The auction of the Melbourne went smoothly, and the advanced company beat all opponents to win the project for $4.3 million.
On the surface, there are two reasons why China was able to get this project.
One is that in the early days of reform and opening up, all things are in a mess. In order to attract foreign investment to develop the economy, the country must carry out a lot of infrastructure construction, such as roads, railways, transport ships, etc., which require a large amount of steel, so the price of steel is in accordance with market rules.
Naturally rising.
Another is that China has a large amount of labor, and these labor is quite cheap... This is also determined by market rules. There are a large number of unemployed people in society. These unemployed people look for jobs everywhere like crazy, no matter how low their salary is.
Everyone is willing to work hard, as long as they can make a living, the labor force will naturally become very cheap.
Decided by these two factors, it was decided that China would make money by purchasing the Melbourne at a relatively high price... The steel price is high and the labor is cheap, so even if the Melbourne is sold directly as scrap iron
There are also profits. You should know that the steel used in aircraft carriers is special steel, and the quality of the steel is not comparable to that of ordinary steel.
Other countries have no advantages at this point, such as Australia... It is a developed country. At this time, when my country's TVs were still rare, the popularity of private cars in Australia had reached more than 80%. .
So it is not really auctioning the "Melbourne" for the sake of more than four million US dollars. Its hard work is... If it is dismantled in its own country, the labor cost will be a considerable number. In addition, its infrastructure, etc.
It has been improved and does not require so much steel. It will also pollute the environment. So after such a calculation, it is easy to sell scrap iron and can earn a profit. Why not do it?
Of course, these are just one of the reasons why we bought the "Melbourne". Another reason needs to be said, of course, it is to accumulate relevant technology for aircraft carriers. You should know that at this time, my country's aircraft carriers still started from scratch, even if the layout of aircraft carriers or It is that design is of great reference value to us.
Originally, I thought this was taken and I could be dragged back soon, but Yang Xianjin quickly called to report: "Battery Commander, Australia said they still need some time to remove the equipment on the aircraft carrier."
"Didn't they have already demolished it before?" I was surprised to hear this.
During this period, I also have some knowledge of the "Melbourne". I know that although this thing is a light aircraft carrier, it is full of high-tech things...
The reason for this is very simple. I have every reason to believe that the United States and Britain are fooling Australia as a sucker... Because the three modifications of the "Melbourne" were made, except for the first time, when the British were stabbed by the other two.
The times were made in the United States, and the modification took three or even five years.
As a major aircraft carrier power, Britain and the United States cannot be unaware that light aircraft carriers like the "Melbourne" will have their own congenital defects no matter how they are modified... There must be at least two, and they also have destroyers, frigates, and supply ships.
Only by cooperating with submarines and other factors can combat effectiveness be formed.
Here is still "at least" because generally there must be three ships, one for missions, one for training or backup, and the other for maintenance and preparation for replacement.
However, Australia has only one ship, so there are many loopholes, such as what should I do when the "Melbourne" breaks out when the war breaks out? Even the potential enemies can even be determined and the war starts at this time... That is to say,
The aircraft carrier is actually just a misused embroidered pillow.
But Britain and the United States don’t care about so much, it’s a fool to have money or not. And it’s precisely because this aircraft carrier cannot form combat power, and Australia’s military power is weak... This may be due to the lack of war in Australia’s history.
In addition, with the protection of the United States, Britain and other countries, the entire country's army has less than 60,000.
But this is exactly the advantage of Australia, because for the powerful powers such as the United States and Britain, weak military is almost synonymous with harmless countries. They are completely at ease with such countries, so various advanced equipment such as missiles, radars, and electronics
Equipment, catapults, etc. are all constantly loading the "Melbourne" as long as Australia is willing to pay.
This time, Australia was dazzled, and it often drove the "Melbourne" which integrates various advanced equipment to show off every time.
But the Falklands War completely woke the Australian military up...
Yadi, Britain is an old country that uses aircraft carriers. He has to use dual aircraft carriers to fight on the battlefield of the Cabernets. As long as one of these aircraft carriers is destroyed by Argentina, it means the complete failure of the British army. Then we
How should an aircraft carrier play? Isn’t it destined to fail before it is launched?!
Besides, it is so difficult for the British to defend against the attacks of flying fish missiles on aircraft carriers. So, isn’t it someone else’s target when our aircraft carrier and several broken ships are driven out?
I believe that when the Australian military thinks about this, it is mostly a cold sweat: Fortunately, there is no war, otherwise the losses will be huge.
After sweating, I should scold the United States and Britain. These two "brothers" are not interesting enough. If we make so much money, we will give it to something that has basically no practical ability. What's even more embarrassing is that we have been doing it before.
Open this "embroidered pillow" and show off everywhere!
So after the Falklands War, 1982, the "Melbourne" entered the standby state. From then on, the Australian Navy actually decided to withdraw from the stage of history. It was from then on that time that the Australian Army would install "
The advanced equipment on the Melbourne "was dismantled down.
"They said they hadn't finished yet!" Yang Xianjin replied: "And... it seems that there are Americans putting pressure on them, because after we took a photo, there was another one on the contract: 'Not for military purposes'."
"Oh!" I understood after hearing this.
For the United States, we are exactly the opposite of Australia, a "harmless country", and we are an opponent with the ability to fight the US military.
Needless to say, when I was resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, I basically used Xiaomi and rifles to defeat the American plane and cannon. The Vietnamese Communist Party, which defeated the US military during the resistance and aid of U.S. aggression and aid of Vietnam, was actually trained and equipped by China. Now the Americans
The reason why we are allies with us... is just to deal with the common enemy of the Soviet Union.
But now, on the one hand, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China has eased, and on the other hand, China is the only country in history that has defeated the US military on a frontal battlefield... Many Americans believe that the Vietnam War is a strategic failure rather than a tactical failure.
, because they did not have much pressure to fight the Viet Cong on the front battlefield, the reason why they could not eliminate the Viet Cong was just because they had China's protection, and in the end they voluntarily withdrew.
As the saying goes, "I am afraid of a rope when I am bitten by a snake for ten years." The Americans have suffered losses under the Chinese volunteer army and will naturally be wary of us, so they will naturally be a little nervous about the "Melbourne".
"Battleman Yang!" At this time, I received a call from the headquarters: "The commander asked you to come to the headquarters!"
"Yes!" I replied.
I thought to myself that it was for the "Melbourne" matter, but I didn't expect that the news from Commander Zhang was quite fast.
But this seems normal. You should know that this is the first time our army is so "close" to an aircraft carrier. It would be strange if Commander Zhang has no one to pay attention to this matter.
Sure enough, when I walked into the headquarters, Commander Zhang raised his head at me and said, "I heard about the situation of the Melbourne. They once again demolished it on a large scale, and even did things that could not be removed.
Blasting, all we can get is an empty shell!”
"It's the Americans who are behind it!" I said.
Commander Zhang nodded: "Americans have begun to be wary of us!"
I didn't answer, thinking that the United States' wariness for us did not begin at this time, but has always existed since the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
"Actually, this doesn't have much impact on us," I said.
"Well, let's hear it." Commander Zhang was quite surprised by my words.
"First of all," I said: "Our expectations for this Melbourne cannot be too high. This is determined by our weak industrial foundation. Even if something is left on the aircraft carrier, it will be difficult for us to deal with it.
Perform a copy.”
Hearing this, Commander Zhang nodded. Our country has had a lot of experience in this regard. When China and the Soviet Union were in conflict, the Soviet Union withdrew all the experts, leaving behind a bunch of unfinished projects... Even if these projects have drawings or
It is still difficult for us to develop related information.
"On the other hand," I said: "Most of our equipment comes from the Soviet Union. For considerations such as equipment compatibility and design ideas, I think we will eventually follow the Soviet route in the development of aircraft carriers.
That is to say, the Melbourne can give us an empty shell to see how the aircraft carrier is designed, built and laid out. If we want to accumulate experience, we must target the Soviet Union."
"Well!" Commander Zhang couldn't help but look at me unexpectedly: "What you said makes sense, but the Soviet Union... buying an aircraft carrier is not as simple as buying a civil aviation industry. Do we still have a chance?"
I smiled. Of course there are opportunities over the Soviet Union. In fact, after the "Melbourne", the three used aircraft carriers we bought were all from the Soviet Union, including the Varyag, which was converted into the training ship Liaoning, which was converted by our country.
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Of course, these are all things that happened after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now is the time for the US-Soviet battle for hegemony. Of course, the Soviet Union will not use its own martial arts to make the Americans get cheaper. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!