Warship of Great Power

For Ah San, the phrase "misfortunes never come singly" is the most appropriate description.

Sunil came to the shipyard and looked at the Blue Sky Guardian aircraft carrier that was smashed and twisted. His face was so ugly that he was about to cry!

Thinking about Ah San's aircraft carrier dream, it was really difficult. He originally purchased one from the Russians and transformed it into the Super Sun King. Who would have thought that it was a shoddy project. Due to the poor quality, it cracked everywhere and the boiler exploded, and it had to be scrapped in the end.

Ah San learned from his mistakes and felt that he could not rely on the Russians. He had to build it himself. He launched it many times before finally building the Blue Sky Guardian. Seeing that the carrier-based aircraft had been bought and the catapult was also under development, an accident happened again at this time!

For an aircraft carrier, launching it does not mean that the dock is no longer needed. If there is a problem with the propeller and steering gear, it still needs to enter the dock for repair. This Blue Sky Guardian is no exception.

After a series of sea trials, the Blue Sky Guardian needed to enter the dock again for the last adjustment. However, since the original dock was already occupied, they could only make do with the newly dug dock.

The earthwork of the new dock has been completed and has not yet solidified. However, it is okay to make do with it. The Russians have also done this, merging two small docks into a large one.

The Blue Sky Guardian entered the large dock, and the construction team behind built a dam, and the large dock was used. Asan was still feeling the new dock happily. No one thought that such a thing would happen!

"Who can tell me what happened?" Sunil's face was gloomy, and he was about to be furious.

"I don't know. There was a gust of wind at that time, and we didn't see what was going on. Then we heard a bang, and the whole ground was shaking. We thought it was an earthquake. When the wind passed, we saw the scene in front of us."

Alex was also in a state of fear. Fortunately, he came up at that time. If he had commanded on the aircraft carrier, he would probably have died!

That's right, the gantry crane collapsed. How could such a big accident not kill people?

After all, this is a 12,000-ton gantry crane, which weighs thousands of tons. Who can withstand the direct impact of a beam dozens of meters high?

The 40,000-ton Blue Sky Guardian can't withstand this level of attack!

The deck of the Blue Sky Guardian can withstand the landing of a 20-ton carrier-based aircraft, but it can't withstand the impact of a gantry crane of thousands of tons. So, when the beam came down, it collapsed directly from the middle of the Blue Sky Guardian!

After the deck collapsed, the beam continued to fall down, breaking the hangar deck, and then fell down a few layers and got stuck in the middle.

The broken part was twisted and deformed, and it looked miserable. The gantry crane fell into it, and the two merged into one, as if they never wanted to separate.

"Can it be repaired?"

Repair? How to repair it? Now I don't even know how to deal with it. The best way is to just give up here! Alex thought to himself.

"We just took a measurement, measuring 50 meters from the broken hole to both sides, and the overall height dropped by about 10 centimeters."

"What does that mean?"

What does that mean? It was flattened!

After the gantry crane came down, it not only broke the aircraft carrier in half, but also pulled both sides down as a whole. Even 50 meters away, it was flattened by 10 centimeters.

What does this mean?

It is no longer worth saving. Even if the gantry crane can be taken out, even if the holes on both sides are repaired, what about the other parts that were flattened?

There is no way!

This also means that the damage to the aircraft carrier is serious. Even if it can be repaired, it will be disabled in the future. The best way is to scrap it directly!

Seeing Alex not speaking, Sunil was annoyed: "Tell me, how long can you take to repair this aircraft carrier?"

Alex's body trembled. He knew that he must not tell Sunil that it couldn't be repaired at this time, otherwise Sunil would be furious, but he didn't dare to promise that he could repair it.

What to do?

"If we want to repair this aircraft carrier, we need a gantry crane." In a hurry, Alex actually came up with a dead loop.

"This gantry crane needs at least 5,000 tons of lifting capacity, so that this 12,000-ton gantry crane can be lifted up again!"

Well, for this collapsed gantry crane, another gantry crane is needed. Can Sunil continue to insist on repairing it? You know, this gantry crane is not cheap. When it was purchased from the British, it cost 80 million US dollars, but then it was locked by the East. In order to unlock it, it cost another 60 million US dollars.

If the East hadn't come up with ideas at that time and refused to pay the French for the final payment of the Rafale fighter, they really wouldn't have had money to give to the East.

Now they have made a fortune and even have the money to build a new aircraft carrier, but the dock has an accident again! What to do?

"Tear down this gantry crane!" Sunil is not stupid.

Still have to spend money to buy a gantry crane? Only the East can produce 5,000 tons, and they absolutely cannot purchase it from the East!

So, just tear it down.

Although Asan is not good at shipbuilding, he is very good at shipbreaking. It will naturally not take much effort to dismantle the gantry crane stuck in the ship.

Tear it down?

Alex rolled his eyes: "It's okay to dismantle it, but during the dismantling process, it may cause structural damage to our aircraft carrier. Moreover, we need the gantry crane, not just to smash it." The gantry crane is lifted out, and it even wants to lift our aircraft carrier!"

What kind of operation is this?

Alex spitted stars: "We will weld a lot of hooks on the deck, and then use a five-thousand-ton gantry crane to pull them, so that the smashed aircraft carrier can be straightened!"

This operation is very common in car repairs.

When the car's shell is damaged by a crash, the best way is to replace it with a new one, but what if you can't buy one? In particular, Batie's masters can only use a pair of dexterous hands to repair the car.

Usually, pulleys are used to forcefully pull out the knocked-in parts, but now, in the same way, a five-thousand-ton gantry crane can be used to pull out the flattened parts.

Although the actual operation is definitely quite cumbersome, this seems to be the most appropriate method!

In fact, with this smash, the aircraft carrier not only suffered external injuries, but also internal injuries. It was almost impossible to save it. Even if it was restored to its original state, it might encounter something unexpected while going to sea.

Therefore, it was best to scrap it, but Sunil didn’t accept it, so he had to think of other ways!

Gantry crane, do you want to buy it?

"Hmph, this time our aircraft carrier was hit because of Dongfang's gantry crane. Let's go to them to claim compensation! We want them to compensate us for a new gantry crane!" Sunil gritted his teeth.

Alex's eyes lit up, this was a solution to the problem! Claim!

"Since the Orientals took us 60 million US dollars last time, then this gantry crane has something to do with them!" Sunil said: "They must compensate, not only our gantry crane, but also the loss of our aircraft carrier! "

"You're right!"

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Alex was stunned, what am I waiting for? Waiting for the gantry crane to come back!

"Why don't you go to the East? Now, immediately, immediately, immediately go to the East to claim compensation!"

Alex didn't expect that this matter would fall on him again, but he was the one who negotiated last time, so naturally it should be him now.

Dongfang, Zhenhua Heavy Industries.

"When people sit at home, trouble comes from the sky!" Guan Lao said with emotion: "Ah San will definitely come over this time and want to blackmail us, alas!"

Zhang Zhong looked into Guan Lao's eyes with a complicated expression: "Guan Lao, did you really do nothing?"

"Are you kidding? How could we do anything? What should we do?"

"For example, remote control causes imbalance in the operation of the gantry crane..."

"What are you talking about? Isn't this destroying our brand? Can ZPMC do this? We produce gantry cranes of more than 1,000 tons in the world. Have you heard of similar accidents in other factories?"

Zhang Zhong looked into Guan Lao's eyes: "Okay, I understand."

Mr. Guan watched Zhang Zhong leave and continued: "There is a proverb in Mr. Gu's Europe. If you lose a horseshoe nail, you will lose a horseshoe. If you lose a horseshoe, you will lose a war horse."

"I've heard of it." Zhang Zhong continued: "If a war horse is broken, a general will be lost, a war will be lost, and an empire will be destroyed. Therefore, project management is very important, and Asan's management is chaotic. It must be their reason.”

"That's natural."

As soon as Zhang Zhong left, Alex came.

"The quality of your gantry crane is very poor. It was blown down by a gust of wind! It also damaged our aircraft carrier. We demand compensation!"

"Mr. Alex, we are also very concerned about the accident at your shipyard, so we found a lot of on-site information and conducted some analysis." Mr. Guan said, "This is the accident report, please take a look. "

Originally, there would be no accident report until they had to go to the scene, but thinking that Ah San wouldn't let anyone from Zhenhua Heavy Industries pass by, he simply did it behind closed doors.

Alex picked it up, it was probably specially prepared for them, and it was written in English.

Report on the collapse accident of a 12,000-ton gantry crane.

The overall reasons are: chaotic management, disordered operations, regulatory negligence, and man-made accidents.

Alex subconsciously wanted to throw this thing on the table, but after thinking about it, he held back and finished reading it first.

1. The installation of the gantry crane needs to wait until the dock is fully constructed before it can be installed. However, the order of the Cochin Shipyard is reversed. The gantry crane is installed first and then the dock is built. During this process, the original foundation of the gantry crane will continue to become soft due to the construction of the dock.

2. If the dock can be successfully completed and reused, there will be no problems. But this time, in a hurry, an earthen dock actually opened the gate to release water. After the seawater came in, it further soaked the gantry crane base. Although after the ship came in, The seawater was evacuated again, but the seawater has penetrated and gradually softened the foundation.

3…

There are not only text introductions, but also pictures and even geological analyses. Looking at the photos taken from space, Alex wanted to curse, but when he looked more closely, they were all completely consistent.

This is a man-made accident, a man-made accident caused by Ah San’s chaotic management!

"In terms of project management, a seemingly minor problem may accumulate to huge risks, not to mention that you ignored many safety regulations and carried out construction haphazardly, so the collapse of the gantry crane is inevitable."

"What do you mean by necessity? This gantry crane belongs to you. Now that it has collapsed, it is your responsibility. You must pay compensation!" Alex raised his voice: "This investigation report of yours can't explain anything!"

"Then we can only file a lawsuit." Mr. Guan said: "No matter where you go to file a lawsuit, we will accompany you. However, I want to remind you that if you want to file a lawsuit, you must first build the Rosyth ship." The factory went to court, after all, they were the ones who signed the contract with us.”

Although it was unlocked for Ah San, it was only an unlocking contract, not a sales contract. Ah San’s gantry crane was still bought from the British, so even if he wanted to claim compensation, he had to go to the British!

Alex was discouraged again. He naturally knew that Mr. Guan was right. If they really went to court, according to the contract in hand, they would not be able to sue Zhenhua Heavy Industries.

"Actually, you can definitely purchase the gantry crane from us. I don't know why you want to go to the British. If you purchased it directly from us, not only would the price be cheaper, but you would also be given strict guidance on construction. Absolutely not For you to make such a mistake, alas, you still don’t trust people very much!”

Nonsense, can we, Asan, believe you? We have always regarded you as our opponents!

"With things like this, there is no point in seeking compensation. If you have the energy, you might as well do something meaningful." Guan Lao said.

"Meaningful? What meaningful thing?"

"I've seen it. After the gantry crane was hit, it took the smashed place as an axis and expanded to both sides. It suffered varying degrees of damage. You can only cut off this part. It needs to be cut about a hundred meters, and then Repair the remaining parts and re-weld the central part, so that it can be repaired naturally. "

Can it still be repaired like this? Alex's eyes widened. However, thinking about the modular shipbuilding method currently advocated, it seems that this is how it is built. If this method can really be used to restore the ship to its original state...

"Fortunately, it was the middle part that was hit. The most precious engine room at the back was not damaged, and the bow windlass room in the front was not damaged. Even if the middle part is broken, it can be rebuilt, and..."

Mr. Guan looked at the other party: "Don't you always want an aircraft carrier with a larger displacement? When it was built in the middle, it was made longer, and the displacement would naturally be larger. Although it cannot reach 70,000 to 80,000 tons, 50,000 tons is no problem."

Alex's eyes lit up, yes, this is a solution!

In fact, of course this approach won’t work.

Although modular shipbuilding is like building blocks, is it designed in advance? The design has been completed and revised? Are you kidding me? This workload must be greater than building a new one!

Mr. Guan sighed, Mr. Qin must have this purpose! Of course, Mr. Qin taught him this.

However, Alex was also very smart and quickly reacted: "No, if you modify it like this, the workload will be too much, and I'm afraid it won't be as easy as making a new one."

Alex is also an expert on aircraft carriers, and he is not easily fooled.

Mr. Guan smiled, and there is a plan B!

"Don't you have a Super Sun King? It is said that the jump deck at the bow of that warship collapsed, and there is also a problem with the engine room at the tail, but the central section should be intact, right? You can completely remove the middle section of the Super Sun King. Isn’t it enough to just cut off a section and then weld it on?”

Now Alex was excited.

Yes, of course!

Although the Blue Sky Guardian aircraft carrier was built by Ah San himself, the design drawings were made by Lao Maozi. You can tell from the inside of this drawing that it was simply modified from the Kiev-class aircraft carrier. Many parameters have not changed, and the middle section has been updated. It's exactly the same.

This solution is completely feasible!

Although the claim was unsuccessful, a way to repair the aircraft carrier was found!

"Thank you, Manager." Alex was polite for once.

Mr. Guan smiled and said: "That's right. If you have such a big accident, you need to come up with an accident handling plan quickly. We will not interfere. You can discuss it with Lao Maozi."

"well."

Alex left with satisfaction. Looking at his back, Guan Lao uttered two words: Fool!

They can do the cutting work, and even modify the design drawings to connect them, but there is still a key problem that they cannot solve: transportation!

How can we move the cut cabin sections and connect them together?

This section does not have 10,000 tons, but several thousand tons. Therefore, if they finally want to construct, they will find that they still need a 10,000-ton gantry crane, and they will have to ask Zhenhua Heavy Industry!

Isn’t Ah San unwilling to buy products made in the East? Then make them have to buy it!

"Ah San is gone?" At this time, a voice sounded from behind.

"Yes, Ah San is gone." Mr. Guan said: "They listened to our last plan and put two aircraft carriers together. Mr. Qin, your method works! Do you think they will succeed in the end?"

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "In the end, they will find that they cannot connect together at all."

Not everyone can do segmented construction. The Yankees tried it once and found that the error was too big to be docked, so they had to give up. Asan put two scrapped aircraft carriers together, can they be docked?

How can it be!

Cutting, transporting, docking, in the end it was found that they couldn't be put together and had to be scrapped. By that time, another year or two had passed, and Asan was still miserable without an aircraft carrier!

Why do you still want to be the boss?

"Will Ah San buy our gantry crane?"

"I don't know, but moving these sections does not necessarily require a gantry crane. Multi-axle vehicles can also do it. It depends on what Ah San chooses."

Ah San is proud. Ah San has self-esteem. If Ah San says he won't buy our gantry crane, then he won't buy it. However, this time, Qin Tao's operation is not to sell another gantry crane, but to continue to delay Ah San's aircraft carrier construction.

If Ah San is smart, he should know that the best way now is to give up completely and start building a new one. However, the long construction period is not something Ah San can afford to wait for.