"Chief, this is really impossible, especially the requirement to increase the number of ground-to-ground red flag missiles, which not only needs to increase the passage of the fire control system, but also needs to effectively solve the layout of the battleship...... The deck area is too small unless the tonnage is increased to more than 3000 tons. Wang Hengyuan didn't expect that this project would alarm so many people.

"Is the previous design completed?" asked Zheng Yucheng.

The design he asked was the H3 that Xie Kai requested.

"It's basically done, it's still based on H2, the hull has been lengthened by about ten meters and widened by more than one meter, but the electromagnetic compatibility of the new radar system and other issues need to be tested and integrated. Wang Hengyuan reported on the design plan they had made before.

Xie Kai's H3 performance requirements, many of which are the improvement direction of 053.

In order to save costs, H2 uses mature technology.

There are technical reserves, and the entire design team eats and lives in the design room, otherwise it is impossible to complete the overall design plan in more than two months, and this plan still needs to be verified.

No one thought that Xie Kai would be able to get the order so quickly.

What he didn't expect was that he got an order, and the performance requirements were increased again, not only to install anti-aircraft missiles, but also to install ground-to-ground missiles, which is no longer something that their current plan can solve.

To increase the weapon system, it is necessary to add a fire control system, a guidance system, and a relayout.

In order to install the Hongqi-61, they even lengthened the current hull by 9 meters and widened it by 1.2 meters.

In the afternoon, Xie Kai took Suleiman Khalifa, the emir of Bahrain, to Shanghai, because of the secrecy of the trip, so the scale of the greeting was not large, but the specifications were not low, no local government officials appeared, Long Yaohua and Li Mingshan were both in the welcoming procession.

"What do you kid think? This kind of thing can't be done at all! What you wanted before, they basically designed it, and now they have changed the design, and the previous ones have not been verified!" Zheng Yucheng finally had the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart on the way to the shipyard.

Wang Guilin also stared at him, his eyes full of reproach.

"Chief, he is also helpless. On the Bahrain side, it is like this, even if the price is less, I don't want anything else......" Mo Qi saw that Xie Kai was not easy to answer, and said.

"What's going on?" Wang Guilin asked Xie Kai in a deep voice, "You didn't do this before. ”

"Didn't Qatar and Bahrain quarrel at the end of last year because of a territorial dispute, and now Qatar is negotiating with the Soviet Union to introduce their Project 1159 Kony-class missile frigates specially for export, which puts a lot of pressure on the Bahraini Navy, which has only about 100 tons of gunboats, one can imagine...... Xie Kai gave a briefing on the situation.

Two small countries fighting, the small scale is not too noticeable, as if two groups of people are fighting, not even the scale of the Mexican drug lords and the police, but it is a real war.

Wars between nations.

Sadly, both countries made their fortunes selling oil.

Rich!

"So, can't you change it?" Wang Guilin asked.

Xie Kai nodded, "I've tried several times, either we'll lose this order, or we'll just follow this ......"

"You kid bragged about them, right?" Zheng Yucheng asked coldly.

Xie Kai did not deny it, "Otherwise, why would they ask for $200 million? Even if they are equipped with Hongqi-61 air defense missiles, it will be at most twice as much as the current one......

If you want to sell more money, you can't come out without some technology.

"Foreign countries are equipped with cruise missiles, we don't have cruise missiles at all, and even if they do, they can't be installed on such a small-tonnage warship. Wang Guilin sighed.

Xie Kai really blew the cowhide this time.

How did it end?

"Don't use that, if we really sell this to them, it's easy to have an accident, and the world won't be happy. Xie Kai shook his head.

"What's going on?" Zheng Yucheng asked Xie Kai, "Wang Hengyuan, they said, it's basically impossible. Unless the tonnage is increased to more than 3,000 tons, the vertical launch ...... is developed"

"It doesn't have to be that complicated at all. And a 3000-ton frigate in the Gulf will upset the regional balance, absolutely not. Xie Kai said resolutely, "For the ground missile, it would be good to move our ground red flag launch system in two." ”

"What?" Wang Guilin thought he had misheard.

"That's right, it's a red flag, this thing will not violate international regulations, and the range will not exceed 300 kilometers. Xie Kai said proudly, "I have seen the model of 053H2 before, as long as the anti-aircraft missile is installed, this can be easily installed, but the only trouble may be the problem of electromagnetic compatibility of the guidance radar, this problem is not very serious, while producing the hull, while integrating ......"

"You have to talk to the design team. When Zheng Yucheng heard that there was a solution, he was not so worried.

Rao is Wang Guilin still has a worried face on his face.

As soon as they arrived at the Hudong shipyard, the group took Suleiman Khalifa to visit the 053H2 that was being outfitted, and the chief designer Wang Hengyuan personally introduced the new modification H3 and also introduced the location of the anti-aircraft missile.

At the end of the day, I will introduce the model of the overall design of H3 directly in the technical conference room.

"What about surface-to-surface missiles?" said Suleiman Khalifa looking at the model, which had an anti-aircraft missile on it, but did not see a ground-to-surface missile launch system.

Wang Hengyuan was angry for a while, and he didn't know how to introduce it at all.

The cowhide was blown by Xie Kai, so let him solve this problem, and looked at Xie Kai in a daze.

Xie Kai did not hesitate, pointed to the position of the two 4-mounted YJ-81 anti-ship missile launchers fixed in front and behind the chimney, and said, "Your Majesty, the anti-ship missiles in this position will be changed to two 2X2 4-mounted missile launchers...... Whether it's an anti-ship or a ground attack, it's all launched from the side of the hull ......"

"......" Regarding Xie Kai's idea, Wang Hengyuan almost jumped out to oppose it.

In the end, he held back.

There is no problem with such placement, but if you want to increase the guidance radar system, etc., the amount of work is not a little bit.

"The technical requirements in the contract will be specified in detail, right?" asked Suleiman Khalifa.

"There will definitely be. Xie Kai assured.

"Very good, our Ministry of Defense equipment procurement personnel will come here soon to sign a contract with you. Xie, remember, one year, deliver the battleship you mentioned! Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to continue to cooperate in the future......" Suleiman Khalifa didn't even ask anything, and directly made a decision. "Two ships! In addition, about other purchases, my people will also talk to you......"

With that, Suleiman Khalifa left the Hudong shipyard with his men.

He still had to rush back to Xiangjiang, where there was a bigger business he needed to discuss.

"That's it?" Even Long Yaohua, Li Mingshan and the others were shocked that Suleiman Khalifa had made a decision so easily, "He didn't discuss it with their Ministry of Defense?"

Even if it is the People's Liberation Army, adding a warship, as long as 46 million, has to be measured and measured, all kinds of meetings, all kinds of details to discuss.

The other party is like buying Chinese cabbage.

"The whole country is a million people, and in a country like theirs, the whole country belongs to the emir!" Xie Kai said calmly, "Although the dictatorship is not good, it is very efficient in these things. Just like our unit, Lao Zheng usually has the final say, and there is no need to keep meeting and discussing, and the decision is made directly, saving a lot of time...... Of course, this is also prone to problems, and if you make a wrong decision, it will bring disaster from which you will never recover......"

It's the eighties.

Otherwise, he would have to make a big hat for restoration.

"Okay, the question now is, with $400 million in front of us, how can we guarantee two ships in a year. Whether it's productivity or technical difficulty, it's basically impossible!" Long Yaohua interrupted Xie Kai's words.

Everyone looked at Xie Kai.

Xie Kai made it, and he had to let him end it.

"There is no problem with the launch of the hull within half a year, right?" Xie Kai asked Zhou Zhenbai.

"It's impossible! Even if you work overtime, it's impossible!" the latter affirmed, "at least ten months!"

"What if it is manufactured in sections? Divide the entire warship into several sections, build them at the same time, and then close them in the slipway, half a year, is it enough?" Xie Kai had already calculated this.

Segmented manufacturing, that is a technology that must be mastered.

Segmented manufacturing is actually modular manufacturing, which can effectively improve the construction progress, and 404 has been developing in this direction.

Rabbit is known as the infrastructure madness all over the world, whether it is the manufacture of warships, or other fields, even buildings and bridges, they are all modularized, while engaging in infrastructure construction, while prefabricating, and then the speed is rubbing......

It's time to speed up the time for modular construction.

"There are already many units in China that use it, but they are all used on merchant ships that are not very strong for the hull. Can a warship work?" asked Li Qingmin.

Some of their merchant ships are being built in sections.

"Why can't it? Besides, this is for us to experiment! A small country like Bahrain, even if it has warships, it is impossible for it to really play like a naval power, and at most it is a deterrent, and in the event of a real war, what can these two warships do? At most, they will only fire a few missiles and fire a few cannons...... "If it were not for Bahrain, Xie Kaizhen would not dare to do so."

"......" and the crowd didn't know what to say.

"Quality still has to be met. If it is manufactured in sections, it is indeed possible to complete the hull manufacturing in half a year. Zhou Zhenbai calculated for a while before he spoke.

"What about the increased radar system, electromagnetic compatibility?"

"Isn't there still a 053H2 outfitting that has not been delivered? I want to deliver it to the Navy later, no problem, right?" Xie Kai looked at Zheng Ming when he said this.