The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 395: The first Type 054 frigate enters service
Dalian Shipyard.

Colorful flags are flying and flowers are everywhere.

Today is a special day, destined to be recorded as a milestone in the development of the Navy.

Because today is the day when the first Type 054 frigate, Ship 0541 'Hong Kong Island', is officially handed over for commissioning.

As China's first large surface ship that has reached the world's advanced level, the commissioning of the frigate "Hong Kong Island" is of great significance.

At this time, the frigate "Hong Kong Island" was hung with colorful flags, ribbons and red festive banners.

Two anti-submarine helicopters modified based on the "Black Hawk" helicopters have been docked on the apron.

At 9 o'clock in the morning.

The leader's motorcade slowly drove into the Dalian Shipyard and arrived at the berth of the docked frigate "Hong Kong Island".

At this time, all 200 crew members of the "Hong Kong Island" frigate, wearing white naval uniforms, lined up and waited for the leadership's inspection.

"Good, good. We Chinese can finally build advanced large ships. Our navy finally has advanced large ships to defend our sea borders." The old man looked at the outstanding "Hong Kong Island" frigate and showed his joy.

Ten years for the army, a hundred years for the navy!
China's century of suffering was caused by the foreign powers' bombardment of the country's doors with their powerful ships and artillery at sea, so the country naturally attaches great importance to the construction of the navy.

When the Republic was first established, China spent a huge price to import the Four Heavenly Kings from the Soviet Union.

Today, China finally has the ability to develop advanced large surface ships on its own.

This means that China's shipbuilding industry has reached a milestone, and it has truly taken two or three steps forward in just a few years.

Liu Tao introduced: "Leader, after the ceremony, I will take you on board to see this frigate in person. The weapon system of this frigate is very advanced, and the electronic system is also very advanced."

"Okay, okay, we should take a good look at it." The old man seemed very happy.

Large warships are the most important weapon of naval strength.

It can be said that with the "Hong Kong Island" frigate, the strength of the Chinese Navy will be greatly enhanced.

This improvement is not reflected in near-shore defense, but in the fact that naval power can be projected into waters 2000 nautical miles away.

If there are supply ships and supply ports, the naval power can be projected even further.

Afterwards, a commissioning ceremony for the frigate "Hong Kong Island" was held.

The service ceremony was very grand.

The frigate case was marked with the highest naval etiquette of hoisting full flags, and 200 people lined up neatly at the dock, in addition to the main personnel involved in the construction.

The leaders highly praised the significance of the commissioning of the first Type 054 frigate, Ship 0541 'Hong Kong Island', and encouraged the naval officers and soldiers to devote themselves to various tasks with the standards of building a first-class force and with high morale and full enthusiasm, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the navy and defend the borders of the motherland.

After the commissioning ceremony, all 200 officers and soldiers boarded the ship and arrived at their respective work posts.

Liu Tao accompanied the leaders on board to view the frigate and personally introduced the various weapons on board to the leaders.

The weapons equipped on the frigate include air defense weapon systems, anti-submarine weapon systems, and anti-ship weapon systems.

The air defense weapon system consists of air defense missiles, 76mm cannons, 20mm 'CIWS' close-range weapon systems, and two six-tube jammer rockets.

The air defense missile is the 'Aegis-2' air defense missile system, which is a ship-to-air missile with multi-target attack capabilities, and can effectively counter targets such as anti-ship missiles flying over the sea. The maximum firing height of the air defense missile is 2.4 meters, the maximum range is 80 nautical miles, and the maximum speed is Mach 3. And this is just the basic version. There is also an extended-range version of the 'Aegis-2', which can reach a range of 100 nautical miles.

The anti-ship weapon system is mainly composed of two types, one is the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile, and the other is the torpedo.

The anti-submarine weapon system consists of torpedoes and two anti-submarine helicopters, which can attack submarines at a depth of 600 meters underwater.

At a depth of 600 meters underwater, it can be said that almost all submarines in the world today are within the attack range.

Because the diving depth of today's more advanced submarines is four to five hundred meters.

For example, the United States' Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, which was commissioned in 1976, is ranked among the top two nuclear submarines in the world, with a standard diving depth of 450 meters and a maximum diving depth of 530 meters.

Looking at the neat and beautiful frigate, there are various advanced weapons, as well as the sci-fi screen, and there are computers in the command and operations room.

"Can this computing power really reach 10 billion times?" the old man couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, the computing power of these computers has indeed reached 10 billion times. And these personal computers, each has a computing power of 100 million times." Liu Tao said very confidently: "These are all specially built by us, using the most advanced chips in the world. The systems here are all specially built."

"These are all highly confidential and must not be leaked. Otherwise, our losses will be huge." Liu Tao said with emotion, "Computers will not be outdated for at least 20 years. For example, this military personal laptop computer is still a laboratory product."

The old man couldn't help but be moved.

A small desktop computer has the same computing power as a giant 'Galactic' computer.

A handheld military laptop that can be easily carried around for work, and has computing power equivalent to that of a 'Galaxy' supercomputer.

Liu Tao even specially created a software system for the Type 054 frigate to facilitate combat command.

Although the elderly cannot understand the joysticks, buttons, graphics and data on the screen, they feel they are very high-end at first glance.

"After a while, we will ask the China Aerospace Corporation to launch a satellite. By then, we can use the satellite to navigate the Type 054 frigate, so we don't have to worry about getting lost at sea," said Liu Tao.

The old man was somewhat impressed. "Is this the navigation satellite you mentioned before?"

"Yes, in the 70s, the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force jointly developed a new generation of satellite positioning system GPS, which provides real-time, all-weather and global navigation services for the three major areas of land, sea and air, and is used for some military purposes such as intelligence collection, nuclear explosion monitoring and emergency communications." Liu Tao nodded and said, "Even the Soviet Union developed the 'GLONASS Satellite System' in the 70s, which has similar uses."

Liu Tao said: "In this regard, we cannot lag behind the United States and the Soviet Union. Satellite positioning systems will play a big role in both the current military field and the future civilian field."

"In terms of military use, the army, navy and air force can all achieve many goals through satellite positioning systems. For example, the army can understand the battlefield and enemy troop deployment at the fastest speed, and can even directly understand the troop movements of all parties through satellites. Warships at sea, aircraft in the air, and missiles can all be guided by satellites." Liu Tao gave an example, "Satellite guidance is definitely an important means of precision guidance in the future, and will play an extremely important role in the military field."

(End of this chapter)