"Which country is it?" Xie Kai was really curious.

"Keep it confidential for the time being. Only you can handle this matter, we can't. And they are not here to buy warships, they are buying other things." Zheng Yucheng said mysteriously.

Xie Kai will know who it is right away.

"Saudi? Come and buy a second kicker?"

"..." The two old guys' eyes were as big as copper bells, and they could not imagine how Xie Kai knew.

Fortunately, I got off the plane, otherwise I had to leak the secret.

"How did you know the news?" Xie Kai asked the two old guys.

"How did you know?"

"You forgot that I went to school in the capital, and there are many channels of news." Xie Kai said proudly. He had been planning how to get a piece of the largest order for China-** trade exports in history.

Now, that order is no longer enough. The Iraqis buy comprehensive procurement projects such as tanks and ground-based Hongqi missiles, which are the big orders.

"We provide the warhead." Zheng Yucheng said, and then said nothing more, "It's coming over there. You have to think about how to make more money from them. With so many weapons and equipment, there is always one that can impress them, right? We can't get much money for that warhead."

Xie Kai nodded.

This kind of one-time transaction must be as much as you can. After passing this village, there will be no such store.

The car happened to arrive at Hudong Shipyard.

Moqi has been to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, but unexpectedly, 404 also has an office in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and even parked a 2 jeep at the airport. What she heard along the way shocked her, but it began to no longer show it on her face.

If you hear any secrets for too much, you will become less concerned about them.

"Director Zheng, Director Qi, work hard all the way..." When the car arrived, Li Qingmin, the director of Hudong Shipyard, and Gu Baonong, were already waiting at the factory gate.

Xie Kai looked at the two old guys. When did they contact each other?

"It's not hard work. This is Comrade Xie Kai. Let's take them to see the situation here. Let's go and check the dock first. This is the key." Zheng Yucheng was obviously very familiar with the management of Hudong Shipyard.

When introducing Xie Kai, the two leaders of the Hudong Shipyard took the initiative to extend their hands, and the excited expression of poor families looking forward to the Red Army back then made Xie Kai and Mo Qi confused.

Is it so important to me?

Or what did the two old guys say to them again?

You are not afraid of holding yourself too high and you will be crushed to pieces when the time comes.

"Do you go directly to the dock or to the workshop?" Even though it was already dark, the leaders of Hudong Shipyard did not mention going to have a meal first or something.

"When you go to the dock, you can build a 10,000-ton ship Dock." Zheng Yucheng said.

The two nodded, went directly to the 2 parked next to the factory gate, and led the way in front.

We passed many factories along the way. These factories have diverse architectural styles, including small British factories, Soviet-style light steel structure factories with a modern flavor.

"It was originally a foreign company built by British merchants. It has been built in 28 years..." Seeing Xie Kai and Mo Qi surprised, Qi Zhiyuan introduced it.

He is very familiar with the entire shipyard.

When we arrived at the dock, two adjacent boat platforms, one wide and the other narrow, both exceeding two hundred meters in length.

"The one here is Dock No. 2, which was rebuilt in 1980. In 1981, the original 28-meter-wide platform was expanded to 30 meters, and the lock was also expanded to 30 meters. Cargo ships within 100,000 tons can be built." Li Qingmin pointed to the slightly wider platform and introduced.

"Is there any construction technology for a 100,000-ton cargo ship?" Xie Kaixu narrowed his eyes, and the National Taiwan University was useless.

Both ships are empty.

Some small boat platforms next to it are under construction.

"Yes, there are also drawings. I originally took orders from the United States, but later I was snatched away by a Japanese shipyard..." When I talked about this, Gu Baonong looked angry, "They said that our technology is not as good as theirs."

"It's really there? What ship?" Xie Kai didn't expect that there would be such a surprise.

"The mine transport ship has a total design length of 228 meters, a width of 34 meters, a depth of 27 meters, and a draft of 14.5 meters..." Li Qingmin introduced, "The expansion of the dock was also due to this reason. This was a project that cooperated with foreign countries, and production was replaced. However, the money from the introduction of technology and the placement of their technicians was given, and the production was gone. We were cheated."

Xie Kai never expected that this would be the case.

No wonder Hudong Shipyard has no money to expand the ship platform.

Being cheated.

If the United States wants to transport iron ore from Australia, the required mine transport ship must be a Panama type ship, a ship on the east coast of the United States and passes through the Panama Canal to effectively reduce costs.

It is also precisely because of the restrictions on the Panama Canal lock that the various limit sizes of the Panama-type cargo ships passed through: the length cannot exceed 294.1 meters, the width cannot exceed 32.3 meters, and the full load draft must not exceed 12 meters...

"They ended up being unable to cancel orders through the Panama Canal, right?" Xie Kai asked.

The latter nodded awkwardly.

In the early stages of reform and opening up, domestic companies did not eat less.

Many small companies abroad have come to China to cheat.

"The cooperation was a lot of money, but later it was insufficient..."

At this time, Li Qingmin and Gu Baonong did not hide anything.

"In fact, this is not considered cheating. It's just that the technology we have obtained is not advanced. It doesn't need to spend money to buy domestically, and it is not very competitive in the international market. Not many can design 100,000 tons of cargo ships in China. Even fewer can produce them..." Hudong Shipyard still has capital worthy of pride. "As long as we can get orders, we can design larger tonnage freighters on this basis, and based on this, we design large-tonnage oil tankers, bulk cargo ships, etc...."

No wonder Zheng Yucheng and Qi Zhiyuan both want this factory.

The large cargo ships they built are currently only 404 of which can be used.

Purchase ore and crude oil from abroad?

Stop kidding.

At present, China exports a large amount of crude oil and ore in exchange for foreign exchange every year, and the ore crude oil produced in China cannot be digested by itself.

Thirty years later, China can build more than 50 shipyards with cargo ships of more than 100,000 tons; more than 30 shipyards with cargo ships of more than 300,000 tons can also be built. Other shipyards can also build...

Now, there are not many units in China that have the capacity to manufacture 100,000 tons of cargo ships.

"Then build one first." Xie Kai sighed, "I will help find the order as soon as possible."

"That is the expansion of the Dock No. 1..."

"Do it!" Qi Zhiyuan did not hesitate, and his eyes were looking at Xie Kai.

Xie Kai did not object.

Is it useful to oppose this situation now?

"It is necessary to have transport ships of 200,000 tons or even larger tonnage, mainly mineral sand ships and oil tankers." Zheng Yucheng said.

"By the way, Director Li, what's going on with the Type 053 frigate in the factory?" Xie Kai was still paying attention to the warship.

A 100,000-ton ocean freighter can sell 20 to 30 million US dollars, but the price of a Jianghu-class frigate exceeds this.

Civilian ocean-going cargo ships are not as profitable as warships.

Unfortunately, the Navy currently has little demand for such small warships, and foreign customers have no other orders except the two ships delivered to Egypt in 1985.

"It is still improving. After a while, the technicians will introduce the situation to you." Li Qingmin said.

They were eager to be incorporated by 404, not just to sell civilian ships.

In the aircraft carrier project, they actually want to intervene.

What an amazing achievement to build China's first aircraft carrier in their factory!

Xie Kai refused to comment.

The 051 model is not sold, and it is the main warship of the navy now, and the country will not agree to sell it; the 052 model that is being developed is the main warship of the future and cannot be sold.

It's impossible to sell in your lifetime.

If you can sell it, 054 and 056 are still too far away, so you can only do something on 053.

The group just had supper, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

But in the technical conference room of Hudong Shipyard, there were people sitting there.

Mo Qi had gradually adapted to the rhythm of turning around all day long, and Xie Kai and others could not see any discomfort at all, but the haggardness on their faces could be seen.

The 053 type, from the 053k type in the 1960s to the 053h type in the 1970s, has now developed to the 053h2 type, and is still continuing to improve.

Now the chief engineer in charge of the improvement and design of the Type 053 frigate in Hudong Shipyard is still Chief Commander Wang Hengyuan, a technical master who has heard of the name but is not familiar with. In the eyes of Xie Kai, a former puppet military fan, the status of Xie Kai is never as attractive as that of the chief commanders of the warships.

"That is to say, so far, the improvement of the 053h2 model is mainly to prepare to install the Hongqi-61 ship-to-air missile?" Xie Kai asked in surprise.

As long as the Hongqi-61 air defense missile is installed, the combat performance of the 053h2 will be greater.

After all, the real 053h2 has the main combat mission, and the most powerful weapon on it, besides the dual-equipped 100mm rapid-fire cannon, it is the Eagle Strike-81, which is the legendary Chinese Feiyu C801 anti-ship missile.

"Yes, but according to the current situation, the tonnage will still be increased." Wang Hengyuan nodded and said, "The main defects of all models of 053 are in these aspects. Air defense can basically rely on 4-sitting 2-mounted 37mm caliber machine guns. The direction of air defense missiles being put on the ship is the direction that has been working hard."

He didn't know why a young man came out to ask a question at this time, and Zheng Yucheng and the main owner just sat there and drank tea silently.

Still answering.

"If an anti-submarine helicopter platform is added to the tail, the air defense missile will be changed to the French Sea Rattlesnake air defense missile introduced by the 701..." Xie Kai put forward a series of requirements, "Is these technologies easy to adapt to?"

"Xie Kai, what do you want to do?" Zheng Yucheng was puzzled.
Chapter completed!