Chapter 332: Going to the Oriental Pearl Tower to show the power of the navy

"The Oriental Pearl Tower will return to the embrace of the motherland in 1997. At that time, our three armed forces will need to send troops to carry out the task of protecting the Oriental Pearl Tower." In the office of Huanglou, Wu Shengli introduced to Qin Tao stand up.

“Our navy has been prepared for a long time, right?” Qin Tao asked Wu Shengli.

This is about to enter the year of 1994. There are still more than three years left, and all preparations are almost in progress.

“Yes, according to our plan, six 037-II missile **** boats were originally used as the main equipment of our navy, but now, everyone always feels that these equipment are not powerful enough.”

After hearing Wu Shengli's words, Qin Tao understood: "The displacement of 037 is too small, the displacement of 053 is too large, not to mention the displacement of 054, this is killing a chicken with a knife, you are planning to get a brand new displacement of one thousand A warship of around 1,000 tons?”

Wu Shengli smiled, knowing that no matter what happened, Qin Tao could not hide it, and he would be able to guess it quickly.

"Yes, we think that a displacement of about one thousand tons is more suitable. However, the appearance must be modern enough to reflect the progress of our warship construction technology in recent years. The price cannot be too expensive." Wu Shengli said: "Now There are still three or four years left, so it should still be time.”

A smile appeared on Qin Tao's face: "This is no problem, we'll cover it."

For Qin Tao, designing such a frigate is not a piece of cake. In terms of technical difficulty, it is much smaller than the 054, and in terms of performance, it will be much better than the original 037.

In 1958, the Soviet Union transferred the technology of the Type 6641 (201M) submarine hunting submarine. After the domestic imitation was made, it was not satisfied. This type of boat had a single function, insufficient firepower, and too low speed, so it decided to redesign a new domestic anti-submarine frigate. This is the origin of the Type 0112 anti-submarine **** boat, design code 037.

 After the design was successful, this type of corvette was mass-produced until the late 1970s, when the Navy decided to improve this warship.

For example, the twin-mounted 25mm naval guns with insufficient firepower were replaced with the newly finalized twin-mounted 30mm fully automatic naval guns, using fixed fin stabilizers, 380-volt AC power systems, and increased freshwater fuel reserves. Design code 037-Ⅰ.

In the 1980s, this kind of **** boats continued to be modified. Some were equipped with SS12 small towed sonar imported by the French company Thomson Sentra, and some were equipped with Seahawk 8 anti-ship missiles, becoming missile **** boats.

 The latter is the famous 420-ton Type 037-IG missile **** boat.

After the successful construction of this kind of warship, the Navy needed another warship to welcome the return of the Pearl of the Orient. Therefore, the Navy launched the 037-II missile frigate project, with the displacement increased to 520 tons, and the hull and fully enclosed superstructure were redesigned.

From the perspective of the 1980s, the performance of this warship is still good. A Type 76A double-mounted 37mm automatic naval gun is installed on the bow, and two sets of triple-mounted "Eagle Strike" 8 are arranged in a vertical pattern on the stern. As for the ship's missile launcher, two twin 30mm close-in defense guns are installed in a ladder above the stern deckhouse. The boat is also equipped with two 945G 26-tube jamming decoy launchers.

If there are no other reasons, then these six missile frigates have properly become the main equipment of the navy stationed at the Oriental Pearl. However, in recent months, the navy has held several meetings, and it always feels that these have a displacement of more than 500 The tons of missile **** boats simply cannot reflect the progress of the motherland's defense industry in recent years!

Our own side has been able to build the 051C, a destroyer with a displacement of six to seven thousand tons, and it shined in the first sea trial. We can also build the low-cost, advanced-performance professional anti-aircraft frigate 054. These warships have beautiful appearance designs. , compared with 037, it is clearly a product of two eras!

 So, the Navy saw that the batch of specialized 037-II missile **** boats that had been produced was no longer good, and they wanted to have more beautiful warships.

"The increased displacement is mainly focused on increasing the comfort of the members." Qin Tao followed Wu Shengli's thinking: "After all, this kind of warship has little chance of fighting a tough battle. It is to demonstrate our wind power. , after docking at the dock, it will also be open at certain times for tourists to visit. We cannot let them feel that the interior of our warship is cramped and the life of the personnel is difficult, as this will be counterproductive."

“Yes, that’s it!” Wu Shengli was very satisfied with Qin Tao. No matter what the problem was, Qin Tao could tell what Wu Shengli was thinking.

“Therefore, the overall design of the hull can be similar to that of the Lavante class. The sides of the ship are inclined and contracted inward until they are level with the bridge. In this way, just like a cruise ship, there will be a lot of space for members inside.”

  If you want to say that the appearance is sci-fi, it must be the Lavante class. Recently, this kind of warship has frequently appeared in newspapers and TV. Everyone is used to seeing this kind of appearance and thinks that this kind of warship is tall enough.

"As for the weapon system, we don't need too many." Qin Tao continued his thinking: "There must be a naval gun at the front of the bow. The caliber does not need to be too large, 76 mm is about the same. For anti-ship missiles, four are enough. Well, as for the anti-aircraft weapons, they can be placed at the back. Currently, our Sea Sidewinder is the most suitable. In order to reduce costs and save space, the loading system does not need to be installed."

Wu Shengli nodded.

"There should be a helicopter deck at the tail, but there is no need to set up a hangar. After all, the hangar will occupy the space of the crew. For a thousand-ton warship, there is no need to carry helicopters for a long time. As for engines, our diesel engines can also be used. Two units are enough, after all, our warship is only a second-line offshore patrol ship."

“Yes, that’s the idea, Tao Zi, your idea is very similar to what we planned!” Wu Shengli said excitedly: “I am confident that you can succeed in bidding!”

 What's so difficult about this? I've been talking about it for a long time. Isn't it just a 056?

With the development of time, the former 037 submarine hunting and 053 frigates began to withdraw from active service in the navy in large numbers. The navy needs advanced light frigates to replace these warships. They do not need to rush to the front line to fight bayonets. They are mainly for offshore defense and responsible for daily patrol tasks. It only provides support and guarantee to relevant maritime law enforcement agencies.

 Under these guiding thoughts, the 056 light frigate followed the trend. It is almost the same as Qin Tao's plan except for the anti-aircraft missiles.

The navy also wants to save face! There is no need to replace other warships for the time being. However, if you go to the Oriental Pearl Tower to show off the military, you must bring out the best warships!

"Actually, we don't have this need at all." Qin Tao said: "For us, the existing projects can't be completed, so if the Navy has ideas, it can be handed over to other brother units, and there is no need to blame us. Eat alone.”

 What does  mean?

Qin Tao still doesn’t like it!

For Qin Tao, the 056, which is more than a thousand tons, is really not worth it. The displacement of this kind of warship is too small. It is only a warship for coastal defense. It has no use other than showing off its muscles. Even if it is a navy In the future, if the demand is large, it will not be his cup of tea. The 054 is already the bottom line, and he is no longer interested in other warships.

Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao dissatisfied: "You guys don't like it?"

"No, our shipyard is too busy. There is really no place to build such an ordinary warship." Qin Tao said hypocritically.

At present, they are really too busy. On their slipway, although the aircraft carrier Chakri and No. 115 have launched and left, No. 116 and the lead ship of the 054-class destroyer are working intensively on it. Under construction.

 The slipway is all built for military products, which facilitates confidentiality work. Even within the shipyard, irrelevant personnel are not allowed to approach the slipway.

In the big dock, two large bulk carriers have been built, but the second batch of bulk carrier orders has come and they still have to be built in the big dock. Moreover, the dredger that has already produced its design drawings is being submitted to relevant units for audit. If there are no problems with the design, the dredger will have to be built in the dock.

On the floating dock, natural gas carriers with MOSS tanks have also been built, and the first membrane-type natural gas carrier is currently under construction.

 In the original small shipyard, catamaran missile boats, catamaran cruise ships, etc. are still being built for the navy.

 As for the outfitting dock, there is a long row of ships waiting to be outfitted.

Now, Qin Tao has every reason to reject his father-in-law. It’s not that we don’t like him, it’s because there really is no place to build!

“No place to build? On your slipway, the No. 116 is about to be launched?”

“Well, according to the progress of our shipyard, it should be launched next year.”

“After launching into the water, won’t the slipway be free?”

"How is it possible? There can't be just one 054 frigate in the navy. We need to build a second 054 frigate in its original position. The navy is in urgent need of air defense ships. Two 051Cs are not enough. A large number of 054s are definitely needed."

“054 can be built later. Moreover, your slipway is 100,000 tons. If you build a 4,000-ton 054, you can start five or six lines at a time. Do you really think I don’t understand?”

“Dad, didn’t we agree to bid? Wouldn’t it be bad if you decided to give it to us directly?” Qin Tao began to take a roundabout route.

Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao dissatisfied: "Of course we have to bid, but the design plans of other bidders are simply not comparable to yours. Every time you come up with something that makes the Navy's eyes dazzle. Liang’s plan, other design units just tinkered with the original design, which simply cannot meet our needs. Therefore, you must work hard this time, if you cannot submit a satisfactory answer to the Navy..."

“Dad, don’t worry!” Qin Tao quickly confirmed: “There will definitely be no problem. Our Mingzhou Group will either not do it, or we will do it well.”

"That's about right." Wu Shengli was satisfied. This son-in-law refused to listen to his good words, so he had to suppress him.

“As for your plan to salvage the wreckage of the Dingyuan ship, the relevant departments have approved it. When the sea is less rough in the spring, Navy divers can assist you in salvage.”

 What is this called? Beat a stick and give a few dates to eat? Do you think I am a three-year-old child?

 Qin Tao was a little helpless.

"We have also approved the plan for the South China Sea. We are planning to send a hydrographic survey ship there soon. If you are interested, you can go there with our survey ship." Wu Shengli continued to say to Qin Tao.

Well, I really don't have much interest in this. After all, this is just an inspection, not a construction. If it were built in the past, Qin Tao could devote 12% of his energy to it.

"Although we drove away a submarine of unknown nationality last time, the navy was still very shocked. The enemy submarine was able to enter the vicinity of our naval base and shipyard, but we did not discover it immediately until the other party followed us. , was discovered by our sonar equipment." Wu Shengli said: "So, the Navy decided to purchase a batch of advanced submarines from abroad."

　　Although from the perspective of confrontation, the Navy has achieved victory, the problems exposed by this incident have shocked the Navy. They must make up for this shortcoming and solve this problem.

How to deal with it?

The new generation of conventional submarines developed by themselves have temporarily encountered many problems, so they must outsource a batch to solve their urgent needs.

"Is there anyone interested in the navy?" Qin Tao asked knowingly.

 Do you still need to ask? Currently, there are only a few types of advanced diesel-electric submarines in the world.

Germany's 209 is exported in large quantities around the world. Qin Tao also got the blueprints back. However, since the country has never purchased a German weapon system, it will not be matched if it is bought back. Moreover, whether it is German or French, , will face other problems, and it is not easy to get them back.

 So, the most suitable one is of course from Lao Maozi.

“A few years ago, when we visited the Komsomolsk Shipyard, we saw the Kilo-class submarines being produced there and were deeply impressed by them.” Wu Shengli stated the purpose.

 At present, domestic military modernization is inseparable from Lao Maozi. The Su-27 of the Air Force and the modern class of the Navy were all purchased from Lao Maozi.

 Now, it’s the submarine’s turn.

"The Komsomolsk Shipyard has long been renamed the Amur Shipyard. Although the first submarine of this type was built at the Komsomolsk Shipyard, due to the huge demand, many shipyards are building it, such as Speaking of Red Solmovo Shipyard, Admiralty Shipyard, Severodvinsk Shipyard, etc., if I remember correctly, there are two idle ships in the Red Solmovo Shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod. The Type 877 submarine was originally built for the Polish Navy, but now, the Polish Navy no longer wants it."

Wu Shengli's face suddenly became filled with excitement.

 The two idle ships are the same as the modern class, so they should be easy to purchase, right?

“Taozi, this glorious and sacred mission is entrusted to you. We believe that you will purchase those two submarines at the right price.”

Qin Tao shook his head helplessly: "If it was in the past, it shouldn't take much effort, but it's different now. Dad, last time we purchased the second batch of Su-27 and related technology, Lao Maozi set up a special Arms Export Company, in this company, there is especially the guy named Grishen, so if we want to purchase at an ultra-low price, they will definitely object to it."

If you are just cooperating with a certain shipyard, then the director of the shipyard must give you money and sell it. In particular, the red Solmovo Shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod is one of those types where the father does not care for the mother. Love, the situation can be imagined. If they could make the decision, they would definitely sell it for money.

The shipyard was about to go bankrupt, so in 1994, it was sold to private individuals at a low price and became a private shipyard. Therefore, later, in the second batch of Kilo-class orders, this shipyard obtained The duck is gone. Even if they try their best, we have built Kilo-class for China before, and now we still want to build it for China! Moscow has not **** them off, private shipyards, get away!

 Now that there is a dedicated company to manage it, and there are annoying guys like Grishen, it is too difficult to take advantage.

“Yes, we know it too, that’s why we want to ask you to take action!”

Qin Tao shook his head helplessly: "Do you really think I am a god? This kind of thing is not that easy. You have to be prepared. It is estimated that one ship will cost two to three billion US dollars."

"What, so expensive?" Wu Shengli's expression immediately changed when he heard the price mentioned by Qin Tao. That thing is just a three thousand ton submarine, but the price is actually as high as the modern class?

"Yes, if the navy agrees to the price, I will take action. If not, forget it. The price is too low. The other party would rather let the submarine rust on the slipway than sell it."

"In this case, the Navy needs to study it further." Wu Shengli heard that the price was too high and did not dare to make a decision immediately. He thought of something and then said: "I remember that in the past, you once got it back 209 submarine drawings, it seems that you also have drawings of Kilo-class submarines. Has your group designed our own advanced submarines based on these drawings? If you can produce it yourself, then our 500 million With US dollars, even if you can’t buy ten ships, you can at least buy five ships, right?”

Hearing what Wu Shengli said, Qin Tao shook his head helplessly: "At most we can only design the hull. Many accessories require breakthroughs from our relevant domestic units. Also, even the hull cannot be made by ourselves."

 “Why?”

 “Because we don’t have a plate bending machine.”

“Plate rolling machine?”

"Yes, submarines use high-strength steel and require a special large-scale plate bending machine." Qin Tao said: "Currently, only Sweden sells this kind of machine in the world, but it is expensive and may limit our purchases. .”

 In the future, when the motherland becomes a technological powerhouse, it will be able to produce such large-scale plate bending machines itself, so it will not have to be controlled by others. Now, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!

Although shipyards will also curl steel and press it into a suitable shape to build ships, the power of those machines is too low. After all, the strength of the steel plates used in ship hulls is only one to two hundred megapascals, and warships will not exceed five hundred megapascals. Pa.

 What about the pressure hull of the submarine? It uses the same steel as the aircraft carrier deck, which can easily reach 700 to 800 MPa, or even 1000 MPa! Even if a shipyard can build an aircraft carrier, the deck is directly welded without curling.

 What about the submarine? It has to be bent into a circle!

Furthermore, the larger the submarine, the larger the pressure hull, and the larger the machine. Purchasing such a machine, or developing such a machine yourself, is quite expensive.

Wu Shengli nodded: "It seems that you are currently unable to produce submarines."

"Yes, we don't have this condition at the moment." Qin Tao started to draw the pie: "In the future, when the construction team that built the shipyard in Parthia comes back, we will have to continue to expand our own shipyard, no matter how many A few slipways and so on so that more ships can be built.”

Anyway, the land has been circled, and the only thing missing is the construction. The Parthian infrastructure project has been completed, and a large amount of profit has been made. You can use that money to expand your own shipyard.

In just a few years, the small Mingzhou Shipyard will become the largest shipyard in the country!

Thinking of this, Qin Tao still feels very accomplished.

After leaving Huanglou, Xu Zhengyang drove and said to Qin Tao: "Mr. Qin, if we talk about large-scale plate rolling machines, Dazhou Company should have them. After their shipyard was merged, there should be large-scale plate rolling machines." extra."

Dazhou Company not only builds civilian ships, but also warships. In later generations, the famous Zhang Baogao-class submarine was built at Dazhou Company. At the same time, in other shipyards, construction of Germany's 209-class submarines is still ongoing. submarine.

In this way, after the shipyard merger is completed, the shipyard equipment will definitely be redundant. After all, large plate rolling machines can only build submarines, and the South Kimchi Country does not have many submarine orders.

In this way, wouldn’t the other party sell the extra large plate bending machines?

Hearing what Xu Zhengyang said, Qin Tao smiled: "Yes, they do, but I don't dare to go."

Xu Zhengyang turned his head and glanced at Qin Tao: "Is there any place you dare not go?"

"Of course, Dazhou Company has been deceived by us. Although they can't tell the story of their suffering, the relevant institutions in the South Kimchi Country must know it well. If I go there to purchase large rolled plates now, What should I do if my machine is seized by them?"

Although Qin Tao is very proud, he has never been arrogant. He will never set foot in the land of South Pickle Country.

Xu Zhengyang nodded.

 At this moment, Xu Zhengyang’s eldest brother made a loud noise.

 For the convenience of contact, Qin Tao also equipped his secretary with a mobile phone. After all, most people don't know Qin Tao's number. The most he can do is tell them the secretary's.

 The current mobile phone is still relatively bulky. When Motorola 3200 is launched next year, it will enter the GSM era, which is the 2G network, and various mobile phones will gradually reduce in size.

Xu Zhengyang held the steering wheel with one hand and picked up the mobile phone with the other. (You have a license to kill, so talking on the phone while driving is nothing.)

"Hello?"

Xu Zhengyang switched to Kimchi Chinese language: "Okay, I understand, I will tell Mr. Qin."

  Putting down the phone, Xu Zhengyang looked at Qin Tao: "In South Pickle Country, Sanhang Heavy Industry contacted us and said they had a large plate rolling machine on hand and asked if we were interested in buying it."

This is really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here?

 (End of this chapter)