Chapter 1221 A Strange Accident

Dinner on the 26th. After sending Luo Su and the others back, Cha watched Zha Qi and the two Yang Xiaozhen leave. Fan Wubing also returned home.

It's now June, and my father's affairs have been sorted out. This time, he has retained his position as Executive Vice Prime Minister. There have not been any major changes in his work, but he has added some more responsibilities, and the organizational reform Things are progressing well, and finally no big trouble has occurred.

I heard from my father that the impact of this epidemic was very great, and the health system has completely changed its leadership. With Fan Wubing's guidance, several disciples of Mr. Fan Tianlan supported the Ministry of Health.

"My senior brothers are also academicians after all. With many years of management experience, they are hundreds of times better than the original bureaucrats of the Ministry of Health." Fan Wubing said.

"How is your mine in Africa going?" Fan Heng couldn't help but ask as he remembered this incident.

"It's not bad. After the separation technology has been proven by people here in China, some additions have been made. It should be effective. The next step is construction and production. Black people are easier to deal with." Fan Wubing replied.

In fact, Fan Wubing has not been idle in the past few months since he returned to China. The iron-mixed raw ore mine in Africa has always been a major event on his mind, but now it has become overwhelming. Once the end of the year Once put into production, the return on output should be very gratifying.

Domestic demand for gold metal is not very large, mainly in medical and aerospace technology. However, if it is applied to nuclear submarines in the near future, the demand will increase sharply, so Fan Wubing is very concerned about this aspect. We also hope that after it goes into production this year, we will have a relatively optimistic output.

The most proud thing is that after George W. Bush heard about this, while he was busy with the war in Iraq, he sent a special envoy to the country to contact Fan Wubing in order to verify whether it could be done in the near future. Ordering titanium metal from Fanshi Investment Group?

Regarding this point, Fan Wubing did not say anything to death. After all, domestic demand is limited, and it is impossible for him to control all the titanium metal supplied to the United States, rather than making it cheaper for others. It would be more cost-effective to sell some to them yourself.

The most important thing is that Fan Wubing knows very well that he is mining in Africa, and the domestic government is simply beyond its reach and unable to protect his industry if he continues to cause trouble with the Americans. It might have been wiped out by other people's armed forces that day, but it would be much more convenient if we used the Americans. If nothing else, hanging the American stars and stripes would be much more effective than the five-star red flag. .

This is not to say that Fan Wubing has no sense of nationality, but rather the influence of the domestic government on the outside world. It's really very limited. Even if they are willing to help after something happens, the most they can do is pay close attention, make a serious protest, or something like that.

It has no practical effect. But it's different when working with Americans, if something really happens on our side. As long as you make a phone call to George W. Bush, the Pentagon will be able to send fighter jets over immediately, and the special forces will be able to do so within twelve hours. This is because countries are strong and weak, and their confidence is different.

As a result, in the evening, Admiral Chen Guangyi visited.

Chen Guangyi naturally came to visit Fan Heng, but it was unlikely that he came to visit Fan Wubing. Although Fan's Investment Group also has cooperation projects with the Navy. But he wouldn't let an admiral condescend to come to him.

Chen Guangyi sat with Fan Heng for more than half an hour before saying goodbye and leaving.

After he left, Fan Wubing asked Fan Yu, "Why did he come to the door suddenly?"

"There is something going on within the navy, and the leader needs to be changed," Fan Heng replied.

The incident in the navy happened before May. Fan Wubing had also heard about it, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Only then did I remember this after listening to my father Fan Heng's words.

Some time ago. When everyone was going all out to fight against Canada, Xinhua News Agency once unexpectedly disclosed a surprising piece of news: a Chinese Navy submarine crashed in the East China Sea. All seventy officers and soldiers on board died.

This news affects the Chinese people who are already living in fear. It is undoubtedly adding insult to injury. However, China's official media has unprecedentedly reported on the naval submarine crash. It should be said that it is a great step forward for the Chinese press to be honest and independent, and it is gratifying.

In the more than 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, official media has never reported any similar incidents. This does not mean that submarines of the Chinese Navy have never had accidents. Or the Air Force aircraft have never had an accident involving a crash or fatality. Such accidents often occur even in the well-equipped U.S. military, and such incidents occur. Under the government's strict control over the media, reports have never been approved.

However, upon careful consideration, a problem emerged. This press release from Xinhua News Agency, including punctuation marks, has a total of one hundred and twenty-five. words, the average person who died was less than two words. Such vague reports were not voluntary by Xinhua News Agency and its bosses, but were forced by ignorant people to cover up the scandal, because the top management did not want to be exposed by the international media in a few days or dozens of days. A scandal that was covered up.

There are also many strange things about the news itself, which makes people feel a little suspicious.

First, the time of the accident. The original manuscript uses the recent date. What year, month and day does the recent date refer to? No one knows. It all depends on each person’s understanding of this close word. We often see the word "a little" used in Chinese recipes, but news reports are different from recipes. News is most concerned about the accuracy of time, place, people and events. How can we use the vague concept of recent days?

Secondly, who died? What are their last names? What were your hobbies during your lifetime? What provinces are they from? Where are their relatives? When were the family members notified? How did the accident happen? Do soldiers facing death have time to call for help? Have you ever attempted a rescue? When will rescuers and ships arrive? How long did the rescue and salvage take? Is there any trace of the survival of younger sisters? What about the escape equipment on the boat? Why do people know nothing about this?

Third, the number of people the submarine carries. The rated number of people on the Ming-class submarine that was involved in the accident was fifty-seven, but according to official reports, the death toll in the accident was seventy. Why were there thirteen more? For what reason did the thirteen extra people enter the submarine and be carried on board? Was the ship only loaded on the day of the accident, or was it always loaded during normal use?

Generally speaking, when a traffic accident occurs. If a person is injured or killed as a result of driving, the judicial authorities will be held legally responsible. So was the fatal accident on the submarine caused by the submarine? If so, who should bear administrative and legal responsibility? Several scapegoats have been removed from their positions. Where are the faults and scapegoats for this incident? Clearly thought-provoking.

Fourth, the age of the submarine. According to public information, the Chinese Navy has a total of 22 Ming-class submarines. The construction time was from around 1970 to 1979. That is to say. The age of this Ming-class submarine in service has exceeded twenty years, and is likely to be around thirty years.

Submarines are much more dangerous than surface ships, so they also require faster equipment updates and maintenance. Is it because China's military lacks military spending to serve such old submarines?

Obviously this cannot be the reason. In the past few years, domestic military expenditure has increased every year, reaching about 60 billion US dollars. In recent years, when the job market has tightened across the country and the number of unemployed and laid-off people has increased sharply, active military personnel even have better benefits than civil servants. Look at the Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and other luxury cars with military license plates running on the streets. People How could one have thought that Navy sailors would be put into an old, self-made submarine that was nearly thirty years old?

As for the cause of the accident. Reports only said it was a mechanical failure. It was not mentioned whether the submarine crashed underwater or on the surface. Generally speaking. A submarine accident that kills all crew members is more likely to happen underwater. if it is like this. There will be a large-scale search and rescue operation. Only then can the submarine be towed back to port as the report said. However, the report did not seem to mention that the navy had conducted a large-scale search and rescue operation, compared to China's large-scale search and rescue operation for Wang Wei, a naval aviation officer who bravely collided with a US reconnaissance aircraft two years ago. These seventy people died so quietly.

If the crash site is on the water, then the machine failure, such as engine shutdown or propeller stalling, will hardly lead to the death of all crew members, and battery fluid may leak. This causes toxic gases to enter the cabin and suffocate the crew. If this is the case, it has a lot to do with the age of the submarine.

In addition, it is also possible that the torpedo carried by the submarine exploded, which is very similar to the Kursk accident in Russia three years ago. However, after the accident on the Kursk, most of the crew members survived for a long time and knocked on the bulkhead to send a distress signal outside the cabin. If the Russian government and military had not attempted to cover up the truth of the accident and failed to take timely rescue measures, all 118 officers and soldiers on the boat would not have died.

All in all, what happened this time was very bizarre, and Fan Wubing intuitively felt that there was some inside story involved.

"The military's report on the specific situation has not been released yet," Fan Heng said to his son Fan Wubing. "In any case, the leadership of the Navy must be held accountable, otherwise Chen Guangyi would not be able to do this. The time has come."

Fan Wubing nodded, deeply convinced. Everyone is motivated and wants to make progress. The leaders always need to know, and the same goes for the military.

If you hold back and don't say anything, how can your boss know that you want progress?