Great warships

Chapter 809
Anyway, Lao Maozi does not have any industrial products that can be sold. He has always relied on exporting raw materials and energy to earn foreign exchange. Now, of course, there is another way. Timber, anyway, does not require them to pay any labor to grow it. It only needs to be cut and transported. up.

Nicholas nodded immediately: "Okay!"

As a result, Mingzhou Group has another business.

Of course, for them, these are drizzle, and their most important project is still shipbuilding, especially warships.

Nicholas and his team left the East after their investigation. A few days later, Qin Tao brought a bidding team composed of Yang Dawei and others to Moscow to participate in the bidding for the design project of the Damao 22350 frigate.

For them, this project is actually of little significance. Even if the bidding fails, they can continue to produce, which saves trouble. For the Northern Design Bureau, this is a last-ditch fight. They can only succeed, not fail.

If they fail, what awaits them will be doomed.

Shishkin attached great importance to this bidding. This morning, he deliberately put on a clean suit and polished his leather shoes. His face was full of pride: "Everyone, we have already done it. Fully prepared, this time we can only succeed, not fail! We will fight for the future of the Northern Design Bureau!"

"Fight for the future!" The others followed suit, and their morale was boosted at this moment.

Everyone got in the car and went to the bidding site. When they entered the conference room, they saw that the Orientals had arrived, especially Mr. Qin, who was still chatting and laughing with the people on the rostrum. Shijin also felt that there were still many variables involved in the bidding this time, and his personal connections might not be as good as Mr. Qin and the others!

However, the superior will not watch the Northern Design Bureau fall, even if the plans of both sides are similar, the superior will choose their Northern Design Bureau's plan!
Thinking of this, Shishkin mustered up his courage and continued to walk inside.

The Easterners sat on the left, and the people from the Northern Design Bureau sat on the right. When Shishkin sat down, he glanced over there and saw some familiar faces.

"Mutisin?" Shishkin looked at the old man sitting in the first row with Yang Dawei in surprise, and his heart skipped a beat.

Mutisin, the chief designer of the Type 1164 cruiser!After the collapse of the Red Empire, Mutisin also retired. Unfortunately, he no longer has an ideal retirement life. In order to subsidize his family, Mutisin even needs to drive a taxi!
Therefore, when the Easterners approached Mutisin and wanted to ask him to help modify the No. 138 destroyer, Mutisin agreed. When he arrived in the East, he never went back. He was used to working in the East. When he bid for the design of the Type 22350 frigate, Mutisin came along with him. Looking at Moscow, which had not changed in ten years, and thinking about the changes in the East, he was very moved.

At this time, Shishkin's greeting made him feel mixed feelings again.

"Hishkin, hello." Mutisin said.

"Mutishin, are you here with the Orientals this time?" Shishkin asked, and after he finished speaking, he felt a little inappropriate. Do you still need to ask about such things?Saying it now would only make it more embarrassing.

Moreover, since Mutisin is here, it means that the Orientals are full of confidence!

You know, the biggest trump card of the Northern Design Bureau is that they are familiar with the supporting manufacturers in China. The warships they design can perfectly match the weapon systems provided by the country. But now, they realize that their idea is a bit naive. After all In the past ten years, their domestic weapon system has hardly developed. Mutisin also understands their domestic equipment, so he can provide some reference opinions.

"Yes, I came with them, but I didn't come for the 22350 project." Mutisin said: "You guys have to work hard!"

Mutisin already knew what they were thinking, so he deliberately encouraged them. However, looking at where the other party was sitting, it was always hard to let go.

Not only Mutisin, but also some excellent designers have come to the East, no matter whether they have come this time or not, in short, these people are capable, and they are on the side of Mingzhou Group, and their own design plans It may not be possible to obtain the approval of the superior.

At this time, on the rostrum, Nicholas looked down with a smile: "Everyone is here, and I want to catch up on the past with vodka when I have dinner. Now let's have a meeting first. Everyone knows that our navy ten In the past ten years, warships with a new design have not been added. In the past ten years, warships in the world have developed rapidly, stealth has become a trend, and four-sided phased array radars have also become popular. We have fallen behind, so our navy must also To build a brand new warship, this time it is a competition for design proposals, and the navy hopes to see the most advanced design proposals! According to the usual practice, we still invite our leading design unit in China, the Northern Design Bureau, to introduce their proposals."

Shishkin nodded: "Okay, let's go first. Everyone, although we have not been involved in the construction of stealth ships in the past ten years, we have also dabbled in this area. For example, Ah San's frigate , that's us..."

When it came to this, Shishkin felt a little inappropriate. After all, Ah San's frigate was audited with their help, but it capsized. The strength of the warship was questionable.

Moreover, this frigate is still an imitation of Dongfang's 054 frigate, so it really can't be said.

In fact, if the frigate hadn't capsized on this frigate, Ah San could still continue to cooperate with the Northern Design Bureau. After all, the Talwar-class frigate that Ah San began to develop in 98 was designed by the Northern Design Bureau. The Warrick-class frigate was also improved on the basis of this frigate, but now, Ah San no longer trusts the Northern Design Bureau. They would rather turn to the West for help than the cheating Northern Design Bureau. Without any business in the Northern Design Bureau, the situation became more and more difficult.

"Now, let's introduce the frigate we designed. Please look at the projection screen." Shishkin gave up the topic just now and began to introduce it formally.

Qin Tao was also very curious about what kind of design plan the Northern Design Bureau would come up with. When the design drawing came out, he could almost recognize it at a glance: Isn’t this a replica of a Talwar-class frigate? ?
From the appearance point of view, the biggest feature of this warship is the broken line that runs from the bow to the stern. The building above the broken line is tilted inward to form a stealth shape. This is already the practice of various countries. However, the Talwar class This fold line is very interesting. It extends downward from the bow to the bridge. This fold line has already extended to one or two meters from the waterline. Very early!Although it is not as outrageous as the recovery of the American Littoral Combat Ship, it can be regarded as a miracle.

The original version of the Talwar-class frigate is the Krivak 3-class frigate, which was also designed by the Northern Design Bureau, so they are also handy in research and development, after all, these are all their own.

"Now, invisibility is already a trend. We changed the usual design and came to the forefront in terms of invisibility. At a position about two meters above the waterline, the building begins to tilt inward, which can achieve the best invisibility effect. We have done experiments on a special scale model, and it has been proved that this method has the best effect."

Who said that our Northern Design Bureau doesn't understand stealth ships?Our design is even better than the oriental ones!

The overall layout is very similar to that of the Talwar class, except for the mast. After all, this warship is to be equipped with a four-sided phased array radar, while the original Talwar class is only equipped with a roof radar, so it must be changed.

"You see, we have adopted an advanced pyramidal main mast design above the bridge, which uses a polyhedral structure similar to a diamond, with sloped designs on all sides, and rounded transitions at the intersections of the faces. This main mast has The smallest radar reflection area, at the same time, in order to reduce its weight, we plan that the entire main mast will be made of composite materials. The four-sided phased array radar is arranged on the top, so that it has the best ability to detect low-altitude sea-skimming anti-ship missiles .”

The design of this mast has the style of a European frigate, but Qin Tao shook his head. This design looks very good, but in fact, it is very tasteless!

At this time, Qin Tao was just feeling himself, but Shishkin, who was introducing him, saw Qin Tao shaking his head. For some reason, he felt very upset.

"President Qin, are you not satisfied with our design?"

"No, no, I'm your competitor, so it's not convenient to speak."

"In other words, are you really dissatisfied with these designs? If you are dissatisfied, then speak out. You have designed so many warships, and you must have rich experience. Although we are an old-fashioned warship design unit, we also I will learn with humility," Shishkin said.

"It's nothing, let's continue to introduce."

"President Qin, we have cooperated many times before, and we are considered friends. Why, you still pointed out our shortcomings and made us improve?"

Shishkin's words have reached this level, and Qin Tao has nothing to do.

"Okay, then I will briefly talk about it." Qin Tao said: "We do not have the technology to use composite materials to make masts in our country. After the design of the warship is completed, it needs to be built in our Mingzhou Group. materials, then we are very sorry that we cannot undertake the construction task of this kind of mast, and hope that your domestic relevant institutions can build this kind of composite mast, and we will be responsible for the final assembly.”

"Composite materials are mostly used on aircraft, but they cannot be used on warships. Especially when our warships sail in the Arctic Ocean, they will often face very harsh weather. Can this kind of composite material mast be suitable for the harsh climate of the Arctic Ocean?" ?” said a naval officer.

This is not to help Qin Tao, but out of the navy's own interests. The navy wants to fight when it receives a warship. If the mast is blown off when it goes out to sea, how can it fight?What's more, this mast Shanghai uses a four-sided phased array radar, which is quite expensive!
"If you can't make it with composite materials, you can use ordinary materials," Shishkin said.

"Are you sure?" Qin Tao asked.

Shishkin wanted to nod just now, but suddenly thought of something, and his face changed again.

Are ordinary materials feasible?Will you be overweight?

Lao Maozi's technology is not as good as that of the West. Even if they come up with active phased array radar, it will be heavy. Installing the four-sided phased array on the mast seems to be able to climb high and look far away, but this thing It will increase the center of gravity of the warship!

If the originally planned composite material mast was replaced with ordinary materials, the weight would at least double, or even more, plus the weight of the original phased array radar, would it be blown over if it encountered strong winds and waves?
If composite materials cannot be used, then the radar can only be moved down to the bridge. In this way, the advantages just advertised will be gone!
As an old design bureau, the Northern Design Bureau still has a lot of background. Of course, they have calculated the center of gravity of the warship. It is precisely because they think that the phased array radar is too heavy to poke on the top of the bridge, so they decided to use composite materials. There is no such thing now. Thinking about it, being directly rejected is almost equivalent to overthrowing and starting over.

Nicholas glanced at Qin Tao lightly, amazing!
It is not so easy for the Northern Design Bureau to bid for the design scheme, because Mingzhou Group not only engages in design, but also manufactures. As long as they say that there is a problem with the design scheme and they cannot make it, the design scheme can only become waste paper .

This Shishkin is also really good. What is Qin Tao’s opinion? Let’s talk about the design first. Now that this has become a big problem, how can he continue?
Seeing Shishkin stand in a stalemate, Nikolai knew that he had to help. After all, the Northern Design Bureau was domestic, and his elbows could not be turned outward.

"Now that you're talking about radar, Shishkin, tell us about radar and weapon systems."

"Yes, at present, our domestic related companies are developing the first generation of active phased array radar. They plan to use gallium arsenide as the basic T/R component, plan to use X-band, and are expected to have the longest detection distance of about [-] kilometers. "

X-band?Qin Tao understands that this band is generally used as an airborne fire control radar band, and is not suitable for use as a long-range early warning radar at all. There is only one reason why Lao Maozi chose this band: the active phase control they are currently researching The array radar is mainly used by fighter jets, and it uses the X-band. They don't have the strength to study more types, so they can only use this band.

Although they are all equipped with a four-sided phased array, there are many differences in the radars of different bands. The domestic use is the S-band, which can have a search distance of [-] kilometers. The current frigate uses the X-band, and [-] kilometers is ideal. that's it.

However, I don’t have to worry about these, and the old man is unwilling to ask Dongfang for help, and the east may not transplant these advanced technologies to Lao Maozi, so just listen to it yourself.

"In terms of missiles, we are currently using R77 missiles to improve ship-to-air missiles."

Hearing this, Qin Tao became even more convinced of his judgment: using airborne radar to guide air-to-air missiles is a perfect match. Only an old man can do this when transplanting such a set of equipment to a warship.

"In terms of anti-ship missiles, we plan to carry club anti-ship missiles, which are the most advanced anti-ship missiles we have developed so far..."

Because of the above reasons, Shishkin seemed a little absent-minded when introducing these, and even stated the wrong data several times, obviously thinking about the mast just now.

Finally, he introduced the design of the entire warship.

"The plan of our Northern Design Bureau is good." Nicholas made a summary: "Next, let's listen to the design plan of the East."

Yang Dawei stood up.

Although Qin Tao is leading the team, it is not Qin Tao's turn to introduce the design plan. Yang Dawei has long been familiar with the road, and Qin Tao is only responsible for providing reference opinions. The specific design is still done by Yang Dawei. Introduction, of course, is the best.

Shishkin glanced at Mutisin and wondered why Mutisin was not on the stage. Could it be that he was the same as what he said just now, that he didn't come for this project at all?So what project is he here for?
The slideshow opened, and the design drawings appeared in front of everyone. It can be seen that the shape of this warship is more similar to 054. In addition to the elongated bow, it can also be understood as the bridge moving backward. The benefits of this , Of course, it is possible to leave space for the bow of the ship, so that a large number of missiles can be deployed.

"Everyone, according to the requirements of the Navy, we set the displacement of this frigate at about 054 tons. We slightly enlarged the hull of our 130 frigate to make this frigate model. Now, we Introduction, at the front is a single-barreled [-]mm naval gun. The shell of the naval gun has been improved in stealth. It is just a shell. If you cannot produce it, we can help. Behind the naval gun, there are anti-aircraft missiles launched vertically device."

"Because we don't know the specific model of your air defense missile, this part of the space is reserved. However, if you want to install the supporting naval missile of the S-300 missile, it can be stuffed in. 28 One unit, we suggest you use this method. If you don’t plan to load long-range air defense missiles such as 48N6, you can also load your air defense missiles improved from R-77. In this way, you can use the method of four bombs in one hole. It has the ability to launch more than 100 anti-aircraft missiles."

"How is this possible?" Shishkin opened his eyes wide: "How do you think the space of the S-300 missile can fit four R-77s?"

"Well, if there are more than four, then two, even if it is two, can also be stuffed with 56 anti-aircraft missiles, and they can also be mixed and loaded. Of course, the fire control system must cooperate. The flexibility will be greater." Qin Tao added a sentence below.

After all, there is no shadow of the Rudot system in this era. The S-400 has just been developed, and it is a bit early to say this. However, the construction of this warship will definitely be very long. The 22350 frigate in history is a ten-year-old frigate. Yijian, although the Mingzhou Group is fast in building ships, it will take a long time to install these follow-up supporting weapons. At that time, maybe Rudout will come out?

This design of the Mingzhou Group is also out of future considerations, to help Lao Maozi save money.

"Behind this anti-aircraft missile is the second deck. Because the position is higher, the launching device that can be accommodated will be longer. Here are two sets of eight-unit vertical launching devices." Yang Dawei continued: "This The launcher can be used to launch other missiles, such as larger anti-ship missiles, ground attack cruise missiles, etc. The firepower of sixteen missiles is already very good."

This is a frigate with a displacement of more than 4000 tons!It is of course very powerful to be able to install sixteen long-range attack missiles.

All the missile launchers are poked to the front, and the bridge is naturally set back, almost from the position slightly forward in the middle of the hull, with only a single row of portholes, exactly the same as 054, with a big ball on top of the bridge. Of course, it is Lao Maozi's unique over-the-horizon radar, which is specially used to guide anti-ship missiles. Many warships in the East are also equipped with similar radars.

Behind this big ball is the towering mainmast.

It's a mast, but it's more like an extension of the main body of the bridge. It's huge, but not very high.

"In the superstructure behind the ship island, we arranged the four-sided phased array radar at the highest position possible. It is an octahedron, and each radar plane monitors a direction of [-] degrees, because the size of the radar is not yet clear, but we The corresponding position has been reserved, and it is not as high as the position of the first Northern Design Bureau product, but the center of gravity of the warship will never be affected, and we can guarantee the ability to operate in the harsh environment of the Arctic Ocean.”

Above the four-sided phased array radar, a special long-range radar is poked. The model is unknown, and it is also waiting for Lao Maozi's plan.

These constitute the main structure of the bridge, with the chimney at the back, the hangar behind the chimney, and the helicopter deck behind the hangar. Everything is quite satisfactory, without any whimsy, but it looks so coordinated!

In fact, this is Lao Maozi's original design of 22350. Qin Tao talked about the overall layout, and the first design office of Mingzhou Group modified the design of its own frigate to create it.

"Is it time to tell us about the powertrain?" Nikolai asked.

"Okay, according to your request, we have equipped two GT-15000 gas turbines, together with the two diesel engines provided by you, to form a diesel-fuel alternating power." Yang Dawei continued to introduce, and at the same time released the rear engine compartment design drawing.

For warships with a displacement of more than 4000 tons, there is no need for GT-25000 at all. The original 150000 GT-[-] is enough power. Anyway, it is provided by Mingzhou Group, so you can save as much as you can.

There is nothing exciting about the whole design, it seems plain, but many people at the scene already have the answer in their hearts: blindly pursuing the advanced plan of the Northern Design Bureau, the risk is too great!

(End of this chapter)