Super military empire

The 055-class destroyer does not have much presence in China. It is not only a project belonging to the Ninth Academy, but also because it is a project that challenges the limits of Chinese naval equipment manufacturing.

The original Class 055 destroyer was a project of the "Proposal for the Construction of Ocean Escort Ships" in the late 1960s, and was also the second air defense ship design after the Class 053 guided missile frigate in China.Because the US imperialism was trying to win China against the increasingly powerful Soviet Union, and the international environment was relaxed, it was relatively easy to introduce related technologies from abroad.

This class of destroyer is due to a British initiative to contact China and is willing to provide related technologies for Type 42 destroyers, that is, Sheffield-class destroyers, including sea javelin anti-aircraft missile system, combat data system, Olympustm-3b gas turbine, etc. China has the opportunity to build advanced guided missile destroyers.

As a result, due to the high technical indicators, the domestic industrial base could not be completed independently, and the eventual performance of garbage in the Falklands Sea Battle, the project was terminated.

The Ninth Institute took over the project from the bureau, and the technical indicators became higher, but the tonnage was increased to 10,000 tons.At this time, China did not even have the technology to build 5,000-ton warships. It directly challenged the 10,000-ton guided missile destroyer. When Liu Yijiu proposed technical indicators, he also added stealth functions. The vertical launch module needs to exceed 100, with greater versatility, not only to have the original anti-ship missiles and air defense missiles, but also to increase the ability to carry new anti-submarine missiles and cruise missiles.

In other words, the Class 055 destroyer built in China can perform almost all tasks such as ground strike, ship strike, anti-submarine, and air defense.And because of the flexibility of the vertical launch unit, depending on the nature of the task, the choice to focus on air defense, anti-ship or even ground, achieves the role of a general-purpose warship in the true sense.

Arsenal ship!

This is what Liu Yijiu and the entire Ninth Academy call this kind of project they took over from the military, although it is still called Project 055.

Liu Yijiu has not been to the Shanghai stock market much, especially since he has basically never been here in recent years.

He did not participate in the groundbreaking ceremony and launching ceremony of the first class 055 destroyer, nor did he even publicize it.

Although Liu Yijiu knew the changes in the Shanghai stock market, he couldn't help but marvel when he saw it.

In recent years, the whole of China has undergone earth-shaking changes. Not to mention the inland cities like Chengdu, the international metropolis Shanghai stock market, the changes are even more amazing, high-rise buildings abound, and cars on the wide roads are endless.

Relatively speaking, the changes in Hudong Shipyard are not that big.

In addition to building a lot of staff dormitories, there is also an office building with a modern atmosphere. The biggest change is that there are two more docks, and the gantry crane has changed from 300 tons to 900 tons.

"Director Liu, are the changes here?" Mai Dongyue is still the director of 701. When Liu Yijiu came, he personally picked up the plane at Pudong Airport and introduced Liu Yijiu to the entire Shanghai market. The change.

At the request of Liu Yijiu, he directly arrived at the dock of Hudong Shipyard.

"It's really changed a lot. There are a lot more buildings, and they are all new, but I don't know what the technical strength is." Liu Yijiu knew in his heart that these units used the research funds of the Ninth Academy of Science Is very clear.

Mai Dongyue said embarrassingly, "Director Liu, our cafeteria back then is still there. Every time a newcomer arrives, we will take an anti-corruption education class first to let everyone know that our research funding is not easy"..."

Liu Yijiu was noncommittal.

You can do all the work on the surface.

Anyway, 701 has a cooperative relationship with them.

"Director Liu, are you here?" Tang Weidong, a middle-aged man in his 40s, was originally a manager of the Ninth Institute.

Liu Yijiu naturally didn't know Tang Weidong's name, so he nodded and asked, "So the Soviet experts and technicians still get used to it here?"

"Very adaptable. According to your instructions, we try to keep the Soviet technical staff together while working. The design of the Soviet Expert Building is also in their style. The food supply is also specially hired by Russian or Ukrainian chefs...except for the surrounding environment. And when their colleagues at work were Chinese, it was no different from their work in the Black Sea Shipyard and other Soviet machinery manufacturing units." Tang Weidong introduced Liu Yijiu with a smile on his face.

The working relationship of the Soviets belonged to the Ninth Institute, not the 701 or Hudong Shipyard.

Tang Weidong is responsible for managing experts and technicians from the Soviet Union. Even the technicians of the Ninth Academy are under his jurisdiction.

If these babes from the Soviet Union are not well placed, his life will definitely not be easier.

"Director Liu, do you need to go to the Soviet Expert Building? Learn about their living environment and lifestyle." Mai Dongyue proposed to Liu Yijiu.

However, Tang Weidong said hurriedly, "Dr Liu's time is precious. Our Soviet Expert Building and living mode are implemented in accordance with the regulations of the Ninth Academy, and there is nothing to visit..."

Liu Yijiu frowned.

But think about it, as long as the Soviet experts belong to the Ninth Academy, they are all standardized. There are standards for the treatment of technical experts and technical workers.

There are no technical personnel surpassing domestic ones, and no personnel below domestic ones.

"Let's take a look at the destroyer's situation first." Liu Yijiu's words gave Tang Weidong a sigh of relief.

Mai Dongyue looked at Tang Weidong with profound eyes, and Tang Weidong glared fiercely, only to sigh helplessly.

The area of ​​Hudong Shipyard has expanded considerably, especially the dock, which has four 10,000-ton docks.

Since the business of warships and civilian ships are separated, this is also conducive to secrecy.

Above the outfitting pier, a large warship with a length of more than one hundred meters that has been formed and even radar has been installed is docked quietly on the pier.

Compared with the Yongxing Island, which has been outfitted, this warship is much less oppressive.

Of course, this is for Director Liu who has just left the huge guided missile battleship.For others who have not seen the huge figure of the battleship, this warship, which is 160 meters long and only 21 meters wide, is also as terrifying as a prehistoric behemoth.

Different from battleships, the outfitted 055 destroyer has a very simple superstructure.Except for the small antenna on the main mast, all other places are circular radar devices. Near the top antenna of the main mast, the most advanced radar of this warship-active phased array radar is installed outside. You can't see the slightest at all.

The entire warship adopts a linear width and a short length, with an aspect ratio of only 7.4. This linear warship has excellent seaworthiness, stability and maneuverability against wind and waves, and can maintain high-speed navigation, rolling and pitching under severe sea conditions. Extremely small.

At the same time, the hull and superstructure of the entire warship are all designed with inclined surfaces.

These designs were put forward by Liu Yijiu himself.

After a long period of demonstration and experimentation, it is proved that this design has a significant effect on the invisibility of the battleship.Otherwise, this warship will not take more than six years from the start of construction to launching to the completion of outfitting.Among them, it took more than four years from starting work to launching, and less than two years for outfitting.

The helicopter lifting platform at the tail of the battleship is like a sunken one. It is somewhat similar in appearance to the most advanced Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States. The only difference is the structure of the superstructure on the deck.

As a person who came by, Liu Yijiu's design of the shape has almost achieved the best invisible effect. Of course, the angle or something needs to be tested and continuously modified after the first ship is tested.

There are two 051 ships built in the dock, and one 055-ton ship is about to be completed, and the other one has just begun to lay the keel.

"In the original design, the length of the 055 ship was 158.2 meters. After many computer simulations before its construction, the length was 160.4 meters; the width was 21.68 meters, the aspect ratio was 7.4, the draft was 6.7 meters, and the standard displacement was 8420 tons. It has a full load displacement of 10420. It adopts 4 gas-fired turbines independently developed by Dongfang Steam Turbine Factory, with a maximum power of 105,000 horsepower. The maximum theoretical speed is 38 knots, and the cruising speed of 22 knots has a range of 4,600 nautical miles..." Ship Deng, the chief designer of the 055 class destroyer The army is very clear about various theoretical data.

Before the warship was built, the design parameters were modified after supercomputer simulation.

Because of this modification, the Ninth Court increased the cost of this warship by nearly 80 million.

He was relieved when he saw Liu Yijiu didn't say anything.

"What about the design of other communication systems and combat command systems?" Liu Yijiu generally first understands the situation and then verifies it himself.

From the very beginning, he reminded everyone of the 055-class destroyer, not to pursue progress, but to have better performance.

He is unwilling to create something like the 052 destroyer, and it will take until the 052d type to become the world's most advanced guided missile destroyer.

If you want to do it, do it for 30 years.

It is impossible to truly achieve complete invisibility, but for Liu Yijiu, he must do his utmost to ensure the invisibility performance with the greatest technical level currently available in China.

Almost all the stealth designs of the American Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers have been adopted above, and some Americans have not even had a shadow now, and the design concepts of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers have not even been proposed in it.

This makes this design much more advanced than the Arleigh Burke class.

Of course, the domestic power system, electronics industry, manufacturing technology and even stealth coatings cannot be compared with the United States. Otherwise, Liu Yijiu would directly ask them to find a way to make the 055-level 10,000-ton large drive directly follow Zumwalt’s Standard to design.

Of course, for the current world navy, especially the Chinese navy, Zumwalt's design concept is too advanced, and few people can take over.If it is not still floating on the water, the fully enclosed wave-piercing anti-ship side hull is completely unacceptable to people. This design is still called a warship.

And the final facts proved that the Zumwalt-class arsenal ship was eventually replaced by a more comprehensive maritime firepower platform.

If possible, Liu Yijiu will now make Zumwalt and turn this warship into a future arsenal ship that can conduct submarine navigation.

"The combat system and the communication system are all built-in. The end of the chimney exhaust pipe is installed with infrared suppression devices to reduce the amount of infrared radiation; the cabin section uses sound-proof foam, and air curtain noise reduction pipelines are used inside; Reduce radiated noise; all important systems are reinforced with impact resistance, and important cabins are equipped with Type 64 armor provided by the Ninth Academy..."

Arleigh Burke has all, 055 has all.

Designs that Arleigh Burke did not have, 055 still has them.

The so-called Type 64 armor is actually graphene armor. In order to keep it secret, it must be used. In the end, the Ninth Academy came up with such a name.

Deng Jianjun’s introduction made Liu Yijiu nodded.

At least, it sounds from his introduction that the current destroyer 055 has reached the level of Arleigh Burke.Although the performance may be worse than Arleigh Burke due to electronic technology and other problems, there is no problem. As the domestic technology level improves, it can be improved gradually.

And the Arleigh Burke class, if you want to upgrade, there is no big room.

This thing can be used to serve the Zumwalt class arsenal ship without much lagging behind.

"How far is the progress now? How long can the sea trial be carried out?" Liu Yijiu stood on the berth next to the dock. It seems that the outfit has been completed, and there is no equipment to be installed around. The outfitting is finished, maybe debugging is already in progress?

If this is the case, it is entirely possible to conduct sea trials with their guided missile battleships to see the excitement of Hong Kong's return.

"This..." Deng Jianjun looked at Mai Dongyue on the side, and then at Liu Yijiu, without answering.

Liu Yijiu always finds these people a little strange.

There is nothing difficult to answer his question.

Immediately he asked Wang Jingui, the director of the Hudong Shipyard, "Speak up, I heard that you are also the chief engineer."

Wang Jingui is not someone Liu Yijiu is familiar with.

After all, when Liu Yijiu came here before, Wang Jingui was not Hudong Shipyard, not to mention the Ninth Institute arranged for someone to watch the progress here.

"Director Liu, we don't know when the sea trial will be done. We have to ask Director Tang about this." Wang Jingui looked at Tang Weidong, who looked at it again, and then looked at Deng Jianjun and others before speaking.