At noon, Uncle Li arranged a dinner with Commander Wang Hucheng of the Navy.
In fact, it was Uncle Li who said that Commander Wang wanted to see Ye Kai just because he heard about the nuclear submarine and wanted to come over to discuss the future ownership issue with him.
As for the talk about a beautiful daughter, it was purely made up by Uncle Li to tease Ye Kai. At least Ye Kai did not see even a relatively reliable-looking female soldier during the dinner.
Commander Wang is concerned about the placement of the six scrapped nuclear submarines and the distribution of the six new nuclear submarines.
"Director Ye, you don't know. After you assigned this matter to the East China Sea Fleet, comrades from other fleets have very different opinions. At least the East China Sea, North Sea and South China Sea fleets should be divided equally." Commander Wang
He expressed at the dinner table, "After these grandsons found out about this, they harassed me every day, which gave me a huge headache."
Ye Kai glanced at Commander Wang, then at Uncle Li, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then asked slowly, "What's going on? The ship hasn't been received yet, and the news is flying all over the sky?"
Ye Kai was very dissatisfied with this situation.
Although it is said that these twelve nuclear submarines were purchased in the name of scrapped materials, the senior officials of both parties probably know what is actually going on. It is just that things are done secretly, so no one is willing to interfere.
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The Russian Navy is indeed troubled by military expenses, so it turns a blind eye to some of the random behaviors of the officers below. As long as there is no big trouble, it will be let go.
But if this kind of news spreads before the matter is completed, it will always cause some unnecessary trouble. So Ye Kai felt very angry about this.
"When mobilizing manpower, the navy's top brass knew about it." Uncle Li explained from the side.
Ye Kai nodded, knowing that this situation existed.
After all, this trip to Russia to pick up the ship was in the name of a mutual naval visit, and a whole fleet was sent. Therefore, the top brass of the navy must be clear about the purpose of the trip and make corresponding arrangements. This matter is logically
It makes sense.
However, this does not mean that Ye Kai agrees with this behavior of asking for supplies from his superiors. He coughed and said, "These ships are more suitable to stay in the East China Sea Fleet. As for the North Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, it is not impossible to divide them up. It's just that when
If the aircraft carrier comes back by then, they won’t have a share.”
"Aircraft carrier?!" Commander Wang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.
The topic of aircraft carriers is always the topic that every naval commander is most concerned about.
The navy of the Republic has always been in a relatively weak position. The most critical point is that the problem of sea and air coordination cannot be effectively solved.
Although the air force of the Republic has been greatly enhanced, the range of aircraft departing from land bases is limited after all. Ships that want to support maritime operations are unable to do so. In a modern naval battle, warships alone are not enough.
, we cannot rely solely on missiles to fight the enemy, so air power must be guaranteed.
If you have an aircraft carrier formation, it means you have a mobile platform that can attack the enemy from three directions at the same time: land, sea, and air. In addition to being mobile, this platform can also ensure that it can attack the surrounding two thousand kilometers.
effective attack within.
The most convenient thing is to use the ocean routes. An aircraft carrier formation can cover most countries in the world with its deterrent power.
Nowadays, Americans are able to run around the world with great power, relying not on land-based long-range nuclear strike forces, but on maritime mobile combat platforms based on aircraft carrier formations. They rely on joint sea-air strike forces and the coordination of conventional weapons.
blow.
If the Republic has several aircraft carrier formations, and they just hang out in front of the American house for a while, do you think it can still strengthen its backbone?
The defense force of the United States is not very strong. Most of the troops are stationed in overseas bases. The reason is that the mainland is surrounded by the sea and has no natural enemies. The Baltic countries over there are all relatively weak countries, and their military force is not worth much.
It's not worth mentioning, so the Americans can safely send out all the combat troops and leave some militiamen at home to look after the house.
But if the Republic's aircraft carrier fleet sails to the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean, then the Americans will definitely not be able to sit still.
Because of this, Commander Wang got a little excited when he heard the word aircraft carrier.
"Russia has two aircraft carriers that are about to be decommissioned. I plan to spend money to buy them back, put them in a military theme park on the beach, and sell tickets for them." Ye Kai said casually, "I heard that Ukraine also has an aircraft carrier, which has not yet been built.
I also plan to buy it back and convert it into a private cruise ship, or convert it into a gambling ship, and put it on the high seas to open gambling bureaus. Then it will be a Las Vegas on the sea."
"Don't..." Commander Wang felt his flesh aching after hearing this. This is such a waste of natural resources!
But he doesn't have a bad temper. After all, the military will definitely not be able to intervene in such a matter. Even if the military comes forward to provide money, the other party may not sell it to them because it is too sensitive.
Commander Wang has also heard about the two Russian aircraft carriers in particular. It is said that they plan to dismantle the two aircraft carriers and sell them for scrap after they are decommissioned.
Although the Russians can no longer afford to use it, there is no reason for others to continue to use it, so it is hard to talk about it.
But the situation with the one in Ukraine is different. Ukraine does not need a navy, a fleet, or an aircraft carrier, so they are justified in selling this aircraft carrier, and they are also happy to see other
The country has created a lot of conflicts because of this incident.
The most critical point is that the Navy cannot afford to purchase aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines.
This point is a continuation of the previous policy. It is an old saying to take the approach of coastal defense and not to be a hegemon. Whether it is the navy, air force or army of the Republic, they all run the army based on this policy.
The Soviet Union engaged in an arms race with the Americans and ended up destroying itself. This lesson is right in front of us. The top management is quite cautious about this matter, so most people will not support the purchase proposal.
The same is basically true for other countries. The initial cost of purchasing an aircraft carrier may not be very high, but the later costs will be very large. For example, a small country such as South Korea may want to collect thousands of people on the aircraft carrier.
It is difficult to recruit members, not to mention the ships, aircraft, combat personnel, and maintenance personnel needed to maintain an aircraft carrier formation. This is simply a disaster that tests South Korea's national strength!
All in all, this is all a waste of money.
The Americans maintain several aircraft carrier formations and are under certain economic pressure, so they need to continue to provoke wars around the world and make money to support themselves through fighting. They follow a war-to-war model, just like the previous World War II
The Japanese of that period were pretty much the same.
The Republic will definitely not be able to do this anymore, so even if it forms an aircraft carrier fleet, it will be of little use and will only be a big money-burning guy.
After all, except for Ye Kai, most people still have a very unclear view of the East China Sea dispute and the South China Sea crisis. They did not realize that these two places would be the main focus of contention for neighboring countries in twenty years, nor did they expect that
However, the Americans united with almost all the neighboring countries of the Republic to blockade, surround and contain the Republic.
"Actually, the Navy has been very concerned about the aircraft carrier since taking office as commander. Unfortunately, due to economic reasons, the top management has not agreed." Commander Wang mentioned this matter with some emotion, "At first, the Americans were even willing to sell
Give us an aircraft carrier, or help the Republic build its own aircraft carrier. However, under the circumstances at that time, the senior officials also considered whether this was consuming the national power of the Republic? So they never agreed. Later, the Navy realized the importance of aircraft carriers and wanted to follow suit.
The Americans contacted and discussed this possibility, but the Soviet Union collapsed again..."
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the disappearance of the great enemy of the Americans, the Republic became an important imaginary enemy of the Americans. Naturally, the Americans would not be able to mention this matter again. In fact, there had been previous cooperation intentions regarding large aircraft projects and military cooperation.
The issues were all put aside at this time and never mentioned again.
Another situation is that the Nanmen Incident three years ago caused a huge change in the attitude of Western countries, led by the Americans, towards the Republic.
Therefore, some things are actually unpredictable.
Even if Ye Kai is now certain, he does not dare to say with certainty that he can successfully bring back the nuclear submarine and aircraft carrier.
The intervention of Americans can definitely affect the direction of the whole matter.
The three of them were talking about this matter. Commander Wang went out for a trip in the middle. When he came back, he was accompanied by a young and beautiful female officer, whose rank was navy captain.
"My daughter, Wang Luodan." Seeing Ye Kai looking at his daughter in surprise, Commander Wang introduced her with dignity.
"Hello, Miss Wang." Ye Kai nodded and couldn't help but glance at Uncle Li again.
Uncle Li rolled his eyelids, meaning that I was right, Commander Wang's daughter is indeed very beautiful.
Ye Kai touched his nose and made a comprehensive evaluation. He felt that Commander Wang's daughter Wang Luodan not only had a good figure, but also wore a navy officer uniform, which also gave her a lot of points!
But, what does Lao Wang mean by bringing his daughter over to keep him company?
Do you want to play a beauty trap? Ye Kai feels that he is well-informed and is unlikely to be the kind of person who gets confused by being spoiled by others.
For Lao Wang to do this kind of trick in front of him, it seemed that he was a bit contemptuous of Ye Kai.
But take a look at Wang Luodan, Lao Wang's daughter. Although she is very beautiful, she is not coquettish. She does not look like a social butterfly.
Ye Kai was a little confused as to what was going on.