Even Mhammad didn't imagine that it would be so smooth, and when the people from the Klaus company came to the door again, Mhammad was going to go to the next stop, and the negotiations restarted, but this time, Prime Minister Cole did not come forward, and he was completely from the Klaus company.

"In order to show our sincerity, we have decided to sell the production line of the 1500 horsepower engine to you, and the body can also be welded in you, as for other aspects, including fire control, suspension, gun barrel, these things need to be imported from our company." Lauyt said that this is the final result, and there is no room for bargaining, and if it doesn't work, then Lauyt can only express regret.

1500 hp engine! At least it can be regarded as a change for something useful, the German machinery is very developed, especially this engine, which is really good! Low fuel consumption and high power make it ideal for Pakistan's advanced tanks.

"Okay, we can take it." "Let's get into the details," Mhammad said. ”

The negotiations lasted for several hours, and finally it was agreed, Pakistan purchased 200 Leopard 2s in advance, all of which belong to the second batch, which have been equipped with infrared imaging devices, and at the same time, Krauss-Maffei will improve Pakistan's tank overhaul plant, so that this overhaul plant has the ability to produce 1500 horsepower engines, and at the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that Pakistan can independently produce all the parts of the engine, which requires special alloys, and also needs to be provided by Claus Company. So that Pakistan can produce its own blanks.

The last three hundred tanks, all produced in this way, including ammunition, with a total contract amount of 700 million marks.

At the same time, the Pakistani side needs to provide milk mask composite armor with a bulletproof capability equivalent to 500 mm of homogeneous armor, and at the same time provide technical information on this composite armor.

Negotiations are complete. Lloyt was very happy and said to Mhammad: "General Mhammad, our Mercedes-Benz company has many products, and you must be interested in them, including the NG80 military vehicle and the Umonica off-road vehicle. You will also be very interested in the fact that where our Leopard 2 can pass, the Umonica buggy can pass. ”

Although Pakistan is very poor, it also has a vision to buy things from abroad, and the choices are all first-class things, Pakistan's army. In addition to the need for armored forces, there must also be a lot of need for off-road vehicles and military trucks, and if the factory is built, it will be able to make Mercedes-Benz a lot of money, and Lloyt took the initiative to put it forward.

Mercedes-Benz? Actually, the main goal of Mhammad. It is a cheap Steyr heavy truck, and Mercedes-Benz has advanced technology. However, it is too expensive for a large amount of equipment, and even more so for civilian production.

The best is the one that meets the conditions of the country.

However, hospitality is hard to refuse. Since there is Lloyt's recommendation, I simply went to Mercedes-Benz to see it myself.

At this time, it was already noon, and after eating, I went straight to Stuttgart, a city in southern Germany.

Daimler-Benz AG. The predecessor was the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory and the Daimler Automobile Factory, which were established in 1886. The founders are Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. In 1926, the two factories merged to become the current multinational corporation.

In addition to the world-class quality in the field of passenger cars, in the field of commercial vehicles, they have invested billions of marks, successfully developed the NG-80 series of heavy trucks, advanced variable displacement girders, good matching of engine and transmission system, and excellent processing quality, so that this vehicle has good performance.

The Umonica is an off-road vehicle with a ground clearance of up to half a meter on the door axle, the performance of this car can be comparable to that of a tank, and the service life can exceed 50 years, even after 50 years, the off-road performance of this off-road vehicle is still not exceeded by other vehicles.

The R&D capabilities of Mercedes-Benz can be seen.

Mercedes-Benz expressed a warm welcome to the Pakistani delegation, and the company's president, Hubert, personally paid tribute to the visiting Pakistani personnel at the company's door.

Greeted in the company's reception room, Mercedes-Benz company showed a video, in which the NG-80 heavy truck, in the mountains galloping fast, especially when a narrow road through guò, the driver stretched out his hand, folded the mirror back, the speed did not decrease at all, after the guò, and then broke the reflector.

"This is the advanced heavy truck developed by our company in more than ten years." "Donkey carts are still used mainly on the land of Pakistan, and as the times go on, you need a truck to serve the national economy, and in the army, this need is even more urgent, for example, if you have a large number of military trucks in your infantry division, then if there is a war on the border, the army can quickly maneuver over," Hubert said. ”

Mhammad nodded: "Yes, this kind of heavy truck performance is very advanced. ”

"So, are you interested in buying this heavy truck from us?" Hubert asked.

"Interested." Muhammad said solemnly: "But we have no money. ”

Hubert felt a mouthful of blood about to vomit out, no money, what a fart.

Ordinary leaders are very good-looking, the country has no money, this kind of thing cannot be said lightly, but this person in power from the bottom army is very real, and he said it directly.

"If you are willing to use the national bank and commercial banks to lend us a loan, let us buy 500 vehicles, as well as a full set of process technology, we can consider it." "The battlefield is the most qualified standard to test your military vehicles, and we can deploy them in the Kashmir valley at the forefront and in the mountains of Afghanistan to test the performance of your Umonica off-road vehicles, which is equivalent to advertising to you," Mhammad said. ”

This is simply an empty glove white wolf, they all say that this general is good, Hubert didn't believe it before, but now, he really believes it, Pakistan's national strength is limited, so many advanced fighters, it is said that they are all bought with loans, a butt of foreign debt, when the time comes, what will they rely on to repay the loan? Maybe in a few years, it won't be over.

That's not going to work!

"I'm sorry, if that's the case, we really can't cooperate." Hubert said.

"Yes, it's a pity that we can only choose a heavy truck that is affordable and willing to lend us money. We have assessed that the army needs about 2,000 vehicles, and the civilian market, with the boom in the mining industry, needs at least 100,000 vehicles. Mhammad stood up, stretched out his hand to the other side, and shook Hubert's hand: "I hope there is a chance, we can cooperate next time." ”

The demand for 100,000 units is definitely a big market! In fact, they have already assessed that a very important reason why Pakistan supports Afghanistan so much is that it is interested in Afghan minerals, and it is said that after the Afghan Liberal Party established a government, they immediately signed a mining agreement, and many Afghans began to dig for rocks in the mountains.

However, all the loans, Mercedes-Benz felt that this business was a little too hanging, and it did not compound the company's regulations at all.

So, I could only watch Mhammad and the others leave the Mercedes-Benz company, shake hands with them amicably, get into the car, and go straight to the airport.

"The technology of Mercedes-Benz trucks is advanced, and if we can achieve domestic production, it will not only be used in our civilian market, but we can also conjure wheeled infantry fighting vehicles after simple improvements." On the plane, the deputy head of the procurement, Pakistan's army logistics minister Torik, said.

Torik was a little puzzled, he was a close confidant of Zia-ul-ulq, and when Zia-ul-Haq was on the front line of the Indo-Pakistani conflict, Torik was Zia-ulq's guard.

This time, Zia-Haq gave them a very large budget, this is a package of introduction agreements, take out a part of the middle, the introduction of Mercedes-Benz trucks, it is also completely okay, there is no need to force the Germans to take out loans, and they will not pull out a dime.

"yes, but we have limited funds." "We still have a lot of things to introduce, all kinds of places need money, negotiations with Mercedes-Benz are not necessary, and I believe that they will not give up our huge market, and will definitely negotiate with us again, when the time comes, the initiative is in our hands." ”

"And what if they don't come?" "If we can achieve an independent production of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, it is completely possible to mechanize our army, and our military spending cannot support a large number of tanks, and wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are a good alternative," Torrick said. ”

"First press the Germans, and finally, let's negotiate again." "Whoever is in a hurry will take the initiative, especially since the Germans will definitely come to us after we have negotiated with the Austrian company," said Mhammad. ”

Mhammad has a lot to buy, especially Austria, and the introduction of the Steyr project is an important project in Pakistan's industrial development, which drives the growth of other related industries.

Although Austria is a small country, the industrialization process is very high, in addition to Steyr, there is also the patented technology of the 155 mm 45 caliber GC-45 gun, which is most valued by Mhammad.

The king of artillery on land, the 155 mm caliber howitzer, is the most important support weapon, and it is also the most common howitzer caliber in the world, and more importantly, this howitzer, using electroslag remelted steel, the introduction of this artillery technology, at the same time to introduce this steel smelting technology, so that even if the Germans do not export the technology of 120 mm tank guns, Pakistan has an alternative program, Mhammad clearly remembers, In the East, there is a program for the development of a 120-mm tank gun of 50 times the caliber. (To be continued......)