After going out, it was a little cold outside. After all, Sweden has a high latitude.
Everyone stood in the cold wind and stopped the taxi with their hands, but they didn't see the taxi coming for a long time.
"These people are trying to intimidate us. They will pick us up in a special car when they come and leave us alone when they go back." Jin Mao said, "We have to fight for our breath. Let's walk back and it won't feel cold anymore!" "
Qin Tao nodded, and then put his coat on Zhao Ling.
"Brother Tao, I'm not cold."
"But I'm hot." Qin Tao said, "I will sweat after exercising. After saying that, I took big steps forward."
Wearing a coat that smelled of Qin Tao's body, Zhao Ling felt warm in her heart.
Everyone walked back together and looked at the streets of Sweden, which were full of exotic customs. It felt good.
"Mr. Qin, thank you for coming to help. After all, you have the most experience in dealing with foreigners." Jin Mao talked to Qin Tao as he walked.
If it is Jin Mao, he can only insist on his opinion. Even if he insists for a day, it will be in vain if the other party does not agree. However, Qin Tao has good reasons and the other party has no choice but to use procrastination tactics. But tomorrow, we will bring an endoscope over. , see what else they say.
Thinking of this, Jin Mao said to Qin Tao: "Tomorrow, we need to bring the endoscope to find out the cracks. It is obviously their manufacturing defect, but now they are talking about it. In short, we are absolutely responsible for the defective propeller." Don’t do it, otherwise it’s a crime.”
That's a warship! How can a new generation destroyer developed by numerous scientific research units in China have serious defects in the propeller?
"There is no need to wear an endoscope tomorrow." Qin Tao said.
What? Not bringing it tomorrow?
Looking at Jin Mao's confused eyes, Qin Tao said: "Because after driving us away, they will definitely work all night to weld and fill up the cracks. When they hand it over to us tomorrow, they will definitely not find any cracks."
"What? No, we will go back immediately. We don't want the defective products that have been welded. We want brand new ones!" Jin Mao said.
Qin Tao shook his head: "When we go back, will they let us in? They will definitely use various means to stop us."
"What should we do? We can't just watch foreigners fool us with defective products!"
"There is always a way." Qin Tao said: "Do they think it will be seamless after welding? After welding, the center of gravity has changed. Tomorrow we will not use an endoscope. We will directly measure the center of gravity. The center of gravity is not on the axis. It's time for the transmission shaft to vibrate. This defect is absolutely unavoidable and they didn't say anything about it." (Actually, it's more appropriate to call it the center of mass, but the center of gravity is more general. It's a point in the gravity field anyway.)
Everyone's eyes lit up, yes, in this way, they were caught off guard!
"Brother Tao, I have a question." Zhao Ling wrapped herself in Qin Tao's warm coat and followed the others. She walked quickly and caught up with Qin Tao, and then she spoke.
"what is the problem?"
"Hasn't Kameva Company been manufacturing variable-pitch propellers for decades? How could such low-level errors appear in the products they provide us?" Zhao Ling asked Qin Tao.
Hearing this question, Qin Tao's face looked a little ugly: "This, it's not difficult to guess, right?"
Zhao Ling was so smart that she understood immediately: "On purpose?"
No one will know what the other party is thinking specifically, and the other party will not say it, but that is the fact. Qin Tao had a sneer on his face: "You cannot outsource a strong national defense. You can't outsource it yourself." It is reliable, and our domestic propeller manufacturing companies should also work harder and strive to manufacture our own domestic advanced propellers as soon as possible."
Qin Tao is full of confidence in this.
In later generations, CSSC Wärtsilä Propeller Company developed a new seven-axis five-linkage CNC machine tool, marking the country’s mastery of large-scale propeller manufacturing technology. This machine tool can manufacture propellers with a diameter of up to 12.5 meters, which is equivalent to that of the United States. The propeller diameter of the USS Nimitz is twice that of the USS Nimitz, and the weight of a single propeller exceeds 400 tons, marking that China has reached the highest level in the world in this regard. (It seems that this company is a Sino-foreign joint venture, but anyway, it is in China and can produce aircraft carrier propellers for us.)
Now, we have to work hard. After we go back, we will go to the water jet propeller factory in Huating to see if we can make some progress.
the next day.
Rosenberg had a smile on his face: "Everyone, the endoscope has been prepared for you. Even if you want to use a metal flaw detector, we can also provide it. Don't worry, the propellers produced by our factory are definitely qualified. The product, yesterday’s test, was just a small mistake.”
"We require the center of gravity of the propeller to be measured." Jin Mao said, "Forget about looking for cracks."
What?
After hearing Jin Mao's words, Rosenberg's expression changed drastically: "What do you want to test?"
"Center of gravity."
"We have a test report here, and the propeller's center of gravity has been calibrated, right on the axis. How could such important data be wrong?" Rosenberg said, "You just need to read the report."
"Look at the report? Your report didn't say that the propeller will leak oil, right?" Qin Tao said from the side: "You are such a professional company, don't you let customers who have ordered products check the center of gravity position? What are you afraid of? Shouldn't you? Could it be that the processing accuracy is not enough?"
"How is it possible? We use the most advanced CNC machine tools in Europe for processing, and the accuracy is the highest."
"Then why don't you let us test it again?"
"We, we..."
"If you don't allow testing, then we have every reason not to purchase your product. We will also have to claim compensation." Qin Tao said, "No matter which country it is in, we will definitely win this lawsuit."
"Okay, since you insist, let's get on the machine and test it."
"Okay, this is the style of the old factory." Qin Tao said, "By the way, have your machines been debugged in advance?"
"As long as there is a trial run, the machine will automatically zero internally. The equipment we have here is the most advanced." Rosenberg said.
"That's good. To avoid having to blame the machine for not debugging if something goes wrong later, let's start quickly."
The propeller was transferred to a huge machine and spun. (I haven’t seen the East China Hero before. Just thinking about it, it should be similar to the dynamic balance after tire repair.)
The machine started spinning, and the golden propeller looked extremely beautiful. After a few minutes, the data was displayed.
"The propeller's center of gravity deviates from the axis by three millimeters." Qin Tao looked at the data displayed above and said to Rosenberg: "You are the strongest in the propeller field, but you are at this level? What if this was installed on the ship? , the drive shaft seal ring leaked on the first trip to sea!"
Three millimeters is not large compared to a propeller with a diameter of one or two meters, but it has a significant impact on ships!
The propeller is unbalanced and will vibrate during rotation. The vibration of the mobile phone is based on this principle. However, the mobile phone needs to vibrate, and the propeller cannot vibrate. The vibration will have a major impact on the ship, and even damage the bearings of the drive shaft. If it is too heavy, the entire hull will resonate and fall apart, which is very dangerous.
"It's just three millimeters, completely within the margin of error," Rosenberg said.
"What? Are you a professional or an amateur? If there is no problem with three millimeters, then we will ask people in the industry to evaluate it!" Qin Tao was annoyed.
Jin Mao couldn't sit still anymore and stood up and said: "What consequences will these three millimeters have on the warship? Let me analyze it for you now!"
After saying that, Jin Mao picked up a piece of chalk in his hand and started writing on the cement floor.
In order to prevent these guys from cheating, Jin Mao prepared chalk in advance and planned to use it to mark the propeller. Now, he finished drawing the structural diagram of the propeller on the ground and indicated various parameters.
Then, he circled the part where the center of gravity shifted and began to write various formulas. The calculations proved that this shift could even be a fatal problem.
The representatives of Kamewa Company opened their eyes wide and looked at the data analyzed by Jinmao. They would never have imagined that Orientals would actually use this method to prove it!
What else can be done?
"Friends from the East, we admit that this propeller is defective. We are willing to destroy the propellers that have been manufactured and make new propellers for you." Faced with the facts, Rosenberg finally stopped quibbles. I know, I have no reason to say anymore.
"As an old factory that has manufactured variable pitch propellers for decades, you should strictly control quality. I hope you will learn from this experience and produce qualified propellers for us. If the next batch of propellers is still unqualified , we will claim compensation in accordance with the contract." Qin Tao said.
It's a relief. It's a relief. A young man from the East stood in front of an old factory that has been manufacturing propellers for decades or even hundreds of years. He pointed at their technicians and said, "Your quality is not good. We must strictly control the quality in the future." close!
Moreover, these people haven’t said it yet, facts speak louder than words, no matter what their tricks are, if they try to build propellers next time, they can’t make any more mistakes!
"We are producing a second batch of propellers as quickly as possible," Rosenberg said.
Every Chinese person present felt proud that the other party had finally admitted defeat and was finally willing to give birth to another one!
"Tonight, please be sure to take advantage of us and dine at our king's palace."
The other party raised the standards. Yesterday they just talked about the dinner party, but today they set the location of the dinner in such a place, so it was hard for everyone to refuse.
So, just go, and after you go, eat, no need to discuss other conditions!
"This mistake will cost us 800,000 marks. I hope you can open up and use the propellers we repaired." Sure enough, when the dinner was over, Rosenberg said.
"Didn't we already talk about it during the day? This is private time now, and we won't talk about official business." Jin Mao said.
"Haha, every time you suffer, you will gain wisdom. Please treat this loss as paying tuition. From now on, you will strictly control the quality." Qin Tao disgusted the other party again.
Back at the hotel, Qin Tao was very happy. He called the shipyard and then received a message.
"There is news from the north! You are invited to come over!"
Although this was a code word, Qin Tao understood it immediately.
The more chaotic the situation, the more opportunities there are. Qin Tao knows this deeply, and at the same time, Nicholas also knows this.
Therefore, during this period of time, Nicholas successfully completed all the procedures and was waiting for Qin Tao and others to pick up the ship.
What ship? Of course it's the Sovremenny-class destroyer with a blown boiler, the Steadfast!
A week later, Qin Tao came to the Pacific Fleet base again. Although a huge whirlpool was emerging in Moscow, it was still quiet in the Far East.
"Nicola, my friend, long time no see, are you okay?" Qin Tao said, "It's a pity that we left without saying goodbye last time."
"Yes, I was really sorry last time. It was mainly due to the domestic situation. However, I have already done everything that needs to be done." Nicholas smiled.
The last time I left suddenly without saying goodbye was at the Yakovlev Design Bureau. Now, all the things that should be obtained have been obtained in the warehouse of the base, waiting to be loaded on the ship and shipped away together. The light industrial products promised by Qin Tao have been shipped to them a long time ago. Both of them are reliable in terms of honesty and trustworthiness in doing business.
"Well, my friend, move all those things to the Steadfast. When the time comes, we will take them away together." Qin Tao said to Nicholas.
Nicholas frowned: "Qin, my friend, it's not easy to get these things away. It's best not to expose them along the way, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."
"Of course I know this." Qin Tao said, "We will cover this ship."
Cover up the entire ship?
Nicholas was a little curious: "How to cover it?"
"Of course it's the piece of cloth on the top." After Qin Tao finished speaking, he realized where Nikolai was struggling: "By the way, we will bring our own floating dock over."
Floating dock coming?
Only then did Nicholas realize.
The boiler of the Steadfast has exploded and it is impossible to move it again. If you want to tow it back, you will have to use several tugboats to dangle on the sea. It is impossible not to be watched. However, if you use a buoy The dockyard is different.
The floating dock can directly put the warship in the belly. If it is covered with a roof on top, it will be foolproof.
Moreover, what Qin Tao and the others have is a 100,000-ton floating dock, and the Steadfast is stuffed into it, just fine.
"It will take a few days for our floating dock to arrive, so now we have to deal with it and remove the mast of the Steadfast and so on so that it can be easily transported. My old friend, those things are already in tatters. I am bringing them like this Let’s go, I won’t get you into trouble, right?”
Nicholas shook his head: "Of course not. The entire warship belongs to you. However, the missiles and other weapons on it have been put into the warehouse according to regulations."
It is easy to take out the missiles and other things, but it is not easy to remove all the radars and other things on it. Although it was covered up at the time, if someone were to dismantle the equipment above, the truth would inevitably be exposed. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, Nikolai was very generous and took them away together! Anyway, the Soviet Union is so chaotic now that no one cares about this.
Qin Tao nodded.
Nicholas can't participate in this kind of thing, but the people below can talk about it.
Anti-aircraft missiles don't matter, because last time, Qin Tao had already got the 9M38 missiles that were equipped on Shijili. This time, he just got the supporting radar and other systems. As for the other big guy, this This time must be obtained.
The Shenzhou floating dock was originally to be docked to build two important ships. However, the natural gas ship was almost built and was waiting for delivery. It could be launched at any time. Therefore, after receiving Qin Tao's order, the shipyard immediately Just launch the natural gas ship into the water, and then drive over with the floating dock.
Of course, the floating dock itself was not powerful enough or fast enough. In order to speed up, they hired a tugboat to drag the floating dock in front and accelerate together, all the way north.
Nikolai was in charge of the headquarters, and Zaitsev received Qin Tao as usual. In order to deceive others, everything was done at night.
"No, we can't wait any longer!" When Qin Tao arrived at the dock, he suddenly heard a voice from the Guogan next to the Determinant destroyer.
"That's right, that's right, we need to gather everyone on the ship and go to the headquarters to ask for an explanation. If we don't get paid again, we will..."
Hearing these words, Qin Tao felt happy immediately. He was originally thinking of finding an opportunity, but unexpectedly, the opportunity came like this!
Zaitsev, who was unable to walk with Qin Tao, also heard the shouts of the people inside. In an instant, he wanted to reach out for his gun, but he was stopped by Qin Tao, who shot him hard. Shake his head.
No, you can't do this!
If you do this, it will lead to bloodshed. In the current situation, once such an incident occurs, it will easily intensify domestic conflicts!
Zaitsev nodded. He had absolute trust in Qin Tao. Since Qin Tao shook his head at him, he would stop Qin Tao.
Qin Tao walked towards the warship. When his feet stepped on the bridge built between the stern of the warship and the dock, the sound of his footsteps was immediately heard by the sailors sitting at the stern of the Kokang, and they immediately shouted Get up: "Who?"
"It's me, your friend." Qin Tao said, "Don't be so excited, I don't mean any harm."
The dim lights on the dock shone on the dozens of sailors. Qin Tao looked at these nervous people and his brain was organizing words quickly.
"Zaitsev, what are you doing here?" At this moment, someone across the street recognized Zaitsev and suddenly became nervous again.
Whoop, whoop!
These old-fashioned navy sailors actually got AK rifles. In this special period, the army is indeed chaotic.
"Isn't it just for some wages? Why fight and kill? We are all comrades. What are you doing? Put down the gun, put down!" Qin Tao said. At this time, he stood in front without hesitation. Once there was someone on the opposite side, Nervous guy, Qin Tao is about to explain here, but he is not afraid.
If you want to fight, you have to stand in the middle.
Sure enough, the sailors were intimidated by Qin Tao's momentum, or attracted by Qin Tao's words. They put down their guns, and the smell of gunpowder at the scene weakened.
"That's right. I also know that it feels uncomfortable to be owed wages. You have to eat, drink, and feed your family. Maybe your family is still waiting for wages to buy bread. The wages are always not paid. Then Soldiers can't help it either, brothers, how much salary are you owed?"
Grassov, the leading sailor opposite, spoke up: "We haven't received last month's wages yet! It's really impossible to live this day!"
It turned out to be only one month's salary. It seems that Lao Maozi is really angry enough. In China, the contractor often defaults on wages for a year or two, and the workers have no way to get their wages. What does this month count now?
However, here at Lao Maozi, because the benefits are very good, there is almost no concept of deposits. Therefore, if wages suddenly stop being paid, something will happen. Moreover, since goods in state-owned stores are often unavailable, they have to pay high prices to buy them on the black market, so they need more money.
In fact, many factories and the like have not paid wages for several months. However, the army has always been valued in the Red Empire, so the army's wages have always been as usual. However, something happened last month. ! There is a commotion in Moscow, and the funding for the army cannot be released.
The current Red Empire has not yet reached the point where it cannot afford military expenditures.
This was entirely delayed by the bureaucracy.
So, I came at the right time!
Qin Tao was secretly happy: "How much salary arrears do you owe in total?"
"I am a second lieutenant. I have a basic salary of 180 rubles, a rank salary of 40 rubles, and a seniority salary of 70 rubles. So, put it all together, the total is 290 rubles. Together with this month's salary, the total is 580 rubles. The ruble salary has not been paid.”
During Lao Maozi's time, there was absolutely nothing to say about the treatment of soldiers. The salary of soldiers was the highest. You know, a university graduate could only get a little more than 100 rubles to work. If he was a soldier, he could get this much salary. Moreover, soldiers will receive preferential treatment in various parts of the country. For example, they do not need to buy tickets to ride on the bus.
"All of you are owed, so based on the average of 500, the total is 6,000 rubles." Qin Tao glanced at everyone: "I can give you these arrears of wages. Xiaoling, take 6,000 rubles." Ruble out!”
Zhao Ling became Qin Tao's secretary again, carrying a bag in her hand. She was worried about Qin Tao's safety just now, but now she is calm again.
Looking at the money, Grassov hesitated: "Who are you?"
"I am your good friend. Seeing that you are in trouble, how can I not help?"
"But we can't ask for your money in vain."
These old fools still have principles. Although the money is right in front of them, the wrongdoers have their own owners, and the wages have nothing to do with the people in front of them. They have to go to the headquarters to go.
"I am also a good friend of Nikolai. I am here to buy the scrap ship next to you. If you are going to cause trouble for Nikolai, I will treat it as solving some unstable factors for Nikolai. Take it."
Nikolai's best friend?
If Qin Tao reveals his identity as soon as he comes up, he might be offended by the other party. Now that he gives the money to the other party, the other party is already grateful. When he heard Qin Tao say that he is a good friend of Nicholas, There wasn’t much resistance.
“Why doesn’t Nikolai pay us our wages?”
"Of course it's because the current situation is turbulent. I'll solve the immediate problem for you first. Take it, take it!"
With that said, Qin Tao stuffed the ruble into Glasov's hand: "Divide it among yourselves, I'm leaving!"
"Wait!" Grassov stopped Qin Tao: "Even if you are a good friend of Nicholas, we can't ask for this money in vain, we can exchange it!"
Qin Tao was overjoyed, what a lovely low-level person! So simple and kind!
(End of chapter)
