Half an hour had passed, and the crowd finally managed to recover.
After regulating his emotions, Qin Shan's face quickly transformed from shock and disbelief to uncontrollable joy.
"Six million!"
"Great! Great!"
Delighted shouts of "Great! Great!" continued to come from Qin Shan's mouth.
At that moment, Qin Shan was as excited as a lottery winner who won billions of dollars, feeling unparalleled joy!
Even more excited than a lottery winner who hits a few billion!
As the commander of the Navy of the National Defense Army, what does he most desire?
It's not just about growing the navy and building up the strength to defend our homeland.
For the past few decades, he, along with hundreds of thousands of sailors in the National Defense Army and tens of thousands of scientific researchers, have been striving for this goal!
And now, he finally sees the hope of success!
This was even considered a crime in his view!
Hearing this, Qin Shan paused for a moment, then fell into silence as well.
Although Qin Shan was the commander of the Air Force and they had various conflicts with each other on a regular basis, it was just verbal sparring and mudslinging between them.
"Our carrier only has a skid deck, and the inherent limitations restrict the combat effectiveness of Jian 21. Jian 21 cannot achieve full load takeoff on our carrier..."
It's like the J-15 carrier-based aircraft; the current carrier of the National Defense Army only addresses the issue of going from zero to one!
As for performance, let's not talk about it...
Seeing this, Ming Dehong continued, "It's a pity for these fighter jets. They are too advanced, but our carrier is too outdated..."
As the others were lost in thought, Ming Dehong's voice rang out again:
"I've roughly calculated that if the Jian 21 fighter is equipped on our carrier, its combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least threefold!"
"In my opinion, this kind of retrofitting is the most irrational and least worthwhile approach. The time and resources required for retrofitting may even be higher than those needed to build a new carrier directly!"
In fact, as fellow members of the National Defense Army, we are interdependent like lips and teeth. Who wouldn't want each other to be better?
The Navy cannot exist without the Air Force, and vice versa.
The Air Force's tactical and strategic command is still studying every day on how to integrate the dual tail into the combat system..."
After a long silence, Qin Shan let out a faint sigh.
"What do you mean by a pity?" Hearing Ming Dehong's somewhat baffling voice, Qin Shan's mind was filled with even more confusion.
Thinking of the changes in just a few months, Tang Jianjun couldn't help but recall the figure of Su Heng.
Everyone's mind couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled, wondering why someone would sigh at such a joyous moment. This would surely dampen the mood.
"Just like our current carrier, what it solves is only the issue of going from zero to one in naval engineering. Its primary purpose is to accumulate experience in research, development, and construction for naval engineering, preparing for the design and construction of the next generation of carriers. Even when this carrier is completed, it will still be unable to fully unleash the combat power of the Jian 21 carrier-based fighter."
Even if the naval budget doesn't increase, the Navy can still easily replace all the carrier-based aircraft without any problem!
With this state-of-the-art carrier-based fighter, the Dragon Nation's navy would finally have the confidence to confront Black Eagle and its legionaries head-on!
After hesitating for a moment, Qin Shan finally couldn't help but ask.
"New carrier?" Hearing Qin Shan's question, Ming Dehong slightly shook his head and then said:
"Unfortunately, our new carrier is under development, and the basic design has already been completed. The new carrier is merely a prototype based on the current one, with significant improvements over the current one, but it remains a traditional carrier with a skid deck."
After giving some thought to the situation in his own Air Force, Tang Jianjun felt a sense of empathy as well.
However, just thinking about the powerful performance of Jian 21, Qin Shan couldn't help but ask again:
"Ming, if we were to develop a completely new carrier like Black Eagle now, even without nuclear power, just a conventional power direct deck carrier like Black Eagle's before, how long do you think it would take for us to develop it?"
Hearing this, Qin Shan couldn't help but show a bitter smile.
Hearing this, Ming Dehong glanced at Qin Shan and then shook his head slightly, saying:
"It's impossible. Our current carrier is already an old carrier built decades ago. Due to its age and lack of maintenance, the strength of the hull has actually been significantly affected!"
After thinking for a moment, Qin Shan couldn't help but open his mouth:
"If we go straight to design a more advanced carrier like Black Eagle under these circumstances, even if we can develop it, how confident would you be in using what we develop?"
The sudden sound made everyone startle, and then they unconsciously turned their gaze towards the source of the sound.
Hearing this, Ming Dehong sighed again and said, "It's a pity..."
"Although we have spent a huge amount of money and a lot of manpower and material resources to repair and retrofit it, it's only been barely functional. To further retrofit it into a direct deck carrier, let alone the issue of retrofitting costs, even if we succeed in retrofitting, this carrier will still not be able to form effective combat power."
He's not part of the navy, but he also knows the situation within the navy.
"Without an ejection system, even advanced fighters like Jian 21 couldn't take off from such a short runway on a direct deck."
"We don't have any experience in building a carrier, let alone designing one."
Not only the dual-tail unmanned drones, but also the upcoming modified J-10 fighter jets and J-11 fighter jets, they are all studying how to match them up to form the strongest combat power...
But now, seeing Jian 21 all at once, his vision has been stretched countless times!
To the point that he is already dissatisfied with the current situation of having only this outdated carrier!
Reflecting back a few months ago, he was excited and elated just to have the navy's first carrier!
"Ming, what's wrong?"
What Su Heng has brought out is indeed too advanced. For example, the dual-tail drone, some of which have already been delivered, but after delivery, they found that some of the dual-tail drone's stuff is too advanced compared to the Air Force. As a result, some of the Air Force's combat methods had to be corrected.
"Of course, the most important point is that we are completely unable to carry out such modifications. To put it simply, we have not yet solved the problem of the ejection system, which is essential for a direct-deck carrier."
In his heart, gratitude towards Su Heng grew even stronger...
After a while, Qin Shan sighed slightly and said, "Ming, our new carrier isn't already under development? Can the new carrier unleash the combat power of Jian 21?"
Now their carrier of the National Defense Army is just a piece of junk bought from A2, even after spending huge amounts of money to renovate it, it's now barely functional.
After a long while, Ming Dehong helplessly looked at Qin Shan and then said:
"Let's not talk about whether it can be developed. Even if it could, I don't recommend that we start developing the next-generation carrier right now."
However, at this very moment——
Thinking of these things, Qin Shan couldn't help but mutter to himself in his heart, "I really am getting ahead of myself..."
Having the most advanced aircraft, but unable to exert their full combat power.
"It's not a few tens of dollars for small toys. It's a carrier costing hundreds of billions or even tens of billions! Any oversight could lead to unimaginable losses! We cannot take taxpayers' money lightly, nor can we joke about our national defense security and the lives of our soldiers!"
Hearing this, Qin Shan fell silent as well.
This carrier-based aircraft paired with their carrier is like a gemstone being placed in a box made of decayed wood, or a phoenix falling into a grassy nest.
Even Tang Jianjun from the Air Force of the National Defense Army was smiling.
...
When they saw who was sighing, the doubts in everyone's hearts only increased.
Thinking about all this, Tang Jianjun couldn't help but sigh again.
"Maybe, this is the happy trouble..."
"..." Facing Qin Shan's inquiry, Ming Dehong fell silent.
Yes, their carrier is too outdated.
Can this not be regrettable?
Before this, the only thing he really wanted was to solve the flight control problem of Jian 15 carrier-based fighter. As long as he could solve the defects of Jian 15 and make it fly and train normally, he would be satisfied.
Pausing for a moment, Ming Dehong continued:
Not only was Ming Dehong and Qin Shan unable to help but make a sigh, even Tang Jianjun couldn't help but sigh.
Ming, can our carrier also be retrofitted into a straight-deck carrier like the Black Eagle?"
Even if it costs 600 million yuan per aircraft, equipping one hundred would only cost 6 billion yuan!
How many carrier-based aircraft can the navy's current carrier carry?
A faint sigh suddenly echoed.
Wait until several years later when the modified Qianshua becomes operational and the newly developed warships are deployed, that will be the moment when the Dragon Nation's navy truly rises!
Thinking of that scene, Qin Shan became even more excited!
Not just Qin Shan, but the other people beside him, such as Ming Gong, were also unable to hide their joy on their faces.
After listening to what Ming Dehong said, Qin Shan was also a bit uncomfortable.
"Who would have thought that in just a few months, we would be able to reap so much……"
"Ah..."
When he said that, Ming Dehong couldn't help but sigh again.
Upon closer inspection, the person who sighed was none other than Ming Gong Ming Dehong, who had just shown a joyful face.
Ming Dehong's words were somewhat implicit.
But the extended meaning is - taking big strides can easily pull out the thread!!
You can't even walk the road, yet you're thinking about starting to sprint. How do you plan to fly directly to the sky?
(Chapter ends)
