Chapter 292 Selling the East Desert Sea Aircraft Carrier to Make Money

If they could really extort a lot of money from the Donghuang tribe, it would be like a long-awaited rain for the navy with insufficient funds.

"Commanders, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. We are the victorious party, so we should ask for a high price."

"If you feel embarrassed, think about the compensation that the Japanese asked us for in history. That is equivalent to our income for more than ten years."

Seeing that several commanders, including Liu Huaming, showed embarrassment on their faces, Su Dingping quickly added another sentence.

After hearing this, several people suddenly felt no longer disgusted, on the contrary, they felt that the compensation was too little.

The Japanese asked for a high price in history, so why can't the Longxia tribe?

Where in the world is there such a cheap thing?

After looking at each other, they all looked at Su Dingping as if they had reached an agreement.

"Dingping is right. Let's do this. Dingping, you will be the one to negotiate this time."

"And you will be the main one."

Liu Huaming said with a smile.

What do you mean?

Let him do it?

Su Dingping immediately felt that something was wrong.

He just made a suggestion, why did the tone suddenly change, as if he was involved.

"No, no, I'm not a professional."

Su Dingping quickly declined, he didn't want to get involved.

"Hahaha, I think you are the best."

Seeing Su Dingping's embarrassed look, Liu Huaming laughed heartily, and finally insisted, "I think you are the most suitable candidate."

"I'm not kidding you, this matter is settled."

Su Dingping suddenly felt bad, isn't this forcing a duck to do something?

Let him command a war or do scientific research, but he is really not good at negotiation, he has never done it before.

"Dingping, the commander has made the decision. You have to obey it even if you don't want to."

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. Dingping, you don't want to disobey them, right? Just obey them. Show the same momentum you had when you attacked the Japanese Navy's headquarters base."

"Dingping, I think you can do it. The commander's choice is not wrong. You have to believe in yourself."

Xu Dongguo and the other three commanders immediately began to persuade him, as if they had to accept Su Dingping.

"Okay, I agree."

Su Dingping was helpless. He knew very well that if he didn't agree, these commanders would never give up.

"The matter of compensation and surrender has been discussed."

Then Liu Huaming suddenly changed the subject and continued, "Next, let's talk about how to deal with the captured aircraft carrier and the Kongo-class guided missile destroyer."

Xu Dongguo and the other three commanders frowned immediately.

For a moment, they had no good ideas to say, so they naturally fell into deep thought.

Whether it is an aircraft carrier or a missile destroyer, although they were captured from the battlefield, they are still hot potatoes. If they are not handled properly, they will definitely leave a handle.

Especially the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier, which is nominally owned by the Donghuang Tribe, but in fact its ownership belongs to the Eagle Tribe.

According to the security mutual assistance agreement signed between the Donghuang Tribe and it, if the Donghuang Maritime Self-Defense Force wants to use an aircraft carrier, the chief must apply in person and can only use it after approval.

In this way, the Eagle Tribe is bound to intervene in this matter.

Moreover, the Eagle Tribe has an aircraft carrier that was also built by the Donghuang Maritime Self-Defense Force, and only one was approved this time.

Of course, the Eagle Tribe's Seventh Fleet is stationed in the Donghuang Tribe all year round, and has a more advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Once the Eagle Tribe loses face, when the situation in the central region eases and moves in a direction that is beneficial to them, I am afraid they will find all kinds of excuses and interfaces to attack the Longxia Tribe.

For a long time, the Eagle Tribe has set limits everywhere, blocked the way everywhere, and implemented various arms embargoes, with the purpose of absolutely not allowing the Longxia Tribe to own an aircraft carrier, especially to use this captured Haruna-class light aircraft carrier!

It can be said that they are very shameless and very domineering, but this is the reality of Blue Star.

Everything is based on strength!

The Eagle Tribe is the strongest and most domineering. It has almost formulated most of the international rules currently prevailing in Blue Star, and it likes to use long-arm jurisdiction to interfere in the internal affairs of other tribes very roughly.

With the current strength of the Longxia Navy, it is really impossible to provoke such a powerful enemy.

Keeping a low profile is still the main strategy currently implemented. It would be better if it can avoid a head-on confrontation with the Eagle Tribe.

It is not a wise move to make enemies with the Eagle Tribe for a Haruna-class light aircraft carrier.

It is certainly worth writing about and celebrating that they defeated the task force led by the aircraft carrier in the East Desert Sea.

But Liu Huaming and others were not so arrogant as to think that the Longxia Navy had reached the point where it could confront the Seventh Fleet and the Eagle Tribe Navy head-on.

Anyway, for now, the Eagle Tribe is not comparable to the Longxia Navy in terms of the number and quality of its warships.

You should know that the Eagle Tribe has almost eleven 100,000-ton aircraft carriers, plus various cruisers, destroyers and frigates, as well as nuclear submarines and numerous auxiliary ships, which directly crush the Longxia Navy.

Even if the Longxia Navy is strong enough to fight against an aircraft carrier fleet, they can still form ten aircraft carrier fleets.

So for a while, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

"It's really a hot potato."

Xu Dongguo frowned and said helplessly.

"Yes, considering all factors, we can't return it, otherwise, wouldn't we have captured the aircraft carrier in vain?"

"If we keep it in our hands, we will have to bear the trouble of the Eagle Tribe."

"There is really no good way."

The two leaders Qian Wenbing and Xiao Chongjun also sighed, and they really couldn't think of a better way to deal with it.

"Commanders, I have an idea."

Seeing that everyone was in a dilemma, Su Dingping suddenly spoke up.

Hearing this, everyone looked over.

"Dingping, don't keep us in suspense."

Xu Dongguo urged, he wanted to see what good ideas Su Dingping had.

"In fact, the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier is of no use to us."

"Its performance is just so-so."

Su Dingping was completely in a posture of not stopping until he said something shocking.

The performance of the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier is just so-so.

Damn it.

What a tiger and wolf word?

If the performance is just so-so, why would Donghuanghai cherish it so much and hide it like a treasure?

Several people were confused.

Such a powerful weapon as an aircraft carrier was actually said to be unusable.

If anyone else said this, they would have beaten him without even thinking about it.

But when Su Dingping said this, they had to think about it seriously.

"I have two reasons."

"The combat capability of an aircraft carrier can only be exerted by various types of carrier-based aircraft, and now this aircraft carrier has no carrier-based aircraft. With our current capabilities, can we make up for it?"

"The second is the tonnage. The Haruna-class aircraft carrier is a light aircraft carrier, which can only be used for offshore escort at most. To perform these tasks, our frigates and destroyers are enough, as well as shore-based aviation."

"What we need is a ship that can perform ocean-going missions, train more carrier-based aircraft pilots for the navy, and take on the heavy responsibility of the transformation and upgrading of the Longxia Navy."

"It is obvious that the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier does not meet the requirements at all."

"Such a useless thing, what's the point of keeping it?"

Hearing this, several bigwigs nodded one after another, and they agreed with Su Dingping's two reasons.

"You say, in addition to being able to install armed helicopters, do we have available carrier-based aircraft?"

Suddenly asked by Su Dingping, Liu Huaming and others were speechless.

Carrier-based aircraft are specially developed. The wing area of ​​fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft is much larger than that of air force fighters. The two are not comparable.

Air force fighters can take off from land airports, but cannot meet the needs of taking off and landing on aircraft carriers.

Currently, the Raptor 10 fighter jets produced in small batches have been equipped with the Air Force for use. Both the effect and the response are very good, but there is no way to take off on an aircraft carrier.

Especially since it is a single-engine light fighter, its reliability is far inferior to that of a twin-engine heavy fighter.

Light aircraft carriers cannot meet the needs in terms of deck area or runway length, and fighters need to be completely transformed.

From fuselage strength, to landing gear hardness, to fuselage materials, and even tires, comprehensive research is required, and the current scientific research level of Longxia fighters is far from meeting the needs.

In addition, a large number of carrier-based aircraft pilots need to be trained, which is a more systematic project.

In the past, the Longxia tribe had never been equipped with an aircraft carrier, and there was no real practice in this regard. It was harder than climbing to the sky to have a carrier-based aircraft immediately.

On the other hand, as the construction of the Varyag aircraft carrier progresses, these things can be built in a rhythmic manner without rushing to catch up.

"For us, the Haruna aircraft carrier is not very useful except for carrying some armed helicopters. It is even less useful than an amphibious assault ship. It is basically just a decoration."

"And our navy does not need light aircraft carriers. Leaders, we might as well take a long-term view."

"According to the three-step strategy, light aircraft carriers cannot meet the needs at all."

Su Dingping explained again. Not only is it useless to keep it, but it also causes trouble.

"Instead of keeping such a useless aircraft carrier, I think it is better to spend precious military funds on building more 052Ds, so that the navy can have more advanced combat ships, right?"

"If we keep this aircraft carrier, the Navy will have to allocate a large part of its military expenditure to it. In the end, it is not very useful and it is not worth it to cause trouble."

"On the other hand, if we continue to build the Varyag aircraft carrier, we can learn from it to build aircraft carriers, build carrier-based aircraft, and train pilots in a systematic way. Why not do it?"

"Commanders, there is no need for you to worry about such an aircraft carrier that is useless to us."

Seeing that no one spoke and their eyes were always focused on him, Su Dingping spoke again, speaking more in detail and seriously.

After Liu Huaming and other commanders pondered for a moment, they all felt that what Su Dingping said made sense.

To put it bluntly, the Longxia Navy is not ready to own an aircraft carrier at the moment, and everything must start from scratch. Forcing equipment will only make the pitiful military expenditure of the Longxia Navy even more stretched.

At present, the most urgent need for the Longxia Navy is to equip more advanced missile destroyers like 052D, as well as various types of submarines, and to continue to promote the construction of the Varyag aircraft carrier.

If the Varyag aircraft carrier is abandoned and this light aircraft carrier is forcibly installed, it will be a loss in all aspects, and it will also attract the attention of the Eagle Tribe, which is not a good idea.

It is extremely disadvantageous for the navy and the strategic layout of the entire Longxia Tribe.

"Dingping, according to your opinion, should we sell it?"

After thinking about it, Liu Huaming looked up at Su Dingping and asked.

He gradually had an idea in his mind that he could not waste time and limited funds on the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier and the Kongo-class missile destroyer.

"Sell it, but don't rush to get rid of it."

Su Dingping's answer confused everyone, and they didn't understand it at all.

"Reason."

At Liu Huaming's signal, Su Dingping spoke again.

"My idea is very simple, that is to find a suitable seller."

"This tribe must not have conflicts of interest with us, just like when we sold the 051C."

"After selling it, we will keep it in our own hands and say that we will carry out transformation and upgrading. As for how long this process will take, it is up to us to decide."

"When we have mastered the core technologies of the Haruna-class light aircraft carrier and the Kongo-class guided missile, we will tell the other party that they can come to pick up the ship."

Hearing this, Liu Huaming's eyebrows jumped a few times.

"I'm afraid others will not agree?"

Su Dingping smiled calmly and said, "Don't agree? Then I will sell you two more warships, do you agree?"

"Think about it, looking at the world today, apart from the White Bear Tribe and the Eagle Tribe, who else can sell warships to us at such a good price and quality?"

"No, not one!"

Liu Huaming and others suddenly brightened up when they heard it. It was interesting, too interesting.

They gradually came to their senses.

Whether it is the Eagle Tribe or the White Bear Tribe, none of them can buy modern warships that have not been technically castrated and are still so cheap.

The only way is to buy them from the Longxia Navy.

"Of course, if others are not satisfied, we can also technically upgrade the 051C sold to them, so that it has more advanced air defense and anti-missile capabilities and performs the role of protecting aircraft carriers."

"Not only can our current production capacity fully keep up, but it can also accumulate experience for other shipbuilding bases and lay a solid foundation for the large-scale construction of advanced warships."

"Commander, all the Luda-class and Jiangdong-class warships in our navy must be replaced, and we can also upgrade the technology of these old warships according to demand."

"Sell everything that can be sold."

Su Dingping said with a serious face and a loud voice.

"The equipment of the integrated military factory is about to be upgraded, and the 052D is about to be mass-produced. Time is on our side. As long as others can't figure out our clues, we will be able to gain a greater advantage in future naval battles."

"This time, the 052C and 052D conducted joint operations and achieved fruitful results, which shows everything."

Hearing Su Dingping's words, Liu Huaming and other leaders were extremely shocked. When they were still confused, Su Dingping had already cleared the clouds and made a very thorough and easy-to-understand analysis, pointing out the direction.