Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

Although the arresting cable looks very thick, it is actually made of woven steel wires. Take the MK7 type arresting cable commonly used by Americans, for example, which is made of six strands of steel wire rope wound together.

Each wire rope is made up of 12 main wires, 12 medium-thickness wires and 6 thin wires arranged in a triangular shape twisted together.

To increase strength, the core of the steel wire rope is made of oil-impregnated hemp fiber. Through a complex design, this steel wire rope possesses exceptional toughness.

The specific standard is that it needs to withstand a tensile force of 85 tons and more than 100 impacts. Moreover, considering the frequency of replacement and ease of use, it cannot be too thick, about 35 millimeters. Therefore, even a simple arresting cable is a high-tech product.

Now, this high-tech product is about to roll off the production line of Laiyang Factory, a small private enterprise!

"When we manufacture steel for ballpoint pen tips, we need high hardness, so we use the best AK-27 deck steel from aircraft carriers. To manufacture this kind of arresting cable, we need high toughness, so we can use AK-25 steel. We still need to add some raw materials..."

Babbich's expression was complicated as he listened to Qin Chuan's explanation.

After arriving in Dongfang, he felt that everything was new. He first toured the rivers and mountains of Dongfang for a few days. Then, by chance, he went to a university and then came into contact with Project 891. After that, he never came out.

He only came here after hearing that they were going to build barricades. He never expected that they would use these scrap steels for smelting!

If other factories did this, Babbage would scoff at it, but Laiyang Factory is different. It recently created a ballpoint pen tip steel, which was featured on CCTV news, and the whole world knows about it!

Who would have thought that these were actually made from scrap steel!

"Qin, when did you start researching these techniques?" Babich asked.

Of course, it's from a past life!

At that time, the shipbuilding industry in the East dismantled many of the Russians' scrap ships, and they also had this AK-25 steel. When they were studying the properties of this steel, they found a suitable process, which is now being used.

"Of course, this wasn't my research; it was the old experts at the Metal Research Institute who came up with it. I just bought the formula and process... Jianshe, bring the ingredients!"

Half an hour later, a thin steel wire was pulled out, then a second batch was pulled, two batches were pulled, and then another steel wire of a different thickness was pulled out.

From morning till night, everyone is pulling steel wires. Once they're pulled, they're transported to the factory area by the sea, waiting to be attached to the rope-connecting machine.

This machine only recently arrived; it's essential for weaving steel wire into steel cables.

That evening, Zhang Yang, Babich's assistant who had accompanied him, couldn't hold back any longer.

"Comrade Qin Chuan, Mr. Babich is very important to our project. He's been here all day watching the wire work, but it's not very useful. Should we send him back?"

“I invited Babich, but you kidnapped him. Now that he’s finally come back, you’re saying he’s useless?”

Qin Chuan rolled his eyes at Zhang Yang: "We're building the barrier cables right now, and it's for your project. If you don't support us, then forget it, we won't do it."

"Don't!"

"Brother Chuan, Brother Chuan, the Japanese are here again!"

Just then, Li Jianshe ran over: "That guy looks furious. Do you want to see him?"

“Of course, we have a clear conscience, of course we should meet him. I'll go and see him! You should also be prepared…”

office.

"I protest! I protest! How dare you deceive us at Laiyang Factory! I'll let the whole world know that you don't do business with integrity!"

Upon seeing Qin Chuan, Ishino Hirotoshi immediately called out.

"Mr. Ishino, please calm down. Here, have some water. What exactly happened?"

"You know perfectly well what's going on! You actually supplied us with counterfeit and substandard steel!"

"Mr. Ishino, you must be mistaken. We are providing scrap steel, marine scrap steel. How can there be counterfeit or substandard products? Are those steel clods of dirt?"

"Of course not," Ishino Hirotoshi said, taking a sample out of his briefcase. "We've tested it. The strength of this sample is only a little over 300 MPa. It's not the same as the steel used for aircraft carrier decks at all."

"Ahem, Mr. Ishino, we didn't say it was aircraft carrier deck steel, did we? When we signed the contract, it was just 38mm thick scrap steel, wasn't it?"

Ishino Hiromitsu's face flushed red. Did he have to say this out loud? It was clearly you who had done something wrong!

"I don't know what kind of steel this 38-millimeter-thick scrap steel is. It was mixed together when I bought it from the Russians."

"However, I can guarantee that we acted in accordance with the contract and gave you the relevant scrap steel we had. I swear to God!"

Looking at Qin Chuan's sincere expression, Ishino Hirotoshi really didn't seem to be lying.

Thinking back, the Russians did indeed mix the scrap steel together. Could it be that some of the steel was also 38mm thick, but not deck steel? Did we just throw it all into the steel furnace and then the accident happened?

"Hmph, in short, we were cheated by you, and we demand compensation!"

“Mr. Ishino, we always act in accordance with the contract. We will not agree to your unreasonable demands. If you really feel you are losing out, then bring the scrap metal back to us. However, you will have to pay for the round-trip transportation.”

Return it? Are you kidding me? Three thousand tons of scrap steel have already gone into the steelmaking furnace and been turned into the lowest quality steel plates, which are even problematic to sell as ordinary steel plates.

After all, if the process is wrong, it's good enough that it didn't turn into scrap metal.

Only two thousand tons are left. Returning them here would be pointless!

"I'm saying, is there something wrong with your process? We smelt using the same process, and each batch turns out perfectly, so why does it become scrap iron over there?"

Could it really be a problem with the manufacturing process?

"Where did you get your craftsmanship from?" asked Hirotoshi Ishino.

Just then, Qin Chuan suddenly frowned, took three steps at a time and ran towards the window. He tried to pull the curtains shut, but he pulled too hard and the curtains ended up on the other side!

His action caught the attention of Ishino Hirotoshi, who, along with his assistant, looked out the window.

There was an Audi parked there, and someone was getting in. Although only their back was visible, they were tall, had blond hair, and were wearing a short-sleeved shirt, revealing thick hair on their arms.

Russians?

Did they have a Russian as a technical consultant at the Yangchang plant? No wonder they know how to remelt this steel.

Since that's the case, let's go find the Russians! All this steel was smelted in steel mills over in the Ural Mountains. All we need to do is poach a Russian engineer with a high salary!