Dominate South Asia

During the period of rule by the big families, the society was in chaos, the economy was stagnant for a long time, and there was no development. At this time, the iron-blooded soldiers from the lower class would launch a coup, seize power, and form a military government. Although it was a dictatorship, Pakistan's economy was After a few years of rule, those big aristocrats who are still rooted in Pakistan and control the main economic lifeline of Pakistan will come out and clamor, we want democracy and elections! When a powerful military government has to be elected in order to comply with public opinion, or the military ruler is assassinated, and the power falls back into the hands of the aristocracy, then the country's economy will stagnate again.

In a Pakistani society with huge family power and strict hierarchy, if ordinary people want to get ahead, joining the army is the only option. Compared with the smoky political arena, there is very little corruption in the military. Due to the constant fighting with India, all officers in the army have undergone assessments and graduated from military academies before they can serve as grassroots commanders.

Under the current leadership of Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's economy is constantly moving forward. Moreover, with Hamad's various actions, Pakistan is firmly taking the road of industrialization, which will even more touch those big people. Due to the interests of the family, Zia-ul-Haq has escaped several assassinations, but the next one does not know when it will come.

Although Mhamad is still very young, he has already shown extraordinary talents in all aspects of military and politics. The current advantage over India was obtained by Mhamad, and it is precisely because of these military actions. , which allowed Pakistan to enhance its national cohesion and pride. People's support for Zia-ul-Haq, who had seized power through a coup, also began to rise significantly. Those nobles were a little anxious.

And Pakistan's industrialization will leave behind those big families. Once Pakistan completes its industrialization. The influence of those big families will be greatly weakened, which they are very unwilling to see.

In fact, like India, Pakistan also has many domestic contradictions.

In the past, Mhamad was just a soldier and only paid attention to the military aspect, but now. Zia-ul-Haq trained Mhammad as his successor, and Mhammad should know all these aspects.

When Hamad heard Zia-ul-Haq's words, his mind changed, and he continued: "Then the president must firmly control the army. If those people want to assassinate the president, they must win over at least one person in the army. Only a senior general will do."

In the past few years, Zia-ul-Haq has consolidated his rule and gained high prestige among the big families. Without the support of the military, they would never be able to sit still, so. If they want to launch an attack, the only way is to win over senior officials in the army, at least at the level of military region commander, who is an important minister, and promise such a person the position of chief of army general staff, and let him help seize power. That's the only way. Only then can we succeed!

From the impression of Hamad's previous life, he knew that Zia-ul-Haq was assassinated, but he did not know who was planning it behind the scenes. Moreover, it was only the end of 1983. In history, Zia-ul-Haq He was assassinated in 1988. There are still several years to go.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Zia-ul-Haq said: "In short, our country's road to industrialization has a long way to go. Now, whether it is India or the Soviet Union, there will no longer be a large-scale military attack on us in a short time. It’s time to take action, we must seize this time to introduce Western industry and let our country develop as soon as possible.”

Originally, this matter was planned for Mhamad to go, but the constant wars delayed Mhamad's progress. Until now, he finally had the opportunity.

"I have sent people to Austria in advance. I plan to introduce Steyr heavy-duty trucks for civilian use." Hamad said: "We mainly introduce technology. Through the heavy-duty truck project, supporting metallurgy, chemical industry, and various equipment, we will Improving our existing factory technology and producing heavy-duty trucks will greatly promote our economy. "

To look at a country's industrial level, it means looking at its automobile manufacturing. To look at a country's advanced technology, it means looking at its aviation capabilities. Cars are not just cars. Every part of a car involves all aspects of industry. level, and heavy trucks are the most difficult in the automotive industry.

Steyr heavy trucks are not technically the most advanced. German Mercedes-Benz trucks far surpass Steyr in terms of technology, but they are too expensive and not suitable for civilian use. Later generations of Mhamad knew that the army was equipped with a large number of Steyr 91 series trucks, which were strong and durable. Moreover, Austria had no technical barriers and had a need for cooperation. After all, at this time, their Steyr heavy trucks were only one year old. It’s only the size of five thousand vehicles.

With these civilian trucks, transporting ore from the mountains of Afghanistan and transporting various goods within Pakistan will greatly promote local development. Isn’t there a saying in later generations that if you want to be rich, build roads first? Once there are roads, there will be cars, the economy will develop.

Through the introduction of a kind of automobile, it will ultimately promote the improvement of Pakistan's overall industrial level. There will definitely be many difficulties in this. However, as long as Pakistan rises to the difficulties and takes the first step firmly, maybe Pakistan will be better in the future. Advanced cars will also be exported to the world.

"Well, I totally agree," Zia-ul-Haq said.

"We will also contact other large companies in Western Europe to introduce more metallurgical, mining and other equipment." Mhamad continued: "We will definitely develop our industry as soon as possible."

Seeing Zia Haq continue to nod, Mhammad continued: "In addition to industry, we must also focus on education. We will open more colleges and universities and popularize education so that every child can learn Useful knowledge, universities must also be expanded, we need workers with modern skills, not just Qurans, and we need to open more technical schools to provide workers for our factories.”

This matter is even more important. Although education has been universalized in Pakistan today, except for the fact that most girls are illiterate, those boys studying in public schools are studying theology. In this way, when they come out , without mastering any survival skills, they cannot become useful talents for social construction at all. They can only return to their own land and engage in simple agricultural labor.

Those children from aristocratic families attended expensive private schools since childhood, and then went abroad to become truly knowledgeable and cultured people.

For Pakistan to develop industrialization, it must develop education.

Zia-ul-Haq continued to nod.

"Any other ideas?" Zia-ul-Haq asked.

"Yes." Mhamad said: "In addition to developing industry, we should also introduce a series of weapons to Europe this time."

The war is not over yet. If you want to protect the fruits of victory, you can only rely on the weapons in your hands! In modern warfare, weapons have become a key factor in determining the outcome of the war.

If there were no Tomcat fighters introduced from the United States and relied on those old J-6s, Pakistan would still be able to defend its own airspace at most, and it would be impossible to fight on a neck-to-neck level with the Soviets. This is its technological advantage.

When going to Europe, Hamad wanted to bring back all those advanced weapons. His only worry was the money in his pocket.

"Our air force is already well equipped, but the army is still the main equipment. Our long border needs to withstand the torrent of steel from the Indians. In addition to relying on fighter planes, the army's tanks must also play their due role. It's powerful, but unfortunately, our 59 tanks are too old. We should introduce a new tank as the main battle equipment. The number should not be too large, and it can be used as our elite force. "

The main force of the army is tanks. Now that Mhamad is the deputy chief of staff of the army, he naturally has to consider everything. The money-burning air force is equipped with so many advanced weapons, and it is time to update the army.

"Then what kind of advanced tank do you think is suitable for us?" Zia-ul-Haq asked.

"Germany's Leopard 2." Hamad said: "The 120mm artillery, advanced sighting equipment, 55-ton combat weight, protection, mobility, and firepower are all very advanced. If you have such a With one tank like this, we can kill more than a dozen Indian T-55 tanks on the frontal battlefield.”

It is now 1983, and many advanced tanks in the West have just appeared. The British Challenger tank uses a rifled gun, and the barrel life is too short. The French Leclerc tank has not yet been finalized, and the American M1 tank uses It is still a 105mm artillery, and the consumption of gas turbine engines is not something that ordinary countries can afford.

Germany has always had excellent industrial capabilities. The Leopard 2 tank it developed is an advanced infantry main battle equipment. In particular, it is now equipped with infrared imaging night vision devices to combat those with infrared headlights on. Indian tanks are killing people at night.

Moreover, the performance of Rheinmetall's 120mm smoothbore gun is even more advanced, so much so that when the United States improved its M1 tank, it directly introduced this smoothbore gun technology from Rheinmetall.

The only drawback is that this tank is too expensive. In Hamad's impression, the prices the Germans sold to their NATO allies were all US$3 million each, while the cost of an F-16 fighter jet was only over US$10 million. You know, ground weapons must be in sufficient quantity to have sufficient value. Even if it is to introduce 200 vehicles, it will cost 600 million US dollars, which is a completely sky-high price. (To be continued ~^~)