"That's what His Royal Highness means. Our sea area is not as wide as your country's, and there are supply bases along the coast......" Lieutenant Colonel Jevrola said calmly, "as long as you agree, when the passenger ship comes, you can depart." ”

Xie Kai turned his head to look at Yu Haitao, Yu Haitao was full of black lines, and he didn't know what to say.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I can only help you ask. "Xie Kai can't guarantee this.

For these soldiers in Saudi Arabia who also have to ask the nobles to enjoy, he really can't complain.

A frigate of only more than 2,000 tons is conducting ocean-going training, and there is a 905 Navy nurse of more than 20,000 tons by his side.

Can the formation be formed like this?

This is to set a global record!

Is it ocean-going training, or is it a frigate escorting a passenger ship?

"They have been raising this issue before, and they have communicated with the shipping bureau that they want to charter an ocean liner, after all, there are only 200 people training at present, and more naval officers and sailors will ......come soon," Yu Haitao explained to Xie Kai.

Saudi Arabia's request is not just today.

It's just that no one has paid attention to them.

"Can such an army really fight?" Zheng Yucheng is also a soldier, and to this day, he is completely convinced of the Saudi army.

"The Saudi army doesn't need to fight at all. For them, the symbolism of the army is much greater than national defense. If there is a war, especially a war that threatens them, they will appeal to the whole world that we can't get oil out......" Xie Kai said with a smile.

But the heart is extremely complicated.

People and countries have money, so they can buy any good equipment they want.

Didn't you look at it, did people even buy the big east wind?

He is right, as the largest oil producer, once there is a real problem at home, the United States and European powers that import oil from their country will first be unable to sit still, and they will not be able to help Saudi Arabia fight the war without shooting the army.

"Forget it, there is no need to say this, since they want to take a passenger ship, just wait for them to go to Zhangluo by themselves, anyway, the speed of Nanyun-950 is not fast. Xie Kai said.

"It's okay in our own waters, but if we go to the far edge of the South China Sea, once something happens, no one can hold it......" Yu Haitao was extremely worried.

If this matter is big, the impact will be great.

In normal times, they did not dare to let these Saudi officers and soldiers participate in even the more intense training, for fear that they would be injured, and then the senior officials of the Saudi government would ask about it.

Diplomatic disputes must not arise.

"The training time was specified in the previous contract with them, and now although it is said that the delivery of several warships will be delayed, their naval officers and sailors will be trained longer, which is also a good thing. Otherwise, when the time comes, the officers and men of the Navy will let these warships sink before they return to Saudi territorial waters, which will always cast a huge shadow on the reputation of 053. Xie Kai said.

Yu Haitao naturally can't make decisions in this matter, so he can only look at Zheng Yucheng.

Zheng Yucheng also can't make the decision, this matter is not within the scope of the contract at all, so he can only ask the above.

Rao wants to refuse these non-specific demands of Saudi Arabia, but he is worried that it will affect cooperation, not to mention that the two countries are currently communicating about the formal establishment of diplomatic relations, which will definitely not be affected.

What's more, Saudi Arabia chartered a passenger ship by itself, so naturally there would be no problem.

"As for it, it's so big?" Xie Kai didn't expect that the Saudis had already negotiated with the shipping company in Shanghai before, and then came over and saw that it was actually a giant ship of more than 20,000 tons!

"Huaxing wheel, 170 meters long, 21.3 meters wide, 12.3 meters deep, 8.37 meters draft, 13,531 tons of gross tonnage, 451 passengers, 9,113 tons of carrying capacity, 2,500 tons of cargo, in the past few years has been improved, the original steam turbine has been replaced by a gas turbine, the maximum speed can reach 21 knots...... The cabins above the second class are equipped with baths and toilets, and there is a passenger lounge on board, a reading room where you can read newspapers and magazines, and you can watch TV throughout the day, a small hospital with complete medical equipment, a guest restaurant, a miniature cinema, a café, a bar, a ballroom, a sales department and a service desk, and a seawater swimming pool on the top deck......

The person in charge of the shipping company took the group to visit the passenger ship, which has been in operation for nearly 30 years, and made an introduction at the same time.

The corridors inside are almost entirely carpeted, and there are plenty of flower pots and bonsai.

The environment is very good.

"How long will it take to set sail?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Jevrola.

"Anytime. ”

As a result, the two parties signed a contract stipulating their respective responsibilities.

Zheng Yucheng shook his head, the passenger transport company also knew what the Saudis were chartering the ship for, originally the Huaxing ship was to carry out the route from Shanghai to Xiangjiang, and now the development of air transport has made Hainan Airlines, which takes a lot of time, lose many customers.

"Are you ready to leave?" Zheng Yucheng didn't expect that after Xie Kai saw the freighter, he was ready to leave.

"Go to school. This has just started!" Xie Kai really didn't want to see a 053H2 frigate forming a formation with a 905 Navy nurse and a luxury ocean-going passenger liner.

That kind of formation is really too untight.

Escort is not like escort, and training formations are not like training.

And no one dares to guarantee whether such a formation will be targeted by the Vietnamese when it goes to the South China Sea, where the situation is tense.

But the Saudis demanded so.

It was even asked that such a formation send their navy back to the Middle East in the future.

The reason is also very common sense - this allows their navy to stay at sea and adapt to work and life at sea.

"Lafata will come over tomorrow to discuss the issue of improving the living environment of the warship and the combat personnel. Zheng Yucheng said.

He didn't leave for the past few days, just for this matter.

"You just have to talk about it, and I can't do it here. Xie Kai shook his head.

The displacement of the 053H2 determines the interior space, and in any case, there is no way to make much changes.

What's more, the ground-to-ground red flag missile for ground attack has been added to it, and the flying shield short-range missile system for air defense has been added, which requires more operators.

"You sold the warship to them, and you're not here, so it's not easy to talk about some things. And now that it is about to be launched into the outfitting process, even if some weapons are changed to automation, it will be difficult to solve the ......," Zheng Yucheng said, "Qi Zhiyuan and the people at Hudong Shipyard can't handle it." ”

Saudi money is stupid, but it's not so easy to get.

Zheng Yucheng has been here not for this, but to solve some problems in Hudong Shipyard, the aircraft carrier pre-research project has been launched, and the pre-research project of the 0.55 million ton drive has also been launched, Xie Kai also knows that it will definitely be no fun in a short period of time, and he has not understood it at all.

Even if the pre-research is launched, if you really want to get it out, it is impossible in a short time, and it will be troublesome to understand it.

But Xie Kai did not expect that Saudi Arabia would be so concerned about the living conditions of their naval officers and sailors on warships.

In fact, their concerns are not unreasonable. The living conditions of the officers and men of the United States and the Soviet Union and the ocean-going warships are much better than those of our warships. Even the 052 project began to think about this. A warship of such tonnage as 053 was originally tasked with coastal defense, without considering the environmental ...... under ocean-going conditions," Wang Hengyuan explained to Xie Kai.

The flaws of 053 are clear to everyone.

The living conditions are indeed much worse.

Xie Kai knows better that although the number of operators of 053H3 has increased a lot, the living environment of officers has also been greatly improved.

It is a good thing that the domestic design team has begun to pay attention to this matter.

What Xie Kai didn't expect was that Lafata, who came on behalf of the Saudi Navy the next day, did not go to China, but to Hudong Shipyard.

What I didn't expect was that this cargo had already hung the epaulette of a rear admiral on his shoulder and became the deputy commander of the Saudi navy being formed.

He really didn't expect that this could happen in Saudi Arabia, where officers of the Strategic Air Defense Force could become senior commanders of the Navy. If you think about it carefully, it makes sense that the high-ranking positions in Saudi Arabia are only held by their aristocrats.

"Xie, the living conditions of your warships are too bad, and this will seriously affect the combat capability of our navy...... Lafata made a solemn protest to the Chinese side on behalf of the Saudi Defense Forces.

Xie Kai almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

The low combat effectiveness of the Saudi army is due to the poor environment of the internal space of the equipment?

The tanks sold to them by the Americans had air conditioners and everything, but they were eventually destroyed and captured by the guerrillas who were just carrying bazookas.

But I can't say now.

"General, this is indeed a problem, but the technical conditions are already written in the contract...... Xie Kai finally knew why the people from the Hudong factory wanted to stay and participate in such a thing.

The other party's brain circuits are too strange to keep up at all.

"Yes, we are also aware of this, so we ask you to improve, as for the funding or anything, it is not a problem. ”

The wealthy local tyrant doesn't care about a little more money at all.

"General, this is not something that can be improved in a short period of time, a lot of automation, although it can reduce the number of operators, but it needs to add more maintenance personnel...... At the same time, the hull structure also determined that there were not many design changes that could be made...... "Wang Hengyuan explained the difficulties of the Chinese side.

The level of domestic automation technology is not high.

If you were to adopt automation in large numbers, it would not be possible to deliver it for ten years.

And on a small warship of more than 2,000 tons, a lot of technology can't be obtained.

"We understand your plight very well, so we are going to add two more supply ships to improve the working environment for our fleet......"

Lafata's words made Xie Kai immediately happy.

If you send orders and money, you can say it early.

That's not a problem at all.

Especially the supply ship, this thing, Nanyun 950 can be directly provided to them.

"There is no problem with this, although our supply ships are not too advanced, they are definitely the most suitable for your fleet. I recommended you to buy supply ships before......" Xie Kai's face was full of profiteers' smiles.

But when Lafata made a request, the smile on his face suddenly stiffened, and he couldn't smile anymore.