"Comrade Makarov, please take us to see the power compartment." Wan Feng respectfully stated his request to Makarov.
When Makarov heard Wan Feng's request, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't notice it at all.
Although this expression was fleeting, Wan Feng had just stated his request and was looking at Makarov, so he naturally noticed this slight change in his expression.
Seeing this scene, Wan Feng felt relieved suddenly. Makarov was obviously laughing, but he probably felt that laughing would damage his cold image so he didn't dare to laugh.
Does this mean that Ukraine did not dismantle the power system at all?
There were about a dozen people who entered the engine room, including several people from the shipyard, Wan Feng, Xu Pin, several technicians from China, and Asnaev. Makarov did not let anyone else in, not even those from the Ministry of Commerce.
The excuse they used was that the place was too dark inside and they were afraid it might be dangerous because no one had been there for a long time.
Even Han Guang’s house was not allowed to enter.
Since they asked for it, Wan Feng and the others had no choice but to do it.
The power compartment is on the lowest level of the aircraft carrier. It is not easy to climb the iron stairs to the bottom floor without an elevator.
After turning around and around and finally entering the power cabin, Wan Feng felt an urge to cry.
Not the sad kind, but the joyful kind.
Because he saw something that made him want to cry for joy.
The aircraft carrier's large TB-12 steam turbine and large boiler system are sealed intact in a large dust-free packaging device, which is very safe.
Knowing that Wan Feng was the buyer and that he could speak Russian, Makarov took advantage of the situation by secretly pointing at the four giant engines and said, "Each of these four engines costs 20 million US dollars."
Wan Feng took a deep breath and said, "Holy crap! It's really worth 20 million Mi Yuan!"
When he first saw the price on the Internet, he was very contemptuous. 20 million yuan in the 1980s! What kind of concept was that?
I'm afraid it will be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in thirty years.
I didn't expect it to be true.
Li Mingze told Wan Feng that several of the shipyard's leaders were his own people, and he had spent a lot of money on it, so the aircraft carrier retained many things that should not have been left behind.
"Everything on the surface of the ship has been dismantled because it's too obvious, but some key devices in the lower cabin have only had a few screws loosened."
Makarov said something again and then returned to his cold and ruthless style.
It seems that the money was not spent in vain. If nothing else, this set of power equipment is worth it.
Xu Pin's hands were shaking with excitement, and the two technicians who followed him in were stunned.
They had prepared for the worst and were ready to face the empty reality, but they didn't expect it to be full of ditches and potholes.
"Okay, now that we've finished looking around here, let's go to the deck." Now that he had seen the true appearance of the power cabin, Wan Feng felt that there was no need to waste time here.
He stayed there for less than ten minutes and then left again.
After coming out of the power compartment and going up to the deck, Wan Feng stretched his body vigorously. Only after he finished stretching did Wan Feng realize how big the deck of the aircraft carrier was.
It's so vast and boundless, and you don't get this kind of intuitive feeling on TV at all.
The book says that the deck of an aircraft carrier is as big as three or four football fields. Wan Feng always felt that it was bullshit when he watched it on TV, because it didn't seem like the deck of an aircraft carrier would be as big as three or four football fields.
Now Wan Feng believes that the deck of the aircraft carrier is as big as three or four football fields, or perhaps even more. Running around the edge of the deck should be more than one thousand meters.
Although the width was confirmed, the deck was covered with rust, giving it a desolate feel.
At this time, a technician brought by Xu Pin took out a piece of sandpaper from his bag and wiped it twice at a random spot on the deck.
With just these two strokes, the wiped area suddenly became bright.
"Good steel!" The technician couldn't help but praise subconsciously in surprise.
Wan Fengyi saw it with interest, walked over, picked up the sandpaper, found a place that looked the most rusty, and rubbed it twice.
The rust marks can be wiped off like dust on furniture, and once the rust marks are removed, the brand new steel plates and anti-slip grooves underneath are revealed.
Wan Feng reached out and picked up a handful of rust and twisted it a few times. It felt like twisting white flour, without any prickling or stinging sensation.
After all, I am the boss of a steel processing company, so I have some experience in judging steel materials.
Only truly top-quality steel can rust like this after years of no protective measures.
There seems to be a gap between the best steel produced by Hongya Steel Plant and this steel.
The corrosion resistance of steel is no problem.
Good steel must have strong corrosion resistance and better magnetic insulation. Only when both of these meet the technical requirements can it be called truly good steel.
The technician took out a miniature magnetometer, placed it on the wiped deck, activated the button for measuring magnetic force, and observed the swing amplitude of the pointer.
Then Wan Feng saw his mouth open.
The guy rubbed his eyes vigorously with his hands, took out a piece of sandpaper, rubbed another place a few times, put the magnetometer on the newly rubbed place, and stared at the pointer closely.
"This is impossible." The guy muttered and moved to another place.
"Wang Xiao! What are you doing there?" Xu Pin noticed something was wrong and shouted.
Ask Wang Xiao to wave to Xu Pin.
Wan Feng also came over and stretched his head to look at the magnetometer. The Gauss number was almost zero!
In other words, the hull of this aircraft carrier is basically non-magnetic!
Wan Feng is not sure whether the warship's absolute magnetism is a good thing or a bad thing, but it seems very cool.
Next, Wan Feng and others looked at the cabins of the island.
The things in the cabin of the island are relatively well preserved, but they are just compasses and clocks.
Westerners probably also knew that the equipment of the Russians was of relatively poor quality, so they didn't like it and probably didn't ask for it to be dismantled. This is why these things were preserved relatively intact.
Before they knew it, it was already past two in the afternoon. Wan Feng and others reluctantly got off the aircraft carrier. They still had to take the 2:30 express train back to the jeep.
Before leaving, Wan Feng shook hands with the leaders of the Nikolayev Shipyard and said thank you for your hard work.
Makarov had a smile on his face, and that smile contained joy, helplessness, and sadness.
It was a very nice smile.
Wan Feng could understand Makarov's mood at the moment.
The joy is that this aircraft carrier, the product of their hard work, has a buyer and will not be dismantled. Perhaps they will see it again in their lifetime.
The helplessness and sadness is that our country does not have the financial resources to maintain it and we can only watch it go away without the right to serve our country.
Wan Feng nodded and turned to leave.
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