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This time Zeng Zhihua's reaction was not as intense when he saw the amphibious assault ship, but his shocked expression was still evident.

As an agent chief, there are not many things that can show him shock, but here, it is one after another, or when he is mentally prepared.

For the aircraft carrier, before he came here, the No. 1 Chief Commander gave him special instructions, which was also the focus of his trip.This aircraft carrier does not need anyone to verify it, especially for the gift of the aircraft carrier. The Chief No. 1 told him simply that only three people in the entire Zhonghua plus him knew about this.Hearing such words, he naturally understood the importance of this matter.

When he arrived at Bagua City, he was so anxious to ask to see Li Lan, and he also had the idea of ​​coming to see the 80,000-ton aircraft carrier in the mouth of the No. 1 chief.

It is not that Zhonghua does not have the ability to build aircraft carriers, but it also depends on the size of the aircraft carrier to be built. The first truly domestically-produced aircraft carrier, Zhonghua can not get rid of the inevitable problems of many ships' first ships.China needs an aircraft carrier. This is the long-cherished wish of China.But it is not easy to build a type 1 aircraft carrier, especially to adapt to the environment of modern warfare, and to adapt to the conditions of China, it is even more difficult.

With such a large sea frontier, light aircraft carriers are naturally not enough, and they are unable to perform heavy tasks.There are also certain restrictions on medium-sized aircraft carriers, the number of aircraft they carry, and the early warning of ships.Catapult takeoff is already an essential element. Without catapult takeoff, fixed-wing early warning aircraft cannot board the ship at all, and the strength of aircraft carrier formations without fixed-wing early warning aircraft will be greatly reduced.

The medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of Charles de Gaulle is not suitable for China.Those 70-80,000-ton aircraft carriers that are truly adapted to China's future environment must have catapults to take off.Otherwise, the significance of China's development of aircraft carriers will naturally be greatly reduced.

Therefore, for the 80,000-ton aircraft carrier in Li Lan's mouth, there are still four catapult take-off devices, even if it is a steam catapult, it has a super appeal to China.Not to mention the science and technology in it, it's just a remarkable thing for this aircraft carrier to enter the Chinese Navy.

No one can underestimate such a big country and heavy weapon. In China, this matter is strictly controlled. Only the No. 1 and No. 2 chiefs know about it, and Zeng Zhihua, who performed this mission.

And Zeng Zhihua came here, the main thing is to see if Li Lan is playing haha.After all, no matter who is placed on this kind of thing, the most important thing is to confirm the authenticity.Therefore, Zeng Zhihua will be here in more than half a month.Had it not been for fear of the wind leaking, he would have come by alone by plane.

This time, the two did not reach the highest point of the shipyard, but walked slowly along the berth of the aircraft carrier.

This trip is worthwhile, this is Zeng Zhihua's most emotion now.Standing under the nose ball under an aircraft carrier that is tens of meters high, everyone can feel their own insignificance. Looking up, the mountain-like steel aura is full of shock.

In No. 8 Shipyard, there are not only two of them, but also a hundred engineers. These people are standing in front of the completed hull of the aircraft carrier, looking up at the giant like ants.

"Is this the aircraft carrier to be given to the motherland?" After a long time of shock, Zeng Zhihua asked hurriedly.

"No." Li Lan shook his head simply.

"Uh!" Zeng Zhihua, who was ready to thank him, almost choked and hurriedly said, "Isn't it about sending an aircraft carrier to the motherland? Or a big guy with 80,000 tons!"

Li Lan nodded and said, "Yes! But it's not this one. The aircraft carrier for the motherland is on another slipway. It is still under construction. It is estimated that it will take another two years to launch."

Li Lan hasn't started the construction of the aircraft carrier that was given to China. Anyway, it will be more than a year later and there is still a lot of time to prepare.The two aircraft carriers currently being built by the shipyard are prepared for their navy.The aircraft carrier for China, at least waits for the completion of the construction of the ship in front of it.

"Scare me, that's good, don't worry, the quality of the project is important." Zeng Zhihua, who thought it was Li Lan to repent, said quickly: "Such a huge aircraft carrier, even the American Kitty Hawk class."

"Conventional power is inherently limited. The propulsion device of an aircraft carrier of 80,000 tons, coupled with steam catapult, is already a limit. This is the case for the Kitty Hawk class, and the same is true for my type of aircraft carrier. If you want to build more advanced Aircraft carriers can only move closer to nuclear power. Otherwise, the efficiency of fighter attendance will be greatly reduced." Li Lan nodded and continued: "This type of aircraft carrier continues the design concepts of many American aircraft carriers. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an imitation. Except for the size of the ship island and the electronic equipment inside, the hull itself looks similar to the American Ford-class super aircraft carrier and has certain stealth design requirements."

"What's the maximum speed? What power unit is used?" Zeng Zhihua couldn't help asking.

"Four steam boilers with a total power of 310,000 horsepower, a four-axle propulsion power of 240,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and a cruising power of 14,000 nautical miles/20 knots. Below the flight deck is divided into 10 layers, and layers 1-4 are fuel tanks and fresh water. The cabins, ammunition cabins, and engine cabins. The 5th and 6th floors are for sailors’ cabins, food warehouses, restaurants and administrative offices. The 7th and 8th floors are for the maintenance rooms of the carrier aircraft, the cabins for maintenance personnel and radar crews. The 9th and 10th floors are Hangar, combat duty room and pilot’s dining room. The island-style superstructure above the deck is divided into 8 floors, from bottom to top: fire fighting, medical services, personnel accommodation, tools, communication and electrical materials warehouses, officer rooms, captains and Headquarters personnel, special personnel studios, lounges, etc." Li Lan did not hide anything, not only answered Zeng Zhihua’s questions, but also introduced the structure of the aircraft carrier.

"Three hundred and ten thousand horsepower, only thirty knots, seems to be a little wasted!" Zeng Zhihua asked curiously.

"How can it be wasted? The high horsepower is to keep the carrier-based aircraft with a sufficiently efficient attendance rate and increase the pressure recovery speed of the steam ejection." Li Lan said.

After hearing Li Lan’s words, Zeng Zhihua nodded in sympathy, glanced at the engineers who were pointing to the aircraft carrier not far away, and whispered, “I don’t know. It takes a lot of money to buy such a power unit. What kind of price."

"You should contact the people of Future Technology Group for this kind of thing. To be honest, I really don't know. This is their research result. The cost is invested and calculated on the cost of the aircraft carrier, so the specific price Further negotiation between the two parties is needed." Li Lan smiled knowingly when he heard Zeng Zhihua's words, and said: "Don't worry! The price will be fair, because I never wanted to make money from the motherland in the past!"

When Zeng Zhihua asked about the aircraft carrier's power system, Li Lan knew what he was going to do.After all, it is a power plant with a total power of 310,000 horsepower. It is not an ordinary thing. It is about to catch up with Nimitz’s nuclear power plant, especially the propulsion power, which is only 20,000 horsepower less than Nimitz.

Such a guy can be placed on an aircraft carrier with a full load of more than 90,000 tons, and it still has conventional power.It just sacrifices a bit of carrier-based aircraft takeoff and landing efficiency, and the take-off interval of each fighter aircraft is increased by ten seconds.

At the time, Li Lan only learned through the explanation of his assistant that the remaining 70,000 horsepower of the total power is to provide the aircraft carrier with electricity and steam ejection power.The propulsion power can increase the speed of the ship to 30 knots, which can already meet the purpose of fast maneuvering.Of course, only during wartime will the power system be operated at full power to meet the needs of carrier-based aircraft.

"Has China started to build its own aircraft carrier?" Li Lan asked.

"Building while accumulating experience." Zeng Zhihua nodded cautiously, then pointed to the hundred or so engineers around the aircraft carrier, and said helplessly: "Actually, what I value most is your shipyard and these technicians. Science and technology are the first. First productivity, talent is the guarantee of science and technology. The country has worked very hard, but the accumulation is still too little."

Seeing Zeng Zhihua’s rather helpless appearance, Li Lan weighed in his heart and said, “I can support the engineer, but the shipyard has nothing to do. When the donated aircraft carrier is delivered, I will send experienced engineers and technicians to The motherland helps you master the use of aircraft carriers as soon as possible."

Zeng Zhihua nodded solemnly, without saying any words of thanks.He is very clear that this is by no means a word of thanks.The two parties are already very close, whether they are in contact with each other.Perhaps the price of this aircraft carrier cannot compare to the support provided by China.But the value in the sense is higher than the help China has given him.

And this time the Chinese delegation came here just to get interested technology.The welcome shown by Li Lan also made Zeng Zhihua unable to say the simple and pale "thank you".Zeng Zhihua thought many times that if it hadn't been for the strategizing of the No. 1 Chief, and he had insisted on providing free help to Li Lan early, perhaps the current situation would be completely different.

The technological blockade of China by European and American countries has caused China to make slow progress in high-performance weapon technology.Many things rely on their own groping and progress, and the technical support that can be obtained is very small.This time I came to Somalia to break this deadlock.This aircraft carrier alone has various technologies that China is willing to pay for it.

Next, Li Lan continued to take Zeng Zhihua to the various slipway to stroll around, and then came to the air force base, took him to continue walking around the airport apron, and finally this tour of inspection and sightseeing ended at the Army Tank Proving Ground.Zeng Zhihua saw that the last piece of equipment was the Apocalypse tank, an army main battle tank that can head-to-head with the American m1a2 color p.

Li Lan is all open to him for the upcoming modernization of the armed forces, land, sea and air, because it does not take long for these weapons and equipment to be a secret.

Then it was time for Zhonghua to place an order. Li Lan always refused to come, and Zhonghua would sell whatever he wanted.