Chapter 1136: Previous bets

This secret dialogue that took place in Mahmoud’s office has been going on for a long time, and it will also have a profound impact on the future development and equipment routes of the two countries’ fighter aircraft, especially when the United States unexpectedly made it public on November 10 a year later. After introducing the F117A fighter plane and putting it on public display at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and shocking the world with its strange appearance, Mahmoud and Chen Yijian, who participated in today’s conversation, are even more towards Tan Zhenhua. Predictive admiration is endless-where they know, Tan Zhenhua has never investigated the Bakersfield. He just described the crash at Midos Field Airport based on the memory of his previous life. Of course, the purpose was-well, this is not enough for outsiders.
The subtle effect is obvious. After Chen Yijian talked to Tan Zhenhua about this mysterious "Nighthawk" fighter separately, he made up his mind and planned to set up a pre-research team in 3603 to raise a part of the funds to start exploring the fighter radar. In the field of stealth, of course, he also accepted another suggestion from Tan Zhenhua-this project he will jointly promote with Song Wenhua's 3611 Institute, and invited the leading domestic fighter radar expert Ben Fang as a radar technical consultant.
As for Mahmoud, he did another thing. Although Tan Zhenhua said he was still skeptical, he could not obtain accurate information on the extremely confidential aircraft of the Americans, but it did not prevent him from using some side methods to verify its authenticity. As a result, the Soviet Russian published the paper together with the original magazine quickly on the desk of his desk, and after reading it carefully, he had to admit that what Tan Zhenhua said was true.
This immediately brought him tremendous pressure. On the one hand, on the border line with Afkhan, the unscrupulous invasion and harassment of the Soviet Russians still continued, although the relatively old-fashioned "Su-22" and "Mi Grid 23" is the main one, but who knows when they will encounter other types of fighters-what if the Soviets also completed the research and development of stealth fighters and used it as a testing ground for actual combat? Then, when he was caught off guard, wouldn't Ba Tie suffer a big loss?
On the other hand, his worries made him even more worried. As we all know, since the beginning of the system change in the 1960s, Indy’s air combat forces are based on Soviet weapon systems, although the Russians sold the equipment to Indy. There is a suspicion of shrinking the "monkey version", but the number of equipment that is several times that of Pakistan Railways is a huge deterrent. The current situation is that Pakistan Railways can still try to maintain the balance of power by relying on the performance advantages formed by F16 fighters. If the Soviets also sell this kind of fighter to Indy, no, even if they don’t use such advanced fighters, they just improve the performance level of their equipped fighters, such as the known "MiG 29" that can mount up to 6 missiles. Or another Sukhoi latest fighter of unknown model, then...
The most critical point is that the F16 fighter is not ready to use whenever you want!
With this in mind, the newly appointed Secretary of Equipment Brigadier General Mahmoud is a bit on pins and needles-or is the Flying Leopard, which has been proven to defeat F16, really a good choice?
But buying a fighter plane is not buying cabbage. No matter how good a fighter plane is, you must have enough tickets. Mahmoud knows the price of the "Flying Leopard". Haosha, the big gold master, has already placed an order. Well, although Haosha bought the "Top-equipped Deluxe Edition", the bare-metal unit price is as high as 25 million US dollars. When the Pakistan Railway buys it, it can completely cancel some flashy configurations to reduce the price-but no matter how cheap it is, I am afraid it will not be lower. At a price of 20 million U.S. dollars, Pakistan Railway is simply unable to equip it in large quantities. You must know that although American aircraft are expensive, most of them are actually spent on military aid provided by Americans or other financial aid countries. You don’t need to spend a lot of real money, but the deal with Huaxia is especially mixed with the money-demanding Tan Zhenhua, but there is no military aid, and the dual-engine heavy fighter, its daily flight and maintenance costs are originally higher than A single-engine plane is much more expensive!
What's more, Pakistan Railway has already invested in the "Super 7" project, and it is certainly difficult to spend a lot of money to purchase other types of fighters in a short period of time.
At this moment, Mahmoud really felt that the head of the equipment department was not so good, and he also truly understood the importance of Tan Zhenhua's hard work to make money.
Without money, that is absolutely impossible.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing, stood up and moved his limbs a little bit sore from sitting for a long time, and at the same time made a secret decision in his heart--maybe, he needs to talk to Tan Zhenhua again, not just for The "Flying Leopard" project, this young man who is arrogant in the market, can also do something for the economic development of Pakistan Railways. Only when the country's economy develops can there be sufficient financial resources to support decent national defense construction.
For example, he was jokingly used to make a $100 million investment in Gwadar Port as a bet. Now, although he has won the bet, this investment may not be impossible, right?
So maybe, before communicating with Tan Zhenhua again, we should first talk to Zia. His Excellency President Huck has an interview.
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"You mean Gwadar Port?"
Tan Zhenhua frowned: "Lao Ma, you also know that investing 100 million U.S. dollars in Gwadar Port was a bet that I casually said at the time. Of course, if I lose, I will definitely fulfill my promise, but if I treat it as a practical project. If implemented-Lao Ma, port construction is a heavy asset project that requires long-term investment. Of course I would like to discuss this issue with you, but..."
Mahamud saw Tan Zhenhua hesitating to say something and stopped, obviously there was something embarrassing in his heart, so he said: "Eric, I don't hide it from you. Before coming, I have exchanged views with His Excellency President Zia Huck. He also hopes to cooperate with you to develop this port, so if you have any concerns, you can speak up and see if there is anything our government can do."
"Then I will tell the truth." Tan Zhenhua thought for a while and said: "First of all, 100 million US dollars is not enough to build a new modern port. I am afraid that ten times more will not be enough. Most of my current assets Both are used to operate a major project. I am afraid that it will not be possible to raise enough money in a short time. Of course, this is not the most critical factor. There can be other solutions."
"Then what is the most critical factor?" Although he had a hunch, Mahmoud asked.
"Gwadar Port, it's in your Balochistan province of Pakistan!"
Mahamud couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard the words-sure enough, just as he had guessed, it was for this reason.