Great warships

Chapter 303 Nitka Base Taobao

Nitka base?
Suddenly, Qin Tao's eyes sparkled.

There is no place to find if you break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!Originally, Qin Tao was thinking about how to find an opportunity to go to the Nitka Base to shop for treasures, but he had no way out. Now, the opportunity finally came!

Crash, clatter!Qin Tao opened the gift he brought, took out wine and meat from it, and placed it on the table on the terrace.

"Today is really a good day. It is also a kind of fate that we can meet here. Come and drink!"

Let go of other things first, drink the wine, and of course things can be settled.

Nitka Base!
Zheng Ming, who silently made a move at the side, was excited.

The beautiful Crimea peninsula, in addition to being a famous tourist attraction, there are three very famous places, one is the capital of Simferopol, which is the largest city on the island, one is the port of Sevastopol, There have been countless wars here, and it is still a famous military port. There is also Yalta, the most famous tourist city, and it was once recorded in history because of a meeting.

These three locations are exactly located on the three vertices of an approximate equilateral triangle. As for the Nitka base, it is located on the northwest side of them. Connecting the Nitka bases can form a parallelogram.

Compared with the other three places, the Nitka base is unknown, but in the eyes of professionals, it is quite important because it is the training base for carrier-based aviation!

Even if it is a helicopter, if you want to land on the deck of a warship, you can't rush for success. You have to practice repeatedly on land, and finally land in a small circle before it is considered complete. That being said, landing on a shaky carrier deck is even harder.

You must practice first, and after a period of training, you can get used to it before you can board the ship. This requires a special land simulation training system for carrier-based aircraft.

When Lao Maozi decided to build a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, he also needed such a system, so they built this facility at the Saki Air Force Base in the Crimea Peninsula.

Therefore, speaking of the Nitka system, it does not exist in isolation. It is located in the southwest corner of the Saki Air Force Base, next to the widest main runway of the base.

However, because the Nitka base is very famous in professional circles, the ordinary Saki air force base is almost forgotten. When it comes to mentioning it, there will always be a Nitka base.

In 76, this system began to be built. The key to it was a T-60 ground ski jump with a height of 30 meters, a length of 1 meters, and a size of [-] meters. This T is actually the beginning of the word jump in Russian. letter.Thousands of tons of steel were used to build this thing.

Of course, in addition to the Т-1 ground skid deck, there are also carrier-based aircraft landing arresting devices, command and control systems and other facilities in the base.After several years of construction, this system was officially put into use in 1982, and has since become an important training ground for Lao Maozi's carrier-based fixed-wing flying troops.

Even in the later period, after Da Mao tightened his belt and equipped the Kuznetsov with Su-33 carrier-based aircraft, he had to rent the base here to train his own pilots.

(Actually, when it comes to training bases, there is not only this one. Lao Maozi has relatively small aircraft carrier simulation decks in Novorossisko and Baku. However, because they are too small, the Su-33 cannot To take off and land, if you want to train, you have to use Nitka.)
At present, although the domestic project has not yet been formally approved, in Mr. Liu's mind, the aircraft carrier project must be launched, and the supporting equipment must be brought back as soon as it is needed!

There are many good things in the training base for carrier-based aircraft pilots. If you have the opportunity, you can get them all!

Thinking of this, Zheng Ming's eyes sparkled.

Originally, Yarmolenko was just bored and came to visit Makarov. After all, the two were part of the same system. Unexpectedly, when he met a guest from the East, the nuclear-powered heavy-duty aircraft cruiser was killed It was dismantled into scrap iron, piled up and no one wanted it, and later a mysterious guest from the East bought it. Yarmolenko was very curious. Now, seeing the right owner, how could he be unhappy.

With good wine and food, this small life is very good, even if you just tear off the package and eat cooked beef with your hands, it is also very good.

"Come on, Qin, let me respect you!" Yarmolenko raised the bottle.

After drinking a lot of wine, Qin Tao finally made a request when it was over.

"I'm curious about your Nitka base, can you go and have a look?"

"Of course no problem." Yarmolenko nodded: "I'll take you there right away!"

"Here, are you okay?"

"Of course," said Yarmolenko, stood up, and then, swaying, slipped under the table.

The next day, a passenger ship departed from Nikolayev City and headed for the Crimea Peninsula. Qin Tao and others arrived at the Nitka base at around ten o'clock in the morning.

Weeds are growing wantonly, and the multi-storey buildings in the base are like ship islands, covered with green creepers, and in the distance is the endless Black Sea.

"This is a really nice place. If this piece of land is developed, it will definitely become a resort." Qin Tao made this suggestion.

If you want to get rich, then develop real estate, build a resort here, sea view rooms and so on, it will definitely be popular!
Yarmolenko shook his head: "Qin, this is a military base, not a tourist attraction. As for beaches, there are many on the Crimea Peninsula."

Although the place is temporarily deserted, if it is to be transformed into a resort, many people who have lived and worked here will still be full of resentment.

Qin Tao smiled: "I'm just talking. It's too deserted here. If a resort is built, there will be more people. By the way, can we go up and have a look?"

The tallest building here is the one similar to an aircraft carrier island. There are two rows of two-story buildings on both sides, a four-story building in the middle, and an octagonal observation floor on the top. The windows are tilted outwards, completely imitating an aircraft carrier. Designed by the ship island.

"Yes." Yarmolenko took out the key, opened the rusty iron general, and walked through the dusty stairs to the top floor.

The field of vision here is wide, and everything around can be seen as far as the eye can see, green weeds, yellow land, and a dark red area.

"That area looks like rust, right?" Qin Tao pointed to the dark red area.

"Yes, there is our Nitka system." Yarmolenko proudly introduced: "Although it looks flat with the ground, in fact, there is a three-story structure underground, all metal, using 1 More than [-] tons of steel."

A T-1 ski jump deck uses thousands of tons of steel, plus the landing part at the back, which is still three floors, and it is normal to use more than 1 tons of steel as a whole.

This is simply an aircraft carrier on land!

"If only one ski jump deck is built, won't so much steel be used?" Zheng Ming couldn't help asking.

Even if it is to build an aircraft carrier, how much steel can be used?Using more than 1 tons of steel to build a simulation platform, isn't it a bit burnt?
"Of course not." Yarmolenko shook his head: "The entire deck has a huge hydraulic device underneath, which can tilt the deck and simulate the shaking of the warship at sea. Only in this way can it be close to the actual situation."

Even if it is a [-]-ton aircraft carrier like the Yankee, the deck will shake left and right when sailing on the sea.

This huge dark red simulated deck can actually move?
Zheng Ming felt extremely shocked, this big guy can move, that is really a big project!

If our own side wants to develop an aircraft carrier, it must also have such a land training base, which will be a huge investment!
However, no matter how much it costs, all related systems must be built!
Today's opportunity is rare, you must see more, think more, and remember more!

With this in mind, he continued to look down.

The dark red rust area is a simulated aircraft carrier deck, but it is very different from the real aircraft carrier deck. It does not need to consider other things, as long as it takes off and lands.

In addition to the T-1 ski jump platform, there is also a strip-shaped deck area not far away, so Zheng Ming asked, "What's over there?"

"The area of ​​the steam catapult." Yarmolenko was very familiar with the situation here and replied immediately.

"Steam catapult? Is it for that nuclear-powered warship?"

"Yes."

It is said that the steam catapult is very difficult, and only Americans can have this kind of technology. In fact, as long as the old man wants to do it, he can make it.

On the Ulyanovsk, Lao Maozi planned to equip steam catapults on the angled deck, so that the early warning aircraft could be ejected and taken off.

Before the collapse of the Red Empire, 30.00% of this nuclear-powered warship has been built. Of course, the supporting technology must be mature. The steam catapult technology prepared for this warship was matured in the Nitka base. .

Unfortunately, with the collapse of the red empire, this set of steam catapults also disappeared into history.

"Can we go and have a look?" Zheng Ming couldn't wait when he heard the steam catapult.

"Cough, cough." Qin Tao coughed twice, and then said, "Why didn't you see the carrier aircraft?"

Of course, Qin Tao knew that there was a steam catapult in the Nitka base, but he was not interested in this thing. He had pinned his hopes on the electromagnetic catapult to directly overtake in a curve.

Funds are limited, and there is no need to waste them on these outdated technologies, so he changed the subject.

Coming to Nitka base, Qin Tao's target is definitely not the steam catapult, but those carrier-based aircraft!
After coming up, Qin Tao searched everywhere, but he couldn't find even one plane.

Could it be that those planes were taken away by Da Mao?It shouldn't be, there should be a few of them here.Did it go to the hangar at Saki Air Force Base?That's not right, Lao Maozi is not so careful.

Hearing Qin Tao's question, Yarmolenko pointed to the nearby grass: "There!"

The weeds were too high, and because of the angle, Qin Tao didn't notice the plane hidden in the grass!

Now, following the direction of Yarmolenko's finger, Qin Tao observed carefully. Sure enough, under the blowing of the sea wind, the weeds were shaking back and forth, and the planes were looming.

"Come on, let's go and see!"

Zheng Ming gave up his obsession with the steam catapult, followed behind Qin Tao, ran down the stairs, and then went straight to the grass.

What a waste!These planes have been ruined here by Lao Maozi. They should be allowed to go to the east and play their role there!

The yellow weeds can grow to the same height as the reeds!Unbelievable, Yarmolenko commanded a soldier, drove a lawn mower, and opened a road.

Along this road, Qin Tao came to the side of the fighter.

Due to the wind, water and sun, the paint on the surface of the plane has begun to fade. The original sky blue coating looks a little whitish, but the momentum of the whole plane is still very strong.

The slightly sunken nose, the wide fuselage, and the huge belly air intake all speak of the power of this aircraft.

If compared with the Su-27, the canard in front of the wing is the most obvious difference, because with this canard, the aircraft has also become a three-plane layout, which can increase lift and make the carrier aircraft more Take off well.

As for the shortened tailbone and the like, it is not easy to see at a glance.

On the side of the plane, the logo of T-10K-7 has almost been washed away.

Qin Tao knew that a total of nine prototypes of this special carrier-based aircraft were produced, from T-10K-1 to T-10K-9, and the fate of these nine prototypes was different.

The first plane crashed during the test flight. Fortunately, the test pilot jumped out in time and was not injured. In 91, the eighth plane also crashed because of the flight control system.

The second is the most dazzling, once driven by Pugachev, landed on the Kuznetsov, and was recorded in history.

The sixth and ninth planes completed all the testing work and died, the fourth plane was transformed into a two-seat trainer, and the fifth plane was used as an exhibit.

As for the third and seventh...

"This plane is really good." Qin Tao said: "At present, our Kyiv aircraft carrier park is about to be remodeled. If we can put this plane on our aircraft carrier park for tourists to visit, it will definitely be better than those Jacques- The 38 prototype is more atmospheric."

For Ermao, these test aircraft are no longer useful. Anyway, Ermao does not have an aircraft carrier, so it is useless to want these aircraft. It is better to sell them directly.

At this time, after hearing Qin Tao's words, Yarmolenko did not hesitate at all: "Yes, how much do you plan to spend?"

"100 million US dollars." Qin Tao said: "This is the most advanced carrier-based aircraft of the Red Empire, and also the most domineering carrier-based aircraft in the world. I think it is worth 100 million!"

100 million, if you buy a regular carrier-based aircraft, you will definitely not be able to buy it. The second batch of land-based Su-27 fighters can be sold for 5000 million US dollars each. This kind of strengthened carrier-based aircraft, at least seven 8000 million, but at present, this plane is useless, and it is not even sure whether it can be flown again. If it is treated as waste, it can only be sold for [-] to [-] US dollars, [-] US dollars, which is a very high price.

Therefore, Qin Tao's price of 100 million is definitely not low.

Yarmolenko nodded again and again: "Okay, then 100 million! I will report to my superiors, and it will be fine after a process."

Qin Tao smiled: "My friend, don't go through the procedure. I see that there are weeds everywhere, and there is no one to manage them. Therefore, if someone smokes occasionally and throws a cigarette butt, it is possible that this piece of weeds will catch fire. right?"

Yarmolenko was a little curious, not knowing what Qin Tao wanted to express.

Qin Tao continued to speak.

"If the fire breaks out, this plane may be affected. At that time, it will become a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron. It is estimated that no one will want it. Your base will handle it yourself and sell it for tens of thousands of rubles. Just treat it as the maintenance fee of the base."

Zheng Ming's eyes widened. This President Qin is really good enough to fool him into doing such a thing?

If you are in China, you will be court-martialed if you do this!
However, Yarmolenko nodded after thinking for a while: "Yes, there is indeed a possibility, Mr. Qin, you are so right."

"So, we just need to find a way to transport this plane away secretly. I will transfer the 100 million US dollars to your personal account." Qin Tao whispered to Yarmolenko, this guy Suddenly receiving a big gift from Qin Tao, he nodded frequently, his face full of joy.

Being the person in charge of the base here sounds like a lot of work, but it's not lucrative!

If it's another base, it's definitely rich, not to mention, you can also make money by secretly dumping some aviation fuel.

However, the Nitka base is different. Although it is an aviation base, the planes have long since disappeared. He, the person in charge of the Nitka base, is also the person in charge of the entire aviation base.

Every day guarding the dilapidated stall, there is no oil or water. Since the collapse of the Red Empire, there have been no planes taking off and landing here, and nothing has been gained.

Now, as long as he set a fire, 100 million will be in his hands. For him, it is definitely worth it!
Yarmolenko rolled his eyes, and then said: "There is another one next to it, do you want to take it together?"

Anyway, as long as there is a fire, there is nothing left. In the end, they will sell scrap iron. If they can be sold to Qin Tao, they can make more money.

"and also?"

"Yes, this way!"

The weeds that have just been cut have a fresh smell. After walking through a section of grass, you can see another same plane with the words T-10K-3 painted on the nose.

"This one is the same as the one just now." Yarmolenko said, "Do you want to take them all together?"

Qin Tao frowned.

"This one looks a bit older than the one just now." Qin Tao said, "Besides, we only need one. Another one is redundant."

I want both!Zheng Ming on the side was a little anxious there, one was dismantled for surveying and mapping, and the other could be used as a comparison.
However, he couldn't say that, he knew that Mr. Qin must have had plans in mind.

"However, we are good friends after all. Since you have spoken, I have no choice but to let it go. So, 50, how about taking this one away?"

Of course Qin Tao wants it, but it seems that the bottom line of the Yarmolenko in front of him is very low. He just quoted 100 million, which is obviously a loss. It is estimated that he will sell it for 50, so the second one is only 50. All right.

"can!"

For Yarmolenko, there was an additional 50 yuan all of a sudden, and it was too late to be happy, so how could he object.

If it is other technologies, after the collapse of the Red Empire, the West will swarm in, wanting to bring those advanced things back.

However, the carrier-based aircraft is not so fragrant.

There are not many countries with aircraft carriers. The aircraft carrier that can operate the Su-33 is probably owned by the United States. The Americans definitely don’t want it. Therefore, no one patronizes this Nitka base. Throw it away like trash.

Even in 94, when Da Mao and Er Mao signed an agreement to lease this place as Da Mao's carrier-based pilot training base, they would not use this old prototype, but the latest Su-33 carrier-based aircraft produced by others.

At that time, the rental fee was only $50 a year.

Now, Qin Tao spent 150 million for just two prototypes, which is quite extravagant. How can people here not be tempted?

However, this deal is definitely a bargain!

Zheng Ming has great admiration for Qin Tao. He knows that everything is in Qin Tao's calculations, so he doesn't need to eat carrots to worry about it.

The country will introduce technology to produce Su-27 fighters. During the production process, we will gradually find out the technology, and then we can improve it according to this prototype!

"We have one more here." Apparently, Yarmolenko's greed has no bottom line. After selling two planes, he felt that it was not enough, so he guided Qin Tao to the front of the third plane.

This plane is completely different from those two.

The shape is short and thick, and the engine is attached to the sides of the fuselage. It looks similar to the layout of the H-[-], but it is small and the cockpit takes up a lot of space.

"Su-25!" Zheng Ming could tell at a glance that this aircraft, like the A-10, is a dedicated ground attack aircraft. An important aircraft.

However, he is not a professional after all, and he did not see the difference between this aircraft and the ordinary Su-25. It is actually a Su-25UTG carrier-based trainer modified on the basis of the Su-25 attack aircraft.

Even with the Nitka base, pilots cannot directly operate the Su-33 for training, and the two-seater is also very dangerous. Therefore, during the Red Empire period, the old Maozi planned to use the Su-25 as a trainer , let the pilot get used to it first, and then fly to -27.
To train pilots, a professional trainer is very important.

However, Qin Tao shook his head: "Forget about this one! It looks too backward, not as aggressive as the T-10K."

In the future, the motherland's aircraft carrier will indeed need a trainer aircraft, but the Su-25 technology is too backward to be used as a trainer aircraft. Moreover, there is only such a plane, and there is no way to serve it after returning. Without replacement, it simply doesn't make sense.

He bought the T-10K because there are Su-27s in China and J-11s produced by himself. Don't worry about the source of parts and components. Getting this one back is definitely a brain twitch.

Of course, the aircraft carrier's carrier-based trainer is still needed, but that will be a matter of the future, and we will wait until the country has advanced high-level training aircraft.

(End of this chapter)