When Jiang Chen came to the guest house arranged by the Beijing Science and Technology Commission, he found that he was the latest to come. There are already a lot of experts and cadres here. Some experts, Jiang Chen still knows, have met in the previous delegation that made it clear that experts went to the frontier. Some are new faces, and some are within the military system, and it seems that they are still in the navy. However, because of the age gap, Jiang Chen didn't talk much with these people. And those who are about the same age as him are too low, and there is no topic to talk about, so Jiang Chen fell asleep after simply eating diǎn dinner.

Early the next morning, Jiang Chen was woken up by the cadres who were responsible for arranging them. After having breakfast in the guest house, Jiang Chen and his group of experts took a car to the Science and Technology Commission. After coming to the Commission of Science and Technology, everyone was sent to a conference room, and there were only twenty or thirty experts who really came in, of course, Jiang Chen was one of them. The rest of the entourage was arranged by the staff to go to other places.

After serving tea to everyone, Jiang Chen and the others waited for a while, about ten minutes, and a few people walked in from outside the door, led by an old man in his sixties, followed by Deputy Director Song, and the others were their accompanying cadres. When they saw these men coming, they all arose. Seeing this, the old man smiled and pressed his hands and said, "Sit, sit, let's sit down and talk." ”

Seeing the old man sit down, Jiang Chen and the others also sat down. Deputy Director Song next to him now introduced: "Let me introduce to you, this is Minister Huang of the Navy Armament Department, and he personally came to attend this meeting today, and everyone is warmly welcomed. ”

After a round 、、、of applause from everyone, Minister Huang said with a smile: "I am entrusted by Commander Liu of the Navy Headquarters to attend this meeting this time. First of all, I would like to thank all of you for coming from thousands of miles away, and I am here to thank you on behalf of the Party Committee of the Navy and all the commanders and fighters of the Navy. ”

After another round of applause, Minister Huang looked at everyone and said, "Everyone may be thinking. Is today's meeting related to the sea or the navy? Yes, it's related, or I wouldn't have come. ”

"Hahaha. Everyone laughed, and Minister Huang continued: "Everyone knows that our navy is poorly equipped. It is very backward and the number is relatively scarce. Some of the combat ships are very old, and the tonnage is very low, compared with the warships of other countries, our ships are put there, and a small sampan ∟dǐng∟diǎn∟小∟ said, .2↙3.o≈s_(); The same. Especially since the reform and opening up, we have continued to open up to the outside world, and the main way to face this is at sea. As a result, the security threats we face are gradually shifting to the sea. Let me give you an example. In the coastal areas of Guangdong Province. With the deepening of the opening up and the continuous development of the economy, some people are now using high-speed speedboats to carry out various illegal activities such as smuggling. However, our border inspection troops and navy units, because of our horsepower, sail slowly, and we just watched in vain as these criminals slipped away from our noses. And because of this, these smuggling criminals have become more and more rampant. It even happened. Examples of these people attacking the personnel of our troops. The development of a modern naval force, so to speak. It has become our most urgent task at present. ”

Seeing that everyone present was stern, Minister Huang continued: "This is also the purpose of our meeting to get everyone up in a hurry. We are all experts in various fields in the country, and we hope that you will be able to use your expertise and knowledge to contribute to the construction of the Navy. ”

"What, has the ship building plan we reported earlier approved from above?" asked an old man sitting at the conference table, looking at Minister Huang.

Minister Huang looked at the old man and said with a smile: "Old Feng, don't worry, about the new ship construction plan submitted by your research institute. The above is being studied and I'm sure there will be a reply soon. ”

"Oh, what is that?" said Feng Lao with some disappointment.

"Hehe, the matter I am talking about today is definitely much more important than your ship-building plan. Listen to me first. Minister Huang comforted.

"Oh, tell me about it. "Old Feng's interest has been raised.

"Good. Minister Huang then gestured to Deputy Director Song on the side. Deputy Director Song understood, then stood up and looked at everyone and said, "I don't know if you have heard of the 'Melbourne'?"

"The Melbourne?" the crowd was lost in thought and whispering. And Jiang Chen, who was sitting in the back, was shocked by this name. The Melbourne is so famous. Speaking of the Navy of our country, speaking of aircraft carriers of our country, this is a name that must be mentioned.

HMS Melbourne was originally the British Navy's Prestige, with the port number R77, which belonged to the Giant-class escort aircraft carrier designed by the United Kingdom in World War II. It was started on 13 April 1943 by the Wickers Armstrong shipyard and launched on 28 February 1945, just in time for World War II. After the war, because the British economy could not afford the huge military expenditure, it greatly reduced its naval forces, and only retained aircraft carriers with large tonnage, good ship condition and great room for improvement. As a member of the British Commonwealth, Australia was granted an independent naval structure in 1945.

In 1949, Britain and Australia signed a mutual defense treaty. In order to show goodwill, the United Kingdom sold the Honorable Title, which was unpopular in the country, to Australia for a favor of 10 pounds, but on the condition that Australia must buy British equipment to make it combat effective, in fact, it was to get rid of a big burden in disguise. The aircraft carrier was officially completed on October 28, 1955, and arrived in Australia from the port of Portsmouth on March 5 of the following year. On May 14, the name change and flag awarding ceremony was held, the honor was renamed 'Melbourne', the board number was changed to R21, becoming the flagship of the Australian fleet, and the exotic Cinderella suddenly became the queen of the sea.

Since then, Australia has also asked the old American shipyard to add steam catapults and modify the inclined runway. The "Melbourne" aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of 20,250 tons, has 4 high-thrust steam catapults, can carry 20~27 aircraft, and can accommodate up to 40 aircraft, of which 4 American-made A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft are regarded as treasures, and are equipped with the most basic 16 anti-aircraft guns for air defense. The aircraft carrier has a speed of 25 knots, a cruising range of 4,000 nautical miles, and a crew of 1,480 people (including 620 air crews). USS Melbourne June 3, 1969 and the old US Navy "Frank?? Evans "(-754) destroyer collided. He retired on January 30, 1982. In 1984, the aircraft carrier "Melbourne" was sold as a scrap ship to our national United Ship Recycling Company. In 1985, the aircraft carrier "Melbourne" was towed into the Yangcheng Huangpu Shipyard. Although the Melbourne aircraft carrier was quickly dismantled, it left our military with a lot of information about foreign ships and aircraft carriers. A lot of valuable information has been provided for the development of ships and aircraft carriers in our country.

Jiang Chen didn't expect it to be it, so he said excitedly: "You are talking about the 'Melbourne' aircraft carrier in Australia!"

Deputy Director Song looked at Jiang Chen's smiling diǎndiǎn head and said, "That's right, that's it, we dragged it back." ”

Note: "Regarding the time and place of Melbourne's return, many of the information above is actually different, we use the information on the encyclopedia as the standard, if you have any objections, please forgive me." Note: The "Melbourne" aircraft carrier and the Melbourne were sold as scrap ships to the United Ship Recycling Company in 1984. On May 21, 1985, the 'Melbourne' was towed into Yangcheng Huangpu Shipyard. (To be continued.) )