Chapter 586 Map of the Wasteland Village Base 22M
Chapter 586 Tu-22M at the Wasteland Village Base
Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao: "If I hear this, I will definitely be tempted."
"If you are tempted, then start building!" Qin Tao said: "Dad, these two warships are really important. Let me introduce you to the design of the National Defense Mobilization Ship."
National Defense Mobilization Ship?
Wu Shengli opened his eyes wide. This name is very strange!
"This is a modular warship with a displacement of about 10,000 tons. It can be quickly converted into a hospital ship, a helicopter carrier, and a transport ship. It can meet our ocean-going navigation training, helicopter training, medical rescue training, national defense mobilization exercises, and comprehensive training. "
The first thing Qin Tao introduced was the Shichang National Defense Mobilization Ship. This warship looks like a container ship with a wide deck. This deck can meet the needs of at least two or three helicopters taking off and landing at the same time. At the same time, after the vertical take-off and landing fighter is finalized, vertical take-off and landing training can also be carried out.
This wide deck can be equipped with other modules as needed. For example, by installing medical modules and ward modules modified from special containers, it can become a special mobile hospital at sea, equivalent to the scale of a city-level central hospital.
Of course, the most important thing is ocean-going navigation training. This warship has more than ten training cabins, including a special teaching and training command room, a chart operation classroom, a communication practice room, and a main engine control laboratory. It can ensure that more than 200 trainees and more than 40 instructors can conduct medium and long-distance navigation training at one time.
When Qin Tao finished speaking, Wu Shengli was indeed a little moved: "That sounds really good!"
"Yes, if we want to build a strong navy, we must have professional training ships. The navy can't be stingy in this regard, which will delay the training of naval talents!"
"Alas, I'm persuaded by you again. Please write a report. The navy needs to do a special study."
"Well, no problem." Qin Tao was very happy. He thought of something and continued to ask Wu Shengli: "Dad, where are you going next?"
"Next, go to the north, first go to Bincheng Shipyard to see the 052B there, and then go to the carrier-based aircraft training base to see the construction site of the catapult that will be deployed there." Wu Shengli said: "Why, do you want to go with me?"
"During the last bidding, Director Sun said that he welcomes me to visit. In the past one or two years, I haven't been to Bincheng Shipyard much." Qin Tao really had an idea.
"Do you really want to go? Aren't you afraid of being beaten out?"
Before the rise of Mingzhou Group, Bincheng Shipyard was the big brother of warship construction. The 051 destroyer was mainly built at Bincheng Shipyard. Even if Mingzhou Group had not come out, the modification of Varyag was also carried out at Bincheng Shipyard.
This is equivalent to saying that Mingzhou Group has robbed Bincheng Shipyard of its glory.
"Fight? They have to treat me as a guest of honor." Qin Tao said with a smile: "If they dare not welcome me, then our Mingzhou Steel Plant will not provide Yinwa Steel, so that their shipyard will not be able to deliver liquefied natural gas ships in time!"
Although it has robbed the business of warships, in terms of civilian ships, Mingzhou Group has driven the development of liquefied natural gas ships. Now, more than 50% of the world's natural gas ships are produced in the East. All shipyards have developed with the help of Mingzhou Group, so no one will complain about Mingzhou Group or anything like that.
At this time, Wu Shengli nodded when he heard Qin Tao say this: "Yes, you are the guests of honor of various domestic shipyards. Even if they can't get an order for a warship, they have to be grateful to your Mingzhou Group."
"Dad, why do you say this sourly." Qin Tao looked at Wu Shengli with dissatisfaction: "Don't worry, our Mingzhou Group is not eating alone. Let's not talk about anything else. We can give a few of the next batch of 054 frigate orders from the navy to Huating Shipyard. In the future, if there are more orders for the navy's aircraft carriers, we can also give them to Bincheng Shipyard."
More orders for aircraft carriers?
Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao with emotion: "Only you dare to think, how many aircraft carriers can our navy have?"
"Two or three are definitely not enough, at least five or six."
Hearing Qin Tao's affirmative answer, Wu Shengli smiled: "Five or six? Even when your dad was dreaming, I didn't dare to think so."
"Dad, have you ever thought that there would be aircraft carriers so soon?"
Wu Shengli shook his head. He really didn't dare to think about it. Could it be that there would really be five or six in the future?
Bincheng Shipyard is located in the north. It is still snowy at this time, but the shipyard is a lively scene.
The slipway is full, the sparks of the arc are flying, and the huge ship is slowly formed in the hands of the workers.
"Mr. Qin, welcome to visit our Bincheng Shipyard." Sun Xuewen said to Qin Tao enthusiastically: "Your Mingzhou Group is the breadwinner of our Bincheng Shipyard!"
"No, no, we are all in the same industry, and we need to communicate more in the future." Qin Tao said: "You are an old shipyard and a model for our Mingzhou Group to learn from."
Watching the two sides being humble here, Wu Shengli was very moved. After the Mingzhou Group became prosperous, it did not forget other domestic shipbuilding peers and promoted the development of the entire Eastern shipbuilding industry. It was great!
"We came here to see the construction of the 052B." Qin Tao said, "Where is that ship? I can't see it!"
"Oh, it's still in front. Our progress is not as fast as yours. We have only welded the hull and there is no superstructure yet, so we can't see the outline." Sun Xuewen said.
I have to sigh that Mingzhou Group has accumulated a lot of experience in warship construction, and their Bincheng Shipyard has not received any orders for warships in the past few years, so they are already rusty!
Of course, there are other reasons. Mingzhou Group can build ships so quickly, which is inseparable from the advanced equipment they have at hand. Apart from anything else, the appearance of the three-dimensional CNC bending machine has increased their shipbuilding speed by one third compared with the past.
"Although the progress is a bit slow, it is just right to wait for the gas turbine of the 703 Institute, otherwise it will not be able to be launched." Sun Xuewen didn't feel ashamed at all. It was already very good to get an order from the army. Want to be faster than Mingzhou Group? That's impossible!
It takes time for the factories under the 703 Institute to produce gas turbines. The first two were used for 052C, and their 052B will have to wait for a while. The construction period is slower, which is just right for waiting for the arrival of gas turbines.
At this time, looking at the hull being welded, Wu Shengli was also full of emotion. The progress here was much slower!
"Good food is not afraid of being late. Although the construction progress of our warship is not very fast, we believe that this warship is most suitable for the current navy and has made the best balance between cost and performance."
In front of Qin Tao, Sun Xuewen began to boast again.
"Old Sun, I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Say it, I can bear it."
"In the future, our navy will not be short of money. What the navy wants is performance, and cost is nothing."
Hearing Qin Tao's words, Wu Shengli hurriedly shook his head: "No, Director Sun, don't listen to him. Our navy attaches great importance to cost. Of course, we hope that the cost can be lower."
Qin Tao's words are absolutely incorrect. Who would complain that they have too much money and have nowhere to spend it? The navy clearly doesn't have enough money to spend!
Since it's just welding the hull, this 052B is not very interesting. However, when Qin Tao looked over, he soon saw a huge dock in the distance.
"You also have a large dock here? Judging from the scale, it is at least 300,000 tons."
Sun Xuewen nodded: "Yes, this dock was built last year. It is 365 meters long, 80 meters wide, and nearly 13 meters deep. It can build large ships of 300,000 tons. However, it can't be compared with your Mingzhou Group. Yours is 400,000 tons. In our circle, yours is called the No. 1 Dock in Shenzhou, and ours can only be called the No. 2 Dock in Shenzhou."
Hearing Sun Xuewen's words, Qin Tao shook his head: "Why don't you dare to be bolder? We built a dock of 400,000 tons, and you built a dock of 500,000 tons! Wouldn't you become the No. 1 Dock in Shenzhou?"
Sun Xuewen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Qin, it's not that easy. Just building such a dock of 300,000 tons has already consumed our huge efforts. We have also done market research. A dock of 300,000 tons is enough."
"Okay, you are happy. This dock was built last year. Why is it still empty now?"
"We are still looking for orders internationally." Sun Xuewen said.
"Do we still need to look for it? Let's put it this way. Our Mingzhou Group has several contracts for 300,000-ton VLCCs. We originally planned to build them after our dock was vacant. Since you have them here, we will give you two orders."
"Really? Thank you so much!" Sun Xuewen was extremely excited. President Qin was very considerate!
VLCC is the English abbreviation of Very Large Crude Carrier, which is a giant oil tanker. Its carrying capacity is generally between 200,000 tons and 300,000 tons, equivalent to the shipping volume of 2 million barrels of crude oil.
For oil transportation, the larger the ship, the lower the freight. If it is not for passing through the two world-famous canals, the tonnage of the ship can be infinitely enlarged.
In 1966, the island country first built a 209,000-ton oil tanker, breaking the limit of 200,000 tons in one fell swoop, becoming the world's largest oil tanker at the time, and also bringing the concept of VLCC.
After that, Europe quickly followed suit, and a large number of giant oil tankers were continuously built, almost 50 to 60 ships every year.
Of course, the increase in tonnage is endless. In 1968, the single ship had a carrying capacity of 326,000 tons, and in 1973, the single ship had a carrying capacity of 477,000 tons. In 1981, the Sea Giant even had a carrying capacity of 560,000 tons, and a new category of ULCC (Ultra large Crude oil Carrier) appeared.
In the feast of shipbuilding in the past few years, China fell behind, and now only has docks of 300,000 to 400,000 tons. Moreover, since it is a new entrant, it is not easy to grab world orders.
Qin Tao easily gave them an order, how could they not be excited!
Even Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao with strange eyes, your Mingzhou Group is so generous? Moreover, which country is this order from?
You know, this kind of order is generally the object of competition among various shipyards!
Once a company spreads the word that it wants to build a ship, the various shipyards will take the initiative to go to the door to promote it, and fight hard to get the order. Now Qin Tao has easily given it to Bincheng Shipyard?
Wu Shengli was a little unbelievable.
And Sun Xuewen also reacted quickly: "Mr. Qin, you just gave us the order like this?"
"Yes, what else can it be?" Qin Tao said with a smile: "We have too many orders and can't produce them. Now we transfer the orders to you, and we can also deliver the ship to the customer earlier, so that the customer can receive the ship earlier. We are a win-win, no, a win-win for all."
Other shipyards need to go to the door to bid, but Mingzhou Group can easily receive the order at their doorstep. This is too impressive.
Mingzhou Group is so awesome!
"Where is the customer from?"
"Parthia." Qin Tao said.
Suddenly several people understood.
Mingzhou Group is definitely quite good in terms of its relationship with the Parthian Empire. The shipyard of the Parthian Empire was built with the help of Mingzhou Group, but the scale of that shipyard is not enough to build a 300,000-ton VLCC tanker. Therefore, the Parthian Empire directly gave the order to Mingzhou Group, but Mingzhou Group is too busy after all and cannot schedule production now.
"Thank you, Mr. Qin."
"You're welcome. We also want to make a profit. Let's split the shipbuilding profit in half and each of us gets half of the profit. How about that?"
Mingzhou Group certainly wants to make money. Just by transferring an order, it has earned half of the profit for free. It seems to be a style of making money out of nothing. However, there is no free lunch in the world. Mingzhou Group must make a certain profit. This is the way of middlemen.
"Of course." Sun Xuewen nodded. Before this, they had never built a VLCC tanker. This is a new beginning. For this first ship, it is okay as long as it does not lose money. Now it can still make half, which is of course very good.
"This dock can also build aircraft carriers in the future." Wu Shengli suddenly spoke.
Sun Xuewen was very happy: "Yes, we have this plan."
After that, Sun Xuewen looked at Qin Tao with some concern. This aircraft carrier is the meat in the mouth of Mingzhou Group. Will he make President Qin unhappy if he said this?
Qin Tao smiled and nodded: "That's for sure. The construction period of an aircraft carrier is more than five years. If our navy wants to expand its aircraft carrier force quickly, then our Mingzhou Group is really too busy. The dock here must have the opportunity to build an aircraft carrier."
Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao in surprise. How can you be so sure that our navy will expand its large number of aircraft carriers? Do you know how much this thing costs?
At this moment, the roar of the engine sounded on the sea in the distance. Qin Tao looked over and saw a beautiful three-wing fighter flying at a very low altitude on the sea.
"We are very busy with the training of the naval aviation." Qin Tao said with a smile: "Dad, should we go to Huangdi Village?"
We came here to see the 052B, but who would have thought that the hull had not been welded yet, and the structure of the superstructure could not be seen, so Qin Tao lost interest. He also negotiated the transfer of several tankers, and Qin Tao had no interest in this place.
"Boss Qin, let's eat before we leave." Sun Xuewen persuaded him.
"Okay. We are hungry too, bring all the delicious food here, and forget about the wine."
After dinner, Qin Tao and others got in the car and headed to the Huangdi Village base.
Flight training, it took more than ten minutes to fly from Huangdi Village to the shipyard, but it took a whole afternoon to drive to the destination on the ground.
It gets dark early in winter, and the higher the latitude, the earlier it gets dark. It was just over four o'clock, and the sky here was dark.
"This base is really busy." Qin Tao said, "The navy is really thrifty. They didn't even build a movable simulation deck."
Looking at the scene under the lights in the base, Qin Tao was very emotional.
The base here was built in a hurry. At that time, time was very tight and they were reluctant to spend money. They just modified the ground base and started flight training, and actually trained pilots.
"What can we do? There are too many places to spend money. Building that kind of movable simulation deck requires thousands of tons of steel. How much money will it cost?" Wu Shengli said.
Suddenly, Qin Tao's eyes stopped on an aircraft that had just been dragged out of the hangar.
There were originally only two types of aircraft in the base: J-15 and J-8, but the aircraft in front of him was obviously larger than the outline of J-15.
Not to mention the tall single vertical tail alone, it is twice the height of J-15! Not to mention the huge fuselage and the huge rectangular air intake! When it is dragged over, you can still see the huge tail nozzle, where a person can stand!
"Tu-22M?" Qin Tao asked curiously.
"Yes, those two Tu-22Ms you brought back." Wu Shengli nodded: "Now, we have completed the technical understanding of these two aircraft and are conducting recovery training. Last year, these two aircraft were still in the flight test institute and missed the training. Otherwise, these two aircraft would definitely scare them to death when they took off!"
Last year's battle was very grand, and the aircraft carriers were sent out to form a formation, but the only drawback was that these two aircraft were not transferred over.
Otherwise, the momentum would definitely be spectacular.
"Has the Navy decided to imitate this bomber?" Qin Tao asked.
Wu Shengli shook his head: "We have no plans for the time being. At present, our navy needs to fully carry out the carrier-based aircraft project and modify the two-seat fighter-bomber based on the J-11. We simply do not have the funds to carry out such projects. Therefore, these two aircraft The current mission is to scare people at critical moments.”
It’s not that the Navy doesn’t want to, but it doesn’t have that much funding!
In the era of the Red Empire, the Red Navy's huge Tu-22M bomber group was a nightmare for the American aircraft carrier formation!
After the collapse of the Red Empire, a large number of Tu-22Ms began to gradually withdraw from active service. However, the supervision of this bomber was still very strict. If it were not for the very good relationship between Qin Tao and Lao Maozi, it would be impossible to obtain these two complete ones. bomber.
However, it is still unrealistic to imitate a large number of Tu-22M bombers based on these two bombers. Among other things, without technical data, just imitating the engine is a big problem.
It is not cost-effective to spend ten years to imitate an engine that has long been outdated.
"However, the performance of this aircraft is still good. It is much better than our old H-6. Taozi, do you think we should discuss with Lao Maozi to bring in a few of them?" Wu Shengli asked Qin Tao .
Qin Tao was stunned: "Is this a strategic bomber willing to be sold by me?"
Although the range is only 5,000 kilometers, the Tu-22M can penetrate defenses at ultra-low altitude and supersonic speed, and can carry a large number of weapons and equipment. It is still very powerful. Together with the Tu-95 and Tu-160, it supports the entire Lao Maozi strategy The power of bombing.
Now that Lao Maozi is short of money, he is willing to sell anything?
"Lao Maozi has this idea." Wu Shengli said: "If we need it, they are willing to sell it to us."
Qin Tao smiled: "Old Maozi is so short of money that he actually wants to sell us such a big killer. However, if we seriously negotiate with them, we may not be able to buy it."
Those who want to sell the Tu-22M are only some of them. Most of them are definitely still waiting and watching. Once they really send people to negotiate, then they are likely to do other things, such as asking for high prices. , such as putting forward other harsh conditions.
"Yes, I heard that Da Mao's Tu-22M production line has been closed. Even if we want to buy it, we will buy second-hand goods from Lao Maozi." Wu Shengli said: "In addition, we have no money now, so we have no plans. Negotiate with Lao Maozi."
Qin Tao shook his head: "No, since Lao Maozi has an idea, we can get in touch with Lao Maozi. Moreover, this matter must be known to the outside world."
Let the outside world know?
Wu Shengli's eyes lit up, he already understood what Qin Tao meant.
Our two Tu-22Ms were obtained secretly, and they still dare not show their true colors to others. Even flight training must be conducted at night to avoid being discovered by reconnaissance satellites in the sky.
In the future, if such a big killer weapon is suddenly taken out, it will certainly scare people, but it will not be able to explain the origin of these aircraft. Now we will lay the groundwork to let the outside world know that we are talking about the Tu-22M bomber with Lao Maozi. !
In this way, even if the Tu-22M is taken out in the future, there will be an explanation. As for Lao Maozi, even if it is explained that it was not sold, the explanation is unclear.
"Okay, what you said makes sense. Let's go and contact Lao Maozi right now. If you are free, come and run for us." Wu Shengli said.
Qin Tao frowned, then nodded. This was his own suggestion. His father-in-law had already spoken, so what else could he say? I can only agree.
However, I haven’t been to Lao Maozi’s place for a long time, so it’s time to go and have a look.