The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 534 High, Medium and Low Configuration Electronic Reconnaissance Ship

Panshan Group.

“Swish~~”

A2 drawings are being printed one by one.

These are the design drawings of electronic reconnaissance ships that automatically adjust their size.

The ship, named Type 816 by Liu Tao, is 83.5 meters long, 14.6 meters wide, 4.2 meters deep, with a standard displacement of 3200 tons and a full load displacement of 4000 tons. It is a medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ship. Its power system includes 2 diesel engines and 2 electric motors (for low-speed travel), with a speed of 20 knots and a cruising range of 5000 nautical miles/15 knots. It has a staff of 110 people, 78 of whom are intelligence analysts.

The main electronic equipment of electronic reconnaissance ships includes passive sonar, sensor systems, electronic jamming systems, optical observation equipment, upgraded laser communication terminal equipment, etc.

In addition, it is also equipped with radio receivers of various frequency bands, radar receivers, terminal demodulation and recording equipment, signal analysis instruments, receiving antennas, etc., which can receive and record electromagnetic wave signals emitted by electronic equipment such as radio communications, radars and weapon control systems, find out the technical parameters and tactical performance of electronic equipment, and obtain the opponent's radio communications, radar systems, missile launches and even aircraft takeoffs, ships leaving ports and other military intelligence.

It can be said that in terms of performance, it has reached the world's leading level.

"Now that we have solved the problem of medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ships, the next step is to solve the small and large electronic reconnaissance ships!" Liu Tao said to himself.

The full load displacement of an electronic reconnaissance ship is generally more than 500 tons. For other countries, a full load displacement of 4000 tons is already a large electronic reconnaissance ship.

However, for super-large countries such as the Soviet Union, the United States, and China, a 4000-ton electronic reconnaissance ship can only be considered a medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ship.

The Soviet Union used the hull of the "Kirov" class missile cruiser to modify the "Ural" ship, with a full load displacement of an astonishing 36500 tons. In order to provide enough power for the huge body, the Soviets ingeniously used nuclear power on the "Ural" and installed two reactors, with a maximum speed of 27 knots.

Although the Ural has not yet entered service, it has been hailed as the most advanced electronic reconnaissance ship in the world.

After all, the tonnage is so large that it can load more equipment.

The American ship "Observation Island" is 172 meters long, 23 meters wide, has a displacement of 17000 tons and a speed of 20 knots per hour. The ship is equipped with various new electronic reconnaissance technologies, the most prominent of which is the phased array radar code-named "Cobra Judy". This octahedral radar set at the stern is as high as a 4-story building and weighs 250 tons. The radar itself also has security defense capabilities and can resist attacks from artillery fire from all directions. The radar panel is equipped with 12288 independent antenna networks controlled by electronic computers and radio signal transmitters and receivers. The echoes reflected by the radio waves can display the entire image of the surrounding 4° sky every 360 seconds, and can observe various objects at the same time, which is more accurate and efficient than other radars.

The "Observation Island" was tested in September 1981 and deployed in the Pacific Ocean at the end of the year, using Pearl Harbor as its home port to conduct reconnaissance activities.

The benefits of large reconnaissance ships are naturally self-evident, that is, they can conduct reconnaissance at a longer distance and with greater accuracy.

Of course, medium-sized electronic reconnaissance ships are the main force, small electronic reconnaissance ships are auxiliary, and there are destined not to be many large reconnaissance ships.

Liu Tao plans to develop an electronic reconnaissance ship of approximately 1000 tons, specifically for near-shore reconnaissance.

Then we will develop a large electronic reconnaissance ship, which will be specially used for ocean reconnaissance and has a tonnage of about 10000 tons.

As for the Type 816 electronic reconnaissance ship currently under development, Liu Tao does not need to invest too much time and energy in it and can just hand it over to the Yangcheng Shipyard.

After several years of hard work, Yangcheng Shipyard's shipbuilding capabilities have become very strong, far beyond what it was a few years ago.

At present, Yangcheng Shipyard is not the shipyard with the strongest shipbuilding capacity in China, but it is the largest shipyard. Perhaps in a few years, Yangcheng Shipyard will surpass Dalian Shipyard and become the shipyard with the strongest shipbuilding capacity in China.

Afterwards, Liu Tao made arrangements and began to have the Yangcheng Shipyard prepare to build the first Type 816 electronic reconnaissance ship.

Liu Tao began to deal with two things. One was the restructuring of China Southwest Ordnance Industry Group Corporation into China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, and began to integrate the large arsenals of other ordnance industry systems in the south.

Another thing is to integrate the Mawei Shipyard.

The Mawei Shipyard is located in Mawei Port within the jurisdiction of Rongcheng, close to the Minjiang River. It was one of the major shipyards in China in the mid-to-late 19th century. It was built under the Westernization Movement led by Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, two important officials of the Qing government.

After the Mawei Shipyard was built, 40 ships were built for the Qing Dynasty in the following 70 years, accounting for % of the total domestic ships at that time. The first naval fleet, the Fujian Navy, was formed, and a large number of ships and generals were equipped for the Beiyang and Nanyang navies.

In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution was in full swing. In the turbulent times, no one cared about the shipbuilding industry anymore, and the Mawei Shipyard was reduced to selling scrap metal to make a living. Until 1949, for another 30 years, with the change of regimes, the Mawei Shipyard had been in a cycle of destroying-repairing-destroying again.

In 1950, when the People's Liberation Army entered Mawei, the shipyard was already desolate and overgrown with weeds. Only a dilapidated engine room and a muddy dock reminded people that this place once had the glory of being the "No. Shipyard in the Far East."

It took a full four years for the workers to dig out millions of bricks and dozens of tons of scrap steel from the ground with their own hands, and to clear out several unexploded shells that were thrown on the wasteland of the former dock.

Veteran worker Zhou Decheng said: "With the bricks we picked up, we were able to build four buildings with a total of 4 staff dormitories and three rows of 70 offices."

When Liu Tao and Zhao Guoping arrived at the Mawei Shipyard, they saw a desolate scene.

Because Fujian Province is on the front line of the war and is not suitable for large-scale military industrial enterprises, there is silt accumulation in the river channel near the Mawei Shipyard. It is extremely difficult to build another Mawei Shipyard here.

Liu Tao frowned slightly. Now the Mawei Shipyard can only build 5000-ton cargo ships at most. It would be difficult to build larger ships.

Moreover, the river channel is silted up, which means that if larger ships are to pass, the river channel must be dredged again to create a channel suitable for shipping.

According to his estimate, no matter how much dredging is done, it can only accommodate ships of 30,000 to 40,000 tons.

This means that even if the river is dredged again and heavy investments are made, the ceiling is that the ship can only be built to a capacity of 30,000 to 40,000 tons.

Although a ship of 30,000 to 40,000 tons is already considered a large ship, Liu Tao has a big heart and this obviously cannot satisfy his appetite.

What he pursues is a giant ship of 100,000 tons, 200,000 tons or even 300,000 tons.

Liu Tao sighed inwardly. He originally thought that the Mawei Shipyard would have a very good foundation, but now it seems to be similar to the original Yangcheng Shipyard, both of which are equivalent to starting from scratch.

If we want to build another one like the current Yangcheng Shipyard, the investment will be much larger than the previous one.

(End of this chapter)