"Can we really build a warship for Lao Maozi?" In the luxurious hotel, Zhao Ling couldn't believe her ears. Qin Tao went to have a drink with Nicholas alone, while Zhao Ling came to arrange accommodation. She was not the first
I came to Moscow once and everything was quickly arranged and all kinds of inspections were done to make sure there were no problems here.
"If everything goes well, we should be able to get the order." Qin Tao said.
"Well, even if we don't make money this time, we will do it!" Zhao Ling nodded: "A frigate worth 80 million yuan, if the cost is handled well, we shouldn't lose money."
"What are you thinking about? Eighty million is the price of a hull, all kinds of weapons, equipment, and engines. They all belong to them. This order should be able to make half of it. When have I ever made a loss-making business? Nikola can't
Let me lose money."
"Hull? All kinds of weapons are provided by the old man?" Zhao Ling opened her eyes wide. She thought she was building the entire ship, but it turned out to be just a shell. If it was just a shell, it would be much easier.
"That's right, of course it's about building the hull. Think about it, even if we are willing to make the supporting equipment for them, will they be able to accept it?" Qin Tao said: "They will definitely worry about being incompatible with their weapons and equipment, but they will still
You have to make your own supporting equipment.”
"Do they have this ability? If nothing else, they can't produce just a four-sided phased array radar."
In the era of the Red Empire, Lao Maozi had a Sky Sentinel radar, but it was a four-sided passive phased array radar. It was large in size, heavy in weight, consumed a lot of power, and the data was not compatible. The four-sided phased array radars each processed their own signals.
, not integrated at all.
This kind of radar will definitely not be able to be mounted on a 4,000-ton warship. Lao Maozi will have to design it completely new. With Lao Maozi's level of electronic technology, can it be possible to build an active phased array radar?
"Lao Maozi is also under research. Over the years, there has been progress in the research one after another." Qin Tao said: "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. We cannot underestimate Lao Maozi."
In Qin Tao's original time and space, Lao Maozi started the project in July 2003. The weapons and equipment on this warship were really self-produced by Yishui. Except for the engine, this warship originally used Ermao.
Gas turbines. Later, the two brothers had a falling out, and gas turbines were no longer imported. At that time, many people were full of expectations, thinking that Da Mao would use Dongfang's gas turbines, but Da Mao also had its own aero-engine R&D unit, and the Saturn Design Bureau took care of it.
Therefore, everything from engines to radars and missiles are all old stuff. Mingzhou Group is only responsible for developing the hull. The price of US$80 million is not low, and they can still make a lot of money.
Zhao Ling nodded. Since Qin Tao was sure of winning, she didn't say anything. Over the years, all the projects that Qin Tao had hosted had not failed. She just reminded her as a secretary. Now she has fulfilled her responsibility.
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"For Lao Maozi, the most difficult thing is money. This time the money is given by others, and their dream of the navy will finally come true!"
"I don't know if Kangaroo Country is willing to spend this money." Zhao Ling was still a little worried.
"If they don't want to, then let the family members continue to make trouble." Qin Tao said it very easily. In his eyes, this was indeed a very easy thing.
This matter has now become known to the whole world. If they refuse to spend money to salvage it, they will be embarrassed in front of the whole world. Therefore, Qin Tao is not worried about the other party's refusal to spend money. They have nothing else
chosen.
Now, he is more worried about Nicholas. He doesn't know if he can lay the groundwork. Only if he lays the groundwork can he continue with the next step. Otherwise, even if he takes the money, it is not perfect. After all,
Building warships for Lao Maozi is of great significance!
Somewhere in Moscow, Nikolai came to see the elder.
"Today, Cowell found me, the person in charge of the wrecked submarine, and he asked us to salvage it," Nikolai said.
"Ask us to salvage? Why don't they ask the Americans? Europeans?" The boss is very curious. We are not in the same camp, but they actually come to ask us?
"After rescuing the submarine crews, these crew members once said some unpleasant words, which made it difficult for the Americans to come to Taiwan. Therefore, the Americans were unwilling to intervene in this matter anymore. At the same time, because they suffered losses during the salvage process, Norway
We have withdrawn from the salvage operation and are currently in a lawsuit with them over the salvage costs. Germany does not dare to intervene, so only we and Dongfang are left."
"But, we don't have the ability to salvage at that depth, right?" The elder was very cautious. Obviously, he was not ignorant about this matter. He was still aware of many things.
"Yes, we don't have this kind of salvage capability, but Dongfang does." Nikolai said: "I asked them for a salvage fee of US$500 million, and then planned to spend US$400 million to hire Dongfang to salvage. In this way, we can still
We can have 100 million left to build our first-class frigates. We can’t wait any longer. We must have new ships put into service as soon as possible to avoid being pointed out and said that we are weak.”
The elder nodded: "If you can make money, all the money you earn can be invested in the manufacture of warships."
Of course the Damao Navy wants to build warships, but they have no money, so they have been waiting for a long time. Now, the wait has finally come to fruition!
Not only is the navy happy, but the most exciting thing is of course the design and construction unit of Lao Maozi.
St. Petersburg, Northern Design Bureau.
Shishkin's face was filled with excitement. He specially called all the designers in the design bureau to the conference room. The newly cleaned conference room seemed a bit empty. He couldn't help but think of more than ten years ago.
In that era when there were a lot of talents, now, they are really lonely!
"Everyone, the Navy is about to raise enough funds. The frigate is definitely not a frigate on paper. It is possible to build it!" Shishkin said very excitedly: "This is a brand-new warship. We are going to build one."
To change the image of the past five big and three thick, what we want to build is a brand new stealth shield ship! We will install a four-sided phased array radar on the warship to have omnidirectional air defense capabilities. We will also carry as many weapons as possible to make this warship a
The main product for the next few decades!”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The people below are also excited. Since the collapse of the Red Empire, they have begun to work on brand new warships. They have even designed several aircraft carriers, but what is the use? Except for
Except for the submarine, which is still under construction, everything else has been stopped!
Now, we finally have the opportunity to develop a brand new warship, a tall stealth shield ship!
"Now, I will show you several recent popular shield ship designs. We will brainstorm and try to come up with an optimal solution that will satisfy the navy. First of all, the first one is the Eastern Aegis battleship."
That's right, the first one is the Aegis Battleship, which is the most representative!
The American Aegis is a passive phased array radar, and it does not have a stealth design. Europe's stealth active phased array radar warships are still under development and have not been produced, and many of them cannot afford to install four-sided phased arrays. Not only are there in the East,
It is also manufactured in large quantities and is the most mature.
The projector was turned on, and Shishkin put on the first slide. However, the projector was old and lacked brightness, so the screen was unclear.
An assistant nearby quickly went to draw the curtains.
Wow, wow! The curtains were closed, but the light still passed through the big and small holes and shone in from the outside. In the light pillars, there were still some dust flying. This sight made some people want to laugh, and others made others laugh.
Feel sad.
How long had it been since they had held a meeting here? How long had it been since they had studied warship design drawings? I don’t even know if the curtains were chewed like this by mice!
The assistant who pulled the curtains was also a little at a loss. He originally wanted to help, but now he feels that it has become a disservice. Fortunately, there are no navy officers here. Otherwise, if he saw them, they would doubt their research and development capabilities.
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Shishkin looked at all this and felt a little sad, but he quickly adjusted his mentality: "Everyone, it seems that we have to work hard. Only by working hard can we replace the curtains that let light everywhere. Come on, let's
Then, after talking about the recently popular ones, let’s talk about the frigate designed for Asan.”
Not only the units responsible for the design, but many shipyards also took notice and began to be active in Moscow. They all want the next frigate construction contract.
Nikolai is from the Far East, so theoretically speaking, Nikolai is definitely inclined to place the construction of frigates in shipyards in the Far East. However, when it comes to building destroyers, their St. Petersburg shipyard is the main force. They have
With a lot of construction experience, what can the Far East build? There was an accident when refitting that aircraft carrier, thanks to it being for Asan. It would be a crime if the frigate built for our own side had a similar accident.
Therefore, they have to fight for it. As long as they fight for it, there will be hope!
All supporting factories are also excited.
The Navy is going to build warships. They need advanced radars, advanced missiles, and advanced engines. For these domestic supporting factories, this is a big deal. You know, the Navy plans to use frigates as the future
For main warships, there may be dozens of construction contracts.
Although there is a question whether such a huge number can be implemented, but putting it aside for now, at least the first frigate is about to start construction!
While waiting, the time came to December 25th, Christmas.
For the West, this is a very important holiday, but for Lao Maozi, this day is no different from usual times. Of course, this is not because Lao Maozi does not miss Christmas, but because their Christmas is different:
January 7th.
For them, December 25th was the same as usual, and there was no difference. However, for the shipbuilding industry, this day was very meaningful. They got an important news: the money has been received!
Once the money is in place, it means that construction can start! Although they have not received news from the navy, many people still came to Moscow. They had a hunch that a special meeting on warship design and construction would be held next.
Everyone in the design bureau and shipyard is enthusiastic and confident that their own design is the best.
However, an unexpected conflict broke out in Moscow.
"Mr. Qin, I'm very happy that we can hold a formal meeting with you here." There were twenty or thirty people in the conference room, all of them senior personnel from the navy and even the government. Nicholas sat at one end of the oval conference table.
Qin Tao sat across from him, and the two people's double sex performance began.
"I'm very happy too. You brought me here in such a hurry. What's the important thing?" Qin Tao asked.
"Mr. Qin, it's like this. We heard that you have a lot of experience in seabed salvage, so we would like to ask you to help us salvage a sunken submarine." Nicholas said.
"Sunken submarine? Did you have a submarine that crashed? Please rest assured that we are good friends and your business is our business. Since you have needs, we will definitely cooperate with us and salvage your submarine as soon as possible.
Come out." Qin Tao said.
Seeing Qin Tao's statement, everyone present was very moved. Mr. Qin is our real good friend. Hearing that we are going to salvage the submarine, he is more anxious than us. Mr. Qin is a good person and worthy of close friendship!
"It's not our submarine, it's the Collins-class submarine HMS Farncomb."
When he heard this, Qin Tao's face changed: "What? The Farncomb? Why do you want to salvage this submarine? This submarine has nothing to do with you, right?"
"Originally, it didn't matter, but the people of Kangaroo Country were very anxious and asked us to do the salvage specifically, so we agreed. Now, we want to hand over this salvage mission to you, so that you can also share a piece of the pie.
This can also reflect the friendly relationship between us."
This was originally just a normal conversation, and everyone present thought it was nothing. However, when Qin Tao heard this, his expression changed.
"Nicholas, we have been good friends for many years. I didn't expect that you would do such a thing! A normal good friend should stab you in both directions, but you guys actually want to stab your best friend in both directions!"
Nicholas was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Qin, what do you mean by this? When have we ever betrayed a good friend? When we received the order, we immediately thought of transferring the order to you, so that you can
Let’s make money together.”
"Why make money together? If you reject the Kangaroo Country, then they will have no choice but to come to us for help!" Qin Tao said: "They have fallen out with the United States and Norway, and the Germans dare not end up, as long as no one
To accept the order, they have to obediently hand over the salvage contract to us. We have already planned to ask them for 500 million! It's a good thing now, you actually robbed us!"
"What?"
The expressions of everyone present changed.
We have never thought about grabbing Mingzhou Group's business. Good business comes to our door, can we not accept it? If we accept it, we will still think about you, Mingzhou Group!
"Since you treat your good friends like this, I have nothing to say. Is there anything else? If not, I will leave!"
Obviously, Mr. Qin was very angry.
"Mr. Qin, don't be like this, we can still discuss it." Nicholas said: "Although we have taken over the business, you still have to do the specific salvage! We have already promised the customer that within half a month, we will
To help them fish out the submarine, looking around the world, only you can do it."
"We? We can do it too. You must have defrauded your customers a lot of money, right? Give us 500 million, we don't want more. As long as the salvage cost we want is reached, we can take action, whether we take over from you,
It doesn’t matter whether you take it over from real customers, we don’t care how much you make from it, we only want 500 million.”
Nicholas couldn't help but patted his head: "No, we are short of customers. Mr. Qin, to tell you the truth, we only asked for 500 million from customers!"
"Yes, Mr. Qin, we plan to give you 400 million, but we also have to keep 100 million to develop our navy." Another officer said.
"Mr. Qin, we have been working together for so many years, so you can earn less."
Qin Tao sneered: "Huh, make less money? You don't do anything, just talk here and you can make 100 million. Our Mingzhou Group uses a lot of manpower and material resources, maybe even risking your life.
In the end, we only made 400 million? You also know that when the customer found us first, we rescued the first batch of submarine soldiers. This job of salvaging submarines was originally ours! Now, you have taken advantage of it for nothing.
, you really like to stab your friends when nothing happens!"
"Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin, don't be angry." Nicholas said: "Is the boat of our friendship for so many years about to capsize over a hundred million US dollars? When we do business, we have to bargain, you give me
Make a price, and we'll pay you back."
"Bargaining? After you signed the contract, I can't let you work for nothing. How about giving you one million?"
Seeing the changes in the faces of everyone present, Qin Tao said: "Okay, then more, two million, no, three million, no more!"
"Mr. Qin, we have been old friends for many years, so I won't mince words with you. Our navy has received this hundred million US dollars to build a new generation of stealth shield ships for our navy. You also know that over the years,
Our navy has been eliminating old ships, but no new ships have been put into service, which is a joke to the outside world." Nicholas said: "Our navy has proposed a new generation frigate plan and plans to develop and produce a brand new warship for the West.
Look, this 100 million US dollars can be used as the construction funds for the first warship. So..."
"You actually spend 100 million to build a frigate? You might as well buy it from the East. Our 054 frigate is much cheaper than this!"
As soon as these words came out, many people present were unhappy.
In the early 1990s, you were still purchasing modern-class warships from us. Now, you actually want to sell your warships to us? Isn't this too ironic?
The pride of the big country prevented them from agreeing with Qin Tao's statement. If it weren't for Nikolai's face, they would probably protest with Qin Tao right away.
"President Qin, your Mingzhou Group has developed rapidly in recent years. You have many advanced warships, and even aircraft carriers have begun to be exported in large quantities. We are indeed very envious." Nikolai's words sounded like he was speaking to the Mingzhou Group.
Although it has great momentum, Mingzhou Group is indeed quite powerful in its development up to now.
"Yes, Mingzhou Group can now produce 40-megawatt gas turbines. It is indeed very powerful."
"The Mingzhou Group has built more than four shield ships, and it is considered to be rich in experience. I heard that the installation of this phased array radar is very particular. If it is just a few millimeters different, the error in searching the aircraft may be in the dozens.
kilometer."
These speakers are all officers from the Far East. They have been prepared in advance and are here to serve as trustees.
After everyone heard these words, they thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the truth. If you want to say that you have rich experience, you must be an Oriental.
"However, our own warships must be built in our own shipyards. If we let Easterners help build them, how can our shipbuilding industry develop?"
"Excuse me, are you from the navy or the shipbuilding industry?" Qin Tao looked at this person.
"It's from the navy."
"Then what do you care about the shipbuilding industry? What does your navy value? Are the warships handed over to you qualified and capable of becoming the most powerful warships of this era! You should also have an idea. If you let your own shipbuilding industry build it, then
How long will it take and how much money will be wasted? Many shipyards are abandoned, and all the skilled workers have fled. If they want to restart work, they have to update their equipment and recruit new workers. Your navy can do it.
The construction money will probably be used to fill holes first, and then they will have to ask you for money later when they build. You have budgeted 100 million, and in the end, maybe even 400 to 500 million won't be enough.
, do you believe it or not?”
Everyone present fell silent.
They know that what Mr. Qin said makes sense. They know how bad their own domestic enterprises are. If they want to build it themselves, $100 million in funding may not be enough.
However, if they want to spend money to purchase warships built in the East, they still cannot overcome this hurdle.
"Mr. Qin, our weapon systems and combat command systems must be our own." Another officer said: "We will never use the weapons produced by you, otherwise we will have to continue to use them in the future.
It’s not cost-effective to purchase ammunition from you.”
"That's right, we can't spend too much money yet! It's best not to spend money at all."
Did you say such shameless things?
Everyone looked over and realized that the last sentence was said by Nicholas.
"Nicholas, we have been old friends for many years. Now that we have encountered a problem, I am still willing to solve it. I have a way now. If you think it is suitable, then we will trade. If it is not suitable, then we will make a deal."
Take two shots."
"explain."
"Engines, electronics, weapons and other equipment will be provided by you. Our Mingzhou Group is responsible for building and assembling the hull, as well as design and other work. We do not charge any fees for this first warship, but the salvage fee must be
500 million, not a penny less, this is related to our honor."