1556 The battle for aircraft carrier tonnage
"What are you doing? Why don't you go up?" Li Xiangyang couldn't help but stare at Liu Yijiu and asked when he saw Liu Yijiu with people from the Navy.
Obviously, this kid is looking for supporters for himself.
If the Admiralty Department disagrees, no one will agree to his 60,000-ton aircraft carrier construction plan.
Liu Yijiu looked at Li Xiangyang with a smile on his face, "Chief, I just came in and met the heads of the Navy. I heard that you have not arrived yet, so I am waiting for you here..."
"You kid would have such kindness? Do you have a connection with them?" Li Xiangyang curled his lips, obviously not wanting to get involved in this matter, and asked Liu Yijiu's face directly what was going on.
Liu Yijiu replied without any embarrassment that he was angry and his gums were swollen, and the Chief of Staff obviously did not believe it.
Zhang Nianzhong and his group hurriedly greeted Li Xiangyang and others, and walked towards the meeting room of the General Secretary.
This is a large-scale technical conference involving the entire army. There are no unrelated departments, and there are no part of them. The general staff, the General Secretary, the National Defense Science and Technology Commission and the Equipment Department of the Third Army.
The big guys and technical supervisors of various departments are basically all learning.
Everyone knew the content of the meeting, so without too much nonsense, they went straight to the topic.
"... The Gulf War has pointed out the development direction of military construction. In the field of scientific and technological research and development, what we lack should be started. Projects that we have advantages should continue to expand our advantages... In terms of air force equipment and army equipment, it has been developing since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Many advanced equipment have been tested in the Gulf War. We will show and discuss these. At present, the main discussion is the development of naval equipment... In the Gulf War, everyone has seen the role of the navy in the war. Although Captain America paid the huge price of two aircraft carriers sinking and the two aircraft carrier fleets completely lost their combat effectiveness, we have to see the role of the navy in the war..." As the Chief of General Staff, Long Yaohua was naturally the best candidate to preside over the meeting.
This kind of thing must not be expected to be presided over by the supreme leader of the country, right?
Immediately, he asked Liu Yijiu to analyze the role of the naval aircraft carrier fleet.
Liu Yijiu rolled his eyes and said a few words. After all, Iraq's navy is too weak and did not stop it when the US military mobilized its forces. If Iraq had several nuclear submarines, it might launch a raid first, causing heavy losses to the US military's troop carrier.
Li Xiangyang was too lazy to talk about Liu Yijiu's attitude towards him. I guess the boy's mind was thinking about how to convince everyone to work on the aircraft carrier he wanted to build, rather than starting with the light aircraft carrier proposed by their General Staff.
"How should our navy develop? Everyone should have their own ideas, especially the comrades of the Navy. Let's talk about it first!" Seeing Liu Yijiu looking at him with anticipation, Li Xiangyang ignored him and asked the Navy to speak.
He did not expect that the Admiralty Department and Liu Yijiu would reach an agreement soon.
Navy Minister Zhang Nianzhong talked about the disadvantages of the domestic navy and the needs of future construction of the navy, and then gave the ball to Liu Yijiu. "... Since our navy is only about maintaining the maritime border of the motherland, it also has to make way for the national economic construction and the development of the air force and army. There is a serious shortage of funds, so naturally there is no big idea. It is naturally no problem to be able to equip more advanced large warships. No, we can wait... After all, the missile battleships and 10,000-ton large destroyers that the Ninth Court now are all needed, and can fully meet our combat missions... I think this matter should be discussed by Director Liu..."
Obviously, Zhang Nianzhong has complaints.
The Navy has always been ignored. Although everyone knows that the country is in difficulties and the funds are tight, and the Navy is a huge pit. This thing is completely a terrifying gold-swalking beast. Although the country's current economic situation is good, its foundation is too weak, so it is naturally impossible to invest too much money.
Liu Yijiu even felt a little sorry for the Minister of the Navy.
No, it’s heartbreaking for all military leaders.
If you don’t have money, you don’t have good equipment.
The Ninth Hospital has never been short of money. I use the money I made by myself. The small treasury still has at least 100 billion US dollars lying there waiting for the Ninth Hospital to consume the project, so there is no need to hand it over to the country.
Anyway, money belongs to the country, and the final result is still to the country, but it is consumed by the Ninth Academy's projects.
"Actually, there is nothing to say. Although the US aircraft carrier suffered a loss this time, the role of the aircraft carrier fleet is irreplaceable. At present, there is no possibility of expansion on land, and most of the resources on land have been discovered. The next step is the development direction of the entire earth, on the one hand, it is space, and on the other hand, it is the ocean... Although our domestic resources are rich, the per capita resource possession is basically not a name in the world... Iowa missile battleship, this thing
Although it is powerful and can fully challenge the aircraft carrier fleet, the problem is that when facing support for ground wars, the cost is too high... The 0.55 million-ton large destroyer has no great chance of winning against the aircraft carrier fleet. Those who can be enemies with the aircraft carrier fleet either turn the Iowa-class missile battleship into a fleet, but this is too wasteful... Just like the Soviet Kirov battleship, the effect of performing tasks alone is better... Our only choice is the aircraft carrier fleet!"
Liu Yijiu circled a big circle before he proposed the aircraft carrier construction plan.
"Since the Opium War, our century of humiliation came from the sea. Now, our coastal defense has reached an urgent point...Around us, Taiwan, which has not returned, has 10,000-ton warships. Their navy is stronger than our navy, which is also the confidence they are unwilling to return... In addition, Nipponsan has at least five nuclear submarines. If these nuclear submarines cause trouble, our sea outlet in the South China Sea will be completely blocked... The blockade of the US military in the east and north..."
When he heard Liu Yijiu talk about Nipdosan Navy, many bigwigs looked at him with strange looks.
There are not many outsiders here, and many of them know about the relationship between Liu Yijiu and Nipudosan, Nipudosan's surface ships and Class 053 frigates, which was sold by Liu Yijiu...
However, Director Liu ignored them.
"So, I think we should start to establish a project to study aircraft carriers, which belong to the Chinese! Moreover, we not only need to design and build aircraft carriers, but also build large aircraft carriers! American aircraft carriers are dragging dozens or hundreds of fighter jets around. If our aircraft carriers have a small number of aircraft carriers and do not have the advantage of cross-generational performance, we can only be passively beaten..."
"Tell me your plan directly!" Li Xiangyang felt that Liu Yijiu's words were a little frustrated.
He knew Liu Yijiu’s true thoughts, and at this time, he had to beat around the bush.
How can you not be frustrated?
There was a smile on his face, and the others obviously had different reactions to Liu Yijiu's shameless words.
Of course, this is only limited to those who know the inside story.
"We are preparing to build an aircraft carrier. Moreover, after discussion, based on our current national conditions and national defense needs, we are preparing to start with an aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 60,000 tons..." Before Liu Yijiu could tell the specific plan, the entire large conference room exploded with a buzzing sound.
Such a plan obviously shocked everyone.
When building an aircraft carrier, everyone guessed that the next plan of the Ninth Academy was this, but no one would have thought that the Ninth Academy had no experience in building an aircraft carrier, and even had no references, so they directly proposed to build a 60,000-ton heavy aircraft carrier.
"Director Liu, do you know what a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier means? How much funding is required? How much supporting facilities is required? How much supporting technology is required?" You Chengfeng was originally a staunch supporter of Liu Yijiu, but at this time, he had to stand up.
He also knew that Liu Yijiu wanted to build an aircraft carrier and put the aircraft carrier to the end, but he would never have thought that Liu Yijiu had set such a high goal.
"Yes, Comrade Xiao Liu, let's seriously consider our technical foundation and national conditions. Light aircraft carriers should be our most suitable solution..." Qi Hao was also shocked by Liu Yijiu.
No wonder Li Xiangyang just told them that Liu Yijiu was going to build an aircraft carrier before, but did not tell them what kind of aircraft carrier Liu Yijiu was going to build!
Almost everyone is objecting.
The Air Force Equipment Department and the Army Equipment Department are opposing the most intense.
If the Ninth Academy engages in such a money-burning project, it will definitely reduce its investment in army equipment and air force equipment.
The cake is only so big, and a large piece has been taken away from the aerospace side. Now that Liu Yijiu wants to do such a huge project, it is not something that can be handled by billions of dollars!
With more naval forces, they will naturally be less.
I hope that the military can still live this little military expenditure that comes from the national finance department every year?
"No, if you want to do it, we will build the most advanced heavy aircraft carrier! The light aircraft carrier has a very small effect!" Zhang Nianzhong also stood up at this time after obtaining the guarantee that Liu Yijiu had launched the aircraft carrier for up to fifteen years before.
Although going into the water does not mean that combat effectiveness has been formed, and even the entire aircraft carrier has not been formed, after all, it has not been installed when it was launched...
The Admiralty naturally has to fight for their interests.
As soon as he said this, it immediately seemed like a barrel was ignited. The Air Force Equipment Department and the Army Equipment Department almost fought against them in unison.
What does the Admiralty Department mean is a fool, it is completely unrealistic, wasting the country's finances, and it is so fond of merits...
At this time, no one blamed Liu Yijiu.
Chapter completed!