Chapter 1200: Director Pan talks about warships

Director Pan's heart was beating very suddenly, as if he had found a friend.
Director Pan was born in the south in January 1930. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, seven-year-old Pan Jingfu had to flee to Huating in a small boat with his family in order to avoid the war.
It was night when he arrived at Huating, and he saw a light. They were all warships from island nations and large foreign ships, without the motherland's own large ships or warships. Although he was very young at the time, he was thinking, if he grows up, he can build warships!
However, when he applied for the university, he could not see the way out of the ship design major. He could only put his dream aside temporarily and chose the electrical engineering department with better job prospects at the time.
Therefore, for half a lifetime, Director Pan sometimes laughed at himself, and he was considered a monk halfway through.
After graduating from university, he engaged in electrical design, and his childhood dream seems to have faded away. Unexpectedly, three years later, he was organized to work in the ship design department.
Therefore, from that time on, Director Pan's fate was closely linked to the battleship.
In the early 1960s, the Type 65 artillery frigate began to be developed, which was the first type of ship developed in China. Director Pan presided over the design of the electrical part.
At that time, Director Pan began to show his talent.
At that time, all ships in the country used direct current, while those used on shore were alternating current. Once a warship arrives at the dock, it must be connected to shore power. Special equipment must be used to turn AC power into DC power before lighting. If it is connected incorrectly, the electrical equipment will burn out, causing a lot of trouble.
Director Pan presided over the development point, and came up with a new idea that alternating current should be used on the frigate.
The AC system is stable and reliable, the price is cheap, and the shore power is very convenient. Moreover, since the 1950s and 1960s, foreign countries have gradually shifted to the exchange system.
At his insistence, this type of frigate became the first domestic ship to change from a direct current system to an AC system. Since then, all surface ships and ships in the country have begun to use the AC system.
In the design of the naval vessel, Director Pan just made such a step by step and gradually became the leader.
Small warships can't satisfy his appetite. He is aiming at large warships, which have a displacement of at least 1,000 tons.
In 1966, Director Pan, as a major member of the design leadership group, began to preside over the design of the first generation 051 guided missile destroyer in China. It was not easy to design and build such a large warship above 1,000 tons on the basis of the extremely weak scientific research and backward industrial foundation at that time. Starting from the hull design, numerous difficulties followed.
He overcame various problems and finally completed the design of the 051 destroyer. On December 31, 1971, the delivery of the first ship of the first domestic guided missile destroyer was completed. For the first time, the Han Chinese Navy had an ocean-going combat capability. Capable surface ships.
Now, more than ten years have passed, and the design of domestic ships is about to climb a new peak again and start building guided missile frigates!
Although it is a frigate, its displacement is from more than 2,000 tons to 3,000 tons, which is definitely not low. You must know that the standard displacement of your own Type 051 destroyer is more than 3,200 tons.
He knows how difficult he will face.
The most important of these, of course, is the integration of weapon systems!
The entire warship must have integrated weapons, naval guns, anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and near-defense rapid-fire guns. It is very difficult to integrate these weapons into a 3,000-ton warship, so to speak, even It is the interference problem of two kinds of radars that may bother them for a long time.
He knows the challenges are great, and he also knows the significance.
Up to now, the Han Chinese Navy has still not implemented a domestically-made carrier-based air defense system. Domestic destroyers can only be anti-ship. Air defense and anti-submarine are scum. Once this frigate is designed, it will become a balanced one of its own. The frigate will become the main weapon of the navy.

As for the funding issue, don’t worry, this frigate is temporarily positioned as a foreign trade warship, which will be handled by our North Industries Corporation. Now we are successively receiving the down payment for the order, which is enough for us to carry out the design and development of this warship.
Qin Guan said.
Why is there no new frigate designed and built in China? One is technical issues, and the other is funding issues.
Technically, many key air defense and anti-submarine technologies have no customer service. The financial problem is that the country is undergoing economic transformation and the military has to be patient. The Navy has just bought four new Four King Kongs. What else does it want? You have to wait for anything.
This is the situation. Under these circumstances, it is impossible for the Navy to develop new frigates without funds.
Now, Qin Guan will solve the problem of funding, first of which it is classified as a foreign trade type. When the research and development is completed, a few years later, the navy will have money and will naturally order it.
Hearing what Qin Guan said, General Zhao nodded: "Yes, our navy can only be greedy now, but our navy will participate in the entire development of this warship."
Even if the navy does not order it, the navy needs to know it clearly. When the navy places an order in the future, it can quickly place an order without worrying about any problems.
Director Pan took over the model in Qin Guan's hands. Although it is a model, the overall design is quite reasonable.
"The main goal of our first-generation destroyer was to deploy huge anti-ship missiles. Now our navy has a new C801 anti-ship missile. This missile is very small and only occupies a small space. It’s convenient for us to arrange other weapons."
From a professional point of view, warships are going to fight, so his first idea, of course, is the deployment of weapons. The deployment behind the mast in the middle is quite appropriate, and the front and rear spaces flow out.
"It's just that, with this side layout, the missile flies toward both sides. When we shoot, the warship has to complete a turn, but this layout saves the most space." Director Pan continued.
In the past, the missiles were directed straight ahead and fired directly, but now they are directed to the side. For warships, this is a very good solution. It is just that the hull is turned, without deliberate pursuit.
"For foreign use, we mainly use C801. After a few years, when we use it domestically, there will be C802 missiles with turbine engines, with a range of more than 100 kilometers." Qin Guan said.
For domestic use, it must be more advanced than foreign ones, Qin Guan said, and General Zhao nodded again and again, of course.
"The previous anti-aircraft missile looks very special." Director Pan said: "It is very similar to the Eagle Country."
"Yes, we just want to imitate the sea sparrow of Eagle Country and use our own existing Thunderbolt 11 to transform it, that is, Haihongqi 61. Related technologies will be developed by the corresponding department."