Chapter 34: Sir Hughson, I am your claimant
"The maximum load of the C130, the main transport aircraft of the Chinese army, is 20 tons, and if you want to transport nearly 500 tons of things, you need at least 25 sorties."
"Okay, Comrade Zhang, I understand." Qin Yi nodded, crossed out a plan in his heart, and he took out a newspaper and flipped through it.
Reaching out and pointing at it, a photo of an aircraft carrier was printed in color.
"What do you know about the USS Excellence?"
Researcher Zhang smiled, "This aircraft carrier is the second ship of the Royal Navy's Invincible-class aircraft carrier, which is a light aircraft carrier with a displacement of only about 20,000 tons. ”
"After World War II, the national strength of the country weakened, and the Royal Navy was no longer able to maintain the design and construction of the next generation of large aircraft carriers. In order to continue the combat capability of the fleet aviation, the Royal Navy had to find another way. Performance compromised with the budget, so the vertical take-off and landing aircraft and various helicopters were created as the main combat force of the aircraft carrier. ”
Qin Yi frowned, "Then what do you think of this aircraft carrier?" ”
"General."
"Why do you say that?" Qin Yi was a little surprised.
"Short legs." Researcher Zhang laughed.
"Although the performance of the Sea Harrier VTOL fighter is good, its biggest disadvantage is that the range, radius and bomb load are too small during vertical take-off. And due to the structural characteristics, when taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier, steam catapults and blocking hooks cannot be used. ”
"The Invincible-class aircraft carrier itself is congenitally insufficient, and the size of the hangar originally designed was considered according to the scale and number of anti-submarine helicopters, and it can only barely carry Sea Harrier aircraft, which can carry up to 24 aircraft, and its combat effectiveness is extremely limited. The various storage warehouses on the ship are also too cramped, and the reserves of aviation ammunition and other combat materials are too small. In addition, the performance of electronic equipment is also not good for self-defense weapons and equipment. ”
Qin Yi nodded, "It really doesn't look good." ”
"But an aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier." Researcher Zhang sighed, his eyes full of longing.
"Sooner or later, we will also have our own aircraft carrier." Qin Yi patted Researcher Zhang with a smile.
"I hope so." Researcher Zhang sighed, with the situation in China, he didn't dare to think about such a thing.
"You give me a detailed introduction to the layout of this aircraft carrier, focusing on its electronic system, communication system, and power system."
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Researcher Zhang suddenly came to his senses, picked up a pen, began to draw a simple drawing on the paper, and said endlessly.
"The ship has a total of 7 decks, more than 600 cabins of all sizes, important compartments are separated by complex and reliable watertight doors, rolled steel plates and Kevlar armor are installed to strengthen the resistance ability, and thick asbestos materials are laid."
"The flight command room is located on the top floor of the front of the superstructure, which has the greatest view of the flight deck of the entire ship; There is a bridge on the deck below the flight command room, the combat command room and the main communication room are located on the lower deck room, and there is a single elevator between the bridge and the flight command room. ”
"The ship's island cabin also has aircraft dispatchers, aircraft control, firefighting, flight deck hangars, technical reports, and aircraft weapons preparation. There is a hangar and 4 cabins in the middle of the deck. The deep magazine is in the bow with 2 elevators of 1 ton, and the ammunition magazine is in the middle and also has 1 elevator. ”
"In the front and rear main engine compartments at the bottom of the aircraft carrier, four gas turbines are arranged in pairs. The double-layer bottom of the main engine compartment extends to both sides, so that the side of the engine room forms a double-layer shell, which has a certain protective effect on underwater weapons, but compared with the lightning protection structure of the three or four longitudinal partitions on the side of a large aircraft carrier, this protective measure is still thin. ”
Qin Yi listened attentively to Researcher Zhang's narration, asking some questions from time to time.
The two of them talked for hours, and some of them were still unsatisfied.
Qin Yi looked at Researcher Zhang, who was already tired, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Comrade Zhang. ”
"You're welcome."
"I have one last question."
"You speak."
"How much explosives do I need to blow it up?"
"Huh?!" Researcher Zhang was stunned.
……
Central Ferry Pier.
A massive steel behemoth was quietly moored on the shore, and the 5,000-ton frigates next to it looked extremely small compared to it.
Hugheson raised his head to look at the behemoth in front of him, his face was full of pride, and he exclaimed, "What a beauty." ”
Commodore John Prest, commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, was full of pride, "Thank you for the compliment. ”
"Before you came, I didn't sleep on Hong Kong Island for a day." Hugheson said hatefully, "This damn place, those yellow-skinned monkeys, all of them disgust me. ”
"And those incompetent bureaucrats, with whom nothing can be done, can you imagine that under the heavy protection of dozens of SB agents, two billion dollars and fifteen tons of gold have been lost."
Brigadier General John Priest smiled and nodded, "That's terrible. ”
"John." "It's great that you're here," Hughson sighed, "or I wouldn't know how to get these valuable goods back home." ”
"The Royal Navy is here to help." Brigadier John Priest said with pride, "The mighty Royal Navy is forever invincible, and Your Excellency Hugheson can rest assured. ”
"Getting on the boat is like being in a vault safe."
"Good." Hugheson strode up the gangway to the deck of the aircraft carrier, and looked condescendingly at the busy scene on the docks.
The entire dock was full of heavily armed soldiers guarding the docks, and no one was to be allowed to approach except for the Bugs and SB agents.
More than a dozen trucks were neatly parked in the open space, and the tightly packed wooden crates were transferred by forklifts, and then transferred to the aircraft carrier by cranes, and transported to the lower hangar by the take-off and landing elevators in the middle of the deck.
Dozens of wooden crates are stacked in a spacious hangar, guarded by both Marines and SB agents.
After watching all the valuable cargo transfer to the aircraft carrier, Hugheson was finally relieved, and he turned his head to look at his secretary Bernard, "What about Richard?" Why didn't I see him? ”
"He didn't come." Bernard replied, "He said he still had something to deal with." ”
Hugheson snorted coldly, but didn't take it to heart.
This guy is useless to him, so it doesn't matter if Chad is on board or not.
Hughson strode towards Ship Island, "John, please give me a drink, the weather is terrible today." ”
"What's the drink, I only have whiskey."
"It's better to have wine than nothing." Hugheson was in a particularly happy mood at this time, "When are we going to set sail?" ”
"Anytime."
"Hurry up then, I can't wait."
Half an hour later, the aircraft carrier Excellence slowly sailed out of Hong Kong Island and headed for the open sea surrounded by frigates.
……
Night is falling,
On the high seas, aircraft carrier formations of frigates, destroyers, supply ships and nuclear submarines are mighty.
In the captain's room of the USS Excellence, Hughson and Commodore John Priest drank and got drunk.
The two of them had a great conversation, and each talked about some lace news.
Just as he was talking happily, there was a knock on the hatch.
Brigadier General John Priest interrupted his interest, looking annoyed, "Get out of here, don't you see I'm entertaining guests?" ”
But the people outside the door were extremely persistent, and instead of leaving, they knocked louder.
John Priest stood up angrily, walked quickly to the door, and opened the door, "You bastard, where are you......"
As if the roaring voice had been cut off, John Priest, who was huge, took a few steps back and fell to the ground.
Hugheson was startled, looked up, and saw a tall Chinese standing in the doorway.
The visitor was looking at Hugheson with a smile on his face, raised his hand to say hello, and showed a hideous smile, "Hello, you're Sir Hughson, aren't you?" ”
"Who are you, you, who are you?" Hugheson was shocked.
"Sir Hughson, I am your seeker!"