Spark

A few days later, Chen Nian arrived in Chengdu smoothly. After everything was settled, he started his routine work step by step.

His schedule is still not much different from when he was in school. If there is no special project that needs to be involved in work, he will study cutting-edge courses all day long.

Of course, judging from the current situation, the source point income that learning can bring is not high compared to other aspects of source point income. In many cases, the number of source points that a whole day of learning can bring is not high To 1 point, but a breakthrough technological fission can bring more than 5 points of origin.

However, Chen Nian still insists on the habit of learning, because he knows that after the subsequent technological development moves towards the near future, technology will become more and more advanced and difficult to understand.

If you don't lay the foundation first, it is very likely that even if the system instills information into yourself in the end, you will not be able to fully understand it.

The end result is that the "time savings" brought about by eager for quick success will eventually be returned due to low output efficiency.

Instead, start learning now.

Chen Nian has a vague feeling that if one day he relies solely on himself and makes a breakthrough after the "gift" given by the fusion system, the source of income he will get will not be small.

However, this "breakthrough" level should not be too low.

Maybe, need to solve a basic problem or two on your own?

Chen Nian didn't think about it any more, and continued to start his material science course.

Up to now, his courses are no longer basic teaching, but have turned to subdivided directions. In the next two months, he will invest his energy in the direction of superconducting physics and superconducting materials.

This is in preparation for the research and development of metal hydrogen.

The communication with Isaac, an American scientific researcher, is still going on over there, and I just took advantage of this time to make up for my shortcomings.

At that time, if you can get this person here, you can start working directly.

——

Of course, having said that, it's really not that easy to abduct people under Lao Mei's nose.

More importantly, after being abducted, the results of how to prostitute him for nothing can not be obtained by him.

Leave this issue to the professionals.

Anyway, what I want is just a few directional messages in his mind.

should be no problem

As a result, time passed day by day like this. Since there were too many projects in the final stage, Chen Nian was not in a hurry to start new projects. Instead, he kept proposing optimizations for the 055 and 001 projects.

This optimization includes both project efficiency and product performance.

It took nearly 5 months, and after constantly checking for omissions and filling in vacancies, Chen Niancai finally determined the final technical performance requirements of the two ships.

In the office, Chen Nian sat across from Chen Guo. The latter looked at the thick stack of reports in his hand, shook his head helplessly, and said:

"The performance of your two ships has exceeded the original goal of the project by too much."

"Let's talk about 055 first. The maximum speed has been increased from 30 knots to 35 knots. How did you change it? Did you change the engine?"

"No, how is it possible to change the engine?"

Chen Nian quickly shook his head and replied:

"On the one hand, the design of the wave breaker has been changed, and on the other hand, some optimizations have been made to the blade material and transmission device. There are no major changes, just some details that have not been noticed before."

"Well, it's not easy for you to be so detailed. The radar has also been upgraded?"

Chen Guo continued to ask.

"It's not a complete upgrade. The digital array radar is already close to the ceiling of the current technology. We just added a resonant anti-stealth radar module."

"The detection range is not too far, about 400 kilometers."

"However, the potential of this radar is still very strong. If it is put on the shore later, the detection range can be extended to more than 2,000 kilometers."

"At present, 14 institutes are already doing it, and it is estimated that there will be news in a short time."

The detection principle of the so-called resonant anti-stealth radar is still somewhat different from that of ordinary radar.

To put it simply, if the object under test is regarded as a passive antenna, its electrical resonance at a certain frequency is not affected by external factors.

The absolute reflection of the resonance of the fundamental wave is the echo required by the radar.

This is in contrast to metal surfaces which reflect relatively short-wavelength radio waves and are not shieldable.

But the difficulty is that objects of different sizes have different natural resonant reflection frequencies, and the natural reflection frequencies are different due to different attitudes. Therefore, resonant radars need to emit broad-spectrum energy, and the frequency reaches 50KC-300MC, which is very difficult to achieve.

Therefore, although all countries have theoretical accumulation and research on resonant anti-hidden radar, Huaxia should be the first to realize it.

"It's really strong. Does that mean that we won't have any problems identifying stealth aircraft in the future?"

"That's not that exaggerated——a rough estimate, the recognition rate should reach about 80%."

"But the good thing is that as long as there is a stealth aircraft approaching, even if we can't track it, we can at least know."

Hearing this, Chen Guo nodded.

"That's enough."

"You don't know how anxious those people in the 14th Institute have been getting angry about the matter of anti-invisibility."

"They are afraid that the advantage they have finally established will eventually develop into mutual exchange due to insufficient anti-hiding."

"It's good now. After the resonant radar matures, this problem should be more than half solved."

Chen Nian shook his head and replied:

"It's still early, we still have a long way to go in terms of anti-stealth."

This was not an exaggeration on purpose by Chen Nian, because he knew very well that even in his last life, anti-stealth technology developed rapidly in China.

But if we really want to establish a complete anti-stealth system, we have to wait for the appearance of YLC-2, and the composite structure of passive radar, external radiation source radar and resonance radar is formed.

"Take your time, we're going fast enough now."

Chen Guo immediately comforted her, then skipped the topic and started asking about the 001 ship.

Compared with 055, 001's "technical breakthrough" is actually not too much.

Generally speaking, in addition to adjusting the blades, wave breakers, and radars like the 055, it also optimized the mechanical structure of some hangars and improved the close-in defense guns that were originally planned.

Of course, even if it's just that, it's enough.

After all, the total number of aircraft carriers in the world that can still run on the water, except for the United States, can really be counted on one hand.

And this 001 is the strongest one in this hand.

Even, it still has a chance to break the wrist with the US aircraft carrier.

This is almost unimaginable for other aircraft carriers that are already dilapidated and have poor performance

Thinking of this, Chen Nian's originally unwilling mood also calmed down.

He took a sip of the tea that was about to cool down, and said:

"The 001 ship will be launched in about two months, and the 055 ship has been confirmed to be launched on November 15th."

"When these two ships are launched, the confidence of our navy should be fully established."

"Yeah, their hard life should be enough."

Chen Guo sighed and agreed.

From his eyes, Chen Nian saw a deep expectation

On the other side, Mississippi, inside the NGSS shipyard.

Jay Johnson is in big trouble.

Since last week, the Zumwalt project has been suspended for more than five days, and until now, the project has not shown the slightest sign of returning to normal operation.

To make matters worse, the Zumwalt project was stalled not by a single cause but by a series of complex and difficult technical problems.

These technical problems cannot be solved in the short term. To achieve the expected goals of the project, we must either increase capital investment or extend the project time.

But no matter which of these two options, the superior is unwilling to accept.

Jay sighed, thinking to himself:

It should have been known earlier that such an overly aggressive project would not have had good results.

Belonging to the cruiser of the future? A sharp weapon for shore attack? The pathfinder of distributed warfare, the overlord of the ghost fleet?

These terms are indeed very attractive, but the problem is that none of them can be realized from the current situation

The first thing that went wrong was actually the part of the shore attack. According to the plan, the function of this part should be realized by the AGS system.

But in fact, the AGS advanced naval gun system did not meet the expected performance, and the development of its original supporting long-range land attack projectile (LRLAP) encountered great difficulties.

The performance is not up to standard, the price far exceeds expectations, and even the single-shot price has exceeded the Tomahawk cruise missile.

In the initial performance design, the range-extending missile of this rocket should have a range of more than 190 kilometers, and it should also have GPS guidance capabilities. The unit price of each rocket should be around 100,000 US dollars.

However, the current situation is that the range of this shell can only reach 80 kilometers, the accuracy of GPS guidance is touchingly poor, and the price of a single shell has directly soared to more than 1 million US dollars!

Even according to BAE, the price may be lowered after subsequent mass production, but even if it is the lowest, it will not be lower than the cost line of 800,000 US dollars.

What is the use of such shells?

How much is a Tomahawk? How much is Huaxia's long-range fire with a range of 300 kilometers? !

Jay wasn't just angry anymore, what he felt was a deep despair.

According to past experience, he is very clear that there is basically no possibility of resolving such a contradiction.

Even the superiors have already started discussing the purchase of cheap guided shells made in Italy.

What are you kidding?

The range of that shell was only 70 kilometers, and its power did not meet the predetermined requirements.

With this shell, is Zumwalt still Zumwalt?

Thinking of this, Jay couldn't help but sighed again.

The problem he faces is far more than this one. In terms of radar, the DBR radar is questioned by those officials as not advanced enough and not cost-effective. radar.

In this way, Zumwalt will completely lose its complete airspace air defense capability, and it is impossible to have ballistic missile defense capabilities.

Its defenses, as originally designed on the drawings, will be one heavenly and one underground.

In addition, the all-electric propulsion system also had a big problem.

The disadvantages of medium-voltage AC integrated power were exposed in the test.

Large volume, low efficiency, high continuity.

At the beginning, I was still bragging that driving this battleship is as easy as driving a car, but now it is fine, and the probability of failure of its power system has become as high as that of a classic car.

Jay stared blankly at the Zumwalt on the slipway, where most of the construction work had been completed, and he couldn't help shaking his head.

"What the hell does the above mean now?"

He turned to the assistant beside him and asked.

"It is still under discussion. There are no feasible solutions to the several problems we are currently facing. All parties are arguing endlessly, and it is impossible to reach a conclusion in a short time."

"I think we should have prepared ahead of time."

"If necessary, this project can even be temporarily frozen, and resources can be invested in other projects with more potential."

"It's not something we can decide."

Jay interrupted the assistant helplessly.

In fact, why wouldn't he want to invest resources elsewhere if he could?

Not to mention new projects, just the transformation and upgrading project of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is much more promising than the current Zumwalt.

He couldn't help but curse the damn subcontractors and lazy engineers in his head, if it weren't for them, this project would have been promising

But curses be damned, he still can't do anything.

After a few seconds of silence, he continued to ask:

"How is the situation in Huaxia? I mean, is their 055 destroyer going well?"

"very smooth."

The assistant nodded, with bitterness in his tone.

"Especially after the birth of the electromagnetic gun, it can be said that their project went more smoothly."

"Speaking of which, if we had chosen the direction of the electromagnetic gun at the beginning, maybe the situation would be completely different now."

"impossible."

Jay shook his head firmly.

"Let's look at several aspects of the problem, electricity, shells, and radar."

"It's all the core issues needed to ensure the accuracy of the electromagnetic gun."

"Even if we take the electromagnetic gun route, we can't do better."

"Those Chinese can destroy targets hundreds of kilometers away with one shot, but we can't do that."

"Then what do we do now?"

The assistant's voice became a little low, and there was a worry in his heart that he didn't dare to say:

This time, we won't lose again, right?

However, without him needing to say it, Jay's next sentence unabashedly expressed the same thought.

"What else can we do? We have already lost, and we can only minimize the loss as much as possible."

"At present, Huaxia has not exposed the parameter performance of No. 055, and our intelligence department has not obtained any credible information."

"But obviously, all the technologies needed for this modern warship, they have already completed breakthroughs before."

"You can count for yourself."

"Missiles, gas turbines, electromagnetic guns, radar, stealth design"

"It's more like a warship from the future than a Zumwalt."

"And we."

"Has been left far away"