Chapter 555 With a ram?

   "There have been some changes recently, and it is inconvenient to introduce the details to Mr. Qin. However, the navy's demand for this ship is very urgent. I hope Mr. Qin can take this ship seriously and build this ship as soon as possible."

   "Someone wants to come to us for freedom of navigation?" Qin Tao asked.

   Zheng Ming didn't answer, but the expression in his eyes told Qin Tao: Mr. Qin, how can you guess everything so accurately!

  Qin Tao smiled: "Okay, then let's use deck steel to build an absolutely sturdy sail training ship!"

Generally speaking, for warships such as sail training ships, as long as they are made of ordinary military steel, even civilian steel is fine. After all, it does not need to be used for sea combat. Qin Tao wants to use the deck steel of an aircraft carrier to build this kind of warship. Needless to say, colliding with ordinary destroyers and frigates, even hitting the enemy's aircraft carrier will severely poke a big hole.

Here I have to mention battleships again. Although that era is long gone, there are still countless people remembering and nostalgic for that era. Battleships rely on powerful armor to protect themselves and rely on powerful artillery to dominate the ocean. Imagine, if the battleship is re-armed and a large number of missiles are stuffed in, will it become a standard maritime arsenal ship?

  Anti-ship missiles and torpedoes come up in turn, and battleships can rely on their rough skin and thick flesh to carry them.

  I don’t know about other things, at least if the battleships are launched, when dealing with some frictions in peacetime, the enemy can be terrified by just hitting them, and it will end well afterwards.

It's a pity that that era has long passed. Those battleships during World War II have been dismantled. The only remaining ones, that is, the Iowa class of the Yankees, are still in storage. They want to take them back to dismantle scrap iron. That is impossible.

   "Then let's discuss the displacement. This kind of sail training ship must be at least 1,000 tons." Qin Tao analyzed it seriously: "In this way, we should need three masts..."

   When talking about this, what did Qin Tao think of? He was actually not sure how to build this sail training ship, but his subordinates know how to do it! The guy who claims to be a descendant of Ma Sanbao has long been an official employee of Mingzhou Group, but his research direction has been adding sails to giant oil tankers, and has not really involved the research and development of sailboats.

   "Let's go, let's go to a meeting." Qin Tao said: "In the conference room, we will gather relevant personnel and work together."

  Zheng Ming nodded: "Mr. Qin, before you came back, I have already told Mr. Yang about the relevant content, and they should have started to develop it."

  Qin Tao was stunned for a moment: "Old Zheng, you're cutting first and playing later!"

  Zheng Ming smiled: "It's not because the superior's request is too tight. If it takes a year or two for the construction period, how can I do it for you. Let's go, you are the backbone after all."

meeting room.

Ma Wenming is very excited, because he has never been the protagonist before, today is the first time, and what makes him more excited than being the protagonist is that the sailboat is finally going to be built, and it is still a retro sailboat, although it is not the treasure ship of the East , is enough to make Ma Wenming excited.

"Leaders, when I was young, I drew a lot of sailboat design drawings. Later, I majored in ship knowledge in college. During the time I worked in Mingzhou Group, I realized the importance of linking theory with practice. Importance, I have mastered more professional knowledge. At the same time, when I was free, I also designed several sailboats. This time I received the task. I took out one of the closest sailboat design drawings. After getting Mr. Yang’s approval, all colleagues joined together to help with the design, and now it has taken shape.”

  While speaking, Ma Wenming opened the slideshow, and the design drawing of the sail training ship appeared on the projection screen.

"The current design drawing has a standard displacement of 1,200 tons and a full-load displacement of 1,400 tons. It is capable of oceangoing sailing and adopts the most popular ship structure in the world. It has low sailing resistance and fast speed, and can run up to 18 knots with only sails. However, if it is built with rigid deck steel as Mr. Qin said, then our hull can still be made thinner."

  Qin Tao shook his head: "No, the original design remains unchanged, and the keel of the hull is also made of the strongest high-strength steel."

   Ma Wenming was a little curious: "Boss Qin, the current design can already withstand a typhoon of category 12. If the plan you mentioned is followed, even if it hits an iceberg or an underwater reef, it will probably be safe."

   "That's right, this is what we want." Qin Tao said, "Moreover, we also need to install a ram on the front end of this sail training ship."

   "Crash?" Everyone was taken aback.

  Before Qin Tao came back, Zheng Ming had given other people research and development tasks. However, what he was talking about was just an ordinary sail training ship. After Qin Tao came back, he had to discuss with them.

   At this moment, the eyes of the big guy became complicated.

   What it means to bump into an angle couldn't be more clear.

"Mr. Qin, the front end of our sail training ship will have a mast protruding forward, which is used to connect the first mast and hang more sails. This device is more than three meters long. Mr. Qin, If we were to install a ram, wouldn't that mean the ram would be longer?"

"That's right, the angle of impact is longer." Qin Tao nodded in agreement with Ma Wenming's doubts: "In order to reduce the impact on the center of gravity, I think it can be made of titanium alloy, and it can be directly riveted to the front of the hull. It’s just the shape of the ram, and it can also be made into a ram.”

   Zheng Ming opened his eyes wide.

   President Qin is too powerful.

The idea of ​​this ship was made by the superior, but the superior only had a rough outline, and it was up to Mr. Qin to realize it. Mr. Qin would never let the superior down, and he quickly understood The superior's idea, and also proposed an improvement plan.

"Of course." Ma Wenming nodded, "If titanium alloy is used, it will have the least impact on our current design drawings. However, if we want to adopt collision tactics, the faster the better, we are Isn't it to increase the engine power used on the ship?"

  The current sailboats are not pure sailboats, but motor sailboats. They usually use sails. If there is no wind or encounters bad weather, they will choose to use diesel engines in order to speed up, but the main thing is the sails, and the power of the engine is not strong.

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, it is necessary to increase the power of the engine and install two MTU396 diesel engines. However, the propulsion system needs to be upgraded from ordinary propellers to water jets. Of course, the rudder also needs to be retained, after all, it needs to Start as a sailboat."

   Water jets!

   Zheng Ming was even more excited.

  The biggest advantage of this type of propeller is, of course, that it can make the ship more maneuverable by changing the direction of the jet of water! Just look at the dazzling movements that the 022 missile boat can make. However, it is generally used on speedboats. This kind of ship with more than 1,000 tons has not been used much.

  However, the plan proposed by Mr. Qin is still very good, and each item is making this plan more perfect.

"In order to meet the superior's requirements for our construction period, next, we need to deploy manpower, organize elite troops, and all our equipment must also give way to this ship, and strive to launch this ship in the shortest possible time. Complete a miracle in the history of shipbuilding!" Qin Tao said.

  Such a short period of time is simply against common sense. It is impossible for any other shipyard to undertake such a task, but Mingzhou Group is different.

They already have a large number of skilled workers and a large number of advanced technologies. Needless to say, the steel plates are bent into the corresponding shapes according to the design drawings, and even the welding of the hull steel plates has entered the era of automation, which requires manual welding. There are fewer and fewer seams, and the speed of shipbuilding is getting faster and faster.

  During the height of World War II, the construction period of the American **** aircraft carrier was only a few months. Now that Mingzhou Group has modern equipment, it can of course complete the task within the stipulated time.

  Of course, there are certain things that need to be clarified in advance.

"Old Zheng, we have been partners for many years." Qin Tao looked at Zheng Ming: "Our shipyard took the risk of delaying other orders or even being claimed by customers to build this ship for the navy. cannot…"

Before he finished speaking, Zheng Ming immediately understood: "Mr. Qin, please rest assured that we will allocate part of the funds from the national defense lottery to pay for the construction of this ship. If there is a delay, the first payment will arrive as soon as the design drawing is completed."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Qin Tao immediately changed the subject: "We build ships for the navy, not to mention these, I mean, sailboats are different from other ships, our navy has to train some specialized sailors in advance. You still Remember when the sailing training ship from the football country came over last time, they stood on the mast and performed acrobatics? We have to poke a pole on the land and let the navy students go up to practice courage."

  Zheng Ming nodded: "This sail training ship is prepared for the Bencheng Naval Academy. As long as our side starts building, they will carry out adaptive training."

   "Well, then I can rest assured. By the way, since you are here, do you want to stay for a few more days?"

   This was originally just a polite remark from Qin Tao. Who would have thought that Zheng Ming nodded directly: "Yes, I will stay here permanently and watch the construction of this ship every day."

  Qin Tao opened his eyes wide: "Old Zheng, isn't the navy an overqualified man?"

  Just send an ordinary person. Zheng Ming is in charge of naval equipment, not the ship, so he can just send his men over.

"This is the superior's trust in me." Zheng Ming said: "Besides, it's good to watch here, you can see the construction progress of our various warships every day. Especially our aircraft carrier, which has recently begun hoisting four It is very gratifying to face the phased array radar."

  The last time I went out, it was just an empty shell. When the outfitting was completely completed and I officially joined the navy, that would be the most exciting moment.

   "I heard that the Shenzhou floating dock has sent back the Chaoriwang to Ah San." Zheng Ming continued to chat.

   "Yes, it was delivered to them. However, they still want to let them keep our Shenzhou floating dock for modification. Of course we can't agree." Qin Tao said: "It's not like they don't have a dock."

It has to be said that Ah San still has enough foundation. They are responsible for the construction of the aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard. This shipyard has two "large" dry docks. The length of the larger one is less than 270 meters, and the length of the short one is about The width of the two dry docks is about 40 meters. Looking at this data, we can know that when Ah San is used to refit the existing Chaoriwang, the hull must be padded high enough to expose part of the bow and the flight decks on both sides.

  Of course, this is already the limit. Ah San wants to use these docks to build their own aircraft carrier, which is only a displacement of 30,000 to 40,000 tons, and it will be difficult if it is bigger.

  These problems are not big, the important thing is that Ah San does not have a gantry crane!

"Now that Ah San is repairing this aircraft carrier, it can still be used to make do with it, but if Ah San wants to start building an aircraft carrier by himself, he has to purchase a gantry crane." Qin Tao said: "Our Zhenhua Heavy Industry gantry crane has already It’s branded, it’s high quality and low price, and the quality is top-notch, but Ah San probably wants to save face, and would rather buy second-hand goods from Europe at a high price than order brand new ones from us.”

   Zheng Ming nodded.

  The formal content has been finished, and the next step is to chat.

"By the way, Mr. Qin, we have another piece of news." Zheng Ming thought of something, and continued to say to Qin Tao: "It is said that Grumman is trying to sell their stealth cat to the navy. Fighter, I think this kind of fighter can compete with our existing J-15."

"They want to revive the A/F-X program?" Qin Tao said with a smile on his face: "It seems that Grumman has not seen the situation clearly yet! The variable-sweep wing has long been outdated, and it belongs to Tomcat. The era is over!"

In the past, the Tomcat did rule the roost for decades and became a classic fighter. The popularity of "Top Gun" made this aircraft a household name. However, the era of variable swept wings is over. Striped wings, wing-body fusion, etc. are the trends, and the Tomcat will not be able to play any tricks.

   More importantly, where did the Americans get so much money, and the research and development funds are too small, otherwise, why would they hold their noses and agree to several military branches to jointly invest in the JSF program? Isn't it good to be alone?

  Even exaggerating one's own threat is useless!

  However, since Grumman is going to come out and continue to jump, of course I have to do something casually to make Grumman completely hopeless!

  The other side of the ocean.

  Fern Clark sat at his desk with a cigar in his hand, listening to the chatter of the man on the opposite sofa.

"Mr. Clark, at present, the JSF project is not enough to resist the advantages of the rising of the East. Now, the East has invented ballistic anti-ship missiles to deter us. In the future, they may come up with more advanced ones. Things, their aircraft carrier strength has also developed, and on the future battlefield, our JSF carrier-based aircraft can only become the meat of their mouths."

Grumman engineer William Schwendler was very eager: "Even if it is only J-15, this is already a heavy fighter. Even if it does not have the ability to stealth, we will suffer. After all, our JSF is just a A medium-sized fighter is simply unable to fight against a heavy aircraft."

Although the JSF project is in the process of research and development, the weight continues to increase, and finally it becomes a heavy fighter that is heavier than the F-15, but in the process of research and development, it is indeed designed as a medium fighter, as a low-end fighter for the F-22 , how could it be heavy.

   "If the navy can't have heavy fighter jets, it will definitely suffer in the future. In fact, the navy is gradually phasing out the Tomcat, and many people have already responded that it lacks the long-range interception capability it used to have." William continued to fool around.

The Tomcat fighter jets are gradually being retired, and the main aircraft on the naval aircraft carrier is only the big bug. This kind of aircraft is loose and can do everything, but it can’t do anything best. Back then, the Tomcat fighter jets carried six undead Bird missiles can quickly rush to the battlefield. Now the big bug only needs to mount medium-range air-to-air missiles, and it has to move forward slowly. This kind of efficiency is simply incomparable.

"In order to enable the navy to regain a strong long-range interception capability and deal with the possible attacks of J-15 fighter jets in the future, we have specially developed an advanced fighter jet. This fighter jet has stealth capabilities and can become the main force of the navy. Take on the future fleet air defense mission." William continued to flicker.

"William, are you talking about the modification of our Tomcat fighter jet?" Fern Clark couldn't bear William's chatter anymore, and he said to the other party: "You should know that since the end of the Cold War, our military expenditure It is decreasing, we simply do not have the ability to undertake the research and development of multiple projects, especially above, they only have money in their eyes, they are the ones who cut down the projects independently developed by our navy, otherwise, how could our navy be willing to cooperate with It has never appeared in the history of our navy that other services share a single fighter!"

   "Yes, of course I know, but it's different now. As long as you analyze it clearly to your superiors and tell them how serious the problems we are facing now, I believe that your superiors will make the right choice." William said.

"Then you go directly to lobby your superiors, and it doesn't make any sense to tell me!" Fern Clark looked helplessly at the person in front of him: "It doesn't make sense for you to tell me, or you can go to the media and exaggerate Oriental threat."

"Of course I thought about it, but this will show the incompetence of our navy even more." William said: "In the future, if the navy only has the JSF aircraft, it will be even more impossible to fight against them, and it is just a plane. single-engine aircraft."

  The navy has long reached a consensus that a fighter jet with twin engines is the most suitable for them. After all, the sea is much more dangerous than the land, and dual engines are safer.

   Now, hearing what William said, Fern Clark was also tempted.

  However, just when he was about to make up his mind, the intelligence officer brought a piece of information: "Report, just received the latest satellite photos."

  Fern Clark put the cigar in his mouth, then picked up the photo, and glanced at it with a grin. Then, the cigar suddenly fell from his mouth, along his neckline, and fell directly into it.

   "Oh, **** it." Fern Clark cursed loudly, while quickly undoing his belt, and took out the cigar from the middle, feeling a burning pain in his stomach.

  William also went to help, and saw those photos by the way. I don't know what kind of photos it was, but it made Fern Clark so ugly. However, when he saw it for the first time, his face immediately turned pale.

  There is a large group of Tomcat fighters on it, and there are at least thirty of them by visual inspection!

   Moreover, looking at the scene there, it is also very familiar. It is not on the mainland, nor is it on an overseas military base. It is the Tomcat fighter base in the middle of Parthia.

   "According to intelligence analysis, the number of Tomcat fighter jets that can be operated normally in Anxi is at most a dozen, and the rest are used as organ donations." William couldn't help but said: "How can there be so many now?"

   "Yes." Fern Clark looked at William with a cold gaze: "We don't know about this, but we don't know if your Grumman company knows about it."

   "Of course we don't know." William seemed to understand the meaning of Fern Clark's words, and shook his head again and again: "How could we know these things. Could it be that those guys made some models to deceive us."

   "There are still photos in the back, these planes are taking off in sequence."

   can also take off sequentially!

  William's face turned pale, **** it, the **** bowl has to be buckled on their heads again.

In fact, Grumman's Tomcat fighter production line has been closed long ago, and Anxi secretly obtained the components of the Tomcat fighter, mainly through some daring international arms dealers, by buying off the Navy's logistics personnel, and They have nothing to do with Grumman.

  However, every time something goes wrong, it will always be blamed on them, and this time is probably no exception!

  Besides, this incident will definitely cause an uproar again. I am afraid that the retirement of the Tomcat fighter will have to be advanced again. It is estimated that their modified fighter will hardly be approved by those old men.

   What passed, those gentlemen will definitely be hostile!

  Dongfang, on the berth, Zheng Ming told Qin Tao about it while looking at the sail training ship that was under construction.

"I heard that Grumman was promoting the Stealth Cat to the navy, and the navy leadership had already been persuaded, but later, when Tomcat fighter parts were smuggled to Parthia, many people were furious, and this project has fallen through. "

"That's for sure." Qin Tao said: "Their planes have long since been disliked by their fathers and mothers, and they still fantasize about being the main force again. Don't dream, they should just wait for fat power. "

   Qin Tao said hello, and Anxi showed off his muscles, so the matter was done like this, it was as simple as that.

   "Fertilizer?"

   "Well, I made a slip of the tongue, or it might be a flying toad."

  (end of this chapter)