Although it is already October and the climate in Pakistan is starting to get colder, the Karachi shipyard is still in full swing.

After several years of development, the Karachi shipyard has become a well-known shipyard in South Asia and the Middle East, the first task of this shipyard is to modify Pakistan's own aircraft carrier, when the modified aircraft carrier sails in the Indian Ocean, it is a kind of silent propaganda, Pakistan's shipbuilding industry is already very developed!

Then, at the beginning of this year, the oil tanker built by Pakistan for the Middle East has also been delivered, this ship has advanced structure, stable performance, and the cost is not high, and orders from other countries in the Middle East have also come, and the Karachi shipyard has won the trust of Middle Eastern countries.

At the same time, on another slipway, Pakistan's own destroyers, are steadily unfolding.

The construction of the ship, first of all, is to lay the keel, the keel is the skeleton of the entire ship, the keel is welded, and then, the steel plate is welded on the outside, built in sections, and then closed on the slipway.

When Mhammad arrived, he saw the scene of flashing electric arcs and flying sparks, and countless boatmen were busy on the scaffolding they had erected.

Now, only steel plates can be seen, and the construction of warships is still only in the embryonic stage.

"We, the Pakistani Navy, must develop and grow." "In addition to the threat on land, we also have maritime rights and interests that we need to defend, and we need more warships," Mhammad said. ”

"If your country needs it, we in the United States have several warships that are about to be decommissioned, and they are in good condition, and we can sell them to your country at a low price." Next to Mhammad, the US military attache to Pakistan said.

This time Mhammad came to the shipyard, and the Americans followed.

"Your country's warships?" Mhammad turned his head. He looked at the Americans and said, "Is it Kidd?" ”

What Mhammad is obsessed with is the Kidd-class destroyers, although Mhammad prefers to get the Aegis warships, but the Americans will never sell them to Pakistan, and now. The Aegis battleship is also the newest warship of the United States and will definitely not be decommissioned.

"No, it's a Bronstein-class frigate." The other party said.? When Mhammad heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, the Americans have become more and more inauthentic recently, and they actually think that Pakistan has become a rag-picker? The kind of frigate that doesn't even have a single missile should have been eliminated a long time ago and returned to Pakistan?

"If it's your Perry class, we can consider it." Mhammad said: "We have our aircraft carrier now. There is also a lack of supporting warships, and we need warships with regional air defense capabilities. The Standard-1 missiles on the Perry class are barely enough for us to use. ”

"I'm sorry, but our Perry class can't be exported for the time being." The other party said.

"Then we can only choose the warships of other countries, and the countries that can build regional air defense warships are not only the United States." President Mahmad left such a sentence with some anger, left the American military attaché, and continued to walk forward.

The face of the American military attache was also embarrassed. The United States simply does not want Pakistan to have a strong maritime power, this broken aircraft carrier. Even if Pakistan's maritime power is greatly increased, the United States cannot afford to make the same mistake again.

Only aircraft carriers cannot form combat effectiveness, and if there are supporting warships, it will be different, especially. Only destroyers with regional air defense capabilities can protect the safety of aircraft carriers.

The United States can sell Sea Sparrows to Pakistan, but it will definitely not sell the Standard series of anti-aircraft missiles to Pakistan, and this is the basic policy of the United States.

Right now. The war in Afghanistan, fearing that it will soon be over, has already made concessions and may end its military presence in Afghanistan. The United States no longer needs Pakistan as a springboard, and although the relationship between the two sides is good, it has not yet risen to the level of a NATO ally.

Pakistan wants to buy warships! They want to buy missiles with regional air defense, because the United States does not sell Perry-class destroyers, and even gave the American military attache an embarrassed face!

The news spread quickly and at the same time reached the ears of the British.

The asking price of the British has always been high, so when the sea javelin was sold to Huaxia, Huaxia did not accept it in the end because the price was too high.

And the most suitable one to be able to buy the decommissioned warships of the British in its entirety is India, in the past, the Indian Navy bought a number of British warships, even including aircraft carriers. However, now India is in its weakest period, and they simply cannot afford to buy new warships.

Looking at the world, the one who has the need to buy and the ability to buy is Pakistan!

So, after keenly discovering the needs of Pakistan, the British ambassador to Pakistan once again came to the presidential palace in Islamabad.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President." Edward said to Mhammad.

"Well, Mr. Edward, what's the matter with you?" Mhammad said: "Is it because of the ownership of Nizam's wealth? ”

Hearing Mhammad say this, Edward's face was a little embarrassed, after all, after the country unfroze the money, it was indeed too inauthentic to completely return it to the British government, but now that the British economy has problems, this must be done in order to save the British economy, there is no choice.

"We can leave that for later." Ambassador Edward said to Mhammad: "I have come this time for another thing, your aircraft carrier, the air defense destroyer that needs to be escorted, we in the United Kingdom happen to have a destroyer with advanced regional air defense, which can be selected by you, if you need it, we can export it to you, and now, this destroyer is in our naval sequence, it is in good condition, and you can send naval personnel back to be put into use immediately." ”

"Your destroyers?" Mhammad asked, somewhat puzzled, as if he was not interested in British destroyers at all.

"Yes, it's the pride of our Royal Navy, the destroyer with the largest displacement, the 7,000-ton Type 82 destroyer USS Bristol." Edward said: "This destroyer is equipped with Sea Javelin anti-aircraft missiles with a range of 70 kilometers, and it is completely capable of organizing an effective protective ring around the aircraft carrier to protect the safety of the aircraft carrier." At the same time, the huge displacement of this destroyer can accommodate more officers and soldiers. You are now short of large warships, which can just fill the gap on your side. ”

"Since this warship is so good, why don't you keep it yourself?" Mhammad asked, the British ambassador in front of him, the level of sales was too clumsy.

Hearing Mhammad's question, Edward was stunned for a moment, he thought of various answers, and even thought of how to bargain with the president who could do business, but he just didn't expect the other party to ask such a question.

How so? Tell the other party that there is a serious economic crisis in the United Kingdom, and the Royal Navy has to sell the bottom to cut various expenses? Of course, this will not work, it is simply a disgrace to the UK. So how to say?

"Because of our friendship." Edward said: "We in the UK also provided a lot of financial help in dealing with the Soviet troops in Afghanistan, and we in the UK and Pakistan also have a traditional friendship. ”

Edward racked his brains and didn't come up with any more words.

Mhammad sneered, talking about friendship with the empire on which the sun never sets? Their friendship is colonization!

"Then how much do you plan to sell this warship?" Mhammad asked.

"50 million dollars." Edward said: "The combat effectiveness of this battleship is as good as ten ordinary warships, and it is the most suitable choice for your aircraft carrier formation." ”

Million? Why don't you go and grab money? Mhammad looked at Edward in front of him, the cost of this warship was only 27 million pounds sterling, which is converted into dollars, and it is only 40 million dollars, which is not the price of later generations, a destroyer is hundreds of millions of dollars, and now it is not yet the nineties, which is simply a sky-high asking price.

Do the British also have the ability to ask for a sky-high price and repay the money on the ground? It's a pity that they met themselves.

Mhammad shook his head: "Three million dollars, including fifty spare bombs." ”

Three million dollars is just the price of an advanced fighter, and if Mhammad pays such a price, he is buying a tattered price, after all, this British warship has been in service for fifteen years, and the British don't want this warship anymore at all, and it is their goal to retire this warship and make some money. If it is not sincere, Mhammad really wants to say that he will give it to himself, anyway, Pakistan's current aircraft carrier is a gift from the Americans, and the modification carried out in Pakistan does not cost much.

"It can't be!" Edward said to Mhammad: "Such an advanced destroyer would have been worth hundreds of millions of dollars!" ”

"If you are willing to export all the technology of the Sea Javelin anti-aircraft missile to Pakistan, we can raise the price a little more." "How about selling it in a package with the sea javelin, five million dollars?" ”

Million! Originally, Ambassador Edward's bottom line was 20 million US dollars, which was the minimum for Britain, but now, the person in front of him is obviously a posture that has eaten Britain to death.

"I'm sorry, if that's the case, we're very sorry." Ambassador Edward said: "I am afraid that our export agreement will be ruined, and your country will also miss an opportunity to acquire medium-range air defense capabilities. ”

"I'm sorry too." Mhammad said: "The price of our British friends is too high, we in Pakistan are not rich enough to afford such a heavy price, and our aircraft carriers are all given to us by American friends." (To be continued......)