weapons expert

"Of course, this is just an ordinary modification plan for aircraft carriers and warships. If we invest 30 billion US dollars in deep modification of the formation, in terms of operations, manpower will be reduced by one-third, and hardware maintenance costs will also be greatly reduced. By then, it will be normal for a year. The maintenance cost of the project is about [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars, but the initial investment of this plan is a bit large, and the time period for putting it into use is also a bit long," Lion continued.

There are two options, if you use the first one, the maintenance cost is low, and combat effectiveness can be formed soon, but the maintenance cost in the future is a bit high.

The second solution is completely opposite to the first solution, with low maintenance costs, but high maintenance costs and a long time to use.

Which one to use?

Each has its own advantages, and Xu Ziling couldn't make a decision at the moment.

"How long will it take for a deep transformation? How long will it take for a normal transformation if you only fix him?" After thinking about it, he asked the lion again.

"It depends on the work efficiency. If the shipyards are divided into several shipyards, the deep transformation will only take a little more than half a year, and the ordinary transformation will take about three months."

From the mouth of the lion, several people immediately thought of another troublesome matter, that is, even if they got one of the aircraft carrier formations, where should these rotten things be repaired?Markkula doesn't have this ability now.

At this time, everyone felt a little regretful that they had been beaten and disabled back then. If they had known earlier, they should have left some leeway.

It's just that it's obviously too late to think about these things at this time, and the thought flashed, and each of them immediately returned to the main business.

"Anyway, let's lock them down first." It's definitely not an easy task to get the aircraft carrier and warship right, but Xu Ziling doesn't want to lose this piece of fat, so he can only eat them first. As for swallowing, take your time.

Others don't have any good solutions for the time being, but they are all the same as Xu Ziling. This is an aircraft carrier formation. If they build it themselves, not to mention the cost of tens of billions of dollars, it will take at least three or four years to complete it. Done, I really don't want to give up.

"Okay, let's get the things first. At worst, we can build a dock here. If it only has maintenance and modification functions, it doesn't need to be as big as a shipyard at all, and it won't cost much money." Yang Kaiming said. The Jiangnan factory also has a good understanding of some basic information about the shipbuilding industry, so it is also feasible.

There are still dozens of hours, and there was no need to be so urgent, but after a few people decided, they asked Nie Yunjie to notify Oprah, because there are many things involved, and they need to negotiate with Oprah. If the military factory takes a tough attitude, a small country like Nitan will have nothing to say, but after all, the two of them are close allies now, and it is not easy to turn their faces over this matter.

After this attack, the Americans did not attempt to rescue the two aircraft carrier formations. As for Swellan's ground troops, they had already stopped, staying at the northern border of Swellan, and mobilized here with Nitan. The troops on the front line formed a "confrontation".The originally tense situation suddenly returned to the peaceful state before.

Contact with Oprah, Nie Yunjie is in charge.The war ended temporarily, and Yang Ruolan and the other management staff also left the command center one after another to attend to their affairs, and finally Xu Ziling and the others stayed inside.

Of course, the few of them had nothing else to do, just chatting and paying attention to the movements of the two aircraft carrier formations.

After two attacks, many people in the formation were killed and injured. When the Mi Army proposed to negotiate, it also proposed to provide medical assistance to the two formations. Regarding this point, Prince Oprah and Xu Ziling both nodded and agreed up.

A few hours have passed now, and the advanced medical team of the Mi Army has arrived at the aircraft carrier formation of the Sixth Fleet, but the fifth formation, because it is too far away from the surrounding Mi Army base and is not within the range of the helicopter, it has not been able to do so for the time being. Effective rescue.

"Actually, I still admire the ambitions of the American people." Seeing the helicopters of the medical team arriving on the aircraft carrier so quickly from the satellite images, Li Cheng was quite emotional, "If they had no ambition, they would not have established so many overseas There are military bases, without these military bases, they would never be able to do such a quick rescue when encountering something like today."

"No way." Li Cheng also said, but there was a helpless look on his face. "They have money to support them. If our country has these bases for us, we can't support it..."

This is indeed a good statement. From an economic point of view, China and the United States are really incomparable.There are more than 300 overseas military bases of the Mi Army around the world, nearly 140 of which are distributed in more than 30 countries and regions. These bases have hundreds of troops stationed there, and tens of thousands more. According to incomplete reports, the Mi Army overseas There are as many as [-] troops stationed at the military base.

Not to mention the cost of base hardware facilities and required equipment, etc., it is the food, drink and Lassa plus allowances for these 30 people a year, how much will it cost?

Think about it and know that this will be an extremely huge expense.

Nearly [-] bases, how many Franklins are needed to support them?

Of course, on the other hand, there will be overseas military bases where there are benefits, and where there are no benefits, the Americans will not build military bases at all. From this point of view, Xu Ziling also admires the Americans for being able to have such a huge Ambition, to plunder wealth by means of war, and it can be so high-sounding.

When will the Celestial Dynasty be able to do this?He has some longing.

He doesn't need to invade other countries, but he hopes to attack island countries when he wants to, Vietnam and the Philippines if he wants to, and other countries can only protest with their mouths. How beautiful is this?

"We should also have some." Out of his own thoughts, Xu Ziling pointed to the area from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean on the map, "If possible, we should establish our base in this area."

Long-distance cargo transportation, of course, is the most cost-effective way of shipping. From China, whether it is going to Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe and other regions, the waterway along Southeast Asia is the most important, and the most important waterway here: the Strait of Malacca, China does not A little right to speak.

Xu Ziling once knew some things about the shipping lanes. In addition to the world's most famous pirate gathering place, the Gulf of Aden, there are also a lot of pirates in the Strait of Malacca. The ships that passed here once dared not approach any ships. Even as small as a canoe.

The United States, on the other hand, just borrowed this reason and teamed up with their ally Xinguo to control the Strait of Malacca to a certain extent.

In the final analysis, the reason why the Americans acted in this way was to curb China's international shipping lanes, and secondly, for the same reason as supporting the Philippines and Vietnam behind their backs: the oil in the South China Sea.

Now that the military factory has moved from China to Mackula, for quite a long period of time, domestic spare parts have to pass through the Strait of Malacca and then be transported to Mackula. Therefore, the important waterway of Malacca is in the hands of the Americans. Here, Xu Ziling was a little worried. What's more, since he planned to transfer the military factory to Markkula, he thought about using this as an excuse to gradually infiltrate the Strait of Malacca. With a little reputation, if there is a suitable opportunity, he will never let it go.

The establishment of a military base in this land was discussed by several of them together, but at that time they were talking about the country, but now Xu Ziling was talking about themselves.

Yang Kaiming and Li Cheng, when they heard Xu Ziling mention this again, they knew that he was thinking about this, but they were not very optimistic about these things, because the few countries in this area were not very good with the Celestial Dynasty. Relationship.It is too difficult to establish a base with its own armed forces here!

"I don't need to think about such a problem for the time being. Those countries will definitely not let us enter, but we have enough economic capacity to support a country there. When the time comes, they will have disputes with those countries. This is what we will do. Opportunity."

"How about solving the South China Sea issue with a tough attitude?" Xu Ziling suddenly thought of a way.

"What tough attitude?" Yang Kaiming and Li Cheng immediately became interested.

"Lease some reefs in the South China Sea!" Xu Ziling replied word by word.

……

This plan is a bit too far-fetched, and Yang Kaiming and Li Cheng couldn't react at all suddenly.

Xu Ziling looked at them, and knew that his method was a bit "wonderful", but he felt that it was possible to realize it, so he couldn't help explaining: "Lease or buy reefs from the country, and then expel all the oil drilling platforms in the South China Sea. Invite bids again to control the marine resources here."

"This...how is this possible?" Yang Kaiming was so shocked by Xu Ziling's thoughts that he stuttered, "Not to mention whether the higher-ups will agree, even if they agree, it really needs to be like what you said , Expelling the existing oil drilling in the South China Sea is tantamount to declaring war on several countries, we don’t have the ability now.”

The South China Sea not only involves Southeast Asian countries, but also Western countries like the United States. Once they are expelled by force, it is completely tantamount to declaring war with the Americans and many Southeast Asian countries. What's more, there are already sovereignty disputes in this region. If the factory does this, it will really attract resistance from countless people. If there is no absolute value of force, it will not dare to do this.

"I didn't say now." Xu Ziling smiled lightly, and said to the two of them: "Now it's just such an idea. If we really want to implement it, it will take at least one to two years of preparation. This year will soon pass, and things will definitely be done. Not much, next year, I plan to launch our own space-based weapons, and then get the aircraft carrier formation, unmanned attack submarines ready, and then we will be ready to solve the South China Sea issue."