Chapter 15 The limelight
.End of 2017.
Huang Zhibo only did the most extraordinary thing when the chief of the three armies of Mustet was visiting Islamabad, and almost angered Fu Xiubo.
In Islamabad, Huang Zhibo personally signed a memorandum of military cooperation with the Pakistani military.
This memorandum of military cooperation has become the fuse for the escalation of the arms race in South Asia.
At that time, Huang Zhibo was patting his chest to make a guarantee when attending the dinner held by the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army. China not only had to provide military assistance to Pakistan, but also had an obligation to provide security guarantees for Pakistan and do some things that must be done for this.
This statement is equivalent to dropping a bombshell in the already unstable South Asia region.
You should know that Huang Zhibo is the deputy chief of staff of the Chinese army, and he holds the real power of the chief of staff, which is equivalent to being the highest military commander of the Chinese army.
His words not only make up for military significance, but also political and diplomatic significance.
No matter what Huang Zhibo thought when he said this, it would definitely have another meaning when it reached other people's ears.
The next day, the Indian Defense Minister held a press conference in person, saying that what Huang Zhibo said in Islamabad was equivalent to China's naked threat to India, encouraging Pakistan to take a tough stance on issues such as Kashmir and deliberately undermining the stability of the South Asian region.
It can be said that the Indian Minister of Defense is quite restrained.
In the next few days, European and American news media, especially the American Xinran media, fully amplified Huang Zhibo's words and added fuel to the fire.
A military commentator invited by Abi at that time mentioned that Huang Zhibo's statement not only supported Pakistan in military terms, but also meant that after solving the Northeast Asia issue, China will turn its focus to South Asia and join forces with Pakistan to encircle India. China's fundamental purpose is not to provide security for Pakistan, but to take advantage of India-Pakistan conflicts on the Kashmir issue to pave the way for the recovery of southern Tibet, which is controlled by India.
In fact, this comment is also more objective.
At that time, the most political comments came from the mouth of a US general, the US Army General Botsman who was defeated by Huang Zhibo on the Korean battlefield. According to his statement, Huang Zhibo mentioned that "the things that must be done" were not only provided with advanced weapons and equipment to Pakistan, but also meant that China had recognized Pakistan as a nuclear state and would help Pakistan improve the trinity strategic nuclear force in various ways to enable Pakistan to obtain independent nuclear retaliation capabilities, and launch an arms race with India at a strategic level.
Botsman's words are by no means groundless.
As early as 2016, the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army visited Beijing, and then accompanied by Huang Zhibo, visited the small, island j-blade production line of the Chengdu Aircraft Factory. Although during this visit, the main purpose of the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army was to obtain these two advanced fighters from China and participate in the development of the fourth-generation medium-sized multi-purpose fighter led by Cheng Fei in the form of investment, CIA obtained extremely reliable intelligence, and the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army discussed the nuclear issue with Huang Zhibo in Beijing.
What topics did the two poems discuss? Cia is not clear about, but she can guess.
Given the situation at that time, if Pakistan wants to withstand the pressure from India in South Asia, or not lose in the arms race with India, what it needs is not only advanced fighter jets, but also more important strategic nuclear forces, especially improving the reliability of nuclear forces.
It can be said that Pakistan was in a very difficult situation at that time.
After the end of the Second Korean War, the United States completely shrank its front and announced at the end of 2015 that it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan as planned.
In this way.
The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has taken a sharp turn for the worse.
Since there is no need to deal with the Taliban and terrorists in Afghanistan, there is no need for the United States to continue to provide military assistance to Pakistan.
The most direct manifestation is that at the end of 2015, Pakistan proposed to the United States to purchase F-Friendly fighter jets. The United States first agreed, but then decided to sell the simplified "international version" instead of the standard version of fighter jets Pakistan hopes to obtain.
At the same time, the United States agreed to sell the standard version of f-22a to India.
It can be said that it is the United States' inclination on India-Pakistan policy that forces Pakistan to seek more reliable sources of preparation and partners.
Pakistan has only one choice, that is China.
In terms of conventional military forces, as long as China sells j-20, Pakistan can obtain means of confronting India, but in terms of unconventional military forces, it is not that simple.
In mid-2016, India's self-built nuclear submarine "Enemy Abbott" was launched.
Although this submarine is not as advanced as India claims, many of its technologies come from Russia, for example, the reactor used is an outdated cargo that has been eliminated by Russia. In terms of specific performance, the "Enemy Annihilation" is not advanced enough. Not only is it not as good as the advanced attack nuclear submarines of the same period, but it is much worse than the United States' "Luo Hui'an" class, Russia's "Akula" class and China's Peng class. In addition.
Due to the limitations of its own industrial strength, the estimated installation cycle of the "Ant Enemy" is as long as seven.
It will not be put into service until 2023 at the earliest. However, this submarine was launched.
This means that after India becomes the sixth country that designs and builds nuclear submarines by itself after becoming five nuclear powers, India is likely to build strategic nuclear submarines later, thereby obtaining complete Trinity strategic nuclear strike capabilities.
Due to national strength, it is definitely impossible for Pakistan to launch a full arms race with India.
It can be said that as long as the appearance of poverty and backwardness is not changed, Pakistan will not be able to surpass India in military strength.
However, starting from national security, Pakistan has to follow India's progress.
Although the Pakistani authorities later clarified that Pakistan had never sought to gain military power that was inconsistent with the national strength and the basic national strategy, that is, it implies that Pakistan had not considered building nuclear submarines, but in the circumstances at that time, Pakistan definitely hoped to get help from China to improve the performance of the nuclear warhead.
For example, miniaturize nuclear warheads to combat India's strategic threat.
It is this incident that made Botsman say what China helped Pakistan improve its nuclear power.
In fact, Huang Zhibo only signed a personnel training agreement with the Pakistani military in Islamabad, that is, to help Pakistan train pilots before China delivers the J-20 to Pakistan.
Longer-term cooperation, such as the development of j-x fighter jets, was later.
As for helping Pakistan improve its nuclear power, it is even more of a failure. You must know that this is definitely not a military issue, but a political issue. With Huang Zhibo's level, let alone making a guarantee to Pakistan, and there is no right to suggest to Fu Xiubo, it is impossible to make any promises.
The problem is that the impact caused by this cannot be ignored.
At that time, the most direct consequence was that India decided to design and build a strategic nuclear submarine based on the "anti-anti-Enemy Feng.
Although this is an inevitable thing. Even if Huang Zhibo does not make a yellow accent, India will build strategic nuclear submarines, but it is definitely not in 2018, or perhaps after 2023. Because it will take until 2023 that the "Annihilation of the Enemy" will join the Indian Navy, and only after mastering the attack nuclear submarines can India be able to develop strategic nuclear submarines. Huang Zhibo's words are equivalent to allowing India to accelerate the construction of strategic nuclear forces.
For this matter, Fu Xiubo almost let Huang Zhibo get out.
You should know that an India with a complete strategic nuclear force is not so easy to deal with, and will only make the unsolved South Tibet issue more complicated.
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This is not a bad thing either.
If India wants to obtain sea-based strategic nuclear power, it must not only build a nuclear submarine capable of carrying submarine-launched ballistic missiles, but also create ballistic missiles that can be launched from submarines.
Relatively speaking, the latter has a higher technical threshold.
You should know that even the five nuclear powers took nearly twenty years to develop submarine-launched ballistic missiles with practical value based on land-based ballistic missiles.
With India's technical strength.
This road is definitely longer.
With limited basic technical strength, India accelerates the construction of strategic nuclear forces, which is tantamount to boosting growth.
According to the information obtained by the Ministry of the Second Department, even if India does its best, it will take until 2030 to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile with strategic threat capabilities. Because India-Pakistan relations are tense again and the conventional arms race is escalating, India needs to spend more resources on conventional military forces and spend huge amounts of effort to build strategic nuclear submarines in advance, so India's submarine-launched ballistic missile project will inevitably be postponed.
It was this report that saved Huang Zhibo.
With Lu Fenglie's efforts, Fu Xiubo did not let Huang Zhibo get out, but just asked him to keep his mouth tight and not say anything big if he was fine.
As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change.
Although Huang Zhibo became much more honest, he caused a lot of trouble in the next year. For example, he made a big splash in Singapore when observing the ASEAN naval exercises.
The claim that Chinese naval warships have the right to pass through the Strait of Malacca under any circumstances made Singapore very upset. For example, when Caracas and Venezuela signed a contract to export new tanks, they kept China's interests in Latin America, making Cia try to destroy the Venezuelan president through assassination. What's more.
He also used his naval fleet to sail around the world and ran to Argentina.
Deliberately referring to the Falkland Islands as the Malvinas Islands.
The UK withdrew its ambassador to China on the same day.
It can be said that in many cases, Huang Zhibo's glory in the international community has even overwhelmed China's national leaders.
These behaviors make anyone think he is a troublemaker.
It is conceivable what kind of attitude Fu Xiubo has towards him.
However, in this period of remarkable times, someone like him is indeed needed to deal with some things that the government is not easy to come forward, otherwise Fu Xiubo would have let him get out long ago.
For Fu Xiubo, the biggest trouble of using Huang Zhibo is to wipe his butt from time to time.
This time is no exception.
Chapter completed!