Musharraf, director of Pakistan's tri-service intelligence bureau, looked at the portrait of Prince Sultan in front of him seriously, and a strange smile appeared on his face, which made the adjutant standing next to him puzzled, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the portrait of the graceful and luxurious prince, but he never saw the reason, and finally could only ask his chief in confusion:

"General, is there anything special in front of this painting?"

Listening to his adjutant's words, Musharraf couldn't help but come back to his senses and shook his head slightly: "It's just such a painting, there can be something special, I'm just thinking about the person in this painting!"

"The person in the painting?" Hearing Musharraf's words, the adjutant couldn't help but look at the portrait again in surprise, suddenly remembered something in his mind, and then nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled excitedly as if the student had found the answer to the difficult question:

"General, you are right, although this Prince Khalid can be called the rising star of the younger generation of the Saudi royal family, but after all, he is still inexperienced, and it is inevitable that he will not be able to deal with the problem very well, if this Prince Sultan can come in person, it is estimated that there will be a different situation."

"It's just the same!" Musharraf pursed his lips and looked back at him, then picked up a well-made matryoshka doll on the table, and continued as he admired:

"If this Prince of Sultan comes, it is estimated that the shelf will be even bigger, and the problem-solving skills may be able to be sleek and sophisticated, but the essence will not change much. So Musharraf said, looking at the young adjutant beside him, and then glanced at the portrait twice, the corners of his mouth slightly curled. There was a hint of disdain between the words:

"Relying on the black gold mine under their feet in the Fourth Middle East War to give it to those Western worlds who eat people and don't spit out bones, I thought they had a weapon that was more powerful than the original ~ son ~ bullet, but I don't know that they are a big lump of fat in the eyes of others, if you really want to move the real thing, you can eat it clean with just one bite, but these so-called princes feel good about themselves, and those fancy people also want to act as allies in the Arab world. It's ridiculous!"

"General, you have a point!" In any case, to be an adjutant next to a scheming intelligence chief like Musharraf must have two brushes, and at the very least, a smart and clever person. In addition, after so many years of following Musharraf and saddle the horse, he has also developed some keen judgment and understanding.

Because of this, the adjutant listened to Musharraf's words and couldn't help but nod slightly. However, it is precisely for this reason. Before the adjutant could finish nodding his head, his thick black curved eyebrows gradually wrinkled, and then he said again in confusion:

"But General, having said that, Saudi Arabia is currently the largest financial aid to us besides the United States, whether it is the West rejecting the Soviet Union and supporting the Afghan Resistance Group. It is also the fight for Kashmir in the east, or the development of the national economy and people's livelihood to stabilize the domestic situation. These funds are also essential for us, so"

"I understand what you mean!" As soon as the adjutant was halfway through his words, Musharraf preemptively said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have let go of so many things in my hands and stayed with this hairy boy!"

"In that case, why don't you make it clear to Prince Khalid about the matter, now both the military and the government are waiting for this fund, yesterday the military's logistics minister and the government's finance minister called almost every day to inquire about the progress, but you don't seem to be in a hurry!"

The adjutant said that he finally hesitated slightly, but he still said it as it was, although the Pakistani army is highly hierarchical, but anyway, this adjutant is Musharraf's cronies after all, so he has fewer scruples when he speaks in private, coupled with his own national traditions, so it is not as obscure as some Eastern countries, and Musharraf was not angry when he heard this, but the dark and thick beard was gracefully cocked, showing a little playful smile:

Anyway, Prince Khalid's visit to Pakistan has already shown the most basic attitude of Saudi Arabia, and the funds can be obtained no matter what, so what is there to worry about!"

"But looking at Prince Khalid's attitude these days, there is a great tendency to interrupt the financial assistance if he does not agree to his conditions, and this prince has also conveyed his views to the government and certain high-level officials on different occasions, and from the current situation, there is indeed a group of officials who are inclined to compromise with Saudi Arabia."

"Huh! compromise?" Before the adjutant finished speaking, Musharraf snorted coldly, his original smile gradually became gloomy, and his originally kind face was also shrouded in a layer of anger, and even the tone of his voice was unprecedentedly gunpowder.

"Saudi Arabia gives a lot of money, but it's just that, with this money to buy Western weapons and equipment, they don't break their fingers to count, an original Western mortar can not be bought for thousands of dollars, even if an original firearm has to start at 300 dollars, plus bullets, shells and other related supporting equipment.

Even if Western arms dealers are kind enough not to take advantage of the fire to rob, Saudi Arabia's funds cannot buy any decent Western weapons and equipment, in addition, these Western weapons and equipment are well-set up, complex to manufacture, and they are really good-looking, but the battlefield adaptability is terrible, and the operation is also very poor, compared with the sturdy and low-cost Chinese weapons and equipment.

In any case, the Afghan resistance groups fought with their lives to hold back the Soviet Union and did not continue to move south, otherwise we in Pakistan would inevitably suffer a catastrophe under the attack of the Soviet Union and its ally India, so these Afghan resistance groups are the most solid defense line in Pakistan, so we must be responsible for them, especially when it comes to providing weapons and equipment.

After all, it is a thing for these resistance groups to resist the enemy and save their lives, if some weapons and equipment cannot be effective on the battlefield, then our actions are tantamount to harming others and themselves, because of this, even if the pressure from Saudi Arabia is great, I have to resist it to the death, and I don't want to ruin the hard-won good situation for the sake of some immediate interests!"

Musharraf's words can be described as touching and impassioned, and the image of a hot-blooded soldier who is not afraid of difficulties and dares to take responsibility for the long-term and peaceful peace of the country was erected at once, so that his adjutants were moved to tears after hearing this, and only felt that his commander was the best general in Pakistan, and how could such a spirit not be moved by the fact that he had endured so much pressure and accusations for the sake of this country but never changed his original intention.

And what the adjutant didn't know was that Musharraf was only half right, and to be exact, it was just a high-sounding superficial reason, and the deep-seated reason was also the most important reason, but Musharraf did not mention it at all, because it involved his own core interests, more precisely, the core interests of the core ruling group, including the chief of Pakistan's general staff, the country's president, and the prime minister.

After the start of the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, as the rear of the Afghan resistance organization and an important transportation and supply line, not only received a large amount of foreign aid, but even the aid to the Afghan resistance organization was mostly deposited in the national bank of Pakistan, and these huge funds were theoretically used to purchase weapons and equipment to support the Afghan battlefield.

Not to mention the international arms dealers, large and small, not to mention the ruling interest groups in Pakistan, which are close to the water, they naturally want a piece of the pie.

However, the governments of all countries in the world have a unique habit of being a ~ and have to set up a memorial arch, and the Pakistani government is no exception.

It is extremely difficult to do the above points at the same time, and it is simply an impossible task in the eyes of others, but this mission, which seems to be fantastical in the eyes of ordinary people, has been completed unconsciously under the operation of Musharraf.

Musharraf's plan would not have been carried out so smoothly had it not been for the secret cooperation between the United States, China, and Pakistan to assist Afghanistan established last year.

Especially in terms of price, through Lu Jiadong and the traditional friendship between China and Pakistan, Pakistan can get a lower price than the international market, and the price difference alone is enough for Pakistani politicians to eat their brains, plus other items with a large number of declarations, including Musharraf, the interest groups represented by Pakistan's ruling group can be described as a war windfall (to be continued......