Great warships

Chapter 1213: Is there any in Britain? Is there any in Europe? Only in the East!
"Come on, cheers!" Qin Tao raised the glass in his hand: "On behalf of Mingzhou Group, I would like to congratulate you on our breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion! I hope you will continue to work hard and realize the commercial operation of nuclear fusion reactors as soon as possible!"

"Come on, cheers!" The others were also very excited. For experts who have studied nuclear physics for half their lives, today is a moment worth celebrating. This is a huge breakthrough!

"Yes, although we lag behind in the field of nuclear fission, we have become the leader in the field of fusion!" Krasnopolsky said: "In the future, we will continue to work hard to achieve early commercialization!"

The East has successfully developed a laser-ignited controlled nuclear fusion technology, and the news quickly spread around the world.
Well-known Western media began to report extensively, and one TV station even hosted a program similar to Zhang Zhongshuo's, and began to comment on this project.

"We know that hydrogen bombs were successfully developed in the 1950s, but hydrogen bombs use atomic bombs as ignition devices, and when they explode they produce a lot of radioactive substances, so hydrogen bombs are not clean. Now that the East has this technology, it can develop clean hydrogen bombs."

A military expert with a proud look on his face began to comment.

"The ignition source of the hydrogen bomb has been changed from an atomic bomb to a laser. High-energy lasers can directly promote thermonuclear fusion reactions of hydrogen isotopes without producing radioactive substances. Such hydrogen bombs are clean hydrogen bombs and can even be used as conventional weapons. We must be vigilant about this. The Orientals will be able to use this weapon of mass destruction without restraint in the future."

For countries that can make mushroom bombs, the first step is to develop the atomic bomb, and the second step is to develop the hydrogen bomb. However, after the hydrogen bomb was developed, few countries mass-produced the equipment. They were generally used to demonstrate the power of weapons and flex their muscles. Although the power of the hydrogen bomb is many times greater than that of the atomic bomb, its shelf life is very short.

The half-lives of the two nuclear materials in an atomic bomb are 2.41 years and 7 million years respectively, so these materials will not break down. However, as time goes by, various components, such as fuses, will malfunction. Therefore, the shelf life of an atomic bomb is generally thirty years. Hydrogen bombs use deuterium and tritium isotopes, which have a half-life of only 12.43 years, so the shelf life of a hydrogen bomb is only 12 years.

"We know that hydrogen bombs have a very short shelf life, so they are not the focus of nuclear weapons experts, and hydrogen bomb technology is rarely developed now. However, the East has this technology to use lasers to detonate hydrogen bombs. It can simulate the physical process and explosion effects of hydrogen bomb explosions in the laboratory. In this way, hydrogen bombs can be studied and improved without conducting nuclear tests. The success of this experiment means that the East can develop more and more advanced hydrogen bombs."

This TV program quickly spread throughout the world. When Qin Tao saw these analyses, he was speechless.

"These guys have become better at throwing mud. We are clearly trying to develop nuclear fusion to benefit mankind, but in their mouths, it's like we want to make hydrogen bombs. Our Mingzhou Group has actually become an arms company, and a company that produces the most powerful mushroom bombs!"

"Boss Qin, should we ask Zhang Zhong to do a program specifically to refute their arguments?"

"No, it will make people think we are scared. We will just develop our own way. Even the International Atomic Energy Agency doesn't dare to compete with us. Their arguments can only scare their own people."

In fact, countries initially studied laser ignition nuclear fusion in order to study the reaction process of hydrogen bombs. However, the era of nuclear weapons has long passed, and almost everyone has this view: nuclear war is unlikely to break out. If it breaks out, it will be the end of the world. There is no need to think about how to protect yourself. Even if you can survive at the time, you will die in the cold winter of nuclear war later.

What we need to develop now are conventional high-tech weapons, and future wars will belong to the high-tech era!
and many more!

Thinking of this, Qin Tao said, "Max hasn't gone back yet, right? Find him and let's brag to the world again!"

Using Zhang Zhong to refute the other party is no longer very lethal. After all, everyone knows that Zhang Zhong serves Dongfang and Mingzhou Group. But Max is different. He serves all mankind, and he has been working hard to help all mankind realize the dream of landing on Mars.

Whatever Max says, he will come true. He never brags! Max is like the godfather of Mars. He has a large number of fans all over the world.

Therefore, as long as Max says a few words, he can crush those weird remarks that throw dirty water on others.

Soon, Max was standing in the control room of the artificial sun. Through the glass behind him, he could see the huge artificial sun below. There was a microphone in front of him, and he stood in front of the camera with great interest.

"Hello everyone, I'm Max. You should be able to see that behind me is the artificial sun, which is controlled nuclear fusion. I'm very happy that we are at the forefront of the world in this field. At the same time, I also see the significant contribution of this technology to the aerospace industry. I have decided that after Starship Corporation has finished researching starships that can fly to Mars, it will abandon the chemical rocket technology route. We believe that nuclear fusion rockets are the most suitable means of transportation for future interstellar travel."

Some people throw mud, saying that our artificial sun is for military purposes and for making weapons. Let's talk about how great the benefits will be once this technological breakthrough is achieved!

"We know that the principles of traditional liquid rockets are the same. Fuel and oxidizer burn in the rocket engine to generate high-temperature and high-pressure gas to propel the rocket forward. Even thousands of tons of fuel can be burned up in a few minutes, but it is quite wasteful just to be able to propel hundreds of tons of spacecraft into Earth orbit."

Chemical rockets are like this, the energy of combustion is very low, resulting in a small payload.

"We know that the energy released by nuclear fusion of one gram of hydrogen isotopes is equivalent to the energy released by burning 457 kilograms of hydrogen, a difference of 46 times. Humans can only fly out of the Earth using chemical energy, but not out of the solar system. Even reaching Mars is difficult. However, if we use a nuclear fusion engine, it will be very easy."

"We have calculated that the power generated by nuclear fusion rockets will increase the current speed of human space travel by nine times. It takes nine months to reach Mars with current technology, but in the future it may only take one month!"

At this point, Max showed an excited expression on his face: "This means that it will be more convenient and faster for us to travel to Mars in the future. We can travel to Mars as easily as traveling to the moon!"

"Here, I would also like to talk about the simple details of nuclear fusion rockets." Max introduced: "In the past, there have been design ideas for nuclear fission rockets. Specifically, it is to use nuclear reactors to heat fuel, so that the fuel is directly converted into high-temperature and high-pressure gas and rushed out. Now, nuclear fusion rockets also roughly follow this idea, but with higher efficiency."

A nuclear fission rocket is like carrying a nuclear reactor into space. The liquid fuel, usually liquid hydrogen, will be heated after entering the nuclear reactor and become a high-temperature and high-pressure gas. However, this type of rocket has never been used because nuclear fission is radioactive. When the rocket is ignited, these radioactive substances will be sprayed around with the fuel, and then spread to the whole world with the movement of the atmosphere.

Unless it is used from space, such as taking off from a space station or lunar orbit and heading to other planets, if it takes off from the ground, it is simply polluting the world!

Nuclear fusion is different. It is pollution-free. The guy who threw mud at the Minzhou Group said that laser-detonated nuclear bombs are so clean that they should be used as conventional weapons. Now, using nuclear fusion technology to build engines, there is no problem taking off directly from the surface of the earth.

"Nuclear fusion can release temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees, which is enough to heat ordinary fuel and turn it into high-temperature and high-pressure combustion gas, which is then ejected outward through a magnetically confined nozzle. The jet speed of this engine will be as high as over 300 kilometers per second, allowing a nuclear fusion rocket to reach a super speed of 800,000 kilometers per hour!"

"In addition to nuclear fusion rockets, the project team is also planning to manufacture nuclear fusion reactors. After successful commercialization, the world will no longer have the problem of power shortage. Currently, Golden Sun Electric Vehicles has begun to develop wireless charging technology. All roads in the world will be paved with wireless charging networks. All vehicles will not need to burn oil or carry huge battery packs. They can travel light. Because of our breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, the world will become a better place!"

The scenes of the future world described by Max quickly spread throughout the world. Countless people who had faith in Max began to promote these technologies. Some people even made three-dimensional models of the future world so that people could experience it for themselves.

As for those smearing claims, such as the voices about developing fusion weapons, they quickly disappeared completely.

"Max is here, one is worth three!" Qin Tao has returned to the Mingzhou Group. Looking at newspapers and media from all over the world, all of them are praising the nuclear fusion rocket and yearning for a better world in the future. No one talks about nuclear fusion weapons anymore.

"Yes, I also want to experience this beautiful world of the future," said Xu Zhengyang.

"Sure, put on the holographic glasses and enter the digital world to experience it."

“I mean really go in and feel it.”

"When you retire, maybe."

Xu Zhengyang smiled and said, "Boss Qin, the gantry crane that Ah San bought has been transported over and has started to be assembled."

"So soon? They just dug a hole in the dock, right?"

According to the general construction method of shipyards, the gantry crane will not be installed until the dock is completed. Now, the dock is still being dug, but they have started to install the gantry crane next to it. This is too unscientific.

"Yes, that's why they want to install a gantry crane as soon as possible so that the excavated soil can be transported to the ground through the gantry crane and then transported away."

As San did not have the modern engineering machinery from the East, the construction was very slow and the excavated soil could not be transported away quickly, so Asan thought of using a gantry crane.

However, this is only one aspect. On the other hand, since the agreement has been reached, the British will definitely want to deliver the goods to India as soon as possible. In this way, even if the agreement has been reached, even if India wants to go back on its word, it will no longer have the opportunity.

Asan, Cochin Shipyard.

Sunil and others watched from afar as the special ship transporting the gantry crane came towards them, with excitement on their faces.

"With this gantry crane, we can build aircraft carriers in sections faster, and our construction period can be shortened by at least half!"

"That's right. The largest section we can build is 12,000 tons. An 80,000-ton aircraft carrier only needs six or seven sections!"

"We will definitely be able to catch up with the speed of the East!"

When Sunil heard about catching up, his face turned ugly: "What do you mean by catching up? We have always been better than the Orientals. They have had aircraft carriers for less than ten years, and we have been operating them for fifty years! Even if they have advanced aircraft carriers, they have no experience. A century-old navy, this statement is not just a casual remark!"

As they were talking, the ship was getting closer and closer. Sunil looked at the bow and said, "Is this ship not from the East?"

"Yes, although the freight is twice as expensive as the normal price quoted by the East, we, the Indians, will never cooperate with the East. We will not let the East make our money. We use Nordic ships."

Even if the gantry crane is disassembled, it is still a large piece of super-long and super-wide equipment, which requires special ships to transport. Oriental Zhenhua Heavy Industries has been making port machinery for many years. They build and transport the machinery themselves, and have dozens of ships sailing on the world's oceans. For them, it is very easy to transport the port machinery to Europe and then transport the second-hand port machinery from the UK to India on the return trip, and the freight is not high.

However, Asan felt that this was a humiliation and even if the freight cost was twice as high, he had to find European ships for transportation!

"Yes, we must fight for our dignity."

The ship slowly entered the port and began to work. Looking at the big guys being unloaded, Sunil smiled and said, "These are really big guys. By the way, how do you put these things together?"

"Some are bolted, some are welded, and it takes about half a month to assemble them." The technician who came from the UK said, "But please rest assured that the assembly is also included in the transaction fee, and there will be no additional charge."

"Okay, we know that the UK is our best partner and provides us with the best conditions. Please install it as soon as possible. Our dock construction is still waiting to be used."

"Of course, we will install it as quickly as possible. However, you need to provide us with two 1,000-ton cranes."

If you want to install a large crane, you have to use a small crane to lift the various parts of the large crane. The gantry crane that can lift 12,000-ton segmented ships has its own amazing weight, especially the crossbeam of the gantry crane, which requires two 1,000-ton cranes to lift it together!
Sunil nodded and said, "Okay, we'll arrange it right away. Alex, coordinate two more."

Alex shook his head at the time: "One thousand tons, how is that possible? The largest crane in our country is only 200 tons!"

Sunil, this senior official, knew nothing and had no idea what a thousand-ton crane even existed.

In 1985, in order to expand its business, German crane company RIGA MAINZ decided to order a "wheel-type hydraulic telescopic boom crane" with a capacity of 800 tons from Gottwald, a top manufacturer in the crane industry at the time.

At that time, Liebherr was still an unknown little player, and Sany Heavy Industry had not yet started. Gottwald was the leader in this field. They planned and decided to build two vehicles, a main vehicle with a ten-axle chassis crane and a nine-axle chassis equipped with a crane arm, which would be connected at the construction site.

After it was manufactured, they were surprised to find that the vehicle they built was so powerful that it could lift a thousand tons of cargo normally. Thus, the world's first thousand-ton crane was born, and it sat on this throne for 22 years!
During this period, no other cranes of the same type appeared, and Gottwald never built a second crane of the same model because there was no need!

Now, Sunil asked Alex to find two 1,000-ton cranes. Isn't that nonsense? Where can we find them? Do you think it's cow dung? There's nothing everywhere.

“How could there not be any? Dongfang’s Zhenhua Heavy Industries has sold so many port machinery, how did they lift them?” Sunil asked puzzledly.

"A crane ship," the Englishman answered.

Zhenhua Heavy Industries provides a one-stop service when selling port machinery. When the equipment is transported, the crane ship will also be in place. The equipment will be directly lifted and installed at the port. By placing the crane on the ship, it is freed from the restrictions of the ground and can be expanded without limit. It can lift any ton of cargoes, which can certainly solve the problem.

However, no one in the world can do it except Zhenhua Heavy Industries!
“Do we have any in England?”

The Englishman shook his head.

“Is there any in Europe?”

The Englishman continued to shake his head.

"Are they the only ones in the world that have this?"

"If it is lifted at sea, the lifting capacity must be 2,000 tons. Only Zhenhua Heavy Industries has this level of lifting capacity."

On land, two cranes can work together, but at sea, there can only be one crane ship for construction, as two cranes working together will interfere with each other. The difficulty of developing this thing is greater than on land, because the ship has to sway back and forth at sea!

"No, we absolutely cannot hire ships from the East!" Sunil said, "We will look for cranes from all over the world. I don't believe that we can't find a suitable 1,000-ton crane. No matter how much it costs, we can accept it!"

Is Ah San rich? Ah San has the most poor people in the world! Is Ah San poor? When Ah San buys things, he always has the style of a local tycoon, even the dog owner is inferior to him.

(End of this chapter)