117: Section 117

"For an aircraft carrier to operate on land, it's true that besides Lin's, probably no one else in the entire world has achieved it."

"But..."

"There's absolutely no need for it!"

"Who would research how to make an aircraft carrier land-capable??"

As the President said this, he spread his hands.

The surrounding senators and officials couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, oh my god, this Lin's is truly too genius, to actually do such a thing."

"Unimaginable, why would he make an aircraft carrier go on land? He wouldn't be trying to make an aircraft carrier fight tanks, would he?"

"Now we don't have to worry. It turns out Lin's secret weapon is an amphibious aircraft carrier, just with a few extra wheels. It poses no threat to us at all!"

"Heh, our ocean-going fleet is the true overlord of the entire ocean!"

"Perhaps Lin's is trying to settle for second best, knowing they can't beat us at sea, so they want to build a land carrier to dominate on land?"

"But... isn't the whole point of an aircraft carrier that there are no supply stations at sea, which is why carrier-based fighter jets are needed?"

"For tanks, aircraft, and so on operating inland, resupply isn't difficult at all!"

"Moreover, doesn't an aircraft carrier dominate the ocean precisely because there aren't many enemies at sea?"

"Yes, on land, even a single landmine can pose a threat to land vehicles. By moving the aircraft carrier to land, isn't he abandoning its advantages?"

Everyone chimed in, basically sentencing this aircraft carrier with "wheels" to death.

After all, when the unknown becomes known, all fear dissipates.

And for the people of Hua Nation, when this unknown surprise was revealed by other countries, the surprise also directly vanished, leaving only dumbfoundedness.

Of course, to make the people of Hua Nation feel even more despair,

Lighthouse Country directly assigned this image to their military factory engineers, vehicle researchers, and others.

They were tasked with analyzing the outcome of Hua Nation building such a wheeled aircraft carrier.

Of course, this was also partly because the President, deep down, still harbored a tiny bit of apprehension about Lin's reputation, fearing that the wheels on this aircraft carrier might have other uses.

However, once the analysis results came out, he felt relieved.

It proved that these wheels were completely superfluous!

Besides allowing this massive aircraft carrier to operate on land, they had no further use!

The key is that after multiple joint calculations by engineers, they confidently stated,

Because this aircraft carrier is enormous and overweight, there are simply no roads on land that can withstand such weight.

This means that for the aircraft carrier to operate on land, not only would its speed be extremely slow, but wherever it passed, it would damage roads, and it couldn't even operate in densely built areas, otherwise it would certainly cause destruction.

As a result,

They discovered that the nearest sea area to the assembly site of this aircraft carrier in the suburbs of Yanjing was over 350 kilometers in diameter.

However, if this aircraft carrier were to be transported by its four huge wheels,

It would have to take a detour of at least 3,000 kilometers.

Moreover, it would have to travel through the countryside the entire way, even having to destroy many forests, fields, hills, and so on, before the aircraft carrier could safely reach the sea.

This analysis report, which reassured many countries, made the people of Hua Nation even more worried.

At the request of the Lighthouse Country President, famous vehicle engineers from the various Northern Alliance countries accompanying him conducted research and analysis reports on this special aircraft carrier.

The conclusions they reached were almost identical.

Everyone believed that this wheeled aircraft carrier was a joke!

They speculated that it was initially built inland to conceal the project, to avoid premature discovery if it were built near the sea, which led to this desperate measure.

But it was still discovered, and it also added many redundant parts to the aircraft carrier.

Subsequently, the President ordered major media outlets worldwide to extensively report on this matter—

Lighthouse Evening News: Regarding the wheeled aircraft carrier made by Hua Nation, this is completely a joke. After analysis by our great engineers, the conclusion is that these wheels cannot support the movement of such a large aircraft carrier.

Gallic Rooster Agency: We believe the core of an aircraft carrier should be to sail on the ocean. Operating on land will cause severe damage to roads and buildings wherever it passes!

Sun Never Sets Newspaper: We believe Lin's is smart, but his intelligence was misused. Perhaps Hua Nation's high-ranking officials are too foolish to greenlight such a project. My suggestion is for Lin's to join our Northern Alliance Research Institute; this is where you truly belong!

Sakura Agency: Breaking news, our joint military exercises with Lighthouse Country are still ongoing, welcome everyone to watch!

Kimchi Evening News: We originally wanted to say that this new land carrier technology belongs to our Kimchi Country, but after thinking about it, we don't want such foolish technology!

President Tete: I have seen Hua Nation's extremely backward concept regarding aircraft carriers, so I have decided to send all our aircraft carriers to Hua Nation's waters to provide them with a reference, so they know what a true aircraft carrier is!

Major international media outlets simultaneously voiced their opinions, all mocking this amphibious aircraft carrier, which had four wheels added and was assembled inland.

Yanjing Headquarters.

In the Special Decision Group conference room.

Military Region Leader Qin Zhengtian looked at these incredibly entertaining remarks, unable to stop clapping his hands and laughing heartily.

"Hahahahaha—"

"It's clear that the President of Lighthouse Country is very, very anxious."

"Just by seeing the outline of our aircraft carrier via satellite, he couldn't help but start all sorts of analyses."

"Truly, it also showed me how limited human imagination can be."

The other leaders present also nodded in agreement.

They quite understood the outside world's conjectures about this aircraft carrier.

After all, when they first saw Lin Bai unpacking the express delivery through the monitor, and saw the shape of this space-air carrier for the first time, looking at the four turbine-like things on both sides of the hull, didn't they also think they were old-fashioned power wheels?

It's just that this time, because they assembled this carrier inland,

Others saw these large, unextended propeller-assisted flight devices as car-like wheels.

As for satellite surveillance,

They had long suspected that it would inevitably be spied upon.

But there was nothing they could do to cover it up.

After all, this was a temporary construction site.

Covering it up would be extremely troublesome, not to mention.

At the moment of final completion, this epoch-making aircraft carrier would also take off, so covering it up would mean having to dismantle it again, which was too much trouble.

So, they unanimously decided, let others watch if they want.

Anyway, those who didn't know the true appearance of this aircraft carrier couldn't imagine its essence.

It wasn't amphibious at all.

In fact, it should be said that it had nothing to do with water or land; it was a completely new type of aerial combat vehicle!

Chief Yun lightly tapped the table.

He said to Qin Zhengtian, "Old Qin, the main body of the aircraft carrier has been assembled. You can arrange for the military's fighter jets to be transported onto it."

After all, it is an aircraft carrier, even a space-air carrier, but its most basic function is to serve as a supply station for fighter jets.

Therefore, transporting fighter jets onto it is naturally a necessary task.

"Alright, I'll go back and handle this matter now."

"When the day after tomorrow arrives, I want those who dare to approach our waters to truly experience the might of our Hua Nation!"

...Of course, before that, the expectations of Hua Nation's citizens for this prematurely unveiled aircraft carrier had plummeted to rock bottom.

"Damn, I didn't expect it, the only special feature of this aircraft carrier is that it has a few more wheels..."

"Wuwuwu, this is completely useless!"

"I've read many Experts' analysis reports, and they all believe that it would take at least ten days for four wheels to transport the aircraft carrier to the nearest sea area! And it would even destroy and crash into many buildings and terrains along the way!"

"Although those are Experts' analyses reported by foreign media, I think they make sense!"

"Indeed, for such a massive aircraft carrier, choosing to assemble it inland to conceal the project was, in my opinion, the most mistaken decision!"

"Alas, even Lin's can't solve such a problem."

"Lin's, in the end, is just a researcher, or a team. Are you still hoping for more?"

"It's already good enough that we can add one more aircraft carrier to our Hua Nation!"

"Yes, four aircraft carriers already make us the country with the most carriers after Lighthouse Country..."

"But it's useless, although other countries have fewer, they've sided with Lighthouse Country. We're fighting alone, and four carriers can't compare to Lighthouse Country's military strength!"

"Rather, we've fallen into an even worse situation!"

"Yes... originally, other countries sided with Lighthouse Country out of coercion, but seeing our Hua Nation rise, they became even more determined to cling to them!"

Yes, what made the people of Hua Nation feel most helpless was that.

Even though this aircraft carrier was mocked by many countries,

It was still an aircraft carrier at the very least!

No matter how ridiculous, no matter how much effort it would take to get from inland to the ocean, and how much domestic loss it would ultimately cause.

The point is, once this aircraft carrier successfully enters the ocean, it will still be a full-fledged aircraft carrier!

Most importantly,

As more and more information was transmitted through satellite images,

Many countries with satellite detection capabilities were shocked after calculating the true proportions of this aircraft carrier.

Hua Nation's latest aircraft carrier was actually three times the size of Lighthouse Country's newest and largest ship, the USS Kennedy!

In other words,

Even if the Hua Nation official's decision to build this largest aircraft carrier inland drew public ridicule, it couldn't hide the fact that this aircraft carrier posed a huge threat to other countries!