Dominate South Asia

This kind of steel is used to make the flight deck of aircraft carriers. Only steel with this strength can withstand the takeoff and landing of carrier-based aircraft. At the same time, it is also an excellent choice for manufacturing the shell of nuclear submarines.

France's Triumph-class submarines have a steel yield strength of only about 550 MPa and can dive to a depth of 500 meters. Therefore, the steel used in the deck of this aircraft carrier can dive to a depth of 400 meters, which is a big problem. The remaining amount, if the maximum diving depth is reached, it may reach six to seven hundred meters.

Extreme diving depth is a risky tactic that has to be adopted in order to fight against the enemy's anti-submarine equipment during battle. It was originally designed to be able to dive to 200 meters, but it can be risky to dive to 300 meters to let the enemy The depth bomb failed.

After hearing what Pakistan said, General Zhang's eyes immediately lit up. In terms of nuclear submarines, China does not completely export its technology. China also needs Pakistan's technology!

In addition to the propeller at the tail, if China's submarine pressure hull uses Pakistani steel, the diving depth of its own nuclear submarine can be greatly increased! This is so important for a submarine sailing in the ocean!

"We very much look forward to cooperating with you to build a submarine with better performance." General Zhang said.

"We are also looking forward to it." With a smile on Haziz's face, he and Stanim had already exchanged opinions. After returning, he reported to President Hamad that they would develop this nuclear submarine based on it. Replacing Western and self-developed electronic equipment will make the performance of the submarine even better. It would be even better if a silent main circulation water pump could be obtained from the West.

Now, it is completely fine to build the supporter class in Karachi and import some sonar and other equipment, at the same time. Westerners can't say anything about the nuclear submarines they claim to be Pakistan's own technology.

With nuclear submarines, this aircraft carrier fleet will be more complete. Of course, once the full performance of this aircraft carrier is fully understood and Pakistan's own shipbuilding industry technology becomes more advanced, it can start building a new aircraft carrier on its own. The displacement must be at least 60,000 tons, which is most suitable.

The Pakistani navy continues to visit China, and the two sides are very friendly.

The situation in the South China Sea gradually returned to calm. In order to better control the Nansha area, China announced the establishment of Hainan Province. All South China Sea islands were placed under Hainan Province. At the same time. Establish the Hainan Special Economic Zone and use administrative means to manage all South China Sea areas.

The ancient east. The country that was once bullied by the outside world finally used its own power to demonstrate its determination to defend its territory and attracted global attention. Soon, the attention of the global media shifted. After all, there are still many unstable factors in this world.

Persian Gulf.

Because of Iran’s export of revolution and other reasons. The war between Iran and Iraq has been going on for eight full years. Now, both sides have lost an entire generation of young people, and each other's national strength has also been greatly depleted.

In order to disrupt the other side's economy to the maximum extent, driven by interests, Iran and Iran, which was jealous, targeted oil tankers sailing at sea.

Both Iraq and Iran are important oil exporters. The oil of both parties occupies an important position in the national economy. In addition to attacking oil wells, there are also equipment to transport oil.

The one who started the attack was Iraq, and Saddam was unruly.

As early as 1983, Saddam publicly declared that five Iraqi fighter planes carrying Exocet missiles would attack oil tankers entering and leaving Iran. Iran immediately began to fight back: once Iranian oil tankers or offshore oil facilities were attacked. Iran will block the Strait of Hormuz immediately! In 1984, Saddam finally took action. Legal Super Hornet helicopters were dispatched to attack 4 innocent civilian ships with AM39 Exocet missiles, 3 were sunk and 1 was damaged. From then on, the two sides began to attack each other's oil tankers. In 1984, 69 merchant ships and oil tankers were attacked, 53 in 1985, 106 in 1986, and 178 merchant ships and oil tankers were attacked in 1987. .

Iraq's oil exports mainly rely on pipelines, which are transported directly to the Mediterranean, while Iran is located in the Persian Gulf and has a geographical advantage. Although there are very few oil tankers in Iraq, civilian ships from Kuwait and other countries that support Iraq are also targets of their attacks, and even neutral country oil tankers.

It's now 1988, and there are only a few months left before the end of the Iran-Iraq war. The fighting on the ground is almost over, but the attacks at sea have never stopped.

The sky is clear, and a very large oil tanker flying the Chinese flag is sailing on the sea.

With its huge hull outline, bulging belly, and a flat deck above it, anyone familiar with it will know it is an oil tanker.

When oil became an important energy source, transporting oil became an indispensable method for countries that lacked crude oil. On land, oil pipelines were used, but at sea, oil tankers were used. .

In the past, there were restrictions on oil tankers passing through the Suez Canal. But for a while, the Egyptians closed the Suez Canal, and most of the oil tankers had to go around. At this time, the size of the oil tankers began to get bigger and bigger. .

The ship in front of us is the largest of all the tankers. Its full load displacement is almost one million tons. It is also the longest ship in the world and the longest artificial floating object on the water. The length of the ship is more than 1/4 mile, which is longer than the Eiffel Tower lying sideways. It is a super-large crude oil tanker.

This ship is the Sea Giant. It was built in December 1977 at the Oppama Shipyard in Yokosuka City of the island country Yuju Machinery Industry. The order was placed by a Greek shipping company. Three years later, the ship was not completed and the brothers went bankrupt. The ship was also sold to Hong Kong shipping tycoon Tung Chao Yung. After that, the ship was further lengthened by several meters and the displacement was increased. In the end, it reached 825,466 tons! It became the largest ship in the world.

After it was built, the tanker began its trip to the Middle East. However, now that the Iran-Iraq War is in full swing, maritime transportation is always in danger.

The ship-raid war has been going on for several years, and this sea giant has also experienced several dangers. On October 5 last year, an Iraqi Mirage F-1 dropped a bomb and damaged the plane. Two months later, on December 22, it was damaged by a Mirage F-1 bomb again; fortunately, this is a sturdy tanker, and it continued to operate after being repaired.

Now, this tanker is carrying a large amount of crude oil and is passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which is an area controlled by the Iranian Navy. There are a large number of Iranian missiles on the shore. They were terrified all the way here, and finally they are safer here.

Iraqi fighter planes usually fly in the Persian Gulf, and sometimes even attack Iranian ports. Now, this is almost the maximum sailing distance of Iraqi fighter planes, and they are generally not attacked again.

They are not worried about Iran's attacks, because their company has always been loading oil from Iran, so the ones who attacked them are also Iraqi planes.

Iraq is now crazy. It not only attacks Iranian oil tankers, but also tankers of other neutral countries that transport Iranian crude oil.

There are not many waves on the sea. The navigator stands on the bridge. The waterways here are complicated. Only the middle channel can be used. It is too difficult for this giant ship to sail.

Several sailors stood on the deck. After being nervous for so long, they can finally relax. They are almost risking their lives. Although the salary is high, they don’t want to do it anymore.

A sailor looked at the white clouds in the blue sky, and suddenly heard a familiar roar in the distance.

A silver bright spot appeared in the blue sky.

"Attention, there are planes!" The sailor shouted loudly.

As he was speaking, he heard a more familiar voice, the sharp whistling sound from far to near! The other party actually dropped a bomb!

"Quick, full left rudder!" The captain shouted loudly. The other party threw a bomb again, and he must avoid the other party's bomb!

This is not a speedboat, but a slow tanker. It takes a long time to move. Now, the situation is very urgent and we must avoid the bomb.

(Later, it was said that Iraq used Exocet missiles, as if Exocet missiles were free. They were used to deal with enemy warships and anti-ship missiles. Is it necessary to be so crazy to deal with an oil tanker?)

"Boom!" The bomb was not accurate. It fell into the water dozens of meters away from the tanker, and exploded into waves more than ten meters high.

The captain breathed a sigh of relief, but the navigator shouted loudly: "Quick, slow down!"

There was a shallow beach ahead. This supertanker had a deep draft. If it passed, it would definitely run aground!

"Quick, full speed of the main engine, reverse!" The captain also gave orders.

"Squeak." A special sound came from the bottom of the ship, and then the front end of the entire hull suddenly tilted up, exposing more than two meters below the waterline.

Oops! Stranded!

The Iraqi plane continued to fly over, shaking its wings in a show of force. You can see that there is still a bomb at the bottom of the wing. The other side did not throw it, but circled around before flying back.

Damn it! The sailors on the ship cursed. They also knew that they had escaped death once. However, this oil tanker stranded near Kake Island is the largest ship of the company. Now, it seems that it cannot be saved in a short time. The company is afraid that it will be worse.

The company mainly relies on offshore crude oil transportation as its main source of profit. Now, the company has lost this largest oil tanker. Misfortunes never come alone. The sailors on the ship all turned pale. (To be continued ~^~)