Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

"Ro-ro ships that can transport 10,000 vehicles at a time?"

"This can really alleviate transportation pressure and reduce transportation costs."

China's shipbuilding industry has developed very rapidly in recent years.

For ships like ro-ro ships that are not particularly technically demanding, it is not a big problem to continuously break new records.

So Cao Yang did not doubt whether Wenchong Shipyard could produce such ships.

"Yes, now all domestic independent brands are vigorously expanding overseas markets, making the transportation of car ro-ro ships tense, and the price has naturally risen a lot."

"I think if there is any special situation in the future, it may affect our overseas sales due to the problem of sea transportation, which is unacceptable."

"So I think the idea of ​​Wenchong Shipyard is not bad. At that time, we will jointly produce more than a dozen ro-ro ships, set up a special transportation company, and take over the export transportation business of Chinese cars."

"It is not certain when, this is also an important means to deter other companies."

Zeng Tingting directly expressed her thoughts.

Nanshan Automobile Group is the largest automobile company in China, and Zeng Tingting certainly does not want to be controlled by others.

Although the American market cannot be entered, there are still many countries in the world where Nanshan Automobile Group's products can be sold.

The annual transportation demand will not be a small amount at that time.

"No problem, just follow the plan you mentioned."

Cao Yang thought about it for a while and agreed to Zeng Tingting's plan.

Soon, Zeng Tingting asked Xiang Jianghui of Wenchong Shipyard to introduce Cao Yang to the ro-ro ship to be produced.

"Mr. Cao, our ro-ro ship uses a large gas turbine produced by Nanshan Engine, and the overall energy consumption is lower than other car transport ro-ro ships in the industry."

"And the maximum loading capacity we designed has reached 10,000 vehicles, which can be regarded as a new historical record."

"According to the current plan, construction will begin this year, and it can be launched as early as the year after next, and it will be officially put into use after the sea trial."

Xiang Jianghui is now very positive about cooperating with Nanshan companies.

Wenchong Shipyard has been established for decades, but its presence in China was not particularly strong before, let alone its global influence.

But since cooperating with Nanshan companies, the situation has slowly changed.

Several dredgers working busily near several islands and reefs in the southern waters have created a record for China and even the world.

The LNG carriers being built on various docks have completely overturned the industry structure of LNG carriers, greatly improved the technical level of China's shipbuilding industry, and laid a solid foundation for further development in the future.

As for the electronic reconnaissance ship that has already been in service, it has become a research object for major countries in the world.

Especially with the passage of time, the news that this electronic reconnaissance ship destroyed an American electronic reconnaissance ship in the southern waters has gradually spread.

This has made more opponents turn their attention to Wenchong Shipyard.

Even during this period, there have been more strangers spying on their company, which has caused Xiang Jianghui to quickly strengthen security work.

"Vigorously develop high-end shipbuilding industry, this direction is definitely no problem, the future of shipping should still be worth looking forward to."

"The first batch of ro-ro ships use Nanshan Engine's existing gas turbines. In the next batch, I hope to further improve the technical level of gas turbines so that it can contribute to the construction of other ships."

Cao Yang attaches great importance to the development of large gas turbines, which can also be used on warships.

So far, Nanshan Engine has not fully exerted its strength in warships, or has not fully demonstrated its competitiveness.

Cao Yang knows that the number of warships will increase in the future, and there are many opportunities here.

If you don't seize it, it will be a pity.

"The relevant departments continue to build a batch of destroyers on a large scale. I plan to discuss with the group and give us the task of building several of them."

"At that time, we will make certain upgrades on the existing basis to make the performance of the destroyers more advanced."

With the support of Nanshan companies, Xiang Jianghui is very confident about future development.

The demand for the construction of warships by relevant departments has increased rapidly in recent years.

The production capacity of several major manufacturers such as Hudong Shipyard is also unable to keep up.

At this time, it is not impossible for Wenchong Shipyard to jump out and share a piece of the pie.

However, other brother companies will definitely have some ideas.

After all, you took the ships designed by us to produce, so in the future, can I also produce the ships designed by you?

For example, LNG transport ships and the like are likely to be put on the table.

However, these are all later.

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The movements of Wenchong Shipyard are naturally impossible to be completely concealed from other manufacturers.

Hudong Shipyard was the first to know that their brothers were going to start construction of several large car roll-on/roll-off ships at once.

This development speed makes them a little worried about whether they will be surpassed.

"Mr. Zhao, I think the company can also cooperate with Nanshan companies to see if we can find a better entry point."

"Although the other party's main business is not shipbuilding, they have mastered many key technologies on ships."

"Now all these benefits have been taken by Wenchong Shipyard."

As the head of the purchasing department of Hudong Shipyard, Cheng Weidong has been in contact with Nanshan Special Steel and other Nanshan companies more and more in the past year because of the raw materials and equipment such as Invar steel used on LNG carriers.

In addition, the frequent actions of Wenchong Shipyard have increased Cheng Weidong's attention to Nanshan companies.

This is a partner worthy of cooperation with Hudong Shipyard.

Even if it means giving up some benefits, it is worth it.

"Do you have any specific suggestions?"

Zhao Linyuan has a lot of ideas in his mind, but many times the boss will not express his ideas immediately, but listen to what the people below say first.

Otherwise, if what he said is a little flawed, it will be embarrassing.

Let the people below speak first, and make some targeted judgments and responses, which is obviously more appropriate.

"As the domestic enterprises with the most core key technologies, I think we can cooperate with Nanshan enterprises on the most cutting-edge projects."

"The relevant departments have plans to build several aircraft carriers in the future. Although we already have one and are building the second, the performance is still far from the world's leading."

"Whether it is steam catapults or electromagnetic catapults, or some other technologies, I think we can cooperate with Nanshan enterprises."

"Even some parts that we don't have yet, we can consider whether the other party can produce them."

Cheng Weidong boldly put forward a new suggestion.

Hudong Shipyard cooperates with Nanshan enterprises to build aircraft carriers.

Aircraft carriers were not initially the responsibility of Hudong Shipyard, but there will definitely be opportunities in the future.

If Hudong Shipyard can come up with a very good plan, it is entirely possible to hand over the third aircraft carrier to them for production.

Even the fourth and fifth aircraft carriers may continue to be produced by Hudong Shipyard in the future.

That is extraordinary.

In the future, the relevant departments will allocate more and more funds, and more and more warships will be built.

The more advanced the warship, the more important it is, and the more worthy it is for Hudong Shipyard to win orders.

Zhao Linyuan naturally knew this truth, so he said: "We can try this general direction with the other party, but the other party may not be interested."

"After all, researching these things requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but the final profit may not be particularly good."

"After all, we can't make the production cost of aircraft carriers too high."

Zhao Linyuan is not worried that the technology of Nanshan companies will not be up to standard, but he is worried that the other party will not look down on these projects.

After all, if aircraft carriers are produced, the number is definitely not comparable to LNG carriers and ro-ro ships.

There are more new technologies involved.

So this project is equivalent to a project with high investment and small output.

For the sake of fame, ordinary companies may grit their teeth to participate.

But the reputation of Nanshan companies is already very big, and there is no need to make a loss to gain publicity.

"Mr. Zhao, I'm not particularly worried."

"I've had more contact with Nanshan companies in the past year. Although their annual profits should be very considerable, they are not very short-sighted."

"For example, Venustech is researching recyclable rockets, Starlink satellites and space stations. At the beginning, no one thought that these technological investments could make money."

"Although the situation has changed a bit now, especially after the Emirates invested $20 billion, the situation has changed dramatically."

"But these are all things I didn't expect before."

"Although we don't know how much impact the various technological investments related to aircraft carriers will have on the future, it is certain that this will be very beneficial to improving China's overall strength."

"I think the companies in the Nanshan system should be interested."

"Even if some of the leaders below refuse to cooperate for the sake of the profits of the companies they are responsible for, we should be able to get recognition if we go directly to Mr. Cao."

Cheng Weidong made his own judgment based on the communication with Nanshan companies during this period.

It has to be said that he still has a high opinion of Nanshan companies.

In fact, this is also the general view of many people in China who have had in-depth contact with Nanshan companies.

Otherwise, the influence of the Nanshan system in China would not be so high.

"What you said makes sense, but for such a large project, I think it is better to communicate directly with General Manager Cao first."

"Taking the route from top to bottom should be more effective and faster than from bottom to top."

After Zhao Linyuan said this, Cheng Weidong naturally had no objection.

He wished that the CEO would communicate first, so that the project could be quickly started.

"Aircraft carrier steel plates, gas turbines, various equipment, active phased array radars..."

"Many things are what Nanshan companies are good at. Communicate directly with General Manager Cao. If the other party arranges personnel to connect with us for the aircraft carrier project, the progress of the project may be much faster than we imagined."

"Even in the field of electromagnetic catapults, there may be very big changes."

After Cheng Weidong said this, Zhao Linyuan couldn't wait to find Cao Yang to communicate.

Action is worse than thought. Soon, Zhao Linyuan flew to Yangcheng in person to have a good chat with Cao Yang.

However, his move made Wenchong Shipyard a little nervous after receiving the news.

"Mr. Xie, is Hudong Shipyard also looking for you to discuss cooperation?"

Xiang Jianghui couldn't ask Cao Yang directly, so he found Xie Lingyun, who he dealt with more often, to understand the situation.

Wenchong Shipyard can have a good life now, mainly relying on the in-depth cooperation with Nanshan Group.

If the enterprises of Nanshan Group deepen cooperation with Hudong Shipyard, it will definitely be very bad news for them.

Although Wenchong Shipyard is developing rapidly now, its absolute strength is definitely still far behind Hudong Shipyard.

Xiang Jianghui also knows this.

"Mr. Zhao of Hudong Shipyard has indeed made an appointment with Mr. Cao to discuss something tomorrow, but I'm not particularly clear about what they're talking about."

Xiang Jianghui was able to call him, so he obviously got some information.

So Xie Lingyun didn't want to fool him.

Trust is something that, once lost, is very difficult to recover.

If Hudong Shipyard really wants to cooperate with Nanshan-affiliated companies in the future, then Wenchong Shipyard will definitely be able to get relevant information in the end.

Anyway, they are all companies under CSSC, so they are not afraid of the other party knowing.

"Mr. Xie, although Hudong Shipyard is very strong, they are in Shanghai after all, and they have no geographical advantage."

"Actually, all the projects they can do can be done by Wenchong Shipyard."

Even if he didn't know what projects Hudong Shipyard was going to cooperate with Nanshan-affiliated companies on, Xiang Jianghui felt that he should express his attitude first.

No matter what conditions the other party proposed, he could consider following up.

"Mr. Zhao, I don't think you need to worry too much. Our cooperation in the past few years has been very pleasant. Mr. Cao will definitely consider this factor."

The person in charge is confused, but the bystander is clear. Xie Lingyun felt that Xiang Jianghui was a little too worried.

After all, it is better to do business with the familiar than to do business with the new. The cooperation between Nanshan Group and Wenchong Shipyard is very harmonious, and there are still many projects waiting for cooperation in the future.

In this case, there is naturally no need to change partners easily.

Otherwise, it is actually not good for Nanshan Group's enterprises.

"Mr. Xie, to be honest with you, since we produced electronic reconnaissance ships and LNG transport ships, there are many more competitors in the industry who covet our technology and development momentum."

"I am also worried that Hudong Shipyard will do something weird at that time."

Xiang Jianghui sighed, knowing that after he made this call, people would definitely think that he was not stable enough.

But he couldn't care less.

As long as there are some risks, he wants to extinguish them in the bud.

Besides, this call also lets Nanshan Group's enterprises know that they value the cooperation between the two sides.

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"Do you want to directly research electromagnetic catapult aircraft carriers?"

Zhao Linyuan came to communicate, Cao Yang must give this face.

However, he did not expect that the other party actually wanted to discuss cooperation in building aircraft carriers, which was a bit beyond his expectations.

"There are four types of take-off technologies for aircraft carriers. The first is runway take-off, the second is hydraulic catapult take-off, the third is steam catapult take-off, and the fourth is the most advanced electromagnetic catapult take-off technology."

"Today, only the United States has fully mastered the steam catapult technology. Even the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle uses the American steam catapult technology."

"Due to technical limitations, countries such as Polar Bear, England, and Rome are unable to develop steam catapults that are truly technically and technologically advanced, so they can only use a ski-climbing deck on their own aircraft carriers, that is, the end of the deck is made into a sloped upturned slope. After the carrier-based aircraft takes off, it rushes out of the deck along the upturned slope, forming an oblique projection motion, just like our first aircraft carrier now."

"The combat efficiency of this type of aircraft carrier is far inferior to that of a steam catapult, but although the United States is the leader in the field of steam catapults , but the inherent shortcomings of the steam catapult determine that it will be replaced by newer technology. "

"In terms of working principle, the steam catapult uses high-pressure steam to push the piston to drive the slider on the catapult track to eject the carrier-based aircraft connected to it."

"It is huge in size and consumes a lot of steam when working, which wastes power seriously. Only about 6% of the steam is used. "

"In order to manufacture and transport steam, aircraft carriers must be equipped with seawater desalination equipment, large boilers and countless pipelines, and the amount of work and maintenance is amazing."

"Its biggest flaw is that it cannot launch drones because the catapult power is too large. The current drones are light in weight and will be torn apart by acceleration when they are launched."

"But our drone technology is very advanced now, and I think it is no longer appropriate to study steam catapults."

Zhao Linyuan explained the reason to Cao Yang very seriously.

After all, if there is no way to convince Cao Yang, this matter is probably not going to work.

Relying solely on the strength of Hudong Shipyard, he has no confidence that he can do it in the next few years.

"Steam catapults have so many disadvantages, but the United States has been using them all the time. Does that mean the threshold for electromagnetic catapults is relatively high?"

If you want to do it, do the best.

Cao Yang knew that later generations of Chinese aircraft carriers had already developed electromagnetic catapults, and even the experts responsible for these projects were awarded academicians.

But now that Hudong Shipyard is cooperating with Nanshan Group companies on this project, they will naturally have to figure out the situation.

"The advantages of electromagnetic catapult are unquestionable."

"First, it has a wider range of use. Whether it is heavier aircraft that may appear in the future or current small and light drones, electromagnetic catapults can eject."

"Second, its availability has been improved. The average cycle between two major failures of the currently used steam catapult is 405 weeks, while the electromagnetic catapult can reach 1,300 weeks."

"Furthermore, the electromagnetic catapult reduces operating and support costs. Only 90 people are needed to operate it, which saves 30 people compared to a steam catapult."

"The fourth is to improve the energy utilization rate. The efficiency of electromagnetic catapult is about 10 times that of steam catapult, about 60%."

"The last thing is to reduce the requirements for the auxiliary systems on the ship. The steam catapult relies on a large number of auxiliary systems provided by the aircraft carrier. The electromagnetic catapult is much simplified. It takes less than 15 minutes to go from the closed state to the standby state, which makes the steam catapult The catapult is beyond reach.”

"Of course, precisely because the advantages are obvious and the technical difficulty is so high, no country can handle it yet."

Zhao Linyuan directly admitted that electromagnetic ejection was difficult to implement, otherwise they would not have cooperated with companies from the Nanshan system.

"Mr. Cao, the Americans have proposed electromagnetic catapult technology very early. Their Ford was originally scheduled to be launched in 2013. However, due to the difficulty in developing and constructing the electromagnetic catapult system, it has been delayed until now. No official service."

"During this period, the 'Ford' was like a large figure worth 12.9 billion US dollars, which has been staying in the shipyard, and because the system was too unstable, the 'Ford' had to undergo several updates and maintenance. This also makes its value continue to rise.”

"And the Ford has four electromagnetic catapults. If one malfunctions and stops running, the other three will also strike immediately. This means that they still need to prepare on the already not spacious deck. A spare steam catapult."

"In addition, the failure rate of these electromagnetic catapults is extremely high, and an accident will occur about 400 times. The design standard for electromagnetic catapults back then was to operate safely about 4,100 times, allowing for one accident."

"If we want to directly surpass the United States and develop an electromagnetic ejection system with better performance, we probably won't be able to use the same ideas as the other party."

Pan Jinxing has also been participating in this exchange.

After listening to the conversation between Cao Yang and Zhao Linyuan, he interrupted.

In the end, this project will definitely fall on Nanshan Equipment.

After all, no other brother company has the strength to solve such a complex equipment system.

In this case, it is important to determine some general directions.

Otherwise, if they go in the wrong direction, they won't be able to get it done no matter how hard they try.

At that time, the United States will really be laughed at.

I feel that China has not even built a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but you actually want to build an electromagnetic catapult.

The so-called electromagnetic ejection is to eject the ship instantly.

To achieve this, the problem of storing electrical energy must be solved.

Before electromagnetic ejection, the ship's electrical system must be running to generate sufficient kinetic energy.

In short, it rotates the engine at an extremely fast speed and generates more than 121 megajoules of energy through power generation, thereby launching the carrier-based aircraft within two to three seconds.

Such a huge energy consumption is difficult for ordinary aircraft carriers to bear.

Of course, in fact, the success of electromagnetic catapult technology does not depend on whether the aircraft carrier uses nuclear power.

In fact, even ordinary aircraft carriers can use electromagnetic catapult technology.

The only problem is how to store the electricity.

The first method is the flywheel energy storage technology currently used in the United States, which uses a huge flywheel to continuously rotate at high speed to generate electricity before the ejection system is activated.

When the electromagnetic ejection system is activated, this huge flywheel can convert all electrical energy into the energy required by the electromagnetic ejection system within two to three seconds.

The second approach is supercapacitor technology.

Simply put, it is a power bank that can store electrical energy and can accommodate the launch of up to two heavy-duty carrier-based aircraft at a time.

Moreover, this power bank is small in size, only about five cubic meters, and is very suitable for storage on an aircraft carrier.

The United States has also always wanted to use supercapacitors, but it was not possible because they use alternating current instead of direct current.

In addition to the performance of the electromagnetic launch system, other issues need to be addressed.

This is not easy to do.

"Mr. Pan is right. I also feel that we cannot follow the same path as the United States, otherwise it may be very bumpy."

"Nanshan Battery has great advantages in energy storage technology, and Nanshan Equipment also has obvious advantages in various precision equipment."

"If we take advantage of these advantages and adopt a different electromagnetic ejection technology route, we should still be very hopeful about overtaking in corners."

Zhao Linyuan had already felt that Cao Yang seemed to be interested in cooperating with him on the electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier project.

This is definitely a good thing.