Great warships

Chapter 1269: All that needs to be cut has been cut, and then...

"Yes, you are asking for too much!"

"Everyone, you seem to have misunderstood. This is just a deposit. When you return the submarine to us, we will return the deposit to you. This is a modern nuclear submarine with a displacement of 10,000 tons. If this nuclear submarine is damaged by you accidentally, who can we turn to?"

With the style of the Indians, it is very likely that the submarine will be damaged. If there is no deposit, will the Indians be willing to compensate?

Therefore, a deposit is required.

"If you don't want to pay the deposit, then forget it. It's an honor for you to come to our Amur Shipyard. Next, let's go eat something, and then..."

"No, no, we are willing to pay the deposit, but a deposit of ten billion dollars is too much." Sunil certainly knew that they had no choice.

For the navy, aircraft carriers and submarines are two powerful weapons. When it comes to aircraft carriers, they have had a very bumpy journey over the years. They are still cutting up aircraft carriers and plan to re-weld them together for use as complete aircraft carriers.

As for when it can be improved, only God knows.

The aircraft carrier project continues to encounter setbacks, what about the submarine project?

India once shouted about developing nuclear submarines, but for them, this challenge is greater than that of aircraft carriers. After all, they have been operating aircraft carriers for decades, but they have only been operating nuclear submarines for three years, and that was an outdated nuclear submarine at that.

If they can lease the Type 971 nuclear submarine, it will not only significantly enhance India's naval strength, but also provide a reference for their own nuclear submarines! Their own nuclear submarines can be built according to the Type 971 nuclear submarines, there will be no problem!
Therefore, they must rent it this time, as this semi-finished product in front of them is very important to them!

However, if they use 1 billion US dollars as a deposit, they cannot afford it. God knows whether the Russians can still give them the 1 billion US dollar deposit in ten years!

What will they do if the deposit is spent by the Russians?
"We use our national reputation to guarantee it," Sunil said. "It should be okay if it is guaranteed by our country, right?"

If you don’t want to spend money, then use the country’s guarantee!
Nicholas rolled his eyes at the other party and said, "Reputation? Do you have any credibility? You should know how the international community evaluates you, the Indians, right?"

"How do you rate it?"

"Indians earn money and spend it as they please, and never take a cent home. Over the years, which of the companies that have set up factories in your country have been able to take the money back? You impose fines at will in order to make those companies keep the money. You use the country's reputation as a guarantee, but what's the difference between that and no guarantee?"

This made the Indians blush: "Those companies violated our laws, so of course they should be punished. We are fair! Our Indian business environment is the best!"

"Fair? Is it fair that you amend the law? You even retroactively amend the law for more than ten years. Is this fair?"

The Asans stopped talking.

Nicholas glanced at Sunil again and said, "However, considering your sincerity, the deposit can be reduced to $900 million. That's $100 million less, right? In fact, our submarine is worth at least $5 billion. Asking you to pay a deposit of $1 billion is already quite low. Only you Indians can afford it. If it were any other customer, we would never offer such favorable terms."

A reduction of 100 million, plus another 100 million for modification costs. In short, it must be at least 1 billion US dollars. This condition cannot be reduced.

"Okay, let's think about it." Sunil nodded. It was not something he could agree to for such a large sum of money. He had to go back and discuss it.

"Okay, let's do this. Let's go eat something and then..." Before Nikolai finished speaking, he suddenly looked at the director of the shipyard and said, "Bezlyutko, remember, don't tell anyone else about what's happening here, especially the Orientals."

As soon as this sentence came out, Sunil was immediately shocked. What does it mean? Does this mean that the Orientals are also interested in this submarine?

That’s not right. Don’t the Orientals already have more advanced submarines?

"Nikola, the Orientals are interested in this submarine?"

"No, no, why would the Orientals be interested in the Type 971 submarine? The Type 885 submarine is almost the same, but..."

From the generation point of view, Type 971 belongs to the third generation, while Type 885 belongs to the fourth generation and is more technologically advanced. However, Type 885 has been under construction since 93 and has not been completed yet. Its basic state is similar to that of Type 971 here, with a segmented structure.

"Just what?"

"It's just that the Orientals are very interested in our submarine reactors. Their submarine nuclear reactors are underpowered and have poor self-circulation capabilities..."

The nuclear submarine breakthrough in the East has a lot to do with the Russians, but they use nuclear reactors of about 150 megawatts, one of which is just enough to drive an attack nuclear submarine of to tons, and two of which can drive a ballistic missile nuclear submarine of more than tons.

However, as the capabilities of submarines continue to increase, their displacement is also increasing, so they will be embarrassed. One nuclear reactor is not enough, and two are too big.

The nuclear reactor used by the Type 971 nuclear submarine has a thermal power of megawatts, which can just meet the underwater navigation needs of a submarine of about tons. Therefore, the Orientals are interested in their nuclear reactors!

This argument actually has big problems. The East even has nuclear reactors for aircraft carriers, with a core power of 700 megawatts. It is easy for them to get a 200-megawatt nuclear reactor.

But Asan took it seriously.

Sunil nodded immediately: "Don't worry, we will definitely raise funds as soon as possible to lease this nuclear submarine!"

Nicholas sighed in his heart. Sure enough, everything was in Qin's calculations! Qin had expected it long ago. Ah San would compete with them everywhere! He would compete with them everywhere! As long as the Orientals needed it, Ah San would come to grab it!

In this way, the submarine lease was settled!

"However, considering the current state of this submarine, how long will it take for us to get the nuclear submarine after we sign the lease contract?"

"One year, at most one year." Nicholas assured: "In fact, this submarine is completely waiting for you to lease it, otherwise we would have built it long ago. Although we are short of funds, we have never neglected the power of nuclear submarines. In the most difficult times, we have continued to invest in nuclear submarines..."

This statement is not wrong. Even when Russia was so poor that it could not even pay for its military expenditures, it still supported the development of nuclear submarines. Russia has never ignored this strategic weapon. The submarine in front of it is just tailor-made according to India's requirements.

"Then this construction period cannot be counted as our lease period. It should be counted from the time we get the nuclear submarine."

"Of course." Nicholas nodded.

When Sunil came out, I suddenly realized that I had just glanced through it in a hurry. It seemed that I saw a lot, but it also seemed that I saw nothing...

However, the thought of getting a nuclear submarine makes it feel worth it.

Watching the Indians leave on the plane, Bezlyutko's face was full of smiles.

"Mr. Nikolai, thank you for your help. Please rest assured that we will be able to complete the construction of the Type 971 submarine as required this time!"

Nikolay nodded: "You are a private company, so you have never been able to get orders for nuclear submarines before. However, as long as this project is completed well and those people in Moscow see it, there will definitely be more orders!"

Bezlyutko nodded: "Thank you, Your Excellency Nikolai!"

After the collapse of the Red Empire, the Amur Shipyard was restructured and turned into a private enterprise. It was based on this excuse that the bigwigs in Moscow stopped them from continuing to build nuclear submarines, and there was really nothing they could say at the time.

However, what's wrong with private enterprises? Private enterprises are much better than state-owned enterprises in many aspects. Look at the shipyards and ship repair yards of state-owned enterprises, they are in such a rotten state. Their private enterprises have greater potential!
This time we must build the Type 971 nuclear submarine and let those people see it!
Nicholas originally came from the Far East, so he values ​​people from the Far East more. It all depends on whether the people here can perform well.

On the other hand, Sunil returned to the country excitedly and reported the project to the higher authorities with his subordinates.

"At present, there are many difficulties in developing the Arihant-class nuclear submarine by ourselves. Even if it is developed, its performance is still limited. In order to improve our nuclear submarine technology, I think it is of great significance for us to lease a most advanced nuclear submarine from Russia." Andy, the person in charge of the Indian nuclear submarine project, who went on the visit together, said.

"Limited performance?"

"Yes." Andy knew that many people present were not very clear about the progress of the self-developed nuclear submarine, so he explained.

"Our own Arihant-class nuclear submarine has an underwater displacement of more than 24 tons and uses an -megawatt nuclear reactor. Its maximum underwater speed will not exceed knots, and it also makes quite a lot of noise."

India is competing with the East. Whatever the East has, India must have. The East has nuclear submarines, so of course they must have them too. However, their technology is not up to standard, so naturally what they produce is neither fish nor fowl.

The Arihant nuclear submarine project had already started. For this purpose, their Gandhi Atomic Energy Research Center specially developed a pressurized water reactor with very low power. Even if it was used to propel a 6,000-ton nuclear submarine, it would not have a very high speed.

As for the noise, it is extremely loud.

Moreover, this submarine is very distinctive. It has four vertical launch tubes behind its command tower, which can launch the ballistic missiles they developed.

If you say it is a ballistic missile nuclear submarine, it is only equipped with four ballistic missiles, and its range is only 700 kilometers, and its displacement is only 6,000 tons. If you say it is an attack nuclear submarine, it can also launch submarine-launched missiles. In short, it is such a weird thing.

"If we compare them, our destroyers are only first-generation nuclear submarines, while the Type 971 nuclear submarines are third-generation, with very advanced technology, even close to fourth-generation nuclear submarines."

"Can it launch ballistic missiles?"

“This is not possible yet, but at our request, our anti-ship missiles can be launched,” said Sunil.

"That's fine too. With this submarine, we have a trump card to deal with the Oriental aircraft carrier formation. The ocean here is still ours. If they dare to come, they will face our underwater threat at any time!"

India has no choice but to obtain the Type 971 nuclear submarine, no matter what the price!
East.

"If India really has the Type 971 nuclear submarine, will it pose a threat to us?"

For some reason, Wu Shengli still felt a little uneasy.

"How is that possible?" Qin Tao said, "That nuclear submarine is only a third-generation nuclear submarine. It is noisy and has poor performance. How can it be a threat?"

"Then we will have to be careful forever. No, I think it's not appropriate."

"Not suitable? Dad, don't make a fuss. I don't think Ah San's luck will be very good."

"How bad is your luck?"

"Once Ah San had this nuclear submarine, he would definitely treat it as a treasure. One day, a large number of Ah San's nuclear submarine experts went to experience this nuclear submarine. Then, the nuclear submarine suddenly sank, and Ah San's nuclear submarine experts were also fed to sharks. Dad, do you think Ah San's luck is too bad?"

The nuclear submarine is gone, the deposit is gone, and the nuclear submarine experts are also gone. Can India's nuclear submarine project continue?

"Can Ah San's luck be so bad?" Wu Shengli widened his eyes.

"I think it's possible, no, definitely. Just like their luck with aircraft carrier engineering."

Wu Shengli smiled.

Then I can rest assured.

"By the way, their aircraft carrier has completed the cutting work, the next step..."

"Next, they will find that they simply do not have the ability to transfer the aircraft carrier sections," said Qin Tao.

At this time, Asan was still very excited.

"A billion dollars is not a lot for us, and it doesn't matter to them even if it's a one-time payment!"

"That's right. We will need another three billion dollars to build our own Arihant-class nuclear submarine. Moreover, once we get the submarine, we won't have to pay them rent anymore. Let them deduct it from our deposit!"

When this method was proposed, everyone's eyes lit up. That's right, this is how we do it. Why didn't we think of it before?

The deposit can be used as rent, and ten years later, you don’t have to worry about the deposit being deducted. By then, you may be able to continue using the submarine!

This is a good idea!
"Report, good news came from the Cochin Shipyard. After days of hard work, the aircraft carrier sections have been cut! After careful measurement, the error of the sections to be docked is within the allowable range, and the docking work can be carried out!"

"Really? Great! Next, as long as we connect the aircraft carrier sections together, we will have a brand new aircraft carrier!"

"Yes, by then, the size of the elevator will be changed, and the Rafale fighter jets will be able to be fully deployed on board!"

What a double blessing today.

Everyone was very happy, and Sunil was extremely excited. Despite the hardship of the journey, he went to the Cochin Shipyard to inspect it in person.

When he arrived, it was already dusk. The sun cast its golden light all over the sea, as red as flames. Sunil got out of the car excitedly, but saw many bitter faces.

"Alex, what's going on?"

"We seem to have overlooked a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"How do we transport the sections cut from the Chaori Wang to the dock and connect them with the sections of our Blue Sky Guardian?"

"What's the problem? Don't we have a gantry crane?"

"Out of reach."

The repair work on the Blue Sky Guardian was carried out in the dock, but when the Ultra Sun King was found to be unusable, it was directly stranded on the beach. The cutting is now also being carried out on the beach.

Now the problem arises. Even if the gantry crane in their dock has a lifting capacity of more than 10,000 tons, which is enough to move the cut segments, the gantry crane's working range is limited!

There are tracks underneath the gantry crane, and the overhead crane above can move horizontally. Materials are transported only in the space between the two tracks, and at most extend outward for a distance. However, no matter how it is transported, it is impossible to move a module weighing more than 10,000 tons from the beach to the dock.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

I didn’t think of that earlier!
Sectional construction is a trend. The UK built its aircraft carrier in sections, and many manufacturers cooperated in its construction. There should be no problem with transportation, but now they have encountered this problem themselves and found that there is no solution!

When the UK was building the sections, they were built directly on large flatbed trucks. After the construction was completed, the flatbed trucks could tow the sections, load them onto tugboats, transport them to the final assembly plant, stop them under the gantry crane, lift the sections over, and then everything would be fine.

What now?
Their ship, the Chao Sun King, was cutting directly on the beach, with sand underneath its belly. How could it install wheels? Even if it had wheels, the resistance on the beach was so great that it would be impossible to move!

"What should we do then?" Sunil also frowned.

"We have thought of many ways, but none of them are realistic. We currently think that the simplest and most effective way is..."

"Just what is it? Tell me now!"

"It means rebuilding a new section in the dock, so there is no need to worry about transportation issues."

Sunil almost vomited blood.

The several launches of their Blue Sky Defender have already made the whole world laugh. Later, the serrations on the aircraft carrier during sea trials gave many people an excuse to criticize them. They endured all of this and are looking forward to the aircraft carrier being finalized and put into service as soon as possible.

Now, we have to rebuild it, which means going back to the starting point and starting over?
If this gets out, won't the whole world laugh at it?
If there hadn't been a plan to replace it after cutting it open, they would never have made such a fuss. Now that everything that needed to be cut has been cut, they realized they made a mistake?

"No, no, we absolutely cannot afford this plan. If we start construction, we will have to build an aircraft carrier of 70,000 to 80,000 tons. We will not repair this outdated aircraft carrier. We wasted a lot of time and energy on this aircraft carrier, but in the end we got nothing!"

This thing is a bottomless pit, and Sunil has already seen that continuing to invest money in it may not necessarily produce any results, so the best way is to stop, completely abandon this project, and start over!
Of course, this is just the worst case scenario. Now that they have been cut open, the sizes all match up. We just need to find a way to move the segments over. As long as we use our brains, there must be a way!
(End of this chapter)