The Neva Design Bureau took this matter very seriously, and three days later, their people came.

Somewhat to Chen Geng's surprise, the gray-haired specialist from the Neva Design Bureau was accompanied by a person from the Gorbachev office, in addition to Nikolai Malenkov.

Chen Geng didn't know what the name of this guy was, and Boris Pangin and Valentin Starievich hadn't introduced him to him, but he went to the Kremlin several times, and this guy was next to Gorbachev, and his identity was obviously not ordinary.

"Mr. Fernández, let me introduce you to A. Fernandez, a member of the Neva Design Bureau. Comrade B. Malinitsy," Nikolai Malenkov introduced to Chen Geng: "A. Comrade B. Malinitsy, the chief designer of the Moskva-class aircraft carriers and the Kiev-class aircraft carriers of our Soviet Union, and at the same time the general director of the projects of the Kuznetsov-class conventional-powered aircraft carriers and the Ulyanovsk nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, is the most precious treasure of the Soviet Union. ”

The old man in front of him, who looked like a university professor, turned out to be the chief designer and project leader of the third generation of Soviet aircraft carriers?

Chen Geng was shocked, he turned his head to look at Nikolai Malenkov: You didn't joke with me?

Nikolai Malenkov gave Chen Geng a look of "You think I'm going to joke with you about this kind of thing?"

Well, it's the same reason, Nikolai Malenkov really didn't need to play such a joke with himself. Confirming the identity of the person in front of him, Chen Geng immediately stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Malinitzi, it is a great honor to meet you, I like your work very much, as a military fan, in my opinion, your design has the characteristics of typical violent aesthetics." ”

"The aesthetics of violence? I like that description," said A. B. Malinitsy's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile while shaking hands with Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, I have heard of your name, and many of the materials allocated by our Neva Design Bureau are provided by you. ”

"That's my honor," said Chen Geng, picking up a delicate wooden box from the side: "A little gift, I hope you can like it." ”

This is a very interesting old man.

Seeing the delicate logo on this delicate wooden box, A· B. Malinitzi's eyes suddenly lit up, his throat twitched, and he asked Chen Geng tentatively, "Cohiba?"

"That's right, Gao Xiba," Chen Geng said with a smile, "I hope you like it." ”

A· B. Malinizzi was really not polite at all, he opened the box almost eagerly, nodded with a smile, and said: "Yes, I like this gift, very much, Mr. Fernández, thank you for the gift...... Well, that's right, it's the smell, it's the smell that lingers in my head, and I love it. ”

A full 100 Cohiba cigars, A· B. Malinici feels that this is the most intimate gift he has received in the last 20 years.

As always, Nikolai Malenkov still did not introduce Chen Geng to the guy he had met several times in the Kremlin, but never knew his name or position.

Chen Geng didn't ask, since Nikolai Malenkov didn't introduce it, it meant that the identity of this guy was a bit mysterious, and it was better not to inquire about it, looking at Nikolai Malenkov who looked at him with a resentful face, Chen Geng shrugged: "I thought you preferred vodka." ”

"Of course I like vodka," Nikolai Malenkov said loudly, "but I also like cigars!"

"Well, I'll give you a box next time. ”

For men, there is nothing more than cigarettes and alcohol to close the distance in a short period of time, light a cigar and smoke leisurely for a while, everyone seems to be able to talk about everything, such as A· B. Marinizzi half-squinted his eyes and asked Chen Geng with a look of enjoyment: "Mr. Fernandez, what is the situation of the light aircraft carrier you are talking about?"

Chen Geng did not answer immediately, but asked A· B. Malinizi asked: "Mr. Maliniz, what do you know about the Spanish light aircraft carrier Prince of Asturias?"

"The Prince of Asturias? The kind of semi-civilian ship is also worthy of being called an aircraft carrier?" B. Malinitzi was dismissive from the bottom of his bones: "If it is a small-scale low-intensity war, it is fine, but in the face of high-intensity war, that thing is not much more survivable than a quail." ”

"In other words, if you were to design a light aircraft carrier with a direct deck like the Prince of Asturias, there would be no problem at all?" Chen Geng immediately asked.

"Of course!"

A· B. Malinitzi was not polite to Chen Geng, let alone reserved, as the total designer of the Moskva-class aircraft carrier and the Kiev-class aircraft carrier, and as the project leader of the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and the Ulyanovsk nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, he certainly had full confidence to despise the Prince of Asturias- If the Soviet aircraft carrier is a brick and concrete building with a frame structure, then the Prince of Asturias, which adopts the standard of civilian ship construction in non-critical parts to reduce costs, can only be regarded as a wooden house in the United States, which looks very good, but as long as a gust of wind blows, the whole house will blow you down.

"Then it's no problem," Chen Geng clapped his hands happily: "What we want is an aircraft carrier similar to the Prince of Asturias." ”

“......”

A· B. Malinitzi did not speak, but his eyes widened, and his face was still a little dissatisfied: Are you kidding? B. Malinizzi's face?

Chen Geng shrugged his shoulders and said to A· "Mr. Malinitzi, I know that it may be a little unacceptable to you personally and emotionally for you to design such an aircraft carrier, but you must understand what kind of customer our customers are, this is a group of countries that are not always ready for war, world war, or nuclear war like the Soviet Union, they are a group of countries with limited financial resources, they have no idea of fighting the United States and the Soviet Union in their minds, and they only want to become regional hegemons or have military superiority among regional competitors.

For example, India, for example, minibuses.

For such a country, many of the designs on the Soviet aircraft carriers are redundant and unnecessary, they only need to have a mobile airfield and command center at sea, and other anti-ship capabilities such as powerful and capable of launching saturation attacks are not necessary for them at all, on the contrary, they are very concerned about the cost, which is why a small country like Spain would build such a semi-civilian aircraft carrier as the Prince of Asturias. ”

A· B. Malinitzi lowered his head and muttered: "Is that so......"

"Yes," Nikolai Malenkov took over: "Dear Comrade Malinitsy, our aircraft carrier is not ready to face the Red Navy, but to the world, to put it more bluntly, this is a tool for earning foreign exchange for the Soviets, you should have an idea of the current difficulties of our country, and if we can sell an aircraft carrier and the corresponding carrier-based aircraft......"

"I see......"

A· When Chen Geng and Nikolai Malenkov talked about this, he knew what kind of aircraft carrier he needed to design: "That is to say, our aircraft carrier ...... for the international arms trade market."

Speaking of the "international arms trade market", A· B. Malinici felt a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but twist his neck twice, before he continued: "As long as it can meet the take-off and landing of your advanced training aircraft, and can be used as a maritime command center?"

"That's right. ”

"That's it. ”

Chen Geng and Nikolai Malenkov nodded together, and after speaking, Chen Geng added: "Even relative to the cost, the take-off and landing efficiency can be slightly leaned back." ”

“......”

A· B. Malinizzi didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth twitched twice: Can even take-off and landing efficiency compromise costs......? Enough to make concessions for the "international".

It was Nikolai Malenkov who nodded in agreement: it was originally a small light aircraft carrier, so how high could the efficiency be?

"Then I've probably counted," A· B. Malinitsy nodded, and then said with a confident face: "There is no problem, for the Neva Design Bureau, such a small aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 20,000 to 25,000 tons is no problem at all." ”

"This ...... Mr. Malinitzi," Chen Geng coughed lightly: "That's the case, when designing, I hope you try to use mature, preferably existing technology and design as much as possible to reduce costs, in addition, in terms of displacement, you don't only consider the full load displacement of 2 to 25,000 tons, you also need to take into account that there are some middle-income countries, they actually want to have aircraft carriers, but their GDP, their defense spending, may only allow them to raise a standard displacement of ** thousand tons, An ultralight aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 11,200 tons and a total number of more than a dozen aircraft......"

Chen Geng's words were not finished, A· B. Malinizzi's eyes widened.

Nikolai Malenkov's eyes widened as well.

Even the Kremlin regular, who had automatically entered stealth mode since he entered the door, couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Aircraft carriers with a standard displacement of ** thousand tons?

A full load displacement of more than 10,000 tons?

What are you kidding?!

** Aircraft carriers of 1,000 tons...... Are you embarrassed to call it an aircraft carrier? Is it okay to be ashamed to even call it a helicopter carrier?

Looking at A· B. Malinitzi, Nikolai Malenkov, and Mr. Anonymous looked shocked, and Chen Geng pouted disdainfully: Look at your appearance that you have never seen the world, haven't you heard of the world's greatness? Two years later, the aircraft carrier named Chakri Nalubet built for Thailand by the Spanish shipyard Bazin Shipyard with the Prince of Asturias as the design basket and reduced at the same time, has a standard displacement of less than 10,000 tons!

What's so surprising that people have raised such a big aircraft carrier, don't you sell it yet?

It was Nikolai Malenkov who reacted first, he coughed and asked Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, such a small aircraft carrier...... Anyone willing to sell it?"

"Who can say for sure?" Chen Geng shrugged: "For example, when I told you about Thailand last time, do you think that given the international environment that Thailand is facing, do they need an aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 20,000 or 30,000 tons? For them, an ultralight aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 10,000 tons and can carry more than 10 aircraft is enough...... If Thailand wants such a small aircraft carrier, won't you sell it to him?"

Nikolai Malenkov immediately shook his head: "Don't sell it?" What are you kidding? As long as someone pays, let alone a 10,000-ton aircraft carrier, it will be 6,000 tons...... 6000 tons of ...... We also make!

A· B. Malinici wanted to be reserved, but probably someone above had greeted him before he came, so, after a few twitches of the corners of his mouth, A. B. Malinitzi is still sure: "About 10,000 tons of aircraft carriers...... There are no problems, and even more so no problems, completely fine for the Neva Design Bureau. ”

"Then that's no problem," said A· B. Malinitzi received an affirmative answer here, and Chen Geng sighed: "So, Mr. Malinitzi, what about the cost? How much do you think it will cost to build a 20,000-ton standard displacement straight-through deck light aircraft carrier?"

A· B. Malinitzi frowned: "This ......"

"What?" Nikolai Malenkov immediately asked: "Comrade Malinitsy, is this difficult to estimate?"

"Not really," said A. B. Malinitzi shook his head: "Mainly your advanced training aircraft, I heard that the landing distance needs to be more than 300 meters, right? If it is such a long distance, in order to ensure safety, it is necessary to go on the blocking cable, and a set of blocking rope is not cheap." ”

A· B. Marinizzi's headache is here, like the Spanish aircraft carrier Prince of Asturias, which is equipped with A@V-8 Sea Harrier vertical/short-range fighters.

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

"What?" Nikolai Malenkov immediately asked: "Comrade Malinitsy, is this difficult to estimate?"

"Not really," said A. B. Malinitzi shook his head: "Mainly your advanced training aircraft, I heard that the landing distance needs to be more than 300 meters, right? If it is such a long distance, in order to ensure safety, it is necessary to go on the blocking cable, and a set of blocking rope is not cheap." ”

A· B. Marinizzi's headache is here, like the Spanish aircraft carrier Prince of Asturias, which is equipped with A@V-8 Sea Harrier vertical/short-range fighters.