Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 127: Submarine Research from the Ground Up (Subscription Request)

"Professor Deng, our data has been processed and sent back."

At the Shanghai Submarine Research Institute, a technician pushed open the door of the project chief designer Professor Deng's office and walked in with a file bag in his hand.

"Bring it over and let me take a look."

Professor Deng took the file bag and checked the seal first. After finding nothing unusual, he carefully opened the folder and took out the documents to read.

Mr. Deng, who was in charge of our submarine research in Shanghai, had originally planned to return to Northeast China to celebrate the New Year after processing these materials. However, he did not expect to be directly stopped by this piece of information suddenly sent by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

We all know that the Type 033 submarine is the first conventional submarine produced and equipped by our troops, and the Type 035 is our first submarine designed by ourselves.

Little did people know that before 033, in 1959, we had also trial-produced a submarine based on the 613 type, and had completed surface and underwater tests.

However, after our submarine was produced, the production plan was immediately cancelled, partly because the technology was already outdated.

As we all know, when World War II just ended, many of Big Brother's technologies were greatly influenced by Hans, and Big Brother thought that everything Hans said was good.

Therefore, when designing 613, the surface gun and deck design of the Hans submarine in World War II were directly copied.

However, with the rapid development of electronic technology in the United States and other Western countries after the end of World War II, the surface guns and deck design of 613 greatly weakened the stealth of this submarine.

During the war a few years ago, this type of submarine was often discovered and tracked by the Eagle Sauce.

Surface guns have become useless. During World War II, Hans added guns to submarines to deal with Allied merchant ships.

These small naval guns on the Hans submarine were more than enough to deal with the merchant ships of the time, but when used against other surface ships, it was like an egg hitting a stone, completely useless.

After the end of World War II, it would be impossible to use these submarines to disrupt hostilities and attack merchant ships of other countries for no reason. This is not in line with everyone's mainstream concept.

Later, Big Brother also realized this, and now they are designing the 633 submarine, which has eliminated these useless designs.

But you can't let these things that have already been made fail in your own hands.

So after discussing with us, we bought a few 613s, and Big Brother also gave us the technology of this submarine for free.

Do we know what Big Brother is thinking? Of course we do.

But given the circumstances at the time, we had no choice but to buy!

In the past two years, with the rapid development of our industrial technology, various scientific research projects have been launched. We have also considered whether we can research and design our own submarines based on the technology of 613.

After all, relying on these, we have fallen behind by 613. Our submarine forces can only hang around in the northern waters for show, which is very detrimental to our coastal defense security.

Years ago, they sent their research data to the data processing institute, and it was processed quickly as usual, but they didn't expect that some other technical information would come along with it.

Professor Deng looked at the design of the Guandao paddle and the performance parameters of the HY80 special steel in his hand, and excitedly shouted to the technician beside him: "Quickly notify all project leaders to stop their work and rush to the conference room for a meeting."

"Yes!"

"Old Deng, what happened? I still have some designs to finish!"

"That's right, my research on the main power motor has also entered a critical stage."

"..."

As people working on this project came to the meeting room reluctantly, they began to complain after seeing Professor Deng with an anxious look on his face.

Professor Deng did not get angry when he heard these people's complaints. He waited until everyone was present before he spoke.

"The reason why we are so anxious to call everyone here is because the data we sent to the higher-ups have been processed and sent back, but..." "Professor Deng, is there something wrong with our design data?"

Before Professor Deng finished speaking, one of the responsible persons asked worriedly.

You must know that if there is a problem in the design of a submarine, serious losses may occur, and in serious cases the entire project will be ruined.

As soon as the person in charge said this, everyone else looked at Professor Deng. If there was a problem with the previous design, it was no wonder that Professor Deng was so anxious.

Since they have made mistakes before, why are they still busying themselves?

Seeing the worried faces of these responsible persons, Professor Deng smiled and did not keep them in suspense.

He took out the documents sent by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and handed them to the person in charge of the hull research project and the person in charge of the propulsion research project.

"There is no problem with the data we sent over before, but they gave us a set of design drawings and technical information. Please take a look."

The person in charge of propulsion design took the drawing and looked at it for a while. Then, ignoring the looks of others, he took out a piece of paper and a pen to calculate for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "This design has problems, but if this design is adopted, the tail of the ship will have to be redesigned. After all, this large side-slant design is completely different from the previous design. If the tail layout is not changed, the propeller cannot be installed."

"Ah?" When the others heard this, they said unhappily, "Is it really that good? If we change the tail design for it, all other parts arranged at the tail will have to be redesigned, and even considering the integrity of the ship, we may have to deduce everything from scratch."

"Let's start over. If we really have ship hull materials with this kind of performance, why would we have to start over again?"

Before Professor Deng and the person in charge of the propulsion system could speak, the person in charge of the hull design put down the documents in his hand and suddenly said.

"But Old Deng, have the higher-ups really developed special steel with this kind of performance? Don't let me be happy for nothing."

"Old Xiao, what do you say?" After hearing the words of the person in charge of ship design, the others looked at him in surprise.

You know, if they have to start over, their project team will have the heaviest task, because all equipment needs to be designed based on the layout of the ship. If they can't come up with a complete ship design, all work cannot be carried out.

"That's right, Comrade Xiao Ke, tell me what you think. Our Maritime Equipment Bureau also needs to consider whether it is cost-effective to start all over again."

The military representative at the side also looked at the person in charge of ship design with interest and asked.

"It's definitely worth it." The person in charge of the ship's design said excitedly, "If we use this kind of steel, even if the overall design remains unchanged, the diving depth can be increased from 200 meters to at least 300 meters. In addition, its excellent anti-magnetic and corrosion resistance can greatly reduce future maintenance costs."

"Has this kind of steel been developed?" After hearing this, the military representative's eyes lit up and he looked at Professor Deng and asked.

"I've called and asked before. It has already been developed. Other tests are in full compliance with the parameters in the data. Only the corrosion resistance is still being tested. The results should be out soon."

"What about you?" After listening to Professor Deng's words, the military representative looked at the person in charge of propulsion research and asked.

"If this design is adopted, it can improve the submarine's concealment and propulsion to a certain extent, and increase the submarine's chance of survival. I think we can start over."

"Okay, I will report this meeting to the higher-ups, and you guys should come up with a new plan as soon as possible."

As the user, the military representative generally does not interfere with their research, but he has the final decision-making power at critical moments.

So once the military representative said this, it meant that everything had to be started over again.

But no one present was unhappy. After all, who would want to revolve around the improved version of 613 when they can design better submarines?
The sweet girl I loved so much a few years ago has become Mrs. Niu in the blink of an eye.

After receiving the report from the Submarine Research Institute, the leaders of the Naval Equipment Bureau held a meeting to discuss the current external situation and decided to adopt new technologies for redesign.

　That’s all for today, normal updates will resume the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)