Chapter 514 Tailor-made for the Saudi Navy
The next day.
Liu Tao and the others headed to Zhanjiang Port.
Zhanjiang Port, formerly known as 'Yangcheng Bay', is located in the Yangcheng Bay in the northeastern part of the Leizhou Peninsula in ZJ City. It is the largest natural deep-water port in western Guangdong and the surrounding Beibu Gulf. It is known for its 'big, deep, wide and well-protected'. It is an important port with the shortest voyage from mainland China to Southeast Asia, Africa, and Oceania. It is located in the center of the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi.
When the South China Sea Fleet was established, Zhanjiang Port was chosen as the home port of the South China Sea Fleet.
Logically speaking, this place is not suitable for others to come in, because the military port itself is a military secret, let alone the home port of the South China Sea Fleet.
However, in order to close this big business, Liu Tao still coordinated this relationship.
The South China Sea Fleet and the Navy also cooperated with Liu Tao. After all, the South China Sea Fleet and the Navy were counting on Liu Tao to build them more advanced warships.
At this time, a Type 022 missile boat, Type 022A torpedo boat, Type 083 minesweeper, Type 084 minesweeper, Type 054 frigate 'Hong Kong Island', and Type 052 destroyer 'Hong Kong' were docked at a berth!
"Your Highness, this China has named this missile boat Type 022. It is a world-leading missile boat with a length of 43 meters, a width of 13 meters, a draft of 1.4 meters, a standard displacement of 250 tons, and a full load displacement of 300 tons. The main engine It has four diesel engines, two at the front and one at the front, with a cruising speed of 30 knots, a maximum speed of 55 knots, an endurance of 900 nautical miles, and a combat radius of 300 nautical miles." Liu Tao pointed to the Type 022 missile boat: "Its ability to withstand wind and waves is very strong. , even in winds of level 7 to 8 and wave heights of 2.6 meters, you can drive and fight normally!”
"Look at these weapons. They can carry 12 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles. With them, Saudi Arabia will have a decisive influence and voice in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea!" Liu Tao pointed to the missiles above.
Prince Sultan's eyes lit up. This Type 022 missile boat has a very good appearance and looks very beautiful at first sight.
Especially what Liu Tao introduced made his heart beat.
He did not expect that China would actually build such an advanced missile boat, which was much more advanced than the missile boats sold to Saudi Arabia by Europe and the United States.
"Your Highness, are you interested in going up and taking a look?" Liu Tao said with a smile.
Prince Sultan smiled and said: "Of course I am interested!"
Liu Tao led the way, boarded the Type 022 missile boat, and then introduced each weapon to Prince Sultan, but there were no specific parameters.
As a ship for export, its parameters will naturally be adjusted.
This is also just in case you need it someday.
Prince Sultan only felt that this missile boat was tailor-made for Saudi Arabia.
After all, the Persian Gulf is more than 970 kilometers long, 56 to 338 kilometers wide, and covers an area of 241,000 square kilometers. The average water depth is about 40 meters, and the maximum depth is 104 meters. It is simply within the combat range of the Type 022 missile boat.
As for the Red Sea, its maximum width is only 306 kilometers!
In particular, this missile boat is equipped with the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile.
"Liu, what's the difference between the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles equipped on this missile boat?" Prince Sultan couldn't help but ask.
Liu Tao smiled and said: "There is no difference, but this Type 022 missile boat was specially developed by me for the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile, so the accuracy will be greatly improved, making it easier to accurately attack the target!"
Later, Liu Tao asked the soldiers to launch the missile boats, and Liu Tao personally explained to Prince Sultan.
The speed of the missile boat continued to increase, and soon the speed reached 55 knots, and the radar was turned on.
After a display, the missile boat returned to the military port.
Prince Sultan's eyes have become very eager, because this missile boat is so suitable for Saudi Arabia.
"Liu, how much does this missile boat cost?" Prince Sultan asked impatiently.
Liu Tao smiled and said: "This entire ship, including the weapon system, is equipped with 13 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles, and only costs 50 million US dollars!"
Liu Tao’s price for a Type 022 missile boat is US$50 million.
Compared with the military purchase price of 20 million yuan, it is naturally much more expensive.
Based on the US dollar to RMB exchange rate announced by the bank this year, 1 US dollar is exchanged for 3.4528 RMB. This Type 022 missile boat is equivalent to 172.64 million RMB, which is almost 9 times the domestic purchase price.
But Liu Tao does not feel that his price is too high, because the price of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile is now as high as 1.8 million US dollars per piece.
13 Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles cost US$23.4 million.
Not only is this price not too high, it is actually a bit cheap. He believes that this pricing is full of competitiveness.
"We in Saudi Arabia want to purchase 20 of these missile boats!" Prince Sultan said without hesitation.
20 missile boats, that’s $1 billion.
Liu Tao was shocked when he saw Prince Sultan purchasing 20 Type 022 missile boats without blinking an eye.
As expected, he is a rich man and does not haggle. It seems that the price of US$50 million per vessel is not too expensive but feels cheap.
Unlike the Navy, 20 million yuan per ship is too expensive, ridiculously expensive. Even though the price has not increased in these years, the Navy still thinks it is expensive.
"Your Highness, I think Saudi Arabia will not regret it!" Liu Tao said with a smile.
Later, Liu Tao introduced the Type 022A torpedo boat, which is nothing more than replacing the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile with a new torpedo.
Despite this, Liu Tao offered a price of US$30 million for this torpedo boat.
This is the difference between missiles and torpedoes. Torpedoes are much cheaper than missiles.
Prince Sultan purchased 10 Type 022A torpedo boats.
As for the minesweepers, Prince Sultan had no interest at all.
If someone were to deploy mines in the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea, the most anxious people would be none other than Europe and the United States.
There is no need for Saudi Arabia to clear mines. Europe and the United States will clear the mines for Saudi Arabia.
Liu Tao laughed and asked people to drive away the two minesweepers.
He was not disappointed. After all, Saudi Arabia had its own national conditions, so he was negligent.
"Your Highness, this is the most advanced frigate built by our country. It is the first-class in the world. The length is 135.6 meters, the width is 13.7 meters, the draft is 4.5 meters, the standard displacement is 2750 tons, the full load displacement is 3640 tons, and the power plant adopts 2 It has a super-strong gas turbine with a total power of 42,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 30 knots,” Liu Tao said, “The endurance reaches 4,500 nautical miles when sailing at 20 knots.”
"The air defense weapon system consists of air defense missiles, a 76mm gun and a 20mm 'Phalanx' short-range weapon system, as well as two six-tube jamming rockets." Liu Tao pointed to the weapons on the frigate, "This has powerful Attack firepower, but also very powerful anti-aircraft capabilities!”
"To put it bluntly, the Perry-class frigates in the United States are not as good as this frigate!" Liu Tao said with a smile, "The important thing is that you can't buy the Perry-class frigate, but you can buy this frigate. "
Advanced warships can only be built by oneself and cannot be purchased.
What can be bought are all second-hand goods, old guys who have served for many years.
For example, Argentina's navy warships were all old ships that had been in service for 20 to 30 years.
Another example is the third brother next door. None of the warships he bought were newly commissioned advanced warships.
This is true for aircraft carriers, frigates, destroyers and cruisers.
Whether it is Europe, the United States or the Soviet Union, it is almost impossible to export advanced warships to other countries, even to their own allies.
