Chapter 753 Aircraft Carrier Expert

Almost at the same time when Chang Haonan officially took up the post of chief planner,

Northern shore of the Black Sea, Nikolayev.

Wu Yifan, who had taken off his Buryat costume, was sitting in an inconspicuous Peugeot 605 sedan, looking at the shore scenery that kept passing by the window.

"Fuck, it's still comfortable to stay in this peaceful place..."

He opened the car window a crack and felt the breeze blowing on his face.

Since arriving in the Balkans as a construction contractor in late April, he has been living a restless life-

Although the Allied Operation has ended anticlimactically, the complex ethnic conflicts in the Balkans will not disappear because of this.

What's more, among the so-called "peacekeeping" forces, there are probably only two or three countries that do not have the idea of ​​taking sides, so the Pristina area, which should have been set up as a demilitarized zone, has only maintained peace for less than two weeks, and then it was quickly filled with various "homemade" weapons of unknown origin.

Even Lao Wu himself was required to carry a batch of disassembled assault rifles in the convoy transporting construction materials.

Since the beginning of May, the two nations, who have been deeply hostile to each other, have continued to exchange opinions fiercely on the streets, and even affected the camp under construction.

It was not until a few days ago that he flew back to Odessa with an An-26 transport plane, and then rushed to Nikolayev by land almost non-stop.

In contrast, although the society was in chaos and economic development was stagnant, Ermao's side was at least calm.

"Brother Wu, don't we have to pretend to be Buryats this time?"

Yan Yong, who was driving, slightly turned down the volume of the car CD and asked.

After staying in the Balkans for more than two months, he suddenly returned to his original refreshing outfit, which even made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"No need."

Old Wu rolled up the car window to reduce the amount of wind coming in from outside, and then answered:

"This time I'm going to meet some old friends who know each other well, and the identity of the Buryat has been used too frequently recently. In the future, in addition to contacting the Balkans, I have to try to change to other identities."

"Change your identity again?"

Yan Yong looked at Wu Yifan next to him with some doubt.

In fact, he still doesn't know what the latter did in the Balkans, but as a person with normal IQ, it is not difficult to speculate from some details:

"Boss, you won't..."

Yan Yong's slightly hesitant tone made Wu Yifan's heart hang directly.

Fortunately, Yan Yong's next guess was completely free of himself:

"You didn't really smuggle gold there?"

"Ah?"

Wu Yifan himself was confused.

"I have nothing to do there during this period, so I asked around and heard that before the war broke out at the beginning of the year, a batch of gold was smuggled to other countries and stored..." Yan Yong explained. "What are you thinking..." Old Wu couldn't help laughing while he breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's not talk about whether this is true or not. Even if it is, it's gold. They can't ask me, an outsider who has never been to the Balkans, to do it. They don't have any handle on me. Aren't they afraid that they will embezzle it?" After hearing what he said, Yan Yong also felt that his guess was a bit outrageous and shook his head in self-mockery. Of course, he couldn't have imagined that the actual situation was actually much more outrageous-the key technical equipment for shooting down the stealth bomber was sent out through their hands. "I'll see if I can get two Tajik or Uzbek passports in a while." Relieved Old Wu rolled down the window again. By 1999, although the major countries of Russia, Russia, and Russia could not completely get rid of the chaos caused by the disintegration of the alliance, they had restored some order compared with previous years.

At least it was very difficult to create a person as in the past.

But the situation in Central Asia was still similar to that in previous years, and there was a lot of room for operation.

As they talked, the car had already arrived in front of a magnificent gate.

Black Sea Shipyard.

Even before entering the factory, the two could vaguely see the towering ship crane in the distance through the car window.

It is not difficult to imagine that a decade ago, there was a scene of busy construction here.

However, now it is deserted.

Even on the cement road at the gate, there were several obvious cracks, and a few weeds poked their heads out of it, swaying firmly in the wind.

A sentry with a gun came over, but he was obviously not vigilant and did not even hold the gun in his hand.

Wu Yifan handed over the pass he had prepared long ago, and was soon released smoothly.

They had come here last year, intending to try to buy the half-finished aircraft carrier, but in the end they found that they were fighting against their own family, and there was not enough time to prepare the materials, so they had to give up.

But they came here for another purpose this time.

After entering the gate, Old Wu took out his mobile phone and quickly made a call.

"Let's go, go directly to the outfitting dock."

After the call ended, he said to Yan Yong next to him.

The Nikolayev Shipyard is very large, and its area is almost equivalent to a common small town in Eastern Europe. Therefore, the two of them wandered around and spent more than ten minutes to finally find the place Wu Yifan said.

A gray-haired old man in a suit was standing on a high platform, looking at several semi-finished ships moored on the shore in the distance.

The most conspicuous one among them is naturally the Varyag.

Because it has been soaked in sea water for nearly ten years, the surface of the hull has obviously been covered with a layer of rust.

Of course, for a giant ship of more than 60,000 tons, this will not affect the hull itself, as long as the rust is removed later.

However, the mottled appearance reflected by the sea water seems to be reflecting the end of that superpower.

"Valery Vasilyevich, it's nice to see you again."

Old Wu pushed the door open from the co-pilot seat and strode behind the man.

Valery Vasilyevich Babich, a senior engineer at the Black Sea Shipyard, participated in the research and development and construction of all two Type 1123 and seven Type 1143 aircraft carriers during the Soviet period, and was also the project leader of the three aircraft carriers 1143.5, 1143.6 and 1143.7.

The two had met when Old Wu first came to Ermao, and after he officially received the "Friendship Plan" from Chang Haonan, the first person he thought of was this senior aircraft carrier designer.

"Hello, Wu."

Babich walked up and shook hands with him:

"Are you here to receive this aircraft carrier too?"

Babich looked back at the Varyag in the distance, his eyes full of complex expressions.

For him, the last three Type 1143 aircraft carriers are like his own children.

But 1143.5 was basically completed when it was dismantled and was eventually sent to Russia, while 1143.7 was only about 30% completed and could not even get off the No. 0 slipway. It was finally dismantled by the West with a little trick.

Only the last 1143.6 remained on the Black Sea coast, and it stayed there for 8 years.

During the period when the Union just disintegrated, Babich also ran around and thought about completing the ship.

But as Director Makarov said, he soon realized that after losing the entire Union's industrial system, this was completely impossible.

Therefore, seeing that the ship was now about to be taken away by the Chinese, he was reluctant but also somewhat relieved.

Although the buyer said that he was going to build an amusement park on the sea, this was obviously a very careless excuse.

After buying it back, it is likely to continue to be built.

Besides, even if it is really used as a sea amusement park, it is better than the Ulyanovsk being dismantled in the end.

"No, the person who bought this aircraft carrier has nothing to do with me."

Wu Yifan shook his head:

"I came here to take away something more valuable."

"Something more valuable?"

Babic looked at Old Wu, who was a head shorter than him, with some curiosity:

"Are you referring to the cruiser? Or the two hovercrafts?"

The cruiser he was talking about was the fourth ship of the 1164-type cruiser, which had completed 96% of the overall project. Compared with the Varyag, which needed to go back for construction, that ship could even be repaired locally and barely sailed away.

As for the hovercraft, it was naturally the two European Bison-class large hovercrafts that had also been completed 90%, and the Greek Navy was currently interested in purchasing them.

But after asking, he denied it himself without waiting for the latter to answer:

"No, they can't be more valuable than the Varyag..."

Wu Yifan also smiled after hearing this:

"Of course I'm not talking about those old ships."

In fact, he did ask through Chang Haonan before whether the higher-ups were interested in the other unfinished ships of the Black Sea Shipyard.

But in the end, he got a negative answer.

In terms of combat capability, China has ordered four Type 956 destroyers, of which the first two have been completed and will soon be returned to China for commissioning. It is not in a hurry to spend a high price to buy another main battleship that has stronger combat capability but no generation gap in technology.

As for large hovercraft, there is indeed a demand in China, but at the moment when sea control cannot be guaranteed, it is obviously not a top priority, and there is no need to compete with the Greeks.

Babic did not reply, but just looked at Wu Yifan, waiting for his next answer.

"Valery Vasilyevich."

After a short pause, Wu Yifan continued in a slightly bewitching tone;

"If I say that I have an opportunity for you to complete the aircraft carrier yourself... are you interested?"