Straight hook and salty bait

Author: September Sauce

Straight hook and salty bait

Western Polytechnic University, since Chen Nian left school and went to Dalian, Li Xiang seemed to feel that a big part of his life was missing.

In the past, I could discuss plans with Chen Nian every day, talk about recent changes in the international situation, and the official response measures expected, but now.

All I can do is dive into work.

Recently, due to the first flight of the H-20 and the earth-shattering appearance of this sci-fi fighter on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the public opinion environment in China has improved a lot, and his work load has also become much lighter.

However, he did not intend to just lie down and die, but kept thinking about how to create a new opportunity to further clear up the sand in Chinese public opinion.

It is a pity that after experiencing repeated slaps and setbacks, those sailors and public intellectuals have also learned wisely.

They no longer jump out and bark at the slightest sign of trouble. Instead, they change their strategy and never take action until the critical moment.

This makes it more difficult for Li Xiang to catch the flaw, and naturally it is more difficult to lure them into taking the bait.

The situation seemed to be at a stalemate, and Li Xiang even thought about giving himself a holiday.

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However, it was at this time that the news that the Zumwalt entered the full-speed production phase was reported.

How do you say that?

When I wanted to sleep, I brought my pillow, and when I wanted to sleep, my uncle came to me.

Li Xiang couldn't wait to send an email to thank Lao Mei for their assist and thank them for giving him the opportunity to make a big splash.

He immediately sent an application to his superiors and obtained all available technical information about this "future warship" from various intelligence sources.

Subsequently, he collected public documents of the 055 historical project and summarized a set of the most credible technical parameters.

Using these two sets of parameters, he planned to do a good job.

If it is corrected, it will not only help identify and clarify the "spies" hidden among ordinary people, but also make the United States relax its vigilance and create a better external environment for the 055 project.

After all, with such fierce confrontation, no one wants to let this project suffer any interference.

A few days later, under Li Xiang's hand, an article suddenly went viral on the Chinese Internet.

The title of the article can also be said to be simple and direct to the extreme.

"Comparing Zumwalt and 055, it's clear who is better and who is worse"

In this article, Li Xiang compared the differences between the two ships in detail. He absorbed and learned the Spring and Autumn style of writing commonly used by Western media including the BBC and the New York Times. He even wrote it and read it himself.

Fooled in.

Such carefully crafted bait has also achieved excellent results. On several core military network forums, military fans who originally did not have high hopes for the 055 have become increasingly pessimistic.

"Damn it, this article was written by an insider. The data is so detailed. Is there no leakage problem?"

"Theoretically, there shouldn't be. Most of what this person collected is data that has been published in the early stage, and then he made reasonable speculations based on the development of the navy in the past two years. If this can be considered a leak, then our forum will not exist after that.

It’s necessary.”

"That's not necessarily true. Wasn't there a novelist who was invited to have tea before? It was said that the data he predicted for China's next-generation fighter jets were too accurate."

"Harm, he is just unlucky. Besides, leaking advanced technology is called leaking. Read the article for yourself. What is so advanced about 055?"

As soon as this comment came out, everyone in the forum instantly fell into silence.

Indeed, if we go by the data compiled by Li Xiang, although the 055 ship is considered to be extremely cost-effective and has acceptable combat effectiveness, the problem is that it really does not have amazing technical support.

Especially when this warship, which carries the hope of the Navy, is placed in the same position as the Zumwalt, the gap becomes even more obvious.

According to design standards, the radar reflection area of ​​the 15,000-ton Zumwalt is only equivalent to that of a 100-ton small ship. The radar detection range is more than 90% shorter than other destroyers in the world, and its stealth capabilities are outstanding.

The 055 ship basically does not have stealth capabilities. The only thing that has improved the stealth effect is the integrated mast design - and according to Li Xiang's "speculation", this design may not be realized yet.

Zumwalt uses an all-electric propulsion system, making sailing the boat as easy as driving a car.

Under extreme conditions, even one operator can drive this warship away. The level of intelligence and electrification is frightening, which also gives him huge tactical flexibility.

As for the 055 ship, even the ship's integrated power system is still in the testing process, and the control is complicated and the flexibility is extremely poor.

Zumwalt is equipped with two AGS advanced naval gun systems, and even plans to equip it with an electromagnetic gun, paired with the MK-51 vertical launch system, which will have frighteningly strong shore-facing capabilities and anti-ship capabilities.

If such a warship approaches the coastline of any country, it will pose a huge threat to it.

Some small countries may even be directly destroyed by this destroyer.

And what about the 055? It is most likely equipped with the old H/PJ-87 100mm naval gun. The prototype of this thing is the French 100mm rapid-fire gun from decades ago. The maximum range is nearly 17 kilometers, let alone destroying the country.

Now, I can't even touch their shores.

Even if the main gun is upgraded and replaced with a 130mm main gun, the increase in firepower will be extremely limited.

Not to mention, 055 is most likely to use a cold hair system.

The only things that can be evenly matched are probably the power source, radar, and electronic system.

But the problem is, 055 has strong power, and Zumwalt also has strong power.

Our radar is strong, and the one on the Zumwalt is also a dual-band radar, which is no worse than the 055.

As for electronics, is there any country in the world that is stronger than the United States?

Make a decision!

For a while, everyone stopped discussing the gap between the two, and instead began to seriously study how to replace one Zumwalt with several 055 ships.

After all, other people's boats are expensive, but our boats are cheap. Even if we exchange one more boat, it's still a good deal.

".So to sum up, according to the current combat effectiveness comparison, if 055 is 1, Zumwalt is at least 10."

"According to the current U.S. plan, at least 30 Zumwalt-class ships will be built in the next 20 years. In other words, our 055 will need to build at least 300 ships to compete with them."

Seeing this comment, Li Xiang laughed so hard that he was confused.

He couldn't believe how happy the Navy would be when they saw such an argument.

300 055s, it’s really a shame that netizens of this generation dare to think about it.

He was planning to use his authority to post a few more discussion posts to create some buzz, but at this moment, the phone beside him suddenly rang.

It was Chen Nian who came to order.

Li Xiang picked up the phone and said cheerfully:

"Hey, Chen Nian, are you not busy today? Why did you remember to call me?"

Chen Nian's voice on the other end of the phone was slightly tired, but there was still a faint hint of ridicule in his tone.

He said:

"Those posts on the Internet were made by you, right? What's going on?"

Li Xiang did not hide anything, but answered directly:

"It was made by our group. How is it? Is it interesting?"

"We have also comprehensively considered the current public opinion environment. After the H-20 took off, our public opinion was a little overheated."

"This situation can easily arouse undue attention from the US side, especially now that we have announced the 055 project with great fanfare."

"So, we plan to cool down public opinion in this way."

"On the one hand, it is to create a relatively safe environment for the project. On the other hand, it is also to blow up those lurking spies to see if we can lure them out."

"Fishing, right?"

Chen Nian asked dumbfounded.

"Hey, no fishing, no fishing"

Li Xiangqian answered with a smile.

"You haven't fished yet? There must be many people who have taken the bait, right?"

What Chen Nian said is true. If something like what Li Xiang released were placed 20 years or even ten years later, it would be nothing short of serious.

It's not even fishing, it's just throwing a basin to the water and waiting for the fish to jump in.

But in the current environment, the Navy has not yet started to sell dumplings, and national self-confidence, especially technological self-confidence, has not been truly established. When encountering this situation, most people will not first wonder "whether this is fishing", but rather

Erbajiang began to summarize and reflect.

This is why Li Xiang's article can cause such a big response.

Because he writes very professionally.

Even in Chen Nian's opinion, this represents the most typical view of 055 in this era.

After hearing Chen Nian's rhetorical question, Li Xiang simply stopped pretending.

"Oh, a little fishing will just clear out those reactionary public intellectuals. It's not a big deal."

"You don't know how interesting this stuff is. Many times I can't tell whether the netizens on the forum are serious or sarcastic."
To be continued...