Chapter 791: Visiting the Aircraft Carrier Construction

The curtain came down on the nearly two-hour barbecue party for the aircraft carrier, and after the break, the No. 1 was once again accompanied by Li Lan to briefly visit the various facilities and barracks of the military port, as well as the economic circle of the navy's port.

Subsequently, the admirals of the two sides split into another wave to discuss naval cooperation between the two sides in the coming years.

Li Lan took No. 1 and went straight to the shipyard base not far from the naval base, and the mystery of this shipyard is no less than the veil that hangs over Somalia.

From beginning to end, the most curious thing for the outside world is the development of Somalia's navy, after all, Somalia developed from scratch can catch up with the United States, which has developed for a hundred years, and there are too many curious things in it.

Today, this veil of mystery is finally about to be revealed, and it is also the first time that reporters have arrived.

The No. 22 shipyard is the shipyard that has been in this shipyard for a relatively long time, and it is still a fully enclosed workshop, and under the leadership of the person in charge of the No. 22 shipyard, Li Lan and No. 1 entered this shipyard.

Sitting on the elevator, I went directly to the uppermost aisle of the shipyard building, this aisle Zeng Zhihua also walked once, that was to watch the aircraft carrier ordered by China for the first time, this time it was the road that No. 1 embarked on, and watched the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ordered by China to Somalia.

Today's No. 22 shipyard is much more lively than it was at the beginning, with the same huge robotic arm that can lift hundreds of tons of aircraft carrier hull modules for welding and assembly.

The 800-meter-long shipyard, a large part of which is dedicated to the construction of modules, is a separate enclosed inner building dedicated to the construction of modules, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is made up of hundreds of modules. Each module is produced independently in turn and then moved to the slipway for assembly.

Shipyard No. 22 today. In addition to some of the Red Alert engineers, there are also many ship technicians who came to China to work as students. This is to accumulate technical proficiency for the construction of domestic aircraft carriers in China.

And this time, the avionics equipment, radar, and crew compartments on this aircraft carrier ...... and other internal layouts, which are also different from the aircraft carriers used by Somalia itself, and will be outfitted directly in this shipyard.

The electronic instruments and the radar system used on the aircraft carrier transported from China are also transported to the shipyard and installed on the produced modules in turn; as long as all the modules of the aircraft carrier are assembled and the wiring of various equipment is connected together, then the aircraft carrier can also be declared to be completed, as long as the sea trials are completed. You can join the Navy.

The most critical place for the entire aircraft carrier is the placement of nuclear reactors and electromagnetic catapults, as well as the layout changes brought about by the integrated all-electric propulsion system, which have not been touched by Chinese engineers, so they came here to work as students.

Even the arrival of No. 1, Li Lan and the Zhonghua side did not notify them in advance, which also led to the fact that after Li Lan and No. 1 came in, the workers below did not know about it, and they still worked hard.

Stand on the walkway at the top of the shipyard. The assembly of the entire aircraft carrier is in full view, and this walk was not intended for people to visit, but for the command staff when installing the upper module.

Afternoon. Just before the assembly of the bow of the ship is about to be carried out, such an aircraft carrier hull can already see the majestic body of the future to some extent. Even if the hull of the ship that has not yet been painted looks a little rusty, the steel has not diminished in the slightest.

Number One walked in from the moment he walked in. It is a look of relief and satisfaction, this 100,000-ton aircraft carrier. It's Chinese.

The reporters of the two countries who followed behind him, after being shocked, kept pressing the shutter in their hands.

"How does it feel?" Seeing the change in the expression on No. 1's face, from shock to pride, Li Lan asked.

"The charm of steel, the creation of wisdom." Number One sighed.

"The first time I visited the construction of an aircraft carrier, it was also this idea, no one saw this scene, and was able to remain calm, more than 300 meters long behemoth, the most powerful embodiment of human history." Li Lan nodded, he could quite understand the feelings of No. 1.

"It's a pity that this is the charm of wisdom that comes with war." Number One sighed again.

Li Lan never thought that a leader would have that kind of compassionate emotion, so he didn't care about No. 1's emotion, war stimulates human wisdom and creative power, and wisdom and creative power are more to win war.

"This is the commonality of human beings, and from another point of view, human beings still have no way to ask for the laws of nature." Li Lan said.

"Maybe!" No. 1 did not deny Li Lan's words, but he also did not completely agree.

......At this moment, the sound of Didi suddenly sounded inside the shipyard, and all the staff below began to pack up their things, leave the open space, and walk towards both sides of the shipyard.

In front of the aircraft carrier assembly slipway, on the module production built-in workshop, the top floor of the originally closed built-in workshop slowly opened, and then a huge bow appeared in front of Li Lan and others.

More than a dozen engineers inside were standing around the bow module, and at this time, the bottom of the plant was slowly angry, and even in the position of Li Lan and others, the sound of the elevator could be faintly heard.

After thirty seconds of ascent, the bow of the nearly twenty-meter-tall ship slowly rose to level with the roof of the built-in workshop, and then the mechanical arms on both sides began to move towards it.

"What is this?" Number One asked curiously.

"Wait a minute, these two robotic arms will directly lift this bow and move it to the position where the aircraft carrier is assembled, and assemble the built bow module on the aircraft carrier." Li Lan replied.

Looking at the two hundred-meter-long mechanical arms in motion, No. 1 nodded and asked, "This bow has hundreds of tons, to say the least!" There is no problem with these two robotic arms, right? ”

"No problem, don't underestimate these two robotic arms, each robotic arm can easily lift more than a thousand tons of modules, and the weight of this bow module has exceeded two thousand tons." Li Lan explained.

"So heavy?" Looking at the bow of the ship, Number One was a little puzzled.

"Of course, don't look at the outside of this module, it doesn't look very big, but the equipment inside has been installed, and it's basically just about to install an electromagnetic catapult." Li Lan nodded.

"Amazing!" No. 1 is a layman in this regard, but he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run, and it can be seen from this hand that these things are not simple.

"The installation of the bow may last two or three days, and this is just the beginning. Moreover, the entire movement process of the robotic arm is fully automatic, and when the time comes, the bow of the ship will be placed on the hull structure exactly by laser proofreading. Li Lan further explained.

One nodded, and watched the whole process quietly, while the reporters took out their cameras and began to record the invaluable scene in front of them.

Below the shipyard, the hooks on the two robotic arms slowly hooked into the ring above the bow of the ship, and the engineers who had been staying under the robotic arms were as far away as possible.

All eyes were also focused on the position where the mechanical arm and the bow were connected, and when all the hooks hooked the ring on the bow, the two mechanical arms used force at the same time, as if they were hands, to slowly lift the bow of the more than 2,000 tons.

After the altitude was almost the same as the height of the aircraft carrier assembly slipway in the distance, the robotic arm began to move towards the aircraft carrier slipway, and at a distance of 300 meters, the two robotic arms walked for a full ten minutes. It is precisely this slow speed that makes the entire bow of the ship that is hoisted up without the slightest shaking.

Then came the most critical scene, everyone instantly held their breath, watching the bow of the ship slowly move to the head position of the aircraft carrier's hull, and the prepared mats were already filled with the upper part of the nose bulb bow that the aircraft carrier had installed.

After carrying the robotic arm of the bow of the ship slowly came to the position of the bow of the way, when the laser calibration under the bow and the laser calibration of the hull were 100% right, the robotic arm began to slowly lower the bow.

Without the slightest sound, the bow of the ship was quickly connected to the hull of the ship, and at this time, the two mechanical arms also played a role in stabilizing the dìng, and the engineers who had been waiting for a long time also began to get busy, fastening the built-in mechanical buckle between the modules, and began to connect them with rivets on them, and the welding work also began at the same time.

"How does it feel?" Li Lan asked this question again.

"Compared with what I saw on TV, this kind of seeing and feeling with my own eyes is more shocking." Number One said very directly.

"The next thing is to rivet and weld, no one looks good, let's go to the next shipyard and look at the other warships." Li Lan also quickly announced the next itinerary.

"Hmm." No. 1 didn't plan to go down and disturb the staff below, but followed Li Lan and walked towards the next shipyard.

This visit took a full afternoon, during which Li Lan also arranged for No. 1 to meet with those Chinese engineers, and Li Lan also encouraged the Red Alert engineers.

Dinner, also arranged with these engineers.

The reporters from the two countries who followed behind the two did not have time to eat at all, so they all returned to the news car as soon as possible, sorted out the harvest of the afternoon, and sent it back to the TV station as soon as possible.

Soon, two almost identical news items were broadcast on Somali and Chunghwa TV at the same time.

In just one day, the outside world once again saw the solid foundation for the development of the Somali Navy, and at the same time, the one-sided reports of reporters also brought more information to the outside world.

Although the ownership of the aircraft carrier has not been announced, the continued construction of aircraft carriers in Somalia, coupled with the long shipyard, is a very strong signal. (To be continued......)