Chapter 254： black sea shipyard

On the coast of the Black Sea, on the outskirts of Nikolayev, Nikolayev Shipyard.

As the largest shipyard in the Soviet Union, Nikolayev Shipyard has unique advantages. Compared with St. Petersburg, it is not open, which is conducive to confidentiality, and the climate in the Black Sea area is relatively pleasant, even if it is the coldest. In January, the temperature will not drop below zero, but the cold wind blowing from the north is a little tough.

Nikolayev Shipyard has accumulated a wealth of experience in the manufacture of large warships since the first generation of Moscow-class helicopter carriers was built here, and now, with the start of construction of the second generation of the Type 1143 anti-submarine cruiser, Nikolayev Yev Shipyard has entered its most glorious era.

On July 21, 1970, the construction of the No. 01 ship "Kyiv" started. On December 26, 1972, the "Kyiv" was launched. On the same day, the Black Sea Shipyard began to build the No. 02 ship of the same class - "Minsk". .

In 1975, the Kyiv began sea trials, and the Minsk, after being launched in 1975, could have completed the sea trials in 1977 and entered service in 1978.

But now, the situation has changed a lot. Due to the war in the Far East, the Minsk was on the slipway again when the sea trials were almost over and underwent an operation.

Feeling the cold wind from the north, Andrei, who came from Moscow, stood on the slipway of the Black Sea Shipyard with Admiral Gorshkov and others.

At this time, it has been 78 years, and just after New Year's Day, Andre came here before he was about to take office in the Far East Military Region.

"Our experience in the Far East last year confirmed that the Yak 36 could not meet the mission of our navy's naval **** and air supremacy." Gorshkov and Andrei are now as familiar as good friends, although from age With a difference of several decades, Gorshkov is also very emotional when he thinks of last year's experience.

If there is no intervention from Andrei, then the Minsk will still be mainly equipped with Jacques 36, and the No. 3 and No. 4 ships are also in the same configuration.

And now, it turns out that the Jacques 36 is purely tasteless. After many discussions, the Soviet carrier-based aviation finally ushered in a new era of ski-jump take-off fixed-wing aircraft!

The Minsk in front of him could no longer be changed, so it was almost the same as the Kyiv that Andrei saw. However, at the first position of the angled deck, it had begun to rise. Just like the Leaping Deck that Andre fooled the Americans and made with scaffolding, but this is a real Leaping Deck made of special steel!

It seems that it is even more nondescript, the space in the head is wasted, the huge anti-ship missile still exists, and the side, like the invincible class, sticks out a raised deck.

"After receiving the improvement advice from the Nevsky Design Bureau, we cut off a piece of the angled deck part of the aircraft carrier and re-welded it to leap over the deck. At the same time, in order to withstand the impact of the landing of the carrier-based aircraft, We reinforced the entire flight deck." Yuri Ivanovich Makarov, chief engineer of the Black Sea Shipyard, was on the side. Introduced to the senior officials who came here: "We can only modify the No. 2 ship in this way. At the same time, we have accumulated experience for the improvement of the No. 1 ship when it returned to the factory for overhaul. The upper level of the No. 3 ship will be rebuilt. built."

Makarov! When he saw this fat chief engineer, Andre was still a little excited. In later generations, the situation of this buddy is very sad. The huge Soviet empire collapsed, and the Black Sea Shipyard has since become a child of no mother, and the entire shipbuilding in future generations. The factory was in tatters, and this Makarov, when Varyag was dragged away, died in his heart.

And now, the Soviets are still developing vigorously. In September 1976, Makarov was appointed as the chief engineer of the Black Sea Shipyard, which began his glorious and legendary life.

Under his strong impetus, the Black Sea Shipyard adopted segmented construction, which greatly accelerated the construction of warships and put the construction of Soviet aircraft carriers on the fast track.

But now, with the intervention of Andrei, the situation has changed again, and the Minsk is already different from the historical one. And the third ship, when the upper deck has not been outfitting, obviously has more opportunities to remodel.

Ship three? Looking at the No. 3 ship on the slipway, Andre found that it had changed a lot. Unlike this ship's angled deck, which served as a leaping deck, the No. 3 ship's bow was upturned!

"According to the modification documents of the Nevsky Design Bureau, we almost made a substantial change to the bow of the third ship. The bow of the third ship has a jump deck, and at the same time, the take-off area and the landing area are separated. It will greatly facilitate deck operations." Makarov said: "This has greatly affected our construction progress, but we are now working overtime to try to complete the task as planned."

Compared with the No. 2 ship, which was only modified with an angled deck, Andrei was obviously more interested in the No. 3 ship. Therefore, accompanied by Marshal Gorshkov and others, Andrei stepped on the No. 3 ship. ship.

The size of the ship island is still very large, but the messy things in the bow of the ship are all gone. The flat deck at the rear and the jump deck at the front give Andre the impression that this is a waste of money from the Indians of later generations. The aircraft carrier Gorshkov was purchased, and then it was refitted at a high price.

"This aircraft carrier is not bad!" Andrei said to Gorshkov: "Marshal, our navy needs such an aircraft carrier! In the case that our catapult is not enough, we temporarily use the method of ski-jump takeoff. Also stronger than those Yak-36s! But what's the opening under this?"

After walking on the deck, Andre discovered that the front deck had an opening. Although the steel plates were tightly combined, he could still find something underneath.

"It's our anti-ship missile. In order to free up space on the deck, we arranged the anti-ship missile below." Makarov explained on the side.

Or anti-ship missiles! Andre was a little speechless in his heart, an aircraft carrier, the most powerful force is a carrier-based aircraft! To free up every cent of space to load the carrier aircraft! The Soviet Union, however, is holding on to the anti-ship missiles, and the space in front must be wasted! If you get through the hangar, you can put twice as many carrier-based aircraft!

However, anti-ship missiles are a tradition of the Soviet Navy. It will take time for these people to accept their views. Andrei knows that Marshal Gorshkov, who is next to him, is also a supporter of missiles.

After a few more wars, let them fully realize the powerful role of carrier-based aircraft, and they will definitely change their views.

"It would be best if both the No. 1 and No. 2 ships were changed to No. 3!" Andre said with a sigh.

"That's more complicated than building a new aircraft carrier." Makarov instantly rejected Andrei's proposal.

Thinking of Asan in later generations, Andrei knew that Makarov was right. The reason why Russia has repeatedly raised the price is because the modification is really more complicated than the new one. (To be continued.):