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

Chapter 173 Aircraft Carrier Dry Dock【Please order in full】

Zhang Zhipeng was not in a hurry, he just smiled and watched everyone in the conference room writing in their notebooks.

Even the scientific researchers of the Ermao family were quickly writing down in their notebooks what Zhang Zhipeng had just said.

Zhang Zhipeng's speech just now was in Chinese, but because of the simultaneous interpretation, these experts from the Ermao family could understand it.

Liu Yongqiang, director of the Naval Ship Research Institute, who was sitting on Zhang Zhipeng's right, glanced at Zhang Zhipeng and asked, "Comrade Zhipeng, do you have a transcript of the speeches you just made?"

"I couldn't remember much."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I don't have a manuscript, but I don't need to remember it. I will coordinate the overall design when the time comes, and then everyone just needs to help me figure out the details."

Liu Yongqiang smiled and said: "No wonder everyone said that working with you is the easiest. You solved all the technical difficulties by yourself."

"It's basically a no-brainer for us. Hehe!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "It's not that you don't need to use your brain. Although the aircraft carrier is huge, it is also a delicate job."

"We will adopt a modular design in the future. There are millions of parts in each module. This requires careful calculation and preparation of manufacturing process drawings."

Modular design and modular construction may seem easy, but they are really difficult to do!
Because the design and manufacturing accuracy of various module segments must be maintained at the millimeter or even micron level!

In the future, when the modules are spliced ​​together, they must be perfectly integrated.

Therefore, aircraft carrier manufacturing tests a country’s precision manufacturing level.

Zhao Bingkun said from the side: "Everyone is fully committed and strive to get the design drawings out as soon as possible!"

Zhang Zhipeng said to Zhao Bingkun: "Director Zhao, in order to cooperate with the construction of the aircraft carrier, our other brother units may also have to seize the time to do some work."

Zhao Bingkun also unscrewed the pen cap and said, "Tell me which units need to cooperate!"

"I'll pass on the tasks."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "First of all, a large dry dock must be built to build the aircraft carrier."

"The dock is very important. If the dock cannot be built, the aircraft carrier will definitely not be built."

Zhao Bingkun said: "You just said that our first aircraft carrier has a tonnage of more than 5 tons."

"We now have a shipyard of this level. There are probably quite a few."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head and said, "Director Zhao, the bulk carriers and oil tankers built by those shipyards are incomparable to aircraft carriers."

Zhang Zhipeng explained why the shipyard that builds other giant ships cannot build aircraft carriers.

Because, whether it is a bulk carrier or an oil tanker, it is very light when empty. A 300,000-ton oil tanker can only be 40,000 tons empty. Moreover, the waterline is very long and the draft is relatively shallow.

However, aircraft carriers are different. Aircraft carriers are real steel behemoths.

Lao Miao's 6-ton aircraft carrier weighs more than tons when empty, and its draft exceeds ten meters! In addition, the aircraft carrier also has things like the bow bulbous propeller, and a safe distance must be ensured. Therefore, building an aircraft carrier dry dock is really a technical job, and not just any country can do it!

The dry dock for building an aircraft carrier must be deep enough. But because it is built on the seaside, it is not just a matter of digging deeper.

Because the pressure of groundwater at the seaside is too great, and if you dig too deep, the groundwater can push out the entire dock!

To build a good aircraft carrier dry dock, you must consider the buoyancy of the groundwater and ensure that it is equal to the buoyancy of the groundwater. That is the best.

Therefore, there are not many places where dry docks can be built.

Moreover, the construction of aircraft carrier dry dock is quite difficult.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Currently there are very few dry docks in the world that can build large aircraft carriers!"

"It can be said that there are no more than ten in the world."

"Even Da Mao doesn't have a suitable dry dock for aircraft carriers now!"

"Their solution to the problem is to build a floating dock at sea. To be honest, this floating dock can only repair aircraft carriers, not build them."

After Zhang Zhipeng finished speaking, Zhao Bingkun's facial expression became solemn.

"In other words, even if the aircraft carrier is designed, it may not be possible to build it?" Zhao Bingkun asked with a frown.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded and said, "That's right!"

"We have to solve the dock problem first."

"If the aircraft carrier dry dock problem is not solved, we will really be stuck!"

As a time traveler, Zhang Zhipeng naturally knows that there are several places in China that are more suitable for building aircraft carrier dry docks.

That was the ideal location for the aircraft carrier dry dock that took countless experts from China for several years in previous generations.

So, he wasn't too anxious.

Zhao Bingkun scratched his head and said: "I find that none of us have considered this issue before!"

"Then you're telling me, it's just about the dock. I'm afraid we'll have to put a lot of effort into it?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I think this problem can be easily solved. Our coastline is so long and there are so many shipyards. We will definitely be able to find a suitable location to build an aircraft carrier dry dock!"

Zhao Bingkun said: "Then I think we should first find a place suitable for building an aircraft carrier dry dock, and then come up with a construction plan for the aircraft carrier dry dock. It will not be too late to start designing the aircraft carrier."

"Then what other things did you mention that require the cooperation of other units?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "There is also the forging of aircraft carrier deck steel. This also requires a suitable supporting steel plant."

"The deck of an aircraft carrier needs to be very strong because fighter jets need to take off and land."

"Aircraft carrier deck steel also has very high requirements for yield strength, fatigue strength, cold shock resistance, corrosion resistance, magnetism, flatness and other specifications!"

"And the larger the area of ​​deck steel that can be formed at one time, the better! This can reduce welds, increase strength, and improve flatness, which is very helpful for the smooth take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft."

"And this can also enhance the aircraft carrier's ability to withstand strikes."

"So, we need to get this deck steel!"

Zhao Bingkun wrote it down in his notebook.

After he finished memorizing it, he scratched his head and said with a smile: "I thought that as long as the design was completed, it could be built. I didn't expect that there are still so many difficulties."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I thought so at first, but after I understood the design of the Varyag aircraft carrier, I realized that building an aircraft carrier is really not that simple."

Zhao Bingkun said: "So, what is your plan? Just tell me."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "My plan is very simple. I will first figure out the overall design of the aircraft carrier and let others help with the details."

"Then, I can be free to solve other technical difficulties in building an aircraft carrier."

"Do you think this is okay?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said: "That's fine!"

"Then follow your plan!"

Just like that, Zhang Zhipeng settled down at the Ship Research Institute.

He first held several communication meetings with Liu Yongqiang and other project team members.

The main purpose of the meeting is to get to know the bottom of these partners.

Since you are going to build an aircraft carrier, you must have a deep understanding of aircraft carriers, right?
After all, the aircraft carrier is a comprehensive large-scale project that requires the cooperation of many experts in various fields.

If you don't know anything about aircraft carriers, or have only a little knowledge about them, then asking these people to help you design the details of the aircraft carrier's module segments will probably not make Zhang Zhipeng feel at ease with the work.

After several meetings, Zhang Zhipeng was left speechless.

Because Liu Yongqiang and these experts from the Naval Ship Research Institute basically do not understand aircraft carriers. They are experts in ordinary ships at best.

The experts from Ermao Country are already relatively behind in their understanding of aircraft carriers.

Those aircraft carriers built in the Giant Bear Era are not really aircraft carriers in the true sense.

In fact, the Giant Bear Country did not call its aircraft carrier an aircraft carrier at first, but called it an arsenal ship.

According to their vision, an aircraft carrier must not only have carrier-based aircraft, but also powerful ship-based offensive weapons and air defense weapons.

Such an aircraft carrier can independently cruise the ocean and control a large area of ​​sea.

But this is obviously unlikely.

Because no matter how powerful an arsenal ship is, it can actually control a sea area of ​​several hundred square kilometers at most. No matter how far it is, it will be out of reach.

Moreover, there are too few carrier-based aircraft on it. If it encounters the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet, it will actually be a life of abuse.

The thinking of aircraft carrier experts from the Ermao Kingdom still remains at the level of arsenal ships, and they still believe that this idea is extremely correct.

This thinking must be reversed.

Zhang Zhipeng had to spend some time giving them a systematic course in designing and manufacturing aircraft carriers.

Let them truly understand the true strategic significance of aircraft carriers.

Big and comprehensive is useless!

Since the aircraft carrier is a platform for air force power projection, just use it as a platform and don't expect other functions.

This series of courses lasted for two consecutive weeks.

Finally, everyone in the aircraft carrier scientific research team has a relatively deep understanding of the aircraft carrier.

During the break between classes and training, Zhang Zhipeng was not idle either. He began to work on the overall design of the first domestically produced aircraft carrier.

Mainly designing the hull.

All parts of the aircraft carrier, including its structure and functional sections, were designed.

Because Zhang Zhipeng already has the overall idea in his mind, he can draw the design drawings on the computer very quickly.

When he was doing the overall design, he had actually clearly marked the module segments of each piece.

After completing the overall design, Zhang Zhipeng also drew design drawings including the specific design requirements for each module segment.

These drawings are drawn to precise proportions and the annotations are very detailed.

While Zhang Zhipeng was drawing the overall design drawing, he was thinking about one thing, that is: What kind of power will this first domestically produced aircraft carrier use?
Use regular power? What is generally used is a steam turbine.

Steam turbines are an older technology, having been used since the beginning of this century.

It is simple to use, easy to maintain and low cost.

In previous lives, the first and second domestic aircraft carriers all used steam turbines.

The shipboard nuclear power plant is indeed a technical difficulty!

It will not be until the early 21s that China can solve the problem of ship-based nuclear reactors.

However, it seems that in the previous generation, shipborne nuclear power was not used on large warships until Zhang Zhipeng's time travel, but was first used on commercial ships.

After Zhang Zhipeng thought about it, he felt that he should design a more useful steam turbine first!

He already had experience in designing and developing large gas turbines before.

While absorbing the complete set of blueprints of the aircraft carrier Varyag from the era of the giant bear, I also had a thorough understanding of the steam turbine.

Therefore, once he made up his mind to use steam turbines on the first domestically produced aircraft carrier, he acted very quickly. It took Zhang Zhipeng three days to design a set of aircraft carrier steam turbines with a design efficiency that was at least 30% higher than previous steam turbines.

The power unit is designed individually.

Zhang Zhipeng still envisions himself doing the overall design, and then letting other team members do the work.

This initial job is actually not easy at all.

Because it is necessary to refine the process design drawings of almost all parts.

This is a very time-consuming thing.

If one person were to do this, it would be a task that would last forever.

It's better to let others help.

The training class is over.

Zhang Zhipeng’s overall design drawing has also been completed.

His efficiency is quite high.

Zhang Zhipeng took out his overall design drawing, played it in a slideshow, and asked the design team to give him suggestions.

When he came up with this overall design plan, everyone was a little excited.

Liu Yongqiang was shocked. He did not expect that Zhang Zhipeng had completed the overall design of the aircraft carrier without saying a word.

Moreover, the drawing is still a very detailed structural diagram, and the segments of each module are clear at a glance.

He thought, is this still a human being? No wonder many people think that Zhang Zhipeng has broken away from human standards and is close to God!
Boris and other experts from the two countries were also quite surprised.

Because, Zhang Zhipeng's design really has no trace of the Varyag at all.

This is a completely new design.

"If you have any opinions, you can mention them to me and let's brainstorm, haha!" Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile.

No one can find any design flaws.

They just urged Zhang Zhipeng to explain the design plan to everyone so that everyone could fully understand the plan.

Good for the next work.

Therefore, Zhang Zhipeng carefully explained his design plan to everyone.

He talked in detail, explaining every module and even the design of the circuit diagram and the power device in place.

In a large aircraft carrier, the length of all cables alone is as much as 3 kilometers.

The route layout must be reasonable and orderly.

This will facilitate later maintenance and repairs.

Zhang Zhipeng spent three days explaining his design plan, and finally everyone understood his design concept.

These two hundred people are actually just the backbone. It is estimated that there will be thousands of people involved in the subsequent design and drawing.

Other participants rely entirely on these backbones for communication and training.

Therefore, Zhang Zhipeng knows that it is very important for everyone to have a deep understanding of his overall design plan!
The overall design plan for the aircraft carrier is out and training is in place.

Next, it’s time to carry out comprehensive design work.

At this time, Zhao Bingkun came over again.

Because Zhao Bingkun is always paying attention to the situation here.

He would know what was happening here soon.

"Comrade Zhipeng, I heard that you have worked out the overall design plan for the aircraft carrier?" Zhao Bingkun said with a smile as soon as he saw Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Yes, the overall plan has been come out."

"However, this is almost equivalent to the first step of a long march of thousands of miles."

"There is still a lot of work we need to do later."

"Just drawing pictures, I estimate I would have to draw millions of them."

"However, with the help of computer software, it is definitely much better than before."

Zhao Bingkun looked at the overall design of the aircraft carrier shown to him by Zhang Zhipeng and exclaimed: "It's really pretty."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "When I was considering the power plant, I still chose the steam turbine."

"Because steam turbines have low cost, mature technology and easy maintenance."

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "The steam turbine is not bad either."

"In fact, most large ships use steam turbines."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "After the first aircraft carrier is built, we will seriously consider building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier."

"First solve the existing problems, and then talk about other more advanced devices."

Zhao Bingkun praised: "This is a mature move!"

"Comrade Zhipeng, to be honest, many times I have doubted that you are just a young man in his thirties. I always have a feeling that you are older than me!"

"You are too stable, haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Director Zhao, for the compliment!"

Zhao Bingkun said: "Is it possible that you have ever considered installing nuclear power on the first aircraft carrier?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "I have indeed had this idea."

"However, I gave up this idea later on, because you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you can easily pull off the egg, haha!"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "Yes! You are absolutely right!"

"But you have to take the matter of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers as a matter of course, you know?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded and said, "Don't worry about this."

"More than anyone else, I want to have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as soon as possible."

"Because this thing can be on duty for more than half a year at a time, it is a greater deterrent."

Zhao Bingkun said with infinite hope: "I don't know if I will be able to see our nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in my lifetime!"

These words made Zhang Zhipeng feel a sore nose inexplicably.

He has known Zhao Bingkun for many years.

This old man is already over seventy years old, and he doesn’t know when he might retire from his current position, right?
"Director Zhao, don't worry, our domestic nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will be built within five years at most!" Zhang Zhipeng said.

Zhao Bingkun glanced at Zhang Zhipeng and joked: "Why are you almost crying?"

"You're not thinking of something sentimental, are you? Haha!"

Zhang Zhipeng wiped his eyes with the back of his hand a little embarrassed and said: "Haha! I didn't expect anything. I just suddenly thought of this sentence: Life is a farewell banquet after all."

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "Did you think that this old guy like me is about to die? Then I started to feel sad. Birth, aging, illness and death are inevitable in life. It is just a natural process. I have already seen through it."

"As long as I can make some contribution to the country and the people, and help our country become better, I will be satisfied, haha!"

This laughter is very open-minded.

It also made Zhang Zhipeng relieved.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Director Zhao, you have learned a lesson."

Zhao Bingkun said: "After you explain the design tasks of the aircraft carrier, you should seize the time to help solve the problem of the aircraft carrier's dry dock."

"This matter is also very urgent. We need to hurry up."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Don't worry, Director Zhao!"

"I can definitely resolve the aircraft carrier dry dock issue earlier."

"Building an aircraft carrier dry dock also takes some time."

"It will take at least a year and a half."

Zhao Bingkun said: "After identifying the construction location, hire more people to speed up the construction progress."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "I have already taken this factor into account."

In the next few days, Zhang Zhipeng began to divide the labor among the aircraft carrier research and development team.

Because the aircraft carrier has been divided into module segments during design.

So when we divide it, we work together as a team.

Each of the more than 200 key members is assigned a module.

In the next time, they will work with their team members to complete the detailed process manufacturing drawings.

This is definitely a very challenging project.

However, their work is not too difficult.

What is needed more is responsibility and patience.

As long as these two are enough, there will be absolutely no problem in completing the task.

After the tasks were assigned, Zhang Zhipeng left the Ship Research Institute.

He has already said hello to Zhao Bingkun. Next, he will inspect major shipyards across the country to find the most suitable location for building an aircraft carrier dry dock.

At the same time, he also wanted to come up with a construction design plan for the dry dock.

In fact, Zhang Zhipeng already knows where to build an aircraft carrier dry dock.

Therefore, he did not visit too many places in China. In mid-May 1996, he went straight to Dalian.

Dalian Shipyard is the place where the first domestically produced aircraft carrier Leonin was built.

There is a place here that is perfect for building an aircraft carrier dry dock.

When Zhang Zhipeng arrived at Dalian Shipyard, he was warmly received by Geng Xinzhong, the director of the shipyard.

At this time, Dalian Shipyard was also developing rapidly. It has always been one of the most important shipyards in China and has built many ships for the Chinese navy.

The 052D destroyer also considered Dalian Shipyard, but due to Zhang Zhipeng's consideration, it finally chose Modu Shipyard.

Geng Xinzhong knew this.

Geng Xinzhong also knew why Zhang Zhipeng came here this time: to find a shipyard to build the first domestically produced aircraft carrier!
He believes that he must win this big task!

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