Thousands of sparks

Chapter 101 Crying Poor
Although the enthusiasm for the "Type 59" has faded, Dusand himself still cares a little about the firepower of the convertible.

As a college student living in modern China, Du Sande, like many others of his age, has a unique "interest" and "hobbies" and even "enthusiasm" in weapons and equipment.And this basis determines that he is unlikely to be interested in such things as "open tanks".

Neither the Empire nor the Alliance currently have the habit of using liquid fuel.Molotov cocktails are probably nothing to worry about for the time being - but grenades are such a thing that the Army has a lot of equipment.

In the imperial army system, there is even a special grenadier regiment-they are equipped with high-pressure steam-assisted throwing equipment that can be used about twenty times.After rigorous training, these grenadiers can easily throw almost half-pound grenades to a distance of two hundred joles with the help of throwing equipment.

The alliance also has a similar delivery capability, and their plan is simpler-each alliance soldier squad has at least two small grenade launchers, which are powered by a charge package attached to the stabilizer bar behind the cartridge.

Tanks will target the steam knights of the alliance, as well as the light infantry of the enemy.Their combat area is the battle position that the imperial soldiers have controlled. The combat method is to find a favorable position through their own maneuverability, and then project firepower on the enemy.

If it's just ordinary humans throwing explosives, it doesn't seem like a big problem to have an open-top design.After all, if a double-linked rapid-fire gun firing group arranged in a zigzag shape can allow the enemy to sneak into one's own position, and is approached within 50 meters, or even thrown a grenade into the car body... that's amazing It really deserves death.

But in the world of steampunk, with the help of tools, an ordinary light infantry can also complete the feat of throwing a grenade for 200 yoles.

For such an attack, there must be a defense measure, right?Completely the entire convertible, this is a bit too contemptuous of the grenade.

"In short, the open-top solution is definitely not acceptable." Dusand insisted, "Even if you put a thin iron plate, it can play some role."

Dusand's insistence paid off. After all, she is the boss of the entire car factory. Even though she felt that she didn't need it, Polina finally complied with Dusand's request.

"As for the power, I also have a new plan." Polina scratched her head, and then said to Dusand, "According to the concept of 'fuel' you mentioned before, I invite Olin's The researchers processed the oil found on the colony."

Du Sande suddenly became interested, "What about the result of the processing?"

"Distillation and separation are still difficult, but they have indeed separated a special liquid fuel. The calorific value of this fuel is actually a little lower than the gas we use now, but the advantage is that it is liquid."

The same is fuel, when the gas machine burns, the liquefied gas will naturally turn into a gas state quickly after it leaves the high-pressure storage tank and enters the combustion chamber.Such three-state changes will naturally reduce the total amount of gas that can enter the cylinder, and affect the working efficiency of the gas internal combustion engine.

At the same time, the liquid gas enters the cylinder through the pipeline and becomes gaseous, which will also cause the temperature inside the cylinder wall and the piston head to drop rapidly.

Rapid temperature changes are definitely not a good thing for a gas machine operating under high load.When continuous combustion works, the metal surface temperature of internal combustion engine piston and cylinder wall is very high.Repeatedly injected gas continuously absorbs heat and vaporizes. On the one hand, it will affect the compression ignition time point in the gas engine, resulting in engine knocking.On the other hand, the metal surface layer will also generate a lot of stress and metal fatigue under constant rapid temperature shocks.

After the thermal stress and metal fatigue reach a certain level, the metal surface will peel off.The flaked metal fragments in the cylinder will scratch the cylinder wall in an instant, causing serious pressure loss in the cylinder.Under the influence of knocking, such damage becomes quite "common".

The internal combustion engine invented by Polina has a current lifespan of about [-] miles.If it exceeds this number, even Polina can't guarantee when the engine will have a serious accident.

But internal combustion engines powered by liquid fuels have no such problem.

"The improvement of the internal combustion engine must always be carried on." Dusand was very satisfied with the progress made by Polina, and he said to Polina, "Don't worry about the investment generated by researching the internal combustion engine, this is really a profitable business."

Polina didn't believe Dusand's judgment, "We have already established four production lines of gas internal combustion engines, and it will be a big expense by then."

"You have to understand that the wool comes from the sheep." Du Sande forcefully said a Chinese saying in imperial language, "We can earn back these costs from future customers." He looked at Polina, With a smile on his face, he said, "The best thing is that the newly developed internal combustion engine is basically the same shape as the current gas engine, and it can be easily replaced. In this way, all the military vehicles we have sold can become our new production line." 'client'."

Dusande was showing a "profiteer" expression, and he and Polina were calculating how to get more profits from the imperial navy and army.And 32 miles away, Duchamp was standing at the Upper Albin interstellar landing site, waiting for the arrival of an important guest.

"Your Excellency, General." After about half an hour, Dushan finally saw the luxury ship that he had been waiting for for a long time.A rear admiral with a white beard and hair missing a right hand came out from the hatch of the crossing ship.

Duchamp took two steps forward, then saluted General Horn, "Welcome to Newsail."

"You're the only one here?" General Horn returned a salute with a smile, and then looked behind Duchamp, "I thought I could see His Excellency the Young Lord."

Duchamp showed a helpless smile, "He is much busier now than me, the naval commander of the Garrison Fleet."

General Horn showed a helpless smile, and then took the lead to walk towards the outside of the landing field, "Let's go, let's get down to business first—what's the matter with the alliance's harassment? You didn't say it clearly in the letter. "

"It's mainly reconnaissance at the moment." Duchamp said about half a step behind Horn, "We have captured the wreckage of an alliance reconnaissance ship through new tactics, and we found some interesting content in the wreckage. "

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The analysis of the alliance's reconnaissance ship mainly focuses on three areas. In addition to the traditional information recorded in the captain's log, there are two other directions that are the focus of intelligence analysis.

The Royal Guards of the Empire are most concerned with the design of the enemy ship's power department and hull armor.The garrison navy is different—Duchan is more concerned about the optical detection equipment equipped by the alliance, which far exceeds that of the empire.

The combat range of the Garrison Navy is far less than that of the Imperial Guard Navy.At the same time, the fleet is also more inclined to defensive and interdictive operations, rather than the "offensive and destructive" combat missions of the Imperial Guard Navy.In the vast sea of ​​stars, to accurately find the enemy that needs to be defended and blocked means that the garrison navy must have excellent awareness of the enemy ships within its combat range.

To block the enemy, you must first know where the enemy is, right?
In the field of situational awareness, the technological level of the allies far exceeds that of the empire.At least, the Imperials have not been able to manufacture anything on the same level as the optical reconnaissance equipment equipped by the Alliance in large quantities.

In terms of lens manufacturing, grinding and coating technology, the alliance is fully ahead of the imperial technological level.For example - it is also a reconnaissance mission, if it is replaced by an imperial reconnaissance ship.Then the fearless fighters of the Empire must get closer to the target in order to achieve effective reconnaissance.This "closer" means that the imperial reconnaissance ship needs to travel at least 15% further than the alliance reconnaissance ship in order to perform reconnaissance missions.

The reconnaissance optical equipment captured this time shocked the garrison navy who had never seen the world.They compared it with Imperial equipment, which had only just begun to be distributed in small batches last year.The ranging and reconnaissance distances of Alliance equipment outside the atmosphere far exceed the latest Imperial equipment.Within a conventional combat range of 40 miles, the Confederate equipment was 8 percent more accurate at ranging and had approximately 14 percent greater observation range than the Empire.

What's even more frightening is that there are obvious traces of use on the reconnaissance equipment of the allies, which shows that their equipment has been used on this ship for at least ten years.

More than ten years of advanced technology, the difference in actual combat is simply a world of difference.No wonder the allies are always the first to discover the imperial fleet in the vast sea of ​​stars, and launch strikes first.

"The solution we can take at present is to deploy more observation posts inside and outside the orbit. Soldiers need to be stationed in these observation posts. Once the alliance ships are found, the observation posts will immediately warn us through optical signals-this is the best There is a way."

Duchamp simply accepted the difficulties in this regard, and then took General Horn directly into his car.After the two sat down together, Dushan first began to cry poorly, "Your Excellency, our fleet is too weak—if Olin can't give us more ships to support us in a short time, I'm afraid we will not be able to repel them." Confederate attack."

"Although I am not one of those stingy accountants in the marshalling office, I have also heard that the Newsail Garrison Fleet is one of the most powerful fleets among all the colonial garrison fleets." He raised his eyebrows and asked, "You have three capital ship-class ships. Among the other colonial garrison fleets, more than half of the fleets don't even have a single capital ship."

"Your Excellency, there is no point in strengthening those colonial stars whose coordinates the alliance doesn't even know." Dushan continued to cry poorly, this time crying with confidence, "there are only five colonial stars that the alliance has mastered the coordinates, so at least they should be strengthened for us." Ten battleships!"

"Your brain was smashed by the breech bolt, right?" Horn let out a sneer from his nose, "Thirteen battleships? Is your Newsail Garrison Navy planning to directly change its name to the Sixth Royal Guard Fleet of the Empire?"

(End of this chapter)