive to the advance of armored forces. In several wars, this place has been the frontier area.

Ten Leopard 2 tanks were lined up in a row, with high gun barrels and strong and sturdy. Pakistani tank soldiers were also very excited when they saw these advanced tanks with a much larger outline than their own Type 59 tanks.

"President Muhammad, these tanks we have transported are exactly the same as the models equipped by the domestic army, and there is no shrinkage at all." Klaus-Maffei Sales Manager Euanli said to Muhammad.

"Fahim, get on and drive it, and try it." Muhammad said to the commander of the Independent Armored Brigade next to him.

"Okay." Fahim had been eager to try it. The driver's seat of this tank is on the right, which is different from the past. He jumped on it and took a look. It turned out to be a steering wheel! Moreover, the gear position was also automatic.

"Boom, boom." He hit the accelerator several times, and then pushed forward.

A huge thrust came, and on this heavy tank, he actually felt a push on his back that he had never felt before!

In a few seconds, the instrument in front of him showed a speed of 40 kilometers per hour! And driving a Type 59 tank takes more than 40 seconds, and it needs to be on concrete.

As a tank soldier, he certainly knows what this means. Even if a shell is shooting at him, he can quickly dodge it!

He turned the steering wheel with a very light force, and the huge tank began to turn flexibly with his turn, while on the Type 59 tank, he had to pull the operating lever hard!

The roar of the engine behind seldom reached the interior of the tank in front, and he no longer needed to shout, as long as he spoke softly, the people behind could hear it.

The seat is also very comfortable. His previous Type 59 tank had a seat similar to a bicycle seat, which was uncomfortable...

He turned around and returned to his original position. He has mastered the driving skills of this tank. It used to take several months to train a tank driver, but now only half a month is enough!

Watching the tank galloping on the field, Muhammad smiled.

"Mr. Muhammad, can we talk about the next cooperation plan?" Youanli said: "We have already shipped tanks to you. Regarding the production process of that special composite armor..."

"Your production efficiency is amazing." Muhammad said: "So quickly, you produced all 200 tanks for us?"

"Of course not, only these ten tanks." Youanli said: "We are arranging the follow-up production plan."

"Then according to our contract, we can only proceed to the next step after the remaining ones are delivered to us." Muhammad said: "You want to improve now, we can deliver the finished bras to you."

As long as the German side is willing, Muhammad will order another batch of the same bras from China and deliver them to them. He can also make money from the Germans, so why not.

"No, we only need the production process to determine whether this production process is suitable for our tanks and whether it needs to be improved. This is very important to us." Youanli said.

"Then these 200 tanks are also very important to us. Only Allah knows when the Indians on the other side will make a fool of themselves and attack us again." Muhammad said.

This kind of negotiation is ineffective. Youanli thought about it and asked, "Mr. President, do we have any other ways?"

Mhammad said, "Yes, for example, if you first implement the next step of the contract and transform our tank overhaul plant to produce Leopard 2 engines and gearboxes, and use other components from your country to assemble Leopard 2 tanks, we can consider providing the production process to your country in advance."

"Wait." Youanli was shocked when he heard what Muhammad said, "We only said we would produce Leopard 2 engines. When did we mention gearboxes?"

For a power system, it is not enough to have only engines. It also needs gearboxes and chassis. If Pakistan only produces engines, then the gearboxes still need to be provided by Germany. In this way, Germany can block Pakistan's production. After all, there are not many manufacturers in the world that can produce matching gearboxes for 1,500 horsepower engines.

And now, Muhammad said so confidently that engines and gearboxes are all produced in Pakistan?

"When we signed the contract, wasn't it the power system?" Muhammad asked.

"Of course not, it's just the engine!" Youanli said: "Look at our contract, this is the engine system!"

"It's obviously the power system." Muhammad said.

It's all because of this word! This word can be read as both engine and power, and Pakistan actually caught this flaw!

"Damn, this is clearly the engine, we have already agreed." Youanli was anxious.

"Please pay attention to your words." Muhammad said: "We are all the most honest, and we have an improvement plan in our country. We plan to improve the thousands of 59 tanks equipped by our army and use the simplified fire control system of Leopard 2. Now, your company is so dishonest, it seems that we can find other manufacturers for our future cooperation." (To be continued ~^~)