Great warships

Chapter 338 Disassembled K-534
"Of course not." Qin Tao was very straightforward: "We never thought about making that thing at all. Except for the rich and powerful Red Empire, it is impossible for any country to use precious titanium alloys to build nuclear submarines. It is too extravagant."

There are only four Type 945 nuclear submarines, and the fifth one was stopped in the early stage of construction. This is not to say that Moscow does not look down on the red Solmovo shipyard. Another main reason is that titanium alloy submarines are too difficult to build. up.

During the welding process of the first 945-type nuclear submarine, it was found that the quality of the welds was very low, and there were cracks in many places.Later, it had to be reworked, and the quality was not stabilized until the second ship.

It is absolutely worthwhile for Qin Tao to purchase this welding technology from the Celestite Design Bureau for 300 million US dollars.

Although the production is in the shipyard, all technical things belong to the design bureau. At the beginning, the lapis lazuli design bureau had a headache for a long time because of the welding problem of titanium alloy.

At the very beginning, they planned to use the treated T-17 zirconium-containing titanium alloy, but due to the problem of welding cracking, they specially ordered a new 48 from the "Prometheus" Central Shipbuilding Technology Research Institute. -ОТЗВ type low zirconium titanium alloy.These were all resolved by the Celestine Design Bureau.

Now, it's not impossible to give it. Twenty Lavkowski thinks Qin Tao's request is a bit weird. According to their engineering experience, this thing is used to build submarines!
Now, what is Qin Tao going to do with it?
"If our transaction goes well, I would like to use these materials to build advanced deep-submersible lifeboats to fill our gap." Qin Tao said: "Of course, since we have very little experience, I would like to invite your Some experts from the Design Bureau went to us to help with the design."

If it is said that these titanium alloys are sold as junk, these people will never believe it. If they say that the titanium alloy components of the aircraft are made, they will definitely feel that the price is cheap. After all, the aircraft is very expensive, so Qin Tao simply Said a new idea.

Deep diving lifeboat.

Just by listening to the name, you can know its function. This kind of small boat can dive to deeper places and carry out the work of rescuing people.

Rescue who?

A wrecked submarine, of course.

A normal submarine is a deadly weapon on the bottom of the sea, but once there is a malfunction and cannot float up, it will be difficult, especially if there is a water leak or the like, it will face a crisis.

At this time, this kind of special deep-diving lifeboat is needed.

Compared with ordinary submarines that can only dive to a depth of 300-600 meters, its dive depth must be at least 1000 meters, or even below [-] meters. The deeper the better, the more situations it can deal with.

This kind of lifeboat does not need to have strong maneuverability or fast speed, but it must be able to perform complex attitude adjustments, because the submarine in distress sits on the bottom of the sea and has various attitudes. It is best to land straight, but if If you lean, you have to lean over yourself.

Because it has to be docked with the hatch of the submarine, the crew members killed inside can climb directly onto the lifeboat through the docking port. At that depth, the personnel cannot be directly exposed to the outside.

Any country with submarines should have a deep-diving lifeboat, but this kind of thing is too difficult, so only a few countries can build it.

Even domestic submarines, which have been operating for decades, only started construction of the first deep-diving lifeboat in 88, with a diving depth of only 600 meters.

Before it entered service, once the previous submarine had an accident, it could only find a way to save itself.

Now that Qin Tao has made this request, it is reasonable.

The design depth of the Type 945 nuclear submarine is 900 meters, but in fact, even if this submarine dives to 1000 or 600 meters, there is no problem. After all, it uses the strongest and thickest titanium alloy. (There are also some sources that say the dive depth is [-] meters, but I don’t know which one is true.)
At the same time, the displacement of the Type 945 nuclear submarine is more than 8000 tons, and the displacement of the deep-submersible lifeboat is only tens of tons. This type of lifeboat has a smaller diameter and can be made into the most compressive spherical shape. In terms of craftsmanship, then, this kind of deep-diving lifeboat can dive to a depth of 945 meters without any problem!

Lavkovsky nodded, but he still thought of something, and said seriously: "Since this is the case, then, wouldn't it be more cost-effective for us to design it at the design bureau, build it at the shipyard, and then sell it to you? Such a deep-diving lifeboat can sell for at least 2000 million U.S. dollars, right?"

Lipilov was a little embarrassed, brother, can you say this directly?

"No, no, no." Qin Tao shook his head again and again, he pointed at Lavkovsky, and then at Lapilov: "You, you, even if you work together, it is impossible to make this thing, because You have no money!"

Qin Tao made it clear that it was impossible for the other party to do this, because no matter it was design or construction, money was needed, and their children, who were originally not loved by their parents, were even more so now. Abandoned, where is the money?What to do if you have no money?
In fact, since Lavkowski can say it face to face, he already has the answer in his heart. Now, he is not angry when Qin Tao directly points it out.

"Yeah, we have no money. In the past, we never thought about money."

For these third-line shipbuilders, the feeling is even deeper. They miss the lost empire very much.

"So, it's the best if you choose to cooperate with us." Qin Tao said: "Going to our east, those designers can get high salaries and live a comfortable life. By the way, if our project is settled , I also hope that the shipyard can send some skilled workers there, and it would be even better if they lend us the relevant equipment. We will pay for it.”

Xu Zhengyang's heart was like a bright mirror, Mr. Qin started to dig people and equipment again, this time he was bolder and came directly!

Those designers, those skilled workers are definitely meat buns beating dogs, and they will never return.

As long as those people go to the East, they will definitely like the East and don't want to come back.

Although they use the guise of a deep-diving lifeboat, these designers are actually designing submarines. That is to say, after they decide to stay, Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group can form a third design department. , specially designed submarines!
Thinking of this, Xu Zhengyang was excited.

He was right in thinking, but there are only some minor revisions in some places. If a special submarine design department is to be established in the future, it must belong to the Navy. After all, such an organization cannot be privately owned, but those are all later. something happened.

Now, let's fool these people and equipment first.

Under Qin Tao's gaze, Lavkowski finally nodded: "If those designers are sent out in the name of our design bureau, in addition to paying the designers' salaries and travel allowances, you also We need to pay our design bureau a fee."

This guy also knows how to get more benefits for their design bureau. In fact, most of these expenses have to go into his pocket, right?
"Of course no problem." Qin Tao nodded immediately: "Everyone, every month, give your design bureau one hundred dollars. The more people you have and the longer the time, the more your design bureau will get. Same, how do you feel?"

"Okay!" Both of them agreed without any hesitation.

"Tomorrow, I will take you to the production workshop of the Type 945 nuclear submarine." Saipilov said.

The agreement was reached in this way. Sure enough, without that guy Grishin making trouble, his gains would be even greater!
After the banquet was over, everyone returned to the guest house. On the way, Zheng Ming said to Qin Tao with a smile: "Mr. Qin, this time the harvest is good!"

"Well, good luck, tomorrow, you can go and see together."

"Boss Qin, our navy's new generation of nuclear submarines seems to be counting on you." The submarine expert Deng Rui who followed Zheng Ming said.

"Old Deng, don't put more pressure on us. Let's talk about the future."

"Boss Qin, I'm a little puzzled."

Xu Zhengyang talked more and more, Qin Tao glanced at his secretary: "Do you think there is something wrong with my payment method?"

Xu Zhengyang nodded.

He could guess everything else, but Xu Zhengyang couldn't understand how Qin Tao paid the design bureau and shipbuilding dispatched personnel.

"Do you know how their factories were reformed after the Red Empire collapsed?"

"Isn't it just one ticket per person? It ended up being a piece of paper."

"Of course not this." Qin Tao said: "It's their personnel system, forget it, let me say it, they have also started to learn from the West, what kind of contract system, these workers, designers, have signed labor employment contracts .And, the original contract, it was only signed for three years."

The red empire collapsed at the end of 91, and now it is the end of 93. In other words, the contracts signed by these people are only one year old?
Qin Tao only needs to pay the extra cost for one year. After one year, these people have nothing to do with the design bureau or shipyard. It's time for them to sign a contract with Mingzhou!
Xu Zhengyang's eyes brightened, Mr. Qin had really calculated everything.

"President Qin, how do you know?" Zheng Ming asked curiously.

Qin Tao smiled: "A friend said it."

This is of course the experience of the previous life. He once went to the submarine design unit and communicated with the old man there. The other party talked about the experience of the East: signed a three-year contract. After the contract expired, the design bureau was no longer there. So, I followed others and went to the East together.

The Celestine Design Bureau is so sad. After the collapse of the Red Empire, there is no product. The large number of personnel employed by the design bureau can only fend for themselves.

Today, Qin Tao suddenly thought of this, so he can put forward these plans with confidence.

The other party was not prepared in the slightest, because no one took the labor agreement seriously.

Zheng Ming was very excited.

Although there are nuclear submarines in China, they are only at the level of the first-generation nuclear submarines of the West and Lao Maozi, that is, the problem of availability has just been solved, and they are not advanced at all.

When these old Maozi professional submarine designers go back, the domestic second-generation nuclear submarines can be officially launched even if they have strong foreign aid!

That night, Zheng Ming didn't sleep well. When he woke up in the morning, he had two dark circles under his eyes, but Qin Tao laughed at him.

Shipyard, closed production workshop.

A group of people continued to walk along the road they walked yesterday, at least 500 meters away from the river, and the building that looked like a warehouse turned out to be a nuclear submarine production workshop.

Yesterday, no one paid attention to it. It is estimated that even the reconnaissance satellites in the sky would not see it. The surrounding area is already surrounded by dense forests.

Amidst the creaking sound, the door of the workshop opened, and everyone walked in, but Qin Tao stopped.

His finger pointed to the side of the gate: "Your gate is still hung with rubber strips?"

It is estimated that it has been a few years, and these strips are a little old and dry, but it is definitely creative enough to install strips on this kind of door that allows the submarine to come out.

What is the glue strip for?Seal it!
Could this kind of workshop be sealed?
"These are for sealing. When building the first Type 945 nuclear submarine more than ten years ago, we found that the quality of many welds was not up to standard. Later, we improved the production process, because the air flow would affect the protective argon. , In order to reduce the flow of air flow, the entire workshop has been sealed."

If it is an aircraft like the Su-27, especially the titanium alloy components of the engine, a special welding room can be set up. The welders wear astronaut-like equipment. Welding in space is the most suitable.

However, it is impossible to fill such a huge factory building with argon for the welding of the shell of the nuclear submarine!In that case, the consumption during the construction process is also astronomical.

Therefore, the method is similar to argon arc welding, where argon gas is passed around the weld seam, but it is more strict, the argon gas must be completely covered, if there is air flow in the workshop, the argon gas will be Blow away, resulting in poor weld quality.

The people mourned.

As expected, only old men can play with titanium alloy submarines. Just this welding process will cost a lot of money!
With emotion, everyone walked in. At this time, inside the workshop, dozens of workers were working, and the welded components could be seen being disassembled.

"The dismantling project started ten days ago. If you had come ten days earlier, you would have seen the completed components," Lapilov said.

This is an afterthought. If it really came ten days earlier and it hasn't been disassembled, they wouldn't be able to come in to see it!

"But it's not too late now." Qin Tao said: "You can disassemble the internal devices. If it is useful, you can keep it if it will leak secrets. If it is useless, sell it to us. You don't need to move this shell. When the time comes , we will take it away as a whole!"

On the outside of the Type 945 nuclear submarine, the non-pressure hull has a diameter of about 12 meters, but the internal titanium alloy pressure hull has a diameter of about eight meters. At this time, several pressure hulls in the middle of the hull were built. In the section with a diameter of about eight meters, the inner three decks have been welded, and some devices have even been installed.

The dismantling work starts from the inside first, and the outside has not been touched, so the outer titanium alloy shell remains intact.

Like the two Kilo-class ships, it has also been idle for several years, but the titanium alloy shell is still shining, forming a sharp contrast with the rusty Kilo-class ships.

The casing has not been disassembled, so these titanium alloy casings are kept intact, and there is no violent damage after disassembly, which is great!
However, when he said this, Rapilov was a little embarrassed.

Do you agree, or do you not agree?

Qin Tao thought of something, and quickly explained: "Please don't worry, even if we go back and weld it up, it will be useless. Without the bow and stern, it is not a complete submarine!"

Disassembled, it is the real scrap titanium alloy, now?It is still intact, will Qin Tao build it after buying it back?
Just now, Caipilov had this concern, but Qin Tao's explanation now reassures him.

This is incomplete, there is no head and tail, only the middle, what is the use?Qin Tao just didn't want the workers to damage the precious titanium alloy when cutting, so they wanted it to be complete.

"We have always attached great importance to reputation. The Kyiv purchased from the Northern Fleet was rumored to be remodeled by the outside world. Now, it has become an aircraft carrier park for tourists to watch. If you are interested, you can also go and see it. I'll reimburse you for round-trip travel expenses and accommodation." Qin Tao said.

The renovation of the Kyiv Aircraft Carrier Park has slapped all the slanderous remarks. We Mingzhou Group will do what we say, and we will do what we say.

"Mr. Kvasha, why are you here?" At this time, Lavkovsky, who came with him, saw a person standing inside, and couldn't help shouting: "Also, Krasnopolsky Sir, are you here too?"

Looking at the two gray-haired old men, Lavkowski was extremely shocked.

"Yeah, let's take a look. I heard that this Type 945 nuclear submarine is going to be dismantled. Let's... give it away." Kwasha said.

"Yeah, when the Ulyanovsk was dismantled, I didn't catch up. Now I heard that this ship will also be dismantled, so I have a look. However, it seems that I didn't see anything when I came. After all, Its nuclear reactor has not been assembled."

"Lavkowski, these are old seniors, can you introduce them to me?" Qin Tao asked, at this time, he was also very excited.Because he already knew the identities of these two people.

"Of course." Lavkowski immediately introduced: "This Mr. Kwasha was the previous chief designer of our design bureau, and I was still his student. The Type 945 nuclear submarine was designed by him. Yes, I’m just doing some revision work. This Mr. Krasnopolsky also retired the year before last. He used to work in the Experimental Design Bureau of the Machinery Industry and was a resident of our city, so he returned to our city to retire.”

These two people are both powerful factions. Kwasha started designing the Type 70 in the 945s. After ten years of hard work, he designed this submarine.Definitely a seasoned veteran.

As for Krasnopolsky, it was even worse.Machinery Industry Experimental Design Bureau, the name may sound ordinary, but it is the most powerful nuclear reactor design bureau in Lao Maozi's country!

Although their Celestine Design Bureau designed the nuclear-powered submarine, the nuclear reactor on it came directly from the Machinery Industry Experimental Design Bureau, and even the nuclear reactor of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier came from there.

This trip was really rewarding!
Feeling emotional in his heart, Qin Tao quickly walked up and stretched out his hand.

"Two gentlemen, this is the boss of Dongfang Mingzhou Group. He came here with Dongfang's naval inspection team to buy our two 877 submarines and some scraps." Lavkowski continued to introduce the two of them. Qin Tao.

Next, it was time to introduce Zheng Ming, but behind Zheng Ming, Deng Rui strode over and held Kwasha's hand tightly: "Mr. Kwasha, do you still remember me?"

Kwasha carefully looked at the person in front of him. In terms of age, the other party might be older, but the other party respectfully called him teacher. Decades have passed, and the years have left circles on the faces of both of them. Wrinkles in the circle, but in the eyebrows and eyes, there is always a faintly recognizable place.

"Are you Deng?"

"That's right, it's me. Decades have passed, I never thought we would meet again!"

"Yes, according to the February 633th agreement, we went to the east to help you master the construction technology of the [-] submarine. After so many years, those submarines have long been eliminated, right?"

Saying this sentence made the naval personnel present a little embarrassed, eliminated?That kind of submarine with World War II technology is still our main force!
On February 1959, 2, the two parties signed the "Agreement on the Soviet Government's New Technology Assistance to the Chinese Navy in Shipbuilding", referred to as the "February 4th Agreement". The agreement stipulated that the Soviet Union would transfer the right to build "6633" medium-sized torpedo submarines for a fee. , provide drawings, equipment and equipment, and dispatch expert guidance.

According to this agreement, a large number of Soviet submarine experts came to China to participate in the construction of this submarine, including Kvasha.

After all, the Type 6633 submarine was designed by the Lapis Lazuli Design Bureau. Of course, their experts were responsible for the training. However, Kwasha was not the chief designer at that time, but an ordinary designer.

Although ordinary, people in the East also respect them very much and treat them as teachers, and the two sides have established a deep friendship.

Recalling the scenes decades ago, Kwasha's eyes also turned red.

"It's really not easy to get together after decades." Qin Tao said from the side: "At noon today, let's go to the biggest restaurant in the city for a drink, and I'll treat you!"

Now that we have met, it is fate, everyone should have a good drink!
For Lao Maozi, he would never refuse this proposal.

Next, everyone continued to observe the K-534 submarine that was being dismantled. For the other party's own designers, there were many things to study about the submarine being dismantled, and everyone took it very seriously.

Lao Maozi is also very generous. When he sees something that everyone is interested in, he will introduce it. It should be the banquet at noon that made them more enthusiastic.

(End of this chapter)