Rebirth: My 80s

early summer.

In the capital, in the Navy compound, the chirping of cicadas can be heard from time to time.

Guo Zhiyuan, the office director, had just received a call from abroad. As he listened, his eyes gradually widened and he asked in surprise: "You said you are Comrade Li Jiankun...? Say it again, what's the matter?!"

On the other end of the phone, Li Jiankun repeated what he had just said.

After confirming that he had heard correctly, Guo Zhiyuan was incredulous. He thought, could this be true? The famous Li Jiankun would not joke about such a thing, but could this person be Li Jiankun?

how can that be possible.

At this time, a voice came from the microphone again, "I don't mean to look down on you. Your superiors should know something about this matter, but they just kept it confidential. I have never dealt with you. I only got the office number through a friend. I'm not as good as you..."

"Okay, okay, please wait a moment. Don't hang up. I'll report and confirm immediately, and then transfer the call."

"Ok."

Putting the microphone lightly on the table, Guo Zhiyuan rushed out of the room, ran seven or eight meters away, then rushed back, took out the key from his belt, locked the office door, and then ran straight upstairs.

Deng Deng Deng!

When people greeted him on the road, Guo Zhiyuan ignored them. Seeing his anxious look, the people who greeted him were all confused. Director Guo has always been a calm person.

Boom boom boom!

Arriving at the door of an office, Guo Zhiyuan knocked hard, unable to control the force of his hands. Although he still found it unbelievable, he was already 70% convinced by the person who called himself Li Jiankun on the other end of the phone. As he ran all the way over, he couldn't help but fantasize, if this was true, what would it mean?

It means so much.

There are only a handful of countries in the world that own aircraft carriers.

According to the normal technology tree, developing aircraft carriers is a gradual process, and we are still a long way from it. This will be a leap.

Our naval equipment history will open a new chapter.

God knows, an indescribable emotion filled Guo Zhiyuan's heart, so much so that not only his hands, but his whole body was shaking.

"Come in!"

The red painted wooden door was pushed open, and someone rushed in in a panic. A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked intimidating and angry, was sitting behind a desk by the window. He took off his iron frame reading glasses that didn't match his temperament and laughed and scolded, "Xiao Guo, what are you doing?"

Guo Zhiyuan lost his composure and asked directly, "Commander Liao, do you know that someone of ours is buying an aircraft carrier?"

The man called Commander Liao suddenly changed his expression and became extremely serious. He stood up from the chair, stared at Guo Zhiyuan for a few seconds, and nodded heavily, "That's right."

it is true!

Guo Zhiyuan was suddenly overjoyed. He pointed at the landline phone on the desk in front of Commander Liao, then rushed out the door in a hurry, leaving Commander Liao confused. Before Commander Liao could figure out Guo Zhiyuan's strange behavior, Guo Zhiyuan's voice, which could not be hidden, came in from the door that had never been closed.

"Xiao Zhong, Line 1, transfer the call!!"

Commander Liao finally came to his senses. He thought, was it news from the north? The phone call was made to the office?

Very few people knew about this matter, so how come the call was made to the office?

Seeing an indicator light on the landline phone on the desk, Commander Liao was puzzled. He picked up the receiver and put it to his ear, "Hello, who is this?"

"Hello, I'm Li Jiankun..."

Commander Liao was startled for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he greeted him kindly: "It turns out to be Comrade Jiankun..."

After a brief greeting and getting to know each other, Li Jiankun on the other end of the phone explained the purpose of the call, "Commander Liao, the Varyag that originally belonged to Ukraine will depart for my country in the near future. I'm calling to discuss the berthing with you..."

"Wait a minute." Commander Liao was shocked. "What did you say? Did you really succeed in buying the Varyag? Sail it to our country?"

"Well, although the process was a bit bumpy, I finally got it."

What Li Jiankun couldn't see was that Commander Liao was ecstatic and waved his fist vigorously. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. All he could say turned into seven sincere and profound words, "Comrade Jiankun, thank you for your hard work!"

Li Jiankun didn't know what to say. When he decided to do this, he didn't think about getting any gratitude or reward. He just thought that... I have the ability and the opportunity, so I should take the lead. So he said a few polite words to show that it was not hard.

Commander Liao suddenly remembered something and repeated the question he had just asked. "You just said that the Varyag set sail recently and headed for my country. How did it set sail? According to our understanding, the construction of this aircraft carrier was only 68% complete. Later, due to the intervention of the United States, it was required to demilitarize, and the installed facilities were basically dismantled. In fact, it is only an empty shell left."

Even so, the Varyag still has great significance.

The hull structure of an aircraft carrier alone involves many technical problems and is worth studying and learning. In plain words, if you learn those, you can build larger and stronger ships.

Li Jiankun smiled and said into the microphone, "It's not that bad. I negotiated with them and asked them to put back all the dismantled equipment. Unfortunately, I'm an outsider after all, and I don't know if I was fooled. I thought about contacting you during this period, but I was worried about complications. Now this aircraft carrier is still in good shape. At least the power system is complete. I don't know about the other things. If the Varyag's speed does not meet the design standards, or its endurance is not good enough, it can't sail to our country, then they can forget about what they want from me, so there should be no problem with the power system."

After a brief pause, Li Jiankun asked: "The power system is very important for aircraft carriers, right?"

Commander Liao's eyes sparkled, and he thought to himself that it was a good job. He responded decisively, "It's very important!"

It's more than just an aircraft carrier.

Think about it, if a huge aircraft carrier can be driven, let alone other ships?

Normally, this is an absolute secret that all countries must keep hidden.

"That's good."

"Comrade Jiankun, you just mentioned that you... paid a high price for what they wanted from you, right? This..."

"No, no, don't have that idea. I actually killed two birds with one stone. Even if I didn't have the Varyag, I would have negotiated with them sooner or later."

"Haha, it's really yours!"

Although he didn't know the hidden truth and didn't want to ask too much, Commander Liao still secretly thought that the boy was a good one and laughed out loud. He was also very happy in his heart. He thought that there was probably no second person in the world who could torment the Americans to this extent with personal strength alone.

Suddenly thinking of his good-for-nothing son, Commander Liao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, why are other people's sons so outstanding?

Li Jiankun asked again about the Varyag's berthing location. Without this clarity, the route could not be arranged.

Under the urging of the Americans, the Black Sea Shipyard worked around the clock and finally restored the Varyag to its original state and installed a power system.

Li Jiankun has already negotiated with the Ukrainian side, and the Ukrainian side will send people to drive the Varyag back to my country. Just pay the money, it's purely a business deal.

Well, a small business that can be put on the table within a big business that is done privately.

Commander Liao suddenly fell silent. After a while, he said thoughtfully, "It may not be that easy for that aircraft carrier to return."

"Simple."

"Ok?"

"Because what I negotiated with them was that I would only talk to them after the Varyag arrived in our country safely. So now they are more impatient than us for the Varyag to arrive in our country as soon as possible, and they wish they could teleport there."

Commander Liao tried to hold back, but couldn't help asking, "Comrade Jiankun, may I ask, how did you catch them?"

“Do you understand the financial industry?”

"...I've heard a little about what's going on in Moscow, but I really don't understand. If they don't agree to you, can you make them lose a lot of money?"

"more or less."

"How much loss?"

"Ten aircraft carriers can't defeat it."

"His!"

Commander Liao had an idea that suddenly popped up, but it was hard to say it out loud. How about letting them lose? This Xiao Li was too cruel. Now that the country is open, he has heard of a new term called financial warfare. He thought, if that is also a battlefield, Xiao Li can stop millions of soldiers alone!

Before hanging up the phone, Commander Liao said solemnly: "Comrade Jiankun, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. We, the people of the sea, will never forget this!"

"You're welcome. Without you, there would be no peaceful coastline. Without a peaceful coastline, there would be no peace in the interior. We should be grateful for your protection."

Commander Liao's eyes were a little red, and he thought, it's not in vain to serve in the army.

If everyone were like Li Jiankun, then China would have no worries about its prosperity. What would China have to worry about?

After ending the call, Commander Liao immediately made a few calls, then walked to the wooden sofa opposite the desk and started making tea. While making tea, he began to laugh.

Several of his colleagues arrived faster than he had expected. Commander Liao joked, "Did you come here by Scud?"

"Old Liao, hurry up and explain what 'we have a big new thing' means?"

"Is there any news about the aircraft carrier?"

"Old Liao, if you dare to say that, it's done. You can dig up the jar of old wine that has been buried under the tree in my yard for twenty years!"

Commander Liao looked at the person who said this and said with a smile, "It's done."

“…Not really!”

"It's really done?!"

Commander Liao was afraid of being beaten up by them, so he didn't dare keep them in suspense and told them the details of his conversation with Li Jiankun just now. Everyone was greatly encouraged and ecstatic.

"Great job Li Jiankun!"

"Happy, happy!"

"Hahahaha, we have an aircraft carrier!"

...

They were all quite old, and they were dancing with joy. They must not let anyone outside see this.

After a while of joy, they calmed down and discussed business.

Commander Liao took out a map and finally pointed to a location, which was unanimously agreed by the others.

Port of Dalian.

"It still needs to be reported to the higher authorities."

"Comrade Jiankun directly told us to accept it without making any requests?"

"In this case, we should not use the word 'receive'. We should welcome him. We should go to sea to welcome him! Although Comrade Jiankun may not return with the ship, no one can erase this contribution. I say that!"

"There are still many things that need to be arranged. After the aircraft carrier arrives at the port, it must be properly cared for. I think we need to select a captain in advance and confirm the personnel stationed on board. In addition, the researchers must also move in as soon as possible. We have been frustrated for too long!"

...

The few of them talked until the evening and had no time to eat.

----

Li Dongfang, nearly 40 years old, was the captain of a destroyer. He was later suspended and is now idle at home.

Despite this, Li Dongfang did not regret the decision he made, which was a unanimous decision made by all the crew members on the ship. He just regretted that it caused great losses to the country.

The enemy has gone too far and has repeatedly provoked us in our waters.

Since there was no order to fire, the weapons could not be used. Besides, it would be useless to use them.

Their ships were like corrupt old men against the newer warships of the other side.

But what the arrogant enemies did not expect was that when they approached again with a brutal attitude, the ship, which looked like scrap metal in their eyes, not only did not retreat, but sailed at full speed and hit their port side at a very tricky angle.

They were almost sunk, and they fled in panic.

In terms of losses, the enemy's warships outnumber ours by ten times.

However, Li Dongfang accepted the punishment against him because we are poor and cannot afford the loss.

Now, all our maritime forces have are only four Type 051G destroyers and a few frigates. Sometimes Li Dongfang dreams that if we had a few more good ships, how could we allow the rats to be so arrogant?

"Dongfang, answer the phone."

"Just say I'm not here."

"It's Commander Liao."

Swish!

Li Dongfang, who was basking in the sun in the courtyard with a lazy look on his face, ran into the main room like the wind, stood at attention, and took the phone from his wife.

"Li Dongfang?"

"exist!"

"I heard that you are doing nothing now and have become a waste."

"No, I'm just gathering my strength and waiting for the organization's call."

"Then come here."

"Ah? Well, Commander, you like to joke around, but you won't tease me this time, right?"

"I'm kidding you. There's a new ship that hasn't been commissioned yet and needs people to board it. But let me make it clear in advance that you are just one of the candidates. Whether you can get on it in the end depends entirely on you."

"Hey, I knew you wouldn't leave me here to rust. It's not easy to train a captain, right? So, do we have a new ship?"

"Yes, an aircraft carrier."

"Oh, an aircraft carrier...Ah?! What?! Aircraft carrier?! Where did the aircraft carrier come from?!"

"You little brat, can you please keep your voice down? You've broken my eardrums."

"No, Commander, did you slip up? Did you just say aircraft carrier?"

"It's an aircraft carrier! As for where it came from, you will know later. Do you want to get on it?"

"This is not nonsense!"

"Ok?"

"Oh no, no, I mean, I definitely want to be on the team. How many competitors do I have?"

"How many? Haha, do you think there are any captains who don't want to go up?"

"It's okay! If I take action, they will all get lost. We actually have an aircraft carrier!" Li Dongfang looked at his wife, quickly leaned over and hummed, "We actually have an aircraft carrier!"

The wife was stunned for a moment, then quickly pointed at the phone and her face turned red.

"It's okay, it's okay. This is more joyful than getting married. Commander can understand." Li Dongfang was so excited that his face turned red and his mouth was so wide that a watermelon could be stuffed into it.

At this time, a voice came from the other end of the phone, "Dongfang, is your home in Haidian?"

"Ah yes."

"The Dragon Boat Festival is coming up in two days. Prepare a gift for me. It costs 11 yuan. Go to No. Niangniangmiao Hutong and say you are a friend of their son."

"Whose family? Two hundred yuan? Commander, that's your monthly salary."

"You will know it when you get there. Come back and report after you finish this matter."

"Oh……"