"We started ourselves and built an aircraft carrier, which requires four catapults." Mhammad said.

This cannot be denied, after all, the catapult is for the use of the new aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier on the slipway will wait until the hull is closed, and the Americans will definitely find out that this is not an oil tanker, but an aircraft carrier.

In fact, it is not that the Americans are backward in reconnaissance equipment, but that the Americans would never have imagined that Pakistan, with its own national strength, would dare to get involved in the manufacture of aircraft carriers!

This can only be built by the old imperialist countries, and if they want to build tens of thousands of tons of aircraft carriers, almost only four or five countries in the world can produce steel for aircraft carriers, and Pakistan will definitely not possess this kind of technology.

Therefore, even if Pakistan builds an aircraft carrier, it is only at the level of building oil tankers, and this kind of aircraft carrier cannot withstand the strong winds and waves at sea and the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft.

After all, when the second-hand aircraft carrier Endeavour was refitted, Pakistan had to spend a high price to buy a batch of steel for the aircraft carrier from the United States.

Now, hearing Mhammad say so solemnly that Pakistan wants to build an aircraft carrier and four catapults, Baker's heart is sneering, Pakistan's own aircraft carrier? Can you sail?

The aircraft carrier reacts to the overall industrial level of a country! When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine wanted to complete the Varyag aircraft carrier alone, and the Ukrainian president once asked Makarov whether the aircraft carrier could be built with the financial support of Ukraine, and the old captain at that time just said a word of frustration, the need for the Soviet Union, the Party Central Committee, the State Planning Commission, the Military Industrial Commission and nine ministries of defense industry, 600 related specialties, 8000 supporting manufacturers, and a great country is needed to complete him, but this power no longer exists.

Arguably. An aircraft carrier embodies all the industrial technologies of a country, and Pakistan, how many years has it been industrialized? Pakistan simply does not have the ability to complete the construction of aircraft carriers!

It's ridiculous!

He did not know how much effort Pakistan had put into building aircraft carriers. From the beginning of the introduction of Tomcat fighters, Mhammad has had a dream of an aircraft carrier! Carrier-based aircraft, first of all, and then, the purchase of this second-hand aircraft carrier from the United States, so that the Pakistan Navy has the ability to operate aircraft carriers, and over the past few years, a lot of experience has been accumulated. Subsequently, Pakistan gained the production capacity of steel for aircraft carriers. Through cooperation with Huaxia, the surveying and mapping and design work of the aircraft carrier were carried out, and the boiler needed for the aircraft carrier also used Huaxia's TB-8 boiler, which was used in the brigade class, so that the brigade class reached an astonishing speed of 38 knots, and the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier. The boiler used, also the TB-8, which was improved from the TB-12. All the technology is accumulating, and until now, when the construction starts, the main thing lacking is the catapult!

With Mhammad's plan at that time, even if the catapult was empty first, the aircraft carrier would be built, and now. With this opportunity, you can't let it go!

"You want to build an aircraft carrier yourself?" Baker asked.

"Yes, we are going to build aircraft carriers ourselves." "We plan to build a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier, which requires four catapults, and we want to bring them from your country," Mhammad said. This is a condition of your use of our base. ”

"I'm sorry, I need to report to the president." Baker said: "It's not up to me to export your catapult. What do you need besides a catapult? ”

Five billion dollars in military aid can't be worth these four catapults, right? Hearing Beck's words, Mhammad unceremoniously continued: "We need four E-2 AWACS aircraft, and for the latest model, we need two E-3 AWACS aircraft, we need C-130 transport aircraft and Black Hawk helicopters ..."

"Mr. President, it seems that we need to have further consultations." Beck was so big that he could only promise to forgive Pakistan's debts when he came?

Baker concluded his visit to the President of Pakistan and the agreement was reached in principle, but further negotiations would require special personnel, and Baker met with Jaber and others who had established an interim government here in Islamabad.

In the face of the emir of Kuwait, Baker reiterated the position of the United States that it would definitely help Kuwait and drive out the invading Iraq!

Jaber's mood was heavy, at the beginning the Americans patted their chests and said that Saddam Hussein would not dare to invade, but now, they are patting their chests and saying that they want to help Kuwait recover its country.

After reassuring the government officials in distress in Kuwait, Baker's next stop was Saudi Arabia.

The United States wants to use force against Iraq to drive out the Iraqis in Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia's attitude is crucial, because only Saudi Arabia is their neighbor!

Therefore, if the United States wants to conduct a ground war, it must deploy troops in Saudi Arabia and attack from Saudi Arabia's borders, which is the best option.

With such a mission, Baker came to Saudi Arabia and met King Fahd.

Saudi Arabia belongs to the royal family, and the royal family of Saudi Arabia also has a good tradition, that is, their position is not passed on to their sons, but to their brothers, that is, the sons of the founders of Saudi Arabia.

Fahd bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, in 1923, and was the sixth son of former King Abdulaziz. In terms of foreign policy, King Fahd pursued a policy of neutrality and non-alignment, and advocated strengthening the unity of Arab and Islamic countries, resolving the Middle East issue politically, and safeguarding security and stability in the Gulf region.

Although Saudi Arabia's position is inclined to the United States, at some point, Saudi Arabia will also say no to the United States, such as Saudi Arabia has ballistic missiles! For this reason, he almost turned his face with the United States.

At this time, King Fahd was already a seventy-year-old man, with some wrinkles on his plump face, and his eyes still shining with essence.

"Your Majesty, the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi army is absolutely intolerable to us in the United States, and we hope that we can rent a Saudi military base to carry out a military strike against Iraq." Baker explained his intentions.

"Mr. Baker, just before you came, I had a telephone conversation with King Hussein of Jordan, who will go to Baghdad in the near future to explain our position to Saddam Hussein, hoping that Saddam Hussein will take the initiative to withdraw his troops and resolve this dispute through political means." King Fahd said.

As the largest country in the Middle East, although Iraq has already used force, King Fahd still wants to solve it through politics, which is the best way.

Hearing King Fahd's words, Baker couldn't help frowning, if the political way is solved, what is the use of the United States? President Bush's intention is very clear, that is, to use force in the Middle East and station troops in the Middle East! Not only to fight Saddam Hussein now, but also to garrison the army for a long time in the future!

This is not just a war, but a strategic deployment of the United States, in which the United States will use its own force to protect energy security in the context of the growing weakness of the Soviet Union!

As the largest oil exporter, the United States can rest assured that Saudi Arabia has US troops stationed there.

"Your Majesty, Saddam Hussein has done this now, and he will not accept a political solution, this man has great ambitions." Baker said: "We have already made an analysis, after the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam's ambitions will continue to swell, he will not be satisfied with the existing results, Iraq's next goal, I am afraid is to invade Saudi Arabia!" ”

Don't want to have U.S. troops stationed? Then we have to put pressure on Saudi Arabia, and this pressure is not given by the United States, but by Iraq!

"Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait for Kuwait's oil, and Saudi Arabia's oil resources far exceed Kuwait's." Baker continued: "If Saddam Hussein controls Saudi Arabia, he controls nearly 50 percent of the world's oil resources. Saddam Hussein's army is more than one million, all of them are veterans of the Iran-Iraq war, IMHO, Kuwait's army can not resist the Iraqi army, and the Saudi army is also unable to resist, once Saddam Hussein launches an attack, Saudi Arabia's territory will soon be lost, and only we, the United States, can help Saudi Arabia resist the Iraqi army. ”

King Fahd shook his head: "Until now, we have not seen any signs that Iraq is going to attack us, and besides, our Saudi territory is vast, which is not comparable to Kuwait. Our army is also ready for battle, Mr. Baker, we are confident that we can solve the problem on our own. ”

The old king was still so stubborn, and Baker couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, are you rejecting us in your heart? If it was because of the previous Dongfeng-3 missile, I can apologize to you on behalf of the United States. ”

When Saudi Arabia introduced Dongfeng-3, after being discovered by the United States, it was sanctions, and pressure or something, and in the end Saudi Arabia was disobedient, and the Americans did not have a problem, and now, Baker thought that this matter made King Fahd in front of him unhappy, so he proposed this method.

Hearing the words of the US Secretary of State, the old king got up from his chair, walked a few steps, came to Baker, and said: "Mr. Baker, as the king of Saudi Arabia, I also have a heavy burden on my shoulders, and I have to bear all the pressures and dreams of the Saudis, you should know that because of those Jewish things, for decades, the people of our land have not had a good impression of the United States, if I agree with your country's army to step on Saudi land, I am afraid that there will be civil riots." ”

King Fahd's words, with helplessness and sincerity, clearly expressed the attitude of Saudi Arabia, if the Americans stationed troops in Saudi Arabia, King Fahd is afraid that he will be poked in the back by the Saudi people! The reason is the Jews! (To be continued.) )