I built an armada

"Yes!"

Several Air Force chiefs said in unison.

Looking at the backs of the people leaving, Ma Zhengbang sighed deeply.

The Air Force was ranked second before, but now it has become the bottom.

"If this continues, the Air Force will drag down the three armed forces."

Ma Zhengbang sighed slightly, feeling very sad, but also determined.

On the way back to the Navy Headquarters, Liu Huaming was full of pride.

"Dingping, you see, so many people are staring at you."

"If I hadn't left in time, once I was entangled, I would really be embarrassed to stop you in front of Xue Shuai. At that time, I would have to add more tasks to you. To be honest, I still feel very distressed. No matter what, you are a member of my Navy."

At this point, he changed the subject, "Dingping, after the celebration banquet is over, I will give you a holiday. What do you think?"

Vacation?

Su Dingping was obviously stunned for a moment. He had never thought about this problem.

"No, Chief. There are so many things going on lately that I am too busy to handle them all. Forget about the holiday. Let's talk about it later when we are not busy."

Su Dingping shook his head gently and refused directly.

"Ah!"

Liu Huaming sighed helplessly. He also knew what kind of temper Su Dingping had.

Giving him a holiday is like killing him.

"Dingping, do you know that it has been more than a year since your last holiday." Liu Huaming wanted to persuade him.

Su Dingping smiled and said, "Chief, I am still young and at a good age to struggle. Besides, Mr. Qian didn't give himself a holiday, so how can I get special treatment?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Huaming and others laughed.

Only they themselves knew how much helplessness was contained in these smiles.

Back at the naval base, the celebration banquet was ready.

At this commendation meeting for the three armed forces, the navy was the center of attention, and both the army and the air force were suppressed.

The number of people commended accounted for more than two-fifths of the three armed forces, almost half.

It was unimaginable in the past, and it had never happened before.

The faces of the entire naval base were filled with extremely bright smiles.

Almost an hour later, Liu Huaming and other leaders were seated in the auditorium.

Those who can have a meal here are all colonels, which can be said to be of very high level. Without a certain status, they are not qualified to come here.

At the beginning of the banquet, Liu Huaming stood up with a glass of wine, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "Come on! Raise your glasses, this first glass of wine, let's toast to Comrade Dingping together!"

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses.

Wan Long was the first to shout: "Cheers to Colonel Su!"

Zhou Qinglei and others almost said in unison: "Cheers to Colonel Su!"

Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, Su Dingping was still very moved. He immediately stood up and raised his glass and said: "Cheers to everyone!"

Then he drank it all with everyone!

Then, Liu Huaming raised his glass again and said, "This second glass of wine, toast to everyone!"

Everyone raised their glasses again, clinked glasses with Liu Huaming in the air, and then drank it all.

"My third glass of wine, toast to our navy!"

"Cheers to the navy!"

Everyone shouted.

After toasting these three glasses of wine, Liu Huaming and other leaders sat down, and everyone followed suit.

This also meant that the banquet officially kicked off, and everyone feasted.

Half an hour later, after three rounds of wine, the atmosphere on the scene gradually became better.

Wan Long walked to Su Dingping with a glass of wine, with a bright smile on his face and said, "General Su, this glass of wine is for you."

He followed Su Dingping to work as a security battalion commander in an integrated military factory for a while, and it seemed that he did nothing, but his military rank was promoted to colonel, and he also won a military medal.

This was something he never expected, so he was very grateful to Su Dingping, and he respected him from the bottom of his heart!

Not only did he get promoted in rank, but he also saw with his own eyes how the navy was constantly updating and iterating warships under the leadership of Su Dingping, and its strength was growing stronger and stronger!

"Thank you for your hard work during this period!"

"We will continue to cooperate in the future, and the safety of the integrated military factory will trouble you."

Su Dingping also picked up the wine glass, turned around and looked at Wan Long enthusiastically, and said very seriously.

"Mr. Su, it is my honor to be responsible for the safety and security of the integrated military factory!"

Wan Long took the initiative to clink glasses with Su Dingping, and deliberately lowered the mouth of the glass, "I'll drink, you can do whatever you want."

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the whole glass upside down.

Su Dingping naturally would not be vague, and he also drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking several glasses of white wine in a row, Su Dingping only felt a burning throat and began to feel hot all over.

During the time he stayed in the navy, he basically did not touch alcohol on weekdays. He only drank at such a celebration banquet, so naturally there would be such sequelae.

But fortunately, he was able to hold on.

Following closely, Zhou Qinglei, Cao Youren and others came over with wine glasses.

Cao Youren has also received a notice that he will be the captain candidate of the next 10,000-ton destroyer and has entered a comprehensive learning stage.

"Mr. Su, I am a rough man and can't speak."

"In short, in one word, thank you!"

"Everything is in this wine!"

"I did it, you can do whatever you want."

Cao Youren said with excitement.

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

One drink after another, one drink after another, Su Dingping also felt that he was gradually getting drunk.

With everything finally done, Su Dingping sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.

It lasted for more than an hour, and the banquet came to an end.

Su Dingping followed several leaders to the lounge nearby and drank tea to sober up.

Xu Dongguo on the side smiled happily and said: "Dingping, you are the protagonist of every celebration banquet, and you are much more popular than the rest of us."

Qian Wenbing also said: "Old Xu, you remember that I said before that there should be an extra seat on the rostrum. No, someone will take it soon."

Xiao Chongjun then said: "I remember you told Dingping not to keep us waiting too long. As expected, he didn't keep us waiting too long."

"I guess the next step will be for him to reach the rank of major general."

The leaders laughed loudly. They all felt that Su Dingping deserved it, and even his current rank of senior colonel overshadowed his achievements.

Although he has the rank of senior colonel, the leaders do not feel that his gold content is low and he cannot be on an equal footing with them.

After laughing, Xu Dongguo brought the topic down to business.

"Dingping, our 052B production line has been upgraded and officially put into production. The new 052B is ready to be launched."

"Now the repair and renovation project of the Gabet aircraft carrier has come to an end. According to the requirements of the Shai tribe, we are preparing to equip four 052Bs to form an aircraft carrier formation with the Gabet aircraft carrier. They can be delivered first in October."

"Dingping, what do you think?"

After speaking, Xu Dongguo looked at Su Dingping eagerly.

"Chief, you can decide this matter."

Su Dingping said seriously without thinking that he had already put forward enough opinions on this kind of foreign trade matter before, and basically he would have nothing to do with it in the future, and he was not suitable to interfere.

There are some things that have to be done by the chief and others. He still understands this human nature.

Xu Dongguo then continued: "Since there are no problems, then the 052D can be put into production again, and our navy can gradually retire the 051C."

"From now on, 052D will become the main standard equipment of our navy's guided missile destroyers!"

This also means that the Navy's main guided missile destroyers have officially entered the era of third-generation ships, and it also means that the Navy has begun to accelerate the elimination of those backward second-generation ships, and even sporadic first-generation ships.

After everyone discussed some more things, Su Dingping looked at Liu Huaming again.

"Chief, I need an F16, F15, Su-27, and a J-10."

Su Dingping's words immediately stunned all the leaders.

Everyone who was slightly drunk suddenly woke up and stared at Su Dingping with wide eyes.

All of the things he proposed were fighter jets.

If they need ships, they might be better off thinking about it. In their opinion, that is Su Dingping's main research direction.

And now there is a sudden need for fighter jets?

There seems to be no necessary connection between the two, right?

The parts on fighter jets are not used on naval ships at all.

Why does he need a fighter jet?

Seeing the surprise on everyone's faces, Su Dingping immediately explained: "Chief, our first aircraft carrier Varyag should be launched soon, right?"

"Soon, it will only happen in the next few months."

Xu Dongguo took over the conversation and responded seriously.

This aircraft carrier, with a displacement of more than 65,000 tons, was hauled back from the Black Bear Tribe by the navy, which took more than a year and many twists and turns.

It has been anchored in the port for a while, and now it has officially entered the renewal stage.

Two years ago, Su Dingping also provided a large amount of confidential materials needed for the repair of the aircraft carrier for the continued construction work, which was of great help to researchers such as Cheng Yiqiang of the 702 Research Institute who was responsible for related research tasks.

Naturally, the time required for the continued construction project has been greatly shortened.

"With such a big aircraft carrier, we can't just dock armed helicopters, right? Wouldn't that become a helicopter carrier?"

Su Dingping's words immediately stunned everyone. They had never thought about this issue before.

The Varyag is a ski-jump aircraft carrier, although Liu Huaming looks down on it.

After all, even if the Varyag aircraft carrier is rebuilt, it still does not match the current navy. It needs to be upgraded at least once, but in that case it will take more time, at least four or five years.

But it is the first real aircraft carrier of the Longxia Navy, and it has extremely unusual significance to the Longxia tribe!

For the current navy, its existential significance is far greater than actual combat needs. It symbolizes the navy's strong bones and the spirit of never giving up and striving for progress!

"Now, I already have some ideas. Although carrier-based aircraft is a new challenge for me, I plan to put carrier-based aircraft on the agenda as soon as possible to prepare for the launch of the next generation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers!"

"Otherwise, after our aircraft carrier is launched, it will look like all the docked helicopters are armed helicopters. Wouldn't that be too ugly?"

Su Dingping's words made everyone suddenly realize, and they immediately showed deep shock on their faces.

It seems that this guy is really going to start with carrier-based aircraft.

Before, they had been counting on the Air Force, and had held special seminars in this area for a long time, but they simply did not have the technical reserves in this area, and they did not know when they would be able to build their own aircraft carrier-based aircraft.

Moreover, they really thought so before, the aircraft carrier would be launched first, and the carrier-based aircraft would be replaced by armed helicopters.

Unexpectedly, Su Dingping wanted to do it himself.

Liu Huaming nodded in agreement and said, "I understand. I'll take care of this."

But then he changed the subject, "Dingping, what I got here are just fighters. To convert them into carrier-based aircraft, neither our navy nor the air force has relevant experience."

"I held a meeting with the aviation department some time ago, and they don't have any technical reserves in this area at all."

Su Dingping had already made up his mind, and smiled faintly, "Commander, if we don't have experience, we can slowly explore it! Someone has to take the lead, right?"

"So, I want to be the first person to try it."

Liu Huaming immediately said, "Okay, I'll take care of this."

Seeing that Su Dingping had drunk a lot of wine today, Liu Huaming asked the guard to help him go to rest first.

Soon, only Liu Huaming and several other heavyweights of the navy were left in the lounge. The shock on their faces had not subsided. They all knew how great the significance of fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft was to the navy.

Just now, seeing Su Dingping so confident, it would be a lie for them to say they were not tempted.

"Dingping said he wants to develop carrier-based aircraft, what do you think?"

Liu Huaming did not turn around and looked at Xu Dongguo and others.

Everyone looked at each other and then spoke up.

"Commander, I think we should trust Dingping unconditionally like before. Since he said he has an idea, he must have already started research in this area."

"That's right. Although Dingping is sometimes very bold, he has never fought a battle without preparation. I believe he has a specific theory. Now all he needs is a physical object like an airplane."

"I really didn't expect that our navy's own fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft would eventually need to be developed by our own people."

"Commander, even if he fails, we will only lose a few fighters, but once he succeeds, our aviation technology will develop by leaps and bounds. The cost-effectiveness is really too high."

"Once we develop our own carrier-based aircraft, we will be the fourth country to master fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft technology after the Eagle Tribe, the Gaul Tribe, and the White Bear Tribe."

The words of several subordinates made Liu Huaming make a decision.

The significance of this is really too great. Even if he invests more, he thinks he can give it a try.

So, he asked the guard to bring his satellite confidential phone over.

"Please get me Ma Zhengbang from the Air Force!"

"Yes!"

The call was quickly connected.

"Lao Liu, why are you calling me so late at night instead of going to rest? What's the matter?"

Ma Zhengbang, who was worrying in the office, suddenly answered the phone and asked unhappily.