Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

"Come on, Engineer Qin, let's have a drink."

Wang Zhenhua picked up his wine glass: "By the way, where were we? You said there was a way to get shipborne gas turbines from the Russians?"

"Well, it's just a possibility. The specifics still need careful planning, and it also depends on luck..."

Lacking a suitable driving force, the navy only built one destroyer throughout the 1990s. Now that they've encountered this opportunity, they should do their best to help! After all, Laiyang Factory is just an ordinary private enterprise, and only by establishing a relationship with the navy can they have a better future.

"Come on, tell me in detail."

Inside the room, Wang Hui leaned against the door, listening intently, a bold idea slowly forming in his mind...

The next morning, at the entrance of the compound, under the streetlights.

Yang Xue, dressed in a double-breasted trench coat, stood gracefully, glancing down at her watch every now and then, and then at the intersection in the distance.

At seven o'clock, the Audi appeared at the intersection, exactly as it had been!

Yang Xue smiled and was about to wave when suddenly, the piercing roar of a motorcycle came from the opposite intersection.

Is that blond guy bringing his men again?

Yang Xue frowned. Should she go in and look for them? These thugs were as persistent as a leech!

……

Inside the Audi.

"Brother Chuan, what should we do?" Li Jianshe asked. "Should we ram them?"

"No need. We are civilized people. To deal with these kids, we can just tell their parents."

Li Jianshe continued to accelerate and then brake simultaneously.

"Translator Yang, get in the car!"

Yang Xue took long strides, got into the car in a few steps, and then closed the car door.

At this moment, the motorcycle had already driven up to the Audi and was circling around it.

Qin Chuan poked his head out: "Kids, go play somewhere else! Don't keep the adults from working! Where's Wang Hui? I haven't seen him today?"

Boom!

A soft sound came from behind.

"Kid, try taking another picture! You can't afford to pay for the car if it gets damaged!"

Li Jianshe had already floored the accelerator and sped off. The motorcycle quickly moved aside, and the guy closest to him couldn't dodge in time and fell flat on his back.

The Audi sped away.

"Translator Yang, you can stay at your workplace for the next few days to avoid trouble. Huang Mao said he wants to study at home to take the college entrance exam, and he might even be sent to the navy to serve at the end of the year."

"Okay, Engineer Qin, what about you guys?"

“We should head back now. Oh, there’s Daoxiangcun up ahead. Let’s go in and buy some pastries. Grandpa Wang loves them. We should put these on the seats; they’ll get damaged if we put them in the trunk.”

The Audi drove from the capital to Laiyang Steel Plant.

On the bus, the two chatted while enjoying the scenery.

"Brother Chuan, does that mean we're going to Er Mao's place again next?"

“Okay, let’s go take a look.” Qin Chuan said, “On the surface, we’re going to the Nikolayev Shipyard, under the pretext that we exchanged a batch of goods with them last time and are now making a return visit. Then we’ll take the opportunity to wander around and visit the Dawn Research Consortium.”

"I never imagined that Nikolayev City not only has a shipyard, but also a dedicated gas turbine manufacturing plant!" Li Jianshe was amazed.

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Er Mao's family had a lot of good things, but unfortunately, they didn't have good parents. They squandered all their good fortune in the end."

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the constituent republics split up, with the largest share going to Russia, followed by the second largest.

The Antonov Design Bureau, which developed large passenger aircraft; the Malyshev Plant, which produced tanks; the Motor Sich Company, which produced aircraft engines; the Nikolayev Shipyard, which built aircraft carriers…

They played a winning hand terribly; all I can say is that the West was good at deceiving them! When the two countries split up, the Soviet Union had quite a few nuclear bombs, but after the West's deception, the Soviet Union destroyed them themselves.

Take Nikolayev for example. It has two shipyards that can produce heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers and cruisers with a capacity of 10,000 tons. At the same time, it is also home to the Soviet Union's most advanced ship propulsion design bureau and integrated production enterprise, which the Russians call a research and production complex.

Historically, warships have been powered by boilers, initially coal, then heavy oil, which first drove steam engines and later steam turbines. This power source remained the same until the end of World War II.

Later, aviation propulsion entered the era of turbine engines. The British were the first to develop the naval Spey, putting aviation engines on warships. From then on, warship propulsion entered the era of gas turbines.

Gas turbines have quick start-up, high power, and small size, and quickly became a trend.

British surface ships were entirely powered by gas turbines, with not a single one using boilers. The United States also made extensive use of gas turbines, building a large fleet.

However, Western gas turbines are all modified from aircraft engines, and are referred to as aero-derivatives.

The famous LM2500 gas turbine was developed by General Electric using the TF39 turbofan engine. It was used for decades and is still in use today.

However, the Russians did not take the route of modifying aircraft into newer versions.

The Russians established a professional gas turbine design bureau, taking a professional approach from the very beginning. The glory of the Dawn Bureau began at this time.

In 1946, the Dawn Machine Design Bureau was established, and in 1954 it began designing and manufacturing various gas turbines. It was the largest and only gas turbine research and development and production institution in the Soviet Union.

Therefore, after the collapse of the Red Empire, Russia's warships lost their power!

At first, they could still buy from the Dawn Bureau, but later the two brothers had a falling out and completely lost their source of power. The Dawn Bureau was eventually bombed many times and became a complete ruin.

Throughout its history, the Shuguang Bureau has produced more than 3,000 gas turbines, accounting for one-third of the world's total number of gas turbines!

Now that the Red Empire is gone and gas turbines are unwanted, the Dawn Bureau is in its most painful moment.

No money to pay wages, no orders, people are leaving, people are scattered...

Boom!

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from behind.

What happened?

It's probably just that the tires ran over a rock that hit the chassis; don't worry about it.

Qin Chuan didn't pay any attention and looked at the mountain village that was gradually approaching in the distance: "Jianshe, let's go back to the village first. We'll take some of the pastries from Daoxiangcun that we bought this morning to Grandpa Wang."

"it is good."

After his rebirth, Qin Chuan was busy with factory affairs and hardly ever returned to the village. However, he would never forget the kindness some people had shown him. Grandpa Wang lived alone in the village and was quite lonely, so Qin Chuan would go back to visit him whenever he had the chance.

As the Audi pulled up to the village entrance, Qin Chuan saw Grandpa Wang standing there, basking in the sun.

"Grandpa Wang, what are you looking at? Here are some Daoxiangcun pastries..."

Bang! Bang!

The trunk is rattling again!

Qin Chuan frowned: "Jianshe, is there a ghost in this trunk?"

"What the hell? I'm not afraid at all."

Li Jianshe walked to the back and opened the trunk.

A blond-haired boy was curled up inside!

The ride was bumpy, and hiding in the trunk probably wouldn't have been comfortable. In fact, Wang Hui regretted it after driving for only a short while. Now, seeing the light outside again, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great, if you don't let me out, I'll pee on the car."

As Wang Hui spoke, he stretched his arms, sat up, and then prepared to go out.

In the light, he saw a familiar face and was immediately filled with fear.

"Quick, lock me in the trunk!"