Chapter 1180 Such a Prospect

Fan Wubing did not set up the actual situation with his sister Lin. Putin had indeed made great efforts to gain understanding from China and obtain financial support from Fan Wubing.

Although the cooperation on the surface cannot be too outrageous, the private technology transfer is the highlight. There are more than 200 technical materials that are of great interest to the country, covering sensitive technical materials in multiple industries. Through Fan Wu The sick hands were gathered together.

Therefore, after Fan Wubing returned from the private plane, the first thing he did was to go back home and make a backup copy of the information. Then he called his father Fan Heng and asked him to say hello to Boss Zhu and the others. But the matter has been settled, and now I have some good things to give them as New Year gifts.

Since even Fan Wubing said it was a good thing. The senior officials were naturally members of the Heart Leadership Council, so they sent a platoon of guards to receive the information. However, they did not expect that what Fan Wubing brought back this time was a pile of CDs filled with information. There were hundreds of them in total. The guards carefully put away these treasures, then called a high-end bulletproof car to come over, packed the items and moved them up, and then left.

After Fan Wubing came back, he asked Fan Wubing curiously, "What exactly did you bring back that made a bunch of experts grin with joy?"

"We have everything, mainly sensitive technical information. Although it may not be top-notch, having this technical information is very helpful for us to understand the Russian military industry," Fan Wubing replied.

Fan Heng nodded immediately after hearing this. No wonder everyone was so excited. It turned out that he really tickled their itch.

China is the only major country without aircraft carriers, and China cannot live without aircraft carriers forever.

An aircraft carrier is a large surface ship with carrier-based aircraft as its main combat weapon. It provides take-off and landing for military aircraft. It is also called an aircraft carrier or an aircraft carrier. The former Soviet Union used to call it an aircraft-carrying cruiser.

An aircraft carrier is not only a seaport, but also a mobile logistics support base on the sea. It has three major capabilities: carrying capacity, ocean-going capability, and battlefield support capability. The aircraft carrier is considered a must-have equipment for a major military power. It is also the largest ship type and the most powerful ship type among modern naval surface combat ships. It is known as the giant on the sea.

From a combat perspective, the most ideal way for an aircraft carrier to fight is to use carrier-based combat aircraft to eliminate the enemy in sea or airspace hundreds of kilometers away from the aircraft carrier. Since the advent of the aircraft carrier, it has developed into a multi-spherical offensive and defensive system that combines ships and aircraft, is capable of both offense and defense, is maneuverable and flexible, is strong and difficult to damage, and is high-tech intensive.

An aircraft carrier does not act alone. It is coordinated by other ships and is collectively called an aircraft carrier fleet. Also called an aircraft carrier battle group. Cooperating ships include cruisers, destroyers, frigates, etc., mainly providing protection for aircraft carriers. In addition, in the fleet,

It also cooperates with submarines for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare. The above-mentioned ships also carry offensive weapons themselves, such as cruise missiles. An aircraft carrier is the core ship of an aircraft carrier fleet, and sometimes serves as the flagship of an aircraft carrier fleet.

At present, the countries with aircraft carriers in the world include the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, India, Qin, etc. Among them, the United States is the country with the largest number of aircraft carriers. For many years, owning an aircraft carrier has not only been a symbol of a country's maritime military strength, but also a need to safeguard national maritime and air interests.

In the second year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, U.S. aircraft carriers patrolled the Taiwan Strait. Due to limitations in strength, China formulated an active defense military strategy and an offshore defense strategy based on this strategy, which made the Chinese Navy Pay more attention to the development of offshore combat ships.

However, this does not mean that China does not want to develop and possess aircraft carriers. The Navy began to demonstrate the construction of aircraft carriers as early as 1970.

In October 1973, when talking about sovereignty with foreign guests, the Prime Minister said that our Nansha and Xisha are occupied by South Vietnam and there are no aircraft carriers. We cannot let the Chinese navy fight with bayonets. I have been engaged in military and political affairs all my life, and to this day I won’t be reconciled if I don’t see China’s aircraft carrier. I can’t see the aircraft carrier.

Over the years, building and owning its own aircraft carrier has become the dream and pursuit of many Chinese people.

In fact, the leaders of the Central Military Commission are paying attention to the construction and development of aircraft carriers. Relevant leaders have repeatedly requested that for the exhibition of aircraft carriers, pre-research expenses, development expenses, and equipment expenses should be combined and determined, emphasizing that they should be combined with the established ship plans. Ships, aircraft, weapons, and electronic equipment are displayed and combined. Instead of arranging them all specifically in large aircraft carrier projects, this will prevent the project from being too large and making it difficult for superior leaders to understand it in detail and make scientific decisions.

The Military Commission approved that the navy and related industrial departments have visited France, the United States, Russia, Ukraine and other countries to study and display experience and education on aircraft carriers. The relevant national defense industry departments have also hired aircraft carrier design experts from Russia and other countries to China to introduce the construction of aircraft carriers. experience and communicate with relevant Chinese experts and scholars.

So far, Sichuan has introduced some design and technical data and carried out clarification on the key supporting equipment of the aircraft carrier, and has made significant progress. The General Staff and The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has also conducted careful analysis, demonstration and evaluation on inspections, introductions, pre-research and other work on many occasions.

Especially in the late 1990s and especially after entering the new century, with the continuous improvement of China's comprehensive national strength, people have become increasingly aware of the importance and necessity of aircraft carrier development.

Undoubtedly, owning an aircraft carrier is the best embodiment of a country's naval power, but there is no clear conclusion on what kind of aircraft carrier to build. Whether to build a light aircraft carrier like the Thai Navy or to directly modify a medium-sized aircraft carrier used by other countries like the Indian Navy, it is difficult to decide for the time being. In fact, there are still technical obstacles.

The US aircraft carrier formation is divided into task forces and task fleets. The role of the task force is to be used for low-threat area alert and display of strength. This kind of formation is also called a single aircraft carrier formation, and the task fleet is also called a double aircraft carrier formation. It is mainly used to implement deterrence in medium-threat areas, stop crises, and participate in medium-to-low-intensity local wars. A formation consisting of three aircraft carriers is used to participate in medium-to-high-intensity local wars or large-scale conventional wars.

For example, in the Gulf War in 1991. The US single aircraft carrier formation is composed of eight to ten frigates, including one or two oil supply ships, munitions ships or combat personnel ships and supply ships. Auxiliary ships such as supply ships. During the second attack on Iraq, the United States dispatched four aircraft carrier battle groups, including the Constellation, Truman, Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc. The US aircraft carrier battle groups include cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and two nuclear attack submarines.

The Russian Navy is a task force composed of Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers as the core, which is mainly used for anti-submarine, air defense and anti-ship operations. When anti-submarine, the aircraft carrier formation is generally equipped with three cruisers and two frigates. When performing anti-air and anti-ship operations, it is generally equipped with three cruisers. Three destroyers and one frigate.

The Chinese Navy has been hovering in the yellow water area. Why can't it expand? It's because there is no strong aircraft carrier formation, and the Japanese Navy Self-Defense Force has more than twice the number of our naval ships. Among the main battleships with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, we build ten ships and Japan builds twenty ships. We will never catch up with Japan.

Apart from anything else, even Taiwan has more than 500 ships, including more than 40 large and medium-sized ships, with a total tonnage of about 240,000 tons. It ranks among the top 15 navies in the world, with more than 130 main warships, including four conventional submarines, two destroyers, and 21 frigates. There are 55 missile boats, 12 minesweepers and 21 amphibious combat ships, and nearly 460 other ships, including nearly 1,000 escort ships, submarines, patrol boats, landing ships, other combat boats and auxiliary ships.

Obviously, in contrast, the development of a strong naval force is imminent, and the construction of a strong aircraft carrier formation is also a top priority. However, if an aircraft carrier formation has only destroyers and frigates without cruisers, it cannot escort large aircraft carriers without the superior sea and air combat capabilities of cruisers. Aircraft carriers themselves are also very limited in preventing air and underwater threats.

Therefore, although the navy is anxious, there is no way to maintain it. After all, if all these problems are to be realized, it requires not only money, but also technology and craftsmanship that can meet the conditions.

However, it is worth being happy that just before the New Year, Panshi Heavy Industry under Fan Investment Group received good news. The company successfully developed two models of high-power medium-high diesel engine crankshaft assemblies, allowing the domestic medium-high engine crankshaft production capacity to reach the international advanced level, so that it is possible to equip domestic aircraft carriers with four self-made high-power engines, and the launch of aircraft carriers becomes possible.

So taking this opportunity, the country has accelerated the development and pace of aircraft carriers and cruisers. In preparation for the construction of the first large aircraft carrier formation, if such a large aircraft carrier formation can be equipped, Zhongzai's blue water navy will no longer be a dream.

It is also at this juncture that Fan Wubing got these materials on aircraft carrier manufacturing technology, as well as some other materials. It seems even more important.

It can be imagined that after domestic enterprises have digested this part of the information together, Fan Investment Group will also successfully build a deep-water wharf along the coast. The large dock in cooperation with the old Jiangnan Shipyard will also be put into use. By that time, the high-performance alloy steel and related materials provided by Southeast Heavy Industry will definitely be able to support the construction of an aircraft carrier fleet.

In less than ten years, we can see our own aircraft carrier fleet.

Such a beautiful prospect is right in front of us, even Fan Wubing can't help but feel very relieved.