What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 75 The scent of oil blew from the seashore
"Hiss, Xiao Liu's technique is pretty good."

On the ground, the trio were all looking up at Liu Kan's performance.

After the initial excitement, Liu Kan was also afraid that something might go wrong with this old plane, so he began to explore the condition of the plane and familiarize himself with the controls bit by bit.

Fortunately, although all the instruments were of the same era style, they worked perfectly fine and with his experience he could not tell what was wrong.

Before taking off, he filled the tank with 1/3 of gasoline, and it flew pretty well.

The better quality aviation gasoline during World War II was the later No. 95 gasoline. The slightly inferior No. 88 and No. 90 gasoline can also be used normally, and even the inferior No. 80 is also fine. It is not very picky.

Liu Kan climbed to a high altitude and swung around for a few circles before turning around and diving. He descended to about two hundred meters toward the sea surface before pulling up, and finally whizzed past the shipyard at an altitude of about one hundred meters.

Tang Wen had only seen this scene at an air show before he traveled through time, but seeing an F4F flying directly overhead was an experience he had never had before, and he couldn't help but get excited when he saw it.

The noise made by a single wildcat was enough to attract the entire village, young and old, to come out and watch the plane.

What would it be like if dozens of aircraft were deployed to form a large formation to fly over the field?

Liu Kan did not stay at low altitude for too long. He quickly returned to high altitude to conduct various maneuver tests, and his courage grew.

After he completed another exhilarating somersault, the radio in the cockpit suddenly rang:
"Small aircraft in the Dawan airspace, small aircraft in the Dawan airspace, this is Pingtan Air Traffic Control, please report your registration number and route."

After the Chinese call was finished, another call was made in English.

Is this old antique radio still usable?

After the first reaction, Liu Kan finally woke up from his dream.

I forgot that this is not an aviation school. Flying without a license is illegal.

In this era, the domestic airspace detection network is actually very underdeveloped, and the radar stations are also very poor. Generally speaking, as long as you don’t enter the warning airspace, you will basically not be discovered.

Five years later, an EP5 made an emergency landing at Lingshui Airport in Qiongzhou.

An ordinary large electronic warfare aircraft, with the same radar reflective surface as a passenger plane, forcibly entered the air defense zone without any identification, flew more than 70 kilometers, and made a safe emergency landing.

Although air defense detection is a global problem, and similar accidents have occurred in various countries where aircraft were not discovered until they made an emergency landing, it still exposes huge hidden dangers.

The reason why Liu Kan was noticed was entirely because Pingtan Airport was just a few dozen kilometers away, and there were not many planes at the time, so a low-speed target was discovered soon after.

Judging from the trajectory, it did not look like a flight, nor did it look like an accident. The air traffic controller immediately made inquiries and began to check for any aircraft that might have passed by recently.

Liu Kan knew that he was a black flyer, but he didn't dare not answer. He picked up the intercom and said:
"Control Tower, this is the Dawan Village Tourist Resort sightseeing aircraft. I'm conducting a test flight. Callsign... Wildcat 01, over."

"..."

The controller at the Pingtan tower carefully looked at the coordinates on the radar and Liu Kan's flight path, but could not remember where the airspace was designated for the tourist area.

"Wildcat 01, you have entered a restricted flight altitude and are affecting the flight path. Please descend immediately. Over."

"Wildcat 01 understands."

After the call ended, Liu Kan didn't dare to stay in the air any longer. He quickly descended and circled to find an opportunity to land.

……

"Get out of the way, don't interfere with the landing!"

Chen Yonggui evacuated the crowd around him, then watched the F4F approach from the seaside and successfully landed in one go.

After the plane stopped, several circles of villagers immediately surrounded it, and Tang Wen had to work hard to squeeze in.

Before he could praise Liu Kan's flying skills, the latter couldn't wait to ask:
"Has the Civil Aviation Administration of China approved your sightseeing aircraft license?"

"I'm applying, what's wrong?"

Tang Wen was not panicked. This matter had been brought up long ago, and according to Lao Yang, it was not difficult.

At present, various regulations have not been perfected, including the operation of tourist sightseeing flights, and there are actually no clear regulations for implementation.

But are there no sightseeing flight programs in China now? Of course there are, and they are all legitimate.

For these projects to operate, all they need is support from the local government, communication and filing with nearby air units, and then they can get started.

Simply put, every project operation is a special matter, which is both difficult and simple.

The difficulty is that for ordinary individuals, it is almost impossible to do it without clear regulations and channels, but if there is local support, the procedures can be very simple.

The aircraft project in Dayuan Village is the latter. It was almost completed, and it was finally completed with a nod from the higher-ups.

Liu Kan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the answer, and then told the air traffic control about what happened.

Unexpectedly, Yang Tai just waved his hand and said nonchalantly:

"It's just a small matter, they'll just ask a few questions at most, I'll handle it.

Xiao Liu's technique is quite good. I think we can temporarily fence off this area and use it as a makeshift runway. We must perform well tomorrow."

"And Boss Tang, how's Da Wan Port doing? Sweep up the dust and let the leaders in to take a look."

"Of course, no problem. The largest hotel is already open for business and can be used for receptions."

"Great!"

Yang Tai waved excitedly. Dayuan Port was almost a faithful reproduction of the port in the movie, with so many entertainment buildings that could not be seen even in the entire Goose City.

Are you still worried about not getting strong support from the city for the two projects, the Greater Bay Area and the sightseeing plane?

"By the way, I'm afraid your hotel doesn't have any supplies right now. Don't be afraid to spend money. Go to the city right away to buy some food. Also, try to clean up a few decent rooms. We must show our determination."

Tang Wen: "No, there are plenty of supplies, and if you just stay there at night, what are your suggestions? Brother Liu doesn't have a place to stay, right?"

Yang Tai: "I don't mind, but it would be more convenient for Xiao Liu to live with you."

Liu Kan nodded. He had just seen the hotel in Dayuan Port from the air. It was indeed quite big.

But what kind of conditions can a rural area have? It would be enough if it could have half of a guesthouse.

For the sake of F4F, it doesn’t matter if the accommodation and food are a little worse.

……

"Fuck, this cake is so delicious."

Liu Kan picked up a piece of tiramisu with a fork, and it slipped out of his mouth as soon as he put it in his mouth.

There were already a pile of plates and leftovers in front of him, but he still picked up a crab leg as big as his forearm, broke it open, dipped it in mustard, and stuffed it into his mouth.

He had been in the aviation school for so long, and had eaten a lot of food at the flight crew kitchen, which was known as the best food in the entire army. The standard of the food was incomparable to that of half the hotels.

But in the restaurant of the Grand Bay Hotel, he was still shocked by the dazzling array of food and was moved to tears while eating.

"Luxury, too luxurious." Yang Tai pointed at the cut sashimi and said:

"This quality, how much would it fetch if sold in the city? It would be a waste to just give it to us. We would lose a lot of money."

He looked at the spacious restaurant, where many shipyard workers were sitting.

Tang Wen, who had fooled Chen Yonggui, had completely opened up the Grand Bay Hotel and set aside a floor for the shipyard to use as its canteen and dormitory.

In addition, he provided free breakfast to the construction team and the villagers who helped, and pastries and noodles were delivered to the construction site in rotation, which earned him a lot of reputation.

However, compared with Yang Tai and Liu Kan, Chen Yonggui had long been calm and focused on dealing with the steak slowly and leisurely.

Tang Wen's mind was not on eating, but he kept staring at the time in his mind.

【Construction Tasks：
Hashidate: 26 days and 21 hours / 27 days

……

While everyone was fast asleep, the mast of the Hashidate was slowly extending upwards under the incandescent light.

Tang Wen, Tang Yi, Kimura Jin, and Halsey stood on the slipway, quietly waiting for the countdown to end.

Twenty-one, twenty, nineteen...

When the countdown reached zero, the last gap at the top of the mast became rounded, and Tang Wen's vision changed instantly.

New Ship: Hashidate (Japanese-class I-class cruiser): 5150/5150

[The novice mission has been completed, you get:

Super Supply Box*3, 300 million silver coins, 1000 gold coins, 5000 experience points]

[Congratulations! After forty-nine days of hard work, you have successfully built the first battleship, which will be released in the official version.

All features of World of Warships have been enabled, including the following features:-
Daily Unboxing: Use 100, 500, and 1000 experience points respectively to open 3 supply boxes per day;
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Daily Check-in: Check in online every 30 days, and receive a Super Supply Box on the last day;
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Daily tasks: Get different levels of rewards by completing daily tasks;-
Realistic Battle Mode: Traditional combat isn't immersive enough? Summon realistic crew members and simulate historical warship operations. Experience real combat for just a few credits!
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Research and Development Bureau (1960): By spending experience, you can call on technologies before the 1960 era and adjust your ship design more flexibly: -
Warstock Cache & Carry: Sell as many warships as possible, and you will receive a 50% order subsidy for each foreign order: Use your naval guns and aerial bombs to win more orders for the shipyard!

[Upgrade to LV2 Shipyard: 100 million silver coins]

After Tang Wen absorbed a lot of information, he felt that the planner had finally done something useful.

The rewards of 300 million silver coins and 1000 gold coins are similar to those in the game. I made a lot of money. Even if I spent 100 million on the shipyard, there would still be more than half left.

As for the other new features, except for the daily unboxing and sign-in which can be understood at a glance, the others are very interesting.

First is the daily task, the new module has added red font:

【Daily Tasks:-
Random battle: Immediately fire at any target of interest, and receive rewards of varying degrees based on the battle results;
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Invincible Armada: Build a basic fleet with 1 battleship, 1 aircraft carrier, 2 cruisers, and 4 destroyers (all above Tier V). Use more basic fleets to build your own powerful decisive battle fleet.
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Naval Base: Occupy islands and reefs, build ports, and station at least one fleet. The base will generate stable oil and coal resources, with 1 square kilometer = 1 tons of oil per day.

Within 20 nautical miles of the base, each additional fleet will increase fishery resources by 100%

Not to mention the random battles, the naval base and the invincible fleet are very interesting.

A naval base can produce oil and coal?!
Let’s not talk about anything else, the oil alone is enough to make people jealous. A base of 1 square kilometer means 5000 tons of oil, about 3.65 barrels of crude oil. At the current international price of US$9, how much is that?
If there is a 20 square kilometer naval base, 272 million yuan of oil can be obtained every day, and the annual income will be 20 billion yuan.

A 10-square-kilometer island reef base can produce 1825 million tons annually, equivalent to a large oil field.

Two, three? Wouldn't that mean an annual output of 100 million tons of oil, a new oil giant?

This year, the country's domestically produced and imported crude oil totaled only 1.8 million tons.

Where there is a fleet, there is oil!

As for the fishery resources behind, he ignored them. Can fishing make money like oil?

According to the shipyard's estimate, building a basic fleet may cost 1 to 1000 million silver coins, and the operating costs will also be over a million silver coins per year.

But as long as oil is produced and the base is large enough, the capital can be recovered with interest in a year.

Now he already has a cruiser and an aircraft carrier, and he can form a basic fleet with a battleship and a few destroyers.

As for occupying the island and building a base...

Although he had no idea yet, Tang Wen believed that as long as he could guarantee the production of oil, the Navy might be willing to give Qiongzhou Island to him.

Oil, the black liquid gold, is not lacking in any other aspect of our 960 million square kilometers of land, except for oil.

Thirty years from now, annual oil consumption will reach more than 6 million tons, of which more than 80% will be imported.

It seemed as if there was a bald eagle screaming in Tang Wen's ears, and the next second he would steal...dig oil for his motherland.

However, when he accepted the task, a global map immediately appeared in his mind.

All islands and reefs on the map are distinguished by different colors:
Red ones are occupied and have clear claims, need to fight to capture, and have the largest number;
Yellow indicates disputed territory, not long-term occupied or claimed, with many examples in the South China Sea;

The white area is unowned land and can be occupied immediately, but it is basically concentrated near the North and South Poles.

Needless to say, Hawaii is red at first glance, which is a little difficult.

The yellow marks may be reefs, which are just a few large rocks exposed above the sea surface. They cannot be occupied for a long time and their ownership is often disputed. They can be defended by reclaiming land and building islands.

Tang Wen took a special look at Baodao and Qiongzhou. Unfortunately, these two areas were not considered islands.

Including some small islands very close to the coast, which are also considered part of the mainland.

Dongsha, located below Echeng, is marked in yellow. Although it is a large island, its status is unclear.

Tang Wen silently made a few yellow marks in his mind and listed the base plan as a possible focus direction in the future.

The Arms Cachet mission is also extremely attractive. You can get a 50% subsidy by selling warships to other countries. Note that this is the subsidy for the order amount, not the construction cost!

Is the Dog System eyeing the urgent domestic demand for ships and can’t wait to capture the market?
Aircraft carriers and the like can still be of some use to the navy, but what use are old cruisers and destroyers?

Putting aside the question of how to sell the old ship to the navy, he tried to use the newly added full simulation function and set his target on the Hashidate:
[Summon 80 crew members, cost 400 silver coins (day)]

As the silver coins were deducted, crew members suddenly appeared on the Hashidate in the dock. They were all wearing the corresponding R-series navy uniforms and appeared in their respective positions.

They have no practical significance, but they can make the operation of the ship more realistic, which is good news for Tang Wen.

The price of 5 silver coins a day is not a big deal, so there is no pressure to hire them.

However, he only sent all the crew members back after a test, and then said to Tang Yi:

"Old Tang, we are going to get rich!"

Tang Yi: “…”

Tang Wen: "Do you feel the wind blowing from the distant sea? I smell silver coins and oil."

(End of this chapter)