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As the shopkeeper, Cai Ruichen handed over all the work of the orphanage to the people below. But it doesn't mean that after he returns to Marin Town, he can really Erlang's legs and enjoy life.

The orphanage may be regarded as a part of the future talent strategy, and he is destined to inject too much energy into it.

When he returned to Marin, he only promised to spend a morning every week to give a lecture at the orphanage.

Then he devoted himself to the future development of the base.

This trip to Baghdad not only smoothly brought Samarra from the Iraqi government.

Also paved the way for shipyard construction work.

The third technology expansion station has been built, and this time the technology expansion station was naturally sent to Basra in southern Iraq.

The port of Basra, the only large port in Iraq, has a deep-water waterway that connects directly to the Persian Gulf.

In the past, the port of Basra could have docked four 100,000-ton oil tankers at a time, and even now, there is still a berth for a 100,000-ton oil tanker.

This represents the best proof of Iraq's large oil exports, except that the port of Basra is now operating almost inefficiently.

Iraq's oil exports are all shipped from Kuwaiti ports.

Forty percent of the world's crude oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf to the world, including Iraqi oil.

The role of the port of Basra has never been restored. I want to fix it. A lot of money is needed.

The Iraqi government has always been. It can only ensure that the port can barely maintain.

Iraq's navy, also stationed in the port of Basra.

As the second largest city in Iraq, and relatively stable over the years, Basra is no less prosperous than Baghdad.

Basra also has Iraq's second international airport still in operation, and even Israeli flights stop at Basra's international airport twice a week.

Basra also has the Iraqi government's own shipyards, albeit after being bombed by the United States. At present, only a few small boats can be built, and the tonnage of fishing boats can be built in the hundreds of tons.

It is simply impossible to build thousand-ton ocean-going vessels, and with the harsh state of Iraq's economy, the only shipyards are almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

And the reason why Cai Ruichen chose Basra instead of um Qasr, the southernmost city closer to the Persian Gulf, is only because of the city Basra.

If a military port is built, or even an aircraft carrier is docked in the future, no matter how deep or shallow the waterway is, or the size of the bay. All must choose um Qasr.

In particular, um Qasr also has a huge concave U-shaped inland bay and is an excellent deep-water port.

The width and depth of the bay. As well as the good windproof and wave-proof effect itself, it is the most perfect.

But this place has a very important drawback, that is, it is too close to Kuwait, only a few kilometers away from the border between the two countries.

Half of the waterways in and out of the Persian Gulf are Kuwait's territorial waters.

Of course, half of the waterways in and out of Basra in and out of the Persian Gulf, close to the Persian Gulf, are part of Iranian territorial waters.

In the future, if the Red Alert Navy develops on a large scale, no matter how dangerous um Qasr may seem.

It can only be chosen there, otherwise it will be too troublesome for a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier to enter and exit Basra.

And with um Qasr, except for the need for tugs when turning around and mooring, the rest of the aircraft carriers can enter and exit the port to the Persian Gulf on their own.

In addition, there is no large enough military port here in Basra to dock aircraft carriers, after all, once an aircraft carrier docks, it is not only a single aircraft carrier, but also other supporting ships.

But Basra is the best base for the shipbuilding industry, because it is deep into Iraq.

It is used to deploy ground defense forces and alert equipment, which is very conducive to the secrecy and security of the shipyard.

If it weren't for the fact that the largest port is in Basra, Cai Ruichen would have planned to put the future naval base in Basra.

After all, there is already a naval base in Basra that Iraq built back then.

Considering the size of the Red Alert Navy in the future, if it is only an aircraft carrier of 60,000 or 70,000 tons, then Basra will also be very suitable.

Therefore, Cai Ruichen did not completely cancel the plan to build a large naval base in Basra in the future.

can only be seen while developing, after all, no one knows what will happen in the future.

But at present, the only suitable place in the whole of Iraq for the construction of a shipyard is Basra.

I am afraid that there is no place in the whole Middle East that is more suitable as a super-large shipbuilding base than Basra.

It is originally a deep-water port, with a good land environment, convenient transportation, and a cheap land-based defense far from the coastal line.

And even if a 300,000-ton supertanker is built, it can be launched smoothly.

The area of 30 square kilometers will definitely not be enough if it is used as a large-scale shipbuilding base for the Red Police in the future.

After all, even if it is three kilometers deep, it is only ten kilometers long, and the bay is not straight, so it is necessary to consider the construction of other construction units. as well as the role of the technology expansion station in the round.

The places where shipyards can be actually used are only part of the place.

But in recent years, such a place is completely sufficient, and when it comes time to expand the scale of the shipyard, I am afraid that the whole of Iraq is already in Cai Ruichen's bag.

The technology expansion station has been launched in Basra, and Cai Ruichen can't wait to build the first shipyard of the base.

The shipyard at the base is actually just a dry dock, the dock is up to 200 meters wide, and the large dry dock up to 500 meters long is 100 meters high, which is a fully enclosed structure.

The construction time is one week, the construction price, adhering to the consistent style of the base, all the original Red Police construction units are all the original price. So all you need is a thousand funds.

Unlike other types of weaponry, each dry dock in a shipyard is equivalent to a production list, and as many ships can be built at the same time as there are docks.

For a week, if others can't see what's going on inside, and just think that a big shell is built first, it's not too shocking.

Therefore, Cai Ruichen is also very relieved to build the shipyard directly.

However, in order to avoid some curiosity, the protection forces have already traveled to Basra with the technology expansion station, first designating a part of the no-man's land as a no-go zone.

When the surrounding situation is removed, the scope will be further expanded. (To be continued.) )