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

USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier.

On the bridge, Todd's face was extremely gloomy.

"Have you asked? What were the results?"

Mark's face was also very grim: "According to the crew's account at the time, they originally intended to ram the Eastern fishing boat, but unexpectedly, the Eastern fishing boat was not afraid of death and wanted to come and perish together with them. At the last moment, the captain ordered a hard starboard turn."

Although the captain was rescued by the Easterners, the first mate and even the helmsman on duty at the time were also rescued by the Americans, and they were able to reconstruct the situation.

"It was sunk at the last minute? Was that fishing boat carrying explosives? Were they planning to take us down with them? Damn it, trading a wrecked fishing boat for our Aegis warship... This reminds me of the Far East wars of the past. Easterners rely on this kind of fearless spirit..."

Todd already regrets it. If he had known it would turn out this way, he would never have ordered the tracking of the Eastern nuclear submarine. He would have just stayed here and kept a low profile to deter North Korea!

This is a huge problem! How are we going to handle this? Are they really going to sail to the eastern coast? This isn't a hundred years ago!

“The diplomatic protests have just begun; this is the first step. As for Washington…” Before Mark could finish speaking, someone rushed up to him.

"Report, we have just received news that the Easterners have solid evidence that we rammed their fishing boat, while the sinking of our warship has nothing to do with them."

"What evidence?" Todd frowned.

"We obtained several photos, and they also have video footage in their possession, including Captain Ferrero's confession..."

Todd held the photo, his gaze somber.

If this information is released, the US Navy will be in the wrong!

After all, if such a large warship were to directly collide with a small fishing boat, the world would definitely be in uproar!

They already made a fool of themselves last year, are they going to do it again this year?

The photos show that it was just a normal impact, and there was no explosion.

Todd clenched his fist.

"I suspect this is a trap. The Easterners deliberately set a trap for us, but we have no way to escape it!"

They really had no choice; all the evidence was against the United States, accusing them of bullying the weak and using cruisers to ram fishing boats!

If they were to claim that their cruiser was sunk, that would be even more shameful. How could their most powerful warship be sunk by a small fishing boat? These Americans are shameless! This is blatant extortion!

Moreover, as long as they publicly criticize them, the Easterners will release the video of Captain Ferrero, and then their fig leaf will be completely gone!

"This matter is beyond our capabilities. How to handle it is up to Washington. As for us... let's salvage the warship first!"

Fortunately, it's the Yellow Sea, with an average depth of only 44 meters and a maximum depth of 150 meters, so salvaging the warship shouldn't be too much of a problem.

The Princeton cannot be left in the Yellow Sea; it must be salvaged!

So, the US Navy remained silent!

Princess Tomb, Yellow Tower.

"We're incredibly lucky! We actually managed to get hold of an American ship captain!" Leader Zhang exclaimed excitedly. "With this guy, the Americans definitely won't dare to make a sound; they'll have to deal with it secretly!"

"Yes, we were all ready to strike, but unexpectedly, the Americans backed down. They set up a salvage operation for the sunken ship and didn't mention a word about him." Wang Zhenhua said, "Engineer Qin's plan is flawless!"

"Hmm, where's Engineer Qin? Has he returned yet?"

"I'm back," a voice called from outside.

"Engineer Qin, come, please have a seat!"

"Engineer Qin, please take a seat!"

"Engineer Qin, why are you back so late?"

"Sigh." Qin Chuan sighed, "Who would have thought that Ferrero would suddenly realize something before going ashore!"

Qin Chuan, posing as a Japanese fisherman, managed to extract a lot of information from Ferrero. However, just before they were about to reach the shore, Ferrero suddenly realized: It's normal to encounter Korean fishermen in the Yellow Sea, but how did Japanese fishermen get here?

be cheated!

Therefore, Qin Chuan could only sneak into the cabin and coax and intimidate Ferrero into believing that seeking political asylum in the East was the best option at present. He reasoned that if he returned to the West, the US Navy would not let him go and he would definitely be imprisoned for life!

As for the crew members who were rescued, they were comforted and that's why they've only just returned now!

"Engineer Qin, you've done us a great service this time!"

"Ahem, everything else is secondary. Have our divers gotten what they needed?"

At the time, the Princeton sank, and the Americans were only focused on surface rescue. They would never have imagined that there was a group of divers underwater!

"Hmm." Leader Zhang was very excited: "We've managed to get two missiles out of the MK-41 silo, both S*M-2ER models! This will make the development of our navy's area air defense missiles much easier!"

When it comes to anti-aircraft missiles, the Americans' technology is still very advanced. In the 1960s, in order to replace the old 3T series anti-aircraft missiles, they began to develop a new generation of products. In 1967, the new generation of anti-aircraft missiles, namely the Standard Missile-1, was born.

The initial model of this missile had a maximum range of 38 kilometers, which was quite good for that era. When it was developed into the Standard Missile 2, a new engine was used, and the range was increased to 150 kilometers, thus developing into an area air defense missile.

The latest missile is the ER model, which is equipped with the more advanced MK-70 solid rocket and MK-12 booster, with a range of 185 kilometers!

It's important to understand that in order to fit into the MK41 vertical launch system, the missile's external dimensions remain unchanged. It relies entirely on advanced solid propellant to increase its range. If we get two of these missiles, and with our strong ability to copy them, we can quickly produce missiles of the same type!

We already have the Russian S-300 as a reference. If we can get the Standard Missile 2, we can combine them together and stand on the shoulders of giants. That would be awesome!

"The navy wouldn't just get two missiles, would it?"

"I'm afraid they'll find out if I bring too much!"

"What are you afraid of? Just blow it up in the end, right?" Qin Chuan looked at the people present and thought, "You guys really aren't brave enough!"

Is that all you've got? You only managed to get two missiles?

"We also need to remove one of the target illumination radars from the side of the bridge so it can be used with the missiles. Also, the internal computer system uses IBM commercial computers. Send a few people who understand the structure down to remove the hard drives. That way, the entire Aegis system software will be in our hands. And..."

Everyone present took a deep breath.

Leader Zhang's expression changed several times, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do it!"