Chapter 417: Visit the Nuclear Power Plant
"Gorbachev will really take the opportunity." "This time, he really took power in the Soviet Union," Mhammad said. ”
"Yes, now that there is no opposition in the army, the Soviet Union will carry out economic reforms, its national strength will increase, and when a strong Soviet Union appears, will it be a good thing or a bad thing for us." Musha'af said.
This incident was completely planned by Mhammad, and the United States also helped, and now, watching Gorbachev get rid of all the diehards in the army and promote new loyal people, this is the arrival of a new era, I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.
"Mighty Soviet Union? It will never happen. Mhammad said.
"Why?" Musha'f asked.
"If helping Gorbachev take power would make the Soviet Union stronger, would the Americans do it?" Mhammad said. Without the help of the Americans, this incident simply could not have been completed.
"How did the Soviet Union become a world superpower? It's its army! It's a powerful army! When the Soviet Union began to reduce its army, there would be a lot of changes in the whole of Eastern Europe, and the United States would add fuel to the fire, so that there would be serious problems in the politics of the Soviet Union, and how could it become a superpower again? "The Soviet Union, the final result, must be its disintegration," Mhammad said. ”
The crisis of the Soviet Union has been deeply rooted, and Gorbachev, an idealist, is simply incapable of changing the Soviet Union, and although he is now victorious and has mastered the power of the army, the system of the Soviet state, after so many years, has cultivated a large number of socialist moths and countless vested interests. In order to protect their own interests, they will inevitably oppose reform, and this kind of game between local governments and the central government will run through the whole process.
Gorbachev didn't have that courage, he didn't have that ability, his reforms. It will only make society more and more chaotic.
Mhammad, who came from later generations, of course, knew that this was an immutable fact, and the United States would certainly add fuel to it, constantly promoting the ideas of democracy and freedom in the West, and influencing the youth of the Soviet Union, when those people saw that the bureaucrats could enjoy privileges and squander them wantonly. And when they themselves have to wait in line for hours to buy bread, these young people who have never experienced the Second World War, the defense of Moscow, the defense of Stalingrad, will feel how unbearable their country is, and they will demand democracy. American-style democracy can only be applied to the United States and the West-Flying World, in other places. It is not applicable at all, and in the future the United States will be under the banner of democracy. He constantly infiltrated his own ideas into other countries and helped them realize democracy, but in the end, they became turbulent and the people's lives were not as good as before.
Democracy. would have completely buried the Soviet Union.
Although Mhammad, who came from later generations, also felt sorry for the Soviet Union, the most important thing for Mhammad now is how to develop and strengthen Pakistan.
Economy! Only when the economy is completely uplifted, Pakistan has truly become an economic powerhouse. In order to be able to achieve the take-off of the country!
To develop the economy, it is necessary to have sufficient energy, and now, the problem of energy shortage in Pakistan is becoming more and more serious, so the construction of new power stations cannot wait.
According to the agreement reached from the United States, Pakistan has begun construction of a large nuclear power plant in eastern Peshawar, which will meet one-tenth of Pakistan's electricity needs when completed.
The nuclear reactors of the United States are more advanced and safe, and the thick containment outside is the biggest reliance, and this kind of reactor is a light water reactor, so there is no need to worry about the by-products of the nuclear reactor to make nuclear weapons, which is the most effective way to use nuclear energy peacefully.
Although it is now late autumn, construction is still under construction here, and it looks like it is in full swing.
Wearing a hard hat, Mhammad walked along the construction site with the head of the nuclear power plant, Louis, an engineer on the American side.
"For this power station, we will make the shell out of steel, and the safety performance is quite good." "Now that we've dug the foundation and are in the early stages of construction, we expect it will take a year to get the first unit connected to the grid," Luis said. ”
"Well, the technology of the United States is very advanced, and we in Pakistan will never stop the peaceful use of nuclear energy." "When this plant is completed and it is stable, we will build a second nuclear power plant in Karachi," Mhamad said. ”
Pakistan's demand for electricity is huge.
"President Hammad, our United States and your country have always had the most friendly relations." U.S. Ambassador Arnold, who was following him, said: "We are also very honored to see your country under the supervision of the International Nuclear Energy Organization. ”
Although the last time Pakistan expressed its support for the establishment of Hyderabad, which made the United States very unhappy, now, under the serious protest of the United States, it seems that Pakistan has relented, and the United States has borrowed the donkey to go downhill and has not continued to protest against Pakistan.
After all, the Soviet Union has not withdrawn its troops, and as long as the Soviet Union does not leave, the United States will continue to rely on Pakistan.
"We didn't have nuclear energy before, but now that we have, we have to abide by the basic international laws." "Our industry needs a lot of electricity, and we welcome your country's support in building this nuclear power plant," Mhammad said. ”
Cranes, concrete tankers, it's a busy construction site, and Mhammad looks at the nuclear power plant under construction, and his heart is full of sighs.
Although Huaxia also has its own design and construction of nuclear power plants, but the power is too small, only 300,000 kilowatts, and now, the nuclear power plants built by the United States, each nuclear reactor, is a gigawatt level, in later generations, Huaxia also imported technology from France, only to build a 1.5 million kilowatts of nuclear power plant.
This kind of technology is still the most perfect in Western capitalist countries!
"This nuclear power plant is a manifestation of our friendship with the United States." Mhammad said as he walked.
"Well, we in the United States also cherish this friendship of ours very much." Arnold said: "This September, at the Farnnbrough Airshow in the UK, we would like to invite your pilots to the UK for an air show. ”
Farnborough Airshow? "Of course you can," Mahmad said. ”
Among the world's four major air shows, the Farnborough Air Show ranks first, each air show, will attract many aircraft manufacturers to come, at the same time, it is also an opportunity for a variety of air shows, the United States invited the Pakistan Air Force to perform, naturally because the Pakistan Air Force has rich combat experience.
And Pakistan also happened to take advantage of this opportunity to go abroad to have a look, and Mhammad was of course very happy.
After the inspection at the nuclear power plant, Mhammad received news that his infantry fighting vehicle had been developed and was undergoing qualitative testing.
Infantry fighting vehicles are mechanized forces accompanied by tanks, which can transport fighters to the front line and directly enter the battle.
There are only ordinary trucks, which can only be called motorized troops.
The infantry fighting vehicle is divided into two types: tracked and wheeled, the tracked cross-country ability is the best, but the fuel consumption is high, the maintenance is complicated, and the wheeled type is fuel-efficient, durable, can travel at high speed, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but now the global trend is wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, including in the mountains of Afghanistan, the Soviets used to use BMP infantry fighting vehicles, and later changed to BTR80 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.
After Pakistan introduced Mercedes-Benz's NG-80 series heavy trucks, on the basis of these heavy trucks, developed an infantry fighting vehicle, which is their goal, and now, after several years of trial production, it has finally begun to be finalized.
NG-80 heavy truck, better performance than Steyr, moreover, there are all-wheel drive models, so, after opening a factory in Pakistan, after production, this kind of heavy truck, mainly to meet the high-end heavy trucks in Pakistan, in some harsh areas, such as no roads, all rely on off-road travel in the mountains, the demand for this heavy truck is very extensive.
Mhammad and his entourage came to the vehicle factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, and when they walked into the test site behind, Mhammad saw the infantry fighting vehicle.
This is a three-axle 6*6 infantry fighting vehicle, six huge off-road tires, the entire body, covered by thin steel plates, the shape of the body is similar to the mainstream wheeled combat vehicle, the whole body is also buoyant enough to travel on the water, correspondingly, there are propellers on the left and right sides of the back, and the upper part of the hull, there is a universal weapon station, which can be replaced with various weapons, including ordinary machine guns, machine guns, to large-caliber low-pressure smoothbore guns, can be installed.
However, when he saw this car, Mhammad frowned: "The off-road ability of this car cannot meet our requirements and must be redesigned." ”
There was no test drive, but after just one look, the president denied the car, much to the frustration of the developers who followed Mhammad.
The Pakistani designer, Dr. Star, who returned from the United States, immediately asked Mhammad: "May I ask Mr. President, what is there about our infantry fighting vehicles that cannot meet our requirements?"
Dr. Star, a graduate of the most famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, participated in the development of the Hummer in General Dynamics, when he returned to Pakistan, the thirsty Pakistan welcomed these engineers who came back from abroad, Dr. Starr was also reused, after negotiating an agreement with the German Mercedes-Benz company, Pakistan's infantry fighting vehicle also began to be established, and Dr. Starr became the chief engineer of the design of this infantry fighting vehicle. (To be continued......)