Although Baker is Secretary of State, he cannot know all the construction projects of all countries. For Pakistan he knows, he knows a port of Karachi.

Now, when he heard Mhamad's words, he thought it was just a small unknown port, and couldn't help but ask: "Can our aircraft carrier be allowed to enter the port?"

The aircraft carrier often has tens of thousands of tons and has a draft of more than ten meters. If the port water depth is not enough and the aircraft carrier is stranded, it will be a big problem.

"Of course, our port can accommodate 300,000 tons of oil tankers, not to mention 100,000 tons of aircraft carriers." Mhamad said: "Look, it's here."

Looking in the direction indicated by Mhamad, Beck was immediately delighted. This position turned out to be outside the Strait of Hormuz. This was even better. His aircraft carrier formation could take off the carrier-based aircraft for an attack as long as it sailed out for a while after leaving the port.

"Okay, thank you very much for your help," Baker said: "We want to rent this port!"

The location is appropriate and can be parked on its own aircraft carrier formation. Baker doesn't have to go back to discuss with the navy personnel, so the place will be settled.

"Mr. Baker, now let's talk about the rent of the port." Mhamad said: "This port was developed by Pakistan for five years, and it has invested tens of billions of dollars in total..."

Hearing Mhamad's words, Baker quickly interrupted him. Who doesn't know that this guy is simply a businessman! He has no choice but to talk about the price! The way to deal with him is to cut the mess with a quick knife!

"President Mhamad, we, the United States, have made a decision to exempt you from the debts of several military purchases during the Afghan war." Baker said: "What do you think is used to offset the port you lease?"

The matter of Chen Zhimao is so bad, why do these Americans always keep holding on? Mhamad couldn't help but think in his mind, isn't it just some military purchases? From the beginning of purchasing Tomcat fighter jets, Pakistan started to take credit. Until the end of the Afghan war, Pakistan borrowed less than 10 billion US dollars in total. And now Pakistan has paid back a few million in interest.

Mhamad was very depressed and had already made up his mind to lie. Now, the Americans actually proposed to use these to exchange for their own ports. Mhamad did not have any other words.

"Okay." Mhamad said: "We Pakistan's economy is weak and we owe so much debts during the war. Now it is a heavy burden to pay back the interest. If you can forgive all those loans, we can get rid of the heavy burden, we are very grateful."

Heavy burden? With Pakistan's current economic strength, it is easy to pay back those debts. However, this guy has been relying on it and using it to threaten the United States with debts. The United States withheld the F-16 fighter jets ordered by Pakistan, which has a lot to do with it.

Now, the United States needs Pakistan to provide a naval base, and Pakistan has provided it very obediently. Both sides are happy and their accounts are written off. It seems that this trip to the Middle East will definitely go smoothly.

"We also built an airport in the north of Guadal Harbor." At this moment, Mhamad spoke again.

Airport!

The United States not only needs the navy to enter, but also the Air Force! If the Air Force is stationed in Pakistan, after taking off, as long as it refuels in air over the Persian Gulf, it can fly over Iraq to bomb! At the same time, since the Iraqi Air Force does not have air refueling capabilities, it will not pose any threat to the bases in Pakistan!

Baker's mind became hot instantly.

"Can we rent this airport simultaneously?" Baker said.

"This is a civil airport. It is planned to be opened with the port." Mhamad said: "Since you have a request, we can give it priority, but the rent must be calculated separately."

Baker had a premonition in his heart that he shouldn't have said it too early just now. He had already talked about renting a port. If he talked about renting an airport, he would definitely have to pay more!

"We spent a total of 30 billion yuan to develop this airport. Now, if we want to force Iraq to surrender, we will have to carry out more than a year of air strikes. After this airport is put into operation, it will have at least 5 billion US dollars in revenue every year." Mhamad has already started to settle accounts: "And many facilities in the airport, such as those buildings, can be occupied by people, and these are also quite a large amount of income. We have also set up a transmission line here. The rent for a year is at least 10 billion US dollars!"

Mhamad finished his calculations and said to Baker solemnly: "Mr. Baker, you will be rented to you for one year. After the time comes, if you still need it, you will accumulate it backwards. What do you think?"

Seeing this guy speaking very seriously, Baker had the urge to vomit blood, $10 billion! Why not rob money? Although the United States has money, it cannot be consumed like this, right?

Besides, since President Bush came to power, military expenditure has been exceeding the standard, and the parliament has been stuck. If he agreed to a 10 billion dollar rent, Baker would probably be drowned by the guys in the parliament after he returned.

"No, President Mhamad, this price is too high for us to accept it." Baker said.

"Then you can't rent it," Mhamad said. "We will enable this new airport, and many civil aircraft can fly here. We can get the same profit through commercial operation."

Civil aviation passenger plane! What should the US Air Force do if all civil aviation passenger planes come? Baker hesitated for a moment and said, "President Mhamad, our United States came with friendship to help Kuwait and drive away the barbaric invaders. I hope you are not too harsh. One hundred billion dollars is too expensive. We cannot accept it. Five billion dollars..."

"Okay, then we'll be five billion dollars." Mhamad replied quite simply: "We give our great American friends 50% off, and this is only one chance. If you still don't agree, then forget it."

Baker stopped his mouth. He wanted to say that just now, 5 billion dollars were a little more, but Mhamad took over the words. To be fair, it was already quite good to be able to cut half of the price from Mhamad.

"Okay, then we can provide $5 billion in military aid," Baker said. "This fee is until we have attacked the Iraqi invaders."

Paying rent directly is different from military aid. The United States' military aid means that the United States provides this fund, but it needs to purchase weapons and equipment in the United States. In this way, American arms dealers can make a fortune, but the money given to the other party has shrunk.

American lust merchants can raise prices to reduce spending by the US government.

Baker also made a time requirement, not so much in a year, but until Iraq was driven away.

Hearing Baker's words, Mhamad pondered. Looking at Mhamad's uncertain expression, Baker thought he was bargaining too much, so why would he add more funds?

Fortunately, this sentence was held in Baker's mouth for ten minutes, but he didn't say it until he heard Mhamad speak again: "Okay, we can agree until we evacuate the Iraqis from Kuwait's territory, and this airport will be rented to you during this period. However, for this 5 billion US dollar of military aid, we need to buy some equipment, and you need to export all of it to us."

"As long as we have it in the United States, we can export it." Baker said. Now, the United States needs Pakistan as an ally, so it needs to be more generous, at least in its words.

"First, we need to buy four sets of c-13-2 steam catapults and need a full set of equipment." Mhamad said.

This sentence immediately made Baker stunned, steam catapult!

Mhamad's attitude is quite firm. If Americans don't sell it to Pakistan, then Americans will definitely not be able to use this airport!

At this time, Pakistan had started construction of a new aircraft carrier, and the entire hull was constructed in sections, making rapid progress, but the catapults that matched the aircraft carrier were not yet visible.

Originally, Mhamad planned to start from the Soviet side, but the Soviet Union has not disintegrated for a long time. It seems that it will take time to obtain these technologies. It takes several years from construction to service of aircraft carriers. Pakistan can wait. But now, with this opportunity, Mhamad knows that he must seize it and must not miss it!

Pakistan's first aircraft carrier Endeavour has two steam catapults that can eject takeoff Tomcat fighter jets. This catapult is just an ordinary C-11 catapult, which requires the aircraft carrier to sail at full speed before it can eject Tomcat fighter jets. Now, the c-13-2 that Mhamad wants is the largest steam catapult in the United States, which can fully load the carrier-based aircraft without wind and the aircraft carrier cruise speed.

The most suitable choice for Pakistan’s new aircraft carrier is this c-13-2 catapult!

This thing is also the American's secret magic weapon, the only one in the world. In later generations, only the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was purchased from the United States during its development. The Americans also cheated on the Gaul chicken without negotiation, and the asking price was ten times the price of their own use.

Now, even if the Americans cost these four sets of catapults, Mhamad also accepted it.

Mhamad emphasized that it was four sets of catapults, all equipment, so that the Americans could not be fooled, and finally sent four sets of cylinder pistons. You should know that the difficulty was those high-pressure-resistant gas storage equipment.

"What do you want catapults?" Unlike Mhamad's guess, Baker heard Mhamad's words first of all, after all, Pakistan already has aircraft carriers and catapults. Could it be that Pakistan still needs to build a new aircraft carrier? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!