Chapter 586 Wasteland Village Base Picture-22M
Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao: "If I listen, I will definitely be tempted."
“If you are tempted, let’s start construction!” Qin Tao said: “Dad, these two warships are really important. Let me first introduce to you the design plan of the national defense mobilization ship.”
National defense mobilization ship?
Wu Shengli opened his eyes wide, this name is quite strange!
"This is a modular warship with a displacement of about 10,000 tons. It can be quickly converted into a hospital ship, helicopter carrier, and transport ship. It can meet our ocean navigation training, helicopter training, medical rescue training, national defense mobilization drills, and Comprehensive training and other functions.”
The first thing Qin Tao introduced was the Shichang national defense mobilization ship. This warship looks like a container cargo ship with a wide deck. This deck can meet the needs of at least two or three helicopters taking off and landing at the same time. In the future, after the vertical takeoff and landing fighter is finalized, vertical takeoff and landing training can also be conducted.
On this wide deck, other modules can be added according to the occupation needs. For example, by installing special container-modified medical modules and ward modules, it can become a specialized maritime mobile hospital, equivalent to the size of a municipal central hospital.
Of course, its most important thing is ocean navigation training. This warship is equipped with more than ten practical training cabins such as a dedicated teaching and training command room, a chart operation classroom, a communication practice report room, and a host control laboratory. It can guarantee the training of more than 200 trainees and more than 40 instructors at one time on medium and long-distance voyages.
When Qin Tao finished saying this, Wu Shengli was indeed tempted: "That sounds really good!"
“Yes, if we want to build a strong navy, we must have professional training ships. The navy cannot stop slacking in this aspect, as this will delay the training of naval talents!”
"Oh, I've been persuaded by you again. Please write a report. The Navy needs to do a special study."
"Well, no problem." Qin Tao was very happy. He thought of something and continued to ask Wu Shengli: "Dad, where are you going next?"
"Next go to the north, first go to Bincheng Shipyard to see the 052B there, and then go to the carrier-based aircraft training base to see the construction site of the catapult that will be launched there." Wu Shengli said: "What, do you want to go with us? Shall I go with you?"
“During the last bidding, Director Sun said that I was welcome to be a guest. In the past year or two, I haven’t been to Bincheng Shipyard much.” Qin Tao really had an idea.
"You really want to go? Aren't you afraid of being beaten out?"
Before the rise of Mingzhou Group, Bincheng Shipyard was the big brother in warship construction. The 051 destroyer was mainly built at Bincheng Shipyard. Even if Mingzhou Group had not emerged, the modification of Varyag would have been Conducted at Ben Thanh Shipyard.
This is tantamount to saying that Mingzhou Group has robbed Bincheng Shipyard of its glory.
"Fight? They have to treat me as a guest." Qin Tao said with a smile: "If they dare not welcome me, then our Mingzhou Iron and Steel Plant will not provide Yinwa steel, so that their shipyard will not be able to deliver LNG ships in time. !”
Although it has taken away the business of warships, in terms of civilian ships, Mingzhou Group has promoted the development of liquefied natural gas ships. Now, more than 50% of the natural gas ships in the world are produced in the East, and various shipyards With the help of the Mingzhou Group, they have become prosperous, so no one will complain about the Mingzhou Group.
At this time, hearing what Qin Tao said, Wu Shengli also nodded: "Yes, you are the guests of various shipyards in the country. Even if they don't get an order for a warship, they still have to treat your Mingzhou Group Be grateful."
"Dad, why did you say this so sourly?" Qin Tao glanced at Wu Shengli with dissatisfaction: "Don't worry, our Mingzhou Group is not a solitary person. Apart from anything else, the Navy's next batch of 054 frigates We can allocate a few orders to Huating Shipyard. In the future, if there are more orders for naval aircraft carriers, we can allocate them to Bincheng Shipyard."
Are there more orders for aircraft carriers?
Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao with emotion: "You are the only one who dares to think about how many aircraft carriers our navy can have?"
“Two or three ships are definitely not enough, at least five or six ships are needed.”
Hearing Qin Tao's affirmative answer, Wu Shengli smiled: "Five or six ships? Even in our deepest dreams, your father and I didn't dare to think like this."
“Dad, have you ever thought that there would be an aircraft carrier so soon?”
Wu Shengli shook his head. He really didn't dare to think about it. Could it be that there would really be five or six ships in the future?
The Bincheng Shipyard is located in the north. It is still covered in ice and snow at this time, but the shipyard is a bustling scene.
The slipway was full, arc sparks flew, and the huge ship slowly formed in the hands of the workers.
“Mr. Qin, welcome to visit our Bincheng Shipyard.” Sun Xuewen said enthusiastically to Qin Tao: “You, Mingzhou Group, are the bread and butter of our Bincheng Shipyard!”
“We are colleagues everywhere, and we will have more exchanges in the future.” Qin Tao said: “You are an old shipyard and the one we Mingzhou Group can learn from.”
Watching the two sides being humble to each other here, Wu Shengli was very emotional. After Mingzhou Group developed, it did not forget other domestic shipbuilding peers and promoted the development of the entire Eastern shipbuilding industry. It is very good!
“We came here this time to see the construction status of the 052B.” Qin Tao said, “Where is that ship? I didn’t see it!”
“Oh, it’s still ahead. Our progress is not as fast as yours. We have only welded the hull and there is no superstructure yet, so we can’t see the outline.” Sun Xuewen said.
I have to sigh with emotion, Mingzhou Group has accumulated a lot of experience in warship construction, and their Bincheng Shipyard has not received orders for warships in several years, so it is already in production!
Of course, there are other reasons. The fact that Mingzhou Group can build ships so quickly is inseparable from the advanced equipment they have on hand. Among other things, the emergence of the three-dimensional CNC bending machine. This increased their shipbuilding speed by one-third compared to before.
"Although the progress is a bit slower, we can just wait for the gas turbine from the 703 institute, otherwise we still won't be able to launch it." Sun Xuewen didn't feel ashamed at all. It was already good to get an order from the army. He wanted to compare with the progress of the Mingzhou Group Faster? That's simply impossible!
It also takes time for the factories affiliated to 703 to produce gas turbines. The first two were used for 052C, and their 052B will have to wait for a while. The construction period is slower, so they can wait for the arrival of the gas turbine.
At this time, looking at the hull being welded, Wu Shengli was filled with emotions. The progress here has been a lot slower!
“It’s never too late to eat well. Although the construction progress of our warship is not very fast, we believe that this warship is most suitable for the current navy and has the best balance between cost and performance.”
In front of Qin Tao, Sun Xuewen began to boast again.
“Old Sun, there is something I don’t know whether to say or not.”
“Say, our old grandson can bear it.”
“From now on, our navy will not be short of money. What the navy wants is performance, and costs are just a cloud.”
Hearing Qin Tao's words, Wu Shengli quickly shook his head: "No, Director Sun, don't listen to him. Our navy attaches great importance to cost. Of course we hope that the cost can be lower."
Qin Tao's statement is absolutely incorrect. Who would think that they have too much money and no place to spend it? The Navy clearly doesn’t have enough money to spend!
Since it was just a welded hull, there was not much to see about the 052B. However, when Qin Tao looked over, he quickly saw a huge shipyard in the distance.
“You also have a large shipyard here? Look at the scale, it must be at least 300,000 tons.”
Sun Xuewen nodded: "Yes, this dock was built last year. It is 365 meters long, 80 meters wide, and nearly 13 meters deep. It can build large ships of 300,000 tons. However, with your Mingzhou Group It’s incomparable. You are 400,000 tons. In our circle, yours is called China’s First Dock, and ours can only be called China’s Second Dock.”
Hearing Sun Xuewen's words, Qin Tao shook his head: "Why don't you dare to be more courageous? We built a 400,000-ton shipyard, but you built a 500,000-ton shipyard! Wouldn't you just Has it become the number one dock in China?"
Sun Xuewen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Qin, how can it be so easy? Just building such a 300,000-ton shipyard has already cost us a lot of effort. We have also done market research, and a 300,000-ton shipyard is enough. ”
“Okay, just be happy. This dock was built last year. Why is it still empty now?”
“We are still looking for orders internationally.” Sun Xuewen said.
"Do you still need to look for it? Well, our Mingzhou Group has several contracts for 300,000-ton VLCCs. We originally planned to wait until our shipyard is vacated before building them. Since you have them here, we will give you two orders. .”
"Really? Thank you so much!" Sun Xuewen was extremely excited. Mr. Qin was so interesting!
VLCC is the English abbreviation of Very Large Crude Carrier, which is a very large tanker. Its load capacity is generally between 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons, which is equivalent to the loading capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil.
For oil transportation, the larger the ship, the lower the freight. If it were not for passing through the two world-famous canals, the tonnage of the ship could be infinitely enlarged.
In 1966, the island country first built a 209,000-ton oil tanker, breaking the 200,000-ton limit in one fell swoop and becoming the world's largest oil tanker at the time. It also introduced the concept of VLCC.
After that, Europe quickly followed suit, and a large number of giant oil tankers were continuously built, almost fifty or sixty every year.
Of course, the increase in tonnage is endless. In 1968, the number of single ships was 326,000 tons, and in 1973, the number of single ships was 477,000 tons. The 1981 Sea Giant even had a load capacity of 560,000 tons, and a new ULCC (Ultralarge Crude Oil Carrier) classification appeared.
In the shipbuilding feast of the past few years, the country fell behind, and now there are only three or four hundred thousand tons of shipyards. Moreover, since he is new to the industry, it is not easy to grab orders from around the world.
Qin Tao gave them an order easily. How could this not make them excited?
You must know that this kind of order is generally the object of competition among various shipyards!
Once a company spreads the word that it wants to build a ship, various shipyards will take the initiative to sell it door-to-door, fighting hard to get the order. Now Qin Tao can easily give it to Bincheng Shipyard?
Wu Shengli is a bit unbelievable.
Sun Xuewen quickly responded: "Mr. Qin, did you just give us the order like this?"
"Yeah, what else could it be like?" Qin Tao said with a smile: "We have too many orders and can't produce them. Now if we transfer the order to you, we can also deliver the ship to the customer earlier, which will also allow us to The customer receives the ship earlier and we have a win-win, no, a win-win for three.”
Other shipyards need to go to their homes to bid, but Mingzhou Group can easily receive orders at their doorstep, which is really impressive.
Mingzhou Group is so awesome!
“Where are the customers from?”
“The Kingdom of Anxi.” Qin Tao said.
Several people suddenly understood.
When it comes to the relationship with Parthia, Mingzhou Group is definitely quite good. The shipyard of Parthia was built with the help of Mingzhou Group, but the scale of that shipyard is not enough to build a 300,000-ton VLCC tanker, so , the wealth does not go to outsiders, the Parthian Kingdom directly gave the order to the Mingzhou Group, but the Mingzhou Group is too busy after all and cannot schedule production yet.
“Thank you, Mr. Qin.”
"You're welcome. We also want to make a profit. How about we split the shipbuilding profit in half and each of us gets half the profit?"
Of course, Mingzhou Group wants to make money. It only transfers an order and makes half of the profit. It seems to be a free-handed approach. However, there is no free lunch in the world. Mingzhou Group must get a certain amount of profits. Only if the profits are high, this is what second-rate dealers do.
"Of course." Sun Xuewen nodded. Before this, they had not built a VLCC tanker. This was a new beginning. This first ship would be fine as long as it did not lose money. Now I can still earn half of it, which is of course very good.
“This shipyard can also build aircraft carriers in the future.” Wu Shengli suddenly spoke.
Sun Xuewen was very happy: "Yes, we have this plan."
After finishing speaking, Sun Xuewen glanced at Qin Tao with some concern. This aircraft carrier is the meat of the Mingzhou Group. Will he make Mr. Qin unhappy if he says this?
Qin Tao smiled and nodded: "That's for sure. The construction period of an aircraft carrier can often be more than five years. If our navy wants to quickly expand its aircraft carrier strength, then our Mingzhou Group will be really busy. There will definitely be opportunities in the shipyard here. Builds aircraft carriers.”
Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao with some surprise, how can you be so sure that our navy will expand a large number of aircraft carriers? Do you know how much this thing costs?
At this moment, the roar of engines sounded on the distant sea. Qin Tao looked over and saw a beautiful three-wing fighter plane flying at ultra-low altitude over the sea.
"Our naval aviation training is very busy." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Dad, should we go to Wasteland Village?"
I originally came here to see 052B. Who would have thought that the hull of the ship had not been welded yet, and the structure of the superstructure could not be seen. Therefore, Qin Tao lost interest and negotiated the transfer of several tankers. Qin Tao was interested in There is no interest here anymore.
"Mr. Qin, let's go after dinner." Sun Xuewen persuaded him to stay.
“Okay. We’re hungry too, so bring all the delicious food you have here and forget about the wine.”
After eating, Qin Tao and others got in the car and headed to the wasteland village base.
Flight training took ten minutes to fly from Wasteland Village to the shipyard, but it took a full afternoon of driving on the ground to reach the destination.
It gets dark early in winter, and the higher the latitude, the earlier it gets dark. It was only after four o'clock, and it got dark here.
"This base is really busy." Qin Tao said: "The Navy is really saving money and doesn't even build a moving simulation deck."
Looking at the scene illuminated by lights inside the base, Qin Tao was very emotional.
The base here was built in a hurry. Time was very tight at that time and we were reluctant to spend money. We just modified the ground base and started flight training, and actually trained pilots.
“What can be done? There are too many places to spend money. Building that kind of active simulation deck requires thousands of tons of steel. How much will it cost?” Wu Shengli said.
Suddenly, Qin Tao's eyes stopped on an airplane that had just been towed out of the hangar.
There were originally only two types of aircraft in the base: the J-15 and the J-8, but the aircraft in front of me was obviously larger than the outline of the J-15.
Not to mention anything else, just the tall single vertical tail is twice the height of the J-5! Not to mention the huge body and the huge rectangular air intake! When it is towed over, you can still see the huge tail nozzle, where a person can stand!
“Tu-22M?” Qin Tao asked curiously.
"Yes, they are the two Tu-22Ms you got back." Wu Shengli nodded: "Now, we have completed the technical understanding of these two aircraft and are undergoing restorative training. Last year, These two planes are still in the flight test facility and have not caught up, otherwise, if these two planes take off, they will definitely be frightened to death!"
Last year's battle was huge, and the aircraft carriers were sent out to form a formation. However, the only drawback was that the two aircraft were not deployed.
Otherwise, the momentum will definitely be spectacular.
“Has the Navy decided to imitate this bomber?” Qin Tao asked.
Wu Shengli shook his head: "We have no plans for the time being. At present, our navy needs to fully carry out the carrier-based aircraft project and modify the two-seat fighter-bomber based on the J-11. We simply do not have the funds to carry out such projects. Therefore, these two aircraft The current mission is to use it to scare people at critical moments.”
It’s not that the Navy doesn’t want to, but it doesn’t have that much money!
In the era of the Red Empire, the Red Navy’s huge Tu-22M bomber group was a nightmare for the American aircraft carrier formation!
After the collapse of the Red Empire, a large number of Tu-22Ms began to gradually withdraw from active service. However, the supervision of this bomber was still very strict. If it were not for the very good relationship between Qin Tao and Lao Maozi, it would be impossible to obtain these two complete ones. bomber.
However, it is still unrealistic to imitate a large number of Tu-22M bombers based on these two bombers. Among other things, without technical data, just imitating the engine is a big problem.
It is not cost-effective to spend ten years to imitate an engine that has long been outdated.
"However, the performance of this aircraft is still good. It is much better than our old H-6. Taozi, do you think we should discuss with Lao Maozi to bring in a few of them?" Wu Shengli asked Qin Tao .
Qin Tao was stunned for a moment: "Is this a strategic-level bomber that I'm willing to sell?"
Although the range is only 5,000 kilometers, the Tu-22M can penetrate defenses at ultra-low altitude and supersonic speed, and can carry a large number of weapons and equipment. It is still very powerful. Together with the Tu-95 and Tu-160, it supports the entire Lao Maozi strategy The power of bombing.
Now that Lao Maozi is short of money, he is willing to sell anything?
“Lao Maozi has this idea.” Wu Shengli said: “If we need it, they are willing to sell it to us.”
Qin Tao smiled: "Old Maozi is so short of money that he actually wants to sell us such a big killer. However, if we seriously negotiate with them, we may not be able to buy it."
Those who want to sell the Tu-22M are only some of them. Most of them are definitely still waiting and watching. Once they really send people to negotiate, then they are likely to do other things, such as asking for high prices. , such as putting forward other harsh conditions.
"Yes, I heard that Da Mao's Tu-22M production line has been closed. Even if we want to buy, we will buy second-hand goods from Lao Maozi." Wu Shengli said: "In addition, we have no money now, so we have no plans. Negotiate with Lao Maozi."
Qin Tao shook his head: "No, since Lao Maozi has an idea, we can get in touch with Lao Maozi. Moreover, this matter must be known to the outside world."
Let the outside world know?
Wu Shengli's eyes lit up, he already understood what Qin Tao meant.
Our two Tu-22Ms were obtained secretly, and they still dare not show their true colors to others. Even flight training must be conducted at night to avoid being discovered by reconnaissance satellites in the sky.
In the future, if such a big killer weapon is suddenly taken out, it will certainly scare people, but it will not be able to explain the origin of these aircraft. Now we will lay the groundwork to let the outside world know that we are talking about the Tu-22M bomber with Lao Maozi. !
In this way, even if the Tu-22M is taken out in the future, there will be an explanation. As for Lao Maozi, even if the explanation is not sold, the explanation will not be clear.
"Okay, what you said makes sense. Let's go and contact Lao Maozi right now. If you are free, come and run for us." Wu Shengli said.
Qin Tao frowned, then nodded. This was his own suggestion. His father-in-law had already spoken, so what else could he say? I can only agree.
However, I haven’t been to Lao Maozi’s place for a long time, so it’s time to go and have a look.
(End of this chapter)