What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 28: Ensure that power is kept off as much as possible

1996 was actually the year when the major strategic adjustment of the domestic navy began.

Due to the overall disadvantage in maritime power, the confrontation that lasted from last year to the beginning of this year, just before Tang Wen's crossing, ended in failure.

During this Strait crisis, the navy's weak strength was clearly exposed:

Not to mention aircraft carriers, there are not even many destroyers.

The flagship of the fleet is the recently launched Type 052 basic missile destroyer, which has a displacement of 4800 tons. Many of its key subsystems are imported, and its overall combat capability is very limited.

Below this is the Type 051 destroyer, which was outdated from birth, with a displacement of 3000 tons. It is the navy's first domestically produced destroyer and had almost no decent combat capability before undergoing modernization.

There are only four destroyers of these two types in total, and several frigates of over 053 tons such as .

There are only a few broken ships like these, and they can only be deployed in major occasions. Usually, small boats weighing several hundred tons, such as the 021 missile boat and the 037 anti-submarine boat, are used to carry out patrol missions.

One sentence summarizes the current navy:
We can’t say no, but we can only say yes.

Compared with the opponent, all the assets are not enough for a round of attack by the "Ticonderoga-class" missile cruiser.

From then on, the country began to keep a low profile on the surface, but in reality began to vigorously develop its navy.

The humiliated navy will immediately go to its northern neighbor and take away the two remaining Type 956 destroyers of the big brother, and then place an order for two more. These are the "Four King Kongs" at the beginning of the century - the Sovremenny-class missile destroyers.

It was also after this that patriotic businessmen found a way to get the half-completed Varyag from the Black Sea Shipyard. It was eventually built into CV16, the first aircraft carrier.

What is invisible is the successive launch of projects such as nuclear submarines, comprehensive supply ships, and amphibious landing ships.

It can be said that it was because of a war that was not fought that the future navy learned from its mistakes and became braver, and finally achieved the goal of overtaking the leading ones.

But development is a process. It will take another 15 years from now for the "Varyag" to be put back into service.

During this period, the navy had no actual control capabilities over many islands in the South China Sea, including the Dongsha Islands.

If any fishermen go fishing nearby, they will be chased by the water police on the other side in patrol boats.

That’s why Uncle Wang advised Tang Wen not to go, because it is really risky!
Tang Wen only has a yacht, can he still fight head-on?
"You know what I mean? If you're lucky, they'll arrest you and put you in jail. If you're unlucky, they'll shoot you. There's no point in reasoning!"

Uncle Wang added another sentence, which made Tang Wen's face look even uglier.

Fortunately, there are still a few days left. If Tang Yi can find a closer and safer shipwreck, he won't have to take any risks. Otherwise, this salvage trip will still be quite dangerous.

After thanking Uncle Wang, Tang Wen returned to the shipyard to tell him the bad news, but saw two pickup trucks parked at the factory gate.

The words on the two pickup trucks are different. One is "Dayuan Power" and the other is "Post and Telecommunications".

Tang Wen went forward to find out their purpose, and found out that they had applied for it after seeing the application from Gaijin Shipyard.

The Post and Telecommunications Bureau came to install the telephone lines, and the Electricity Bureau came to conduct an advance inspection on how to set up the power lines, but they were both stopped outside the factory.

Tang Wen quickly asked someone to let them in, and the people from the post office went in directly.

It is very easy to install the telephone line because it is already there in the village and it is not difficult to bring it over.

Anyway, Gaijin Shipyard has no shortage of this little money, it’s just a matter of setting up two poles.

The situation was different at the Power Bureau. After entering the shipyard, a few people went straight to the built-in thermal power plant, exclaiming in disbelief.

The leading master asked directly:
"It is illegal to generate thermal power without authorization. You need a license to do this. You are just messing around!
Shouldn't you have applied for the installation of electrical wires before the shipyard started construction? Why did you delay it until now?

And can the thermal power you connect yourself guarantee stable power supply?" Tang Wen automatically ignored the first two questions and answered directly:
"Our system is for backup power. We will rely mainly on the grid for power in the future. This generator is very expensive."

"I've never heard of anyone with such a large backup unit."

The electrician muttered, then looked around the shipyard and said:
"Your place is too remote. We need to get three-phase electricity from a large transformer station. We only have a 10KVA (kilovolt-ampere) transformer. Should that be enough?"

Tang Wen didn't even need to count, he just shook his head vigorously.

10KVA is barely enough for small factories, but shipyards will definitely be upgraded in the future. Think about the power consumption of heavy equipment weighing dozens or hundreds of tons, 10KVA is too small.

"Do you have a 100 kVA one? I want to leave some room for upgrades."

"No, at least our branch doesn't have one this big, and there aren't many in the city."

The electrician shook his head decisively and explained to Tang Wen:
"Our branch only has 40KVA units at most, and they come in both domestic and imported varieties. The larger one costs extra. The 10KVA domestic unit is the cheapest, while the 40KVA imported Siemens unit is the most expensive.

It's also too big to transport here. I wonder, how did you transport the equipment here when the roads here are so bad?"

"This...was transported here by water."

To anyone with a little professional knowledge, the shipyard that appeared out of nowhere was full of bugs, and Tang Wen could only deal with it perfunctorily.

As for choosing a transformer, there is nothing much to say. The shipyard deserves the best.

"I want your most expensive 40KV Siemens. All the cables must be of the best quality. Price is not an issue."

The old master was immediately delighted. Although he knew that imported products were better, the price was too expensive. He thought there was no hope for that Siemens transformer.

Although this boss is young, he has a good vision!

"Boss Tang, don't worry, our power bureau will definitely prioritize your electricity needs. However, if you have production tasks, it's best to give us a call and we will provide you with electricity all day long."

Tang Wen was about to nod when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Wait, so you're saying that electricity can't be guaranteed all day long?"

"..."

The originally harmonious atmosphere was instantly broken and fell into awkward silence.

The old master quickly reacted and made amends:

"Don't worry, power outages are unlikely. Just use less than 50% of the rated power and you'll be fine. There aren't many large businesses in this town, so your use of electricity will affect the entire town's dispatch."

Tang Wen was even more shocked. "What do you mean by unlikely power outages? Can't industrial electricity be guaranteed to have no power outages?"

"This... everything has its probabilities."

The old master felt even more guilty, because power outages were actually commonplace at that time.

Nowadays, electricity in rural areas is even limited in supply time, with electricity only available for a few hours before bedtime. Moreover, it is extremely expensive, even reaching two yuan per kilowatt-hour!
Two yuan in the 90s! More expensive than thirty years later!

However, industrial electricity consumption is different after all. Once the equipment stops, the loss may be thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, so the power bureau dare not be careless.

This is also due to the limitations of the times. The State Grid Corporation of China was not established until 2002. Now the level of local power bureaus is purely linked to the local economy and the distance to the power plant. Small places like Echeng are really powerless.

Looking at it this way...it seems that it is not as good as generating electricity with silver coins!
(End of this chapter)