Before leaving the aviation base, Qin Tao met another acquaintance.

He held the camera and took a snap of an air policeman-600 in the aviation base. Looking at his figure, Qin Tao couldn't help but become curious.

When will the Lingshui base, which has a high degree of confidentiality, allow others to take photos?

"Mr. Qin!" At this moment, the old acquaintance turned around and happened to see him, and immediately ran over excitedly.

"Zhang Zhong?" Qin Tao was very curious: "Why are you here?"

"I've been here for several days." Zhang Zhong said: "We originally planned to make an issue of Zhang Zhong's 002 aircraft carrier, but the navy leaders disagreed. After my repeated pestering, this episode of the program became Zhang Zhong's 600. I took a few photos first, and then asked the crew of the 600 to conduct an exclusive interview."

Qin Tao hesitated for a moment: "You should know why the naval leaders disagree?"

"Of course I know that when we develop our own, there are always some people who want to compete with each other." Zhang Zhong said: "They still look at us with a Cold War mentality, but this time it's very strange."

"Why is it strange?"

"Before we didn't, they were showing off how powerful the aircraft carrier is. Not only the United States, but even the United Kingdom was showing off how powerful their aircraft carriers were. But now, when we really had them, they began to look down on them again."

"contempt?"

"Yes, they would say that even if we have an aircraft carrier, it's nothing. We don't have operational experience. A powerful naval carrier-based aviation company needs decades of accumulation. We are still toddlers. Even if our 002 aircraft carrier is a catapult type aircraft carrier, it is not scary. Even our strength is not as strong as A San."

Qin Tao smiled: "It's good to say this."

This is in line with the style of those guys. If we don’t have anything, they will show off whatever we have. If we have something, they will belittle what we have.

"Very good?" Zhang Zhong was stunned at first, then nodded: "Yes, it's good. This will prevent some people from paying attention to us. We have built a powerful navy without realizing it. However, there are still some truths in the views they put forward."

"Yeah?"

“Yes, one of the most mainstream views is that our aircraft carrier formation has serious flaws.”

Flaws? Qin Tao became curious: "What other flaws can they find for us? Is our aircraft carrier not nuclear power?"

"No, they raised our biggest flaw that is that there are no advanced nuclear submarines."

The aircraft carrier formation belongs to a water strike group, and can still compete for air supremacy with the carrier-based aircraft it carries. Therefore, the aircraft carrier formation is the strongest on the water surface and in the sky, but what about underwater?

Submarines that appear silently underwater will pose a huge threat to the aircraft carrier formation. In particular, modern submarines can not only carry torpedoes, but also carry anti-ship missiles. Even anti-ship missiles with a range of about 100 kilometers like harpoons will also pose a huge threat to surface ships, which means that they can launch anti-ship operations outside the anti-submarine circle of surface ships!

If the aircraft carrier formation relies solely on surface ships to fight the submarine, there will inevitably be omissions, even if it has a carrier-based anti-submarine helicopter.

Therefore, when the aircraft carrier formation goes out to sea, it has to follow one or two nuclear submarines underwater. The US aircraft carrier formation will always hide one or two Los Angeles-class ships underwater.

The conventional submarine technology of the East is already very powerful. The 039 submarine is considered to be the best conventional diesel-electric submarine, and even broke through the anti-submarine circle of the US aircraft carrier formation during the exercise.

However, conventional submarines also have weaknesses, that is, their speed is too low, and their speed can be activated for a long time for a few knots. However, once they reach more than twenty knots, the power system they carry will quickly consume energy. They could drive at low speed for one month, but now they can only drive at high speed for an hour. Moreover, even if they use their energy, conventional diesel-electric submarines rarely fly to more than twenty-five knots underwater.

For aircraft carrier formations that often require full speed to take off carrier-based aircraft against the wind, diesel-electric submarines are not enough, and the best one is a nuclear submarine.

"Even the British are laughing at us for not having advanced nuclear submarines. Our 091 is like an underwater tractor." Zhang Zhong said: "They think that our aircraft carrier's underwater loopholes are too big. If the time is necessary, their Trafalgar-class attack nuclear submarines can complete their mission at any time, not to mention their newly built Agility-class submarines, they have an absolute underwater advantage."

"Is that true?" Qin Tao smiled: "I think that if your Zhang Zhong talks about the program, there is no need to talk about our aircraft carrier-based early warning aircraft. There is nothing to say about this. If you say it, it will make people say that ours is a copy of Hawkeye Sky. It's better to talk about the British nuclear submarines."

The Oriental aircraft carrier-based early warning aircraft is newly developed. Many external inferences say that this early warning aircraft is related to the big-haired Jacques-44, which is also called Hawkeye Sky, and the Oriental one is the copycat Hawkeye Sky.

Of course, there are many differences between the Eastern Air Police-600 and E-2. It is larger and heavier. It uses an active phased array radar. The engine still has more than 10,000 horsepower. However, people are terrifying. Qin Tao thinks it is better to keep this early warning aircraft mysterious.

We try to introduce our own equipment as little as possible, but we can introduce more of other people's equipment.

"British nuclear submarine?" Zhang Zhong was a little curious.

"Yes." Qin Tao said: "The last British Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine was built in 1987 and was established in 1991. In 2002, the last one had already begun to replace nuclear fuel. It is said that this was already exceeded. According to their design, the core life is only seven years. What is the advanced thing about this?"

Zhang Zhong's eyes lit up.

"Besides, their Agility-class nuclear submarines started designing in 1987, but the tender was issued in 1994, and the design and construction began in 1997, but the assembly was only started in 2002. Until now, the first Agility-class nuclear submarine has not been completed. Their work has been delayed, and their financials have seriously exceeded the standard. At the end of last year, the BAE company discussed with their government to increase funds, but failed and it has been declared broken."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Zhong nodded: "That's right, a declining empire is still making trouble all day long. This issue is called Zhang Zhong's nuclear submarine of the Empire saying that the sun does not set!"

Zhang Zhong said that the Queen-class aircraft carrier had already said that the decline of the British shipbuilding industry had already been ruthless, which made the British extremely angry, but it could not be refuted. After all, the fact is that, the aircraft carrier plan was seriously overspending, and the segments created for the first time could not be closed. Is so many low-level mistakes still the powerful Great Britain?

Now, let’s talk about their nuclear submarines, and I think they are so awesome, but in fact it’s sunset!

Zhang Zhong is the type of doing it as he says. He packs up his things and returns to the capital. The next night, Zhang Zhong said the show was on air.

"Hello everyone in front of the TV. Today, our program is called Zhang Zhong and the British nuclear submarine. Let's first look at the most advanced alert-class nuclear submarine in the UK. This nuclear submarine was actually called Trafalgar 2 at the beginning, but the British felt that this would not show the advancedness of their nuclear submarines, so they changed their name to alert-class and listed separately."

It was originally a modification of the previous-level nuclear submarine, but it turned out to be a big hit and made a brand new model.

"Facts have proved that this alert-level is not smart at all. It was not until 1987 that the Royal Navy and the GEC public announcement period talked about the first three contracts, with a total value of 2 billion pounds. In 2002, the first alert-level ship was transported from the factory buildings of various sub-contractors to the Brown Factory Dock responsible for the assembly. At this time, the GEC company had become a BAE company. They could no longer hide the delay in the construction period. The most important thing is that their money had been spent, so they asked for an increase in budget."

Just straightforward, he pulled off the other party's underwear. Such an expensive nuclear submarine not only delayed the progress, but also overspent the budget!

"Now, we have invited Professor Wang, an expert in research and development of domestic nuclear submarines, and asked him to analyze the specific situation for us."

"Hello everyone, I am Professor Wang from Capital University. I am honored to come here. After receiving the invitation, I made some preparations. Then I found that the critical problem of the alertness program was that they used CAD software for the first time."

"What, the first time using CAD software? Shouldn't they have used 3D drawing software long ago? Did they still use drawing boards before?" Zhang Zhong was very surprised.

"We don't know this, but we can look at some of their business procurement contracts. In April 1997, more than ten days after the alert level contract was signed, they purchased CAD software. Originally, they planned to use this software to increase design time and shorten the construction process, but this led to the major modification of the processes of the design and construction departments, which instead wasted a lot of time."

"That's right, if we transition from drawing boards to using computer-aided design, it does take some time to adapt. This reminds me of our domestic shipbuilding companies, especially our Mingzhou Group, who have long started to develop related software. Later, after being accepted by Tencent, they further improved various algorithms and launched the most advanced eCAD software. This software has advanced performance, three-dimensional modeling, animation and rendering functions. In particular, it has advanced grid segmentation and smooth surface algorithms. It is not only sketches, but also advanced rendering functions, from industrial hard surfaces to various soft fabrics, etc., and is the best 3D software. It can be used with Loongson computers to exert its strength. A set only costs 999, which is absolutely cost-effective!"

After advertising, Zhang Zhong returned to the topic: "Is their construction delay just because of software?"

"Of course not. Software is just one aspect, and there are many other problems, such as nuclear reactors. They used their own nuclear reactors for the first time. Compared to the previous direct purchase of American nuclear reactors, time will naturally be greatly delayed. Of course, the biggest problem is the defects caused by the hollowing out of their manufacturing industry."

"Industry hollowing out? What does it mean?" Zhang Zhong expressed his curiosity.

"We can give an example. In the past, there was a village where people in the village were hardworking and capable, and they planted a lot of land. By selling grain, everyone developed, and people made more and more money, and the population became more and more. Then they found that there were too many people and fewer land, and there was not enough planting! What should I do at this time?"

"Snatch the land from other villages?"

"Yes, this is a solution, but suddenly there was an invention expert in the village. He tinkered with machines, and he could make clothes and farm by himself. So a large number of people began to make these machines, and fewer and fewer people needed to farm."

"I understand, this is the rise of industry. Can this continue to develop?"

"As the development continues, the village chief and others are happy, but the people who work are unhappy. They have to ask for wages to increase, and the wages continue to rise, and the cost of building machines is getting higher and higher. Moreover, some people in the village have started to think about other things, such as Lao Zhao opened a KTV, Lao Wang opened a store, and Lao Li is even more awesome. He created the Internet and made money directly on it, but he actually made more money than the village chief. At this time, everyone will find that when he has money, he has to enjoy life comfortably and have various service industries."

"At this time, the manufacturing bosses in the village found that they had only two choices, either move the manufacturing industry to other villages. After all, the villagers there are still poor, with low wages, and even don't have to pay taxes, or they transform and invest in the service industry, and the profits here are higher."

"Capitals are profit-seeking and will definitely not stay, so the manufacturing industry in the village moved outside. If the village is compared to a country, then the manufacturing industry in this country will become hollowed out." Zhang Zhong took over and said.

"That's right, that's it. Many developed countries have too high manufacturing costs and are not competitive when they are made. They are all low-value-added, high pollution, and high energy consumption. The service industry makes money easily and has high profits. Therefore, to summarize, the attributes of capital and human nature are likely to determine that the national economy will develop to a certain extent, and industrial hollowing out will occur."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "High probability?"

"At this time, countries have two choices. One is to upgrade the secondary industry, develop high-tech products, increase the selling price, and continue to earn high profits from the secondary industry, and the other is to transfer to other countries." Professor Wang looked more like a professor of economics: "There are exceptions in everything. In the example of upgrading industries, Germany and island countries have done a good job."

When he saw this, Qin Tao shook his head: "This Zhang Zhong, I'm off topic!"

He taught him how to tell the British shipbuilding industry, but he actually started to get the whole industry up!

"Will he remind the United Kingdom and the United States to pay attention to the return of the secondary industry?" Zhao Ling became nervous.

Qin Tao smiled: "This is not true. Britain and the United States are not without smart people. Of course they have noticed this, but they can't change it at all."

“Can’t change it?”

"Capitals are profit-seeking. When they find an easy way to make money, how can they make hard money? The British want to build London into a global financial center. They have had enough of the hard days in Wudu. Even if they want to transfer their industries back, those who shout environmental slogans every day will not agree."

The villagers are used to making money through enjoyment, so who will continue to sell their labor force to make money? This is the nature of capital and human nature. They can't wait to move all the high-pollution enterprises away and leave themselves with green mountains and clear waters.

Zhao Ling nodded. The hollowing out of the industry will make these countries taste the bitter fruits. They cannot create it themselves. They call for global supply chains every day. As long as there is an accident one day and the industrial chain is broken, they should be blind.

We have never had those dreams. No matter what we do, we are pursuing a complete industrial chain. From steel plate screws to gantry cranes, we have to be able to produce everything by ourselves, and everything is in our own hands. This is the only way.

"Brother Tao, the time is almost over, and it's time for us to go back."

In a blink of an eye, I have been to Qiongzhou for half a month and I have had enough rest. I should go back and do whatever I should do. I can't always sway like this.

"Well, it's time to go back." Qin Tao nodded: "These foreigners despise our aircraft carrier formation without advanced nuclear submarines. When we go back, we should make up for this shortcoming."

After several years of construction, 095 is finally going to be launched!

Mingzhou Group was able to build nuclear submarines back then, but the Navy wanted to be safe, so it built a 093 first. That nuclear submarine was just an upgraded version of 091. Although its performance has been greatly improved, it still has not reached the level of satisfying the Navy.

What the Navy is most looking forward to is 095, which is the real underwater weapon!

The construction of nuclear submarines was carried out in the workshop, and the outside world could not see them at all. If you choose to go in the dark when you launch the water, then the sea test and service of nuclear submarines are a secret. The outside world can only accidentally discover nuclear submarines in floating states, or accidentally hear sounds that have never appeared from the sonar, and then they will guess that a brand new nuclear submarine will be launched.

Everything is still half-covered by the pipa.

Just when Qin Tao brought his family back to Mingzhou, Wu Shengli hurried from the capital again, and the family met again in Mingzhou. Of course, they were not for the gathering, but for important work.

In the huge nuclear submarine production workshop, the 095 nuclear submarine has stood there quietly.

Its whole body has been covered with a layer of black silence tiles. The entire submarine looks dark, and only the layer below is deliberately painted red. This is to avoid the bottom of the hull being patched by some marine creatures during long sailings to make free travel.

At this time, the person who was most excited was not Qin Tao, not Wu Shengli, but Kwasha.

As the best submarine designer, Kwasha's dream is to design the world's most advanced nuclear submarines. However, after the collapse of the Red Empire, the Damao Navy almost stopped attacking nuclear submarines, and his dream would not be realized.

Now that he has come to Dongfang, he has finally realized his dream. This submarine is definitely the most advanced in the world!
Chapter completed!