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The Type 053K frigate is the first missile frigate independently developed and produced by New China. It was built in 1970 and the first one entered service in 1974.

The ship is 103 meters long, has a draft of 3 meters, a full load displacement of 1920 tons, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and a maximum endurance of 18 nautical miles when cruising at 2000 knots.

Compared with the Type 01 frigate, which also has a maximum range of 2000 nautical miles, the latter can only travel at a maximum speed of 14 knots. Any faster will affect its range.

In terms of shipborne weapons, it is equipped with a Type 712-1 100mm twin-mounted naval gun, which was later officially named Type 79. It has a maximum range of 22 kilometers and a firing altitude of 15 kilometers.

Equipped with the ZPJ-2 100-caliber naval gun digital director and 343-caliber gun-aiming radar, it can automatically aim, automatically feed ammunition, and automatically fire, with a firing rate of 50 rounds per minute.

The close-in defense weapons are four Type 4 twin-mounted 76mm naval guns, which are also equipped with a director and a Type 37 fire control radar dedicated to the 37mm naval guns. They can automatically load and fire, with a firing rate of 341 rounds and a firing altitude of 400 meters.

The air defense weapon is two twin-mounted 7231-type 'Hongqi 61' ship-to-air missile launchers with a total of 24 missiles. The missiles use semi-active radar guidance, with a maximum flight speed of Mach 3, a maximum altitude of 8 kilometers, and a maximum range of 10 kilometers.

In terms of anti-submarine weapons, there are not only two Type 1000 65 rocket depth charge five-tube launchers with a range of 1200 meters, but also two Type 5 large depth charge launchers, two depth charge delivery racks, and two mine-laying tracks.

Compared to the current world where depth charges can only be dropped from the side of warships, the 053K's anti-submarine weapons are not only more comprehensive, but also have a longer range!

The ship also has a Type 381 phase-scan three-coordinate air search radar with stable and accurate frequency. It can handle more than 100 target tracks and can accurately track more than 20 target tracks at the same time. The maximum air detection distance exceeds 180 kilometers.

Navigation radar, communication sonar, attack sonar, high-frequency and ultra-short wave communication equipment, friend-or-foe identification, single-pulse tracking and illumination radar, etc., are also available!

The system price of such a powerful anti-submarine and air defense frigate is only 200 million military merit points per vessel.

However, like the 051 destroyer, the purchase is limited to one per month. The Haihongqi 61 air defense missile is much cheaper than the Eagle Strike 82, requiring only 50 military merit points per missile!

But this is also very expensive. The largest bomber in the world today is not worth half as much as the HQ-61 missile.

But Xu Le is like this. I can have these missiles and not use them, but I can’t live without them. They can save lives in critical moments.

Purchasing one ship will cost 1 million military merit points.

Then there is the Type 053H missile frigate, which is the anti-ship model of the Type 053K. Its electronic radar equipment is similar, its full load displacement is only 1660 tons, and its maximum endurance when cruising at 18 knots is 4000 nautical miles, making it capable of long-distance escort.

Its main weapons are two twin-mounted "Upstream No. 1" anti-ship missiles, a total of four missiles, weighing 4 tons, with a maximum range of 2 kilometers, and a single missile is priced at 50 million military merit points.

Two single-barrel 100mm naval guns with a range of 16 km, an altitude of 9.5 km, and a firing rate of 15 rounds per minute;

6座61式双联装37毫米近防炮，有效射程3-5千米；

Two 250mm 5-tube anti-submarine rocket launchers with a range of 1200 meters,

There are four depth charge guns and two depth charge launchers at the stern of the ship.

80年，新华夏对053H基础型进行改造为053H1型，将单管100舰炮更换为全自动79式双联装100毫米舰炮，射程提升至22千米，射速达到每分钟48发，最大航速也提升至28节。

The price of Type 053H1 frigate is 250 million, buy one!

In fact, Xu’s army did not have any ocean-going combat missions in the short term. The reason why Xu Le bought one ship first was to start accumulating the number of purchases!

Next is the destroyer. The performance of the 051 destroyer is sufficient, but due to the purchase restrictions, there will definitely be a shortage of it in the future.

So Xu Le turned his attention to several other improved models of the ship.

First is the official version of the 051 destroyer: the 051D destroyer. Its hull data has basically not changed, and the weapons and equipment are the same. Because it was built 5 years later, the price is 20 more expensive, at 270 million military merit points per ship.

Buy 1!

然后是在84年建造的另一个改进型号：051G1驱逐舰，价格为350万军功点一艘，同样是购买1艘！

该舰将原来有4座半自动67式37毫米舰炮和2座61式半自动25毫米舰炮，更改为4座全自动的76式双联装37毫米舰炮。

并且在舰艉位置装上了1座备弹16枚的8联装“海红旗”-7防空导弹，和2座3联装324mm鱼雷发射管，这是所有051型号驱逐舰里独一无二的。

The HQ-7 air defense missile weighs 75 kilograms and has a maximum firing altitude of 1 meters. Its radar detection range is 18 kilometers and its guidance distance is 17 kilometers. The price of a single missile is 50 military merit points.

Xu Le discovered a pattern in missiles. So far, all anti-ship missiles that have appeared are 200 million military merit points each, and all anti-aircraft missiles are 50 each.

I just don’t know what the price of more advanced models of missiles will be in the future!

But he suppressed his curiosity and didn't go to see.

He was reluctant to use the anti-aircraft missiles that cost 50 yuan each, just like a country in the past used missiles worth millions to attack drones worth thousands of yuan. What's going on?...

In addition to the frigates, the report submitted by Bai Shiyi also mentioned the landing ship!

The performance and carrying capacity of the 073 landing ship are definitely very strong, but that also depends on what troops it is deployed to. If it is just to carry infantry, it will not be a problem to transport 2000 people by squeezing into the cabin and deck.

However, the Marine Corps is a mechanized force. The three infantry battalions and one tank battalion have more than 3 vehicles, plus the soldiers, the total weight reaches 1 tons.

Moreover, the firing range of a warship's naval guns is limited. If the Marine Corps fights a little deeper into the land, the naval guns' firepower will be unable to provide support.

Therefore, the transport operations of the artillery battalion must also be taken into account, which makes the total transport volume of a Marine Corps exceed 3000 tons.

Although the 073 landing ship can be overloaded a little in weight, the size of tanks, armored vehicles, etc. is there, which greatly occupies the space of the landing ship.

Therefore, Bai Shiyi gave two suggestions in his report: either increase the number of 073 landing ships to ensure that at least one Marine Corps can be fully deployed; or get larger destroyers!

If such a request happened in other countries, people would definitely say that Bai Shiyi was whimsical and ungrateful!

But in Xu's army, everyone only praised Bai Shiyi, thinking that he had good reasons.

The main reason is that they believe in Xu Le. Their commander can always meet the equipment requirements of the troops, just like a god!

So far, the Marshal has resolved all the suggestions made by the troops in a very short time.

Faced with this, Xu Le was naturally prepared. Not long ago, he purchased five 5 landing ships at one time. It was not that he did not consider the transportation problem, but that this type of ship would be used sooner or later!

It is not used to operate combat troops, but mainly used to transport supplies!

There is no way around it. The Tang Dynasty's industry is too backward. Countries like the United States, England or Japan can all build transport ships in a short period of time specifically for transporting supplies.

But the Tang Dynasty was not like that, as it did not have the ability to build large ships.

Therefore, Xu Le cannot rely on real-world manufacturing. Besides, the system price of 073 is only 20 per ship, which is much more cost-effective than manufacturing ships with the same transport capacity in reality!

The landing ship he wants to replace for the Marine Corps is the 072 large tank landing ship.