Armor Frenzy

What Qiu Tianning said was simple, the first brother responded happily, but how could it be so easy in practice?

Not to mention, the engine is hung under the short wings, which means that it is exposed to the outside of the battleship, rather than being protected by the thick armor inside the battleship. In this way, the engine becomes the most obvious and prominent bullet point of the battleship, and its safety Sex is a very tricky subject. fastest update

In order to solve this problem, the Design Institute has come up with several different schemes for demonstration, but the results are not satisfactory.

One is the wing-body fusion scheme, that is, covering the short wings with armor, integrating the engine into the hull, opening the armor on the engine through the hydraulic device in the wing body, rotating the engine 180 degrees and closing the armor again to change the engine jet. the purpose of the direction.

However, this kind of deformation structure is complex and fragile, and it is no safer to use it on a warship than the short-wing scheme. On the contrary, it will greatly increase the construction cost and maintenance cost, which is not cost-effective no matter how you look at it.

The second plan is to use large vector nozzles on warships. Through reasonable design, the vector nozzles placed at the stern of the ship can protrude from the outer edge of the stern to achieve the purpose of spraying forward.

Warships using this scheme do not have to change the design of the warship, and the existing warships can be refitted directly by replacing the engine.

But this scheme is actually more unreliable than the first scheme.

All existing warships use electromagnetic engines, which rely on electromagnetic waves to generate thrust. If a vector nozzle is used on an electromagnetic engine, the electromagnetic wave will hit the side wall of the vector nozzle, and that little propulsion will be affected by the structure of the engine itself. directly offset.

There is no problem with the applied jet engine, but even if the fuel consumption problem is not considered, the flame sprayed from the combustion chamber must first hit the outer wall of the vector sprayer, and then spray out the engine in a 180-degree half circle. outside.

This requires that the material of the vector nozzle must have excellent strength under high temperature conditions, otherwise it will inevitably fail under the impact of the flame.

On earth, this problem is easy to solve. After all, the ambient temperature of the earth is there, and designers only need to consider the room temperature and high temperature strength of the material.

But space warships sail in the universe for a long time. The materials used on the warships must consider the impact of extreme low temperature, and the engine is no exception. This greatly reduces the choice of engine materials and makes designers scratch their heads.

It is not impossible to use high-temperature materials to manufacture warship engines, but the ambient temperature of the universe is too low. If the nozzle material becomes brittle and hard due to the low temperature after the engine is cooled, it may break with a little external force. Who can not worry about such an engine?

Finally, there is the dual-engine plan, that is, a set of propulsion equipment is installed at the head and tail of the warship, the back is used for advancing, and the front is used for braking, which is also called a balance plan by the designers.

The balance plan can only be regarded as a compromise method. It seems to take into account both defense and maneuverability. However, the front engine will occupy a lot of bow space, occupying the installation position of weapons and equipment, and greatly reducing the firepower of the warship.

Just when the design institute was racking its brains but could not come up with a practical plan, the military actually issued a new design task, requiring the design institute to design the air carrier as soon as possible, and must come up with three displacements of large, medium and small. design scheme.

The dean of the Design Institute almost didn't kill Beidu to make a table with Qiu Tianning.

What are you kidding? With the existing engine propulsion, a space battleship with a displacement of 5,000 tons is already the limit. It is not that a larger and heavier battleship cannot be designed, but that it cannot fly at all after being designed. use?

However, the design institute soon knew that the military was not joking, but made a real move, because the military sent all the "Orion Project" information obtained from the Americans to the design institute, and asked the design institute to understand the information as quickly as possible. Design a practical nuclear-powered engine.

The design institute lost its eyeballs again, and directly mounted the nuclear power engine. Is this his grandmother's Great Leap Forward?

However, after reading through the information of the Orion project, it was found that the nuclear power engine was not impossible to achieve, and the related design work was immediately launched in full swing.

Although the brain-opening Orion project died in the middle, there is no problem with its design principle. It is only a matter of time to design a practical nuclear power engine. As a result, the design plan of the nuclear power engine has not yet been released, but the design drawings of the aerospace carrier are First out of the Design Institute.

According to the requirements of the military, the design institute has given three large, medium and small aircraft carrier design drawings.

The small air carrier has a displacement of about 30,000 tons, can carry about 30 aerospace fighter jets, and is equipped with naval guns, missiles and other naval weapons. It is flexible and can perform various low-intensity combat missions. It is suitable for other types of warships. Form a mixed fleet to provide fire cover for the fleet.

However, due to the limited size, this type of air carrier has weak self-sufficiency, is relatively dependent on logistics, and lacks long-distance navigation capabilities. It must be followed by a supply ship or backed to the base during operations, and the cost performance is not very high.

By reducing the number of carrier aircraft, it is possible to improve other capabilities, but the air carrier originally relies on carrier-based aircraft to fight, and reducing the number of fighter aircraft will only make this kind of warship less cost-effective.

The medium-sized air carrier has a displacement of about 70,000 tons. It is also equipped with a large number of naval guns and missiles. It can carry about 70 carrier-based aircraft. It has the highest comprehensive performance and is suitable as a powerful battle unit in the fleet.

The large air carrier has a displacement of 120,000 tons~www.readwn.com~ and carries 120 aircraft. It is equipped with many powerful weapons such as laser cannons, close-in defense guns, and missiles. It is a combination of an air carrier and a large-scale warship.

Although this kind of warship has the defects of long construction period and high cost per ship, it has the highest cost ratio and strong offensive capability, and it is the core force of the space fleet.

Although the design plan has been taken out, the specific design will not be revealed until the nuclear power engine is designed. During this period, the design institute has carried out a series of optimization and revisions to the drawings.

For example, according to the experience of the expedition fleet, lifeboats were cancelled and replaced by lifesaving capsules.

The rescue capsule has a built-in plutonium battery, which provides both heat and electricity. After the crew enters the rescue capsule, the rescue capsule will automatically inject hibernate for the crew. The stored oxygen and water can ensure the survival of the people in the capsule for five to seven years. precious time.

Moreover, this hibernation cabin has its own navigation system, which is launched like a missile when it leaves the ship, and automatically flies to the earth or a designated location under the control of the navigation system to ensure the safety of the crew to the greatest extent.

All in all, improve combat effectiveness while improving survivability, and optimize the performance of warships as much as possible. (To be continued..)