The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Panshan Group.

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A2 drawings are being printed one after another.

These are the design drawings of the electronic reconnaissance ship that have automatically adjusted their size.

This electronic reconnaissance ship, named 816 by Liu Tao, is 83.5 meters long, 14.6 meters wide, 4.2 meters deep, with a standard displacement of 3,200 tons and a full load displacement of 4,000 tons. It is a medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ship. Its power system includes 2 diesel engines, 2 electric motors (for low-speed driving), a speed of 20 knots, a cruising range of 5,000 nautical miles/15 knots, and a total of 110 people, of which 78 are intelligence analysts.

The main electronic equipment of the electronic reconnaissance ship includes passive sonar, sensor system, electronic jamming system, optical observation equipment, upgraded laser communication terminal equipment, etc.

In addition, it is also equipped with radio receivers of various frequency bands, radar receivers, terminal demodulation and recording equipment, signal analysis instruments, receiving antennas, etc., which can receive and record electromagnetic wave signals emitted by electronic equipment such as radio communications, radars and weapon control systems, find out the technical parameters and tactical performance of electronic equipment, and obtain military intelligence such as the other party's radio communications, radar systems, missile launches, and even aircraft takeoffs and ships leaving the port.

It can be said that in terms of performance, it has reached the world's leading level.

"Now that the medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ship has been solved, the next step is to solve the small and large electronic reconnaissance ships!" Liu Tao said in his heart.

The full load displacement of the electronic reconnaissance ship is generally more than 500 tons. For other countries, a full load displacement of 4,000 tons is already a large electronic reconnaissance ship.

However, for super-large countries such as the Soviet Union, the United States, and China, a 4,000-ton electronic reconnaissance ship can only be regarded as a medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ship.

The Soviet Union used the hull of the Kirov-class missile cruiser to modify the Ural, which had a full load displacement of an astonishing 36,500 tons. In order to provide enough power for the huge body, the Soviets used nuclear power on the Ural and installed two reactors, with a maximum speed of 27 knots.

Although the Ural has not yet been put into service, it has been hailed as the most advanced electronic reconnaissance ship in the world.

After all, with such a large tonnage, it can carry more equipment.

The American Observation Island is 172 meters long, 23 meters wide, has a displacement of 17,000 tons, and a speed of 20 knots per hour. The ship is equipped with various new electronic reconnaissance technologies, the most prominent of which is the phased array radar code-named "Cobra Judy". This octahedral radar set at the stern is as high as a 4-story building and weighs 250 tons. The radar itself also has security defense capabilities and can resist attacks from artillery fire from all directions. The radar panel is equipped with 12,288 independent antenna networks and radio signal transmitters and receivers controlled by electronic computers. The echoes reflected by the radio waves can display the entire image of the surrounding 360° sky every 4 seconds, and can observe various objects at the same time, which is more accurate and efficient than other radars.

The "Observation Island" was tested in September 1981 and deployed in the Pacific Ocean at the end of the year, with Pearl Harbor as its home port, for reconnaissance activities.

The benefits of large reconnaissance ships are self-evident, that is, they can conduct reconnaissance farther and more accurately.

Of course, medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ships are the main force, small electronic reconnaissance ships are auxiliary, and large reconnaissance ships are destined to be few and far between.

Liu Tao plans to develop an electronic reconnaissance ship of about 1,000 tons, specifically for offshore reconnaissance.

Then develop a large electronic reconnaissance ship, which is specifically used for ocean reconnaissance, and the tonnage is about 10,000 tons.

As for the 816-type electronic reconnaissance ship currently under development, Liu Tao does not need to invest too much time and energy, and can hand it over to the Yangcheng Shipyard.

After several years of training, Yangcheng Shipyard's shipbuilding capacity has become very strong, far from what it was a few years ago.

Now Yangcheng Shipyard is not the shipyard with the strongest shipbuilding capacity in China, but it is the largest shipyard.

Perhaps in a few years, Yangcheng Shipyard will surpass Dalian Shipyard and become the shipyard with the strongest shipbuilding capacity in China.

Then, Liu Tao arranged it and began to let Yangcheng Shipyard prepare to build the first ship of the 816-type electronic reconnaissance ship.

Liu Tao began to deal with two things. One was the restructuring of the Southwest China Ordnance Industry Group Corporation into the Southern China Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, and began to integrate the large arsenals of other ordnance industry systems in the south.

The other thing was to integrate Mawei Shipyard.

Mawei Shipyard is located in Mawei Port in Rongcheng District, bordering the Minjiang River. It was one of the major shipyards in China in the mid-to-late 19th century. It was built under the Westernization Movement led by Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, important officials of the Qing government.

After the completion of Mawei Shipyard, 40 ships were built for the Qing Dynasty in the following 30 years, accounting for 70% of the total domestic ships at that time. The first naval fleet, the Fujian Navy, was formed, and a large number of ships and generals were equipped for the Beiyang and Nanyang naval forces.

In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 was surging. Under the turbulent situation, no one cared about the shipbuilding industry. Mawei Shipyard was reduced to selling scrap metal for a living. By 1949, for another 30 years, with the change of regimes, Mawei Shipyard had been in a cycle of destroying-repairing-destroying again.

In 1950, when the People's Liberation Army entered Mawei, the shipyard was desolate and overgrown with weeds. Only a dilapidated engine room and a dock full of silt reminded people that this place once had the glory of "the first shipyard in the Far East".

At that time, it took a full four years for the workers to dig out millions of bricks and dozens of tons of scrap steel from the ground, and cleared several unexploded shells thrown on the wasteland of the original dock.

Old worker Zhou Decheng said: "Just the bricks we picked up built 4 buildings with a total of 70 staff dormitories and 3 rows of 36 offices."

When Liu Tao and Zhao Guoping came to Mawei Shipyard, they saw depression.

Because Fujian Province is on the front line of the war and is not suitable for large-scale military enterprises, the river channel here at Mawei Shipyard is silted up. It is very difficult to build Mawei Shipyard here.

Liu Tao frowned slightly. Now Mawei Shipyard can only build 5,000-ton cargo ships at most, and it is difficult to build larger ones.

Moreover, the river channel is silted up, which means that if you want to pass larger ships, you have to dredge the river again and dredge a channel that can meet the needs of shipping.

According to his estimate, no matter how much dredging is done, it can only meet the needs of ships of 30,000 to 40,000 tons.

This means that if you dredge the river again and invest heavily, the construction of ships of 30,000 to 40,000 tons is the ceiling.

Although ships of 30,000 to 40,000 tons are already large ships, Liu Tao has a big heart, and it is obvious that this cannot fill his appetite.

Giant ships of 100,000 tons, 200,000 tons, or even 300,000 tons are what he pursues.

Liu Tao sighed inwardly. He originally thought that the Mawei Shipyard would have a good foundation, but now it seems to be similar to the original Yangcheng Shipyard, which is equivalent to starting from scratch.

If you want to build another one like the current Yangcheng Shipyard, the investment will be much larger than the previous investment of the Yangcheng Shipyard.