The "Bowditch" was so tormented that it couldn't push away at full speed, and a hole was knocked out of the hull, so it didn't dare to run too fast. If it sank on the way back, it wouldn't be able to rely on others.
Until they thought they were finally safe and could not catch up again, the crew of the Bowditch breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped from the gate of hell and had a sense of survival after the disaster.
However, it is certain that the "Bowditch" has been returned to the factory for repairs, and the repair costs will not be cheap. It is unlikely to carry out missions for a long time in the future.
The captain of the ship also knew that he would not be able to eat well if he returned this time. The captain's position would definitely be removed. The "Bowditch" suffered heavy losses this time, far exceeding what it suffered sixteen years ago.
once.
Many submarines, sonar equipment and other advanced instruments and equipment were looted. The loss of things like dismantling ship anchors was not huge, but it was extremely insulting. It would be too embarrassing to spread the news.
But other advanced instruments and equipment are different. The "Bowditch" has some new gadgets that were tinkered with by old magnesium. We really got a lot of good stuff this time, and the value is not comparable to that of anchors and the like.
of.
At this moment, the crew on the "Bowditch" had no idea that behind their ship, there was a bionic manta ray quietly following them underwater. It had been hit and hit hard by the fishing boat before.
One of the important purposes of boarding and looting the Bowditch was to lay the groundwork for the bionic manta ray to stalk and stalk it later.
After such a torment, the "Bowditch" now does not dare to sail too fast, which allows the bionic manta to ensure that it remains hidden and can catch up at the same time.
Although the bionic manta ray has full concealment performance, its sailing speed is not very fast because of this. This is obviously at the expense of speed in order to increase the concealment property. Because the bionic manta ray uses gliding and flapping wings for integrated propulsion, the speed is not very fast.
It would be too fast, but this also makes it almost noiseless when swimming, and sonar detection cannot do anything about it. This is the reason why it was not discovered under the nose of the "Bowditch" before.
The silent tracking of the "Bowditch" this time is due to the military's other arrangements. This is a series of tricks.
There is a way to come and not to go back, which is inappropriate.
It is worth mentioning that the bionic manta ray is not positioned for continuous submersible tracking. Instead, after being released, it slowly and quietly sneaks into the designated sea area and waits and lurks in its deep water area. It will not move around.
To put it simply and straightforwardly, a bionic manta ray is responsible for a certain area of water, such as near some key channel nodes or some hot water areas, and then lurks there silently.
This makes it almost impossible for the enemy to clear it out, because it cannot be found at all, which is equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack.
Although this almost noiseless deep-sea ghost is not very fast, it can easily break through the defenses of enemy aircraft carrier battle groups silently and leisurely under the cover of deep water, and can still ambush enemy targets.
The bionic manta ray has a long standby time. Eighty days is close to three months. It can always be in standby mode in gliding mode and consumes very little energy. The goal of the subsequent improvements is to double the standby time, which means increasing the standby time.
to half a year.
During wartime, these deep-sea ghosts can be easily activated through drones or satellite communications. The 40-hour flapping time gives the bionic manta rays a much larger ambush range than smart torpedoes.
It can be said that this kind of bionic manta ray is equivalent to a self-powered smart mine. Although the cost of such a bionic manta ray is higher than that of a smart mine, it can achieve higher accuracy with its larger ambush range.
Combat effectiveness.
For example, in the same sea area, in order to achieve an ambush effect, 1,000 smart mines may need to be deployed.
If you switch to a self-powered ambush artifact like the bionic manta ray, you may only need 20 or 50. The overall ambush cost is reduced by more than ten times, and the ambush effect is even more outstanding.
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Three days later.
At about 10:30 that morning, Ma Gaoyuan had just connected to the video connection with Fang Hong and said excitedly: "Mr. Fang, good news. I just learned a great news from the military. The bionic manta ray has made great contributions.
Already."
At this moment, Fang Hong was having a video call with Ma Gaoyuan in the study room on the second floor of his home. Hearing this, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "How do you say that?"
Ma Gaoyuan immediately said: "According to the information disclosed to me by military personnel, there was a fierce battle at sea just three days ago..."
So he told Fang Hong in a long story how the bionic manta ray on a mission three days ago discovered Lao Mei's "Bowditch" survey ship and the details of what happened to the "Bowditch" afterwards.
At the end, Fang Hong, who had a general understanding of the incident, couldn't help but said happily: "Haha~, this is equivalent to returning home in embarrassment after having his pants removed."
Three days have passed, and the news media has not reported any relevant news. The public still doesn't know about this. Rabbit's character has always been like this. Knowing that this time he took advantage of it and got a lot of approval, he put his things in his trouser pockets.
There is no need to shout and publicize it everywhere.
At this time, Ma Gaoyuan in the video screen was very excited: "Another good news is that the military purchase order for the bionic manta ray has officially been placed."
Fang Hong immediately asked: "How much is the purchase quantity?"
Ma Gaoyuan replied: "There are 20,000 items, and the total number of military purchase orders has reached 17.5 billion yuan."
When he heard that the military's purchase amount reached 20,000 pieces, Fang Hong was surprised at first and then relieved. After all, he has a phobia of insufficient firepower. This amount is very reasonable.
But he quickly focused on the order total.
Fang Hong said: "The purchase volume of 20,000 pieces is 17.5 billion. I heard you say before that the cost of building a bionic manta is about 850,000. Doesn't that mean the profit margin is less than 3 percentage points? How can you even make 5% profit?"
Not even yet? It shouldn’t be.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ma Gaoyuan quickly explained: "The military's large-scale procurement, the overall cost has dropped due to the scale effect, the actual profit is not just 3%, but 5%, bionics
The purchase of manta rays is in accordance with the "Measures for the Management of Military Product Prices", and the price of military products is composed of pricing costs and 5% pricing profit."
Fang Hong couldn't help but be enlightened when he heard this, and he also dispelled the doubts in his heart.
The profit that the military earns from purchasing military products to military industrial enterprises is 5%. From the technical content of the military products themselves compared with the profit, from the perspective of making money, making military products is not profitable, and can even be said to be a thankless job.
On the other hand, the profits from real estate can soar to 30%. Compared with the 5% profit from military products, it is really incomparable.
However, military products are different from ordinary civilian products and cannot be generalized. The big Eastern countries are not America. Prior to this, private enterprises in the military industry were not able to participate in the market. Those military industry enterprises were all Guojia team enterprises and also received state subsidies.
In the past, relevant departments have repeatedly put forward suggestions to reform the price management of military products. The main suggestions are to increase profits from 5% to 15% to 20%, and to stabilize product prices for five years. During this period, companies can reduce costs for five years.
After the year, a profit of 15% of the reduced actual cost price will be used as the basis for pricing.
For example, the current cost price of a military product is 100,000 yuan, and the final price plus 5% profit is 105,000 yuan. If the cost price of the military product drops to 70,000 yuan in five years, then the cost price plus 15% will be
Profit is used as the basis for pricing, which is 80,500 yuan. The profit has increased from 5,000 yuan five years ago to 10,500 yuan.
In addition, it is also recommended to specify a unified ex-factory price; implement batch pricing based on order; the profit of spare parts should be 30% higher than the profit of the whole machine; the profit margin of collaborative supporting products should be 5% higher than the profit of the whole machine, etc.
However, in the end, because it was difficult for all parties to reach a unified opinion, the seven-year military product price reform was not carried out. Today, the price is still based on cost plus 5% profit.
At this moment, Ma Gaoyuan in the video turned to look a little sad and said: "We have no subsidies. 5% of the profit is almost unsustainable for Bionic Power Company's current R&D investment. Without the financial support of the parent company, I am afraid it would have been long ago."
bankrupted."
After thinking for a moment, Fang Hong smiled and said immediately: "You can start to promote the export of foreign trade products."
Hearing this, Ma Gaoyuan was puzzled for a while. Can these new concept equipment be exported so quickly?
Fang Hong said with the same smile: "I'll give you 5% profit and no additional subsidies. It's obvious that I want you to make money by exporting. Don't you understand this?"
