785 Selling Civilian Ships to Raise Aircraft Carriers (79/100)
"With air defense as the mainstay, taking into account both anti-submarine and anti-ship, isn't our Navy's 802 missile going to succeed? The premise, of course, is that these missiles can be launched vertically. Xie Kai said, "After all, we are engaged in technology research and development, even if the number of missiles loaded in the early stage is smaller, and the data system function is poorer, there is no problem." ”
The technical reserve is insufficient, and some degree of compromise must be made in the design.
"In this way, the previous design has to be overturned. Some people feel that Xie Kai's proposal is too difficult to achieve, "and it is difficult to say whether the technical support can keep up with the design." ”
"Yes, many of the technologies that were introduced are useless. ”
"No, it's just a project that we're working on, and we're expressing what kind of collaboration we can offer...... The introduction of Western technology, that project, we don't really need to participate in it. Zheng Yucheng made it clear.
Xie Kai also knows that the introduction of technology from France, the United States and even Germany cannot be changed.
Moreover, if the follow-up warships want to develop, they must also introduce these technologies for imitation, and the naval equipment department does not have much money and is willing to introduce these expensive systems, not for the purpose of owning the system, but the technology of the system itself.
404 will not interfere with their development in this area, cooperation projects, but the current Navy has not studied much phased array radar and fire control system.
"Didn't you mean cooperation 052?" Zheng Ming didn't expect that Xie Kai and Zheng Yucheng would not join the original plan.
Zheng Yucheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Aren't we also participating in the aircraft carrier pre-research project?" ”
Zheng Yucheng wanted to do a battleship project, but the whole system was too disturbing to poach people.
"Mr. Pan, do you really want to revise the design?" In the overall structural design room of the 701 Institute, a group of backbone designers surrounded a model of a warship more than one meter long, and Zhu Yingfu, director of the design office, asked the chief engineer.
The chief engineer nodded, "That young man is right, in order to pursue the optimization of the weapon shooting range, in the area near the bridge, only by raising the base of the 37 mm cannon can the Sea Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles arranged on the front deck be higher, and this affects the line of sight of the bridge, so the bridge has to be raised ......."
Mr. Pan pointed to the model in the middle and said solemnly.
The model superstructure, although very well arranged, is very densely packed.
"But how can this be changed?" someone asked, "and we have been working on the design in front of us for several years to solve these problems." ”
"I think we can do away with the all-through deck. The passages on both sides of the ship are not too useful, if they are canceled, it will save a lot of space and allow the bridge to accommodate more equipment......" Zhu Yingfu has been pondering this, "After the change, we can place the front and rear cannons on both sides of the ship." ”
"That's a good plan. Pan looked at the model, and his mind was thinking about what it would look like if the design would be improved. "If automation is used, as long as it can be installed, it should not be a problem, and the channel is set up directly in the middle......"
In this way, electromagnetic compatibility is also relatively easy to solve.
The bulls of 701 are discussing how to improve the design, and Xie Kai is not likely to participate in it, and he is warning Zheng Yucheng at this time.
"Lao Zheng, I can tell you, the people who dig them really can't do it. As for the head of the chief division of the aircraft carrier project, anyway, he is cooperating with the Naval Equipment Department, and it doesn't matter who comes. "The old guy wants to poach people at every turn now, "We don't have a ship research institute as a foundation, and we don't have a team ......"
"The aircraft carrier project is not a project? I think it's better to have this in our hands. Zheng Yucheng was unwilling.
Qi Zhiyuan also nodded, "If we want to set up a new research institute, the Naval Equipment Department will not object." ”
"There's no need. People who didn't see 701 didn't give us a chance to contact Mr. Pan too much, and they were afraid that we would poach people. Xie Kai shook his head resolutely.
He was actually afraid that the people who dug up 701 would eventually have a greater impact.
You must know that a few decades later, all the large advanced warships in China were designed by 701.
"The Naval Armament Department said that the Hudong Shipyard could be assigned to our base. Qi Zhiyuan did not give up, "The aircraft carrier project is in the pre-research process, that is, the project formation process. The 701 side is responsible for the development of frigates, and it is not very suitable to put it all here. ”
"What's inappropriate? Didn't you say before that we were involved in too many fields and management couldn't keep up?" Xie Kai wanted to beat people up now.
On the one hand, there is a shortage of manpower in the noisy management, and on the other hand, there is a desperate desire to get more projects in hand.
Aircraft carriers, this is too much money-burning.
Pre-research is just to make technical reserves, and the entire domestic shipbuilding industry system is not slowly investing money to engage in it.
"What's more, isn't it expanding the dock on the edge of the Bohai Sea?" What do you want Hudong Shipyard to do?" Xie Kai asked Qi Zhiyuan, "Although Hudong Shipyard has a certain design ability, it is a small frigate of one or two thousand tons, how many years has it taken to build a 053?"
It's not that Xie Kai doesn't look down on Hudong Shipyard, but if Hudong Shipyard wants to build an aircraft carrier, it is unimaginable that it needs investment.
"The purpose of this is not for manufacturing capacity, nor for the design team, we can sell 053 missile frigates. A frigate of this tonnage is the main warship of some small countries. Zheng Yucheng simply told the truth, "Large warships, too few customers." ”
Xie Kai looked at Zheng Yucheng in some surprise.
He really didn't expect that they wanted Hudong Shipyard to sell warships.
"Not only corvettes, but also Hudong Shipyard has a strong technical strength in the field of manufacturing civilian ships. Whether it's ore from Africa or oil from the Middle East, we need these big carriers to get it back. Although we don't transport it ourselves, we can hand over the transportation business to some large shipping companies, and when they buy a ship, if they don't buy our ship, what else will they transport?" Zheng Yucheng said proudly.
They even figured out what they were going to do when they came back.
Transports are not as technical as warships, and although they are cheaper, they are more numerous.
"The mines over there in Africa have to be shipped back, don't they?" Qi Zhiyuan also smiled.
Xie Kai's heart was moved.
I really didn't think about getting involved in the field of shipbuilding, especially in the field of civil shipbuilding.
If they do this, their competitive advantage is too great, as long as the ships built are not bad, or even more expensive, those shipping companies will take the initiative to buy ships from them in order to get their ore transportation business abroad.
"Civil shipbuilding is indeed a promising project, but the technical strength of Hudong Shipyard is not strong, in order to build these, not only the technical strength must be improved, but the dock must also be expanded. Xie Kai said.
"The money in our hands is always saved, and it's not a problem. And we don't have to spend a penny on this!" Zheng Yucheng obviously had a plan already in place, "As long as we get it, we can not use the existing capital reserves of the base with the money for the pre-research of the aircraft carrier project." ”
Xie Kai has been looking for new profit points to support the development of the aircraft carrier project.
With the current income of 404, it relies on annual interest to support R&D, and the problem is not big in the early stage, but in the back, the problem is even greater.
The investment in technology research and development is huge, and the recovery is very slow.
"How?"
"Although the interest rate is relatively high, we are also shareholders of CITIC, and aside from our interest dividends, the interest on this loan is even lower than the interest on deposits. Zheng Yucheng said proudly. "Investing in CITIC is not only for foreign exchange, but also for the transfer of our funds. ”
"Will they?"
"Why don't you want to? Where can we find high-quality customers like us? Many state-owned enterprises cannot guarantee that they can afford to pay back. ”
Seeing Xie Kai's heart, Zheng Yucheng and Qi Zhiyuan didn't wait for Xie Kai to figure it out, so they pulled him directly, arrived at the airport, and took a civil airliner to Shanghai.
The current scale of the Pudong Shipyard is not very large compared to the Jiangnan Shipyard, although the production of Type 053 frigates, the main business is shipbuilding.
To get this factory in hand, Qi Zhiyuan spent a lot of energy.
Along the way, Qi Zhiyuan kept introducing Xie Kai to the situation of Hudong Shipyard, which has just undergone some transformations, two 10,000-ton slipways, and the manufacturing strength of the entire factory is not bad, and it can also produce low-speed and high-power diesel generators.
"The prospect is very good, why should the above give it to us?" Xie Kai was a little puzzled.
"In 84, the higher-level authorities listed the development of Hudong Shipyard as a key project of the Sixth Five-Year Plan of the Machinery Industry Committee, but the transformation was not completed because of financial reasons...... The ships that can be built by Hudong Shipyard can be built by most shipyards in China, and the products are not very competitive......"
"How much investment do you have to make?" Xie Kai completely understood what Zheng Yu had become, and he had to let himself come.
The old guy is trying to take the blame for himself.
From the very beginning, the 701 trip was for this.
It's all a routine!
"Not much, 100 million at most. A flattering smile appeared on Jung Woo-sung's face. "As long as you can sell a few more 053-class warships, we don't even need to take out a loan......"
Iraq and Persia are at war, Tanzania can't afford to wear pants, and there is no strong navy around...... Besides, I'm going to school now, and you don't allow me to run abroad often......" Xie Kai was angry, "It's just nonsense!"
"Don't mess around, rest assured, it's definitely not a problem, we have contacted the customers, and you don't have to go abroad......" Zheng Yucheng said.
"Damn!" Xie Kai couldn't help but burst into foul language, "If you're in contact, just talk about it, it's my business!"
Don't mention how big Xie Kaihuo is.
053 class frigates, how many countries are willing to buy?
"Who is the customer?" Xie Kai finally did not resist his curiosity.