Great warships

Chapter 241 I want to build a marine diesel engine factory (add more, please subscribe)
National anti-missile system?

There were quite a few people involved in aerospace systems present, and they were a little surprised when they heard Qin Tao say this.

"President Qin, didn't you say that the Star Wars plan during Reagan's era was a hoax?" Elder Wu asked, "It's too difficult to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles unless you use nuclear bombs to deal with nuclear bombs like Lao Maozi!"

Although in the war in the oil region last year, the Patriot missiles intercepted the Scud many times, but those were short-range missiles with a range of [-] kilometers.

The farther the missile's range and the faster its speed, the more difficult it is to intercept. At the level of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the interception technology required is quite high.

The accuracy of the interception was not enough, so the old man used nuclear bombs to make up for it. However, even if the interception was successful, the nuclear bomb that exploded in outer space would pose a serious threat to the old man's capital, almost as if it had not been intercepted.

In the 80s, the Americans proposed the Star Wars plan in order to bring down the old man. It was like a science fiction blockbuster. At that time, many people questioned it. Now, the doubt has become a reality. The Americans are just fooling the old man. , the old man took it seriously.

Now, Qin Tao said that the Americans will try to develop this anti-missile system, which sounds unbelievable.

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, the technology is too difficult. There is no air in outer space, so it is necessary to develop a special vector engine-propelled mobile interceptor and perform precise impact. This is simply impossible. However, we have a saying As the old saying goes, as long as the iron pestle is ground into a needle, a certain country will definitely do this in order to pursue its own absolute security."

"Then they will violate the ABM treaty," someone said.

"Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty? This thing is in the way, if it's a big deal, just quit." Qin Tao said.

"Then what should we do?" Mr. Lin started to pay attention there. He could think that once the other party really pursues unilateral security and develops this kind of system, then other countries will not be safe. The most important thing in this world is Balance, once the balance is broken, sooner or later something will happen.

"We don't have the ability to research related technologies for the time being," said Mr. Wu.

It is very difficult to intercept a short-range ballistic missile, let alone an intercontinental ballistic missile. In this regard, the country is far behind.

"Yeah, we don't have the ability to study these technologies, and we don't need to study them. We just need to develop some other technologies, such as aerial orbit change technology, fake warhead technology, water floating technology, etc., let the other party prepare carefully All interception failed."

It is not easy to intercept missiles launched from outer space. It is even necessary to observe from the take-off stage and start calculations at the rear. In this way, the ballistic missiles will not be intercepted until they have passed the highest point and landed.

A slight miss is a thousand miles away. This kind of interception must be absolutely accurate. As a result, the interceptor bomb has just taken off and the target suddenly changes its trajectory. The interception will most likely fail.

There is a big gap between the cost of interception and the cost of changing attack methods.

Those present nodded.

"Boss Qin, you are our lucky star. As long as you are here, we will definitely be able to get us what we need. Let me toast you." At this time, a person on the table who had been silent all this time spoke.

"Excuse me, what's your name?" Qin Tao looked at the other party. There were too many people just now and they had been chatting all the time, so he didn't introduce this unknown person. Now, Qin Tao looked at the other party questioningly, and then searched for it from his memory. What.

"My surname is Wen, and I'm from Institute 703. I'm from Mingzhou, but I've been working in Bingcheng after graduation." The other party introduced himself.

Qin Tao finally got in touch with the memory in his brain, and looked at the person in front of him, feeling very emotional: "At your age, it's not too much for me to call you old, but from your perspective, It is appropriate for me to call you Uncle Wen, or even Brother Wen."

No wonder Qin Tao didn't recognize it immediately, the other party looks too young!
Wen Lao, born in 1940, is only in his 50s now, but judging by his age, some people believe that he is in his 30s. He is completely different from other old people, so that Qin Tao dare not recognize him. After all, he was in his previous life. The first time I saw the old, it was already the time of the new century.

Wen Lao graduated from Huating Jiaotong University in 62 and entered the 703rd Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in the same year; became the chief engineer in 82; became the director in 92.

He has been working for more than 30 years, but this young appearance makes it difficult to connect with the identity of a director. At this time, when he heard Qin Tao say something like Uncle Wen, or even Brother Wen, Old Wen smiled. Waving his hand: "Don't say that, otherwise, they will call you a monster."

A 50-year-old man with a 30-year-old face really looks like a monster. Hearing what he said, Mr. Lin immediately joked: "Old Wen, you must have eaten Tang Monk meat. How does that meat taste? Okay?" eat?"

The crowd burst into laughter again.

"Old Wen's technical skills are a bit inferior. He should be an artist. It's a pity that he didn't bring his precious French horn today, otherwise he can play a part for us." Wu Shengli also said with a smile.

Wen Lao is versatile, not only talented in technology, but also very good in art. He plays the French horn with one hand, and he plays the French horn superbly, almost at the level of a master.

"When I was in Huating Jiaotong University, I joined the art troupe, and this is what I played." Wen Lao also recalled that period of history: "At that time, the teacher asked me to listen to the rhythm, and others played the piano. I listened to it once, but I didn't remember it. Wait, I asked someone to play it again, but I still didn't remember it, the teacher played it for me five times, and I finally sang it ahhh."

"The French horn is not easy to play." Qin Tao said: "I heard that this kind of horn is called the king of horns, and it has a lot of overtones. Even if you don't press the keys, you can play a lot of notes."

"Boss Qin, you also play music?" Wen Lao was surprised for a while.

Qin Tao shook his head: "I don't play, but I like to listen, this thing can cultivate sentiment."

"That's right." Old Wen said with emotion: "The French horn seems to be something to play with, but in fact it has a great effect on cultivating sentiment. There are also paintings and the like, which seem to have nothing to do with our scientific research, but, When we combine technology and art, our products will be more perfect, and we have more hobbies, and if we encounter unhappy things, there is also a way to vent."

"Look, this is the one who plays the French horn. You can play the French horn without it." Elder Lin said, and everyone laughed again.

After laughing, Wu Shengli said: "Taozi, we handed over all the materials you got back to the 703 Institute and asked them to sort them out. After all, they are professionals."

At that time, Qin Tao just casually said, 606, 624 and so on. However, the Navy attached great importance to it. After some research, it was decided to hand it over to Institute 703. After all, this institute is the counterpart.

The 703 Institute was established in 61. It started to research boilers and steam turbines. Later, it began to develop gas turbines. It also has a lot of experience in this field. As for Wen Lao, he is deeply involved in this field. for many years.In the 70s, he once presided over the domestic large-scale aero-engine to marine gas turbine project, but it could not be shipped due to life problems.

Now, since Mr. Wen spoke, he must have brought the topic to the marine gas turbine.

"We originally imported the LM2500 gas turbine from the United States. This kind of engine is very advanced, which made us sigh. Unfortunately, we can no longer import more of the same engine. Even if they send over a brand new one, it is also for our export warships. We can’t use it ourselves.” Wen Lao said: “At present, in our country, all our hopes are pinned on the modification of the Spey engine. The prototype of this gas turbine is currently being assembled. In the case of technical data, we can improve Spey and become a qualified power system for our warships."

what?
Hearing Wen Lao's words, Qin Tao realized that he had overlooked something.

How should the development of marine gas turbines go?
At present, what is optimistic about in China is the modification of Spey. After all, this kind of engine has already had a successful model. The British are using it, and the islanders are also using it. If it continues to develop, it is still quite good.

However, the biggest problem with Spey is that it cannot be fully produced in China!

When the Flying Leopard fighter-bomber was born, the navy was very satisfied and purchased a batch. What happened?Later, the engines in stock were used up, and the newly built aircraft in the aircraft factory had no engines to use!
Back then, I bought all the technical materials and planned to make them domestically. What happened?The engine code-named Turbofan-9 was not able to be produced by itself until 03.Moreover, the initial production was very low, and only Flying Leopards were supplied.

Is it feasible to pin our hopes on Spey?
Seeing Qin Tao's frown, Mr. Wen asked curiously, "Boss Qin, do you have any doubts about Spey's modification? This kind of engine has been used on many warships, so it should be mature and reliable."

"Yes, for those countries, it is mature and reliable, but for us, it is not necessarily so. After all, our relevant units are not yet capable of producing Spey engines independently. It is possible to assemble a marine engine with imported parts. , but if you want to pin your hopes on this kind of engine, I'm afraid it's very hanging in the air!"

Everyone present was lost in thought.

Qin Tao is right.

It is very risky to use an engine that cannot be produced by itself to improve the gas turbine. Moreover, it is said that the production of the Spey engine has been discontinued in the UK, so even if you want to buy it, you will not be able to buy it.

"Boss Qin, do you have any other plans?" Elder Wen asked.

"Well, let's talk about it later, maybe there will be a chance in the future." Qin Tao said: "I am not a relevant professional after all, so I will not express my opinion."

Of course, Qin Tao has something to say. Getting gas turbines from Lao Maozi has been proven by history to be a feasible path, and in 93, there will be such an opportunity.

However, Qin Tao couldn't say.

As soon as this road is gone, the road for Spey's modification will be blocked. The Navy cannot support two projects at the same time, and the Navy's warships cannot have two types of gas turbines at the same time. Those technologies that have been busy for many years for the modification of Spey People, hard work is wasted.

At that time, will you scold Qin Tao as a comprador?

Qin Tao didn't want to be scolded, and it was his father's business to be scolded, so he didn't want to talk about it.

It's impossible not to talk, so just change the subject directly.

"Everyone is an elite in the industry. Is there any news that a diesel engine factory is about to fail? Our Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group is now in need of a marine diesel engine factory."

Anyway, they are talking about the power system, so let's just talk about the power system.

If the shipyard only builds ships, the profit is not big. After all, shipbuilding is actually just welding the hull. The main engine and other things on it have to be purchased from outsiders. If they can produce marine diesel engines by themselves, then they can give themselves Engage in matching.

"Mr. Qin, you really have a vision. The future Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group will become the pillar of our domestic shipbuilding industry!" Mr. Wu said with emotion: "You already have a propeller factory, and now you are going to build a diesel engine factory! "

There are many marine main engines, ranging from the oldest steam engine to the most advanced gas turbine. However, the most commonly used one is the diesel engine. After all, it starts quickly, has high power, and low fuel consumption. After the 50s, marine diesel engines have almost replaced steam engines. , except for some special ships that still use steam engines, (for example, the cargo of some ships needs steam preheating, etc.) most ships have begun to use diesel engines.

"Boss Qin is so capable, he can pack a marine diesel engine factory from Lao Maozi." Someone also said.

Qin Tao shook his head: "No, Lao Maozi's technology is backward and cannot meet our needs."

Almost all existing domestic marine diesel engines were imported from Lao Maozi in the 60s and [-]s.The relatively large ones include Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory, the diesel engine factory under Huating Shipyard, CSR Corporation, etc. However, the diesel engines produced by these companies are already very old and cannot keep up with the development of the times.

If it is slightly more advanced, it is estimated that the MTU diesel engine introduced by the Coal Province Diesel Engine Factory has reached the international advanced level in the 80s, and it is still used as an auxiliary power system and diesel engine set for warships.

However, this belongs to high-speed diesel engines, and medium-speed and low-speed diesel engines are the most used on board.

Qin Tao wants to develop gas turbines, but he doesn't have the strength yet, but he can try marine diesel engines. After all, the Belgians have come and sent him money. With the money, he can definitely start the diesel engine project!

The development of domestic marine diesel engines is quite backward, and there is a big gap.

According to a statistic of later generations, in the 1982 years from 2001 to 20, domestic shipyards built a total of 2664 ships with a gross tonnage of 1692.6 million tons, and installed a total of 3691 diesel engines with a capacity of 853.6 million kilowatts, of which 1851 were domestic engines with a total capacity of 568.1 million. Kilowatts, 1503 imported mainframes, 259.5 million kilowatts, and some 337 mainframes with unknown statistics, 26.0 kilowatts. According to the number of units, domestic mainframes accounted for 50.00%, imported mainframes accounted for 40.00%. In terms of power, domestic mainframes accounted for 60.00% % Seven, imported hosts accounted for 30.00%.

Looking at the current products of Mingzhou Shipyard, from small catamarans to large bulk carriers of 15 tons, almost all marine main engines are imported, and very few are domestically produced.

Why should foreigners earn this money?
"In our country, there are no suitable diesel engine factories at present. There is a third-line diesel engine factory with abandoned factory buildings and a large number of equipment. If you want it, you can probably buy it like the water pump factory in Huating. You can buy it for a dollar. It's possible." Sure enough, there are many people with a lot of knowledge, and the big guy really found one for Qin Tao.

"A third-line diesel engine factory?" Qin Tao asked curiously, "Where?"

"Inland, Lu'an, Xianfeng Machinery Factory was established in 68, specializing in the production of military diesel engines."

Qin Tao quickly shook his head, don't touch this thing, it's definitely a trap!

At that time, when the north faced the crisis of war at any time, the country began to engage in third-line transfers, and a large number of military enterprises were relocated to deep mountains and old forests.In a war environment, this kind of consideration is necessary. However, with the relaxation of the northern issue and the opening of the country, all the third-tier factories are not dumbfounded.

In the deep mountains and old forests, where the birds don't shit, even if they operate normally, the transportation cost is much higher than that of the coastal factories. They can't adapt to market competition at all. When they lose the support of the state, they have to be abandoned.

Not to mention technicians who are used to life in big cities, who would go to work in third-tier factories?It doesn't matter if I stay there for the rest of my life, how can I find my wife?How to solve the problem of children's education?

The same is true for the Pioneer Machinery Factory. In the 90s, people in the factory flocked to the provincial capital, and the factory was completely abandoned. Even if Qin Tao bought the factory for a dollar, he could not hire people. Equipment!

Qin Tao would rather build a brand new diesel engine factory in Mingzhou by himself than touch a third-line factory.

"If we want to talk about our domestic marine diesel engine factory, we have to look at Bincheng. These years, the development of Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory is really fast!" The big guys didn't understand Qin Tao's mood, and started discussing again.

Now, even Wu Shengli went out to participate in the discussion, without even remembering what day it is today.

"Speaking of Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory, I think of the first [-]-horsepower marine diesel engine they produced back then. The satellite was really big at that time." Wu Shengli was very emotional.

In those days, anything was possible.

At that time, the Bincheng Shipyard had already built a 600-ton Daqing No. 1060 freighter. This freighter planned to purchase two medium-speed diesel engines imported from Germany. Later, it decided to make its own. In the workshop where the shed was set up, we turned on the lights and fought at night, and manufactured a two-stroke constant-flow scavenging six-cylinder low-speed diesel engine with a bore of [-] mm and a stroke of [-] mm. A thousand-horsepower diesel engine!

When it was loaded into the engine room of Daqing No. [-], it was driven into the sea for a sea trial under billowing black smoke, but it was towed back in the end!Even so, a movie was still made at that time, called "Trial Voyage", to record this great era, and the well-known actors of "The White-haired Girl" were used.

This period of history is full of emotion.

"However, fortunately, the technology we introduced from Sulzer Diesel Engine Factory in Switzerland has finally been completed. It's only 20 years late." Someone expressed emotion again.

In 63, China finally made a decision to introduce a series of 25 models from Switzerland, ranging from [-] horsepower to [-] horsepower. After the successful introduction, it can greatly promote the development of domestic diesel engine technology.

However, some domestic units quit. The [-]-horsepower diesel engine we manufactured has already been ignited, and it will be successful soon. Why do you spend precious foreign exchange to buy foreign ones?There's something tricky about it!

It was not until the 80s that I re-purchased it. It was 20 years late and several times the capital was spent. Only then did the country have a stable and reliable marine low-speed diesel engine.Thinking about this incident makes people extremely sad.

"By the way, I heard that the island country will come to a machine-making fairy to inspect the Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory and help them carry out technical transformation."

"Machine Immortal?" Now Qin Tao became interested: "Could it be Yantian Shishixiong?"

The speaker opened his mouth wide: "Boss Qin, you are really good, you guessed it right away!"

Qin Tao smiled: "Our industry doesn't have a big circle. He came from the island country and is still a machine maker. I thought of this person."

Speaking of shipbuilding companies in the island country, it is easy to be thought of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. For example, the famous Izumo-class helicopter carrier in the island country comes from this company. (Islanders like to call it Co., Ltd., let's use the company, it's simple.)
Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries was founded in the middle of the nineteenth century. After its establishment, it began to manufacture Western-style warships for the island country Japan; in the subsequent development process, they successively manufactured the first steam-powered ship and the first thermal power generation equipment, the first jet engine.

From these, we can see how strong their technical strength is. After the end of World War II, they began to develop the civilian shipbuilding industry. It was built here.

In the 60s, they made persistent efforts to manufacture the world's first 20-ton oil tanker, and later manufactured the world's largest displacement oil tanker (48 tons). Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries has many branches, Hikoda Shishio, It is in the subsidiary machine-building company.

They have manufactured a lot of advanced engines, even the aero engines, the American F-15 fighter jets, after they were exported to island countries, the F100 engines on them were all authorized for production by this company.

As for marine diesel engines, after the end of World War II, they cooperated with Swiss Sulzer in 1950 to produce a large number of marine low-speed diesel engines, and soon on the basis of related RND and RND-M diesel engines, they developed IHI-SULZER RLA diesel engine with long stroke, low speed, high power and low fuel consumption.
Their technical strength is very strong, so they were invited by the Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory to see if they could carry out the same technical transformation. After all, the Bincheng Diesel Engine Factory is now also producing Sulzer diesel engines in large quantities.

"When will this Shishio Hikoda come?"

"I guess tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

　PS: I don’t know if you like to watch the plot of going to Lao Maozi’s to get things. After this episode is over, continue to go to Lao Maozi’s. Now that the Red Empire has collapsed, it is more convenient to move things.We have to develop our own factory first, and we will go there soon.

　
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