Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 476 - 336: How to Get It Back! _2

Due to its use of many advanced quieting technologies, NATO has dubbed it the ’Ocean Black Hole,’ with technical specifications that can compete with the conventional submarines of Western navies, and a double hull structure reserve buoyancy that is as high as 32%, which is half more than that of Western single hull structure submarines."

The youngster did indeed not let people down!

Director Feng lit a cigarette and pressed on: "Data, do you know it well?"

"I can’t remember the specific parameters, only that the boat captain is more than seventy meters long, more than nine meters in width, over six meters in draft, over two thousand tons in displacement when surfaced, and about three thousand tons in submerged displacement. The sailing speed while surfaced is around ten knots, and when submerged, it’s about seventeen knots."

Always on his mind, there must be echoes.

The youngster usually pays attention to learning, and now the knowledge he acquired has finally come in handy.

Seeing the surprised looks on the faces of the two senior officers, Director Feng feigned ignorance: "You know quite a bit, how did you learn all this?"

"An issue of ’Ship Knowledge’ once had a special feature on it, my master liked to read these when he was around. We couldn’t afford to subscribe to that many magazines ourselves, so the ones subscribed to over the years by Port Supervision Bureau, Port Authority, and Boss Zhang’s shipyard, eventually all ended up on our dunship."

"Speaking of that, Ningning insisted on subscribing to so many magazines at the time, it turns out it was all to help you!"

"No, the Ship Inspection Department, Examination Department, and Traffic Control Center need to read them too. With the rapid development of ship technology in recent years, you can’t keep up with the trends without reading them. Those magazines are passed on to us after they finish with them, we have never seen the latest ones, only old magazines."

Seeing the military officers laugh, Director Feng, unable to hold back, smiled and asked: "Salted Fish, how many ship and marine-related journals and magazines have you collected after all?"

Thinking about the expensive subscriptions ending up on the dunship, taking advantage of others, he felt a little embarrassed.

Han Yu grinned and said: "It wasn’t me who collected them, it began with my master asking Sister Zhu for them, he was interested in those. As for the types, there are many, including ’Ship’, ’Ship Engineering’, ’Ship Electronic Engineering’, ’Diesel Engine’, ’Foreign Ship Technology’.

There’s the ’Journal of East Sea Ship Transport Science Research Institute’ from the Ministry of Transport, ’Ship Standardization Engineer’, ’East Sea Shipbuilding’, ’China Shipbuilding’, ’Marine’, ’Chinese Navigation’, and also ’Marine Technology’. However, compared to those journals, ’Ship Knowledge’ is not very professional, mainly for novelty, I treated it like reading stories."

What periodicals and newspapers are read regularly can directly reflect a person’s vision and standard.

Director Feng tapped off the ash from his cigarette and continued to ask: "Besides ship technology and marine-related ones, which other publications and magazines do you read?"

"There are many, there are ’China Transportation News’, ’China Water Transport’, ’World Shipping’ and ’Yangtze River Shipping News’ subscribed by the Third Team, and ’People’s Daily’ and ’People’s Public Security Newspaper’ subscribed by us. Now since we’re engaged in firefighting, the division has subscribed to ’China Fire’ and ’Fire Science and Technology’ for us.

The Water Police Third Team from the Water Police Station is now officing on our dunship, they subscribed to ’People’s Public Security’, ’Police Education’, ’Police Research’, and ’Woodpecker’. There are too many new and old magazines from these years, we’ve specifically cleared a cabin for storage."

I knew before that the youngster loved to study, but I didn’t expect him to be so serious.

Director Feng asked curiously: "Can you guys even get through all these periodicals and magazines?"

"Director Feng, nobody knows better than you, we are on the ship every day, without other entertainment, relying on reading papers and magazines to pass the time."

"Alright, let’s change the topic, have you ever heard of Saint Petersburg?"

"The second-largest city in Russia, I’ve heard of it."

"Have you ever been there?"

"No, I’ve only been to Hanko Port in Finland."

"Have you been to the Netherlands?"

"I’ve been there, but I only stayed in the port, didn’t go ashore."

"It doesn’t matter whether you went ashore or not, another question for you, if we were to introduce a Kilo-class submarine, how could we get it back from Saint Petersburg."

Han Yu never expected Director Feng to ask this question and replied without thinking: "Sail it back, of course, since we’re buying their submarines, they’ll definitely arrange for the crew to be trained, letting the trained crew sail it back. India and Iran have also bought submarines from the Former Soviet Union, and it seems that they sailed them back themselves."

Director Feng reminded: "Salted Fish, you are both the Chief Officer of the oceangoing ship and the Captain of 001, and now also a part-time pilot for the Port Supervision Bureau. Think again, from a professional standpoint."

"From a professional standpoint... sailing it back ourselves isn’t quite appropriate."

"Tell me, why isn’t it suitable."

Han Yu broadened his thoughts and analyzed: "I don’t know the actual cruising range of the Kilo-class submarines, but since it’s a conventional submarine, its surfaced displacement is only a little over two thousand tons, its cruising range certainly can’t exceed ten thousand nautical miles. And from Saint Petersburg to China, the total voyage is almost twelve thousand nautical miles, it’s definitely not possible without a supply ship accompanying.

The Navy crew receiving the submarine would definitely have undergone training, but training is, after all, only training, and it would take time for them to form real combat capabilities. It would be too risky to let them navigate such an advanced and expensive submarine on a long voyage. It’s possible to consider hiring former Soviet crew, but that poses risks too, and would increase costs."

Seeing the look of astonishment on the faces of the military officers, Director Feng couldn’t help but laugh and said: "You have a point, continue." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"To get back, it would have to pass through the Atlantic, circumnavigate Africa, and return via the Malacca Strait, normal to encounter high sea conditions in the waters along the route. If that submarine was just launched or was an old one, whether it could withstand the test of high sea conditions is another issue, necessitating a high-powered tugboat to accompany it, which further increases costs."