Chapter 698: Stop using torpedo boats
Hiss~~~~~~
Following Gao Zhendong's words, the leader of the National Defense Work Committee assumed the role of commander of the ship and considered all possible threats.
The more I think about it, the more confused I become, but one thing is certain - in this combat environment, the survival probability of a large ship is not much higher than that of a small boat.
The opponent can kill you with missiles.
In fact, his idea was that he was a little too lenient in predicting the enemy. The opponent did not have this ability for the time being.
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore, grandma, you’d better come to the meeting.
There is no need to worry about this line being unplugged. It can be said that all the phone lines in the No. 3 Rolling Plant have been unplugged, and this one will not be affected.
But the leader heard that Gao Zhendong was holding back his words.
Regarding this aspect, he must have his own systematic considerations. I won't say whether it is right or not, but he definitely thinks more about it.
The leader of the National Defense Working Committee can guarantee that he has never seen anyone with so many evil ideas in his life. It would be a pity not to listen.
Let everyone listen. After all, although Gao Zhendong's words are nutritious, they are often scary.
You can't always scare me alone, right? Come, come, enjoy together.
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Sitting in the familiar meeting room of the National Defense Working Committee, Gao Zhendong was still in a state of confusion. Didn't he agree that he would not attend the meeting? Why are you sitting here again?
Forget it, let's make peace with it now. Besides, today's matter is really important to him.
As a military fan in the 21st century, if you ask him whether he can participate in deciding what warships to build in the 1960s, do you think he will go?
Many of them were acquaintances of Gao Zhendong, and these comrades were not surprised at all when they saw him.
Even the comrades of the Sea Installation Bureau, although unlike the comrades who run on the ground and fly in the sky, are already very familiar with Gao Zhendong, at least they still know that the type of solid anti-ship they got during the last time they took advantage of the advantage of the air installation Bureau The core of the missile is the work of this young expert.
Now that the equipment research is progressing smoothly, they are still quite impressed by this comrade who planned the missile's indicators and parameters extremely carefully from the beginning.
As for the electronic detection ship, that thing was an idea that comrades from the Ship Research Institute came up with when they communicated with Gao Zhendong. The Maritime Installation Bureau didn't know about it at that time.
The meeting started very quickly, and the leader of the National Defense Working Committee set the tone from the beginning: "Today we will not make questions or decisions. What everyone has to say, no matter how outrageous or out of tune, it doesn't matter. We can talk openly and discuss it. But don’t question easily, let the participants , have the full right to speak. I hope that this time, as I did when discussing air force equipment, I will not be afraid to take the time to explain the issue thoroughly and provide rich theory and guidance for the directional adjustment of naval equipment in recent years. Opinions.”
This was a very high standard. As for why he wanted to take this vaccination, he really didn't know what would come out of Gao Zhendong's mouth. He might as well set the tone first. If the meeting didn't work in one day, he would hold it for two days. As mentioned above, it may just be a whimsical idea at the beginning. Don't go to the outline, let people say everything.
Although some participants felt that the leader's words seemed to have something to say, they also felt that they might just be to open up channels of discussion and brainstorm ideas.
When Gao Zhendong heard it, he knew that the leader was paving the way for him, or in other words, the yin and yang himself was secretly poking at you - I know that you kid likes to talk nonsense, so I will set up the ladder for you first.
At the beginning of the meeting, with the words of support from the leader of the National Defense Work Committee, it turned out that all kinds of moths were coming, and his imagination was bigger than that of a convertible.
After all, Gao Zhendong was not the only one participating in the meeting, or in theory, Gao Zhendong was not the protagonist of this meeting.
Gao Zhendong was quite happy to hear it. Not to mention that he was very imaginative, his comrades were no less generous than him.
However, some comrades' speeches and their thoughts are also consistent.
For example, one comrade mentioned that the big ship should be built as originally planned, but instead suggested building more small boats, but not too small.
After hearing this, the leaders of the National Defense Work Committee also became interested. This statement was similar to Gao Zhendong's idea.
He smiled and said: "Your statement is interesting. Why do we need to build more boats but impose a restriction that cannot be too small?"
The comrade said: "A boat that is too small will have very poor endurance and living environment. Since we have unplanned indicators, it is better to build a larger boat. It is true that we are for offshore defense, but this offshore cannot be too close. , after all, it still needs to be able to fully satisfy the initiative within at least 300~400 kilometers, right?”
A comrade said: "The living environment is not a big problem, right? As long as you can live in it. It's ten days and eight days. I think the soldiers can still hold on." This does not necessarily mean that this comrade does not care about the health of the soldiers. I guess He was led away by Lao Maozi from the beginning, so he is relatively traditional. As we all know, Lao Maozi's navy has a relatively acceptable living environment except for the "Shark" class nuclear submarine due to the explosive double hull. The smaller the boats and ships, the living environment is really livable. That’s it.
It's probably just a pile of weapons that I can't live without, and I can make do with people, whatever I can stuff them in.
Hearing this, the comrade from the Maritime Decoration Bureau frowned: "If it can be better, it is better to try to be better, mainly because it may affect the combat effectiveness."
The leader of the National Defense Working Committee was noncommittal and turned to look at Gao Zhendong.
"Comrade Zhendong, tell me what you think?"
Gao Zhendong was not polite: "I personally agree with this comrade's opinion. Large ships need to be built, but not many. Boats should be built, but the main force cannot be small boats. It is best to be close to the size of a ship. Moreover, currently in production Among the pre-development models, there are only three main types of torpedo boats: offshore gunboats, missile boats, and large escort boats.”
If the classification is not too strict, generally those above 500 tons are called ships, and those below 500 tons are called boats.
In fact, these words have nothing to do with what the extra quota will create this time. However, the Defense Works Committee and the Marine Equipment Bureau obviously do not care about this matter. It is rare for everyone to get together, so it is okay to talk more about other things.
The reason why Gao Zhendong said that all torpedo boats were cancelled, is because at this time we not only had torpedo boats and were producing torpedo boats, but also started research on four-tube large torpedo boats in the mid-1960s. Of course, the results were not very good, and it was not mature until the 1980s. By then the day lilies were cold.
And now, with anti-ship missiles maturing ahead of schedule, we don’t need to build new torpedo boats. If we have the money, why not build something else? More importantly, the people on them are the most precious, skilled boat crews. , isn’t it much more pleasant to operate a missile boat than a torpedo boat?
"The plan to cancel the torpedo boats? Will this have any impact on the navy's combat effectiveness? After all, torpedo boats are much cheaper than missile boats." Most comrades are not unable to figure out the reasons for canceling torpedo boats, but they still have some doubts about the cancellation of torpedo boats.
The comrade from the Marine Equipment Bureau shook his head: "The boat may be cheaper, but the ammunition is not cheap."
In fact, torpedoes are much more difficult than missiles, especially latent ones. There can be two digits of countries in the world that can build missiles, but there are only two hands that can build torpedoes.
And compared with ordinary tactical missiles, torpedoes are much more confidential.
Of course, the anti-ship direct mines used on the sea may be better, but these days, torpedoes, let alone other things, are destined to not be cheap just because they have a caliber of 450mm or 533mm.
Some comrades have different starting points: "In this way, we lack the means to kill the enemy's super-large ships with one blow."
In terms of power, ordinary anti-ship missiles really can't defeat torpedoes, and this is determined by the principle. The anti-ship killing principle of torpedoes is different from that of missiles, and the amount of powder charged is much larger.
Even if the 500kg warhead is -1, compared with the torpedo's anti-ship power, it still has to shirk.
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "Anyway, the opponents we are mainly considering now do not have such large ships. And canceling torpedo boats does not mean canceling torpedoes. Large-caliber torpedoes must still be developed."
With so many things like a hammer and a stick, it’s hard to come up with a name. The chief engineer of the National Defense Working Committee said: “Comrade Zhendong, please explain your thoughts systematically.”
Gao Zhendong nodded: "Build less big ships and more small boats. This consideration is actually due to the direction of Angelica Island. In that direction, based on the development of existing anti-ship missiles, the survival probability of large warships in the strait will soon be will drop sharply. If this direction is the main consideration within a certain period of time, the necessity of the existence of large warships is not high. Building large ships is mainly for the further direction.”
In this regard, some comrades have different opinions: "The range of existing anti-ship missiles is only 40 kilometers. The radar on a big ship can be mounted higher and see further, and a big ship also has better self-sustainability. In any case, it is better than a small boat." Use it?”
Gao Zhendong shook his head: "The survival probability I said is low, not because of the sea versus the sea, but because of the threat from the air! War is not a battle of beasts, it is not about soldiers against generals, air against air, sea against sea, it is not that Anyway, we still have to consider the problem from the perspective of the entire system. The biggest problem is that it is very close to a large number of air bases of both air forces. The swarming aircraft will make all maritime targets invisible. At this time, the role of large ships with high single-ship value in the strait. , but it is not as useful as many small boats of the same price.”
His words suddenly reminded the comrades that there was an air force above them!
If the ship is limited by the curvature of the earth and can only rotate around 40 kilometers without the support of long-range observation and guidance means, then it can see farther from a higher position in the air, and the range is also long.
"But the enemy doesn't have air-launched anti-ship missiles now, right? Neither do we! We still have to consider the problem based on the present."
Gao Zhendong smiled and said: "We will have it soon. No one has any doubt about this. Because of this, I said that we don't need big ships in the strait. Regardless of whether there are enemies or not, we don't need big ships anyway. We can gain control of the strait.”
(End of chapter)