Chapter 1005 Super 'Thirty Seven'
Ship repair yards can do the refitting of ordinary boats and boats. Zhou Qingfeng has recently made a lot of money from the Japanese business of 'Jet' and 'Sacred Water', and he placed an early modification order for 200 ships to the Navy in one go. He had just one request, to complete the work quickly while ensuring the quality.
As the focus of the order, a recently decommissioned 037 submarine hunter was given priority. Zhou Qingfeng planned to use this 400-ton boat as his flagship. The Xiangshan Ship Repair Yard of the Navy took over the task.
It is said that Xiangshan Ship Repair Factory has been unlucky in recent years. Do you know why they "turned military to civilian"? Water purifiers, hardware appliances, fire-fighting supplies, civil ship maintenance, sewage treatment equipment. Talking too much can make people cry to death, it's embarrassing!
When the 037 submarine hunter was first brought in, all the factory workers didn't think it was a big deal—wasn't it just a small boat of less than 500 tons? It's too easy to modify this thing. Brush the paint, fix the engine, install a radar, remove the rocket depth bomb, and toss the double-barreled five-seven cannon.
But following 037 came more than 20 torpedo boats and missile boats that had been decommissioned long ago. The requirements above were very simple, remove the torpedo and missile launchers, replace the machine guns, improve the living environment, and install automatic control equipment , reducing the number of crew members.
Wang Dade is an employee of the Xiangshan factory. His task is to modify an old-fashioned torpedo boat and install a remote-controlled turret with a 23mm cannon inside.
"Who wants this thing these days?" Wang Dade asked the military representative who supervised the work.
The military representative was in charge of watching the quality of the modification, but he didn't know who actually wanted these junk goods, so he could only give a vague answer: "The army has its own considerations."
The 23mm cannon was refitted from an old-fashioned aviation cannon in the warehouse. The cannon was not very good, but the simple photoelectric sight on the turret was very special. It can detect targets five kilometers away, and guide the cannon to attack after entering a two-kilometer range.
The turret is fully automated and operated by the personnel in the torpedo boat with the assistance of electronic equipment such as radar. Anyway, it's how a fool comes, the simpler the better.
In addition to the strange turret, the modification of the power is also strange. Originally, torpedo boats were required to be fast, and it was not uncommon to run forty or fifty knots. But this time, in order to take care of the old engine, it is only required to be able to run at a top speed of 25 knots, and the economical cruising speed is about ten knots.
According to Zhou Qingfeng's meaning - running too fast consumes too much fuel, I can't afford it!
This kind of modification does not cost much and takes less time. After a few days of proficiency, one can be completed. Wang Dade got a reward of 5,000 yuan for one boat, which greatly improved his enthusiasm for work, and he desperately wanted to do more.
But what Wang Dade really envied was the workers who refitted the 037. The person who paid for it said that the other 037 refits cost only 8 million. Let me work hard on the first one, and I will pay 20 million to refit it. Make it beautiful for me!
For the magic modification, all the electrical wiring and piping systems of the 037 were removed. The hull that was originally packed with more than 70 people was finally planned to be operated by only 12 people, and various automatic control equipment and high-end living facilities were stuffed in.
After reading the refitting requirements, the military representative immediately felt that this was the local tyrant from the rich family who was refitting the yacht, and it was an armed yacht.
Originally, the Type 037 had two dual 57mm naval guns and two dual 25mm naval guns. In order to increase the firepower, the small naval guns were removed and replaced with three identical dual '57' naval guns. And they are all fully automatic closed turrets, which are controlled by the computer in the cockpit under the guidance of radar.
In this way, the space inside the ship is greatly increased, the fuel stock is doubled, the living environment is superior, and the firepower is greatly improved. The original messy hull has become neat and tidy, with a mighty and domineering appearance, and even the painting has a democratic style. In short, the engineers must be worthy of the 20 million modification fee!
After the renovation of the ship was completed, Zhou Qingfeng personally boarded the ship for sea trials. Learn how to drive and handle your own sea vehicle,
When he swiped the mouse lightly on the computer screen in the cab, the six main guns of the three turrets turned at the same time, aiming at the water target three kilometers away and bombarding them repeatedly.
Swipe a little, just like playing a game. There was a series of vibrations in the hull, and the fully automatic turret buzzed endlessly. With the assistance of the automatic loader, more than a hundred shells flew out in one breath, and the fast-moving target ship disappeared from the radar screen after a few seconds.
"Okay, very good!" Zhou Qingfeng looked at the screens of the weather radar and fire control radar in the cab, and after finishing the operation of the high-power radio, he immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "I like this ship."
Everyone in the driver's cab applauded, but most of the naval engineers who participated in the technical transformation were slandering: This local tyrant with makeup and a hood in front of me really doesn't understand! This automatic naval gun system is easy to use, but its disadvantage is that it is too simple. It can only hit a three-kilometer naval gun for a bird!
"Do you want to change the remaining 037 in the same way?" Xiao Jinlang asked at the right time. He saw Zhou Qingfeng excited, but felt that it would be too bad to get a small gunboat for 20 million. It's just that the main thing about "people who are stupid and rich" is to cherish it.
This high-end version costs 20 million yuan, and Zhou Qingfeng immediately shook his head, "The rest will be changed according to the 8 million yuan plan."
Xiao Jinlang sighed a little, but the ship repair yard below hoped that all 037s would be modified according to the expensive plan, after all, it would be more lucrative!
Zhou Qingfeng couldn't wait for all the ships to be improved. After checking and accepting the first super '037', he left with other refitted torpedo boats and speedboats. All converted ships were hoisted into a bulk carrier and sailed out to sea.
On the way, Zhou Qingfeng returned to the wasteland with his own boat. This time, he appeared outside the port of Havana at night, calling on the radio for Lena Fox to send someone to receive the ships.
Back on the coast of Havana, Zhou Qingfeng said excitedly: "The total cost is about one billion, but it can fully improve our coastal defense force. And we can sell some of them to get a lot of trade income."
After receiving the modification plan handed over by Zhou Qingfeng, Lina looked through it carefully on the shore. When she found out that Victor wanted to get thousands of small armed speedboats in one go, she immediately laughed and said, "If these things are sold, the entire Caribbean region will be in chaos."
"Order in chaos, and chaos under our control is good for us." Zhou Qingfeng doesn't care about other people's life or death, he can only protect his own homeland first, "At least we must curb those smuggling ships, otherwise we will There's really going to be massive riots here."
Miss Fox is now also terrified by the increasing number of refugees gathering around the city. Hearing this, she nodded and said, "We must find a way to guide these refugees to leave, otherwise they will cause us great trouble if they make trouble."
"By the way! Is there anyone for the commander of the African advance team I want?" Zhou Qingfeng asked again.
"Yes, your old subordinate Qin Weidong hopes to lead the team himself."
"That old man is really desperate!"