At Western Polytechnic University, since Chen Nian left school and went to Dalian, Li Xiang seemed to feel that a big part of his life was missing.
In the past, I could discuss plans with Chen Nian every day, chatting about recent changes in the international situation and the official response measures expected, but now...
All I can do is dive into work.
Recently, due to the first flight of the H-20 and the earth-shattering appearance of this science-fiction-like fighter on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the public opinion environment in China has improved a lot, and his work load has also become much lighter.
However, he did not intend to just lie down and die. Instead, he kept thinking about how to create a new opportunity to further clear up the sand in Chinese public opinion.
It is a pity that after experiencing repeated slaps and setbacks, the sailors and public intellectuals have also learned to be wise.
They no longer jumped out and barked at the slightest sign of trouble. Instead, they changed their strategy and never took action until the critical moment.
This makes it more difficult for Li Xiang to catch the flaw, and naturally it is more difficult to lure them into taking the bait.
The situation seemed to be at a stalemate, and Li Xiang even thought about giving himself a holiday.
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However, it was at this time that the news that the Zumwalt entered the full-speed production stage was reported.
How do you say that?
When I wanted to sleep, I came to the pillow, and when I wanted to sleep, my uncle came to my mother's family.
Li Xiang couldn't wait to send an email to thank Lao Mei for the assist and thank them for giving him the opportunity to make a big splash.
He immediately sent an application to his superiors and obtained all available technical information about this "future warship" from various intelligence sources.
Subsequently, he collected public documents from the 055 historical project and summarized a set of the most credible technical parameters.
Using these two sets of parameters, he planned to do a good job.
If it is corrected, it will not only help identify and clarify the "spies" hidden among ordinary people, but also make the United States relax its vigilance and create a better external environment for the 055 project.
After all, with such a fierce confrontation, no one wants to let this project suffer any interference.
A few days later, under Li Xiang’s hand, an article suddenly went viral on the Chinese Internet.
The title of the article can also be said to be simple and direct to the extreme.
"Comparing Zumwalt and 055, it's clear who is better and who is worse"
In this article, Li Xiang compared the differences between the two ships in detail. He absorbed and learned the Spring and Autumn style of writing commonly used by Western media, including the BBC and the New York Times. He even wrote it when he read it, and was almost dismissed by himself. Fooled in.
Such carefully crafted bait has also achieved excellent results. On several core military network forums, military fans who originally did not have high hopes for the 055 have become increasingly pessimistic.
"Damn it, this article was written by an insider. The data is so detailed. Is there no leakage problem?"
"Theoretically, there shouldn't be. Most of what this person collected is data that has been published in the early stage, and then he made reasonable speculations based on the development of the navy in the past two years. If this can be considered a leak, then our forum will not exist after that. It’s necessary.”
"That's not necessarily true. Wasn't there someone who wrote about being invited to tea before? It was said that the data he predicted for China's next-generation fighter jets were too accurate."
"Harm, he is just unlucky. Besides, leaking advanced technology is called leaking. Read the article for yourself. What is so advanced about 055?"
As soon as this comment came out, everyone in the forum instantly fell into silence.
Indeed, if we go by the data compiled by Li Xiang, although the entire 055 ship can be considered extremely cost-effective and has acceptable combat effectiveness, the problem is that it really does not have amazing technical support.
Especially when this warship, which carries the hope of the Navy, is placed in the same position as Zumwalt, the gap becomes even more obvious.
According to design standards, the radar reflection area of the 15,000-ton Zumwalt is only equivalent to that of a 100-ton small ship. The radar detection distance is more than 90% shorter than other destroyers in the world, and its stealth capabilities are outstanding.
The 055 ship basically does not have stealth capabilities. The only thing that has improved the stealth effect is the integrated mast design - and according to Li Xiang's "speculation", this design may not be realized yet.
Zumwalt uses an all-electric propulsion system, making sailing the boat as easy as driving a car.
Under extreme conditions, even one operator can drive this warship away. The level of intelligence and electrification is frightening, which also gives him huge tactical flexibility.
As for the 055 ship, even the ship's integrated power system is still in the testing process, with complex control and extremely poor flexibility.
Zumwalt is equipped with two AGS advanced naval gun systems, and even plans to equip it with an electromagnetic gun, paired with the MK-51 vertical launch system. Both its shore-facing capabilities and anti-ship capabilities are frightening.
Such a warship approaching the coastline of any country will pose a huge threat to it.
Some small countries may even be directly destroyed by this destroyer.
But what about 055? It is most likely to be equipped with the old H/PJ-87 100mm naval gun. The prototype of this thing is the French 100mm rapid-fire cannon decades ago. The maximum range is nearly 17 kilometers. Not to mention destroying the country, even other people's You can't even touch the coast.
Even if the main gun is upgraded and replaced with a 130mm main gun, the increase in firepower will be extremely limited.
Not to mention, 055 is most likely to use a cold hair system.
The only things that can be evenly matched are probably the power source, radar, and electronic system.
But the problem is, 055 has strong power, and Zumwalt also has strong power.
Our radar is strong, and the one on the Zumwalt is also a dual-band radar, which is no worse than the 055.
As for electronics, is there any country in the world that is stronger than the United States?
Make a decision!
For a while, everyone stopped discussing the gap between the two, and instead began to seriously study how to replace one Zumwalt with several 055 ships.
After all, other people’s boats are expensive, but our boats are cheap. Even if we exchange one more boat, it’s still a good deal.
".So to sum up, according to the current combat effectiveness comparison, if 055 is 1, Zumwalt is at least 10."
"According to the current US plan, at least 30 Zumwalt-class ships will be built in the next 20 years. In other words, our 055 will need to build at least 300 ships to compete with them."
Seeing this comment, Li Xiang laughed so hard that he was confused.
He couldn't believe how happy the Navy would be at seeing such an argument.
300 055s, it’s really a shame that netizens of this generation dare to think about it.
He was planning to use his authority to post a few more discussion posts to create some buzz, but at this moment, the phone beside him suddenly rang.
It was Chen Nian who came to order.
Li Xiang picked up the phone and said cheerfully:
"Hey, Chen Nian, are you not busy today? Why did you remember to call me?"
Chen Nian's voice on the other end of the phone was slightly tired, but there was still a faint hint of ridicule in his tone.
He said:
"Those posts on the Internet were made by you, right? What's going on?"
Li Xiang did not hide anything, but answered directly:
"Our group did it. How's it going? Is it interesting?"
"We have also comprehensively considered the current public opinion environment. After the H-20 took off, our public opinion was a little overheated."
"This situation can easily arouse excessive attention from the United States, especially since we announced the 055 project with great fanfare."
"So, we intend to cool down public opinion in this way."
"On the one hand, it is to create a relatively safe environment for the project. On the other hand, it is also to blow up those lurking spies to see if we can lure them out."
"Fishing, right?"
Chen Nian asked dumbfounded.
"Hey, no fishing, no fishing"
Li Xiangqian answered with a smile.
"You haven't caught it yet? There must be many people taking the bait, right?"
What Chen Nian said is true. If something like what Li Xiang released were placed 20 years or even ten years later, it would be a serious hook.
It's not even fishing, it's just throwing a basin to the water and waiting for the fish to jump in.
But in the current environment, the Navy has not yet started to sell dumplings, and national self-confidence, especially technological self-confidence, has not been truly established. When encountering this situation, most people will not first wonder "whether this is fishing", but rather The children began to summarize and reflect.
This is why Li Xiang's article can cause such a big response.
Because he writes very professionally.
Even in Chen Nian's opinion, this represents the most typical view of 055 in this era.
After hearing Chen Nian's rhetorical question, Li Xiang simply stopped pretending.
"Oh, just a little fishing, just to clear out those reactionary public intellectuals, it's not a big deal."
"You don't know how interesting this stuff is. Many times I can't tell whether the netizens on the forum are serious or sarcastic."
"Just now, I saw a comment saying that one Zumwalt is worth 10 Type 055s, so we need to build at least 300 Type 055s to compete with the United States."
"This kid doesn't even think about the concept of 300 destroyers. Let alone world domination, this is the Galaxy Fleet."
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Chen Nian on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"You look at the public opinion monitoring data every day, but you don't know who posted that comment?"
Li Xiang was stunned by Chen Nian's question and asked subconsciously:
"Who sent it? Someone from the Navy?"
As soon as these words came out, he suddenly reacted.
"Wait a minute? You won't tell me that the comment was made by you, right?"
".it's me."
Chen Nian replied helplessly.
In fact, he just browsed the forum for a while during his work break, and happened to see Li Xiang's article. Then he got interested and responded to it.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiang caught it.
".You are really good. Forget it, I won't tell you anymore."
"Seriously, who do you think has a better chance of winning compared to 055 and Zumwalt?"
"Don't kid me. Is that kind of industrial garbage worthy of being compared with 055?"
Chen Nian's words sounded a little crazy, but in fact, they were not that exaggerated.
Because, according to his experience in his previous life, the so-called "sci-fi battleship" is actually an extremely useless weapon.
Although at the beginning of its birth, the purpose of this battleship was to have both shore and ship strike capabilities.
But as a series of issues such as budget and technology continue to emerge, its positioning has gradually changed.
From a comprehensive attack, it became a pure cross-shore attack.
Its combat method is to break through to the offshore area and attack the shore, and the entire ship is designed around this goal.
But the problem is that China will not give Zumwalt this opportunity.
With the launch of the Navy's Dumpling Operation, coupled with the acceleration of aircraft carrier launching and island reclamation, the entire island chain defense system has rapidly taken shape. If a few Zumwalts want to break through, it is really not enough for the South China Sea Fleet to fill the gap.
Is a destroyer without anti-ship capabilities worthy of sailing at sea?
The so-called "advanced integrated warfare" positioning is just an excuse for weaklings.
Otherwise, why did the United States and the United States risk their lives to equip Zumwalt with hypersonic anti-ship missiles after the birth of 055?
Hearing Chen Nian's answer, Li Xiang felt relieved instantly.
"Okay, I will understand with your words."
"I won't break it to you. I haven't finished playing my cards yet. Go to work as soon as possible. When you have time, go to the forum and watch the excitement."
After speaking, Li Xiang hung up the phone.
The second material he had prepared was immediately posted online.
Compared with the hard-core data comparison of the first material, this material is much more user-friendly because it is a real war game simulation!
"The battle flag exercise between the 055 ship and the British Brave-class destroyer, the 055 was defeated!"
The Brave-class destroyer is an advanced destroyer launched by the United Kingdom in 2006. It is known as the sword-carrying guard tailor-made for the Queen Elizabeth by the Empire on which the sun never sets.
Compared to Zumwalt, its overall design is not that sci-fi, but its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
Or in other words, if 055 can't even beat the Brave level, then don't even think about trying to compete with the famous Zumwalt.
As soon as the material was released, the forum, which had finally calmed down, exploded again.
"What the hell? What's going on? It's the same author again? There's even a war game? And you're saying you're not an insider?"
"It's not a big deal. I also have software, but I just don't have the data. After importing the data, I can do it - don't worry about where the materials come from, let's look at the results first!"
"12 vs. 12, 055 vs. brave class, the battle loss is actually 12:0? Are you kidding me, is 055 that weak?!"
"It's not that the 055 is weak, it should be said that the Brave-class is too strong. After all, this thing is also one of the most advanced destroyers currently."
"Not to mention anything else, just Aster-15 and Aster-30 can completely suppress the Eagle Strike-1."
"Moreover, the Brave-class also has NSM missiles, and can also be equipped with a Harpoon missile launcher. It has strong anti-ship capabilities."
"No matter how strong it is, it won't be 12:0, right? Is it that exaggerated?"
"Who knows? Take a look at the post posted by the original poster. He said he would upload the video of the simulation process in a while."
Watching everyone's discussion, Li Xiang felt an increasingly appetizing sense of satisfaction.
He waited for two hours before uploading the video he had prepared long ago, and this video will completely mess up the muddy waters of "055 strength judgment".
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However, this is the effect he wants.
Soon, the video was uploaded successfully.
When military fans opened this video, they were amazed at the professionalism of the video author.
At the same time, they were also lost in thought because of the battle between the two warships.
This battle was fought.
It was really a bit frustrating.
(End of chapter)
