"Why are you interested in the Black Sea Shipyard? Our domestic shipbuilding industry is also in a period of development. There is no need to copy what the Soviets did. Besides, in terms of civilian shipbuilding technology, Jiangnan Heavy Industry and others are quite good." Ye Ziping
He was obviously a little surprised when he heard his son talking to him about wanting to recruit some technicians back to the Black Sea Shipyard.
The cadres during this period had a very superficial understanding of talents, and were completely unaware of how much impact a complete technical team could have on the domestic shipbuilding industry.
"Can an aircraft carrier be built in China?" Ye Kai blocked Ye Ziping's words with one sentence.
"China does not need aircraft carriers, and we do not pursue hegemony." After a long pause, Ye Ziping said.
Ye Kai curled his lips. When did this statement become known? There is still such a big market now.
If a country wants to become strong, it cannot achieve its goal only through self-reliance and self-reliance. At a certain point, it must take the path of external expansion. The rise of a country means the enslavement of surrounding countries. Although it is not possible now.
It is fashionable to create colonies or semi-colonies, but economic aggression is everywhere.
When appropriate, complete force deterrence is also necessary.
Besides, doesn’t China need an aircraft carrier? Just the South China Sea issue requires more than one aircraft carrier formation to resolve the dispute. Let’s not talk about other issues. The American Seventh Fleet has caused more than half of the damage to the Chinese.
The trouble of the century.
The so-called China does not need aircraft carriers is just deceiving itself and others.
"A mature politician shouldn't say such childish words." Ye Kai didn't have the nerve to give his father a political lesson, so he just said this in the end.
Is it really that easy to rise peacefully? Ye Kai doubts the existence of this possibility, it is almost zero.
This world believes in the law of the jungle, where the weak eat the strong. If you don't bully others, others will bully you.
In fact, even the domestic military has a relatively shallow understanding of the role of aircraft carriers.
This consideration in the country is actually related to the ship-purchasing movement in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Manchus had suffered enough from the losses of foreigners' powerful ships and guns, so they gritted their teeth, tightened their belts and purchased a large number of state-of-the-art ironclad ships in order to strengthen themselves.
He returned home, but was completely defeated by the Japanese Japanese. This has always been a shame.
Because of this matter in the front, even if the Navy occasionally wants to mention the construction or purchase of aircraft carriers, it will always be dismissed as unrealistic. It is a great success. As time goes by, no one is willing to mention it anymore.
This is what happened.
There are also some objective reasons. As the situation develops, the role of aircraft carriers has declined, both in terms of offense and defense.
Take the U.S. Navy as an example. For a period after the end of World War II, aircraft carriers became a symbol of the strength of the U.S. Navy.
Before the 1980s, the firepower of small battleships was mainly short-range artillery fire. But with the development of long-range missiles, almost all destroyers, cruisers and attack submarines are now equipped with Tomahawk missiles. The distance at which they attack targets
, which has exceeded the distance of carrier-based aircraft, and does not require pilots to risk their lives.
In comparison, aircraft carriers are large in size, consume large amounts of energy, and have large targets.
Not only is the cost of the aircraft carrier itself staggering, but in order to protect the aircraft carrier, a large amount of money is also required to build a escort fleet.
Many people in the U.S. Navy also believe that the navy with some large aircraft carriers should be transformed into a navy with many small ships. Moreover, the navy building more small warships can also better confuse opponents and collect intelligence more conveniently.
Due to the emergence of this concept, in the 1980s, when Sino-US military relations became closer, the United States was "happy to see Chinese-made aircraft carriers" and invited Chinese military leaders to visit American aircraft carriers on many occasions.
Chinese naval officers were also invited to visit the USS Nimitz anchored in the waters near Hong Kong. The Americans said, "You can see whatever you want."
This trip deeply shocked the Chinese personnel because they saw the powerful strength of the U.S. Navy. When you board the aircraft carrier, you feel like you have become the master of the sea. In addition to the scale of the aircraft carrier, the weapons and equipment shocked them, made them ashamed and envious.
In addition, the living facilities on the aircraft carrier are also impressive.
However, senior military officials have deep concerns about whether to build an aircraft carrier. The cost of building an aircraft carrier is too high for China to afford. Even if it were built, even the Americans would find it expensive to build an aircraft carrier. The Chinese would have to bear the cost of subsequent maintenance and use.
Can you afford it?
If, like the Soviet Union, they engage in an arms race with the Americans, will their own economy collapse in the end? The Chinese will definitely not be fooled by the Americans. It really takes a lot of wisdom to communicate with them.
Only a son can do it.
When Ye Kai thought about these things, he was a little at a loss, but he always felt that it was always right to recruit some people, and the shipbuilding industry would definitely be useful for a long period of time. He thought
The idea of starting a shipyard is definitely not unreasonable.
Ye Kai told Ye Ziping about this matter not to seek his consent, but because he thought that if a government official spoke about this matter, the Soviets would find it more credible and would actively cooperate.
At least, the director of the Black Sea Shipyard will be very happy, as this will solve a big problem for him.
After Ye Ziping learned about his son's financial strength, he stayed for a long time, and finally reluctantly accepted the fact. However, after he understood it, he began to actively operate on the matter, and the Black Sea Shipyard was also very excited. This was a solution.
What a great way to re-employ laid-off workers!
In the end, the two parties signed a relatively formal agreement to transport a total of 3,000 mature technicians and skilled workers to China within three months, and the family issues were subsequently resolved.
Because they had thrown away such a big burden, the Black Sea Shipyard also gave away some technical information that was not too sensitive. As a reward, Ye Kai accepted it very quickly. It was not free of charge.
Within the next week, Ye Ziping and Ye Kai, father and son, visited several industrial bases in Ukraine and even heavyweights in the military. Under Ye Kai's US dollar strategy, both parties had a good conversation.
, established friendly contact.
Ye Kai spent a total of millions of dollars for this purpose, but he didn't feel bad about spending it at all, because he knew very well that after a while, these investments would be recovered with interest.
The end of the month is coming soon, and it’s time for the entire visiting delegation to return.
However, at this time, unexpected news suddenly came that Soviet President Gorbachev was going to meet with Ye Ziping and his party.