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    Ukrainian economic officials were very excited when they heard that China actually had a plan to financially assist Ukraine. Lai Zhenping quickly separated from Zhao Jinsong, because economic matters were his expertise, and he entered into discussions on economic cooperation with Ukraine.  .  The specific details are that China will provide a low-interest loan of US$200 million to Ukraine, and the collateral is tens of thousands of hectares of fertile black land in Ukraine, as well as two iron ores and a manganese mine.  If Ukraine cannot repay, these things will be left to China to develop without compensation for half a century.

    In addition to low-interest loans, Lai Zhenping also promised to invest US$200 million in Ukraine, but Ukraine must open up to most Chinese industries, which even includes some manufacturers that were proud of the Soviet Union, such as Antonov Aviation  China has also shown interest in taking shares in important military industrial enterprises such as the Manufacturing Plant and the Karkov-Molozov Machinery Manufacturing Design Bureau.  Some Ukrainian companies, Chinese state-owned and private companies, all hope to make acquisitions. These Ukrainian companies are all good assets, but they have encountered operating difficulties, but as long as there are funds and market investment, they can turn around immediately.

    However, the largest number of direct investments in Ukraine are made by Chinese companies, especially in industries involving people's livelihood. For example, the Lianhua supermarket chain, which is already quite famous in East Asia, intends to take this opportunity to enter the Ukrainian market. Some of China's advantageous service industries include retail, finance,  Companies such as telecommunications all hope to take advantage of Ukraine's weakness to occupy the commanding heights and form a monopoly.

    And there is no doubt that if China completes this round of economic aid (penetration), Ukraine's economy and people's livelihood will probably be in the hands of the Chinese.

    But at this time the Ukrainian government can¡¯t care so much. Obviously the Chinese are very good at reviving a country¡¯s economy, and Ukraine also wants to become the second Yugoslavia and get out of its economic predicament.

    In order to obtain economic assistance from China, the aircraft carrier deal must be compromised. What makes the Ukrainians breathe a sigh of relief is that the Chinese are obviously more benevolent than Westerners and did not want the two aircraft carriers in vain.  The Varyag was finally sold for US$660,000, including all technical information involved.  Because the Ulyanovsk was not completed, China allocated US$860,000 to continue building the aircraft carrier.

    This expenditure may be more or less. The Varyag was actually sold to China at the price of iron, while the Ulyanovsk was still somewhat worth an aircraft carrier.  Including the subsequent costs of continuing the transformation to China, the total investment for the Varyag into the army is approximately US$660,000, while the Ulyanovsk requires US$200 million.  The above calculation includes the ship's own weapon system and avionics equipment, but does not include carrier-based aircraft.

    In this way, it is much more cost-effective than building a Type 62 aircraft carrier (costing 0 billion yuan). A 660-ton and an 860-ton Soviet aircraft carrier add up to slightly more than half of the Type 62.  .  From this perspective, China still has an advantage.

    The cost of modification is not expensive, which is mainly related to the significant increase in construction capacity of Chinese shipyards and the mature technical level with the support of Qi Yiming.  However, Qi Yiming looked at the production schedules of domestic shipyards and couldn't help but smile bitterly, because several major shipyards with modification capabilities simply did not have spare capacity to build these two ships.

    The big ship itself is an aircraft carrier manufacturing base. The Hebei has been manufactured, and the second ship Hunan is also being built on the slipway. In addition, the big ship also has orders for the amphibious assault ships Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. There is no way to renovate the Soviet aircraft carrier.  The situation in Jiangnan is similar. They mainly build cruisers and destroyers, and Jiangnan has a lot of civilian ships. The profit of large LN is higher than that of military products for the navy, so modifying a Soviet aircraft carrier is really not a popular job.  Son.

    "The capacity of Huangpu, Hudong, Qingdao and other shipyards is slightly less. To refit such a large ship, it is inevitable to transfer people from Dachuan and Jiangnan to support it. It is hard to say whether the construction period can be guaranteed.

    In this case, Qi Yiming did not bother these busy people. He paid for the ship purchase anyway. In the spirit of saving when he can, Qi Yiming decided to tow the hulls of the two aircraft carriers to the Red Alert Shipyard in Huludao and  Red Alert Repair Shop will directly perform modifications without spending a penny.

    Qi Yiming has already had an idea on how to modify these two aircraft carriers. The Varyag, also known as the Liaoning, is basically modified according to the technology of the 6L aircraft carrier in another plane. Anyway, he already has the Amur Komsomolsk.  The Gagarin Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, which is capable of producing Soviets, produced the J-15 and equipped it on the Liaoning. Although the non-ejectable bomb load and combat radius were relatively limited, Qi Yiming felt that such an aircraft carrier  It is very suitable as an escort and air defense ship of the PL Navy amphibious battle group, and is specialized in providing air superiority support for the huge amphibious fleet.

    ??Furthermore, after the Liaoning is modified, it is basically not a problem to carry three fighters. If it is equipped with two J-15s and L0s, the mission flexibility will be relatively greater.  For strong vertical takeoff and landing, no catapults or anything else are needed, but the anti-scorch ability of the flight deck needs to be improved during modification.  It is also equipped with two Z-18 Sea Bat early warning helicopters, two Z-20 anti-submarine helicopters/universal helicopters, and Z-6 Hunjianglong large transport aircraft.Lost 4 helicopters.

    With such a configuration of fighter aircraft, it is no longer a problem to cope with medium and low-intensity wars, and this is different from the situation of the Chinese Navy in another dimension. In addition to the Liaoning ship, the Navy currently has two aircraft carriers, one of which will be commissioned soon, and these  The three ships are all 80,000-ton nuclear-powered and powerful steam catapults. The Liaoning ship is not alone.

    The modification of the Liaoning ship is easier to say, but the continued construction and modification of the Ulyanovsk are more complicated.  The ending of this ship in another dimension is tragic, making many military fans sigh with regret.  After the ship was stopped due to lack of funds, Norwegian shipowners immediately ordered a number of civilian ships from the Black Sea Shipyard. For the survival of the shipyard, these civilian ship orders must be obtained.  But the slipways of the Black Sea Shipyard were all occupied, and someone wanted to get rid of the black ship.

    ??At this time, an American scrap steel mill came to the door, hoping to purchase the entire ship at a price of US$450 per ton higher than the market price. In this way, the shipyard could get as much as US$1.56 million.  Under the temptation, the Black Sea Shipyard dismantled the Ukrainian ship. At this time, the Norwegian shipowner said that due to market changes, the order was cancelled, the deposit was not required, and the ship did not need to be built.  The American scrap steel mill also said that it did not understand the international market before and could not fulfill the contract. If it wanted to continue, it could not buy it for US$450, but US$150.

    After such a deal, the Black Sea ship ceased to exist, and the Black Sea Shipyard only received a meager income.  It was later discovered that the Norwegian shipowners and the American scrap steel mills were actually leather companies, and the United States was responsible for the conspiracy to disrupt the Ukrainian ships.

    Let's talk about the modification of the Ulyanovsk in this plane. Qi Yiming cannot tolerate the ship retaining a ski jump deck. China has mastered mature and reliable steam catapult technology. Ski jump plus catapult seems good.  But it is completely unnecessary, and the angled front end of the take-off deck is actually not conducive to parking fighter jets. Therefore, during the renewal of the Ukrainian Black Sea Shipyard, China requested that the angle be straightened (no kidding, this can really be done)  .

    Ukraine is not responsible for installing any systems. The nuclear reactors for the power system naturally have to be installed by China. This is especially true for the radar and electronic warfare systems. The catapults and landing assist equipment also have to be towed to China for modification later. That is the case with Ukraine.  Simply the hull will end sooner or later.

    The Uzbek warship will be renamed Jilin. It will be equipped with four catapults and can operate up to more than 80 aircraft. Its combat power is relatively close to China's self-made Type 62 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. In fact, the technologies used by the two types of aircraft carriers are relatively similar.  The same carrier-based aircraft (14CN), the same phased array radar, the same ejection and landing assistance equipment, but some design details are different.

    With the addition of these two Soviet heritage aircraft carriers, two aircraft carriers produced by the Red Alert Base, and two self-built aircraft carriers by the shipyard, China will have aircraft carriers, one of which is nuclear-powered and has a displacement of more than 80,000 tons.  For China, a traditional land-based country with only one side facing the ocean, a lineup of six aircraft carrier battle groups is enough.  By then, Qi Yiming hopes to deploy one aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, preferably one in the Atlantic, another in the South Pacific, and three in the mainland, which will basically be enough to protect China's overseas interests.  (Local deployment includes training and overhaul)

    China was not the only beneficiary of the search for Soviet naval heritage led by Qi Yiming. He encouraged China's little brother Nanyang Republic to also buy something from Ukraine at a low price, that is, a Glorious-class cruiser.  This cruiser with a displacement of more than 11,000 tons, also known as the Komsomolets (later renamed the Ukraine), also had an affair with China and was completed when the Soviet Union collapsed. 3 However, the design of this cruiser has not kept up with the times, and  It was also dilapidated and dilapidated at that time, and China would not spend that wasted money to buy a ship that could not form combat capabilities.

    The Republic of Nanyang invested US$100 million to purchase this Glorious-class cruiser. After receiving the money, the Black Sea Shipyard will be responsible for completing the cruiser, but in the end the ship will still have to be sent to China like the two aircraft carriers.  Soviet-made radars and weapons will not match the Chinese standards used by the Nanyang National Defense Force, and the base has also given a new transformation plan: recombine the various complex equipment on the deck and equip it with three vertical launch systems.  It can launch Eagle-B Thorn-2, Thorn-, Changying- and other missiles. The bridge has also undergone certain rest and reorganization to reduce its radar emission, and is equipped with the flat plate array antenna phased array radar used by the 052 in four directions.

    The tonnage of the modified cruiser will be slightly increased, and its six impressive thick basalt anti-ship missile launchers will be replaced. However, it will become an Aegis ship, and its combat effectiveness will naturally be the same as that of the original Glory-class cruiser.  Different places.  This will also become the first Aegis ship of the Nanyang Defense Force Navy.
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