"What does he want?"

"He wants a lot, but he doesn't want anything from me."

Sitting on the casual sofa beside the bed, Li Zitao put his arms on his head, and his eyes were clear at the distant sky.

The sky above the castle was as bright as ever, in sharp contrast to New York when he left.

Mary rubbed the skin cream on her hands and sat down lightly against him, saying, "So, he did this to make sure you can't free up your hands?"

"Probably... I didn't expect the deep meaning of it, and I walked into the trap myself."

Li Zitao didn't care about what should have been bad, and smiled easily and kissed her forehead.

"It doesn't matter who wins and loses the war, and it doesn't matter how many people sacrifice. What's important is that if the war continues, 800,000 tons of various materials can be consumed every month.

Last year, the consumption of ammunition alone cost 750 million US dollars, and the new generation of equipment of the navy, army and air force was put into production, and the fund was allocated 3.5 billion US dollars..."

After looking at Mary who was a little surprised, Li Zitao laughed at herself: "The interests are the first priority. No matter who wants to jump out of the pot, there will be no good ending."

"You are among them, are you?" Mary looked at him funny. If he could take the time to read more meeting minutes, I believe this kind of mistake would not happen.

Li Zitao sighed and said, "A person's energy is limited after all, and I was careless this time."

If he could meet with the backbone and CEOs of the Li Consortium before meeting with Esenhau, the previous situation would not have happened at all.

Now, he has to pay for his recklessness and carelessness, but fortunately, not many people need his own explanation.

Most of the phone calls will end with Molly, and she will transfer them to Sanil's place first, and the only few phone calls will make money from her.

Ring...

Whatever you want is what you want.

The call was called by Lawrence, but it did not represent himself, but all the brothers of the Freemasons and the Holy Supreme, Damian.

"This is my mistake, you should know Lee's commitment and contribution to charity and humanitarianism, I just want those kids to come home."

Li Zitao put a glorious appearance on his actions, and his actions were completely sympathetic and humanitarian.

America should not pay for the actions of foreigners, and those good guys should not be killed in other countries' lands.

"Charlie, I will convey your apology on your behalf, but I hope you will be more cautious in the future. No matter what you need, you can come to me at any time."

"Of course, we are good brothers."

"Yes, haha..."

When he learned that Li Zitao would not touch everyone's interests again, Lawrence also reciprocates and told him the latest good news.

"Our design model has won the contract for the second-generation military aircraft carrier, and it will be officially put into production in the middle of this year. You should prepare a party to celebrate!"

"Shouldn't it be you who prepared it? You are the boss of L.C.A Industry."

"One." Lawrence laughed out loud as soon as he finished speaking.

Being able to win the construction contract for the second-generation military aircraft carrier in one fell swoop is of great significance to both Li, L.C.A or Lawrence.

Li Zitao asked excitedly, "How many ships are built in the first phase?"

In his opinion, this contract was more like a consolation prize given to him by the 'Brothers', as compensation for his inability to achieve his wish.

In fact, in the eyes of many people, his purpose was to gain more benefits for himself from the beginning.

The most important and direct interest right now is the Navy's second-generation aircraft carrier procurement contract.

"Four ships, whether it is a miracle for the Navy or you and me!" Lawrence said with some emotion.

Because any military fan knows that since 1948, the situation of the navy has been getting worse and worse.

It can be said that since the end of the war, its fate has not gone well until it has completely deteriorated.

First, Secretary of Defense and Navy Secretary James Forlester, who supported the construction of super aircraft carriers, resigned seriously ill, and the construction plan for super aircraft carriers was unlimitedly postponed.

Even so, Louis Johnson, who succeeded Secretary of Defense, was not satisfied because he was a 'traitor on the Air Force', at least for the Navy.

It happened that they met the end of World War II again, and Congress reduced military spending and military institutions on a large scale, and the competition among various armies was particularly severe.

Therefore, the army and air forces united the front and strongly opposed the super aircraft carrier plan.

The following year, the USS America placed keels at the National Royal Shipyard and Newport News Shipyard. Without venting with the then Secretary of the Navy and Congress, Louis Johnson unilaterally ordered the cancellation of the building.

Several senior naval generals, including Navy Secretary John Sullivan, resigned angrily in protest.

James Forlester, former Secretary of Defense and Navy, who resigned due to illness, committed suicide the following month.

Losing a large number of senior generals with the right to speak and the most influential veterans, the "America" ​​was cut in half and became the fuse for other services to attack the naval budget.

From 1949 to 1951, all Navy budgets were cut.

Eight in-service Essex-class aircraft carriers have been reduced to half, and 10 race-class escort aircraft carriers have been greatly reduced to only 2 left.

The carrier-based aircraft wing, Marine Corps aviation squadron, anti-submarine aircraft squadron and patrol aircraft squadron were greatly reduced.

It was like a catastrophe for the Navy, with less than one-third of its strength in wartime.

If there weren't still aircraft carrier formations in service, the entire American Navy would have looked like it would have fallen completely.

As for the construction plan of the super aircraft carrier, it was even more shelved and no one cares about it anymore.

The turning point of the incident came from the peninsula, and this battle changed the embarrassing situation where the navy was targeted in isolation.

Plans for the creation of new aircraft carriers have also been put on the agenda, but the Navy's focus is still on the transformation plan for the 18 Essex-class ships that have been re-entered on the battlefield.

The construction plan for the new large aircraft carrier ranks 23rd in the draft new year's budget priority order, and then its priority order was raised to 8th in the revised annual budget, that is, this year's annual budget.

Until today, four years later, the new large aircraft carrier production plan was finally restarted, and the Navy ushered in the victory that it had been long-awaited.

Although it was a victory for self-entertainment and the era of giant ships and cannons was gone forever, it was still a day worth celebrating.

The four new and large aircraft carriers of the country, each costing hundreds of millions of US dollars, and the first ship took about 26 months.

The subsequent three aircraft carriers will be put into production every other year, and the time will be reduced accordingly unless the Navy generously once again puts forward new requirements and technology.
Chapter completed!