Chapter 169 051B and 051C (additional updates, please subscribe)

 What the navy is most looking forward to is long-range air defense.

The original 051 destroyer could only rely on double-barreled machine guns for air defense. It was of World War II level. Because of its weak air defense capability, even if it won a battle in the southern seas, it had to quickly grease the soles of its feet for fear of other people's planes coming over. revenge.

At one time, the Navy was interested in the sea javelin system on the Type 82 destroyer, but due to various reasons, it was still not introduced.

At present, the Navy only has the self-developed Hongqi-61 and the imported Sea Sidewinder, which are already operational. However, they are both missiles with a range of about ten kilometers. They are the last layer of point defense. Once they are not intercepted, the consequences can be imagined. Know.

 The navy is most looking forward to the regional air defense system.

Therefore, when Qin Tao put forward this suggestion, it aroused the interest of the naval leaders. However, it was oral at the time, but now it has been implemented into specific drawings.

 It just looks a little strange.

“Here, I will focus on introducing our air defense system to you.” As for the single-barreled 130mm naval gun on the bow and the close-in defense guns, we put them aside and focus on the most important ones first!

"This system uses the famous Reeve-M. Since its launch tube is more than eight meters long, we can only choose a place where the warship can insert it into the bottom. At the front end, the front of the bridge Two are arranged on the second deck, and four are arranged in the hangar at the rear of the warship, each with eight launch tubes. After our improvement, it does not need to rotate like a revolver, and each launch tube can be fired directly. In this way, a warship has 48 area air defense missiles."

"Its radar is placed at the top of the original hangar. In this way, when unfolded backward, it can search a 120-degree area. If it follows the standards of the PMU model exported by Laomaozi, this phased array radar can have three A distance of 100 kilometers, guide missiles with a range of about 100 kilometers to conduct interception operations."

 This slide, Qin Tao drew a perspective view, so the various structures can be roughly seen.

 It is completely considered for air defense operations, so that it ignores various other things.

"Mr. Qin, you are really imaginative." Ma Guoqiang, who returned to his seat, spoke: "Your plan is completely based on the assumption that Lao Maozi will sell us an advanced air defense missile system and pin the hope of the navy on Such a hypothesis is ridiculous, ridiculous!”

"Fantasy? Hypothesis?" Qin Tao glanced at Ma Guoqiang: "I don't even dare to think about it, how can I have foresight? Su-27, did Lao Maozi sell it to us? Advanced gas turbines, did we also pass the secret Have you got the channel?"

"But I know that Mr. Wu led a team to purchase S-300 last year, but failed in the end. Mr. Wu was only willing to sell their backward models to us. Mr. Wu, is this the case?" Ma Guoqiang said, turning to look To Mr. Wu.

Mr. Wu smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Everyone, Lao Maozi has rejected us, but the far-sighted President Qin is still assuming that Lao Maozi’s rejection of our weapon system will be used to build a regional air defense firepower network for the navy. Isn’t this ridiculous?”

“Lao Maozi refused once, but the international situation is changing, who can say for sure? What if Lao Maozi changes his mind again? We have been at odds with Lao Maozi for so many years, haven’t our relations now eased?”

“No matter how gentle we are, it’s impossible for Lao Maozi to sell us their magic weapon!” Ma Guoqiang continued to insist.

 In his eyes, Qin Tao's plan was too ridiculous.

“Really?” Qin Tao asked, “Then should we contact the Air Force and ask about their progress in purchasing the S-300?”

“Okay, ask, if Lao Maozi can agree, then my name, Ma Guoqiang, will be yours!”

There was a phone next to the slide projector. Qin Tao picked it up, called the phone over there, and then pressed playback.

"What? Are you asking us about the procurement of the S-300 project? Lao Maozi has already relented and promised to export the S-300PMU missile to us. Specific negotiations may take several months until the Su-27 project is fully negotiated. Let’s talk after we get down.”

The voice spread throughout the conference room, and Ma Guoqiang's expression turned ugly: "Impossible, how is this possible?"

"It was Mr. Lin's voice just now. You should be able to recognize it, right?" Qin Tao said: "So, Director Ma, forget about changing your surname. You still have to dare to think when you do things. If you are complacent, how can you move forward? Woolen cloth?"

Ma Guoqiang's mind was completely confused. He didn't expect that Lao Maozi would actually agree! If the Air Force can purchase them, then there is no problem for the Navy to purchase two sets and install them on its own warships.

"No, no, there is something wrong with the design of your destroyer." Ma Guoqiang thought of something and started to retort again: "You don't have a helicopter hangar, and you don't even have enough anti-ship missiles!"

"As I said just now, we are an air defense destroyer. We are only responsible for air defense. We have reserved a helicopter deck. If necessary, helicopters can still be docked."

"Your radar doesn't seem to be able to rotate, right? At sea, you must have omnidirectional air defense capabilities. You can't directly transplant the system on land like this!"

"We are not going to fight in the Pacific. We are just wandering around in our own waters. As long as the **** of the warship faces the outside, it will be fine, right?"

"Yours…"

"Director Ma, since you said so, I would like to express my opinion on your 051B project just now." Qin Tao said: "Your warship has not been improved in any way. It is the same as the 052 destroyer. , so it’s a waste. It’s just standing still!”

"you…"

“Okay, stop arguing. Now, we already have two destroyers here, the 051C, which is specialized in air defense, and the 051B, which is a general purpose destroyer. You can all speak freely and express your opinions.” Wu Shengli said above.

“Well, leader, I haven’t finished the introduction yet. Can you wait for me to introduce the rest?” Qin Tao looked at Wu Shengli.

"Okay, then you go on. Others, please don't interrupt his introduction for the time being, and we can discuss it later after the introduction is completed."

“Here on the rear mast, we are going to install a roof radar.” Qin Tao continued to introduce.

At this time, everyone turned their attention to the rear mast. Sure enough, there was a strange radar there.

“This is Lao Maozi’s MR710 three-coordinate radar?” As an authority in the field of radar, Mr. Ben recognized it first.

"That's right, it's this radar. Lao Maozi codenamed it Fregate. I called it the top plate based on its appearance characteristics. This radar is also an important air search radar that we need to introduce technology and digest. .”

In later generations, domestic warships, whether they are frigates, destroyers, or even aircraft carriers, will have two flat plates placed back to back and tilted on the mast, which are used as the main force for air search. This is the famous top-plate radar among military fans. .

This kind of radar was born in 1977 by Lao Maozi's Salyut Design Bureau (from Baidu, I don't know whether it is true or not, it seems that the Salyut Design Bureau is not engaged in radar)), Leonid Alexey Rodionov Glorious He became the chief designer.

This radar was not a flat panel at the beginning. The first generation was named "Top Sail". It used dual back-connected antennas. One side was a semi-cylindrical 3D antenna, and the back was a parabolic 2D antenna. The 2D antenna Responsible for medium and long-range air search, and the 3D antenna is responsible for medium- and short-range detection and tracking;

Later, this radar developed into the second generation "plate rudder". The semi-cylindrical 3D reflection antenna became a flat-panel antenna. The parabolic 2D antenna was still connected to the back. The flat-panel antenna was installed skewed. The advantage of this is that it can Let the radar beam scan the surrounding airspace diagonally.

 After that, in the third generation, which is currently used, the 2D parabolic antenna at the back was replaced with a smaller flat panel antenna, so that the entire antenna group became two tilted flat panel antennas.

Some people refer to this flat-panel antenna as a phased array radar. In fact, it has nothing to do with a phased array. If it were a phased array, there would be no need to rotate it.

This kind of antenna is a dual-band waveguide slot antenna, similar to the flat-plate slot radar antenna used on fighter jets.

This kind of radar has good performance, so Qin Tao brought it over. It will be used in the future anyway, so he might as well stick it here.

“We also need to introduce it from Lao Maozi? Hum, how much will it cost?” Ma Guoqiang continued to hum, but because Wu Shengli had already said it, his voice was very low and did not interrupt Qin Tao’s introduction.

"For the short-range defense system, we use four AK630 naval guns. This naval gun has been used on our missile boats and its performance is not bad." Qin Tao continued to introduce: "As for the naval gun in front, what I am drawing now is Since this kind of single-barreled 130mm naval gun has not yet appeared, it may be replaced by the existing 100mm naval gun when it is officially installed. However, I personally suggest that our country should use 130mm naval guns. Cannons are developed as a key project so that they can be worthy of our seven- to eight-thousand-ton warships."

 In this way, Qin Tao explained the general idea of ​​​​his warship design.

"Although we are developing our own Aegis system, we will definitely encounter many difficulties. Before the warship equipped with the Aegis system is put into service, the warship we designed should be able to respond to emergencies and solve our imminent air defense problems. Although it is Transitional warships, but the significance of their existence is significant. Especially, if deployed to the Bohai Sea, it can better protect the security of our capital."

 The leaders of the navy were filled with excitement.

Among the three major fleets, the one that the navy values ​​most is of course the North Sea Fleet. This fleet is responsible for the important task of guarding the capital. Even during the Qing government, the Beiyang Navy was the most powerful.

If we get these two warships to cruise in the Bohai Sea, we can effectively expand the capital's defense circle.

Thinking of this, the leader of the Navy almost spoke in support.

  Qin Tao finished speaking.

“Everyone, do you have any new design plans?” Wu Shengli asked.

 No one answered.

In other words, the next order for the navy's two main destroyers will be decided based on the bids from these two factories.

 Which one to choose?

Anyone with eyesight can see it.

"Dear leaders, their 051C warships completely rely on foreign technical strength. They need to purchase a large amount of equipment and spend huge sums of money, so..." Ma Guoqiang wanted to say something dissatisfied, but before he could finish speaking, he saw The people around him looked at him with meaningful eyes.

Ma Guoqiang has almost always said bad things about 051C, but everyone is extremely supportive of 051C!

“If we want to build one, we must build one that is truly useful to the navy, not a useless product.” Qin Tao said: “It must be able to solve the navy’s pressing problems.”

“Leaders, our products are not useless!” Ma Guoqiang was anxious.

"Mr. Qin is right. What our navy urgently needs is air defense ships. If we can solve the problem of regional air defense, even if it is only of a transitional nature, it will be very important to us." A naval leader spoke.

“I also think that it does not make much sense to build warships with weapons and equipment similar to the 052. The equipment on the 052 can be transferred to our frigates.”

 Famous naval leaders have expressed their stance.

Wu Shengli was very satisfied. Just as he was about to make a concluding remarks, another person spoke up.

“Now, the introduction of the S-300 has not officially started. If we put all our money on the 051C project now, is it a bit too hasty? After all, we can only rest assured when we have the things in hand.”

When the leader said this, the people present also agreed. Yes, there is a risk in this. What if the old man suddenly changes his mind and doesn't sell it?

"At today's meeting, we were unable to decide on the next two destroyers. I suggest that we postpone it temporarily and wait for news from the Air Force. If the S-300 missiles are imported, then we will consider building anti-aircraft destroyers. If the S-300 missiles are imported, If it fails, how about we build a universal destroyer?"

“Leaders, there should be a time limit. If the negotiations over there don’t start, do we have to keep waiting?” Ma Guoqiang spoke.

“Then let’s take two years.” Wu Shengli said: “By then, the construction of our 052 destroyer will be almost completed, and we will just consider the construction of new destroyers.”

 Two years is definitely not a short time! Ma Guoqiang was a little dissatisfied. He originally wanted to give it half a year, but seeing that the leaders who supported him did not raise any objections at this time, he could only bow his head and admit it.

 Qin Tao didn't even expect that today's meeting would be able to win the order for the destroyer. After all, his plan really had some risks. If it couldn't be imported from Lao Maozi, it would be troublesome.

However, two years is enough, and with these two years, their own design unit of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group will be able to take on the leading role. By then, in their own unit Design, people from other shipyards, don't get the design drawings, there is no way to copy them!

 (End of this chapter)