Chapter 712: The Cradle of the Navy (I)
On August 27, 2008, the former Maritime University was officially renamed as Star Marine Military University, and was officially put into use as the first marine university in China.
On September 1, 2008, the Star Ocean Military University officially opened, and the first batch of 1,765 students will be selected from the students of the same marine major in the country, but what the Star Group did not expect is that the number of students who applied for the examination exceeded 10,000! In the end, the enrollment was expanded to 245, and the first batch of freshmen officially reached 2,000
At the same time, the Star Group announced that it would attack and recruit more than 3,000 teachers, officers, and so on from all over the world! In fact, with the exception of some teachers who teach at the school, the remaining eighty percent of the servicemen were once active duty servicemen who retired directly from the naval fleet!
However, in addition to the domestic media reports, the foreign media did not continue to report these news, the reason is very simple, because at this time, the economic crisis in the United States continued to intensify, and it has begun to spread rapidly to the world, and various sequelae caused by the economic crisis have begun to intensify.
During this time, Zhang Yang put almost all his energy on the Star Ocean University, and the main negotiation was because of the Waglian! The name Waglian is familiar to most people, and if the timing does not deviate, then it will enter the active service of the Chinese Navy around 2011, and the purchase will be a medium-sized conventionally powered aircraft carrier from the former Soviet Union.
But because of the appearance of publicity, things have a great deviation, first of all, the two aircraft carriers of the Republic began to build, probably in 2012 will be completely outfitted and launched, then the Varyag is a little chicken, although it is a later reconstruction, but after all, its hull is still designed in the sixties and seventies of the last century, and it can no longer keep up with the mainstream aircraft carriers in the world today.
But if you don't continue to modify it, should you just dismantle it? You must know that after being dragged into Dalian Port in 02 years, its reconstruction has basically been completed for the most part, first of all, the transformation of the power system and the internal structure of the related ship body is basically completed, and the rest is to install radar, and related equipment and so on.
If it was fast enough, it could even be completed in a few months, but the reason why the installation and renovation were so slow in the previous life was due to the impact of the economic crisis, and the second was because of waiting for some technologies that were not mature at the time to complete thorough testing and finally install on the Varyag.
But now there is no need, when the Macau company auctioned it from the Black Sea shipyard in Ukraine for 20 million US dollars, the actual cost of at least 100 million US dollars, the Macau company was in 1998 to complete the purchase of it, but it was not until 2002 tossing and turning, after more than 15,800 nautical miles of navigation that it returned to China.
And the money for the renovation during this period is not a small amount, but they have already said that there is no need for the Star Group to pay for it, but the negotiations between the two sides still need to be discussed, just for the outside world to see.
On the day of the month, the Star Group officially reached an agreement with the Ministry of National Defense to buy the Waglian, which has been equipped with a power system and other systems that can safely navigate at sea, at a price of two dollars, and officially handed it over to the Star Ocean University for teaching purposes!
In fact, after China announced the start of building aircraft carriers, for example, Britain's Jane's Defense once published a report on the Varyag, because the period when the two sides entered active service is basically the same, one is rebuilt, the other is new, and there is no doubt which is the chicken ribs.
Even if it's not nuclear-powered, even if it's only a medium-sized aircraft carrier, even if it only carries more than 50 fighters, it's still an aircraft carrier! What do you want to do when a company buys an aircraft carrier? However, this doubt was quickly dispelled by the subsequent announcement of the Star Group.
"The Varyag will officially enter the large shipyard near the city of Star Heavy Industry for further refit, and its refit period is about six months to eight months, and after the refit, the Varyag will become a training ship of the Star Ocean University, that is to say, the Varyag will receive students of the Star University in batches, and each student who wants to graduate from the Star Ocean University must accumulate more than one year of internship on ships such as the Varyag, Inside the Varyag, enough large-scale teaching facilities have been modified, and a number of specialized disciplines will be completed on the Varyag. This is the answer of Star Group at the press conference after the successful purchase.
This answer made the reporter below a little speechless, well, I'm afraid there are not many universities in the world that can keep an aircraft carrier for students to intern! This...... Even if there are some decommissioned warships and so on underneath some ocean universities, it is just that they are welded in some ports, and they are parked in ports and can be driven normally, which is completely two different concepts! The maintenance costs required by both sides are simply not the same.
"..............., Miss Chen Xiaowei, I just noticed that the cumulative internship of one year on ships such as the Varyag that you mentioned means that the Star Ocean University will be more than just a ship on the Varyag?" An American reporter sensitively captured some of the phrases in Chen Xiaowei's words.
"Hehe, this gentleman is indeed keen, yes, the Star Group has always had only one idea, either don't do it, do it and do the best, the Star Group intends to build the Star Ocean University into the world's most advanced marine military university! Therefore, not long before the press conference, Star Group has negotiated a purchase agreement with Wuhan Maritime University, and will officially purchase the Xi'an missile destroyer, which was decommissioned not long ago last year! It will officially join the Star Ocean Military University after a simple maintenance and upgrade on the Shanghai shipbuilding! Chen Xiaowei answered this topic with a smile.
"Huh?!" All the reporters gasped, did the Star Group really do this? Soon, the reporters below immediately raised their hands in the air.
"..............., Miss Chen Xiaowei, may I ask, as we all know that the Varyag is an aircraft carrier, will Star Ocean University arrange the same fighters on board after transforming the Varyag into a scientific research and teaching ship? Will there be other similar short-range anti-aircraft missiles, etc.? Another reporter stood up and asked quickly.
Chen Xiaowei smiled slightly: "I think what I just said is already very clear, the Star Group either doesn't do it, or if you want to do it, you have to do the best, and the Star Ocean Military University, you can understand it as a civilian military school similar to the West Point Military Academy!" Therefore, in order to become the world's best maritime military university, all the purchased teaching ships of the school will be installed and used with full reference to the equipment of each party! As for the reasons for fighters, the Star Marine Military University has a teaching course on carrier-based fighter pilots. ”
The reporters below were in an uproar at this time, because they had only now completely figured out that the Marine Military University that the Star Group was going to build was really built according to the standards of military schools, in other words, it would be the first People's Military University in China! And the courses it offers are probably unmatched by other universities! Just having the opportunity to fly and land on an aircraft carrier during the school year will attract enough talented people from all over the world!
“… Miss Chen Xiaowei, does Star Ocean Military University accept international students? I noticed that when you mentioned this, you were talking about global admissions. Another reporter asked another pointed question.
"Yes, it is open to global recruitment, but just like your country's West Point Military Academy, the Star Ocean Military University will adopt an elimination system, and all students will not have any courses during the first six months of entering the school, and you only have regular military training, if you can't graduate from it, then I'm sorry." Chen Xiaowei said politely.
"Miss Chen Xiaowei, does this mean that the Star Ocean Military University will become a military base for cultivating naval talents for China? Although it is a military university, it is actually a military base? Can you see it from the purchase of so many warships from your group? Is your company's work affecting the peace situation in today's world? A reporter from the Japanese stood up and asked directly.
Chen Xiaowei's face immediately sank a little, and she said in a cold voice: "May I ask what international laws and regulations in the world prohibit ordinary company groups from opening military schools and cultivating military talents?" ”
This reporter immediately stopped for a moment: "If I am not mistaken, the world's famous special forces training school, known as the Hunter School, is located in the Bolivarian jungle of Venezuela in South America, and it is the largest SĪ people security company in the United States, and it is a real military base, and the trainees accepted are even active soldiers from various countries, excuse me?" Did they break any laws? Do they affect world peace? If not, please sit down. Without waiting for the reporter to answer, Chen Xiaowei asked again.
After a long time, the reporter didn't say a reason, so he could only sit down stupidly. "I repeat! Star Ocean Military School is a SĪ school run by Star Group, and it is also a SĪ military school, but not all people here are soldiers, so there are also dozens of non-military majors! Basically, they are engaged in cutting-edge marine science and technology, and Star Group now needs a lot of such talents, so we will spend so much effort to cultivate talents! As for the so-called issue of influencing world peace, let's not talk about whether our bloc has such strength, even if it is China, from the end of World War II to the present world, it seems that China has not taken the initiative to attack any country. ”
"On the contrary, some countries that have been manipulated by war criminals do not dare to face up to history! Revise your own textbooks! Even enshrine war criminals who have caused harm to people all over the world! Excuse me, does such behavior mean that you are advocating extreme fascism? Extreme right-wingism? Extreme militarism? Chen Xiaowei's series of rhetorical questions made the reporter's face look like ashes.
He didn't dare to answer such a question at all, after all, it was not just a "China" country that was destroyed by "Japan" back then, and it was not only "China" that "Japan" destroyed the Yasukuni Shrine, but even Lao Mei was uncomfortable, and don't forget, Yamamoto 56 and so on were all in the Yasukuni Shrine, and the Pearl Harbor of the United States was destroyed by Yamamoto 56.
Idiot! I don't know how many reporters have come up with these two words in their hearts, it was originally a business matter, what school people are willing to open, that is people's ability, you have to make these things bigger, this is lively, right? Star Group is afraid of hair? Just these technologies held in the hands of the Star Group have made countries all over the world a little afraid of it, you are a reporter, do you think that the government will come forward for you?
How do you feel that the small "day" is out of some S? I used to watch those domestic war movies, and I always felt that the domestic directors were too brainless, and the little "Japanese" book filmed had no brains at all, but now I find that in reality, it is really... There are such mindless people. Chen Xiaowei's series of big hats are thrown down, if anyone really dares to admit it, then wait for international sanctions.
In fact, the question asked by this reporter was really not wrong, Zhang Yang did not attend the press conference, but he watched the entire press conference, and after hearing the reporter's question, Zhang Yang sneered.
You guessed correctly, if the [China] side openly trained soldiers in this area on a large scale, it would easily cause panic around the world, and even the suspicion of some countries, but the Star Group came forward differently.
Even if these countries have objections, you can't refute it, it's people's business what kind of schools the rich people are willing to open, you have to say that people affect world peace, then okay, people have said it, don't mind if your country also sends students, you can send people. They don't just recruit students from China. Moreover, don't so many examples cited by Chen Xiaowei just now still exist, and I haven't seen any country jump out and say that these schools affect world peace.
If the Waglian is only used for training and does not require it to participate in the war, then its renovation work will be much faster, not to mention that with the huge financial support of the Star Group, it can be accelerated to fully rebuild. By the end of the first half of next year, Waglian will be able to officially enter the sea. And after the other two aircraft carriers under construction are completely outfitted and delivered, how many talents will be trained?!。