Spark

"The situation has changed, and we need to go all out to sprint for the Nantianmen project."

Hailan, in the living room, Chen Guo said to Chen Nian with a serious expression.

"Why? Is there already a fight on the other side?"

"Not yet, but soon. The superiors have made a decision and decided to solve the problem in the most direct way."

"The operations related to Organization 003 are still continuing, but they have been downgraded to a secondary level. We have to use force to overcome skill."

"No matter what conspiracy they play, we only care about our own development, and if we want to develop, we must limit possible wars to the North American continent and the United States."

"So at this point, the role of the Nantianmen Aerial Platform has been elevated to an irreplaceable level."

"We can neither directly station troops in other countries to avoid causing secondary political and military disasters, but also must maintain the presence of force for a long time. Therefore, an aerial platform with ultra-long endurance is the best choice."

"So, the superiors sent a letter of inquiry to Xinghuo, and they want to ask for your opinion."

At this point, Chen Guo paused for a moment.

He was actually a little dazed, because what this person sent to Chen Nian was actually a question, not an order.

However, it seems that this is what is reasonable?

After coughing, Chen Guo reorganized her thoughts and then said:

"According to the returns from the Nantianmen project team, it will take at least three years to form usable combat effectiveness, and it will take 18 months to even just take off."

"This time is still too long, far beyond our demand cycle."

“Therefore, all the core participants of the superior organization have re-evaluated the project, and the conclusion of the evaluation is that the main time resources of the Nantianmen project are still invested in technological research and development and breakthroughs, and the basic production, processing, and construction work have not Encountered obstacles.”

"If the speed of technology development and application can be more than doubled, the time for Nantianmen to take off can be shortened from 18 months to less than 9 months."

"What do you think? Is it feasible?"

After hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian frowned.

It takes 9 months to complete the first test flight of the largest aerial platform in human history. This task cannot be said to be an exaggeration, it is simply unheard of.

It is true that our infrastructure capabilities are very strong and our resource scheduling speed is higher, but the problem is that no one can guarantee that no accidents will occur during this process, nor will we encounter any difficult technical problems.

Okay, then it seems that I am the only one who got it.

The current number of source points is still very sufficient. Even if a 100% analysis of the Nantianmen platform is completed, the 6,000 source points on hand cannot be used up.

The only point that needs to be considered is the issue of "total source points" that I considered before.

However, manpower is sometimes exhausted. This is an objective law, and there is no need to be too stubborn.

Make sure you survive first! First ensure that the development path is not broken!

Therefore, Chen Nian replied decisively:

"No problem, I can participate in the whole process."

"But how to ensure security? Didn't we consider the problem of infiltration of Organization 003 before? How to solve it now?"

"Soldiers will block it, and water will cover it. Come one and deal with it. If one day we can no longer hide it, we will set the table with them."

"good!"

An extremely important decision was decided in a brief conversation between the two.

And soon, a briefing on all the technological development paths of the Nantianmen project was also placed on Chen Nian's desk.

In fact, there are three most important systems for an aerial platform, namely the suspension system, the power system and the load-bearing system.

As for the suspension system, at the very beginning of the project, the project team demonstrated a relatively traditional gas suspension solution, which could ensure the stability and safety of the entire aerial platform in the event of power system failure.

But the problem is that although the fault tolerance rate of gas suspension has been improved, the efficiency has been greatly reduced. Can you imagine that a future aerial platform is actually a large airship?

Coupled with the impact of air pressure and temperature changes in high-altitude environments, although this plan looks reliable, it actually faces many problems in actual implementation.

Therefore, with the realization of fusion technology, the continuous improvement of engine technology, and the technical demonstration given by Chen Nian, this plan was eventually abandoned, and the project team chose a more radical and challenging pure power plan.

In other words, it depends entirely on the uninterrupted operation of the engine to ensure the suspension of the aerial platform.

120 TBCC engines paired with 40 LITV engines can ensure that this platform can achieve stable suspension whether in the stratosphere, troposphere or outer space. The only core problem that needs to be solved is actually only one, and that is:

Engine heat dissipation.

You must know that, aside from LITV engines, these 120 TBCC engines are powered by 12 fission or 4 fusion reactors deployed throughout the ship under turbojet conditions, and the technology used is Chen Nian's The analyzed and optimized Tu-95LAL scheme is used, but under ramjet conditions, the legendary liquid-gas integrated core ramjet scheme is used.

This solution will directly add propellant into the liquid or gas fission or fusion reactor, thereby reaching the highest internal temperature, and the specific impulse can even reach more than 7,000.

However, such a solution brings significant heat dissipation pressure, and not all the heat can be fully utilized. Even if Chen Nian has provided key insulation materials to the project team through technical analysis, it is still not enough.

To completely solve the problem, it is necessary to optimize the layout of the entire platform from a systemic perspective and reserve sufficient redundancy for cooling functions.

And this is the first problem that Chen Nian needs to solve.

While looking at the briefing, he wrote and drew on it, recording the key problem points and preparing for subsequent unified execution of analysis.

In addition to this heat dissipation issue, the aerodynamic layout issue is also very critical.

In general knowledge, the larger the platform, the slower the maneuvering speed. Even in many film and television works, aerial platforms are basically suspended at high altitudes.

But in reality, this is definitely not the best solution.

In fact, the best solution is to ensure the continuous horizontal movement of the aerial platform, obtain a certain vertical lift through aerodynamics, and reduce the engine load.

In the design, the maximum speed of the Nantianmen platform is required to reach Mach 0.65, and the normal cruising speed is Mach 0.5.

So, how to ensure optimal aerodynamic effectiveness without affecting the function of the load-bearing system has become a design problem.

This problem has not yet been solved so far.

Then, there is the last item, the issue of the carrying system.

The core of this issue is how to achieve a balance between weight, efficiency and deterrence.

Unlike sea platforms, the weight that aerial platforms can carry is limited. It is really not an easy task to achieve the strongest firepower, the strongest deterrent, and the highest efficiency within a limited weight.

In the final analysis, in order to get as close as possible to the so-called "perfect balance", another technical difficulty must be solved.

That is: the problem of minimizing the structure of the carrying system.

Technical difficulties that were not too difficult but were quite troublesome were placed in front of Chen Nian one by one. He slowly sorted and screened them, and finally selected nearly 40 problems that needed to be solved urgently.

As for these problems, it was obviously impossible for him to just slap his head and solve them all in one day like before.

"Give me three months."

Chen Chen said.

"Three months, I understand."

Chen Guo didn't show any surprise. He knew very well that even for Chen Nian, this time was close to the limit.

Therefore, when reporting to the superiors, he would explain the situation clearly and Chen Nian would not need to worry about it.

At the same time, near Miami, on the Gulf of Mexico, a semi-sunken submarine was driving quietly on the water.

The "submarine" is only less than 50 centimeters above the water. The crew looks out through a narrow glass hatch. From the air, it even looks like a stained wooden board floating on the sea.

But in fact, the underwater part of this submarine is extremely large, and its cargo hold can even accommodate tons of cargo.

There is no doubt that these so-called "goods" are contraband shipped from Mexico to the United States.

In the cabin, the captain in charge of driving the ship carefully observed the surrounding environment. In order to avoid radar and electromagnetic signal searches, he used the most primitive method to locate the course, achieving the highest safety with one ball.

In fact, this journey has indeed been smooth.

No helicopters, no speedboats, no patrol boats, and no pesky Yankees.

It seems that the relationship the boss found last time is indeed strong enough, and the route they provided is also credible.

As long as this order is completed, he can take the huge share and bonus and go back to live peacefully.

Become a drug dealer for a lifetime and eventually become a drug lord?

Maybe some people would like this kind of life, but I would never be that stupid.

"It is 4 nautical miles away from the destination. Be careful, we are about to enter the most dangerous place."

The captain said, and the four armed men on board immediately nodded and tightened their grip on the rifles in their hands.

The submarine continued to move forward, and in the darkness, the captain could even see the lights on the coastline.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that it is coming to an end——

However, at this moment, a beam of white light fell from above his head.

Immediately afterwards, there was a shout from the loudspeaker.

He had no intention of listening to what the other party was shouting, but he knew that he was doomed.

At this moment, the will to resist in his heart completely disappeared. He even wanted to raise his hands and walk out of the hatch to surrender.

But the other party didn't seem to want him to do this.

Because the moment he opened the hatch, the bullet tilted over mercilessly.

But he wasn't shot?

What's going on?

"Fight back! Fight back! Fight!"

he shouted.

A few hours later, a piece of inconspicuous news appeared in local media reports in the United States.

ATF, DEA and River Force discovered a group of drug traffickers from Mexico during a joint law enforcement operation and intercepted their vessel.

However, due to the huge amount of contraband transported by the other party, after determining that there was no hope of escape, the group of drug traffickers launched a frantic counterattack and immediately called for support.

Dozens of drug traffickers in speedboats launched a desperate attack on the joint law enforcement team, causing a total of four casualties. After snatching a river assault boat, four drug traffickers escaped and entered the waters of the Colorado Islands.

Due to the territorial waters involved, the joint law enforcement team could not continue the pursuit, but they immediately made a request to the Cuban side, asking the other side to return the lost equipment and hand over the drug traffickers who had fled into Cuba.

When the news came out, Cuba did not make an immediate decision.

——

In fact, no matter who is dealing with this incident, it is impossible to have too keen intuition.

Because it's just too ordinary and boring.

It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of thing happens many times, if not every day.

According to past processing experience, as long as there is sufficient processing time, Cuba can find a way to catch the drug traffickers and then transfer them to the United States or Mexico according to established procedures.

But this time, things are a little different.

After a brief silence, the news quickly spread, and under the deliberate guidance of the media, the trend began to change.

From the same victims, Cuba quickly turned into so-called "asylums", and calls for tough measures against them began to emerge.

This situation was quickly discovered by the "Commercial Armed Forces" team stationed in Havana. In the military camp, the team leader and officers stood together again, but this time, what they discussed was no longer the so-called "possibility" issue.

".It's so shameless. If they really start a war for such a reason, I really, isn't this a joke?"

The officer's face was full of anger, helplessness and unwillingness. He was indeed not afraid of war, but if the war started in this way, it would indeed be a bit ridiculous in his opinion.

In 2017, will the laundry detergent incident happen again?

what is this!

Seeing his reaction, the team leader calmly shook his head and replied:

"This is just the first step. Since they are going to do it, they will definitely complete the evidence chain and make sufficient reasons."

"So objectively speaking, no matter how you reacted, the moment the assault boat entered the inland river, everything was determined."

"So what we have to do is not to complain or refute, but to truly welcome the war."

"There is no point in arguing. It is not like letting your country become a pressure relief warehouse for the other party, so just be prepared."

"clear."

The officer nodded solemnly and continued:

"I just find it ironic, but I also know what to do."

"Our training progress must be accelerated, right? Or, should we enter actual combat exercises earlier?"

"Also, when will the equipment arrive? I heard that your company will speed up the progress?"

"That's right."

The team leader nodded and replied:

"Soon, the first batch of equipment will be arriving."

"Get the airport ready. You have to let the Americans know that you have planes too!"