Anyway, Lao Maozi doesn't have any industrial products to sell. He has always relied on exporting raw materials and energy to earn foreign exchange. Now of course there is an extra way. Timber doesn't require any labor to grow, it just needs to be cut down and transported.

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Nicholas nodded immediately: "Okay!"

As a result, Mingzhou Group has another business.

Of course, for them, these are just drizzle. Their most important project is shipbuilding, especially warships.

After Nikolai and his party completed their inspection, they left Dongfang. Within a few days, Qin Tao brought a bidding team composed of Yang Dawei and others to Moscow to participate in the bidding for the design project of the Damao frigate.

For them, this project is actually of little significance. Even if the bidding fails, they can continue production, which will save trouble. For the Northern Design Bureau, this is a last-ditch battle, and it can only succeed, not fail.

If they fail, disaster awaits them.

Shishkin attached great importance to this bid. This morning, he put on a clean suit and polished his leather shoes. His face was full of pride: "Everyone, we have done it."

With full preparation, we can only succeed this time and cannot fail! We must fight for the future of the Northern Design Bureau!"

"Fight for the future!" Others also said, and at this moment, their morale was greatly boosted.

Everyone got in the car and headed to the bidding venue. When they entered the conference room, they saw that the Dongfang people had already arrived, especially Mr. Qin, who was still chatting and laughing with the people on the podium. Thinking of the relationship between Mr. Qin and the senior management, he hoped that

Shi Jin also felt that there were many variables involved in this bidding. I am afraid that his personal connections are not as good as those of Mr. Qin and others!

However, the superiors will not watch the Northern Design Bureau fall. Even if the plans of both sides are similar, the superiors will choose their Northern Design Bureau's plan!

Thinking of this, Shishkin plucked up the courage and continued walking inside.

The people from the East sat on the left, and the people from the Northern Design Bureau sat on the right. When Shishkin sat down, he glanced over there a few times, and then saw some familiar faces.

"Mutisin?" Shishkin looked at the old man sitting in the first row with Yang Dawei in surprise, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Mutisin, the chief designer of the Type 1164 cruiser! After the collapse of the Red Empire, Mutisin also retired. Unfortunately, there is no ideal retirement life. In order to support his family, Mutisin even needs to drive a taxi!

Therefore, when the Dongfang people found Mutisin and wanted to ask him to help refit the No. 138 destroyer, Mutisin agreed, went to Dongfang, and then never went back. He was used to Dongfang's work.

Mutisin came with him to bid for the design of the secondary frigate. Looking at Moscow, which had not changed in ten years, and then thinking about the changes in the East, he felt very emotional.

At this time, Shishkin's greeting made him have mixed feelings again.

"Shishkin, hello." Mutisin said.

"Mutisin, are you here with the Easterners this time?" Shishkin asked. After he finished saying this, he felt a little inappropriate. Do you still need to ask about this kind of thing? Say it now,

It will only be more embarrassing.

Moreover, since Mutisin is here, it shows that the Orientals are full of confidence!

You know, the biggest trump card of the Northern Design Bureau is that they are familiar with all domestic supporting manufacturers. The warships they designed can perfectly match the domestically provided weapon systems. But now, they realize that their idea is a bit naive. After all,

In the past ten years, their domestic weapons systems have hardly developed. Mutisin also knows their domestic equipment and can provide some reference opinions.

"Yes, I came with them, but I didn't come for the project." Mutisin said: "You have to work hard!"

Mutisin already knew what they were thinking, so he deliberately encouraged them. However, looking at where the other party was sitting, it was always hard to let go.

Not only Mutisin, but also some outstanding designers have come to the East. Regardless of whether they come this time or not, in short, these people are capable. They have their own design plans on the Mingzhou Group.

You may not necessarily get approval from your superiors.

At this time, on the rostrum, Nicholas looked down with a smile: "Everyone is here. If you want to reminisce about old times, wait until dinner time to bring vodka to reminisce. Now let's have a meeting first. Everyone knows that our Navy is ten

There has not been a newly designed warship added in the past ten years. In the past ten years, international warships have developed rapidly. Stealth has become a trend. Four-sided phased array radars have also become popular. We have fallen behind. Therefore, our navy must also

To build a brand new warship, this time it is a competition for design plans, and the Navy hopes to see the most advanced design plans! As usual, we still invite our leading domestic design unit, the Northern Design Bureau, to introduce their plans."

Shishkin nodded: "Okay, let's go first. Everyone, although we have not been involved in the construction of stealth ships in the past ten years, we have also been involved in this aspect. For example, Asan's frigate

, that’s us…”

When talking about this, Shishkin felt a little inappropriate. After all, Asan's frigate was audited by them, but it capsized. There was a problem with the strength of the warship. After going to sea, it was sunk when it encountered big waves!

Moreover, this frigate is still a replica of Dongfang's 054 frigate, so it really can't be said.

In fact, if this frigate had not capsized, Asan could still have continued to cooperate with the Northern Design Bureau. After all, the Talwar-class frigate that Asan began to develop in 1998 was designed by the Northern Design Bureau. What happened later?

The Varrick-class frigate is also improved on the basis of this frigate, but now, Asan no longer trusts the Northern Design Bureau. They would rather turn to the West than to turn to the cheating Northern Design Bureau. This has led to

The Northern Design Bureau had no business and the situation became increasingly difficult.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Now, let's introduce the frigate we designed. Please look at the projection screen." Shishkin gave up the topic and began to introduce it formally.

Qin Tao was also curious about what kind of design plan the Northern Design Bureau would come up with. When the design drawing came out, he could recognize it almost at a glance: isn't this a replica of a Talwar-class frigate?

?

From the appearance point of view, the biggest feature of this warship is the broken line that runs from the bow to the stern. The buildings above the broken line tilt inward to form a stealth appearance. This is already a common practice in various countries. However, the Talwar class

This fold line is very interesting. It extends downward from the bow of the ship to the bridge. This fold line has extended to one or two meters of the waterline. In other words, its superstructure is retracted inward.

Very early! Although it is not as outrageous as the recovery of the American Littoral Combat Ship, it can be regarded as a miracle.

The original version of the Talwar-class frigate is the Krivak 3-class frigate, which was also designed by the Northern Design Bureau, so they were able to develop it with ease, after all, they are their own.

"Nowadays, stealth has become a trend. We have changed the usual design and moved to the forefront in terms of stealth. At about two meters above the waterline, the building begins to tilt inward, which can achieve the best stealth effect.

We have conducted special scaled model experiments to prove that this method has the best effect."

Who says our northern design bureau doesn’t understand stealth ships? Our designs are better than those in the East!

The overall layout is very similar to the Talwar class, except for the mast. After all, this warship is equipped with a four-sided phased array radar, while the original Talwar class only installed a roof radar, so it definitely needs to be changed.

"As you can see, we have adopted an advanced pyramid mainmast design above the bridge. It adopts a polyhedral structure similar to a diamond, with each side being inclined and using rounded transitions at the intersection of each side. This mainmast has

Minimize radar reflection area, and at the same time, in order to reduce its weight, we plan to make the entire main mast entirely made of composite materials. The four-sided phased array radar is arranged on the top, which has the best ability to detect low-altitude sea-skimming anti-ship missiles.

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The design of this mast has some European frigate style, but Qin Tao shook his head. This design looks good, but in fact, it is very useless!

At this time, Qin Tao was just feeling himself, but Shishkin, who was making the introduction, saw Qin Tao shaking his head, and for some reason, he felt very unhappy.

"Mr. Qin, are you not satisfied with our design?"

"No, no, I am your competitor and it is not convenient for me to speak."

"In other words, are you really dissatisfied with these designs? If you are not satisfied, then say it. You have designed so many warships, so you must have rich experience. Although we are an old warship design unit, we are also

I will learn with humility," Shishkin said.

"Nothing, let's go ahead and introduce you."

"Mr. Qin, we have worked together many times before and are considered friends. Why, you pointed out our shortcomings and made us improve?"

Shishkin's words reached this level, and Qin Tao had no choice.

"Okay, let me talk briefly." Qin Tao said: "We do not have the technology to use composite materials to make masts in China. After the warship is designed, it needs to be built in our Mingzhou Group. If you design it as a composite

Materials, then we are very sorry that we are unable to undertake the construction task of this kind of mast. We hope that your relevant domestic institutions can build this kind of composite material mast, and we will be responsible for the final assembly."

"Composite materials are mostly used on aircraft, but cannot be used on warships. Especially when our warships sail in the Arctic Ocean, they often face very harsh weather. Can this kind of composite mast be suitable for the harsh climate of the Arctic Ocean?

?" A naval officer spoke.

This is not to help Qin Tao, but out of the navy's own interests. The navy takes over warships to fight. If the mast is blown off when it goes to sea, how can it still fight? What's more, this mast is used in Shanghai.

Controlled array radar, that thing is quite expensive!

"If it can't be made with composite materials, it can also be made with ordinary materials," Shishkin said.

"Are you sure?" Qin Tao asked.

Shishkin just wanted to nod, but suddenly thought of something, and his expression changed again.

Is it possible to use ordinary materials? Will it be too heavy?

Lao Maozi's technology is not as good as that of the West. Even if they come up with an active phased array radar, it will be very heavy. If you install the four-sided phased array on the mast, it seems that you can climb high and see far away. However, this thing

It will increase the center of gravity of the warship!

If the originally planned composite mast is replaced with ordinary materials, the weight will at least double, or even more. Coupled with the weight of the original phased array radar, will it be blown over if encountering strong winds and waves?

If composite materials cannot be used, then the radar can only be moved downwards to the bridge. In this case, all the advantages just promoted will be lost!

As an old design bureau, the Northern Design Bureau still has some background. Of course, they have calculated the center of gravity of the warship. It was precisely because they felt that it was too heavy to stick those phased array radars to the top of the bridge, so they decided to use composite materials. Now there is no such thing.

Come to think of it, it was directly denied, which is almost equivalent to starting over from scratch.

Nicholas glanced at Qin Tao lightly, awesome!

It is not easy for the Northern Design Bureau to bid for design plans, because Mingzhou Group not only engages in design, but also in manufacturing. As long as they say there is a problem with the design plan and they cannot produce it, then the design plan can only become waste paper.

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This Shishkin is really asking Qin Tao for his opinion. He has to introduce the design first and then talk about it. Now, this has become a big problem, how can he continue to talk?

Seeing Shishkin's stalemate, Nikolay knew that he had to help. After all, the Northern Design Bureau was domestic and his elbows could not be turned outward.

"Since we are talking about radar, Shishkin, please tell us about the radar and weapons system."

"Yes, our domestic related companies are currently developing the first-generation active phased array radar. They plan to use gallium arsenide as the basic t/r component. They plan to use the x-band and are expected to have a maximum detection range of about two hundred kilometers.

"
To be continued...