Rebirth of Military Workers

"Which country is it?" Xie Kai was really curious.

"Temporarily keep it secret, only you can handle this matter, we can't. Moreover, they are not here to buy warships, but to buy other things." Zheng Yucheng said mysteriously.

Xie Kai knows who it is right away.

"Saudi? Come to buy a second kicker?"

"..." The eyes of the two old guys stared like copper bells, completely unexpected, how Xie Kai knew.

Fortunately, I have already got off the plane, otherwise I have to leak the secret.

"How did you know the news?" Xie Kai asked the two old guys.

"How did you know?"

"You forgot that I went to school in the capital, and the news channels are wide." Xie Kai said triumphantly. He was already planning how to get a share of the largest Chinese military export order in history.

Now, that order is no longer counted. The big order is for the Iraqis to buy tanks and ground red flag missiles and other integrated procurement items.

"We provide the warhead." Zheng Yucheng said, and he didn't say anything. "It's coming soon. You have to figure out how to make more money from them. With so many weapons and equipment, there is always one that can impress. Are they not? We can't divide much money with just the warhead."

Xie Kai nodded.

This kind of one-off sale must be sold as much as possible. After this village, there will be no such shop.

It just so happened that the car arrived at the Hudong Shipyard.

Mo Qi had been to the Shanghai stock market, but unexpectedly, 404 also had an office in the Shanghai stock market, and even parked a 212 Jeep at the airport. What she heard along the way shocked her, but she no longer showed it on her face.

If you listen to any secrets too much, you don’t care so much.

"Director Zheng, Director Qi, all the hard work..." When the car arrived, the director of Hudong Shipyard Li Qingmin and the secretary Gu Baonong were already waiting at the gate of the factory.

Xie Kai looked at the two old guys. When did they get in touch?

"No hard work, this is Comrade Xie Kai, let's take them to see the situation here. Let's go, let's go and see the dock first. This is the key." Zheng Yucheng is obviously familiar with the management of Hudong Shipyard.

Xie Kai was introduced, and the two leaders of Hudong Shipyard took the initiative to stretch out their hands. The expressions of excitement from poor people looking forward to the Red Army made Xie Kai and Mo Qi both confused.

Is it so important to me?

Or what did the two old guys say to them?

Don't be afraid to hold yourself too high, and then you will fall to pieces.

"Should I go directly to the dock or to the workshop?" Even though it was dark, the leaders of Hudong Shipyard did not mention going to eat first.

"Go to the dock, you can build the No. 2 dock of the 10,000-ton ship." Zheng Yucheng said.

The two nodded, went directly to the 212 parked by the entrance of the factory, and led the way.

There are many workshops along the way. These workshops have various architectural styles, including small British-style workshops, Soviet-style workshops, and modern light-steel-structured workshops.

"Originally it was a foreign company built by British merchants and built a shipyard in 28 years..." Seeing Xie Kai and Mo Qi surprised, Qi Zhiyuan introduced.

He is very familiar with the entire shipyard.

When we arrived at the dock, the two berths next to each other, one wide and the other narrow, were both more than two hundred meters in length.

"Here is Dock No. 2, which was rebuilt in 1980. In 1981, the original 28-meter-wide slipway was expanded to 30 meters, and the ship lock was also expanded to 30 meters. It is possible to build cargo ships of less than 100,000 tons." Li Qingmin pointed to a slightly wider The slipway introduced.

"Does the construction technology of a 100,000-ton cargo ship?" Xie Kai squinted, the slipway is very useful.

Both berths are empty.

Some small berths nearby are actually under construction.

"Yes, there are also drawings. It was originally designed after receiving an order from the United States, but it was later snatched by a Japanese shipyard..." When it came to this, Gu Baonong looked angry. "They said our technology is not as good as them."(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

"Really? What kind of ship?" Xie Kai didn't expect that there would be such a surprise.

"The ship is designed to have a total length of 228 meters, a width of 34 meters, a depth of 27 meters, and a draft of 14.5 meters..." Li Qingmin introduced, "The original expansion of the dock was also for this reason. It was a project of cooperation with foreign countries. Production is exchanged for technology, but the money for introducing technology and the placement of their technicians is given, and production is gone. We were cheated."

Xie Kai had no idea that this would be the case.

No wonder Hudong Shipyard has no money to expand the slipway.

Deceived.

If the United States wants to transport iron ore back from Australia, the required ore ship must be a Panamax. Ships arriving on the east coast of the United States must pass through the Panama Canal to effectively reduce costs.

It is also precisely because of the restrictions of the Panama Canal locks that determine the various limit sizes of Panamax cargo ships: the length cannot exceed 294.1 meters, the width cannot exceed 32.3 meters, and the full-load draft must not exceed 12 meters...

"They ended up being unable to cancel the order through the Panama Canal, right?" Xie Kai asked.

The latter nodded awkwardly.

In the initial stage of reform and opening up, domestic companies did not eat less for this kind of loss.

Many small companies from abroad went to China to bluff and cheat.

"The initial cooperation cost a lot of money, but later the funds were insufficient..."

At this moment, Li Qingmin and Gu Baonong did not conceal anything.

"In fact, this is not cheated, it's just the technology we got, it's not advanced. It doesn't need to be purchased domestically, and it is not very competitive in the international market. Domestically, a 100,000-ton cargo ship can be designed. Not much. We can produce even less..." Hudong Shipyard still has the capital to be proud of. "As long as we can get orders, we can design larger tonnage freighters on this basis, and use this as an example. Basically, design large-tonnage tankers, bulk cargo ships, etc..."

No wonder Zheng Yucheng and Qi Zhiyuan both want this factory.

For the large cargo ships they built, currently only the 404 business can use it.

Buy ore, crude oil from abroad?

Do not make jokes.

At present, China exports a large amount of crude oil and ore every year in exchange for foreign exchange. The domestically produced ore and crude oil cannot be digested by itself.

Thirty years later, there will be more than 50 shipyards in China that can build cargo ships of more than 100,000 tons; more than 30 shipyards can build cargo ships of more than 300,000 tons. Other shipyards have worked hard. Can make...

But now, there are not many domestic companies that have a manufacturing capacity of 100,000 tons of cargo ships.

"Then build one first." Xie Kai sighed, "I will help find the order as soon as possible."

"What about the expansion of Dock 1..."

"Fuck!" Qi Zhiyuan didn't hesitate, his eyes were looking at Xie Kai.

Xie Kai has no objection.

Is it useful to oppose the current situation?

"It is necessary to have transport ships of 200,000 tons or more, mainly ore carriers and oil tankers." Zheng Yucheng said.

"By the way, Director Li, what's the situation with the 053 frigate in the factory?" Xie Kai still pays attention to the warship.

A 100,000-ton ocean-going freighter can sell for 20 to 30 million US dollars, but the price of a Jianghu-class frigate exceeds this.

Civilian ocean-going cargo ships are not as profitable as warships.

It is a pity that the navy currently has little demand for such small warships, and foreign customers, except for the two delivered to Egypt in 1985, have no other orders.

"I am still continuing to improve. After a while, the technical staff will introduce you to the situation." Li Qingmin said.

They are eagerly looking forward to being included in 404, but not just for selling civilian ships.

In the aircraft carrier project, they actually want to get involved.

What a great achievement to build China's first aircraft carrier in their factory by then!

Xie Kai is noncommittal.

Type 051 is sold by few countries. It is the main battleship of the navy, and the country will not agree to sell it. Type 052, which is being developed, is the future battleship and cannot be sold.

It's impossible to sell in a lifetime.

Can sell, 054 and 056 are still too far away, and only tricks on 053.

The group simply ate dinner, and it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

But the technical meeting room of Hudong Shipyard was full of people.

Mo Qi has gradually adapted to the rhythm of spinning all day long. Xie Kai and others can't see any discomfort at all, only the haggardness on their faces can be seen.

Type 053, which started from Type 053K in the 1960s, to Type 053H in the 1970s, has now developed to Type 053H2, and is even continuing to improve.

Now Hudong Shipyard’s chief engineer in charge of the improved design of the 053 frigate is still Chief Wang Hengyuan. A technical master who Xie Kai has heard of the name but is unfamiliar with it will never be as good as a former fan of Xie Kai. The commanders of the warships are so attractive.

"In other words, so far, the improvement of the 053H2 model is mainly to install the Hongqi-61 ship-to-air missile?" Xie Kai asked in surprise.

As long as the Hongqi-61 air defense missile is installed, the combat performance of the 053H2 will be even greater.

After all, the main combat mission of the real 053H2 is anti-ship. The most powerful weapon above, except for the double-mounted 100mm rapid-fire gun, is the Eagle-81, which is the legendary Chinese Flying Fish-C801 anti-ship missile.

"Yes, but according to the current situation, the tonnage still needs to be improved." Wang Hengyuan nodded and said, "The main flaws of all 053 models are in these respects. Air defense basically can only rely on 4 seats and 2 units with 37 mm caliber. The machine gun is on. The anti-aircraft missile is on the ship, which is the direction that we have been working hard on."

He didn't know why a young man came up to ask questions at this time, and Zheng Yucheng waited for the Lord to just sit and drink tea in silence.

Still answering.

"If an anti-submarine helicopter platform is added to the tail, and the air defense missile is changed to the French Sea Sidewinder air defense missile introduced by the 701..." Xie Kai put forward a series of requirements, "Is it easy to adapt these technologies?"

"Xie Kai, what do you want to do?" Zheng Yucheng was puzzled.

"It's not for selling warships. We know what the performance of this thing is now, don't we know it? It's such a broken thing. The tonnage is not big enough and the performance is not advanced. What price can it sell?" Xie Kai rolled his eyes and said .

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