A big country of aerospace with black technology

Whether it is a laser sail spacecraft propelled by laser, or an interstellar battleship propelled by nuclear fusion working fluid.

For people today, it is still a very distant thing.

Right now, what everyone is most concerned about is the upcoming second-hand aircraft carrier, the Varyag!

Of course, in later generations, it also had a name that was closer to the domestic situation, Liaoyu 16!

As a semi-finished product that started construction nearly twenty years ago, the Varyag is now covered in rust.

The once ambitious empire has long been buried in the sands of history.

Although many of the equipment on the Varyag had been dismantled before the purchase, basically only a large iron shell remained.

But how many countries in the world can independently manufacture this big iron shell?

The Varyag has a length of 304 meters, a width of 70.5 meters, a standard displacement of 57,000 tons, and a full load displacement of 67,500 tons.

Even if it is placed among the world's aircraft carriers, although it cannot be regarded as a large aircraft carrier, it is still extremely large among medium-sized aircraft carriers.

Just last June, it was escorted and towed by 11 tugboats and 12 rescue and firefighting vessels.

The Varyag finally passed the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits and entered the Aegean Sea.

Because when leaving the shipyard, Varyag had been removed from all equipment, including the ship's power system.

The parts that could not be dismantled were completely destroyed.

For example, the main shaft of the power system was completely cut off, and even the control rudder was removed.

Therefore, during the tens of thousands of miles of voyage back to China from the shipyard, tugboats can only be used to tow the aircraft carrier forward.

For an aircraft carrier that was supposed to be galloping on the blue sea and ocean.

This is a helpless sadness.

This is also the last epitome of the once powerful empire.

"The aircraft carrier still has more than three months to go, and it will arrive in the South China Sea, right?"

Inside the Shengjing Aeroengine Research Institute, Zhang Zhengjiang said with some emotion.

"probably."

"Isn't it possible to go through the Suez Canal?"

After Zhang Xingyang read the latest vector engine test report, he raised his head and said.

Generally speaking, the Suez Canal is basically used to travel from the Mediterranean to China.

As a hub connecting the East and the West, the Suez Canal can save thousands of nautical miles and more than a month of shipping time.

The current official caliber of the Varyag, although it is used for commercial purposes, is to build an offshore casino.

However, everyone knows in their hearts what it once was.

So before that, the Suez Canal rejected the Varyag’s application to pass.

As a result, this unpowered aircraft carrier can only detour from the Cape of Good Hope and enter the Indian Ocean from the southernmost point.

"Tell me, when will we have our own aircraft carrier?"

At this time, Zhang Zhengjiang also suddenly wanted to chat with Zhang Xingyang.

After Zhang Xingyang read the latest performance report of the vector engine, he found that it was not much different from what he had predicted before.

So I started joking with Zhang Zhengjiang:

"Maybe the Varyag can become our first aircraft carrier?!"

This statement has actually always existed in China, and even internationally some people think so.

But this is not the current mainstream view.

Because at this time, China was still planning to build its own aircraft carrier.

Moreover, the Varyag is, after all, a shell built more than ten years ago, and no one thinks much of it.

"Isn't this unlikely?"

Although I have heard many such statements before, Zhang Zhengjiang even heard such statements when he purchased the Melbourne ship earlier.

But in the end it was not realized and it was just transformed into an aircraft carrier park.

This makes many people believe that the country still hopes to build an aircraft carrier of its own instead of transforming other countries' aircraft carriers.

"The Varyag is, after all, the product of the previous Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, not to mention the issue of advanced and backward."

"This ship only has one shell now. If it is renovated, why not rebuild it?"

Zhang Zhengjiang said with some confusion.

His thoughts are also the thoughts of many people.

Although Zhang Zhengjiang works within the military industry system, he lacks sufficient understanding of such large surface ships.

The manufacturing of large surface ships has an extremely high threshold.

For example, a 10,000-ton heavy-duty hydraulic press that produces aircraft carrier decks and a seven-axis, five-link machine tool that produces propellers. Without a complete industrial manufacturing system, it would be difficult to complete the manufacturing of such a large machine with tens of thousands of tons.

Just manufacturing an aircraft carrier shell requires the cooperation of tens of thousands of factories.

“It’s going to be very difficult to rebuild.”

Zhang Xingyang said after sighing.

"There are only a few countries in the world that have mastered aircraft carrier manufacturing technology."

"But you also know the relationship between those countries and us."

“Whenever I’m doing business, I still have a smile on my face.”

"But once it comes to this top industrial field, they are ready to stab us."

Zhang Zhengjiang also understood a little at this time. After all, he had been working in the industrial field.

He understands all these principles, but he doesn't know much about the technology and difficulty of aircraft carrier construction.

"If it is modified, it should be faster, right?"

After Zhang Zhengjiang figured it out, he asked again.

"It should be much faster than building a new one."

Zhang Xingyang thought about the records about the construction time of "Liaoyu 16" in the original world and said.

"But this is also our first aircraft carrier. We all have little experience. It should still take a lot of time."

"Especially for the aircraft carrier's power system, I don't know if domestic shipyards have mature solutions."

Even Zhang Xingyang, who has a future perspective, is not particularly clear about this.

After all, more than a hundred years have passed since this period of history where he was.

Many things only have a general outline of development, and the specific details have long been difficult to distinguish.

"By the way, it seems we don't have carrier-based aircraft yet?"

"After we have an aircraft carrier, we should also have carrier-based aircraft, right?"

Zhang Zhengjiang suddenly remembered this matter.

"If we buy it from Da Mao, can we buy it?"

Whether from the original construction plan or from a practical point of view, buying carrier-based aircraft from Damao seems to be a good way to solve the problem of the first aircraft carrier.

However, Zhang Xingyang does not quite agree with this:

"I don't think the country will do this. We should develop our own carrier-based aircraft."

“After all, it depends on the mountains and the water.”

"You still have to rely on yourself!"