Chapter 1104 Cracks in High Manganese Steel

At the port, flags were fluttering and colorful flags were fluttering. Countless officers stood on the dock and looked at the approaching warships.

This is the most advanced Aegis warship, their powerful Jubail-class warship! Their warship is finally back!

Salman was extremely excited. With this kind of air defense ship, their aircraft carrier formation would be completely perfect! Carrier-based aircraft can provide a defense range of 600 kilometers, and Aegis battleships can provide a protective circle with a radius of 100 kilometers. The aircraft carrier formation will be safer, much better than the useless aircraft carrier formation of the British.

The military band played, and amid the majestic singing, the warship slowly docked at the dock.

 Soldiers in neat military uniforms filed out and lined up on the dock.

“Report, the destroyer Jubail has been ordered to arrive, please give instructions!” the captain in charge of sending the ship shouted loudly.

He is in the East. He is not even a deputy captain. He is just a first mate. He has acted as the captain for a few days. Now he has been temporarily transferred here to become the captain of this warship. He will stay here for a while to train dogs. The naval officer of Dahu was very excited.

 “Thank you for your hard work!” Salman said.

 “Serve the people!” The people below shouted in unison, with their military appearance in full bloom and their voices shaking to the sky.

“Let’s go up and have a look.” Qin Tao said.

Everyone couldn't hold back their excitement for a long time, and rushed towards the warship. The first thing they came to was the front deck of the warship. Standing here, you can clearly see the hanging hair under your feet, and you can also see the two people in front. Side air defense radar array.

“This vertical launcher can carry many kinds of missiles.”

“That’s right, it’s still hot and cold, even more advanced than the MK41!”

“By the way, can we produce our own missiles?”

"Of course. If you need it, we can discuss it next. There is no problem in exporting the missile production line to you." Qin Tao said: "If you want to make yourself stronger, you can't rely on buying it. You will definitely have to rely on yourself in the future. For production, you have to build a strong industry, but you can't rush this kind of thing, you have to take your time and wait until the Jubail Shipyard stabilizes."

"That's right." Salman nodded: "We can't be in a hurry. Let the Jubail Shipyard stabilize first."

The bow of the ship is a 130mm naval gun with a stealth shape, and an anti-submarine rocket launcher is poked at the front. On the deck of this advanced destroyer, weapons from the World War II era are still retained, but no one would think that they are lagging behind. After all, not long ago, they I used anti-submarine rocket depth bombs to teach someone who stabbed them in the back a lesson. It's exciting to think about it.

On the second deck in front of the bridge, there was a multi-barreled naval gun squatting. An officer stared at the multi-barreled naval gun for a while and then said in surprise: "This close-in defense gun seems to have more tubes?"

The warships they have are equipped with close-in defense guns from the East, but they are all 730 naval guns, and there are obviously more gun barrels in front of them.

“Yes, this is an upgraded 1130 close-in defense gun with more barrels and a stronger ability to intercept anti-ship missiles. However, it is only a last resort means of interception and we hope never to use it.”

 If this kind of close-in defense gun is used, it means that other methods of the navy have failed. This is the most dangerous situation. If the interception is not successful, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Yes, we have carrier-based aircraft, long-range Red Flag Nine and medium-range Red Flag Sixteen. Very few missiles can break through this heavy firepower network, unless it is a saturation attack by the opponent launching hundreds of missiles." Sa Lerman nodded: "If that time comes, then our missiles will definitely be launched more! When necessary, we can also use the big guys in the desert to fight back!"

 The big dog owners also have treasures to control their houses. These powerful weapons are purchased from the East. The East is their true friend!

After watching it from the front, everyone walked through the bridge and came to the back. They looked at the hanging hair at the back and then looked at the hangar at the back. They were very satisfied.

 There was not much news about the Inugoda Navy’s acquisition of the 052CE destroyer, but the news spread like wildfire and soon spread all over the world.

“The proliferation of this kind of Aegis battleship will make our navy’s operations increasingly difficult.” In distant America, a group of people were depressed.

"Yes, the East not only uses it for its own use, but also exports such powerful warships. This will obviously seriously disrupt the regional balance! In my opinion, we might as well export the Aegis warships to them, which will disgust them."

"We should sanction them and the entire Mingzhou Group. This group is the culprit!"

 Swift stood in front of the window, looking at the falling snowflakes outside, saying nothing.

Over the years, he has personally watched the power of the East become stronger and stronger, and watched the world situation continue to change driven by the Mingzhou Group. There was no way to stop it from the beginning, and now, there is no way to stop this trend. .

The U.S. Navy will slowly decline under this trend! But the Eastern Navy will become more and more powerful.

what to do?

Swift has no choice.

 Sanctions are even more impossible. With the current strength of Mingzhou Group, they are no longer afraid of sanctions. Even from the beginning, Mingzhou Group has been prepared for the worst.

They have never invested in the Western world. They focus on the development of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They have obtained a large amount of resources from these places and exported a large amount of weapons and equipment to these places, making the world situation more complicated, even for the dying old man. Mao Zi has become strong again with the support of Mingzhou Group!

"We have no way to deal with big dogs, but we have ways to deal with other people." At this moment, someone in the conference room made a suggestion: "The second person to order this 052CE destroyer is the colonel. We must stop the colonel. Get this kind of warship!”

"That's right, there can't be another one. The colonel has done a lot of bad things over the years. We should punish this guy and let others see the consequences of purchasing Eastern weapons!"

Everyone joined in the discussion excitedly, as if this would make them angry.

Swift sighed. There is nothing we can do against the Mingzhou Group. Instead of thinking about how to beat the master, we can only attack his bastard. This is a failure in itself!

 At this moment, a man walked over gently.

“Swift, I have an idea. Ask me, if we kick Mingzhou Group out of SWIFT and sanction them in this way, will it completely stop their business?”

 International trade requires capital turnover. This global capital turnover platform is the international currency settlement system. As long as they are kicked out, they will not be able to conduct international trade!

Looking at the people around him, Swift's face turned ugly: "Of course not!"

"Why?"

"Because this international monetary settlement system should not be overshadowed by politics. If we really do this, Mingzhou Group may soon launch a new system to replace it. By that time, our international position will The influence is even smaller. Although they have never attacked our petrodollar system, they are definitely making preparations. If we do this, we are digging our own grave!"

Swift was stunned by the tricks of these people. They have been doing this from the beginning. Can they hinder that person? It will only become a stepping stone for him!

That guy can come up with a package of projects to strengthen a weak country and strengthen its army, but there is still no way to circumvent this system? To put it more simply, it is no problem even if they barter, or even send a plane directly to fetch U.S. dollars and collect the money. If they have this ability, they can then launder all the money in places such as traffic jams. .

"Moreover, we only sanction the Mingzhou Group. It doesn't make any sense. They can register other companies at will. If we want to sanction, we have to sanction the entire East, even the entire countries that are friendly to them. Are you sure you can do this? If this continues , is the international monetary settlement system still international? At most, it is only for us in the Western world!"

 Swift is not optimistic about this plan. This is completely digging a hole for himself.

 “Should we do nothing?”

"If you really want to do it, it would be better to slap the colonel in the face than this." Swift said calmly.

Southern Kimchi Country.

"There are more and more Aegis warships in the East, not only for their own use, but also for export. We can't wait any longer. Our KDX-3 destroyers must also speed up the progress!" A naval officer stood online at Dai Heavy Industries Shipyard. In the office, he said with a serious face: "When can you start work?" "It will be done right away, as long as the natural gas ship is launched." Zheng Yishan said.

Now, for their shipyard, the most important project is natural gas ships. As long as such ships are delivered in large quantities, they can make a lot of money, and they can create a new era. By that time, warships will of course also Can start construction in large quantities.

 Why can Mingzhou Group build so many warships? Isn't it because they get a lot of money from gas ships? You can do it yourself!

They moved very quickly. The first natural gas ship was launched a month ago and is currently being installed at the outfitting dock. All construction work is about to be completed. The second natural gas ship will also be launched soon. As long as these two ships are delivered ship, their SCA natural gas ship was officially put into operation.

The officer looked serious and was about to say something else when there was a knock on the door outside.

 Dong dong, dong dong!

"Come in!"

 “It’s not good, it’s not good!” Cui Taegen looked panicked.

 “What’s wrong?”

“We conducted the first pre-cooling experiment on the liquid cargo fence system of the natural gas ship and found a big problem!” Cui Taegen’s words were trembling.

"what is the problem?"

“High manganese steel has cracks.”

 “Damn it, how could this happen? Didn’t you say it’s a mature system?”

"Yes, we built a small high-manganese steel liquid cargo fence system in the laboratory and tested it repeatedly without encountering any problems. However, after the expansion, this kind of problem appeared. It may be due to high manganese content. It’s due to steel’s own gravity.” The weather was cold, but Cui Taegen’s hair was already wet with sweat, and he knew very well what this meant.

Their construction progressed very quickly. After receiving the order, they built this SCA liquefied gas ship in a short time, which is enough to show how advanced Line Generation Heavy Industry is in shipbuilding technology. Their construction period is longer than that of Mingzhou Group It’s still short! After all, welding of Invar steel is not easy, in comparison, high manganese steel is much simpler.

After the ship has been outfitted, it needs to be inspected. Just this morning, they mobilized a liquid nitrogen truck and a liquefied natural gas truck to start pre-cooling preparations.

For natural gas ships, two operations are required. One is before the ship trial, and the shipyard provides vehicles for relevant tests. The other is to go to the liquefied gas terminal for formal filling. This time, the shipyard's pre-cooling operation is very important. of.

 The newly built liquefied gas ship has been tested by the cold for the first time.

Of course, the experiment is carried out step by step, and it is impossible to add LNG as soon as it starts. If it leaks directly, there will be nothing to do.

First, you need to use dry nitrogen to purge the filling pipeline and the liquid cargo fence system to clean the air and moisture inside for the purpose of drying and reducing flowers. After all, if you are filling directly, the air in the Both oxygen and moisture can have dire consequences.

If the oxygen in the air comes into contact with natural gas, it may reach its limit and cause an explosion. If it comes into contact with water vapor, the water vapor may be instantly frozen into ice spikes. During the process of filling LNG, it may be blown by the air flow. The impact caused the ice spikes to puncture the liquid cargo fence system and leak, which would cause serious trouble.

After the nitrogen is purged, the next step is to use low-temperature liquid nitrogen to pre-cool the pipeline and liquid cargo fence system to check whether the liquid cargo fence system is qualified. Although direct injection of liquefied natural gas can also have the same effect, in case this happens If the liquid cargo fence system leaks, something big will happen. Even if the liquid nitrogen leaks, it will not burn or explode, so it is relatively safe.

Therefore, it is safer to use liquid nitrogen for pre-cooling first. The first SCA liquefied gas ship they built had a problem at this time.

 After filling the liquid nitrogen, everything was normal, but after waiting for ten minutes, the sensor detected a leak in the liquid cargo fence system! This shocked everyone. They quickly checked and found cracks in the high manganese steel in the liquid cargo fence system.

Zheng Yishan left the naval officer in the office and rushed to the dock with Cui Taegen.

The liquefied gas filling truck has left. After all, there is a crack. The next step of filling the liquefied natural gas will be impossible. The liquid nitrogen truck has also left. The liquid nitrogen filling has ended. The dock is empty. Look. It seemed that everything was going well, but looking at those people with sad faces, there was no intention of celebrating.

 Wait a minute, there is another person.

 Shipowner representative Azar.

In the field of civilian ship construction, the shipowner's representative is a very common system. He is responsible for the quality control of the entire ship. Without his signature, not a single steel plate can be moved. At the same time, he is also responsible for all aspects of the entire ship from beginning to end. Build and test projects and never leave.

Of course he was also present for this important pre-cooling work. Among the mournful people from South Korea, Azar's expression was much calmer.

“Mr. Zheng, is your liquid cargo fence mature? How could such a major change occur?”

“I’m sorry, this was an oversight on our part. Please rest assured that the liquid cargo fence system we built is very reliable. This time it was just an accident, a small accident.”

 “Then what to do next?”

“We will definitely repair the crack.” Zheng Yishan said: “We will also strengthen the liquid cargo fence system to ensure that this kind of thing will not happen again.”

"Repair?" Azar's tone was cold: "As the shipowner's representative, I reject this irresponsible repair method. After such repairs, the integrity of the cargo fence system cannot be guaranteed."

Zheng Yishan felt an ominous premonition in his heart: "What do you mean?"

“I request that this liquid cargo fence system be replaced to completely prevent similar problems from happening!”

 Replace!

For a liquefied gas ship, the most important thing is the cargo fence system. If it is made of Yinwa Steel, it can account for more than 60% of the entire ship's cost. Even if it is this high-manganese steel, it is not very cheap. If you build a new one, there will be no profit in this boat.

 The more important thing is the construction period. If we build a new one, will the construction period be improved in time? If the delivery date is delayed, according to the contract, the compensation will be tripled.

 Wait a minute, is the other party just waiting for triple compensation?

This kind of thing also happens in the global shipbuilding industry. Shipowners will deliberately delay in order to abandon the ship or ask for compensation. When the Oriental shipbuilding industry went international, it was often deceived like this. But the Kimchi Country is an important player in the West, and they are very cautious in doing business.

“Mr. Azar, if we build a new liquid cargo fence system, it will take longer and may delay the delivery time. If it causes a delay, it is not our responsibility.”

"Why isn't it your responsibility? The ships you built have quality problems, and we require them to be replaced with brand new ones. Is it wrong?" Azar said: "It is clearly written in the contract. If you refuse, then My shipowner will not take over this ship, let’s go to London to litigate!”

If it really comes to this, the reputation of South Korea's shipbuilding industry will be ruined, and I'm afraid we will never receive another LNG ship in the future!

Zheng Yishan gritted his teeth: "Okay, then let's change!"

Change?

 All the Kimchi people are very nervous. Is it too late? Can you catch up?

 After leaving, his subordinates asked anxiously: "Mr. Zheng, we are too late!"

“Install the liquid cargo fence system built for the No. 2 ship!” Zheng Yishan said: “Strictly control the quality, reinforce it when it is necessary, and absolutely don’t have any problems again!”

Anyway, they are building a large number of ships, and the later ones have been built and can be used on the previous ships. If we want to change them, we can change them. If they still find faults, they will have no choice but to file a lawsuit!

 (End of this chapter)