Chapter 1,671 Super Aircraft Carrier
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"What does he want?"
"He wanted a lot, but he wanted nothing from me."
Sitting on the leisure sofa beside the bed, Li Zitao rested his head on his arms and looked at the distant sky with clear eyes.
The sky above the castle was as bright as ever, in stark contrast to New York when he left.
Mary rubbed the skin cream on her hands, sat down lightly against him, and said, "So, he did this to ensure that you couldn't free your hands?"
"Probably... I didn't expect the deeper meaning and walked into the trap myself."
Li Zitao didn't care about what should have been a bad thing, and kissed her forehead with a relaxed smile.
"It doesn't matter who wins the war, nor how many people are sacrificed. What matters is that if the war continues, 800,000 tons of various materials will be consumed every month.
Last year, 750 million U.S. dollars were spent on ammunition consumption alone. A new generation of equipment for the navy, army and air force was put into production, and 3.5 billion U.S. dollars were allocated..."
Looking at Mary, who was slightly surprised, Li Zitao laughed at himself: "Profit comes first. No matter who wants to jump out and throw the blame, there will be no good end."
"You are among them, right?" Mary looked at him funny. If he could take the time to read more meeting minutes, I believe this mistake would not have happened.
Li Zitao sighed and said, "A person's energy is limited after all. I was careless this time."
If he could have had a meeting with the backbones and CEOs of the Lee Group to discuss before meeting with Eisenhower, the previous situation would never have happened.
Now, he has to pay for his recklessness and carelessness. Fortunately, there are not many people who need him to explain himself.
Most of the calls would end up at Molly's place, and those she couldn't handle would be forwarded to Sanil first. Only a few calls would earn her money.
Ring bell…
Whatever comes to mind.
The call was from Lawrence, but not on behalf of himself, but on behalf of all the brothers of Freemasonry and the Holy Supreme Being, Damian.
"It `s my mistake,
You should know Lee's investment and contribution to charity and humanitarianism. I just want those children to come home. "
Li Zitao gave his actions a bright appearance of righteousness, and his actions were entirely out of sympathy and humanitarianism.
The United States should not pay for the actions of foreigners, and those good guys should not die on the soil of other countries.
"Charlie, I will convey your apology on my behalf, but I hope you will be more cautious in the future. No matter what you need, you can come to me at any time."
"Of course, we are good brothers."
"Yes, haha..."
Knowing that Li Zitao would no longer touch anyone's interests, Lawrence reciprocated by telling him the latest good news.
"Our design model won the contract for the military's second-generation aircraft carrier. It will be officially put into production in the middle of this year. You should prepare a party to celebrate!"
"Shouldn't you be the one to prepare? You are the boss of L.C.A Industries."
"One." As soon as Lawrence finished speaking, he burst out laughing.
Being able to win the military's second-generation aircraft carrier construction contract in one fell swoop is of great significance to Lee, L.C.A or Lawrence.
Li Zitao asked enthusiastically, "How many ships will be built in the first phase?"
In his opinion, this contract is more like a consolation prize given to him by the 'brotherhood', as compensation for his inability to achieve his wishes.
In fact, many people believe that his purpose from the beginning was to obtain more benefits for himself.
The most important and direct benefit at hand is the Navy's second-generation aircraft carrier procurement contract.
"Four ships are a miracle for both the navy and you and me!" Lawrence said with some emotion.
Because any military fan knows that since 1948, the navy's situation has been deteriorating and getting worse.
It can be said that since the end of the war, its fate has not been smooth until it completely deteriorated.
First, Secretary of Defense and Navy James Forrest, who supported the construction of a super aircraft carrier, resigned due to serious illness, and the super aircraft carrier construction plan was postponed indefinitely.
Even so, Louis Johnson, who succeeded the Secretary of Defense, was still not satisfied because he was a "traitor" from the Air Force's position, at least to the Navy.
It just so happened that they coincided with the end of World War II. Congress had massively cut military spending and military institutions, and competition among the various military forces was particularly serious.
As a result, the army and air force united the front and strongly opposed the super aircraft carrier plan.
The following year, the keel of the "America" was laid at the Newport News Shipyard, the nation's royal shipyard. Without communicating with the then Secretary of the Navy and Congress, Louis Johnson unilaterally ordered the cancellation of construction.
Several senior Navy admirals, including Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan, resigned angrily in protest.
James Forrest, the former secretary of defense and navy who resigned due to illness, committed suicide the following month.
The loss of a large number of senior generals with the right to speak and the most influential veterans, and the loss of the USS America became the trigger for other services to violently attack the Navy's budget.
From 1949 to 1951, the navy's budgets were severely cut.
The eight Essex-class aircraft carriers in service have been reduced to half, and the 10 Essex-class escort aircraft carriers have been greatly reduced to only two.
Carrier air wings, Marine Corps aviation squadrons, anti-submarine aircraft squadrons and patrol aircraft squadrons have been significantly reduced across the board.
This was like a catastrophe for the Navy, which had less than one-third of its wartime strength.
If it weren't for the fact that there are still aircraft carrier formations in service, the entire U.S. Navy would look like it has completely collapsed.
As for the super aircraft carrier construction plan, it was shelved and no one cared about it anymore.
The turning point of the incident came from the peninsula. This battle changed the embarrassing situation of the navy being isolated and targeted.
The plan to build a new aircraft carrier has also been put back on the agenda, but the Navy's focus is still on the modification plan for the 18 Essex-class ships that have returned to the battlefield.
The construction plan for the new large-scale aircraft carrier was ranked 23rd in the priority list of the new annual budget draft. Later, in the revised annual budget, which is this year’s annual budget, its priority was raised to 8th place.
Today, four years later, the new large-scale aircraft carrier production plan has finally been restarted, and the Navy has ushered in the victory it has long expected.
Although it was a self-entertaining victory, the days of giant ships and cannons were gone forever, but it was still a day worth celebrating.
Each of the four new large "national"-class aircraft carriers costs hundreds of millions of dollars to build, and the first ship will take about 26 months to build.
The subsequent three aircraft carriers will be put into production one every other year, and the time will be reduced accordingly, unless the Navy once again generously donates money and puts forward new requirements and technologies.
However, these four 'super' aircraft carriers alone are enough for L.C.A to be busy next. You must know that it is not already in production, it is relatively pure technology, but an innovation for aircraft carriers.
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