Gwadar Port? Although Baker is the secretary of state, it is impossible for him to know all the construction projects of all countries, and for the Pakistan he knows, he knows the port of Karachi.

Now, hearing Mhammad's words, he thought it was a small unknown port, and couldn't help asking: "Can we accommodate our aircraft carriers coming to the port?" ”

The aircraft carrier often has tens of thousands of tons and a draft of more than 10 meters, and if the water depth in the port is not enough and the aircraft carrier runs aground, then the trouble will be big.

"Of course, our port can accommodate 300,000 tons of oil tankers, not to mention 100,000 tons of aircraft carriers." "Look, it's here," Mhammad said. ”

Looking in the direction indicated by Mhammad, Beck was immediately overjoyed, this position was originally outside the Strait of Hormuz, so it was better, as long as its own aircraft carrier formation sailed out of the port for a while, it could take off carrier-based aircraft to carry out attack operations.

"Well, thank you very much for your help." Baker said, "We're going to lease this port!" ”

The location is suitable, and it can moor his own aircraft carrier formation, and Baker doesn't need to go back to discuss with the personnel of the Navy, this place will be decided.

"Now, Mr. Baker, let's talk about the rent of the port." "It took us five years to develop this port in Pakistan, and we invested tens of billions of dollars," Mhammad said.

Hearing Mhammad's words, Baker quickly interrupted him, who doesn't know that this guy is simply a businessman! When it comes to price, I don't have to play! The way to deal with him is to cut through the mess with a quick knife!

"President Hammad, we, on the American side, have made a decision to forgive your debt for several arms purchases during the war in Afghanistan." Baker said: "How do you feel about offsetting the lease of your port?" ”

Chen sesame rotten grain, why does this American always hold on to it? Mhammad couldn't help but think in his heart. Isn't it just some arms purchases? From the initial purchase of Tomcat fighters, Pakistan began to pay on credit, and until the end of the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan borrowed less than 10 billion US dollars in total, and now Pakistan has repaid a sum of millions in interest.

Mhammad was depressed, and he had already made up his mind to abandon it. And now, the Americans have actually offered to use these in exchange for leasing their own ports, and Mhammad really has no other excuse.

"Okay." "We have a weak economy in Pakistan, we owe so much debt during the war, and now we only pay interest, which is already a heavy burden, and if you can forgive all those loans, we can get rid of the heavy burden," Mhammad said. We are very grateful. ”

Heavy baggage? With Pakistan's current economic strength, it is very easy to repay those debts, but this guy has been relying on it and not paying it back, and he still uses the debts to blackmail the United States, and the United States has detained the F-16 fighters ordered by Pakistan, which also has a lot to do with it.

Now the United States needs Pakistan to provide a naval base. Pakistan has been very submissive, and both sides have been rejoicing. Write off each other's accounts, it seems that this trip to the Middle East will definitely go well.

"We also built an airport north of Gwadar Port." Just then, Mhammad spoke again.

Aerodrome!

The United States not only wants the Navy to be stationed, but also the Air Force! If the Air Force is stationed in Pakistan. After takeoff, just one mid-air refueling over the Persian Gulf will allow you to fly over Iraq to bomb! At the same time, since the Iraqi Air Force does not have the ability to refuel in the air, it will not pose any threat to the bases on the Pakistani side!

Baker's brain was hot in an instant.

"Can we lease this airport at the same time?" Baker said.

"This is a civilian airport, and it is going to be opened along with the port." Mhammad said, "Since you have a request. We can meet it first, but this rent will have to be calculated separately. ”

Baker already had a premonition in his heart, he shouldn't have said it too early, he had already finished talking about the leased port, and then talked about the leased airport, he would definitely have to add money!

"At the beginning, we spent a total of 30 billion yuan to develop this airport, and now, if we want to force Iraq to submit, I am afraid that we will have to carry out air strikes for more than a year, and this airport, after it is put into operation, will have at least 5 billion US dollars in revenue every year." Mhammad has already begun to settle the score: "Moreover, many of the facilities at the airport, such as those buildings, are inhabitable, and these are also a lot of income, and we have also built a special transmission line here." A year's rent, at least 10 billion dollars! ”

When Mhammad finished the calculation, he solemnly said to Baker: "Mr. Baker, ten billion dollars, on loan to you for one year, after the time comes, if you still need it, and then add it up, what do you think?" ”

Seeing that this guy was talking very seriously, Baker had an urge to vomit blood, ten billion dollars! Why don't you go and grab the money! Although the United States has money, it can't be consumed like this, right?

Besides, since President Bush took office, military spending has been exceeding, and the parliamentary side is stuck to death, and if he agrees to the rent of $10 billion, Baker will be drowned by those guys in the parliament after he returns.

"No, President Mhammad, the price is too high for us to accept." Baker said.

"Then you don't have to rent it." "We're going to open this new airport, and a lot of civil airliners can fly here, and we're going to be able to do the same with commercial operations," Mhammad said. ”

Civil airliners! What will happen to the US Air Force if all the civilian airliners are coming? Baker hesitated for a moment and said: "President Mhammad, we in the United States are here with friendship, to help Kuwait and drive out the barbaric invaders, I hope you will not be too harsh, ten billion dollars is too expensive, we can't accept it, five billion dollars..."

"Okay, then we'll have five billion dollars." Mhammad replied rather simply: "We give our great American friend a five-point discount, just one chance, and if you still don't agree, forget it." ”

Baker kept his mouth shut, just now he wanted to say that five billion dollars is a bit much, but Mhammad took over, in all fairness, it is quite good to be able to cut half of the price in front of Mhammad.

"Okay, then we can provide five billion dollars in military aid." Baker said: "This fee is until we finish fighting the Iraqi invaders. ”

Paying rent directly is not the same as military aid. The US military aid means that the United States provides this money, but it has to buy weapons and equipment in the United States, so that the American arms dealers can still make a profit, but the money given to the other side has shrunk.

U.S. arms dealers can raise prices to get the U.S. government to spend less.

Baker also made a time request, not so much in a year, but until Iraq was expelled.

Hearing Baker's words, Mhammad pondered, looking at Mhammad's uncertain expression, Baker thought that he had bargained too much, or should he increase his funds a little more?

Fortunately, this sentence was held in Baker's mouth for ten minutes, and he did not say it until he heard Mhammad speak again: "Okay, we can promise until the Iraqis are evacuated from Kuwaiti territory, and this airport will be leased to you during this time." However, with this $5 billion in military aid, we need to buy some equipment, and you need to export all of it to us. ”

"As long as we have it in the United States, we can export it." Now, Baker said, the United States needs Pakistan as an ally, and it needs to be more generous, at least in words.

"First, we need to buy four sets of C-13-2 steam catapults, a full set of equipment." Mhammad said.

This sentence immediately made Baker stunned, steam catapult!

Mhammad's attitude is quite firm, if the Americans do not sell to Pakistan, then the Americans will definitely not use this airport!

At this time, Pakistan has already started to build a new aircraft carrier, and the entire hull is being built in sections, and it is progressing rapidly, but the catapult for the aircraft carrier has not yet been seen.

Originally, Mhammad planned to start from the Soviet side, but the Soviet Union is now slow to disintegrate, it seems that it will take time to obtain these technologies, and the aircraft carrier will have several years from construction to service, Pakistan can wait, but now, with this opportunity, Mhammad knows that he must seize it, and he must not miss it!

Pakistan's first aircraft carrier, the Endeavour, has two steam catapults that can catapult Tomcat fighters, and this catapult is just an ordinary C-11 catapult, which requires the aircraft carrier to sail at full speed to be able to catapult Tomcat fighters. And now, the C-13-2 that Mhammad wants is the largest steam catapult in the United States, which can be fully loaded with catapult carrier-based aircraft in the absence of wind and the cruising speed of the aircraft carrier.

Pakistan's new aircraft carrier, the most suitable choice, is this C-13-2 catapult!

This thing is also the magic weapon of the Americans, the only one in the world, and in later generations, only the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, in the process of development, purchased two sets of catapults from the United States, and the Americans also pit Gallic chickens without negotiation, and the asking price is ten times the price for their own use.

Now, even if the Americans ask for these four sets of catapults for these five billion dollars, Mhammad will admit it.

Mhammad emphasized that there were four sets of catapults and all the equipment, and the Americans could not be allowed to play tricks, so he finally sent four sets of cylinder pistons, you know, the difficulty is those high-pressure resistant gas storage equipment.

"What do you want a catapult for?" Different from Mhammad's conjecture, when Baker heard Mhammad's words, the first question was to ask, after all, Pakistan already has aircraft carriers and catapults, is it possible, Pakistan still wants to build a new aircraft carrier? (To be continued.) )