Chapter 140 Competition

“Okay, Uncle Liu, how about we launch a large satellite with the target of two thousand megapascals of ship steel?” Qin Tao looked at Liu Minggang.

At this time, Liu Minggang had already had another glass of wine and was pouring it for himself. When he heard Qin Tao say this, Liu Minggang's hands shook: "What did you say? Two thousand megapascals?"

Ordinary marine steel is only one to two hundred megapascals. The steel produced by their Mingzhou shipyard for submarine pressure hulls is only four to five hundred megapascals. It is already the strongest in the country. Now, Qin Tao actually How many times do we need to increase this value to two thousand megapascals?

There is no such steel in the world, right?

Qin Tao smiled and looked at Liu Minggang: "Uncle Liu, you just said that I underestimated your courage. Now it seems that you are not very good."

Liu Minggang's face turned red: "Two thousand megapascals is just two thousand megapascals. You, Uncle Liu, are willing to go all out and you won't be afraid of breaking the egg if you step too hard."

"Uncle Liu, what I'm talking about is an ideal, a lofty goal that cannot be achieved now." Qin Tao picked up a piece of braised hairtail and said, "Let's divide it into three steps. First, produce it ourselves." Five hundred MPa level, second, one thousand MPa, third, two thousand MPa. Each step takes five to ten years, how about it?"

　　After Varyag came back, he parked on the dock for a long time, letting the wind and rain beat, but he didn't do anything. Why did Mao leave the old tiles to rust, and didn't transform it into his own aircraft carrier?

There are many reasons.

For example, from the navy's perspective, they have not yet made up their mind whether to shift from offshore defense to both offense and defense. Aircraft carriers are offensive weapons. Therefore, the top brass of the Navy are still conducting various demonstrations on whether the aircraft carrier is needed. The superiors have not made up their minds, so of course they will not allocate funds for transformation.

On the other hand, it is technical. The country cannot produce supporting steel materials, corresponding carrier-based aircraft, etc., which restricts the transformation of aircraft carriers and has become an immediate problem.

 Qin Tao cannot handle policy matters, but in terms of technology, since Liu Minggang has lofty ideals in front of him, of course he must support him.

There will not always be steel plates for ship dismantling, nor will it always be possible to find Lao Maozi's warships for dismantling. Therefore, the current glory of Mingzhou Steel Plant cannot continue. If they want to develop stably, they must take advantage of the current situation. I will use my savings to invest in equipment upgrades and research and development, and strive to reach a new level.

This is also necessary. Within a few years, there will be excess steel production capacity in the country, and then a number of small steel plants will be shut down one after another. If Mingzhou Steel Plant wants to continue, it can only develop into a large steel enterprise and a steel plant with its own special products.

Liu Minggang nodded: "That's right! Let's do it!"

"In terms of equipment, we have a steel plate production line from an island country, which is already very good. However, it can only roll steel with a width of 2,300 millimeters. If we can add more equipment and expand the width to 5,000 millimeters or more, That will be of greater benefit to our shipbuilding."

The wider the steel plate, the smaller the welding project. In Qin Tao's original time and space, the width of special steel for aircraft carriers manufactured by Anshan Iron and Steel was 5,500 mm, and there were only six pieces of the same equipment in the world.

Qin Tao continued to talk.

The feeding system needs to have a modern comprehensive raw material yard, the coking system needs to use K-method desulfurization, a 52-hole reheating 7-meter coke oven, the sintering system needs to have a 405 square meter sintering machine, and the ironmaking system needs to have in addition to the existing blast furnace. There is a large blast furnace with a designed capacity of 6.5 million tons. The steelmaking system must include a top-bottom combined blowing converter, a RH-TB vacuum refining device, a LF ladle refining furnace, an ANS-OB molten steel refining device...

 This was the first time for Liu Minggang to hear about many of the equipment. He was lamenting the gap between himself and Qin Tao. However, now that he knew it, he had to find a way to get it as soon as possible! If the funds in the factory are not enough, loans must be obtained to make the steel factory bigger and stronger!

“Talent is always the most important thing. I remember there are several very powerful technicians at Anshan Iron and Steel Company. It would be great if we could find a way to recruit them.” Qin Tao continued.

Just when Qin Tao and Liu Minggang were drinking and chatting together, in the conference room of Huanglou in the capital of the far north, a man in a Chinese tunic suit was making a report to the white uniforms.

"Our Zhongjiang Shipyard has a long history. As early as 1900, our predecessor, Fujiheng Machinery Factory, was established. It is almost a century-old factory. After liberation, our factory built a large number of ships for the navy. We were a key construction factory during the First Five-Year Plan period. We built the first wooden torpedo boat, the first fiberglass minesweeper for the Navy, and also built a large number of Type 66 missile boats (NATO codename River Valley-class). In the Navy's When it comes to the construction of small warships, our factory is the trump card. Therefore, please ask your superiors to build the 022 missile boat project in batches for us!"

The speaker was Ma Guoqiang, the director of Zhongjiang Shipyard. He has been the director of Zhongjiang Shipyard for nearly 20 years. Under his command, naval light ships have been commissioned one after another. Their factory relies on orders from the navy to survive. , who would have thought that a local shipyard would appear out of nowhere and produce a catamaran missile boat!

 Originally, their factory still had construction contracts for several 037 missile boats, and they could continue to build them for another year or two. Who would have thought that after receiving the test report of the catamaran missile boat, the top brass of the Navy were very happy and gave the number of the 022 missile boat. At the same time, they planned to build such catamaran missile boats in large quantities. Therefore, the 037 missile boat The contract was put on hold.

Zhongjiang Shipyard suddenly ran out of orders. For a shipyard like them, which mainly relies on military orders, the blow was too big. So, he came to fight for it.

"Director Ma, you probably don't know that the development process of this 022 missile boat is different from our previous missile boats. This missile boat was not designed by our ship design department, but by the Mingzhou Shipyard itself. It is designed, so if your factory builds it, the Navy cannot coordinate the production drawings for you, so you can only negotiate with Mingzhou Shipyard." Wu Shengli spoke.

Wu Shengli is in charge of this project, so of course he has to make everything clear.

 In the past, shipyards were only responsible for construction, and the relevant departments were responsible for the design, with the navy coordinating the drawings. But now, of course Wu Shengli wants to fight for the interests of Mingzhou Shipyard.

Zhongjiang Shipyard sent people over to ask for the blueprints. It would definitely not be like before, where brother factories provided free support and had to spend money to buy it. That guy Qin Tao would definitely ask for an unattainable price.

“Leaders please rest assured that we have obtained the design drawings of the 022 missile boat.” Ma Guoqiang said.

 Already got it?

Wu Shengli looked at Ma Guoqiang in surprise, Qin Tao is willing to give it? It shouldn’t be, Qin Baoshan? Ordinarily, you shouldn’t be so confused, right? Could it be...

Wu Shengli wanted to say something, but a man in white uniform present said: "In this case, I can give you a batch of orders. After all, Zhongjiang Shipyard has built a lot of missile speedboats for us, and the quality is good."

“Well, Lao Ma, this catamaran missile boat is different from previous missile boats. It uses high-strength steel, and the upper layer is an aluminum structure.” Wu Shengli said.

This man in Bai Junzhuang also has the surname Ma.

"Please rest assured, leaders, their Mingzhou Shipyard is just a small local shipyard. When the country established a unified shipbuilding group, they were excluded. Their technology is not enough to provide our Zhongjiang Shipyard with shoes." No, if they can make it, we can make it too! Moreover, the quality is better than theirs!" Ma Guoqiang patted his chest on the spot and promised: "If the performance cannot match the products of Mingzhou Shipyard, I am willing to eat peanuts!"

"Since Director Ma has this determination, then we..." Leader Ma started, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Wu Shengli.

"Lao Ma, let them build a prototype boat first and see how it performs. If the performance is completely up to standard, then give them a batch of orders."

 Several other people in white military uniforms present nodded, this is obviously the safest way.

Back in the office, Wu Shengli picked up the tea cup and looked at the telephone nearby while drinking tea. He hesitated several times whether to call Mingzhou Shipyard. At this moment, the phone rang on its own.

“Dad, Brother Tao wants to buy a water pump factory that is about to close down to produce water jet propellers.”

Hearing this voice, Wu Shengli finally smiled: "This is simple, I will ask you right away!"

Zhao Ling also had a lot of thoughts after putting down the phone.

“Xiaoling, Taozi wants to acquire a water pump factory?” At this moment, a voice came from beside him.

Cong Ju’s thin body appeared at the door. She was holding an empty water bottle in her hand, coming back to fetch water.

“Well, the principles of water pumps and water jet thrusters are very similar, so Brother Tao plans to acquire a water pump factory and then produce water jet thrusters.” Zhao Ling explained.

“A water pump is similar to a water jet?” Cong Ju became curious.

Zhao Ling nodded: "They all follow the relevant Bernoulli equation, specifically..."

“Well, it’s good to have gone to college.” Cong Ju said. Although she is a first-class welder and has received many international certificates, in the end she is still a senior technician and her theoretical knowledge reserve is not enough.

"By the way, I remember there was a water pump factory over there in Huating. It seemed to be poorly run." Cong Ju thought of something.

"Really? Brother Tao will go to Huating soon. Let him look for it." Zhao Ling was very happy to be able to help Qin Tao. She was very proud. She picked up the phone and called Qin Tao. Thao dialed it over.

However, the busy beep sounded and no one answered the phone.

Let’s wait until he comes back. He must be busy, right?

At the Mingzhou Steel Plant, Qin Tao was still chatting with Liu Minggang.

"Hey, Uncle Liu, you've already drunk half a catty. Stop drinking. Drinking too much will cause trouble."

“Uncle Liu, you are so happy.” Liu Minggang said, “Old Qin has such a good son like you. If only I could...”

Liu Minggang finished speaking, lay down on the table, and snored.

 Qin Tao shook his head helplessly, drinking would make things worse, but fortunately the wine was not bad. If he drinks too much and goes crazy, it would be a headache. Although drinking is not good, it is better than finding a woman.

Three days passed by in a flash, and Qin Tao had arranged everything. This morning, a cargo ship loaded with workers and supplies from the Mingzhou Shipyard left the dock and headed north along the coastline.

Standing on the pier, Qin Baoshan watched the ship leave and couldn't help but muttered: "You little bastard, you are getting bigger and bigger."

Although Qin Baoshan was very dissatisfied with Qin Tao's behavior of killing first and reporting later when he first received the news, he did not stop him in any way and instead actively helped.

He believes in Qin Tao, and he will fully support Qin Tao. Having a 100,000-ton dock and even a floating dock is of great use. This is another firm step for their shipyard!

 In the future, Mingzhou Shipyard will develop into a large shipyard like Huating Shipyard!

 Qin Baoshan is full of expectations.

On the cargo ship, Nie Shiyu was even more happy. This summer vacation was finally going to be as colorful as last year.

“After we get ashore, we don’t have to rush to start. We need to open up a residential area first. The equipment we bring can build a row of simple houses.” Qin Tao was explaining to everyone.

 In later generations, the simple houses on construction sites were also very good, and some were even in the form of two floors.

The shipyard has a lot of processing equipment, so in a day or two, a batch of structural parts for simple houses were made according to the drawings designed by Qin Tao. After they were installed, the living quarters were put up first.

“Gong Qin, there’s no need to go to such trouble. We’re not afraid of hardship. Why don’t we go and renovate the tanker? We can just live in the cabin of the tanker.”

"Wang Mazi, is there something wrong with your brain? We can live on a tanker, but Qin Gong can? Even if Qin Gong can, can sister Shiyu do it?"

"Of course I can. Hey, don't think that I am someone who needs to be taken care of. I can work like you!" Nie Shiyu shouted dissatisfied.

Everyone was chatting and laughing. When they arrived at Chongming Island, it was already evening. The setting sun shone down and the water was covered with golden light. The huge oil tanker ran aground on the river beach and looked extremely spectacular.

 “Oh my god, he’s such a big guy!” Zhao Laosi swallowed.

“That’s right, it’s a big guy. Our next task is to change its appearance so that even its parents can’t recognize it!” Qin Tao said with high spirits.

When the ship docked, the sky gradually darkened. Under the illumination of the navigation lights on the bow, a group of people began to carry materials and build simple houses until midnight. From this day on, the deserted Chongming Island river beach followed. It's getting lively.

“Shiyu, you and the female workers in our team will sleep here together.” Qin Tao pointed to the southernmost room and said: “Close the door at night. If anyone who is not discerning walks into the wrong door, you will..."

“I sleep outside, and there is a kitchen knife under the pillow. If anyone dares to go to the wrong door, I will click it!” said Aunt Liu, who came with her and was in charge of cooking.

"Aunt Liu, don't worry, no one will make a mistake. Let's carry forward the spirit of the past and stay on the tanker for food and accommodation. Eat when you are hungry, sleep when you are tired, and continue working when you wake up!" Kong Laoer said! Said: "We can't be sorry for the business trip subsidy given by the factory. We have to work harder than at the shipyard."

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