At the port, flags were fluttering and colorful flags were fluttering. Countless officers stood on the pier, watching the approaching warships.
This is the most advanced Aegis warship, their powerful Jubail-class warship! Their warship is finally back!
Salman was extremely excited. With this kind of air defense ship, their aircraft carrier formation would be completely perfect! Carrier-based aircraft can provide a defense range of 600 kilometers, and the Aegis warships can provide a protective circle with a radius of 100 kilometers. The aircraft carrier formation
It will be safer and much better than the useless aircraft carrier formation of the British.
The military band played music, and amid the majestic singing, the warship slowly docked at the dock.
Soldiers in neat military uniforms filed out and lined up on the pier.
"Report, the destroyer Jubail has been ordered to arrive, please give instructions!" the captain in charge of sending the ship shouted loudly.
He is not even a deputy captain in the East, he is just a first mate and has acted as captain for a few days. Now he has been temporarily transferred here to become the captain of this warship. He will stay here for a while to train dogs.
The naval officer of the wealthy family was very excited.
"Thank you!" Salman said.
"Serve the people!" The people below shouted in unison, the military was in full glory and the voice was loud.
"Let's go up and have a look." Qin Tao said.
Everyone couldn't hold back their excitement for a long time, and rushed towards the warship. The first thing they came to was the front deck of the warship. Standing here, you can clearly see the hanging hair under your feet, and you can also see the two people in front.
Side air defense radar array.
"This kind of vertical launcher can carry many kinds of missiles."
"That's right, it's still hot and cold, and it's even more advanced than the MK41!"
"By the way, can we produce our own missiles?"
"Of course. If you need it, we can discuss it next. There is no problem in exporting the missile production line to you." Qin Tao said: "If you want to become stronger, you can't rely on buying. You will definitely have to rely on yourself in the future.
For production, you have to build a strong industry, but you can't rush this kind of thing, you have to take your time and wait until the Jubail Shipyard stabilizes."
"That's right." Salman nodded: "We can't be anxious and let the Jubail Shipyard stabilize first."
The bow of the ship is a 130mm naval gun with a stealth appearance, and an anti-submarine rocket launcher is poked at the front. On the deck of this advanced destroyer, weapons from the World War II era are still retained, but no one would think that they are lagging behind. After all, not long ago, they
I used anti-submarine rocket depth bombs to teach someone who stabbed them in the back a lesson. It's exciting to think about it.
On the second deck in front of the bridge, there was a multi-barreled naval gun squatting. An officer stared at the multi-barreled naval gun for a while and then said in surprise: "This close-in defense gun seems to have more tubes?"
The warships they have are equipped with close-in defense guns from the East, but they are all 730 naval guns, and there are obviously more gun barrels in front of them.
"Yes, this is the upgraded 1130 close-in defense gun. It has more barrels and is more capable of intercepting anti-ship missiles. However, it is only a last resort means of interception and we hope it will never be used."
If this kind of close-in defense gun is used, it means that the navy's other means have failed. This is the most dangerous situation. If the interception is not successful, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Yes, we have carrier-based aircraft, long-range Hongqi 9 and medium-range Hongqi 16. Very few missiles can break through this heavy firepower network, unless it is a saturation attack by the opponent launching hundreds of missiles."
Lerman nodded: "If that time comes, then our missiles will definitely be launched more! When necessary, we can also use the big guys in the desert to fight back!"
Big dog owners also have treasures to control their houses. These powerful weapons are purchased from the East. The East is their true friend!
After watching it from the front, everyone walked through the bridge, came to the back, looked at the hanging hair at the back, and then looked at the hangar at the back, and they were very satisfied.
There was not much news about the acquisition of the 052CE destroyer by the Gouda Navy, but the news spread like wildfire and soon spread all over the world.
"The proliferation of this kind of Aegis battleship will make our navy's operations increasingly difficult." Far away in the United States, a group of people were feeling depressed.
"Yes, Dongfang not only uses it for its own use, but also exports such powerful warships. This will obviously seriously damage the regional balance! Let me see, we might as well export the Aegis warships to them, which will disgust them."
"We should sanction them and the entire Mingzhou Group. This group is the culprit!"
Swift stood in front of the window, looking at the falling snow outside, saying nothing.
Over the years, he has watched with his own eyes the power of the East becoming stronger and stronger. He has watched the world situation continue to change driven by the Mingzhou Group. There was no way to stop it from the beginning, and now, there is no way to stop this trend.
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The U.S. Navy will slowly decline under this trend! But the Eastern Navy will become more and more powerful.
what to do?
Swift has no choice.
Sanctions are even more impossible. With Mingzhou Group's current strength, it is no longer afraid of sanctions. Even from the beginning, Mingzhou Group has been prepared for the worst.
They have never invested in the Western world. They focus on the development of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They have obtained a large amount of resources from these places and exported a large amount of weapons and equipment to these places, making the world situation more complicated. Even the dying old man
Mao Zi has become strong again with the support of Mingzhou Group!
"We have no way to deal with big dogs, but we have ways to deal with other people." At this moment, someone in the conference room made a suggestion: "The second person to order this 052CE destroyer is the colonel. We must stop the colonel.
Get this kind of warship!"
"That's right, there can't be another one. The colonel has done many bad things over the years. We should punish this guy and let others see the consequences of purchasing Eastern weapons!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone joined in the discussion excitedly, as if this would make them angry.
Swift sighed, there was nothing we could do against the Mingzhou Group. Instead of thinking about how to beat the master, we could only attack his bastard. This in itself was a kind of failure!
At this moment, a person walked over gently.
"Swift, I have an idea. Tell me, if we kick Mingzhou Group out of SWIFT and sanction them in this way, will it completely stop their business?"
International trade requires capital turnover. This global capital turnover platform is the international currency settlement system. As long as they are kicked out, they will not be able to conduct international trade!
Looking at the people around him, Swift's face turned ugly: "Of course not!"
"Why?"
"Because this international monetary settlement system should not be overshadowed by politics. If we really do this, Mingzhou Group may soon launch a new system to replace it. By that time, our international position will
The influence is even smaller. Although they have never attacked our petrodollar system, they are definitely making preparations. If we do this, we are digging our own grave!"
Swift was stunned by the tricks of these people. They have been doing this from the beginning. Can the conspiracy and the like hinder that person? It will only become a stepping stone for him!
That guy can come up with a package of projects to build a weak country and strengthen the army, but there is no way to circumvent this system? To put it simply, it can be bartered, or even sent directly to bring in US dollars to collect the money. It will be no problem.
If you have this strength, then you can launder all the money in places such as Jam Market.
"Moreover, we only sanction the Mingzhou Group. It doesn't make any sense. They can register other companies at will. If we want to sanction, we have to sanction the entire East, even the entire countries that are friendly to them. Are you sure you can do this? If this continues
, is the international monetary settlement system still international? At most, it is only for us in the Western world!"
Swift is not optimistic about this plan. This is completely digging a hole for herself.
"Are we just going to do nothing?"
"If you really want to do it, it would be better to slap the colonel in the face than this." Swift said calmly.
South Kimchi Country.
"There are more and more Aegis warships in the East, not only for their own use, but also for export. We can't wait any longer. Our KDX-3 destroyers must also speed up the progress!" A naval officer stood online at Dai Heavy Industries Shipyard.
In the office, he said with a serious face: "When can you start work?"
"It will be done right away, as long as the natural gas ship is launched." Zheng Yishan said.
Now, for their shipyard, the most important project is natural gas ships. As long as such ships are delivered in large quantities, they can make a lot of money, and they can create a new era. By that time, of course, warships will also
Can start construction in large quantities.
Why can Mingzhou Group build so many warships? Isn’t it because they get a lot of funds from natural gas ships? They can do it themselves!
They moved very quickly. The first natural gas ship was launched a month ago and is currently being outfitted at the dock. All construction work is about to be completed. The second natural gas ship will also be launched soon. As long as these two ships are delivered
ship, their SCA-type natural gas ship was officially put into operation.
The officer looked serious and wanted to say something else, but there was a knock on the door outside.
Boom, boom!
"Come in!"
"It's not good, it's not good!" Cui Taegen looked panicked.
"What's wrong?"
"We conducted the first pre-cooling experiment on the liquid cargo fence system that has been built for the natural gas ship, and found a big problem!" Cui Taegen's words were trembling.
"what is the problem?"
"Cracks appeared in high manganese steel."
"Damn it, how could this happen? Didn't you say it's a mature system?"
"Yes, a small high-manganese steel liquid cargo fence system we built in the laboratory has been tested repeatedly and has not encountered any problems. However, after the expansion, this problem appeared. It may be due to high manganese
It’s due to steel’s own gravity.” The weather was cold, but Cui Taegen’s hair was already wet with sweat, and he knew very well what this meant.
Their construction progressed very quickly. After receiving the order, they built this SCA liquefied gas ship in a short time, which is enough to show how advanced Line Generation Heavy Industry is in shipbuilding technology. Their construction period is longer than that of Mingzhou Group
It's still short! After all, welding of invar steel is not easy, in comparison, high manganese steel is much simpler.
After the ship is outfitted, it needs to be inspected. Just this morning, they mobilized a liquid nitrogen truck and a liquefied natural gas truck to start pre-cooling preparations.
For natural gas ships, two operations are required. One is before the ship trial, and the shipyard provides vehicles for relevant tests. The other is to go to the liquefied gas terminal for formal filling. This time, the shipyard's pre-cooling operation is very important.
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The newly built liquefied gas ship was tested by the cold for the first time.
Of course, the experiment is carried out step by step, and it is impossible to add LNG as soon as it starts. If it leaks directly, there will be nothing you can do to save it.
First, you need to use dry nitrogen to purge the filling pipeline and the liquid cargo fence system to blow out the air and moisture inside for the purpose of drying and reducing waste. After all, if you are filling directly, the air in the
Both oxygen and moisture can have dire consequences.
If the oxygen in the air comes into contact with natural gas, it may reach its limit and cause an explosion. If it comes into contact with water vapor, the water vapor may be instantly frozen into ice spikes. During the process of filling liquefied natural gas, it may be blown by the air flow.
The impact caused the ice spikes to puncture the liquid cargo fence system and leak out. This would cause serious trouble.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the nitrogen is purged, the next step is to use low-temperature liquid nitrogen to pre-cool the pipeline and liquid cargo fence system, and check whether the liquid cargo fence system is qualified.
Although direct filling of LNG can have the same effect, if the liquid cargo fence system leaks, something big will happen. Even if liquid nitrogen leaks, this thing will not burn or explode, so it is safer.
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Therefore, it is safer to use liquid nitrogen for pre-cooling first. The first SCA liquefied gas ship they built had problems at this time.
After filling the liquid nitrogen, everything was normal, but after waiting for ten minutes, the sensor detected a leak in the liquid cargo fence system! This shocked everyone. They quickly checked and found that there was a leak in the liquid cargo fence system.
Cracks in manganese steel.
Zheng Yishan left the naval officer in the office and rushed to the dock with Cui Taegen.
The liquefied gas filling truck has left. After all, there is a crack. The next step of filling the liquefied natural gas will be impossible. The liquid nitrogen truck has also left. The liquid nitrogen filling has ended. The dock is empty. Look.
It seemed that everything was going well, but looking at those people with sad faces, there was no intention of celebrating.
Wait, there is another person.
Shipowner representative Azar.
In the field of civilian ship construction, the shipowner's representative is a very common system. He is responsible for the quality control of the entire ship. Without his signature, not a single steel plate can be moved. At the same time, he is also responsible for all aspects of the entire ship from beginning to end.
Build and test the project and never leave.
Of course, he was also present for this important pre-cooling work. Among the mournful Southern Kimchi people, Azar's expression was much calmer.
"Mr. Zheng, is your liquid cargo fence mature? How could such a major change occur?"
"I'm sorry, this was our negligence. Please rest assured that the liquid cargo fence system we built is very reliable. This time it was just an accident, a small accident."
"Then what to do next?"
"We will definitely repair the crack." Zheng Yishan said: "We will also strengthen the liquid cargo fence system to ensure that this kind of thing will not happen again."
"Repair?" Azar's tone was cold: "As the shipowner's representative, I reject this irresponsible repair method. After such repairs, the integrity of the cargo fence system cannot be guaranteed."
Zheng Yishan had an ominous premonition in his heart: "What do you mean?"
"I request that this liquid cargo fence system be replaced to completely prevent similar problems from happening!"
replace!
For a liquefied gas ship, the most important thing is the cargo fence system. If it is made of Yinwa steel, it can account for more than 60% of the cost of the entire ship. Even this kind of high manganese steel is not very cheap.
If you build a new one, there will be no profit from this ship.
What's more important is the construction period. If you build a new one, will the construction period be enough? If the delivery date is delayed, according to the contract, you will have to pay three times the compensation.
Wait, is the other party just waiting for triple compensation?
In the global shipbuilding industry, this kind of thing also happens. Shipowners will deliberately delay in order to abandon the ship or ask for compensation. When the Oriental shipbuilding industry went international, many people were deceived like this. But they are picky.
Guo Ke is an important member of the West, and they are also very cautious in doing business.
"Mr. Azar, if we build a new liquid cargo fence system, it will take longer and may delay the delivery time. If it causes a delay, it is not our responsibility."
"Why isn't it your responsibility? The ships you built have quality problems, and we require them to be replaced with brand new ones. Is it wrong?" Azar said: "It is clearly written in the contract. If you refuse, then
My shipowner will not take over this ship, we will go to London to litigate!"
If it really comes to this, then the reputation of the South Korean shipbuilding industry will be ruined, and I am afraid that we will never receive another LNG ship in the future!
Zheng Yishan gritted his teeth: "Okay, then we will change!"
Change?
All the Kimchi people are very nervous. Will it be in time? Can they catch up?
After leaving, his subordinates asked anxiously: "Mr. Zheng, we are too late!"
"Install the liquid cargo fence system built for the No. 2 ship!" Zheng Yishan said: "Strictly control the quality, reinforce it when it is necessary, and never cause problems again!"
Anyway, they are building a large number of ships, and the later ones have been built and can be used on the previous ships. If they want to change it, we can change it. If they still find fault, then they will have to file a lawsuit!