Great warships

Chapter 360 Supporting Ah San's Aircraft Carrier

2000 million US dollars, 2.8 tons of aircraft carrier design, Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group actually received another deal!
On this day, Qin Tao did nothing else and was discussing various details with the other party.

After all, what I just talked about at the beginning was just a general and rough project. Now that the other party wants to place a deposit, it is natural to finalize all the details, so that it is convenient for detailed design.

"The entire length of the warship is about 250 meters, and the width is about 50 meters. An elevator is installed at the front and rear of the superstructure on the starboard side. The hangar below is 180 meters long, 24 meters wide, and 7 meters high, with a total area of ​​4320 square meters. "

"For the power system, we use four high-pressure steam boilers to drive two steam turbines with an output of 15 horsepower, which can drive the aircraft carrier to a speed of more than [-] knots and provide enough deck wind."

"Self-defense weapons, two sea rattlesnakes, and two 630 close-in anti-aircraft guns are enough. After all, the power of an aircraft carrier comes from the carrier-based aircraft it carries."

When all kinds of basic data were finalized, all the booths at the defense exhibition began to be closed.

"Now that the basic data has been determined, shall we sign the contract?"

Senyawin nodded.

Time was tight, so the contract was signed relatively quickly. For the Navy, 2000 million US dollars is actually nothing at all, so Seniawin can also make the decision, and immediately allocate funds to the account of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group.

Perfect ending!

The exhibition area of ​​Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group has also started to pack up. How did it come here, and how to pack it away, but it will take a day or two late. After the things arrive at the airport, they have to wait for the An-225 to complete the transportation task. Come back and pick them up.

However, they can afford to wait, even if they wait three or five days longer, it will be faster than taking a boat.

"President Qin, I heard that you have signed another contract. Congratulations." Just as Qin Tao was leading people to pack the equipment, a voice came from beside him.

Ye Xiaoqian.

Today Ye Xiaoqian dressed up deliberately, wearing a long red dress, she looked like the sunset glow in the sky, and her whole person looked lively.

"President Qin, you promised me that you will accept my exclusive interview after the defense exhibition is over."

"Yes, I did promise." Qin Tao said, "Or, right here?"

"It's too messy here, how about we go to a clean and elegant place?"

"No problem at all."

Just as Qin Tao finished answering, Xu Zhengyang came over.

"Boss Qin, I just received an emergency."

"Oh, Miss Ye, wait a minute."

Ye Xiaoqian smiled, "President Qin, you are busy."

Xu Zhengyang pulled Qin Tao aside and whispered something in Qin Tao's ear. Qin Tao's face became serious.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Ye, I may disappoint you. Our group has urgent matters. I need to take the plane back tonight."

"What?" Ye Xiaoqian was surprised. After laying the groundwork for so long and waiting for such a long time, tonight, all the red wine, music, and guest room are ready, and they are just waiting for the other party to take the trap, but the other party wants to leave?

"If there is a chance in the future, Ms. Ye is welcome to interview with our Mingzhou Group. Today, I am really sorry."

"Okay, so can I walk with you now?"

Qin Tao shook his head: "I'm sorry, I'm really inconvenient."

"Ok."

Although everything that had been arranged fell through, Ye Xiaoqian was very dissatisfied, but she also knew that at this time, she must not lose control of her emotions and go berserk. This time she left a good impression on the other party, maybe next time it will be fine?

"Then can I take you to the airport?"

Qin Tao couldn't refuse this last request, could he?
"it is good."

Qin Tao agreed.

In the car, Ye Xiaoqian had already calmed down, and chatted with Qin Tao about this defense exhibition and various topics, trying to make the two of them become good friends who talked about everything.

When the passenger plane flew away, a smile appeared on Ye Xiaoqian's face, and she still had something to gain.

For example, the plane Qin Tao took was bound for Vladivostok!

Qin Tao was indeed in a hurry this time and did not lie to her, so she still had a chance.

Something happened in the Far East, and Qin Tao was needed to help deal with it.

When Qin Tao arrived, it was already three or four o'clock in the morning. His old friend Zaitsev went to pick him up at the aircraft factory, and then took him directly to the Red Star Shipyard.

After arriving, it was already six o'clock. After a simple breakfast, the sky was already bright. Through the window, Qin Tao saw the huge warship docked on the pier outside, and then he understood.

"Ah San's movements are really fast!"

"Yes, Ah San has already negotiated with Sanhang Heavy Industries to purchase the Novorossiysk. Now, we need to renovate this aircraft carrier. However, the first problem we encountered is that we have no There's no dock that can accommodate it."

The first step in refitting the aircraft carrier is, of course, to enter the dock. Although the Red Star Shipyard is the most important comprehensive shipyard in the Far East, there is still no suitable dock to accommodate it.

It was not until the 21st century that the Red Star Shipyard built a large dry dock with a length of 480 meters, a width of 114 meters and a depth of 14 meters, which can be used to build various large ships of different levels, even aircraft carriers.

Now, they start to worry about the modification.

Qin Tao turned his head and saw his old friend Nikolai and Kvyat, the director of the shipyard.

"What's so difficult about it?" Qin Tao said immediately: "In our side, there was no slipway before, so we built ships directly on the beach, and launched a vigorous beach shipbuilding movement. We can build [-]-ton cargo ships, but now It’s just refitting an aircraft carrier.”

"Your place is a beach, but our place is frozen soil!"

"It's already April, what's the frozen soil? If you can't do it, you can contract this project to us. We will be responsible for getting the Novorossiysk ashore!"

"Qin, the workers of our Red Star Shipyard have no other jobs besides dismantling nuclear submarines. Let our workers do these jobs. We just ask for the construction method." Kvyat said.

"Then let's go out and have a look and find a suitable place." Qin Tao said.

Vladivostok is still relatively cold in April, especially in the early morning, which is the coldest time of the day. Qin Tao wrapped his coat tightly and walked on the road to the shipyard with several others.

Along the way, you can see the scene of scaffolding on the dock. Inside are nuclear submarines like big sharks. This is currently the most important source of profit for Red Star Shipyard: dismantling nuclear submarines.

How did dismantling nuclear submarines become a profitable thing?Doesn't this require state funding?It cannot create value.

This is of course due to sponsorship.

The West is very interested in eliminating Lao Maozi's nuclear submarines, or even eliminating all Lao Maozi's nuclear submarines. They would rather provide Lao Maozi with a certain amount of funds for this, and also support their dismantling.

Therefore, the current Red Star Shipyard is to receive sponsorship fees from the West and then dismantle these nuclear submarines.

Looking at those dismantling scenes, Qin Tao had some small calculations in his heart. Can he get rid of the dismantled things?
However, after thinking about it, forget it.

If it is a titanium alloy submarine, it is still useful to get it back. Even if this kind of ordinary nuclear submarine can be dismantled for smelting steel, he has already looked down upon it. Besides, the dismantling here is not standardized. What about radioactive fallout?You can't always be a scumbag.

With this firm belief, Qin Tao walked through the dry dock.

"The land ahead is good." Qin Tao saw a large piece of tidal flats and said, "Just use an excavator to dig a hole, and then drive the Novorossiysk over! Use a few more tugboats to push it, and when it is in place, A dam can be built behind to prevent seawater from surging up."

While speaking, Qin Tao had already come to the front, and then began to give pointers. Everyone followed his footsteps, walked around, and listened to him explain the plan, and felt that it was really good.

In theory, it is completely feasible.

"If the large-scale construction machinery is started together, it will take about half a month." Qin Tao concluded: "After the aircraft carrier comes in, the scaffolding is set up, and the work can start."

"Yeah, we know what Mr. Qin said. Let's go, Mr. Qin, let's go back. We still need to discuss some projects with you."

Qin Tao is their good friend. Without Qin Tao's promotion, it would be impossible for Ah San to purchase this warship from the people of South Kimchi, and they would not be able to receive the major modification project.

According to Qin Tao, they will ask Ah San for money in several batches. The so-called full payment is actually just a deposit. Thinking about it, they are full of expectations.

"President Qin, what grade of deck steel did you use for the aircraft carrier that you manufactured for Siam?" Kvyat asked in the director's office of the shipyard.

"We use steel plates with a yield of [-] MPa." Qin Tao said, "Do you want to purchase?"

"Yes, we have contacted the steel mills in the Urals, and the price they quoted us is too high for us to accept. If you can produce relevant steel, we want to import steel from you."

Da Mao's country is in disarray, and the steel plant has also been privatized.It was also very chaotic there. Seeing that both the Pacific Fleet and the Red Star Shipyard were making money, how could they let go of this opportunity?
"How high are their offers?"

"The steel used on the aircraft carrier deck is 2000 US dollars per ton. We have calculated that it will take about [-] tons to build the ski jump deck. Including the extension on the inclined deck, a total of [-] tons of high-strength Steel, in this way, just to buy high-strength steel for the deck, it will cost [-] million US dollars, which is too expensive!"

For Lao Maozi, it is supposed to be calculated in rubles, but because the ruble has depreciated too much a while ago, even if it is an internal cooperation, it has begun to be calculated in US dollars, and then it will be replaced by the corresponding ruble.

The British "Hermes" aircraft carrier used 230 tons of steel to install the ski-jump take-off deck. The Novorossiysk is larger than the former. Adding a ski-jump deck will not cost more than [-] tons, and the deck area must be expanded. Therefore, High-strength steel plates require at least four hundred tons.

The current price is not too much. Back then, Ah San built his own aircraft carrier and imported steel from Da Mao. It cost more than 7 million U.S. dollars and only imported about 1000 tons. It is also expensive to modify the aircraft carrier in Da Mao.

Qin Tao thought of the dismantled steel of the nuclear submarine when he was watching outside just now, and he felt emotional in his heart. If the old man was smarter, he could re-smelt those steel, even if the strength was lower, he could make do with it for Ah San. .

Anyway, it was just jumping over the deck, not the place to land.

"We are old friends. How about giving you the cost price, including freight, [-] US dollars per ton of steel?" Qin Tao said.

In this way, the price was immediately reduced by nearly half.

"President Qin, can it be cheaper?" Kvyat was obviously not satisfied.

"If it is any cheaper, we will lose money." Qin Tao said: "However, the nuclear submarines you are dismantling and the scrap steel that you dismantle, it seems that no one buys them?"

"Ah."

"Then let's pick some scrap steel back and pick it up at a price of [-] US dollars per ton, so that you can pay us less. If we can pick up [-] tons, you can pay [-] US dollars less."

What they value is the dollar in their hands, as long as they spend less dollars.

"Okay, let's do that, by the way, what kind do you want to choose?"

Of course it is a pressure shell!Take the disassembled pressure hull back and put it into the steelmaking furnace. After it comes out, if the yield strength is [-] MPa, it will be sent to the Red Star Shipyard. If you can choose a thousand-ton pressure hull, then the smelting There is still a guarantee that [-] tons of qualified steel will come out.

This also means that as long as one or two million smelting costs are spent, tens of millions of steel costs can be obtained.Although I became a trash guy again, but as long as I can make money, that's fine!

Even, it can be mixed with some defective products, as long as the old man in charge of the inspection is settled, give Ah San a tofu project!If the deck of Ah San's MiG-29K collapsed after taking off hundreds of times, how beautiful would that scene be?
Qin Tao has already started fantasizing.

"President Qin, President Qin?"

Qin Tao came back to his senses.

"Boss Qin, what do you plan to choose?"

"Of course it has low radiation. After all, we are still very afraid of nuclear submarines." Qin Tao said: "This is physical labor, so don't bother your workers. After all, you still have to pay them and wait for our people to come. It’s up to you to choose yourself.”

"Please rest assured, our dismantling is very professional, and there will be no risk of nuclear leakage. However, if you want to choose, that's up to you. Mr. Qin, then we will settle the steel matter?"

"Okay, with Nikola here, it doesn't matter if we don't formally sign the contract." Qin Tao is very generous: "I will arrange it after I go back."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your understanding. Please rest assured that as long as we get the steel, we will pay the money on time." Kvyat was very happy.

After all, this aircraft carrier was rebuilt for Ah San. If Ah San knew that steel produced in China was used on it, he would definitely be extremely dissatisfied.

"In addition to the steel for the deck, you must also need other steel, right?" Qin Tao said.

"Qin always wants to provide us with other steel materials?" Kvyat began to struggle again.

"Of course not. I mean, you can order ordinary steel from domestic steel mills. In this way, if Ah San wants to see the purchase order, you can also show them. This way you can hide it better."

Kvyat felt relieved: "No wonder you and Nicholas became good friends. When you handle affairs, you always think of the other party's interests. Qin, I admire you very much."

Qin Tao had a smile on his face: "Thank you for the compliment."

There is naturally no need to import ordinary steel from Mingzhou. If it is really imported from a long distance, the cost must be higher than the cost of purchasing it in their country. For Mingzhou, it is impossible to produce so much steel. After all, his own steel plant still has to be used.

Now, Qin Tao said that, thinking about what other people think, of course it can make the other party very satisfied.

Kvyat was very moved at this moment.

"If you still need our help, please let us know."

"Mr. Qin, the Kyiv in your hand is the only one that has been repaired and became an aircraft carrier park. When you refitted, you must have checked the power system. Our warship is in use. I don't know if there is a problem with the boiler. How many times have they been flooded with seawater, so, in poor condition, now, those boilers need to be repaired."

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, you sailors are too rough. If you put them in our country, you will be court-martialed if this happens. I remember, these boilers were produced in St. Petersburg, right?"

"That's right, it was produced in St. Petersburg. We have already negotiated with that side. There is no longer the ability to continue to produce similar boilers there. If we restart work, it will cost at least tens of millions."

In that era of the Red Empire, what could not be produced?
now what?High-power naval gas turbines cannot be produced, and even high-power boilers cannot be produced!

(Check the information, it seems that the Chaoriwang ship is using a newly built boiler at the Baltic Sea Shipyard. The fuel has been changed from heavy oil to diesel. I don’t know if it’s true or not. Anyway, the refractory brick pot was put on us.)
"So, what are you going to do, refurbish or just replace it with a new one?" Qin Tao asked considerately: "If it is a new one, our domestic boiler factory may have a similar model, and everyone is from our own. Don’t hide it, this model can be directly replaced with the one you are using now.”

After Qin Tao took the Kyiv back, several boilers were dismantled, one of which was sprayed with new paint and sold to Dazhou Company. In addition, some samples were given to the designers of the 891 project in China for research. , although Qin Tao did not intervene next, he should be able to guess. It is estimated that the surveying and mapping imitation was carried out at Huating. After all, Huating Shipyard also has a supporting boiler factory.

Things like boilers no longer have any technical content in China.Qin Tao's research for them is also to lay the foundation for the future. After all, the domestic engine level is not enough, and it is impossible to use gas turbines on a [-]-ton aircraft carrier like the British.

The boiler is the best choice. Qin Tao has laid the groundwork for these things in advance.When the time comes, when the time is right, chirping will be made.

Hearing Qin Tao's words, Kvyat became excited again: "Can you provide the same model? According to our preliminary inspection, there are at least three boilers on it that need to be replaced!"

"Well, things like boilers don't have too much technical content. If you need one, I'll get you three new ones for $200 million. How about it?"

A boiler is a must, otherwise, the power system is not up to standard. As an aircraft carrier, it must be able to reach at least [-] knots.

At this time, Kvyat was still a little hesitant, and Nicholas on the side said: "Since Qin said that there is no problem, then it must be no problem, so we will order three boilers from Qin, and the remaining boilers will be sold by ourselves. Renovate!"

Now that Nikolai has made his decision, what else does Kvyat have to say?Nodding in agreement.

"When you are renovating, if there are any raw materials that are not enough, please contact me, and I promise to provide you with the lowest price." Qin Tao continued.

"Well, to renovate these boilers, you need brand new refractory bricks. If you can provide qualified refractory bricks, then we need to purchase a batch."

"Of course no problem!" Qin Tao nodded immediately: "Same as before, we don't need to sign a contract, so as not to be discovered by Ah San and cause protests."

At this moment, Zaitsev, who had been on guard outside, came in. He hurriedly said to everyone, "Ah San's men are here!"

"It seems that I need to avoid it temporarily. You guys should talk to Ah San."

"It's not suitable for Mr. Qin to go out, let's go to the cubicle inside to rest." Kvyat said.

These days, Ah San has been here all the time, so she is quite familiar with the road, so she came directly to Kvyat's office.

Qin Tao can't go out, otherwise he may meet with the other party, so he can only enter the cubicle inside the office.

After Qin Tao went in, he was also very emotional.

Lao Maozi is still very particular. This compartment is made of special frosted glass. You can see the outside from here, but you cannot see the inside from the outside.

You can make up the picture in your head. This cubicle is not just for resting. It is estimated that the factory manager will also have some benefits.For example, ask a female secretary to come in and explore the mysteries of the human body.

At the door, two people appeared.

Old acquaintance!

"Mr. Factory Director, and Mr. Nicholas, are you all there?" Chetri originally had a look of asking questions, but now when he saw Nicholas, he immediately changed into a smile.

"That's right, I'm here to talk to the factory manager, what are you doing here?"

"Let's ask, the deposit of [-] million US dollars has been given, when do you plan to start work?"

"Half a month, after half a month, we will start work." This time Kvyat finally had the confidence.

"Half a month, why?"

"Because, we have to tidy up the shipyard, and then wash the aircraft carrier ashore before we can start work."

"What?" Kidambi said in surprise, "Don't you have a dock?"

"You have been here for many days, have you found out that there is a dock here that can accommodate that warship?"

(End of this chapter)