Warship of Great Power

The deal was done. India decided to grit its teeth and spend $1 billion to jointly develop a catapult with the British. When Sunil agreed, many British people present still found it incredible.

One billion dollars! The British military budget is tight, and it is too difficult to raise $1 billion, or even impossible. Unexpectedly, India came up with it so easily!

One billion, that's one billion!

All the Indians were excited.

"Mr. Sunil, with advanced electromagnetic catapults in the future, you should try to build an aircraft carrier with a larger displacement, right?" Steve continued to ask.

"Of course, a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier is just the beginning. In the future, we will build larger aircraft carriers, 60,000 tons, 80,000 tons, and even 100,000 tons of super aircraft carriers, and the power system will also transition to nuclear power. At present, we are developing fast reactor technology. When these technologies break through, we can build advanced fast reactor reactors to meet the needs of aircraft carriers." Sunil said.

Fast reactor is a special reactor. Its biggest advantage is that it can use uranium 238. You know, uranium 238 is the most abundant in nature, but it is not easy to undergo nuclear fission. Therefore, it is necessary to enrich the uranium in nature, throw out uranium 238, keep uranium 235, and enrich it to a certain concentration before it can be used. This causes a lot of waste, and there is also the problem of nuclear waste disposal.

If uranium 238 can be burned, the nuclear fuel that humans can use will increase from hundreds of years to tens of thousands of years, and there is no need to worry about fuel shortages.

However, this also means that the efficiency is very low. Fast reactors can be used as commercial reactors on land, but they are definitely not suitable as nuclear reactors on warships.

However, Sunil is bragging. Whatever the East has, the Indians must have it too! The East has nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, so of course they must have them too.

"Yes, your technology is very advanced, we can all see it." Steve was very cooperative: "However, if you want to build such a large aircraft carrier, it means that you need a larger dock and an advanced gantry crane, right? If you want to speed up the construction, you have to build it in sections, and if you build it in sections, you need a gantry crane with strong enough capacity, such as a 12,000-ton one."

When they heard this, the people at the Rosyth Shipyard were immediately excited. In order to undertake the construction and assembly of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, they spent a huge amount of money to purchase a 12,000-ton gantry crane from the East. After the aircraft carrier was built, the gantry crane was useless. They looked at the huge gantry crane every day and worried. Well, now it's good, just sell it to Asan!

"Yes, we do need large gantry cranes, but... Asan also has principles, we will never buy Zhenhua Heavy Industries' products!"

Asan would never buy a gantry crane from the East, but if he didn't buy one from the East, it seemed that there was no second choice. After all, the best gantry cranes in the world are in the East.

Hearing his words, Steve immediately patted his chest and guaranteed: "Of course you can't buy from the East, buy from our UK. We also produce gantry cranes. We can sell you 12,000-ton gantry cranes at any time!"

"Really?" Sunil said excitedly: "How much?"

The East already has three aircraft carriers, each one is stronger than the other, and the East is still selling aircraft carriers. The Indians are watching and are anxious. At the same time, they are not convinced. If the East can sell aircraft carriers, they can also sell them. After all, in terms of labor cost advantages, no country can compare with the Indians! Needless to say, how low the workers' wages are. If an accident happens and the workers are injured, they will just scold them and drive them away. There is no compensation at all.

They Indians need large gantry cranes. They can also build aircraft carriers in large quantities in the future and sell them to make money!

Steve looked at the people present: "Lambert, how much is a 12,000-ton gantry crane?"

Lambert was extremely excited: "This, this, at least 80 million US dollars!"

It was bought for 60 million US dollars, and two Queen-class aircraft carriers were built. Now it can be sold for 80 million US dollars! The Indians' money is really the easiest to make! Lambert was in a very good mood.

"This is the largest gantry crane in the world, with a lifting capacity of 12,000 tons. It can also be used to manufacture 10,000-ton destroyers. It can be directly lifted down after it is built. 80 million US dollars is absolutely worth it." Steve looked at the Indians.

Sunil swallowed his saliva: "Yes, it's absolutely worth it, let's buy it!"

Another deal!

Benjamin was very moved. This Steve is really amazing!

After the meeting, the excited British held a banquet and invited the Indians to dinner. The banquet was also held in their most grand place. There were many big figures accompanying them. Sunil and others were also flattered and honored. They could brag for a long time when they returned.

In the development of aircraft carriers, India finally moved closer to Britain, jointly developed with the British, and purchased gantry cranes from Britain. This news could not be hidden and soon spread back to the East.

When Qin Tao heard the news, he was still working at the Mingzhou Shipyard. He smiled faintly: "These British are too unkind. They actually started to cheat India."

"Yes, the gantry crane that India bought was made by our Zhenhua Heavy Industries. I don't know what India thinks. It bought directly from us. The price is low and there is after-sales service."

"If you don't get cheated once, Ah San will not know who is the most honest in business." Qin Tao said: "The gantry crane bought for 80 million yuan cannot be used, and the electromagnetic catapult that was developed with 1 billion yuan cannot be used. When the time comes, see Where do they go to cry?”

When they did business with Rosyth Shipyard, they had already agreed on the prerequisites. The gantry crane could only be used by themselves and could not be sold to third parties. After they sold it, they could dismantle it and reinstall it, but after it was installed, it would definitely It couldn't be started, and the gantry crane turned into scrap metal.

"The Americans can't successfully develop a catapult, and the British probably don't have this ability, right?" Xu Zhengyang said.

"Of course not. The British have long since lost their creativity. Apart from shouting a few slogans about environmental protection, they can't do anything else." Qin Tao said: "Ah San was deceived badly this time. I guess, the British In all likelihood, after receiving the money, they will find American suppliers to contract R\u0026D projects. At that time, it will be impossible for Ah San to participate in the core technology research and development. At most, he will help write some software. "

Electromagnetic catapult sounds very simple, it is just a linear motor, but there are a lot of technical problems to be solved: a large amount of power bursts out at the same time, which requires flywheel energy storage technology, the design, installation, debugging of linear motors, the input of electric energy in sequence, etc. , none of which can be solved by the British.

"Moreover, the British aircraft carrier's insufficient power makes it impossible to support the use of powerful electromagnetic catapults." Xu Zhengyang also added.

The power output of the Queen-class aircraft carrier is only 108 megawatts. If you want the carrier-based aircraft to take off, the aircraft carrier must have a certain speed. At least 80 megawatts of electricity are used to drive the warship, and the rest must be distributed to the entire ship. The Queen-class aircraft carrier simply has no extra power for electromagnetic catapults!

"How did you know?" Qin Tao was very curious.

"I just received news from the Bureau. His new program wants to focus on this recent incident and expose the British people's background, but I am afraid of ruining your plan, so I came to ask for your opinion. Read the content.”

"Come on, Zhang Zhong said that the show has not had new tricks for a long time, and the audience is no longer interested."

"But, will it make Asan wake up?"

"Of course not. The more we say they can't do it, the more Ah San will do the opposite. Ah San is like a rebellious child."

"good."

After receiving the news, Zhang Zhong was very excited. He finished recording the program that day and met the audience during prime time in the evening.

"Dear viewers, welcome to this program. Today's program is called Zhang Zhong talks about the Queen's Tears. The Queen does not refer to a person, but a Queen-class aircraft carrier."

Zhang Zhong was full of energy: "We know that the Queen-class aircraft carrier has had countless tears from its project establishment, construction, and launch into service. It was rebuilt with segmentation errors, and four gas turbines became two with insufficient power. Even now, even if Even though it is in service, it is still worrying about carrier-based aircraft. As a 60,000-ton aircraft carrier, it is actually still operating the Sea Harrier, which is really laughable. "

"The British are no longer impatient for American vertical take-off and landing carrier-based aircraft. They have decided to perform a major surgery on the Queen-class aircraft carrier, which is to add a catapult so that it can take off and land conventional carrier-based aircraft. Let's analyze it now. Is the improvement reasonable? First of all, we know that electromagnetic catapults not only have drive motors, but also other equipment. According to the current information, the total weight of the electromagnetic catapult used by the U.S. Ford-class aircraft carrier reaches 630 tons, and the volume is 630 tons. Reaching more than a thousand cubic meters, we don’t know whether the Queen-class aircraft carrier will cry again with such a burden.”

Sunil, who had just returned to China, was writing a report when he saw such a program, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Taking all the conditions into consideration, we can conclude that if the British want to modify the Queen-class aircraft carrier, they will need to spend at least 5 billion, which is similar to building a brand-new warship. Therefore, we believe that it is impossible for the British to carry out such a project. So the modification project is just to deceive people.”

Deceiving people?

Sunil's brows furrowed.

"I heard that an aircraft carrier of a certain country had an accident during a sea trial, so we also hope to use electromagnetic catapults to change the performance of the aircraft carrier. We believe that currently in the world, only Eastern aircraft carriers have mature electromagnetic catapult technology. Even the United States has not matured its research and development, and it is impossible for the British to build such an advanced catapult..."

"Humph, this is a conspiracy by the Easterners. They want to destroy our cooperation. They want to try to prevent us from obtaining advanced aircraft carriers!" Sunil said: "We will never be fooled."

"That's right, we should listen to what the Orientals say. If they don't let us do anything, we will do it!"

"Britain's technology is world-class and cannot be compared to that of Easterners. The electromagnetic catapult is not high-tech. It is just a linear motor. It must be maturely developed! By that time, our Asan aircraft carrier will also have electromagnetic catapults. Catapult!"

"Yes, Easterners are jealous!"

Ah San would not believe Zhang Zhong's persuasion. The more terrifying the consequences Zhang Zhong said, the more they refused to believe it.

In the future, facts will prove that Zhang Zhong's words are right. At that time, I don't know how Ah San will feel. Although he will still grit his teeth and insist on being right, he will probably regret it in his heart.

For Qin Tao, this is just a small episode. He still has a lot of things to do. The four amphibious assault ships are also a big test for the Mingzhou Group. They must use the fastest speed to reach the highest level. Quality finish built!

"Mr. Qin, the Glory Years Shipyard is ready to start construction and invites you to attend the opening ceremony. If you want to go, the start time will be determined based on your travel date." On this day, Xu Zhengyang received another new call News, said to Qin Tao.

"Really? That's really good news. By the way, have you reported it to your superiors? Will your superiors allow me to go out?"

Xu Zhengyang looked at Qin Tao's concerned expression and couldn't help but say: "If your superiors don't agree, won't you go?"

"Of course I have to go."

"Then you still need to consult your superiors?"

"You don't have to come back to cause trouble." Qin Tao said, "It's easy to talk when you go out, but it's hard to come back."

"I have already reported it to my superiors. What my superiors mean is... if the start of construction can be delayed, then we can wait until we send a fleet over to hold a maritime military exercise with the Rainbow Nation Navy."

"Joint maritime military exercise?" Qin Tao became interested: "Then what warships are we going to send?"

"One 055, two 052s, and a comprehensive supply ship." Xu Zhengyang briefly introduced: "By the way, there will be another submarine underwater, and the underwater one is the most important one."

Is underwater the most important thing?

Qin Tao reacted: "Is it that 096?"

After 096 was launched into the water, various intense tests began. After that, Qin Tao did not participate. After all, there was a team composed of a large number of professionals. Qin Tao used to watch the fun.

That submarine should have completed all testing work and officially joined the navy. After running in, the submarine will need to conduct long-distance voyage training.

A single submarine can go out, but if it encounters an accident, it will have to deal with it by itself. It will be much safer if there is a surface ship escort.

This is not just going to the Rainbow Country to organize a joint military exercise with the other party, this is also a submarine voyage! The brand new 096 submarine has powerful performance, which gave the superiors a lot of confidence and decided to have a long-distance training!

"Okay." Qin Tao nodded: "Then the steel we produce here is relatively tight, and there is nothing we can do about it for the time being... No, wouldn't it be better to follow our naval fleet and transport a shipload of aircraft carrier steel?"

"Okay, then I'll make arrangements." After Xu Zhengyang finished speaking, he thought of something else: "Mr. Qin, are you going there by yourself this time, or are you bringing your wife with you?"

After all, Qin Tao went out to have fun last time, but Zhao Ling has been in China and has not had the chance to go out. In total, it has been several years since she went abroad. Qin Tao thought briefly and nodded: "If it won't be given to us, If the security work brings too much trouble, then I hope to take her with me.”

The superior in question was actually my father-in-law. When the father-in-law agreed, Qin Tao took his wife with him. If the father-in-law disagreed, then forget it. However, since the navy had such a big battle and went out for joint exercises, That will naturally protect the safety of Qin Tao and Zhao Ling.

Time passed unknowingly to 2006. Just after New Year's Day of this year, the Navy dispatched a formation of three destroyers and a comprehensive supply ship to the southernmost point of the earth. Accompanying them were two bulk ships filled with ship steel plates, heading to the Rainbow Kingdom.

That's all on the surface of course, underwater, and there's a big guy following behind.

Zhao Ling and Qin Tao stood together on the bow of one of the bulk ships. Looking at Qin Tao's eyes looking underwater, she knew what Qin Tao was thinking.

"If it weren't for me, you would have followed them, right?" Zhao Ling looked under the water and asked.

There are only men in the submarine. It would be very inconvenient for a woman to get in. After all, the smell in the submarine is not good. When the men go underwater, they often work shirtless. Although there are two toilets inside, one of them is One also needs to be packed with necessities before setting off.

The 096 underwater now is a big guy with spacious space, but it is still not suitable for women. Therefore, if Zhao Ling cannot go down, then Qin Tao cannot follow him down to experience it.

"Me? I don't want to go down." Qin Tao said: "It's OK to go up there for a few hours occasionally, but if you stay there for a month or two, it's not something ordinary people can bear. Besides, I don't know how to use the equipment inside, maybe He knows how to poke big holes."

Needless to say, you have to be careful when using the toilet. If you use it incorrectly, you may pose a threat to the entire submarine at any time.

However, if they really get on the submarine, the confidentiality will be very good. No one will know that Qin Tao has come out. Where is the situation like now, where he has to hide on the bulk carrier.

"Hey, what's in front of you?"

At this time, the formation had just set off and arrived in the southern sea. Qin Tao looked in the direction of Qiongzhou and found a chimney erected on a small island near the Qiongzhou mainland, with white smoke coming out of it.

This is not smoke produced by combustion, but produced by cooling. Is it here?

"High-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor." Zhao Ling said: "In the past few years, Professor Wang built a ten-megawatt high-temperature gas-cooled experimental reactor. Last year, he began to build a two-hundred-megawatt high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor. The original plan was to It was built in Dongshan, but because the power shortage in Qiongzhou was getting bigger and bigger, it was built here, and by the way, Krasnopolsky was also working on it.”

High temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor! This is the most advanced and safest fourth-generation nuclear reactor. The biggest advantage of this type of nuclear reactor is that it will be shut down immediately if a problem occurs, and no major safety accidents will occur.