Great warships

Chapter 541 The Chaori King Fighting the Storm
In terms of the influence of our domestic military media, it is still far inferior to the old media such as Jane's Defense Weekly!

The morning sun shone into the small courtyard, and Wu Shengli held the latest supplement of Jane's Defense Weekly, feeling very emotional.

In China, apart from Zhang Zhong's program, which can provide timely news, no other media can do it. Today is the last day of the International Defense Exhibition, and Jane's Defense Weekly has published a supplement. What about your own magazine?Without ten days and half a month, it is impossible to publish the new issue of the magazine.

"The Internet will bury these physical magazines." Qin Tao said: "The editors and reporters of physical magazines are used to doing foreign work. They read a cup of tea and a newspaper for half a day, and work for half a day at most. When the Internet develops in the future, There will be a group of dedicated website editors who will conduct interviews during the day and work overtime at night to report, and within 24 hours, the freshest reports will come out.”

"Internet?" Wu Shengli looked at the computer specially placed at home, which was used for video chat: "This thing is very expensive!"

In order to be able to have a video chat with Huating or Mingzhou here, a fiber-optic broadband was specially installed at home. Qin Tao paid for the installation, and the price was terribly high.

"This is just now. In the future, with the development of the Internet, the price will gradually decrease, and the price of our computer system will also decrease. At that time, computers will enter thousands of households. The Internet age will be will officially come."

In fact, even now, the Internet has entered the field of vision of many people. The first group of people who have become rich have started to play the Internet, and a group of dedicated Internet users has also been born. Goose Factory is currently relying on these people to develop.

"En." Wu Shengli nodded: "By the way, our national defense lottery has finally been approved, and it will be rolled out in large quantities soon."

"Is the wrangling over?" Qin Tao asked.

Suddenly, Qin Tao thought of something again: "Today is a good opportunity. If you are ready, we can start selling it today. The International Defense Exhibition is estimated to welcome 10 people today. If they buy it alone If one piece..."

On sale today?
Although the time is a bit rushed, a batch of machines for sale have already been manufactured, and various rules and regulations have been drawn up. If it goes on sale...

"Taozi, if you are in charge of this project, it will be fine." Wu Shengli said.

Qin Tao gave his father-in-law a blank look: "Okay, it's my business again, I can just start selling the first issue, and the rest has nothing to do with me. The team in charge of this must be clean, a few months, at most It needs to be changed once a year, so moths don’t appear.”

"The person in charge is one person from each of our sea, land and air forces and the Second Artillery Corps. They supervise each other and there should be no problems." Wu Shengli replied.

Qin Tao could only remind so much, he casually picked up Jane's Defense Weekly in Wu Shengli's hand: "Let's go, let's prepare first."

In the car, Qin Tao flipped through and saw the section describing himself.

Article written by Ruben Johnson himself.

"President Qin of Mingzhou Group is very proud. He claimed that the J-31A vertical take-off and landing scheme is the most suitable. Boeing's X-32 scheme has many deficiencies and flaws, and a lot of revisions are required. In my opinion, This reflects Boss Qin's arrogance and conceit, even if he boasted that the J-31A is the number one in the universe, he still can't hide their weakness..."

When he saw this, Qin Tao had a smile on his face: "This person is really interesting. When reporting, he didn't follow the objective principle, and even added his subjective evaluation, trying to discredit me. Hmph, he Actually left evidence, in the future, we will use this manuscript to make a fuss!"

"Taozi, the American technology is very advanced. Their X-32 has been flying for the first time for several months. You kept talking about the benefits of our J-31A, which is not objective." Wu Shengli said.

"Why isn't it objective? What I'm saying is the truth, I'm not bragging blindly."

The electric car owners of later generations like to brag that their electric car is the number one in the universe. I really can’t figure out that in 2022, there are still people buying fuel cars, and they don’t care about the needs of users. Those southern car owners who commute in the city, With their own independent parking space, electric cars are of course very fragrant. Those long-distance users who often travel hundreds of kilometers in the north where the temperature is more than ten degrees below zero or even dozens of degrees, should follow suit and buy electric cars?If they run out of power, they don't have a special large power bank to supplement the power.

Qin Tao is seeking truth from facts.

"The Sea Harrier should be the most mature vertical take-off and landing fighter at present, but this thing is subsonic." Qin Tao said: "The way it arranges the engine in the center is not suitable for supersonic flight at all, and it will cause the body to be too fast. It is wide, and has the nickname of the flying toad. Moreover, the engine is in the center, so after the heat flow from its tail nozzle is sprayed on the ground, some of it will radiate to the front, and finally be sucked in by the big mouth. If the engine is far enough away from the air inlet, there will be no such problem. Of course, it also has its advantages. It only needs to have openings on the engine, and a few vectoring nozzles located on the belly of the aircraft are enough. Effective Reduced redundancy, in terms of dead weight, the design of our lift fan cannot be compared with it, but it is only such an advantage, and all others are disadvantages.”

Qin Tao said a lot, and Wu Shengli had a smile on his face: "Taozi, it is said that you are a shipbuilder. I didn't expect you to be so good at aviation!"

Are you okay?In fact, I only know so much. Qin Tao's advantage comes from the unknown prophet of the traverser. He already knows what will be successful in the future, so he doesn't need to explore other solutions, as long as he continues to follow the path taken by the successful person. OK.

"Actually, this report intends to provoke conflicts between Boeing and our Mingzhou Group. However, at present, Boeing is still calm and has not come to trouble us at all. The technical issues are currently being actively revised, so there is no need to talk to us." Qin Tao said very easily.

This is already the last day of the International Defense Exhibition, and it is another Sunday. Therefore, the exhibition venue is crowded with people, rubbing shoulders, just like the tourist attractions of the Golden Week in later generations.

They looked at all kinds of advanced weapons and were extremely excited.

The sun gradually rose and reached the top of the head, and the loudspeakers erected on the defense exhibition site suddenly started broadcasting.

"Visitors and friends, I would like to report a piece of good news to you. After intensive preparations by the National Defense Lottery Preparatory Committee, just today, the National Defense Lottery has finally officially launched on the market! In the venue of our defense exhibition, a total of six national defense lottery machines have been set up. The vending machines are located at the entrance of each indoor exhibition hall, and everyone can queue up to buy!"

Defense lottery?Many people's eyes are bright, and those who can come to this visit, of course, don't care about the one dollar lottery money.

"Now, let me announce the awards, the grand prize, all the numbers are won, and the prizes are divided into two forms, one is 500 million in cash, and the other is a J-[-] fighter jet that is the same as the military's active equipment!"

The special prize, can you get a fighter plane?
The temptation of 500 million cash is very strong, but that plane is also very attractive to military fans!Even if you can't take off without a runway, just watching from the sidelines is exciting enough.

"The first prize, if the number behind matches the first five numbers, there are still two prizes, one is 80 cash, and the other is a main battle tank that is the same as the army's active equipment!"

tank!

After all, the size of the plane is too big, and there may not be room for such a big guy at home. The tank is different. If it is a tank, it can be put in the yard of your own house. You don’t have to be afraid in the city, just like a car. Same, just park on the road outside your house.

"Second prize... 20 cash, or a Seahawk-1 anti-ship missile!"

In terms of awards, it seems that the Air Force is the most disadvantaged. It has to directly send out the retired fighters. In fact, the higher the award, the harder it is to win. There may be more than a dozen byes, and there will be one or two issues a year. The special prize is good. As for the second prize, it will be issued almost every issue. Although the price is low, the quantity is large, so the investment of the sea, land and air forces is still about the same.

All awards have been announced.

"Finally, I would like to remind everyone that because our country stipulates that civilians cannot own weapons, the weapon systems of these equipment will be dismantled. Of course, the appearance will be restored to its previous appearance, and the equipment is only for display."

To put it simply, these things will be disassembled to leave a shell, and the engine of the aircraft can be kept. After all, there are many lifespans that reach the end of their life in a few hundred hours, but the engine of the tank must be dismantled, in case someone If you want to cause damage, drive a tank out and crush everything, then you will be in big trouble.

While it was broadcasting, someone had already run to the vending machine, and soon, there was a long queue.

"Give me ten cards, machine type!"

"Give me five, I want the same number, my lucky number..."

"Fifty!"

"Old Wang, you can't pass it? You want fifty?"

"That's right, but that's all. I came aiming at that plane. If I really win the lottery, I will drag that plane to the entrance of the village and let the whole village see it! I have been looked down upon since I was a child, saying that I am so stupid!" Why can’t I go to heaven? Let them see now, I can go to heaven!”

The sales are so hot that the leaders of various military branches sitting here are stunned.

On average, one person has to buy about ten copies, and the sales volume of this day is over one million!
In the future, it will be rolled out across the country, and if one million can be guaranteed almost a day, it will be more than 100 billion in that year!

"You said, such a good idea, why didn't we think of it before?" Mr. Lin also came to join in the fun today. In the office of the defense exhibition, Mr. Lin smiled and looked at Qin who was sitting opposite and continued to read Jane's Defense Weekly. Tao said: "If we had started selling this thing a few years earlier, then our army would not have to suffer."

"How many years ago?" Qin Tao raised his head and glanced at Elder Lin: "Is there a chance a few years ago? If you apply, it will be rejected immediately."

The timing of this year is just right, and it is not because of the stimulation from the other side. The people of the whole country share the same hatred, and the superior leaders have also discovered that the army can no longer bear it, and the army needs to be developed as soon as possible.

If there is no previous foreshadowing, there will be a large number of opposing opinions, and it is impossible to pass.

"Okay, okay, what you say makes sense, what do you think? It's so interesting."

"The introduction of Jane's Defense Weekly is still very professional. I am looking at a ranking of carrier-based aircraft they made. Our J-[-] actually ranked third."

"The third? What are the first and second?" Wu Shengli asked.

I just got this magazine this morning. Wu Shengli didn't read it for a while, but Qin Tao snatched it over, and he hasn't brought it back yet.

"The first is the American Tomcat fighter jet, and the second is the old Maozi's Su-33. However, I think this ranking will change soon."

"How?"

"He is comparing the current carrier-based aircraft. The Yankee's Tomcat fighter is gradually being retired, and the old Maozi's Su-33 has poor avionics. Therefore, our J-[-] will soon rank first."

The eyes of the big guys are extremely complicated, Mr. Qin, you are too good at bragging, no matter how good you are, it is impossible for our carrier-based aircraft to rank first?
Qin Tao seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile: "Well, my ranking is wrong. In the future, it is estimated that the super big bugs of the Americans, the gusts of the French, and other planes are in front. They always want to overwhelm We're at one end, but we don't care too much about it, the ranking given by a certain magazine is not authoritative, we just need to know it in our hearts."

"We'll be at the Zhuhai Air Show in a few months. At that time, our aircraft will definitely have a more exciting performance. Your navy's J-[-] cannot be absent." Elder Lin said.

"No time." Wu Shengli shook his head immediately: "There are only two in the navy, one for testing and one for training pilots. Where can we go to participate in the performance? Besides, the old man will also participate in the performance at that time. Fifteen pulls over, isn't it creating trouble for others? Don't go, don't go."

Speaking of adding congestion, Mr. Lin suddenly thought of something: "You have been asking the meteorological department to suppress the whereabouts of that tropical storm and not release it. Are you trying to add congestion to some people?"

"We just think that there is no need to make a fuss before we reach our beach. If there is any trick, don't talk nonsense." Wu Shengli shook his head.

On the west side of the Pacific Ocean, in the western waters of the Ryukyu Islands.

A huge aircraft carrier is sailing on the sea. It has a wide flight deck. The jump deck at the bow is raised high, which looks very spectacular. On the right side of its island, it can also accommodate carrier-based aircraft to shuttle In the past, it seemed odd.

As long as you look at the unique layout of the ship and island in the world, you can know that this is Ah San's Chaoriwang aircraft carrier. After all, its deeds are so touching.

There is no smoke from its chimney, and there is a tugboat in front of it, which is towing it. The small figure of the tugboat is completely out of proportion to the Chaoriwang, and what is even more curious is that there is only this tugboat. !

When the Varyag was towed in the Black Sea, there were also two tugboats, one in front and the other in the reverse direction, ready to provide braking force at any time, and for safety reasons, the rear tugboat The pulling force of the tugboat is the strongest.

But now, there is only such a tugboat that dares to drag the aircraft carrier forward in the ocean, and there is only one navy in the whole world that dares to do so.

"Hmph, if it wasn't for avoiding some unnecessary disputes, we should go inside the strait, where the route is shorter." A San wearing a neat military uniform stood on the island of Chaoriwang, looking at Said the distant sea.

Gulmad was the person in charge of this operation. He was at Lao Maozi's point of view and refused to give an inch. Finally, Lao Maozi agreed to their request and towed the huge warship away.

Of course, with the idea of ​​slaughtering the last knife, Lao Maozi proposed to use his own high-powered tugboat to help tow, and also proposed a tugboat fee of tens of millions of dollars. On the principle of Qian, he sternly rejected Lao Maozi's suggestion, and only used the tugboat Vala Prada they brought to tow.

At this time, looking at the tugboat in front of him that was working hard, Gulmad felt emotional in his heart.

"After we have repaired the ship and started it, we will come here again, we have the freedom of navigation!" On the side of Gulmad, the adjutant Singh said: "By the way, Mr. Gulmad, we want to have dinner Yet?"

"Well, let's eat, what's the food for today?"

"Our cook is going to make flying cakes."

"Okay, it's flying cakes."

On the side of the island, two cooks got busy. They pushed out the gas tank and the gas stove, and worked directly on the deck. One of them kneaded the dough with his dirty hands and rolled it into a pancake. , and then put it in your hand to turn, and the dough cake flew to the pan above the gas stove.

The cook in front of the pan is even more busy, the cake in his hand is constantly spinning and turning over, the movements are like performing acrobatics, which makes people dazzled.

Seeing that the cake was almost ready, he skillfully picked it up and twirled it in his hand.

Suddenly, a gust of sea breeze blew, and the originally stable cake flew out like this.

"Oh no!"

He shouted loudly, and then went after the cake.

The bread fell onto the deck, and continued to roll upright. He chased after him, and finally, just as he was about to reach the edge of the deck, he caught the bread in his hand.

He blew on the edge of the flying pancake. There wasn't a lot of dirt on it, so he could still eat it.

The sea breeze was blowing on his face, and it was a little cold. He raised his head curiously and looked at the distant sky.

Why is it so dark there?

"Oh, damn it, that's a storm!" The cook, who is a cook of the navy and often goes out with the navy, has long been familiar with this phenomenon, and he shouted loudly as he ran back: "Quick, Move our gas tank back!"

At this time, Gulmad and Singer had just come off the ship island, and they were going to eat the freshest and hot finger cakes. Who would have thought that they would hear the cook's shout just as they stood on the deck.

"What's going on?" Gulmad asked, looking up at the sky, and then his face changed drastically: "Damn, how did this happen?"

"Quick, contact the tugboat in front immediately, and look for nearby islands to dock!"

To the east of them is the Ryukyu Islands. There is still hope for a dock that can dock, as long as the tugboat in front is fast enough!

However, this is beyond the ability of the tugboat in front.

The tugboat Vala Prada with a displacement of [-] tons is already the largest tugboat that the Asan Navy can find. Its engine has a full [-] horsepower. It is definitely a good hand when working in ports. It is still difficult for it to run around with an aircraft carrier, not to mention an aircraft carrier of tens of thousands of tons, and a destroyer of several thousand tons often needs tens of thousands of horsepower.

The tugboat was carrying Chaoriwang, and could only move forward slowly. Now to change the course, it took more than ten minutes just to turn around.

Gulmad already faintly felt that something was wrong. The storm came from the east. He was now looking for a port to the east. He was fighting the storm for time!Are they running fast, or is the storm running fast?

"Damn it, why didn't we receive the news in advance?" Gulmad was extremely angry.

"We don't have enough electricity, and we haven't heard the forecast of the storm!" Singer was also very nervous.

Qin Tao still overestimated Ah San.

The progress of the refitting of this Chaoriwang was very slow, and all kinds of equipment were not installed. Gulmad and the others sailed back, but brought up two portable radio stations, and one was used to communicate with the tugboat in front. , one is used for timing and domestic contact.

This boat has no power system and no generators, they rely on batteries to work, precious batteries need to be saved.

Although the tugboat in front also had radios and radios, and there was no shortage of electricity, the sailors on the nervous tugboat Ah San didn't pay attention to the weather forecast at all. Even if the East had forecast the storm, they wouldn't be prepared.

Why didn't you listen to the forecast?

They are only in charge of tugging the boat and obeying Gulmad's command, why worry so much.

As a result, now, he is caught blind.

The tugboat went all out and headed eastward with the aircraft carrier behind it. They could already see the island. As long as they could drive over, they would be safe!
The sky was getting darker and darker, as if it had turned from day to night, and the wind and waves were getting bigger and bigger. On the Vala Prada, Captain Balwind's face became more and more ugly.

Click!A bolt of lightning struck down, and then, heavy rain poured down, and the waves rose several meters high.

The storm has come.

Suddenly, the hull suddenly tilted to one side, and everyone exclaimed, thinking that the boat was about to capsize.

"Damn it, it's the aircraft carrier behind that dragged us down. If this continues, we will all be finished!" Someone shouted loudly.

Their tugboats have strong power, small hulls, and can glide in the waves. However, the big boat behind is different. Like a whip, and they are the ants crawling on the whip.

How to do?
"Cut the cable!" cried Balwind.

(End of this chapter)