I built an armada.

Only large amphibious landing ships can be deployed to carry out beach landing operations.

In any case, amphibious landing operations involve too many factors, and the number of personnel alone is enormous, making it the time when casualties are most severe.

Therefore, we must be extremely cautious and consider the whole picture.

However, for the next period of time, the Longxia tribe continued to focus on peaceful and stable economic development and had no ambition to expand outwards!
Moreover, the theme of our times is peace and development, and we should vigorously carry out domestic construction to improve people's living standards.

Naturally, the development of amphibious landing ships is not as urgent as that of other warships, and thus it is ranked after nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

Su Dingping has already made arrangements: the construction of amphibious assault ships will proceed after the top-of-the-line 120,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is completed. At that time, everything will fall into place, and it will be the best arrangement.

Seeing that Su Dingping hadn't spoken for a while, Liu Huaming assumed he was busy again and quickly asked, "Dingping, are you still listening?"

"Commander, I'm still listening."

Su Dingping snapped out of his daze and quickly responded truthfully.

"Haha, Dingping, this unexpected good news, didn't it also shock you?"

Liu Huaming smiled happily, his tone naturally very friendly, "Let me tell you, when we first heard this news, we were also shocked for a long time."

"We were just discussing how you deserve immense credit for the Navy's achievements and scale today."

"If it weren't for your rapid advancement in the modernization of naval equipment, I'm afraid the navy wouldn't have the confidence and strength it has today."

Although it was clear that Liu Huaming's words were very sincere, expressing his heartfelt affirmation of Su Dingping, Su Dingping remained very humble and showed no sign of arrogance.

"You flatter me, sir. If I have done anything, it is entirely thanks to your trust and support, as well as the strong cooperation and joint efforts of my naval comrades."

"Without these objective conditions, I alone would not be able to support the whole effort, so this credit belongs to everyone."

"It is through our collective efforts that we have built a strong navy, which has led to its achievements today!"

Hearing Su Dingping's words, Liu Huaming was naturally very pleased, and he couldn't help but smile. This young man was still so humble, how could anyone not feel at ease?
Today, Su Dingping has become the chief engineer of the naval integrated military factory and the Pangu Research Base. He is in charge of numerous research projects, each of which has a profound impact on the three armed forces. He also holds hundreds of billions or even trillions of yuan in research funds.

But he remained so humble and so endearing. He never took credit for himself and even attributed all the credit to others. Such a talented young man is hard to find even with a lantern!
Even without those achievements, Su Dingping's humble and approachable manner alone greatly increased Liu Huaming's goodwill towards him, naturally leading him to value Su Dingping highly.

Nobody likes a young person who is arrogant and disdainful of others, who is complacent after doing a little something and takes all the credit for himself. He will only be disliked!

Besides his exceptional talent, he also possessed eloquence comparable to a senior instructor. After a series of eloquent and inspiring speeches, he immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd, and everyone charged forward with great enthusiasm.

The key point is that he is so humble. Liu Huaming felt that almost every compliment he could think of in a short time could be used to describe Zhao Changhe.

This is the real treasure, a great treasure that the Navy has acquired!
Liu Huaming was filled with emotion and felt even happier for his decision back then, feeling that this was something he could be proud of for the rest of his life.

Then, he changed the subject, saying, "Let's get back to the main topic. Dingping, what are your thoughts on the USS Enterprise? After all, you're the expert."

“We’re both novices in this matter, you know what I mean.”

"As long as your request isn't excessive, I can help you negotiate and make it happen."

In any case, the Enterprise is a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is incomparable to the conventionally powered aircraft carriers of the Eastern Wilderness Tribe and the Thousand Buddha Tribe.

In particular, the aircraft carriers of the Eastern Wilderness Tribe and the Thousand Buddha Tribe do not have catapults or nuclear power plants. The difference between the two is like heaven and earth.

Moreover, many technologies on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are things that the Longxia tribe cannot develop with its current military technology.

With such resources, Liu Huaming and other naval leaders naturally wanted to make full use of them, and only Su Dingping could maximize their potential.

Liu Huaming's statement suggests that if Su Dingping truly desired the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, he would do everything in his power to help Su Dingping achieve his goal.

Let's not even talk about capturing him and keeping him in the Longxia tribe forever, but forcibly keeping him for a day or two is something we can try to achieve.

Even if everyone believes that this possibility is infinitely close to zero!

Because the Eagle Tribe, whether it's the military or the chief and other high-ranking officials, would absolutely not allow their nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be dissected and studied by researchers from other countries.

One very obvious example is that a naval technology expert from the Longxia tribe took the opportunity to visit the Xiong Ying tribe to see the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but was blocked by them and could only see it from a great distance.

This demonstrates the terrifying extent to which the Eagle Tribe imposed a technological blockade on the Dragon Summer Tribe, as if they were terrified of being exploited by the Dragon Summer's military technology experts.

It's important to understand that at that time, the two countries were in a honeymoon period of cooperation, and their relationship was excellent.

However, the Eagle Tribe treated the Dragon Xia Navy's technical experts like thieves, only allowing them to observe from outside the portholes. Any attempts to get closer and look inside were blocked.

For the Longxia Navy, it was an extremely humiliating day, and it stung countless Longxia Navy technical experts and many military industry experts!
If the Dragonxia tribe were to capture the Enterprise aircraft carrier, even for just a day, the Eagle tribe would be furious and would stop at nothing to prevent it from happening.

Clearly, Liu Huaming understood this as well, which is why he didn't speak so absolutely, but instead gave a condition. He did this to avoid the possibility of failing to keep his word, which would have resulted in him losing face in front of Su Dingping.

Moreover, he didn't want to see a look of disappointment on Su Dingping's face.

The navy would do its utmost to meet any reasonable request from Su Dingping, and Liu Huaming would feel extremely guilty if he failed to do so this time! "I see."

Upon hearing this, Su Dingping remained silent for a moment, then changed the subject and said, "Commander, I have a bold but immature idea, which may be beyond your imagination."

A bold idea?

To their surprise, Liu Huaming's eye muscles twitched violently a few times involuntarily.

A series of images of Su Dingping's audacious actions immediately flashed through their minds, each one making them extremely nervous.

In order to test the actual combat capabilities of the Type 052C guided-missile destroyer, he once sailed out to sea with Zhou Qinglei, heading directly to the relevant high seas to launch a proactive attack on three Maritime Self-Defense Force warships belonging to the Donghuang tribe.

Next, in order to test the comprehensive combat capabilities of the Type 052D destroyer, he and a group of experts, including Sun Yongguo, took a warship out to sea and specifically went to the waters near the Donghuang tribe to test its stealth performance.

Even when it was the first time they approached the Japanese border to conduct military operations, Su Dingping personally participated in commanding the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer.

Such a perilous and dangerous activity took place in the heart of the Eastern Wilderness Tribe's territorial waters, surrounded by Eastern Wilderness Maritime Self-Defense Force warships, with the skies filled with Eastern Wilderness Air Self-Defense Force reconnaissance and early warning aircraft.

It can be said that this was like knowingly venturing into a dangerous place, risking everything alone, and going deep into enemy territory. If the enemy had discovered them, it could have resulted in a tragedy of shipwreck and loss of life!
This series of events demonstrates just how audacious Su Dingping is, and how dedicated and fanatical he is to scientific research; there's nothing he wouldn't dare to do.

If the voyage were long enough, this guy might just sail his warship into the waters near the Eagle Tribe!
This was one of their madmen. Liu Huaming felt a chill run down his spine whenever he talked about these things, fearing that something might have happened to Su Dingping, even if he had just bumped or bruised himself.

In fact, these were all routine operations for Su Dingping. After all, he had already conducted a comprehensive forging and testing of the warship in the military industry encyclopedia forging space. Everything revolved around him, so it was impossible to simulate the impact of the ever-changing battlefield environment on the warship.

Even after the navy takes delivery of the ship and conducts large-scale testing, the desired effect cannot be achieved.

Only by pushing warships into extremely dangerous situations can their functions be truly and effectively tested, ensuring that they do not fail at crucial moments in naval battles.

For Su Dingping, even if there was no opportunity, he would create one to test the warship's relevant performance!

After taking a deep breath, Liu Huaming reminded him with utmost seriousness, "Dingping, you promised me that you would never do anything reckless or risk your life! You can't go back on your word!"

They were already quite bold before, and Su Dingping even said it was standard procedure. But now he himself has said that his boldness is beyond their imagination. How incredibly audacious must he be?

No wonder Liu Huaming was so excited; Xu Dongguo and the others also became serious after hearing this.

Although it is unclear what Su Dingping said to Liu Huaming on the phone, some clues could be gleaned from his serious expression.

Even though no one interrupted, they all gave Liu Huaming meaningful glances, signaling him not to get so agitated and to let Su Dingping finish speaking no matter what.

Hearing Liu Huaming's words suddenly turn serious, Su Dingping felt a little embarrassed and coughed lightly to explain.

"Sir, as researchers, we should be bolder. How can we test the reliability of our warships without sailing them into enemy territory? We can't just work in isolation, can we?"

"During nuclear weapons tests, which of our scientists didn't personally go to the nuclear explosion site to collect invaluable firsthand data..."

Seeing Su Dingping's endless stream of excuses, Liu Huaming quickly interrupted, saying, "Stop, stop, I need to add one more thing now."

"Don't even mention anything that puts you in danger to me. With that in mind, think it over carefully."

Su Dingping couldn't help but smile bitterly. He hadn't expected that before he could even make his request, the other party had already blocked his path, clearly telling him not to take any risks.

Guo Xueyun and the other newly arrived researchers, who were not far away, naturally noticed the constant changes in Su Dingping's expression. Since they couldn't hear what he was saying, they subconsciously assumed that something had happened at the front line, and they all became nervous.

"So, what's the situation like at the front now?"

Professor Zhang said with some concern, "Judging from Chief Su's expression, it seems so."

"Yes, it seems the situation on the front lines isn't very good," Professor Zhao replied with concern, looking quite worried.

Hearing the professors' conversation, Guo Xueyun and the other juniors felt a pang of guilt. They were all ashamed, feeling that they couldn't help at all and that they felt so powerless for the first time!
On the other side, after a brief moment of thought, Su Dingping said directly, "Sir, I have only one question: Is it possible to capture the USS Enterprise?"

"Just like when we captured the aircraft carrier of the Thousand Buddha Tribe and the aircraft carrier of the Eastern Wilderness Tribe, we will tow them back."

"If that's the case, we won't need to take any risks; we can just do the research at home."

These words stumped Liu Huaming, who responded seriously after a moment.

"It seems you really need that aircraft carrier. Here's what I'll do: I'll try to get it towed back, even if it's just for a day."

"However, you should also be mentally prepared that the probability of success is not high, or even very slim."

"As for the specific reasons, I believe you can understand them."

Upon hearing this, Su Dingping replied earnestly, "Sir, one is one, and two is two. That's how scientific research works. Low-probability events absolutely cannot proceed to the next stage. Therefore, it is full of uncertainties."

Liu Huaming was somewhat bewildered and subconsciously asked, "So, what are your plans?"

Taking a deep breath and carefully considering his words, Su Dingping slowly spoke again: "Sir, let me be frank with you, I want to board the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, even if it's just for a short time, it's fine." (End of Chapter)