Their funds have been in place long ago and have even been spent.

The fighter plane has just entered the prototype assembly and has not yet achieved its first flight. Now I tell the other party that cooperation cannot continue, and no one will do business with them in the future.

"The above policy is like this. If the policy is violated, it will be difficult to do it in the future..." Bai Yanjun reminded Xie Kai.

If you cooperate privately, the consequences will be serious.

"It will definitely not violate the policy." Xie Kai naturally understood what Bai Yanjun was worried about.

Before coming, I had discovered such a problem from Zheng Yucheng and the others.

"General, will the Chinese sell us the Super-7b? If they don't sell it to us, we don't have advanced fighter jets, and once a war breaks out, it will be difficult to obtain air supremacy." The assistant reminded Mubara, "Air Minister General Jeroella has always been very dissatisfied with our work; the Ministry of Defense is also on the verge of patience..."

"We can't blame us. If we signed the contract from the beginning, such a thing wouldn't have happened. The Ministry of Defense has always believed in Americans. How many times have we been cheated because we believe in Americans?" Mubara said coldly.

The assistant wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Americans are indeed unreliable.

But are Chinese people so trustworthy?

The project jointly developed was eventually banned from export, which was no different from that of the Americans.

"At least, the Chinese are more reliable than the Americans in some aspects. There is no clear number of aircraft required by the Ministry of Defense and the Air Force so far..." Mubara knew that he was a little out of control.

The assistant reminds himself kindly.

However, Pakistan's domestic industrial foundation is too poor and cannot develop and produce independently, so it can only rely on others.

It is not realistic to get technology from Americans and fill the gap in the poor industrial foundation. As long as you mention it, Americans will say that we provide advanced weapons and equipment, as well as various assistance, what should we do?

Americans have always been willing to sell equipment, but they are just simple versions, so don't think about getting technology.

Although the Chinese have backward technology and are cost-effective, they can gradually establish their own military system through cooperation with Chinese companies.

As a person in charge of equipment, Mubara has come into contact with many countries. By buying it alone, he cannot buy a powerful national defense. Only by establishing a complete national defense industrial system by himself, even if he cannot build all the complete systems, he must at least produce it himself in terms of core equipment.

Fighter jets, tanks, and cannons should be produced by themselves, even if the technology is a little behind.

The Ministry of Defense people would not consider this, and the Air Force would do the same.

People who are not from the Air Force Department affected the signing of contracts with China for the sake of F-16, but now the situation is completely different.

Egypt's production lines have begun to assemble the Super-7a fighter jets, and it is estimated that the test flight will be this year.

The assistant had nothing to say.

Although there are too many doubts in my heart.

The next morning, the Deputy Minister of National Defense of Pakistan and a group of Air Force masters took a plane to the air force base where the Chinese exhibition fleet was located.

"Is this made by China itself?" Dastram, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense, who led the team, saw the two brand new C910s parked on the apron, forming a sharp contrast with the improved aerial refueling aircraft they equipped on the next flight position, and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, c910, the original Chinese project code is Yun-10." Mubara looked envious. Could Pakistan design and develop such an aircraft in his lifetime?

"China imitates the Boeing 707 Y-10? This is a bit different." The Air Force Minister's eyes looked at the Chinese plane and the 707 they equipped with in confusion.

No matter how it is changed, it is impossible to change from 707 to a tanker, at least in terms of appearance.

The appearance, pneumatic layout, etc. need to be modified, so the project will become bigger.

Mubara glanced at the Deputy Minister of National Defense, contempt in his heart, but his face remained silent, "China's Y-10 was developed by them themselves, and it was about the same time as Airbus started researching..."

Not much to say for details.

Some people from the Ministry of Defense have always felt that the United States' equipment is the best and most suitable for Pakistan. Therefore, it is not very cold to Pakistan to expand its procurement scope from China.

In addition, some people are already focused on the United States.

Otherwise, after the two parties negotiated with 404 to jointly develop the Super-7 project, no formal contract was signed until the Super-7a prototype was successfully trial-made...

Mubara knows how maneuverable the Super-7a is, but these domestic military leaders don’t know.

The reason why this arrangement is made today is that Mubara wants to change his mind by these senior military officials who only have American equipment in their eyes.

Although it is even more expensive to set up a production line in Pakistan and let China help train more technical personnel, if you miss this opportunity, it is really gone.

"Mr. Minister, the Chinese are waiting for us." Mubara's assistant saw the atmosphere a little awkward, and hurriedly pointed at the Chinese team not far away and said.

Dustram nodded. He really didn't look down on equipment made in China.

Although China provided a lot of equipment during the Third India-Pakistan War, many of the weapons and equipment in the Pakistani army are now made in China, so its performance is really not comparable to the mainstream equipment in the world.

"I didn't see China's fighter jets." Dastram said, expressing the thoughts of other military personnel.

Everyone is searching for the sounds and shadows of Chinese fighter jets.

But I didn't see it in the airport.

"China's arrangement is to conduct formation performances directly in the air, and will conduct confrontation drills with our fighter jets in the afternoon." Mubara said, "We are arranging the J-6."

"Why not arrange the F-16? Isn't this fighter going to replace the Air Force's F-16 order in the United States?" Dustram asked dissatisfied.

Since the Chinese Super-7 project wants to replace the status of F-16, it needs to at least perform above or reach the F-16 level in all aspects. Otherwise, why give up F-16 and use Chinese junk goods?

"Deputy Minister, according to the original idea of ​​the Ministry of Defense, we are looking for a low-priced fighter jet that suits our national defense needs to match the F-16..." Mubara reminded the Deputy Minister with a bad look.

Especially the title of Deputy Minister, the pronunciation is very strong.

It is to tell Dustram that he is not the Minister of Defense. Although the F-16 is advanced, Pakistan cannot support too much.

Americans can provide it, but are unwilling to continue to provide it in the form of military aid. At the same time, the price has increased a lot. The Pakistani military's short military expenditure every year cannot support such huge expenses.

Seeing that before he saw the performance of Chinese fighter jets, the Air Force Minister started arguing, and quickly spoke, "Minister, let's take a look at the performance of Chinese fighter jets first."

He also hopes that the Air Force will be equipped with more advanced fighter jets, not only the F-16, but also hopes that their Air Force can be equipped with a heavy fighter jet with stronger combat capabilities such as the F-15. The Chinese fighter jets are really not very good.

The reason why China's fighter jets were chosen was not because of its advanced performance and cheap price, although this accounted for a large part of the reason. However, when the war with India was in progress, the Americans interrupted the provision of weapons and equipment to them, and Pakistan had no choice.

Unless they turn to the Soviet Union, and in South Asia, the Soviet Union is more inclined to cooperate with stronger Indians.

"If these goods look at our plane, do you have any ideas about our c910?" Bai Yanjun's hope is beautiful.

Xie Kai glanced at him, then looked at Cheng Bushi, who also had a happy look on his face.

c910 Until now, there are only domestic civil aviation orders, which is the order that the State Administration of Civil Aviation was forced to give.

If any large aircraft wants to have greater development prospects, it naturally requires more orders.

"Uncle Bai, you're thinking too much. The senior Pakistani military leaders have always wanted to equip more advanced American equipment... They think that this is our imitation of Boeing-707." Xie Kai knew the inside story, and probably couldn't get any orders in Pakistan.

When the 150-ton military-type Y-15 comes out, it may still compete with American transport aircraft.

"They are here." Cheng reminded Xie Kai and Bai Yanjun from time to time.

"Brothers, our flight performance today is very important. Whether domestic fighter jets can get more orders internationally and whether we can fly a new twin-engine heavy fighter jet faster, it all depends on our performance..." In the hangar, Tu Lang cheered up at several teammates standing in front of the fighter jet.

His face was not as cynical as before.

Their responsibilities are completely different at home and abroad.

The ground crew members have completed the inspection before takeoff. The rest of the work is to push these fighters from the hangar to the runway, fly into the sky, and show the performance of such fighters in front of the Pakistani military.

"Tu Lang and the others should be ready, right?" Xie Kai was a little worried.

There is no engine at the moment, and I still hope to get the order.

The more orders there are, the larger the bargaining chips for negotiations with the Soviet Union.

The Soviets are so poor that they can't afford to eat, so they naturally will not refuse the large amount of funds delivered to them.

If a rd-33 engine is willing to give a high price of US$2 million per unit, this is a very huge deal.

The Super-7b is a twin-engine fighter. One fighter requires two engines. As long as there is an order for 500 engines, it is a billion US dollars!

The Soviets at their peak did not care about this little money, but now, the Soviet Union cannot ignore it.

"Don't worry, there is no problem. They have been training in this area before. The base specially allocated a supercomputer to analyze and study the maneuverability of the Super-7. Now it can fully perform the dragon head-raising maneuver at a low altitude below 500 meters." Bai Yanjun reassured Xie Kai.

They are all experienced and excellent pilots, and their flight time ranks among the top in the country.

Even the Air Force pilots may not be able to fly 100 hours in a year. These pilots at the base can sometimes fly hundreds of hours in a month.

"Director Bai, this is General Dastram, our Deputy Minister of Defense, and this is General Arental, our Minister of Air Force..." Mubara personally introduced to both sides.

When introducing Chinese personnel, Xie Kai was also introduced.

"Is this the young Chinese man who took the initiative to find you and sell 359 tanks?" Arental looked at Xie Kai with interest.

Originally, Dastram was still wondering why Mubara wanted to introduce a young man like Xie Kai, and he thought he was a junior of a senior Chinese official. When he heard Arental's question, he remembered that Mubara often used 359 tanks as an example to tell the military senior management that China has good equipment.

The 359 tank is currently the most advanced armored vehicle among Pakistan's army equipment.

The Ministry of Defense was very satisfied with such tanks after a long period of combat tests, and even had the idea to expand the scale of equipment to replace those backward old tanks that had been in service for decades.

The 359 tanks that were supposed to be equipped with Pakistan were secretly sold to the Persians by Pakistan.

As for such a tank, Mubara paid 50 million US dollars before seeing the physical objects. Anyone could think of the pressure at that time.

It is precisely because of the 359 tank that Mubara has a higher position in front of the president and has even been promoted to the position of Minister of Logistics and Equipment in one fell swoop. Because this tank was not only bought by Mubara, but more importantly, Pakistan can make it itself.

The tank production line was established, and a batch of basic technologies were obtained from China, which could be gradually realized on this basis.

At that time, if war breaks out again, even if China does not provide core components, Pakistan will not have to worry about losing the war because it cannot be supplemented during the war. At most, the performance they have created is just a little behind.
To be continued...