Chapter 1725 Princess Albers

Ellison's Gambling Ship ...... The external name is "Princess Albers" super luxury cruise ship...... In order to personally greet his "princess", Ellison and several other shareholders of the "princess" had even rushed to the Alice Group the day before yesterday to have a close contact with his "princess".

Facing this luxury cruise ship, which is not at all different from the same Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from the outside, facing the luxurious decoration inside, facing the advanced, perfect and humanized equipment of the "Princess", and facing the professional and courteous staff and management personnel on the "Princess Albers" cruise ship that the Alice Group trained for them, Ellison and several other shareholders are not only amazed, but the rest are still admired.

In addition to this, even retired four-star general Wesley of the United States. General Clark also came as a personal doppelganger to attend the official handover ceremony of the "Princess Albers".

Of course, to Wesley. In terms of Clark's identity, despite his current status as a retired American soldier, absolutely no one will compare this time to Wesley. Clark's trip to Alice's Group was seen as an ordinary ceremony, and everyone understood that this time Wesley. Clark's trip to the Alice Group definitely carries a strong element of the US government and military -- this guy has just failed to compete with George W. Bush for the position of president of the United States, and although he failed, the mere fact that he was able to compete with Bush Jr. on the same stage is enough to show the weight of this guy in the US government and the military

Then it stands to reason that the former American four-star general Wesley, who came in a private capacity. Mr. Clark, naturally, has received great attention from the Celestial Empire government and high-level officials

Wesley. What did Mr. Clark say when he approached Alice Group, and what did he want to do when he came to our territory this time? Is it that as a spectator, he also undertakes other missions? Maybe he's representing the U.S. government and military to formally observe the strength of the Alice Group in aircraft carrier construction? After all, in many cases, doing things in a private capacity is much more effective than doing things in an official capacity -- no one believes in Wesley. Clark really just had a one-time ritual viewing.

What worries the high-level bigwigs even more is that neither the U.S. government nor other U.S. semi-official agencies have notified the Celestial Empire government of Wesley. The reason and purpose of Clark's trip to China, of course, could really be Wesley. Clark's private activities, but more often than not, were interpreted by the top brass as Wesley's. Clark, a former four-star general in the United States, has a secret mission that is contrary to China's interests, so they show that they are not willing to deal with themselves at all.

Probably nothing worse than this.

Zhang Lan even invited the military bigwigs to watch the ceremony, so that they could feel what it was like to have a ship that was larger than the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier up close, after all, it was always seen from the information that the Americans' Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was nearly 333 meters long, 76.8 meters wide, and 40.8 meters high, but what kind of visual feeling was this size placed in front of them? I'm afraid that almost no one in the top echelons of the domestic military knows about it.

It is precisely because no one knows what it feels like for such a behemoth to appear in front of his eyes, so Zhang Lan just wants them to feel the shock of this feeling up close, and let them know that the aircraft carrier is definitely not dispensable, and it is definitely not something that is forced by public opinion to engage in one or two ships to fool the common people, but must be grasped as the focus of future army construction, otherwise it will suffer a big loss.

However, Zhang Lan's hard work may be in vain, when receiving the invitation letter from the Alice Group, the first reaction of the high-level government and military bigwigs was: Okay, this time there is a reasonable reason to get close to Wesley. Clarke's guy got in touch and saw what the hell this guy was trying to do - for them, political considerations always came first.

A ceremony that was originally a simple ceremony for the handover of a ship to a customer is now extremely complicated by Zhang Lan's wife - Zhang Lan did it on purpose.

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The time for the official delivery of the "Princess Albers" has finally arrived, and the Alice Group has built a huge rostrum on the empty space of the Alice Shipyard.

Of course, the "Albers Princess" has completed all the pre-official testing work, and even the training of the staff has been completed, and now Ellison can immediately open for business as long as he takes over, and making such a lively scene is just a momentum.

"Mr. Ellison, please." In front of the podium, Alice smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Ellison.

"Miss Alice, please first." In the face of Alice's smile, Ellison did not dare to have the slightest disrespect and transgression, and hurriedly owed a debt to show his respect to Alice: During this period of time, the world is unstable, Ellison has vaguely heard about it, and it may have something to do with Alice Group.

"When it comes to relationships, you are the master; In accordance with international practice, ladies come first, you please. Ellison said to Alice with a smile on his face.

"That's the time." The guys who were going to attend the rostrum in the back said one after another.

"Since everyone says so, then I might as well be respectful." Alice smiled, of course, she didn't let the first step onto the rostrum, and a group of senior government officials, military tycoons and business tycoons behind her slowly followed Alice's steps to the stage.

Among the people who followed Alice were representatives of government officials in the province, including Li Yumei, who had just been promoted from a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee to the governor of Lu Province, the mayor of Qindao and the secretary of the municipal party committee, that is, the mayor of the city and the secretary of the municipal party committee.

In addition, there are more government representatives from the central government: the General Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Academy of Engineering, the Development Research Center of the State Council, the National Academy of Administration, and even a vice premier of the State Council

Of course, those that are more reliable are enough, but even the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Health, the National Population and Family Planning Commission, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Press and Publication, the State Administration of Work Safety, the National Bureau of Statistics, the Counsellors' Office of the State Council, and even the National Earthquake Administration and the National Meteorological Administration have all sent people

Zhang Lan is strange, such a ship delivery ceremony, other units are just coming, but what does it have to do with their Earthquake Bureau and Meteorological Bureau? The problem is, these guys always have an excuse

In the face of these guys' reasons for making excuses, Zhang Lan admired in addition to admiration

Compared with the members of the government, there are not so many people in the military, and although there are several generals among them, the number of the dozen or so generals in the military is somewhat "shabby" in terms of numbers compared with the huge and almost noisy group of government officials who came together.

The high-ranking government officials who were full of fat brains and red faces in the back looked at the proud phoenix-like Alice in front of them, and sighed helplessly in their hearts: If it is according to domestic practice, no matter how rich you are as a businessman, this current "leader" position must be reserved for the highest government officials present. In my bones, government officials actually still despise businessmen: you, a small businessman, give you a chance to be on an equal footing with Lord Ben already give you face, and you still want to walk in front of me? Do you want to be in this country anymore?

But Alice Group is definitely an outlier, since Alice Group began to take root in China, especially in the last few years, this damn company, the pace of development in China is not only not "disciplined" at all, but also rampant, making everyone very faceless

But in the face of such a strong company, even if you are dissatisfied and feel that you have been cut face, what can you do? Don't you see that even the former boss can't afford to mess with this company?

Compared with the government and military personnel, the businessmen seem not so careful to think so much, at the end of the crowd waiting to go to the rostrum, looking at the "spectacular" government officials in front of them, all the businessmen invariably sighed: this money is really worth it

As early as a month ago, the invitation to the delivery ceremony of the "Albers Princess" was hyped up in the domestic business community A small invitation, in recent days, it has been fried to a sky-high price of more than 10 million RMB, as if it has become a symbol of identity and status, but now it seems that this is really worth it. ,

The people who walked in front didn't have the heart to care about what the people behind were thinking, and in their hearts, they were still pondering, if Alice Group built such a big enterprise on its own territory, would they still have to worry about political achievements? With enough political achievements to support, do you still have to worry about promotion?

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After the completion of the welcome ceremony with "domestic characteristics", the next link is naturally for everyone to visit the "Princess Albers".

Although you can already feel the shock of the huge size of this aircraft carrier from a distance, when you come to the "Princess Albers" in person, you can really feel the shock brought by the "Princess Albers" and the smallness of your own shame

Take a special elevator to the flight deck of the Albers Princess, where four fixed-wing jets are parked and you are in sight.

"J-7?" The military let out a low exclamation.

Indeed, the appearance of the four planes in front of me is really strikingly similar to the appearance of the domestically produced two-seater Jian-7 fighter

"No," the generals of the Air Force immediately refuted the words of the Army generals, "It looks quite like the J-7, but you can see that the shape of the engine tail nozzle and vertical tail is different from the shape of any J-7, and besides, have you noticed, none of these four planes have weapon pylons." ”

Because it is for the nozzle to face everyone, everyone can only see the vertical tail of the aircraft and the engine tail nozzle, just now the general of the air force did not say before, everyone did not care for a while, but everyone is a person in the military system, for the J-7, which has been equipped with our country for decades, and is still one of the main fighters of the air force main battle equipment, naturally no stranger, after the initial shock, and then take a closer look, as the general of the air force said, The tail nozzles and vertical tails of these four aircraft are indeed different from those of the J-7 fighters, and these four aircraft do not have weapon pylons.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, although these four planes are very similar to the Jian-7 fighter, they are indeed not suitable for the Jian-7: as long as it is not a real military aircraft.

Some people who reacted quickly thought of one thing: these four planes were supersonic civil aircraft ordered by Ellison and several other shareholders of the "Albers Princess" from the Alice Group, using the shape of the MiG-21, but there was no weapon system, and this matter had already been reported to the Ministry of Defense, and along with the "Albers Princess" and these four planes, there were six helicopters.

It is said that the four civilian unarmed supersonic fighters, which were modified on the basis of the MiG-21 fighters, had greatly modified the shape of the wings, and in order to improve the plane's take-off and landing performance, two full-motion canards were added to the front of the fuselage, so that they could finally take off from the deck of the "Princess Albers."

"Miss Jill, is this ship really the same as the American Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?" A lieutenant general of the military, with a serious face, squeezed to Jill's side and asked Gil softly, with great shock in his voice

"In terms of external dimensions, the Princess Albers is slightly larger than the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the United States, of course, but they are a few meters larger, but in terms of internal power system, the Princess Albers uses a heavy oil steam turbine power system, the hangar is very small, and there is no weapon ammunition compartment, because it is not military, more consideration is given to the requirements of comfort. Of course, there is no doubt about the take-off and landing of aircraft, and the Albers-Princess has excellent fixed-wing aircraft take-off and landing capabilities. ”

"The only difference with the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is that the 'Albers Princess' we produce uses a glide jump take-off, while as we all know, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States uses a steam catapult take-off method, which is the biggest difference between our ship and the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States in addition to the power system." According to Zhang Lan's previous instructions, Jill explained to the general, "Naturally, since the steam catapult take-off was not used, the cabin of the steam catapult take-off system that occupies a huge space has naturally been saved. ”

"Really?" The general's expression was obviously darkened, as if he was shocked by the "princess", raised his head, looked at the bow of the "Princess Albers", and sure enough, the 12 ° angle of the high cocked glide jump off the deck, silently told the general about his differences. ,

"Of course," Jill nodded, looked at the general, and suddenly said, "In short, you can think of our 'Princess' as an enlarged version of the Varyag." ”

The general's expression was shocked, and then he nodded thoughtfully.

Not only this lieutenant general, but other generals from the military, looking at such a huge ship, also looked worried and thoughtful, and some people looked at Alice or Jill and Zhang Lan thoughtfully.

Zhang Lan understood the meaning in their eyes: such a ship that can become an aircraft carrier as long as it is modified slightly, and his own country may not even have the ability to build it in another 10 years, but Alice Group has successfully reduced the cost to the point where it can be civilized, this gap ...... It's chilling to think about

That's what I want

Looking at the shock in the eyes of these generals, Zhang Lan nodded secretly in his heart, this effect is the purpose of his own activities with such fanfare, and everything will always have enough shock and deterrence only when he sees it with his own eyes, I believe that after these generals go back, they will definitely vigorously propose to the country to develop their own maritime combat forces based on aircraft carriers, otherwise...... This gap is too big

"Zhang Lan, can this ship really take off and land planes?" Relying on his relationship with the Zhang family, as one of the specially invited military guests, Wang Qiang came over and asked Zhang Lan seriously.

Zhang Lan smiled at Wang Qiang and did not answer, but connected the entire speaker system with the wireless earphones on her ears, "Distinguished guests and friends, thank you for coming, and then we Alice Group will bring you a small program performance: fighter take-off and landing performance." It's not like you have a chance to see this kind of performance at any time. ”

Aircraft take-off and landing shows? Everyone suddenly became excited: as this kid said, because China does not have aircraft carriers, such a performance, except in the movie, is indeed not visible.