Chapter 302 001 modular outfitting ahead of schedule, countdown to launching!

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 302 001 modular outfitting ahead of schedule, countdown to launching!

On the other side, just as China was celebrating the launch of the 055, the Zumwalt project at the NGSS shipyard in Mississippi had completely exploded.

Jay was hysterical and smashed all the furniture in the office. He also scattered the technical documents in the drawer all over the floor. If it weren't for the legal constraints, he would have wanted to destroy this office - no, this building.

The building was immediately burned down.

The reason is simple: the stimulation he received was too great.

Just now, Congress made the decision to indefinitely suspend the Zumwalt project.

The budget was completely suspended, all official technical personnel were withdrawn, and all resource channels were cut off, leaving only the "Zumwalt" that was actually unfinished and a large number of staring workers at the NGSS shipyard.

Jay felt like he was really going crazy.

In fact, he had long been aware of the seriousness of the problem, but he did not expect that the situation would worsen to this extent!

At the beginning, Congress only notified the suspension of the project and reorganized discussions on the feasibility and technological advancement of the project.

Immediately afterwards, some resource channels began to freeze, and the official engineers who cooperated began to take vacations.

And when the outfitting work of the Huaxia 055 ship was completed step by step and more and more parameter information was released, Congress actually went straight to a showdown!

They don't make it anymore!

Their reason is that after the birth of 055, the terrifying 10,000-ton giant ship has become the de facto maritime overlord. At this time, it does not make much sense to build Zumwalt again.

When it comes to naval guns, the AGS advanced naval gun system’s $1 million shell has a range of only 150 kilometers at most.

The opponent's electromagnetic gun can easily reach the ultimate range of 400 kilometers. The shell is just a big iron rod, and the cost can even exceed 100 US dollars.

So what if it's inaccurate? With the help of early warning aircraft and advanced fire control radar, if you fire 100 rounds, you can get one shot off, right?

In terms of air defense, Zumwalt is really not good under the opponent's trinity air defense system - after all, it has been discussed before that the lack of full-airspace air defense capability is Zumwalt's biggest technical shortcoming.

Talking about anti-ship, the DF-21 is already on board the ship, what else can we talk about!

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the 055 is not a destroyer at all, it is completely a cruiser.

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Even, it is the battleship of the 21st century.

Such firepower density, such defensive capabilities, and such tonnage.

Yes, the Chinese said it was only more than 10,000 tons, but according to reliable information, this thing is more than 16,000 tons and close to 7,000 tons!

To be honest, under this situation, if Jay were replaced in Congress, it is very likely that he would also make the decision to abandon the project.

But the problem is that he is not!

He is an engineer of NGSS. If the project is suspended indefinitely, it means that the shipyard will face huge losses, and as a shareholder and key employee, his own interests will also be seriously damaged.

Although it was not a serious injury, what made it even more difficult for him to let go was that a project he had put a lot of effort into was trampled on by others.

It comes and goes when you call it, as if you are not the world's top naval engineer, but a waiter at a McDonald's drive-through restaurant!

Such indifference made him extremely angry.

Especially, when he found the official responsible for issuing the order and asked them to reconsider their strategy and give him another chance to make a proposal, the latter's expression shattered his dignity.

That kind of contempt, disdain, and disgust expression, I have never seen again since I was 13 years old.

The assistant on the side did not dare to neglect. He was afraid that Jay would pick up the discarded pistol and rush out to kill others, so he quickly stepped forward to protect the pistol.

Seeing his actions, Jay was suddenly stunned.

Then, like a machine that had lost its power, he slowly sat down on the office chair.

After a long time, he spoke:

"I thought that even if we have lost, at least we will lose well."

"This is like a competition. Although we are destined not to win the championship, at least we have to finish the race."

"But I didn't expect that we would abstain midway. Such a thing has never happened in this country before, right?"

"Yes, we have also given up on some projects, but that was all because of problems with the project itself, not because others have built something better than us."

"I have a feeling that in this country, we have lost the confidence that we need to survive."

"The people at the top have changed from tycoons who manipulate everything into businessmen who care about everything."

"This country's motivation to move forward is constantly declining. If this continues, one day we will be completely left behind by them."

After hearing his words, the assistant sighed.

After thinking for a long time and organizing his words, he spoke:

"Zumwalt's positioning has long determined that it is a life-or-death ship."

"It must occupy an absolute advantage in order to exert absolute power."

"And as long as it meets an opponent, its effect is actually not much better than the Burke-class, or even the Brave-class."

"In addition, the cross-shore combat strategy has been shattered by China's No. 055 and ultra-long-range electromagnetic guns. It is actually not a strange thing that this project was abandoned."

"I know."

Jay nodded slightly and continued:

"But I still feel... unwilling to do so."

"Look at the documents here. We use the most advanced laboratories in the world and receive the most generous salaries in the world, but in the end, it is those who receive less than one-tenth of our salary, and even some

The Chinese, who may not even be able to afford steak, built the most powerful warship in the world."

"Tell me, why is this?"

"I really want to go there and take a look. I don't know if there is still a chance."

"It will happen in the future."

The assistant answered.

Then, he knelt down and began to pick up the various utensils that Jay had left on the ground.

Jay gradually calmed down. He stared blankly at the assistant's back and suddenly said:

"Not later."

"I'm going to China, I'm going to see how they do it."

The assistant stood up in shock, looked at Jay dumbfounded and asked:

"Going right now?"

"That's right, go now!"

"They won't let you see it."

"Of course not, but I don't want to see their ship, let alone their research laboratory. I just want to see the people there!"

"I want to see what's the difference between them and us!"

Jay's tone left no room for doubt, and the assistant had no way to refute.

So, that afternoon, Jay booked a flight to China.

The time is set in two months.

He didn't know that the decision he made was actually not a trivial matter.

Many years later, when he looks back at the past at some point, he may suddenly realize that it was from this year that the talent exchange situation between China and the United States began to quietly reverse.

The news that the Zumwalt project was suspended indefinitely quickly spread around the world, and on the other side, Project 001 also entered the final sprint.

Like the 055, the No. 001 aircraft carrier adopted a modular construction plan on a large scale, and more than 70% of the equipment installation work was advanced before launching.

In other words, once the aircraft carrier is launched, the outfitting work will only involve the installation of a small amount of equipment, as well as the debugging of electronic equipment and software systems.

The service efficiency of the entire aircraft carrier will be greatly improved. Like the 055, it will take less than 18 months, probably within 6 months after being launched, for the ship to complete all outfitting and mooring tests and officially start sea trials.

At the same time, the training of carrier-based aircraft has already begun. Under the leadership of various elite test pilots, dozens of pilots have passed the final assessment and are waiting for the carrier-based aircraft to take off and land immediately after the aircraft carrier is launched.

experiment.

The carrier-based aircraft they used for training were the J-20 series, mainly the improved J-20C and J-20B. Of course, some J-20A landing and takeoff experiments were also conducted under extreme conditions.

In general, the "ship performance" of the J-20 series fighters is extremely good.

Thanks to its abundant power, ski jump takeoff is not difficult at all. The only disadvantage is that the oversized aircraft limits the number of carrier-based aircraft that the 001 aircraft carrier can carry to a certain extent.

However, as a "training-level" aircraft carrier, it doesn't actually matter how many aircraft it carries.

What's more, the J-20 is originally a fighter jet that can defeat the world alone. Why do we need so many?

Even if the 001 ship can only carry 20 J-20s, it can still lift and fight the 90 carrier-based aircraft on the Washington.

Generally speaking, the final sprint of the 001 project went extremely smoothly - just like the original 055.
To be continued...