Early the next morning, Ye Kai went to the General Staff Military Information Department to meet Uncle Li. e^

This was ordered by the second old man, mainly because he did not have enough security.

It is said that there are many bodyguards around him, from Li Da to Li Wu, and later Feng Tianyi and others, these are actually his bodyguards. However, for various reasons, Li Da, Li San and Li Si were in charge.

In the capital, Li Er and Feng Tianyi stayed in the Shengwang New District to help him watch the scene, and Li Wu followed Zhong Li Yu to protect her safety.

As a result, there was no one around Ye Kai, so the second old man asked him to find Uncle Li.

However, after seeing Uncle Li, Ye Kai himself felt a little embarrassed.

It seems that the Military Intelligence Department has become his bodyguard department. He came one after another and almost emptied Uncle Li's family. Fortunately, Uncle Li has a good temper and has not been concerned about this with him.

After seeing Ye Kai, Uncle Li sighed, "The staff I prepared for you were enough, but you just ran around and couldn't stay in the capital, but there was a mess left. Someone had to help you guard it.

Just a few days after going to Jiangzhong, he opened such a big stall. My agents have become your helper, but you ran to Russia again. By the way, Zhang San and Li Si are still in Russia, and I don’t know

how's it going?"

Ye Kai sat in the sofa opposite Uncle Li, swaying Erlangtui, and said with a smile, "Uncle Li, you are a bit unkind, what do they do, as long as you want to know, can

Don't know?"

He said this. As the head of the Military Intelligence Department, Uncle Li has great authority. The general may not be able to fully control him. Therefore, Uncle Li's eyes and ears are all over the world, and there are some turbulences. First of all, I know

It was him, and then the other big guys.

As long as the information on military intelligence is taken, it cannot be separated from Uncle Li's control.

So Ye Kai said that Uncle Li was not kind and deliberately pretended to be pitiful.

"I heard from the old man that you went to Russia this time and got back a dozen nuclear submarines?" Uncle Li quickly led the topic here.

"Well, that's the case. The main reason is that the shells of those nuclear submarines are all made of titanium alloy. Recycling scrap iron is also a lot of money, and you can make a profit." Ye Kai's answer was untrue.

"Breaking nonsense, I heard that you still have plans to buy an aircraft carrier. First launch." Uncle Li immediately exposed Ye Kai's lies.

"Hehe. Just think about it that way. In fact, buying an aircraft carrier is not just about hua money, there are still many problems that need to be solved, and there is no chance for the time being." Ye Kai smiled.

He naturally didn't need to hide anything from Uncle Li, but this matter was not suitable to be too hasty. He would wait until the other party was crazy and would do this. It was too early now.

"Which aircraft carrier do you like?" Uncle Li asked.

"Of course it is the newly built ship, the Varyag." Ye Kai replied honestly.

"Oh, that's pretty good." Uncle Li nodded.

The Varyag was the most powerful aircraft carrier ever built by the Soviet Union. However, the Soviets called them aircraft carriers, but they were called carrier cruisers.

In fact, when Ye Kai visited the Soviet Union with Ye Ziping last year, the main structure of the Varyag had been basically completed, and more than 60% of the hull had been installed. At that time, the main work was carried out in the later stage equipment installation.

, such as cable laying, weapon system assembly, etc.

And according to current information feedback, the Varyag can now be launched and sailed. In the past few months, the Varyag has completed two sea trials, and the results are both very good.

"If you want me to say, your time to take action is ripe now." Uncle Li said to Ye Kai.

"What suggestions do you have?" Ye Kai asked back.

"According to my intelligence, Ukraine is having a very unhappy relationship with Russia now. Due to financial reasons, Russia must have refused to pay the aircraft carrier. It is parked in the dock and occupies the manufacturing of Ukrainian civilian ships.

Resources, so Ukraine already has plans to dismantle it, but the staff of the shipyard firmly oppose it and think that doing so is too wasteful." Uncle Li explained, "So, Ukraine is also very scratching its head now, always thinking about it.

I need to find a way to solve this problem.”

"So that's how it is..." After hearing this, Ye Kai immediately fell into deep thought.

The Soviet Navy began to build the first generation of the Moscow class cruiser (helicopter carrier) since 1962, and after the second generation of the Kiev medium-carrier cruiser (medium aircraft carrier) in 1970, it began to build again in 1982.

The third generation is now the Russian heavy-duty cruiser "Kuznetsov").

In early 1983, Marshal Gorshkov, then commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy, proposed the idea of ​​building a second aircraft cruiser, which was supported by Uskinov, then Soviet Defense Minister.

In December 1985, the Riga "" officially started construction at the Black Sea Shipyard.

In view of the construction and testing experience of the Kuznetsov, after complex calculations, the ski jump deck was improved from the 12-degree "Kuznetsov" to the Type 1 aircraft cruiser launched on November 25, 1988.

At this time, the main structure of the hull has been completed.

According to the initial plan of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, the "Riga" should have been a 2-type ship, but the Soviet Navy believed that the carrier-based electronic equipment had already developed new developments at this time and the original design should be improved.

In June 1986, the .-type improvement plan was approved, with the main content being to improve the radar system: replace the "Mars-Trade Wind" phased array of the "Kuznetsov" with the latest "Furum" air alert radar.

Radar, and at the same time, the model has also made significant improvements to other electronic devices, and compared with the model, the total improvements exceed 150.

However, the construction delayed by 9 months compared to the scheduled construction period because of the renewal plan. In July 1990, the "Riga" was officially renamed the "Varyag".

Logically speaking, the Varyag should have been completed and put into service long ago. Unfortunately, the Soviet economy was in trouble, especially after the outbreak of the Gulf War, oil prices plummeted, which caused a fatal blow to Soviet oil exports, and the entire Soviet Union's foreign policy.

Trade has fallen into a state of inordinate poverty, and funds are exhausted and cannot continue to invest.

For these reasons, the contractor of the Varyag, Ukraine's Black Sea shipyard, could only put the ship there first and maintain the operation of the shipyard by taking on the construction tasks of some large civilian ships.

"When I passed last year, the Ukrainians said they had financial difficulties. I didn't expect that during this year, they could continue to invest in building aircraft carriers. It was really rare." Ye Kai said.

"I can't support it now." Uncle Li said to Ye Kai, "not only the one under construction can't support it, but also the two ships in service in Russia are also very problematic. Kiev has retired.

It is planned that the Minsk is no longer in use, and it is okay to use it. Only Ukraine can overhaul, but the overhaul cost is something the Russian Navy cannot afford."

"That's how..." After Ye Kai heard what Uncle Li said, his mind suddenly began to turn.

In fact, he paid more attention to the Varyag because the aircraft carrier was towed back and officially served in the Republic Navy. As for the aircraft carriers, the attention to the Kiev and Minsk aircraft carriers was much smaller, just

I think there are two aircraft carrier theme parks or something.

For this reason, he did not carefully understand the situation of the Kiev and Minsk aircraft carriers, which can be said to be an omission.

At this time, Uncle Li mentioned this matter and asked Ye Kai to carefully calculate the matter from beginning to end.

The Kiev was the first ship of the former Soviet Union's "Kiev" class aircraft carrier. It was built in 1970 and completed and put into service in 1975. It is the flagship of the former Soviet Union's Northern Fleet and was once a symbol of the former Soviet Navy.

The USS Minsk aircraft carrier was the second of the former Soviet Union's "Kiev-class aircraft carrier. It entered service in 1978 and was transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1979.

At that time, the Minsk was quite glorious. Its arrival ended the former Soviet Union's history of not having large capital ships in the Far East. In particular, the Minsk's home port was located in Vladivostok, which was only more than 200 nautical miles away from Japan. In the 1980s during the Cold War, Japan was facing the

The Minsk is like a ray of light on its back.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Minsk had no logistics support base because Ukraine, which produced it, had its own independence, and the aircraft carrier was in the hands of Russia. It was OK to repair it, but it was worth the US dollar. The Russian Navy, which was also unable to extricate the blame, had to let it fend for itself.

"Since the Koreans are very interested in the Minsk, there should be an American behind this." Uncle Li said to Ye Kai, "It is said that the South Korean Ministry of Defense men and US intelligence officials are very curious about the design ideas of the Minsk.

, I have considered buying it back and studying it."

After hearing this, Ye Kai smiled and said, "What is Goryeo Bangzi's idea? You can see it at a glance, but we also have such considerations, so it's not easy to laugh at others, otherwise it would be fifty steps to laugh a hundred steps."

Having said that, this incident also attracted Ye Kai's attention. He began to consider the possibility of taking down these three aircraft carriers at the same time. However, if this happens, it will be very ordinary for his own funding test.

big.

Although the cost of buying an aircraft carrier directly is not very high, it can be handled within tens of millions of dollars, and even supplies can be exchanged for no penny, the subsequent problems will be more troublesome.
Chapter completed!