The capital of the East, Yellow Tower.

   "Unexpectedly, we haven't reached a project after talking for so long. Mr. Qin went there once, and we actually got a deal."

   "Yes, Mr. Qin is really unconstrained. He actually encouraged those Siamese people to use explosives to blow up a canal. This brain hole is not ordinary."

   "That's right, when it comes to infrastructure construction, their Mingzhou Group is really top-notch, but I'm surprised why such a good construction force is not used in the construction of our capital."

  everyone said something to each other, Wu Shengli was very happy in his heart, this son-in-law gave himself a face, and he easily accomplished what so many people failed to do.

   Awesome, really amazing.

   "What are you talking about? So lively?" At this moment, a voice came from outside.

   "Boss Qin, of course I'm talking about you, you're finally back." Everyone greeted Qin Tao enthusiastically when they saw Qin Tao.

"Yeah, I'm back." Qin Tao said, "The Siam project is on the right track, and I can't just stay there all the time. I don't even know who he is when I go out and see a pretty person." , After a long time, you will doubt your life."

  Everyone laughed, the place Mr. Qin went to was really like this. However, President Qin came back definitely not because of this.

   "How long will the Siam project take?" Wu Shengli asked.

"As long as the explosives are sufficient, it will take about a month or two to blow up a passage, but after the blasting, it will take a lot of work to clean it up, and we can't take shortcuts. I think it would be good if it can be completed within a year. "

  “When they demonstrated, it would take ten years to open the canal, but you did it in one year, which is amazing.”

   "No, it's because our eastern infrastructure is great. After this incident, more people will pay attention to us and know that the title of infrastructure madman will spread all over the world." Qin Tao said.

   "Infrastructure madman? This title is interesting, but we can build railways and oil pipelines on plateaus, and dig canals on plains. We deserve the title of infrastructure madman." Wu Shengli said.

"Now that this project has been launched, there should be no suspense, but there will definitely be a lot of resistance in the future. We also need to be mentally prepared. However, although there are difficulties, the prospects are still bright. In the future, we will The transportation of materials with the West will be more convenient."

The Arctic sea route cannot be used in winter, and conventional routes have to be used. The transportation of materials in the Middle East can only be carried out by conventional routes. Now that the canal is opened, the mileage of sea transportation will be greatly shortened, and the transportation cost will be reduced. The products in the East will be more capable cost-effective.

   "Yes, this project is of great importance to us. Similarly, island countries and pickle countries will also benefit from this canal, but some countries may hate you because of it."

"They have the same skin, the same eyes, and even the same ancestors as us, but they are not of one mind with us." Qin Tao said: "Let's not think of them as compatriots, I think, It's good for us that they're down."

   Everyone thought about Qin Tao's words. Many times, Qin Tao's words are full of deep meaning, and this time is no exception.

   "Yes, Mr. Qin is right. They wear the same pants as the Americans."

   "Although there are difficulties, let's see what we can do. As long as the canal is blown up, Siam must repair it, otherwise public opinion at home and abroad will be dissatisfied." Qin Tao said.

  This is called riding a tiger. As long as the channel is basically formed and can be navigated at any time, it is impossible for Siam to turn it into an unfinished project. He is still full of confidence in the future.

"That's right, this project has come to an end, let's talk about the next important thing." Wu Shengli said: "It will be the National Day soon, can our 002 aircraft carrier be launched on the National Day? I can give a gift to the motherland!"

   "It's never too late for a good meal, why can't our navy wait so long?" Qin Tao felt a little helpless.

"Mr. Qin, when the construction started, you said that it would be launched within two years. Now the time is almost the same. How can it be said that our navy can't wait? Besides, when the construction was done in stages, the progress was quite fast. Hurry up, why are you not in a hurry to get into the water?" A naval leader was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Well, there are many reasons for this." Qin Tao said: "We modified some processes during construction, and many large-scale equipment were directly installed during construction, so as not to cut holes later, that is to say, we increased The workload of dock construction reduces the workload of outfitting in the future, and the entire construction time is actually shorter. This is all for the sake of the navy. Everyone, you should also know that our shipyard of course hopes that the ship can be released from the dock as soon as possible. Empty the dock and build the next one, we are doing this for the sake of the navy, why are you in such a hurry?"

"That is to say, during the National Day, our 002 aircraft carrier can't be launched?" Wu Shengli was a little disappointed. Of course, he knew that Qin Tao had his reasons for saying this, but he still had some expectations. What if the aircraft carrier could be launched? ?

"You can go into the water if you want." Qin Tao said: "However, the installation of the electromagnetic catapult on the deck can only be carried out during the outfitting stage. You should know that this kind of electromagnetic catapult requires high installation accuracy. Install it on a fixed dock, or install it in sloshing sea water, what do you want to choose?"

   "It's never too late for a good meal." Wu Shengli had no choice but to give up.

  Actually, the navy has representatives stationed in the factory, who are watching the warship every day. They also know the specific construction progress. Now they just want Qin Tao to find a way to speed up the progress, but it seems that Qin Tao does not agree.

   "By the way, the warship should be named when it is launched. What is the Navy planning to call this warship?" Qin Tao said.

   Now, the naming of the navy has been fixed, mainly using place names, destroyers and frigates use the names of cities, and aircraft carriers use the names of provinces. This is how the first aircraft carrier was named, and the second is of course no exception.

   "How about calling it the Capital?" said an officer.

   "Capital? You have used this name so early, and then when 003 is built and has nuclear power, what do you plan to call it?" Qin Tao looked at the impatient crowd and asked.

   "That's right, our next ship will be nuclear powered." Another officer nodded: "So this ship can't be occupied. The hull number is 17, that's right, but the name still needs to be thought about."

"Everyone, our aircraft carriers are all named after provinces. How about the second one in the province where Mingzhou is located, called Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Qin Tao began to propose. Of course, he also has selfish intentions. If he can Named after the province where Mingzhou is located, I also have face.

   "Let's forget this first." Wu Shengli said: "There is no rush to name the matter. Speaking of this aircraft carrier, we are very itchy. This Saturday, we have to go to Mingzhou to see the aircraft carrier."

   "Okay, we welcome."

  The meeting was held on Friday, so early the next morning, a group of naval leaders boarded a special plane and flew directly to Mingzhou. It was only eight o'clock when they arrived at the shipyard.

  During this period, Qin Tao often ran outside again. When he was in China, he was often in the capital, so he didn't have much time to go back to the shipyard. Fortunately, the shipyard has long been used to it, and it doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

  Every time I come back, the berth and dock are different from the past.

   "Boss Qin, all leaders, welcome back." Makarov stood beside the dock, watching the arrival of the crowd with a smile. Behind him was the product of his struggle for several years: the 002 aircraft carrier.

Since the overall construction of the hull has been completed, the scaffolding below has been dismantled. The entire aircraft carrier hull is bathed in golden sunlight. The 300-meter-long hull looks so spectacular. It looks much better than the Yuefei deck.

However, there is no ship island yet. At this time, on the berth next to the dock, sparks of the arc are flying, and the ship island module is still being welded. Looking over there, Qin Tao has a smile on his face: "Leaders, you If you want to launch before the National Day, you can only launch this aircraft carrier without islands, do you want to create a miracle?"

   Only Ah San has done this kind of thing in the world. The aircraft carrier has just built a shell, not to mention the island. The rear deck has not been welded, and it has been launched into the water. It looks very funny. Can you do this kind of thing?

"The main body of the island will be completed before the National Day, and welding is also possible." Makarov said, "However, we plan to install some equipment inside before the island is hoisted onto the aircraft carrier. If welding is rushed, Then the equipment can only be installed at the outfitting stage."

   "Equipment? What equipment?" Wu Shengli asked.

   "For example, four-sided phased array radar."

No one has any objections anymore. These things are the key equipment of the aircraft carrier. When they are installed during the outfitting stage, they are installed on the shaking hull. When they are installed now, they are installed on a fixed ground. Which one is more accurate? And metaphor.

  However, some people have doubts, our aircraft carrier has a displacement of 80,000 tons, will it shake during the outfitting stage? However, no one suggested that since the shipyards had made such an arrangement, they must have their reasons, and they could not expose their naivety and ignorance at this time.

   "Leaders, do you want to go up and take a look? Take a turn along the road I walk every day?" Makarov asked.

   "Yes, it's time to walk around Makarov Avenue." Qin Tao said, "Let's go!"

Hearing this name, Makarov had a complicated expression on his face. The last time he was called this way was more than ten years ago. When the Kuznetsov was built, he would walk around the warship every day. In the end, he held a meeting in the hangar, and he would criticize what he did not do well. After a long time, everyone called the road he walked every day Makarov Avenue.

  This avenue reflects Makarov's loyalty to the country.

  It's a pity that the Red Empire is gone. Needless to say, Lao Maozi can't build an aircraft carrier alive, or repair an aircraft carrier, because the floating dock has sunk!

  The world is changing so fast.

  However, no matter where it is, just let him build an aircraft carrier! Looking at this huge aircraft carrier, Makarov felt much calmer.

   "That's right, go up and have a look, our own aircraft carrier is mighty and domineering!" Wu Shengli said with a smile, and walked up the passageway built next to it.

   "The straight deck looks exciting, but what are the three groups of houses in front for?" After asking this sentence, Wu Shengli responded again: "An electromagnetic catapult is installed inside?"

   These three sets of iron houses are like sheds, which look out of place with the aircraft carrier, but you can guess what the sheds are for by looking at the location of the sheds.

"The shed was only set up last Saturday, and this week's work was mainly slotting." Makarov said: "This project was outsourced to Golden Sun Motor Company. After all, they require high precision. Don't worry, it's cleaning now, and the installation will start after the inside is thoroughly cleaned, are you going to take a look?"

   "That's right, let's go and have a look!" Wu Shengli was full of interest.

The displacement of this ship is 10,000 to 20,000 tons larger than the previous one, but its combat effectiveness has nearly doubled. The main reason is that this aircraft carrier is equipped with a catapult, which makes the deployment of carrier-based aircraft more efficient and facilitates the deployment of ships. Carrying early warning aircraft and other equipment.

   Now, seeing that the electromagnetic catapult is about to be installed, how can we not go to join in the fun.

   "The installation of the electromagnetic catapult requires an additional shed? Is it to ensure the cleanliness of the interior?" The big guy asked as he walked.

"Yes, this thing requires high precision, and the installation must be clean enough, but this is only one aspect. On the other hand, for the sake of confidentiality, satellites fly over our shipyard every day." Marcaro Husband said.

  Mingzhou Shipyard has become the focus of some people's supervision, especially after the shipyard here starts to build the aircraft carrier, and the progress is observed every day.

  It is impossible to build a shed to cover the dock, otherwise it would be too troublesome, but this tall electromagnetic catapult must be covered with a shed, so as not to be observed by others.

   Needless to say now, even if it is launched into the water, a shed must be built, and the outfitting must be kept. When the sea trials begin, it will be removed.

   "Yeah, those **** satellites are spying on our shipyard every day. It's really disgusting. Is there any way we can deal with it?" Wu Shengli said.

"There are ways." Qin Tao said, "As long as we don't protect the environment a little better and increase PM2.5, we can cover the whole region with a layer of smog, which will naturally block the reconnaissance satellites. "

  PM2.5? Many people don't understand.

Only those who study the atmosphere know that this refers to the diameter of pollutant particles in the air, and corresponds to PM10, etc. The 2.5 index is the most important because it does not settle and will float in the air for a long time. Become condensation nuclei, resulting in weather such as smog.

In later generations, this kind of weather will appear in the north of the motherland in winter. Under the guidance of the Strategic Fudge Bureau, this kind of weather also has positive significance: to protect our north, especially the capital, whether it is reconnaissance satellites or laser guidance Bombs, all don't work.

  Of course, this is just a joke, such bad weather is not good for the country, Qin Tao is just joking with the big guy.

   "If you say that releasing a few smoke bombs every day is fine, but it will affect the health of our workers, let's forget it." Wu Shengli said, and while speaking, he had already reached the entrance of the work shed on the inclined deck.

  The big guys farther from the bow come up from the middle of the hull, and the first thing they reach is the angled deck.

   "You said, if the West sees that our angled deck has only one catapult, will it laugh at us?" A naval officer said.

"A joke? They are still using steam catapults. Why are they making fun of our electromagnetic catapults?" Qin Tao said: "Our electromagnetic catapults are the most powerful. Three are enough. Besides, their oblique Even if there are two catapults on the corner deck, they are intersected and cannot be released at the same time."

There is a certain distance between the two catapults on the bow, but the two catapults on the angled deck almost meet at the end, so the four catapults in the United States cannot be released at the same time, but they can be prepared at the take-off point and released at the same time. The efficiency can indeed be so high.

  However, our side uses electromagnetic catapults, the performance of which is a generation ahead, and the cost of electromagnetic catapults is expensive. Adding one more catapult will increase the cost by a large amount. Therefore, considering the overall situation, it is better to use three catapults.

"Everyone, please wear shoe covers." When entering the shed, there is a small room first. This is the place to change shoe covers. Dust-free passage?"

   "There is no need for dust-free equipment, but you do have to go through the dust-free passage. The wind inside is a bit strong, everyone be careful."

   Really? Qin Tao opened his eyes wide, isn't he just installing a catapult? Do you need such a big fanfare?

  However, he couldn't take the lead in singing a different tune. After entering, he was blown to the core. The cold current from Siberia in the northern winter was not so refreshing, and then he finally walked into the shed.

This ditch is more than one meter wide and more than one hundred meters long. At this time, several bright lines made by lasers appear in the groove. There is a small shelf on the top of the groove, and a device with a trapezoidal cross section is being installed in it. , you can see that there are a lot of entangled cables inside it, this is the key module of the electromagnetic catapult!

  Suddenly, an officer thought of something: "Is it possible to install this way? After the warship is launched, the stress will be released. Will the deck be deformed at that time? Now such a high-precision installation must not be suitable for small deformations?"

  Steel can also be deformed? The answer is of course yes, not to mention ships, even if it is a tank, if it is used after it is built, the stress will be released and it will cause deformation.

  Ordinary equipment is fine, but seeing that the installation of the electromagnetic catapult requires such high precision, will it affect it?

"It depends on how the warship is built. If you use the previous tower shipbuilding technology, you have to wait for the stress to be released after launching, but we use a more advanced segmented construction method. After closing, the stress will be reduced. It's almost released." Qin Tao said: "When it comes to shipbuilding technology, we are a generation ahead of the United States."

   This is really not bragging.

When the United States man-made the cross-age Ford aircraft carrier, it was launched in November 2013, and the commissioning ceremony was not held until July 2017, but even if it was commissioned, it would not be available immediately. It was not until the second half of 2018 that the electromagnetic wave began. For the test of the catapult, the counterweight trolley was initially used.

  Why did it take so long? Can't the catapult be installed while building?

   This is of course because the shipbuilding technology of the United States is backward.

  Yes, it is backward. In the 1960s, the global shipbuilding industry began to adopt the tower construction method. This method is like building a pagoda on land, building layer by layer.

Firstly lay the keel module on the dock or berth, and then weld the entire bottom of the ship, and connect it from front to back. In this way, the base of the whole ship is completed, and then build up layer by layer, and gradually weld it up. The size of the shipyard is different, and the components to be welded can be large or small. The small one can be a single steel plate, and the large one can be a component of hundreds of tons.

The progress of this kind of shipbuilding is very slow, and after the built ship is formed, there will be relatively large stress deformation. Specifically, the ends of the bow and tail will be in an upturned state. Of course, this state cannot be seen with the naked eye, but The instrument detects clearly.

  Don’t worry about this, after the water is launched, the stress is released and the upturn is gone.

  So, after the Ford-class aircraft carrier is launched, it will take a while, and everything will be fine after the stress is released.

And the shipbuilding in the East has long started to build in sections. The Mingzhou Group is even better now. With the giant gantry cranes of its brothers, the sections that can be built are getting bigger and bigger. This kind of construction method, After the sections are built, the stress has been released, so it doesn't matter whether they are launched into the water or not.

  The British man-made Queen-class aircraft carrier is also built in sections. In order to meet the requirements, it also specially purchased gantry cranes from the East.

  So, can't the Americans adopt more advanced shipbuilding technology?

Of course, they tried it, but after building it, they found that the error in closing the sections was too large, and it was impossible to connect them at all. In the end, a section was wasted in vain. After this lesson, they could only give up the division. The first section of the construction method, again honestly using the original tower shipbuilding method.

  This incident also shows that the old empire is gradually declining. Although they themselves don't want to admit it, their shipbuilding industry is also eating their old money, and because the cost is too high, their shipbuilding industry cannot build civilian ships at all, and they are not competitive! The cost is higher than the quotations of other shipyards, how can they survive in the market?

  In the East, shipbuilding technology is developing rapidly, which is also an important reason for the rise of the East.

  Dongfang’s aircraft carrier can be equipped with catapults during the construction process. It is also because the technology is more advanced, and Dongfang’s construction speed will be faster. In the future, the era of the aircraft carrier’s dumpling will usher in!

"Boss Qin is right. We have verified it on other warships." Ma Ming raised his head and looked at everyone: "We can carry out installation work now, and it will be more efficient in the dock, but don't dismantle it before launching it into the water." Open these sheds, wait for a period of time after launching, we will test again, if there is any problem, we will fine-tune it, and if there is no problem, we will do a good job of sealing, and then we can dismantle the shed.”