Building a Technological Power Starting with the Type 59 missile and Going Astray in Technological Development

Chapter 230: 1 Shipyards: You used to call me Sweetie, but now? You call me Madam Niu?Chapter 230: A group of shipyards: You used to call me Sweetie, but now? You call me Madam Niu?
When representatives from the 704 Shipyard were invited, the top naval officials were waiting with great anticipation for them to present their new frigate design.

After everyone was seated, the Yan Navy smiled and signaled to the team of the 704 Shipyard that they could begin to introduce their own frigate design plan in detail.

At this moment, Lin Chenran, who was sitting in the first seat, turned slightly, and his eyes, as gentle as the warm sun but as firm as steel, gently fell on Sun Yong, who was sitting beside him with a slightly nervous expression.

He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a soft but powerful voice: ”Sun Yong, go!”

”Introduce the design of our carefully crafted White Shark frigate in detail to the naval leaders.”

This simple sentence was like a spring breeze blowing through Sun Yong’s heart, instantly calming his originally panicked heart.

”Believe in yourself, you can do it!” Lin Chenran encouraged with a smile.

When Sun Yong heard this, he felt a warm current in his heart, as if he was injected with endless courage and confidence.

He took a deep breath, tried to calm his inner turmoil, and slowly stood up from his seat.

He first lowered his head and thought for a moment, quickly sorting out the thoughts in his mind, then raised his head with a confident and steady smile on his face.

At this time, the Yan State Navy leaders in the conference room also cast curious eyes towards the young man who was striding towards them.

Their eyes were full of surprise. They obviously did not expect that the chief engineer in charge of the design of the White Shark frigate at the 704 Shipyard was so young.

However, these experienced leaders soon realized that, as the saying goes, ”Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

Age cannot be a measure of a person’s ability.

Perhaps this young man, who looks a little green and immature, will be like a meteor that streaks across the night sky, bringing incredible and unimaginable surprises to everyone?
Sun Yong had a confident and humble smile on his face. He bent down slightly and bowed deeply to the many leaders from the Yan Navy present.

Then he said in a loud and passionate voice: ”Today, I want to present to you a new type of frigate carefully designed by our 704 Shipyard - the White Shark Frigate.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the staff quickly distributed part of the design plan of the White Shark frigate to every naval leader of the Yan State present.

Everyone couldn’t wait to flip through it, and their eyes were quickly attracted by the data contained therein.

The basic parameters of the White Shark frigate are quite outstanding: its length is as long as 134 meters.

Such a length allows the ship to accommodate more advanced equipment and weapon systems;
The ship has a beam of 16 meters. Such a wide hull not only increases the stability during sailing, but also provides more space for the internal cabins.

The maximum draft depth is 5 meters, which means it can adapt to various complex sea conditions;
The most eye-catching thing is its full load displacement, which is an astonishing 4053 tons!
Such a huge size is enough to make it a giant on the sea.

When the Yan Nation’s naval leaders saw these basic parameters, their originally serious faces instantly became excited, and golden light involuntarily appeared in their eyes.

He thought to himself, ”This is the frigate we’ve always dreamed of!”

”Compared with this, the frigate designs submitted by other shipyards are simply insignificant and cannot meet our needs at all.”

The frigate design plans of several previous shipyards have been rejected!
A group of domestic shipyards: ”Bah! Scumbag!!!”

”Before, when they needed my frigate design, they called me Sweetie. Now, the new guy is better than the old one, and the White Shark frigate design of the 704 Shipyard is better, so they call me Madam Niu! Pah pah pah!”

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”Chief Engineer Sun, the White Shark frigate has such a large tonnage, can its speed meet the standard?” An important figure in the Yan Navy raised his hand high and interrupted Sun Yong who was speaking on the stage without any hesitation.

This naval leader also longed to own a huge and powerful warship.

But he knew very well that speed was absolutely a crucial indicator for a frigate.

If the speed is not fast enough, no matter how huge the tonnage of this frigate is, it will probably be difficult to meet the diverse combat needs and strategic deployment of the Yan State Navy.

The frigate design plans submitted by several well-known domestic shipyards were all subject to certain restrictions in terms of maximum displacement tonnage.

The displacement of the frigates in these plans mostly ranges from two thousand tons to three thousand tons.

However, the White Shark frigate launched by the 704 Shipyard this time made a stunning debut, with its tonnage soaring to a whopping tons!
It has to be said that this White Shark frigate is indeed a behemoth.

But if we sacrifice the precious speed advantage in pursuit of a larger body size, then we are picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

In the end, the loss outweighed the gain.

The naval chief couldn’t help but frown, his face full of worry.

Faced with everyone’s doubts and concerns, Sun Yong just smiled slightly, appearing confident and calm.

He cleared his throat, and then began to explain in detail to everyone present in an extremely patient and professional tone:

”Please rest assured, the reason why our White Shark frigate can have such a huge tonnage and not have to worry about the speed not meeting the standard is that it is equipped with a powerful power output device - the Hurricane diesel engine independently designed and developed by our 704 Shipyard.”

In order to ensure sufficient and powerful power supply, the 704 Shipyard installed four world-leading Hurricane diesel engines on the White Shark frigate at one time.

When these four engines are fully fired up and started at full power, the surging power they unleash will be jaw-dropping.

The maximum speed that this frigate can reach is an astonishing 28 knots.

When the senior leaders of the Yan State Navy heard that the White Shark frigate had such an outstanding top speed, their eyes instantly lit up with excitement, as if they had discovered a rare treasure.

This speed is simply outstanding for a frigate. How can such performance not make people amazed?
They couldn’t help but sigh: ”This... this is really too powerful!”

The power output device equipped on the White Shark frigate is not imported, but manufactured by their 704 Shipyard.

Previously, several other shipyards’ power design plans for frigates were either to purchase diesel engines from abroad or to introduce foreign gas turbines as power output devices.

If we are unfortunate enough to encounter a war, and foreign countries suddenly cut off their engine supply channels to my country, then those frigates that rely on imported engines will probably fall into an extremely embarrassing situation - they may very likely become useless scrap metal.

They couldn’t even leave the port, let alone engage in combat missions.

This situation is undoubtedly what the senior leaders of the Yan State Navy are most reluctant to see.

The same was true for the Yan Country Air Force’s aircraft engines before.

Highly dependent on imported aircraft engines.