Great warships

Chapter 257 Establishment of a Design Institute Specialized in Designing Aircraft Carriers
Station of the Pacific Fleet.

"Our country has already agreed to the modification plan of this aircraft carrier." Sukjidar was very excited: "Before the formal agreement is signed, we will first pay 3000 million in advance as the start-up fund for the project. We need you to provide detailed information. Come with the design drawings and give us an evaluation."

A week passed, and they finally came to a conclusion in the country.

Yes, why not?
This is a 15-year-old warship. Compared with the 30-[-]-year-old second-hand aircraft carrier they bought before, this is almost the same as a brand new one!Moreover, with a displacement of [-] tons, after improvement, it will become the most powerful warship in their country.

Give it to them for free, of course the modification will be carried out at Lao Maozi's place!This is also logical.

"It's just that we want to know, which shipyard will you start to rebuild this aircraft carrier for us?" Sukjidal continued to ask Nikolai: "After all, this warship was built from the Black Sea Shipyard. , but now it belongs to Ermao."

"Of course it is in our Far East." Nicholas said: "Our shipbuilding industry is also quite developed. Not only the Black Sea Shipyard can build aircraft carriers, but we have two factories in the Far East that can build aircraft carriers. The one in Komsomolsk Over there, there is the Amursk Shipyard, which builds nuclear submarines for us. Nuclear submarines with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons can be built, so what is an aircraft carrier? In our city of Vladimir Kamen, there is also the Red Star Shipyard, which can build aircraft carriers. Please Rest assured, construction is definitely not a problem.”

"So, can I go and see in advance?" Sukjidal asked.

"Well, we need to wait until the contract is officially signed. You should also know that the place where we build nuclear submarines has a very high level of secrecy. Even the Red Star Shipyard is repairing nuclear submarines, and ordinary people cannot enter."

"Okay." Sukjidal compromised.

"By the way, you can visit us during this time, we will arrange someone to show you around, and we will pay for it." Nicholas was very polite.The swallow named Natasha has been prepared a long time ago, and she is sure to fascinate Sukjidal, no matter what the conditions are, Sukjidar will agree.

After seeing off the guests and closing the door, the crowd immediately became excited.

"The most important thing now is the design." Orlov said: "As long as the 3000 million US dollars enters the account of our design bureau, we will devote ourselves to the design and make sure they are satisfied."

"What? Orlov, are you too greedy?" Nicholas couldn't help but frowned: "Don't try to keep this money for yourself, let's divide it into three, and your design bureau will have one." , one for our fleet, one for the shipyard!"

"Isn't there still nearly a billion dollars in the later stage? You have enough money, so why worry." Orlov said: "The most important thing now is the design. After we design the blueprint and the other party is satisfied, there will be follow-up. If there is no design fee, then we will not be able to produce the design drawings, and Ah San will not be satisfied, and the subsequent billion dollars will also be wasted."

Now Orlov is full of confidence, and it will not matter how much money can be divided in the future. At least for now, he will get the start-up capital of 3000 million!

After all, the situation in their design bureau is not optimistic. Although wages can still be paid, prices have risen too much. Recently, there has been a phenomenon of resignation of personnel. Those outstanding technical personnel have become the targets of the West.

If all the personnel are poached away, their design bureau will become an empty shell. How will they develop in the future?

With this 3000 million US dollars, if you pay the wages and give some people a bonus, you can settle people's hearts.

Therefore, he must get all the money!

Nikolai's face was ugly: "Orlov, are you threatening me? Just fooled Ah San away, they want to see the shipyard! If the shipyard doesn't have a certain amount of funds to lay the groundwork, stabilize it, people What should I do if I don’t like it? Our fleet also has a funding gap, and we urgently need a sum of money to fill the hole. Now our warships don’t even have the money to patrol the sea! It’s easy to get 3000 million yuan, how can you keep it all to yourself?”

Although there is still a large amount of money in the follow-up, the money is allocated by Moscow. Who knows how much the fleet can get?Moscow would not dare to move the pre-payment in advance, and it must be sent to them, otherwise the project will not start, and it will have to be beaten in the end.

For 3000 million, everyone started arguing.

"Ah San made it very clear that it's an advance payment. What is the advance payment for? Of course it's for design, so it needs to be earmarked." Orlov of course wanted to fight for his own design bureau.

"At most, we can make another compromise. We will give you 100 million each for the fleet and the shipyard, and the remaining 800 million must belong to our design bureau. Otherwise, the design time will be delayed, and Ah San will lose one million yuan Big money."

100 million, did you send the beggar?

Nikolay was about to get angry, but Orlov had already stood up and walked out: "That's it! I have to go back and make arrangements. When the materials arrive, we will do design here. This is a business trip. Everyone has to have a business trip allowance, 800 million, not much at all."

Is this to eat yourself?

Nikolai looked at Orlov's back, angrily grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground.

Qin Tao didn't speak all the time, but he was thinking rapidly in his mind. This opportunity is really great. Originally, he planned to use some means to achieve his goal, but now it seems that there is no need for it at all!

"Nicholas, don't be angry." Qin Tao said: "The current situation is like this. With money, there are always people who want to get it in their own pockets. Now the Neva Design Bureau holds the power of design and wants to monopolize it. The money is also understandable."

"Hmph, they have taken it all by themselves, what about our fleet and the shipyard?"

If he got 1000 million, Nicholas could at least put 200 million in his pocket, or even more, but now, with 100 million, how much could he get?20 to [-], what's the point?
He got hundreds of thousands of engineering projects worth billions, isn't that too shabby?

"If you don't want them to monopolize it, then you can only take over the design work yourself," Qin Tao said.

Nicholas shook his head: "All the heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers were designed by their Neva Design Bureau. If you want to improve, you can only find them."

When he said this, Nicholas clenched his fists tightly. The other party was sure of this, and that's why he was so confident!He has no other way. If the detailed design drawing is not available, then the next step cannot be carried out.

The meaning of Ah San's side is very clear, just waiting for the design drawing!Only the model is useless, a comprehensive detailed design drawing is necessary!
"That's not necessarily true." Qin Tao said, "My old friend, do you trust me?"

Nicholas turned around in surprise: "Qin, what do you mean? Of course I believe you!"

"Then you subcontract the design task to me, and I can complete all the design work with only 300 million US dollars." Qin Tao said.

Subcontract to you?Nikolay's eyes widened, and the meaning was clear, are you okay?What a joke!
However, it is not good to say that you fully trust Qin Tao and now you are questioning him.

Qin Tao continued to introduce his plan: "Now, those blueprints are being transported, as long as we do some tricks, get the blueprints to the airport, and then ship them to our country, we can send all the blueprints within a week. Enter all the drawings into the computer, and then complete all the improvements within half a month. You can delay with the people from the Neva Design Bureau. When the time comes, we will have the design drawings, so naturally we won’t need the Neva Design Bureau. People. You can tell them that the navy’s own design department has completed the relevant design, give them a travel subsidy of 20 to [-], and let them go away!”

Nicholas began to think seriously.

Qin Tao's plan is bold enough. However, if the design is only lost for a week, it can still be prevaricated. After all, Damao's country is still relatively chaotic, and it is not uncommon for accidents to occur midway.

The design fee of 300 million is within his acceptable range. If the shipyard is given 500 million, they can still leave more than 2000 million.

However, is there any risk in taking the design drawings of the Minsk abroad for design?After all, they still have a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of the same model. Although each ship has changes, it is roughly the same.

Although Nicholas recognized money, he still needed to think about such a big event.

"We are only responsible for the design. After the design is completed, all the data will be deleted. If you are worried, you can send a few people to go back with us to supervise." Qin Tao said: "We are friends, so I want to give You help, if you feel that there is a risk, or if you are not at ease, then forget it."

A smile appeared on Nicholas' face: "Qin, my friend, we have cooperated so many times, and we are very happy. How can I be worried? Just do as you said!"

300 million and 3000 million, what to choose, needless to say?As long as you take safety precautions!It should be safe to send a specialized technician there to supervise every day. After the design is completed, the original data will be destroyed.

As for the design drawings, can Ah San be satisfied?Well, we'll talk about that later.At least get 3000 million first!
Nikolai made up his mind and called Zaitsev. Of course, this kind of thing should be handed over to the most capable hands.

Qin Tao originally planned to bribe a few low-level officers, and after the blueprint arrived at the fleet base, he secretly transferred the waste paper and set it on fire, so that Nicholas would not know about it, but now, he has a new opportunity to directly contact Once Nikolay had colluded, it would be even simpler.

On the outskirts of Huating, an independent courtyard.

The car drove slowly into the courtyard, and there was already a line of people waiting inside the door.

Although the slogan on the other side of the courtyard wall has been painted off, Babiqi can recognize it at a glance through the car window. This place should have been a military camp before, and there is a playground when you enter the door. You can see all kinds of training equipment. In the back, there are rows of bungalows, which easily reminded him of the military barracks in the Soviet era, and the layout was almost the same.

It has been here for decades. Looking at the mottled courtyard walls and the towering trees in the courtyard, they all tell the history of this place.

Mr. Pan murmured to him and introduced: "This used to be a military camp. When the army was disarmed in 85, the military camp here was abandoned and no one lived in it. Recently, when I heard that you were coming, the military specially handed over this place to you. We use it, and in the future, this will be the workplace of the second design institute of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group."

"We're here, let's get out of the car!" Elder Pan continued, and just as he finished speaking, the car door was opened by someone outside.

Wu Shengli smiled all over his face: "Mr. Babbage, you have worked hard all the way."

Behind Wu Shengli, there was a large group of military officers. They all came here on a special trip. At this time, although they were all dressed in casual clothes, they all acted with military skills.

"You are Leader Wu?" Babbage was a little surprised. He had seen a photo of Wu Shengli in the newspaper. This is a high-ranking naval officer. It seems that Qin did not lie to himself. He came here with a strong naval background. of.

"That's right, it's me. Although you are under the banner of Mingzhou Group, if you need help, just say that our navy will spare no effort." Wu Shengli smiled: "Let's go to eat first, Clean up the dust for you."

"Wait, I want to go and have a look here." Babbage said, pointing to a row of houses on the side.

This used to be an office area, and all the wooden doors and windows were replaced with aluminum alloys, making it look spacious and bright, and, through the glass, he could see the equipment inside.

"Alright, this is where you will work in the future." Wu Shengli said, "I hope the equipment inside can satisfy you."

Qin Tao's remote command is just to arrange some tasks, but Wu Shengli is too busy. The special office area in front of him can be regarded as the machine is installed in place today. Fortunately, all expenses are paid by Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group. Account, otherwise, Wu Shengli would really have a big head.

Babbage opened the door and walked in.

The ground is covered with a wooden floor, clean and tidy. In the center of the room, there is a row of computers, and the outermost one has a huge cabinet underneath. When he saw the label on the cabinet, Babbage said in shock : "Alpha 21064?"

Every computer inside is very expensive, and the unit price is calculated in tens of thousands, but it cannot be compared with the computer in front of you!This is a professional server built with the latest chip developed by a world-renowned computer company!
In 1992, DEC developed the RISC chip Alpha 21064, and developed AXP servers and workstations based on this chip, which marked DEC's official entry into the server field.

How powerful the performance of Alpha 21064 is, it can be explained with a single data, its floating-point computing performance has reached more than 4 million times per second. Billion times per second, it has already been celebrated and publicized nationwide.

DEC's products are just stuffed in a cabinet, and a monitor can be placed on it. How about Galaxy II?It looks like a group of cabinets occupying the entire room, right?
The price of this kind of server is also quite expensive. When Wu Shengli was helping to coordinate the purchase, he couldn't help being dumbfounded. After all, he didn't understand, but now, looking at Babbage's eyes, he knew that this old man liked it very much.

"President Qin explained that we must create the best workplace for you. Now our research institute is being established, and personnel are also being transferred. In addition to a group of college students who are about to graduate, there will be about 100 people here at the beginning. I listen to you, you are the director here." Yang Dawei said.

Mingzhou is the first design office (office), and here is the second design office. Compared with the hardware equipment, this place is a lot higher, but Yang Dawei has nothing to complain about, because no matter whether it is qualifications or experience, Babiqi has Much taller than him.

He is the chief designer of Varyag, what about yourself?The biggest one I designed is just the aircraft carrier of Siam!
Yang Dawei is full of expectations. After the establishment of this place, the design capabilities of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group will be raised to a higher level. In particular, Babiqi is familiar with Lao Maozi's various equipment, and his new frigate will use a large number of related equipment. It is just possible to transfer part of the design tasks here.

As soon as Babiqi came here, he was reused, and he was very moved. Even if he was not given a good salary, he would still be willing to work here, after all, his ideal could be realized here. !

"There is a special small courtyard at the back. After your family members come, you will live here. We will also solve the problem of children's schooling. Now, do you want to go to the restaurant first?"

The original plan was to clean up the dust in the restaurant, and the food there was ready. At this time, the workplace also saw it, and it was time to eat.

Babbage nodded, fondled each computer reluctantly, walked past the scanner next to him, and finally left.

The restaurant was buzzing.

"Mr. Babbage, we have Russian dishes and our own dishes at our table. Let's see what suits your appetite."

"It's too polite. You don't need to cook it for me. The oriental dishes are delicious." Babiqi said, he doesn't care about eating or anything, as long as he can fill his stomach, if it's for him, hire a big-haired chef , a little extravagant.

"Mr. Babich, is there any possibility of changing the former Kyiv-class heavy aircraft carrier into an aircraft carrier? Ski jump to take off and block the landing." Soon, the topic came to the fore.

After hearing Wu Shengli's question, everyone fell silent and looked at Babbage.

To say that the most surprising thing in related industries recently is that Da Mao is going to give the decommissioned Minsk to Ah San, and then refit it into an aircraft carrier. This [-]-ton aircraft carrier has attracted the attention of countless people. eyeball.

Can this project be completed?
"If it is similar to the French medium-sized aircraft carrier in terms of displacement, it can be refitted." Babich said: "However, since it is not designed according to an aircraft carrier, it will encounter many problems when refitting." .”

Although Babich was not the chief engineer when the Minsk was born, he has experienced these models after all. Compared with Kuznetsov and Varyag, he can draw a better conclusion. .

"many problems?"

"For example, the deck of the aircraft carrier needs to be expanded, which may cause the center of the Minsk to shift. For stability, some things in the previous design cannot be changed, such as the island."

Since the appearance of the aircraft carrier, it has been the layout of the deck and the side islands. These are the best layouts that have been practiced for many years.

However, the Minsk is not an aircraft carrier, but a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser. If it is to be transformed into an aircraft carrier, there will be many inherent shortcomings.

The island of the ship cannot be moved, and the area of ​​the deck needs to be enlarged. When it is remodeled, it is surprising to find that the island of the ship is not close to the starboard side, resulting in a huge waste!

The ship island of a normal aircraft carrier is close to the starboard side, and the right side of the ship island is at most just for individuals to pass by, and the area should be vacated for the carrier-based aircraft as much as possible.

What about the ship Ah San modified?On the right side of the island, it is estimated that two MiG-29s with folded wings can be inserted, so that from the front, the island looks like it is poking at the center right of the deck.

Brought in the womb, there is no way to change it.

As a result, many jokes have come out, saying that after the aircraft carrier is changed, the center of gravity cannot be grasped, so what should I do?Go into the water first. After launching, put a ball in the middle of the deck. Wherever the ball rolls, the side will be heavier. Finally, I found that the starboard side is too light. If there is no other way, I will build a solid reinforced concrete tower on the right side of the island. The radar model is glued on.

In fact, in the eyes of the designer, the problem can be seen at a glance.

Other things can be changed, but this ship island cannot be changed. If it is changed, the amount of work will be bigger than rebuilding.

"Moreover, after this change, the deck area is not large enough. It is completely inappropriate to operate carrier-based aircraft such as Su 33. At most, it can only operate MiG 29K." Babich continued.

On the Kuznetsov, it was equipped with all Su-33s. In fact, during the test, the carrier-based aircraft modified by the MiG 29 was also on board, but after some comparison, it was found that the short-legged MiG The grid 29 was not suitable, so the Su-33 was selected.
Now, talking about war on paper, we can discuss it.

Thinking of this, Babbage felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that I can't design it myself."

As an aircraft carrier designer, I can only live here now, which is really a pity.

Crunch!

At this moment, the outside door opened, and an adjutant hurried up to Wu Shengli and whispered a few words into his ear.

"what?"

Wu Shengli couldn't believe the news, and looked at the people around him with wide eyes: "Really?"

"Yes."

"Everyone, I have something to do and I need to go first." Wu Shengli hurried on foot, and everyone was confused.

What is the big deal?However, if you shouldn't ask, don't ask, and the rest of you will continue to chat.

(End of this chapter)