Warship of Great Power

Construction is still going on in full swing at the Cochin Shipyard.

Many people are laughing at Ah San, saying that whatever Ah San does is a joke, so Ah San also wants to show his strength and let the world see that when they do things, they are also very serious and funny!

For example, now.

Laying the foundation and building the railway, Ah San only took half a month to successfully build one, no, four three-kilometer railways. For Ah San, this is definitely a miracle. Under normal circumstances, Ah San would need at least a year!

When the railway was completed, Sunil came to the shipyard again with great enthusiasm. Looking at the brand new foundation, his face was full of smiles: "Okay, in this way, our 10,000-ton gantry crane can be driven all the way to the side of the Chaori Wang! This is a miracle created by us, and also a world miracle!"

Alex still frowned: "Now, we can drive the 10,000-ton gantry crane over, but we dare not guarantee that the gantry crane can carry this section and move back. Accidents may occur at any time."

The track was laid, and the empty gantry crane could be driven over, but this did not mean that everything would be fine. When the gantry crane carried more than 10,000 tons of sections and slowly moved back, every meter would be thrilling.

"What accidents can there be?" Sunil said: "We must not have any more accidents. This is an order!"

Order?

You can order me, you can order this gantry crane?

Alex was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything. After all, Sunil was the leader, and he just worked for the leader. He had to listen to the leader's orders.

"Now, start moving the gantry crane!"

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the gantry crane began to move slowly, leaving the original track little by little. When it passed the track joint and moved onto the newly laid rails by Asan, countless people cheered.

Great, great!

Their gantry crane can not only be used on the dock, but also on the slipway along the way. This gantry crane can serve the entire shipyard. It's amazing!

Why didn't I think of it before, and I can do this?

Amid the cheers of countless people, Alex was still very cautious. He knew that driving on the track laid by his side was nothing. As long as the track was the same as the original standard, it could withstand the weight of a 10,000-ton gantry crane. The key was the next road. For example, there would be two bends along the way, and then it would need to be driven to the beach. He didn't know whether the roadbed there could withstand it.

We can only take it one step at a time.

"Why is it so slow?" Sunil was a little impatient. A healthy snail could run faster than it, so couldn't it drive faster?

Alex shook his head: "No, we must put safety first, we can't go fast, we must go slow!"

Sunil didn't say anything else, just watched with a dark face, the gantry crane moved little by little, which made Sunil want to push it up.

The gantry crane slowly passed the first bend, no problem!

Alex was secretly happy, it seems that the operation of this gantry crane is not so cumbersome, the quality of the gantry crane in the East is still good... No, it has nothing to do with the quality of the gantry crane, it's all because of our good operation!

The gantry crane also slowly passed the second bend, moving towards the beach little by little.

When the sun rose high above the head, the gantry crane finally started to the side of the section cut out by the Ultra Sun King, and the door-shaped frame was placed on both sides of the Ultra Sun King, covering the Ultra Sun King.

Next, it's time to lift it!

A large number of hooks have been welded on both sides of the section cut out by the Ultra Sun King. After all, it can't pass through from the bottom, so it can only be hung from the side. There are countless steel cables connected to these hooks, and then hung on the big hook of the gantry crane.

By the time all this was done, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Watching the sun gradually set in the west, Alex couldn't help but ask: "Should we wait until tomorrow?"

"No, today, we must take this section away today. Tonight, our news will announce this good news to the world. We absolutely cannot bear to continue waiting. This is too painful!"

Alex was helpless. He knew that it was useless to say anything now, so he could only give orders in fear.

"Attention, everyone, pay attention, prepare to lift!"

The steel cable of the gantry crane began to tighten slowly, tightening a little bit, and Alex's heart tightened a little bit. When the steel cable was tightened, the huge section of the Super Sun King made a creaking sound, which made people feel a little soft.

Will the lifting process cause the hull to deform? Will it be unable to dock after it is lifted?

Alex's mind flashed a lot of worries, but now, these worries are meaningless. First do the things in front of you, and don't let any accidents happen.

"It's up, it's up!"

Many people cheered as they watched the bottom of the more than 10,000-ton section gradually separate from the beach.

Lifting it up is the first step. If the gantry crane doesn't have such a large lifting capacity, then everything will be in vain. This gantry crane made in the East is of great quality!

"Attention, prepare to move to the left!"

Due to the intense cutting work, the front and rear sections of the Super Sun King have not been completely cleaned up. Fortunately, the gantry crane is wide enough to move the section out horizontally first, and then move forward to take the section away.

This method is also very common in ship construction. Many sections are built on the slipway, and after they are built, they are directly moved horizontally to the dock for docking.

Now, this work should not be difficult.

The overhead crane on the top of the gantry crane began to move horizontally, a little bit, and a little bit, which made Sunil very impatient. According to your progress, the aircraft carrier section can only move a few hundred meters before dark!

However, he did not dare to urge him, because he saw the dense beads of sweat oozing from Alex's forehead, indicating that Alex was very nervous at this time, and he could not create more pressure on Alex.

One centimeter, ten centimeters, one meter... The section with a width of dozens of meters left its original position little by little, and everyone's eyes were fixed on this section, fearing that it would have any problems.

The section and the original hull left half of their positions, and the section and the original hull left completely!

When they saw the section completely leave, everyone cheered, good, then we can move forward!

"Attention, prepare to switch to radial motion!" Before Alex finished speaking, he heard a cry of surprise: "Oh no, the left track is sinking!"

More than 10,000 tons of weight, if it is firmly in the center of the gantry crane, there will not be too much problem, but now? In order to move the segment horizontally, all of this part is moved to the left side of the gantry crane.

Although the gantry crane can withstand it, their track can no longer withstand it!

The left track is falling at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it has all sunk into the beach!

"Stop, put down the segment!"

Alex knew that he must not stay calm at this time, he must use his brain to think of a way, and he will definitely find a way to solve the problem!

"The foundation is soft, we need to reinforce the foundation!"

As long as the segment is put down, the gantry crane does not need to bear such a large weight, and naturally it will not continue to sink. The next step is to reinforce the foundation so that the track can withstand tens of thousands of tons of weight.

How to solve this problem?

"Tear down the remaining aircraft carriers in sections and lay the steel plates underneath!"

On the construction site, you can often see steel plates used to pave the road, which can allow the 100-ton king to drive over easily. Now, to withstand 10,000 tons, you also need to pave steel plates. Dismantle the steel plates of the aircraft carrier and pave them, and pave the deck steel under the track. I don't believe there will be any problems!

But...

If you want to do this, it will take another three to five days!

Sunil frowned: "Is there no better way?"

He originally planned to announce this good news tonight, but it seems that it will be delayed again!

"This is the safest way. No matter what accidents happen, we can't afford it." Alex said: "Anyway, the aircraft carrier project has been delayed until now, and we don't care if it is delayed for a few more days."

"Okay." Sunil could only nod helplessly.

Returning from the shipyard, Sunil's mood still couldn't ease up. It seemed that the giant ships from the East appeared in front of him again. How could the Orientals build aircraft carriers one after another, while they only built one, and it was so difficult?

What went wrong?

"Sir Sunil, good news, good news!" At this moment, a subordinate walked in. Sunil now needs good news!

"What news?"

"After receiving our funds, Da Mao immediately started the construction of nuclear submarines. The people we sent have been there to supervise. Da Mao has indeed started construction!"

"This is really good news." Sunil nodded. Although the aircraft carrier project is progressing slowly, this nuclear submarine has made a major breakthrough. The Type 971 nuclear submarine is the most advanced in the world!

"Announce to the outside world that we have reached an agreement with Da Mao to lease a most advanced Type 971 nuclear submarine. This nuclear submarine will allow us to better control the ocean and effectively prevent foreign forces from entering our waters!"

"Yes."

"Humph, no matter how advanced the Oriental aircraft carrier is, it cannot survive the attack of the Type 971 nuclear submarine. Our strength is still the strongest!"

Sunil was immersed in his dream again.

East.

"Sir Nikolai, you are here so soon?"

"Of course, I am here to sign the agreement. We already have sufficient funds. Our 949A nuclear submarine transformation plan can finally begin!" Nikolai looked at Kvasa with excitement on his face: "Just improve it according to your design!"

At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside.

"Nikolai, my friend, I am very sorry, I have other things to do and cannot pick you up."

"It's okay, Qin, I am eager to see the Irkutsk after the transformation!"

"I am also looking forward to it. In fact, I am more curious about what missiles you will use to transform it so that it can exert greater strength, but since you don't want to say, I won't ask."

"We will tell you when the opportunity is right." Nikolai said: "Maybe, we will still modify it here. Now, modify the others first. I have brought the modification fee."

"Can this submarine be driven? If not, I will send a floating dock to pick it up."

The Indians have invested money, and their Russian navy also has funds to improve nuclear submarines! In order to avoid the last situation, it is most appropriate to transform it in the east!

After saying these things, Nicholas suddenly thought of something.

"Qin, some of the parts needed for the Type 971 nuclear submarine we built for Asan can no longer be found because the supporting manufacturers have closed down. I wonder if you can help with the production?"

"Of course there is no problem." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Actually, many parts inside can be replaced with more modern parts, so that the performance of the submarine will be greatly improved. For example, the combat command system on the submarine can be Use our products…”

Nicholas nodded: "Okay."

Of course Nikola knew that leasing a Type 971 nuclear submarine to Asan would bring a lot of trouble to Dongfang, so he had to give Dongfang some benefits, such as handing over some key subsystems on the nuclear submarine to Dongfang. On the one hand, it allows Dongfang to make money; on the other hand, it also allows Dongfang to gain a sense of security.

As for Ah San’s interests? Who cares.

"The parts we cannot produce will be purchased from you, and the price is not an issue."

"We will definitely quote you the lowest price."

"Qin, there seems to be big action in your dock recently. What are you doing?"

"Well, it's a secret."

Nicholas smiled: "Actually, we are not very interested in what you want to build, but that is not necessarily true for the Americans. American reconnaissance satellites have been flying above your heads. You'd better Be careful."

"What can be done about this? It's impossible for us to put a cover on the dock. If the Americans want to see it, let them see it."

Across the ocean.

"Although they have just started building the bottom, I can be sure that they are going to build the same type of warship as the 003!" Brian said: "I have been paying attention to their 003 aircraft carrier since it started construction, and it is absolutely not wrong. "

"In other words, the Orientals are finally going to continue building warships of the same type? What are they going to do? They already have three aircraft carriers. Isn't that enough?"

Austin's voice was loud, with dissatisfaction in his voice: "We must tell the Easterners that they have built too many aircraft carriers and have seriously damaged world peace!"

"Tell the Orientals? Does it work?" Brian had a sneer on his face: "In their Qiongzhou Shipyard, 052DL destroyers are being built in batches! The 10,000-ton destroyer 055 is also constantly being started, launched and put into service. Their strength has soared rapidly in just a few years. What’s the point of us blaming them? We must take practical actions!”

"What practical action?"

"Currently, what our navy needs are mature warships that can be equipped in large quantities. I think we should quickly pass the construction of Burke 3 destroyers. At least twenty ships are needed to maintain the strength of our navy."

Well, back to the old ways again.

Over the years, the U.S. Navy has almost never had a correct path. It has been constantly making choices and making new choices.

At first, Swift firmly supported the Burke 3 plan, but soon found that this kind of guided missile destroyer could not compete with the Eastern Type 055, so he came up with the CGX plan. However, this plan was too expensive, and the Congressmen have been They have all been stuck with funds, and now they are back to their old ways! Continue to build Burke 3 destroyers.

At least this one is ready-made and can be tinkered with as soon as possible!

"In recent years, our navy's equipment has been aging and it can no longer form an advantage over the East. Various advanced technologies have also wasted a lot of money and there is no way to mature quickly. The only way is to develop our Burke 3 as soon as possible. Destroyers are the only way to update our fleet as soon as possible, as well as aircraft carriers. The span of the Ford-class aircraft carrier is too big, we might as well continue to build the previous aircraft carrier..."

As Swift's assistant, Brian had always been under Swift's aura. Now that Swift is gone, Brian has a bigger stage and begins to launch his theories.

Pragmatic theory: Everything is based on the principle of getting it done as quickly as possible and saving money!

"No, no, we can't give up the CGX cruiser!" At this moment, someone next to him said: "The Easterners' warships have a quality advantage over us, not a quantitative advantage. Even if they build it for another five years, they still can't catch up with our warships. Quantity, but the quality of their warships is very high, especially the 055!”

Of course, the U.S. Navy's fleet has a huge advantage in terms of number, ranking first in the world, but they also have many things to deal with, and it is impossible for them all to gather in the East. Therefore, they simply cannot form an overwhelming advantage over the East, and their numbers are also limited. no!

Brian is a pragmatist and strongly disagrees with this approach of pursuing quality rather than quantity.

"What's the use of high quality? Our DDG-1000 was originally designed for quality advantage, but what happened?" Brian retorted: "If we spend the money on three DDG-1000s, we can build six Burke 3s. !”

"Alas, our manufacturing costs are still too high." At this moment, someone sighed.

The East does not have much capital, but it builds warships one after another because they have a huge cost advantage that other countries cannot match.

"How do I feel that it would be the best plan to leave the warships to the Easterners? For the money we spend on building one, they can build two or even three!"

Everyone present fell silent.

The current dilemma faced by the US Navy is that the construction cost is too high! The East can build a fleet that makes them extremely envious with less than one-tenth of their money!

However, this is not something their navy can control, and it does not only appear in their navy's equipment. The equipment of the air force, army, and any branch of the military will face this problem.

The meeting was discussed for a day, but there was no result. Brian suddenly understood Swift's feelings at the time.