Hearing Anthony say this, everyone woke up to the fact that this matter is not under the control of the Indian side at all, and everyone has been arguing for a long time, but in fact, in the end, they have to act according to the face of the US side. "Well, I agree to purchase 2-3 F-3 squadrons on the basis of reducing the number of F-16 purchases as much as possible, and if possible, we better purchase on a 1:1 basis, and no more than 1:2."

After an almost quarrelsome dispute with Verma, Singh still took into account the needs of the Air Force, the Air Force really needs the F-35 to compete for air supremacy, otherwise losing air supremacy his army will become the target of the opponent, and at this point, Singh will not stubbornly let everyone suffer because of mountainism.

"However, I hope to purchase 2 squadrons of Apache at the same time to strengthen the army's ability to deal with the opponent's heavy group, especially since they are newly equipped with 150 Chinese 99A2 main battle tanks, if we are equipped with 2 squadrons of Apache, we can completely offset this part of the opponent's additional combat power."

"But General Singh," Anthony said with a bitter face when he heard Singh's opinion, "if we follow this plan, I'm afraid we won't have so much military expenses to pay." ”

Anthony for the F-35 and F-16, the price of Apache is also roughly spectrum, even according to the minimum tie-in, 2 squadrons of F-35 with 2 squadrons of F-16, without more than 7 billion US dollars, do not want to win at all, and 2 squadrons of Apache, according to the purchase price a few years ago, at least more than 2 billion US dollars. In this way, this single transaction is easily close to 10 billion dollars.

In 2018, the total military budget of the Indian army is less than 60 billion US dollars, which will be removed by more than one-fifth at once, and it will not cost money in other places, not to mention anything else, the aircraft carrier formation of the Navy alone is still lacking a lot of equipment, and a squadron of MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft has just been equipped, but modern destroyers with strong anti-submarine air defense are still very lacking.

The lack of destroyer protection of the aircraft carrier formation is tantamount to turning the aircraft carrier into the target of the opponent, fortunately, there is no strong opponent in the Indian Ocean, relying on the current crappy aircraft carrier formation to deal with the weaker navy of the Pakistani side is still not much of a problem, but in the future, I heard that the two large aircraft carrier fleets of the Chinese Navy have been integrated, in the face of the strong strength of the Chinese Navy, once something happens, how to deal with the aggressive offensive of the Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean.

In any case, the Ahsan military still came up with a specific plan for this seminar, no way, the timing waits for no one, and now the F-35 is bought under the pretext of fighting terrorism, which is already a fortunate thing to invite the heavens.

Therefore, after getting the instructions for domestic negotiations, Siram "reluctantly" agreed to purchase fighters according to the F-35A of 2 squadrons and F-16C/D of 4 squadrons, plus a squadron of Apache helicopter gunships, a total of $10 billion in military purchases.

The F-35A, plus related supporting parts and training services, will cost the Indian side $150 million per plane, which is definitely a fair price; as for the second-hand refurbished F-16C/D, the United States is even more "generous" to offer a low price of $4,500, and it can be mentioned in stock one by one, anyway, now that the US military has begun to phase out, there is no need to make any more preparations for giving more than 50 second-hand F-16C/D. It is only necessary to ensure that these second-hand goods are received through the Indian side.

For the Indian side, this should be a good thing, it can join the air force more quickly to form combat effectiveness, compared to the two squadrons of F-35A to be delivered in two years, quite a suspicion that it is far from quenching the thirst of the near.

Completed the list of the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front as an internationally recognized terrorist organization, and got the new equipment of the US military, although it has not yet been successfully installed, but through this series of political diplomacy and military procurement, Ah San believes that it has received strong support from the United States. It's not just the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front.

Under these circumstances, the Indian side has drawn up a list of Kashmir separatist forces, which are listed as terrorist organizations that India needs to deal with, and some of these separatist forces have their headquarters in Kashmir under the control of the Pakistani side, so the Indian side has strongly demanded that the Pakistani side ban and crack down on these organizations.

In the face of such demands, which the Pakistani side considers extremely unreasonable, the Pakistani side categorically refused. Although the Pakistani side noted that the relationship between India and the United States was unprecedentedly close, and even reached a large order for military equipment, the Pakistani side did not conduct an in-depth analysis of the situation and determine the real purpose of the United States in this matter. Therefore, this incident should be interpreted as the beginning of another arms race by the Indian side, and a response to the two advanced weapons that Pakistan obtained from China last year.

This fundamental error in judgment has led to the Pakistani side being somewhat ill-prepared for India's sudden change.

Although the Pakistani side reacted strongly and made political representations, this time the Yankees, who had a heart to belong, pretended not to see it on the surface, acquiesced in India's actions, and privately stepped up the delivery of military orders and equipment that had just been signed to the Indian side, and used actions to support the Indian side's cross-border strikes, and quickly delivered a squadron of Apache helicopter gunships to the Indian side by air transport. India's anti-armor forces in Kashmir have been further strengthened.

The F-16C/D purchased by India is said to also arrive in India by sea within a month.

Seeing such strong support from the United States, the Indian bigwigs who thought they had hugged Uncle Sam's thigh were overjoyed, and the military seized this rare opportunity and began to unscrupulously clean up the local anti-Indian armed forces in Kashmir. In the cross-border strikes, there have been more and more armed frictions and clashes with Pakistani border posts.

Finally, there was a serious exchange of fire between the two sides near the border line in the Neelam Valley in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, and the elite Indian detachment that crossed the border to attack the separatist armed forces dispatched the latest Apache helicopter gunships, and in the face of the interception of Pakistani soldiers at the checkpoints, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and with superior firepower and equipment, the Indian side killed and wounded more than 10 Pakistani soldiers, as well as dozens of Muslim militants who were pursued to hide here.

The Pakistani JF-17 Thunderbolt fighter plane, which was urgently dispatched, did not catch up with the Indian Apache, and crossed the border and dropped a checkpoint on the Indian side in retaliation.

As a result, the situation between India and Pakistan suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse and began to enter the brink of war.