MTL - Warship of Great Power-Chapter 743 Kaizi Asan

  Chapter 743 Kaizi Asan

"We have already done what can be done, and what will develop next is beyond our control." Qin Tao said: "If they are thick-skinned enough, they will build according to our plan. most suitable."

Wu Shengli nodded: "The United States has been led astray by us. Now, if the British also take the medium-voltage communication route, this kind of electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic blocking will definitely cause problems, and they will not be able to serve for a long time. Their dream of a large aircraft carrier, It will take many more years.”

  Qin Tao is not only helping the development of the domestic navy, but also trying to delay the pace of modernization of other countries' navies. His achievements are unparalleled.

   "However, let's do the math. With the financial resources of the UK, it is not easy to build such two aircraft carriers." Wu Shengli continued.

  Compared to the economic strength of the country, the East is still inferior to the United Kingdom. However, the East has a huge advantage, that is, the cost of labor is low. Therefore, no matter what the East produces, it is lower than the West.

The queen-class aircraft carrier built by the British in later generations has undergone various compromises. In the end, the cost of each aircraft carrier has reached 3.1 billion pounds. , It only cost about three billion US dollars, and the displacement is 20,000 to 30,000 tons larger than that of the British, and it also has electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic blocking. If all these are added up, the cost of each British aircraft carrier will have to rise by more than one billion. GBP. The British aircraft carrier still uses two gas turbines. If four are used according to the original plan, the cost will have to add hundreds of millions of pounds.

   However, from the perspective of the British, the cost of 3.1 billion pounds is still very cheap.

   "If they are smart enough, they should go to find Ah San." Qin Tao said: "If Ah San, who has been taken advantage of by others, gets on a pirate ship, he may be tricked by the British again."

Now, Ah San is very embarrassing. Their Chaoriwang, which cost billions of dollars to buy back, turned out to be useless and could not go to sea at all. Otherwise, they would have to worry about whether they could come back. The shell has not yet been welded, and, before deciding what to use for the carrier-based aircraft, the aircraft carrier has begun to be built.

  Britain is an old empire after all, and has built many aircraft carriers. The first aircraft carrier Ah San owned was a second-hand one purchased from the United Kingdom. So now, it is normal for the British to go to fool Ah San.

   "Then what should we do?" Wu Shengli said.

  Qin Tao is very smart. He has various ways to trip up the British. Now, he should think of a good way, right?

   "We have nothing to do. After all, this matter has nothing to do with us. We have already done what we should do. Now, if there is nothing to do in the capital, I want to go to Huating."

   "What are you doing?"

   "Go to Zhenhua Heavy Industry." Qin Tao said: "They will have a big business soon. I will go over and lay the groundwork first."

   Zhenhua Heavy Industry? This company is not under the Mingzhou Group! Wu Shengli was very curious.

   At this moment, Zhao Ling walked over gently.

   "I just received a message that the British organized a delegation to Ah San. I don't know what to do."

   "What are you doing? Taozi just predicted that they are going to Ah San to sell aircraft carriers."

  Thales Group won the bidding contract, and this is the time when they are most proud. After receiving the order from the Navy, they immediately sent a professional team to the east to sell to Asan.

  The person in charge of this team is Mitchell. After what happened last time, his salary has been greatly increased, and his position has changed from an ordinary designer to a chief designer.

   Now, he is full of ambition.

   Ah San also attaches great importance to the group from the UK. According to the reception process, a meeting will be held in the capital first, and after the meeting is over, they will be taken to the Cochin Shipyard.

"You have had the experience of operating our aircraft carrier for many years, but later, for some reason, you alienated us." Mitchell continued: "Over the years, you have gone far in the development of aircraft carriers. There are many detours. You asked Da Mao to improve the second-hand aircraft carrier. You spent billions, but the aircraft carrier was scrapped. You produced the aircraft carrier yourself. After several years, the production of this aircraft carrier is still very slow. You can’t even make steel independently. Production. So, for your side..."

   "Mr. Mitchell, what exactly do you want to say?" Sunil asked angrily.

  Are these guys here just to make fun of them? If this is the case, then Sunil has no patience to continue listening.

   "I mean, if you want to quickly acquire aircraft carrier power, it is the wisest choice for you to purchase our aircraft carrier now." Mitchell said, he had already seen the impatience of the other party, so he quickly explained his intention.

   "Your aircraft carrier? Invincible class? I'm sorry, we are no longer interested in this class of aircraft carrier." Sunil shook his head.

   The Asan Navy has bought many British warships, including aircraft carriers, but this time has passed, and the current Ahsan Navy has a big appetite.

After all, the Eastern Navy already has an improved Varyag aircraft carrier, and it is producing a second aircraft carrier on the berth. Even if the Asan Navy cannot have an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier, it will have to replace it with two 40,000-ton aircraft carriers. It is invincible What can level do? The sea harrier is almost gone.

   "No, of course it's not the Invincible class. That kind of aircraft carrier is useless in our hands and will be phased out soon. I'm talking about our new generation of Queen-class aircraft carrier."

   "Queen class?" Sunil showed a puzzled expression.

  So, Mitchell was depressed, okay, after a long time, you didn't pay attention to our British naval construction at all? The recent purchase of our two aircraft carriers is known to the whole world, but you don't know anything?

   Isn't this ignoring us too much?

   Mitchell felt his pride had been hit, but, considering the purpose of his visit this time, he held back.

"The Royal Navy decided to eliminate the existing aircraft carriers and purchase two brand new aircraft carriers. These aircraft carriers are large aircraft carriers with a displacement of 65,000 tons and can operate dozens of carrier-based aircraft at the same time. We have completed the bidding process. Now, We came from far away in the United Kingdom to bring you this advanced aircraft carrier, and we know that you also need an aircraft carrier of this level."

  Displacement of 65,000 tons? Sure enough, an excited expression appeared on Sunil's face: "Really? Can you show us the blueprint?"

   "Of course." Mitchell asked the assistant to open the design drawing, which was hung on the whiteboard beside him.

This design drawing is rendered and very beautiful. The perspective is from the upper left of the aircraft carrier, overlooking the huge deck. On the catapult at the bow, a JSF fighter is preparing to take off. On the catapult at the angled deck On the top, there is an E-2 early warning aircraft with a mushroom plate on top. The two-ship island is so beautiful, and the corridor on the top is reflecting the light in the sun.

   Beautiful, so beautiful!

  Sunil is tempted, he is really tempted, in his eyes, Ah San Navy should have obtained a modern aircraft carrier long ago, and this aircraft carrier in front of him is even more modern!

"Our aircraft carrier plans to use four 40-megawatt-class gas turbines under development, plus a spare diesel engine. The propulsion power of the entire aircraft carrier exceeds 180 megawatts. This power allows the aircraft carrier to easily Drive to a high speed of more than 30 knots, and at the same time have sufficient power supply for electromagnetic ejection.”

   "Electromagnetic ejection?" Sunil continued to open his eyes wide: "Do you still have electromagnetic ejection?"

There are various indications that Dongfang has obtained the electromagnetic ejection technology. If there is no accident, Dongfang will use it on the next aircraft carrier. The Blue Sky Guardian that Ah San is building on the berth still uses the method of ski jumping. This immediately shows how weak Ah San's aircraft carrier is. They don't want to see this kind of thing happen, so they are looking forward to their own aircraft carrier becoming taller.

  However, the technology of electromagnetic ejection is not something they can master. They have done research and finally gave up. Even the United States has not developed a mature technology, so don't think about it.

   "Yes, when it comes to high technology, our UK is still very powerful." Mitchell would not say that the electromagnetic catapult was bought from the United States, he had to put gold on his face.

"We not only have electromagnetic ejection, but also an integrated power system for the entire ship, and even the propulsion system, we use electric motors." Mitchell talked eloquently: "How about it, do you want to get this advanced aircraft carrier? ?”

  Sunil swallowed a mouthful of spit: "I think, but I just don't know, what is the price of this kind of aircraft carrier?"

   "If you want to order, our quotation to you is the same as the quotation to the Royal Navy, which is five billion pounds, how about it?"

  5 billion pounds, converted into US dollars, is enough to 6 billion US dollars. To build such a warship, Ah San can build three Blue Sky Guardians!

  Su Ni suddenly frowned.

It looks very advanced, but the price is also very beautiful. Moreover, this is only the hull. If an aircraft carrier wants to have combat capabilities, it must have carrier-based aircraft. If it is to purchase another batch of carrier-based aircraft, especially E- 2 Early warning aircraft, maybe another 5 billion, tens of billions to get such a thing, is it worth it?

   "Excuse me, can we purchase your design drawings and build them in our own shipyard?" Sunil thought of such a compromise.

  Ah San has always had a dream of being a big country, and they are also eager to realize the independent development and production of weapons. The LCA fighter jets of the Air Force, the Arjun tanks of the Army, and the Delhi-class destroyers of the Navy are all the results of such dreams.

However, the reality is not satisfactory. Whether it is the LCA fighter or the Arjun tank, the research and development process is quite difficult. Moreover, after spending a lot of money on research and development, the army does not want it. After all, the army is going to fight, and it is impossible to be unqualified. The product.

  Navy is lucky to say that although the Derry-class destroyers claim to be built by themselves, their design is outrageous and their weapons are outrageous.

  Afterwards, they had a lot of bad luck. The frigate they built broke into two pieces when they first went to sea.

  However, they still want to build it themselves. It would be even better if they could purchase the design drawings of this advanced aircraft carrier and build it themselves.

  Intuitively, Mitchell wanted to shake his head, what are you kidding, can I give you the blueprints casually? However, when it came to his lips, he was a little more tactful.

"It is not easy to build this brand-new aircraft carrier. To install an electromagnetic catapult, the deck must be flat enough. The integrated power system of the entire ship is a test of the insulation ability of the construction process. If there is an accidental short circuit in the middle of the cable , That would be a disaster for warships. You don’t have this kind of construction capability for the time being.”

   "Mr. Mitchell, we are starting to build the Blue Sky Guardian. We have the ability to build a more advanced aircraft carrier. Please visit our shipyard." Sunil said: "You will be surprised."

  The original plan included inviting the British to visit Ah San's shipyard, but now, it has more significance, allowing the British to see whether they have the ability to build such an aircraft carrier.

  The strength of British experts is still very strong.

   Mitchell nodded.

  Cochin Shipyard is a busy scene. Countless people are carrying steel plates back and forth. Many people walk on the ground with bare feet. There are many scraps and rusty spots of steel plates on the ground.

The largest dry dock in the shipyard is less than 270 meters, and the width is only 40 meters. The Blue Sky Guardian is being built here. The sparks of the arc are flying, which looks interesting. However, when one of the welders turned around , Mitchell almost laughed, this guy didn't wear a mask at work today, so he found a piece of cardboard, hung it on his face with a rope, and cut two holes out of his eyes.

  This mask used by welders mainly has lenses to filter ultraviolet rays to prevent eye damage. This guy is interesting, but only covers the face. Is it because he is afraid that the sparks of the arc will hurt his face? That's secondary, okay?

   "Mr. Mitchell, what you see now is the aircraft carrier Blue Sky Guardian we are building. What do you think?"

"Your dock is too small. Building a ship of 40,000 tons is already the limit. The aircraft carrier we designed has a displacement of 65,000 tons, and its length and width are much larger than this dock, so you can't build it." Mitchell I finally found a suitable reason: "Besides, your construction methods are too backward. Advanced aircraft carriers are built in sections. An aircraft carrier is divided into several sections, and finally assembled in a shipyard."

  Ah San's construction method in front of him is still building blocks, which has long been outdated.

   Therefore, Ah San is doomed not to be able to build an advanced aircraft carrier by himself, so he can only hand over the construction work to the UK.

"It is indeed a problem that the dock is too small. However, we can build a large dock first, so that we can meet the construction of the aircraft carrier." Sunil didn't think it was a problem at all for the question raised by Mitchell, even if he first Building a large dock to rebuild the ship will not be more expensive than direct procurement. In this way, after the aircraft carrier is built, the large dock remains.

   "As for the segmented construction, it is indeed a problem." Sunil knew that with the level of Ah San and other workers, if the construction was segmented, there would be problems in the final welding, and the error was so large that it was impossible to connect.

   Such a little bit of construction, even if there is a certain error, the welding is still a whole.

   "What's the problem?" Mitchell asked. Of course, he had already guessed something, and now he was just waiting for the other party to make a fool of himself and let the other party say it himself. The precision of the construction was not up to standard.

  Sunil was speechless. Of course he couldn’t say that his own construction quality was not good. Just when he didn’t think of how to refute, the director of the shipyard who followed him spoke up.

   "Your plan is to build in sections, how many sections do you know?"

   "About about six paragraphs." Mitchell said, this has not been finalized yet, so I can only give a general idea.

"Divided into six sections? That means, on average, each section is within a few thousand tons, and the largest one can even exceed eight thousand tons. How do you plan to close such a huge section? Do you have such a large section?" Gantry Crane?"

   Now it's Mitchell's turn to be shocked, yes, why didn't he think of this?

  After the construction is completed in sections, it can be transported by ship. This is what the barge is for. However, how to assemble it after transporting it?

  This requires a gantry crane!

  8,000-ton, or even 10,000-ton gantry cranes, how could it be possible? There is absolutely no such large gantry crane in the world.

  In the far east, Zhenhua Heavy Industry.

  Old Guan looked excitedly at Qin Tao who got off the stretched red flag car: "Mr. Qin, welcome to Zhenhua Heavy Industry. If you have any orders, just say it."

Back then, Zhenhua Heavy Industry had just started and it was very difficult. Mr. Qin extended a helping hand to help Zhenhua Heavy Industry through the most difficult time. Now, Zhenhua Heavy Industry has developed and become the overlord in the industry, but , Drought never forgets the well digger, Mr. Guan will never forget Mr. Qin, not to mention, the two sides still have a lot of cooperation.

   "Well, I came here to see how big is Zhenhua Heavy Industry's largest gantry crane?"

  The biggest gantry crane?

Guan Lao thought for a while: "At present, the largest gantry crane we have built is 6,000 tons, and it is used in your Mingzhou Group. However, this is only because there is no greater need. If users have needs, this gantry crane It is no problem to double the lifting capacity. Why, Mr. Qin, are you going to order a large gantry crane?"

If Makarov were here, he would definitely be very moved. Back then, the Black Sea Shipyard purchased 900-ton gantry cranes from Western Europe in order to build heavy-duty aircraft cruisers in sections. Sections of nine hundred tons. At that time, Lao Maozi did not have this technology and could only purchase it from foreign countries.

What now? Dongfang has been able to build a 6,000-ton gantry crane, and this kind of gantry crane was also built for the Mingzhou Group. That kind of 052C destroyer can even lift the entire ship, which shows how heaven-defying it is.

  However, this is still nothing, if necessary, they can build a larger gantry crane.

"We didn't intend to buy it." Qin Tao said: "But now, there is such a demand in the international market, so we need to declare to the outside world that we will purchase a brand new gantry crane from here. As for the lifting weight, 12,000 tons is enough .”

  There is demand in the international market, and Mingzhou Group claims to purchase from Zhenhua Heavy Industry?

  Old Guan became excited: "Okay, Mr. Qin, since you need it, let's develop and design it immediately, with the goal of 12,000 tons!"

In fact, in later generations, the largest gantry crane built in China was 22,000 tons. However, it is not needed for the time being. After all, Qin Tao knows that the British Queen-class aircraft carrier is divided into six giant sections. This is because the UK has six major shipyards: Devon, Tyneside, Glasgow and Portsmouth, among others.

  Among these general sections, five were between 4,000 tons and 8,000 tons, and the heaviest one reached about 11,300 tons. These sections were finally transported to the Rosyth Shipyard for final assembly. (also translated into Rossis)

  The Rosyth Shipyard naturally needs a 12,000-ton gantry crane. This project is tailor-made for them.

   Can the largest segment be separated?

  The answer is no, because the length of the super total section module is 80 meters, just to ensure the flatness and connectivity of the flight deck.

These sections are larger than the sections of the Mingzhou Group's aircraft carrier. The British can build these sections with the same score, and finally assemble them. It can also show that the British still have a few brushes in shipbuilding. Of course, as for launching After that, water leaks, or even seawater floods back, that's another matter.

   Now, Qin Tao is going to tailor a set for the British.

   "Well, I still have some requirements for this set of gantry cranes. If you have the ability, please realize it."

   "President Qin, please speak."

"This set of gantry cranes can only be installed once, or it can only be installed by you. If someone else disassembles the set of gantry cranes you have installed and then reinstalls them, it will be unexpected." Qin Tao said: "Of course , When you sell it, it must also be written in the contract that you need to be invited to disassemble and assemble, and we will not be responsible for accidents caused by disassembly and assembly without permission.”

  To be honest, Mr. Guan was a little curious at this time, and didn't know what Qin Tao's arrangement meant. However, Mr. Qin is very powerful. If you don't understand it now, you won't understand it, and you will naturally understand it in the future.

   "Boss Qin, we still have a way to meet your request." Guan Lao said, "It's just that this will lead to an increase in costs."

"The 12,000-ton gantry crane is only available to you, and it is normal for the cost to increase." Qin Tao said: "If foreigners come to purchase, it will be 60 million US dollars, and there will be no bargaining. Whether you want it or not. "

Gantry cranes are of course sky-high prices, but 60 million US dollars per unit is still frighteningly high. The export price of ZPMC’s gantry cranes has never exceeded 20 million US dollars. This time 60 million US dollars is definitely to create a It's history.

   PS: There are different opinions, some say 20 million, and some say 130 million. The hero of East China is thinking, is the latter number in RMB? After hesitating again and again, we decided to set a price of 60 million, we can't lose money. According to the previous calculation, the British guy bought 20 million, and after using it up, sold it to Ah San for 40 million, so let's just sell it for 60 million. If it's more than 100 million dollars, it always feels a little unbelievable.

  (end of this chapter)