Although people outside don’t know about Ye Kai’s rank of major general, people with great hands and eyes have basically received this news.

Although he was surprised by the decision of the Military Commission and believed that Ye Kai was just a 19-year-old young man who received this honor was really absent from the regulations on the appointment of leading cadres and ignored the rules and regulations of the army, but this matter was passed by the Military Commission. Comrade Gu Jianrong read it and Comrade Jiang Cheng was awarded the title, so he was indeed not allowed to be questioned casually.

There must be an explanation here that the Military Commission awards ranks, and it is a separate secret. Otherwise, how could we convince so many members of the Central Standing Committee and members of the Central Political Bureau?

This can be said that Ye Kai must have done something earth-shaking, so he was awarded this title.

"What did the Ye family boy do to be awarded the title of Major General?" The person who asked this question was Chen Zhaowu, the old rival of the old Ye family.

The person he asked about was General Liu Bingzheng, the capable general of the Chen family, deputy head of the Military Commission and head of the Military Commission.

"It's because of the nuclear submarine." Liu Bingzheng said, "I don't know what luck this kid has gone. He actually bought twelve titanium alloy nuclear submarines from Russia in one go. And it seems that he is interested in purchasing an aircraft carrier from Russia. The Military Commission awarded the title, probably because of this matter. There is a saying that Ye Kai can act in the military."

After hearing this, Chen Zhaowu nodded and said, "Oh, the old Ye family has produced many talents. We must admit that this kid is indeed capable. Apart from him, who has the ability to get so many nuclear submarines back from Russia?"

Liu Bingzheng had to nod and admitted, "It's really difficult. Some things are more than sold as scrap iron than to others. I heard that for this matter, Ye Kai ran to Russia several times for bribes just by giving them out, so there were tens of millions of dollars."

"That's worth it," said Chen Zhaowu. "You know the naval situation of our country. Although nuclear submarines have been created, there is still a lot of room for upgrading in terms of technology. If we can refer to the Soviet Union's technical model, it will be very beneficial for us."

"It's true." Liu Bingzheng nodded and said, "This kid did something good."

But no matter how you say that, although Chen Zhaowu has gone down, he is still very concerned about some political affairs.

The second generation of the Chen family was completely hopeless, but the influence of the Chen family still exists and still has a strong local influence, which is enough to influence the political tendencies of a large number of intermediate officials.

"What do you think about purchasing a retired aircraft carrier?" Chen Zhaowu suddenly asked Liu Bingzheng.

"This doesn't seem to be a bad thing." Liu Bingzheng hesitated for a moment before answering.

Regarding the problem of dealing with retired aircraft carriers abroad, basically every international community is similar. Some are converted into aircraft carrier museums. Some are sunk as target ships, some are sold, and some are dismantled and sold scrap iron as aircraft carrier parks.

The traditional practice of the US military for retired warships is to seal them up. Because these ships are in good condition and need to be maintained regularly, once a war breaks out, they can be quickly replenished into the fleet, which is an important strategic resource. Although these retired warships are not within the formal organization, they are extremely large in number, so they have won the nicknames such as "Ghost Fleet" and "Shadow Fleet".

After World War I, countries cut down their arms. The United States also faced the problem of a large number of newly-served warships that had to be retired and demolished, which was obviously not in the interests of the military.

To this end, Ernest King, who was then assistant chief of staff of the Atlantic Fleet, proposed a method to dismantle some key components of the retired warship and seal it in several ports.

These warships are usually managed by reserve personnel and can return to the battlefield at any time if necessary.

The U.S. Congress finally passed a bill in 1925 to establish a defense reserve fleet to implement this system. Currently, the "Ghost Fleet" mainly anchors Port Benesey, California, Eusdisburg, Philadelphia, Virginia, and Bomengt, Texas.

When World War II first broke out, German submarines were rampant in the Atlantic Ocean and sank British merchant ships in large numbers. This was almost a fatal blow to Britain, which relied heavily on external supplies. However, Britain had no extra ships to escort merchant ships at this time. Prime Minister Churchill, who served as Minister of the Navy, so he asked US President Roosevelt for help.

Considering that the United States still pursued a neutral policy at that time, and both the domestic people and Congress opposed intervening in the war between Britain and Germany, Roosevelt had the idea of ​​sealing the warships.

In the end, 50 old ships were leased to the UK, providing strong support to allies.

After the United States officially joined the war, the "Ghost Fleet" also began to escort its merchant ships.

After World War II, the "Ghost Fleet" once reached the scale of more than 2,000 ships.

During the Korean War, these warships came on stage again, with a total of 540 old ships transporting materials to the US military and providing firepower support. During the Vietnam War, 172 old ships were re-instated. In the 1991 Gulf War, the United States also restarted two battleships, and many military enthusiasts were impressed by the shots of the Missouri and Qisconsin launching cruise missiles in Iraq.

The outstanding performance of the "Ghost Fleet" has made the US Navy attach great importance to it. The United States has given them other functions from time to time, such as "military aid tools", such as the "Kidd"-class destroyer serving in Taiwan, who was once a member of the "Ghost Fleet".

However, for Russia, it is obvious that it has no ability to maintain these warships. In order not to make these retired warships the target of leaking military secrets, selling scrap iron after dismantling them became the first choice.

And big guys like retired aircraft carriers are even more impossible to leave for the enemy.

However, dismantling an aircraft carrier is not that simple. Generally speaking, the first thing is to dismantle the weapons and equipment on the aircraft carrier first, and then dismantle the hull and power equipment.

However, for giants like aircraft carriers, dismantling and decomposition is not a profitable business. Since these retired aircraft carriers often contain a large amount of toxic substances, asbestos, expired fuel, and even nuclear reactors, the dismantling cost has remained high.

According to statistics, the cost of dismantling an aircraft carrier is about 20 million US dollars.

Such high dismantling costs make navies of various countries sigh. Even the wealthy US Navy often feels stretched and the dismantling process is interrupted from time to time.

"Actually, after the Soviet Union split, its strength has been greatly reduced." Chen Zhaowu also said with some emotion when talking about this.

Take aircraft carriers for example. After the split of the Soviet Union, most of the aircraft carrier resources were left to Russia, but the production and maintenance factories were all in Ukraine, which led to a very embarrassing situation.

Russia's aircraft carrier was broken and could not be repaired by itself, so it could only be asked by Ukrainians to repair it. However, Ukrainians only recognized money but not people, and did not start work without giving US dollars, which made Russia have no temper. After all, it was poor and short-sighted, and there was no way to go.

"Our country's sea boundary is very large. There are external threats in the Nansha, Xisha and East China Sea. Buying a few aircraft carriers should be of some use." Liu Bingzheng said, "It's not very useful to just buy a shell. The weapons, equipment, electronic equipment, and carrier-based aircraft supporting facilities are the highlights. I don't believe that the Russians will sell all these things to us."

"Let's wait and see." Chen Zhaowu said, "But I really have to add a few aircraft carriers. This is also a big guy who burns money. I have a headache for the old Ye family. After all, it's something they got back, so they can't throw it there and rust."

"What is Mr. Chen's opinion?" Liu Bingzheng felt that Chen Zhaowu would not just ask Ye Kai about the situation, nor would he just ask about nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers as simple as it is, it must have a deep meaning.

"I don't mean anything. When people get nuclear submarine carriers, you shouldn't be idle. You can contact Russia and see if the Minsk ship of the Far East Pacific Fleet is willing to be transferred?" Chen Zhaowu said.

"This matter..." Liu Bingzheng originally wanted to say that it was not appropriate, but then he nodded and said, "You can give it a try."

Liu Bingzheng's mind is also quite flexible, and he instantly thinks of many things.

Chen Zhaowu's sons and grandchildren are all killed by the old Ye family and injured. Those who survived are worse than life and death. This deep hatred cannot be resolved forever. Now, after the old man retreated, there is nothing else to do and he is thinking about revenge all day long.

But unfortunately, the power of the Old Ye family is at its peak, and Ye Kai can't catch any handle, so he can only set his mind outside.

It is actually not difficult to get in touch with Russia and discuss the feasibility of purchasing aircraft carriers, but after they make a splash, they will cause a lot of trouble for Ye Kai's follow-up work.

It is possible to cause trouble for the old Ye family without any effort. How could Chen Zhaowu let such a good thing go?

"Then, if Mr. Chen has nothing else, I will go back first." Liu Bingzheng glanced at Chen Zhaowu and said carefully.

Zhaowu nodded, but his eyes turned to Chen Lifang's portrait on the table next to him.

Just after the Spring Festival this year, Chen Lifang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Advisory Committee who had been critically ill in the hospital, died of illness.

Now Chen Zhaowu is the only one left in the old Chen family, and it is hard to support him. This is Chen Zhaowu’s only feeling.

The only thing he can do now is to use his brain to make some small things and make some confusion for the old Ye family.

Thinking of his brothers, his sons, and his grandsons, Chen Zhaowu's xiong is full of anger and resentment. In order to avenge, an old man who retired will not have any principles or concerns.
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