Great warships

Chapter 1257 There is a traitor

The J-31A was slowly approaching the target, getting closer and closer, and becoming more and more obvious. The target had been firmly locked in the aiming ring. At this moment, Valenchenko held his breath and pressed the red button on the joystick.

Boom boom!
Above the left air intake, flames flickered and 30mm machine gun shells flew out!
Whether a machine gun is needed is one question, and once this question is determined, what machine gun to use will be the second question.

Previously, Eastern-produced fighters mainly used 23mm twin-barreled machine guns, which are very compact and weigh only 50 kg. In comparison, the machine guns of the American F-22 fighters weigh more than 100 kg.

In terms of weight, this machine gun is very good, but the initial velocity of the shell is too low, which brings about the problem of trajectory curvature, making it inconvenient to aim. After hitting the target, it will not have much power because the speed is too low.

Therefore, after the Su-27 fighter jets were introduced from the Russians and domestically produced to become the J-301, China also had a new machine gun option: the GSH- machine gun!

This machine gun has a caliber of 30 mm and is powerful enough. It also has a high rate of fire and a straight trajectory. Although it only has one tube, its rate of fire reaches rounds per minute. Moreover, with so many excellent indicators, its own weight is only kilograms.

Therefore, this machine gun was nicknamed the Ballerina because it weighs about the same as a ballerina.

Of course, there are still many problems waiting if you want to install it on a stealth aircraft, and it also needs to undergo adaptive improvements.

The biggest change is the use of a closed fairing design. It is hidden in the cover at ordinary times. When needed, the front of the fairing rotates to expose the muzzle, and the hatch at the back opens automatically to facilitate the ejection of shells and the discharge of tail flames.

Moreover, the stealth design must also be taken into consideration. The stealth coating must not be damaged due to firing, and the skin must not be burned or shaken.

There is a lot of knowledge behind a small machine gun. At this moment, the machine gun roared, shells flew, and the Global Hawk UAV in front instantly caught fire and fell down.

Valenchenko pulled the joystick to avoid the risk of collision with the prey in front, looked at the falling Global Hawk with satisfaction, and then approached the second one from behind, boom boom boom!

The machine gun does not carry much ammunition, the GSH-301 machine gun has only 150 rounds of spare ammunition, but Valenchenko is very skilled in operating it, and one burst of fire is more than a dozen shells. After killing all the targets, there are still nearly a hundred shells left. He looked at his performance with satisfaction and turned around to return.

The fuel was running low and there were no aerial refueling tankers, so he could not delay any longer. Although he was not afraid of death when he shouted slogans, it was still best for him to go back alive and enjoy a good life. Moreover, after he achieved victory, his boss would not be able to deduct his salary after he returned.

Moreover, machine gun attacks have another advantage. Even if someone wants to cause trouble in the future, they will not be able to take advantage of the situation. If there are missile debris, it will reveal who attacked. But the machine gun shells are everywhere. Who can tell who did it?
Valenchenko embarked on the return journey with satisfaction, and the fleet was already bustling with activity.

"Suspicious noise detected underwater!"

"Throw anti-submarine depth bombs!"

The Russians are always ruthless when doing things. If you don’t come up, they will blow you up!

The ancestral skills cannot be lost. Eastern naval ships have always been equipped with anti-submarine rocket depth charges, which can be launched when needed. The two rows of curved tubes on the bow are powerful anti-submarine weapons.

By the time it came to the 052C, it was no longer possible to place it at the bow, but the designers did not forget this weapon and installed new launch devices on both sides of the close-in defense system on top of the stern hangar.

There are two on each side, a total of four, each with three rows, and each row has eight 122mm caliber tubes. These tubes can not only launch anti-submarine rocket depth charges, but also infrared or chaff decoy bombs. One tube has multiple uses and is very practical.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Flames rose, and one anti-submarine depth bomb after another flew towards the sea area where the suspicious noise came from. Soon, explosions were heard one after another.

Although the anti-submarine depth charge is old, it is very effective. After all, when it explodes near the target, the shock wave generated will push the sea water and hit the submarine hull. Even if it does not break it, the sound it makes is scary enough.

"Humph, even if we can't kill them with the bomb, we have to scare them to the point of peeing their pants," said Vitalia.

If you want to lead a mercenary army, you must be ruthless and never show mercy to any enemy, even the most powerful enemy in the world!
"Report, there is a sound of drainage from underwater!"

"Haha, they're scared!" Vitalia laughed, "Let Zhi Sanshi supervise it and leave."

"Humph, during the Cold War, we often played hide-and-seek with them underwater, doing Crazy Ivan moves. After the Cold War ended, we didn't do much in the ocean. We originally thought that everything underwater belonged to them, but unexpectedly, they have become cowards too!"

Soon, a big wet guy floated up in panic, and then left in disgrace on the surface of the water under the supervision of Zhi Sanshi.

Oriental, Minnesota Group.

"Mr. Qin, they really pulled out a big guy from underwater. Vitalia is very happy and would like to thank you." Xu Zhengyang said.

"Well, if they don't find out, then they will be in big trouble. However, this incident also exposed the insufficiency of their underwater forces. Next..."

Qin Tao was originally thinking about whether he should build two more submarines with nuclear power plants for Vitalia and her team, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unnecessary. With Vitalia's ability, she could probably lease a nuclear submarine from Damuo.

Nuclear-powered submarines are still a variant of conventional diesel-electric submarines. Their speed is too low and they cannot catch up with aircraft carrier formations. Only real nuclear submarines can do this.

You don't have to worry about this matter yourself. Just see what Vitalia thinks.

"Boss Qin, we have found a traitor at Tianchuan Heavy Industry. It is Xia Yu, the secretary of the former general manager. She has an unclear relationship with the former general manager. Xia Yu also played a big role in the former general manager's agreement to those conditions."

Qin Tao frowned: "Humph, traitors are always the most hateful. This Xia Yu..."

Xu Zhengyang looked at Qin Tao. As long as Qin Tao said he couldn't stay, someone would naturally take action. However, Qin Tao thought for a moment and said, "Since Haiyang is so confident, let's leave it to him. Let's see if he can find out the traitor. As long as the traitor is not removed, Tianchuan Heavy Industry will not be stable."

"Well, I will also send more people to keep an eye on Haiyang's safety. He can't get into any accidents."

Tianchuan Heavy Industry.

Boom boom boom!
"Come in!"

Qin Haiyang was a mature young man, sitting behind a large desk, with the demeanor of a real chairman. He raised his head and looked at the person who walked in from the door.

He was in his twenties, looked young, as if he had not yet left university, had short hair, and appeared very capable. This man was none other than Xia Yu, the former secretary of the general manager.

"Boss Qin, at the company meeting, you put forward a condition that whoever can sell these eight drilling platforms will become the general manager, right?"

"That's right, Secretary Xia, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes, Mr. Qin, I have a bold idea." Xia Yu's eyes radiated a seductive look, and she slowly walked towards Qin Haiyang: "Mr. Qin, I..."

"Don't get so close." Qin Haiyang said, "Just stand there and talk."

"Well, I mean, this batch of offshore drilling platforms is customized for Norwegian customers and is specially designed to develop oil in the Norwegian North Sea. If we sell it to other customers, it will definitely not work. Why don't we..."

Xia Yu's red lips were so beautiful, but Qin Haiyang didn't even look at her. He had already lowered his head to look at the documents: "Just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to be hesitant. Did you work as a secretary like this before?"

Xia Yu blushed and quickly got down to business: "I think the only feasible way at the moment is for us to take over these drilling platforms ourselves, and then operate them and develop them in the North Sea."

Qin Haiyang raised his head and looked at the other party: "We are a shipyard, not an oil producer. Is it our turn to mine the oil in the North Sea? Besides, our company has no money."

"Norwegian company Equinor is currently auctioning the oil mining rights for a piece of sea area. As long as we win the bid, we can mine it." Xia Yu said, "As for the funding issue, Mr. Qin, we can continue to borrow money from the bank. As long as you take action, we will definitely be able to borrow money..."

"No, I'm not interested in this plan." Qin Haiyang said, "Our policy is to find a way to sell the oil drilling platform, repatriate funds, and then continue to build ships. We can't directly intervene in an industry we are not familiar with."

Watching Xia Yu leave, Qin Haiyang lowered his head and continued to look at the documents.

This document is a list of all the company's personnel. At this time, Qin Haiyang hesitated for a moment, then circled Xia Yu's name. There is something wrong with this person!
Xia Yu left Qin Haiyang's office, and before she returned to her post, her cell phone rang. She looked around, then found a place where no one was paying attention and put the phone to her ear.

"Hey."

"How did things go?"

"This new CEO Qin doesn't agree with this plan at all. I think we need to wait for a while until others fail to promote it. Then I think CEO Qin will probably accept it."

"Okay, you have to be careful about your identity and try to stay hidden. As long as we can drag the Mingzhou Group into the water this time, we will have a series of tricks. You have done a great service for us, and you can get our Norwegian citizenship and live in Norway in the future."

"Yes, I will try my best."

Mingzhou Group.

"Their method is not very clever. When they found out that your son had joined the group, they wanted to use your son to drag our Mingzhou Group into the water."

Xu Zhengyang introduced.

"That Xia Yu contacted Haiyang today and said that the best way is to bid for a piece of sea in Norway and then exploit the oil resources there. These drilling platforms cannot be sold, so we can use them ourselves. However, Tianchuan Heavy Industry has long been insolvent and can't borrow money at all, so our Mingzhou Group has to get involved."

"Even if they cheat us, they won't get too much money." Qin Tao said, "They should come up with some dirty tricks, but they won't be of much use."

How to cheat? For example, if these drilling platforms cause pollution, then a high price of compensation will be demanded. However, this will not be a serious blow to the Mingzhou Group.

"Yes, these are one of the possibilities. However, after analysis, we believe that the most likely candidate is Haiyang. If a bid is to be made, Haiyang may go there in person. As soon as he lands, he may..."

"Humph, since they have decided to do something dirty, then we might as well just go for it!"

"Ah."

The Norwegian North Sea has abundant oil and natural gas resources. In resource-scarce Europe, Norway can live a comfortable life relying on these oil resources.

The exploration of these oil and gas resources is mainly undertaken by Equinor, a company formerly known as the Norwegian National Petroleum Company, which was later privatized.

As for exploitation, it is mainly the responsibility of Seadrill, a company that owns a large number of oil drilling platforms and continuously exploits offshore oil. However, they are not content with exploiting oil, they also want to do some small moves, such as this time.

Seadrill headquarters in Stavanger, Norway.

"Our original goal was to wipe out the Mingzhou Group, or at least get a piece of meat from them. We originally thought we had no chance, but unexpectedly, Mr. Qin's son would actually join the game. This is really a blessing from the heavens, giving us the opportunity to set a trap for them!"

"Yes, those drilling platforms are only suitable for our waters. They simply can't find another buyer, so they can only accept reality and drive the drilling platforms here to mine. When bidding for the oil fields, we will find a few oil companies to participate in the bidding and raise the price. By the way, Soltelo, have you found them?"

"Yes, boss." Soltello looked at Oryang with a smile: "We are the world's largest drilling platform operator. We not only have business in China, but we also have many customers, Total, Mobil... They will come to bid when the time comes, and they will definitely do it just like the real thing. At least they will raise the bid price for the oil field to 10 billion US dollars!"

"Isn't it a bit too much? Can Mingzhou Group afford this amount?"

"Of course, Mr. Qin dotes on his son. His son wants to start a business before he even goes to college. He will definitely be willing to pay for it."

"Well, once they pay the full amount and come to the oil field, not only will they not be able to extract oil, but we will also fine them at least $20 billion!"

Bang! At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

"John, you look so flustered, what happened?"

"It's not good, it's not good!"

"What's wrong?"

"Our Gullfaks C Platform drilling rig collided with the Sterlingda tanker!"

At this point, everyone was shocked: "How is this possible? Is the situation serious?"

“The situation is not optimistic…”

Gullfaks C Platform, installed in 1995, is the largest oil drilling platform in Norway. It is 381 meters high and can produce 18 barrels of crude oil per day.

It is impossible to store so much crude oil on the oil platform, so oil tankers dock there almost every day to take out crude oil.

This oil drilling platform is right near the coastline. Why not connect it directly to the oil pipeline and transport it to the land?
This is of course because Norway itself cannot use so much oil. Even if it is transported to land, it still needs to be loaded onto ships for transportation. In this case, it is better to directly dock on the oil platform to transport the crude oil.

Almost all oil platforms around the world operate in this way, so there shouldn’t be any big problems. However, the climate in the North Sea is very complex and changeable!
This is why the oil platform built for Norway cannot be used in other places. The impact of severe weather must be taken into consideration here. This oil platform is of a heavy type. It weighs 500,000 tons and can withstand the extremely severe weather in the North Sea.

It is not that it cannot be used in other places, but the cost is too high and it is too wasteful, so no oil company is willing to use it. After decades of use, the money saved on purchases is offset by the extra consumption in subsequent use.

The fog over the North Sea was very thick this morning.

The Sterlinda tanker slowly approached the oil platform as it did before. The bearded captain stared at the signal on the GPS receiver and issued instructions one by one.

"Attention, the distance is three kilometers, prepare to slow down now..."

The visibility at sea is less than two hundred meters, but they are not afraid because they have an advanced satellite navigation system. The coordinates of every oil platform are clear and accurate to the meter level!
The satellite navigation system can work normally in conjunction with the navigation radar. However, for some reason, the navigation radar broke down ten minutes ago. However, it doesn’t matter. As the bearded captain has been operating in this sea area for many years, he is full of confidence.

"Hey, what's that in front?" At this moment, the first mate looked at an iron frame that suddenly appeared in the thick fog with surprise. The next moment, the bearded captain exclaimed: "Quick, turn left!"

The satellite navigation clearly showed that there was still a distance of three kilometers, but the oil drilling platform suddenly appeared two hundred meters away!

You know, a supertanker is often two or three hundred meters long, and the bridge is usually located at the back. So, just as the bearded captain was shouting, the Sterlinda tanker suddenly shook violently and had already collided!

Although the tanker was not very fast, it was too big after all. So when it hit the Gullfaks C Platform oil drilling platform, it immediately broke the huge pillar on the opposite side! Then, black oil leaked out from the pipeline and spread all around. The most terrible accident happened!
"Although the impact was very strong, fortunately there was no burning." John said.

This is a blessing in disguise!
Although gasoline and kerosene, two fuels extracted from petroleum, are easy to burn, petroleum is not easy to ignite. It is a sticky, non-flowing liquid that floats on the sea and spreads everywhere.

"Organize rescue immediately and try to resume operations as soon as possible!" said Oryang.

This is such bad news!

But, they didn't know that this was just the beginning!
"Yes." John ran out, and a few minutes later, ran back in in a panic.

"what happened again?"

"Our Troll A Platform natural gas platform exploded!"

(End of this chapter)