Chapter 727 Live Broadcast
Although the island country has burst its economic bubble and is even said to be in a lost decade, in fact, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse, and the island country's chicken's fart is still far ahead.
For example, the total amount was as high as US$3.13 trillion in 1990, and increased to US$5.45 trillion in 1995, ranking second in the world after the United States. Therefore, to say that the island nation’s real estate bubble is a bubble and that it will no longer work is simply spreading rumors.
Now, it is not a big deal for them to spend 200 million US dollars to rescue sailors on a distressed submarine.
Command ship USS Colorado.
“Damn it, that Mingzhou Group is too dark!” Clemmings said: “Just for rescue workers, they dare to ask for 200 million US dollars!”
The people of the island country cannot make their own decisions and must listen to the Americans. At this time, in Clemmings’ office, the island country’s naval officer Futakuchi Takegami, who came to take charge of the incident, was also very angry: “The price they want is too high. It’s too expensive, and we absolutely cannot accept it. We would rather have all these sailors shattered than spend 200 million!”
Takegami Futakuchi came in a hurry from the island country. He first took a two-seater fighter jet as an air taxi and landed directly on the formation aircraft carrier. Then he transferred to a helicopter and came to the Colorado. He was still concerned about the situation. He didn't know much about it, he just knew that the U.S. Navy did not have the ability to salvage it and could only ask Easterners to salvage it.
Just please, for the safety of the people inside, they can take risks, but after hearing the price of salvage, he couldn't bear it anymore. This is too high a price, who can accept it?
Two hundred million!
"Yes, the price they want is too expensive, but the safety of our personnel is also very important." Clemings said: "They are the most loyal soldiers. If they encounter danger during training, we cannot Watching them die, so we must rescue. Unfortunately, our new generation of submarine rescue boats has not yet been built. The submarine's angle under the water has exceeded 45 degrees, and we cannot dock at all. I can only ask others for help. As for the money issue."
Clemmings pondered for a while, and then said: "Our other countries participating in the exercise will raise 50 million US dollars for you, and you will raise 150 million yourself. We must be quick, and we must not let those warriors be precious. lives disappeared, they are our most loyal warriors."
When he heard this, Takegami Futoko was almost moved to tears. The U.S. military valued them so much. What else could he say? He must continue to follow the U.S. military closely in the future!
After receiving the answer from Qiongzhou, Moriyama Yeren came to Qin Tao again.
"President Qin, we have collected US$200 million." Moriyama Nohito said: "Now, can you send out rescue immediately?"
"Of course, we have already drawn up the contract. You just need to sign it and we will set off immediately."
"Okay." Moriyama Nohito picked up the contract, glanced at it briefly, and his expression changed again: "Mr. Qin, do you still prohibit third parties from being present in this rescue?"
“Yes, there are many secrets on our own deep-diving lifeboat. We don’t want a third party to be present and learn our skills. You must not have these skills, so you came to us for help, right?”
"But if you don't let us observe, how will we know whether you are rescuing? What if you are passive and slow down?"
Pay the full amount in advance, and the process is not shown, and there is no guarantee whether it can be saved. These terms are very similar to the terms of a lawyer's lawsuit. Regardless of winning or losing, the lawyer's fees are guaranteed, regardless of whether he has tried his best.
"We can provide videos of the entire rescue process." Qin Tao said: "Our rescue videos are real-time and we can give you a receiving device so that you can observe our rescue process anytime and anywhere. If you think we are If you are passive and slow in your work, you can publish the video, which will discredit our Mingzhou Group."
"Okay." Moriyama Nohito nodded. In this way, supervision can be guaranteed, and the entire rescue process can be seen. Especially in case of an accident, it can be recorded without risking it.
“Since you agree, how about we go out and hold a press conference?”
Press conference?
Moriyama Nohito suddenly realized that he seemed to have been cheated!
“Mr. Qin, the crash of our submarine is a top secret and cannot be announced to the outside world.”
"There is no need to announce it, we can just be vague." Qin Tao said: "This is a good opportunity for our Mingzhou Group to publicize. You won't cooperate, right? You can see, there are so many reporters outside, no Give them an explanation, can they leave?"
Moriyama Nohito looked out the window. On the second floor, he could see the figure of the reporter outside the villa, and his urge to be used became even stronger.
At this time, the door of the villa has been opened, and a large group of reporters rushed in, with guns and cannons spread out in the courtyard. Qin Tao took Moriyama Yeren, pushed open the second floor window, and appeared in front of the reporters. .
"Mr. reporters, welcome to you. I am the president of Mingzhou Group. I was originally here for vacation. However, I accepted the invitation of the island country to help rescue some missing people underwater. This reflects our internationalist spirit and our commitment to the world. Our contribution to world peace reflects our responsibility as a large multinational company, and we specially held a press conference before the start of our rescue operation."
Two hundred million US dollars, what else does it reflect? Reflect the shamelessness and greed of your Mingzhou Group! Moriyama Nohito was extremely annoyed in his heart, but he did not dare to say so. This would only reflect the stupidity and incompetence of their island country. Why should they spend 200 million to ask the Orientals for rescue? Is it because their island country’s own shipbuilding standards are not good enough?
Colorado.
"That President Qin is so good at taking advantage of any situation!" Clemmings received the news and said with some helplessness: "Our purpose is to let the Orientals come to the rescue, which not only helps the island nation's submarines, but also allows us to avoid It’s dangerous, but they use this as a propaganda tool!”
Mr. Qin, who can single-handedly turn Mingzhou Group into the multinational enterprise it is today, is an outstanding individual and will definitely use various means to serve his own interests. This is reflected in this incident.
Hands of fame and fortune.
"However, this also shows that the Mingzhou Group does not know the truth. They just think that we can't salvage it, so they will charge a lot of money. When they come over and send the deep-diving lifeboat down, they will find that the rescue situation is complicated. When the time comes, there will be video surveillance, and they will be saved whether they are saved or not!" Hopper said: "I hope God bless them!"
“That’s right, even if the monitoring system is placed on an ordinary supply ship, it can still transmit the video through our C4ISR system. Let’s see how the Orientals do it.”
Underwater rescue requires complex technology, and Easterners have performed well in this regard. The rescue of the Oscar-class nuclear submarine is an example. Now it is time to observe and give some advice.
Qin Tao used reporters to build momentum and attracted global attention. However, he did not follow him, nor did he plan to carry out the mission.
After all, there are American warships everywhere over there. If they have bad intentions, Qin Tao will be in danger. He cherishes his life very much and will never take risks where he shouldn't go.
Qin Tao didn’t go, but another person couldn’t sit still and went with him. He was Zhang Zhong!
"Dear viewers, I am currently standing on the mother ship of the Jiaolong, heading to the sea area where the incident occurred. You can see the waves splitting by the bow of our mother ship. That is because we sailed at full speed in order to get to the scene as soon as possible." Zhang Zhong Wearing a navy uniform and a life jacket, he looked very professional.
"As everyone knows, the Jiaolong is our first deep-water submersible. It can go deep into the water more than 10,000 meters. In addition to conducting scientific investigations, it can also conduct underwater rescues. Especially a few years ago, because of the rescue The Oscar-class nuclear submarine became famous. If it were not for the presence of the Jiaolong, the consequences would be unimaginable. This time, our Jiaolong once again embarks on a rescue journey and will rescue an island country submarine in distress. This fully illustrates our Eastern shipbuilding technology is the most advanced!”
Looking at the information sent back, Wu Shengli was very emotional: "Although we have to take risks, it can also build momentum and accumulate reputation for us, which is worth it."
Seeing now, Wu Shengli is very satisfied with this rescue operation.
With the reputation gained, the whole world knows that once a submarine is in trouble, the Mingzhou Group must be the first to be contacted. Even the technology of island countries cannot match it! Moreover, as the incident unfolds, someone will soon come to the conclusion: the submarine crashed during the Rim of the Pacific 98 exercise. The United States is at the scene, and even the U.S. Navy is unable to rescue it!
Mingzhou Group’s shipbuilding technology is truly the best in the world.
There are even more benefits, 200 million, it is always so easy for Mingzhou Group to make money!
“These are all trails. The key is to find the MK48 torpedo. If we can’t find it, we will find a way to get it from the submarine of the island country. It must be readily available there!”
Island countries are the younger brothers of the United States. The island countries have whatever weapons the United States has. On the submarines of the island countries, the main force is the Type 89 torpedo. As for the origin of this torpedo, many say it is an imitation of the MK48 torpedo.
If you can't get MK48, you will cut open the island country's submarine so that the torpedoes inside can be taken away. Qin Tao is serious about this matter.
"The island country's Type 89 torpedo is also advanced enough. It is said that it uses a silver-zinc battery developed by them. By the way, Mr. Qin, if lithium batteries are used instead of silver-zinc batteries, will the performance of the torpedo be further improved? "
Everyone’s thinking was active enough, and they actually transferred it directly to the torpedo’s power system!
"If you look purely at energy density, silver-zinc batteries are definitely not as good as lithium batteries, and there is no advantage in price. However, whether it is suitable for submarine use depends not only on this point, but also on many aspects that need to be taken into consideration. Ultimately, whether it is suitable or not depends on technical comparison and judgment.”
Qin Tao doesn’t know which one is suitable, so he can’t give a direct conclusion.
In the beginning, torpedoes used lead-acid batteries. After all, this kind of battery was the longest-used and most mature in development. However, at the same time, this kind of battery also had many weaknesses, especially its heavy weight. So later, silver-zinc batteries After development, the power of electric submarines was changed from lead-acid batteries to silver-zinc batteries.
For a long time, silver-zinc batteries have been the most common source of torpedo power until now. However, silver-zinc batteries also have many shortcomings. For example, they have a short lifespan. Although they can be recharged, they can only be charged at most. Discharge fifty times. However, for a single-use torpedo, this is not a big problem. Another problem is the most important: this thing uses silver and zinc as the two levels of the battery. Not much on button batteries, but if used on torpedoes, it would use a lot. Precious silver is used as the material of torpedoes, and it cannot be recycled after use. This consumes a lot. In the past era, silver They are all used as money.
Now, the electric torpedoes used by the Navy are also made of silver-zinc batteries, so if cheaper lithium batteries can be used, it would be an improvement.
What’s more, the energy density of lithium batteries is three times that of silver-zinc batteries! The energy density of silver-zinc batteries has hovered around 60Wh/kg for a long time, and the current lithium batteries can already achieve the highest
However, this cannot be replaced. Current lithium batteries still use organic electrolytes. When an accident occurs, this volatile and flammable organic electrolyte may cause thermal runaway. Under water, the depth reaches a certain level. Will this thing explode under the pressure of sea water?
Qin Tao didn't dare to draw conclusions like Zhizhi without testing. After all, this was no joke. It was related to the replacement of the navy's main equipment.
At this time, everyone nodded after hearing Qin Tao's words.
"Yes, Mr. Qin is right. We must go through strict verification and there can't be any accidents, just like what happened to the submarine of the island nation's navy now."
The navy of the island country rashly chose lithium batteries. As a result, due to immature technology, it eventually exploded and the submarine sank. This kind of accident cannot happen to our own country.
Those submariners are really pitiful!
Underwater, morning tide number.
The power supply inside the submarine has long been cut off, and half of the submarine is pitch black. Under the huge water pressure, the submarine's hull makes creaking sounds from time to time, which makes people shudder.
“How long?” a lying submariner asked the person next to him.
"Twenty-eight hours have passed." The person on the side glanced at the submarine watch he was wearing, which had a 24-hour clock.
In a submarine rescue, the first twenty-four hours are the most critical. Once this period of time has passed, the chances of survival of the crew on the submarine will be very small. There will be less and less oxygen inside, and they will also lack food and drinking water. etc. Most importantly, their will will be broken.
Without waiting for rescue for such a long time, once their will collapses, they will be completely doomed.
Now, they are persisting very hard, why don’t people from outside come?
“Everyone, hold on, we will definitely be able to wait until rescue arrives, our allies will not give up on us.” The voice of Komaki Jiko came.
In order to minimize the consumption of oxygen, everyone reduced their activities. They lay in a mess, and even their breathing slowed down.
However, Komaki Second Son is still full of expectations. He believes that those people above him will never watch them die, and will definitely find a way to save them!
seems to reflect what he said.
Bang! Bang bang! Three soft sounds appeared on the boat, and were amplified inside the metal submarine, irritating everyone's eardrums.
Active sonar waves!
“They found us, rescue will be coming soon!”
At this moment, everyone was full of excitement.
On the sea.
“The sonar echo has accurately found the target location. Now, can you go to the rescue?” Moriyama Nohito asked.
Oriental people used confidentiality as an excuse to prevent others from visiting, but as the employer, Moriyama Nohito finally joined the rescue mother ship, and now he is responsible for mutual coordination.
"Okay, let's go down immediately." Xu Hua said.
The Jiaolong has advanced automation equipment, which was developed by Xu Hua. This time, Xu Hua volunteered to carry out this kind of mission. He followed the operator of the Jiaolong, Zhang Ming, and got into the Jiaolong. .
The hook of the crane slowly lowered, and the Jiaolong entered the water. From this moment on, Moriyama Nohito could not directly observe the rescue process, and could only watch the images sent back by the Jiaolong.
“Dive down to two hundred meters.” Xu Hua said.
“Understood.” Zhang Ming operated the Jiaolong, moving forward smoothly like a fish underwater.
Soon, the Jiaolong dived to a depth of two hundred meters.
“Attention, prepare to release the unmanned underwater vehicle.”
"clear."
The two of them operated very closely. A special hatch opened on the Jiaolong's belly. Inside, a small unmanned submersible got out and started sailing according to the predetermined procedure.
From the outside, it looks like they only brought down one Jiaolong. In fact, they also brought another unmanned submarine!
In order to explore the underwater world, under Qin Tao's instructions, the Mingzhou Group built the Jiaolong. The emergence of this deep-diving lifeboat has greatly filled the gap in the exploration of the underwater world in the East. However, at the same time, this kind of deep-diving lifeboat Lifeboats are not omnipotent. They need to be operated by someone, which is more flexible. However, at the same time, they also have many disadvantages. For example, people need to breathe, eat, drink and relieve themselves. This kind of deep-diving lifeboat needs to be equipped with various auxiliary parts.
It would be much more convenient if there is no human operation.
Therefore, relevant domestic institutions are continuing their efforts to develop unmanned systems, and the team is led by Xu Hualai, a leader in the automation major at Huating University.
Moreover, when designing unmanned underwater vehicles, we still follow the principle of starting from small to large, and first develop small ones. However, this small type has weak power and short range, so we simply use the Jiaolong to carry it. This is also considered a Got creative.
There is enough space in the belly of the Jiaolong to accommodate it. A slight modification is enough. It cannot be seen from the outside. After launching the Jiaolong, it is released within a certain depth and the unmanned underwater vehicle can sail freely. It is responsible for search. The mission was not to find a needle in a haystack, because on the way over, their mothership had already conducted some topographic mapping of the seabed through active sonar. This was also to facilitate rescue. Through topographic mapping, they found some possible locations where torpedoes might exist. , this is targeted.
The Jiaolong continued to approach the target direction and soon arrived near the Zaoshio.
Looking at the big guy diving into the bottom of the sea, Xu Hua also sighed with emotion. The treatment of submariners is at the same level as that of pilots, because they are also engaged in extremely dangerous work!
Actually, considering Xu Hua's safety, Qin Tao did not intend to let Xu Hua go into the water himself. However, he wanted to test the unmanned underwater vehicle and insisted on coming, so Qin Tao had no choice but to let him.
“Xugong, have you seen the target?” came Moriyama Nohito’s voice.
“I saw it, we are approaching, please don’t worry.” Xu Hua replied.
The underwater searchlight can't shine very far, and the image on the display is also blurry. At this moment, I don't know how many people are waiting.
"How do they transmit images underwater? Is their technology more advanced than ours?" Hopper asked.
The transmission of images within the U.S. Navy is not complicated because they have advanced information technology, but how is this image transmitted underwater?
Only long waves can penetrate the water, but the frequency of long waves is low and data transmission is very slow. It takes a long time to receive a telegram, let alone an image.
Sound is commonly used for communication underwater. It is not easy to transmit a text message. The amount of information transmitted by images far exceeds that of text. How did the other party do it? Is there any advanced technology?
"Their Jiaolong can sail independently, and can also communicate with the mother ship through cables." The technician on the side explained that this is simple, because the cables are tied, and as long as there is an optical fiber in the cable, enough information can be transmitted. Information.
At this moment, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the screen. The underwater image finally came to their eyes in real time! This is much more intuitive than looking at photos!
"Your Excellency Clemmings, please give an order immediately to have the Jiaolong dock quickly and launch rescue!" Takegami Futakuchi shouted loudly.
"Jiaolong, please dock immediately and carry out rescue!" Clemmings gave the order. It would be best if the unlucky ones could be rescued.
"Okay, we will rescue immediately. Wait, what are those?" On the Jiaolong, Xu Hua pointed his finger at the broken belly of the submarine. There were some cylindrical things there and blisters nearby.
“Don’t worry about that, please rescue immediately.”
“Jiaolong received it.”
The other party is still very obedient.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a big bubble suddenly appeared on the screen and began to rotate.
"Oh, damn, something exploded over there!" Xu Hua's urgent voice came: "What the **** is up there? How can you do this and ask us to rescue without explaining the danger of rescue!"
(End of this chapter)