"We had paid so much at the beginning, my uncle was there for so many years and my mother worked hard for many years, so why did she suddenly want it?"

After returning to the room, seeing Xie Kai in deep thought, Moqi asked Xie Kai.

Xie Kai and the others paid more for this aircraft carrier than others.

Not only Xie Kai, the country, the military, and even some government departments have also invested a lot around this plan.

Even their small family was affected because of this.

Otherwise, Moqi would not be able to forgive Xie Kai.

"Actually, that aircraft carrier shell has no effect on us anymore. When we get it back, we can only modify it on the shell..." Xie Kai lit a cigarette, took a sip, and then sighed.

Mozzy didn't understand.

"Isn't it better for our navy to have two aircraft carriers at the same time?"

She had the same idea as other Chinese people, wishing that the troops could have more aircraft carrier fleets than the US Navy.

The more aircraft carriers, the better, and the larger the displacement, the better.

"The escort fleet doesn't have money?" Xie Kai gave Mo Qi a blank look.

Ho, woman!

Because I knew Moqi, Xie Kai drove the 359 carrying a wooden tank gun and Wang Hao were at Moqi's doorstep...

Now I can't remember this.

Mozzy was too lazy to pay attention to Xie Kai.

Anyway, she believes that the Navy should have more aircraft carriers.

"Chief, is he serious?" Zheng Ming looked at Commander Liu with a worried look.

In the small conference room, there are all the Navy's senior management.

In recent years, Xie Kai has been hiding at the base of Qilian Mountains, otherwise he would have been running around the country. Many new leaders of the Navy are not very familiar with Xie Kai.

The Varyag was arranged by Xie Kai to purchase the Varyag, and the ownership is in Xie Kai's hands.

Being able to obtain this aircraft carrier shell can not only effectively accelerate the construction of the navy, but also allow the navy to own two aircraft carriers in the next few years.

The Varyag was positioned as a training ship by the navy.

"There are indeed many problems now. We have the ability to build aircraft carriers ourselves, and in some aspects, it is much more advanced than aircraft carriers like the Varyag designed twenty years ago..." Commander Liu looked at the navy's bosses and expressed his views. "Comrade Xie Kai's concerns are not unreasonable. Building two aircraft carriers at the same time will not only affect the future development of the navy, but also have great financial problems..."

The country is rich.

But for the money-burning navy, it is still too poor.

An aircraft carrier costs billions of dollars, and the navy can still support it.

The key is that after the aircraft carrier is built, there will be supporting carrier-based aircraft and escort fleets, which requires a much higher price than the aircraft carrier.

The navy bosses naturally understood that after weighing the pros and cons, they really felt that it was not suitable now.

"I will lay the keel today. Now I have experience in segmented construction and also have experience in building two light aircraft carriers. This aircraft carrier has been launched for 40 months and has no problems..."

Facing a group of big shots, Li Qingmin, the head of Hudong Shipyard, looked proud.

Finally, the domestically produced large aircraft carriers began to take off.

Think about it, when they built the 707 aircraft carrier, they were not so excited.

It is not that domestically produced aircraft carriers are bad, but that the aircraft carriers they built will eventually serve in the Thai Navy.

In 40 months, the aircraft carrier was cut from the first steel plate to the watering. It was not too fast, but it was definitely not slow.

"It's better to be more stable. Our first aircraft carrier is not fast, but steady! You can take a little slower!" Commander Liu was a little worried.

Since 1970, he has organized a special argument for aircraft carriers according to the instructions of his superiors and also knows the difficulties in building aircraft carriers in China. Since then, he has been working hard for domestic aircraft carriers.

Finally, this day has come.

"Chief, please rest assured. This is already for stability, and the speed has been slowed down a lot. If we follow our true level, it can be solved in 24 months. Even now, the time is a bit short. If this aircraft carrier is launched and the Navy has no follow-up orders, our dock will be idle..."

Li Qingmin's words made smiles appear on the faces of many naval tycoons.

That's true.

Although the Navy wants to build more aircraft carrier fleets, how can it be without money?

Now the economy has indeed developed, and the country has increased its military expenditure a lot.

The entire PLA has been patient since the reform and opening up, and its equipment has not been updated. Every year, it only has a small amount of equipment for training in the army. Now that we have money, we naturally need to develop vigorously.

There is only so much funding every year, and everyone wants to ask for more, how can it be done?

Navy equipment has a greater demand for funding than other equipment.

Those with slightly advanced points and those with large points are counted in billions.

The Navy has been saving the aircraft carrier that is about to start construction in recent years. So far, it has only prepared 12 billion yuan. The remaining gap can only be saved later...

Who knows when the next ship will be rich?

"Let's just introduce to you the specific situation of our aircraft carrier first." Commander Liu naturally didn't want to talk about anything on such a sad topic.

As the first domestically produced aircraft carrier for self-use, 701 has worked hard with Hudong Shipyard for many years.

Li Qingming looked at the time. There was still a lot of time before the ceremony began, so he could give a comprehensive introduction.

Many people are not very clear about the first domestically produced aircraft carrier for self-using.

"Currently, it is temporarily set to be a Type 001 aircraft carrier, with a length of 314 meters and a waterline of 287 meters... In order to increase the number of carrier-based fighter jets, long-range air defense missiles and other weapon systems have been cancelled, and aircraft carrier defense is handed over to carrier-based aircraft and escort fleets..."

Xie Kai has long known the data for the new 001 ship.

All the data has a lot to do with him, and most of the technologies are also based on the Varyag number and are improved.

"The weapon system above has been cancelled?" a general asked with a frown.

They hope that aircraft carriers can have stronger combat capabilities.

"If the long-range air defense missile system and anti-ship missile system are continued to be retained, the number of carrier-based aircraft will be suppressed, and the combat capability will be even worse... Now there are two types of missile destroyers 052C and 055." Pan Jingfu, the chief aircraft carrier, smiled.

Without frigates with strong combat capabilities, the safety of aircraft carriers is a problem.

Therefore, a large number of weapons systems for protection must be carried.

Now, with powerful missile destroyers, they can effectively solve the problems of regional air defense, anti-ship, etc., so naturally there is no need.

"This time, not only will the construction of the Type 001 aircraft carrier start construction, but the Type 055 missile destroyer will also start construction at the same time..." Li Qingmin continued to add.

Xie Kai was not very interested in these things and was always thinking about other things.

Fortunately, the time was not too long, so the introduction was over.

In terms of technical performance, the new 001 aircraft carrier is not only far more than the 707 aircraft carrier that has been built, but also more advanced than the Varyag.

You can't start construction like the Varyag directly according to the drawings.

That was the technology from twenty years ago. In addition, the Soviet Union had decades of design ideas in aircraft carrier design at that time, and he wanted an aircraft carrier to fight the US aircraft carrier fleet alone.

The Kirov-class missile cruiser almost developed the Soviet design idea to its peak.

In fact, there was a long debate in China back then.

The 701 Design Institute has two sets of new aircraft carrier drawings, both of which have completed the design.

All are based on the technical information of the Varyag. One set is to further strengthen the firepower design of the aircraft carrier. The weapons carried on it are stronger than the Varyag and are somewhat reliant on the direction of the Kirov-class missile cruiser; the other set is to move towards the development direction of Western aircraft carriers. Except for designing some near-defense weapon systems in areas that do not affect the number of aircraft carriers, all space is reserved for carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier.

Finally, after both sets of solutions were designed, a lot of simulations and demonstrations were carried out, and the development route of Western aircraft carriers was chosen.

Hudong Shipyard.

Dock No. 1.

As early as a few years ago, it had been expanded to build warships above 100,000 tons.

Unlike other shipyard docks, this dock is closed by a light steel roof with a height of thirty stories on the roof, so as to prevent satellites from seeing the real situation of the aircraft carrier construction inside.

In the welding workshop on the dock side, a huge steel plate was placed at this time.

Before laying the keel, the steel plate needs to be cut first.

A large number of workers are already waiting in the workshop.

Specially produced aircraft carrier special steel plates have a length of more than ten meters, a width of more than three meters, and a thickness of more than thirty centimeters.

The entire steel plate has been placed on the workbench.

The automatic cutting machine on one end of the track on both sides of the workbench is ready to be in place.

After a series of leaders' speeches, the retired Commander Liu personally issued an order: "Start the work!"

The cutting head on the cutting machine instantly spewed out a flame amid the warm applause. It was operated by Zhongchao Zhou Zhenbai himself. It was originally just a red flame, but as the input airflow and oxygen increased, it instantly turned into a long blue flame.

The flame contacts the steel plate, and the high temperature makes the hard steel plate turn red quickly, then turns into liquid, flowing down little by little, and then the high temperature flame begins to move...

"Our aircraft carrier has finally started!"

Watching the high-temperature flames slowly moving, leaving a not-so-wide ray of Feng on the originally complete steel plate, Mo Qi murmured next to Xie Kai, crying.

Xie Kai sighed, "My uncle should take a look here."

Only Xie Kai knows how much Liu Dongsheng paid for this aircraft carrier.

"Who said I'm not here? I'll sign this steel plate later! Although the signature on this steel plate will not be left for a few days..." Liu Dongsheng patted Xie Kai's shoulder with a smile.

"Why are you here?"

Xie Kai had not seen Liu Dongsheng before.

"The Navy sent me an invitation." Liu Dongsheng looked proud, "Finally, there is no need to envy other countries for building aircraft carriers in the future."

At this moment, Commander Liu and a group of navy bosses came over.

"Comrade Xie Kai, Comrade Liu Dongsheng, thank you!"
Chapter completed!