"Since it is a new ship, why can't it be put into service immediately?" There are many people who ask this question...
Some members of the Central Political Bureau, including those from the pro-Ye faction, also asked this question.
After all, not many people know about aircraft carriers. Even if Ye Kai had not directly come into contact with the Varyag before, he only thought that the aircraft carrier was a relatively large offshore platform. He did not have any deep understanding, let alone
Talking about these old men who are busy with government affairs all day long.
"Even if it is a big ship, it is impossible for sailors to get familiar with it immediately. It always needs a process." Ye Kai replied, "And the aircraft carrier is even more complicated. Even if it is an active aircraft carrier that has been put into use, training a
It will take several years to build a team that can operate it. This is just like the attitude of Americans towards fighter pilots. When they encounter danger, their first thought is to keep the pilots safe, while we do the opposite.
, our first thought is to protect the aircraft. Although there is also the factor of economic strength, fundamentally speaking, this is also caused by our emphasis on professional and technical talents, which is far from enough."
Then Ye Kai began to educate them about illiteracy and talked about the problems of the aircraft carrier system.
"The first is the issue of carrier-based aircraft types. The ultimate purpose of an aircraft carrier is to serve as a platform for carrier-based aircraft, and the Varyag is no exception. Carrier-based aircraft are like talons to an eagle, and they are an important means for aircraft carriers to carry out attacks.
But judging from the current situation, we do not have a suitable aircraft model, so we can only purchase or introduce Russian and Ukrainian carrier-based aircraft and related technologies, refer to or imitate some foreign advanced technologies, and develop our own carrier-based aircraft technology."
"Currently, I am preparing to purchase a Su-33 prototype from Ukraine and develop my own carrier-based aircraft based on this." Ye Kai said, "This is also to prevent the Varyag aircraft carrier from having no carrier-based aircraft available in the future.
It’s embarrassing, but in the long run, we still need to develop our own carrier-based aircraft.”
"In addition to carrier-based fighters, early warning aircraft are also an important part of the aircraft carrier. Originally we considered the Y-7, but the Varyag lacked the necessary ejection launch, so it was basically impossible to choose this solution. After research
After that, we will consider equipping the Varyag with a self-developed Z-8 early warning helicopter."
"Zhi-8 early warning helicopter?" Comrade Jiang Cheng asked after hearing this, "Does such a thing already exist?"
There has always been a blank slate in the field of early warning aircraft in China. Although senior leaders do not know enough about this kind of thing, it is impossible to say that they do not know anything about it. After all, the military also intends to purchase large early warning aircraft from abroad.
, it’s just that it has never been possible.
"It's just a hypothesis for the time being, but there's no big problem that the transformation will be successful within a year." Ye Kai is quite confident about this.
The East China Shen Yun Base has been authorized for military production and high-tech research and development, and will become the first private military enterprise. Therefore, Ye Kai’s statement of transforming the Z-8 into an early warning helicopter is not unfounded. In fact, he imported it from Ukraine
I got a lot of good stuff there, and there's no shortage of it here either.
To build an aircraft carrier battle group, the choice of aircraft carrier-based early warning aircraft is inevitable.
The carrier-based early warning aircraft of the U.S. aircraft carrier is a fixed-wing E-2, which takes off using a catapult. The radar antenna is arranged in a disc shape above the fuselage. The fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft has the advantage of large load capacity, and can carry heavier loads.
The performance of radar will naturally improve accordingly, and there are many mature solutions to choose from for arranging radar antennas on fixed-wing aircraft.
Unfortunately, the Navy of the Republic cannot follow the example of the US military, because the US military's e-2 relies on a catapult to take off, and the Republic can neither buy a catapult nor have the confidence to build it by itself. You must know that the former Soviet Union has
Not made.
And even if there is a way to develop a catapult, it is far from easy to build a carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft that can be put into actual combat.
Since the road of fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft is blocked, we have to find another way. The Soviet Navy and the British Navy did not build fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft. They built two types of early warning helicopters, the Ka-31 and the Sea King respectively. Both of them are better than e.
-2 is cheap, and more importantly, the helicopter-type early warning aircraft can take off and land vertically without using a catapult. In addition, the Soviet Su-33 can take off by ski jump and the British Sea Harrier can take off and land vertically.
Aircraft carriers have completely avoided the catapult problem.
However, these two types of ship-based early warning helicopters also have serious shortcomings, that is, poor performance. For example, the Ka-31 has a maximum detection range of 250 kilometers to the sea and 150 kilometers to the air, which is significantly lower than the e-2;
The performance of the Sea King is similar to the Ka-31, but also significantly lower than the e-2.
The carrying weight and interior volume of these two helicopters are not as good as those of fixed-wing aircraft. Their carrying weight is low, which leads to the lighter early warning radars they carry, and their performance is naturally lower. Their interior volume is smaller, resulting in the radar antenna
Not easy to install.
However, the United States has expressed concern about the acquisition of the Varyag by the Republic. Some civilian military magazines published a series of observer articles, arguing that the Republic's first aircraft carrier is just a pile of waste. The article focused on the Republic's first aircraft carrier, the Varyag.
He expressed his own views on the aircraft carrier's capabilities in various aspects, saying that it was far behind the US aircraft carrier in all aspects and was not something to be afraid of.
This is exactly in line with the attitude of the US Navy towards the Varyag. When the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff visited France, he also stated that owning an aircraft carrier and effectively deploying it are completely different things. He said that he could understand its implications.
has great symbolic meaning, but sometimes there is a huge gap between symbolism and actual ability.
Putting aside the usual strategic contempt of the US military, how the Varyag should be positioned is also a question.
"How the Varyag will be used is a very sensitive issue." Comrade Jiang Cheng said, "Anyway, we have this thing. Although it is a good thing, it also makes some issues more sensitive.
Therefore, the use of the Varyag must be well planned."
"Although the Americans say that we can only use the Varyag as a training aircraft carrier, we should know it in our own hearts." Ye Kai replied, "Any weapon and equipment, whether it has poor performance or has been modified,
, or those that are relatively old, the combat effectiveness and power cannot be evaluated based on the current or modified performance. The first aircraft carrier is actually a combat aircraft carrier, although its capabilities may not be strong."
Regarding the ship-based weapon system, East China Shenyun Base has made a plan to install two sets of fl-3000n and two sets of 730 close-in defense guns on each side of the left and right sides to provide sufficient short-range air defense firepower for the Varyag. According to all
It was modified based on actual combat standards to make it a ship capable of going to sea.
"What you said makes sense, but what can one aircraft carrier do? Americans have many aircraft carriers. If we want to build so many aircraft carrier fleets that can compete with the Americans, we are afraid that our economy will go bankrupt." Premier Yun expressed doubts.
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Premier Yun's views also represent the views of many people at the top.
"In the Western Pacific, the main threats to the security of the Republic's navy are the navies of the United States and Japan. As Premier Yun said, the Republic's construction of aircraft carriers will be useless to the U.S. military if the number is small and can only become their key target.
Once the Republic's aircraft carrier is sunk, it will cause great damage to our military's morale and will cause overall passivity in naval warfare." Premier Yun said, "On the contrary, if we sink the US military's aircraft carrier, it will make the US military passive. So we
We should focus on developing how to fight aircraft carriers."
"For the surrounding small countries, mainly the countries in the South China Sea. It is good for us to have aircraft carriers to deal with them, but we can still win without aircraft carriers, it just takes a little more effort. But what really prevents us from giving them a free fight and seizing the Nansha Islands
, it’s not that we can’t defeat them, the first is the American factor, and the second is that we are seeking to stabilize the overall situation with our neighbors. Under such overall situation, building an aircraft carrier can only scare them, but we can’t fight them, but will destroy our efforts to achieve peace and stability with our neighbors.
To stabilize the overall situation, wouldn’t this be harmful without any benefit?” A member of the Central Political Bureau also said, “As for those places further out in the ocean, there are no major conflicts of interest with us. For those places
The possibility of a fight is extremely slim. Secondly, fighting in those places requires an ocean-going fleet, not just aircraft carriers, and we haven’t even scratched the surface yet.”
"Then we don't want to develop our navy? The answer is of course no. Who is the strongest navy in the world today? It is the United States. As long as we defeat or have the strength to defeat the US Navy, then which country dares to come to us?
The trouble? This is called subduing the enemy without fighting. Therefore, when we build the navy, we must focus on how to defeat the U.S. Navy."
"So how can we defeat the U.S. Navy? Aircraft carriers are obviously no match for us. And the U.S. Navy is centered on aircraft carriers. So to defeat the U.S. Navy, we have to focus on how to attack aircraft carriers and focus on developing weapons and equipment to attack aircraft carriers.
"
Finally, there are still so many opposing voices.
After hearing this, Ye Kai just frowned, because he knew very well that the opposition to the construction of aircraft carriers had always existed. Even if he spent his own money to build an aircraft carrier, there were still many people in the country who opposed it. Because of this
Doing at least two things is very detrimental to them.
First of all, there is no shortage of spokespersons for the interests of Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries in the country. It can be seen from the fact that their property and family members have gone overseas. Secondly, the investment in building an aircraft carrier is quite huge, with a budget of tens of billions. In this kind of project,
The profits are huge. Now that Ye Kai plans to build an aircraft carrier, it will undoubtedly block their way to make a fortune. Naturally, many people are unhappy.
However, the development of aircraft carriers is a necessary means to ensure future maritime interests, and Ye Kai doesn't care about it that much.
Therefore, for these different voices and opposing voices, Ye Kai must point out their mistakes without mercy and resolutely attack them.
Sometimes, the slap in the face must be timely and merciless, otherwise they will not know how big a mistake they have made, and they will think that everyone is drunk and I am alone.
"Your strategic thinking is wrong, and you have no overall view and no understanding of the international situation. To express your opinions rashly is just playing the piano randomly!" Ye Kai accused unceremoniously.
"Ah?!" Everyone was stunned and looked at Ye Kai in disbelief.
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