boyutpedia Chapter 1286 [It is impolite not to reciprocate]
Chapter 1286 [It is impolite not to reciprocate]
Chapter 1286 [It is impolite not to reciprocate]
After such a torment, the "Bowditch" was unable to run away at full speed, and a hole was knocked in the hull, so it dared not run too fast. If it sank on the way back, it would not be able to blame others.
Only when they thought they were finally safe and the enemy could not catch up with them did the crew of the "Bowditch" breathe a sigh of relief, as if they had walked through the gates of hell and felt like they had survived a disaster.
However, the "Bowditch", which has been in such a state of trouble, will definitely have to return to the factory for repairs, and the cost of repairs will not be cheap. It is unlikely that it will be able to carry out missions for quite a long time in the future.
The captain of the ship also knew that if he returned this time, he would be in big trouble and his position as captain would definitely be removed. The "Bowditch" suffered heavy losses this time, far exceeding the one sixteen years ago.
Many submersibles, sonar equipment and other advanced instruments and equipment were looted. The loss of things like dismantled anchors was not great, but it was extremely insulting and it would be too embarrassing if the news got out.
But it’s different for other advanced instruments and equipment. The "Bowditch" has some new gadgets tinkered with by Old Magnesium. This time, he really got a lot of good stuff, and its value is incomparable to that of an anchor or something like that.
At this moment, the crew members on the "Bowditch" were completely unaware that there was a bionic manta ray quietly following their ship underwater. The "Bowditch" had been hit by a fishing boat and boarded and robbed before, one of the important purposes of which was to lay the groundwork for the bionic manta ray to sneak up and track them later.
After all this trouble, the "Bowditch" no longer dared to sail too fast, which allowed the bionic manta ray to ensure that it could catch up while hiding itself.
Although the bionic manta ray has maximum concealment performance, its own sailing speed is not fast. This is obviously because the speed is sacrificed in order to improve the concealment attribute. Because the bionic manta ray uses gliding and flapping wings for integrated propulsion, its speed will not be too fast. However, it also makes it almost noiseless when swimming, and sonar detection cannot detect it. This is why it was not discovered under the nose of the "Bowditch" before.
The silent tracking of the "Bowditch" this time was part of the military's other arrangements, and it was a chain of events.
It is said that it is impolite not to reciprocate.
It is worth mentioning that the positioning of the bionic manta ray is not to continuously dive and track, but after being deployed, it will slowly and quietly sneak into the designated sea area and lurk in its deep water area without moving around.
To put it simply and bluntly, a bionic manta ray is responsible for an area of water, such as near some key shipping nodes or some hot waters, and it lurks there silently.
This makes it almost impossible for the enemy to eliminate it, as they cannot find it at all, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Although this almost silent deep-sea ghost has a slow speed, it can easily and calmly break through the layers of defense of the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group under the cover of deep water, and can still ambush enemy targets.
The bionic manta ray has a long standby time. Eighty days is nearly three months. It can usually be in standby state in gliding mode, and the energy consumption is very small. The subsequent improvement goal is to double the standby time, that is, increase it to half a year.
In wartime, these deep-sea ghosts can be easily activated through drones or satellite communications. The 40-hour fluttering time gives the bionic manta ray a much larger ambush range than smart torpedoes.
It can be said that this bionic manta ray is equivalent to a self-powered intelligent mine. Although the cost of such a bionic manta ray is higher than that of an intelligent mine, it can achieve higher combat effectiveness due to its larger ambush range.
For example, in the same sea area, in order to achieve an ambush effect, it may be necessary to deploy 1000 smart mines.
If we use a self-powered ambush weapon such as the bionic manta ray, perhaps only 20 or 50 of them would be enough. The overall ambush cost would be reduced by more than ten times, and the ambush effect would be even more remarkable.
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three days later.
At about 10: that morning, Ma Gaoyuan had just connected with Fang Hong via video and said excitedly: "Boss Fang, good news. I just learned a great piece of good news from the military. The bionic manta ray has made a great contribution."
At this moment, Fang Hong was having a video call with Ma Gaoyuan in the study room on the second floor of his home. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What do you mean?"
Ma Gaoyuan immediately said: "According to the information revealed to me by military personnel, there was a fierce battle at sea three days ago..."
So he made a long story short and told Fang Hong how the bionic manta ray on a mission three days ago discovered Lao Mei's "Bowditch" survey ship and the details of what happened to the "Bowditch" afterwards.
Finally, after understanding the incident, Fang Hong couldn't help but say with a smile: "Ha~, this is like having your pants stripped off and returning home in embarrassment."
Three days have passed, and the news media has not reported any related news. The public still doesn't know about this. Rabbit's character has always been like this. He knows that he has gained a lot of benefits and obtained a lot of approvals this time, and there is no need to make a fuss about it since he has put the money in his pocket.
At this time, Ma Gaoyuan in the video was still excited: "Another good news is that the military purchase order for the bionic manta ray has officially come in."
Fang Hong immediately asked: "How much is the purchase quantity?"
Ma Gaoyuan replied: "There are 175 of them, and the total amount of the military purchase order has reached billion yuan."
When Fang Hong heard that the military's purchase volume had reached 20,000, he was surprised at first and then relieved. After all, he had a fear of insufficient firepower, so this quantity was very reasonable.
But he quickly turned his attention to the total amount of the order.
Fang Hong said, "The purchase volume of 175 is 85 billion. I heard you say before that the cost of bionic manta rays is about 3. Doesn't that mean the profit margin is less than 5 percentage points? How can it be less than %? It shouldn't be possible."
Ma Gaoyuan quickly explained: "The military's large-scale procurement has reduced the overall cost due to economies of scale. The actual profit is not just 3%, but 5%. The procurement of bionic manta rays is in accordance with the "Military Product Price Management Measures". The price of military products is composed of pricing costs and 5% pricing profits."
Fang Hong suddenly understood upon hearing this and his doubts were dispelled.
The profit that the military makes for military-industrial enterprises when purchasing military products is 5%. Comparing the profits with the technical content of the military products themselves, from the perspective of making money, making military products is not profitable, and it can even be said to be a thankless task.
On the other hand, the profits from real estate can soar to 30%, which is really incomparable to the 5% profit from military products.
However, military products are different from general civilian goods and cannot be generalized. The Eastern superpower is not America. Before this, private enterprises in the military industry were not able to participate in access. Those military enterprises were all private enterprises and received state subsidies.
In the past, relevant departments have repeatedly proposed reforms to the price management of military products, mainly including increasing the profit margin from 5% to 15% to 20%, and keeping product prices stable for five years. During this period, companies can reduce costs. After five years, the profit of 15% of the actual cost price will be used as the pricing basis.
For example, the current cost price of a military product is 10 yuan, plus a 5% profit, the final price is 10.5 yuan. Five years later, if the cost price of the military product drops to 7 yuan, then the pricing will be based on the cost price plus 15% profit, which is 8.05 yuan. The profit has increased from 5000 yuan five years ago to 1.05 yuan.
In addition, it is also recommended to specify a unified ex-factory price; implement pricing based on order quantity; the profit of spare parts is 30% higher than the profit of the whole machine; the profit margin of collaborative supporting products is 5% higher than the profit margin of the whole machine, etc.
However, in the end, because it was difficult for all parties to reach a consensus, the military price reform that lasted for seven years was not carried out. Today, the price is still based on cost plus 5% profit.
At this point, Ma Gaoyuan in the video chat turned around and said with a slightly sad face: "We don't have any subsidies. A 5% profit is almost unsustainable for the current R&D investment of Bionic Power Company. If it weren't for the financial support of the parent company, I'm afraid it would have gone bankrupt long ago."
Fang Hong thought for a moment and then smiled, saying, "You can start promoting the export of foreign trade products."
Hearing this, Ma Gaoyuan was quite puzzled for a moment. Could these new concept equipment be exported so quickly?
Fang Hong continued to smile and said, "Giving you 5% of the profit without any additional subsidies, it's obvious that they want you to export and make money, don't you understand this?"
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(End of this chapter)