Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 46 Helicopter Training Aircraft Carrier (Add more, please collect, read, and vote)

On January 25, 1980, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Song cooked a pot of Laba porridge by himself. The ingredients were all prepared by the merchant, and Li Song ate it with relish.

Li Song didn't have much affection for the original owner's family. Of course, the original owner was also a naughty boy at home and was often taught a lesson.

So Li Song didn't feel any family affection or anything like that, he just occasionally thought of his parents in another time and space, but it didn't matter, his parents enjoyed all kinds of benefits anyway.

"The request to build a factory will be sent to the mainland next Monday."

"The machinery and equipment will take another month, so we need to prepare the cargo ship to go to sea in advance."

"That is to say, the machinery and equipment on the second-hand platform will be delivered on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so we have to go out to sea a few days in advance. I just don't know if the delivery time of the second-hand platform will be delayed."

"Ask everyone to stay out of the way when deliveries are being made."

"We also need to see if there is any demand for processing equipment in the mainland, and bring it along." Li Song thought to himself.

"I will definitely work in the shipping industry later on. It will be more convenient..."

"Hey, why not buy an old cargo ship, put the machinery and equipment and the ship together on the sea..." Li Song still felt a little unsafe, and thought of another idea.

Then I searched for second-hand cargo ships on the second-hand platform, looking for ships from 1980.

There were no cargo ships, but there were warships, and they were very cheap because the environmental protection policies were more stringent at that time.

There were also military transport ships. Li Song looked at them and shook his head. They were too advanced.

For example, the Algol-class vehicle cargo ships, also known as fast ocean carriers, are conventional steam-powered cargo ships built in 1972 with speeds exceeding 33 knots. They were shelved due to high operating costs and were eventually bought by America for modification, with cranes added to increase roll-on/roll-off and roll-off capabilities.

It has a displacement of 55355 tons, a length of 288.4 meters, a width of 32 meters, a draft of 11 meters, and can carry more than 700 military vehicles including trucks, tanks, and helicopters.

"Oh, it's too advanced, and it's so big, it's easy to be tracked." Li Song looked at the price which was only five dollars, because if this thing was not sold, there would be a lot of maintenance costs every year.

Because this type of ship will not be allowed to sail in the future, others who buy it will have to use a semi-submersible vessel to tow it. The cost of deploying a semi-submersible vessel that can transport such a cargo ship of tens of thousands of tons is too high.

Of course, if you want to get it yourself, the power system needs to be repaired, which will probably cost some money, but it is much cheaper than the cost in this world.

Li Song continued browsing and soon his eyes lit up.

"Belland helicopter training aircraft carrier!" Li Song suddenly saw a cargo ship.

The name sounds impressive, but its predecessor was actually a YFU-79 general-purpose port cargo ship. Later, because Aramco attacked Vietnam in South Asia, a large number of such ships were also sent to South Asia.

Because this war made Ame realize the importance of helicopter combat, more helicopter pilots were needed, so how to quickly train helicopter pilots' deck landing skills became a difficult problem.

So the cargo ship was converted into a training ship, the hull was simplified, the superstructure behind the bridge was removed, and a helicopter landing deck was installed. After the modification, the training deck of the ship was the same as the helicopter deck of the Perry-class frigate.

Later it was retired and became a museum, and later sold to private individuals to be used as a bar and restaurant.

"It's a pity that the load capacity is not large, but let's take a look at the weight of the equipment first." Li Song was very satisfied, but he didn't know if he could put the things down.

"1500-ton die-casting machine, 85 tons!"

"Engine crankshaft precision milling machine, 5.5 tons."

"Hydraulic semi-automatic multi-tool lathe..."

"Vertical centrifugal casting machine..."

"Piston ring chrome equipment..."

"CNC drilling machine..."

"CNC lathe..."

"Heating furnace..."

"CNC cutting machine..."

"Grinding machine..." Li Song added them up one by one and found that the total weight was over 360 tons. Of course, this was only the core main machine production equipment, and other supporting factories did not have it.

This training ship has a maximum load capacity of 386 tons.

"There's hope!" Li Song muttered to himself.

Then Li Song looked at the price of the training ship, which was only five thousand US dollars, but if it needed to be repaired, there were various options, such as turning it into a restaurant or restoring it to a certain state, so that it could be used as a museum.

Li Song directly chose to restore it to its 1976 state, and the restoration cost was US$364.5 million, which is a total of US$365 million.

Because it requires a professional ship repair and modification factory, it also requires a professional appraisal agency for appraisal.

Of course, as with all machinery and equipment, grind off all nameplates.

The reason why it is a few years in advance is because it is too close to say.

"Alas, modifications involving this kind of professional and niche industry are not cheap." Li Song felt a little painful at the high cost.

Li Song directly chose to buy, and the system prompted that it would take 20 days.
"Hey, do you want to buy some nice things to put in there?"

"It still has some weight, how about a T80 tank engine?"

"You could also call it a pledge of allegiance..."

"But the T80 uses a gas turbine engine. Doesn't it seem like it's not suitable for us?"

"Then replace it with a Leopard 2? That engine cost 17.1 marks in 1979? Used ones are only a few thousand dollars cheaper now."

"But it seems the mainland needs aircraft engines? How about getting a helicopter engine?"

Li Song’s second-hand platform pushes out good stuff, because Li Song likes to browse military items from the 70s, so these are what the big data pushes out.

"Forget it!" Li Song finally saw that a certain type of fighter jet had come out, and quickly closed the second-hand system.

"Don't worry for now. In fact, the entire system on this training ship is already very impressive."

Li Song found a transportation company on a second-hand platform and commissioned the transportation company to pack his mechanical equipment onto the training ship, and then wrapped the entire outside of the training ship, costing US$52.

This money must be paid, because at that time you will receive the goods directly at sea and directly enter a coordinate point. If the mechanical equipment is not packaged and moved in the cabin, the ship may sink directly.

"Oh!" Li Song felt a little sorry for the 52 US dollars, but there was no other way, he had to do this.

Li Song saw that the money on his second-hand platform was much less, first of all, the processing equipment worth 4200 million US dollars, some supporting consumables, and a full set of production technology.

In other words, the full set of technologies for casting and pressing machines are available, otherwise it wouldn't be so expensive.

Then there is the $365 million for buying the ship, and the $52 just mentioned.

A total of 4617 million US dollars were spent, leaving less than 8000 million US dollars.

"Looks like it needs gold!"

"Why don't you set up your own company to mine in Africa? Why buy gold?" Li Song thought of the huge amount of gold in some places in Africa.

"Let's wait and see. Once we have a deep connection with the mainland, we'll get started!"

"I just don't believe that with so many cheap weapons on the second-hand platform, there are still people who dare to compete with me!"

"Amei herself is not afraid. If she gets angry, she will directly produce all the military products of her country and sell them to all the enemies of this bastard at a low price!"

"You can even customize it directly on a second-hand platform. Amei has many rivals anyway." Li Song also has a plan. Because the future is a global economy, if you don't take the minerals from certain places, someone else will naturally take them.

If others hold it in their hands, they will choke you, so it’s better to hold it in your own hands.

(End of this chapter)