"You don't have to pay too much price, and you don't have to affect the construction of the navy and national defense, so you can get a real aircraft carrier?"

For such a good thing, whether it is the chief of staff Shun Thong Khon Song Phong or the commander of the navy Naris Yongchaiyu, they are extremely moved.

Aircraft carriers, the top equipment of any country's navy.

Who wouldn't want to get it without affecting the entire navy or even national defense construction?

If it weren't for the fact that the Spaniards had come up with a better plan that had tempted them, how could they have thought of adjusting the development plans of the entire navy?

But this thing is too incomprehensible.

"No, they paid for it to build it, leased it to us, and we have to pay rent every year, although I don't think it will affect our defense program, and if the contract ends, they will no longer lend it to us......" Naris Onsuwan said dissatisfied, "An aircraft carrier can serve for thirty or forty years, and if it is not demanding, it can even serve for a longer time......

Obviously, they understand what the Chinese are calculating.

Let the Thai Navy pay for the construction of warships for the Chinese Navy, and then the Chinese Navy will have one more aircraft carrier, and the Thai Navy, which has paid a large amount of rent, will eventually face a situation where there are no aircraft carriers available.

"It's really a problem, a serious one. The Minister of Defense also reacted.

But now, with the plan proposed by the Chinese, they no longer want the kind of light aircraft carrier proposed by the Spaniards.

"The Chinese are not forcing us to buy their carrier-based fighters, we can choose to import carrier-based fighters from the United States or France." In this way, it will also carry more than a dozen fighters, and both the combat capability and combat radius will be greatly improved...... "Naris Yongchaiyu said.

He wanted to agree to China's project proposal.

The only problem is that you can't use the lease method.

Otherwise, in the end, the Thai Navy will help the Chinese Navy make a wedding dress, and the aircraft carrier will become Chinese after more than ten or twenty years.

A 30,000-ton light aircraft carrier, if you don't count carrier-based aircraft and weapon systems, and don't count the escort fleet, the cost will be 6~700 million US dollars at most.

If the requirements are lowered, as in the case of the Spaniards, the cost will be lower, and higher cruising speed and maximum speed will not be required.

It is obviously not possible to ask the military to come up with $500 million at a time, after all, it will also be equipped with carrier-based aircraft systems and supporting escort fleets, which will at least exceed $2 billion.

"If the Chinese side can allow us to pay a sum of money every year and lend us money to build aircraft carriers or even supporting fleets, their plan will be perfect......," Commander Chawalit Yongchaiyu said with a look of anticipation.

The same goes for others.

"After learning about their construction plan, I will negotiate with them later. "It will take ten or even twenty years to pay off the construction of the entire fleet, which is more in line with the development of our navy." As the country's economy grows, the defense budget will gradually increase......"

"Or, our carrier-based fighters can also be used in this way......" Shuntong Kong Songpong proposed.

The crowd was overjoyed.

If so, they will soon have the only aircraft carrier fleet in the entire Southeast Asian region.

"Will they agree?"

Chinese are not fools.

The construction of aircraft carriers requires a lot of money.

There is already a lack of funds for construction in China.

"Mortgage loan?" Xie Kai proposed such a plan for Xie Kai to say that the Thai side is not a fool, it has been leased for decades, and the aircraft carrier is still Chinese in the end.

Mortgage loans were used to deliver entire fleets to the Thai Navy, which was short of money.

Even Mo Qi and Gu Baonong couldn't turn a corner.

Xie Kai proposed to build an aircraft carrier for free at the beginning, but it was not really built for free at all.

Free thing, is it possible?

In this world, there has never been any pie-in-the-sky good thing.

Li Qingmin and Gu Baonong knew from the beginning that Xie Kai could not build each other for free, and the people of 404 had always asked for money and died.

Didn't you look at it, a warship like 053H3 just added some simple ground attack missiles and a set of short-range air defense missile systems, and the price soared from the original naval contract price of 46 million soft sister coins to the selling price of 200 million US dollars?

It's just that they haven't figured out how Xie Kai's plan makes money.

Now sure enough, the fangs are beginning to show.

"They are not fools and simply would not agree to such a scheme if they had to bear more interest on the loan. Li Qingmin sighed.

Xie Kai took it for granted.

If this is the case, it will be an absolutely good thing for the Chinese side, and it will not only benefit the Hudong Shipyard, but also other supporting naval construction units.

Even CITIC Bank can make very good profits.

No one is a fool.

"Don't worry, you'll find out in a moment. They will agree!" Xie Kai smiled, as proud as a weasel who had successfully stolen the chicken and was not caught.

Finally, it's time.

For the first time, Hudong Shipyard and the top management of the Thai military sat together.

"30,000-ton light aircraft carrier plan: 278 meters long, 43 meters wide, 268 meters long flight armor squad......" After Xie Kai communicated with Li Qingmin and others, even if they were extremely unwilling, they also introduced the plan provided to them by Xie Kai.

This plan is in the briefcase that Mozzi carries with him.

Li Qingming and the others had never seen it before, and even Mo Qi didn't know that there was such a plan in her briefcase before.

There are two options in total.

The first option was similar to that of the Spaniards.

And this plan is just data, let Li Qingmin know that it is the design plan of 707!

"Aircraft carrier-based aircraft take off with a glide jump...... In order to save construction costs, the flight deck, power system, and watertight cabin design of the warship shall be designed according to military standards, while the rest shall be designed according to civilian standards; and the internal hangar will be abolished, and 18 carrier-based aircraft or 24 medium-sized helicopters can be carried......"

What carrier-based aircraft will be carried is not introduced in the plan.

"Cancel the ship's hangar?" the Thai military was not happy.

Without an internal hangar, would it still be a real aircraft carrier?

Now the Thai military top brass has made their goal clear - for the Thai Navy to have a real aircraft carrier, not a light aircraft carrier that can only carry helicopters and vertical take-off and landing fighters.

Although in the Battle of the Falklands, the British's Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighters shot down 21 Argentine fighters, including Super Flags, because they did not have any damage, but this thing was achieved with a series of advantageous conditions such as more fights and fewer fights, sea fleet support and anti-aircraft firepower, and advanced air-to-air missiles with better performance.

The Vietnamese Air Force has a large number of advanced Soviet fighters, and if the performance of the Harrier VTOL fighter is really strong enough, it is estimated that there will not be so few orders.

What's more, this thing has a very bad nickname - the widowmaker.

"This is also to save costs......," Xie Kai said with a smile, "It is certainly not a problem to build an internal hangar, so that the number of carrier-based aircraft can reach 37......"

"If we don't want to go on a lend-lease approach, is there any other way to do it without taking up too much money?" asked Naris-Onsuwan.

They will not pay a large sum of money, as the Chinese want, and in the end the aircraft carrier is still Chinese.

It is not a problem for an aircraft carrier to serve for half a century, not to mention that the strategic goal of the Thai Navy is not to dominate the world like the United States and the Soviet Union, but to have an forward base in wartime and a maritime command and communication platform in the event of rescue.

Li Qingmin, Gu Baonong and the others looked at each other.

They didn't expect that the Thai military's reaction would be the same as Xie Kai's analysis.

"Of course there is a plan. Xie Kai's smile widened, "Mortgage loan." ”

"Let's take on a high interest on the loan?"

The Thais were furious.

The other party actually made such a calculation, do you think that the top brass of the Thai military are all fools?

"No, we don't recommend it. The Lend-Lease program can be extended, and it can even be directly signed for a 20-year lease period, which is based on the rent, and when the time comes, the aircraft carrier will be directly presented to your Navy......" Xie Kai said with a smile.

"What about the conditions?"

The other party has bared its fangs, apparently wanting more money.

"The total amount reaches $1.2 billion, for example, $60 million a year in rent, and in twenty years, this aircraft carrier will be yours ......"

“......”

The Chinese are too faceless.

A 30,000-ton light aircraft carrier, according to this construction plan, the cost will definitely not exceed 600 million US dollars, and the Chinese actually ask them to pay 1.2 billion US dollars to transfer the ownership of the aircraft carrier to them!

That's far more than 3 times the price they originally planned.

Even Li Qingmin and the others felt that Xie Kai was too much.

It is said to be built for free, but it requires people to pay a higher price.

"We can't afford such a price!" Chawari Yongchaiyu directly asked Xie Kai to die of this heart.

$1.2 billion to buy a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier is too expensive.

"General, in fact, this price is not high. In the past 20 years, although the overall price is said to be so much, inflation and changes in international exchange rates have not affected this price. To use the simplest example, how much difference is between the purchasing power of $1.2 billion 20 years ago and the current $1.2 billion, everyone knows ...... "Since Xie Kai is mentioning this, it is impossible not to be prepared."

$1.2 billion in the '60s, that's definitely a staggering amount of money.

Although it is still a large amount, the purchasing power is far worse than it was in the sixties.

It is impossible for the top brass of the Thai military not to understand this.

Because according to the growth of Thailand's economy, it is estimated that it will be nearly 200 billion US dollars in ten years, and according to the current ratio, even if there is only 2% of the military spending, this will cost 4 billion US dollars, and they will also only need to pay 50 million US dollars, which will not affect national defense construction at all......