Chapter 324: Turning the Reef into an Island Map Editor

In previous natural gas ships, the evaporated natural gas was wasted and had to be discharged, otherwise it would easily explode. Now, Qin Tao has come up with a new plan: Rather than letting it go, it is better to burn its own engine. Come, you can better save money for ship owners!

 The evaporation rate is lower, the evaporated product is not wasted, the manufacturing cost is cheaper, and there is no limit on loading. This kind of natural gas ship is awesome no matter how you sound! If this kind of natural gas ship is developed and patented, it will be in a leading position in this field!

 Thinking of this, everyone became excited.

“Mr. Qin, we will immediately design a new natural gas ship according to your plans!”

“Yes, our relevant patents will be registered as soon as possible!”

“If the French asked for a one-time patent fee, we would really lose money. We only pay the patent fee for one ship, and we won’t need it next time.”

Everyone was talking for a while, but Cong Ju was the only one who was still thinking, her face slowly becoming serious.

“Cong Gong, what did you think of?” Qin Tao asked Cong Ju.

"After all, our technology has not been put into practice, and those customers may wait and see. Just like our first membrane-type natural gas carrier, which uses French technology, many potential customers still have doubts. Until we promise, We asked technical staff from GT Company to come on site to supervise the work to ensure quality, and only then did old customers place orders." Cong Ju said: "If all were our new technologies, then customers would be even less likely to place orders."

Qin Tao smiled: "Gong Cong, you are the calmest as expected. As for the reputation issue, I will find a way to solve it. What you have to do is to mature these technologies and complete the trial production of our own liquefied gas ship as soon as possible. If no one dares to order it, then we can build it ourselves and use it ourselves. We already have an air transport company and we don’t mind adding another sea transport company.”

Qin Tao said this when he was building membrane boats, and he still does it now. If others have concerns, we built it ourselves and used facts to prove its safety and reliability!

In later generations, the same was true when the South Kimchi Country developed their own KC-1 liquid cargo fence system. As a major manufacturer of natural gas ships, of course they were not willing to hand over large sums of profits to the French. They wanted to invent their own patents. !

Because there is no Yinwa steel, their KC-1 system is made of 304 stainless steel both inside and outside. All countries are waiting and watching, and no customer dares to order. Therefore, South Kimchi Country’s own SK Shipping Company supports domestic products and purchased two A 174,000 cubic meter LNG ship. This is also the first time the KC-1 system has been actually used on a ship.

The results of it? After a few trips, I discovered a natural gas leak! The interior was frozen, so we had to drive it back to the dock for repairs, but nothing happened.

This is enough to show how difficult it is to design the liquid cargo fence system of natural gas ships. It is very difficult to turn theory into reality.

In fact, the South Kimchi Country has been working **** research. Before the KC-1 system, they had developed a lot. For example, Samsung Heavy Industries cooperated with the Kimchi Country Academy of Science and Technology (KAIST) to take the lead in developing the "SCA" LNG liquid. cargo hold.

Hyundai Heavy Industries followed suit and developed an independent LNG cargo tank: "Lobe-BundleTank", and then continued its efforts to develop a modern membrane-type LNG cargo tank "HIMAX". Dazhou Company has also independently developed "SOLIDUS" cargo tank technology.

These have been certified by major shipping companies, but they are all theoretical and PPT projects. Only KC-1 was finally used in practice, but there was a big problem.

 The Norwegians and French can make money on their own, which is also based on decades of continuous improvement. The construction history of Mingzhou Shipyard is too short, how can users be reassured?

Cong Ju was worried about this, but with Qin Tao's words, she could rest assured. She knew that Qin Tao would never disappoint people, and Qin Tao had already thought of countermeasures.

Zhao Ling, who attended the meeting as a non-voting delegate, also sighed in her heart, Sister Cong Ju is really amazing. If the old factory director retires in the future, Sister Cong Ju is the most suitable to take over the position and be the top leader of this shipyard.

As for my husband, he has to take charge of the overall situation and run business everywhere. This shipyard is the most important factory under his husband, so there must be a capable person in charge of it.

 What about yourself? If I quit my job to help out in the future, what can I do?

Zhao Ling felt a little disappointed when she found that she could not find her position. However, soon after the task of developing natural gas ships was arranged, Qin Tao put Zhao Ling in the lead position.

"Currently, the Type 054 frigate we are building is a key project of the Navy and will also need to be mass-produced in the future. Did we encounter any problems when building the first one? If it is related to the missile system, you can Ask a professional engineer for advice.”

After hearing Qin Tao's words, everyone agreed. Yang Dawei spoke first: "Currently we are welding the hull. The installation of missile equipment needs to wait until the outfitting process after launching. However, we really discovered some Questions, for example, if the missile will be upgraded in the future and its range will be increased, will the length of the missile be greatly increased? If it is too long, our warships may not be able to install it in the reserved space. "

 At this stage, the construction of 054 will not encounter too many difficulties, otherwise it would be the negligence of the designers. What Yang Dawei raised was the issue of future upgrades.

Zhao Ling nodded: "Yes, we have also considered it. Therefore, the current modification is mainly to improve the range without changing the length. This project is named Hongqi-16A, which adds a booster version. It is a further upgraded and improved Hongqi-16B. When it comes to the later B-type, our Type 054 frigate may have also been upgraded."

“Will our missiles study thermal launch technology? If a square launch tube is used, it can save volume better.”

“Well, this is already in our research plan. However, since we don’t have any samples to learn from, our research and development may take a long time.”

"This project can indeed start." Qin Tao also joined in the discussion: "Now we first solve the problem of whether we can only use special launch tubes. In the future, we need to have universal launch devices to load appropriate missiles as needed. , whether it is long-range, medium-range, short-range, or even anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine missiles, they can all be stuffed in."

“Wouldn’t it be a waste if we put a small missile into it?” Someone immediately raised a question.

“For the big ones, stuff one, and for the small ones, stuff two or four.” Qin Tao said with a smile: “How can it be wasted?”

With one sentence, Qin Tao opened a new door for everyone. Yes, in this way, all kinds of missiles can be loaded without wasting it. It is a perfect match!

“Of course, there is still a long way to go to realize this technology. We are not forcing it now. We have to first solve the problem of whether it is available or not. As long as it can be used.”

 After the meeting, when Zhao Ling walked out of the office building, she was surprised to find that it was actually dark outside!

On the slipway outside, in the dock, countless arc sparks flickered, and the workers in the shipyard were still working. On the outfitting dock, figures were also flashing.

“Can I go see the progress of 051C?” Zhao Ling asked.

“Of course.” Qin Tao said, “Let’s go and have a look together!”

The outfitting dock was bustling with activity. Even though it was already nighttime, the lights were still bright. Cong Ju’s husband, Zhou Yongfei, was also directing on the dock. When he saw the two coming, he immediately greeted them.

"How is the progress of the outfitting?" Qin Tao asked, looking at the outfitted warship. When he saw it, he was suddenly stunned.

 I saw cables one after another, wrapped around the hull of the No. 115 destroyer, as if it was **** in five ways. (This doesn’t seem appropriate. She should be wearing a zebra-print dress.)

“Is this going to be a degaussing operation?”

Ordinary ships do not need to perform this kind of work, but warships cannot, because some weapons are specifically aimed at the magnetic field generated by warships.

 Warships must undergo degaussing before leaving the factory or after being used for a period of time. Generally speaking, degaussing before leaving the factory begins after all weapons and equipment are installed.

In other words, the outfitting of this warship has been completed!

 Thinking of this, Qin Tao was very excited.

"Yes, after our hard work day and night, this No. 115 has completed all the outfitting tasks." Zhou Yongfei said: "We hired professional degaussing engineers from our sister units to carry out the degaussing work for us."

Degaussing a warship is not simple. On the surface, it seems like just bundling it with thick cables and then turning on the electricity. In fact, you must know the different magnetic field distributions at different locations on the warship and use different currents to degauss. If the location is not accurate, Or if the power is energized for a long time, additional reverse magnetic field will be added to the warship.

 This requires first measuring the ship's magnetic field with an underwater probe and summarizing the data parameters. Then a very thick cable is wrapped around the hull, and a current of 2,000 amps or higher is passed through to form a strong reverse magnetic field for demagnetization until the residual magnetic field value meets the standard.

 This process is very professional and requires professional people to do it.

“After degaussing, can sea trials be carried out?” Zhao Ling was also very excited at this time.

"Yes, sea trials will be available soon. However, since this is a brand-new warship, it may take several years to complete the sea trials."

Just look at No. 112. Because a lot of new technologies were used, the sea trials took several years. They also need to be mentally prepared for No. 115.

"Yes, no matter how long it takes, we still have to complete the sea trial and deliver the intact warship to the navy!" Qin Tao echoed: "However, let's not think so hard. The sea trial of our warship , you won’t encounter too many problems.”

The sea trials of No. 112 took a long time, mainly because that warship used a lot of new technologies, such as American gas turbines, French Sea Sidewinder missiles, domestic radars and other equipment. It was very difficult to debug these equipment together. , it took a long time just for the radar and satellite communication systems to be powered on at the same time without interfering with each other.

What now? Although this warship is now equipped with brand-new equipment, it is all owned by Lao Maozi! Gas turbines, roof radars, and anti-aircraft missiles were all obtained or copied from Da Mao. In this way, there is no problem of system incompatibility. Lao Mao has already done all the tests, so there will be no problems. What problems are troubling everyone?

Zhou Yongfei nodded: "Yes, we also look forward to completing the sea trial as soon as possible without encountering technical difficulties."

 Just like a bug in a computer program, once encountered, it may take a lot of time to eliminate it. If everything goes well, they may deliver it to the navy earlier than the 112th ship. In that case, it would be great.

“After these two warships are built, do we have any destroyer construction plans next?” Zhou Yongfei continued to ask.

The second No. 116 will be launched soon. Although the 054 frigate will follow, Zhou Yongfei is no longer interested in those small warships. He is looking forward to continuing to build large warships with a displacement of seven to eight thousand tons, or even Over 10,000 tons, this is interesting enough.

Hearing what he said, Qin Tao smiled: "You won't become fat with one bite. We will probably have to wait for a while."

"wait?"

“Waiting for a breakthrough in our domestic power system.” Qin Tao said: “We can’t continue to burn boilers, right?”

 The construction of these two 051Cs was because Qin Tao got four gas turbines back from Lao Maozi. What about the follow-up? No more, how to continue building? The Navy has begun to enter the gas turbine era. It can't go back and continue to burn boilers, right?

Relevant domestic units are actively imitating. With the assistance of Laomaozi technicians, UGT15000 gas turbines should be produced within a few years. The 25000 series may take longer.

By then, it is estimated that the Sea Star radar will be built and the country will have money, and the Aegis battleships will be able to launch dumplings.

 So, in the past one or two years, we can only focus on building 054.

 Hearing Qin Tao's words, Zhou Yongfei was silent. Obviously, he wanted to continue building destroyers, but with the current situation in front of him, there was no chance for him to build one.

"This warship is only for emergency use. In the future, we will need a warship with a four-sided phased array radar." Zhao Ling looked at the S-300 radar antenna on the base of the warship's tail and couldn't help but said.

The entire warship has the characteristics of a hasty launch. The navy is in urgent need of professional air defense ships, so it directly moved the land-based S-300 system.

“Yes, we are waiting for the progress of Institute 14, maybe we will be surprised.” Qin Tao said.

The sea breeze blew, and Zhao Ling's short, ear-length hair was flying in the wind. Her big eyes were so bright, full of hope.

Back at the guest house, Qin Tao looked at the luxurious bathtub in the bedroom bathroom and said to Zhao Ling, "Should we take a bath together?"

Zhao Ling looked at Xu Zhengyang. At this time, the loyal bodyguard had already checked the windows one by one to make sure that no one would climb in through the windows in the middle of the night. Then he turned on the TV and planned to check the condition of the TV.

 “Fishermen in the southern waters of our country,…”

 This news was played on the TV. When she saw the news, Zhao Ling was immediately attracted.

“The problems in the south will become more and more serious in the future!” Qin Tao couldn’t help but speak.

Zhao Ling had already taken steps and walked to the sofa in the living room to read the news carefully, while Xu Zhengyang was also attracted by Qin Tao's words.

"There is no way, we are too far away from there." Xu Zhengyang said: "Our southernmost base can only be placed on Qiong Island. At present, the patrol radius of our fighter planes is only five to six hundred kilometers, and we cannot patrol at all. The sea area there, the southernmost Zengmu Shoal, is a full 2,000 kilometers away, and most of the reefs are about 1,500 kilometers away from us. The navy can only send patrol warships there, which is too slow. There is no quick response capability at all.”

“Zhengyang, where have you been before?” Qin Tao looked at Xu Zhengyang curiously.

"Yes, when I first joined the army, I served as an officer and soldier on the reef for a year." Xu Zhengyang has never talked about his experience. This is the first time. When he talks about it, he feels heavy.

"Back then, I had heard about how difficult the environment there was, especially the boring environment, so I brought a local dog Dahuang there. During the first two months on the reef, Dahuang was quite excited and patrolled with our soldiers every day. , sentry, two months later, Rhubarb changed, barking at the sea water every day, and later, Rhubarb got rheumatism, lame legs, one night, madly attacked us. "

Not to mention people, even a dog was driven crazy in that kind of environment!

"and after?"

“Later, the time was not up yet, so we couldn’t bring the rhubarb back to the land, so we had to use a wooden board to send the rhubarb away.” Xu Zhengyang spoke in a low voice when talking about this experience.

 Everyone can imagine what the final outcome of Dahuang will be. It is too difficult to expect Dahuang to reach the land while sitting on that board.

However, this is the only way, it is better than killing Rhubarb directly!

“Brother Zhengyang, how did you persist there?” Zhao Ling asked Xu Zhengyang.

"I was very idle at that time, so I kept myself busy, practicing my ancestral martial arts during the day and studying cultural knowledge by myself at night. As a result, I stood out in the naval competition," Xu Zhengyang said.

"The environment there is too difficult. It is precisely because of this hardship that generations of soldiers guarding the reef have been tempered." Qin Tao said: "But we should find a way to make the soldiers live comfortably there. Some of the best ways are to expand the area of ​​the reef and turn the reef into an island."

 Expand the area of ​​the reef?

Hearing Qin Tao say this, Xu Zhengyang's eyes suddenly lit up, but Zhao Ling frowned: "Brother Tao, this idea is good, but it is unrealistic! Think about it, it is too far away from the mainland, and all the buildings Materials have to be transported from China, and the transportation cost is too high. Moreover, even if we are not afraid of spending money, it is not realistic. To expand the reef, not only the surface of the reef must be expanded, but its bottom must also be expanded, and the top must be filled. To cover an area of ​​one square meter, tens of thousands of cubic meters of sand and gravel may be needed to fill it. A bulk carrier of 10,000 tons can fill up one square meter. If we want to expand it into an island, it will take thousands or tens of thousands of times. Bulk carrier transportation!”

 Hearing Zhao Ling's words, Xu Zhengyang also frowned.

Yes, when Xu Zhengyang heard what Qin Tao said, he was looking forward to it from the bottom of his heart. But now, after hearing Zhao Ling's analysis, he felt that it was impossible. This was not a matter of cost, but that the input and output were not proportional at all. ah!

The Navy would not do this extravagantly. Thinking of this, he felt a little disappointed in his heart. However, when he saw Qin Tao's face, Xu Zhengyang was full of expectations.

 Mr. Qin has always been able to create miracles. Since he said it, he will definitely achieve it. He must have thought about these questions raised by Zhao Ling.

"Xiao Ling, you are right. If we transport supplies from the mainland, it will definitely not work. We must use local materials."

 Some coastal cities, in order to expand the urban area, reclaim land from the sea and directly transport stones and clay on land. This is not a big problem. All they need to do is find a mountain to mine. The ancient Foolish Old Man who moved mountains is no problem at all in modern times.

 However, those are all transported on land, and it is unrealistic to be so far apart across the ocean. Local materials are the only solution.

"Use local materials?" Zhao Ling looked at Qin Tao curiously. She knew that Qin Tao already had a solution, but what exactly was it?

“Xiao Ling, do you know what our Mingzhou Shipyard relies on to turn a profit?”

Qin Tao suddenly changed the topic, but Zhao Ling had no doubts and answered directly: "At that time, our mother's clothing factory also encountered a crisis. You asked Shiyu to pretend to be your secretary and go to the clothing factory to defraud... borrow a car. The clothes were shipped to Lao Maozi to sell, and then a dredger was brought back, and the dredger was dismantled and sold for money, so that one could achieve more with one stone."

Although Zhao Ling was not present at the time, since she had identified Qin Tao as her husband, of course Zhao Ling wanted to know everything about Qin Tao. Qin Tao's trick back then made everyone who knew the inside story Everyone talked about it and admired Qin Tao's boldness.

After Zhao Ling heard about it, she was also shocked. Later, no matter how big things Qin Tao did, in Zhao Ling's eyes, they were all normal. Qin Tao was originally meant to do big things, and the first transaction was just like that It's against the sky, and it's possible that it will break the sky in the future.

 “So, have you thought of something?”

Zhao Ling thought for a few seconds, and then suddenly realized: "Brother Tao, are you saying that we use dredgers to directly dig up the sand from the nearby seabed, and then transport it there to reclaim the sea and build an island?"

 In this way, there is no need to travel back and forth, which will be much easier!

“That’s roughly correct, but we don’t need to transport it. The excavated sand can be flown directly over.”

 “Fly over?”

"Yes, with high-power pumps, we can blow the excavated sediment six thousand meters away. In this way, the sediment obtained from the seabed can fly directly to the reef and turn the reef into an island. It can fill 4,500 cubic meters of sand per hour, and two or three hours of operation is equivalent to one trip of a 10,000-ton bulk carrier." Qin Tao said: "This kind of dredger will become our Map Editor.”

 (End of this chapter)