Chapter 826 Tailor-made bidding documents
The Rainbow Nation has no sense of presence in this world. When the Boers were in power, the Rainbow Nation could still have a sense of presence. At that time, the Rainbow Nation was the only developed country in Africa and could produce many advanced products on its own. arms.
Now, just like Da Mao after the separation, there is no other progress except archaeology. The strength of the Rainbow Nation is rapidly declining, and the innovation ability of the Rainbow Nation is also rapidly lost. However, this also has advantages. The weapons of various countries Then you can sell it.
When the news came out that the Rainbow Nation was going to purchase submarines, each submarine manufacturer was eager to make a move. They all looked forward to selling submarines to the Rainbow Nation and making a huge profit.
Especially Germany. After all, Germany’s 209 submarines are very popular in the international arms market, and they are confident that they can win this bidding.
However, if they want to bid, they have to deal with some things in advance. Therefore, due to various reasons, the MEKOA200 warship project was finally cancelled. The Germans returned all the deposits to Rainbow Nation, and Rainbow Nation did not We continued to pursue the matter and sought compensation and other issues, and the two parties reached a settlement.
Fortunately, the order had just been signed and the construction of these warships had not yet officially started, so the Germans had nothing to lose. They were looking forward to making a big fortune again in the submarine transaction, which seemed to be very easy for them.
However, when Balter, who accepted the bidding task, received the bidding requirements from the Rainbow Nation, he was dumbfounded.
The Rainbow Nation needs a large conventional submarine with an underwater displacement of more than 3,000 tons!
This alone excludes German submarines!
The 209 submarine has always been a best-seller, and it is also a modular design. A series of products can obtain different displacements through different combinations. However, its maximum is only more than 1,800 tons. The German submarine industry has never More than 3,000 tons of submarines have been produced!
So, is it possible to enlarge the existing 209 submarine?
Ordinarily there should be no problem. If you want a large displacement, just enlarge it. However, simple enlargement may have unexpected results. The Kangaroo Kingdom suffered greatly. The submarine they purchased from Sweden was a simple enlarged version. As a result, it encountered many problems and eventually sank.
So, the mature technology that the Germans are proud of no longer exists!
In addition to this requirement, there is another requirement, that is, this submarine must have an AIP system.
The German 209 submarine is a conventional diesel-electric submarine. It needs to float up to the snorkel state to charge the battery every once in a while. This is the most dangerous. The sea search radar equipped on modern anti-submarine helicopters can easily find this. A snorkel sticking out of the water!
Germany has an AIP system. They are taking the fuel cell route. They have already built their own 212 submarine. By transplanting this fuel cell to an export-type submarine, it is indeed possible to build an AIP submarine.
However, the other party’s bidding conditions also stipulated that the output power of the AIP system must exceed 600 kilowatts!
The fuel cell system of German submarines was developed by Siemens. They have been conducting research work since the 1970s. In 1993, they first equipped the successfully developed 34-kilowatt proton exchange membrane fuel cell unit in 212 On the submarine, a total of two groups are used, which is only 70 kilowatts.
Up to now, the new and more powerful proton exchange membrane fuel cell developed by Siemens has reached a power of 120 kilowatts. They plan to install these two sets of systems on a brand new foreign trade submarine. The output power is only 240 kilowatts, which is more than double what the Rainbow Nation Navy needs!
Add three more groups? Of course it's impossible! The more you add, the greater the complexity of the system will be, and the easier it will be for problems to occur!
"Damn it, we were fooled again!" Bolt turned on the computer and said angrily to the people inside: "The Rainbow Nation must have discussed it with the Mingzhou Group a long time ago. The conditions they proposed are based on the Mingzhou Group. The group’s submarines are tailor-made!”
How do Germans know that Eastern culture is extensive and profound? Nowadays, it has adapted to the trend of the times, kept pace with the times, and invented many advanced things.
Tendering? Yes, as long as there are some restrictions in the bidding conditions.
The same applies to recruitment. Isn’t it not allowed to make unofficial appointments? Then let’s go through the process publicly! However, there are prerequisites for the candidates I recruit. For example, for this environmental protection department, is it not too much to ask that I speak Spanish? What if a document on environmental protection is written in Spanish? My age requirement is that for men, the height of 1.62 meters is not too high, right? What if you have to drill into sewers during an environmental survey? This height cannot be changed at all. This is a rigid indicator. Also, it’s not too much to ask for a mole on my left hand, right?
Now, the Rainbow Nation has disclosed their submarine bidding plan, which is fair and equitable. However, looking around the world, only Dongfang meets their conditions, and only the 039 submarine developed by Mingzhou Group!
Every bidding team that came to participate was angry and almost surrounded the navy's gate. However, during this period of time, the leaders of the navy seemed to have disappeared and did not show up at all!
On the sea, the blue waves are rippling, and the luxury yacht is still swimming, and laughter and laughter can be heard from time to time.
"Mr. Qin, the method you proposed is very good. So many suppliers have come, but they can't do anything after looking at our bid documents. In the end, this submarine order is still yours!" Longwayne said with a smile: " And they can’t say anything, why don’t they have large ocean-going submarines?”
"Yes, if they dare to simply magnify the situation, then we will bring out the matter of Kangaroo Country and see if they still have the courage! The Kangaroo Country Navy is still in a lawsuit with the submarine supplier."
“Everyone, our Mingzhou Group will never disappoint you. The submarines we come up with will definitely be more advanced than those we are currently building for other countries.”
Still advanced?
Everyone was very interested: "Mr. Qin, where is the advanced position?"
“Let’s talk about the command tower first. We must completely lead the trend of the entire era...”
The Mingzhou Group has built a large number of 039C submarines for the navy. These submarines will always surface and be discovered by others, so some designs must be declassified. Now, taking this opportunity, they will be used by the Rainbow Nation. Make them feel they are getting value for money.
As for the performance, it is definitely lower than that used by the navy.
A few days later.
Although they are dissatisfied with the bidding conditions, the submarine bidding teams from various countries have not left. They are all waiting for the final bid. They want to see how the Rainbow Nation cheated secretly, and they want to publicly expose this corruption in arms sales. case!
With this idea in mind, they came to the bidding site angrily.
"Everyone, after careful study, our navy believes that if we want to protect the security of our territorial waters, we need modern advanced submarines, so we issued a tender document. Unexpectedly, so many submarine construction units have arrived. Now, we The bidding has officially begun. Who can come up first to report your bidding plan?" Anderson was still responsible for organizing this bidding. He looked at the crowd, his eyes full of expectation.
“Let’s listen to Mingzhou Group’s plan.”
“Yes, Mingzhou Group seems to have a good chance of winning.”
“Let’s study and see what kind of plan Mingzhou Group comes up with. If it’s still the original 039B, there’s nothing new.”
“Yes, we have to look at Mingzhou Group’s innovation.”
Everyone was talking about it, pointing the finger at the Mingzhou Group.
“Since you are so interested, let’s introduce it first.” Qin Tao said, “Our bidding plan this time is 039D.”
Actually, Qin Tao originally wanted to call the submarines using nuclear power weapons 039D, but now that they have caught up here, he simply called this batch 039D.
“It’s already type D, what about type C?” Someone immediately asked curiously.
“Yes, what you have exported so far are all Type C, right?”
“Everyone, our Type C is the navy’s own type. This model is confidential, so we won’t go into details. Let’s talk about Type D. This is the best submarine to meet the needs of the Rainbow Nation’s navy.”
Qin Tao rarely introduces design drawings in person. Even when it comes to domestic naval project bidding, he always asks his subordinates to introduce them, but here, he once again came to the stage in person.
The slide projector was opened, and a CG picture of a submarine appeared on the projection screen. When they saw this picture, everyone was shocked.
“What’s on top of the conning tower?”
“Why does it look like you are wearing a big hat?”
"Everyone saw the top of the conning tower first, so let's introduce this first. This is an innovation we have in submarine design. Dear colleagues, we have not registered a patent for this hat, so if you want to use it on your submarine in the future, We will not charge patent fees for this kind of improvement." Qin Tao said: "Our Mingzhou Group is very generous, and everyone can copy whatever we design."
What can we do if we don’t allow copying? In the field of military industry, there is no such thing as patent right. Being able to copy it is a matter of skill.
However, others call it imitation, and Mingzhou Group calls it original. After this announcement, the level of Mingzhou Group can be better reflected: they are leading the development of military technology in the entire world!
"We know that the submarine's conning tower is not large, but it provides more than half of the navigation resistance during underwater navigation. The horseshoe-shaped vortex on the surface of the conning tower increases the resistance of the submarine and also brings additional noise. This block of ours is to solve this problem. Let’s take a look at the next picture, a schematic diagram of fluid mechanics.”
This is not nonsense, but there are various technical analyses. As the PPTs of technical analysis were played on the projection screen, everyone who saw it began to think deeply.
In addition to sales people, there must also be technical people participating in the bidding. They quickly understood the principles and ideas of this design, and their eyes changed when they looked at Qin Tao.
The rise of Mingzhou Group relies on its absolute strength. In many technical fields, it is at the forefront and leads the trend again and again!
The Mingzhou Group led the effort to make surface ships invisible, and also led the effort to make underwater submarines AIP. Now, a brand new technology has been developed for submarines.
In the past, everyone was thinking about how to reduce the size of the command tower. Who would do the opposite and put a big hat on the command tower? Now after listening to the explanation, they discovered that being a big hater can actually have a positive effect.
After this bidding meeting, other submarine designers will definitely study this technology and put a big hat on their submarine control towers. However, they can only be regarded as following the trend, and Mingzhou Group is the original one.
Although it is a latecomer, Mingzhou Group is already at the most advanced level in the world's shipbuilding field!
"This not only increases the underwater speed of the submarine, but also increases the righting torque. Genius, genius invention!" Next, a British submarine designer discovered something and said excitedly, but after he finished speaking, Only then did I realize something was wrong. How could I praise an Oriental? Isn't this a way to cheer up the opponent?
The Rainbow Nation naval officers on the rostrum all looked excited. Their choice was correct. The design of Mingzhou Group was actually recognized by these people, which shows that the design of Mingzhou Group is the best!
"Thank you for your encouragement. We will continue to introduce. Next, we will introduce the rear of the control tower. We have designed a special vertical launch bay here. This bay can launch advanced anti-ship missiles or cruise missiles, which greatly increases The flexibility of the submarine to perform tasks avoids crowding out the space in the front bow torpedo compartment. Of course, it is also because of the increase in this compartment that the displacement of our submarine has further increased..."
Why does the Rainbow Nation need large-displacement submarines? The larger the displacement, the more weapons can be installed inside. It is absolutely impossible for submarines below two thousand tons to add such a vertical launch bay section. Even if it can only accommodate missiles with a length of seven meters, the Tomahawk can be installed inside. Cruise missiles like that are stuffed in.
They originally complained about Rainbow Nation's requirement for large displacement, and felt that this was deliberately creating obstacles for them to allow Dongfang Submarine to win the bid. But now it seems that this is also necessary. The increase in size of submarines is an irreversible trend. Only displacement It is big enough to install enough equipment on it. This is not the past era, just to install more fuel and supplies.
“Excuse me, will you install a nuclear power plant on this?” Just after Qin Tao finished his introduction, someone asked a key question.
“If nuclear power is installed, will it still be a conventional diesel-electric submarine?” Qin Tao has not yet answered, but someone else asked the question.
"It seems that I should explain the latter question first." Qin Tao said: "Even if a nuclear power bank is installed, it is still a conventional diesel-electric submarine. This is of course certain. The nuclear power bank is only the AIP section equivalent to a conventional submarine. , the layout of this kind of submarine is essentially different from that of a nuclear submarine. The nuclear power bank operates independently, only provides power and does not participate in other operations. We are firmly opposed to treating the conventional submarines of the nuclear power bank as nuclear submarines. Some people wear colored Looking at our nuclear power through glasses, in fact, it is much safer than fuel cells, lithium batteries and the like."
The German below was unhappy: "Why are our fuel cells unsafe?"
"Sir, I'm not talking about you. We're talking about the Red Empire. Their fuel cell submarines had many accidents and finally gave up. Please don't take your seat." Qin Tao waved to the other party and then said: "Next, let's answer the first question, whether to install nuclear power on this submarine, it depends on the needs of our customers. Our AIP sections are modular and can be changed according to the needs of users, even if It is a submarine that has been in service for more than ten years, and we can also modify it for customers."
This sentence is even more bombshell. Submarines exported by Mingzhou Group in the past can also be modified with nuclear power!
If a country insists on selling nuclear submarines to the Kangaroo Country, then don’t blame Mingzhou Group for being rude. Mingzhou Group can expand nuclear power submarines to the world!
“What you are doing is irresponsible!” the British representative said: “This is nuclear proliferation!”
"We are just selling diesel-electric submarines with nuclear power. How come we are causing nuclear proliferation? If a country wants to sell nuclear submarines, why don't you object? This is a typical double standard!" Qin Tao said: "Whatever we sell, it's not our turn. You are making irresponsible remarks, your own submarines are not strong, and you don’t want others to sell submarines?”
“Is selling to Kangaroo Country the same as selling to Rainbow Country?”
The double bid was clearly revealed, and Anderson shouted from above: "Attention, this is the submarine bidding meeting of our Rainbow Nation Navy. Don't discuss topics unrelated to the bidding at the meeting. If anyone makes any more noise, we will ask them to leave!" "
If the quarrel continued, the nature of the meeting would change. Anderson didn't want the bidding he organized to turn into a noisy situation. His words had an effect. The British man's face turned red and he wanted to stand up. He left, but in the end he didn’t leave.
Qin Tao rolled his eyes at him: "Humph, I thought I was the empire on which the sun never sets. When I leave from here, I will go to the Weeping Country again."
"Mr. Qin, our Rainbow Nation is peace-loving. We purchase submarines to protect the motherland. Therefore, we will not purchase nuclear-powered submarines. We only need conventional AIP power." Anderson said.
“Okay, let’s take a look at the AIP section.”
After introducing Mingzhou Group’s project, Anderson looked at the following: “Next, we will ask our friends from Germany to introduce their plans.”
"Sir Anderson, our plan does not seem to meet your conditions." Bolt stood up.
“Then introduce it as well, just in case we are interested.”
Bolt could only introduce them. After he finished the introduction, it was the French and the British who introduced the submarines. The submarines of many people were not qualified, but they were all introduced.
With the introduction, they still have some expectations. What if the Rainbow Nation really considers their products?
In the end, the Rainbow Nation only used them as foils. After all, they are the foils to prove that the bidding is fair, fair and open. If there is only one bidder, can it still be considered a bidding? You have to have someone running with you.
“Now, I announce that after careful consideration by the Navy, Mingzhou Group’s products meet our standards, and we have decided to choose Mingzhou Group as the general contractor to build two 039D submarines with a total contract value of 400 million!”
200 million submarines have already caught up with the price quoted for surface warships, but the displacement is not much different, and the manufacturing process of submarines is more complex, so the price is not expensive, and the price quoted by the West may be higher.
The representatives participating in the bidding were all unhappy. Although they had known the outcome in advance, they were still dissatisfied.
There are also some people who are very anxious. They want to rush back. They want to verify whether the hat theory proposed by the Mingzhou Group is correct!
The tender is just a formality, and the winning bidder has already been decided! After the bidding meeting, Qin Tao followed Anderson to the office building, signed various documents, and then went to see the old man.
"Mr. Qin, we are relieved to hand over these contracts to you." The old man said: "Moreover, all four frigates will be built at the Glorious Years Shipyard, which can also effectively improve our manufacturing level. However, the relevant contracts We still have some difficulties regarding funding.”
When you signed the agreement with Germany, weren't you worried about difficulties in executing the contract? Qin Tao looked at the old man in front of him and was really embarrassed to say anything.
"If you have financial difficulties, we can solve it through other means." Qin Tao said: "You are also a country rich in mineral resources."
The Rainbow Kingdom has special geographical conditions, especially being located in the Kaapvar Archean Craton, which produces a large amount of minerals.
Cratons refer to ancient and stable continental blocks with extremely thick lithosphere and few earthquakes and magmatism inside them. Most cratons come from the Archean Eon, when Earth evolved its crust. The oldest rocks in the Kaapvar Craton actually belong to the Earth's very early crust and are well preserved to this day.
There are rich mineral resources, but the Rainbow Nation did not rely on these minerals to develop. After 1994, almost all of them were divided up by various mining companies.
"Mr. Qin, we have a lot of mineral resources, but these resources are already owned by owners." The old man said, "If you are looking for new mines, we can support you."
Qin Tao nodded: "We don't want your gold, diamonds and other minerals. What we need are other minerals, such as iron ore, nickel ore, etc. We can definitely look for new mines."
The old man nodded: "This is best."
“However, we still have some concerns.”
“What are you worried about?”
"Your current security situation is not very peaceful. Although we do not covet those precious minerals, we are easily noticed by others. If we want to mine safely here, we need a certain security force." Qin Tao said : "We need to set up a specialized security company."
(End of this chapter)