In New Jersey, in the military port next to the U.S. Navy's Long Beach shipyard, two large battleships are mothballed.

During Liu Yijiu's trip to the United States, he didn't have the opportunity to appreciate the customs of the American empire, and even his mother Ye Suwen didn't have the opportunity to meet him. His current status makes it impossible for him to move around abroad at will.

Even, Ye Suwen didn't know the news of his coming to the United States.

Otherwise, how can you get here to see Liu Yijiu.

Ye Suwen returns to China every year, but because of the confidential nature of Liu Yijiu's work, he can't see him most of the time.

Liu Yijiu is also happy like this, he has never been in contact with his mother, and when he is with Ye Suwen, he is uncomfortable many times. Even when he went back to Li Rui's house, he had no words with Zheng Ya, and Zheng Ya still hasn't let go of the fact that he rolled the sheets with Situ Xue at Li's house last time.

After the negotiation was completed, Liu Yijiu asked to go to the military port next to the Long Beach Shipyard to see the two battleships, the contract has been signed, 140 million US dollars each, although the price is a bit expensive, but Liu Yijiu also feels that it is very worthwhile.

Take it back and study, China has never had the ability to build large warships, and even the 052D ship was only developed after 20 years, you know, the destroyer has a displacement of less than 8,000 tons. If it weren't for the fact that the Varyag aircraft carrier was bought back at the price of scrap iron after the collapse of the Soviet Union, no one can say when China would have an aircraft carrier.

Spend more money and use money to sell time.

Although they are not very well funded now. Moreover, the Americans do not have the slightest credit in arms sales, and it is very likely that in the end the Americans will not provide warships after receiving the money, but Liu Yijiu is determined to get this Iowa class back.

It doesn't take long to dismantle. In two months, when the time comes, the Americans will be responsible for helping China sail warships outside China's waters.

At the same time, China will export 20 C801 anti-ship missiles to the United States for $1.5 million each......

"When will we be able to build such a huge warship in our country!" Li Rui and the others saw the two steel giants quietly moored in the military port in front of them, and said with great emotion.

Liu Yijiu's heart ached.

If not for serendipity. If Argentina had not destroyed the British aircraft carrier Invincible in the Battle of the Falklands, there would have been no such opportunity at all.

The purpose of the Americans' sale of warships to China is clearly to prevent China from continuing to research on the road of anti-ship missiles. Although they know that it cannot be stopped. But they did not hesitate to use their junk warships, which have long been outdated, to upgrade the strength of the Chinese Navy, so that the Chinese Navy can disperse its funds on it.

The total is close to $300 million, and although you can earn back $30 million on the C801 missile, you actually have to spend $250 million. China wants to make this warship more powerful. The amount of money and effort spent must not be small.

As a result, China's investment in anti-ship missiles will be much weaker.

At the same time, the Americans knew that China would not sell its anti-ship missile technology, so they bought 10 missiles from China to analyze why Chinese missiles were able to destroy the aircraft carrier Invincible and the destroyer Sheffield. As long as it is analyzed, it will be able to find the vulnerabilities of the Aegis system.

Liu Yijiu proposed to visit the Long Beach Shipyard, but the American side did not agree at all, but there were a lot of advanced things in it, and the Chinese bought them back. How to transform is the Chinese's own business, and has nothing to do with the US government.

Want Americans to provide technology? It's simply not possible!

Iowa-class battleship. The largest battleship of the first rank in the history of the US Navy. The standard displacement is 44500 tons, the full load displacement is 55710 tons, the main armor weight is 18466 tons. The total length is 270.4, the waterline is 262.1 meters long, the maximum width is 33 meters, the maximum draft is 11 meters, the power system adopts four axles and two rudders, and is equipped with 8 Babcock & Wilcox heavy oil boilers, 4 Westinghouse steam boiler turbines, the main engine power is 212,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed is 31 knots.

These most basic parameters have long been deeply imprinted in Liu Yijiu's mind.

But there is no intuitive impression.

When he stood in front of these two huge warships, he immediately felt the insignificance of human beings.

He even wondered, what would the Japanese sunken Yamato look like if it were in front?

The U.S. Navy does not attach great importance to these two warships, mainly because with the progress of science and technology in modern warfare, the role of fighters and aircraft carriers has become more prominent, and the battleships have long proved that they are not at all, otherwise they would not be sold to China.

In particular, the USS Missouri, which was signed on board the Japanese surrender agreement after the United States took out Japan.

If it weren't for the fact that the arms sales agreement was sold in secret, the Americans might not have reacted much, but Japan, which paid the United States a large amount of protection money every year, would definitely make a fuss.

"It's a pity, the main cannon on this is about to be dismantled, and without the main cannon, the combat effectiveness of this war monster will be reduced to less than twenty percent!" Liu Yijiu shook his head and sighed.

This is the pinnacle of the era of giant ships and cannons.

The reason why the Americans did not pay attention to these two battleships was because the renovation would cost too much money.

Except for the hull, everything on the entire warship will be replaced.

Nine 406 mm guns, with barrels up to 20 meters long, look as sharp as the teeth of a beast. Ten twin-mounted 127 mm 38 times caliber secondary guns made this beast look even more hideous.

"Director Liu, in two months, the two largest existing battleships in the world will be yours!" Mister said with a smile on his face.

In his eyes, there was no regret or loneliness at all, even though the Japanese on the Missouri had signed a surrender agreement.

For Americans, they have no history in the first place, and national interests are what they need to pursue. Although these two warships may increase the strength of the Chinese Navy a lot, the main weapons and equipment have been dismantled, and the time, energy and money invested by the Chinese in this transformation are not small.

A strong China is in the interests of the United States and the West, but China is a red regime, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Americans will also want to kill China.

"It's a pity, although it used to be the most powerful, but now it's a toothless tiger!" Liu Yijiu shook his head and sighed. "With the level of China's military industry, the combat capability of this battleship cannot be restored for at least ten years!"

"Once the combat capability is restored, China's naval manufacturing industry will have a very big boost...... said Connor. Donald was about to laugh in his heart, but he said with a very happy face.

Not to mention 10 years, even 20 years, China will not be able to complete it.

The Americans invited Liu Yijiu to visit it up close, but Liu Yijiu didn't think about it, so he refused, on the grounds that he saw the strength of this monster, but in the end it was a toothless tiger that ended up with a toothless tiger, and the gap in his heart was too great, and he didn't even participate in the dinner party prepared by the Americans here and set off to return.

This time, the purpose of his visit to the United States has been achieved.

As for anti-ship missiles, he is not afraid that the Americans will develop the technology on the 801, the technology of the C802, which will reach the performance of the improved version of the AM-39 in the nineties.

The number of C801 missiles equipped by the Chinese Navy is actually only 24 in total, which is a data that foreign countries simply cannot imagine.

"Isn't there two ships in the order? The same is true of the contract, why do you say that there is only one? After Liu Yijiu returned to China, he reported directly to the top management.

Although Liu Yijiu is bent on buying Iowa-class battleships, he is not very supportive, and it is better to use this money to build a few more 051-class missile destroyers. Or plunge into the research work of the 052 ship. But Liu Yijiu's reason is too strong, China can't always be without large surface ships!

In particular, it is conceivable that the opportunity for the transformation of such a warship will play a role in promoting the entire Chinese shipbuilding industry.

"Yes, the Americans did not agree to exchange the other two ships that had already been converted to us. At the end of World War II, Japan signed a surrender agreement aboard the USS Missouri, which is of historical significance and should be taken very seriously by the United States, a country with little history. Liu Yijiu nodded and said, "It is conceivable that when the time comes, the Americans will refuse to deliver the USS Missouri to us on this ground, and the Wisconsin has not been ......repaired since it was decommissioned after being damaged by Vietnamese artillery in Vietnamese waters."

"In that case, you still buy it?" Li Yunlong couldn't wait to slap Liu Yijiu away.

It's a loser.

That's hundreds of millions of dollars, or dollars!

How much does it cost to build a ship in the Navy a year?

"Must buy. The warship will be used to learn from all the major shipyards in the country, and they will have a year to study and analyze, and after a year, we will start to renovate. The power system will be replaced with nuclear power! Liu Yijiu said categorically.

For the transformation of the Iowa-class battleship, Liu Yijiu thought about it for a long time.

The transformation of this battleship into a missile battleship will definitely be more formidable than the Kirov class.

This will give the Chinese Navy a very strong learning opportunity, and at the same time will promote the development of a series of military industries such as the naval shipbuilding industry (ship design and manufacturing), the aerospace industry (supporting missiles) and so on. (To be continued.) )