What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 511 Project Sea Lion
Fujian Province, a desolate coast
With the support of nascent infrastructure capabilities, the planned cliffside dock for the Navy is now fully in place.

This cave is located near Sandu'ao. Its winding coastline cleverly conceals a partially submerged cave, which is known only to a few local fishermen.

After months of renovations, the Bremerton entered the South China Sea undetected, crossed the strait, and arrived at the dock inside the cliff cave.

A group of high-ranking naval officers held their breath, staring intently at the submarine that had miraculously appeared in the cave.

Because the incident was so bizarre, they initially suspected it might be a conspiracy.

However, this concern was quickly dispelled: the Imperial Navy had no reason to do so, and the only reason could be Gekin's incredible infiltration capabilities.

"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Saxony."

As he shook hands with Saxon, a security agent quickly compared his appearance to that of someone else, confirming that it matched the information obtained through intelligence channels.

Investigating a military officer with the power of a nation is not too difficult, but they really couldn't figure out why he did it.

Saxony didn't say much, but quickly summoned all his crew members to come ashore and line up, then solemnly handed over a small box:

"By order of the organization, I am now handing over ownership of this submarine and the information it carries to you, and as agreed, 20 people will remain to help master the use of the Bremerton... Here are the keys, passwords, and keys to the secure communication device."

"thank you all."

As the two parties were handing over the work, Lao Zhang suddenly noticed that Huang Shaoqiang was clutching his head and about to fall backward, so he quickly helped him up.

"Chief Engineer Huang, are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I just feel a little unreal."

Huang Shaoqiang was helped to sit down, but his eyes never left the Bremerton.
Thirty years ago, the organization gave us some photos and a model of a George-class nuclear submarine, and we started working on nuclear submarines. We built the 091 in four or five years.

Thirty years later, we actually got a real, advanced American nuclear submarine! The last Los Angeles-class submarine only entered service last year!

With this submarine, we might as well scrap the Type 093 destroyer and start over. I believe our manufacturing capabilities are already at the level of the Los Angeles-class; we just lack design experience.

Old Zhang nodded vigorously. The last three Los Angeles-class submarines entered service last year, and according to their life cycle, there will be at least thirty in service until 2020, making them the mainstay submarines.

If the new 093, after thoroughly understanding the Bremerton, can achieve combat capability by 05, its underwater capabilities will undoubtedly be among the top tier.

But Huang Shaoqiang's ideas didn't stop there:

"And the K279 reactor design is also worth learning from."

One is the main force of the Empire, and the other is an experimental product of the Alliance that combines advanced technology. It's like having the technology of both major factions served at the same time.
Old Zhang thought to himself that this was the most worthwhile deal he had ever made with Gaijin. He thought it would be worth 200 billion, let alone 400 billion.

Anyway, it's not foreign exchange that's being paid out; a few million tons of steel and cement are insignificant in comparison.

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McMurdo Station

Due to the underdeveloped dissemination of information, it is hard for outsiders to believe that the people at the research station have become accustomed to sharing a continent with the lost empire.

After the U2 encountered BV141, it turned around and fled, evacuating the research station along with its crew, which triggered a mass exodus of tourists and researchers.

But someone stayed behind and discovered that Hans planes frequently appeared in the sky after that. Sometimes it was a BV141, and sometimes it was a Ho229, Ta183, or other strangely shaped planes, but they would only circle a few times at high altitude before returning, and could only be seen as blurry little dots.

Initially, a Patriot missile system was stationed at McMurdo Station, but its commander, after careful consideration, realized that the Lost Empire's aircraft were only conducting high-altitude reconnaissance and ultimately abandoned the order to attack.

After all, there are only a few missiles, but the Lost Empire has an estimated four-digit number of aircraft in Antarctica. If we attack them, we might face a bloody retaliation.

After news broke of the major air battle that took place in Guyana a few days ago, they were even more glad that they had made this choice.

2000 meters above McMurdo Station, a Q-97 swept across the ground with its large eyes, and Tang Wen could easily distinguish the various buildings above.

So, are the two sides currently operating in a state of non-interference?

Tang Wen was also surprised by this strange balance, but Yamamoto Takano, who was standing next to him, analyzed it as follows:

"The United States has never given up on Antarctica. According to public information, New Ceylon has been receiving supplies continuously. Many ordinary living supplies are purchased from Japan or Australia and shipped over. Judging from the scale, it can support at least 5 people."

Once the time is right, it won't be difficult to build McMurdo Station into an "iron pea" by crossing the sea from New Ceylon.

Commander, we must not be deceived by the appearance of peace.

After submitting his plan for four main fleets (A, B, C, and D), Yamamoto Takano closely monitored the future naval battles and astutely realized that Australia and New Zealand would become the empire's new springboard, and he had already planned measures to contain them.

“The distance of more than 3,000 kilometers from New Ceylon to McMurdo is neither long nor short. The shipping distance is only 5 to 7 days, and it is not difficult to escort each fleet.”

However, with the aid of fast destroyers and submarines launching fighter jets, that mere 3,000 kilometers is enough to become a meat grinder for transport fleets, easily resulting in a 50% loss rate.

The tiered defense plan for Antarctica is nearing completion, and secret bases nestled in glacial crevasses are under construction. Even the previously conceived mother-daughter aircraft design has been tested.
Based on the Arado E.555, it could even be squeezed to carry 10 small P13A fighters, which is equivalent to carrying an entire squadron.

The only drawback of this type of space carrier is its large size, which prevents it from flying out of the glacier crevice via an aircraft carrier, making deployment more difficult.

However, the Empire has no time to attend to Antarctica for the time being, and there is still a long time to fix the problem.

Tang Wen is now thinking about the second Christmas expedition.

With only two months left until Christmas, it would be a shame not to take advantage of this great opportunity, but this time he is not planning to launch a northward operation from Nanmei again.

Both the Empire and the West were severely weakened several times, but the cunning British managed to avoid major losses. On the contrary, the loss of West's overseas power expanded its influence in Europe, and they even benefited from the West's policies.

This is not okay.

However, the success rate of heading all the way from Antarctica to the Egon Strait was not high. Tang Wen held the baton and wandered around the map, eventually stopping in Iceland, and then continued to move up to Qingdao.

GreenLand, Green means green, and Land means land or island. Which genius didn't use a free translation but instead used a bizarre transliteration?
As the world's largest island, Greenland covers more than 200 million square kilometers but has a population of only tens of thousands. Its vast ice fields are ideal for the existence of secret bases.

"Yamamoto, the warships planned for Project Sea Lion are similar to those of the Second Fleet on the High Seas, right?"

Yamamoto Takano nodded first, then shook his head mockingly:
"They only have a few ships, besides Scharnhorst, Bismarck, and Hipper, what else do they have?"

Tang Wen: "Then, let's plan Operation Sea Lion to head south together, and at the same time, give the sunken Second Fleet of the High Seas a chance to be resurrected."

(End of this chapter)