Spark

After all the plans were ready, Chen Nian began to prepare for the analysis work.

His judgment was indeed correct. Most of the 055D's technologies already had a foundation, and all that needed to be done was to wait for the opportunity to make a breakthrough.

After refining and splitting, there are only a few problems that he needs to solve:

The high-temperature-resistant material of the launch box of the vertical launch module, the large-capacity capacitor of the electromagnetic gun, the high-speed charging module that provides charging support for the ship's comprehensive electrical system, and the new missile that further enhances the combat effectiveness of the 055D.

Of course, the first thing to solve is the problem of high temperature resistant materials.

After all, only when this thing is solved can the design of the large-caliber ammunition box become a reality, and only when the large-caliber ammunition box is equipped can we move certain missiles to the ship.

What? DF-21?

I don't know about this thing, on the future 055 ship, there is only Eagle-21!

Thinking of this, Chen Nian subconsciously chuckled twice, then opened the system interface, ready to start the analysis.

Now that the target has been selected, there is no need to be too stingy, starting with high-temperature resistant materials, and the analysis is completed in one step!

It took two hours for Chen Nian to complete the absorption of all technical knowledge.

To his surprise, the new high-temperature-resistant material was the item that consumed the least amount of source points, only costing 1.2 source points.

This is obviously also due to my previous deep cultivation in the field of materials science --- and other types of similar high-temperature resistant materials that have been analyzed.

Instead, the high-speed charging module consumes the most. Chen Nian has seen it, and this system is much more complicated than he imagined.

Among them, just a large-diameter cable consumes 2.4 sources.

The reason why so many are needed is because this cable involves a new silver-copper alloy material, and the source of material analysis is also included in it.

Taken together, these technologies consumed a total of 6.6 source points of Chen Nian, which is more than 70% saved compared to the analysis of the entire ship, and the wool of the system has been blown away.

The next work is to gradually output the technology into documents.

Two days later, all the technical documents were ready, and the 701 Institute and Jiangnan Shipyard also disclosed the news that the No. 055 destroyer was put into construction.

As soon as the report came out, domestic public opinion was in an uproar.

On the forum, military fans are all discussing this incredible news.

"Are you kidding me? How come the 055 ship has been built? I think the 052 ship has just been launched?"

"Brother, are you afraid that you have time-traveled? 052 has been in the water for a long time, it's all happened in 2003."

"Upstairs, although it is true that it happened in 2003, but for naval ships, it is still too fast to change a generation in four years."

"You have to know that the official announcement is not the start of research and development, but the start of construction! Do you know what this means?"

"This means that the technical difficulties of the 055 destroyer have all been overcome, and the only thing left is to build it."

"I always feel unreliable. I remember that this project has been established for decades, and there has been no progress. It was finally built with 052, and the performance is not satisfactory. Suddenly, 055 is about to start construction?"

"What's the matter, after the Air Force, is our Navy also going to use Goldfinger?"

"Don't say it, it's really possible to make public information before it's completed. This is not the style of the Old Navy."

"They must have been 1000% sure, so they dare to be so floating - just don't know where this confidence comes from, can't they really pick up alien technology?"

"Let's accumulate a lot of money, that's all I can think of."

Obviously, the attitude of most military fans is actually the same, that is surprise.

After all, according to the public information that can be found, the performance of the 055 destroyer has indeed improved by more than one level compared with the 052. It can even be said that the two are not products of the same era at all.

But now, the difference between the construction time of the two ships is only 4 years. It is true that it violates the objective law

However, they also know that as long as it is an official announcement, there will be basically no false elements.

So after the initial discussion, everyone quickly shifted the focus to 055's combat effectiveness.

"Speaking of which, can this thing be really useful after being built? Although the level of combat power on paper is sufficient, it is hard to judge how much it can achieve in reality, right?"

"It's really hard to judge-but this is not the most serious problem."

"The most serious problem is that the old American DD(x) destroyer seems to be about to start construction."

"When this thing comes out, no destroyer in the world will be its opponent. Our 055 can be said to be behind since its birth."

"I always feel that it is not particularly necessary to build 055 at this point in time. Instead, it is better to continue the asymmetric strategy and concentrate on making missiles."

"The DD(x) ship is based on public information and concept drawings. This thing is simply a sci-fi warship. Not to mention us, even old men can't surpass it. If you have to use it to benchmark, it's a bit difficult. .”

"It still has to be made. It's one thing to be comparable, but another thing to be able to."

"We can't use guns because the other party has guns, right? Is this the truth?"

"Indeed, let's wait and see."

"What if 055 comes out and we find out that he is stronger than the DD(x) ship?"

". Face up to the gap, don't be too inflated."

Public opinion continued to ferment, and, due to the synchronicity of time, most people who were concerned about this subconsciously drew the DD(x) ship under construction by the United States, which was later named the destroyer Zumwalt, as the imaginary enemy of 055 .

In their eyes, no matter how advanced 055 is, it is extremely difficult to counter Zumwalt.

This is not to say that the public worships foreigners, it is because Zumwalt's performance on paper is too strong.

According to the public information of the original "DD(x) ship" project, this warship will integrate a large number of top ship technologies.

Super stealth design, wave-piercing retrograde hull design, integrated all-electric propulsion system, integrated underwater combat system, dual-band radar, and advanced naval gun system.

Each of these nouns is taken out individually, and it is a technological high wall that most countries in the world can't reach.

Yes, Huaxia has indeed become stronger, but that is only because of the air force.

If you want to rely on a self-developed destroyer to fight Zumwalt, is Huaxia really qualified?

Feelings of anticipation and apprehension continued to spread, and many people even believed that as long as 055 came out, if there was a chance to confront Zumwalt, the battle damage ratio would definitely reach more than 10.

Although no one, and no 500,000 people who don't have good eyesight, have jumped out to sing the opposite, but generally speaking, the public's attitude towards 055 is pessimistic.

It's not that they don't love their country, and it's not that they don't want the navy to become stronger, they just

If you love too deeply, you are afraid of failure.

For a time, the entire public opinion environment was surging.

However, the engineers of the Jiangnan Shipyard have no time to care about these public opinions.

They don't know how the public evaluates the project, let alone whether the evaluation is positive or negative.

All they know is one thing:

When the money is in place, the technology is in place, start the whole process!

As a result, this shipyard, which has undertaken many key projects, once again turned on its full horsepower and entered the rhythm of high-speed operation.

Compared with Chen Nian's goal of "forming combat power within two years", they are much more aggressive.

Because, their goal is to complete the manufacture and launch within 9 months, and enter service within one year!

Meanwhile, inside the NGSS shipyard in Mississippi.

Jay Johnson is the general director of the DD(x) ship project. He patrolled the dock and checked the progress of the Berkeley destroyer and Ticonroga cruiser, which are about to be completed.

These two ships are the last two products of the SC-21 project. After their acceptance is passed, the DD-21 project will officially start, and within the next three years, the construction and construction of the first ship will be completed. Launched and handed over to the military for use.

Such a construction period requirement made Jay a little embarrassed. As an experienced engineer, he knew how difficult it was to build an advanced ship that could be said to be completely "conceptualized".

Not only the technical difficulty, but also the process, process and standardization are all problems.

If there is a deviation in any of these links, it may cause the entire project to be completely unfinished.

It is a good "opportunity" for NGSS to snatch such a project back from the bidding, but it is also a huge risk and challenge.

However, Jay now has no room for repentance. All he can do is to finish the work at hand as quickly as possible, so as to win more time for the follow-up DD-21 project.

After inspecting around, Jay didn't find any problems. His hanging heart was slightly relieved, and while turning to leave the dock, he said to the assistant engineer who was following him:

"It seems to be going well so far. If we continue to follow this trend, we will be able to complete the construction of these two big guys in one month at most and start to officially transfer to the DD-21 project."

"Damn it, time is getting tighter every day."

"At the beginning, the SC-21 project gave us 8 years, but now the DD-21 project is more complicated and difficult, and it is only given three years"

"It seems that the turret has indeed been cornered. If they can't produce breakthrough equipment, they can't explain to Congress."

"yes."

Hearing his words, the assistant couldn't help but sighed.

Then he opened his mouth and said:

"This result is caused by those Chinese people. They have developed too fast recently. They are just fighter jets, and several of them pop up like groundhogs on the prairie."

"Not to mention that there are still a series of civilian technologies, which are going out as if they don't want money."

"If I were the master of Congress, I'm afraid I'd have to sleep in a safe house—for fear that one day the Chinese really fly over with the H-20 and blow up my office."

Jay couldn't help laughing, he shook his head and said:

"That's not that exaggerated. The Huaxia people are very strong, but they are not so strong."

"It can be seen from their latest destroyer construction plan. Although there are indeed breakthroughs in certain aspects of technology, after careful analysis, they are only 'improvement', and there is no revolutionary progress."

"Even if it is really built within two years, it will not pose a threat to our DD-21."

"After all, our goal is to build the strongest destroyer on this planet—not to mention anything else, just the super high stealth is a technology that China can't imagine."

The assistant nodded slightly. He also saw the news that Huaxia started to build a new type of destroyer, and his opinion was the same as that of Joey, that is:

This so-called 055 destroyer may be strong, but it is definitely not strong enough to fight against DD-21.

He even had a faint expectation in his heart:

If only the construction progress of the DD-21 project could be a little faster.

For example, the originally planned three-year construction period was shortened to two years.

In this way, the first ship of the DD-21 project can be launched at the same time as Huaxia's 055-class destroyer, and the first time the two sides show up, they will slap each other hard.

He almost couldn't wait to see the other party's reaction.

Seeing the other side howling because of the huge gap, seeing the self-confidence that the other side just built up from the air force is destroyed, seeing their people and engineers fall to their side one by one

That would definitely be a wonderful picture.

Thinking of this, he said:

"Mr. Jay, tell me, is it possible for us to continue to shorten the duration of the DD-21 project?"

Jay was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"Compression? Why compression?"

"Our current construction period is already short enough, and it is not certain whether we can deliver on time. How could you think of compressing it?"

The assistant quickly explained his opinion to Jay, and the latter's eyes lit up more and more as he listened.

This is indeed a great gimmick.

This is true both for Congress and for the NGSS shipyard.

After all, in the past few years, our own side has suffered too many losses from China, and this country urgently needs an opportunity to save its face.

So he asked:

"Do we have a technically feasible efficiency improvement point?"

"some!"

The assistant quickly opened the notebook in his hand, and answered:

"The first is the hull construction work. According to the previous bidding situation, we will undertake the main work of this part."

"But in fact, BIW Shipyard has also received an order of 142 million US dollars. If we can put down the competition and conduct sufficient negotiations with them, the two parties will cooperate and divide the labor, and the efficiency will be greatly improved."

"In addition, with regard to the planned new vertical hair system, we can also use our influence to promote Raytheon, let them improve their research and development milestones, and speed up the pace of research and development."

"Besides, we can also upgrade the construction equipment."

"In the later stage of this project, a large number of ship sections will consume a lot of time. If we can introduce more advanced gantry cranes, this part of the work time will be greatly shortened."

The assistant talked eloquently, and Jay's eyes became more determined.

He has already made a decision in his heart.

DD-21 project, must be accelerated.

The moment this super battleship is born, it will be the moment of the official duel!

Need to communicate with Congress immediately to get their full support

A few days later, a seemingly unremarkable piece of news appeared on the headlines of major media.

"The DD-21 project has completed the final bidding and signing, and the new ship number is DDG-1000."

"After construction is complete, the first DD-21 will be named the USS Zumwalt in honor of the deceased former naval commander."

"The estimated construction period of this warship is two years."

At this point, the Zumwalt officially entered the stage.

And the duel between it and 055 also kicked off ahead of schedule.