132: Are you sure you mean the aircraft carrier?

Chapter 132 Are you sure you're talking about an aircraft carrier? Did you steal Eagle-land's aircraft carrier?

What kind of equipment could have a displacement of tens of thousands of tons?

This number exploded in both their minds, leaving them stunned for a long time.

"Tens of thousands of tons?" Zhang Yuli stared blankly at the text on the screen: "What 'big toy' did their organization get?"

"What kind of vessel could have this displacement?"

If it were a civilian cargo ship, tens of thousands of tons would be negligible.

Many cruise ships that people take for vacations often have displacements of tens of thousands or even over a hundred thousand tons.

As for cargo ships, they can easily reach terrifying figures of hundreds of thousands of tons of displacement, making an aircraft carrier seem like a junior in comparison.

But... this was a warship. For a vessel to reach this tonnage, the first word that came to their minds was 'aircraft carrier'.

Taking over the conversation.

"In modern warships, how many vessels can reach the tens of thousands of tons scale?" Zheng Lixing murmured in disbelief, his face full of astonishment.

His eyes sharpened: "Could it be an aircraft carrier? They got an aircraft carrier?"

The most likely answer for this tonnage was an aircraft carrier!

This wasn't the era of big guns and dreadnoughts from World War II, where a battleship could also pile up over fifty or sixty thousand tons of displacement.

But these were all superficial; the actual increase in combat power wasn't simply based on whose displacement was larger on paper.

In modern warships, even the largest nuclear-powered cruisers generally weigh around twenty thousand tons, while the currently mainstream missile destroyers mostly have displacements slightly over ten thousand tons.

After all, what good is a hundred-thousand-ton battleship? A few thousand-ton missile destroyer, with one 'precision-guided missile' hit, can instantly sink your behemoth. So, what's the point of building such a large vessel?

However, Zhang Yuli immediately interrupted him: "Not necessarily... supply ships, support ships, and the like could also reach the tens of thousands of tons level..."

It's just that these tens of thousands of tons vessels are all various auxiliary ships, not frontline combat ships, and their technological content is far from as high as imagined.

Judging by the past actions of the Great Wall Watcher organization, would they even care about such technology?

Zhang Yuli had a big question mark in his heart about this.

The joy on Zheng Lixing's face didn't diminish in the slightest: "If it really is an aircraft carrier, that would be great."

"Even kitty hawk-class or Forrestal-class technology could provide us with a lot of help."

The Varyag, which Da Xia was currently modifying, was still a ski-jump deck aircraft carrier. Steam catapult technology for flat decks, like that of the kitty hawk-class, would also be greatly beneficial.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuli didn't delve deeper but directly replied.

【Da Xia urgently needs this technology. Which 'vessel' is your organization offering?】

【Also, what 'remuneration' is required? We will make the payment as specified.】

Regardless of what 'divine' technology this tens of thousands of tons vessel was, Da Xia had no reason to refuse.

Even without mentioning it, Da Xia's current technology in supply ships, support ships, frigates, and other vessels still had some shortcomings, far less advanced than Eagle-land's.

Even if this technology wasn't of much help, maintaining a good relationship with this organization was something he always needed to keep in mind.

Just after replying, this time the waiting period wasn't as long.

After only a few minutes, a new reply sounded.

The 'beep-beep' sound echoed in the small room for less than a minute before Zhang Yuli decisively opened the email.

Looking closely, this time it was also a dense compressed file, with the title clearly written.

【Complete design drawings for the wasp-class amphibious assault ship】

【GE LM-2500 gas turbine engine technology...】

【APS auxiliary electric propulsion system detailed explanation and implementation...】

【SPS-48E 3D air search radar. 64-plane search radar material development direction】

These technical documents instantly filled the entire screen.

Unexpectedly, what was sent this time was not a kitty hawk-class aircraft carrier, nor was it a supply ship.

"Hiss... wasp-class amphibious assault ship!!"

"They even managed to get their hands on something like this?" Zheng Lixing gasped.

It truly was!!

Although this wasn't an aircraft carrier, it was better than an aircraft carrier, as its other name was 'helicopter carrier'!

And it was a wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Could they even obtain this kind of technology?

If one were to rank the vessels currently in service in Eagle-land's fleet, then apart from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which was undoubtedly number one, this would be the second-ranked vessel.

(Ford and Eagle-land-class were still under construction, kitty hawk-class was decommissioned in May 2009.)

"This technology comes at just the right time. This is the equipment most suitable for our Da Xia Navy."

The smile on Zhang Yuli's face made his wrinkles pile up like a flower: "It's much more suitable than any kitty hawk-class."

"Indeed," Zheng Lixing echoed.

It must be known that for the current Da Xia, what was most needed was not the long-range navigation capability of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

While that was also very important, after all, one had to walk one step at a time.

Now, facing the waters of East Asia, the focus of strike capability also needed to be placed on coastal areas, which was the urgent problem Da Xia needed to solve.

And as for coastal strike capability, what could be more effective than a 'helicopter carrier'?

Without the bulkiness of traditional aircraft carriers, and without the need to deploy a large number of auxiliary ships to support the carrier every time, only one or two destroyers and landing ships would be enough to form a large-scale amphibious landing strike group.

Once this thing appeared, wouldn't it directly crush the 'babies' in this coastal region of East Asia?

Its deterrent power would be no less than that of a massive aircraft carrier battle group.

However.

Zhang Yuli glanced at Zheng Lixing, asking, "Old Zheng, what's with that expression? Someone sent us this kind of technology, and you're still not happy?"

"Are you suspecting there's a problem, or is there something you can't figure out?"

He noticed that Zheng Lixing's brows had been tightly furrowed.

His face was filled with big words, all saying, 'I don't understand'!

Hearing this.

"I've actually been thinking, judging by the previous times they provided technology, since they obtained the wasp-class amphibious assault ship technology, then perhaps..."

Before Zheng Lixing could finish his sentence, Zhang Yuli's heart trembled.

He thought of a somewhat 'chilling' fact: "Their organization... wouldn't really have a wasp-class amphibious assault ship, would they?"

The two exchanged glances, feeling intense shock and suspicion in each other's eyes.

"I think it's not impossible," Zheng Lixing said after a moment of silence, nodding.

Although this truth was incredibly hard to believe, it could be said that the probability of such a thing happening was extremely high.

Judging by the Great Wall Watch organization's previous provision of technology to Da Xia, they often provided F22 technology, and then could transport a 'genuine' F22.

Even the B-2 Bomber and C-5M were no exception. So now that they have once again provided wasp-class amphibious assault ship technology...

Could it be that they wouldn't have the corresponding vessel in their hands?

Regarding this point, no one dared to rashly deny it.

"This is probably far from as simple as we imagine."

After Zhang Yuli let out a long breath, he waved his hand directly: "Let's discuss this matter later."

This bold hypothesis was simply too 'bold'!

How many wasp-class amphibious assault ships does Eagle-land currently have? They just stole one?

Such a big event, let alone Eagle-land being able to keep it a secret, even Da Xia would certainly get some news. It's simply impossible for not even a whisper to get out.

After all, this thing is a colossal behemoth, tens of thousands of tons.

A glimmer of light appeared in Zhang Yuli's eyes; he seemed to vaguely guess something.

Unless it was built by their organization??

At this moment.

Just as Zhang Yuli was about to reply.

Suddenly, another email popped up on the screen.

【I remember that the varyag, which Da Xia is currently developing and modifying, should have a ski-jump deck.】

Looking at the 'peculiar' question sent by the other party.

Zhang Yuli didn't think much of it and directly typed a line of text and sent it.

'Yes, the varyag will not undergo major changes during the improvement process and will still use a ski-jump takeoff method.'

At this time.

"Why is their organization asking about this?" Zheng Lixing was once again puzzled.

He wasn't surprised by the fact that they had been discovered modifying the varyag aircraft carrier.

Let alone the mysterious Great Wall Watch organization, even Eagle-land knew a lot of inside information. Even military enthusiasts could guess that the varyag was probably not being modified into a casino or amusement park.

Instead, it was serving as an experimental project for Da Xia to accumulate experience for officially building domestic aircraft carriers.

It's just... what's the connection with asking if it will also use 'ski-jump' takeoff?

"I can't guess what this 'leader' is thinking," Zhang Yuli shook his head.

Da Xia couldn't possibly tear down the entire deck and rebuild it now that it was almost completed, could it?

Such a massive amount of work would be slower than just building a new one.

Subsequently.

As the two of them were filled with these questions.

Suddenly.

Several 'beep-beep' email notification sounds rang out, and several titles instantly appeared in the inbox.

The Mysterious Organization seemed to have emptied its coffers, sending a flurry of emails.

【I think these technologies should also be useful to you!】

【High-rate lithium battery supercapacitor technology full R&D process, full technical schematics...】

【Pulse capacitor energy storage equipment, technical principles and essentials...】

【Electromagnetic catapult technology specifications and implementation guidelines...】

"???"

Zheng Lixing immediately felt his brain boiling: "Did they rob Bell Labs?"

How is this only a little useful?

This is far more practical than the amphibious assault ship technology mentioned earlier.

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