Chapter 412 Expensive Naval Vessels

Air force equipment is expensive, but naval equipment is more expensive than air force equipment!

And often naval equipment cannot be bought in the international market. The naval equipment traded in the international market now is either warships from World War I or World War II.

No country has traded warships developed after the end of World War II.

But even these old ships that have been built for thirty or forty years are still expensive.

Because everyone knows the importance of the navy!

Liu Tao personally developed warships and felt the high cost of naval equipment. The more he understood, the more he could understand.

There is a reason for the high cost.

First of all, the development of naval equipment requires a lot of time, and this time is based on a cycle of ten or even twenty years. Whether it is a surface warship or an underwater submarine, it is not easy to develop. It requires a lot of people and a lot of financial resources. Such a large investment requires a very strong comprehensive national strength.

Since the UK lost its status and influence as the British Empire, it still has a large number of naval talents and technical talents, but the navy has weakened at a speed that can be seen with the naked eye. During World War II, it had a huge navy, but after the end of World War II, it was sealed and sold one after another, because Britain was no longer the British Empire, and it was no longer able to support such a large navy. Even the development of new and advanced warships seemed to be insufficient.

Secondly, the development of naval ships involves too many aspects, such as materials, electromechanical, etc. Breakthroughs in these are not so easy, and require a large number of talents. Without enough excellent talents, the ships developed are almost all behind the world, and they are backward as soon as they are manufactured. For example, China used to be like this. The ships developed are all about solving the problem of whether there is a problem, not whether it is advanced or not.

Finally, the cost of ship construction is high. Even a frigate requires at least thousands of tons of steel to build. These steels are not ordinary steels, but high-strength steels. This kind of steel belongs to strategic materials of various countries, and it is almost difficult to buy. Even if you can buy it, the price will be very high.

Even if Liu Tao gave the Navy the cost price, the Type 039 submarine would cost 50 million RMB.

If the transaction price of advanced submarines in the current international market is followed, the price of a Type 039 submarine like this would be at least 100 million US dollars.

Even if it is 100 million US dollars, there will be many countries scrambling for it.

Of course, a Type 039 submarine will definitely give priority to the domestic navy, and this is the same for all warships, because the shipbuilding capacity is limited and it is impossible to mass-produce it.

After the domestic navy is equipped with almost Type 039 submarines, the export version can be launched, and the export version will not be sold alone, but will be sold with previously produced conventional submarines to deal with those backward conventional submarines.

The only ones that can be mass-produced now are the Type 022 missile boats and Type 022 torpedo boats.

After the groundbreaking ceremony, Liu Tao brought some people to the conference room to introduce the construction time node of the Type 039 submarine.

According to Liu Tao and other experts, the Type 039 submarine will take one and a half years to be built before it can be launched, and two years to be officially launched, and then a series of tests will be carried out.

There are many things to do during the test phase, including mooring tests, etc., and then the first phase of navigation tests, expanded navigation tests, and third phase of inspection navigation tests will be carried out.

The test phase alone will take about three years.

This Type 039 submarine will be equipped to the North Sea Fleet to strengthen the strength of the North Sea Fleet.

The North Sea Fleet is responsible for the important task of defending the capital, and is the most important and has the highest status among the three fleets.

If there is equipment, it is often equipped to the North Sea Fleet first.

It will be equipped to the South Sea Fleet after it is built later, and then the East Sea Fleet.

At noon, Liu Tao was watching the news, and suddenly a news was interrupted on TV, which was earth-shattering.

The news was five minutes long, and it was about Liao Chengzhi leading a delegation to hold talks with the Formosa delegation in Hong Kong.

"I hope this is a good signal, opening the curtain of a new era!" Liu Tao couldn't help but mutter to himself.

I'm not afraid of contact and communication, I'm afraid that the two sides are like two icebergs.

Now the mainland is actively releasing goodwill, which is to break the ice.

Liu Tao looked at the map. The treasure island here is like an unsinkable aircraft carrier. The importance of its strategic position is beyond doubt.

A treasure island is worth hundreds of warships.

Of course, Liu Tao knew that this was not easy, because the resistance was very great.

For people who have experienced that era, whether they can let go of the hatred in their hearts is a huge problem.

After all, too many relatives were persecuted back then, and the hatred was too great.

The next day, Liu Tao set off to return to the headquarters of Panshan Group.

When the employees saw Liu Tao, they took the initiative to greet him with admiration in their eyes.

As the scale of Panshan Group became larger and larger, Liu Tao's level became higher and higher. When the employees in the group met him, they would have a sense of awe.

This may be the legendary awe without anger!

Liu Tao led Panshan Machinery Factory from weak to strong, and now it has become the largest military enterprise in the country, which makes Liu Tao have unparalleled prestige in the entire Panshan Group.

Not to mention, as the person in charge of Panshan Group, Liu Tao can be said to be the top leader of the party and government, and has absolute prestige in the Panshan Group system. No one can compete with him.

Liu Tao has always been fair in his work, and the employees are convinced.

After returning to the Panshan Group headquarters, Liu Tao became busy.

He first tested weapons, missiles, torpedoes, etc., so that they could be put into the warehouse or delivered.

Then, he dealt with trivial matters.

The office staff had classified the things that needed to be handled by him so that he could handle them quickly.

There are two most important things here, one is finance and the other is personnel!

In terms of finance, there are both income and expenditure.

Every month, the amount of income and expenditure of Panshan Group is astronomical. Although there are many that do not require Liu Tao's signature, when the amount is particularly large, Liu Tao has to come. And Liu Tao will check the audit reports regularly, and these audit reports can largely prevent corruption below.

As for personnel, there will always be some personnel that need to be adjusted.

Finance and personnel are like two handles. Liu Tao holds finance in one hand and personnel in the other hand, thereby managing the entire Panshan Group.

And from some clues, he can always see some problems.

Panshan Group is like a towering tree. It is difficult for external wind and rain to destroy this towering tree. The only thing that can destroy this towering tree is the borers inside.

Liu Tao has never been careless in preventing and controlling borers.

He naturally understands that a thousand-mile embankment collapses because of an ant hole.

Moreover, from various data, Liu Tao can see which companies are developing, which companies are stagnant, and which are retreating, so as to further analyze them.