There must be a gap between the Chinese Navy and the British Navy, and Yang Weiping has long known this. Otherwise, it wouldn't have gone to great lengths to come up with a rock mercenary.

As a technical branch, the navy must not only have excellent military qualities, but more importantly, it must be proficient in the ocean, climate, environment, and other aspects.

The former can be basically trained by the Huaxia Navy, and to take on the latter, it must rely on experience and accumulation.

The century-old navy is not just a casual statement.

Practice! The Chinese Navy must work hard and train hard!

In particular, the aircraft carriers of the Chinese need all kinds of unconventional training.

Liu Huaqing asked Yang Weiping whether it was possible to use the aircraft carrier Baron John Yang of the Rock Mercenary Army to pair up with the aircraft carrier Nanhai in Huaxia to often carry out confrontation training between the two armies.

This request of the Huaxia Navy made Captain Gerard overjoyed.

As a former British Royal Navy Captain who was uncomfortable after not going to sea for a day of training, when Gerald was appointed to continue to serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier Baron John Young, he once proposed to the president of the rock, Qiu Fang, that the aircraft carrier is not a steel castle for decoration, and if it cannot be guaranteed to go to sea for training, this aircraft carrier has no practical value for the rock mercenaries at all.

Qiu Fang's answer at that time was that naval training was too expensive, and she had to obtain the consent of her boss in this regard, and she could not give a definite answer for the time being.

Now that Gerald saw Vice Admiral Liu Huaqing, commander of the Huaxia Navy's Nanhai aircraft carrier formation, making a request to Sir Yang, the expectation in his heart was conceivable.

The confrontation exercise between the two armies can be more effective in actual combat than regular training according to the training syllabus.

It's just that the funds required to conduct confrontation exercises are much higher than those for regular training.

When the Panshi mercenary army was formed, Yang Weiping's original intention was to make the rock a whetstone for the navy, land and air forces of the Chinese People's Liberation Army!

Regarding Lieutenant General Liu Huaqing's request, Yang Weiping nodded happily without thinking about it.

"Colonel Gerald. I've heard President Qiu Fang mention to me that you once asked for the Rock Navy to have special training funds and expenses. Yang Weiping smiled and looked at the strict and rigid British Royal Navy Captain next to him and said:

"I'm sure you should understand by now. I didn't intend for my Baron John Young to become my personal toy. Otherwise I would not have approved the configuration of the Qianggo B2 Tengu for my aircraft carrier. How to ensure that the Rock Navy has the world's first-class combat effectiveness. I believe you are more professional than I am. ”

"Of course, dear boss. Captain Gerard said solemnly: "The Baron John Young will follow the Royal Navy standard training syllabus for comprehensive training in all aspects. Merely. Because Panshi has only been a mercenary, he has not been able to conduct fleet-to-fleet confrontation exercises and training, which has always been a matter of regret to me.

Tear the cabinet of Prime Minister Cher. The Royal Navy's training budget has been repeatedly reduced, which has frustrated my original plan to conduct confrontation drills with the Royal Navy. Boss, if the Huaxia Navy has enough military funds for training, I can guarantee that in the confrontation exercise with us, the training funds of both sides will not be spent in vain, and they will definitely be able to pass continuous training. Maintain and enhance the combat effectiveness of both sides. ”

"Well, that's it. After exchanging glances with Liu Jieqing, Yang Weiping immediately made a decision, "Since you want to engage in confrontation drills, you have to be serious! In every confrontation exercise, there should be no precautionary plan, except that the ammunition used in the exercise is training ammunition, and I hope that everything can be carried out based on actual combat!"

"No problem!" replied Gerald with a loud glow in his eyes, his heart blossoming.

Wow quack, with a rookie like the Huaxia Navy as a sparring partner, the future life will definitely be colorful.

Liu Huaqing nodded vigorously, his hanging hands clenched into fists. With the British Navy as an adversary, I believe that we will be able to learn many skills and experiences that we have not mastered before.

That is, from this day onwards, the two aircraft carriers Baron John Young and the South China Sea, held small-scale naval combat exercises in the waters of the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the South Pacific from time to time.

The carrier-based aircraft on both sides are strong five B2s, and the number is about the same. Even if the Baron John Young has a displacement of more than 20,000 tons larger than the Nanhai, there is no obvious advantage in equipment.

Such a confrontation exercise is to train the early warning capability of both sides, the maximum combat effectiveness of the deck, the antisubmarine capability, and the air combat capability of carrier-based aircraft.

Yang Weiping secretly made up his mind, tighten his belt, and have to carry out this kind of confrontation exercise based on actual combat several times a year, as long as he trains so hard for ten years, the Huaxia Navy will definitely not be a rookie in the future!

Engaging in this kind of exercise is burning money!

How to make crazy money in the international financial market has become an important work and indicator for Sir Yang in the future.

After receiving all 30 Qiang-5 B2 Tengu carrier-based fighter-attack planes, Yang Weiping handed over the work in Hong Kong to Qiu Fang and Ye Xiaoqiao, and personally took charge of the aircraft carrier "Baron John Yang," escorted by four modern-class destroyers, and sailed out of Victoria Bay and sailed toward the South China Sea.

The Iran-Iraq war is about to start, and international oil prices are sure to rise again and again. If you want to speculate on international crude oil futures, you must properly control the production of oil wells in the South China Sea.

Now the South China Sea has basically become an inland lake in the true sense of China.

After the end of the Annam War, except for a few islands occupied by the Philippines and Malaysia, the other islands and reefs were clearly marked with the sovereignty mark of the Chinese People's Republic.

With the official announcement of the establishment of the Sansha Municipality in the South China Sea and the comprehensive launch of the development and management of the South China Sea, the large-scale construction projects on the major islands in the South China Sea are in full swing, forming an overwhelming deterrent posture against several islands and reefs stolen by the Philippines and Malaysia in the Nansha Islands.

At this time, the Chinese government did not recover by force the islands occupied by the Philippines and Malaysia, but seized the time to occupy all the islands and reefs that could be inhabited and expanded in the sea, and then built field airfields, shore-based anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, barracks posts, and other military infrastructure.

Led by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Cecil Marine Investment Company became a shareholder, and the newly formed Huaxia Offshore Oil Co., Ltd. was formally established in June 1979. Headquartered in Sanya City, with a registered capital of 2.4 billion US dollars, it now has six upstream joint ventures in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Jintian, Zhanjiang and Sansha. With a total of 57,862 employees, it is the first industrial industry to open up to the outside world in an all-round way since China's reform and opening up.

Huaxia's offshore oil industry began to take off at the end of the 50s of the 20th century, and offshore oil exploration began in the South China Sea. After 1965, the focus shifted to the Bohai Sea in northern China. In the early days of the development of the offshore oil industry, oil and gas discovery wells were drilled in both areas of the sea using self-made simple equipment and through painstaking efforts.

From 1966 to 1972, a total of 4 fixed drilling platforms were built in the Bohai Sea, 14 exploration wells were drilled, and 3 oil-bearing structures were discovered, accumulating experience for offshore oil exploration.

After 1973, it began to update its equipment, and built and purchased a number of jack-up drilling ships, three-purpose (tugling, anchoring, and supply) work ships and geophysical exploration ships in China and abroad, and carried out exploration and development tests in the Bohai Sea.

In February 1973, the Ministry of Fuel and Chemical Industry decided to establish the South China Sea Petroleum Exploration Preparatory Office to resume oil exploration in the South China Sea.

It can be said that Huaxia still has a certain amount of technical accumulation in offshore oil exploration and exploitation. It's just that these techniques are not advanced.

Since its establishment, Huaxia Offshore Oil Company has cooperated with international oil giants and multinational companies such as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Petro-Canada, Petrobras, Statoil, and Kuwait National Oil Company to develop oil and gas resources in the South China Sea. This has made Western countries more clearly understand that the Communist Party of China is no longer confined to ideology, but has chosen practical interests.

In the process of starting a business, the only thing entrepreneurs can sacrifice is interests.

Huaxia, which has been reforming and opening up, is now an entrepreneur, and it is a national entrepreneur who wants to lead the people of the whole country to make a fortune.

Marine technology has always been the biggest soft aid in China. Even with Director Yang's supernatural powers, it can't be solved in a short period of time.

In order to learn the advanced deep-sea exploration, exploitation and deep-sea pipeline laying techniques from abroad, Yang Weiping had no choice but to cooperate with international oil giants and take out a few oil and gas fields in the South China Sea for public bidding.

Almost every one of the more than 600 offshore oil wells currently being exploited and explored in the South China Sea has a stake in Cecil Marine Investment.

This time he came to the South China Sea, Yang Weiping can be regarded as high-spirited.

When he left Hong Kong and smuggled into Thailand by boat through the South China Sea, he could only take people to the bottom of a freighter, and even when he saw a smuggler bullying Chinese smugglers, he was unwilling to make trouble and cause more trouble.

And now, Sir Young commanded the world's first private aircraft carrier fleet, coming to the South China Sea to inspect his maritime industry, such a feat, not to mention unprecedented.

In addition to coming to the South China Sea to see the offshore oil rigs invested by Cecil Marine, Yang Weiping also had the idea of making a surprise inspection to see how the joint patrol training of the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet was going in the South China Sea and whether it was consistent with the work reports they had reported.

In order to achieve the effect of temporary surprise inspection, Yang Weiping specially told Liu Huaqing not to greet the navy. In any case, the aircraft carrier fleet of Panshi is not a stranger to the ships and officers and men of the South China Sea Fleet, and there is no possibility of misunderstanding and conflict after meeting on the sea.

After more than 20 hours of continuous sailing, this aircraft carrier formation consisting of one aircraft carrier, four destroyers, and one supply ship crossed the wind and arrived at the first stop, Sansha City. (To be continued.) )