What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 92 Newspaper
"Xiaobai, you really got on the plane."

In the newspaper office, Bai Yang enjoyed everyone's admiring gazes and proudly showed off the photos he had taken.

Originally, the newspaper was not interested in interviewing a remote township enterprise, and was very stingy and only bought one ticket for Bai Yang, who had just arrived.

No one else wanted to step into the mud pit, and they were all wondering whether Bai Yang would only be able to write a lot of words to fill the gap.

As a result, the latter not only stayed at the Grand Bay Hotel for a day and enjoyed five-star service, but was also firmly "led" by Liu Kan.

According to the city's news, there are almost no sensitive areas in the airspace of Dayuan Town except for the passenger flight route near Pingtan Airport in the north. A large area has been designated for free flight, under the pretext of "allowing tourists to see the beautiful scenery of other places."

This was very convenient for Liu Kan, who flew around the jurisdiction of Dayuan Town all day long, and Bai Yang took photos with him with his camera.

For people nowadays, flying is a high-end and expensive activity, and flying solo on a sightseeing plane is something they can only dream of.

Fortunately, he changed the film before leaving, so he was able to take so many photos.

After developing, he took them to the newspaper office. They were either airplanes or large ships, and each one looked great when put on the newspaper.

"Look at this picture. I'm the machine gunner. Do you understand the backseat machine gunner's position? And below that is... the editor-in-chief!"

The editor-in-chief of the evening paper was an elderly woman. When she saw the crowd disperse, she did not scold them.
"Bai Yang did a great job this time. The shipyard will be published in one episode, and the flight program can be picked out as a separate episode.

You write the report first, and then I'll help you review it."

“Thank you, Editor-in-Chief!”

Bai Yang quickly stood up and thanked him. If a separate issue was published, it would be very likely that his photo would be included in the post, and the reporter's name would be listed separately, not to mention the additional allowances.

Other colleagues looked at him with envy, as Bai Yang had gained all the face and benefits.

"By the way, here are some photos of Zhang'echeng Harbor. Someone took a picture of a steamship that's said to be from the Gaijin Shipyard. Take a look and put them up there too."

The editor-in-chief took out another submitted photo, and Bai Yang was even more excited when he got it:
"Yes, this is the boat. Now we have everything we need!"

……

Yan Jian rode his bicycle past a newsstand on the roadside as usual, then stopped and glanced at the headlines on the newspaper.

When he saw the word "Gaijin", his eyes paused for a moment, and he bought the newspaper and stuffed it into the truck bed.

Ever since the old man went to the shipyard, he has been telling him that there is a young man who is very creative and has a keen sense of future wars. He even regards him as a close friend regardless of age.

"I am back!"

Both daughters went to college, and only his wife responded to the call at home. Old man Yan Hai was studying his tactics in the study.

Seeing that Mr. Yan Jian didn't even raise his head, he just asked:
"How long do you think it will take for the Varyag to be combat-ready after we buy it back?"

Yan Jian knew it was Tang Wen's brilliant idea as soon as he heard it, and he couldn't help but pout:

"After buying an aircraft carrier, we need to upgrade it, buy carrier-based aircraft, and also need supporting supply ships and frigates. Where would the navy have that much money?

It would be nice to have two Modern-class ships to use first, at least they can guard our homeland in the future."

It is already early September, and there have been some rumors within the Navy.

In fact, domestic delegations have already started intensive visits. Historically, it should have been confirmed in December and officially announced in August next year.

Having witnessed the overwhelming contrast in naval power between the enemy and our own, everyone was looking forward to hearing this news and was eager to obtain advanced warships.

Two Sovremenny-class warships are already a dream come true, but an aircraft carrier? Remember to change to a firm pillow to avoid such comfortable dreams.

"Oh, by the way, I saw your little pen pal's newspaper." Yan Hai took the rolled-up newspaper. The headline on the front page was:
"Leaders inspected Dawan Village's independent township enterprises"

The subtitle below is "Gaijin Shipyard delivers our city's first independently built 1500-ton ocean-going fishing vessel."

Further down is the photo of the Fudong taken at Echeng Port. The photo was taken at night with a higher exposure, so it looks much clearer than when it was taken.

The appearance was similar to what Yan Hai had imagined before, and it looked strangely familiar.

Further down:
Our reporter Bai Yang also learned that the Gaijin Shipyard is about to undergo a large-scale expansion, with a new large wide-body dock over 200 meters long being dug. The area of ​​the new shipyard will be expanded by more than 7 times.

At the same time, the equipment and materials for this expansion project were transported by sea, greatly improving efficiency...]

The text was nothing special, but the photo below immediately caught Yan Hai's eye.

The two boats on the beach outside the fenced construction site look very similar to tank landing ships.

However, he only took a few more glances, because the appearance of the tank landing ship was not significantly different from that of a civilian cargo ship. The biggest difference was the sealed door at the bow.

But it’s not clear from the newspaper. I can only say that the idea of ​​this kind of shore-based engineering ship... feels like a modified tank landing ship.

The text that continues below is about the tourism projects in Dayuan Village. When Yan Hai saw the sightseeing plane that was in trial operation, he raised his eyebrows. It was not easy to get a seaplane.

There are not only seaplanes, but also a one-to-one cement battleship model. It looks very majestic and the appearance is well restored.

With his experience, he immediately recognized it as a cruiser of the Combined Fleet from the bridge style and ship type, but he could not quite remember which class it was.

"Yan Jian, give me the identification album above."

Yan Jian didn't move, but leaned over to look at the newspaper:
"Are there any ships you don't recognize? Let me see... The Agano class, the last class of light cruisers built, all four of which sank.

When did the Goose City Evening News publish the military edition? Did they mention the year the photos were taken?

"96 years."

"96...96?"

Yan Jian took the newspaper, looked at the words carefully, and then exclaimed:

"Wow, looking at the ratio of the people and the buildings next to it, it's almost a one-to-one restoration.

Your pen pal must really love military affairs. It's more like fulfilling your dream than an entertainment activity.

Look at the style of the bridge, the funnels, the antennas... some parts are covered up so they're hard to see, but they definitely took a lot of effort, and the superstructure is very detailed... Did they even model the tail catapult?

Judging from the photos alone, Yan Jian was certain that Tang Wen was definitely a huge military fan.

But unlike him who could only make models with wood in the study, Tang Wen was really daring.

"No, I have to go to this tourist area someday. This boat is so real, and it cost a lot of money."

"Have you completed the seaplane catapult?"

Yan Hai thought about it, and since the article mentioned that there was also a Type 0 underwater reconnaissance aircraft in the Greater Bay Area, he brought it up:

"Then this catapult is probably real. They also have seaplanes, maybe it's used to launch planes."

Yan Jian immediately flipped through the newspaper and saw the photos of Bai Yang sitting on the Zero-type submarine, some of which were even taken while flying.

Interesting, really interesting.

(End of this chapter)