The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 338 Type 052 Destroyer
Dalian Shipyard.

The staff are hoisting a large ship model and placing it on the sea.

This is exactly the destroyer model made by Liu Tao.

In the past half month, Liu Tao has made four ship models, and this is the fifth one.

If you look closely at this ship model, you can see weapons and equipment on it.

There is a huge difference with the 051 destroyer!
Judging from the appearance, it is obviously a level higher.

Liu Tao has always believed that "appearance is combat effectiveness".

As each test item was completed, Liu Tao made a decision in his mind that this would be China's destroyer.

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Suddenly, the virtual panel formed a series of design drawings, and soon a complete set of design materials was available.

This involves a lot of new technologies, and it is not that easy to build. It takes a lot more effort than the Type 054 frigate.

However, Liu Tao believes that this type of destroyer will not be outdated even after 40 years, and it is a very advanced destroyer now.

"I believe that with this destroyer, our strength in near-shore defense will be greatly enhanced!" Liu Tao's mouth curled up slightly.

In today's era, China is in the process of transitioning from coastal defense to near-sea defense.

The core of near-shore defense is the destroyer!

No matter how advanced the performance of missile boats and radar boats are, their range is limited after all. They can only stare at the warships hundreds of nautical miles away. Even if they are determined to go without returning, their maximum range is only about one thousand nautical miles.

Besides, it is still far behind in terms of resistance to wind and waves.

The destroyer, on the other hand, has level 1 ability to resist wind and waves.

The so-called level 1 wind and wave resistance ability means that it can withstand a level 12 typhoon and the huge waves as high as 12 meters caused by a level 14 typhoon, and can move forward safely in such harsh environment.

Large warships such as the Type 054 frigate and destroyer are large surface ships that can operate in all sea areas and environments, and the requirements are very stringent. Wind and waves are a big test for the ship's strength, anti-sinking and stability.

701 Institute.

At this time, all the top experts in the field of warships in the country gathered here.

Advanced destroyers are extremely important to China. The birth of the Type 051 destroyer only solves the problem of whether or not to have one, and it symbolizes that China can develop destroyers on its own.

However, from a global perspective, the Type 051 destroyer is considered to be an outdated destroyer.

As the institute with the strongest ship development capability in the country, the 701 Institute was not currently involved in the development of new advanced destroyers, but was instead playing a supporting role.

The reason why so many experts gathered this time is not to develop a new type of advanced destroyer, but to require them to conduct thorough research, master the technology, and participate in the construction of the destroyer.

Just like the last Type 054 destroyer.

But these experts were all very excited because this was a rare learning opportunity.

In the past, when they wanted to learn this advanced technology, there was no place to learn it.

In the conference room, there is a destroyer model placed in the center.

Liu Tao held the baton and introduced: "The Type 052 destroyer is 157 meters long, 19 meters wide, 6 meters deep, with a standard displacement of 6300 tons and a full load displacement of 7500 tons. The maximum speed is 30 knots and the endurance is 4200 nautical miles/20 knots."

Liu Tao's introduction to this point made everyone excited. This means that the Type 052 destroyer will become the largest warship in China.

After all, before this, the Type 051 destroyer had a total length of 132 meters, a beam of 12.8 meters, a draft of 4.6 meters, a standard displacement of 3250 tons, and a full load displacement of 3670 tons.

The Type 052 destroyer is much larger than the Type 021 destroyer.

"The power system adopts a diesel-gas combined power, which mainly consists of 2 gas turbines and 2 diesel engines. The gas turbine has an operating power of 2×67000 horsepower, and the diesel engine has an operating power of 2×10420 horsepower. It adopts a twin-shaft, twin-propeller (variable pitch) and twin rudders, with a passenger capacity of 280 people and a standard self-sustaining capacity of 15 days." Liu Tao introduced the power system.

Liu Tao's introduction to the power system made the experts in the field swallow their saliva.

The Type 051 destroyer is equipped with two high-power steam turbines, four boilers, 4 steam auxiliary engines and 18 electric auxiliary engines, which constitute the propulsion system of the warship. However, the operating power in this aspect is not even as good as that of a gas turbine of the Type 27 destroyer.

But, does China now have the ability to manufacture such advanced gas turbines and diesel engines?
Previously, the two gas turbines of the Type 054 frigate (operating power 2×2 horsepower) had already made them exclaim in amazement.

Now we need to develop a bigger gas turbine, can China really do it?!
The hull design can naturally be designed as large as possible. But the problem comes down to the actual shipbuilding. If it cannot be built, no matter how good the design is, it will be useless.

But at this time, no one asked, because it would be very impolite to interrupt Liu Tao.

After experiencing the Type 022 missile boat, the latest torpedo boat and the Type 054 frigate, Liu Tao is clearly the top expert in this field, and not just one field, but all fields.

Liu Tao can do it, but they can't. This is the reality.

“武器系统方面，主要武器有1座单管130mm舰炮，1座7管30mm近迫武器系统，1座24单元近程舰空防御系统、1座4单元中程舰空防御系统、8座八联装冷热共架综合垂直发射系统，2座三联装324mm鱼雷发射器，4座18管多用途发射器。”刘韬介绍武器系统：“垂直发射系统，8座八联装垂直发射系统，每个系统配备有8个发射单元，装备64枚导弹.”

All the experts were dumbfounded. This firepower far exceeded that of the Type 51 destroyer.

This is not a destroyer, it is clearly a maritime missile depot!

With such powerful firepower, even the aircraft carrier formation near the coast will be greatly threatened.

Launching 64 anti-ship missiles at one time, even if an aircraft carrier formation has a dense firepower network, it would probably be difficult to intercept so many anti-ship missiles.

Not to mention, there are not only anti-ship missiles, but also torpedoes and ship-to-air defense systems.

Powerful air defense capability, powerful anti-ship capability!
The representatives of the navy even grinned.

It seems that we can see that the navy has world-leading destroyers.

As long as there are twenty such advanced destroyers, equipped with some frigates, the near-shore defense will be impregnable, and it is unlikely that any warship will break into the territorial waters at will.

The Chinese Navy is really too weak!

But now the time has come, and it seems that he will own many advanced ships.

Now the naval representatives want to shout, build, start construction immediately, build ten or eight ships.

By then, they will have the most powerful navy in the whole of East Asia.

To be honest, the navy's weakness makes them feel very frustrated.

But there is no way. The level of shipbuilding industry is not good, and the level of warship design is not good either. The frigates and destroyers that have been produced with great difficulty are far behind the world level before they have even started construction.

He is nothing like Liu Tao, who either does nothing or strives to reach the world's advanced level when he moves.

Anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and advanced torpedoes directly give destroyers powerful combat capabilities.

Such an advanced destroyer is enough to create a huge deterrent at sea.

(End of this chapter)