Chapter 1230 Trinity (Second update, please subscribe)
“However, wouldn’t the risk of building two aircraft carriers at the same time be too great?”
Before entering another one under construction Li Yian asked in the ballistic missile submarine dock.
“After all, our shipyards have no experience in building aircraft carriers. Although they can all build merchant ships of more than 200,000 tons, except for the Type 59 warship, the Navy has no experience in building large warships. Although the shipyards There are some engineers here who have built aircraft carriers in Germany and Japan, but they are still lacking in experience.”
Needless to say, Li Yian said that Zou Tongjie, the commander of the Navy, knew very well that the shipyard did lack the ability to build aircraft carriers. experience.
"It may be a bit risky to build two aircraft carriers at the same time. I think its construction can be scheduled for this year and next year. Construction will start at the Taiping Shipyard this year, and then Dongning Shipyard will start construction next year. During this period, Dongning's Engineers and technicians can go to Taiping first to participate in the construction."
Listening to Zou Tongjie's ideas, Li Yian thought for a while and said.
“You can try, although there is no experience, but aircraft carriers have to be built anyway. Maybe our first aircraft carrier may not be as good as the American one, but is there another thing?”
Li Yian said categorically, he remembered the CVA-01 plan, and then said.
“As for the power of aircraft carriers, I think we can consider using a gas turbine and steam turbine combined power plant. Traditional steam power plants have larger volumes and long start-up times, especially the size, size and weight of the boiler. , occupying too much tonnage, but considering that the catapult requires steam, steam turbines and gas turbines can be used in parallel for combined power. The battleship is powered by the steam turbine when cruising, and the gas turbine joins it when accelerating or traveling at high speed. ”
This joint power group is the model adopted by the British "County Class Destroyer". Initially, the British wanted to develop a new destroyer together with Nanyang, but in the end the two sides parted ways due to different needs.
In fact, according to Li Yi'an's idea, he hopes that aircraft carriers in Nanyang will use gas turbines like the British Queen Elizabeth class. But obviously, this is not realistic. After all, steam catapults require steam, so aircraft carriers cannot do without steam turbines.
In an era when it is not possible to use all-electric aircraft carriers, it is undoubtedly the best choice to use parallel combined power of steam turbines and gas turbines, that is, county-level combined power.
"Of course, this is just a suggestion of mine. You can study it and see if it is feasible."
It is feasible. Zou Tongjie came to this conclusion almost subconsciously, not because of this. It's your suggestion, but because the advantages of gas turbines are really great. Just the boiler can save thousands of tons of weight. The gas turbine installation is more compact, which can free up space for other equipment.
However, even though he agreed with your suggestion from the bottom of his heart, Zou Tongjie still did not agree. Instead, he only said that he could study it later.
Then, the two walked into the dock. What they saw was a ballistic missile nuclear submarine that had already taken shape. Looking at the "simple and crude" ship in front of them, it was added in the middle of the "Jiaolong class". With a 40-meter-long missile cabin, Li Yian had to admire the whimsical ideas of these engineers.
In fact, this is not just a whim, but more a matter of their trust in their own strength. The level of submarine construction in Nanyang is still very high. It can be said that it combines the strengths of Germany and Japan. Although in the construction of conventionally powered submarines, they are all "old boats" built in sections produced by Germany during the war. However, in this process , they continued to adopt new technologies on submarines. By the time the "Jiaolong" nuclear submarine was built, Nanyang's submarine design and construction technology was already at the top level in the world.
Even with the hardware - steel plates for submarines, the quality of the new N2 pressure-resistant steel plates used by Nanyang is even slightly more advanced than the HY80 steel plates. It is precisely with the blessing of N2 pressure-resistant steel plates that Jiaolong The diving depth is an astonishing 400 meters!
Looking at the submarine in front of him, Li Yian said:
"It looks like it's almost finished!"
"Yes, it's almost finished! Your Excellency, the development of our new submarine-launched missile is also going very smoothly. If everything goes well, it will be launched by the end of this year. Next year Sea trials can be completed in the first half of the year. By then, we in Nanyang will truly have a "trinity" nuclear strike system of sea, land and air."
Then Zou Tongjie specifically emphasized:
"We are the successor to the United States. After the Soviet Union, it is the third country to have a "Trinity" nuclear strike system."
Nodding, Li Yian said:
"The "Trinity" is very important, but in the future, submarine launches will still be the main focus. As for land-based... it is just to maintain basic deterrence for now."
Although according to Li Yian's idea, land-based missiles will eventually be abolished Yes, but for now, land-based intercontinental missiles are still very necessary.
After all, the range of current submarine-launched missiles is still too close, only about 2,000 kilometers. Even if it sails all the way to the Baltic Sea, ballistic missiles launched by ballistic missile nuclear submarines cannot cover the entire Soviet Union or the United States.
In this case, the "Peace Guardian" intercontinental missile is the best choice, it can cover the entire Soviet Union. But it was only the Soviet Union and could not cover the entire United States.
To cover the entire United States, Nanyang also needs a nuclear missile with a range of 15,000 kilometers. This is also the technical specification of the "Peace Guardian" intercontinental missile initially proposed by the military. However, it is limited by technical reasons. Achieved 12,000 kilometers. Therefore, for now, the "Peace Guardian" cannot meet the needs of Nanyang. In contrast, in another world, the Soviet Union's SS-18 intercontinental missile can meet the needs of Nanyang - its range is 16,000 kilometers, which is The world's longest-range and largest intercontinental missile.
It’s a pity that it was someone else’s child.
However, Li Yian is very confident in Nanyang's technical personnel. He believes that they will be able to develop similar missiles. However, it is unknown whether Nanyang will still need it by then. After all, with the advancement of technology, perhaps within a few years, the range of Nanyang's submarine-launched missiles will exceed 7,000 kilometers. By then, all five oceans will be Nanyang submarine launch site.
But before that, Nanyang still needs "peace defenders" to serve as Nanyang's "three truths of peace."
Although the submarine has not yet been completed, Li Yian still entered the interior of the submarine with great interest. After touring the submarine full of metallic atmosphere, he left the dock.
After saying goodbye to Zou Tongjie and others, Li Yian left the shipyard in a car. On the way to the Daming Palace, he looked at the bustling street scene outside the car window. After thinking about it, Li Yian pressed the intercom and gave instructions to the driver.
“Let’s take a walk from the city!”
When the motorcade entered the city, it was already 7:30 in the evening. Although the dusk was already deep, the streets were still dark. It is brightly lit, but the light is not white, but red, mixed with green, blue, yellow and other colorful lights.
The densely packed, horizontal and vertical neon lights are a symbol of the prosperity of Nanyang. The neon lights of this era are not the LED lights of later generations, but lamp tubes filled with rare gases. Because of the different gases, the colors of the neon lights are also different.
Countless buildings interspersed with flashing neon lights, together with Taiping Bay’s skyline of tall buildings, define Chang’an’s urban landscape.
Whether it is a spacious avenue or a relatively narrow street in Chang'an, there are dazzling corridors full of neon lights. Here, banks, restaurants and various commercial institutions all do business under colorful signs.
When it comes to photos of Chang'an, there are always various neon signs. During the day, they stand there, serving as urban embellishments. At night, they flash with light and shadow, decorating Chang'an into a paradise on earth.
I don’t know since when, the city of Chang’an has been built on a field of glowing high-rise buildings and standing signs.
"Actually, LED lights save more power and have a longer service life..."
Thinking in his heart, but Li Yian knows better than anyone else that LED lights are absolutely necessary in this era. It belongs to "black technology among black technologies". Even in the early 21st century, it was a "black technology". It is not just a lamp, but even the simplest driver requires a chip.
In comparison, the technology of this kind of lamp is simpler, just filling the lamp with different gases. If the tube is filled with neon, it will emit golden light, and if it is filled with hydrogen, it will emit red light. However, although the technology is simple, the production process of neon lights is very complex and difficult. Professional technicians were needed. The first batch of neon light benders in Chang'an were both German and came from Shanghai and other places.
It is precisely because of the thousands of neon signs made by those benders that the nights in Chang'an become colorful.
In this way, the car was driving in this colorful river of lights. Li Yian silently stared at the neon lights outside the car window. Of course, he paid more attention to the passers-by.
Under the colorful neon lights, the sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with pedestrians. Because they do not need to work overtime, Nanyang people always go out of their homes every night, either to eat in restaurants or to go shopping. Or go to the cinema to watch a movie with your family.
In short, the nightlife in Nanyang is rich. The nightlife here is not exclusive to a few people, but belongs to everyone. The bustling nightlife also stimulates the economic development of Nanyang.
Most of the passers-by under the neon lights are in family units, ranging from three or four to six or seven, including adults, children, boys, and girls, just walking around under the colorful streets.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Li Yian even felt that he heard laughter, which was the laughter of passers-by.
And isn’t all of this what I dreamed of and am now committed to protecting?
(End of this chapter)