Great warships

Chapter 376
There are many tragic characters in Lao Maozi. During World War II, those designers who worked during the day and designed at night were very miserable. During the Cold War, Lao Maozi devoted all his efforts to developing military industry. Some people were proud and some were frustrated.

Yakovlev is one of the more tragic figures. He rose to fame during World War II and was marginalized during the Cold War.

And Alexeyev is even more tragic.

When his project was valued at the beginning, he was directly promoted to the director and chief designer of the Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau. Therefore, this design bureau was also called the Alekseev Central Design Bureau. At that time, he had a huge Power, can use all the funds to build ground-effect aircraft, and that kind of Caspian Sea monster can come out within a few years, relying on this.

However, when the new leader came to power, he would not be taken seriously, and he would be demoted to be the director of the ground-effect aircraft program, and he would not be able to interfere with the funding of the design bureau.

Alexeyev was very annoyed, and asked his superiors countless times for money, people, and projects, so he finally pissed off the senior management, and he was finally demoted to become an ordinary employee, without the right to ask for money .

Alexeyev was hit hard and soon fell ill. Just like Makarov at the Black Sea Shipyard, he died of depression because of Varyag's departure.

But fortunately, he still has a daughter, his daughter, who will inherit his wishes and continue to develop ground effect aircraft.

"In 80, the only prototype of our KM was damaged during the test and could not be repaired afterwards. Seeing that the project had to be terminated, I decided to lower the requirements of the project and focus on practicality. Therefore, I built this small flower tail Pigeon." At this time, Alexieva, as if she had found someone to confide in, told all her experiences over the years.

"We installed six anti-ship missile launchers on it, so that it has actual combat capabilities. Relying on its high speed and flying close to the sea, it can attack the enemy. funds to build this flowertail pigeon.” Alexieva said: “However, after the collapse of the Red Empire, our project had to be stopped, and the country no longer had any funds to support it.”

"There should be technical problems, right?" Qin Tao said, "For example, the fuel consumption of the first eight engines must be quite high, and flying close to the sea surface will also be eroded by sea water."

"Yes, there are technical problems, but no technology will mature all at once, and we always need to keep trying and improving." Alexeyeva said: "Actually, its biggest technical problem , nor these engines, but when flying on the sea, its steering is very difficult, and its turning radius is very large. At the same time, this device is neither a ship nor an aircraft, and it is very difficult to operate."

"If this is the case, it may be solved with the current advanced technology." Qin Tao said: "For example, there is already a digital fly-by-wire flight control, which can be transplanted to greatly increase its operability. As for the difficulty of steering The problem can be solved by vector control technology.”

"Yeah, these technologies are the objects we consider, but now, we have no funds."

"If I provide you with funds, are you willing to continue this project?" Qin Tao asked Alexeyeva.

"Are you willing to support this project?" Alexieva was overjoyed at first, then her eyes darkened again: "You don't understand, this project requires a lot of funds, the Cold War is over, no one will support us to engage in this kind of project project."

"No one? Am I not a human?" Qin Tao looked at Alexieva speechlessly: "I have already said that you can provide funds for you. Of course, for the purpose of cost control, I think it can be done again." Reduce the demand, build a small ground-effect aircraft, and at the same time, conduct a large number of wind tunnel experiments to find out the flight control rate. In this case, if you invest 5000 million US dollars in the early stage, it should be able to guarantee five years of research, right?"

$5000?
Alexieva's eyes were full of surprise: "You are so rich? Are you willing to support my project with 5000 million?"

"I'm not very rich, but this little money is nothing to me. It's just that you need to go to the East and establish a professional design unit with us. By the way, if you want to bring your previous research data, even better."

"The main materials are all in the design bureau. However, here are my father's and my work notes. There are about ten notebooks. We... By the way, I don't know your real identity yet."

After all, Alexieva is not a three-year-old child. If she is deceived by these words, she will be too mentally retarded.

"I'm not a big shot, I opened a shipyard in the east, and now I'm the boss of Mingzhou Group."

"At the Asian Defense Exhibition, the Mingzhou Group that made a big splash?" Alexeyeva opened her eyes wide.

"That's right, it is." Qin Tao said: "Last month, we bid at Gwadar Port, and then came to Parthia to check the progress of the Abbas Shipyard. Later, by accident, we came here. So, would you like to come with us?"

"I want to know how to confirm your identities. I don't want business cards."

Qin Tao smiled: "I can give you our passports, but passports can also be faked. Now, we have nothing to prove our identity. Everything depends on your intuition and judgment."

So, the scene fell silent again.

Alexieva was clearly thinking.

1 minutes, 2 minutes, 3 minutes.

She finally let out a long breath: "Okay, I decided to believe you, even if you are an organization that sells human QG, I will admit it. I will go with you."

What Qin Tao said, such as the bidding for Gwadar Port and the Abbas Shipyard, are all concerned by talents in the industry. If it was other organizations, they might not make it so real. Moreover, after the two came up, each She heard all these emotions, she probably likes this big guy, that's why she came up.

Now, she wants to take a gamble. She knows that it is impossible for Da Mao to continue to invest in this, so she can only change the owner.

"Okay, let's go then, but how do we get up to this place?"

"This place is actually an escape passage designed by us." Alexeyeva said: "Once in danger, if we want to jump into the sea to escape, we will go down from here, so the floor below can also be opened."

With that said, she went to explore the corresponding mechanism.

However, nothing moved below.

"If you're flying over the sea, you can indeed open it, but now, there's sand underneath, and the door opens outward." Qin Tao saw the problem at a glance: "So, this door can't be opened for the time being."

It is not difficult at all to open a hatch on the hull-like belly and keep it airtight, because all seaplanes have this kind of device. The belly of a seaplane is a boat. I have to open my mouth to retract the landing gear.

However, on this beach, it is not easy to open this hatch.

Alexieva's expression changed.

The door below cannot be opened, and the side cannot be climbed up, because since it is used as an escape route, when they were doing it, the side was made very smooth on purpose, just like riding a slide, but now it has become a burden.

How to do?
"Then we can only call for help here." Qin Tao said.

In fact, Xu Zhengyang is capable of going up. After all, although the steel cable around his waist was blown away, it can still be retracted, rewound up, and the mechanism can be restored before shooting out.

However, Qin Tao didn't choose this option, because if he had the ability to go up easily, and ended up staying here chattering, would he be suspected by others?
"Help? There is no one around here for a long time. The nearest village is five kilometers away." Alexieva was a little worried, but Qin Tao had already shouted.

"Help, someone here!"

Xu Zhengyang also shouted, and at the same time, he pressed the switch of a transmitter that he carried with him.

Soon there were footsteps outside, and then, amidst the thud, there were footsteps stepping on the car left behind by Qin Tao and the others, jumping on the wing, getting into the cabin, and was about to search back and forth, in the open hole in the back passage Then came the voice.

"We accidentally fell, give us a rope!"

Thus, a rope was hung down.

Footsteps leave.

Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang came up, and then directed Alexeyeva to tie a rope around her waist, and they pulled her up together.

When Alexeyeva came up, there was no one else in sight except Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang.

"Where are the people who saved us?"

"Just left. I want to give them money, but they don't want it. It's really a good deed without leaving a name." Qin Tao said.

"Oh." Although Alexieva was a little suspicious, she didn't ask, anyway, just come up.

"If this flowertail pigeon can start to move, it would be better for us to take it away." Qin Tao said.

"No, in the past few years, due to lack of funds and no maintenance, especially its engine, it has actually been scrapped." Alexeyeva said.

In this case, Qin Tao had no choice but to give up. He originally thought that as long as he flew across the Caspian Sea to the opposite country of Anxi, he could call the An-225 over and carry it on the back of the An-225 to fly back, but now , can only give up.

Lao Maozi's engine really has a short lifespan. Normal operation is only 80 hours. It is used in an environment like the seaside. The only flowertail pigeon was built in [-], so the engine must have reached the end of its lifespan.

"Besides, this ship is Da Mao's property, we have no right to take it away."

"Okay." Qin Tao nodded: "Then take you and your father's diary, and we leave by car. By the way, how did you get up?"

Qin Tao and the others used the car as a step, climbed up the wing and opened the door, and then went in. Ordinarily, where is Alexeyeva?How did a fat woman like her get up without a gangway?
"There is a passage at the back with a gangway leading directly to the ground."

Sure enough, there is a shortcut, but Qin Tao is not familiar with it either!

After getting the diary, Xu Zhengyang walked through the passage where the cover could be opened again. Xu Zhengyang walked in the front, reached the handle, and put down the notebook he was holding.

"I'm so tired, I'll take a rest here."

Xu Zhengyang squeezed his arms with his hands, and he was relieved when he watched several people pass by.

Qin Tao smiled, this bodyguard of his is really conscientious.

Alexieva walked to the front and opened another handle. These are purely mechanical designs, without electricity, compressed air and hydraulic pressure. The hatch at the rear opens, and a high gangway appears.

Back in the car, Xu Zhengyang started the engine and left here slowly.

Alexieva finally turned her head, glanced at the giant, and was full of nostalgia.

With the driving of the car, this behemoth also gradually went away.There were mixed feelings in Alexeyeva's heart.

Qin Tao was also very emotional in his heart.

He just wanted to take a look, to see the imperial heritage. Even Qin Tao never thought that he would meet Alexeyeva here and take her away.

The ground effect is called the hand of God, and the ground effect aircraft is held up by the hand of God, but whether this thing is practical or not is unknown.

Because the research and development was not mature in the era of the Red Empire, and neither was it in later generations. Although all countries are doing research, there are still many technical difficulties.

For Qin Tao, this is an adventure.

However, doing business is inherently risky. When I have money, I just want to make various investments to continuously promote the development of science and technology in the motherland.

Take the high-level quantum technology as an example, all countries think it is impossible, but the motherland has not matured this technology?Perhaps, Mingzhou Group can also mature the ground effect aircraft?
Moreover, since it has become a project of the Mingzhou Group, it means that although this thing is called a ground-effect aircraft, it will eventually be attributed to a boat. After all, when Alexeyev was researching hydrofoil boats , come up with this kind of thing.

Qin Tao looked at the flowertail pigeon for the last time. He knew that just tonight, a big fire would ignite here, causing countless people to sigh. The precious property of the empire era was finally ignored by the hateful bureaucrats, and finally accidentally caught fire and burned down. up!
Of course, the old Maozi didn't pay much attention to it because it was an abandoned imperial product. The technical information of this flowertail pigeon was still in the Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau. They didn't know that for a brand new For products, designers are very important.

An incompetent designer cannot bring out a project. In the future, the old man will just use his inheritance to make models for display. It is impossible to continue to develop.

As for the future, the fourth design office under Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group will continue to shine in this respect.

By the time Qin Tao returned to Huating, half a month had passed, and the time had entered June.

In Pudong New Area, Mingzhou Group has photographed a piece of industrial land. The R&D building has just been built on this land, and the signboard of the fourth design department is hung on it.

Standing in front of the sign, Alexieva still felt like she was dreaming.

She believed in her intuition, so she walked with Qin Tao. On the way, she reversed a lot of vehicles and walked a lot of roads that she hadn't taken before. Now, she finally arrived at her destination.

There is construction everywhere here, and it looks like it is full of vitality. The buildings here have become an institution specializing in the research of ground-effect aircraft, which makes her a little unbelievable. It feels like a dream!

"Alekseeva, you will work here from now on." Qin Tao said: "This place has been equipped with an advanced computer system for aided design, but at present, you are only one person, so next, You need to move around."

"What?"

"Go to various universities in our country to give speeches, and lure the college students over to become the technical force in the development of ground-effect aircraft." Qin Tao said: "Someone will take you with you, but whether you can pull the team up or not depends on you." publicity."

In this day and age, college students are allocated on a package basis. Qin Tao and his Mingzhou Group cannot coordinate with various famous universities, so they demand that college students be assigned here.

However, the number of college students under the Mingzhou Group is increasing. Of course, these are the ones who fooled them. It is already June, and the college students are supposed to get their registration cards soon, and report to various distribution units.

However, there are always some people who are dissatisfied with the assigned jobs, and some people cannot stay in big cities because they have no connections. At such times, Mingzhou Group will appear in front of them and tell them, go to Huating, go to Mingzhou Group Work, the newly established design office is to design advanced ground-effect aircraft!

No matter if you are majoring in aviation or shipbuilding, you can come in!

It doesn't take much, just a dozen or twenty college students can be fooled, and the design office can officially start working. After all, it is absolutely impossible to have only Alexeyeva alone.

Alexieva nodded: "I will do my best."

Even if this matter was arranged, when he returned home, Qin Tao lay lazily on the sofa, enjoying a moment of peace and tranquility.

Crunch!

The door rang, and two people walked in, one of them with a distended belly.

"You're back?"

"Yeah, everything is finally arranged." Qin Tao looked at his wife: "Come here carefully, don't run away."

Zhao Ling sat on Qin Tao's side, feeling Qin Tao's palm stroking her stomach.

"Girl, I haven't heard Dad's voice for half a month, do you miss Dad?"

"How do you know it's a girl?" Zhao Ling asked amusedly.

"Okay, son, half a month..."

"How do you know it's your son?"

"Okay, son, is the child finally finished? Son, do you miss your father?"

"Think about it."

The voice, of course, came from Zhao Ling. Qin Tao smiled and looked at his wife with affection.

"Cough, cough, Taozi, what do you want to eat tonight?" Zhao Xiu'e's voice sounded.

"I can say anything. By the way, Mom, don't we have a nanny? Let the nanny do it. You rest."

"Mom is also idle when she is idle."

Footsteps came from outside again, this time it was Wu Shengli.

"Dad, have you just come to Huating, or have you not left?"

"Of course I just came here." Wu Shengli said: "It's not because of you, boy. You did a good job this time. You bid for Gwadar Port. The superior is very satisfied with you and wants to call you to the capital. I got stopped."

"Thank you dad."

"The higher-ups are very satisfied with your plan for the third phase of Gwadar Port." Wu Shengli continued: "Especially the third phase of construction, the higher-ups will also seriously consider it. For us, it is a strategic event."

"Ah."

"I heard that you also made a fortune?"

"Not much, just 27 million. By the way, there are still a batch of missiles mounted on the Su-[-], which will be shipped over at that time. If our navy..."

Qin Tao originally wanted to say that if the navy is useless, then give it to the air force. After all, it is only used on the air force's Su-27.

However, unexpectedly, Wu Shengli immediately waved his hand: "Why is it useless? Keep it for our navy. Our navy's J-2 fighter jets can also be used after the avionics are modified."

J-2, modified avionics?Qin Tao was stunned for a moment: "Could you have installed the MiG-29's radar?"

However, Qin Tao still felt a little strange. The J-2 modified beetle radar project seemed to be a foreign trade project. Why did the Navy pay attention to it?
Although the country has begun to introduce the Su-27 production line and assemble this fighter by itself, after all, the initial production capacity is very low, so it must be supplied to the Air Force first. For a long time, the Navy has only J-2 to take the lead. Therefore, it is understandable if the navy wants to introduce the beetle radar. After all, there is no money in the pocket, and it should be used after modification.

Wu Shengli nodded: "That's right, the 601 Institute still hasn't given up on the J-3. After all, we modified it ourselves. Refitting the avionics is only a small step. They also have a more important J-[-] project. This avionics is just a small step." one of them."

Qin Tao shook his head helplessly: "Oh, what a waste of money."

Qin Tao has heard of the J-3 project to some extent. This project is to benchmark F-16A and Mirage 2000. It is equipped with a turbojet-14 engine and a full set of advanced avionics. There is also a resounding slogan , called fighting machine.

But what about the result?
Turbojet-14 is a collection of several existing domestic jet engines. After being installed on the aircraft, it claims to have a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 1.1, but it keeps breaking down, and there have been 15 air stops in total.Specifically, problems such as oil leakage from pipelines, root fractures of high-pressure turbine blades, and surge shutdowns emerged one after another.

As for the avionics, it seems that they intend to gain experience from the Peace Model project and come up with a mature model, but because of insufficient technology, it seems that they intend to directly transplant the beetle radar.

This project is bound to fail in the end.

However, it is not appropriate for Qin Tao to throw cold water like this. After all, he is a shipbuilder, so he can only sigh with emotion.

"You navy and air force bid, whoever offers the highest price, I will sell it to." Qin Tao can't control other things, but he can control what he handles.

"Taozi, if you want to tell the air force, just say so, do you need to be so aggressive?" Wu Shengli was dissatisfied.

"I really don't like that little money. The funds obtained can be donated to the J-31 project."

(End of this chapter)