International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 169 Grindelwald Doesn't Want to Buy an Aircraft Carrier

"Sure enough, I still want a cup of hot coffee in the morning." In an office in Durmstrang Castle, an old wizard with a gentle face, an elegant, easy-going and plain old wizard was sipping a cup of coffee while watching Looking at the newspaper that just arrived today.

This old wizard is Grindelwald, aliased as Astologis Megistus.

At this time Rozier came in, Grindelwald raised his head, "Ah, Rozier, come and see the World News, they have written a lot of funny stories, mainly about the British idiot Fudge. This kind of person can actually become the Minister of Magic. I doubt that even Voldemort's stupid junior can take the power of the British Ministry of Magic from him. Really, if he was in power instead of Harold Minchem, maybe Voldemort has already succeeded."

Rozier did not answer, she bent down slightly, and handed over a report, "Master, this is a report on the development of our power in the Soviet Union, as well as the information I collected."

Grindelwald sighed and threw the newspaper on the table.

"It's these boring reports again... Didn't you read the report yesterday? Why do you want to read it again today?" He opened the report while complaining, and quickly read the data and analysis inside.Although this guy seems to be flipping through it at random, in fact, he has already memorized every sentence of analysis and every number in his heart. "Also, don't call me Master, please call me Professor Megistus."

"Okay, master. By the way, I heard that you are going to buy warships from the Soviet Union?"

Grindelwald sighed: "That's right, I've been researching what kind of ship to buy these two days. The aircraft carrier is definitely not good enough. I'm considering buying a cruiser or something else. Of course, no matter what kind of ship it is, we will In our hands, we all have to find a way to transform it.”

"Didn't you say you want to buy an aircraft carrier? Why did you change your mind?" Rozier was a little curious, which was a bit different from what the owner had said before.

"Because the aircraft carrier is too expensive, we can't afford it, and it's useless if we buy it..." Grindelwald showed a bitter expression.

Yes, before he was persuaded by Lu Ren, he wanted to find an opportunity to "follow" an aircraft carrier from the Soviet Union, but after studying for a while, he found that it was not realistic at all!
Why?Because it's too expensive and too sophisticated!If the magic world wanted to raise an aircraft carrier, it would be as difficult as climbing the sky.If you forcefully spend money, it's not impossible to raise it, but it will definitely become a decoration.

The technology of the wizarding world lags behind the Muggles too much. In their eyes, ships are still sailing ships. Of course, those who are more advanced may understand iron-clad ships. Not much difference-why can an iron lump float in the water, is it a floating spell?
And Grindelwald didn't know at first, thinking how expensive it would be for just one ship, but after checking, the aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union, such as the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier he was interested in at the beginning, cost 30 billion to 35 billion US dollars !The Kirov-class heavy missile cruiser he was studying recently, the Soviet official claimed that the funds spent were equivalent to the funds spent on building a medium-sized city with a population of 200 million!
不过苏联的数据一向有水分，人们根据同期的船只售价推测其造价大概在20亿美金。20亿美金在20世纪90年代是什么概念呢？那时候的金价大概是400美元1盎司（28克），20亿美金可以换140吨黄金。

Grindelwald could afford the money, but it was not enough just to buy that one.

For the warships in the game, you build/draw them out and put them in the warehouse, and then you are done. This is not the case in reality.Suppose Grindelwald spent money to buy an aircraft carrier from the Soviet Union, what would he need to do next?Is it necessary to equip the aircraft carrier with weapons?

What is the aircraft carrier's weapon?Airplane!How to sell the plane? Thirty years later, on the aircraft carrier in Central Plains, an aircraft will cost 30 million yuan-this is already the cheapest aircraft in the world.4 million yuan to buy a fourth-generation fighter jet is simply a free gift!And Grindelwald obviously doesn't have that deep friendship with Zhongyuan, and Zhongyuan's planes in the 90s were not his first choice, so there is a high probability that he will not be able to buy such high-quality and cheap planes...

For such aircraft, the aircraft carrier of the Central Plains can hold 15 aircraft, and the same type of aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union can probably accommodate 15 aircraft, which is 60 billion. This is not counting those miscellaneous helicopters. The Kuznetsov aircraft carrier Theoretically, there are 41 carrier aircraft.

There are airplanes, and airplanes are not drones, so pilots are needed.The training price of a fighter pilot is about three times its own weight in gold. It is conservatively estimated that 20 pilots are needed, which costs about 10 billion, as well as fighter maintenance personnel and command personnel. These items add up, and it is cheaper for you. 10.

Well, fighter jets alone cost 80 billion RMB.Although the currency 30 years later is not as valuable as it is now, it is still a huge expense.Of course, Grindelwald can also poach pilots directly from the Soviet Union. This is considered opportunistic - but the plane must always be bought!

Then the pilots are ready, the plane is bought back, and then the training begins.Well, it costs RMB 10 to take off with fuel, about RMB 50 per piece of ammunition, and an aircraft carrier consumes about 50 tons of fuel per 40 kilometers. According to known data, the aircraft carrier of the same level as Kuznetsov spends 3100 days at sea , fuel costs [-] million yuan.Would Mr. Grindelwald choose credit card or cash?
Finally, there are generally 2000~3000 people on the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, so the entire British wizarding world needs to be filled in... If there is a fight with someone, the aircraft carrier is sunk, and the British wizarding world will directly declare its demise .

Therefore, some people have estimated that if the prices of the 90s are used, the entire life cycle cost of an aircraft carrier, based on an aircraft carrier serving for 40 years, would require an overall 300 billion US dollars—the US dollars of the 90s.

And this is only the money needed for an aircraft carrier. If an aircraft carrier really wants to have combat effectiveness, it needs an aircraft carrier battle group... Otherwise, the Japanese Shinano will be a lesson from the past, and it was sunk after only 20 hours of sailing.If Grindelwald only buys an aircraft carrier and not a frigate, it is estimated that the record of the Shinano can be refreshed.

Of course, Grindelwald can magically transform the aircraft carrier, but why choose an aircraft carrier?You can also choose other ships!Anyway, the wizards will definitely not use fighter jets to compete with the enemy: the exchange ratio is one for ten wizards, and the wizards will lose money.

So Grindelwald has completely disregarded the aircraft carrier. He felt that Lu Ren wanted to buy an aircraft carrier only because of his own aircraft carrier complex-at worst, he would buy him a shell to make a hotel in the future to make him happy.

Indeed, Lu Ren did suffer from a lack of aircraft carrier phobia, but he did not consider at the time that a large country with a population of more than one billion only has two aircraft carriers, and there are two more under construction at the same time, leaving Grindelwald alone The power is as high as a quarter of the Central Plains, which is really difficult for a strong man.

　The second volume is coming to an end, and the next third volume is the plot of the summer vacation (quite nervous).I checked the outline before, and was shocked to find that this volume actually ended at chapter 139!No, this is too unlucky, I have to find a way.

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