Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Ren Zhong felt confident in entrusting the early research on the anti-missile system to Professor Qian. In this field, no one was more capable than Professor Qian to take on such a heavy responsibility.

Of course, anti-missile systems and submarine-launched missiles cannot be built in a day or two. Therefore, Ren Zhong does not plan to reserve any submarine-launched missile interfaces on the Qin-class nuclear submarine. There is no point in keeping this now. The most important task of the Qin-class is to attack the opponent's maritime forces. To put it bluntly, it is an attack nuclear submarine, not a strategic nuclear submarine.

Therefore, torpedo is the Qin-class's strongest means of attack. So many torpedo launchers are reserved on the Qin-class, just in preparation for assembling 4-5 Qin-class nuclear submarines to ambush and attack an aircraft carrier fleet at a critical moment!
要知道鳐鱼级攻击核潜艇共装备有8具鱼雷发射管，艇艏为6具533毫米发射管，艇艉为2具可发射MK57型短鱼雷的480毫米发射管。任重保留下来这些鱼雷通道最重要就是准备一次性发动饱和式鱼雷攻击！

If there are 5 Qin-class nuclear submarines, they can launch 30 heavy torpedoes at a time!
If they could get close to an aircraft carrier fleet and release such a large number of torpedoes at once in a short period of time, the chances of the opponent's aircraft carrier surviving would be slim.

Therefore, Ren Zhong's improvement direction for the Qin-class nuclear submarine is mainly silentness and then torpedo performance. The current JK-10 torpedo with a range of 1 kilometers is still too weak. In the future, the JK-2 must achieve a range of at least 25 kilometers or even 30 kilometers, and it must also be faster and have a stronger search method.

However, this requires many technological breakthroughs, the first of which is underwater detection technology.

In this regard, the main world does have ready-made cases, such as the H/SJD-9 hull sonar, which is a high-power, fully digital, multi-functional medium-frequency active/passive sonar. It uses a newly designed cylindrical array, which is 1.5 meters high and 2.5 meters in diameter. It has multi-mode multi-beam omnidirectional detection capabilities. In the form of active linear propagation, the detection distance of H/SJD-9 exceeds 10 nautical miles, and the detection range in the convergence zone mode can reach 20 nautical miles, and the seabed reflection mode can reach 15 to 20 nautical miles! If such a sonar can be realized in the world of Liangjian, it can basically predict the enemy hundreds of miles away and kill the enemy invisibly.

The world's first domestically produced low-frequency passive towed line array sonar, the SJG-206, has a total length of 300 meters, a detection range of 80 kilometers, a detection depth of 1000 meters, and can track five targets simultaneously. This array has been modified and can be reassembled after being launched from a torpedo launcher when necessary, to achieve long-distance seabed detection.

Apart from anti-submarine patrol aircraft, this is basically the strongest means of maritime early warning. Although the frequency-agile radar equipped by the anti-submarine patrol aircraft can search 360 degrees, the detection distance of the submarine periscope and snorkel under level 3 sea conditions is 15 nautical miles and 36 nautical miles respectively. However, for the Qin-class nuclear submarine, this is basically ineffective, because there is no need for periscopes and snorkels at all. Now the communication buoy can be retracted and released. When retracted, the Qin-class nuclear submarine lurking in the 400-meter deep sea is completely invisible in front of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

Ren Zhong knew that there was basically no hope of catching up with the scale of Rogue Hawk's more than ten aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier battle groups in just two or three decades, and there was no need to spend huge sums of money to build such an offensive battle group.

To safeguard our global interests, we only need to have the ability to destroy any enemy. We don't have to do it on the sea surface, we can also do it on the seabed.

Therefore, nuclear attack submarines are the pinnacle of asymmetric combat power. The price and manpower of a 4-5 nuclear submarine attack detachment are far lower than that of an aircraft carrier battle group. However, if they can complete the combat mission of destroying an aircraft carrier battle group, then their combat power is completely equivalent to that of an aircraft carrier battle group, and even more.

Theoretically, a nuclear submarine carries more than 20 heavy torpedoes. Ren Zhong has set a new target of 30 for the Qin-class nuclear submarine, which can launch five rounds of saturation attacks!

In the first round, even if the entire submarine detachment concentrated its firepower on attacking the aircraft carrier, using 24 to 30 missiles, even if only a quarter of them hit the target, the aircraft carrier would be basically destroyed if it did not sink. Next, facing the destroyers and frigates, submarine escorts and other auxiliary ships of the aircraft carrier battle group, they would have to show their abilities and kill as many as they could. With their high speed, frankly speaking, with the anti-submarine capabilities of destroyers and frigates in the 50s, they would have to fight a torpedo attack and defense battle with the Qin-class nuclear submarine just like the Norfolk. The outcome is self-evident.

Therefore, next, the Qin-class nuclear submarines will begin large-scale mass production, with at least six submarines to be produced per year.

Now Dalian, Jiangnan Shipyard and Yangcheng Shipyard all have die forging hydraulic presses with a capacity of more than 10,000 tons to undertake manufacturing tasks, so each shipyard has set aside two slipways to start work in secret!
Dallion was the fastest mover. While the first ship was being built, they had already started working on the second one. They made a lot of profit from roll-on/roll-off transport ships and had no shortage of money for nuclear submarines, so they just went for the full plan. As soon as the design drawings came out, the first nuclear submarine No. 001 was built, and the second one entered the preparation stage. Once the first one was launched and tested without any problems, the keel of the second one would be laid!
So when the first ship set sail to conquer the world, the second one was launched right after!

That is to say, in about three months, the second Qin-class nuclear submarine will be launched and then commissioned six months later.

The problem now is that after the vigorous development of the first five-year plan, the talents trained by the Naval Academy still cannot keep up with the speed of the navy's launches.

Due to the outbreak of the Korean War, the navy's plan was adjusted. After two years of work at 12 ships per year, the original plan of 30 Jianghai-class destroyers has been produced this year. Together with two Fletcher-class destroyers, the navy already has 2 destroyers. Then the two 32-ton Luhai-class destroyers completed this year will be commissioned after sea trials, and then at least four Luhai-class destroyers will be commissioned every year.

Plus two new amphibious assault ships.

The demand for naval personnel is more than 2, which makes the training of naval personnel stretched to the limit. Even if two new naval schools, Jiangnan Maritime Non-commissioned Officer School and South China Marine Technology College, are temporarily expanded to train naval professionals, it is still a bit unable to keep up with the speed of the navy's production of dumplings, not to mention the addition of submarine majors.
In the future, at least ten more ships will be commissioned every year, and thousands of naval talents will be needed to put these ships into operation.

It can be said that the navy was experiencing both pain and joy. The rapidly expanding size of the fleet was certainly very exciting, but the large number of new recruits on the ships gave Li Changxing, the navy commander-in-chief, a headache.

After all, the navy is too professional. Combat effectiveness is not just about sailing the ship. The battle of a destroyer is completely different from that of the army on land. The configuration of so many captains and first mates was a headache for Li Changxing. He even had to specially recruit and approve a group of overseas Chinese to return to China for service. They had worked on the Rogue Hawk or John Bull ships, and after returning to China, they started as first mates. On the one hand, they mentored the inexperienced naval captains here, and on the other hand, the organization was also observing them, hoping to promote a group of new captains from among them.

Judging from the combat power on paper, the new navy of the University of Tokyo is already a very large combat force, divided into the First Fleet, the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet (North Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea). Of course, it is not without effect. After the formation of the three fleets, a large-scale anti-ship missile exercise was organized. After a round of saturation anti-ship missile attack directly destroyed the scrapped 10,000-ton Liberty ship that was specially purchased as a target ship, the Rogue Eagle's Seventh Fleet very consciously withdrew from the southeast coast.

Let the two sides laugh and forget their grudges. In addition, there is no opposition to the 11-dash line in the South China Sea. According to Ren Zhong's suggestion, 4 islands and reefs were selected along the -dash line for construction. Among them, there are ready-made islands and islands and reefs. They include Taiping Island, Zhongye Island, Xiyue Island, Nanwei Island, Beizi Island, Nanzi Island, Yongxing Island, Zhongjian Island, Huangyan Island, etc., as well as Nan'an Reef, Zengmu Shoal, Ban'an Reef, and Meiji Reef.

Of course, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. In order to build these fifteen islands in the future, we need to develop a powerful weapon, a 10000-ton suction dredger that can dredge about 3 cubic meters of mud (sand) per hour. If it is a small border island, we will build checkpoints and basic monitoring equipment. On average, one island reef can be built every three days.

But Ren Zhong's idea is not just that. At least several large islands should be built in that direction to undertake the defense of the South China Sea. Not only should there be defensive checkpoints, but also 10,000-ton ports and island airports that can take off and land large transport aircraft and other facilities.

According to the geographical distribution, Nanwei Island, Huangyan Island, Taiping Island, Zhongjian Island and Meiji Reef are selected as the sites for large islands, and the remaining 10 points are used as auxiliary points. With these military strongholds and large island measures in the future, there will be reliable guarantees for the development of resources in this sea area.

You should know that there are many resources in the South China Sea, and fishery resources are only the least valuable part of them. The rich oil and gas resources under the sea are the most promising areas in the future.

If it is completed according to this deployment, the management of the South China Sea will be ironclad and no one will be able to challenge it.

Of course, this is a big project. A 10,000-ton cutter-suction dredger needs to be developed and a large number of island filling technologies need to be studied. According to Ren Zhong's idea, a nuclear-powered cutter-suction dredger will be used in the early stage, which will be a preliminary experiment for future floating nuclear-powered platforms. After all, in the future, cutter-suction dredgers will be much more meaningful and valuable than Daxiong's nuclear-powered icebreakers. This 10,000-ton cutter-suction dredger will work for at least ten years to completely activate the South China Sea chess game.

At this stage, we will first establish daily guards on the 11 islands, and then build stilt houses on those islands and reefs.

The Third Fleet has now implemented regular patrol and training missions in the South China Sea. As for the defense of these places, I believe no one dares to test the power of our new destroyers.

The Third Fleet now has ten advanced Jianghai-class destroyers. For the surrounding areas, even one is a powerful weapon, and they are still at the stage of patrol boats and old transport ships.

This is a big event, although not many people can understand its significance at present, but there is nothing wrong with maintaining the integrity of the country. Therefore, in this regard, the Third Fleet has also established a special South China Sea garrison force and a special marine corps to garrison these places.

Now, Ren Zhong’s blueprint has not been fully drawn up. No one can guess that in the future these places will become several permanent airports capable of taking off and landing fighter jets, turning the South China Sea into a safe and controllable place for us.

People today simply cannot imagine how convenient island building will become once the cutter suction dredger comes out. We will not only select 15 bases for construction from a military perspective, but in the future we can also carry out construction work on any reefs where we want to build islands from the perspective of developing South China Sea resources.

According to the results of the third resource assessment of the main world, Dongda's oil resources in the traditional area of ​​the South China Sea are about 255 billion tons, natural gas resources are about 21 trillion cubic meters, and the total oil and gas resources are about 463 billion tons of oil equivalent. This is the result after a lot of people have occupied it. If we follow the scope defined by the 11-segment coil, the oil and gas resource equivalent exceeds 1000 billion tons. Even if some resources are not easy to exploit and the cost is high, in general, there is no doubt that the resources suitable for development exceed 500 billion tons.

Such a huge resource is the best gift we leave to future generations after the development of terrestrial oil and gas resources. According to the main world's domestic oil consumption of 2023 million tons in 7.56, the oil and gas resources here alone will be enough for consumption for nearly 70 years!
With these resources, we can get rid of the label of an oil-poor country.

This is the significance of Ren Zhong’s big chess game in the South China Sea.

Now the four major oil fields of Yanchang, Shengli, Daqing and Changqing have achieved an annual output of 2000 million tons and are under construction on a large scale, preparing to achieve a scale of 5000 million tons in the next five-year plan. The petroleum industry is not only the lifeblood of the transportation industry, but also the source of the chemical industry. Like the steel industry, it is an industry that is given priority for development in China.

Others may worry about what we will do after the onshore oil is exhausted, but for Ren Zhong, this is not a problem at all. After the onshore oil is exhausted, we can continue to exploit offshore oil. In the future, we can fully exploit in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Now that we have demarcated these places, there will be no problem with subsequent sustainable development.

According to the data from the exploration of the main world, we have more than 1800 billion tons of reserves in these places. Even if we remove some of the areas with poor mining conditions and high costs, there are at least hundreds of billions of tons available for mining. According to the cost accounting of offshore oil extraction in the main world, the cost of oil and gas extraction in the deep sea of ​​several hundred meters is significantly higher than that in shallow waters, and may be as high as US$60 per barrel, while the cost of extraction of shallow sea oil fields such as the Persian Gulf is usually less than US$10 per barrel.

The cost of extracting offshore oil in general sea areas is about US$40 per barrel. For example, the cost of extracting oil at John Bull's North Sea oil field in Northern Europe (water depth of 78 to 158 meters in the oil and gas zone) is 30 pounds per barrel.

Of course, this is in 2024 when the labor cost in the main world is very high. If we go back to 2013, John Bull's North Sea Brent crude oil cost only 13 pounds per barrel. The cost has doubled in ten years, which is due to the increase in mining difficulty and the rapid increase in labor costs.

So at this stage, Ren Zhong is not planning to exploit offshore oil. The few large oil fields discovered on land alone are enough to get Dongda out of the label of being oil-poor. What's more, in the Western Region, we still have at least tens of billions of tons of oil reserves waiting to be tapped. It's just that the railways have not been built yet and the conditions there are difficult, so the oil will be left there as reserves for the time being.

If one day oil needs to be used as a weapon, Ren Zhong believes he can give his competitors a surprise!
(End of this chapter)