Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1057

“That is what the prince meant. Our sea is not as wide as your country, and there are supply bases along the coast…” Lieutenant Colonel Yevrola said calmly, “As long as you agree, you can set off when the passenger ship arrives.”

Xie Kai turned to look at Yu Haitao, Yu Haitao was full of black lines and didn’t know what to say.

“Lieutenant Colonel, I can only help you ask.” Xie Kai can’t guarantee this.

Regarding the soldiers of Saudi Arabia who also had to ask the nobles to enjoy, he was really powerless to complain.

A frigate of only more than 2,000 tons is carrying out ocean-going training, and there is a 905 navy nanny with more than 20,000 tons beside him. This is understandable; but if you follow another passenger ship, this is not serious.

Can the formation be like this?

This is to create a global record!

Is it an ocean-going training or a frigate escorting the passenger ship?

“They had raised this question before and talked to the Bureau of Shipping and wanted to rent an ocean liner. After all, there are currently only 200 people in training, and there will be more naval officers and soldiers coming soon…” Yu Haitao explained to Xie Kai .

Saudi Arabia’s request was not made today.

It’s just that no one paid any attention to them.

“Such an army can really fight?” Zheng Yucheng was also a soldier. To this day, he is completely convinced by the Saudi army.

“The Saudi army does not need to fight at all. For them, the symbolic meaning of the army is far greater than national defense. If there is a war, especially a war that threatens them, it will appeal to the world that we can’t ship oil. ……” Xie Kai said with a smile.

My mind is extremely complicated.

People have money in their country, so they can buy good equipment if they want good equipment.

I didn’t look, did they even buy Da Dongfeng?

What he said is correct. Saudi Arabia, as the largest oil producer, once there really is a problem in the country, the United States and European powers that import oil from their country will first be unable to sit still, and they will not be able to fight for Saudi Arabia without shooting the army.

“Forget it, there is no need to say this. Since they are going to take the passenger ship, they will wait for them to go to Zhang Luo. Anyway, the Nanyun-950 is not fast.” Xie Kai said.

“It’s okay in our own waters, but if we get to the extreme edge of the South China Sea, once something happens, no one can help it…” Yu Haitao was extremely worried.

If this matter becomes a big mess, the impact will be great.

They dare not allow Saudi officials and soldiers to participate in the more intensive training, because they are afraid that they will be injured. When the time comes, the high-ranking officials of the Saudi government will start to question.

Diplomatic disputes, that is absolutely impossible.

“The training time was specified in the previous contract with them. Now although the delivery of a few warships will be delayed, the training time for their naval officers and soldiers will be longer, which is a good thing. Otherwise, the naval officers and soldiers will return these warships. Let them sunk without driving back to the territorial waters of Saudi Arabia. This will always cast a huge shadow on 053’s reputation.” Xie Kai said.

Yu Haitao naturally can’t call the shots in this matter, and can only look at Zheng Yucheng.

Zheng Yucheng also couldn’t call the shots, this matter was not within the scope of the contract at all, so he could only ask above.

Regarding these non-discriminatory demands of Saudi Arabia, I want to refuse, but I am worried that it will affect cooperation. What’s more, the two countries are currently communicating about the formal establishment of diplomatic relations, which absolutely has no influence.

What’s more, Saudi Arabia chartered passenger ships by itself, so naturally there would be no problem.

“As for! So big?” What Xie Kai didn’t expect was that the Saudis had already negotiated with the shipping companies in the Shanghai stock market before. They came over and saw that it was a huge ship of more than 20,000 tons!

“Huaxing, 170 meters in length, 21.3 meters in width, 12.3 meters in depth, 8.37 meters in draft; gross tonnage of 13,531 tons, carrying capacity of 451 people, carrying capacity of 9113 tons, and carrying capacity of 2500 tons. It has been carried out in previous years. Improved, replacing the original steam turbine with a gas turbine, and the maximum speed can reach 21 knots…Second-class cabins are equipped with toilets, passenger lounges on board, and reading rooms for reading newspapers and magazines throughout the day. Watching TV; the small hospital has medical equipment; there are also passenger restaurants, micro-cinemas, cafes, bars, dance halls, sales and service desks and other facilities on board; there is a seawater swimming pool on the top deck…”

The person in charge of the shipping company led a group of people to visit and introduce the passenger ship, which has been in operation for almost 30 years.

Almost all the interior corridors are covered with carpets, and there are also a large number of flower pots and bonsai.

The environment is very good.

“How long will it take to set sail?” Lieutenant Colonel Yevrola asked.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“at any time.”

Ever since, the two parties signed a contract and agreed on their respective responsibilities.

Zheng Yucheng shook his head, and the passenger transport company also knew what the Saudis were chartering for. Originally, Huaxing used the route from Shanghai to Xiangjiang. Now, the development of air transport has caused HNA, which takes a lot of time, to lose many customers.

“Are you going to leave?” Zheng Yucheng didn’t expect that after Xie Kai saw the freighter, he was about to leave.

“School. It just started!” Xie Kai really didn’t want to see a 053H2 frigate and a 905 Navy nurse and a luxury ocean liner together.

That kind of formation is really too tight.

Escort is not like escort, training formation is not like training.

And no one can guarantee that such a formation will go to the South China Sea, where the situation is tense, whether it will be targeted by the Vietnamese.

But the Saudis demanded so.

He even asked that such formations send their navy back to the Middle East.

People’s reasons are also in line with common sense-so that their navy can always be at sea and adapt to the work and life at sea.

“Rafata will come over tomorrow to discuss the issue of improving the living environment of combatants on warships.” Zheng Yucheng said.

He hasn’t left in the past few days, just for this.

“You just talk about it. I can’t do this here either.” Xie Kai shook his head.

The displacement of 053H2 determines the internal space. In any case, there is no way to make much change.

What’s more, the ground red flag missile for ground attack has been added above, and the flying shield short-range missile system for air defense has been added, which requires more operators.

“You sold the warship to them. You are not here. Some things are probably not easy to talk about. Now it is about to be launched into the outfitting process. Even if some weapons are changed to automation, it is difficult to solve…” Zheng Yucheng said, ” Both Qi Zhiyuan and the people at Hudong Shipyard were unsure.”

Many people are stupid about Saudi money, but it is not that easy to get it done.

Zheng Yucheng has been here, naturally, not for this, but to solve some problems of the Hudong Shipyard. The aircraft carrier pre-research project has been launched, and the pre-research project of the 0.55 million ton large drive has also been launched. Xie Kai also I know, there must be no show in a short time, and I didn’t understand it at all.

Even if the pre-research is started, it will not be possible for a short time, but it will be troublesome to understand.

But Xie Kai did not expect that Saudi Arabia was so concerned about the living conditions of their naval officers and soldiers on warships.

“In fact, their attention is not unreasonable. The living conditions of officers and soldiers on ocean-going warships in the United States and the Soviet Union are much better than those of our warships. Even the 052 project has begun to consider these. The 053 tonnage warship was originally implemented His mission is offshore defense, without considering the environment under ocean conditions…” Wang Hengyuan explained to Xie Kai.

Everyone is aware of the 053 defects.

The living conditions are indeed a lot worse.

Xie Kai is even more aware that although the number of operators in 053H3 has increased a lot, the living environment of the officers has also been improved a lot.

The domestic design team has begun to pay attention to this matter, which is a good thing.

What Xie Kai didn’t expect was that Lafata, who came to represent the Saudi Navy the next day, did not go to China, but to Hudong Shipyard.

What’s more unexpected is that the major general’s epaulettes have been hung on the shoulders of this cargo, and it has become the deputy commander of the navy that Saudi Arabia is forming.

He really did not expect that this could happen in Saudi Arabia, where officers of the strategic air defense air force could become senior naval commanders. After thinking about it, it makes sense. The high-ranking positions in Saudi Arabia can only be held by their nobles.

“Thank you, the living environment of your warships is too bad, which will seriously affect the combat capability of our navy…” Rafata made a solemn protest to China on behalf of the Saudi Defense Forces.

Xie Kai almost spit out old blood.

The low combat effectiveness of the Saudi army is due to the poorly equipped internal space environment?

The tanks that the Americans sold to them had air conditioners and everything, but they were eventually destroyed and captured by guerrillas carrying bazookas.

But I can’t say it now.

“General, this is indeed a problem, but the technical conditions are already stated in the contract…” Xie Kai finally understood why the people from the Hudong factory had to stay and participate in such things.

The other party’s brain circuit is too strange to keep up.

“Yes, we know this too, so we ask you to make improvements. As for the funding, it is not a problem.”

The rich and powerful local tyrants don’t care about a little more money at all.

“General, this is not something that can be improved in a short time. A lot of automation can reduce the number of operators, but it needs to add more maintenance personnel… At the same time, the hull structure also determines that too many design changes can be made…” Wang Hengyuan explained the difficulties of the Chinese side.

The level of domestic automation technology is inherently not high.

If automation is to be adopted extensively, it is estimated that delivery will not be completed in ten years.

Moreover, many technologies cannot be used on small warships of more than 2,000 tons.

“We understand your difficulties very well, so we plan to add two more supply ships to improve the working environment for our fleet…”

Rafata’s words made Xie Kai happy immediately.

If you send an order and send money, let’s say it earlier.

This is not a matter at all.

Especially the supply ship, this thing, Nanyun 950 can directly provide them.

“This is no problem. Although our supply ship is not too advanced, it is definitely the most suitable for your country’s fleet. I recommended you to buy a supply ship before…” Xie Kai’s face was full of profiteers’ smiles. .

But when Rafata made the request, the smile on his face suddenly stiffened, and he couldn’t laugh again.