Pakistan is still very satisfied with the universal frigates that have just been put into service.

During a recent routine cruise, a general-purpose frigate numbered 264 successfully spotted an Indian conventional submarine of the "Foxtrot" class two hundred nautical miles southeast of the port of Karachi and forced it to surface.

Later, in cooperation with the country's air force, the Indian fighters who came to support were forced back, and they took the initiative from beginning to end, showing extremely good multi-mission combat capabilities.

However, the universal frigate is good, but as Ali said, the cost of on-board maintenance is too expensive, take the most popular Italian-made "Otto" 76mm naval gun, the purchase price is indeed not high, but the spare parts after it are frighteningly high.

If it is dismantled and overhauled, the price is even more staggering.

As for the Dutch "Goalkeeper" 30mm rapid-fire gun and the French combat command system, it is even a small screw that can be charged a sky-high price.

This is also a consistent routine in arms sales by European and American countries, and the price of finished products is not necessarily very high, but they are ruthless in the maintenance of equipment, and they do not want to be slaughtered.

Otherwise, the arms dealers in Europe and the United States are all very rich, not only the profits of the finished equipment, but also the spare parts and service fees for the later maintenance are enough for them to eat for a lifetime.

After Pakistan launched the universal frigate program, it naturally shopped around for various equipment, and during the negotiations, it was constantly in confrontation with European and American arms dealers, not giving an inch, but it still inevitably fell into the trap of spare parts and consulting services.

So in less than a year, Pakistan's spending on the maintenance of shipboard equipment on universal frigates alone is enough to buy a new set.

This makes Pakistan very dumb and can't say what is bitter, so he can only ask Saudi Arabia to smash more silver bullets, and use it cautiously, for fear of any more failures.

But in this way, the universal frigate has also deviated from the original intention of the combat ship and has become a delicate and expensive moth, where can it still face the Indian Navy?

Therefore, how to reduce the cost of using universal frigates has become an important issue facing the Pakistan Navy.

At this time, Iraq imported a special version of the Type 037 from China, which was not only equipped with anti-aircraft missiles and anti-ship missiles, but also equipped with a set of China's own combat command system.

This has caused great concern in the Pakistani Navy, because Iraq's 037 ships, in addition to anti-submarine equipment such as sonar, are generally similar in architecture to their own universal frigates.

Because of this, when Iraq's Type 037 Special Edition was still being trained in Egypt, the Pakistan Navy sent several senior naval officers and experts to Egypt to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Iraq's Type 037 Special Edition.

The conclusion drawn is also very pertinent, that is, although China's shipborne equipment is not mature, it has enough potential to be tapped, and if it can continue to develop, it can completely replace most of the European and American equipment within one to two years.

However, the conclusion was yes, but Pakistan did not immediately take action.

As for the reason is very simple, or afraid that the pit is too big, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out, after all, now Pakistan and China's "super 7" project is not going very smoothly, with China's own technical level how difficult to reach the technical indicators of the Pakistan Air Force, in desperation has to turn to the United States Grumman, in order to reluctantly carry out the project.

Therefore, the Pakistan Navy is afraid that it will also fall into the trap of the air force, which will increase the burden on Pakistan, so it can be said to be cautious about replacing China's ship-borne equipment.

However, the cautious mentality of the Pakistan Navy was completely shattered with the successful export of the Type 037 Enhanced to Egypt and the Type 037 Special Edition to Algeria and Kuwait.

Regardless of whether the arms trade is driven by interests or taking advantage of the danger of others, as long as it can be sold, it proves that China is not complacent in supporting ship-borne weapons, but is steadily advancing.

As a result, Pakistan no longer waited and immediately dispatched Colonel Ali, the military attache stationed in China, to contact Meng Jianye, who led the Type 037 ship project, in the hope that Pakistan could participate in the development of the Type 037 ship.

Although Meng Jianye was well aware that the Pakistani military had its own views on weaponry and equipment, he did not expect that this lovely "Pakistani Railway" would take such a big step?

"If we can, we will invest 200 million US dollars in the research and development of supporting shipborne equipment, but our share of the results obtained by Pakistan cannot be less than 50%, and we also hope that you can provide us with a full set of construction technology for Type 037 ships, and the Karachi Naval Shipyard will be responsible for the construction and sale of ......."

In the small living room, Ali's voice was sonorous and powerful, and at the same time, there was a soft rhythm, but Meng Jianye's face did become more and more strange the more he listened, how could this cooperation method be so familiar.

Hide behind your back, leave everything to Pakistan to operate, and then sit on the ground and divide the money, this ...... Okay?

"In terms of the market, you don't have to worry, the Arab countries and our Pakistan have maintained a good traditional friendship, we will continue to use our influence to dig deep into this market, as well as African and Latin American countries, in short, we will spare no effort to expand the market......"

After talking about his conditions, Ali began to draw a big pie for Meng Jianye, if it was someone else, maybe he would really be surrounded by Ali, the problem is that he is facing Meng Jianye.

Although it is weird, Meng Jianye's head is not confused, not to mention the general escort boat that he lost to himself, and wants to make up the powder cake, Meng Jianye wants to ask Ali, has he asked people in the industry when he comes to Chuandong, is he Meng Jianye the master of the loss?

"I'm not against joining forces to do business, it's just ...... As you know, all aspects of this equipment are involved, and I am not the only one who has the final say. ”

Meng Jianye did not hide it, and directly revealed the core of the problem, Ali knew this, he just came to explore the situation, and he had to talk to the leaders of the Chinese Navy and even higher levels in the future, counting on Meng Jianye to be able to make a decision alone, unless he showed off his head and teased him.

Because of this, Ali nodded: "We know this aspect, so I came here this time to hear your opinion." ”

Is this clearly a condition?

Meng Jianye felt that the Batie brothers were really reliable, at least much stronger than those crooked melons and cracked dates in Egypt and Iraq, he Meng Jianye was not good at anything else, he was the favorite when it came to conditions, since he could speak freely, then what are you waiting for, go straight to the dry goods, so after a moment of silence, Meng Jianye scared Ali half to death with a mouth: "Your $200 million R&D fund is too little." ”