After Professor Yang Lai saw Gao Jianwu's warm actions, his uneasy heart suddenly calmed down a lot.
"Mr. Gao, I don't know what the research subjects of our Institute of Marine Equipment will be focused on in the near future?" The cramped Professor Yang Lai was not good at small talk and went straight to the topic.
"The immediate task of your Marine Equipment Institute is to build ships, including 10,000-ton ships, modern destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers!" Gao Jianwu's first sentence almost made Yang Lai break into a cold sweat.
This is possible as a long-term dream, but as a short-term goal, it is now more difficult than reaching the sky!
"How much tonnage do destroyers and aircraft carriers need?" Professor Yang asked with a dry mouth and some fear.
In fact, this question is a bit redundant. Even the smallest destroyer is a huge challenge for him.
"The destroyer must be 3,000 tons and have a range of more than 3,000 nautical miles. The aircraft carrier must be 60,000 tons and have a range of more than 8,000 nautical miles." Gao Jianwu said easily.
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"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" When Professor Yang heard Gao Jianwu's answer, he jumped up like a conditioned reflex.
You must know that although it has been more than half a century since the birth of China's first domestically produced armored ship, half a century has passed. Due to the lack of continuous investment in research and development expenses, the level of shipbuilding is still very limited. The so-called light cruiser built in 1927 " "Yixian", the standard displacement is 1650 tons!
That's it, core armament systems, power systems, shipbuilding steel, etc. are all still "imported"! The maximum speed is 19 knots (35 kilometers/hour) and the longest range is 2,000 nautical miles. The ship is equipped with a single 150 mm 50-caliber cannon at the bow imported from the Dutch company H. The secondary artillery includes a single 140 mm gun at the stern, four 75 mm anti-aircraft guns, and a 47 mm rapid-fire gun. , all imported foreign goods.
In other words, this battleship only has an imported 150mm gun that meets the standard of a light cruiser, and the rest are inferior to other frigates. At the same time, the "Leander" light cruiser built by Daiying in 1930 had a standard displacement of 7,430 tons, a maximum speed of 32.5 knots (60 km/h), and was equipped with four twin-mounted (8) 152 mm 50-caliber guns. ..
There is no doubt that it is a crushing advantage against the Yixian. More than ten years have passed, and only one Pinghai ship of more than 2,000 tons has been built. The localization of this ship is even more questionable, because at that time, there was no invasion of the small days, and the entire design drawings and equipment were made by Kojiri Harima Shipyard also sent shipbuilding director Toshio Jimbo as well as hull, engine, carpentry and other technical personnel to provide technical assistance. The whole country's effort to build ships is nothing more than that.
The technical level is far behind the world level.
Under such circumstances, Gao Jianwu proposed the goal of building a 3,000-ton destroyer in the near future. In the eyes of pragmatic Professor Yang, it is naturally more difficult than heaven.
"Nothing is impossible, Professor Yang. Look, this is the hull design drawing of our first-generation modern destroyer. Your goal is to realize it according to the drawing. There will be other departments such as armament system, power system and radar system. I will cooperate with you to realize it." Gao Jianwu walked to his bookcase and took out the complete production process design drawing of the 051g destroyer hull - of course, only part of it is available now.
After all, Professor Yang has not passed his test yet. He will only give out part of it for Professor Yang to study first. What he is giving now is the main design part.
Have the design drawings been completed? Professor Yang was a little dumbfounded again. Where could the talents on the Eighth Road come from to complete such a huge task?
Professor Yang didn't expect that Gao Jianwu had already achieved this step. He couldn't help but took the drawings with doubts. He just opened the main design part and was stunned.
This is already a production design drawing of a finished ship.
Professor Yang looked through it for a while with trembling hands, convinced that this was not a random drawing. The rigorous drawings and detailed dimensioning on it all showed that this was a real design drawing.
Although he could not verify the feasibility of such an extremely large design, Professor Yang knew that this was no joke as long as the picture was taken from Gao Jianwu.
Maybe the Eighth Route Army got it from someone else, either in the north or in the Americas. They are already very mature in destroyers. If they get such a design from them, although it is difficult, it will be less difficult than designing it themselves. Countless times, Professor Yang put aside his shock when he thought of this, convinced that the design in Gao Jianwu's hands was by no means a fantasy.
Some subsystems may be available for purchase from the North and America. As a result, Yang Lai felt a sense of enlightenment and suddenly felt that this matter was over.
"Mr. Gao, is this the main body design of the destroyer we are going to realize? Does it mean that the entire ship has now completed the design of the production process?" Put down the drawing and turned to ask Gao Jianwu.
"Yes, this is the main design part of the design drawing of our first-generation new destroyer 051. We have successfully developed and trial-produced the supporting ship steel smelting process at the Jinyang Iron and Steel Plant, and can immediately enter mass production, whether at Anshan Iron or Steel Co., Ltd. Benxi Steel has the ability to produce ship steel according to this set of ship steel production and smelting processes.
Not only that, Jinyang Heavy Industry has started building the first prototype of the 130mm naval gun. I believe it will be realized soon. In terms of radar system, shipborne radio and communication system, we at Huaxing Electronics are also developing prototype systems and are about to complete the first A complete shipboard electronic system.
In terms of power system, our Huayuan Power Type 453 steam power system is under research and development. It is planned that the single-machine horsepower can reach 36,000 horsepower. In this way, two Type 453 power system-driven destroyers are enough to help it run at a speed of more than 30 knots. "
What, all key subsystems are developed by ourselves? Isn’t it integrated into someone else’s house?
Gao Jianwu's words once again subverted many concepts in Professor Yang's mind.
After hearing this, my head was buzzing. I never thought that the development of shipbuilding technology on the Eighth Route Road had unknowingly reached the forefront of the world.
In addition to building the shell, the core parts have already been researched and developed. In this way, the most important and difficult part is actually already being solved.
It's just that as one of the few experts in the shipbuilding industry in Guozhou, Yang Lai didn't know that the layout of the Eighth Route was so deep.
However, these are all good things, a huge good thing. Yang Lai, who was originally unsure about his mission, suddenly felt relaxed.
"If this is the case, then there is no big problem. Mr. Gao, thank you for trusting me and telling me so much top-secret information. Yang is not talented and will do his best to build this ship." Yang Lai calmed down his turbulent mood and said excitedly to Gao Jianwu.
Before he came, he had guessed that the Eighth Route Army would invest in the shipbuilding industry, which happened to be the same ambition as his own. Compared with doing nothing in the preserved fruit industry, Yang Lai, who had just reached his prime, wanted to come over and give it a try. Unexpectedly, the first The first meeting with Shangguan was a shocking piece of good news.
"We now have two large shipbuilding bases, Dalian Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard. If each subsystem has been designed and finalized, then we can concentrate the efforts of the two shipyards to build the first prototype first, and then build the first prototype at the two shipyards. Built by a shipyard.
For pure hull manufacturing, Jiangnan Shipyard customized a 10,000-ton ocean-going cargo ship for the Americas more than 20 years ago. Of course, the design drawings and key subsystems were provided by the Americas. Our assembly and manufacturing capabilities are still at a certain level. What we lack are various Key subsystems and hull design.
If these are all available now, then although there will be problems with overall customization and assembly, they are by no means insurmountable. "
Of course Gao Jianwu knew that when the system was being installed, he must have considered the current technical level and provided solutions to all shortcomings. It would never be possible to provide something that was completely unachievable.
"I hope that on the basis of the 051 design, our marine equipment will absorb improvements as soon as possible, and gradually design new 5,000-ton, 7,000-ton destroyers, and even aircraft carriers, to catch up with the advanced level of shipbuilding in the world today, and build a A fleet with ocean-going combat capabilities." Gao Jianwu did not mention the technical sources of those subsystems, just to minimize the risk of overstatement.
The 051 design plan given by the system is not an early prototype ship with many problems, but is based on the mature 051g version of the ship design. Of course, the electronic control system is completely simplified and uses the current electronic tube control system, which is much weaker than the original version. , after all, compared with the latter, the current level of instrument control and computers has not yet had time to start.
Most of them now use electronic tubes and are basically controlled by buttons and switches. However, with the development of transistor computers, and when Huaxing Electronics has realized the two key supporting products of the first-generation computer and 12-inch monitor, Gao Jianwu believes that the electronic control system will usher in a wave of rapid progress.
"Mr. Gao, with all the design foundations and subsystem support of our marine equipment, I believe that it is possible to build this new destroyer. However, the budget for building naval ships is generally very high. Do we have such budget support?" Although technically Gao Jianwu The feasibility is given, but Professor Yang Zhen knows that in addition to technical limitations, there are also financial constraints.
Guo Mei's shipbuilding plan almost has two constraints at the same time. The budget of a so-called light cruiser Pinghaiship with a weight of more than 2,000 tons is more than 4 million yuan. The subsystem of Gao Jianwu, a 3,000-ton destroyer, is more complex and complex than that of the Pinghaiship. For modernization, in Yang Zhen's view, the budget price is probably higher than that of the Pinghai ship.
In comparison, the United States' fully loaded Fletcher-class destroyer with a displacement of 3,000 tons costs US$10 million, which translates to 24 million yuan in ocean terms!
The Navy is a real gold-eating beast!
"I will take care of the budget. Now the Marine Equipment Office is focusing on the construction of the ship body. For other subsystems, just reserve space according to the drawings. And in terms of steel, the allocation method is now used, and labor is mainly considered in the budget." Gao Jianwu told Yang Naara's worries were answered in the affirmative.
Now it is impossible for him to make a budget based on the actual cost. There is really no funds to support it.
But for each molecular system, after he built the first set of prototypes through research and development expenses, he first applied them on the first ship, and then mass-produced and priced them according to economic calculations.
In this way, it seems that the cost of shipbuilding has been reduced to an incredible level, but in fact it is dispersed into the research and development of various subsystems.
These subsystems are developed and developed in various places, which actually transfers the cost to different places.
Before there was unified finance and taxation, Gao Jianwu's method avoided the huge black hole of huge budgets!
Get results first and then talk about it.
The opening ceremony of the 2nd Institute was just when Yang Zhen accepted the task of building a destroyer. After Gao Jianwu participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the establishment, he began to enter the busy preparatory work.
Yang Lai tried his best to mobilize his old colleagues, old workers and masters of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry, and engineers from Jiangnan Shipyard to the Dalian Shipyard, and prepared intensively to build the first destroyer of the Eighth Route Army.
Gao Jianwu named the Type 051 destroyer the Luda class (3,000 tons), and the subsequent destroyer models, according to Gao Jianwu's plan, will be named the Type 052 Luhai class (5,000 tons) and the Type 054 Luyang class (7,000 tons). , and the first aircraft carrier Type 01 was named Zhenghe class. From Gao Jianwu’s model planning, Yang Lai saw the Eighth Route Army’s maritime ambitions.
With the personnel of the Marine Equipment Institute in place and the workers and engineers of the Dalian Shipyard in place, a new security and counter-intelligence system was established at the 2 Institute and the shipyard at the same time, allowing Gao Jianwu to safely deliver the hull design of the 051 destroyer to Yang Ming.
Anshan Iron and Steel also obtained detailed technical information on the smelting process of ship steel and adjusted related smelting equipment. As the most advanced and largest steel plant in the country, Anshan Iron and Steel began to continuously manufacture ship steel according to 051 requirements.
The process parameters produced by the system, as well as some special metal additions transported back by Gao Jianwu, make the various indicators of this hy-100 ship steel far exceed the current mainstream ship steel in the world.
Yang Lai was originally a little doubtful about what Gao Jianwu said, but after rigorous testing, the ship steel far exceeded Yang Lai's expectations. Both strength, corrosion resistance, hardness, and impact resistance all exceeded known standards. of any existing ship steel.
It is much better than the homogeneous armor steel of the United States. Under the protection of 0.75 inches of lower side armor, the current hy-100 ship steel can resist the threat of tearing under near-missile bullets with calibers below 150 mm.
In other words, the destroyer has a certain ability to defend against light cruiser attacks.
This is something that the American destroyers of the same tonnage cannot do, and even the small light cruisers cannot do it, let alone the small and fragile destroyers.
This alone gives the 051 an advantage in the battle against ships such as destroyers and light cruisers of the United States.
According to Gao Jianwu's plan, four 051 destroyers will be built within three years, with traditional naval guns and anti-aircraft guns as the main armament; the number of 051 destroyers will be increased to 16 within 10 years, of which the 051 destroyers produced later may be used in junior It has a computer control system and is mainly equipped with anti-aircraft ship-to-air missiles and ship-to-ship missiles, making it a truly modern warship.
This batch of warships will become the main force of the Eighth Route Navy Fleet in the first decade (from 1945 to 1955).
Next, after the 052 was designed, the entire shipbuilding plan began to shift to the 5,000-ton Type 052 destroyer in the next ten years.
In Gao Jianwu's plan, the Type 052 destroyer successfully developed in the late 1950s will be a typical guided missile destroyer. The computer system has evolved to at least 8088 level, the first generation network has begun, and the entire new ship has begun to have preliminary digital capabilities.
With the second- and third-generation ship-to-air missiles and ship-to-ship missiles developed by Professor Qian and others, the overall combat capability will be completely transformed, completely eliminating the destroyers dominated by old-fashioned naval guns.
Of course, this plan is only in Gao Jianwu's secret files, and even Yang Zhen and the others don't know about it yet. After all, Gao Jianwu's plan is so shocking.
However, Gao Jianwu is confident to complete this plan. Now he only needs to ensure that the entire talent system is completed as scheduled, and the two university departments begin to continuously train new talents according to the talents he introduced, then there will be a strong guarantee for the realization of this matter.
In other aspects, such as the budget, although Gao Jianwu can't find the source yet, as he leads the industrial system, large-scale production capacity begins to explode and large quantities of industrial products are produced.
In the market, the American market has been initially opened. Waiting for the European battlefield to calm down, the European market that is waiting to be developed is also the target of Gao Jianwu. After the industry has formed a scale first, Gao Jianwu is confident to obtain the first wave of gold after the war. Dividends of development opportunities.
Under such circumstances, Gao Jianwu thought he could afford more than a dozen destroyers and an aircraft carrier.
