Warship of Great Power

A Mi-26 helicopter appeared over Coco Island. Its huge eight-bladed rotors stirred the airflow and made a whistling sound. Two D-136 engines roared, and the sound resounded throughout the island. Many birds were disturbed, and they flapped their wings and flew into the sky, away from this place of right and wrong, looking at this strange bird and the thing hanging under the strange bird with frightened eyes.

The Mi-26 of the Mingzhou Group is here. Its arrival makes many construction projects more convenient. At this time, it hangs a huge parabolic antenna and heads towards the highest peak of the entire island. A base has been built there. , just waiting for the arrival of this parabolic antenna.

On the base, some people stood there, looking up at the huge helicopter, their eyes full of envy, this is the largest helicopter in the world, if there is no such a big guy, I really don’t know how to install this heavy helicopter Eight tons of antennas!

If the antenna is disassembled, it can be moved up along the path below, but the installation will be complicated, and the accuracy may not be guaranteed. Now this kind of overall installation is the best.

The parabolic antenna was getting closer and closer, and the people below took the walkie-talkie and started to communicate with the helicopter. After a lot of work, the huge parabolic antenna was finally firmly installed on the base. When all the screws of the seat were tightened, the Mi-26 continued to fly with a huge ball, which was the radome.

Within a day, a ball appeared on the top of the largest mountain in Dakoko Island. Its appearance once again touched the sensitive nerves of some people.

"Mingzhou Group installed radar on Coco Island under the banner of tourism. We express our strong opposition to this behavior of the Orientals. We also hope that the Myanmar government can immediately change this wrong choice!" Ah San began to exert pressure up.

Mingzhou Group's response was even faster. Within half an hour after Ah San expressed his dissatisfaction to the outside world, Mingzhou Group Starship Company issued a public statement to the outside world.

"For the development of the aerospace industry, we need to establish a global measurement and control network. We have installed an aerospace measurement and control radar on Dakoko Island. It can accurately measure the orbit of our spacecraft and become an important node in our aerospace measurement and control network. , we guarantee that all the facilities on Da Keke Island are for civilian use. This radar is also an important reliance for our starship company to fly out of the earth and fly to Mars. We believe that Ah San will also need our space measurement and control data in the future. We welcome them to partner with us in spaceflight!"

After getting this answer, Ah San was speechless.

Civilian purposes, aerospace measurement and control?

"Looking at the size and shape of this radar, it may really be an aerospace measurement and control radar, but they definitely have no purpose. Any ballistic missiles we launch in the future will be under its monitoring!"

"That's right, we don't need their aerospace measurement and control at all, they are contemptuous of our aerospace level! They can build aerospace measurement and control radars, and we can also build aerospace measurement and control radars in the Andaman Islands!"

"Hmph, if we have a chance in the future, we must go up and see what this radar looks like."

Although they are a bit unwilling, there is no other way at present. After all, aerospace measurement and control is really a civilian purpose. Starship Company has won the support of the world through the persecution. Many rich people are still waiting for Starship Company. The spaceship realizes the dream of flying.

Therefore, they can only watch the development of Koko Island, but cannot intervene.

East.

A helicopter similar in shape to a Black Hawk is slowly advancing towards a warship. This warship looks like a yacht with many superstructures. In addition to the double-barreled naval guns on the bow, the artillery on both sides and anti-submarine rockets, Almost no equipment can be seen. There are two masts erected at the front and back, and there is a radar on the top of each mast. This is all the weapons and equipment of this warship, and it looks a bit shabby.

The bow of the ship is sprayed with the 81 logo, and there is a helicopter take-off and landing platform at the stern.

At this time, some people were standing and watching on the helicopter take-off and landing platform.

"Our straight twenty is so beautiful!"

"Yes, the Navy will have this kind of helicopter in the future, and the mission will be more flexible."

Amidst the discussion among the crowd, the helicopter got closer and closer, but, facing the shaking deck, it still couldn't land.

On the plane, the young female pilot Xu Can looked at the beads of sweat on Zhao Liang's forehead and couldn't help but said, "Why don't you let me have a try?"

Zhao Liang turned his head and glanced at Xu Can, and then said: "Okay, I will hand over the plane to you, be careful, don't worry, if we are not sure, then we will end this mission, go back and apply for a new warship, or hand it over to the navy. The pilot came to test the flight."

The warship with hull number 81 is the first navy ship and also a professional training ship. Its appearance makes up for the history of using old-fashioned decommissioned and eliminated warships during naval training, and even renting merchant ships for training, greatly improving the training conditions of the navy. The Naval Naval Academy equipped with it will sleep laughing every day for the next few years.

However, this warship, which was in service in 1987, seems to be a bit outdated now. It only has a displacement of 6,000 tons, and its speed is not fast. Most importantly, the helicopter platform at the tail is not big enough.

The domestically produced Z-20 is also developing the carrier-based version of the navy. The navy coordinated the training ship for the first test flight. Anyway, this warship was originally used to perform training tasks. The first flight of many carrier-based aircraft pilots was from It started here, so, they thought it would be easy.

However, the two test pilots from Army Aviation have not yet flown the take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft. Although they have practiced many times on land, they have been able to land stably in the circular area drawn on the ground. After all, there is still a big difference from the sea. Zhao Liang flew a few times, but he was not sure about landing.

Each aircraft has its own characteristics, and it is not easy to switch between different aircraft, requiring special training. Even if you are driving, if you change to a different car, you still need to get used to the power output, the depth of the accelerator and the brake. If you encounter some exotic models, you have to think about how to put the handbrake for a long time.

Helicopters like the Z-Twenty require special training. After all, its cockpit has replaced the previous glass instruments with LCD screens. Navy pilots who are familiar with carrier-based aircraft landing can only fly after repeated training.

Now they can only be flown by the original straight 20 test pilots. I thought there would be no major problems, but I didn't expect to encounter difficulties now.

Zhao Liang gave up and handed over the control of the helicopter to Xu Can.

Xu Can pulled up the plane, looked at the shaking helicopter deck in front, took a deep breath, then pushed the joystick steadily, and moved forward to the warship.

Fifty meters, ten meters, five meters, three meters, one meter... The closer the distance is, the more nervous you will be, but Xu Can boldly operates the helicopter to continue to approach with the carefulness unique to women.

Ahead, there is a professional guide holding a sign in his hand to guide the helicopter. Xu Can's hand is even slower. Whether he can land or not depends on the final decision!

Lowered, continued to lower the altitude, moved forward, continued to move forward slowly, she could no longer see what it looked like below the deck, and completely relied on the guidance from the front, finally, there was a light impact feeling from below, and the landing gear had touched the flight deck!

In the next second, the harpoon on the belly of the helicopter began to stretch out, caught the honeycomb-shaped hole below, automatically locked, and the landing was completed.

Zhao Liang took a deep breath, he was about to embarrass Lu Hang, embarrassment is not terrible, if he can't complete the landing, it will also affect the development of Zhitwenty naval models! This incident put so much pressure on Zhao Liang that he couldn't land with peace of mind.

Now, Xu Can finally landed, thanks to her!

Thinking of this, Zhao Liang looked at Xu Can, and Xu Can had already finished all the finishing work after the plane landed, and then opened the cabin door.

Below, the captain of the No. 81 training ship, Pang Jianwei, came up and held out his hands to Xu Can: "Welcome, welcome to drive the Z-20 carrier-based aircraft to land on our Zheng He training ship for the first time. Our training ship And proud of it.”

Xu Can saluted first, and then came up to shake hands: "We are also very honored. Through this landing, we also realized how difficult it is for naval carrier-based pilots to take off and land. Your skills are the most exquisite."

"Yes, it's really difficult for our navy's carrier-based aircraft to land on the narrow flight deck. Navy pilots are one in a million." Speaking of this, Pang Jianwei was also very emotional.

At this time, Zhao Liang also came down, and after shaking hands with Pang Jianwei, he turned his head and looked at the deck behind.

The flight deck is not just a steel plate, but also has a special grille on it. At this time, the harpoon under the Z-20's belly has already caught the honeycomb hole on the grille, completing the mooring work of automatic locking.

"We are now using the harpoon grille landing aid system. When we introduced the Dolphin helicopter, which is our domestically produced straight nine, we imported the system from France." Pang Jianwei introduced to everyone: "This system can ensure that the helicopter is in It landed safely on the ship, and at the same time ensured that it would not fall in the shaking. It is much more advanced than Lao Maozi's system."

The main domestic carrier-based helicopters, except for the Z-9, is the Ka-27. The navy first came into contact with the Z-9, and has become accustomed to the harpoon grille landing aid system. Later, after the introduction of the old Ka-27, it began to complain about the old man It's shabby.

Lao Maozi’s helicopter landing is very simple. There is no additional device installed on the helicopter, but a special landing aid net is used on the ship. This is an additional deck device consisting of net ropes and detachable anti-skid net frames. .

It can only improve the friction between the aircraft tires and the deck after the aircraft lands, preventing the helicopter from skidding. If the warship swayed too much, there was no way to prevent the plane from rolling over, so after the plane landed, it had to be quickly pushed into the hangar, or the rope had to be tied manually and fixed with the surrounding iron rings. Direct landing in high sea conditions? Don't even think about it, let alone take off and land on the high second deck of the modern class, the shaking is even worse.

"This harpoon system can only help our plane lock the helicopter after landing and prevent it from moving, but it cannot provide assistance during the landing process, and it is still not smart enough." Xu Can said: "It is already the 21st century Yes, there are many advanced technologies, we can use these advanced technologies to reduce the difficulty of helicopter landing."

"Really? Let's hear it?" Pang Jianwei also became interested.

"When we just landed, we have found that the most difficult thing is to determine the position. When our helicopter approached the flight deck, the flight deck was blocked by the body, and we couldn't see where the ring was at all. It depends on the feeling and the previous guidance, which is a test of the pilot's skills, and we can use modern technology to improve the pilot's perception ability."

"Did you mean to use a camera?" Pang Jianwei asked: "If it is a camera, it can indeed allow the pilot to see clearly below, but, as you know, helicopters will encounter many problems during flight, even if it is just sea salt. The erosion of the fog may also obscure the camera, which makes it difficult for the pilot to continue to observe the flight deck."

"That's right, our environment at sea is very different from that on land." The person next to him said, "It's a pity that even the X-band radar has a large error, and it can't meet the needs of guidance at all."

There are not many things you can think of. Optical cameras are easy to blur, and radar accuracy is not high. There is really no good way.

"Well, there are indeed many problems faced by optical cameras. Radar cannot be guaranteed to be installed on every ship-borne helicopter, let alone the accuracy problem. However, we can change our thinking. For example, arrange special The laser transmitter emits a laser beam, and two laser receivers are placed on the left and right sides of the flight deck, so that the position of the helicopter can be determined through the received laser signals, and then these signals are transmitted to the helicopter through the data link In this way, the pilot can know his exact position relative to the flight deck. If the program is more advanced, the pilot does not even need to move, and the program can automatically guide the ship."

Lasers are very precise. Just look at the bombs dropped in the air. They can be dropped from the chimney. If there are laser receivers on both sides of the warship, the two-point positioning will naturally be more accurate.

"Yes, this is a good plan." Pang Jianwei nodded: "However, can our helicopter fly automatically?"

"Of course, our flight control is a fly-by-wire method, which can completely allow the computer to operate autonomously."

Compared with the previous aircraft, the Z-20 has many innovations, and the flight control is one of them. Only the fly-by-wire flight control can easily and automatically control the flight, and others cannot.

"If this kind of system can be developed, then our navy's carrier-based aircraft pilot training will be even easier!" Pang Jianwei said: "We will report to the superior, and ask the superior to allocate funds to study this system. Since you are the one who proposed this system Or, can you join this R\u0026D team together?"

"I am willing. I can be the test pilot of this system." Xu Can nodded. For her, she just likes to challenge difficult and solve various technical problems for the army.

It was the first time that Zhi 20 successfully landed on a naval training ship. This mission is of great significance, which shows that the ship-based type of Zhi 20 has taken another important step. When the news was sent back to Huanglou, everyone was very excited.

"Currently, the Z-20's rotor and tail folding system are under development. The landing helicopter is still a land-based model, but there is not much difference between the two. The land-based type can go up, and the future naval carrier-based type will even be able to go up." The leader said: "In the future, our navy will use the Z-20 as the main carrier-based helicopter, so that the helicopters can also be unified."

"Yes, the tonnage of Zhitwenty is just right. A single helicopter can carry radar, sonar and torpedoes. In the past, our navy needed two helicopters to coordinate operations for anti-submarine warfare. Zhitwenty is equipped with the navy. The short board is finally going to make up for it.”

"That girl, Xu Can, also proposed to develop a new generation of ship-borne helicopter landing aid system. This project is also good, and it can greatly reduce the training work of our navy's ship-borne helicopter pilots."

"Unfortunately, there are too few training ships in the navy. There is only one Zheng He. It is too busy to train the navy's carrier-based aircraft pilots. If you train on other warships, it will be dangerous and you will have to delay Normal training of warships."

All warships launched now, except missile boats, are equipped with helicopter decks, one at least, two at most, and each helicopter is best equipped with two groups of pilots. There is also a shortage of pilots. After all, the Navy is now ushering in a period of vigorous development.

It is very inconvenient to use warships to train directly. This is like a fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft. There is no land base to train directly on an aircraft carrier. It is very dangerous and the effect is not ideal. The pilot failed the first time he landed on the ship, leaving a psychological shadow, and never dared to continue again.

"How about we build another professional training ship?" Someone suggested an idea.

"Build another one? How much will it cost? Our navy doesn't have that much money now."

"Training ships are not warships. Civilian standards can be used, which can save a lot of money. Speaking of saving money, I have to ask Mr. Qin, Lao Wu, do you want to bring your son-in-law and we can discuss it? If If we can control the budget at 10-20 million, we can consider it. The tonnage should be larger, if it can reach 10,000 tons, that would be great."

Ten to twenty million? Wu Shengli smiled: "You are more demanding than me. With this little money, you can build a missile boat at most. A 056 of 1,000 tons is not enough. You actually want to build a naval training ship of 10,000 tons?"

"Others can't do it, but your son-in-law is none other than the son-in-law of our navy. He will definitely be able to do it."

"Okay, I'll call him."

a day later.

Qin Tao came to Huanglou, listened to the introduction of the navy, and nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, a new training ship is indeed needed. Only one Zheng He is too small to undertake the training of naval cadets. The sail training ship can't take off and land helicopters. Next, the navy really needs to build a second ship. Training ship."

This has something to do with Qin Tao. Under Qin Tao's promotion, the navy obtained the aircraft carrier as soon as possible, and started to manufacture 002 by itself. After all, the navy's funds are limited, so the 82 Shichang has not been built yet, and the navy is rapidly expanding its army. But the training of naval cadets has become a big problem.

It should be resolved, as soon as possible.

"Since it is necessary to train the take-off and landing of carrier-based helicopters, the warship should not be too small. With a displacement of about 10,000 tons, from the middle of the hull to the tail, all are helicopter decks, which expands the deck area and allows carrier-based aircraft to land. It is easier to reduce the psychological burden of pilots landing on the ship for the first time, and even a chimney can be built on the right side to simulate the deck of an aircraft carrier."

Mr. Qin's plan actually coincides with what he thought! There was excitement in everyone's eyes, and one of them continued: "Mr. Qin, you have already thought about it a long time ago. This time, our navy will not invite bids, and we will directly build it at your Mingzhou Shipyard. We are very interested in this project." We value it, and decided to allocate 20 million yuan to you as construction costs."

"A deposit of 20 million is enough." Qin Tao nodded.

"No, no, not a deposit."

"What's that? Down payment?"

"Full payment."

The scene fell silent.

Qin Tao looked at Wu Shengli, Wu Shengli smiled awkwardly: "Taozi, you also know that our navy needs a new training ship, but we don't have enough funds, 20 million is what we can come up with The most funds, these funds are not enough, you can lower the construction standards, some of them can use the standards of civilian ships, this is almost enough, right? "

"Dad, do you still remember the national defense mobilization ship I introduced to you ten years ago?" Qin Tao asked.

ten years ago?

Wu Shengli thought about it seriously, then shook his head, really forgot.

How can I remember what happened many years ago.

"I remember that there was some discussion within our navy at that time." A leader said: "This is a modular warship with a displacement of about 10,000 tons, which can be quickly converted into a hospital ship, a helicopter carrier, and a transport ship. It can meet our various functions such as ocean-going navigation training, helicopter training, medical rescue training, national defense mobilization drills and comprehensive training.”

After saying this, Wu Shengli had an impression: "Yes, we were tempted at the time, but after looking at the pockets, we decided to give up."

A penny is hard for a hero, not to mention the huge amount of money needed to build a warship. Where does the navy have so much money to build this kind of training ship, let's make do with it first.

"President Qin, I remember that your quotation for this warship was 40 million, now..."

"At least 80 million now, you can calculate the inflation rate in the past few years." Qin Tao said: "We support the navy, we can only charge the cost price, but it is impossible for us to subsidize the money. Moreover, I It is not recommended that warships lower their standards to become civilian ships."

Everyone's face is a bit ugly, is this impossible to talk about?

"Taozi, what do you want to say when you mention this warship?" Wu Shengli seemed to have realized something.

"Our warship is not only used for naval training, it can also be converted into a mobile hospital at sea, and it can also be used for emergency rescue and disaster relief. Therefore, you can ask relevant departments to give money, such as hair reform *."