Great warships

Chapter 856
"Damn it, when will our aircraft carrier be undocked?" Sunil looked at the site where the mud was being dredged and said to the person in charge beside him.

"Soon." The person in charge was sweating profusely.

"How fast is it?" Sunil was very dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes." The person in charge gritted his teeth: "About half a month."

"It's still half a month?" Sunil looked at the person in charge angrily: "Just cleaning up the mud at the dock, did it take that long?"

"We don't have a large dredger, so we can only clean it slowly. If we rent their dredger from Dongfang, it will definitely be faster."

Lease East?Sunil shook his head: "Of course not, their dredgers are here, and they will definitely expose the secrets of our aircraft carrier here. Keep digging, hurry up, and don't stop for a moment during the day and night!"

This launching ceremony has become a complete joke, every day so many satellites fly over the head, every day so many reporters come to take pictures, they are all watching their jokes!
When will this Blue Sky Guardian be built?This is simply an unknown!

Sunil was very annoyed.

The aircraft carrier in the east is becoming more and more complete, and it seems that it will be launched in the near future. Is it faster than them?This is truly an intolerable situation!
The time is spent slowly in the dredging like snail crawling.

9 month 30 day.

"Your Excellency Sunil, the Mingzhou Shipyard in the east is making a big move!" On this day, Sunil just woke up when he received the news that he least wanted to hear.

"What action?"

"Their aircraft carrier is covered with flags. Looking at it like that, a launching ceremony is about to be held!"

"What? So fast? A few days ago, their aircraft carrier didn't have a ship island. They couldn't wait to launch it before it was finished, like us?"

"The lifting and welding of the aircraft carrier's island was completed yesterday. The island is complete, and the four-sided phased array radar on it has also been installed."

"What, so fast?" Sunil couldn't believe his ears, the progress of the Orientals was too fast, right?
Mingzhou Shipyard.

Qin Tao rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the excited naval officers.

"Hey, I was all urged by you. If there is any accident, our shipyard will not be responsible." Qin Tao said: "I said don't rush the construction schedule, but must."

"Of course you are responsible for any problems. Since it was made by our Mingzhou Group, you still want to deny it?" Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao: "If there are serious quality problems, our navy will still have to claim compensation."

"Okay, everything belongs to you." Qin Tao was really speechless: "Isn't the launching ceremony scheduled at eleven o'clock? It's only eight o'clock now, and you came here so impatiently. What are you doing?"

"Greeting someone."

"Who?"

"Elder Liu."

"Mr. Liu? He's over 80 years old. Why do you call him here? What if something happens to him?" Qin Tao was in a hurry. If he falls on my territory, I'm afraid Can you bear the responsibility?
"We originally planned to let Mr. Liu watch the video, but after Mr. Liu heard about it yesterday, he insisted on coming. Last night, the superiors held a special meeting and decided to send Mr. Liu over. He is too old to take a plane. , we specially opened a train to send him to Mingzhou." Wu Shengli said: "Let's clean up here first, and then go to the platform to pick up Mr. Liu."

Like other large factories, the Mingzhou Shipyard has finally laid a railway. In addition to the convenience of transporting materials inside the steel factory and other factories, it has also been connected to the main railway artery, so Liu Lao’s special train can also be used to go to Mingzhou for shipbuilding. The factory is here.

"Report, Mr. Liu's train will arrive in 10 minutes." At this moment, Wu Shengli's secretary came to report to him.

"Okay, let's go to the platform!" Wu Shengli said, "Welcome to our veterans of the navy."

After he finished speaking, he straightened his military uniform, and then stepped forward with vigorous steps.

Woo, woo!The train pulled into the station wheezing.

Military factory railways are generally single-track. After all, there is not such a busy back and forth transportation task. At the same time, the locomotives used are generally diesel locomotives, which saves the laying of power lines. At this time, a diesel locomotive drags the train into the station. Just cut off the carriage.

Mr. Liu has worked for the motherland all his life, and his life has always been simple, but this time, in order to come to Mingzhou to participate in the launching ceremony in person, Mr. Liu made an exception once.

The car door opened, and Mr. Liu appeared at the door in a military uniform, but it was not an active military uniform, but a red star on his head, with revolutionary red flags hanging on both sides. The yellow-green military uniform had been washed to white, but it was still neatly ironed , exactly what he wore when he visited the aircraft carrier in the United States!
The brim of the military cap, with uneven white hair.

"Old Liu, why did you come here in this suit?" Wu Shengli went up to meet him, curious at the same time.

"Back then, I went to the United States wearing this suit and visited the US aircraft carrier. For me, this is of great commemorative significance. Today, I will continue to wear this uniform, visit our own aircraft carrier, and build our own aircraft carrier. advanced aircraft carrier!" Mr. Liu was very excited: "Where is President Qin? Where is President Qin?"

"Mr. Liu, I'm here!" Qin Tao ran over from the crowd and came to Mr. Liu, not face to face, but came to his side, and then held Mr. Liu's arm: "Mr. Liu Come on, let me help you."

Qin Tao is really familiar with himself. Seeing Qin Tao like this, Wu Shengli also walked over and held Mr. Liu's other arm, but he was glared at by Mr. Liu: "I'm not that old yet, let Taozi be alone Just hold on."

Fortunately, it is not far from the station to the dock. After all, the railway is used to transport supplies to the platform. It is almost possible to drive directly to the platform, and it is only a few hundred meters to the dock. After Mr. Liu got off the car, he kept looking at it while walking With that huge warship.

Since the dock has not yet been filled with water, most of the warship's hull is still inside the dock, but the height of one or two meters below the deck is still exposed. The entire deck and island are all exposed to the outside, looking at the mighty aircraft carrier , Mr. Liu was extremely excited.

"Mr. Qin, should you say something at such an exciting time?" Elder Liu said to Qin Tao.

"Mr. Liu, you can just call me Taozi. I am your junior now." Qin Tao said, "As for what to say, of course there is. I will talk while you are walking."

"Okay, then I'll listen."

Qin Tao has no literary talent, and he has never heard of him writing poems. There seems to be a poem before, but it was too long ago. At this time, Wu Shengli is also curious about what his son-in-law can say.

"Looking forward, looking forward, 002 is here, 002's footsteps are approaching, everything seems to have just woken up, Xinxin opened his eyes, the giant warship opened, the stealth war eagle flew up, the great people are even more proud Woke up!"

This actually directly modifies the existing textbook?Wu Shengli was a little helpless, but the son-in-law's modification seemed to really express the mood of Mr. Liu and the mood of people all over the country.

"This is the pride of Mingzhou! The pride of the East! I wish our great and mighty People's Navy happy newcomers!"

When Qin Tao finished speaking, the naval officers beside him couldn't help applauding.

"That's right, Boss Qin said it well!"

"Yeah, although it's a modified version, it's pleasing to the ear no matter what."

"Everyone, stop praising me. If you do, I will be proud." Qin Tao said.

"Well, although it is not a poem, it is also suitable for the occasion, not bad." Mr. Liu said, "Mr. Qin, you are right. We are really looking forward to it, looking forward to it, looking forward to it for 20 years!"

"Old Liu, this is only the second step of our Long March. In a few years, you can come to our Mingzhou Group again to see the 003 aircraft carrier we built. This aircraft carrier will become the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in China. , At that time, we will have the real ability to look down on the ocean!"

"Yeah, I have to wait for a few more years until our nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is launched. At that time, even if I die, I will rest in peace."

"Bah, bah, bah, say something unlucky, Mr. Liu, you will surely live a long life."

"It's rare for a person to live in their 80s. I'm over [-]. To be honest, I can rest in peace when I see our aircraft carrier launched today." Mr. Liu smiled. He knew Qin Tao was sincere, but at the same time , He is also very relieved, the great People's Navy finally has a super aircraft carrier, what regrets does he have?
"It's still some time before the launching ceremony, can I go up and have a look first?" Elder Liu asked.

"Of course, Mr. Liu, I'll take you up there to have a look." Qin Tao said.

At this moment, Xu Zhengyang came over: "President Qin, Your Excellency Nicholas has brought people over."

"Oh, I can't stay idle." Qin Tao shook his head.

Qin Tao posed a big problem for the Navy. After some consideration, the Navy agreed to the request of Nicholas and others and invited them to attend the launching ceremony. After Nicholas and the others arrived last night, they stayed at the Mingzhou Group Guest House. It was originally agreed that they would go into the water at 10 o'clock this morning, and they would just come over at 30:[-]. Who would have thought that the lively preparations would start early in the morning, and Nicholas and the others could no longer fall asleep, so they actually ran over ahead of time.

What can I do if I come?

"Then invite them to come together. Anyway, even if they look at it, they can't see anything." Wu Shengli said: "But the location of the catapult shed does not allow them to approach."

"clear."

Nicholas and the others ran over quickly. That's right, they ran all the way here. Nicholas's face was full of excitement: "Qin, Qin, can we go up and have a look?"

"Of course, Your Excellency Nicholas, on this day, the navy specially invites you to visit the ship, but this aircraft carrier has not yet formed, and there are still a lot of equipment to be installed, so you can only look at it, not touch it. Some dangerous places are still there. If you can’t go, you can visit with us.”

"Qin, the person next to you is an old senior of your navy?" Nicholas also recognized Mr. Liu, and gave a military salute to Mr. Liu.

Mr. Liu replied: "Your Excellency Nicholas, your big Mao's navy will become stronger in the future, and it is just a low point now."

Nicholas nodded: "Yes, we will have such a powerful warship in the future."

Along the passage, a group of people boarded the deck of the aircraft carrier. Standing on the empty deck, Mr. Liu couldn't help thinking of his experience of visiting an American aircraft carrier. The deck of this aircraft carrier in front of him was no smaller than the deck of an aircraft carrier he had visited before!

Well, it's just that the ship island is a bit big.

Seeing Mr. Liu's eyes looking at the ship island, Qin Tao knew what he was thinking, and introduced Mr. Liu while supporting him.

"The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the main force of the United States, has an island length of only more than 30 meters. The smaller the island length, the more deck area can be freed up for carrier-based aircraft to park, and the scheduling will be more convenient. However, our aircraft carrier It is a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, so there must be a chimney in the center of the island. In this way, our island must be at least ten meters longer than the US aircraft carrier island. At the same time, our number of aircraft carriers is small, so we need to install more on it. The equipment, such as the four-sided phased array radar, is not available on the US aircraft carrier, and a corresponding command and control system needs to be installed. Therefore, the ship island has to increase some capacity accordingly. 50 meters, which is already a very optimized result."

The ship island in front of me is similar to the compromise between the two domestically produced aircraft carrier islands in the later generations. In terms of length, it is almost the same as the later 003, but the ship island does not have the eighteen shields of 003, except for the four-sided phased array radar. In addition, the others are conventional antennas. After all, 003 is already a comprehensive radio frequency technology. Even if it is a satellite antenna, it can be carried out with a phased array antenna, which is not yet available.

However, it is simpler than the 002 of later generations, so it is a compromise improvement.

"This kind of island is already very good." Nikolay said: "It is more than 20 meters shorter than our Kuznetsov, and it can park two more fighter planes."

The island of the Kuznetsov is 70 meters long. Not only is the electronic technology of the old Maozi backward, but also the officers of the old Maozi want to enjoy it and are unwilling to sleep below the deck, so the island has to be arranged The living quarters of some officers are naturally large in size.

"The height has increased and it has become a double-deck bridge." The person next to Nicholas said.

The reduced length can reduce the area occupied by the ship island, and the increased height can bring a better viewing angle to the four-sided phased array radar, especially the ability to detect ultra-low-altitude anti-ship missiles will further increase.

As for the use of a double-deck bridge, it is also to further refine the command and make it more efficient.

In terms of advanced, of course, the United States is still the United States. In the later Ford class, the ship island was shortened to 18 meters. However, Qin Tao is confident that when the next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is built, the ship island will be shortened to less than 30 meters.

"Can I take a look inside the ship island?" Nicholas asked.

"Not yet, our ship island has just been docked, and there is still welding slag inside." Qin Tao said: "There are also many passages with no guardrails on the stairs. What if they step on the air?"

Anyway, Mr. Liu has bad legs and can't climb up, so there's no need to go up.

For Mr. Liu, as long as he can board this warship, he is already satisfied.

"Then can we go to the shed in front?"

"It's closed and I don't have the key."

Hearing Qin Tao's answer, Wu Shengli laughed secretly in his heart. This reason is really aboveboard.

"So where can we go now?"

"Let's take a look at the hangar below."

The hangar is empty, what is there to visit?But there seems to be nothing interesting on this deck.So, everyone got off the hangar and walked around inside, and the time was almost up.

"Mr. Liu, let's go back and rest. We can wait for the launching ceremony when we have enough energy." Qin Tao said to Mr. Liu. After all, he is an old man in his 80s, and he has never been allowed to use a wheelchair. Just walk around like this , can you not be tired?

Mr. Liu wanted to leave, and the naval officers wanted to leave, and Nicholas and the others could only reluctantly disembark from the aircraft carrier.

The sky was clear and the weather was really good. When everyone came out, the military band was already in place right in front of the dock.

The hands of the clock finally pointed to eleven o'clock.

"Now, I announce that the launching and naming ceremony of the 002 aircraft carrier has officially begun!" Standing in front of the microphone, Wu Shengli announced to everyone: "The first item, promotion to **, playing **!"

The familiar melody sounded, and at this moment, all the old men who came to investigate, all followed the music and sang this familiar song together.

Among the crowd, Makarov, Babich and others also opened their mouths and sang this song together.

The singing echoed over the shipyard, over Mingzhou, and over the motherland!This singing is also announcing to everyone that the Eastern Navy has another powerful warship!

"Now, I announce that this 002 aircraft carrier, with hull number seventeen, is named Shan* Ship! Please come to the stage with the chief officer of the fleet!"

Zhang Zhen took a big step and walked up.

More than ten years ago, he was just the captain of a frigate. Over the years, he has been working hard to be the captain of an aircraft carrier. He has served on many warships, the first 001-ton destroyer, and the first Aegis From the battleship to the first aircraft carrier, although he did not come out of the pilot captain class, he learned a lot of knowledge from Li Yan, the captain of the [-] aircraft carrier.The wasteland village base has left his deep footprints.

Now, he is finally going to become the captain of the 002 aircraft carrier!He has the confidence to command the most advanced warship of the motherland!
Of course, Zhang Zhen is just a special case. After a few years, when the 003 aircraft carrier enters service, the first batch of naval carrier-based aviation personnel will already have a mature candidate to be the captain of the aircraft carrier, and this set of procedures will mature accordingly. .

Amid the applause of everyone, Zhang Zhen stepped up, saluted Wu Shengli, and took the certificate.

"Next is the ribbon-cutting ceremony for launching, please Mr. Liu to cut the ribbon for our aircraft carrier!" Wu Shengli said.

According to the original link, the ribbon-cutting should be done by the military and local leaders, but since Mr. Liu is here, of course he should be allowed to participate in the ceremony.

"Me? Okay, I'll cut the ribbon, but after a while, I'm going to throw a wine bottle." Old Liu said.

Qin Tao helped Mr. Liu to the place where the ribbon was cut, and picked up the scissors with trembling hands. The red ribbon was cut, and everyone applauded again.

"The dock is filled with water!"

With more and more water in the dock, the huge hull gradually floated up, revealing the clear hull number 17, and banners hanging in the shed above were also fluttering in the wind.

Strive to build a world-class navy in an all-round way!
"The bottle throwing ceremony begins!"

"Mr. Liu, press this button." Qin Tao directed Mr. Liu to a button on the rostrum.

Mr. Liu stretched out his hand, covered with calluses and the vicissitudes of time. These hands have commanded various battles, commanded the construction of the navy, and touched a lot of military equipment. Now, it is going to touch a button again.

His hand fell lightly to the button, and pressed hard.

On the bow of the 002 aircraft carrier, a rope broke, and the wine bottle drew a beautiful curve, hitting the bow, and the champagne overflowed.

"Open the dock!"

Bang, bang!
At this moment, there was a light sound on both sides of the aircraft carrier, and gorgeous ribbons were sprayed out, drooping on both sides of the ship's side, embellishing the aircraft carrier even more colorfully.

Bang, bang!
The festive fireworks are lit and beautiful flowers bloom in the sky.

Whoops, whoops!
The two fire engines that had been prepared on both sides of the dock sprayed water dragons and met at the bow of the ship to form a beautiful water arch.

In this grand ceremony, the whistling whistle sounded, and the aircraft carrier began to undock!

This is a great moment.

Almost at the same time, the siren sounded from the nearby naval aviation base, and two fighter planes took off into the air, flying towards the open sea, and a bright spot appeared on their radar screen that should not have appeared.

The secretary whispered something in Wu Shengli's ear, and Wu Shengli nodded. At this special time, there will definitely be uninvited guests who will make trouble, but the navy has long been prepared.

Nicholas and the others looked at the huge ship slowly leaving the dock with complicated eyes. How much they wished such a scene would appear in their own country, how much they wished that their navy could also have such a huge ship!

After you go back, find a way to fiddle with that Kuznetsov!
When the accompaniment of the military band ended, the huge hull of the aircraft carrier had completely left the dock, and with the help of several tugboats, it was slowly moving towards the outfitting dock.

"Boss Qin, this dock is vacant, what are you going to build next?" Nicholas asked Qin Tao.

"The next one is a foreign trade warship." Qin Tao said, "Why, do you want to ask us to help build an aircraft carrier?"

Nicholas shook his head, are you kidding, do we have that money?
This grand launching ceremony was only interviewed by CCTV reporters. That night, the footage of the launching appeared on the news. Although it was only 1 minute, it shocked the whole world.

The first aircraft carrier built by Dongfang with a displacement of [-] tons was launched in this way.

It was spectacular!

Purchasing foreign trade aircraft carriers from the East is the most correct choice!Mingzhou Group has this technology!
Look at Ah San's aircraft carrier, it has been in the water for a month, but it still hasn't left the dock, this is simply a joke.

Naturally, Sunil also saw this piece of news. He looked at the images on the TV with gloomy eyes, and his face was terribly ugly.

Let the Orientals take the lead!However, this aircraft carrier is nothing, it is still using the original boiler-burning scheme, which is not as advanced as our aircraft carrier at all!Our navy has decades of experience in operating aircraft carriers, and the Orientals are still laymen.

He comforted himself like this, and he really felt much better in his heart.

But the next day, a new news made him depressed again.

(End of this chapter)