What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 182 Overwhelmed
Rats have been the biggest pest since the beginning of ocean voyages.

It chews on wooden boards, food barrels, bacon, vegetables, and fruits. There is nothing it won't take a bite of.

And this thing is very clever. It will try to take a bite of each piece of food in a pile, making people feel disgusted and at a loss as to where to start.

Rats are also carriers of many diseases, so eating them is risky. Food and drinking water that have been gnawed by them should not be touched easily.

Its reproductive capacity is particularly strong. A sea voyage can take several months. If it is not controlled, it is enough for a nest of mice to reproduce an entire population.

Therefore, ships with the conditions will keep a few cats and dogs to catch mice, and there are also many anti-rat traps.

Generally speaking, as long as the method is appropriate, the number of rats and mice can be well controlled.

But faced with the sudden influx of hundreds of rats, the Sierra Madre fell instantly.

The two cats on the ship were attacking everywhere at first, but later they hid in the cabin and did not move, and had to rely on people to move.

However, faced with a cliff-like numerical lead, even if all means are used, it will be of no avail.

The worst thing was that due to negligence, the door of the storage compartment on the lower level was not closed at all, and God knows how many rats sneaked in.

There were all kinds of food in there, and although most of the canned food was useless to the mice, the least amount of fresh food was the most important.

Without one or two vegetables or pickled fruits, people will not be able to eat the greasy canned food at all and will feel depressed.

Seeing hundreds of rats, no matter how dumb Marino was, he knew what was going on.

However, when he wanted to yell, he found that the radio wires had also been chewed through, and now there were only two satellite phones on the entire ship that could be used.

But even if he made the phone call, it would be useless. There were hundreds of rats. Unless the entire ship was disinfected, any means would melt away like dew in the face of the huge number.

After just a few days, the already stuffy ship became like hell. Marino was beginning to want to give up and was hesitating whether to call the satellite phone.

……

On the Friendship, the thirty-one crew members are in very good condition.

Because the fishing boats that set out later arrived at the sea area to operate, they would go out for patrol every day and return to Ren'ai Reef to continue fishing at night.

According to Wang Wu's guess, it is very likely that they will encounter Luzon ships again in a few days.

Tang Wen instructed Ding Yidu to keep cruising, and the Civilization would go out to sea to assist after visiting the scenic spots, while the Friendship just needed to keep harassing.

And at the shipyard, the second Sperm Whale is already under construction.

Unlike the previous one, the command room of this submarine has been modified and equipped with an ultra-high-power radio suppression antenna. When it is exposed to the surface and irradiated in a targeted manner, it can suppress all communications using electromagnetic waves in a short period of time.

This technology is not complicated and has absolute suppressive power over civilian-grade communication equipment. However, it consumes a lot of power and will overheat within 10 minutes of being turned on.

但是，10分钟已经足够82节的鱼雷航行25公里，而抹香鲸号可以在1秒内射出6枚。

At the shipyard, another level 6 submarine captain, Grayson Fitzgerald, was recruited and waited quietly in the shadows for the moment to attack.

……

"Dauntless 7, prepare for takeoff. Dauntless 8 and 9, get ready. Dauntless 4, what are you doing on the runway?"

"Old Dai, there are planes all behind me, please let them fly!"

"Dauntless 7 takes off!"

After launching four planes in one breath, Dai Zhenzhong finally had time to drink some water.

The air traffic controller seconded from Pingtan Airport looked at the dense dots on the radar. There were now 6 land-based aircraft and 3 seaplanes in the sky, which was too crowded for the narrow airspace.

"Old Dai, we can't fly so densely. The three planes in the east need to disperse. Seaplanes are not allowed to approach the land. All of them must go to the sea."

"Damn, this is the limited airspace we have. Aren't you crossing the line like this?"

"Your tourist area is a treasure now. What's wrong with flying over it a little? Besides, I'm the air traffic controller. It won't affect you over there. Just follow my instructions.

We have three more planes to launch later...two descent routes aren't enough."

"Stop talking, Intrepid 2 is about to land, clear the air!"

The dispatcher in the tower spun like a top, but it was far from enough.

The popularity of the plane is beyond imagination. The 15-minute special group purchase 488 experience tickets are sold out immediately after the park opens every day.

Tickets for stunt flying, photo re-printing, and family packages all cost more than 1000 yuan, but the queues are still endless.

The aircraft currently in operation can only meet less than one-fifth of the demand, and the first batch of pilots were all operating seriously beyond the standards.

Originally thought that things would be easier after the weekend, but the number of passengers exceeded 7000 until Tuesday. Tang Wen had to use his connections in the navy and sent out 8 Hainan Airlines pilots and 10 ground staff to operate a total of 20 aircraft to reduce tourists' complaints and avoid accidents caused by fatigue driving.

The Yahagi cruiser, which was converted into a sea hotel, was even more overwhelmed. The 888mm fireworks shells, which cost 152 yuan each, were paid for by rich people. The guns were firing all day long, and you could see the fireworks show fired by the ship's guns at night.

As for the two original escort ships, they could not escape the damage either. There were only two items on board: external tours and paid water cannons. The railings were still polished from bow to stern in just a few days.

The originally expected 7 visitors in 5 days were completed on the third day. The scenic spot has already calculated that the revenue from main projects is 1600 million. The sales of beach swimming trunks and swimming rings, snacks and toys, and performance commissions are not included in the statistics, otherwise the revenue could have increased significantly.

The amount of high-end food ingredients, small commodities and toys consumed in just these few days is an astronomical figure.

Without its coastal location, it would have been impossible to meet such a surge in demand so quickly. The heat didn't subside until the following Monday, but by then, the Greater Bay Area had already sold 7 tickets over the first seven days, generating 11.5 million yuan in revenue and generating at least 4600 million yuan in revenue for surrounding vendors.

Taxi companies, bus companies and passenger stations in Echeng have all opened special lines to the Greater Bay Area, and in just a few days they earned the same amount of revenue as in the past month.

The permanent population of Dayuan Town has also increased by three times, and many residents can even make a living by selling their yards to vendors.

Gao Yuliang held four meetings in three days to demand protection for the tourism industry. The local government immediately raised the first 50 million yuan in financing and prepared to continue to increase investment.

"Commander, let's change people. We can't hold on any longer!"

Faced with the desperate pleas of the pilots on business trips, Yan Jian sternly refused:

"This is also for the benefit of the people. What's more, you have subsidies and can even fly jets. What's wrong with a propeller plane turning a few times?"

"But if you sit for 10 hours a day, you're going to get a growth on your butt!"

"Be patient, this is called mutual assistance between the military and the people, go back!"

After sending away the last pilot who begged for mercy, Yan Jian's expression changed and he said to Tang Wen:
"Brother, look, we've paid a huge price to support your scenic area. We've even abandoned our original training."

Tang Wen immediately became alert: "What do you mean by 'my scenic spot'? This is a collective enterprise, don't talk nonsense."

"it's the same."

Yan Jian waved his hand:
"We don't want the money, we just want to know something."

Tang Wen: "Don't talk about ships. I know how poor the navy is right now."

"No, no, no, it's not a boat, it's a plane."

"We have just selected talents and formed a carrier-based aircraft unit, but we don't have any aircraft to train with."

"Didn't you buy more than a dozen?"

"Using a propeller plane is such a disgrace!"

Yan Jian belongs to the South China Sea Fleet. With the aircraft carrier already designated, the training base of the carrier-based aircraft unit is not far from Echeng. The deck of the 011 aircraft carrier was replicated with cement for training.

However, after using propeller carrier-based aircraft several times, the pilots' evaluations were generally not very good, as their flight characteristics were very different from those of jet aircraft.

It’s okay for rookies to try it out, but there’s no need to waste time on the first batch of carrier-based aircraft pilots selected from the elite.

Chengfei's J-7J is still under rapid development and will not be available until at least the end of next year.

The Navy was eager to meet the 1997 deadline and was unwilling to waste any more time trying to get another breakthrough from Tang Wen.

If they can even get an aircraft carrier, then probably some jet carrier-based aircraft shouldn't be a problem either.

"No, I'm afraid there are no carrier-based aircraft available at the moment."

A lot of the early jets before the 60s were junk, and the few decent models required too much experience. Tang Wen even kept some to build Algeria.

"Maybe there are, but at most they're old stuff like the F9F, Sea Vixen, and F2H. They're useless to you."

Yan Jian frowned immediately. These first-generation jets were indeed not very good. If they really wanted them, they might be able to buy the blueprints directly from the manufacturer.

“Is there any hope of providing something more advanced in the future?”

Tang Wen thought for a moment, then tore off a piece of toilet paper and wrote down the models that were better or had larger platforms:

A3, A4, A5.

The A3 is the heaviest carrier-based aircraft in history. It looks a bit like a transport aircraft and has a maximum take-off weight of 37 tons.
The A5 is the largest carrier-based aircraft, looks like an interceptor, and has a maximum take-off weight of 35 tons;
The A4 is a small thing with a maximum take-off weight of only 11 tons, which is not as good as the J-7. It is still subsonic, but its aerodynamic performance is excellent. It may be very useful to convert it into a trainer aircraft.

Just as he was about to hand it over, a figure flashed through Tang Wen's mind and he wrote down the S2 anti-submarine aircraft and Tu-91 carrier-based aircraft.

The S2 is a piston engine twin-engine anti-submarine aircraft with strong vitality. It is a very important auxiliary equipment. The Melbourne has been decommissioned.

As for the Tu-91, a rare Mao-made carrier-based aircraft, just treat it as a collectible.

"You can ask again next year about all the aircraft listed above, and maybe they will be available."

Yan Jian's eyelids twitched after reading it. What kind of weird models are these?

But the A5 attack aircraft? As a carrier-based aircraft, it can fly at Mach 2, has a combat radius of 2000 kilometers, and has a maximum bomb load of 5.2 tons.

But this damn thing has a wingspan twice that of the J-7J, is nearly 10 meters longer, and crucially, its wings can't be folded.

Apart from America's super aircraft carrier, no other aircraft carrier can operate.

But he still put away the toilet paper in case he needed it.

Tang Wen: "How is the Type 011 aircraft carrier used by the navy?"

"It's okay, not bad."

Yan Jian spoke frankly, saying that the fleet had conducted several combat rehearsals centered around small aircraft carriers, and that he had indeed seen a lot of different things.

"Are you interested in other small aircraft carriers?"

(End of this chapter)