Chapter 325 Tianjing Combined Cutter Suction Dredger (Please subscribe)
The next morning.
"Xiao Ling, I will take you to our steel plant today." Qin Tao said to Zhao Ling: "Our steel plant also has very strong technical strength. For example, the Yinwa steel we currently use to manufacture natural gas ships is our own. The smelted steel has been recognized by the French, and we are the second in the world to be able to smelt this kind of steel."
Zhao Ling nodded: "Well, I will follow your arrangements."
“We are currently developing high-strength steel, which will be available when we start building aircraft carriers in the future.”
While talking, the two of them walked out of the guest house and stood at the door, waiting for Xu Zhengyang to drive.
At this moment, Qin Tao’s eldest brother made a loud noise.
“Hello, who is it? What? Dad? Are you coming?”
Qin Tao was suddenly surprised.
Zhao Ling on the side was also shocked. The dad Qin Tao said was definitely not Qin Baoshan, but Wu Shengli.
How come he has time to come here?
The Mercedes-Benz G drove over, and the two of them got into the car. Qin Tao said to Xu Zhengyang, "Let's go to the naval base."
Wu Shengli and the others came by helicopter and flew directly to the naval base in Mingzhou. Although there is no runway here, it is still no problem to take off and land helicopters.
By the time Qin Tao and the others passed by, the Zhijiu had already landed. Several leaders from the base were there to greet them. Qin Tao and Zhao Ling also came to greet them.
Not only Wu Shengli, but also several other naval leaders stepped off the plane together. The helicopter's rotors were still turning, causing the weeds on the ground to sway back and forth. Qin Tao glanced at Xu Zhengyang behind him and already guessed something.
"Taozi, let's go to the conference room!" Wu Shengli greeted him from a distance.
The group of people walked to the conference room of the naval base. Everyone in the room had excitement on their faces, and Qin Tao's expression was different.
"Last night, we received a relevant report indicating that the Zhouzhou Shipyard had the idea of reclamation and island building. We were very excited, so we came over in person." Wu Shengli said, "Taozi, tell me now. Be specific.”
Yesterday, Qin Tao finished talking about the plan, and Xu Zhengyang reported it. The navy was having a headache about these things. Suddenly, when it heard about the solution, it was naturally very happy and ran over immediately.
Now, all eyes are looking at Qin Tao. Although Qin Tao received the news in a hurry, this does not trouble him.
"We need a large cutter suction dredger." Qin Tao said: "This dredger needs to be equipped with a high-power reamer. It can not only dig all kinds of clay, dense sand, and gravel, but also drive Digging rocks with a pressure resistance of 40 MPa means that even if we encounter granite, we are capable of cutting it to pieces and sucking it away."
"As for the depth, we can't expect too much. The maximum excavation depth is thirty meters, which is enough for dredging the river." Qin Tao continued: "The excavation efficiency is set at 4,500 cubic meters per hour. , the mud discharge distance is set at six thousand meters, which can also reduce our technical difficulty."
In Qin Tao's eyes, this is still far from being the best in the world. The most advanced dredger can blow 6,000 cubic meters per hour to 15,000 meters. However, this is In the 1990s, there was not much technical reserve in China, so we took our time.
He thinks it has lowered the difficulty, but in the eyes of others, it is not much different from launching a satellite.
"Currently, the dredgers we can manufacture domestically are only medium-sized dredgers, and the data is less than one-tenth of your data." Wang Qianjin, a technical expert who came from Huating, said: "What you proposed Can this technical indicator be achieved?"
“Well, if I had known better, I would not have contributed that ship back then. Several years have passed and there is still no improvement.” Qin Tao sighed.
Back then, Qin Tao got the island country's medium-sized dredger from Lao Maozi. Later, at his father's insistence, the dredging equipment on it was sent to the Ship Design Institute for research. For them, this was a Important samples.
Although the installation took a long time due to an issue with hand sanitizer, overall it went smoothly.
Later, since all the rivers in the country needed to be dredged, they followed the same example and built several boats of the same type. However, that was all, and there was no improvement or improvement at all.
“Mr. Qin, this kind of dredger is already a world-class difficult vessel. We can build the same type of dredger, which is already very good. If you want to improve, it’s not that easy!”
"Of course it's not easy. If it were easy, so many countries in the world have the need to dredge rivers. Why not build them ourselves?" Qin Tao looked at Wang Qianjin: "But we are different from them. We, the Chinese nation, are With a long history of five thousand years, we are creative, we have to have what others have, and we have to have what others don’t have, and we have to show this spirit!"
Wang Qinjin smiled bitterly: "Mr. Qin, you are right, we have also thought about improving. In order to improve our construction technology, and also because of this demand, we have contacted the Dutch and hope to cooperate with them to build Our dredger.”
“Dutch people?” Qin Tao smiled and said, “You are really unimproved. Are you going to stick your head out and let others chop you?”
Wang Qianjin nodded: "Who says otherwise? They came up and demanded a sky-high price of 300 million US dollars. We thought it was too expensive and wanted to bargain. Who would have thought that they went too far. Not only did they not lower the price, they also raised the price. Five percent more!"
Wang Qianjin’s face turned red when he talked about this. For them, this was a huge humiliation. Although it happened last year, they still feel ashamed and angry when they think about it now.
However, what can be done? Who told us not to have this kind of technology? Without technology, we can only be controlled by others!
“We only want half the price, US$150 million.” Qin Tao said: “If the superiors trust us, they will give us the task of building this ship.”
"Taozi, you can't be so talkative!" Wu Shengli said: "Convert U.S. dollars into RMB, and the price is about the same."
Back then, his own father made the donation, and now it's his mother-in-law's turn to come here to bargain. However, Qin Tao no longer hesitates like before. He shook his head firmly: "Half of the price is our cost price. We It is also to contribute to the motherland. If foreign customers come to order from us, then we will have to ask for a price of 300 million US dollars."
Qin Tao’s attitude is very firm.
“So expensive?”
"How much does a modern warship cost? The technology of this combined cutter suction dredger is no less difficult than that of a warship." Qin Tao said: "Its displacement is tens of thousands of tons, and its design is also very complex. Dredging requires a set of automatic control systems, which we need to develop completely new, as well as its reamers. If we want to be able to cut through granite, we need high-hardness reamers, which all need to be newly developed and are very expensive. At half the price, we might still lose money.”
"If it can be made, the price is indeed not expensive." Wang Qianjin said: "But if it cannot be made and we have to order it from abroad, then we will waste precious time and money."
Qin Tao glanced at Wang Jinjin: "Master, are you so unsure of our own technology?"
"No, no, that's not what I mean." Wang Qianjin was a little embarrassed: "It's really because this technology is too advanced, we, we..."
"We at Mingzhou Shipyard just like to challenge difficult things. Is it difficult to build a natural gas ship? Hasn't it been built by us? Is it difficult to build an aircraft carrier? We will be able to deliver it to customers soon. Bulk cargo of large tonnage Other shipyards dare not build ships for fear of breaking in two, but we build them anyway! There is nothing we cannot build."
After Qin Tao finished speaking, he looked at Wu Shengli: "According to the international contract model, we stipulate the delivery time of the ship. If we can't build it by then, we will compensate the ship owner for the loss!"
Wu Shengli nodded: "Okay, with your words, we can rest assured. Place the order now and deliver the ship within a year, even if it takes more than a day!"
For a brand-new ship, it can take several years from design to construction. Wu Shengli proposed to deliver the ship within one year. Of course, he had his own reasons.
The problem in the south must be solved as soon as possible, preferably next year. Therefore, since Qin Tao is so confident and capable, of course he must put some pressure on him.
Hearing what Wu Shengli said, Qin Tao did not hesitate: "Of course there is no problem, the ship will be delivered within a year, but is our ship owner the navy?"
This kind of dredger is a civilian vessel and is certainly not suitable for delivery to the navy. The Navy can hide behind it, but it cannot show it.
“No, it is affiliated to the Haihe River Navigation Bureau.”
"Okay, then ask them to sign a contract with us as soon as possible." Qin Tao said: "Our one-year agreement starts from the signing of the contract. Moreover, we must pay at least half of the deposit until the ship is launched. Pay us the other half.”
This request was a bit excessive, but Wu Shengli did not hesitate and nodded immediately: "Of course, no problem, I will follow your request. By the way, where are the comrades from the Haihe Waterway Bureau, have you brought your official seal? If so, now Just sign the contract and let your company pay the money!"
So fast?
This fellow traveler was shocked by Wu Shengli's vigorous and resolute actions. Although he had an official seal, where was the money? One hundred and fifty million U.S. dollars, converted into RMB, would be over one billion. If you give half of the deposit first, that would be more than five hundred million RMB!
With so much money, why don’t you have any intention of doing big business? Like buying cabbage at the wet market?
"As for the money issue, you can postpone it for half a month. Just pay us within half a month. Within this half month, we will make the design drawings."
Publish pictures in half a month?
This is starting from scratch!
No ship design institute in the country dares to boast about this kind of Haikou. Is Mr. Qin too confident?
Qin Tao is of course very confident, because he is confident!
When the dredger equipment was brought back, who conducted the research? Yang Dawei!
At the beginning, Yang Dawei had been thinking about this device for a long time and had already figured out the internal structure and principles. He was tortured by a bottle of hand sanitizer.
More importantly, Qin Tao did not put forward the technical specifications of these dredgers casually. He was talking about the parameters of the Tianjing dredger. The ship he wanted to build was also the Tianjing.
In the time and space before the rebirth, the Sky Whale dredger was a key national project. After the deal with the Dutch suffered a setback, the relevant units found the German VOSTALMG company to design and build it in Huating.
However, after obtaining the design drawings, Qin Tao, as one of the engineers at the time, participated in the review of the drawings. Qin Tao was the first to discover that the German design had serious problems: insufficient displacement, insufficient speed, and equipment installation. Defects etc.
Sure enough, foreigners don’t have any good things!
At that time, the contract had been signed and the design fees had been paid to the Germans. The Germans were supposed to be responsible for this problem, but they made a shameless request: If they want to modify the design, they have to pay more!
This is the reason why there is no technology. Because there is no technology, you have to be controlled by others!
At that time, the Germans not only proudly asked for more money to modify the design plan, but they also asserted that domestic technology was simply unable to build such a large cutter suction dredger.
Under the disdainful eyes of the Germans, Qin Tao and others worked hard and worked in the design room all night. Finally, they revised the design plan of the ship and finally completed its independent construction.
They used their actual actions to severely slap the Germans in the face.
Even the island countries and South Kimchi countries with strong shipbuilding capabilities were unable to manufacture such advanced dredgers. Later, they even requested to lease Chinese dredgers. In order to avoid technology leakage, their lease request was never approved.
At that time, Qin Tao worked extra hard. After this project, he also mastered the technical details of the dredger, so he could complete the design with Yang Dawei and others.
In half a month, it is not impossible to replicate the Tianjing dredger in the memory of the previous life.
So now, Qin Tao has this confidence.
“We also need to have a resounding name for this ship. How about calling it the Sky Whale? On the left is a fish, and on the right is the capital of the capital.”
“The word “whale” means “whale”, so this is a good name. The whale in the sky has come down.”
Wu Shengli also nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's wait for the design of the Sky Whale in half a month! Now, except for the comrades from the navy who stay, everyone else can leave the meeting."
After hearing Wu Shengli's words, Qin Tao stood up and was about to leave.
“Taozi, what are you doing?”
"Didn't you say that only people from the navy will stay? I'm not from the navy, so of course I have to leave." Qin Tao said confidently.
“If you stay, you will still be the protagonist in the next meeting, and you will have the most ideas. Next, we are still waiting for your ideas!”
“What was on the news last night?” Qin Tao asked.
Wu Shengli nodded.
The navy is a little frustrated.
Among the three major fleets, the southern fleet controls the vastest sea area, but the strength of the southern fleet is actually the smallest.
After all, the fleet in the north is the most strategically important to guard the waters outside the capital. Therefore, it has always been the most valued and has the best equipment. Not only the two Type 052s, but also the two Type 051Cs. They are all attached to the northern fleet.
The fleet in the east can be equipped with the two modern-class ships purchased from Lao Maozi at a high price.
What about the one to the south?
It’s bitter!
There are only seven large main warships, Type 051, the first domestic destroyer with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons. Due to the lack of anti-aircraft firepower, this kind of warship rarely leaves the combat radius of land-based fighter jets.
Every time we encounter a problem, we have to send frigates and sometimes warships from the north and east. There is simply no way to respond in time.
Therefore, after Qin Tao came up with the idea of reclamation and island building, the senior navy officials were very excited and immediately came to discuss it in detail. Moreover, out of trust in Mingzhou Shipyard, Qin Tao promised to compensate if he could not deliver the work on time. , and the contract was signed.
Now, the technical staff have left, leaving only the navy personnel, who obviously want to hear what good strategies Qin Tao comes up with.
Qin Tao looked at the pairs of expectant eyes and felt a little stressed.
"Currently, the plan I propose is to reclaim the sea and build islands." Qin Tao said: "It is too difficult to rely only on the stilt houses on the previous reefs. With the islands, the scope of our navy's activities will be larger. Moreover, according to the Navy's vision, as long as the island is of a certain area, even if it is only the size of a basketball court, we can deploy Yak-38 there."
At first, Qin Tao's purchase of Yak-38 was just for picking up junk. Later, after the technology was upgraded, it was given to Siam's navy. The remaining Yak-38 was taken away by the navy. At that time, Qin Tao knew The Navy has this idea.
No matter where you are, you have nothing without air supremacy. If you want to have air supremacy, you must have an aircraft. No matter how poor the performance of the Yak-38 is, it is still a jet aircraft. If it is equipped with R-60 missiles, its performance is not much worse than that of the J-7.
Furthermore, since it was originally an aircraft produced for the navy, it has very good moisture-proofing and other treatments, and can be deployed on islands.
It’s just that one plane is not enough. There are maintenance personnel, maintenance forces, logistical parts supply, etc. These all require larger islands. Therefore, when it comes to reclamation and island building, the bigger the better.
"Yes, we have considered deploying the Yak-38. No matter how backward this aircraft is, it is still a jet aircraft. Moreover, we do not need to deploy it for a long time. We must be prepared first. Once the situation escalates and deployment is needed, it can fly at any time. In the past." Wu Shengli nodded: "However, these are things for the future, what we have to consider is the present."
How to solve the problem in last night's news, how to get things back in order, and let out a strong sigh of relief!
"As for this, there is an annular coral reef at 9 degrees 54' north latitude and 115 degrees 32' east longitude. Our fishermen call it Shuangsha Island. How about we establish a forward outpost there?"
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
The location there is so important!
This is a ring-shaped reef, so if the island is reclaimed in the future, it can be turned into a ring-shaped island. The inside can be used as a port, and the outside can be built with an airport runway, and it can become a large military base!
In this way, once there is a problem nearby, the navy can go out at any time to protect the fishermen of the motherland and avoid being bullied by others.
It has been the territory of the motherland since ancient times. Unfortunately, the navy has never had actual control. With this opportunity, we can take it into our own hands and become the most important outpost of the navy.
"How to do it?" Wu Shengli paid more attention to the process. In fact, the navy's top brass had begun to look at Shuangsha Island. However, it was beyond their reach. Once they took action, they would attract the attention of others, and there would be conflicts. It’s hard to start.
Qin Tao said: "Send our 2,000-ton fishery administration ship over to protect our fishermen!"
A two-thousand-ton fishery vessel?
A few people looked at each other and said, "We don't have that kind of fishery administration boat!"
"Why not?" Qin Tao said: "Has the No. 101 warship been decommissioned? Although it has been decommissioned, it cannot be left alone. It must continue to exert its residual heat. It is best to give it to the fishery administration department."
Warship No. 101?
Wu Shengli finally smiled. Sure enough, Qin Tao had a lot of ideas, and this suggestion was exactly what he wanted most.
At that time, the motherland had just been founded. It was poor and had no defense. The navy was in urgent need of expanding its strength. Therefore, even if the old man provided scrap copper and iron, the price was still quite high. The navy had no other choice. Gotta want it!
In the end, the Navy purchased four Type 07 destroyers that were about to be retired at a high price equivalent to 17 tons of gold each at the time. After these warships entered the navy, they were the warships with the largest displacement in the navy for a long time, and were called the Four King Kongs of the Navy.
In fact, these warships should have been decommissioned when they were purchased, and then served in the Chinese Navy for decades. It was not until last year that the No. 101 destroyer completed its mission and was honorably retired.
What will you do after you retire?
As an old ship of great significance, it is not appropriate to dismantle it and sell it for scrap. Instead, send it to a museum?
Now, Qin Tao has given a better answer: give it to the fishery administration department and continue to use the remaining heat.
More than two thousand tons, it is not a big one among warships, but in the field of fishery administration, it is definitely the best. As long as the anti-ship missiles are removed, the naval guns will still be retained. If there is a hard fight, then Use naval guns to drive away the opponent!
With such a big killing weapon, who would dare to cause trouble?
This suggestion put forward by Qin Tao has since become a common practice. Warships eliminated by the navy are often transformed into fishery administration ships to support fishermen.
"Are there any more? Tell me more of these creative ones." Wu Shengli continued to urge.
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