I built an armada.

Chapter 71 The actual measurement is amazing! Who dares to say that I am not good in the navy in the future?
  Not long after, Zhou Qinglei rushed over with 295 naval officers and soldiers.

Everyone stood in line, Zhou Qinglei walked up to Su Dingping and said.

"Comrade Dingping, all 296 people in our department are in place, please give instructions!"

"Captain, remember when I promised to improve you a more advanced warship."

Su Dingping pointed behind him and said.

Zhou Qinglei nodded repeatedly.

He missed it a lot during this time.

After practicing with the optimized 956E, I always feel uncomfortable when facing the 051C.

But after all, he had to participate in military training, so he had to lead his men to practice quickly, but he was still thinking about the promise Su Dingping made to him.

I was too embarrassed to come over to urge him, so I could only worry secretly.

Now seeing the pile of core components behind Su Dingping, Zhou Qinglei said in surprise: "Dingping, are you done?"

"It's done! Just wait until it's assembled and then test it in the water!"

After receiving a positive answer from Su Dingping, Zhou Qinglei's breathing became faster.

The eyes of the naval officers and soldiers behind him all fell on the pile of core components.

Is this the more advanced modern warship promised by Commander Su? Is it even stronger than the optimized 956E?
  Countless thoughts echoed in their minds, and they were filled with excitement and anticipation.

"It's getting late, let's get started."

Su Dingping said: "Hurry up and you should be able to catch up with the training the day after tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Captain Zhou greeted back, and everyone became excited.

Due to time constraints, Su Dingping personally directed this time, with Sun Yongguo and others assisting.

There were shouts and cheers everywhere, and everyone was very energetic.

Time flies by.

At around nine o'clock in the morning on the 22nd, Su Dingping leaned against a machine tool with his eyes squinted, his breathing a little heavy.

"Dingping, Dingping..." As Zhou Qinglei shouted, Sun Yongguo walked up and pulled him and said: "Keep your voice down, Dingping just fell asleep."

Zhou Qinglei couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes: "Sorry, I'm too excited."

"How's it going?"

"The last process is completed and it is ready for inspection at any time."

"Okay." Sun Yongguo looked at Lu Guangjun, who also had dark eyes, and said, "Old Lu, together?"

"Hey, I just stayed up all night, my body is so strong!"

With that said, Lu Guangjun took a big step forward: "Hurry, I can't wait to see it."

Zhang Gongnong and others also rubbed their faces with their hands to cheer up.

The few people had just taken a few steps when Su Dingping's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Wait for me."

Sun Yongguo advised: "Dingping, please rest for a while, and we will go up to see the situation. We will call you again during the test."

"It's okay." Su Dingping smiled and quickly caught up with a few people.

Arriving at the warship, Su Dingping saw excitement on the faces of the naval officers and soldiers.

Even after staying up all night, they were still in high spirits.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's board the ship and take a look!"

Everyone said in unison: "Yes!"

Su Dingping gave an order, and everyone followed him onto the warship.

After following Su Dingping and inspecting around, Zhou Qinglei couldn't help but said.

“全自动单管100毫米舰炮、2座M16单臂发射器、4座4联装反舰导弹发射系统、2座730近防炮……低频被动拖曳阵列声纳……”

Zhou Qinglei murmured many treasures.

"Unbelievable! Incredible!"

"I feel like I'm head-on with 956E, no problem at all!"

At the combat level, it has undergone earth-shaking changes from the original 052.

The anti-aircraft artillery has been improved, the radar systems have all been replaced with new ones, and the anti-aircraft and anti-ship missile launchers have also been greatly changed.

Except for the hull itself, which still has a displacement of 052, everything inside has changed.

"Is this still 052?"

Zhou Qinglei asked subconsciously.

Sun Yongguo shook his head and said: "According to the model we ordered before, this is 052B."

"052B? Where is 052A?"

"The 052A's plan was not able to compete with the 956E due to the small improvement in its combat level, so it was killed by Dingping."

Hearing this, Zhou Qinglei couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes.

Such a warship that is comparable to or even surpasses the 956E is actually our own!

Just thinking about it, Zhou Qinglei felt like he was dreaming.

"Dean Sun, am I not dreaming?"

Sun Yongguo smiled and said: "This is not a dream, this is the warship you are about to drive! It is a modern warship independently developed and designed by us!"

Su Dingping said after looking at the time.

"Everyone, it's getting late, hurry up and go to sea for actual testing."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away. By the way, Dingping, the new warships may need to be familiarized with each other."

After saying that, Zhou Qinglei went over in person to keep an eye on the progress.

In less than half an hour, Zhou Qinglei ran back happily.

"Dingping, it's all done."

With a rumbling sound, 052B broke through the waves and rushed towards the sea.

In the main control room, Zhou Qinglei looked at Su Dingping with shock on his face.

"The speed is 31 knots. It's not the limit yet? The previous limit speed of 052 was only 31 knots, right? The power improvement is quite big... Dingping, how did you do it?"

"That's it." Su Dingping replied calmly.

Zhou Qinglei was speechless immediately. He couldn't understand the brain circuit of a genius.

Sun Yongguo and others stood there with calm expressions. They had known this for more than a month ago, and they were not surprised at this moment.

"Go ahead with the notice and move forward at full speed."

"Yes, Captain!"

As the speed continued to increase, it finally stabilized at 34 knots!
  "The speed of 34 knots exceeds that of the 956E! In the future, when encountering modern warships similar to the 956E at sea, our troops can pursue and retreat, and come and go as they please!"

Zhou Qinglei became more and more excited.

The speed of light has already given him quite a surprise, and he is even more looking forward to the actual measurement of 052B.

More than an hour later, somewhere in the sea, 052B was speeding on the sea.

"Dingping, the distance is almost there."

Su Dingping said: "Let's get started." Looking at Sun Yongguo and others, he continued: "Dean, remember to record the data observations."

"Don't worry, this matter is taken care of by us."

Sun Yongguo and others nodded repeatedly.

Only through actual measurement can we discover some details that cannot be discovered during design and assembly, and then fine-tune them.

Warships that are commissioned into the fleet need to be tested for many times before they can be commissioned without any problems.

"Dingping..." Before Zhou Qinglei could finish his words, Su Dingping said: "Captain, it's still the same old rules. You take command. I'm only responsible for checking for leaks and filling in the gaps."

"no problem!"

Zhou Qinglei took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and then said seriously.

"Notice, the entire army is on combat readiness and will start drills in one minute!"

"Yes, Captain!"

As the sound of entering combat readiness was heard over the ship's radio, everyone's expressions became solemn.

It was only one minute, but it seemed to Zhou Qinglei that a long time had passed.

Finally about to witness the true combat level of 052B, Zhou Qinglei's mood was ups and downs.

Sun Yongguo and others also looked forward to it.

The entire main control room was eerily quiet.

Finally, the time has come.

Zhou Qinglei said immediately.

"Deploy the moving target immediately!"

"Captain, the moving target is 75 kilometers away from our headquarters and is still within the radar monitoring range. The current wind speed is 7 knots... Captain, please give instructions!"

74 kilometers away, can it still be observed?
  The active observation distance limit of the 956E radar seems to be only 80 kilometers, right?
  If this continues, the radar's active detection range will almost exceed that of 956E.

With this in mind, he said.

"Keep waiting! Report every 5 kilometers!"

"Yes, Captain!"

quite a while.

"Report to captain, the moving target is 80 kilometers away from our unit!"

"Report to the captain..."

"Reporting to Captain, the moving target is 95 kilometers away from our unit and is about to exceed the radar's active detection limit."

95 km!

Far exceeding the 956 kilometers of the 80E!

The radar's active detection range exceeds that of the 956E. The next step is to see whether the missile can hit that far.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Qinglei said seriously.

"Get ready to fire!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The operator presses the launch button and the command to fire is given.

The radar instantly locks onto the target, and the command is quickly transmitted to the missile launch system, and then to the missile warhead guidance radar.

Zhou Qinglei counted the time silently in his heart.

He remembered that the response time of the Sandfly supersonic anti-ship missile system on the 956E was 8 seconds and the reload time was 14 seconds. At this time, it is already ahead of all current warships in the navy.

Suddenly, two harsh whistling sounds were heard in the ears, and two anti-ship missiles shot into the sky and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Reporting to captain, the anti-ship missile launch system response time is 5 seconds and the reload time is 11 seconds!"

what!
  5 seconds?
  A full 3 seconds faster than the Sandfly supersonic anti-ship missile system!
  The reloading time is also 3 seconds faster!
  One after another, the second round of anti-ship missiles on the 956E has not yet been loaded, and the second batch of 052B missiles has already rushed out.

This is a major improvement!

While feeling shocked, Zhou Qinglei quickly looked at the radar display.

He remembered that the ultimate strike range of the SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missile was 80 kilometers.

鹰击-801反舰导弹的极限打击距离只有35公里，列装051C上的鹰击-901A极限打击距离有55公里。

The YJ-801 has been improved by Dingping. I don’t know how far the strike range is, and whether it can catch up with the radar’s active detection range.

No, no, I'm too greedy. I'll be satisfied with 70 kilometers.

Zhou Qinglei retracted his wandering thoughts.

After a while, the red dot representing the moving target disappeared on the radar display.

95 km!

Zhou Qinglei was stunned, shock written on his face.

"Quickly, report the observation results."

"Report to captain, successfully hit the moving target, the impact range..."

Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the result.

Not only him, but all the navy soldiers, including Sun Yongguo and others, were also experiencing violent mood swings at this moment.

They participated in the improvement of missiles. However, due to time constraints, it has never been tested.

Now that it was unveiled, Sun Yongguo and others were also shocked.

Zhou Qinglei looked at Su Dingping with a look of disbelief, but saw that the other party was standing there with a normal expression, not surprised at all.

He looked at Sun Yongguo again. Sun Yongguo recovered from the shock and murmured an explanation.

"Dingping leads the entire improvement process of the YJ-801 anti-ship missile, and we only assist from the side. According to calculations, the ultimate strike range of the improved YJ-901 is about 100-110 kilometers."

"But the calculation is an ideal state after all. This situation will always be encountered in actual measurements. It is normal to have errors..."

Zhou Qinglei nodded repeatedly and continued to listen.

"Comrade Guang Jun and I have privately concluded that after deducting calculation errors and various factors in actual situations, the actual strike distance of the YJ-901 should be about 85 kilometers."

"Unexpectedly, the result was 10 kilometers longer than we expected!"

As he spoke, Sun Yongguo looked at Su Dingping, unable to hide the admiration in his eyes.

Looking at Su Dingping again, Zhou Qinglei's head was buzzing and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

How many tests have you done? That’s it, the air defense missile system, naval gun, electronic warfare system, sonar system behind...

He felt like he could have a heart attack.

Then, he thought of another thing.

In the future, when I encounter an enemy ship at sea, the enemy cannot be seen and the missiles cannot reach it, but I can chase and fight. The situation is suddenly reversed from four years ago!
  "Captain Zhou, hurry up."

"it is good!"

After taking several deep breaths, Zhou Qinglei forced himself to calm down and said, "Continue! Release the three-leaf target..."

After a full two hours, all functional tests were completed.

Looking at all the observation results, Zhou Qinglei felt very excited.

Is this our warship? It’s so advanced!
  If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have wanted to shout.

"What the hell, whoever dares to say that my navy is not good in the future, I will directly reward him with a big game!"

(End of this chapter)