Rebirth: My 80s

People living near Dalian Port have been speculating about what happened at the port over the past month.

Some people say that there is going to be a war; others say how is that possible, as they haven’t heard any news at all and the most likely scenario is a military exercise.

Old Huangtou prefers the latter, but he doesn't care about it at all. He only cares about his fishing livelihood and the livelihood of his family.

Old Huang, who has lived for sixty years, thinks he has realized the truth: nothing is more important than having enough food and clothing for his family. He doesn't know when it started, but he suddenly looks down on those who talk about national affairs all the time. What does it have to do with you? How can a man in cloth shoes like you get involved?

After a lifetime of poverty, life has gradually gotten better in the past two years. The youngest son in the family is still unmarried. A few years ago, he met a girl introduced by someone and fell in love with her. The girl was also interested in him. Old Huang was thinking about the eldest, second, third, fourth and fifth sons, as they were not decent when they got married, and could even be said to be shabby, which was unfair to the children. When it came to the youngest son's marriage, the old man also developed a bit of ambition and wanted to buy a set of three big items, new three big items, and not the watch, bicycle and sewing machine of the past.

With a goal in mind, Old Huang worked hard, getting up early and working late. After selling the fish every day, he would do a count. The old man thought that at this rate, he would be able to collect enough money by the end of the year. The youngest son was dating that girl, and if nothing unexpected happened, the wedding date could be set in the next two months, so it would definitely be the end of the year, which would be just right.

Everything is developing in an orderly manner as expected.

The smiles on Old Huang's wrinkled face were growing more and more frequent day by day.

But today, that face became miserable again. Old Huang, who had gone out before dawn in the morning, returned home in the middle of the morning. There were no water marks or stains on his blue cloth jacket, which had been washed so much that it looked white. He cursed as he crossed the threshold.

"What a useless show. Besides, there is no show at all. Those are just a few broken ships. Who can they scare? They are just bored!"

Hearing the noise, the old woman came out from the kitchen and asked him in surprise why he came back so early today. You know, he had brought lunch with him. In the past, he would not be seen until the evening when it was pitch dark.

Old Huang put the Jiefang bag in his hand hard on the patinated square table in the main room. Inside the bag were four white flour buns, vegetables in cans, a larger can filled with large-leaf coarse tea, and a pair of chopsticks. He sat down on a chair with a "囍" character on it, looking angrily.

"There was some rumor a few days ago, I don't know if it's true or not, but today the sea is really closed. My boat hasn't even left, so where can I go? If I hadn't gone to find someone to find out what's going on, I would have returned long ago."

"How long will it be?" asked the old woman.

"There's no definite news, no one knows." Old Huang slid down, rested his head on the top of the chair, stretched out his legs, and put on a dead fish posture.

The old woman said worriedly, "Oh, if we ban it for a month or two, it will be a big mistake. The girl is quite willing, but she only wants us to buy the three big things..."

"Stop talking! How could I not know this?" Old Huang suddenly got angry.

But what can he do? Although he dislikes this kind of thing, because it really doesn't show any strength, when they fish, if they go a little far, it is normal to be driven away by other people's ships. It is obvious that they have not crossed the line, so they can only swallow their anger. But he can't do anything to make trouble.

Now we can only hope that this type of activity will end soon.

sleep!

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In a closed area of ​​the port, there is a two-story concrete building that serves as the temporary command post for welcoming the Varyag.

Half morning.

After passing through layers of screening and several skill competitions, Li Dongfang, who had fought his way out of the siege, was in an office, reporting to Commander Liao. Because the aircraft carrier had not yet arrived at the port, he and his men were now mainly responsible for the security work in the nearby territorial waters, and had specially dispatched a destroyer and two frigates.

"Commander, as the old saying goes, if you live by the mountains, you will eat by the mountains; if you live by the sea, you will eat by the sea. The ban on sea transportation has caused great dissatisfaction among the people living around the port. It will only be a few days before the Varyag arrives at the port. Can't the news be announced yet?"

After finishing the work report, Li Dongfang said with great distress.

He heard a lot of rumors that were really hurtful, such as that they were just pursuing formalities.

Commander Liao shook his head and said, "The more critical the moment, the more we must not take it lightly. I know you are under pressure and have difficulties, but this is a serious matter. We should keep a low profile as much as possible before the aircraft carrier arrives at the port. This is the plan agreed upon by the higher-ups. You have to understand that before the aircraft carrier enters our territorial waters, we are actually completely passive. The more noise we make, the more likely it is to cause chaos, thus giving those with bad intentions an opportunity to take advantage. Dongfang, look at the surrounding coastal areas, who wants us to get an aircraft carrier?"

Li Dongfang said ashamedly: "I was not considerate enough."

Commander Liao looked out the window with a distant gaze, "Do a good job of comforting the fishermen. I believe they will be the happiest group of people when the Varyag arrives at the port."

Before Li Dongfang could respond, there was a knock on the door.

Commander Liao laughed, stood up, and said to Li Dongfang: "Your partner is here. For a long time to come, you two, both sides, must work together."

He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Control your temper, kid. Don't let me hear that you are disrespectful to others. Although you are the captain, you have to cooperate with him in private and try your best to meet his requirements."

Li Dongfang was not stupid. Although he didn't know who the visitor was, since Commander Liao had stood up to greet him, how could I dare to be disrespectful?

Full of curiosity, Li Dongfang quickly walked forward and opened the door.

There were several people standing at the door, led by a short old man with a bald head, his few remaining hairs all completely white, and a pair of bottle-bottom glasses.

Commander Liao went to greet him with a smile. His hand was there before he arrived. "Mr. Pan is here. I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar. I'm sorry for not welcoming you from afar..."

Li Dongfang was shocked, but quickly came to his senses. Pan Jingfu?

Although he had never seen him, Li Dongfang was well-known for his name. It could be said that this man was the first to make his generation of seafarers have ships available. Even a stubborn man like Li Dongfang could not help but bow and show respect.

Pan Jingfu is a very easy-going person. He is an old acquaintance of Commander Liao and simply calls him Lao Liao. In fact, there is only a few years difference between the two of them.

After everyone sat down on a set of red painted wooden sofas in the office, Pan Jingfu hurriedly asked about the situation of the Varyag. He had not yet decided whether to take over this project. He had several projects on hand, all of which were about the development or upgrading of domestic ships. It was Commander Liao who repeatedly invited him, saying that he would definitely not regret it after coming, so Pan Jingfu stopped his work and planned to take a look first.

As a professional, Pan Jingfu knows all the aircraft carriers and ships in the world, including those in service and even those under construction.

"Lao Liao, as far as I know, the second Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier has not been built yet. At most, only the hull has been completed, because it was launched in 2. If it is just about studying the hull, then with all due respect, the projects I have on hand are more important, if not more urgent."

The fact that Pan Jingfu could recite the full name of the Varyag is enough to show his attention and understanding of it.

Commander Liao chuckled, because he was stopped by him from calling him "Old Liao" again, so he could only follow his will. "Even if you are a nosy person, at least you have heard that the Varyag is going back to my country this time."

He stressed the word "kai".

Pan Jingfu thought that you hid the news so well. Where I was, communication was not convenient. I heard a little bit, but it was only a little bit. However, he was still a little surprised to confirm that the Varyag's power system was complete. He pondered and asked, "How is the speed?"

Commander Liao shook his head. "Our people haven't participated in it yet, so we don't have any specific data. We can only infer from the sailing time. It took one and a half months from the departure to the estimated arrival time confirmed now."

Pan Jingfu frowned and said, "That's not fast either."

You know, the speed of a new aircraft carrier can generally reach about 30 knots, that is, more than 50 kilometers per hour. The Varyag was built in 1985 and is naturally also a new aircraft carrier.

At this speed, it would take ten days or half a month to reach Northeast my country from Ukraine. Now it takes three times as long.

Through this information and analysis, Pan Jingfu roughly came to a conclusion: Even if the Varyag's power system is complete, the power system currently installed is definitely not the power system that was designed.

In fact, this is completely understandable. Being able to buy an aircraft carrier from a foreign country is an extremely amazing thing. When he first heard about it, he was also extremely shocked. But later, when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that it was highly unlikely that he would be able to buy anything good. Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

We have old-style steam turbines from the former Soviet Union, and we imported warships from the former Soviet Union in the early years. In other words, we are not short of physical objects for studying such steam turbine technology. In fact, we have been studying it and have achieved some results.

Such steam engines and technology may work fine for ordinary ships, but for aircraft carriers, or even the new generation of ships, they are like a small horse pulling a large cart.

Pan Jingfu has a project in hand that involves innovating these technologies and is committed to developing more powerful ship engines.

Seeing the disappointment on his face, Commander Liao said, "It's too early to draw a conclusion. Anyway, Comrade Jiankun told me that the power system on the Varyag is the same as the one designed. Maybe the Ukrainian team responsible for driving the Varyag did not set off at full speed, or there was a delay during the voyage. Anything is possible."

In fact, neither is true. The problem lies with Li Jiankun.

If the Americans hadn't kept urging him, he would have originally planned to bring the Varyag back in two months.

"Li Jiankun?" Pan Jingfu asked with interest when he heard him mention the name for the second time. This child's name was also very familiar to him.

"Comrade Jiankun played a great role in enabling us to obtain the Varyag this time," Commander Liao said sincerely.

Li Dongfang, who was standing next to him, thought to himself that this "family" was also a wonderful person. He had done such a feat, and even his family and his wife were completely unaware of it. Last time he visited them during the Dragon Boat Festival, he had confused them, and he was also confused. Fortunately, Commander Liao had conveyed his thoughts on his behalf.

"The young man is indeed good. Such sincerity is precious no matter what." Pan Jingfu agreed.

Commander Liao smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, don't be so negative. Comrade Jiankun didn't elaborate, but from his words, we can tell that he has been struggling over there, engaging in all kinds of bargaining. He said that due to the interference of the Americans, all the facilities that were dismantled on the Varyag have been restored and installed."

Pan Jingfu smiled and shook his head. "I'm just afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, especially for those of you who are full of expectations. We still have to calm down and think realistically. Comrade Xiao Li is a genius in some fields, but he is a layman in terms of ships after all. It is a great achievement to be able to buy back this aircraft carrier. I didn't say that the Varyag has no research value. Its hull structure is of great significance for research, but it is not a matter of one day or one night. If we want to build such a large warship, it will not be a matter of one day or one night. As for me, I have to make decisions based on urgency. I must give priority to urgent needs. Let other people and teams do the research."

This is tantamount to a polite refusal.

Commander Liao didn't know how to persuade him any more. After thinking about it, he could only say, "How about this, brother, since you are here now, the Varyag will arrive in the next few days. Can't you bear to take a look? Let's talk about it after you have seen it, how about it?"

"You old Liao..." Pan Jingfu laughed out loud.