Since last year, the navy has been in the stage of a bumper harvest, and the navy's shipbuilding plan for 85 years and 6 months has been completed, and the navy has directly jumped from the equipment strength of the fleets of backward countries to the level of the navy of a medium-sized power, with one main warship, one amphibious assault ship, eight large destroyers, 16 large frigates, 50 corvettes, 30 AIP submarines, and two dock landing ships. In order to be able to have enough personnel to operate so many warships, the navy removed all the 051 and 053 class destroyer divisions from service, and handed them over to the crushing cranes at the Huludao base for "trade-in" except for another part for commemorative reservations.

Within half a year, some of the Navy's small gunboats and missile boats were given to the Army for use in inland rivers and coastal waters, and submarines, destroyers, and frigates were all recovered.

It is not surprising that Qi Yiming is a kind of thing, the navy itself is a relatively small branch of the military in the Celestial Empire, and the number of navies in normal countries is more than that of the air force, while China is the opposite. In addition, the combat power of the navy is concentrated in ships, and a large country can have hundreds of ships at most, so it is relatively easy to replace the Red Alert base.

It's just that it's easy to change ships, but it's difficult to train, so the navy is also the department that borrows the most Red Alert fighters from Qi Yiming, and more than 3,000 Red Alert sailors, navy pilots, and technical maintenance personnel are serving the navy. In the course of disarmament, the navy also dismissed a number of personnel with low gold content, and was determined to streamline its administration, and some of the surplus funds were used for personnel expenses for the officers and men of the Red Police, and some of them had to be used for the maintenance of such a large fleet.

The Huludao base was re-arranged for production in the first month of '86, because so many ships had already caused indigestion in the navy, so Liu Huaqing and other high-level naval officials decided to take it easy, look at the situation and rebuild, and not rush to build more. After all, it is not a war in the world, and it is a pity to build so many ships and throw them in the harbor to attract attention, and second, it is a pity to depreciate naturally, so it is simply slowed down.

Crushing cranes have ceased to serve the Navy and have begun to dispose of scrap equipment from the Army and Air Force. The Navy's production schedule in January is to continue to build destroyers, with two 052A and two 054A occupying the capacity of one dock, while the other dock arranges two types of ships that have not been built before - nuclear submarines.

From the very beginning, Qi Yiming did not suggest that the Navy build nuclear submarines, first of all, according to the strategy of coastal defense, nuclear submarines are not said to be large and inappropriate, but they can be regarded as not very efficient. However, after the navy tasted the sweetness, it was inevitable that there would be a little idea of making the fleet bigger. In addition to the common dispute between large ships and small ships, there is also a dispute between aircraft carriers and submarines in the shipbuilding factions of the navy. However, Qi Yiming's base can't build an aircraft carrier, so there is only one option for a more powerful nuclear submarine.

Meng Qingshan, a Red Police engineer who served as the chief adviser of the Navy's equipment technology at the Huludao base, was standing on the edge of the dock door with Zhang Jiushao, the navy's staff officer in charge of receiving ships, when three huge nuclear submarines slowly slid into the water with the assistance of guide rails. There was no champagne, no streamers, and it seemed somewhat lonely, not even the sailors and officers of the Navy who were ready to go on board - in order to maintain the absolute secrecy of the base, the Navy received the ships in its own military port.

Now there are actually Red Alert soldiers working on the ship, and they are actually "gifts" that came out of the ship.

Zhang Jiushao's eyes flashed at this time, and he said to Meng Qingshan beside him: "One strategic nuclear submarine and two attack nuclear submarines have been able to carry out normalized combat readiness cruises, and then we can really establish a three-in-one nuclear counterattack force." ”

Meng Qingshan shook his head and denied: "Not to mention whether the H-6K can be regarded as a strategic bomber, this 094 nuclear submarine alone can now cruise with combat readiness, but it cannot counterattack." ”

Zhang Jiushao was stunned: "What are you doing?" ”

"Because of the limitations on the production of nuclear weapons at the base, the 12 Julang-2 submarine-launched ballistic missiles carried by this big black fish are all conventional warheads, but they can be proposed for modification, and it will take about a few months." Meng Qingshan replied.

Zhang Jiushao understood as soon as he heard it, some felt pity and some felt lucky, but it was a pity that it was because he could not quickly see this nuclear submarine for combat readiness cruise, and fortunately because this base did not grasp the ultimate force after all. You must know that a considerable number of people are afraid of the almost omnipotent base, and Zhang Jiushao is also one of them.

Among those in the know, there are basically many people who have a mentality of taking advantage of the Red Police Base and Qi Yiming, and there must be vigilance, and of course there are many people who have an attitude of total trust, such as Navy Commander Liu Huaqing, who attaches great importance to the strength brought by the base.

Meng Qingshan, as the chief head of the naval equipment of the Huludao base, is also very excited about the new ship, he said: "The two types of submarines use relatively similar pressurized water reactors, although they have not reached the point of natural circulation, but the silent performance and reliability of this centrifugal pressurized water reactor are very outstanding, and the double-shell structure mainly uses 980 steel, which is not the most advanced in the world, but it is better than the use and the processing technology produced by the base is absolutely not said." In addition, similar sonar, vibration-damping floating rafts, and segmented longitudinal slit flow holes also improve the performance of submarines. Our unique technique is the bionic shark skin silencing tile, which is excellent among similar products in the world. The decibel count of the Type 093 attack nuclear submarine is about 110 decibels, which is better than that of the Los Angeles class of nuclear submarines currently in service in the United States, but the power level is slightly worse, and the maximum speed can only reach 30 knots, while the Los Angeles class can reach more than 33 knots. ”

He paused, and said rather regretfully: "There is a gap between 094 and the Ohio-class or the Soviet-class Typhoon class in active service in the US military. First of all, the bomb load is half that of the Ohio class, with only 12 Julang-2, and secondly, in order to accommodate the relatively large ballistic missile, the double-hull structure of the 094 has a turtle back that will increase the navigation resistance and noise. The noise level is also around 110 decibels, which is slightly lower than the typhoon level, but a little higher than the 100 decibels in Ohio. ”

Zhang Jiushao immediately said: "Even so, the navy is very content, compared to the 406 boat, this Type 094 strategic nuclear submarine can already meet our minimum strategic needs, as long as it cruises in our coastal waters, it has the ability to threaten Hawaii, Alaska and other places, and it is not a problem to hit the west coast a little farther."

In fact, the sea-based nuclear counterattack capability is mainly aimed at the United States across the Pacific Ocean, and even though the United States is now vigorously trying to win over China, military insiders still dare not be careless. To deal with the Soviet Union, we mainly relied on land-based mobile land-based launchers, and there was no need to dispatch sea-based forces to counterattack.

Meng Qingshan said solemnly: "Although the performance is not the best in the world, but with a 093 escort, it is not a big problem for strategic nuclear submarines to cross the first island chain for a wider range of combat readiness deterrence cruises, if they really only stay in the first island chain, it is easier to be discovered by the United States and Japan, which have a high anti-submarine density." ”

Zhang Jiushao nodded, and asked again: "Have you given your relevant techniques to the Bohai Sea?" ”

"Naturally, it is given, after all, Bohai Heavy Industry is now part of Shenghua Group, and their follow-up plan to build 091 has been stopped, and a group of our engineers have begun to do a round of equipment upgrades for 091, and the 091 that has been in service will also make some improvements. In the end, the Navy will operate 4 091 nuclear submarines and 1 092 submarine, but the combat capability of that 092 is very worrying, and I, as a technical personnel, still recommend that your Navy recycle the 092 and rebuild a new 094. ”

Zhang Jiushao smiled helplessly, it was better not to put it away.

Meng Qingshan objected: "Since 092 does not meet the operational requirements, and it is not that there is nothing that can be replaced, staying in the navy is just a waste of maintenance costs, and even nuclear fuel is a waste." It's better to recycle it directly, and you can get one more 094 for you. ”

As a strategic nuclear carrier, although the combat power of 092 is not enough, Zhang Jiushao and others still think that it is still necessary to keep a hand, and he asked: "Why do you want to recover 092 and not recover 091 attack nuclear submarines?" ”

Meng Qingshan said: "It's okay to recycle, but in all fairness, although the design of 091 is relatively outdated and the performance is poor, but a little change is still useful, after all, it is a ship that can carry a lot of bombs and can dive for a long time." If you don't want it, then I'll inform the boss to stop the construction of Bohai Heavy Industries, and take the 091 you already have in service to recycle. ”

Zhang Jiushao waved his hand again and again: "I have to go back to Commander Liu for this matter, and I will talk about it later." ”

In fact, 091 can never be regarded as useless, Chinese soldiers have always been able to create a more dazzling record with relatively inferior weapons, 091 this class of submarines is also the most popular type of nuclear submarines made in China, once a lone army went deep into the defense circle of the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group, the American aircraft carrier was shocked into a cold sweat, and was also a little embarrassed to shuttle in Japan's territorial waters, but after the most difficult because of technical failures forced to float.

Of course, 093 has made a substantial leap compared to the previous 091, both in terms of firepower and quietness, and there has been a lot of progress in detection capabilities, because of the production of the base, so these two 093 are only stronger than the submarines that only appeared in 07. Building a number of 093 which also has the reason for the formation of an amphibious battle group anti-submarine, although both 052A and 054A have not weak anti-submarine capabilities, but the really strongest anti-submarine method should be submarine-to-submarine.

In addition, an excellent 093 can also be used for the People's Navy to clean waterways, underwater reconnaissance in strategic battles, and even carry out broken engagements after the outbreak of a major war.

Originally, Qi Yiming wanted to build a submarine force based on conventional submarines, focusing on ordinary coastal defense, but after experiencing a rich family background and the victory in the war against South Korea, the navy believed that it should be more aggressive and develop nuclear submarines that can operate in a larger area. At this time, the Navy has not yet decided on how many nuclear submarines will be used, but this number will definitely not be very small.