No one spoke, and if the high-ranking officers of the military district were punished, it would chill the fighters, and if they were rewarded, similar incidents would continue to happen, and Pakistan was not ready to fight the air force of the Soviets.

Now, it's up to the president.

Zia-Haq turned his head out of the window again, and the two J-6s had already flown to the side of the helicopter at this time and began to escort the helicopter, and only this kind of J-6 with excellent combat performance at low and medium altitudes could escort the helicopter, and the other planes were too fast.

Seeing that the president did not speak, calm returned to the cockpit, only the roar of the engine.

In the distance, Peshawar airbase is clearly visible.

When the helicopter landed on the tarmac, senior officers of the Peshawar Military District were waiting at the airport.

In the distance, there are heavily guarded airport guards.

"Welcome the President to visit the Peshawar Military Region." "We, the soldiers of the Peshawar Military Region, express our gratitude to the President," Musha'af said. ”

"I just won a battle, and I'm here to celebrate the soldiers." As soon as the corners of Zia-Haq's mouth moved, the mustache followed and skimmed to both sides, this action was indescribably funny.

The scene was solemn, and Mhammad tried hard to hold back his laughter, watching Zia-Haq give an impromptu speech to the fighters at the airport to celebrate the victory, and the pilots, ground crew, and guards present couldn't help but chant.

Zia-ul-Haq seized power through a coup d'état, and the army was his support, and at the same time, he also knew the importance of controlling the army, and at all times, he firmly held the military power, and moreover, he would make the lower ranks of the warriors extremely supportive.

Listening to the soldiers around him chanting Long live the president, Mhammad finally realized Zia-ul-Haq's intentions. This set of means is really suitable for controlling the army.

Zia-ul-Haq walked up to the crowd and shook hands one by one, and when he shook hands next to Mhammad, he was not unfamiliar and said, "Mhammad." You are the pride of our Pakistan, Panjshir Lion! ”

Even the president knows his name! Sure enough, Mhammad was also infected: "Afghanistan is related to the strategic security of our Pakistan, and I should go to Afghanistan to fight, and I will move forward for the sake of our Pakistan!" ”

Zia-ul-Haq patted Mhammad on the shoulder: "Work hard, I am optimistic about you, young man, young military district chief of staff!" When I was like you. is still fighting in the jungles of Myanmar, but he is just a small company commander. ”

"I'll definitely try my best." At this moment, he admires the president from the bottom of his heart, only people who are born in the army can control a country like Pakistan, so the civilian regime of Pakistan. It will always be seized by a military coup, that's it.

Zia-Haq continued to shake hands with the next man. The Minister of Defense, who followed behind, cordially shook Mhammad's hand, and just now the president's cousin had already indicated his attitude, and Murvev knew what to do.

"Ask the president to go to the military district command, where dinner is prepared for the president." Musha'af said. The president comes. He must have come to inquire about the course of this air confrontation, Musha'f had already prepared the report, returned to the headquarters, prepared lunch first, and had eaten. Report again.

"Right here, dine with our warriors." Zia-ulq said: "There is no need to go back to the headquarters, waste, our economy in Pakistan is still far behind, and our government agencies must be strictly economical." ”

Zia-ul-Haq's words and deeds embody the behavior of a sober national decision-maker, and every warrior who looks at him with respect and emotion.

Zia-Haq led the high-ranking government officials to the pilot's cafeteria.

In the Air Force, pilots are soldiers who fight directly, ground staff, base officers and soldiers, are rear personnel, at the same time, pilots as the pride of the sky, very demanding, therefore, pilots are also a special restaurant, their daily meals, is matched by nutrition experts.

Entering the pilot's cafeteria, Zia-Haq, like an ordinary pilot, held a self-service stainless steel dinner plate and filled himself a few foods, followed by senior officials of the Ministry of Defense.

Sitting in his seat, Zia-Haq smiled and stopped the move of several pilots around him to give up their seats, and ate with them while inquiring about their condition.

"Did you go up to today's air battle?" Zia-Haq said.

"Go up, the whole squadron, except for the two Jian-6 lying in the nest, we all went up, fortunately we made preparations in advance, each plane was hung with missiles, if we were preparing now, I'm afraid it would be too late." Said one of the pilots.

Ready in advance? Zia-ul-Haq continued: "How do you know that the Soviets' plane is coming? ”

"The order of the chief of staff, when the first air battle, after shooting down the Soviets' fighters, in order to prevent the Soviets from retaliating, the chief of staff ordered all the fighters to be ready, even if it was air training, to hang live ammunition, sure enough, a few hours later, the Soviets' planes came, we were training at that time, and we were the first to rush to the battlefield, at that time, in my headphones, I heard the sound of the Soviets' missiles locking." The pilot said.

The order of the Chief of Staff? Hearing this, Zia-ul-Haq raised his head, up and down, and the rest of the people also sat down in the dining room to eat, and Mhammad sat in a corner, but he clearly heard the pilot's voice, not only him, but everyone heard it.

Looking up again, it happened to meet Zia-Haq's gaze, Zia-Haq nodded, and affirmed to Mhammad, Helett, who was familiar with the president next to him, knew that the president was very satisfied with this young man, and he had a bright future in the army in the future.

After eating, in the conference room of the airbase, Zia-ul-Haq listened to the air combat report of the squadron leader of the 15th squadron, and at this time, it was already getting dark outside.

"This air confrontation has shown the prestige of our Pakistan Air Force." Zia-ul-Haq said: "In the past, the Soviets invaded our airspace several times, and we blindly backed down, so that the Soviets got carried away, and now, they dare to use warplanes to bomb our land, and we must firmly defend our airspace and defeat the invading Soviets warplanes!" ”

Zia-Haq clenched his fists and said, forgetting that it was he who had made the decision to avoid overstimulating the Soviet Air Force, and that he was worried that the Soviets would take advantage of the situation and that the Indian side would fall into the trap and invade together.

Now, the attitude of the Soviets has been tested, and they are also afraid of conflict with Pakistan, and the resistance groups inside Afghanistan have exhausted the Soviets.

The Soviets' cross-border bombing, which was confined to Afghan refugee camps and other places, shows that the Soviets are also trying their best to control the scale of the war and prevent it from expanding.

"We, the Peshawar Military Region, will resolutely fulfill the tasks assigned by the president," Musha'af said, "and we will do everything in our power to protect our skies." ”

"Are there any difficulties?" Zia-Haq asked.

"Nope!" Musha'f replied firmly.

"Yes!" Just then, a voice came from below.

Hearing this voice, Musha'af suddenly secretly complained in his heart, he had already heard it, it was Mhammad who spoke.

At this time, it is not the time to raise difficulties, but to make a statement, so that the president can see his determination to resolutely defend his territorial sovereignty, and as for those difficulties, he can apply to the Cabinet Defense Committee after he has come down.

Now, in front of so many people, saying that there is a difficulty, is embarrassing to everyone, this Mhammad, it really won't happen! Musha'f couldn't help but sweat for him.

"It's our Panjshir Lion." Zia-ul-Haq said: "What's the difficulty? ”

Zia-Haq has to be very patient.

"The air force of the Soviets is equipped with MiG-21, MiG-23 and other air superiority fighters, among them, the MiG-21 is a fighter with twice the speed of sound, and the MiG-23 is a variable-swept wing fighter, which can also launch medium-range bombs, while our J-6 can only fight at close range, in today's confrontation, our pilots suffer a lot, if there is a real exchange of fire, at a distance of thirty kilometers, we will be completely beaten." Mhammad stood up and said, his voice loud.

"Mhammad, the matter of equipment, the Cabinet Defense Committee will carefully study it, the F-16 fighters we ordered from the United States are about to return home, and when the time comes, we can consider the replacement of fighters at the Peshawar base." Defense Minister Murwaif said: "However, our Pakistani Air Force has always defeated the strong with the weak, and in the third Indo-Pakistani war, our equipment was at a disadvantage, but we still played a commanding role, and I believe that the Peshawar Military Region will not let us down." ”

Murwaif is here to relieve the siege, this kind of thing, he said it himself, and it can be changed afterwards, but if it comes out of the president's mouth, it is not easy to change, he can guess it almost without his brain, Mhammad said this in order to get the most advanced F-16 fighters for the Peshawar base, good equipment, every base wants, which is understandable.

"Yes, Chief of Staff, we'll report this to the Cabinet Defense Committee." Musha'f followed suit.

Zia-Haq looked at Mhammad, this young man dared to stand up and make a request at such a time, and he was really a tiger general, quite his own style back then, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

If in peacetime, it would be difficult for an official of the level of the chief of staff of the military district to have a direct dialogue with the president, today Zia-ul-Haq came to inspect and gave Mhammad a chance to stand out from the crowd.

Originally, there were people on both sides to dissuade him, and it was time for Mhammad to sit down, but who knows, Mhammad continued: "I'm sorry, I didn't ask the president for F-16 fighters to equip the Peshawar Military Region, this kind of fighter can't protect our airspace intact, we need a heavy fighter!" (To be continued......)