"I...!" Li Xiu gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Obviously, Li Xiao was not discussing with him, but informing him.

It is estimated that no one else would dare to inform him about this kind of thing.

A large piece of the cake of power is cut off abruptly, and whoever puts it in will be anxious.

But there is no way, this time the Marine Corps really failed to live up to expectations.

This has never happened before in the history of the Liao army, and it is simply unheard of.

Li Xiao didn't say anything, and Li Xiu didn't say anything either. The air seemed to be stagnant.

"We've finished talking about official matters, now let's talk about private matters." Li Xiao took another puff of cigarette and said calmly.

"What's the personal matter?" Li Xiu was obviously still immersed in the pain of losing the Marine Corps.

"It's about your wife." Li Xiao said lightly.

"My wife?" Li Xiu's eyes widened, wondering what happened to Zheng.

The Zheng family has been suppressed repeatedly over the years, partly because of offending Li Lin and partly because of the Zheng family itself, but the Zheng family is a big family after all.

She is also Zheng’s natal family!

The Zheng family and the Li family are related by marriage. To be precise, they belong to a community of interests.

Although it is not as bad as the loss of both, if the Zheng family falls, it will not be of any benefit to the Li family.

"Your wife interfered in the arms sales trade, took money from the Spanish, and put pressure on our Daming Shipyard.

As a result, the battleship worth 24 million silver coins was reduced to 20 million, which was a price difference of 4 million silver coins.

And she only got half a million silver coins!

If it were just this one thing, it would be fine.

She is now also involved in the oil business in the Middle East, and she also wants to cooperate with the Italians.

Hebrews are everywhere in large-scale businesses in Europe. I don't believe there is anything fishy here.

Second brother, you have a lot of businesses in recent years.

The copper mines in Afghanistan, the coal mines in India, the iron mines in Australia, our family's business, which one lacks your share?

How about having your back stabbed for these five hundred thousand silver coins?

Eat inside and outside!

For a small profit, the price of the battleship has been cut by more than 15%."

"This...! Is there such a thing?" Li Xiu's eyes widened, full of shock.

When Li Xiao looked at Li Xiu, he didn't look fake.

It is estimated that Zheng did this without telling him.

"Go home and take good care of your wife. It's better not to do things like this that get poked in the spine.

The gain outweighs the loss!

Okay, look at the plane rising from the bottom cabin."

On the giant elevator on one side of the island, a plane was slowly rising.

This plane is different from other planes in that its wings are folded and looks like a big bat.

This is a carrier-based aircraft designed by the Ming Dynasty. It is actually the naval version of the Stuka.

The aircraft carrier began to sail against the wind at high speed to provide better take-off conditions for the carrier-based aircraft.

If you stand on the island and look carefully, you can see that the bow of the aircraft carrier is slightly raised.

This was carefully calculated. The bow of the ship is tilted slightly by twelve degrees, which allows for greater lift when taking off.

The aircraft was towed to the stern of the ship by a trailer, and the propeller began to rotate at high speed.

Even standing inside the ship island, through the thick bulletproof glass, you can still hear the roar of the aircraft engine.

Li Xiao stood on the island and watched the propeller spin faster and faster. When it reached the extreme, it even felt like the propeller was spinning in reverse.

The plane was gliding quickly, and Li Xiao's heart was in his throat.

Even Li Xiu, who had a gloomy face, temporarily forgot his unhappiness and stared at the plane that was about to take off.

The plane streaked across the 400-meter-long flight deck like a meteor, and then shot straight into the sky.

The people on the deck cheered and took off and landed on the aircraft carrier. Now it is half completed.

However, taking off and landing is relatively simple. The most difficult thing is landing on an aircraft carrier.

When landing on an aircraft carrier, not only the wind speed but also the sea conditions and the sway of the aircraft carrier must be considered.

How difficult it is to land on an aircraft carrier that is only 400 meters long and 90 meters wide in the vast sea.

Although these pilots have been training at the naval base on Juehua Island for a long time, Li Xiao is still not sure whether they can land successfully.

Today is a big day, and Li Xiao doesn't want to see the tragedy of aircraft crashing and killing people.

The plane soared into the sky, flew around the aircraft carrier three times, and then flew straight west.

"Radio signals are being miniaturized and will not be installed on aircraft until next year at the earliest.

After loading that thing, you can communicate with the aircraft carrier within a range of 90 kilometers.

Voice calls can also be made between airplanes.

But now...! We can only wait helplessly." Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. If he wants to improve communication, he needs to continue to miniaturize communication components.

"Yes! The load-reduction call equipment is really too big and heavy." Li Xiu nodded.

Navy ships also have voice communication equipment to ensure fleet-wide communication!

This is a leapfrog development. The navy's semaphores and light signals have become standard auxiliary means.

This makes the command of the naval fleet more flexible and convenient.

The only bad thing is that the equipment is too big and heavy.

However, for the convenience of communication, we can only sacrifice a little of the warship's load capacity.

“With the institute’s continuous research, new things will pop up like mushrooms after the rain.

However, this is also a pile of silver coins as high as a mountain.

I don’t know that firewood and rice are expensive, but the scientific research funds approved from me every year reach 110 million Ming Dynasty silver coins!

With such a huge amount of scientific research funding, Ai Hu was sore with pain.

But I still approved it for them!

After seeing what happened today, I feel that the money was really well spent."

Li Xiao wiped his eyes and finally saw the aircraft carrier.

This thing took five years from design to construction.

During this period, there were constant revisions, large and small.

After all, no one has experience in building aircraft carriers. The steel rolling mill has been working hard for a year just on the steel materials needed for the aircraft carrier deck.

Now Li Xiao finally understands what technology is the primary productive force.

But the money is not wasted!

With the experience of building an aircraft carrier, it will be much easier to build a 100,000-ton oil tanker in the next step.

To ensure the energy security of Ming Dynasty in the future, how is it possible without large tankers?

"It cost so much? A large part of the naval funds was used in the Naval Weapons Research Institute."

Li Xiu also felt a little emotional, scientific research is simply a giant gold-eating beast.

The country doesn't have any financial resources, so it really can't survive.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and neither did anyone else. Everyone didn't speak, and it was so quiet inside.

According to the plan, the take-off plane needs to fly fifty kilometers. Then it will drop the bomb it carries on the target ship and then return.

This is the closest range for a carrier-based aircraft attack!

After all, these days, there are no radars on warships, let alone anti-aircraft missiles.

The attack of carrier-based aircraft on traditional warships is the legendary dimensionality reduction attack.

After the Navy's airborne torpedo is successfully developed, the attack on surface ships will reach a new height.

About fifteen minutes later, Li Xiu, who had his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

Li Xiao, who was smoking a cigar, also stared at a small black dot in the distant sky.

The plane got closer and closer, and finally the number on the plane could even be seen with the naked eye.

81192!
To be continued...