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preface
In 1984, China bought the "hulk" Melbourne from Australia, but the United States mocked us for spending 30 million yuan on a "scrap iron".
In 1985, the Melbourne sailed out of Australia, and in the midst of all the ridicule, China opened the hatch and saw what was inside, and the United States expressed remorse ...
So, what is inside this abandoned Melbourne that the United States will regret?
Difficult development of the Chinese Navy
Ten years of army, one hundred years of navy, during the Qing Dynasty, the mainland navy experienced a difficult and humiliating history, but after the founding of New China, the country vigorously developed naval facilities, and only then did it achieve the current naval force.
The mainland has a coastline of more than 32,000 kilometers, so the development of the navy is also very important in the mainland, and during the foreign affairs movement, the Qing government established the Beiyang "Navy Division", which was the navy at that time.
However, because the foreign affairs movement itself was a "half-ocean, half-soil" reform, and the funds that belonged to the foreign navy division at that time were "embezzled".
Therefore, during the Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Naval Division was almost completely destroyed, and it was not so much that the naval division at that time was driving "warships", but rather exquisite "decorations".
Japan's ships are equipped with extremely lethal cannons, and in the face of such a well-equipped Japan, although the mainland's weapons are not as lethal as his, these soldiers still walk to the battlefield with resolute steps.
However, in the end, almost all of the Qing government's ships and soldiers died on the battlefield, and the failure of the foreign affairs movement also proved that it was not enough to buy foreign equipment, but also to develop one's own strength.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy played a very important role, and after the "Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident", the Japanese Navy took the opportunity to occupy most of the ports on the mainland.
As a result, the Chinese Navy suffered a very serious blow at that time, but in the subsequent Battle of Changsha and the Battle of Wuhan, they quickly recovered their combat strength and implemented support very quickly.
After Japan's surrender in 1945, the mainland captured a large number of Japanese warships and equipment, which also laid the foundation for the mainland's early naval development.
After the founding of New China, the central government knew that the strength of the navy was very large, because the mainland has a very narrow coastline, so the naval forces must be developed!
So in 1950, the mainland established the first naval force - North China Naval Base, but the current naval forces are not perfect in all aspects of warships and weapons and equipment, so they still need to be purchased from abroad.
In addition, the "aircraft carrier" itself is the hard power of a naval force, so at that time the central government had plans to buy "abandoned" aircraft carriers from abroad.
Even though Sino-US relations eased in the seventies of the last century, the United States still imposed a blockade on the mainland on some high-end technologies.
At this moment, an "abandoned" ship slowly entered the central line of sight ...
"Troublemaker" Melbourne
The ship is more of an "abandoned" ship than a pile of broken iron, as it is a "giant" ship built by the Royal Navy in 1943.
It took two years, and finally in 1945, the "Melbourne" was officially launched and began his "heroic" life.
At that time, Australia was very much looking forward to the ship, and from the moment he sailed out of the eastern port of Ireland, the Australian government began to expect him to come to Australia day and night.
However, how much Australia is looking forward to the Melbourne now, how much it will "gnash its teeth" on him later, because the Melbourne, which was supposed to carry out combat missions, had frequent accidents.
On October 28, 1957, the Melbourne, which had been resting for 17 months, finally ushered in his first mission, and the crew on board piloted the "giant" ship.
However, the Melbourne, which had just sailed out of port, gently "kissed" the Australian "Blue Card", but people did not pay attention to it at that time.
Because the ship is too large, it is normal to occasionally have a little friction, but from this first "unfavorable departure", the Melbourne began to frequently break into trouble.
In 1964, the Melbourne suffered a catastrophe, and on February 10, 1964, the Melbourne began its own patrol again.
But this time, the Melbourne suddenly collided with the "Voyager" in its formation.
But the Melbourne is a 10,000-ton aircraft carrier, and the Voyager is just a small ship, and the two collide, and the result can be imagined.
The Voyager was directly "split in two" in this collision, and all 82 naval soldiers and officers on board were also killed.
This time the accident caused Australia to lose not only one ship, but also dozens of excellent soldiers and generals.
In the end, Australian officials said that the two ships collided because of the captain's mistake, but in the end, we don't know why.
In 1973, the Melbourne had another accident, which also made Australia want to quickly shoot this "hot potato".
At this time, China stood up and said that it was willing to spend 30 million yuan to buy, but at this time, the United States laughed at us for buying "scrap iron" at a high price, but China just laughed and said nothing.
So why did China pay a high price for the trouble-prone Melbourne?
China's purchase of the end-of-life ship was ridiculed by the United States
Because of the successive accidents on the Melbourne, the Australian government believes that the Melbourne may be a ship that will bring "misfortune".
So in 1982, Australia announced that the Melbourne was officially retired and would no longer participate in the mission, and at this time, Britain began to sell aircraft carriers for its own reasons.
It also gave Australia an inspiration, "why not sell the Melbourne"? So they started making plans to sell this hot potato.
As soon as the news that Australia wanted to sell the Melbourne was released, the Chinese government expressed a strong desire to buy.
In order to be able to assess the Melbourne in detail, China also sent an expedition team to board the Melbourne for research.
Australia also attaches great importance to it, because they really don't want this "troublemaker" anymore, so in order to let China buy, they accompany our team throughout the process.
And during this period, he also intimately explained to our expedition team in detail the structure of the entire ship and his powerful power.
China was very satisfied after seeing it, and immediately decided to buy the Melbourne for $30 million, and when it heard this price, the Australian government also smiled.
As soon as they heard that China was going to spend $30 million to buy the Melbourne, which was already considered "abandoned", the United States could not sit still, and they laughed at China for "wiping Australia's ass".
A broken iron is also worth the money China spends so much money to buy, and also mocks China for "having no vision" and saying that we don't know what a "good thing" is.
But for these words, China did not pay attention to them, but accelerated the purchase process, and when China drove the Melbourne back to China to open the cabin, China found "two treasures" inside.
Seeing these two things, the United States was very annoyed in its heart and regretted that it "spoke too early" ...
So, what exactly are these "two treasures" that can make the United States regret it when it sees it?
After opening the hatch, the United States regretted it
After the founding of New China, it has always wanted to have its own aircraft carrier, but the cost of building an aircraft carrier is too high, and the subsequent maintenance cost is also a big expense.
This has also led to China having to start searching the world for "abandoned" aircraft carriers, hoping to find a way to build aircraft carriers from the modification of these abandoned ships.
Coupled with the fact that all countries in the world were "eyeing the tiger" of New China at that time, the development of the navy became a very important task of the central government at that time.
So, we waited for the "Melbourne", and when the Melbourne arrived in Guangzhou, the professionals immediately disassembled him.
In the process of dismantling, experts found two vital "treasures" on the aircraft carrier, and they said excitedly: "With these two treasures, the time for the development of mainland aircraft carriers can be shortened by 5 years!" ”
These two things are the steam catapult and the arrestor equipment on the aircraft carrier, which are two very important equipment on the aircraft carrier.
It may be that Australia was in a hurry to shoot the Melbourne at that time, and did not disassemble these two parts, and the steam catapult is the key core of the heavy aircraft taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.
With this equipment, even in bad weather, our aircraft can fly on the deck as usual to carry out their mission.
And this aircraft carrier arrestor equipment is the "life-saving measure" of the aircraft carrier, he can ensure that the fighter falls safely on the deck, and can quickly "intercept" the unexpected aircraft when the aircraft takes off.
The discovery of these two "treasures" makes the Chinese team conducting aircraft carrier research very happy, because they have parts that can be disassembled, so the research of their own things is "just around the corner".
After the United States learned that the mainland had these two equipment, it "changed its face" at once, began to regret it, and they even reprimanded Australia: "It's just a pig teammate!" ”
After that, Continental relied on the dismantled Melbourne to concentrate on its own aircraft carrier, and finally on April 26, 2017.
The mainland's self-developed aircraft carrier "Shandong ship" was officially unveiled, and since then, China has its own aircraft carrier, and any country that wants to "bully" us at sea, we will "severely" crack it down.
epilogue
There is always nothing wrong with the saying "backwardness means being beaten", at the end of the Qing Dynasty, we did not have a strong army to arm ourselves, so we were forced to "beaten".
But now, China has become stronger, and the strength of the People's Liberation Army is the existence of "one of the best" in the whole world.
Unlike other countries, the strong cohesion of our country is also the envy of other countries, and the reason why the country strives to arm itself is to protect us from living and working in peace on our own land!
I hope that the motherland will become stronger and stronger, and the people's life will come better!
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