Chapter 275 Repair and Build the Shipyard

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Cai Ruichen, who was the hands-off shopkeeper, handed over all the work of the orphanage to the people below. But it doesn't mean that after he returns to Marin Town, he can really raise his legs and enjoy life.

The matter of the orphanage may be regarded as a part of the future talent strategy, and he is destined to not be able to inject too much energy into it.

After returning to Marin Town, he just promised to spare one morning every week to give lectures at the orphanage.

Then he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the future development of the base.

This trip to Baghdad not only successfully obtained Samarra from the Iraqi government.

It also paved the way for shipyard construction work.

The third technology expansion station has been built, and this time the technology expansion station was naturally sent to Basra in southern Iraq.

The port of Basra, the only large port in Iraq, has a deep-water channel directly connected to the Persian Gulf.

The former port of Basra could have docked four 100,000-ton oil tankers at one time. Even now, there is still a berth for one 100,000-ton oil tanker.

This represents the best evidence of what was once Iraq's massive oil exports, only now the port of Basra is operating at an almost minimum efficiency.

Iraq's oil exports are all shipped from Kuwait's ports.

Forty percent of the world's crude oil is shipped from the Persian Gulf to the world, including Iraqi oil.

The role of Basra Port has never been restored, and it will take a lot of money to restore it.

The Iraqi government has always been able to ensure that the port can barely maintain it.

The Iraqi navy is also stationed in the port of Basra.

As the second largest city in Iraq, and it has been relatively stable over the years, the prosperity of Basra is no less than that of Baghdad.

And Basra also has Iraq's second international airport that is still functioning. Not even flights to Israel. There are two flights a week that stop at Basra's international airport.

There is also the Iraqi government's own shipyard in Basra,

It's just that after being bombed by the United States, only some small ships can be built now, and fishing boats with a maximum tonnage of hundreds of tons can be built.

It is simply impossible to build a thousand-ton ocean-going vessel. Coupled with the severe economic situation in Iraq, there are only shipyards. Almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

Cai Ruichen chose Basra instead of Umm Qasr, the southernmost city closer to the Persian Gulf, because of the city of Basra.

If it is to build a military port. Even if the aircraft carrier is docked in the future, no matter the depth of the waterway. Whether it is the size of the bay, you must choose Umm Qasr.

In particular, Umm Qasr also has a huge concave U-shaped inland bay, which is also an excellent deep-water port.

The width and depth of the bay. As well as the good windproof and waveproof effects it has, they are the most perfect.

But this place has one very important downside. That is, it is too close to Kuwait, only a few kilometers away from the border between the two countries.

And the waterways in and out of the Persian Gulf. The other half belongs to Kuwait's territorial waters.

Of course, half of Basra's waterway entering and leaving the Persian Gulf, near the Persian Gulf, also belongs to Iran's territorial waters.

In the future, if the Red Police Navy develops on a large scale, no matter how dangerous Umm Qasr seems to be.

It can only choose there, otherwise it would be too troublesome for a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier to enter and leave Basra.

In Umm Qasr, except for the need for tugboats when turning around and berthing, the remaining aircraft carriers can enter and exit the port to the Persian Gulf by themselves.

Furthermore, Basra does not have a large enough military port to dock an aircraft carrier. After all, when an aircraft carrier docks, it is not just a single aircraft carrier, but also other supporting ships.

But Basra is the best shipbuilding industrial base, because it penetrates deep into the territory of Iraq.

It is used to arrange ground defense forces and security equipment, which is very conducive to the confidentiality and safety of the shipyard.

If it weren't for the fact that the largest port is in Basra, Cai Ruichen also planned to put the future naval base in Basra.

After all, there is already a naval base built by Iraq in Basra.

Considering the size of the Red Police Navy in the future, if it is only an aircraft carrier of 60,000 to 70,000 tons, then Basra will be very suitable.

Therefore, Cai Ruichen did not completely cancel the plan to build a large naval base in Basra in the future.

We can only watch while developing, after all, no one knows what will happen in the future.

But at present, the only place in Iraq suitable for building a shipyard is Basra.

I am afraid that there is no place in the entire Middle East that is more suitable as a super-large shipbuilding base than Basra.

It was originally a deep-water port, with a good land environment, convenient transportation, and cheap land-based defenses far away from the coastal line.

And even if a 300,000-ton supertanker is built, it can be launched smoothly.

With an area of ​​30 square kilometers, if it is used as a large-scale shipbuilding base for the Red Police in the future, the area is definitely not enough.

After all, even with a depth of three kilometers, it would only be ten kilometers in length, and the bay was not in a straight line, so other building units had to be considered. And the role of the technology expansion station is circular.

The places that can really be used to build shipyards are actually only a part of the place.

But in recent years, such a place is completely enough. When it is necessary to expand the size of the shipyard, I am afraid that the whole of Iraq is already in Cai Ruichen's pocket.

The technology expansion station has been launched in Basra, and Cai Ruichen can't wait to build the first shipyard at the base.

The shipyard at the base is actually just a dry dock. The dock is 200 meters wide and 500 meters long. The large dry dock is 100 meters high and is a fully enclosed structure.

The construction time was one week, and the construction price adhered to the consistent style of the base. All the construction units of the original Red Police were all at the original price. So you only need a thousand funds.

Different from other types of weapons and equipment, each dry dock in a shipyard is equivalent to a production list. As many docks as there are, you can build as many ships at the same time.

For a week, if others can't see what's inside, but just think that a big shell is built first, it's not too shocking.

Therefore, Cai Ruichen is also very relieved to build the shipyard directly.

However, in order to avoid the curiosity of some people, the protection force had already gone to Basra with the technology expansion station, and first designated a part of no-man's land as a restricted area.

After the surrounding situation has migrated away, the scope will be further expanded. (To be continued.) Enable new URL