Great warships

Chapter 328 Salvaging Dingyuan Ship

When warship No. 115 came back from its voyage, it was already dark. It took so long for the first trial voyage, and it still carried out the mission. This is an unprecedented precedent in the history of the navy.

After docking, the people waiting here applauded one after another. Some from the shipyard and some from the navy greeted them like triumphant heroes. When Qin Tao walked down, he felt that his waist could be straightened even more .

The news of this trial voyage will definitely spread like it has grown wings, and by the way, they Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group will also have a good time, let everyone know that the two warships they produced will be Become the strongest warship in the country!

"Now, the 112 ship's limelight will be overshadowed." While eating in the private room of the shipyard canteen, Wu Shengli couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Of course not." Qin Tao said: "In the next few years, our navy's 112 ships will become star warships, crossing the ocean, performing missions again and again, showing the style of our motherland's navy."

"Why, don't you want to let the 115 ship show off?" Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao and asked curiously. This is not in line with Qin Tao's principles of handling things. When did he keep a low profile?

"No." Qin Tao said: "Different warships have different missions. The mission of the 115 ship is to provide the navy with the most needed area air defense capabilities. This is what we are most in need of. As for going out to put on airs, it is not it. What to do, moreover, it's not appropriate!"

"Fantasy? If your words spread, I don't know how many people will be dissatisfied." Wu Shengli said with a smile.

If there is no Qin Tao, then the main force of the navy is definitely the two 052 warships. I don’t know how many people are full of sustenance to those two warships, but Qin Tao called them a show?
"Although our 115 ship is advanced, from top to bottom, it is the old man's weapon. It will not be able to show the style of our own military industry." Qin Tao began to defile himself.

This is not wrong. The equipment that can be seen above is almost all the equipment of the old man. Therefore, after going out, it is not to show his own demeanor, but the demeanor of the old man.

Although the 112 ship also used some French weapons, all kinds of radars and the like are all made in China, so it can still show people the appearance of the made in China.

When Qin Tao said this, everyone understood Qin Tao's meaning, and they smiled and said nothing.

In fact, Qin Tao is not self-polluted. He knows that because there is no hangar, the 051C is not suitable for ocean sailing at all. The mission of these two warships is to protect the capital of the motherland and set up the first line of defense outside. As for going out scenery?From the time they entered the army to their retirement, they never went out for a while.

"Seeing the power of our navy grow stronger, it's really emotional. After the two modern-class ships ordered from Lao Maozi arrive, our navy can be regarded as a first-class warship. Thinking of the shame a hundred years ago..."

"That's right, by next year, the Sino-Japanese War will officially have passed 100 years." Wu Shengli also felt emotional: "Back then, the Qing government's strongest ironclad ship, the Dingyuan, had a full load displacement of only more than 7000 tons. Now, our navy With the same warships, however, it will definitely not suffer the same disgrace.”

Speaking of this matter, the expressions on the faces of the people present became serious.

100 years ago, (less than 100 years, 99 years to be exact.) In the waters of the motherland, the shameful Sino-Japanese War broke out. .

“定远”舰是当时妥妥的“亚洲第一巨舰”，它由清朝委托德国坦特伯雷度的伏尔铿造船厂建造，花费约140万两白银。这艘军舰满载排水量7670吨；装有4门305毫米、25倍径后膛主炮；2门150毫米副炮；8门37毫米转管式机炮；三个鱼雷发射管；还搭载了三艘鱼雷艇。

Although the Dingyuan ship managed to return in the Yellow Sea naval battle in 1894, in the early morning of February 1895, 2, the Dingyuan ship was attacked again, and the cabin was flooded and finally ran aground in the east of Liugong Island.

In order to prevent this powerful warship from falling into the hands of the enemy, Liu Buchan, the right-wing commander of the Beiyang Navy at that time, ordered the ship to be filled with explosives and then detonated.In this way, the body of the Dingyuan ship entered the sea.

Its twin brother, the Zhenyuan ship, was acquired by the enemy and became the enemy's flagship. It participated in many subsequent wars. It can be seen that the sinking of the Dingyuan ship was necessary.

However, the enemy obviously did not intend to let the Dingyuan ship go. Two years later, they took back the main body of the Dingyuan ship, and some people even used the materials to make door panels to show off their achievements. The steel plate with bullet holes tells the cruelty of the war.

At this time, everyone's mood is heavy.

"At that time, Liu Buchan made an oath before the war: if the ship is lost, he must judge himself. In the middle of the night after the Dingyuan ship was bombed, he couldn't help his grief and indignation, and committed suicide by taking poison. We are worthy of the integrity of sacrificing our lives for righteousness, but the end of the Beiyang Navy's annihilation is not what we want to see. We want to build a powerful navy, and we want to defeat any enemy on the battlefield!"

Tragic things must not happen again, and our own navy must not repeat the ending of the year.

"Of course not, because we have stood up, our motherland is no longer the corrupt and incompetent government in the past!"

"If a war really breaks out, we will never avoid the war to protect ourselves. We will take the initiative to attack bravely, even if the bayonet is popular, we must kill the enemy!"

The mood of the crowd rose again.

"That's right, the era of falling behind and being beaten has long passed!"

Wu Shengli looked at Qin Tao, wondering what Qin Tao was thinking at this time?
"Taozi, do you have anything to say?"

"Me?" Qin Tao said: "Our aircraft carrier park will be completed soon, and I want to set up a small museum inside. Let's salvage the wreckage of the Dingyuan ship and put it in the museum for all visitors to visit." Everyone knows that there must be a strong navy, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, and the tragedy of the past cannot be repeated!"

The Aircraft Carrier Park was originally intended to educate patriotism. Although Qin Tao arranged it according to the way of his previous life, he always felt that something was missing.

Now, Qin Tao understands, without the heaviness of history.

He wants to drive the aircraft carrier there for tourists to visit, he wants to make all kinds of decommissioned equipment into a military theme park, and he also wants to build a Da Mao style street to promote consumption.

These are supposed to be perfect, but it always feels like something is missing.

Now, he has the answer.

"Salvage? This is a big project!" Someone immediately questioned it.

If it is an ordinary situation, there is no big problem. After all, only 100 years have passed, and it is a large sunken ship. It is easy to find the location of the sunken ship and salvage it.

However, the Dingyuan ship is very special. This warship was sunk by loading explosives. Afterwards, the main body of the wreckage was dragged away by the enemy, leaving only some fragments. 100 years have passed, and the situation on the seabed has changed greatly. The fragments are estimated to be buried and difficult to find.

"That's right. We only know that the Dingyuan ship sank on Liugong Island. However, no one knows the exact location. If it is to be salvaged, it will take a lot of energy to determine the exact location first."

This is really true. As far as the current technology and strength are concerned, they still do not have the strength to salvage the Dingyuan ship.However, with Qin Tao around, it was different.

"Let us look for the specific location. For the salvage operation, I want to ask the navy's water ghosts to take action. We will pay for it. I just hope that after the salvage, the superior will allow us to display it in the aircraft carrier park."

The specific location of the sinking of the Dingyuan ship requires a lot of energy from archaeologists to find, but for Qin Tao, it is not a big problem, because in the original time and space, Qin Tao had participated in this salvage operation. I remember the latitude and longitude of the Dingyuan ship clearly, so with only a GPS receiver, he can accurately find the location of the Dingyuan ship.

As for salvage, it's not the whole ship, but some of the wreckage, and it doesn't take too much effort.

The biggest problem is that of belonging.

According to the relevant regulations, even if an antique is dug out from the ground of one's own home, it still belongs to the state. If you hand it in personally and give it a reward, everyone will be happy. If you dare to sell it secretly, you will go in and squat down.

The same is true for those in the ocean. If Qin Tao spends a lot of effort to salvage them and is accused by a certain museum, you can't take these relics as your own!Qin Tao was embarrassed.

After all, his aircraft carrier park belongs to the group, not the country. He opened a museum in the aircraft carrier park to commemorate the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], which is also a private act.There must be relevant procedures.

"Well, you need to write a corresponding application and go through layers of approval." Wu Shengli glanced at Qin Tao, and then said: "However, if you show your performance, then the approval will definitely be smoother."

Qin Tao looked helplessly at Wu Shengli. This old man was becoming more and more like his father.

Now, their Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group is already a leading company in the shipbuilding industry. Their current account funds are definitely enviable and hated by people at that level. Therefore, Wu Shengli asked Qin Tao to do something for the navy here. A little contribution is also justifiable.

The price of warships and the like must not be lowered. It can be as much as it is negotiated at the beginning. After all, these are also the main source of profit for the shipyard in the future. Qin Tao was thinking about something quickly, and then his eyes lit up.

"With the strengthening of our country's economic strength, the navy will also grow rapidly." Qin Tao said: "The navy needs a large number of skilled personnel. I think the navy should consider professional training ships."

Wu Shengli nodded.

"Our navy already has Zheng He, which is a professional training ship." A naval officer said, "Could it be that Mr. Qin wants to send us a ship of the same model? Then our navy should thank Mr. Qin for his generosity."

Everyone smiled and looked at Qin Tao.

In 87, Zheng He, the Navy's first professional training ship, entered service. This warship trained a large number of sailors and participated in international operations many times. For example, in March 8*9, it served for less than 3 years. The Zheng He ship crossed the international date line with a single ship and represented the People's Navy's first visit to the United States. Last summer, it successfully completed the mission of transporting the UN peacekeeping force, showing the style of the motherland's navy.

Now, Qin Tao said that a professional training ship must be this kind?
Qin Tao shook his head.

"Just like the training of pilots, you need to adapt to the sky little by little from the initial propeller aircraft, the training of naval sailors should also start from the most basic."

"the most basic?"

Everyone did not understand.

"You didn't mean sailing boats, did you?" Wu Shengli asked curiously.

Qin Tao nodded: "That's right, I'm talking about the sail training ship!"

"Boss Qin really knows how to joke." Someone immediately retorted: "The current warships don't have sailboats at all. Aren't you using this kind of thing to fool people?"

"Yeah, what do you want this kind of thing for? Hanging the sails, untying the hawser?"

Seeing the disapproving expressions of these people, Qin Tao became serious.

"Outsiders say that we are a traditional land-based country. Our navy will definitely be dissatisfied. We have a vast coastline and a large number of maritime interests. This year's Star has demonstrated the importance of the navy. But now, I think , The meaning of these words just now is that we are still a land country, and even the navy does not pay attention to the ocean!"

Wu Shengli looked at his son-in-law in surprise, what are you talking about?Is it too much?
"Why, everyone is not convinced?" Qin Tao didn't care about the old man's eyes, and continued to say: "You can see, in the world, which maritime power has no sail training ships? The United States, Britain, France, even Brazil Yes, there are currently 24 countries in the world that have sail training ships, what about us?"

"Boss Qin, those are all old maritime powers. They have always attached great importance to tradition. Sail warships are the weapons they used to dominate the ocean in the era of great navigation, so they will continue to keep this equipment." A naval officer told Qin Tao Explain: "We are different. We didn't start to engage in the navy until modern times."

"Look, let's admit it? We don't have a long history like others, we are a traditional land country." Qin Tao said: "Our age of sailing is not later than that of other countries. When Zheng He's fleet sailed to the West, Looking at the world, who can compare?"

The big guys stopped talking.

What Qin Tao said seems to make sense, but we still don't pay attention to it.

"Sail training ships are not only traditional, but also can train high-quality naval personnel." Qin Tao continued to introduce: "Students driving sailboats can have zero-distance contact with the sea. The impact of ocean currents on maritime military operations, through basic marine skills and traditional navigation skills training such as climbing high masts, manipulating sails, tying knots, using sextants, etc., the crew can be familiarized with sea life and learning as soon as possible, forming a crewed ship. The comprehensive understanding of sea and sea will lay a solid foundation for future shipboarding. Moreover, the structure and operation of the sail training ship are very special, which tests the team's cooperation spirit and can temper the will..."

Once Qin Tao talked about it, he was eloquent and introduced all the benefits clearly.

"Even if it is a visit, you can also use the sail training ship. Compared with other warships, it will not bring a sharp deterrent, but only a kind of affinity and friendliness. It is for the inheritance of marine culture."

Wu Shengli nodded: "Our navy didn't think about it before, but now I heard Taozi say that using sails to train ships has many advantages! By the way, Taozi, this kind of ship doesn't burn oil, right?"

"As long as there is wind, even if you sail around the world, you only need very little fuel." Qin Tao replied.

If it is a sailboat in the past, it does not have any engine, and it is all powered by sails. However, a modern sailboat must have a backup engine. In case of no wind, or in case of a storm at sea, it needs to speed up. That depends on the engine.

"If the navy is interested, our Mingzhou Group is willing to take care of everything from the design to the final construction. The navy only needs to give a symbolic one or two million yuan, and it will be enough." Qin Tao said.

It is definitely not acceptable to give it for nothing, at least it must be a cost price.

The navy has always spent money. It costs 130 to 200 yuan to fire a [-]mm artillery shell, and millions to do a missile target experiment. Therefore, spending [-] million yuan to build a sail training ship is almost the same as It's like picking it up for nothing.

Even if it is a catamaran cruise ship, it will cost several million. The price of 200 million is definitely not expensive.

"It's a large fast sailing ship with a displacement of more than [-] tons and three masts." Qin Tao continued to add.

In fact, whether the navy needs a sail training ship is a topic of debate among many people.

People who support it say that it can inherit marine culture, train naval personnel at low cost, and let naval students better understand and be familiar with the ocean. Those who oppose it think that this thing has long been outdated, and it is purely tossing. Where is it now? Have sailboats for the navy?The technology mastered on this is meaningless for future growth and is just a waste.

Qin Tao knows in his heart that the sail training ship will arouse people's dream of a maritime power. The former great powers used this kind of ship to conquer the world. We must remember that period of history, and we must carry on the past and forge ahead!
Of course, the most important thing is that the cost of this thing is low!Since it was an exchange, of course Qin Tao couldn't spend too much money. According to the Dingyuan ship's salvage wreck exhibition project, it was worth changing to a sail training ship.

Even a 022 missile boat is much more expensive than it.

Our own design institute has not done this kind of design yet, and it happens to be enjoyable, and, in the future, maybe we can name it and build a few sailboats for those navigators. After all, in this era, it is possible to build this kind of retro sailboat. There are too few people who style boats.

The night is already deep.

"Xiao Ling, take Dad back first."

"What about you? Aren't you going back?" Zhao Ling looked at Qin Tao curiously.

"How do you go back? You haven't done your business yet!"

"Sky Whale?"

"That's right, I have to set it up overnight. Even if those technicians don't do it tonight, they can start designing tomorrow, so as not to waste time."

It could have been arranged in the afternoon, but who would have thought that it would take so long to go to the sea trial with the naval leaders.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Wu Shengli went.

"I'll go too!" Zhao Ling also spoke.

So, the three of them walked to the design office together.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, but the design office was still crowded with people, and various graphics were constantly beating on the monitors of each computer.

"It seems a little different from when I came last time?" Wu Shengli asked.

"Yes, this summer, we purchased another batch of new computers. For us, we need to upgrade the computer equipment every two or three years, and always use the best computers in the world."

After the 21st century, the hardware performance of computers began to gradually become excessive.When gamers want to buy a new graphics card, only to find out that the price has been raised by the miners, the players will honestly use their old graphics card, three years after the new one, three years after the old one, and three years of repairing, waiting for the mining accident. The original intention has not changed, the performance of my original old graphics card is not good.

However, it was not enough in the 90s. Computer hardware developed rapidly, and under the stimulation of Moore's Law, the performance was continuously improved. For computer-aided design, of course, the more advanced the computer used, the better.

"There are so many people here!" Wu Shengli quickly turned his attention to the personnel.

"Yes, we have recruited some people to join." Qin Tao looked at the people present, there were young and new faces, and old faces from other design units, but there were no old men, and those old men stayed in Huating.

"President Qin, what instructions do you have?" After seeing Qin Tao coming in, Yang Dawei hurried over to say hello after finishing the work at hand.

"You guys are too hardworking, aren't you?"

"As long as you give us a project, we must not hold back. Our own design plan for the natural gas ship will be ready soon." Yang Dawei said.

Qin Tao nodded: "Well, I didn't come to see our natural gas ship plan. Don't worry about that. We now have a brand new dredger task, and we need everyone to complete the design within half a month. By the way, today is first day."

"Half a month? It won't take that much, ten days will do." Yang Dawei said: "When we were out of work, we had put the design drawings of the dredger in the computer for backup. Now, as long as the user needs, Just make changes.”

Qin Tao glanced at Yang Dawei with satisfaction. Although he didn't give any instructions, Yang Dawei was really good at his job.

"Well, okay, let's revise it, some hard indicators."

"Yeah. I'll write it down."

"This dredger has a total length of 127.5 meters, can also be enlarged to 30 meters, a molded width of 22 meters, a draft of 6 meters, a design speed of 12 knots, and a total installed power of 19200 kilowatts."

After Yang Dawei recorded these data, he immediately thought of something: "This is a large dredger, with a displacement of more than [-] tons."

"That's right, the designed full-load displacement is 30 tons." Qin Tao glanced at Yang Dawei with satisfaction, and then continued to introduce: "The maximum excavation depth is 6000 meters, the maximum mud discharge distance is 4500 meters, and the excavation efficiency is 420 cubic meters per hour. The power of the reamer is as high as 40 kilowatts, and it is necessary to excavate rocks with a pressure resistance of [-] MPa."

Wu Shengli looked at all this curiously, and he suddenly discovered that Yang Dawei didn't question anything!
"Is there a problem?"

"It's not a big problem."

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