The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 514 is specially designed for the Saudi Navy

The next day.

Liu Tao and his men headed for Zhanjiang Port.

Zhanjiang Port, formerly known as "Yangcheng Bay", is located in Yangcheng Bay in the northeast of Leizhou Peninsula, ZJ City. It is the largest natural deep-water port in western Guangdong and the Beibu Gulf area. It is famous for its "large, deep, wide and well-protected". It is an important port with the shortest voyage from the Chinese mainland to Southeast Asia, Africa, and Oceania, and is located in the center of the coast of Guangdong and Guangxi.

When the South China Sea Fleet was established, Zhanjiang Port was chosen as its home port.

In theory, this place is not suitable for other people to enter, because the military port itself is a military secret, not to mention that it is the home port of the South China Sea Fleet.

However, in order to close this big deal, Liu Tao still coordinated the relationships in this regard.

The South China Sea Fleet and the Navy also cooperated with Liu Tao. After all, the South China Sea Fleet and the Navy were counting on Liu Tao to build more advanced warships for them.

此时，一处泊位上，已经停靠着022型导弹艇、022A型鱼雷艇、083型扫雷艇、084型扫雷艇、054型护卫舰‘港岛号’、052型驱逐舰‘香江号’！
"Your Highness, this is the Type 022 missile boat that we Chinese have named. It is a world-leading missile boat, 43 meters long, 13 meters wide, 1.4 meters deep, with a standard displacement of 250 tons and a full load displacement of 300 tons. The main engine has four diesel engines, two in the front and two in the back. The cruising speed is 30 knots, the maximum speed is 55 knots, the endurance is 900 nautical miles, and the combat radius is 300 nautical miles." Liu Tao pointed to the Type 022 missile boat: "Its ability to resist wind and waves is very strong. Even in winds of 7 to 8 and waves of 2.6 meters high, it can still travel and fight normally!"

"Look at these weapons. They can carry 12 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles. With them, Saudi Arabia will have significant influence and voice in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea!" Liu Tao pointed at the missiles above.

Prince Sultan's eyes lit up. This Type 022 missile boat is very good-looking and looks beautiful at first glance.

Especially what Liu Tao introduced made his heart beat fast.

He did not expect that China could actually build such an advanced missile boat, which is much more advanced than the missile boats sold by Europe and the United States to Saudi Arabia.

"Your Highness, are you interested in going up and taking a look?" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Prince Sultan smiled and said, "Of course I am interested!"

Liu Tao led the way and boarded the Type 022 missile boat, then introduced each weapon to Prince Sultan, but without giving the specific parameters.

As ships for export, natural parameters will be adjusted.

This is also just in case it may be useful someday.

Prince Sultan felt that this missile boat was tailor-made for Saudi Arabia.

After all, the Persian Gulf is more than 970 kilometers long, 56 to 338 kilometers wide, with an area of ​​24.1 square kilometers, an average water depth of about 40 meters, and a maximum depth of 104 meters, which is well within the combat range of the Type 022 missile boat.

As for the Red Sea, its maximum width is only 306 kilometers!

In particular, this missile boat is equipped with "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

"Liu, what is the difference between the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles equipped on this missile boat?" Prince Sultan couldn't help asking.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "There is no difference, but this Type 022 missile boat was developed by me specifically for the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile, so the accuracy will be greatly improved, making it easier to accurately attack targets!"

Afterwards, Liu Tao asked the soldiers to start the missile boat, and Liu Tao personally explained the situation to Prince Sultan.

The speed of the missile boat continued to increase, and soon reached 55 knots, and the radar was turned on.

After the demonstration, the missile boat returned to the military port.

Prince Sultan's eyes have become very eager, because this missile boat is really suitable for Saudi Arabia.

"Liu, how much does this missile boat cost?" Prince Sultan asked impatiently.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "This whole ship, including the weapon system, equipped with 13 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles, only costs 5000 million US dollars!"

Liu Tao offered US$022 million for a Type 5000 missile boat.

Compared with the military purchase price of 2000 million RMB, it is naturally much more expensive. Based on the US dollar to RMB exchange rate announced by the bank this year, 1 US dollar is equivalent to 3.4528 RMB, and this Type 022 missile boat is equivalent to 1.7264 million RMB, which is almost 9 times the domestic purchase price.

However, Liu Tao does not think that his price is too high, because the current price of the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile is as high as 180 million US dollars per piece.

13 Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles will cost $2340 million.

This price is not too high, but rather cheap. He believes that this price is very competitive.

"We in Saudi Arabia want to purchase 20 of these missile boats!" Prince Sultan said without hesitation.

20 missile boats, that would be $10 billion.

Liu Tao was shocked to see that Prince Sultan purchased 20 Type 022 missile boats without blinking an eye.

As expected, they are rich people. They don't even bargain. It seems that they don't think the price of 5000 million US dollars per ship is expensive. Instead, they think it is cheap.

Unlike the Navy, which thinks 2000 million RMB a ship is too expensive, ridiculously expensive. Even though the price has not increased in recent years, the Navy still thinks it is expensive.

"Your Highness, I believe Saudi Arabia will not regret it!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Afterwards, Liu Tao introduced the Type 022A torpedo boat, which was nothing more than replacing the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile with a new type of torpedo.

Despite this, Liu Tao offered a price of 3000 million US dollars for this torpedo boat.

This is the difference between missiles and torpedoes. The price of torpedoes is much cheaper than that of missiles.

Prince Sultan purchased 022 Type 10A torpedo boats.

As for minesweepers, Prince Sultan had no interest at all.

If someone lays mines in the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea, the ones who will be most anxious will definitely be Europe and the United States, not others.

Saudi Arabia doesn't even need to clear mines. Europe and the United States will do it for Saudi Arabia.

Liu Tao laughed and ordered the two minesweepers to take away.

He was not disappointed. After all, Saudi Arabia had its own national conditions and he had neglected it.

"Your Highness, this is the most advanced frigate made in my country. It is world-class. It is 135.6 meters long, 13.7 meters wide, and has a draft of 4.5 meters. Its standard displacement is 2750 tons and its full load displacement is 3640 tons. It is powered by two super-powerful gas turbines with a total power of 2 horsepower and a maximum speed of 4.2 knots," Liu Tao introduced. "When sailing at 30 knots, its endurance reaches 20 nautical miles."

"The air defense weapon system consists of anti-aircraft missiles, 76mm cannons, 20mm Phalanx close-range weapon systems, and two six-tube jammer rockets." Liu Tao pointed to the weapons on the frigate, "This has both powerful offensive firepower and very powerful air defense capabilities!"

"To be frank, the Perry-class frigate of the United States is not as good as this frigate!" Liu Tao said with a faint smile, "The important thing is that you can't buy the Perry-class frigate, but you can buy this frigate."

Advanced warships can only be built by ourselves and cannot be purchased.

What you can buy are second-hand ones, old ones that have been in service for many years.

For example, Argentina’s naval warships were all old ships that had been in service for 20 to 30 years.

For example, none of the warships purchased by our neighboring country are newly-commissioned advanced warships.

The same goes for aircraft carriers, frigates, destroyers and cruisers.

Whether it is Europe, the United States or the Soviet Union, it is almost impossible to export advanced warships to other countries, even to their allies.

(End of this chapter)