The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 160 Aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier! 【Please order in full! 】

The closer the hull of the 052D destroyer is to the completion stage, the more cautious it must be.

Because it is not a simple matter to put different modules together.

This is a complex overall project.

Therefore, Zhang Zhipeng needs to keep a close eye on the shipyard and constantly solve new problems that arise.

During the later stages of the construction of this shield ship, which carried the expectations of the people across the country, Zhang Zhipeng lived at the construction site almost 24 hours a day.

After nearly a month of hard work, the hull manufacturing of 052D was finally completed.

Although there were twists and turns in the middle, overall, it was relatively smooth.

On the day the hull was completed, Zhao Bingkun also came to the scene.

He first stood at a distance to observe the battleship whose construction racks had not yet been dismantled.

This big ship surprised him very much.

He said to Zhang Zhipeng next to him: "It looks really big!"

"It feels a lot bigger than 052, right?"

The standard displacement of the 052 destroyer is 4200 tons.

Full load displacement is 4800 tons.

It was commissioned not long ago. It already caused a huge sensation when it was put into service.

Because it is already the largest surface warship of the Chinese Navy.

And in the eyes of us naval officers and soldiers who have never seen much of the world, they are extremely advanced.

But compared with this completely independently designed new 052D destroyer, the 052 is not good enough.

The standard displacement of the 052D design is already 6900 tons.

The full load displacement can reach 7600 tons!
And because 052D uses a large amount of new synthetic alloy materials, doesn't it look twice as big as 052?
Zhang Zhipeng, standing next to Zhao Bingkun, said with a smile: "It is nearly twice the size of 052."

"From the outside, it's certainly much bigger."

"Actually, it doesn't matter that a warship is just big."

"The key is that the ship-borne weapons must be powerful enough."

Zhao Bingkun asked enthusiastically: "After the hull construction is completed, will the outfitting also take a lot of time?"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said: "Outfitting also takes at least two or three months."

"After outfitting, various sea trials can be carried out."

"Now, all kinds of equipment are almost ready."

"We can start outfitting soon."

Zhao Bingkun rubbed his hands and said: "I really hope to see the outfitted 052D destroyer as soon as possible. I hope it can bring me more surprises."

"Let's go! Let's go on board the ship and take a look."

Zhang Zhipeng accompanied Zhao Bingkun to the 052D destroyer, which was still under construction.

Zhang Zhipeng accompanied Zhao Bingkun on the warship while introducing him.

This is where the hair drop device is installed.

This is where the close-in defense cannon is installed.

This is where the main gun is installed.

This is where the fast response phased array radar is installed.

This is where the jammer launcher is installed...

The entire warship is very compact.

Zhao Bingkun frowned when he heard Zhang Zhipeng introduce the thickness of the deck.

"What? The deck of this warship is only 3 centimeters thick? Isn't it too thin?"

"With such a thin deck, wouldn't it be possible for any cannonball to penetrate it easily?"

Zhang Zhipeng heard what Zhao Bingkun said, and he explained with a smile: "Director Zhao, the main defense measure of today's warships is not cannons."

"When it comes to a real naval battle, it's basically a missile attack."

"Like the 052D destroyer, the anti-ship missiles it will install in the future can have a range of up to more than 500 kilometers!"

"Its defense range is one to two hundred kilometers away."

"So, cannons can't hit it."

"So, deck defense is no longer its defense."

"Its defense methods are mainly anti-missile systems, close-in defense guns, and decoy bombs."

"As long as its defense is good enough, then it is safe!"

"Not to mention, offense is the best defense."

"We have hypersonic anti-ship missiles. As long as we break through the opponent's defenses and sink the opponent, the goal will be achieved!"

After hearing this, Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

"But what if the anti-missile system, close-in defense artillery and other defense measures fail? What should we do?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "So we have to build better and more stable defense measures! Haha!"

"If it really hits that level, then we might be in danger of being sunk."

Zhao Bingkun asked: "Then, would it be much better to thicken the hull steel plate?"

Zhang Zhipeng shook his head and said, "Director Zhao, the lethality of current missiles is amazing."

"If it gets to that point, then even if you make the deck 100 centimeters thick, it's actually useless."

"The opponent's missiles can still break through the armor and destroy the warship."

"The former Yamato battleship had an armor thickness of more than 40 centimeters. But under the indiscriminate bombardment from aircraft, wouldn't it still be sunk?"

"So, armor thickness really doesn't matter anymore."

"After the armor becomes thicker, the cost of building a warship will be very high. The cost of the Yamato was as high as 3500 million U.S. dollars. The 35 million U.S. dollars at that time gave me the feeling that it should be as much as billion U.S. dollars today."

"Rather than that, it would be better to put more effort into attack capabilities and anti-missile systems."

"Nowadays, Robin's warships basically don't have too thick steel plates, because they know that it is of no use."

Zhao Bingkun was convinced by Zhang Zhipeng.

He nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

"It seems that I still need to improve my knowledge on ships."

"My thoughts haven't caught up with the times yet, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "You are being modest. In fact, your learning ability is still very strong! Haha!"

Zhao Bingkun shook his head and said: "Okay, okay, don't praise me, my mind is still a bit old, haha!"

"I actually wanted to ask just now, since the navy no longer has the possibility of close combat, why does it still need to install a 130-meter main gun?"

"I now understand that in a naval battle, there is still the possibility of a narrow encounter."

"Because, there are some guys who always want to come over and hang out in front of our house."

"If the gun really misfires, the 130mm main gun will come in handy!"

"Comrade Zhipeng, the 130mm main gun you took the lead in is really good."

"Although the range is only 30 kilometers, its shooting speed is not slow."

The 130-meter main gun led by Zhang Zhipeng can fire 40 rounds per minute.

Automatic loading, rapid fire!
The firepower is quite impressive!

If you really meet your opponent on a narrow road, you can really kill the opponent with a cannon.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Director Zhao is so right."

"We have to think of all possibilities and make all preparations."

"Today's era is still an era where sea power is king!"

"So, if we want to trade globally and protect our own interests, our naval power must not be too weak."

Zhao Bingkun waved his hand and said: "You are so right!"

"The past two to three hundred years in modern times have indeed been the age of sea power. All world hegemons must possess huge fleets."

"We do not seek hegemony, but we will never tolerate being choked by others!"

"The 052D destroyer is a new beginning for us to build a strong navy!"

"In the future, we will also build aircraft carriers! If others have it, we must have it too!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "It seems that the country has a clear plan in this regard!"

“Director Zhao’s words are very encouraging!”

The navy is a worry for China. Because the navy is weak, it has suffered too much in the past!

For this reason, we have been working hard to improve the strength of the navy.

It's just that the country has neither technology nor financial resources, so the navy has never been able to develop.

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "I'm afraid I'll have to rely more on you in the future! Haha!"

"We have been discussing with Ermao recently to buy their Varyag aircraft carrier, but now there are many obstacles!"

"But no matter how great the resistance is, we must work hard to buy one first and solve the problem of not having an aircraft carrier first!"

Zhang Zhipeng thought to himself, I don't have any idea about aircraft carriers yet.

If you want to conquer this technology, I'm afraid you still need a chance to reverse engineer it!
However, if he remembered correctly, this aircraft carrier in the previous life was not towed back to China until 2002.

This is because if this thing wants to be towed back, it still has to pass through the strait guarded by native chickens.

The native chicken is like the lion who is open to threats and making things difficult for him.

This is why people always say: The truth is always within the range of the cannon!

If you are not strong enough and your power cannot be projected, others will look down upon you.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "If we can get the technical drawings of the Ermao aircraft carrier, maybe we don't need to buy their broken aircraft carrier at all."

The Varyag is actually an unfinished aircraft carrier.

Later, the aircraft carrier was never completed.

And Ermao has been short of money.

Finally, they will auction it off.

Also auctioned were the construction drawings of the Varyag.

Zhang Zhipeng feels that there should be no problem at all in reverse engineering through technical drawings!

Zhao Bingkun's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "The drawings should be easier to work on!"

"Er Mao can be sold for anything now as long as the money is available!"

"Moreover, we have also invited a group of 20-cent shipbuilding experts to come to our country to help us develop."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "If I have time, I can meet with the experts from Ermao. Maybe I can get some inspiration from them!" "If the drawings are easy to come by, Director Zhao will ask people to quickly find a way to get all the drawings. ."

Zhang Zhipeng knew that the complete set of drawings of the Varyag aircraft carrier was estimated to weigh several tons.

It is probably not easy to get a complete set of drawings at this time.

Ermao is really a prodigal!
The industrial fortune that turned out to be so good was almost completely ruined in the end.

After the separation, Ermao took away one-third of the industry!
Almost all the shipbuilding industry is here.

It also has the richest black soil in the entire continent!

If it develops well, it has the opportunity to become a very powerful country!
such a pity!
Its elites are all selfish guys!

Those people only care about putting money into their wallets.

Ultimately, it became a failed state.

Zhao Bingkun said: "Go back, I will ask people to hurry up and get the information. I hope that the full set of information can be delivered to you as soon as possible."

"But is it really okay to just have information?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "What's not possible? If we can get the full set of technical data on the aircraft carrier, I can lead people to convert it into our own technical design drawings. Then won't we be able to build our own aircraft carrier?"

Zhao Bingkun laughed and said, "I'm really excited when I hear what you said, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "However, Director Zhao, I don't recommend starting to build aircraft carriers right away."

"Because we don't need it right now."

"Aircraft carriers are global combat capabilities."

"And we don't need to think about outputting combat power now."

"After all, we are on the defensive now."

"As long as we implement area denial, there won't be any problems."

"Our current national strength does not allow us to build large-scale aircraft carriers."

"So, my suggestion is that even if the aircraft carrier has conquered all the technologies, we should wait for another two or three years before starting to build the aircraft carrier. What do you think?"

Zhao Bingkun frowned slightly and said, "But the aircraft carrier is a symbol of a country's strength."

"We are all holding our breath and want to get it done as soon as possible to boost domestic morale!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head and said: "No, I don't think aircraft carriers are a symbol of national strength!"

"You might as well take a look at some of the countries in the world that currently have aircraft carriers."

"Even if they have an aircraft carrier, they still have a long way to go before becoming a truly powerful country."

"I still say the same thing, aircraft carriers are only high-sea combat capabilities."

"It may be a deterrent for a medium-sized country."

"However, facing a truly powerful country, the combat power brought by an aircraft carrier is simply not enough!"

"After all, what an aircraft carrier exports is the strike advantage of air force fighters."

"Land fighters obviously have more advantages than carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers in coastal waters."

"What's more, major countries still have complete air defense networks?"

"What do you think?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

"We can't be too high-profile now."

"Too high-profile can easily lead to unnecessary things."

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man wearing glasses walked over.

His name is Sun Ming, and he is the chief engineer responsible for the manufacturing of the 052D destroyer hull.

"Hello, Director Zhao, I have something to report to Academician Zhang." Sun Ming said respectfully.

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "Say it!"

"I won't hinder your work here, right?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "What's the problem? Director Zhao happens to be here too."

"Director Zhao is the one who has the right to make the decision, haha!"

"Teacher Sun, just say so."

Sun Ming is already fifty-six years old. At first he called Zhang Zhipeng "Teacher Zhang."

Now he is called Academician Zhang.

Sun Ming smiled and said: "Director Zhao, Academician Zhang, that's about the anti-submarine technology of the 052D destroyer."

"Academician Zhang said before that he wanted to develop a new technology for precise anti-submarine warfare. Now the hull of the ship is almost completed. After completion, outfitting will begin."

"So, I came here to ask you, so what? Do you have any instructions for me in terms of technical research in this area?"

Sun Ming was actually asking Zhang Zhipeng tactfully: How is the new technology you mentioned being researched now?

Zhang Zhipeng patted his head and said with a smile: "I've been a little busy lately."

"I actually forgot about this."

"Then I'll think about it carefully in the next few days."

"Actually, I just want to get an infrared detector for anti-submarine use."

Zhao Bingkun raised his eyebrows and said, "Can infrared detectors be used for anti-submarine warfare?"

"I've really never heard this before."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly and said: "Infrared anti-submarine mainly uses the principle of detecting the track of water temperature changes on the route that the submarine passes."

"When a submarine travels in the water, it will cause a certain degree of current disturbance underwater."

"This can cause changes in the temperature of specific water layers to rise or fall abnormally."

"This track cannot be observed with the naked eye. But it can be discovered using infrared detection."

"I am planning to develop a comprehensive satellite anti-submarine technology."

"Integrate various anti-submarine equipment such as laser, terahertz waves, infrared detection and synthetic aperture radar for anti-submarine detection."

Zhao Bingkun said: "You mean to build a new generation of reconnaissance satellites?"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Yes!"

Zhao Bingkun said: "I remember you once said that reconnaissance satellites rotate very fast. If a reconnaissance network composed of dozens of satellites cannot be formed, it does not seem to be of much use."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "We can also use the geosynchronous satellite model to deploy our new generation of reconnaissance satellites."

"Using the same model as the navigation satellite system, only three satellites need to be launched to cover almost the entire Asia-Pacific region."

"And our most important anti-submarine area is actually the waters in the Asia-Pacific region."

"What do you think?"

Zhao Bingkun smiled and nodded and said: "What you said makes sense! Haha!"

"Well! I have another suggestion. If you can come up with a comprehensive system, it should be applied to both reconnaissance satellites and anti-submarine helicopters!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem with this."

"When I develop such a comprehensive anti-submarine system, of course I can solve the problem of multi-platform applications at the same time."

Zhao Bingkun said: "Then you should hurry up and do this."

“Anti-submarine must be done well!”

"Because our submarine technology is now lagging behind Robin's."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "As long as a variety of anti-submarine means are combined, although it cannot be said that the submarine is invisible, it can still detect submarines sneaking close to our coastal waters keenly and in time."

Sun Ming asked from the side: "Can nuclear submarines also be discovered?"

Nuclear submarines dive deeper and make very little noise.

It can even lurk in the depths of the ocean for many days in a row. Known as the ocean black hole.

The threat this thing poses to a country is also real.

In view of the technical advantages of nuclear submarines, it is also quite difficult to discover nuclear submarines.

It was precisely for this reason that Sun Ming asked such a question.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Conventional anti-submarine means will definitely not be able to deal with nuclear submarines."

"However, this does not mean that nuclear submarines cannot be detected."

"In fact, the magnetic anomaly detector we have developed can detect the location of nuclear submarines."

"No matter how quiet a nuclear submarine is, the magnetic and electric field signals in the sea area where it is located cannot be concealed."

"In addition, although sonar detection technology is considered a relatively old technology, advanced sonar is still very important in anti-submarine warfare."

"We only need to put the sonar buoy on the sea surface, and when the sonar detects a specific signal, it can immediately report the submarine's position."

"Then there is the discovery of nuclear submarines through the infrared detection, laser scanning and other methods I just mentioned,"

"The last one is that we can establish surface and underwater receiving stations in the sea areas we focus on, sense the electromagnetic signals of cavitation in a timely manner, and quickly aggregate them to the central processing station for analysis, so that we can obtain the location and movement information of the nuclear submarine. This kind of The detection method should be the most accurate and reliable. Moreover, it is not affected by bad weather conditions and the cost is relatively low."

After Zhang Zhipeng finished his introduction, Sun Ming nodded and said, "Academician Zhang, your introduction was too comprehensive."

"The method you mentioned to establish a network of surface and underwater receiving stations is now very feasible."

"However, our control over the southern seas is quite weak now!"

"If a network of detection stations is established there, it will probably be destroyed very quickly."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem."

"However, I firmly believe that our control over the southern seas will only become stronger and stronger! Don't worry about this!"

"When we can also have ten aircraft carrier fleets, our entire surrounding area will become more and more peaceful! I firmly believe this!"

Zhao Bingkun laughed and said: "Haha! If we can have ten aircraft carrier fleets, I will wake up laughing in my dreams!"

"Actually, I think that if we can have five aircraft carrier fleets, we can become an important force in determining the world pattern!"

After sending Zhao Bingkun away, Zhang Zhipeng also returned to Chang'an.

He wants to build a complex anti-submarine system here.

He wants this system to eventually be used on geostationary reconnaissance satellites to closely monitor the movements of submarines in the waters of the Asia-Pacific region.

This will be a great project.

After returning to Chang'an, Zhang Zhipeng began to establish his own scientific research team.

When he formed a scientific research team this time, even Zhang Yousong, the dean of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Harbin Institute of Technology, was alarmed.

Zhang Yousong personally called Zhang Zhipeng and asked if there was any possibility of cooperation on this project.

Zhang Zhipeng is naturally happy to integrate the scientific research strength of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Because they are considered the most specialized colleges in the country in the field of aerospace.

The aerospace department of NPU is quite different from them.

PS: The update is late today, there are too many things going on, please forgive me.

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