The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1040 Gwadar Port
Just as the polar bear and India announced the largest arms purchase in their history, a dock in Gwadar Port was under martial law and security personnel were fully armed.

At this time, a 10-ton merchant ship docked.

Boxes were unloaded one by one.

While unloading the ship, many boxes were directly moved onto trains and military transport vehicles by porters.

These are all arms.

Pistols, automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns, heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, rifle grenades, various types of bullets, and artillery shells of various calibers.

The head of the Pakistani army is counting the list.

"Colonel Karim, the goods have been unloaded. Please complete the inventory so that I can report to my boss!" Zhao Yang said to a Pakistani military leader in military uniform.

Colonel Karim is the Pakistani military officer in charge of the arms handover in Gwadar Port.

Karim once studied in Shijiazhuang and has now been promoted to colonel. Because he speaks fluent Mandarin, he was appointed as the person in charge of the docking at Gwadar Port.

Although Gwadar Port has not yet been fully built, it is already the largest port in Pakistan. The entire Gwadar Port is now the fastest-growing port city in Pakistan and the most developed city.

Every day, a large amount of goods are imported and exported through the Gwadar Port, a large number of trains travel through the China-Pakistan Railway, and a large number of transport vehicles travel on the China-Pakistan Highway.

The China-Pakistan Highway is the first expressway in Pakistan. It has eight lanes in both directions and is the highest standard highway in Pakistan so far.

The China-Pakistan Highway and the China-Pakistan Railway are both major transportation arteries of Pakistan and symbols of friendship between China and Pakistan.

This 100,000-ton merchant ship departed from Longyuan Port, passed through the Strait of Malacca, and arrived at Gwadar Port.

"Old Zhao, is this the only shipload of munitions we have this time? If this is the only shipload of munitions, it won't last for a few days!" Karim spoke fluent Mandarin and took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave it to Zhao Yang. It was Huazi.

Zhao Yang took the cigarette and Karim lit it for him. Zhao Yang took a puff of the cigarette and looked intoxicated.

I don’t know when Zhao Yang started to like smoking. He smokes almost a pack of cigarettes a day. He feels that life is meaningless if he doesn’t smoke for a day.

Zhao Yang said: "If nothing unexpected happens, another 100,000-ton ship has arrived at the Port of Karachi and is unloading its cargo. Maybe all the cargo has been unloaded!"

Karachi has two major commercial ports, namely Karachi Port and Port Qasim. Pakistan's international airlines and port authorities are also located in Karachi.

Karachi is located in the northwest of the Indus Delta, bordering the Arabian Sea, with an area of ​​3527 square kilometers and a total population of nearly 1500 million. It is the capital of Pakistan's Sindh Province, the largest city and port in Pakistan, a major banking, industrial, economic and commercial center, and a major hub for higher education in South Asia and the Muslim world.

Although Gwadar Port has developed very rapidly, the time is still too short. It will take at least ten to twenty years to catch up with Karachi.

The Port of Karachi is a relatively good natural port. It was built in 1887 and is divided into two docks, the East and West Docks, with a total of 28 berths, including 17 at the East Dock and 11 at the West Dock. The annual throughput is about 2500 million tons.

Although the annual throughput of Karachi Port of 2500 million tons is nothing in China, it is unimaginable in Pakistan.

It is only 180 kilometers away from the demarcation line. It should be the most convenient place to unload goods, and the arms can be transported to the front line as soon as possible.

But the distance of 180 kilometers means it is very easy to be attacked by surprise bombing by the Indian Air Force.

Therefore, sea transportation often chooses three places to unload.

This prevents merchant ships and munitions from being destroyed.

Although Karachi is the largest military port in Pakistan and the Pakistani naval forces are mainly stationed in Karachi, it is still necessary to be cautious.

Karim was chatting with Zhao Yang with a smile on his face. Zhao Yang was in charge of arms, so it was important to have a good relationship with him.

The arms arriving in Pakistan are mainly transported by sea and train. As for truck transportation, it is too slow. After all, trains and ships can run 24 hours a day, and truck drivers have to stop to eat and sleep. In addition, the volume transported by trains and ships is large.

Although some of them are transported by air, they are still a minority. At most, only a hundred tons are transported by air, and that requires multiple transport planes.

As a colonel, Karim is naturally better informed than ordinary people.

Besides, Pakistan has now openly protested against the Eagle Sauce and the polar bear, and ordinary people are even more indignant.

You know, Pakistan was once an ally of the United States!

There has always been a pro-American force in Pakistan.

This time, many pro-American people lost their minds and started cursing at the United States.

The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.

"Old Zhao, I sent my wife and children to Beijing to study. If I die one day, you have to help take care of them and don't let them get bullied!" Karim also smoked a cigarette and said to Zhao Yang.

The two have known each other for several years and have a good relationship.

Not long after the war broke out, Karim arranged for his wife and children to go to China, so that the children could study in the capital and enjoy better education and medical care.

He was ready to go to the battlefield at any time, and death was the most normal thing on the battlefield.

Civilians are dying, and soldiers are dying too.

Zhao Yang patted Karim on the shoulder and said, "Don't say such unlucky words. Besides, once you are in Beijing, it is the safest place in the world. When have you ever heard of Pakistani people being bullied in China? People in our place call you 'Pakistani Iron Brothers'!"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen!" Zhao Yang said.

Zhao Yang actually knew that once he went to the battlefield, he could die at any time.

Zhao Yang also served as a mercenary back then. During his time as a mercenary, what impressed him most was the fragility of life.

So after being a mercenary for ten years and becoming the leader of a mercenary group, Zhao Yang applied for a transfer and then came to Gwadar Port.

Before this, Zhao Yang also brought his family to Gwadar Port to live and study.

However, since the war broke out, Zhao Yang arranged for his wife and children to return home as soon as possible.

Like the war between India and Pakistan, there are millions of troops deployed on the front line and both sides are fighting. This kind of war cannot be compared with the warfare of mercenaries.

In this case, without the advantage of terrain, mercenaries of the same number cannot even defeat a field army of the same size, because the mercenaries' weapons and equipment are not as good as the field army's, which can call for artillery fire support, air force air fire strikes, or even missile attacks.

The fighting between the two sides was extremely brutal. So far, an average of ten planes were lost every day, more than a thousand soldiers died, and even more were injured.

The cruelty of war was fully demonstrated in this war.

Even the casualties among civilians are greater than those among soldiers. After all, on that front line, both India and Pakistan are in plains and densely populated areas.

It's just that neither side counted civilian casualties.

(End of this chapter)