Whether it's a laser sailboat with laser propulsion, or an interstellar warship with nuclear fusion propulsion.

For people nowadays, it is still a very distant thing.

At the moment, everyone's main concern is the upcoming arrival of a second-hand aircraft carrier, the Varyag!

Of course, in later generations, it also has a name that is closer to the domestic situation, Liaoyu 16!

A semi-finished ship that began construction almost two decades ago, the Varyag is now rusty.

The once ambitious empire has long been buried; In the wind and sand of history.

Although many of the equipment on board the Varyag had been dismantled before it was purchased, and basically only a large iron shell remained.

But how many countries in the world can independently complete the manufacturing of this big iron shell?

Varyag has a length of 304 meters, a width of 70.5 meters, a standard displacement of 57,000 tons, and a full load displacement of 67,500 tons.

Even if it is placed in the range of the world's aircraft carriers, although it cannot be regarded as a large aircraft carrier, it can be regarded as an extremely large medium aircraft carrier.

Just this past June, under the escort tow of 11 tugboats and 12 rescue and firefighting boats.

The Varyag finally passed through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles and entered the Aegean Sea.

Due to the fact that by the time of leaving the shipyard, the Varyag had already dismantled all the equipment, including the ship's power system.

The parts that could not be dismantled were completely destroyed.

For example, the large shaft of the power system was completely cut off, and even the control rudder was removed.

Therefore, during the tens of thousands of miles from the shipyard back to China, only tugboats can be used to tow the aircraft carrier.

For an aircraft carrier that was supposed to gallop above the blue sea.

It's a kind of helpless sadness.

This is also the last epitome of the once powerful empire.

"Anyway, the aircraft carrier has more than three months to go, and it's going to the South China Sea, right?"

In the Shengjing Aero Engine Research Institute, Zhang Zhengjiang said with some emotion.

"I guess so."

"Isn't it impossible to take the Suez Canal?"

After reading a new vector engine test report, Zhang Xingyang raised his head and said.

Generally speaking, from the Mediterranean to the country now, it is basically the Suez Canal.

As a hub between East and West, the Suez Canal can save thousands of nautical miles and more than a month of sea transportation.

The Varyag is now officially caliber, albeit for commercial use, for the construction of a maritime casino.

However, everyone knows in their hearts what it used to be.

So before that, the Suez Canal rejected the Varyag's application for approval.

As a result, the unpowered aircraft carrier could only make a detour from the Cape of Good Hope to enter the Indian Ocean from this southernmost point.

"When will we be able to have an aircraft carrier of our own?"

Zhang Zhengjiang also suddenly had a little bit of a mind to chat with Zhang Xingyang at this time.

After reading the latest performance report of the vector engine, Zhang Xingyang found that it was not much different from his previous prediction.

So I joked with Zhang Zhengjiang:

"Maybe the Varyag will be our first aircraft carrier?!"

In fact, this statement has always existed in China, and even in the international community, some people think so.

But that's not the current mainstream view.

Because at this time, China is still planning to build its own aircraft carrier.

And the Varyag, after all, is a shell built more than ten years ago, and everyone doesn't think much of it.

"That's unlikely, right?"

Although he had heard a lot of such statements before, Zhang Zhengjiang had even heard such statements when he bought the Melbourne earlier.

But in the end, it didn't come to fruition, and it was just transformed into an aircraft carrier park.

This makes many people think that the country still hopes to be able to build an aircraft carrier on its own, rather than transforming the aircraft carriers of other countries.

"After all, the Varyag is a product of the previous Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers, not to mention the issue of advanced and backward."

"This ship, now there is only one shell, if it is remodeled, then why not rebuild one?"

Zhang Zhengjiang said with some incomprehension.

His thoughts are also the thoughts of many people.

Although Zhang Zhengjiang works within the military industrial system, he also lacks sufficient understanding of such large surface ships.

The manufacture of large surface ships has an extremely high threshold.

For example, the 10,000-ton heavy-duty hydraulic press for the production of aircraft carrier decks and the seven-axis five-linkage machine tool for the production of propellers are difficult to complete the manufacturing of such a tens of thousands of tons without a perfect industrial manufacturing system.

Just to create an aircraft carrier shell, tens of thousands of factories are required to cooperate.

"It's very difficult to rebuild."

Zhang Xingyang said after a sigh.

"Now there are only a few countries in the world that have mastered the technology of aircraft carrier manufacturing."

"But you also know the relationship between those countries and us."

"When I usually do business, I still have a smiling face."

"But when it comes to this top-tier industry, they're all ready to stab us."

Zhang Zhengjiang also understood a little at this time, after all, he has been working in the industrial field.

He understands all these truths, but he doesn't know much about the technology and difficulty of building aircraft carriers.

"If it's renovated, it should be faster, right?"

After Zhang Zhengjiang figured it out, he immediately asked.

"It should be a lot faster than building a new one."

Zhang Xingyang thought about it, and there was a record of the construction time of "Liaoyu 16" in the original world.

"But this is also our first aircraft carrier, and we don't have much experience, so it should take a lot of time."

"Especially the power system of the aircraft carrier, I don't know if there is a mature plan for the domestic shipyard."

For this point, even Zhang Xingyang, who has a perspective on the future, is not particularly clear.

After all, more than a hundred years have passed since this period of history.

Many things are only left with a general development context, and the specific details have long been difficult to discern.

"By the way, we don't seem to have carrier-based aircraft yet?"

"After the aircraft carrier is there, there should be carrier-based aircraft, right?"

Zhang Zhengjiang suddenly remembered this incident.

"If we buy it from Da Mao, can we buy it?"

Whether it is from the original construction plan or from a practical point of view, buying carrier-based aircraft from Da Mao seems to be a good way to solve the problem of carrier-based aircraft for the first aircraft carrier.

However, Zhang Xingyang does not agree with this very much:

"I don't think the country will do that, we should develop our own carrier-based aircraft."

"After all, it depends on the mountains and the water."

"Still, on your own!"

(End of chapter)