Dominate South Asia

Not rich? If it was in the past, it might make sense, but now, Pakistan has robbed India and has long been a rich country. War is the easiest way to create wealth. How much war reparations have the Indians paid? Pakistan is still poor? Besides, how is it possible to give them warships for free? The United States also made money by remodeling, but Pakistan saw through it.

Edward said goodbye and left, and Mushaaf said to Muhammad: "Mr. President, we pissed off the British. I'm afraid we can't complete this deal."

"Humph, I could have ignored their seizure of our Nizam Khan's wealth and completed this deal with them, but they dared to ask for 50 million US dollars from us. Our money is not so easy to be cheated." Muhammad said.

"What should we do?" Mushaaf said.

"Find a substitute." Muhammad said: "The British are not the only ones who have regional air defense capabilities."

In addition to Britain and the United States, can we find the Soviet Union? Mushaaf frowned immediately. Although the Soviets are now somewhat open and dare to push fighters like Su-27 to the international market, Pakistan has fought with the Soviets for so many years, and has beaten the Soviets badly in recent years. How could the Soviet Union sell warships to Pakistan? Even if Gorbachev, who gained power with the help of Mushaaf, agreed, he would always have to take care of the emotions of his subordinates, right?

"Who?" Mushaaf asked.

"Argentina." Muhammad said: "Send someone to contact Argentina. They are now in a hurry to sell their two Type 42 destroyers and two TR1700 submarines. We might as well buy them all together."

The Type 82 destroyer is the pride of the British Royal Navy. Unfortunately, when the aircraft carrier plan fell through, this type of destroyer became a hot potato. The price was too high and it could not be built or used.

As a result, based on the Type 82 destroyer, Britain developed a destroyer with a small displacement, the Type 42. It is also equipped with Sea Dart anti-aircraft missiles and has become the main anti-aircraft weapon of the British Navy.

In the Falklands War, the weaknesses of the Type 42 destroyer were revealed. In order to reduce costs, the military limited the displacement of the entire ship; in order to increase weapons and electronic equipment, the hull structure of the entire ship was simplified, and a thin-shell hull was adopted. Therefore, the structure is weak, easy to be penetrated, and easy to catch fire due to heat. Many structures inside are also made of lightweight aluminum alloys. This thing. The ignition point is low, just a few hundred degrees. As a result, after being hit by a bullet, it caught fire directly. The Sheffield and Coventry were hit in this way.

However, in addition to these factors. A fact that many people overlook is that the Argentine Navy also has Type 42 destroyers, and there are two of them!

For profit, the British dare to sell everything. At that time, when the Type 42 was still in the development stage, it was the big boss in South America. Argentina ordered two ships, one built at Vickers' Barrow-in Furness shipyard and the other at the AFNE naval shipyard in Rio Santiago, Argentina. Vickers provided the parts for the second ship. The total cost was 30 million pounds.

The first ship, the "Hercules", started construction in June 1971 and was delivered in 1976. The second ship, the "Trinity", started construction in 1971, but an accident occurred during the installation. It was attacked by a bomb by left-wing terrorists, causing the hull to sink. It was delivered in early 1981. It was put into service in July. After that, it arrived in the UK for testing. Then, it suddenly returned to Argentina in early 1982. The Argentine Navy at that time was already prepared, but unfortunately the British high-level officials did not respond.

Therefore, the British did not lose out when the Exocet missile sank the Sheffield. The Argentine Air Force also knew everything about it and had warships of the same type!

After the Falklands War, Argentina's military government collapsed and its military strength began to shrink significantly. Due to the deterioration of relations with the United Kingdom, the condition of these two Type 42 destroyers also began to decline. Therefore, the Argentine Navy had long intended to sell these two warships.

At the same time, the two TR1700 submarines have been built, but the Argentine Navy, which lacks military funds, is simply unable to operate and use these two submarines and promote them to the international market. The only country interested is Taiwan. Unfortunately, after the mainland issued a statement, it was abruptly ruined.

In this way, it was left for another two years. The Argentine Navy's requirements have long been lowered. It used to plan to sell them at a high price, but now, it is almost sold for money. In fact, Muhammad had set his eyes on these warships before, but he had never made a move. Argentina's temper was worn out, so it was easy to bargain.

Buy all four together!

At the same time, this can also put pressure on the British.

After receiving the instruction from Muhammad, Mushaaf immediately sent people to Argentina to discuss the purchase of the four ships. The two Type 42 ships cost five million each. Anyway, they have been in service for ten years, so the price is high enough. The two submarines have not been used much since they were built, just like inventory vehicles. The price is higher, ten million each. In this way, thirty million US dollars can buy all of them.

At the same time, Muhammad also gave two million US dollars for activity funds. When necessary, he could bribe those officials. This method works in any place. Those officials who get benefits can give the green light to this acquisition.

What Mhamad values ​​​​in addition to the two Type 42 destroyers, there are naturally these two submarines. The current Pakistan Navy is almost an empty shell, and the aircraft carrier formation is not large. With these two submarines, Before there were nuclear submarines, it could serve as an underwater protection force for aircraft carrier formations. It could not compete with the United States. It was perfectly fine to bully the navies of weak countries.

As for these two Type 42 destroyers, what Hamad values ​​most is the Sea Dart missiles on them. Although Argentina does not have much ammunition, this is a bait, a bait for the British to take the bait!

The Pakistani representatives who went to Argentina to negotiate went very smoothly. A few days later, they sent back the news. The Argentine Navy was very happy to learn that someone had taken over their hot potatoes, and immediately said that they could sell them at the price set by Pakistan.

Therefore, the Pakistan Navy, led by Chief of Naval Staff Zakhar, went to Argentina to receive these warships and conduct training.

The British were shocked when they learned the news.

Originally, they thought that Pakistan had no choice. The Americans were unwilling to sell standards to Pakistan. If Pakistan wanted to have regional air defense capabilities, it could only choose the British Sea Dart missile.

Now, they guessed half right. Pakistan chose the Sea Javelin missile, but it did not choose the British Type 82 warship, but the two Argentine warships!

Argentina’s Type 42 warship is simply a shame for the British Navy! If it had known that the Falklands War would break out in 1982, Britain would never have exported the Type 42 to Argentina! And now, these two warships are continuing to cause trouble for the United Kingdom, actually competing with its own Type 82 destroyer!

There is no buyer for our own Type 82 destroyer that we plan to retire, but potential customers have already purchased warships from the Argentine Navy! The British were so angry that they planned to wait for Pakistan to continue to come to them.

Argentina has very little ammunition for its sea dart gun. Even if Pakistan buys it, if it wants to put it into practical use, it will need more ammunition, and it will have to buy it from the United Kingdom. By then, the United Kingdom will be able to use one missile to He's half a million dollars.

However, a few days later, the British intelligence agency received a notification from the CIA that Pakistani technical personnel were working with Chinese technical personnel to conduct reverse mapping of the Haidarin missile!

Reverse mapping! This is China’s specialty! Although it is only 1987, China has already demonstrated its ability in this area. Although the Sea Dart missile uses a liquid ramjet engine, this kind of one-time use engine is not technically difficult. China's aerospace technology is very Developed, once this missile is mapped, China and Pakistan will be able to have this missile at the same time!

The British were very angry after receiving the news. It turned out that when Pakistan purchased the Type 42 destroyer, it had already thought of reverse mapping! Moreover, Pakistan's electronic technology is now very developed. It can not only survey and map, but can even improve it!

what to do? The British ambassador came to Hamad again.

"President Mhamad, we heard that you wanted to reverse-engineer map our Seadarin missile. We were very shocked. This missile is produced domestically. What you do is an infringement." Edward told Mhamad Mader said.

Infringement? In later generations of China, infringement is too common. Pirated novels are everywhere on the Internet, and the country has not made great efforts to crack down on piracy.

Hamad glanced at Edward and said: "Infringement? What we are reverse mapping is Argentina's missiles, not your missiles. Our transaction has nothing to do with your country, right?"

"Argentina's missiles are also exported by us." Edward said.

"Then you go find Argentina." Mhamad said: "Our mapping of this missile is an agreement reached with Argentina."

"The agreement is invalid, we are the manufacturer of this missile!" Edward was almost furious.

"That Nizam Khan's wealth also belongs to us in Pakistan. Didn't you, the British, just transfer that wealth directly to the Indians, and then siphoned it all off on the pretext of the Indians' breach of contract?" Mhama De said.

Some courtesy must be maintained between countries. Now what Mhammad said was a naked insult to Great Britain. Edward almost walked away with his sleeves. (To be continued ~^~)