Great warships

Chapter 556

"Now, it has become our consensus to develop a strong navy. However, some people still raised their opinions. Some people said that we should take the initiative to show weakness now, so that it is easy to create a good enough external environment and let us better Develop your own economy." Zheng Ming said to Qin Tao.

During this period of time, Zheng Ming was stationed in Mingzhou Group, watching the construction of the sail training ship every day. Qin Tao had nothing else to do and stayed here, so the two of them could often chat together.

Zheng Ming would always discuss with Qin Tao some problems that caused the navy a headache, and the answers Qin Tao gave were also very simple and clear.

"This kind of argument doesn't make sense." Qin Tao's words were very sharp: "Since ancient times, a weak country has no diplomacy. Only when you have a strong power, will others look at you and show weakness? That is kneeling down and expecting others to reward you." Eat a few bones? People who make such an argument are either stupid or bad! It’s the same as the technology that L wants to advocate over there now without borders.”

After L wanted to fail in the bidding, he was very angry and went to various departments for activities, but the matter had already been finalized, the contract was signed, and there was no possibility of changing it. L thought in anger, and started publicizing everywhere These arguments are gone.

We only need to do what we are best at. Now that it is a global industrial chain, we only need to do one part of it. There is no need to take any big and comprehensive road.

"Yes, they are misinterpreting the meaning. There is indeed a saying that science and technology has no borders, but there is a second half of this sentence, but scientists have their own motherland." Zheng Ming nodded.

This is the same as reading without seeking deep understanding. It is well known by many people, and they use it to comfort themselves: I just need to read, and it doesn’t matter if I understand it or not. The emphasis is on understanding, but the result is maliciously punctuated, taking the previous foreshadowing as the main thing.

The same is true of technology without borders. What is important is the latter sentence, but the former sentence is used as an argument.

"Only when our navy is strong can we protect our long sea transportation lines and maintain our country's economic security. Haven't we learned enough lessons in the past few years? We still can't wake up those people, just take this year as an example. , if we don't take countermeasures in time, then we will be bullied and come to our door, and these people still have to wag their tails to welcome them?"

When he said this, Qin Tao was already angry.

Zheng Ming also sighed with emotion: "Yes, no matter how much resistance we encounter, we will not stop developing our own military strength. We believe that within ten years, we will be able to reach the world-class level."

"That's right, within ten years, we will have a fleet of three aircraft carriers. We will be so strong that no one else dares to touch us. We will break through the first island chain, and we will go to the ocean! Our navy will become a real blue water navy!"

"It's just that this road has a long way to go." Zheng Ming said.

Beautiful prospects can be imagined, but if you want to take this road, you will face many challenges.

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, it's not that easy, so on the one hand, we have to go our own way, and on the other hand, we also have to fool others into going astray."

Wrong way?

At this moment, Xu Zhengyang brought a few people over, and one of the young officers was very familiar.

"President Qin, Teacher Zhang is here."

Zhang Zhong's face was full of excitement: "Boss Qin, we finally meet again!"

"Mr. Zhang, it's a pleasure to meet you. Although we don't meet often, we have cooperated a lot. Many times, I have to thank you for your help." Qin Tao said.

"This is what it should be, Mr. Qin. It is a great honor for us to move this episode of the show from the studio to the Mingzhou Group. We need to find a place with a suitable background. If we can use the aircraft carrier as the background, that is Nothing could be better."

Zhang Zhong said while looking around, looking for a suitable place.

"Come to the office. I have floor-to-ceiling windows over there, which can just face the aircraft carrier being outfitted."

"that would be great!"

Zhang Zhong was very happy. After he went there, the background was really good.

"Boss Qin, shall we start then?"

"Okay, let's chat casually, if there is something inappropriate, we will cut it off."

Zheng Ming stood where the camera couldn't see, watching this interview, he didn't know what the hell Qin Tao was going to do, but it must be very important, otherwise, he wouldn't have called Zhang Zhong.

"Dear viewers, hello everyone, today we are honored to be here at Mingzhou Group. At this time, we are sitting in the office of Mingzhou Group, and we will be presenting this program for you. We also have to introduce our guests today grandly. , President Qin of the Mingzhou Group!"

"Hello everyone, Mr. Zhang has made appointments with me many times, but I have never had time. I am very sorry." Qin Tao said with a smile on his face: "Today is also a sneak in time to explain to you the cutting-edge technology."

"We know that Mingzhou Group is famous for its innovation. The 022 missile boat, the 054 frigate, etc. are all designed by Mingzhou Group. I wonder what good things Mingzhou Group brought us this time?"

Qin Tao bent down and took out a large model from below. When Zheng Ming saw this model, his eyes widened immediately. What is this?
The design drawing is reversed, and the model is wrong?

This should be a model of a warship, but a normal warship is smaller at the bottom and gradually enlarged at the top, which can reduce the wet area and increase the aircraft carrier, but what about the one in front of you?

The bottom is big and the top is small, as if the hull of a warship has been turned upside down. Looking at the front line, ordinary warships extend forward, which is backward!

However, it seems that there is no reverse. If you look at the bow of the ship, there is a big nose at the front and bottom. It is a special sonar, and that thing must be soaked in sea water.

Moreover, since the bottom of the ship is inclined inward, the whole ship is in a linear shape, especially when it comes to the superstructure, which is handled perfectly.

It takes simplicity to the extreme: there is only one superstructure, standing in the center of the hull, with a helicopter deck behind it, and a bulge in front, I don't know what it is.If you look at it from the perspective of stealth, it's doing a good job.

"President Qin, is this the latest scientific research achievement of Mingzhou Group?" Zhang Zhong asked curiously.

"That's right, this is the next-generation destroyer we imagined. It may be difficult for you to understand its appearance. In fact, the main purpose of this design is to take into account the need for stealth. Such a warship with a displacement of [-] tons , On the radar screen, it is similar to a small boat of more than ten tons. If the wind and waves are stronger, you can completely conceal your existence." Qin Tao introduced.

If you have nothing to do, just fool around with you. The one Qin Tao is showing now is of course the highest-ranking "Zumwalt" class destroyer, code-named DDG-1000.
In the recent period of time, Americans will walk into the alley of stealth. No matter what weapon system is, they are eager to make it have stealth capabilities. Not to mention the fighter jets of the Air Force, the armed helicopters of the Army, and the Navy’s Warships also need to be done. For such a large warship, it must be made to disappear from the radar screen. This is simply masochistic.

Even if it is a destroyer or a cruiser, what about the aircraft carrier?The aircraft carrier cannot be changed.

No way, stealth is the trend now.

What Qin Tao took out was the ultimate stealth model.

"What we saw is simply a sci-fi warship!" Zhang Zhong's tone was incomparably surprised.

After it is broadcast, the whole world will definitely be shocked.

"President Qin, can you introduce it? Why is it designed like this?" Zhang Zhong continued.

"Let's talk about it from the bow of the ship. It is estimated that everyone is attracted by this place. Its scientific name is called the hull of the ship that pierces the waves against the side. We can also see that the bow of the ship is tilted backward at a large angle, and the bulbous nose is exaggerated. It seems to be the same as the ironclad ships in the early nineteenth century. However, after many studies, we have determined that this is a ship type that is very suitable for us. In addition to stealth, this special bow can also Improve the navigation performance of low-freeboard warships, on the one hand, reduce the longitudinal swing of the ship under high sea conditions, and on the other hand, ensure the sailing speed under high sea conditions, so that the naval guns of warships can fully play their role in high-speed and high sea conditions.”

"Audience friends, forgive my ignorance, this is the first time I have heard of this design, today is really an eye-opener!" Zhang Zhong continued: "In my feeling, it is like an alien warship! "

"I also feel a bit like a Hollywood blockbuster. I hope our warship will be put on the screen in the future." Qin Tao said with a smile: "I will continue to introduce our superstructure. You can also see that it is different from previous warships. Warships are very different, this pyramid-like thing, I call it Integrated Composite Superstructure and Aperture, it's a one-piece modular structure that's light weight, high strength, low radar reflectivity and won't rust Made of high-quality composite materials, the overall shape shrinks from bottom to top inward to reduce the radar reflection cross section.”

"What? Did I hear you right, Mr. Qin, you actually want to use plastic to build warships?"

"That's right, doing so can minimize radar reflections. After all, non-metals have a stronger absorption capacity." Qin Tao introduced: "I guess, everyone is starting to be a little curious about the pimple on the front deck. I put this Let me introduce you to everyone."

As he said that, Qin Tao pulled his hand on it, and a long strip-shaped thing came out from it.

"Naval gun?" Zhang Zhong reacted.

"That's right, it's a naval gun!" Qin Tao said: "We have made a stealth transformation on it. Of course, this is just a small change. The biggest innovation is that this 155mm caliber gun has super long-range It can fire shells a hundred kilometers away."

"One hundred kilometers away? Mr. Qin, will the accuracy of the shells deteriorate with such a long range?" Zhang Zhong was a little worried.

"Of course not, because we launch precision-guided shells. Even if some electronic systems are installed, they will be cheaper than missiles. After all, they are fired with artillery." Qin Tao said.

"Mr. Qin, thank you for introducing so much, does it have other features?"

"Of course there is." Qin Tao continued to explain: "This warship will focus on ground attack. Therefore, our warship will be equipped with a large number of ground attack missiles, which will become a sharp weapon for attacking the enemy's ground targets."

Zheng Ming has already reacted. Where is the ground attack aimed at? Needless to say?
However, there seems to be something wrong. After all, the strait is so wide, and all kinds of missiles on our own land can hit it. Is it necessary to make such a ship?

"President Qin, your introduction reminds me of the concept of arsenal ship that I proposed before." Zhang Zhong suddenly thought of something.

The former arsenal ship is also very popular.

"Yes, as a warship, it has to be equipped with a large number of weapon systems. We are also studying the arsenal ship." Qin Tao continued: "In addition to showing this alien warship today, we will show you Introducing a brand new class of warship, which we call the Littoral Combat Ship."

Littoral combat ship?What is this?Speaking of innovation, Mr. Qin really has a way!Zheng Ming was very emotional.

"The warship just now had a displacement of about [-] tons, and this one has a displacement of two to three thousand tons, which is the size of a frigate." Qin Tao took out a second model: "Don't look at the two models. They are about the same size, but the scale is different."

However, no one should care about what Qin Tao said. When Qin Tao took out the model, it would immediately attract everyone's attention.

"Trimaran?" Zhang Zhong was shocked again. Although the Mingzhou Group has only made a fortune for a few years, its innovative ability is so strong. Every ship model it produces is an eye-opener.

The trimaran is not the ship of the Trimaran, it is science fiction, it refers to the hull has three, the 022 missile boat has two hulls, and the left and right are symmetrical, and this kind of trimaran is big in the center and small on both sides.

Correspondingly, it can be seen that its bow is very small, because the bow is only in the middle of the hull, and when it extends to the bridge part, the hulls on both sides will appear. In this way, the hull becomes wider, especially when it reaches the bridge. At the rear, the helicopter take-off and landing deck is really big enough.

From the looks of it, not only the helicopter, but even the fertilizer can land on it.

"Everyone is definitely interested in its trimaran layout. Let me introduce this feature first. Its biggest advantage is its fast speed. We plan to reach a speed of [-] knots for this [-]-[-]-ton warship."

Fifty days!
In the field of warships, only some high-speed missile boats can reach such a fast speed, and warships of two to three thousand tons have never been seen before!
Only a trimaran can achieve such a high speed, and it is relatively stable. If an ordinary warship is not stingy with using a high-power engine, it cannot guarantee the stability at such a high speed.

"High speed and good stealth performance are the advantages of our ship. Because such a warship has a small displacement, in order to become an all-rounder at sea, we have also made a modular design. A warship can carry three One of several mission packages, including the surface warfare mission package, anti-submarine warfare mission package and mine countermeasures mission package.”

Zhang Zhong said that once the program was broadcast, it immediately became a sensation again.

This interview is with the boss of Mingzhou Group, and the ship type displayed to the public is still a very sci-fi ship type!

across the ocean.

"This is another smoke bomb they released. We must not be fooled by them again. What they said about the arsenal ship last time was just fooling people!" Swift said.

"Yeah, thanks to Burda who went to see God, otherwise we would have been led astray by him."

Jeremy Michael Burda was very excited after hearing about the plan of the arsenal ship, and even asked to temporarily put SC-21/DD-21 on hold, and fully develop the "arsenal ship" development plan, and even he did it more extreme , also proposed a more simplified "large-capacity missile ship" concept.

Because of his support, the arsenal ship has also begun to be played up in China, and was even praised by some media as a rising star that will replace the aircraft carrier. However, this extremely designed ship has caused considerable controversy within the Navy. Because the navy is conservative, and more importantly, this kind of warship is indeed tasteless.

The development of the arsenal ship is entirely driven by Burda's own strength. There is no way, who will let him stand in that position?

Fortunately, this guy was out of his mind. A few months ago, he shot himself in anger because of the controversy over wearing the V-shaped pendant. It's really strange that this kind of impulsive guy can climb to that position.

The arsenal ship lost its backer and was put on hold by his successor Jay Johnson, restarting the SC-21/DD-21 program.

But now, the other party actually threw out these plans again. There is no doubt that they must be fooling people, and they cannot be fooled!
"Everyone, I thought of our JSF plan." At this time, Johnson said: "Oriental's J-31A has already begun its first flight. Although it is only a carrier-based version, their vertical take-off and landing power system is also frequently exposed to the public. The display shows that the research and development is progressing well, but our JSF has encountered a lot of twists and turns due to technical route problems."

"twists and turns?"

"Yes, at the time of bidding, Lockheed's vertical take-off and landing route was the same as that of the East, so we sniffed it and eliminated it first. We chose the projects of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, and let them continue to develop prototypes Boeing’s X-32 was the first to fly for the first time, but many problems were found during the flight, and the model needed to be readjusted. McDonnell Douglas found many problems in the vertical take-off and landing system. They wanted to change the plan, and Dongfang the same."

"How is this possible? The technical route we have chosen is not as good as that of the East?"

The big guy is unconvinced in his heart.

What's so cool about the East?Why choose the Eastern technology route?
"At present, our next-generation catapult plan has also been finalized. We need to develop an electromagnetic catapult." Johnson continued: "On this technical route, we have followed the path of the Orientals."

Fern Clark nodded: "Yes, although we are a little dissatisfied, we must also admit that the Mingzhou Group is very evil, and every path they take is correct. As for now, can these two future warships Representing the future, of course we need to analyze carefully, the big guys put aside their prejudices and seriously consider whether these warships are suitable for our future development."

"The Cold War is over, and the Red Empire is gone. In this world, no country can confront us. Therefore, our navy is in a period of transition. In the past, our idea was to fight the ocean, but now, we can approach it at any time. Go to the coastline of potential enemies and launch an attack on them." Swift said: "From this perspective, these two warships can give us some inspiration."

Although just now, Swift still despised the Mingzhou Group's plan as a smoke bomb, but now, after serious consideration, they suddenly realized that they had taken it for granted.

It's really suitable!

"Actually, as early as ten years ago, our main combat area was already offshore." Fern-Clark said: "The ships we have lost in recent years have all been destroyed in offshore waters, although we have China's warships can fight in the coastal waters, but using our precious warships to go to the coastal waters is not worth the loss. I think we need a brand new warship to fill the firepower gap between our deep-sea combat ships and coastal combat, so as to better carry out Ground attack. The concept of this littoral combat ship is very good."

"The [-]-ton stealth warship is also good. Our navy has entered a period of change. We need brand new warships to join our navy. Especially its stealth has reached the extreme, which will be very convenient for us to complete combat missions."

This group of people is like this. Several successful experiences have made them regard stealth as a magic weapon for defeating the enemy.

As a result, the meeting was one-sided criticism at the beginning, and now it has become approval!
At the beginning, they said no, but in fact, they knew in their hearts that these designs are very high-end and very good.

"However, we have to be more on the safe side. I suggest building a test ship first to test whether these designs are effective." Fern Clark spoke again, and his proposal was approved by everyone, and everyone nodded.

"However, thinking that we have to use someone else's design, I'm still a little unwilling. How could that Mingzhou Group be so powerful? It will become our biggest stumbling block sooner or later." One person said.

"That's right, this group is powerful enough. I suggest that we launch sanctions against this group!"

"Sanctions?" Jay Johnson said with a sneer on his face: "We have already checked, this group has no trade with us, and the trade with Europe is only for civilian ships. How do we sanction?"

"Then sanction the civilian ships they produce for Europe!"

"Then the Europeans will definitely scold us. The liquefied natural gas ships produced by Mingzhou Group are what they most urgently need."

"Could it be that Europe can't build LNG ships without them?"

"Of course it can be built, but the delivery of the ship may take ten years."

Everyone was speechless.

　PS: My body can't take it anymore, there are only one more six thousand words, readers please allow me to take it easy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)