Chapter 208 Genius’ Idea

 Northern Fleet!

During the period of Tsarist Russia, it was only a smaller Arctic Fleet. After the establishment of the Red Empire, the Arctic Fleet was rapidly expanded and renamed the Red Navy Northern Fleet, and gradually expanded.

By the time the Red Empire collapsed, the Northern Fleet had become the largest and most powerful naval fleet among the five fleets of Lao Maozi and Lao Maozi!

How big is it exactly? Just look at a set of data and you will know. The Northern Fleet has two-thirds of Lao Maozi's nuclear submarines and more than half of its surface ships. Moreover, after various advanced warships are manufactured, they are first equipped with the Northern Fleet!

Therefore, so far, the Northern Fleet has decommissioned many warships that have reached the end of their lifespan. However, not many can be disposed of. Most of them have entered the warship cemetery, which is an abandoned dock. Exposed to the sun and rain.

 After the collapse of the Red Empire, the size of the Northern Fleet rapidly shrank, and more warships had to be decommissioned. There were even more abandoned warships in Lao Maozi's warship cemetery.

Therefore, if we can connect with the Northern Fleet, Mingzhou Shipyard will have more ship-breaking business in the future, and even a specially opened ship-breaking yard will be enough. As for the benefits of ship-breaking, there will be more Well, as long as you use some tricks, you can still get back more good things. After the collapse of the empire, the level of chaos is unimaginable. Even some big weapons can be obtained from the low-level officers who guard the warship cemetery. The lower the people are, the more courageous they are.

At this time, Qin Tao was very excited when he heard Boris say this.

The Pacific Fleet has Nikolai, and the Northern Fleet has Boris's connections. In the future, my career will be taken to a higher level!

Although Boris is an ambitious man, he still has to express his gratitude to the person who saved his daughter twice. Moreover, Qin Tao also said that he also has connections in China, and he may be able to use Qin Tao in the future.

Now, Boris was very happy to see Qin Tao, so he also smiled: "Qin, I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."

"Well, I will bring over enough light industrial products. Mr. Boris, you can also get a share of the pie. By the way, have you ever bought off-road vehicles?" Qin Tao suddenly thought of something.

In the past, Qin Tao had promised the navy to help them get a batch of off-road vehicles back. However, Lao Maozi's automobile industry was not developed, so it would be okay to transport the cars back. This kind of off-road vehicle was not available for the time being. Get it in hand.

At this time, I happened to meet Boris, this guy specializes in the car business.

“Mercedes-Benz has a G-class off-road vehicle, but it is very expensive and may not be acceptable in your country. There is also Mitsubishi’s Pajero, which is also very popular in Europe.” Boris was indeed an expert and introduced it immediately.

Qin Tao nodded: "Well, I can bring a few G-class vehicles, mainly Pajeros. I need a batch. I can get them to the Northern Fleet port and load them onto abandoned ships. We can take them back directly."

Hearing what Qin Tao said, Boris's eyes sparkled: "You don't need to declare to customs? Qin, you are indeed a powerful person. In the future, we may have many opportunities for cooperation."

 In his eyes, he already regarded Qin Tao as a smuggler.

 Qin Tao smiled and did not answer. He was fundamentally different from those people. He was not doing it to make money, but just to help build the navy. The army needs a large number of off-road vehicles. Neither the 212 nor the Cherokee can do it. The most popular one in the army is the Pajero.

However, the army has no money, and imports cost precious foreign exchange. Therefore, Qin Tao can only help the army to find a way, and get a batch back to the army. For the sake of the country and the army, he is very noble. .

As for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Qin Tao can use it for himself or give it as a gift.

 Qin Tao made a decision.

Boris had the same smile on his face, as if to say, we are in the same line of work.

"There is still chaos in our country at present. I will take this matter seriously and contact you when there is a result." Boris said.

　　When the two of them talked about this, it was supposed to be almost over. Qin Tao obviously has no intention of letting Boris go yet. This is a good opportunity to see if he can get some information from Boris.

"Yes, your country is really in chaos, but it will definitely settle down in the future, and you will also live a free life like the West, just like the purpose of the Free Press you founded." Qin Tao said.

Boris nodded: "Yes, we believe that the light will come soon."

“It’s just that it’s not easy to equally distribute the country’s property to individuals, right?” Qin Tao said to Boris.

　　Boris nodded: "Yes, everyone is having a headache at the moment."

The big guys he calls are of course the people who unite around the conspirators. They are busy seizing power and thinking about the future. It is not easy to carve up the wealth of a huge empire. You can't get it directly into your own hands, it would be too ugly to eat.

"I have an idea." Seeing Boris's embarrassed look, Qin Tao spoke slowly.

"any solution?"

Boris opened his eyes wide.

So, in this ordinary German hotel room, in this silent night, Qin Tao helped Lao Maozi make plans.

 Because of his suggestion, he completely won the favor of Boris and gained the favor of more people, so that in the next few years, he collected rags everywhere in Lao Maozi's land with ease.

"The country's wealth must be evenly distributed, including so many factories, enterprises, mines, etc., which cannot be separated." Qin Tao said: "So, we can only conduct an assessment first to identify these countries. Then, calculate the specific value of all state-owned assets, divide them equally according to the number of people in the country, and give each person a bond."

Evaluate first, then average, and finally deliver it to everyone. In this way, all the wealth is evenly divided, which is fair and reasonable.

Boris frowned and divided the bonds. Isn’t that just a piece of waste paper?

Sure enough, Boris, a car dealer, is very familiar with economics.

"But these enterprises must be run by someone, so what should we do? Then, those who are capable and wealthy can purchase the bonds from ordinary people, so that they can obtain shares of a certain enterprise and complete the privatization process. For example, if you are engaged in automobile manufacturing, you can use the funds you have on hand to purchase the average bonds of the automobile factory, and then obtain the shares of the automobile factory."

“But what’s the point of this?” Boris finally asked the key question: “Is that equivalent to buying a car factory with the money I have saved over the years?”

This is not equivalent to giving his money to ordinary people, how can he part with it? To paraphrase He Shen’s famous saying, giving free money to the poor is a sin!

Looking at Boris' unwilling expression, Qin Tao smiled: "Let me give you an example, take the Gorky Automobile Plant."

Boris listened very carefully.

"Because you are originally engaged in car importing, you can ask European car experts to evaluate the Gorky car, for example, the price is two billion." Qin Tao was very casual, as if chatting with each other, not caring at all. This kind of operation will make Da Mao miserable after the collapse.

Anyway, if Qin Tao didn't make suggestions, others would do the same thing. Now that he makes suggestions, Lao Maozi's senior management must think of him.

"Then, it will be distributed to the people at a price of 2 billion. After everything has been distributed and everything has settled, you can ask automobile experts to evaluate it. Then, the automobile experts will say, no, they were wrong. It’s worth up to 500 million.”

Boris's eyes immediately shone with light, he already understood the rules of this game!

Boris' breathing quickened. He looked at Qin Tao and took over the conversation: "In this case, I will definitely not spend 2 billion to buy this kind of bond. I will spend at most 500 million, or even less, because Those bonds are just waste paper in the hands of ordinary people. If they want to exchange money, they have to come to me, and I can buy them at a quarter of the face price, or even lower. Those people have to sell!"

 Genius, definitely a genius idea! I knew that my daughter was right. This Qin was so awesome! Being able to do business everywhere in the Red Empire is definitely a genius.

“I will go back tomorrow and tell everyone your suggestion.” Boris said.

“By the way, don’t say my name, I don’t want to…”

"No, the suggestion was made by you. I can't take credit for your work." Boris was very determined at this time, just like Qin Tao didn't want all the compensation just now.

"Qin, what are you afraid of? I tell everyone about you, and it will be easier for you to do business in the Soviet Union in the future."

“Well, can you use my identity as a reporter?” Qin Tao asked.

What are you afraid of? Afraid of being scolded! This idea has deceived so many people. If they knew what Qin Tao did, why not build a scarecrow like Lao Maozi and stab him with a fork every day?

"Okay, Qin, I can make your identity perfect for you. From now on, you can use this identity to move around in our Soviet land, as well as Zhao."

 Hmm, this guy is really powerful. Qin Tao was secretly happy. If he had such an identity, it would be very convenient for him to move around in the future!

Therefore, Qin Tao had to reciprocate the favor. He continued to make suggestions to Boris: "In the future, you can establish an all-Russian automobile alliance and monopolize it, which will bring benefits."

Boris listened very carefully.

　It was late at night when Boris finally walked out of the room. Zhao Ling was already too sleepy to keep her eyes open. After returning, she fell asleep.

When I woke up the next day, of course I went shopping with Vitalia, because all my personal belongings had fallen into the sea, so I had to buy some. When that night, Christian called me, and Helmut sat down for the night. When the plane comes back, Christian will take Qin Tao and the others to Lübeck Engineering Design Institute tomorrow.

This morning, when Qin Tao and his party arrived at their destination, they discovered that this design office was actually established in a university!

The surrounding environment is very elegant, the buildings are very simple, and it is already late autumn. Therefore, the leaves of the big trees on both sides of the road have fallen down, forming a thick layer on the ground. However, there are no cleaners to sweep, so people are like this. Walking on it seems full of emotion.

 A small building that looked ordinary was actually a German submarine design institute. It was unbelievable. Helmut stood at the door of the building and watched the car drive over.

"I heard from Christian that you guys came here on a private yacht, and there was a collision at sea. It's really bad news. But fortunately, you were not injured, thank God. By the way, you also went to see inside the submarine, right? What do you think?"

Thank God? When we fell into the water, we didn't see a guy called God coming to swim to save us.

Qin Tao felt a little cursed in his heart, but when he heard what Helmut said, he could only nod: "Yes, we escaped death, but after going up, we just dried our clothes in the power cabin at the back. I was in a terrible mood at that time, and there was nowhere else to look inside the cabin. My friend, if you say so, do you want to take us up there to have a look? It is only an export-type submarine anyway."

Helmut nodded: "Okay."

Qin Tao is really right. The 209 submarine is a submarine that the Germans began to design and build in the 1970s. It has been exported to many countries, and some countries are even allowed to build it themselves. The German Navy does not have the equipment, so it is basically It's no secret anymore.

Since everything has been said to this extent, there seems to be nothing wrong with taking it up and taking a look.

Christian didn't object. With the two of them united, there would be no problem if Qin Tao wanted to go on a 209 inspection, but he didn't know how those Smectas would feel.

 It is estimated that the only ship that has been built now and is allowed to be visited is the Kimchi Country ship.

"Let's go to the conference room." Helmut said: "Qin, your plan is really a genius idea. I had already passed your plan back that night. We have a design team here. , specifically studied the plan you mentioned, and initially believe it is feasible."

Sure enough, the lithium battery plan deceived them!

Qin Tao took Zhao Ling and Vitalia into the conference room. Sure enough, several people were already waiting there.

"This is the head of our submarine power system design department. Stephen, this is Miller, our expert in submarine power supply design." Helmut introduced several people to Qin Tao. It seems that Qin Tao's words , it really moved them.

In fact, today's lithium batteries have just appeared, and their performance is completely incomparable with later generations of lithium batteries. The current 18650 battery has a capacity of only 800 mAh, which is really worthless compared to the 3,000 mAh capacity of later generations. carry.

 But even this has one huge advantage over batteries: weight.

Ordinary batteries are called lead-acid batteries, which are made by soaking pure lead and lead dioxide in dilute sulfuric acid solution. Both of these have high densities, so lead-acid batteries are very heavy. (You can try moving the lead-acid battery from an electric car.)

In order to have a long enough endurance underwater, diesel-electric submarines use a large number of lead-acid batteries, which are similar to the size of a car starting battery. There are at least hundreds or even thousands of them, all of which are stuffed at the bottom of the submarine. Below, this can lower the center of gravity and facilitate the balance of the submarine. Therefore, although the submarine looks round and even has a command tower on top, the submarine will never tip over because the heaviest battery is pressed underneath. !

If 18650 batteries are used instead of lead-acid batteries, then their submarines will save considerable weight!

 A 18650 battery of the same size can be inserted into it, saving at least two-thirds of the weight and increasing the capacity by at least half.

 So, they were really tempted, but after careful study, they discovered a big problem: how to stuff it in?

A lead-acid battery for submarines is about the same size as a brick of the Great Wall, so it can be easily arranged and combined. However, a single 18650 battery is about the same size as a human finger. If it is to be filled, how much does it have to fit in? ?

 So, after sitting down, Miller couldn't wait to speak: "Excuse me, how do we install these batteries?"

"Series and parallel connection." Qin Tao answered simply: "These batteries can be put together vertically, for example, fifty or one hundred batteries in a group to make a rectangular battery box, and then these battery boxes can be Put it together.”

 How to install it, do you need to tell me? It must be a series-parallel connection.

"There will be big problems here. If the consistency of these batteries is not good enough and the internal resistance is different, accidents may occur during charging and discharging after being connected in series and parallel. Some batteries may be overcharged and overheated. , or even catch fire and explode."

Although lead-acid batteries are heavy, they are safe.

"This requires a complete battery management system." Qin Tao said: "To monitor the charge and discharge of each battery, safety devices are also required. For example, each battery must be welded with a fuse. Once charged and discharged, If the current is too high, it will melt.”

 This is just like the electric vehicles of later generations. If you want to use them stably, the most important thing is the battery management system.

 But just thinking about the complexity makes one’s head spin.

Qin Tao looked at the people present. This system will have to wait for those who build electric vehicles to mature, but now, it is still okay to promote it to them.

"The development of lead-acid batteries has reached its limit. It is difficult to continue to improve performance. However, lithium batteries are different. This kind of battery has just begun to be commercialized. In the future, this kind of battery will gradually improve and develop. , the capacity will increase several times, so it must be very promising." Qin Tao said: "It's just that I'm not an expert in this field, so I can only think of so much."

 Qin Tao's current identity is just an ordinary reporter. He is not a specialized battery expert, so there is no need to answer too many questions. If he answers too many questions, wouldn't it make him look too powerful?

"Can you talk about your 209 submarine? I plan to write a special report, and I just want to interview you all now." Qin Tao came here to get their information, so now, he quickly started to focus on customers.

 “What do you want to know?” Helmut asked.

"You have always used a single-shell structure. This structure will be very dangerous when encountering accidents such as collisions. How do you ensure the reliability of the submarine in a collision?" Qin Tao asked Helmut Said: "Let's start with the incident where we were hit. If we were not on a small yacht, but on a large several-thousand-ton warship, such as the Hyundai-class, I am afraid that the 209 submarine would not be able to drive back. ”

The question raised by Qin Tao is very sharp, and it is also the first problem that almost all submarine designers will encounter.

Lao Maozi's submarines all have a double-hull structure. The inside is a pressure-resistant shell with personnel and the like inside, and the outside is also wrapped with a non-pressure-resistant shell. In this way, in the event of an impact, the outer shell will be damaged, even if it is hit by a torpedo. In an attack, the outer shell will be attacked first, and the inner shell will most likely survive.

 Western submarines, after entering the Cold War period, all used a single hull, that is, a shell on the outside. In this way, with the same weaponry and equipment, Western submarines have smaller displacement and better silent performance.

"I have read a lot of information, saying that the Western roll pressure welding technology is superb and can make the pressure shell with a large diameter, so it is a single shell, especially the large Swedish plate bending machine, while the Soviet Union's technology is backward. It is impossible to weld a large-diameter pressure shell, so we have to make a small-diameter pressure shell and wrap it with a non-pressure shell. What do you think?"

There are always some people who will belittle the Soviet military technology, saying that the Soviet Union cannot build a pressure shell with a large diameter. Qin Tao does not think so. Lao Maozi's double-shell structure is to push through the Arctic ice cap to launch missiles. , I have to say that I’m not very good at precision machining, so what’s the problem with welding a submarine pressure hull?

"The submarine we built is not for collision." Helmut said with some embarrassment.

 What should I do if I hit it? It depends on your luck. If you are lucky, you will go back and be tried by the military court. If you are not lucky, you will be buried in the sea directly.

This is just like how some people drive. Cars are for driving, not for crashing. The problem is, how can you walk along the river without getting your shoes wet? The same goes for submarines. What if they are really hit?

 Ships on the sea, reefs on the seabed, etc.

 “What if we collide?” Qin Tao continued to ask.

 “Then…do you have any good ideas?”

“You think, would it be better if the submarine had a single-shell structure in the middle and a double-shell structure at the front and rear?”

Helmut’s eyes lit up, it was indeed a plan! The person in front of me really has a very open mind.

 “How to design this?” Some people also began to doubt.

 Single-hull is cheap and saves displacement, but it is not collision-resistant. It is made into a double-hull structure at the front and rear, thus becoming a single-double-hull hybrid structure. It is definitely a revolution in submarine technology.

 But how to do it?

“I just had this idea. How about you take out the large-scale 209 submarine design drawings and let’s study it together?”

helmut frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay, let's study together!"

 (End of this chapter)