Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 1158 Ships
"Old Jiang, what's the matter with you calling me here?" After Sim left, Jiang Yan asked Gong Yiwei to call Cao Bin to his room. As soon as he entered the room, Cao Bin asked.

Originally, Jiang Yan hadn't thought of bringing Cao Bin with him when he came to Ukraine this time, but this guy followed him shamelessly. It's good that he followed him, at least Jiang Yan has someone to talk to.

"The person who just came over is Sim. He is now a member of the Ukrainian Liquidation Committee and is responsible for selling all kinds of equipment, including various aircraft and surface ships." Jiang Yan briefly explained Sim's purpose in coming to him.

"Lao Jiang, what do you mean?" Cao Bin asked.

"Since they are ready to squander our money, we might as well buy back everything we need. The first one is the Krivak-class guided missile frigate. As far as I know, Ukraine's Black Sea Shipyard is currently building one ship and has already built another. What I mean is that if they agree to sell them, we might as well buy back these two warships. You know all the performance of this level of warships. It is more valuable in our hands than in theirs."

"In addition, I will request that our people participate in the entire construction of the destroyer. What do you think, Old Cao?" Jiang Yan looked at Cao Bin and asked.

"This is good, this is good. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. We can participate in it, which will be of great significance to our future." Cao Bin rubbed his hands happily and spoke excitedly.

"You understand our current domestic situation. What about the money?" After the excitement, Cao Bin spoke a little embarrassedly.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it." Jiang Yan waved his hand and spoke generously, as if he was so poor that only money was left.

"Oh, and there's this, too. As for the Bison-class air-cushion landing craft and Toad-class landing ship, according to what I know, there are two that have been built and one that is under construction. In addition, there are three Crocodile-class landing ships. I mean to buy them directly."

"I will ask them to purchase these two landing ships together with the drawings and designs." Jiang Yan continued.

Cao Bin naturally knows these two types of landing ships very well. They can be said to be equipment that we are very jealous of.

The "European Bison" air-cushion landing ship is the largest fully-cushioned air-cushion landing craft in the world today. It is 57.3 meters long, 25.6 meters wide, has a draft of 1.5 meters, a standard displacement of 555 tons, and can reach a speed of 60 knots. When cruising at a speed of 55 knots, the maximum range can reach 560 kilometers.

The mission of the "European Bison" is to carry out rapid attacks and sea transport of combat troops. It can transport special assault troops and combat supplies to land on the beach in the enemy-controlled area, provide fire support to the army for military operations on the beach, and lay effective minefields and carry out mine clearance when necessary. Due to the design characteristics of the air cushion, it can move on the ground, bypass small obstacles (ditches and trenches) and minefields, cross swamps, and land deep in the enemy's defense.

The Toad class (Ropucha) is a new type of tank landing ship designed by the former Soviet Union in the 80s. This class of tank landing ships was improved on the basis of the Crocodile class, the first batch of large landing ships that began to be built in 1965.

This class of ships has a smaller draft than the "Crocodile" class, making it easier to land directly on the beach, and to a certain extent meets the requirements of balanced loading, improving independent combat capabilities.

According to what Jiang Yan knows, in the past history, our country also wanted to purchase this hovercraft, but due to various reasons, the purchase was not successful, and it was eventually purchased back by Greece. Now that Jiang Yan has come across it, there is no reason for him to let it go. As for the "Toad" class, it was the result of Jiang Yan's ruthless attempt.

"These two types of landing craft cost a lot of money. This is a bit inappropriate!" Cao Bin said after a moment of hesitation.

"To be honest, in my plan, these two are just trivial things, just something I can do by the way." Jiang Yan looked at Cao Bin and said with a smile.

"It's just a piece of cake, and you can also help me?"

Jiang Yan's words confused Cao Bin. According to what Cao Bin knew and the current prices of these ships, this purchase would cost about 3-5 million US dollars, which was still a small amount.

"Then, what do you want to buy?" Cao Bin asked.

"Varyag and Ulyanovsk," Jiang Yan said casually. "Aircraft carrier?" Cao Bin looked at Jiang Yan and spoke word by word.

"Yes, aircraft carrier." Jiang Yan looked at Cao Bin with a bit of amusement at his huge reaction.

"To be precise, it is the "Ulyanovsk" aircraft carrier. The "Varyag" is still under negotiation." Jiang Yan said.

"No, wait a moment! As far as I know, "Ulyanovsk" is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, right!" Cao Bin said.

"Yes, that's right." Jiang Yan nodded with a smile.

"But as far as I know, this aircraft carrier is less than 30% complete, which means that now there is only a shell. What are you going to do? Can you drive it back?" Cao Bin said with a little surprise.

"No, not much. Do you mean you want to pay for building it?" Cao Bin looked at Jiang Yan with wide eyes and spoke in surprise.

"Yes." Jiang Yan nodded indifferently.

"No, Lao Jiang, that's an aircraft carrier. Do you know how much money it costs to build one and how many industries are involved? Some things cannot be solved with money." Cao Bin looked at Jiang Yan with a little surprise and spoke.

"I know, of course I know." Jiang Yan nodded.

"Also, this is a huge sum of money. Roughly speaking, it's almost 20 billion US dollars," Cao Bin said.

"I don't have that much money. I just want to give him some motivation to transform it into an ocean amusement park and convert the nuclear power into conventional power. It will probably cost about one billion US dollars." Jiang Yan thought for a moment and spoke.

“When manufacturing, we can ask the country to send some people over to learn the whole process.” Jiang Yan then dropped another bombshell.

"This this."

"As for the Varyag, once its ownership is clarified, I will also find a way to get it back." Jiang Yan immediately spoke.

"No, Lao Jiang, I feel like my brain is not enough right now. Wait a moment, I'll take it easy." After Cao Bin spoke, he fell silent and sat there without saying a word. Jiang Yan just glanced at him and poured himself some water.

Jiang Yan knew that the amount of information this time was quite large, and it would take some time for people to think about it. Jiang Yan was not in a hurry.

"I'm afraid I need to report this to my country tomorrow. I will go back to China tomorrow." After more than ten minutes, Jiang Yan spoke directly.

"By the way, Sim has already negotiated the purchase of the Il-76 aircraft. Also, if White Swan is interested, we can also think of a solution." Seeing Cao Bin stand up, Jiang Yan spoke.

"Okay, I got it. I will report this situation to my superiors later." Cao Bin nodded, and then went straight out of Jiang Yan's room. When he saw them leaving, Jiang Yan was standing at the window, staring at Xiyang who was about to fall in a daze. No one knew what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)