Jiang Fangzhen got up and walked to the desk to pick up the microphone, and said solemnly: "I'm Jiang Fangzhen." ”

"Brother Fang Zhen, I'm Chen Xunen. Your Majesty, are you now? ”

"Well, Brother Xun'en, do you want to invite the emperor to come over and listen to the phone?"

"Don't trouble the emperor, Brother Fang Zhen, Stalin suddenly made a request to the diplomatic department that he wanted to visit the Pacific Shipbuilding Industry Group, and said that he hoped to invite the emperor to go with him. I wondered if there must be something unknown in this. ”

Jiang Fangzhen nodded thoughtfully, then turned his head to look at Cheng Gong, and said, "Your Majesty, the call is from Premier Chen Xunen. Stalin suddenly made a request, saying that he wanted to visit the Pacific Shipbuilding Industry Group, and that he also hoped to invite the emperor to accompany him. ”

"Visiting Pacific Shipbuilding Group? It seems that Stalin's itinerary during his stay in China did not have such an arrangement, right?! Cheng Gong's eyes were puzzled, and he muttered to himself: "So, Stalin wants to go and see the two Changxing Island-class aircraft carriers that are still under construction." Hehe, it's a little interesting, Lao Maozi's news is still quite well-informed! ”

After pondering for a while, Cheng Gong said to Jiang Fangzhen: "You tell Chen Xunen, this matter is answered." The time is scheduled for half past three this afternoon. ”

Jiang Fangzhen immediately said something into the microphone, and then hung up the phone.

"Your Majesty, you said, did the Soviet side take a fancy to the 016 ship that the Germans and Japanese didn't want?" Jiang Fangzhen guessed.

"Hehe, eight and nine are not far from ten." Cheng Gong nodded and smiled: "The Germans and Japanese felt that the design of the 016 ship to remove the steam catapult device and use the sliding flight sloping deck was too different from the design of the other three Changxing Island-class aircraft carriers, so they didn't dare to ask for it."

In fact, this is not a flaw in the design of the hull, but a very bold innovation. The designers of the Pacific Shipbuilding Group are very thoughtful. Their design is completely based on the characteristics of the F4U, AD1, and F8F, which can achieve short-distance take-off without catapult, so the original design idea of the Changxing Island class has been changed.

Even if the 016 ship is equipped with a strong five carrier-based multi-functional combat attack aircraft, it can still achieve a glide jump takeoff without catapulting. Removing the two steam catapult units not only saves a lot of money, but also converts the spare interior space for other purposes, which is quite cost-effective! ”

"Your Majesty, could it be that the experts on the Soviet side figured this out, so they took a fancy to the unfinished 016 ship?"

"I don't know if they have a crush on me, but I know that Stalin wants to buy this 016 ship, but it's not that easy!" Cheng Gong showed a playful smile in his eyes, and said indifferently: "For any country, large aircraft carriers are the most important weapons of the country. The Soviets wanted to build an aircraft carrier 20 years ago, but only today they have figured out what an aircraft carrier really means. It would be a big mistake to think that installing a flight deck on a battleship would be an aircraft carrier! ”

Cheng Gong didn't have the heart to wonder how the Soviet Union got the intelligence information of the four aircraft carriers under construction, but suddenly thought of the long and arduous process of turning the Varyag into the Liaoning in later generations.

If it weren't for the aircraft carrier under construction by the Pacific Shipbuilding Industry Group, codenamed 016, and if it weren't for the design of this 016 ship using an oblique glide flight deck, Cheng Gong would definitely not be able to remember the Liaoning ship of later generations.

The 016 ship, which is 60% completed and is now suspended, has a sliding deck design, which is very similar to the Varyag built before the collapse of the Soviet Union!

Thinking of all the difficulties and obstacles encountered by such a scrap ship as the Varyag from Ukraine to Dalian, Cheng Gong felt panicked in his heart.

Thinking of the time, energy and effort spent by my country in the previous life in order to realize the dream of an aircraft carrier, Cheng Gong suddenly felt sad and wanted to cry.

The current Soviet Union seems to be very similar to the China of the previous generation.

The Soviet Union established a system of primary industry, but the accumulation of technology was quite weak. The current Soviet Union could not even build a long-range strategic bomber, let alone independently complete the design and manufacture of a large aircraft carrier.

Materials, precision machining, and electronic technology are the three shortcomings that the Soviet Union lacks the most. It is also a technical barrier that has been strictly blocked by Western capitalist countries for a long time.

If it had not been for the fact that a large amount of industrial equipment had been recovered from the United States by taking advantage of the world economic crisis, and that a lot of advanced European industrial technology had been obtained from Germany, the process of socialist industrial development in the Soviet Union would have been slower and lagging behind. But even so, the Soviet Union's industrial and technological level lagged behind the developed countries of Europe and the United States by at least 20 years.

The Soviet Navy, at best, has just become one of the second most popular in the world.

At one time, the naval fleet of the Tsarist Russian Empire ranked among the top five navies in the world. But a Russo-Japanese war not only cost the Russian Navy almost all its capital ships, but also took away all the interests of Tsarist Russia in northeastern China by Japan.

After the Soviet seizure of power in Russia, the Soviet Red Navy developed over the years, albeit with a little bit of vitality. However, the focus is on the development of "flying, diving, and fast," and the combat forces are mainly shore-based aircraft, submarines, and torpedo boats, and the number of large and medium-sized battleships and cruisers is extremely small and the quality is also very poor. It belongs to a standard yellow-water navy, which is mainly used for near-shore defense and lacks the ability to perform ocean-going missions.

The Soviet Pacific Fleet, nominally facing the Pacific region, was in fact watched by the Japanese Navy to the death, and could not even leave the Sea of Japan, let alone enter the Pacific Ocean for cruise. This is what the Yellow Water Navy needs to endure humiliation!

As soon as Stalin made up his mind to attack Afghanistan and seize the Indian Ocean, the Soviet Red Navy would have to have aircraft carriers! Possess the combat power to carry out ocean-going missions! Otherwise, this outlet to the sea would be no different from the Soviet Union's Vladivostok, which is the mouth of the Pacific Ocean.

Due to the powerful attack/defense capabilities of carrier-based fighters and attack aircraft, the aircraft carrier's air and sea supremacy capabilities are incomparable to other combat ships, including submarines. For the USSR, the possession of aircraft carriers could radically increase the military presence in the Black, Baltic and Japan Seas. In the longer term, it was the Soviet Red Navy that increased its military presence in the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Pacific region.

After more than 20 years of military modernization, the Soviet Union's defense strength has made great progress, and near-shore defense has become worthless. In order to export the Red Revolution around the world, the Soviet Navy needed to go to the open ocean, so it was necessary to have aircraft carriers.

If Stalin had known Cheng Gong's thinking at this time, he would definitely give Cheng Gong the warmest hug and praise Comrade Cheng Gong as a true friend of the Soviet people. This is because Cheng Gong's understanding of the Soviet Navy is clearer and more comprehensive than that of all the Soviet high-ranking leaders in Stalin's institute.

Do you want to help the Soviet Red Navy brush up its presence in World War II?

The more Cheng Gong pondered, the more he felt that the spirit of internationalism should be carried forward.

How could such a feast be absent from polar bears!

There are still so many oppressed and exploited colonized countries in the world, waiting for the flames of national independence and liberation revolutionary struggle to ignite. As the leader of communism, the Soviet Union had to have the strength and confidence that a big brother should have.

(To be continued.) )