Great warships

Chapter 1270 Getting bolder
At this time, Sunil was almost furious.

India has had aircraft carriers for a long time, but they were all outdated. After entering the 1990s, India saw new hope and was eager to obtain more advanced aircraft carriers.

They have bought it from Russia and developed it themselves, but all of them had problems. Now, the last remedial measure is no longer useful. Is the Indian Navy really going to lose this aircraft carrier?
The outdated aircraft carrier has been retired, and all current efforts have been in vain, which means that their navy will completely lose the aircraft carrier!

Build another one? How many years will that take?

What nuclear power, what 70,000 or 80,000 tons, what electromagnetic catapult, these seem very close, yet seem very far away!
For a moment, Sunil felt like he had lost all hope.

Perhaps, they shouldn't have such high hopes. It would be great if they could put all their resources on nuclear submarines!

"I've thought of it. There's a way. There's a way to solve it!" At this moment, Alex suddenly shouted.

"What method?" Sunil asked.

“Use a gantry crane, use a gantry crane!”

"The distance is too far. Wouldn't the gantry crane be unable to reach it?"

"No, no, we can lay the tracks for the gantry crane over there! This way, the gantry crane can lift the sections of the Chaori Wang and transport them to the dock bit by bit!"

A living person can be killed by holding his urine. If you think of a way, there is always one! When facing a desperate situation, Alex suddenly thought of a simple solution.

The gantry crane can only move near the dock because the gantry crane's track is only that long. If the track is lengthened, it can pass through!

Sunil's eyes lit up: "Yes, this method is feasible. What are we waiting for? Let's lay the track immediately!"

Small gantry cranes use wheels and can be pushed, while large gantry cranes use tracks, just like train tracks. However, the greater the load-bearing capacity of the gantry crane, the higher the requirements for the tracks. For this 10,000-ton gantry crane, the tracks are even larger, with four tracks on each side!
Two rails can form a track for trains to run on, and four rails can be used to build two sets of chassis. The feet of the 10,000-ton gantry crane contact the track through these two sets of chassis, sharing the pressure with the ground.

This is somewhat similar to the Dora cannon made by the Germans during World War II.

Although the track is huge, it is the same as ordinary railroad tracks and is not specially made. Therefore, they Indians can also make it!
"To move a 10,000-ton gantry crane to such a long distance, the laying of the rails is very particular, and it also needs to turn along the way. Should we consult Zhenhua Heavy Industries?" Alex asked tentatively.

It is not easy for him to think of doing this. As for how to accomplish it, it is not something he can solve. This requires the most professional team, that is, Zhenhua Heavy Industries, to make the overall plan.

"It's just laying some railways. Our Indian railway technology is also very strong. Do we need the Orientals to teach us? Speed ​​up and try to finish it within a month! Next month, I want to see our aircraft carrier completed welding and launched!"

"Okay." Alex had no choice but to agree with a frown.

As a result, a strange scene appeared in the Cochin Shipyard. Countless vehicles came and went, and the foundation was laid from the dock to the beach. There were even pile drivers on the soft beach, as if some construction was going on.

This scene aroused the interest of countless people.

East.

"Boss Qin, I don't know what the Indians are up to." Xu Zhengyang took the intelligence he had just received and placed it in front of Qin Tao: "We found that the Indians are paving a road from the dock to the Super Sun King aircraft carrier. Are they also hoping to transport the Super Sun King's sections directly from land?"

Qin Tao picked up the information, took a quick look at it, and also felt very strange.

Yeah, what the hell are they doing?

The first step is that they want to load the sections of the Super Sun King onto the vehicle, which is very difficult and requires a gantry crane!
In fact, if you want to do it the traditional way, you can build a frame next to it to disperse the gravity, hold up the section, and then dig the sand underneath and hollow out the sand so that the section is suspended in the air. Then drive a large trailer specially used to transport the sections to the bottom and load the sections onto the truck.

However, there is a beach there, and the resistance when driving on the beach is quite large. Even if it is loaded, it is impossible to transport the segments away.

So, they're going to harden the road?

"What's that next to it?" Qin Tao asked when he saw some long things next to the satellite photo.

“It should be the railroad tracks.”

rail?

Qin Tao suddenly realized: "Are they going to build a track on land to drive a 10,000-ton gantry crane over there? Ah San is really a wild idea! Turn on the video and connect with Mr. Guan."

Soon, Guan Lao's head appeared on the computer, with a smile on his face: "Boss Qin, what's the matter?"

"Has Ah San come to see you recently?"

"No."

"It seems that Ah San is scared of you guys' tricks and doesn't want to ask you to be his consultant. He wants to do it himself. Can your 10,000-ton gantry crane extend the track length?"

"Of course. As long as the foundation is strong enough, it's no problem to extend the track."

"Can you turn the corner?"

Mr. Guan thought about it seriously, and then said, "Yes, but it's difficult. It requires programming. Every time you turn a degree, you have to be careful. After all, there's a 10,000-ton giant hanging below..."

"Can Ah San handle it himself?"

"That's definitely impossible. With Ah San's level, he might even have trouble walking in a straight line!"

"Okay, then we can rest assured." Qin Tao said.

If Asan really had a chance of success, then Qin Tao would have to consider taking some action. But now, since Asan no longer had this possibility, there was no need for him to do anything tricky.

It is already 07. The Spring Festival this year comes very late, and it cannot be celebrated until February 2. Correspondingly, the winter vacation also starts very late, and it cannot be celebrated until the end of January.

In the cold wind, Qin Haiyang rode his bicycle between school and home, his schoolbag full of various college entrance examination materials.

The sun rises late in winter, and that day, when he entered the classroom, it was still dark outside.

"Ocean, so early." A female classmate greeted with a smile.

"Yeah." Qin Haiyang answered with a simple word, then sat down in his seat and opened the textbook.

"Ocean, I got an extra bag of milk, would you like some?"

Qin Haiyang shook his head: "No."

"Look, our class beauty has failed again."

"That's right, this Qin Haiyang has a cool and aloof look. I don't know what kind of family background he has to be so awesome."

"Haiyang, I heard that the school is discussing the candidates for admission to Peking University and Tsinghua University. You..."

Qin Haiyang then raised his head and glanced at the class beauty: "I won't compete with you. I'm not interested in Peking University or Tsinghua University."

"So what's your ideal university?"

"Society is the best university." Qin Haiyang replied: "Okay, you can rest assured, hurry up and study, I hope you can go to your ideal university."

The class beauty smiled and said, "I hope you can get into your ideal school."

Qin Haiyang did not answer, and lowered his head to review his homework. This little trick, you still want to pretend in front of me? Moreover, he has long been immune to women. More importantly, Uncle Xu has told him many times that he cannot eat things given by others. Even if it is something he eats and drinks, he must keep a close eye on it to prevent someone from drugging it.

There is no other way. Growing up in such a family, one has to be a smart person since childhood. He can easily find out the traitors in Tianchuan Heavy Industry, and he can see through the little thoughts between classmates at a glance.

Qin Haiyang entered the learning state again.

Speaking of university, Qin Haiyang really has some decision-making difficulties. Should he learn technology first, or management first?

Never mind. That’s something to consider after the college entrance examination results come out. For now, just study first.

Outside the school, a high-end Red Flag sedan drove slowly by.

"Mr. Qin, Haiyang is so lucky that you care about him every day." Xu Zhengyang, who was driving, sighed.

"As long as this kid doesn't rebel, he won't be a problem. He can't blame himself for not being free in this family." Qin Tao sighed, "How many female classmates in his class look pretty?"

"Yes, I have investigated it all. It is absolutely reliable. I just like the ocean and will not do anything to harm it."

"I don't know if this guy is really not interested in female classmates. Forget it, let's get down to business. The Navy is really something. It's just that two Type 076s are being built at the same time. It's not a big deal. They ask me to report my work every now and then."

076 has been officially delivered to the customer. After some inspection, the navy was very satisfied with this amphibious assault ship. As a result, they felt that 075 was not so attractive and decided to go for 076 directly. This level of amphibious assault ship is more powerful.

When we arrived at Huanglou, a large group of leaders were already waiting.

"Dear leaders, the construction of our 076 is proceeding in an orderly manner..." Qin Tao spread out his laptop and began to introduce the materials on it. After a few words, Wu Shengli spoke.

"Taozi, don't report on the 076 project today. If our navy orders two more 003 aircraft carriers, do you have the ability to build them at the same time?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Qin Tao was immediately delighted: "Has the funding for the new aircraft carrier been approved?"

"Well, it's approved. We'll start construction next. However, we need to study carefully how to build it next."

The 003 aircraft carrier has been put into service. After some use, the navy is quite satisfied with this aircraft carrier, so the next task is to build two aircraft carriers of the same model.

After all, the navy has only three aircraft carriers, which is far from enough. How can it be enough if the three major fleets have only one each? Each fleet must have at least two so that they can rotate on duty.

However, considering the funding issue, the navy can only start construction of two ships first. Even if two ships are built at the same time, it will be the first time for the country. Of course, those for foreign trade are not counted. After all, this is already a super aircraft carrier of 100,000 tons.

"Our dock is still occupied for the time being. The construction period will take at least another year." Qin Tao said: "In Qiongzhou, the dock that the navy originally planned to use to repair aircraft carriers is large enough, but there is no construction equipment there, so it is not convenient to build."

Although Mingzhou Group will definitely focus on building the navy first, that also depends on the construction period. The warships being built in the dock cannot be towed out halfway. After all, we are not Indians.

"Yes, it's not convenient. If we start construction now, we can only start construction in other shipyards. However, in the past few years, only your Mingzhou Group has built aircraft carriers. Other shipyards have no experience. The key is that we want to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and they don't have the ability to do so."

How to build an aircraft carrier is also a big problem!

If it was ordinary power, other shipyards could barely get started, but nuclear power is different from other power. Which shipyard has the ability to assemble a nuclear reactor? Only their Mingzhou Group!
"Yes, these are all problems. However, Mr. Qin is an elite in our shipbuilding industry and will definitely be able to come up with a solution."

Qin Tao glanced at everyone and said, "If you guys have any ideas, just tell me. I really don't have any ideas."

"Recently, Jiangnan Shipyard launched a Changxing No. 8 ship. Did you know that?"

Qin Tao shook his head: "I don't know."

"This Changxing-250 is a floating dock specially designed to transport giant sections. It is 60 meters long and meters wide, with a maximum load capacity of over tons. If it were built by other shipyards, they would be able to build the front half of the aircraft carrier." A leader present said, "In this case, you only need to build the back half."

The power compartment is at the back, and contains a nuclear reactor, which must be built by the Mingzhou Group. However, the front half can be built by other brother units, which saves speed.

"The second half? We don't have anywhere to build it."

"Your dock is long enough." Obviously, these people had already thought of it for him.

"You are currently building the Type 076. The width of the dock is just right, but there is still more than 003 meters left in length, which can accommodate half of the Type aircraft carrier."

Well, Qin Tao was impressed by these people's brilliant ideas.

Generally speaking, a dock is not large enough to allow two ships to be built side by side, but in order to build some longer ships, the length of the dock is sufficient.

This is the case with Mingzhou Group’s dock, which has more than 100 meters of excess length, so the navy came up with this idea.

In addition to building 076, Mingzhou Group's shipyard can also build the back half of the 003 aircraft carrier. After the 076 is built and launched, the dock will be vacated and the sections built by sister units can be directly transported over by Changxing No. 003, and then assembled together. In this way, the aircraft carrier can be launched quickly.

"That is to say, when 076 was launched, the rear half of the 003 aircraft carrier had not yet been closed. Aren't you afraid that seawater will flood in?" Qin Tao looked at everyone and raised a question.

The way to launch a dock is to fill it with water!
The half-built sections will also be flooded by sea water. After being soaked in sea water, the sections will definitely have problems. Can you be sure they can still be used?

The Indians have made countless jokes, we can't let the whole world laugh at them!

Qin Tao expressed his incomprehension of the behavior of everyone present.

"Just hang it up."

"hang up?"

Qin Tao finally reacted: "You mean, let us upgrade the gantry crane on the dock to more than 25,000 tons?"

Displacement is not deadweight, and there are terms such as standard displacement, full load displacement, maximum displacement, etc. Although the aircraft carrier is 100,000 tons, its actual deadweight is only about 60,000 tons. If the island and some equipment are removed and the aircraft carrier is divided into two sections, it is about 25,000 tons.

Qin Tao already understood what these people were thinking.

While 076 was being built, the second half of 003 was also being built. When it was completed, the gantry crane lifted the second half of 003, and then 076 was allowed to leave. The dock door was closed, and the water inside was drained. Then, the second half of 003 was placed on the dock door, and the front half of 003 was lifted from the floating dock and into the dock. The two sections were put together, docked, and undocking!

This efficiency is absolutely just right!
The British have already played around enough. They just built a 10,000-ton gantry crane and divided their aircraft carrier into five or six sections, called giant sections, and built it in this way.

What about your own side?
We have already played the giant segment, but the superiors still think it is not exciting enough and want to play the giant total segment.

There are only two sections in total, why divide them? Just call it the total section!

After hearing Qin Tao's analysis, the leaders present nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean. Of course, if we can upgrade to a 30,000-ton gantry crane in one step, that would be the best. If that's not possible, then 25,000 tons is also fine."

A 30,000-ton gantry crane, what a bold idea!

Qin Tao was completely convinced by these people!
"If you can build a second 003 rear section next to the dock, the second 003 can be launched after the first 003 is launched. This will be much faster." Another leader spoke up.

The front sections can be handed over to different shipyards for construction, but the rear sections must be built at Mingzhou Group.

"The bolder the people, the more fertile the land." Qin Tao sighed.

"No, no, this is based on facts. We already have this capability now. This is not exaggeration."

"For this project, I don't have the final say. We have to ask Zhenhua Heavy Industries." Qin Tao replied: "As long as they can build it, we can take it. If they can't build it, then we can't do anything. We can only apologize. In fact, we can transform the shipyard used for ship repair in Qiongzhou and use it to build aircraft carriers..."

Qin Tao remembered clearly that before his rebirth, the largest gantry crane in the country was 22,000 tons. Now, does he have the ability to increase it by another 3,000 tons?

If something goes wrong and the back half of the aircraft carrier falls and gets damaged, it would be fine, but the key is that there is a nuclear reactor inside, and that absolutely cannot go wrong.

"Then just ask directly."

So Qin Tao opened the video, and Mr. Guan’s smiling face appeared again.

"Mr. Guan, can you build a 25,000-ton gantry crane?"

"As long as there is demand, we can produce it. Not to mention 25,000 tons, 30,000 tons is fine!"

After turning off the video, Qin Tao looked at the leaders present. They should have informed Zhenhua Heavy Industries in advance before proposing this plan!
"Since they have no problem, so do we." Qin Tao said, "However, the installation of this gantry crane takes time."

"It will take another year to build the ship in the dock. This year is enough time to build the gantry crane."

Qin Tao was helpless. Aren’t you afraid of failure? The gantry crane’s lifting capacity is not enough, and the built sections are soaked by sea water?
　PS: The chapters are coming in lately. It was supposed to be at midnight, but after the review, it might be at one or two o'clock. I'm very sorry. Also, many people said that the book will be finished by May, and there will be a side story to explain Nie Shiyu who has been missing for a long time.

　　
　
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