Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 537: Above the Open Sea_1

Chapter 537: Chapter 537: Above the Open Sea_1

When the convoy arrived at the office building of the Black Sea Shipyard, the old factory director was already waiting there with others.

After getting out of the car, they exchanged some simple pleasantries.

Without delay, the old factory director got into Wang Ye’s car and drove them towards the dock near the sea.

Of course, the handover of the fleet would be at sea...

Since it had already reached the stage of handover, the destroyer had naturally been launched, and all the power systems and other equipment on the ship had been debugged.

That is to say, they could start the engine and sail away directly!

Before long, the convoy arrived at the seaside.

Through the car window, they could already see the huge ships!

Nalan Yaqi leaned against the car window, looking towards the sea. Because they were relatively close, the oppressive feeling of the ten-thousand-ton destroyer hit her directly!

"Oh my god! What a huge ship..." Nalan Yaqi exclaimed in amazement.

She had never seen such a large ship before, having grown up in the city with no access to the sea and little chance to be on a boat.

Nalan Yaqi was probably similar to Wang Ye in that the only boats they had been on since childhood were small wooden boats in park lakes...

Colorful flags had been raised on the several warships, making them look quite impressive.

They could vaguely see many people moving around on the deck. Those were the professionals brought by Petrov.

"I originally wanted to hold a ceremony and invite some leaders from relevant departments to make speeches and make it more lively. But unfortunately, Petrov told me there was no need for such fuss, that simplicity would suffice." The old factory director said regretfully.

This was the largest batch of warships delivered by the Black Sea Shipyard in recent years.

He naturally wanted to hold a grand ceremony, firstly to celebrate, and secondly to boost the morale of the factory staff.

But the Wagner Company didn’t want to attract much attention. According to Wang Ye’s instructions, Petrov and his team were as discreet as possible.

After all, Wagner is a private security company. If it purchases so many warships at once and the news is widely publicized by media reporters, it could easily draw unnecessary trouble.

Obviously, the people who would see this news would wonder what a private security company would need so many powerful warships for?

If these warships are all armed, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they could practically dominate Europe...

Perhaps apart from Russia and England and France, the regular naval forces of many European countries are not as powerful!

The convoy stopped by the sea, right under the ten-thousand-ton destroyer.

After getting out of the car, Wang Ye looked up and thought, this thing is really huge!

When he used to see tens of thousands of tons of warships on the news, he didn’t feel much, even feeling that they were a bit small.

But when you actually stand under the ship, you can truly understand what "ten thousand tons" really means...

...

A group of people got on the ship, and as they stood on the deck, the old factory director showed Wang Ye the various functional areas of the destroyer.

As for the girls, they certainly didn’t bother listening to these technical explanations. They were curiously roaming around the deck.

Since the only thing mounted on this destroyer were the ship guns, the huge deck was quite empty.

The sprawling deck was like a football stadium!

According to the plan, armed helicopters were to be stationed there in the future.

The Wagner Security Company is not short of helicopters, having purchased quite a few last time.

The spacious and bright cockpit, crew rest area, catering and entertainment area; the old factory director took Wang Ye and others around. The interior space was enormous.

After all, hundreds of people were going to live on this ship in the future.

...

After the tour, Wang Ye was eager to immediately order the voyage. However, there were still procedures to be followed.

They followed the old factory director off the ship and returned to the office building in the shipyard.

Even though the celebration ceremony was canceled, a simple banquet was still held. However, no outside guests were invited, with only insiders from both sides attending.

They kept it simple. After the meal, Wang Ye and others made small talk with the old factory director for a while and then excused themselves.

They arrived by plane, but they would return by ship!

Petrov’s convoy was also directly driven onto the ship to be transported back.

Of course, they were headed back to the security base in Sevastopol.

The distance was not far. Both Nikolayev and Sevastopol are cities along the Black Sea.

Leaving from the Black Sea Shipyard, following the coastline southwards for a few hundred nautical miles, they would arrive at Sevastopol.

Petrov had previously negotiated with the Black Sea Fleet to lease a portion of their port berths to dock these warships.

Because the Sevastopol military port has always been the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, docking, refueling, maintenance, and so on are very convenient.

Even the crew that Petrov recruited, most of them were retired from the Black Sea Fleet...

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Accompanied by a long whistle, the ship’s engine started to roar.

Thick black smoke billowed out of the towering chimney, and the ten-thousand-ton Ulan Warship officially set sail, heading into the depths of the sea...

Wang Ye and the others stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, waving farewell to the old factory director and his team on the shore.

After a while, the destroyer reached the vast sea, and the Black Sea Shipyard was no longer visible.

The group of people standing on the deck was starting to lose their initial excitement. The feel of the sea breeze blowing directly against them wasn’t very comfortable.

"How about it, want to go to the bow and take a photo?" Wang Ye asked Nalan Yaqi with a smile.

Looking at the high-raised bow, Nalan Yaqi quickly shook her head, "No, let’s not take a photo. I feel it’s too dangerous!"

Indeed, the imagined bow photo session and reality were two different things.

She peeked over the railing of the deck and saw that they were several floors high above the sea surface!

If you were to accidentally fall, you’d be smashed straight to death...

All for a photo, it was not worth the risk!

...

After sailing for several tens of minutes, the fleet reached the open sea.

This place belonged to no country and was not subject to the jurisdiction of any national law.

Of course, you could hardly see any other ships here since this was not a busy sea route.

Feeling excited, Wang Ye found Petrov and they went directly to the ship gun control room.

He wanted to make good on his promise and fire a few shots out to sea!

The ship guns mounted on this ten-thousand-ton destroyer naturally had a large caliber.

It was a double-barrel 130mm main gun!

There’s a saying popular among military enthusiasts, "the more powerful, the more democratic; the longer the range, the more freedom; the larger the caliber, the more justice; the thicker the armor, the more human rights; the bigger the tonnage, the more equality!"

Obviously, this destroyer and its guns were already enough to be "democratic, free, just, and equal"...