Pacific Fleet Station.
"Our country has agreed to the modification plan of this aircraft carrier." Sukjidar was very excited: "Before the formal agreement is signed, we will first make an advance payment of 30 million. As the start-up capital of the project, we need you to come up with Please provide detailed design drawings for us to evaluate.”
A week passed, and they finally came to a conclusion in China.
Yes, why not?
This is a fifteen-year-old warship. Compared with the second-hand aircraft carriers they bought that were twenty or thirty years old, this one is almost as good as a brand new one! Moreover, with a displacement of 40,000 tons, after improvements, it will become the most powerful warship in their country.
Give it to them for free, and of course the modification must be done at Lao Maozi! This is also logical.
"It's just that we want to know which shipyard will you start work on to renovate this aircraft carrier for us?" Sukjidal continued to ask Nicholas: "After all, this warship was built from the Black Sea Shipyard , but now it belongs to Ermao.”
"Of course in our Far East." Nikolai said: "Our shipbuilding industry is also quite developed. Not only the Black Sea Shipyard can build aircraft carriers, but we have two factories in the Far East that can build them. The one in Komsomolsk Next to us, there is the Amursk Shipyard, which builds nuclear submarines for us. Nuclear submarines with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons can be built, so what is an aircraft carrier? In our city of Bolshaya Kamien, there is also the Zvezda Shipyard, which can build aircraft carriers. Please. Don’t worry, construction won’t be a problem.”
"So, can I go and have a look in advance?" Sukhjidar asked.
"Well, we need to wait until the contract is officially signed. You should also know that the place where we build nuclear submarines has a very high level of confidentiality. Even the Red Star Shipyard is repairing nuclear submarines and ordinary people are not allowed to enter."
"Okay." Sukhjidar compromised.
"By the way, you can hang out with us during this period. We will arrange for someone to take you around and have a look. We will pay for the expenses." Nicholas was very polite. The swallow named Natasha has been prepared for a long time. She is sure to fascinate Sukhjidar. No matter what the conditions, Sukhjidar will agree to it.
After sending away the guests and closing the door, everyone suddenly became excited.
"The most important thing now is design." Orlov said: "As long as these 30 million US dollars enter the account of our design bureau, we will devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the design and ensure that they are satisfied."
"What? Orlov, are you too greedy?" Nikolay couldn't help but frowned: "Don't try to take this money for yourself. We will divide it into three parts, and your design bureau will get one share. One share for our fleet and one share for the shipyard!”
"Isn't there still nearly one billion US dollars in the later stage? You have plenty of money, so why worry." Orlov said: "The most important thing now is the design. After we design the drawings and the other party is satisfied, there will be follow-up. If there is no design fee, then we will not be able to produce the design drawings, and Asan will be dissatisfied, and the subsequent one billion US dollars will be wasted."
Now Orlov is full of confidence. No matter how much money can be divided in the future, at least now, he will get the 30 million start-up capital!
After all, the situation in their design bureau is not optimistic. Although wages can still be paid, prices have risen too much. Recently, employees have begun to resign. Those outstanding technical personnel have become the targets of the West.
If all the staff are poached, their design bureau will become an empty shell. How can they develop in the future?
With these 30 million US dollars, if we continue to pay wages and give bonuses to some people, we can calm people's hearts.
Therefore, he must get all this money!
Nikolai's face was ugly: "Orlov, are you threatening me? They just deceived Asan away, but they want to see the shipyard! If the shipyard does not have a certain amount of funds to pave the way and stabilize, they will What should I do if I don’t like it? Our fleet also has a funding gap and is in urgent need of funds to fill the hole. Now our warships don’t even have the money to patrol the sea! It’s so easy to earn 30 million, how can you keep it all? "
Although there will be a large sum of money in the future, that money is allocated by Moscow. Who knows how much the fleet can get? Moscow would not dare to move this early advance payment. It must be paid to them. Otherwise, the project will not be started, and in the end it will be a struggle.
For 30 million, everyone started to argue.
"Ah San made it clear that it is an advance payment. What is the advance payment for? Of course it is for design, so it must be earmarked." Of course Orlov had to fight for his own design bureau.
"The most we can compromise is to give you one million each for the fleet and the shipyard. The remaining twenty-eight million must belong to our design bureau. Otherwise, the design time will be delayed. If Asan doesn't want it, then it will be A big loss.”
One million, do you want to give it to a beggar?
Nikolai was still angry, but Orlov had already stood up and walked out: "The matter is settled! I have to go back and make arrangements. When the data is transported, we will work on the design here. This is a business trip. Everyone needs business travel subsidies, and 28 million is not much at all."
Is this a sure thing for you?
Nikolai looked at Orlov's back, angrily grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground.
Qin Tao remained silent, but he was thinking rapidly. This opportunity was really great. Originally, he planned to use some means to achieve his goal, but now it seems that there is no need for it at all!
"Nicholas, don't be angry." Qin Tao said: "The situation is like this now. With money, there are always people who want to get it in their own pockets. Now the Neva Design Bureau has the power of design and wants to monopolize it. This amount of money is understandable.”
"Huh, they've taken it all for themselves. What will happen to our fleet and the shipyard?"
If he gets ten million, Nikolai can put at least two million into his pocket, or even more. But now, with one million, how much can he get? One hundred thousand and two hundred thousand, what does it mean?
He only got hundreds of thousands for a billion-dollar engineering project. Isn’t this too shabby?
"If you don't want them to monopolize it, you can only take over the design work yourself." Qin Tao said.
Nikolai shook his head: "All heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruisers are designed by their Neva Design Bureau. If you want to improve them, you can only look to them."
When he said this, Nicholas clenched his fists. The other party knew this, so he was so confident! He had no other choice. If the detailed design drawings were not obtained, the next step would not be possible.
Ah San’s intention was very clear, he was just waiting for the design drawings! Only models are useless, you must have comprehensive detailed design drawings!
"That's not necessarily true." Qin Tao said, "My old friend, do you believe me?"
Nicholas turned back in surprise: "Qin, what do you mean? Of course I believe you!"
"Then you subcontract the design task to me. For only three million US dollars, I can complete all the design work." Qin Tao said.
Subcontract to you? Nicholas opened his eyes wide, the meaning was very clear, can you do it? What a joke!
However, it’s not good to just say that you completely trust Qin Tao and now you are questioning him.
Qin Tao continued to introduce his plan: "Now, those design drawings are being transported. As long as we do some tricks to get the design drawings to the airport, and then transport them to our country, we can have all the designs within a week." All the drawings are input into the computer, and then all the improvements will be completed within half a month. Here, you can delay with the people from the Neva Design Bureau. By then, we will have the design drawings, and naturally we will not need the people from the Neva Design Bureau. People. You can tell them that the navy’s own design department has completed the relevant design, give them a travel allowance of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, and tell them to get out!"
Nicholas began to think seriously.
Qin Tao's plan is bold enough, but if the design drawings are only lost for a week, it can still be dealt with. After all, Da Mao's country is still relatively chaotic, and it is not uncommon for accidents to happen midway.
A design fee of three million was within his acceptable range. If he gave the shipyard five million, they would still be left with more than twenty million.
However, are there any risks in taking the Minsk design drawings abroad? After all, they also have a heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruiser of the same model. Although each ship has modifications, it is roughly the same.
Although Nicholas recognizes money, such a big thing still requires some thinking.
"We are only responsible for the design. After the design is completed, all the data will be deleted. If you are not worried, you can send a few people to go back with us to supervise." Qin Tao said: "We are friends, so I want to give You help, if you feel there is a risk or are worried, then forget it."
A smile appeared on Nicholas's face: "Qin, my friend, we have cooperated so many times and it has been very pleasant. How can I not worry? Just do as you say!"
Three million or thirty million, what to choose, do you need to say? Just take safety measures! Send a specialized technician there to supervise every day. After the design is completed, the original data will be destroyed. This should ensure safety.
As for whether the design drawings can satisfy Ah San? Well, let’s talk about this later. At least get 30 million first!
Nicholas made up his mind and called Zayintsev. Of course, this kind of thing must be left to the most capable man.
Qin Tao originally planned to bribe a few low-level officers, wait until the design drawings arrived at the fleet base, secretly transfer and sell the scrap paper, and then set a fire without letting Nicholas know about it. But now, there is a new opportunity to directly communicate with If Nikolai colludes, it will be easier.
In the suburbs of Huating, there is an independent courtyard.
The car drove slowly into the courtyard, and there was already a line of people waiting inside the door.
Although the slogan on the other side of the courtyard wall has been painted over, Babbage can recognize it at a glance through the car window. This must have been a military camp before. There is a playground when you enter the door. You can see various training equipment. Behind them were rows of bungalows, which easily reminded him of those military camps in the Soviet era. The layout was almost the same.
This place has a history of several decades. Look at the mottled walls and the towering trees in the courtyard, all of which tell the history of this place.
Mr. Pan murmured on the side and introduced to him: "This used to be a military camp. During the disarmament in 1985, the military camp here was abandoned and no one lived in it. Recently, I heard that you were coming, and the army specially handed over this place to him. We use, and from now on, this will be the working site of the Second Design Office of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group.”
"We're here, let's get out of the car!" Mr. Pan continued. As soon as he finished speaking, the car door was opened by someone outside.
Wu Shengli said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Babbage, you have had a hard journey."
Behind Wu Shengli, there was also a large group of officers who came here on a special trip. Although they were all wearing casual clothes, they all acted with the skill of a soldier.
"Are you Leader Wu?" Babic was a little surprised. He had seen Wu Shengli's photo in the newspaper. He was a senior naval officer. It seemed that Qin had not lied to him. He came here with a strong naval background. of.
"Yes, it's me. Although you are under the banner of Mingzhou Group, if you need any help, just ask, our navy will spare no effort." Wu Shengli smiled: "Let's go eat first. I’ll give you a chance to catch the wind and wash away the dust.”
"Wait a minute, I want to go here and have a look." Babbage said, pointing to a row of houses on the side.
This used to be an office area, and all the wooden doors and windows had been replaced with aluminum alloys. It looked spacious and bright, and through the glass, he could see the equipment inside.
"Okay, this is where you will work in the future." Wu Shengli said, "I hope the equipment inside will satisfy you."
Qin Tao commanded remotely and arranged some tasks, but Wu Shengli was very busy. In the special office area in front of him, the machines were installed in place today. Fortunately, all expenses were paid by Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group. Otherwise, Wu Shengli would really have a big problem.
Babbage opened the door and walked in.
The ground was covered with wooden floors, clean and tidy. In the center of the room, there was a row of computers, and the outermost one had a huge cabinet underneath. When he saw the label on the cabinet, Babbage said in shock. : "Alpha 21064?"
Every computer inside is very expensive, and the unit price is calculated in tens of thousands. However, it cannot be compared with the computer in front of you! This is a professional server built with the latest chips developed by a world-famous computer company!
In 1992, DEC developed the RISC chip Alpha 21064 and developed AXP servers and workstations based on this chip, which marked DEC's official entry into the server field.
How powerful the performance of Alpha 21064 is. One data can illustrate how powerful it is. Its floating-point computing performance reaches more than 400 million times per second. In comparison, the Galaxy II supercomputer successfully developed in China in the same year runs at only 10 Hundreds of millions of times per second, it has been celebrated and publicized across the country.
DEC's products are just stuffed into a cabinet, and a monitor can be placed on it. What about Galaxy 2? It seems like a group of cabinets occupying the entire room, right?
This kind of server is also quite expensive. When Wu Shengli was helping to coordinate the purchase, he couldn't help but be speechless. He didn't understand it after all, but now, looking at Babic's eyes, he knew that this old man liked it very much.
"Mr. Qin has told us that we must create the best workplace for you. Now our research institute is being established and personnel are being transferred. Together with a group of college students who are about to graduate, there will be about a hundred people here in the initial stage. All of them are Listen to you, you are the leader here." Yang Dawei said.
Over in Mingzhou is the First Design Institute (Department), and here is the Second Design Institute. Compared with the hardware equipment, the hardware equipment here will be much higher, but Yang Dawei has nothing to complain about, because whether it is qualifications or experience, Babbage has everything. A long way above him.
He is the chief designer of Varyag, what about you? The largest one I designed was just the aircraft carrier of Siam!
Yang Dawei is full of expectations. After the establishment of this place, it will bring the design capabilities of Mingzhou Shipbuilding Industry Group to a higher level. In particular, Babbage is familiar with Lao Maozi's various equipment, and his own new frigates use a large number of related equipment. It just so happens that some of the design tasks can be transferred here.
As soon as Babbage came here, he was reused. He was also very emotional. Even if he was not given a generous salary and only looked at the conditions here, he would still be willing to work here. After all, he could realize his ideals here. !
"There is a special small courtyard at the back. After your family comes, you will live here, and we will take care of your children's schooling. Now, do you want to go to the restaurant first?"
The original plan was to catch the wind and wash away the dust in the restaurant. The food there was ready. At this time, the workplace also saw that it was time to go to eat.
Babbage nodded, reluctantly caressed each computer, walked past the scanner next to it, and finally left.
The restaurant became lively.
"Mr. Babbage, our table has Russian dishes and our own dishes. You can see what suits your taste."
"You're too polite. You don't need to cook it specially for me. Oriental dishes are delicious." Babbage said. He didn't care about eating or anything else. As long as he could fill his stomach, it would be fine if a big-haired chef was hired just for him. , somewhat luxurious.
"Mr. Babich, is it possible to convert the former Kiev-class heavy-duty aircraft carrier cruiser into an aircraft carrier? Ski-jump to take off and block the landing." Soon, during the exchange of drinks, the topic got down to business.
After hearing Wu Shengli's question, everyone calmed down and looked at Babic.
One of the most surprising things in the related industry recently is that Mao will give the decommissioned Minsk to Asan, and then convert it into an aircraft carrier. This aircraft carrier with a displacement of 40,000 tons has attracted the attention of countless people. eyeball.
Can this project be completed?
"If it is similar to the French medium-sized aircraft carrier in terms of displacement, modification is possible." Babbage said: "However, since it is not designed according to the aircraft carrier, there will be many problems encountered during modification. .”
Although Babic was not the chief engineer when the Minsk was born, he had experienced these models after all. By comparing them with Kuznetsov and Varyag, we can draw better conclusions. .
"many problems?"
"For example, the deck of the aircraft carrier needs to be expanded, which may cause the center of the Minsk to shift. For stability, some things in the previous design cannot be changed, such as the ship island."
Since the emergence of aircraft carriers, the layout has been a flat deck and a side island layout. These are the best layouts that have been developed after years of practice.
However, the Minsk is not an aircraft carrier, but a heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruiser. If it is to be transformed into an aircraft carrier, there will be many inherent shortcomings.
The island cannot be moved, and the area of the deck needs to be expanded. When the transformation is completed, you will be surprised to find that the island is not close to the starboard side, resulting in huge waste!
The island of a normal aircraft carrier is close to the starboard side. The right side of the island can only accommodate a person at most, leaving as much area as possible for carrier-based aircraft.
What about the one refitted by Ah San? On the right side of the island, it is estimated that two MiG-29s with folding wings can be packed in, so that when viewed from the front, the island looks like it is stuck to the right of the center of the deck.
What you brought in your mother's womb cannot be changed.
So many jokes have come out, saying that after the aircraft carrier was modified, it could not control its center of gravity. What should we do? Let's go into the water first. After entering the water, put a ball in the middle of the deck. The ball will be heavier wherever it rolls. Finally, we found that the starboard side was too light. We had no choice but to erect a solid reinforced concrete tower on the right side of the island. Glue the radar model on.
In fact, in the eyes of designers, the problem can be seen at a glance.
Others can be modified, but this ship island cannot be modified. If it were modified, the amount of work would be even greater than rebuilding it.
"Moreover, after this change, the deck area is not large enough. It is completely inappropriate to operate carrier-based aircraft such as the Su-33. At most, it can only operate the MiG-29K." Babbage continued.
The Kuznetsov is equipped with all Su-33s. In fact, during the test, the MiG-29 modified carrier-based aircraft was also used on the ship. However, after a comparison, it was found that the MiG-29 has short legs. Box 29 was not suitable, so Su-33 was chosen.
Now, on paper, we can discuss it.
Thinking of this, Babbage felt a little regretful: "It's a pity that I can't design it myself."
As an aircraft carrier designer, I can only live here now, which is really a pity.
Crunch!
At this moment, the door outside opened, and an adjutant hurried to Wu Shengli and said a few words in his ear.
"What?"
Wu Shengli couldn't believe the news and looked at the people around him with wide eyes: "Really?"
"Yes."
"Everyone, I have something to do and need to leave first." Wu Shengli walked in a hurry, and everyone was confused.
What is this big deal? However, don't ask what you shouldn't ask. The rest of the people will continue to drink and mingle.
