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Chapter 79 Towards Modernization

"Commander, I have some ideas about arms sales."

Tang Wen was planning to have a good sleep in the hotel that night when Tang Yi came to him.

However, when he heard that it was an arms sale, Tang Wen immediately got up.

He only mentioned the warship trade mission to Tang Yi briefly, and he actually had no idea about it.

However, Tang Yi took this as a task and studied modern naval warfare books, and actually achieved some results.

Tang Yi: "Although the artillery warships are completely outdated, these old warships are not useless. There are two possible directions:
First, it will undergo modernization and conversion into a missile warship;

Second, remove the armament and use it as a Coast Guard patrol vessel, relying on its good hull strength."

"Second pass."

Tang Wen said without blinking, "Coast Guard? You think we're talking about the Coast Guard from more than 20 years from now?"

Twenty years later, the coast guard will be able to use its main destroyers as patrol ships. Now even the navy is so poor that it can only use its pants as a bargain. The coast guard doesn’t even have a few broken ships, let alone pants.

"Okay, that only leaves the first one."

Tang Yi pulled out a few simple three-view sketches of warships. Tang Wen recognized at a glance that they were very similar to the Yahagi, and both belonged to the Agano-class light cruiser.

"For modern guided missile destroyers, the core of their combat capabilities is their missiles and radar electronic systems. The requirements for speed and protection are not high. The only requirement for the ship's hull is its power generation capacity.

以阿贺野级巡洋舰为例，吨位比052型大2000多吨，长度174米比052型更长，宽度15.2米比052型的20米短。

If the forward No. 1 and No. 2 turrets are removed and cut, there is enough space to fit six MK6 41-cell vertical launch systems, the rear turret is removed, the two longitudinal torpedo launchers and seaplane catapult are removed, and the superstructure is reconstructed by bulging, extending all the way to cover the far No. 8 turret position;

In this way, the original two torpedo launchers can easily accommodate 8 groups of 8-unit vertical launch systems, and the original No. 3 turret is converted into a helicopter hangar, with a helicopter deck placed at the rear.

Air defense missile launchers and Phalanx close-in weapon systems can be directly installed on the original secondary gun and anti-aircraft gun positions.

Such a cruiser has a full load displacement of about 8800 tons and is equipped with 14 groups of 112 vertical launch systems, which can install at least 4 close-in weapon systems, and 12 positions are reserved for air defense missile launchers and anti-submarine missile launchers.

The electronic system depends on the radar level provided by the navy. The total crew size is around 300 people, and the top speed remains unchanged at 35 knots, making it a missile cruiser with excellent performance.

When Tang Wen saw the plan, he exclaimed, "What a great idea!"

Although the width is smaller than that of the Type 052, thanks to its length of more than 170 meters, the modernization modification plan of the Agano class has considerable potential.

112 vertical launch units, this is the firepower of 055!

Moreover, the Agano class is the V-class cruiser in the R-series technology tree, which requires skipping the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-class cruisers, with a total research and development cost of 11200.

But if Tang Yi's plan is followed and drastic modifications are made, the entire superstructure will require approximately, and the R&D cost will rise to 13000 experience points.

Tang Wen now has 8500 useless experience points in his hands, which is a big difference.

As for the cost, the direct construction cost of the Agano class is 116 million silver coins. If the materials are provided, a processing fee of 32 silver coins will be charged. The construction period of a first-level shipyard is 82 days.

But if we wait until the second-level shipyard is built, this time will definitely be shortened by more than half.

32 silver coins, about 1500 million RMB, but if you include the cost of salvaging the shipwreck... let's say it's 3000 million.

According to the rule that the system subsidizes half of the selling price, if it is sold at a price of 6000 million and the subsidy is 3000 million, Tang Wen will immediately make a fortune.

Tang Wen thought to himself, damn it, does this bastard planner want him to blatantly defraud subsidies?
There was no way Ya could refuse such conditions.

Tang Wen's eyes lit up and he continued to ask:
"In other words, the larger and easier-to-modify ships we build, the more cost-effective it will be?" Tang Yi: "That's the theory. We don't need it to be inherently powerful, but rather it needs to have good potential for modification.

If we have battleships in the future, the potential for transformation will undoubtedly be the greatest.

A battleship of about 80 tons, such as the Hood, might be able to fit 41 MK640 vertical launch systems fore and aft, with missile silos... Of course, this is just a rough estimate."

Tang Wen thought of the future 052D type, which weighs 7000 tons and has only 64 launch units. Does the battleship have ten times as many vertical launch units?
Even if the frequency of firing is one shot every 2 seconds, it will take 21 minutes to complete the firing.

If you were to deal with an enemy fleet of 16 warships, each of them would receive an even distribution of... 40 missiles?
This is a saturation strike, which can simply and crudely use up the enemy's air defense ammunition and then sink it with an overwhelming rain of missiles.

Of course, this also comes at a price. Even if each missile costs 500 million, filling a missile battleship with ammunition would cost more than 30 billion...

"Sigh~"

Tang Wen threw this wasteful scene out of his mind. He guessed that if it was really built, the navy would not have enough money to load ammunition.

But after Tang Yi's discussion, he found that this business could still be done.

Although the focus of modern warships is on electronic systems and weapons, and the hull is not very valuable, in the 90s, the hull alone would cost hundreds of millions of RMB.

If Tang Wen can lower the unit price to tens of millions, there might really be a chance.

It’s just that the vertical launch system and electronic radar can’t be obtained, otherwise...

and many more!

Tang Wen suddenly remembered that he had first reverse-engineered the village chief's tractor and upgraded it to develop a 25-horsepower diesel engine.

Vertical launch systems and modern radars are also part of shipborne weapons, just a little more advanced. Maybe...

……

After returning to the shipyard and searching for a long time, Tang Wen saw the fishing boat navigation radar purchased by Fudong Fisheries.

It's an unrecognizable foreign brand, the antenna is less than two meters long and can rotate. It's said to have cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Tang Wen touched it, and a message appeared in front of him:

[Discovery radar: JKRC092 waveguide slot array antenna radar system
X-band peak power 15KW, antenna speed 24rpm, effective detection range 10km
System weight: 25 kg]

[Comprehensive technology is 26 years ahead of the times, can be copied at a cost of 1300 (50*26) experience points]

"..."

Tang Wen silently let go of his hand and fell into deep thought.

A small thing that could be imitated with 50 experience points has now cost dozens of times more experience points because it has exceeded the level of the 60s by 26 years.

This is just a simple civilian marine radar. How much technological penalty would be required to point out complex ones like active phased array radar and advanced vertical launch system?
I'm afraid it will take at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of experience points to obtain the corresponding construction technology.

The development of electronic technology is so terrifying.

Tang Wen gave up this idea and decided to see if he could try to sell the hull.

However, this can only be implemented after the second-level shipyard is established. Before that, Tang Yi’s main job is to draw more PPTs and come up with more improvement drafts.

There is also a lack of experience, and how to obtain it is also a headache.

(End of this chapter)