In the afternoon, Jiang Feng attended an event organized by the Military Commission, greeted a group of senior generals whom he had known for a long time, and also gave the Jiang Consortium a gift.

"Just Jiang is really too polite. He has to spend so much money every year." A general smiled at everyone, "But he is the rich and powerful one, so everyone doesn't need to be polite to him."

Just as everyone was joking, Rong Guohui, the new deputy minister of the General Equipment Department, also came. When he saw Jiang Feng, he had to talk a few more questions and ask about the situation at home and the health of his parents. After all, the two families are relatives, and the topics are different from others.

Jiang Feng talked about the topic of aircraft carriers. Last year, Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group acquired Jiangnan Shipyard in order to build aircraft carriers.

After four years of development, Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group has developed from an initial ordinary tractor manufacturing plant to the most complete and most assets in China, and even surpassed the other two major military giants Arsenal Group and the Arsenal Group. It is a state-owned deputy ministerial-level state-owned enterprise. Its secretary and general manager are both ministerial-level officials. In fact, the secretary of Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group is the commander of the Southwest Military Region, and he is a general at the military region level. However, its general manager is appointed by Jiang Feng, that is, Gao Ziyi. In other words, Gao Ziyi, who is only 26 years old, enjoys the treatment of deputy ministerial-level. However, she is not a government official, because she is a person appointed by Jiang Feng to manage Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group.

When Jiang Feng reached an agreement with the state to establish Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group, it was agreed that Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group was controlled by the state, but the daily operations were handled by Jiang Feng.

After acquiring Jiangnan Shipyard, Jiang Feng did not let Jiangnan Shipyard start building aircraft carriers as soon as possible. After all, although Jiangnan Shipyard is the best shipbuilding company in China, the experience and strength of building warships are very lacking. After all, China's technical accumulation on naval ships is really hard to say. It is indeed difficult to start building aircraft carriers on the basis of today.

After being acquired by Jiangzhou Heavy Industry Group, the Jiangnan Shipyard first began to build several types of missile frigates, missile destroyers and missile cruisers provided by Jiangfeng.

Missile frigates are medium or light combat ships with missiles as their main combat weapons, supplemented by artillery, water weapons (torpedoes, mines, deep-water bombs, anti-submarine rockets, etc.). They are mainly used for anti-ship, anti-submarine and air defense escort, as well as reconnaissance, guard patrol, mine laying, supporting land operations and supporting the littoral flank of the Army. In modern naval formations, frigates are surface combat ships second only to destroyers in tonnage and firepower.

After World War II, international regulations: Frigates with a full load displacement of less than 2,000 tons are frigates, destroyers with a full load displacement of 2,000 to 4,000 tons are destroyers, and cruisers with a full load displacement of more than 4,000 tons are cruisers. However, now all countries in the world are playing fakes, and a frigate with a displacement of 4,000 tons is also called frigates. Japan just built a 20,000 tons helicopter aircraft carrier, and also called it frigates. Therefore, there are no strict standards for frigates now.

Missile destroyers and missile destroyers are multi-purpose surface attack warships that use ship-to-ship missiles as their main weapons to strike maritime targets, and have air defense, anti-submarine, escort and other tasks. Their general displacement is 3,000-10,000 tons. Their main combat mission is to escort large fleets and transport fleets. Other weapons are equipped with naval guns, anti-submarine deep-water bombs, torpedoes, etc.

Missile cruisers generally have a displacement of 8,000 to 20,000 tons, and are equipped with missiles, artillery, torpedo and other weapons. Most cruisers can carry helicopters. Most power plants use steam turbines, while a few use nuclear power plants.

With the rise of naval aviation, the status of cruisers has declined. In modern warfare, cruisers have actually disappeared, and their role has been completely replaced by destroyers.

The most famous cruisers in the contemporary world are two-class: the American Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser and the Soviet Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser.

Although missile cruisers have declined, they have a difficult position to replace today for China. After all, China's naval aviation has developed extremely unsatisfactory, and it is not a matter of overnight development. Without ten or eight years of accumulation, it is impossible to form a naval aviation force with sufficient combat effectiveness. Therefore, at this stage, the status of missile cruisers is very important.

It is also because of this that the Navy has a plan to build missile cruisers.

In fact, with the current R&D and manufacturing capabilities of Jiangnan Shipyard, it is still a little short of producing missile cruisers. In other words, what Jiangnan Shipyard is really manufacturing is only a few types of missile frigates and missile destroyers. As for missile cruisers, a research and development team has been set up to digest the information provided by Jiang Feng and accumulate technology.

When Jiang Feng provided the military with design information on frigates, destroyers and cruisers, he also provided the design information on aircraft carriers. Although the aircraft carrier cannot be built in a short period of time, it is still possible to carry out early technical accumulation.

"Now we are all trying to digest it quickly, and it is difficult to make any decisions for a while." Rong Guohui replied, "We must take the aircraft carrier project. The key is a question of timing. This is more difficult to grasp, and it depends on the determination of the senior management."

Jiang Feng nodded, saying that he could understand that if it were not for the impact of the bombing of the embassy and the Sino-US aircraft collision, the senior management probably would not have paid so much attention to the military's equipment issue. Although there is no war in the South China Sea, the sovereignty dispute between the Xisha and the Nansha has never stopped. Several small countries there often take advantage of the opportunity that China has been unable to reach and come to the cold, reminding the Chinese that the south is not peaceful, so the senior management also considers taking advantage of the aircraft carrier project.

At present, the main problem is that technical and process problems have not been solved. As for design capabilities, there are still some in China, but high-performance steel has always relied on imports. If this problem cannot be solved, it will not be able to truly build its own offshore giant.

Rong Guohui said to Jiang Feng: "The burden on your shoulders is very heavy. The national defense industry is a place that costs a lot of money. Without strong economic power, it will definitely be difficult to build an aircraft carrier formation. China has the national conditions of China. Although our aircraft carrier cost is definitely much less than that of the United States, if there is no investment of tens of billions of dollars or even tens of billions of dollars, it is probably difficult to form combat effectiveness. You must be mentally prepared in this regard."

Rong Guohui's implication is that with the current domestic capabilities, it is natural to build aircraft carriers. However, because there are many places that require money, foreign countries have always been very sensitive to the issue of China's construction of aircraft carriers, so the operation of this matter requires great caution. Once there is a deviation, it is easy to be influenced by international public opinion, and even some people will oppose it in China.

However, if such a project becomes private procurement, what would it look like?

"If that happens, I will go bankrupt." Jiang Feng said with a wry smile.

When Jiang Feng said this, he was completely pretending. With his current net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars, his mature aircraft carrier technology, and even the technology to make various materials for aircraft carriers, it is not a big problem to make the aircraft carrier with all his strength.

Not to mention an ordinary-powered aircraft carrier, even a nuclear fission-powered aircraft carrier or even a fusion-powered aircraft carrier, the technology in the Lingxi Ring can be fully produced. Of course, this takes time, because if you want to master those advanced technologies, even mature technologies, it is not possible to complete them in a short time.

In fact, the secret construction of aircraft carriers has begun in the military factory of the South China Republic. This project was started at the beginning of the founding of the South China Republic, and its technology was naturally provided by Jiang Feng to Lingxi 3. As for the talents, it was collected by Longya and Satan from all over the world through various means.

According to the latest report from Lingxi 3, it is said that in about three years, the Republic of South China will be able to equip aircraft carriers.

Of course, Rong Guohui's statement that Jiang Feng was asked to carry out an aircraft carrier project was also a joke. If Jiang Feng blatantly went to build an aircraft carrier, the top leaders of the country would probably not be able to eat during the day and sleep at night. After all, the Jiang family consortium is now too big. If it is allowed to control the aircraft carrier formation, what would be wrong?

In fact, as the country's strength increases, it is relatively easy for the country to cope with military investment.

Moreover, Jiang Feng’s investment has become a physical enterprise now. Since it is an enterprise, it must look like a enterprise. How can it become a bottomless pit with no profit but only investment?

When Jiang's consortium is difficult to make a choice in the government, it has already made great contributions to the advance layout of some huge investment projects. It is obviously impossible to let them fill holes endlessly. After all, the employees of so many companies also need to be supported.

At present, the Jiang Consortium has supported more than 1.5 million employees worldwide, of which more than 1 million employees in China are the most important domestic enterprise group. The number of people with profits must double this number, which has a huge impact on the entire national economy.

Even the senior management cannot see this importance and do something about killing the chicken and retrieving the eggs.

To describe it in an inappropriate sentence, the Jiang family consortium was already too big. Otherwise, the senior government leaders would not allow Jiang Feng to establish the Jiang family consortium. Even if most of the senior management had a good relationship with Jiang Feng, it would be impossible. The reason why the senior management did not explicitly stop Jiang Feng when Jiang Feng decided to establish the Jiang family consortium was more because it could not be stopped. (To be continued. Please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!)
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