Chapter 315: The bottleneck of China's aircraft carrier manufacturing

The underwater launch launch vehicle of the Chinese missile nuclear submarine was a complete success. This is one of China's major national defense projects. Its success not only marks a major change in China's strategic missiles from liquid to solid and from fixed launch to mobile launch, but also indicates that China has been able to carry out all-round strategic strikes against any enemy who dares to touch China's core interests in a land-based, air-based, and sea-based "three-in-one" manner, greatly enhancing China's defense capability against its vast territory and vast 10,000-mile sea frontier, and enriching the necessary means for those who commit crimes against China to be punished even if they are far away. It is also the second step in China's plan to realize China's large navy plan to focus on missiles, nuclear submarines, and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

"This is another miracle of the world today!" The United States, Britain, France and other major media said in amazement at China's rapid development in all aspects: "Whether you want it or not, New China is a country that is good at creating miracles!" New China has become the superpower of our world at an unparalleled speed, with its great scientific and technological strength, economic strength and military strength. ”

Not bad. The industrious and brave Chinese people are indeed a people who are good at creating miracles. And behind every miracle, there are groups of the best representatives of the Chinese nation who are dedicating themselves to it. The miracles written in the process of the rapid rise of New China were created by such batches of people. Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang, Qian Sanqiang, Deng Jiaxian, Hua Luogeng, and other outstanding Chinese intellectuals are their vanguard and outstanding representatives of the most sacrificial spirit among them.

In an interview with the Xinhua News Agency, Qian Xuesen said something very emotional about the sacrificial spirit of the scientific and technological workers of this era in China: "As scientific and technological personnel of New China, we are not afraid of any problems. Only whatever tasks are assigned by the state and the people will be guaranteed to be fulfilled...... As long as the task comes, they don't talk about the conditions, they don't say a word, they will talk night after night, forget to sleep and eat and devote themselves to work, and even damage their health for this, until he sacrifices, he will not be discouraged, until he overcomes one scientific and technological difficulty. ”

In the process of the rapid rise of the Chinese nation, the base only played a guiding role because it understood the process of history, grasped some information from later generations and accumulated knowledge accumulated by mankind for decades, pointed out specific directions for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and formulated some specific goals. And the most sacrificial elites of the Chinese nation like Qian Xuesen and the countless workers, engineers and technicians who work selflessly on all fronts, they are the real driving force that really influenced and created China's rapid rise.

In the "Outline for the Development of China's Second Five-Year National Defense Construction," it is not only proposed that China should build missile attack nuclear submarines, but also proposes a plan for China's large navy to develop surface ships with nuclear-powered aircraft carriers as the core.

The supreme leader of the heroic strategy has always paid close attention to the construction of the Chinese people's navy, China needs a strong people's navy, and the rising Chinese nation needs a strong navy! The supreme leader instructed on the "Outline for the Development of the Navy" in the "Outline for the Development of China's National Defense Construction for the Second Five-Year Period": "It is necessary to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry, build a large number of ships, and build a powerful maritime combat force in the next few years." "Nuclear submarines will be built in 10,000 years."

In 1956, after completing his work in the Indian Special Commission, Deng Feng was urgently recalled to Yanjing to participate in the enlarged meeting of the military to discuss the "Second Five-Year National Defense Construction and Development Program of our country."

At Huairentang, Wang Kunpeng, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, introduced the relevant knowledge about aircraft carriers to the principal leading comrades of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission attending the meeting on a large-screen display screen: "Aircraft carriers are abbreviated as 'aircraft carriers,' the Soviets call them 'aircraft-carrying cruisers,' and Westerners call them aircraftcarriers. Anyway, no matter what it's called, it's a kind of warship that can provide take-off and landing of military aircraft. To put it more figuratively, an aircraft carrier is an airfield that moves on the sea. Since it is an airport, it cannot be just a runway and a station. It will also be surrounded by large radar stations and air defense positions. Therefore, the aircraft carrier is not simply a ship that can provide military aircraft take-off and landing, but a battle group composed of several ships with the aircraft carrier as the core, this battle group generally includes one flagship, two large destroyers equipped with large radar equipment and anti-aircraft missiles, and four to six helicopters equipped with missiles, torpedoes, mines, and naval guns as the main weapons and equipped with anti-submarine combat missions for ship formations, which can carry out air defense, anti-submarine, anti-ship, ground attack, escort, reconnaissance, patrol, vigilance, mine-laying, Missile destroyers supporting a variety of combat missions, in addition to 1-2 attack nuclear submarines. ”

"How much would it cost to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier like this?" Comrade Chen Yun, who is in charge of the central financial and economic work, asked.

"I am not an expert in this area, and Comrade Liu Jun will definitely know more about this than I do." Wang Kunpeng smiled at Liu Jun and replied.

Liu Jun, deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, who attended the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, looked at the laptop in front of him and said: "However, according to the 1958 budget of the United States for the construction of the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the 'Enterprise', the entire project cost was $450 million, the first filling of nuclear fuel required $64 million, and each replacement of nuclear fuel cost $20 million. As for how much the entire fleet will cost. I think about $1 billion is definitely enough. ”

Chen Yun let out a thoughtful "oh".

"It's not a lot of money," Liu Jun said magnificently, "I think half of this money can be paid out of several secret trading accounts of China Blue Sky International Financial Investment Company on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Futures Exchange." ”

Of course, Chen Yun knows that China Blue Sky International Financial Investment Company is a god. It is a company under the base blue sky company that specializes in international financial speculation. Liu Jun's wife Chen Jing is the CEO of Blue Sky Company, she found that there is a New York Stock Exchange and the London futures market in the United Kingdom, from 1950 to 1980 in the 30 years of K-line charts and several stock and futures case analysis charts, she is very sensitive to the fact that there are major opportunities to make money. With the approval of the Prime Minister, US$100 million and Β£50 million were allocated from the proceeds of the sale of Chinese patents, and the state also sent professionals and regulators to set up the China Blue Sky International Financial Investment Corporation.

This is not the ZJ company controlled by Xiao Pig Yunlai, the son of China's "incorruptible Prime Minister Zhu" in later China, which only monopolized the overseas listing business of Chinese companies, only made Chinese money, made personal fat, and turned ZJ Company into a cash cow for the "incorruptible Prime Minister Zhu" family, according to the Financial Times, Xiao Pig Yunlai's annual salary alone was as high as 170 million US dollars. Her husband who is a pig girl is also frequently using a large amount of bank funds to speculate in non-ferrous metal futures.

In 2001, when the "incorruptible prime minister" was still in power, the famous economist He Xin wrote to Zhu, questioning that as the prime minister, he had arranged for his son, who was studying science and technology in the United States, to represent the interests of the giant American multinational company Gao Shengzheng in China. There is no doubt that this practice of Zhu and his son is tantamount to public betrayal of the country!

China Blue Sky International Financial Investment Co., Ltd., a small company with an unorthodox reputation, does not rely on the rights of the state, but only according to these K-line charts, it can be like a stock god, quietly doing the work of selling high and buying low, only making money and not losing, winning all battles in the two international financial markets, and continuously injecting the funds earned into the special projects of China's national defense construction, subsidies for the families of martyrs, and the welfare of disabled soldiers.

"I heard that the maintenance cost of aircraft carriers is also quite high?" Chen Yun said with some concern.

"Yes." Liu Jun said with certainty: "Aircraft carriers are also known as 'gold-swallowing monsters', and the maintenance cost of maintaining the entire fleet and carrier-based aircraft should be between 10-15% of the total cost on average every year." This is also a rough estimate. ”

"The amount of money is not the main issue, the important question is whether it is useful and how useful?" Mr. Peng interjected.

"Relying on aircraft carriers, a country can exert military pressure and conduct operations against the enemy far from its territory and without relying on the local airfield situation. The main task of aircraft carriers is to seize air and sea supremacy in the naval theater with their carrier-based aircraft formations. Wang Kunpeng said: "The construction of aircraft carriers is important for enhancing our military's rapid response capability and improving its long-range force projection capability." Ensuring the safety of China's maritime transportation lines and protecting our country's overseas investment and maritime rights and interests are indispensable and important equipment. ”

"Although aircraft carriers have these roles. However, judging from the practice of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the four aircraft carriers of the 95th Aircraft Carrier Fleet and the 77th Task Force Aircraft Carrier Fleet of the United States were sunk in the east and west bays of Korea in one fell swoop by one of your nest-smashing operations. Lin B said expressionlessly: "I think the ability of the aircraft carrier to resist strikes is very poor." Wang Kunpeng: Can you first talk about the weakness of aircraft carriers. First of all, we will talk enough about the situation in terms of the weakness of the aircraft carrier, talk thoroughly, and then find out how to solve these problems, and then we will study whether and how to make this thing."

"Mr. Lin, it should be a special case that we sank the four aircraft carriers of the US 95th Aircraft Carrier Fleet and the 77th Task Force Aircraft Carrier Fleet in the East and West Gulfs of North Korea in one fell swoop, because the current aircraft carriers do not yet have anti-missile functions" Wang Kunpeng looked pale and looked a little scholarly Lin B said: "However, even if it has the anti-missile function, the aircraft carrier is also very easy to attack." Because the target of the aircraft carrier is large, it is not easy to hide, and it is easy to be detected. The entire aircraft carrier formation has as few as seven or eight ships of various types, and as many as more than 10 ships, which are equipped with a large number of electronic components, many radar reflectors, large reflection cross-sections, electromagnetic signals, infrared signals, and audio signal characteristics, which are very obvious and can be easily discovered by the other side's various detection facilities. After being discovered, the aircraft carrier squadron will have to face frequent attacks and attacks from the enemy in multiple directions, in multiple batches, and in all directions, and will be exhausted in coping with the enemy's incoming and attacking forces underwater, on the surface, and in the air. Moreover, the aircraft carrier has poor logistics capabilities, it needs to carry a lot of fuel and ammunition, plus fuel consumption, food consumption, ammunition consumption, and the fleet needs a very large amount of supplies. Under normal circumstances, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can only fight continuously for 12 days and nights without replenishment, while conventional aircraft carriers can only fight continuously for 7 days and nights, and when replenishing at sea, carrier-based aircraft cannot take off and land, so they are more vulnerable to surprise attacks. These are weaknesses that it cannot overcome. Therefore, this requires the aircraft carrier fleet to establish a relatively complete air defense network and a complete antisubmarine system. ”

"Vice Chief Wang, there will be loopholes in any protection system." Navy Commander Xiao Jinguang asked with concern: "The self-defense capability of the aircraft carrier itself is poor, and it relies more on the assistance of other ships and submarines accompanying it and its own carrier aircraft. ”

"You're right! There will be loopholes in any protection system, and the so-called "drip-proof" defense is just a myth and is impossible," Wang Kunpeng said with certainty: "So striking at these 'bodyguards' can make the aircraft carrier reveal its dead end." In addition, the catapults, blockers, radars and underwater thrusters on the deck of the aircraft carrier are all vulnerable to attack and will temporarily lose their function; The flight deck is also prone to damage, which will greatly reduce the offensive and defensive effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. At this time, the aircraft carrier is more susceptible to continuous attacks, heavy damage, and even sinking. ”

"There is also the fact that the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers is greatly affected by meteorological changes." Deng Feng added: "Although the aircraft carrier itself can withstand strong wind and waves, and can sail in sea conditions with 12 wind and waves, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier are susceptible to the influence of sea waves and meteorological conditions, and the visibility of wind and waves will limit aircraft take-off and landing. According to the regulations of the US Navy, the wind force must be below level 6 for aircraft carriers to take off and land carrier-based aircraft. Once the wind reaches level 8 and the waves reach level 6~7, it is difficult for most carrier-based aircraft to take off, and even if there are planes in the air, the launcher is also severely restricted by meteorological conditions. And in the conditions of a nuclear war, the aircraft carrier battle group will not have any effect. A small hydrogen bomb can wipe out an aircraft carrier fleet. A few small neutron bombs can kill all the crew members of a fleet and capture the fleet. That's why Khrushchev thought that aircraft carriers were steel coffins floating on the sea, and they would be useless in a future nuclear war. ”

Deng Feng looked at everyone and listened carefully, and he continued, "Everyone knows that the good and bad use of a weapon is determined by the form of war. This statement of Khrushchev was based on a total war and a nuclear war. This is a miscalculation of the future form of warfare. The form of warfare after World War II was not dominated by all-out war and nuclear war in the world war. The vast majority of wars are local wars for the purpose of competing for oil resources. In spite of so many insurmountable drawbacks, aircraft carriers are still a very good weapon in dealing with such local wars, and aircraft carriers play a very great role in limited local wars. The reason why the United States in later generations dared to be tyrannical and on China's neck after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It's just that he has a few broken aircraft carriers."

"Deng Feng, isn't it very good that you are engaged in nest-making operations in the East and West Bays of North Korea!" Mr. Peng interrupted Deng Feng's speech and asked angrily: "Why don't you take out these aircraft carriers in a nest operation?" ”

Wang Kunpeng and Deng Feng looked at each other for a moment and said, "Boss, you have brought soldiers all your life, and that battle was fought by the soldiers below?" ”

Deng Feng then looked at the supreme leader and the prime minister, because there were some things in later generations that he had only talked to the chairman and the prime minister.

"Immortal, it's okay for you to tell everyone, so as to prevent this kind of thing from happening to us people again" The supreme chief said calmly: "I don't believe that some comrades will die without repentance." ”

Deng Feng glanced at the leaders of the party and the country present, and said very calmly: "Then I will talk about my own opinion, I am a soldier, not a politician, I don't know what the motives of the leaders at that time were, we people think that the main thing is the lack of [***] kind of revolutionary heroism and the self-confidence and courage that a leader of a big country should have, not to mention that they have the chairman's Wen Taowu strategy." I will not talk about their political ideas and the consequences for China here. Let's just talk about the series of practices and consequences they have made in the field of national defense construction in our country. In the field of national defense construction, they have abandoned the principle of self-reliance and self-reliance that Comrade MZD has always advocated, adhered to the principle of 'it is better to build than to buy,' cut down some major national defense projects in China, and even cut down large aircraft projects that have been finalized after more than 10 years of research and development, with an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan, and which have been proven to have no problems after hundreds of hours of flight tests. China was used to buy similar products from Western countries with precious foreign exchange, which was extremely scarce at the time. Why did they do this? According to the chief engineer in charge of the project, it was to negate what they thought was to be denied. They are very naΓ―ve to think that as long as they curry favor with the United States and the West, the United States and the West will regard themselves as allies and buddies, and they can use the money to buy a Chinese [***] team to modernize it. Think about it, will the Western capitalist countries, led by the United States, sell to the Chinese [***] team for modernization? The offer for the purchase of dozens of Mirage-2000 aircraft is actually the sum of New China's investment in the aviation industry for more than 30 years! ”

(To be continued)