northernbook Chapter 297: Launching Ceremony of the Expedition Supertanker
Chapter 297: Launching Ceremony of the Expedition Supertanker
The 100,000-ton oil tanker was an extremely important step taken by the ancient country in the shipbuilding industry.
Civilian shipbuilding technology is also the basis of military shipbuilding technology.
Moreover, the shipyard's main profits come from the manufacture of civilian ships, not military ships.
At least that was the case in ancient countries.
If it were the West, the situation would be completely different.
Those unscrupulous capitalists will join forces with Commissioner Smith to grab every penny they can.
It’s such an important event, so Jiang Hua must attend it himself.
Not only Jiang Hua, many "spectators" were also invited to the launching of the 100,000-ton oil tanker.
These audiences are naturally media from various countries and middle and senior management of international shipping companies.
Let them help promote Bincheng Shipyard and make it famous, and also make the ancient country's civil shipbuilding industry famous.
If we only promote this 100,000-ton oil tanker, the effect may not be very obvious.
But the situation is different with the help of the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered battleships.
The appearance of the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered battleship caused a storm around the world.
At the beginning, except for a few countries, the outside world was actually unaware of the existence of the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered battleship.
John would not be so foolish as to show his divine presence before the ancients to help them.
This was not known to the outside world until the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered battleship docked at the port of Jakarta.
When it first opened, some Southeast Asian Chinese newspapers reported the news.
This then attracted the attention of major international media.
How could they not follow up on such explosive news?
Thus, the Shanhai-class nuclear-powered super battleship made its debut in front of people all over the world.
When Western military experts and the public learned the news, the shock they felt was no less than an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.
In the eyes of Western people, the H-class battleship weighing more than 7 tons is already shocking enough.
When the two types of 7-ton battleships appeared in Xizhou at the same time, they caused a long-term impact on Xizhou.
John, Gaul, Hans, and Italy all began to compete to build large battleships of 50,000 tons or more.
Many countries were forced to be dragged into the arms race because of the existence of the H-class battleships.
This principle is also very simple.
If I have something that you don't, then I can have an advantage.
However, when Western countries had not even built a 7-ton battleship, the ancient country unveiled a -ton super battleship.
This is a 100,000-ton battleship.
In this era when giant ships and cannons are still deeply rooted in people's minds, a 100,000-ton ship is almost invincible.
Even the Hans Kingdom was stimulated.
Fuhrer Hans Hilt even publicly stated at a naval meeting that they also wanted to build a 100,000-ton super battleship.
The navy has already begun preliminary preparations.
Now their navy is equipped with four 7-ton battleships.
If they could be equipped with a few more 100,000-ton battleships, they would have the strength to fight against John's home fleet.
The appearance of this 100,000-ton battleship has attracted widespread attention around the world.
Even Western people who usually don't pay attention to warships know about the existence of 100,000-ton battleships.
Western military experts are arguing over this.
Many of them felt sad and shocked.
In their minds, the West is the center of human civilization, and other places are primitive civilizations, barbaric, poor and backward.
This has also cultivated the generally arrogant character of Westerners, who have a superior mentality when facing other races.
But now the Orientals whom they looked down upon have left them far behind in the battleships. How can they not feel jealous?
[Battleships have been abandoned by the times, and aircraft carriers are the future...]
Therefore, under the promotion of these military experts, the argument that battleships are useless and aircraft carriers are the future became popular and became the mainstream opinion in the West.
Because only in this way can they restore a little of their proud self-esteem.
Not to mention a 100,000-ton battleship, even a 200,000-ton battleship is useless, because aircraft carriers are the future, and battleships are just targets for aircraft carriers.
This is what many military experts think.
Of course, if this 100,000-ton battleship was manufactured in the West, then it would be a different story.
It was at this time that the Han-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier made its debut again.
It was the media in the United States that released the photos of the Han-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier.
The Luzon Fleet was intercepted by the Third Fleet in the western waters of Qionghai, and the Han-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier directly blocked their way.
At that time, it caused a great shock to the Luzon Fleet and the entire Pacific Fleet.
They also took many photos of the Han-class nuclear-powered super aircraft carrier.
So the boomerang hit many military experts directly in the face.
The argument that battleships are useless and that aircraft carriers are the future is particularly glaring in their eyes.
The ancient country was not only equipped with 100,000-ton battleships, but also with super aircraft carriers of the same level.
The largest aircraft carrier in the West today is the Lexington-class aircraft carrier of the United States. It is an improvement on the battlecruiser class, has a full load displacement of 4.3 tons, and can carry more than 90 carrier-based aircraft.
But even so, the tonnage is still more than half less.
Moreover, the ancient country's aircraft carriers were equipped with jet fighters.
The West currently has no operational jet fighter.
Among them, John has made the fastest progress. Their jet prototype has just made its first successful flight and is still one or two years away from service.
The Hans country has also caught up. The prototype has been manufactured and is ready for its maiden flight in the near future.
Although the United States has strong industrial strength, its overall technological level still lags behind the West.
Even a decent top-of-the-line propeller plane hadn't been built yet, let alone a jet.
They chose to work with John.
They provided the money and John provided the technology to jointly develop a jet fighter.
The battleships were overtaken and the aircraft carriers were left far behind. One can imagine how upset these Westerners felt.
So far, the popularity of 100,000-ton battleships has not subsided.
If a 100,000-ton oil tanker can take advantage of this favorable situation and make its debut, it will be able to directly enter the international field of vision.
I think many shipping giants will be very interested in this 100,000-ton oil tanker.
Currently, the largest oil tanker in the world is the COSTILLMAN tanker manufactured in Hans, with a full load displacement of tons and a diesel engine as its power system.
Therefore, this type of tanker has become the mainstream large tanker in the world today.
There is a huge gap between a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons and a full load displacement of 100,000 tons.
That is why Bincheng Shipyard is very confident about the supertanker they designed and manufactured themselves.
This was both a launching ceremony and a sales promotion meeting.
A huge supertanker is parked in the 200,000-ton dry dock of Bincheng Shipyard.
There were huge crowds of people on both sides of the dock, tens of thousands of them, all of whom were shipbuilders from the Bincheng Shipyard.
To celebrate this moment, the entire Bincheng Shipyard took a day off today to watch the launching ceremony of the supertanker.
Dozens of Western media outlets were invited to the launching ceremony, all of which were influential Western media outlets.
Among them are local media as well as international media.
Hundreds of domestic media outlets came, including official media and local private media.
The journalist group alone numbered at least one or two thousand people.
In addition, it also includes world-renowned shipping giants such as Maersk, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Anglo-Sea Alliance, and Moore McCormack.
They were all very interested in this 100,000-ton supertanker.
Those sent are all senior company managers who have a certain say.
If it meets their needs, it is not impossible to place an order on the spot.
When the Nanhua brand luxury bulletproof bridge car that Jiang Hua was riding in entered the scene, all eyes were focused on this bridge car.
This Nanhua brand luxury bulletproof bridge car is also a luxury bulletproof bridge car hand-made by Nanhua Group. It is the only one in the world.
It was handed over to Huang Jiahui and then personally presented to Jiang Hua.
Therefore, this luxury bulletproof bridge car has become one of Jiang Hua's daily travel vehicles.
This bulletproof bridge vehicle weighs five tons and uses a 12-cylinder high-horsepower gasoline engine with a power of over 500 horsepower.
The manufacturing cost of this bulletproof bridge vehicle alone is as high as hundreds of thousands of yuan.
You have to know that in this era, you can buy a top-of-the-line luxury car for only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.
In the current automobile market in the ancient country, cars priced around 800 yuan are low-end cars, cars priced between 800 and 2000 yuan and above are mid-range cars, and cars priced above 2000 yuan are luxury cars.
Generally speaking, cars that cost tens of thousands of yuan are considered high-end luxury cars.
If it weren't for the special relationship between him and Huang Jiahui, Jiang Hua would not have accepted such an expensive gift.
Officials from the Andong Provincial Government, Bincheng Municipal Hall and other departments as well as senior managers of Bincheng Shipyard came to greet them after the vehicle stopped.
After Jiang Hua greeted them one by one, he looked at the supertanker standing in the dock.
Although we have already seen the Shanhai-class super battleship and the Han-class super aircraft carrier, the impact brought by this 100,000-ton oil tanker is still huge.
With a length of 272 meters and a width of 42 meters, it looks like a steel castle.
“President, this is the Expedition tanker from our Binh Thanh Shipyard.
It has an oil carrying capacity of 10 tons and can transport a maximum of tons of crude oil in a single trip.
The main engine uses a 3 horsepower diesel engine.
It is also the most powerful diesel engine in the world.
It can drive the tanker at a maximum speed of 18 knots and a maximum range of tens of thousands of kilometers."
Zhao Bowen, general manager of Bincheng Shipyard, introduced some of the performance of this supertanker to Jiang Hua.
"Our tanker has a larger tonnage than the 80,000-ton freighter built by Jiangnan Shipyard, but we still launched it first."
Finally, Zhao Bowen added one more sentence.
Jiang Hua smiled after hearing this.
He had also heard about the "fierce" competition between Bincheng Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard, but he didn't expect that Zhao Bowen, the general manager, would actually play tricks on him.
But Bincheng Shipyard did a good job this time.
This can be seen from the faces of those Western media and shipping company managers.