No one would have thought that a once huge line generation group would fall apart and fight for their own interests. They would no longer be a whole and they would have lost their competitiveness.

Others may be able to hold on for a while, but Line Generation Heavy Industries will definitely not be able to hold on. The huge compensation will make them completely bankrupt.

 Eastern, Mingzhou Group.

"Follett Company has made all preparations to claim compensation and is only waiting for the last moment. Other companies will follow suit." Zhao Ling said: "This time, Line Dai Heavy Industry must go bankrupt, otherwise it will not be able to repay at all. To pay such a huge compensation.”

Qin Tao nodded: "After they signed the contract, this result has already appeared. They wanted to rely on the SCA LNG ship to gain an advantage, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a terrible trap. They will completely fall into the trap. In the middle, unable to turn over.”

"If Line Generation Heavy Industry also falls, then there will no longer be any large shipyards in the South Pickle Country. Will their military watch all this happen? What will they do with their warship manufacturing in the future?" Xu Zhengyang was still a little worried. They will definitely try their best to help, right? Americans will help them too, right?

Qin Tao smiled: "Their shipbuilding industry has collapsed. Isn't that a good thing? In this way, orders will fall into the hands of the United States or Europeans. They will be happy to see this situation, so even if They knew it was us who had done something, so they wouldn't say anything."

The collapse of Kimchi Country's shipbuilding industry is a good thing for other countries, especially the United States and Europe. They hope that Kimchi Country's shipbuilding industry will close down quickly and order warships from them in the future, especially the United States.

The military of the South Kimchi Country is definitely not willing to see this situation happen, but they do not have enough funds to save it, and they cannot afford the sky-high compensation.

“Among them, they shouldn’t all be short-sighted, right?”

"Yes, there must be smart people, but what's the use? What they value most is interests. In the face of interests, everything no longer seems important." Qin Tao said: "For interests, they can just sit back and watch. The collapse of Kimchi Country’s shipbuilding industry.”

 Across the ocean.

"Everything was done by the Mingzhou Group behind the scenes. They wanted to monopolize the production of LNG ships, so they used this despicable method to attack their competitors. Under the claims of European shipowners, Line Dai Heavy Industry will definitely have to Go bankrupt!" A voice said: "We can't watch this happen, we need to help them!"

"Help? Why should we help them? Swift, what have you been thinking about?" Another voice said: "Our domestic shipbuilding companies are ready. As long as they declare bankruptcy over there, we will go there." , take over the shipyard at the lowest price, the labor cost in the South Kimchi Country is very low, and we can reduce our construction costs by taking over the shipyard there."

 When a company collapses, other companies will definitely have to chew off a few pieces of meat from the corpse!

More than a decade ago, when the Red Empire collapsed, many Western companies went to Lao Maozi’s land to eat meat. Now, they have to find new targets.

Take advantage of this opportunity to buy Line Generation Heavy Industry at the lowest price!

"Yes, the shipyard is still over there. We can also help build any warships that the Kimchi Country needs." Another voice said: "Humph, it is better for us to control it ourselves."

Swift stood up and had no way to communicate with these people. Yes, now is a good opportunity to annex the line generation heavy industry. However, this will arouse the resentment of the people of South Korea. After our own side passes, the construction cost will not necessarily be reduced. , the advantages here are not obvious at all, but there are a lot of disadvantages.

However, he was already unable to convince these people alone.

If the United States comes forward to put some pressure on those European shipowners, asking them not to be too harsh, refunding the deposit plus interest will be enough, so that Line Dai Heavy Industry can survive. This is the only chance, but these people But I am thinking about how to eat the line generation heavy industry.

 In the short term, it seems that we have taken advantage, but in the long term, there is absolutely no benefit.

“By the way, the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier has been out for half a month. Have you found any trace of this aircraft carrier?”

"No, our satellites have searched the areas where the Da Mao Navy frequently operates, but have not found it. We don't know where it has hidden. However, this aircraft carrier is already disabled. Even if it goes out, it will not pose any threat. Moreover, Da Mao has been trying to repair this aircraft carrier. Before the repairs are completed, there should be no possibility of continuing activities, right?"

repair!

When he heard this sentence, Swift suddenly thought of something: "Do you think Mao sent that aircraft carrier to the East and asked the Orientals to help repair it?"

“Impossible, it’s winter now, and the Arctic route is not easy to navigate.”

“Perhaps they also want to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the Arctic route into an all-season route?”

The guys still wanted to refute, but Swift continued: "Instead of refuting what I said, why not investigate now. Maybe their aircraft carrier has already sailed through the Arctic route?"

Following his suggestion, the reconnaissance satellites passing through the Arctic route began to search the route carefully, but still found nothing. However, before they had time to ridicule Swift, a maritime anti-submarine aircraft in Alaska sent a startling report.

 In the Bering Strait, a fleet was discovered, including several liquefied natural gas ships, several oil tankers, a modern-class destroyer, and an aircraft carrier!

The appearance of such a formation shocked everyone. In everyone's mind, the Arctic shipping routes were unnavigable. Now, there is actually such a huge fleet coming in a mighty manner! what does that mean? Will the Arctic route be navigable in all seasons in the future?

Moreover, didn’t Lao Maozi keep saying that the Kuznetsov would not be sent to the East for modification until the amphibious assault ship was commissioned? You haven't entered service yet, so you can't wait?

 Eastern, Mingzhou Group.

"Mr. Qin, Lao Maozi's aircraft carrier has sailed through the Bering Strait and came with our winter transportation fleet." Xu Zhengyang said: "Our transportation fleet can travel on the Arctic route all year round. And there’s no need for professional icebreakers.”

Although there is the Strait of Siam, the southern sea is still dangerous. The Arctic route is much safer and can save a lot of routes. However, the key problem is that the winter weather is cold and the ice is thick, making it impossible to open a route. If If it cannot be navigable in all seasons, there will still be great restrictions.

 In winter, the demand for natural gas will increase greatly, and as a result, the shipping routes will be unavailable, which will obviously delay things.

Mingzhou Group has built a group of professional ice-breaking oil tankers and ice-breaking liquefied gas ships, specially built for this route. From summer sailing to winter, this first test was quite perfect.

Moreover, there is also the **** of the Laomaozi aircraft carrier.

“Yeah.” Qin Tao nodded: “We Easterners are good at making the impossible possible.”

This is not that he is taking risks. This route has always been opened. In history, until January 21, under the arrangement of the Russian natural gas company NOVATEK, three ice-breaking LNG ships successfully crossed the half-meter-thick ice Arctic sea ice means that even in the coldest January, commercial navigation can be achieved in the Arctic Ocean. More importantly, there are no icebreakers to open the way ahead, so it is completely on your own.

Now, Qin Tao is commanding his own fleet to achieve this great feat, which means that the Arctic route is open all year round. Icebreakers can go anywhere at will, while ordinary fleets hire an icebreaker to lead the way. Anyway, there is no navigation in all seasons. question.

Energy transportation will be more convenient in the future, but these are still small things. What Qin Tao is most concerned about is of course the Kuznetsov.

 Lao Maozi finally sent this aircraft carrier to the East for repairs!

The amphibious assault ship built for Lao Maozi is still in the outfitting stage. Ordinarily, the aircraft carrier should not come. However, Lao Maozi cannot wait any longer. The aircraft carrier remains in their hands and cannot continue to serve. It is better to send it directly to Dongfang. !

 Hurry up the transformation and put it into service as soon as possible. They are also looking forward to restoring the three-carrier formation.

  January 3, 2005.

After a long voyage, the Kuznetsov finally arrived in the east. Nikolai and others had already arrived by plane in advance. With him, Yarei, the first captain of the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, was traveling with him. gold. Yarekin was very emotional.

"When we sailed this aircraft carrier back from Ermao, we had the help of President Qin. At that time, we were thinking that the relationship between this warship and President Qin was really close. However, we never imagined at that time that this aircraft carrier would still be there. Drive to the east for repairs!”

"Yeah, I didn't think of it at the time, but it seems that we and this aircraft carrier are really destined. Please don't worry, we will definitely repair this aircraft carrier." Qin Tao said: "We have repair tiles With the experience of Liangge, there will be no problem in repairing this aircraft carrier.”

"Yes, seeing the majestic appearance of your Varyag, we are very much looking forward to it. Recently, your aircraft carrier conducted another exercise. After seeing the picture, we couldn't help it. Even the big Everyone is full of expectations, so we decided to send the aircraft carrier over and use it as soon as the modifications are completed." Nikolai said.

I'm afraid of comparison in everything. Dongfang's 001 aircraft carrier recently conducted a drill. The majestic formation and advanced carrier-based aircraft looked so enviable. Lao Maozi also wants to repair this aircraft carrier as soon as possible!

“Don’t worry, we will repair it as soon as possible. Since the dock is still occupied, we can only use the floating dock. We will clean the outside first and then repair the inside.”

The Kuznetsov has not come up since it was launched. It's not that it doesn't want to, but because the floating dock that can carry it is gone, and the bottom has not been cleaned. Over the years, the bottom of the ship has been soaked, and I don't know how much growth has occurred inside. thing.

 Carrying out thorough cleaning outside is an important task. It is really sad that even this old man cannot complete such a simple task.

While speaking, the huge warship slowly moved over. Seeing it, Qin Tao remembered the scene when the Varyag moved over. The Varyag was even more rusty and looked like scrap.

Who would have thought that such a scrapped warship would take on new life and vitality in the hands of the East?

Easterners are so amazing, their hands are so ingenious!

“It’s great that this warship can still sail on its own.” Makarov said from the side.

The Varyag was towed away because it was just a shell without any equipment inside, but the warship in front of me was different. After all, it officially joined the navy, and although Kuznetsov There are often scenes of black smoke emitting from the ship while sailing, but after all, we have never heard of a major accident like the Gorshkov's boiler explosion.

Of course, there are constant voices slandering it. For example, a third-rate tabloid said that the Kuznetsov's power system often failed: the steam tank water pipe burst, the boiler leaked, the turbine generator and the diesel engine did not work in harmony, etc. Some people even said that at the end of 1995, during the aircraft carrier formation's voyage exercise and some full-horsepower speed maneuver test, three boilers were seriously burned due to overheating in just 40 minutes. This was purely for the sake of the black old man.

The Kuznetsov could still sail on its own, but it was just emitting black smoke while sailing. At this time, the Kuznetsov came over like this, like an old man who has entered his twilight years, but after waiting until When I drive back from the East, I will definitely become a young man in his prime again.

"Of course, if there is an emergency, this aircraft carrier can still be put into battle." Yarekin said: "After all, it is the most powerful combat machine in our navy."

Qin Tao smiled and went into battle? Are you sure that the aircraft carrier can accelerate more than 25 knots and release carrier-based aircraft? Are you sure that the blocking cable will work properly and will not be broken?

Da Mao has always been trying to make people look fat, and he has no intention of exposing these people.

 The aircraft carrier is getting closer and closer, and everyone can also see a 054 frigate accompanying it.

The Kuznetsov was accompanied by a modern-class ship all the way. However, after arriving in the Far East, Dongfang sent a frigate to greet it, and Mao's modern-class ship sailed to the Far East base.

 The skinny camel was bigger than a horse, and the Kuznetsov was huge, and it happened to block 054 with its body, so it was not seen at first.

Although one is large, it is dilapidated, and the other is small, but extremely brand-new. The two warships form a sharp contrast.

Woooo!

The whistle blew, and then a row of old sailors came out and stood sparsely on the deck, saluting the shore. The old officers on the shore also raised their hands and saluted back.

“Report, the Kuznetsov has been ordered to arrive, please give instructions!”

 “Drive into the floating dock for the handover ceremony!”

 At present, this warship still belongs to Lao Maozi. When the handover is completed, it will be temporarily controlled by the Mingzhou Group.

The floating dock had been prepared a long time ago. After an hour of hard work, the Kuznetsov was finally lifted out of the water and the part below the waterline was displayed for the first time.

It can be seen above the waterline, but below the waterline, it is terrible. In some places, there are dozens of barnacles, forming a ball. Of course, such a warship will have great resistance when sailing underwater.

"Qin, we said at the beginning that we would find a group of workers from our country to do this kind of manual labor, but later, we still failed to find them." Speaking of this, Nicholas was a little embarrassed: "Our domestic workers The workers asked for business allowances to be given to them, but on our side..."

 Still unable to negotiate money.

●When they first heard that they were going to work abroad or come to Mingzhou Group, the boatmen were of course very excited and signed up enthusiastically. However, when they heard that they would be paid according to domestic wages, they were immediately dissatisfied.

 Business trips must be paid according to the business trip allowance. We have gone all the way to the East and there are no benefits at all?

 This is equivalent to labor dispatch and formal workers. They hope to receive treatment from Mingzhou Group, but Lao Maozi only gives them domestic treatment. They are dissatisfied and simply stop coming.

If they don’t come here, these manual jobs will need workers from the East. In this case, will the cost of renovation increase?

Qin Tao smiled: "It doesn't matter, we have turned this physical labor into automation."

There is no way to install a robotic arm in the dock, but there is a movable trolley with a robotic arm on it. It starts working according to the program entered in advance. It is aimed at the bottom of the ship and is grinding, and a harsh sound echoes.

This kind of work is not only labor-intensive, but also harmful to health. Just the dust from polishing the space can cause respiratory diseases to many people.

 Watching those robotic arms starting construction, the big guys had mixed emotions. The technology of the Orientals is too advanced!

“Next, we need to coordinate the follow-up improvement projects. By the way, do you have people from your side? For example, people from the Northern Design Bureau?” Qin Tao suddenly thought of something.

 Lao Maozi has always been worried about leaving such a big thing to his own side for modification. In other words, the relevant units in Lao Maozi's country are also planning to make a lot of money, so they have never let go and want a share of the pie.

 Mingzhou Group will definitely be very jealous if they can take over this project. Now that the aircraft carrier has arrived, they will have to supervise the project as Da Mao's technical advisor, just like the shipowner's representative of the merchant ship.

"They want to come, but if they are allowed to come, they have to pay relevant fees. After we considered it, we decided to give up. You will be solely responsible for the entire modification project. You only need to report the modification project to us. Of course, we will also leave some people, led by Yarekin, to oversee the construction quality."

The Navy didn't want to hire people from the design bureau, which would cost more, so they kept Yarekin. These people are all from the Navy, and they can be paid directly by the Navy. There will be no additional costs. Moreover, with Qin Tao's The relationship with Yarekin, the so-called supervisor, is just a matter of drinking a few drinks, and Dongfang is responsible for all maintenance work.