The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 311 Type 054 Frigate
New Year's Eve.

This year's New Year's Eve is very special for Liu Tao's family.

Because the family spent it on New Year's Eve.

As soon as the time jumped to the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Lin gave birth.

This time, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

The boy's name is 'Liu Qing'an', which is taken from Li Bai's poem 'Yi once shot down nine crows, and the world was clear and peaceful', hoping that the child will grow up in a quiet and peaceful life.

The girl Zhu Lin was named 'Liu Yingqing'.

Up to now, the couple has two sons and two daughters, making up the Chinese character "good"!

Liu Tao originally planned to take an eight-day vacation, but because of the arrival of his two children, he took four more days off, making a total of twelve days.

After he returned to Panshan Machinery Factory and finished his work, he went to Jiangcheng with his guards and information.

Jiangcheng, No. 701.

Institute 701, also known as the 701 Research Institute, also known as the "Huaxia Ship Research and Design Center", was founded in 1958 and has been established for more than 24 years. It is affiliated to the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

The 701 Institute is a key backbone research institute of ship technology and marine engineering in my country. It is the only core scientific research unit that undertakes the overall research and design tasks of both surface and underwater ships. It is also a national first-class confidentiality qualification unit.

Institute 701 is a department-level unit, which is considered to be a very high level among research institutions.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you are finally here, everyone is waiting for you!" Chen Xinghua from the State Shipbuilding Corporation personally greeted us at the gate.

At the gate of Institute 701, there are fully armed guards standing guard.

"Comrade Chen Xinghua!" Liu Tao nodded slightly. The two had the same administrative level, but Chen Xinghua was an old revolutionary and an old cadre who had worked in the shipbuilding industry all his life.

这一次，船舶工业总公司调集了701所、702所、704所、708所、711所、719所等技术骨干力量，齐聚于701所。

There is no way around it. It is indeed an advanced frigate and a huge milestone for China's shipbuilding industry.

Moreover, the new frigate will be built by Dalian Shipyard.

All of these are under the jurisdiction of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

After Liu Tao proposed the idea, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation mobilized a large number of elite personnel to participate in it in order to master the advanced technology.

This time, Liu Tao brought design materials with him and let the technical staff look at them first. If there were any unclear points, Liu Tao would explain them.

Different majors should read different information sections.

These people will participate in the construction of the entire new frigate, and Liu Tao will also participate in the entire construction process.

Chen Xinghua is responsible for organizing and coordinating affairs.

After all, Liu Tao belongs to the weapons industry system and is not familiar with the shipbuilding industry system, so he has to be organized and coordinated by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.

The construction costs of the new frigate are all borne by Panshan Group.

The steel plates used in the new frigates are not the same as before, nor are they recycled steel from previous warships, which are of average quality. This time, they use newly smelted steel, which is much stronger than the steel used in the previous Type 051 destroyer.

Of course, this kind of steel is only suitable for building frigates and destroyers, and cannot meet the needs of building aircraft carriers. The steel required to build aircraft carriers has higher requirements.

Half a month later. Dalian Shipyard.

This is one of the important shipbuilding bases in China. The first Type 051 destroyer, the 'Jinan', was built at the Dalian Shipyard.

Dalian Shipyard has an annual shipbuilding capacity of 5 tons, a ship repair capacity of 20 tons, and the production of 1500 to 2000 tons of cast steel anchor chains. This capability was acquired after the state invested 1957 million yuan in the first technological transformation in 7092, which took 10 years.

Currently, Dalian Shipyard has three 75-ton overhead cranes, a 3-meter outfitting pier, a hull joint plant, and workshops and plants for machinery, electrical engineering, engine room, tools, etc., as well as an oxygen station, acetylene station, 622 kV substation, etc.

After the first technical transformation, Dalian Shipyard was able to build 10,000-ton merchant ships. It was also the first time that it realized the transformation from ship repair to shipbuilding, becoming an important shipbuilding industrial base in northern China.

Everyone walked onto the slipway.

At this time, there were already quite a few people below.

On the makeshift stage, the naval leader walked to the microphone and gave a speech: "Comrades, I am very happy to be here on behalf of the navy to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the first Type 054 ship No. 541. For our navy, this is the beginning of a new era."

"A century of humiliation and the history of being invaded by the great powers are still vivid in our minds. These facts tell us that if we lag behind, we will be beaten. We must have a strong navy, strong warships, and strong warships! The Type 054 frigate will be the sword-carrying guard of our navy. We look forward to the early launch of Type 541 and the entry of more warships into our navy!"

Suddenly, there was thunderous applause.

As the Navy leaders announced the official start of construction, the plasma cutting machine began to cut the first steel plate, and the construction of the first Type 054 frigate officially kicked off!

The eastern sun shines on the shipyard and on the empty slipway. It won’t be long before a brand new warship appears here!

Liu Tao's eyes were full of determination. He believed that the Chinese Navy would definitely have powerful warships, and the Chinese Navy would grow from weak to strong. It would only take 20 to 30 years for the Chinese Navy to attract the attention of the whole world and form a Great Wall on the sea to resist jackals, tigers and leopards.

Now there are only frigates, but in the future there will be destroyers and cruisers, and even when China's shipbuilding industry develops to a certain level and has more skilled workers and technical talents, there will be aircraft carriers!
Of course, even if he developed an advanced frigate, it would be impossible to mass-produce it overnight.

According to estimates, the cost of building a Type 054 frigate is 9000 million RMB, and this is after he has solved all the technical problems. Otherwise, the cost would be even higher.

But even so, the construction period of the first Type 054 frigate, No. 541, will take as long as one and a half years.

This shows how long the construction period of large warships is.

The entire Dalian Shipyard currently has the capacity to only start construction of one ship, and is unable to start construction of two ships at the same time.

Moreover, after the production of this frigate, it will have to undergo a series of tests and only be delivered to the navy after there are no problems.

After the navy used it, they thought it was useful and placed an order, and then they would build more frigates of the same type.

Although the money for this frigate is currently being advanced by Southwest Ordnance Industry, it is the Navy that ultimately pays for it.

Of course, the cost of 9000 million yuan is not expensive. The cost of the first Type 053 frigate was as high as 4600 million yuan.

The original plan was to build a total of 053 Type 12 frigates. Now, except for the second Type 534 under construction, all other plans have been temporarily suspended. The navy wants to see the situation of the Type 054 frigate. If the Type 054 frigate is indeed very advanced, the navy will naturally not continue to build Type 053 frigates.

After all, when it comes to naval ships, performance is often given more attention rather than quantity.

In naval battles, advanced warships can often demonstrate better combat capabilities, while backward warships often become targets.

The missile vertical launch system and anti-ship missiles equipped on the Type 054 frigate alone make the navy full of expectations.

Anyway, the navy has been under pressure for more than one or two years, so it doesn’t mind waiting for another year and a half.

(End of this chapter)