Chapter 1723 Damage

Although the guy on the phone behaved very mysterious, but for the little dog who has seen a lot of cutting-edge secrets, the mysterious man's move is not a high-tech thing at all, using the phone to talk to the eavesdropping object, this is already something that existed decades ago, even if it is an intelligence officer who has just received training for less than half a year, he can easily get the only thing that makes the little dog faintly look forward to it, is what this mysterious person said on the phone, so that the little dog does not believe it, But there is a hope: what if this guy can really help himself?

But when you think that even a huge country like Japan is helpless against this group of pirates, let alone just a guy who is pretending to be a ghost? Sighing, despite the thought that there might be some kind of miracle in his heart, the dog's heart was not very concerned...... Who knows exactly where this guy came from?

Poor little dog, of course I don't know, on the other end of the phone, the mysterious man is very depressed.

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"Ellison's big toy for that madman, now that the sea trials have been completed, and it's about to be delivered, right?" Zhang Lan flipped through some of the company's reports, and suddenly remembered that it was probably time to deliver the large gambling ship to Ellison in the last few days, and looked up and asked Jill.

"Well, it's almost there, all the test items have been tested without any problems. Although it is said that it may be delivered at any time, considering such a major event, it must take an auspicious day of the zodiac, so it will probably take another week, and another week to officially deliver the ship to Ellison and them. Jill nodded.

"By the way, what is the performance of the heavy oil boiler we designed?" Zhang Lan put down the work at hand, leaned back in the chair, and asked Jill.

"It's good, it's a little bit larger than a steam turbine, but all the performance metrics are up to our design requirements." Jill nodded, with a look of excitement on his face, "But from the perspective of cost of use, it is much lower than the cost of using gas turbines and light oil steam turbines, and it is a very good deal for Ellison." Ellison doesn't need to think about this either, for him, after all, this 'aircraft carrier' is not used for military purposes, but just looks like an aircraft carrier, and has the ability to take off and land aircraft carriers. ”

In order to save costs, when negotiating with Alice Group, Ellison asked Alice Group to replace the power system originally planned for this huge gambling ship from the originally planned gas turbine power system to a steam turbine power system using heavy oil boilers.

Heavy oil is a heavy oil with a specific gravity of more than 0.91, with high viscosity, containing a large amount of nitrogen, sulfur, wax and metal, basically does not flow, and tar sand can not flow, according to the classification method of international conventions, heavy oil is called sustainable oil, as the name suggests, this oil is relatively viscous and difficult to volatile, so once ashore, it is difficult to remove.

The world's heavy oil resources are huge, the final recoverable reserves of traditional crude oil are about 246.6 billion tons, and the geological reserves of original heavy oil are about 863 billion tons, which have been used as fuel for large boilers for a long time, and compared with traditional light fuel oil, the cost of heavy oil is very low, and the low cost of use is simply wonderful for Ellison: is there anything more wonderful in the world than you spend the least amount of money to do more?

Compared with gas turbines, although there is not much difference between the maximum speeds of the two before, taking the Russian modern missile destroyer powered by a steam turbine as an example, the maximum speed can reach 33 knots, which is already the upper limit of the speed that can be achieved by large surface combat ships at present under the premise of considering comprehensive combat capabilities

Of course, steam turbines have such huge advantages, so since they can be eliminated by gas turbines, they naturally have their own disadvantages. The disadvantage of the steam turbine is that compared with the gas turbine, the volume of the steam turbine is so large that modern warships, except for Lao Maozi's modern-class missile destroyers, which are still using "old" steam turbines, basically no country's frigates and destroyers' warships are using steam turbines...... We use smaller, more thermally efficient gas turbines.

The problem of excessive volume is naturally very fatal for warships that are at every inch of land and the cost factor is only considered in the third or fourth place, but for a huge aircraft carrier, especially for an aircraft carrier that is essentially just a gambling ship, it will not be a problem at all. For businessmen, on the premise of achieving the same performance, cost is naturally the first factor to consider. ,

For Ellison, on the premise of ensuring that the top speed is not reduced much, the volume of the power system is too large, anyway, I don't need an ammunition depot or a huge hangar, remove these two standard military warehouses, compared to gas turbines, the extra volume of steam turbines is nothing at all

"In other words, we can rely on this heavy oil and gas turbine to impact the power system of the world's civil ship market?" Zhang Lan banged on the table, thoughtful...... The reason why I agreed with Ellison to repair the power system of this gambling ship was because I had this in mind, and now it seems that the effect is very good.

Jill nodded, and the little girl agreed with Zhang Lan's words, "Although the performance of gas turbines and large diesel power and fuel cell power is really good, from the perspective of later use cost, it is more cost-effective to use heavy oil steam turbines. By the way, just a few days ago, Maersk also consulted us about the power system of this heavy oil steam turbine, and it can be seen that they are very interested in this large marine power system, and said that if the price difference is not big, they said that the ships purchased by Maersk will use our company's heavy oil gas turbine power system in the future. ”

"Maersk?" Zhang Lan's eyes lit up

As the world's shipping giant, it is not surprising that Maersk is interested in the heavy oil steam turbine power system that Alice Group has just used for Ellison, because in order to save costs and enhance its competitiveness, all Maersk ships actually use heavy oil boilers.

The only difference is that the heavy oil boilers used on Maersk's ships do not perform very well and the speed is very low. Of course, the speed of today's civilian sea ships cannot be compared with the speed of military ships. But now it is different, in the past, the heavy oil boiler with lower speed was used because there was no choice, but now if the price of the heavy oil steam turbine of the Alice Group is not large compared to the previous heavy oil boiler, how to choose, I am afraid that not only Maersk, fools know how to choose.

"Tell Maersk that we can negotiate this matter, and if possible, I hope to get a big order from Maersk," Zhang Lan looked excited.

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"Unexpectedly...... Really ......" Looking at the news report, the dog's excited lips kept moving, and for a while, he didn't know what to say

A piece of news was being broadcast on the news on television: At four o'clock this morning, the British Royal Navy dispatched the "Sheffield"-class guided missile destroyer Birmingham, which was on combat duty in the waters of the Persian Gulf to carry out combat duty on the Iraqi battlefield, to strike at a stronghold of the notorious Somali pirates off the coast of Africa, killing 45 pirates in the battle, seizing more than 500 tons of various materials looted by the pirates, and three robbed Japanese merchant ships. In this battle, the British Royal Navy's "Sheffield"-class guided missile destroyer HMS Birmingham won a complete victory.

On the TV screen, smoke billowed from an unnamed island, and the corpses of pirates were scattered everywhere, showing the fierceness of the battle

Although the news said that the British Royal Navy's "Sheffield"-class guided-missile destroyer Birmingham suffered extremely low casualties, and no one died except for three soldiers who were injured, but the dog's eyes were sharp, and at a glance he saw a smoking thing in the lower left corner of the screen, which was the appearance of a helicopter.

Of course, there could not have been a helicopter for a pirate, so where did this helicopter come from? The little dog made a judgment in his heart: the only possibility was that this helicopter was the "Lynx" helicopter carried by the British Royal Navy's "Sheffield"-class guided missile destroyer Birmingham, which was used for anti-submarine warfare and the transport of small group special combat personnel

It's terrible, these pirates actually have the idea of anti-aircraft missiles, which suddenly makes the dog's whole body cold

Although it is extremely unlikely that the helicopter was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile, and it is very likely that it was hit by a dead mouse by a blind cat with a heavy machine gun or rocket artillery, no one can deny the possibility that the pirates had anti-aircraft missiles in their hands

And even if these pirates have anti-aircraft missiles, they are just shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that can only deal with low-altitude targets, but isn't that enough, can you still think that these guys will confront you one by one with your personnel? ,

In recent years, shoulder-fired air defense missiles on the international arms black market have been selling very well, taking the Russian "Needle" and the US "Stinger" shoulder-mounted air defense missile systems as examples, these two types of air defense weapons that have a major lethality to helicopters, which are low-altitude and low-speed weapons, are sold for only $70,000 or 80,000

With this kind of air defense weapon, it is very likely that the helicopter sent by the warship carrying out the escort mission will become a live target for others in the past, and if the warship is sent over, the others will dodge it early

As soon as he thought of this question, the little dog wanted to cry crookedly: These escort warships sent by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force are all equipped with carrier-based aircraft, if these escort warships on escort missions think that they are easy to deal with pirates, they directly send carrier-based helicopters to clear the pirates......

The phone rang suddenly.

Looking at the "jingle bell" that kept ringing on the phone, a bad feeling suddenly rose in the heart of the puppy...... His crow's beak skills won't really be that profound, right?

"Which one?" Picking up the phone, the little dog said majestically to the phone.

"Your Excellency, it's Mr. Kotoshi Ohno, the director of the Defense Agency, who is calling and saying that he has an urgent matter to report to you." On the phone, the secretary's voice rang.

"Get it for me." The little dog said majestically.

"Yes, Prime Minister."

"Mr. Prime Minister, I'm Ohno" As soon as the dog picked up the phone, Ohno's voice came into the dog's ears, and it was reported on the phone that the head of the Japanese Defense Agency, Ohno Koto, was crying on the phone and reporting to the dog.

As soon as I heard Ohno's mourning sound like a dead father, no, even if he died his father, he didn't cry like this, only the kind of crying and mourning sound that would come out after his seat was occupied, the little dog suddenly felt very bad in his heart

"What happened? said, "The little dog who feels bad in his heart can't care about arguing with Ohno Gongtong, so he ordered directly."

"Yes, Prime Minister," Koto Ohno also knew that this was not the time to prevaricate, and hurriedly said, "That's right, Prime Minister, our 88th Fleet First Escort Group, a high-wave-class destroyer Dai*, which was carrying out escort missions in the waters near the Strait of Malacca, sent a carrier-based helicopter to intercept the pirates when it was trying to rob a merchant fleet of our merchant ships. The carrier-based helicopter was unfortunately hit by an anti-aircraft missile of the pirates, and the jade shattered. ”

I'm really afraid of anything, and the little dog was worried that his ship-based helicopter would be beaten down by pirates with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, and the news came right away. Hearing the news, the puppy sat on the chair with a blank face: how did things become like this?

Compared with its predecessor, the SH-60J antisubmarine helicopter, the SH-60K antisubmarine helicopter is more advanced in performance, and it can not only carry Hellfire missiles used to attack armored targets, but also American-made MK-46 and Japanese-made Type 97 torpedoes, and at the same time can also carry antisubmarine missiles, which can carry antisubmarine and anti-submarine tasks against armored targets on the ground. Of course, the price is also very objective, but such an advanced carrier-based antisubmarine helicopter worth tens of millions of dollars was actually shot down by pirates with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles worth only tens of thousands of dollars?

The little dog suddenly felt that his eyes were blackened for a while

It is true that no one thought that things would end up like this, but the reality is that whether you accept it or not, you must admit that the pirates of today are no longer the pirates who dared to rob at sea with tattered clothes and a big blade in the past, on the contrary, the pirates of today are not only more desperate than the pirates of ancient times, but also more advanced, not only equipped with light automatic firearms, but also heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, rockets and even shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles

The most terrible point is that more than 80% of today's pirates are composed of special forces who cannot find jobs after retirement from various countries. I'm afraid they don't want to remember what they have experienced. ,

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister? Prime Minister? After stopping for a long time, there was no reaction over there, and Ohno Gongtong didn't care about expressing his grievances, in case he was angry with his boss, then he would be really miserable and hurriedly shouted into the phone.

"I'm here." The little dog responded weakly, and at this moment, he really didn't know what to say.

"That...... Prime Minister, this matter ...... Look at ......," Ono asked the dog, cautiously and apprehensively.

"Keep it a secret for now." The little dog understands the meaning of this bastard of Ohno Gongtong, and if possible, the little dog can't wait to scold this bastard, but it's a pity that at this moment, the little dog feels that he doesn't even have the strength to scold.

"Hay, Hay" Secretly glad that he had escaped the catastrophe in his heart, Ohno Gongtong said cautiously into the phone, "That...... Prime Minister......"

Before Ohno Gongtong finished speaking, the sound of "doodoo ......" had already sounded on the phone, and the little dog was depressed and hung up the phone directly.

How did things come to this? There is no doubt that the bad luck of those pirates in the waters of the Gulf of Aden is what the little dog is happy to see, but in the same way, the two helicopters that he and the British turned into billowing smoke made the little dog shudder

The mysterious man...... The mysterious man...... In the dog's mind, the mysterious person who was ghostly on the phone last night suddenly appeared, and for a moment, the dog suddenly felt that all this was the fault of this damn mysterious person: if you didn't say that pirates were not a problem for you, then could our navy of the Great Japanese Empire have such heavy losses If it wasn't for the provocation of this bastard mysterious man, how could the heroic Japanese naval warriors be hurt by a group of small pirates? If this bastard dares to call in again, Lao Tzu must drench the blood of this bastard's scolding

In fact, the little dog knows very well that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is unlucky in the waters near the Strait of Malacca this time, simply because of his own carelessness, in fact, it is completely the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force itself to find it, and it has nothing to do with this so-called mysterious person, but the problem is that the current puppy needs a channel to vent his inner anger, as for whether it makes sense, the puppy can't manage so much.