On the slipway, the scaffolding has been erected, densely packed, enveloping the entire hull.

Countless boatmen, busy on it, large pieces of rust, shoveled, the rest, with sandpaper, all the rust is worn off, although it is now almost winter, the climate has become a little cold, they are still in full swing.

Standing on the dock, Mhammad looked at the huge hull, which had been rusted off piece by piece, as if it had been scarred, and after plastic surgery, he saw a beautiful body.

"The steel of this aircraft carrier is very special." Beside Mhammad, the chief engineer in charge of the modification said: "Before the ship is launched, it is demagnetized, but after sailing at sea, due to the action of the geomagnetic field, the hull will also be magnetic, and we also plan to degauss the entire hull after the rust is removed, but we now find that the hull is still not magnetic." ”

For ordinary ships, it doesn't matter whether the hull is magnetic or not, but for military ships, it is very useful, some torpedoes, mines, are induced by magnetism, and warships must ensure that there is no magnetism, so that they can not be detected by magnetic devices.

Therefore, the general warship, after several years of sailing, when carrying out maintenance, also needs to carry out degaussing operations.

And the special steel used in this aircraft carrier can actually ensure that there is no magnetism all the time, which shows that the basic industry of the United States, the manufacture of marine steel, is also high-tech.

"yes." Mhammad said: "We must use American steel to repair this aircraft carrier, and we have to build the aircraft carrier ourselves, and there is still a long way to go." ”

There are not many countries in the world that can produce steel for aircraft carriers, and the United States is so powerful.

How can the United States help Pakistan? Repair this aircraft carrier? Thinking of this, Mhammad couldn't help but feel a little throbbing in his heart, the pressure is enough, if the United States still refuses to give in, there is no other way for him, after all. Now the relationship between the two sides is cooperative, and the United States must not be angered by this incident.

"Mr. President, the U.S. Ambassador asks for a meeting." Just then, a voice came from beside me.

"Ask him to come over." Mhammad said.

Arnold soon came over, standing on the dock, looking at the behemoth, Arnold felt that he would give this retired aircraft carrier. It seems to be a mistake, looking at the appearance of the Pakistanis, it seems that they are extremely tempted by this aircraft carrier.

The rust removal work is carried out so quickly, it seems that it will take another half a month to paint.

However, there are no supporting vessels. With only this empty shell, I'm afraid it doesn't have any combat effectiveness, right? And Pakistan's national strength. It is absolutely impossible to maintain a large naval aircraft carrier group.

"This aircraft carrier is spectacular!" Arnold said to Mhammad.

"Yes, whatever the Indians have, we must have as well." "Now, the Indians already have two aircraft carriers, and we only have this one, which is not enough," Mhammad said. ”

I see! Arnold was relieved. It turns out that the reason why Pakistan is so concerned about aircraft carriers is that the Indians have aircraft carriers, and Pakistan must have them. Too... It's too much in line with the style of the hard-hitting Mhammad. The aircraft carrier of the Indians is the Sea Harrier, while the Pakistani is the A7, and the two sides are half a pound and eight taels.

With a single sentence, Arnold dispelled Arnold's concerns, and Arnold said: "In order to help our allies, we have decided to export the cylinders and pistons of two C11 catapults, a set of deck welding equipment, and the five hundred tons of steel you need, as requested by you. The total amount of the contract, $100 million. It's just that we are curious, what do you want so much steel for? Is it to carry out structural modifications of aircraft carriers? ”

The structure of this aircraft carrier has been perfected, and if it is refitted, there is no potential, on the contrary, if there is a problem with the modification, it may also cause problems with the balance of the ship, and maybe, in the event of strong winds and waves, it will capsize.

Of course, if this were to be the case, the United States would be happy to see it.

"We only have one warship, and we have to make a massive improvement and add a lot of weapons." "It's like the Kyiv class in the Soviet Union," Mhammad said. ”

The same as the Kiev class of the USSR? That thing, is it combative? Arnold couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, if it was really changed to like that, then this aircraft carrier would be half scrapped.

However, this is also in line with Pakistan's national conditions, after all, Pakistan does not have a decent warship, just such a one, and now, this warship, equipped with more weapons, has sufficient self-defense capabilities and even offensive capabilities, that is also the way it should be.

It's just that they don't know that the aircraft carrier has the most combat effectiveness, and it should be the carrier-based aircraft! However, only the A-7 carrier-based aircraft does not seem to have much combat effectiveness, and it is more affordable to rely on their own weapons.

Thinking of this, Arnold was even more relieved, modifying a large number of weapons does require more steel plates.

Mhammad laughed secretly in his heart, no matter what he said, as long as the Americans brought these things to him, and when the time came, the Americans would definitely be surprised and regret when the time came.

When the time comes, the aircraft carriers will be changed, what else can the Americans do? Americans need more places for themselves, such as those hostages, without themselves, Americans will never be able to handle it.

"President Mahmad, we now want to resume trading with Iran, and I hope you can continue to pull the strings in the middle." Arnold said to Mhammad: "Also according to the previous deal. ”

Mhammad shook his head: "It's not easy to do, I'm already very dissatisfied with the excessive additional conditions you have put forward at this time, and I don't plan to continue the transaction." ”

"I have to rely on your help." Arnold said, "You must have a way. ”

"For the sake of our American friends, we will do our best." Mhammad said.

Although it was not directly stated, the deal was also very clear, the United States provided Pakistan with the materials needed to renovate the aircraft carrier, although 100 million US dollars was a bit much, but at this time, they knew that Pakistan was not only fighting a war on the battlefield in Angola, but also engaged in a lot of things.

And Mhammad did not raise much objection to the amount, the Americans originally intended to earn 500 million dollars, but now it is only a 100 million dollar contract, in their opinion, it is already a loss, anyway, in the United States deal with Iran, Pakistan will still earn this 100 million dollars back.

After negotiating the deal, Arnold left, Mhammad looked at this aircraft carrier, solved these problems, the modification of the aircraft carrier, there will be no major problems, I really hope that I can look at this aircraft carrier, complete the refit as much as possible, and equip the Pakistan Navy!

At the end of the inspection in Karachi, Mhammad's plane did not return to Islamabad, but flew to Saudi Arabia.

When the special plane landed in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan personally greeted him at the airport, and the special car took Mhammad into the Saudi royal palace.

King Fahd greeted him outside the palace, holding his hand like his closest old friend.

"Mhammad, thanks to your help this time, we Saudi Arabia has a strong counterattack force." King Fahd said to Mhammad.

There is only one powerful counterattack force, and that is ballistic missiles!

In contact with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia reached an agreement with the countries of the East to order thirty Dongfeng-3 missiles, and now, on the Pakistani side, the missiles have arrived in Saudi Arabia, and in the desert south of Saudi Arabia, a secret missile base has been established.

Now, what Saudi Arabia needs is to quickly master the operation of these missiles and give itself the ability to fire live ammunition.

"Yes, the Middle East is very unpeaceful, and Saudi Arabia, as a big country, must have a weapon of the country." "Moreover, the Eastern countries have also agreed that in case the Saudi countries face a heavy risk, the Eastern countries are willing to provide a special warhead for Saudi Arabia to use," Mahmad said. ”

The meaning of the special warhead could not be more obvious, and when he heard this, King Fahd was even more happy.

Saudi Arabia is rich and has advanced weapons, but Saudi Arabia lacks the kind of military blood that a strong country needs, and they need deterrent weapons to ensure their own security.

Israel has always been the sworn enemy of the Arabs, and Saudi Arabia must have the strength to deal with Israel. Khomeini, vainly trying to export revolution, has been attacking Saudi Arabia's royal rule, while Iraq and Saddam Hussein are ambitious, and the international environment in Saudi Arabia is not peaceful.

It was a thank-you ceremony to thank the Pakistani side for their help in this transaction.

"In order to contain our sworn enemy India, we asked your country to order Mirage 4000 fighters to interfere with the deployment of the Indians, how are you doing?" Mhammad asked.

"We have ordered twenty from France, and we reserve the right to order eighty." "Now that we have squeezed out India's orders, the Indians will be able to continue to acquire Mirage 4000 fighters at least the year after then," Prince Sultan said. ”

After all, at that time, for the Phantom 4000, Saudi Arabia also contributed research and development funds, and the wealth of Saudi Arabia far exceeded that of India.

At the same time, it is also a kind of practical support for Saudi Arabia to help Pakistan buy Dongfeng-3 missiles.

"Great." Mhammad said: "But what does it mean to continue to get this? ”

Mhammad heard it very clearly, what Prince Sultan just said was that the Indians continue to get such fighters!

"We're still too far behind." Prince Sultan said: "It turns out that this deal of the Indians began at the beginning of the year, and now, the Indians have equipped eight Mirage 4000 fighters and equipped two squadrons. (To be continued......)