Great warships

Chapter 672 Construction of 002 Aircraft Carrier Starts

"Now, I announce that Mingzhou Group has won the qualification to build the navy's new generation of aircraft carrier. We named this new generation of aircraft carrier Type 002, and the hull number is 17!" Cao Lao officially announced.

There was a cheerful applause below, the navy was the loudest.

The current 001 aircraft carrier is just a training aircraft carrier, and cannot have comprehensive combat capabilities at all. They have long been looking forward to a brand-new straight-deck aircraft carrier, using three electromagnetic catapults and supporting blocking devices, so that the domestic aircraft carrier can reach the Kitty Hawk level The levels, now, are finally about to start building!

"This aircraft carrier has a full-load displacement of 320 tons, a length of 75 meters, and a width of 48 meters. It uses three electromagnetic catapults, and the landing area behind uses electromagnetic blocking devices. The entire warship is expected to carry 24 carrier-based fighters, including 15 J-24s and 32 J-600s, four Air Police-15 early warning aircraft, four J-70 improved electronic warfare aircraft, four carrier-based trainer aircraft and ten carrier-based helicopters, with a total of [-] aircraft onboard. In the event of an emergency, high-intensity combat is required, and twelve more fighter jets can be carried." Cao Lao's voice continued to echo throughout the conference room: "For our navy, this is a big step forward!"

Everyone applauded again, Qin Tao's eyes were moist, and a figure flickered in front of him again: the plainly dressed old man was standing on the American aircraft carrier. In order to observe more clearly, he couldn't help standing on his heels and Look around with a long neck.

With a high position and authority, he is like a primary school student at this time, listening to the introduction of the US military personnel. Since the other party does not allow Chinese visitors to touch the aircraft carrier equipment, he can only carefully put his hands away, with a humble posture, which makes people see It feels very sad to go up.

Now, the old man's wish is finally coming true. Not only is he a training ship refitted from a second-hand aircraft carrier, but he will also have a brand new aircraft carrier developed by himself!

The old man has now resigned from various positions and has retired honorably, so it is a pity that he will not appear in the meeting.

However, at this moment, everyone on the podium suddenly stood up and looked towards the door of the meeting room.

Qin Tao turned his head in surprise, and saw the figure of an old man. His body stood there, looking a little fragile, but his body was straight, with a smile on his face, and the light shone past, his eyes There was something glittering and translucent. (Suddenly wrote myself crying..)
"Old Liu!" Someone had already shouted.

"Old Liu, why are you standing at the door, come in quickly!"

"That's right, Mr. Liu, you can go to the rostrum."

"No, the big guy's meeting is over. Next, I'm hungry. Let's go to the cafeteria and celebrate this important moment together!"

A group of people went to the meeting room bustlingly. Before the food was served, Mr. Liu picked up the wine glass.

"Old Liu, your health is not good, the doctor ordered you not to drink alcohol."

"How can you not drink at such a happy moment today?" Old Liu said, "Who dares to stop me today?"

Everyone stopped talking.

"Old Wu, you are more fortunate than me. I have dreamed of an aircraft carrier for decades. I didn't expect our domestic aircraft carrier to start construction until I retired this year. When you are in office, you can see the aircraft carrier galloping in the waters of our motherland. Ah." Elder Liu looked at Wu Shengli with emotion.

"Old Liu, without the hard work of generations of naval personnel and without the strength of our motherland, there would be no development of our navy." Wu Shengli said: "Now, with the start of construction of domestic aircraft carriers, our navy has also entered a new era. .We are proud to live in this great era."

"Yes, this is a great era." Mr. Liu said with emotion: "There are air defense destroyers, all-rounder frigates, and domestically-made aircraft carriers. Come on, let's have a drink together!"

Everyone raised their glasses together, and their hearts were surging.

"This second glass of wine, we have to respect our military workers. Without your efforts, there would be no domestic aircraft carrier." Mr. Liu looked at the personnel present outside the navy blue Type 97 military uniform: "The power system of the aircraft carrier, we With the imitation Lao Maozi's boiler, and it is better than the blue, the power supply, we use the integrated power of the whole ship, as well as electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic blocking, electronic equipment, we have a four-sided phased array radar, a close-in defense system , we have short-range missiles and 730 naval guns, as well as our most critical carrier-based aircraft, etc., which were unimaginable before. As a general contractor, Mingzhou Group has made us even more impressive. Now, I respect you!"

Mr. Liu has always been concerned about the construction of the navy and the coastal defense of the motherland. He also knows all these details!

When designing the aircraft carrier back then, domestic technology was backward in all aspects, and the performance of the equipment was poor. Now, the domestically-made aircraft carrier is at the advanced level in the world as soon as construction starts. How can Mr. Liu not be excited.

"Old Liu, this is what we should do." Qin Tao spoke on behalf of the military workers: "This is also because we live in this era, we are fish, and the environment of the motherland is water. No. We will continue to work hard. The 002 aircraft carrier is just the beginning. We are not only a land power, but also a sea power. In order to protect our maritime rights and interests, we must have at least eight aircraft carrier formations."

Eight aircraft carrier formations!

Mr. Liu looked at Qin Tao excitedly: "Okay, then let's toast to the eight aircraft carrier formations!"

After finishing the second glass, Mr. Liu poured the wine again: "For the third glass of wine, we want to look far away. In the Gulf of Aden, our navy has fulfilled its sacred mission, and it has been demonstrated internationally. The presence of our navy..."

In the past, the navy could only sail near the coast, but now it has finally begun to go to the ocean. In the past ten years, the navy has made great progress!

"Old Liu, you can't drink any more."

"I'm happy today, so I have to drink to my heart's content!" Mr. Liu said, "If anyone stops me and ruins my fun, I'll never end with him!"

"That's right, everyone is very happy today, but Mr. Liu, don't drink too much. Next, we plan to invite you to live in our Mingzhou. Do you want to watch the domestic aircraft carrier being built little by little with your own eyes? "Qin Tao said: "If you want, then there are only three glasses of wine today, and you can't drink any more. If you can't control yourself, we dare not entertain you in Mingzhou."

"Okay, Mr. Qin, you actually threatened me with this, I remember you!" Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Okay, then listen to you, I will drink three cups today!"

Elder Cao also sighed on the side, this Qin Tao is really courageous enough, but Mr. Liu is not mistaken, and neither is he. It is the most suitable choice to hand over the domestic aircraft carrier to Mingzhou Group!

After three glasses of wine, everyone dispersed, each looking for their own drinking buddies.

Sun Xuewen came to Mr. Cao with a wine glass in his hand.

"Mr. Cao, I'm very sorry. During the meeting, I contradicted you with my words. I will apologize to you here. I did it. You can do whatever you want."

"Wait." Elder Cao looked at Sun Xuewen: "On that occasion, you actually defended the Mingzhou Group. This is not what a bidding competitor should do. Say, did you reach an agreement in private?"

"Mr. Cao, Mingzhou Group won this bidding, which is expected by everyone. You have also seen that it was unanimously approved, and we are also convinced that we lost. As an old-fashioned warship manufacturing company, we must participate in the bidding, which is our duty. However, we also know that our plan is no match for the navy." Sun Xuewen said: "You should also know that our domestic industry can mature and have the strength to build aircraft carriers. These are all promoted by Mingzhou Group. Not to mention, the boilers, integrated power systems, electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic interception used by aircraft carriers, as well as the four-sided phased array radar, and even the deck steel, which one was not made by the Mingzhou Group. They began to lay out the layout ten years ago Doing these. Not to mention the brand new carrier-based aircraft, it is also their credit."

Sun Xuewen smiled: "Old Cao, even if our Bincheng Shipyard gets the construction contract, these subsystems are all from Mingzhou Group, and we have to purchase them from them. In this way, the navy will have to spend more money. Therefore, Mingzhou Group is the most suitable for this."

"President Qin and Leader Wu are related. However, we shipbuilders have already seen it. Mingzhou Group won the navy's bid by relying on hard power. They are indeed strong. If Mingzhou Group is not a shipbuilder , is it a tank and aircraft manufacturer, or is it an elite in that industry, that is a loss for our navy."

"Sure enough, you are wearing a pair of trousers." Cao Lao said, "Are you afraid that Mingzhou Group will not grant you the patent authorization for natural gas ships?"

"Of course not. We mainly build oil tankers. We can't rush to build natural gas ships like other shipyards." Sun Xuewen was very serious: "Mr. Cao, you can visit our shipyard when you have a chance in the future."

After talking so much, Mr. Cao was trying to put pressure on Sun Xuewen. As a result, Sun Xuewen successfully completed the test, and Mr. Cao also had a smile on his face: "Okay, you are right. Come on, let's drink."

Sun Xuewen drank the wine in one gulp.

On the other side, Qin Tao was always by Mr. Liu's side.

"It's directly 001 tons, you guys are bold enough! I originally thought that if we want to build one, we will first build one that is the same as [-]."

"The ski jump is a waste of deck space. Our electromagnetic catapult has matured, so there is no need to use this method. We don't overtake in curves. How can we catch up and overtake? The [-] tons is still limited by our boilers. "Qin Tao said: "If the displacement is too large, our aircraft carrier will not be able to achieve the target of [-] knots."

"Curve overtaking, this sentence is good. Our air defense ships and our aircraft carriers have already overtaken on curves. We have surpassed Europe and are on the same starting line as the United States." Liu Lao said: " Back then, we were very envious of the US aircraft carrier, but now, we finally don't have to be envious, we can build the same aircraft carrier ourselves!"

"The gap with the US-made aircraft carrier is the power system." Qin Tao said: "Now, our nuclear submarine has started construction, and we already have a mature 150 megawatt nuclear reactor. Therefore, we should develop a more advanced nuclear reactor next. , The thermal power of a single stack needs to reach more than 500 megawatts, if it can reach 700 megawatts, that would be even better."

Compared with conventional power, nuclear power has unlimited endurance. When placed on a nuclear submarine, it does not need to float up to the height of the snorkel to recharge. Even the oxygen needed inside can be realized by electrolyzing water. As long as there is sufficient food, you can Staying underwater for a long time depends entirely on the endurance of the crew.

The use of nuclear power on an aircraft carrier reduces the amount of fuel carried. The aircraft carrier only needs to carry the fuel required by the carrier-based aircraft, which can greatly reduce logistical supplies. Conventional-powered aircraft carriers are replenished once a week, while nuclear-powered aircraft carriers spend half Replenishment once a month is enough.

However, the nuclear reactors needed for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers need to be specially built.

Back then, when the Americans were engaged in the first generation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, that is, the enterprise class, they used an improved version of the nuclear reactor used on nuclear submarines: A2W nuclear reactor, the power of a single reactor is less than 8 megawatts, so, in order to make up enough power , 2 A[-]W nuclear reactors are used on the enterprise-class aircraft carrier.

This is obviously inappropriate. The eight nuclear reactors are huge in size, have a high failure rate, and require a large number of personnel.

Therefore, the enterprise-class aircraft carrier was quickly abandoned, and the Americans built a new Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. This time, they used two specially designed Westinghouse A2W nuclear reactors with a single thermal power of 4 megabytes. Watts, so, as long as two are enough.

In this way, the complexity of the nuclear power system was greatly reduced. Later, when it came to the Ford-class aircraft carrier, the Americans developed a new generation of new A1B nuclear reactors with more advanced comprehensive performance.The power of this nuclear reactor has not only been increased to 700 megawatts, but also uses highly enriched uranium nuclear fuel, which does not need to be disassembled for fuel replacement throughout its lifespan.You must know that the operation of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is complicated, especially during the mid-term overhaul, it needs to cut open the belly to replace the nuclear fuel.

The nuclear reactor used by the new generation of nuclear-powered submarines being manufactured by Mingzhou Group is also highly enriched uranium nuclear fuel. In fact, it is removed from the nuclear bombs. It can reach the same lifespan as the submarine, and there is no need to change fuel midway. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier must also follow this Standard to build, which will save a lot of money.

"Our next generation is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? Mr. Qin, your vision is really broad enough." Mr. Liu said, "Does the important task of research and development of this nuclear reactor also have to fall on your Mingzhou Group?"

"This is not only something that our Mingzhou Group can accomplish. Most of the domestic nuclear power experts have to work together on research and development." Qin Tao said.

His subordinates are old-fashioned nuclear power experts, but imitating a mature nuclear reactor and building a new nuclear reactor with higher power are two different concepts.Lao Maozi can play a major role in it, but they are completely dominated by the Mingzhou Group, which is beyond their capabilities.

"According to the development plan of nuclear submarine power, we can spend a few years to develop it first. After the development is successful, we can build a simulated reactor on land for experiments, run it for a few years, and use it on an aircraft carrier after confirming that there is no problem. By then, the 002 aircraft carrier should have been in service, so we can experience the defects of the 002 aircraft carrier and make corresponding improvements." Wu Shengli said: "In this way, our nuclear power system will become more mature, and, You can also generate electricity on land to sell money. Mr. Qin, what do you think?"

Qin Tao smiled wryly: "Dad, you can't cheat us like this. This is a brand-new design, and the investment is huge. We Mingzhou Group can't afford it."

We are having dinner now, of course Qin Tao is going to call me Dad, I am your son-in-law, so you treat my mother like this?

At this time, Mr. Cao had already finished talking with Sun Xuewen, and noticed the movement here. When he heard the conversation, a smile appeared on his face.

Those pink eyes should shut up!There is a close relationship between the Mingzhou Group and the navy leadership, but this relationship is not to make the Mingzhou Group rich, but the navy to take advantage of the Mingzhou Group!
"Your Mingzhou Group does not need to pay for the design, but you have to pay for the construction. After all, it is yours to use when it is completed. Your Mingzhou Group is a shipbuilder and requires a lot of electricity. At the same time, your Mingzhou Group You also have experience, who do you not want?"

Hearing these words, Mr. Cao became more determined. If anyone dares to explain the nepotism between the state group and the navy leaders in front of his ears in the future, such people will be put in limbo!

"Okay, we can accept it, but we also have conditions."

"Say."

"The power supply here in Mingzhou is sufficient. If our second power station is to be built, it will be built directly on Chongming Island." Qin Tao said: "Now, Huating is developing rapidly, and the power needed is increasing. Many, if the power of our second power station is not exhausted, it can be sent to Huating to meet the power supply there. You big leaders have to coordinate with us. "

"Huating? How is that possible? It's a big city, and people pay special attention to the environment, so they won't allow a project like ours to exist."

"That's your business. In the worst case, we can build it into an offshore floating power station, which is usually parked directly at the wharf of our shipyard. Isn't that all right? By the way, our Golden Sun Motor Company has already started research and development of electric vehicles, and we will build them in the future." The production plants of electric vehicles all need electricity supply, please tell the leaders of Huating about this demand, we are a big profit and taxpayer." Qin Tao talked about these, "Also, our chip factory , and plan to continue to expand, if the power supply in Huating is insufficient, we can only choose other cities.”

Old Cao was dumbfounded.

"Okay, let's do it like this. I, an old man, will help you coordinate." Mr. Liu said, "It can be regarded as doing our best for our domestic aircraft carrier. Mr. Qin, let's continue to say, besides nuclear power, what else is needed ?”

An aircraft carrier is a huge system project, not only the power system, but other aspects are also very important.

Qin Tao thought for a while: "The main weapon for combat on an aircraft carrier is the carrier-based aircraft. We have to continue to speed up the research and development of carrier-based aircraft."

This confused Old Liu: "Boss Qin, isn't our carrier-based aircraft not bad at present?"

What kind of carrier-based aircraft does an aircraft carrier need?

The domestically produced J-33 is a heavy-duty fighter jet. After the Americans gradually retired the Tomcat fighter jets, this carrier-based jet became even more powerful. Only the old Maozi’s Su-29 can compare with it. Let’s look at other countries , France's Rafale, Ah San's MiG-[-]K, these are all medium-sized machines.

Besides, our own side also has the stealth J-32. This model was given to the J-31A by the Navy and became the carrier-based aircraft scheduled by the Navy. As a stealth aircraft, this is a very advanced model. The US aircraft carrier is still no.

Under such circumstances, do we have to speed up the development of our own carrier-based aircraft?
What does it mean?
"Mr. Liu, everyone, our current carrier-based aircraft are all manned aircraft. In the future, drones will develop faster." Qin Tao said: "For example, we want to conduct long-distance reconnaissance. It is completely possible to use a large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which has a long battery life and a long distance, and it does not require the pilot to risk his life. Once an accident occurs and is shot down, we will only lose some money."

In the 21st century, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are very popular, and a lot of work is done by UAVs. Now, the country has to refuel. At the beginning, Qin Tao insisted on using electromagnetic catapults on the aircraft carrier, because the elastic force of this thing is continuous. It can not only eject dozens of tons of carrier-based aircraft, but also eject several tons, or even hundreds of kilograms of unmanned aerial vehicles, which is incomparable to steam catapults.

"For another example, when attacking a well-defended target, we can not only use stealth aircraft, but also special unmanned stealth attack aircraft. In the same way, we don't have to worry about accidents to personnel."

Pilots are dangerous. Once they land on the enemy's territory, they will face things like being captured and abused, which will damage their own morale. Therefore, it is a trend to use drones instead of manned aircraft.

"However, fortunately, our Guihang has already started research and development." Qin Tao said: "It's just that our military support is stronger, which can make research and development faster. If our aircraft carrier is delivered, it will be There’s already a whole bunch of mature drones out there, so that’s even better.”

The crowd nodded.

"Is there any more?" Elder Liu continued to ask.

and also?

Faced with this kind of inquisition, Qin Tao was also unambiguous, and continued: "If I talk about anything else, it has something to do with the Navy as a whole, and even the entire national defense. Our domestically-made global navigation and positioning system must be developed quickly. Our military must use its own satellite navigation system so that it will be safer when war comes."

"Any more?"

"There should be no more big projects." Qin Tao said, "If there are any, they are just side projects."

"Like?"

"For example, our current short-range defense still relies on Haihongqi-7. This kind of missile is outdated. We need to develop a more advanced short-range defense system. The range does not need to be too far, but we must have more ammunition. Our 730 The close-in anti-aircraft gun can also be upgraded to 11 tubes, with a faster rate of fire and stronger firepower. Do we need aluminum alloy gussets for the roof of our bridge?"

(End of this chapter)