This time, Zeng Zhihua's reaction was not as fierce as when he saw the amphibious assault ship, but his shocked expression was still unmistakable.

As a secret service leader, there are not many things that can make him look shocked, but here, it is one after another, or when he has a certain amount of mental preparation.

Aircraft carrier, before he came here, the No. 1 commander made a special instruction to him, and it was also the focus of his trip. This aircraft carrier does not need anyone to verify it, especially the gift of the aircraft carrier, the No. 1 leader told him very simply that only three people in the whole of China plus him know about this matter. Hearing this, he naturally understood the importance of this matter.

As soon as he came to Bagua City, he was so anxious to ask to see Li Lan, and he also had the idea of coming to see the 80,000-ton aircraft carrier in the mouth of the No. 1 leader.

It is not that China does not have the ability to build aircraft carriers, but it also depends on how big an aircraft carrier it builds, and the first truly domestically produced aircraft carrier, China cannot get rid of the inevitable problems of many warships. China needs aircraft carriers, and this is the long-cherished wish of the whole country. However, it is not easy to build a type of aircraft carrier, especially to adapt to the environment of modern warfare and to adapt to the national conditions of China.

With such a large sea territory, light aircraft carriers are naturally not enough and cannot cope with heavy tasks. Medium-sized aircraft carriers, in terms of the number of aircraft carried and carrier-based early warning, also have certain restrictions. Catapult take-off is already an indispensable element, without catapult take-off, fixed-wing early warning aircraft will not be able to board ships at all, and the strength of aircraft carrier formations without fixed-wing early warning aircraft will also be greatly reduced.

A medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier like the Charles de Gaulle is also not suitable for China. What really adapts to China's future environment are those aircraft carriers of 70,000 or 80,000 tons. There must be a catapult take-off. Otherwise, the significance of China's development of aircraft carriers will naturally be greatly reduced.

So, for the 80,000-ton aircraft carrier in Li Lan's mouth. Or four catapult take-off devices, even if it's a steam catapult. It also has a strong attraction to China. Not to mention the scientific jishu inside, it is a very remarkable thing for this aircraft carrier to enter service with the Chinese Navy.

For such a big country, no one can take it lightly, in China, this matter is strictly controlled, and only the No. 1 and No. 2 leaders know about this matter, as well as Zeng Zhihua, who carried out this mission.

And Zeng Zhihua came here, the most important thing is to see. Li Lan is not playing haha. After all, no matter who this kind of thing is put on, the most important thing is to confirm the truth or falsehood. Therefore, Zeng Zhihua will also come here in more than half a month. If it weren't for the fear that the wind would leak out, he would have come by plane alone.

This time, the two did not go to the highest point of the shipyard, but walked slowly along the slipway of the aircraft carrier.

It's worth the trip, this is Zeng Zhihua's most emotion now. Under aircraft carriers up to several tens of meters high. Standing under the nose, everyone can feel their own insignificance, looking up, that kind of steel momentum like a mountain. It is full of shock.

In Shipyard Eight, there were not just the two of them, but a hundred or so engineers. And these people stood in front of the aircraft carrier, whose hull had been completed, like ants looking up at giants.

"Is this the aircraft carrier to be given to the Motherland?" After a long time. Zeng Zhihua asked hurriedly.

"It's not." Li Lan shook her head very dryly.

"Ugh!" Zeng Zhihua, who had already prepared a thank you speech, almost choked up, and hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that you want to send an aircraft carrier to the motherland?" It's still a big guy of 80,000 tons! ”

Li Lan nodded. "Yes! But not this one, the aircraft carrier for the motherland is in other slipways, which are still under construction, and it is expected that it will take another two years to be launched. ”

Li Lan has not yet started the construction of the aircraft carrier that was sent to China, anyway, it will be more than a year later, and there is still a lot of time to prepare. The two aircraft carriers currently under construction at the shipyard are intended for their own navy. For China's aircraft carrier, at least wait for the completion of the construction of the one in front of you.

"Scare me, that's good, don't worry, the quality of the project matters." Zeng Zhihua, who thought that Li Lan was going to repent, hurriedly said: "Such a huge aircraft carrier, even the Kitty Hawk class of the United States is nothing more than that. ”

"Conventional power is inherently limited, and the propulsion of an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier, plus steam catapults, is already a kind of limit. This is true for the Kitty Hawk class, and the same is true for my type of aircraft carrier. If you want to build more advanced aircraft carriers, you can only move closer to nuclear power. Otherwise, the efficiency of fighter attendance will be greatly reduced. Li Lan nodded and continued: "This type of aircraft carrier continues the design concept of many American aircraft carriers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is imitated, except for the size of the island and the electronic equipment inside, the appearance of the hull itself is similar to that of the American Ford-class supercarrier, and there are certain stealth design requirements. ”

"What is the maximum speed? What power unit was taken? Zeng Zhihua couldn't help but ask.

"Four steam boilers with a total power of 310,000 horsepower, four-shaft propulsion power of 240,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and a cruising range of 14,000 nautical miles / 20 knots. Below the flight deck is divided into 10 floors, with floors 1-4 being fuel tanks, fresh water tanks, ammunition tanks and engine rooms. The 5th and 6th floors are the sailors' quarters, food storage, dining hall and administrative offices. The 7th and 8th floors are the maintenance rooms of the carrier-based aircraft, the living quarters of the maintenance personnel and radar crews. The 9th and 10th floors are hangars, combat duty rooms and pilot restaurants. The island-style superstructure above the deck is divided into 8 floors, from the bottom of the Xiangshang, in order: firefighting, medical services, personnel quarters, tools, communications and electrical materials warehouse, officers' quarters, captains and headquarters personnel, special personnel studios and lounges, etc. Li Lan did not hide anything, not only answered Zeng Zhihua's question, but also introduced the structural division of the aircraft carrier.

"310,000 horsepower, only 30 knots, it seems to be a bit wasted!" Zeng Zhihua asked curiously.

"How can it be wasted, high horsepower is to maintain the attendance of carrier-based aircraft with sufficient efficiency and increase the pressure recovery rate of steam catapults." Li Lan said.

After hearing Li Lan's words, Zeng Zhihua nodded with deep sympathy, glanced at the engineers who were pointing at the aircraft carrier not far away, and whispered: "I don't know what kind of price you need to pay to buy such a set of power plants." ”

"This kind of thing you should go and get in touch with the people of Future Technology Group, to be honest, I really don't know. This is their research results, and the cost is invested and calculated on the cost of the aircraft carrier, so the specific price needs to be further negotiated by both parties. Hearing Zeng Zhihua's words, Li Lan smiled and said, "Don't worry!" The price will be fair, because I never wanted to go over and earn money from my homeland! ”

As soon as he heard Zeng Zhihua ask about the power system of the aircraft carrier, Li Lan knew what he was going to do. After all, it is a power plant with a total power of 310,000 horsepower, which is not an ordinary thing, and it is about to catch up with Nimitz's nuclear power unit, especially the propulsion power, which is only 20,000 horsepower less than Nimitz.

Such a guy can be put on an aircraft carrier with a full load of more than 90,000 tons, or conventional power. It's just that it will sacrifice a little bit of the take-off and landing efficiency of carrier-based aircraft, and the take-off interval of each fighter will be increased by more than ten seconds.

At the beginning, Li Lan only learned under the explanation of his assistant that the remaining 70,000 horsepower of the total power was to provide electricity and steam catapult power for the aircraft carrier. The propulsion power can increase the speed of the ship to 30 knots, which can already meet the purpose of rapid maneuvering. Of course, only in wartime will the power system be operated at full power to meet the needs of carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing.

"Has the country begun to build its own aircraft carriers?" Li Lan asked.

"Build and gain experience." Zeng Zhihua nodded cautiously, then pointed to the hundred or so engineers around the aircraft carrier, and said helplessly: "Actually, what I value most is your shipyard and these Jishu personnel." Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and talent is the guarantee of science and technology. The state has tried very hard, but the accumulation is still too little. ”

Seeing Zeng Zhihua's helpless appearance, Li Lan weighed it in his heart and said, "I can support the engineer, but the shipyard has no choice." After the delivery of the donated aircraft carrier, I will let experienced engineering personnel go to the motherland to help you master the use of the aircraft carrier as soon as possible. ”

Zeng Zhihua nodded solemnly and did not say any words of thanks. He knew very well that this was not something that could be expressed with a word of thanks. Both sides have become very close to each other and to each other. Perhaps the price of this aircraft carrier cannot be compared with China's support for him. But the value of the meaning is higher than the help that China has given him.

And this time, the Chinese delegation came here just to get interested jishu. Li Lan's welcome to this also made Zeng Zhihua unable to say the simple and pale word "xiexie". Zeng Zhihua thought to himself many times that if it weren't for the strategic planning of the No. 1 leader, who began to insist on helping Li Lan for free early on, perhaps the current situation would be completely different.

The blockade of China by European and American countries has made China slow to make progress in high-performance weapons technology. A lot of things are relying on themselves to slowly grope forward.,The support that can be obtained by jishu.,Very little.。 This time I came to Somalia to break the deadlock. This aircraft carrier alone has all kinds of jishu that China is willing to pay for.

Next, Li Lan continued to take Zeng Zhihua to the various slipways, and then came to the air base, and took him to continue to walk around the tarmac of the airport. Zeng Zhihua saw that one of Zuihou's equipment was the Apocalypse Tank, an army main battle tank that could compete with the United States M1A2SEP.

Li Lan is open to all of the modern navy, army, and air forces that are about to take shape, because it won't take long for these weapons and equipment to be a secret.

Immediately after that, it was time for China to place an order, and Li Lan did not refuse to come, and he would sell whatever China wanted. (To be continued......)