In fact, the official plan for the electromagnetic gun was earlier than Chen Nian.
In the 1980s, my country's electromagnetic gun theoretical demonstration had been basically completed.
This sounds quite magical - especially those who have experienced that era, I am afraid it will feel even more magical.
After all, if you think about it carefully, when you were riding a bicycle and wearing bell-bottom pants, the children in the countryside would swarm into the village chief's house to watch black and white TV at night, and save money all winter just to eat a popsicle in a thermos bucket in summer. By that time, the country had actually begun to think about electromagnetic guns.
No matter how you think about it, it feels very fragmented.
However, this is indeed the case.
It’s not just theoretical research. Since the 1980s, the practical process of domestic electromagnetic guns has been progressing rapidly. By this time in 2007, even without Chen Nian’s blessing, my country’s first vehicle-mounted anti-tank electromagnetic gun had been born.
The power of this electromagnetic gun has never been made public, but according to public information, its rate of fire can reach 15 rounds per minute, and its muzzle velocity is 3,500 meters per second, which can easily penetrate the armor of all active tanks.
There is even an unverified legend circulating on the Internet, that is, the mysterious bullet holes that were penetrated in the side armor of an M1A2 during the Iraq War were caused by the experimental model of this electromagnetic gun.
Of course, this statement is necessarily untrustworthy.
However, there are such legends circulating, which also reflects that China is indeed at the forefront of research in the field of electromagnetic guns.
Now, what Chen Nian needs to solve is not the problem of comprehensive design of the electromagnetic gun.
In this regard, those engineers who have been immersed in it for a long time know better than him.
There are only two problems he has to solve, high-power capacitors and high-temperature muzzle ablation.
Regarding ultra-high power capacitors, the principle is actually very simple.
The greater the potential difference, the greater the current released in a short period of time. The greater the current, the greater the rail electromagnetic force that the electromagnetic gun can generate. The initial velocity of the cannonball increases, and the power increases accordingly.
Therefore, obtaining a larger power capacitor is the key to increasing the power of the electromagnetic gun.
As early as 4 years ago, Grandma Chen had laid the foundation for this technology through the research and development of hot isostatic pressing equipment. After four years of development, Huaxia's high-power capacitor technology has already been at the forefront of the world, meeting the requirements of electromagnetic guns. No problem.
However, the capacitor solution does not mean that the electromagnetic gun can be easily manufactured.
Because the capacitor only solves the "power" problem, if he wants the electromagnetic gun to truly reach its usable "life", Chen Nian must also solve a more serious and destructive problem, which is the skin effect.
To explain in one sentence, the skin effect is the process of electromagnetic heat generation. This heat is enough to cause severe ablation of the projectile and the electromagnetic guide rail, and even directly plasmaize the tail of the projectile during launch.
Such electromagnetic ablation is unavoidable during the launch of the electromagnetic gun. If you want to overcome this difficulty, you must make a breakthrough in materials science and use materials that are extremely resistant to high-temperature ablation and have sufficient strength to manufacture the guide rails. and cannonballs.
Although Chen Nian has manufactured a series of highly heat-resistant materials, compared to the destructive power caused by the skin effect of the electromagnetic gun, these materials are still insufficient in terms of strength and heat resistance.
Therefore, if you want to solve the problem once and for all, the only way is to "customize" a new material for the electromagnetic gun guide rail.
The solution in Chen Nian's plan is very simple, which is to spray a thin film coating on the guide rail that does not affect its conductive properties to protect the guide rail from being ablated by the huge fireball caused by the skin effect.
As for this thin film coating material, Chen Nian has already had plans:
Use Alpha Silicon Carbide.
This thing has high hardness, low density, and is wear-resistant and high-temperature resistant. Most importantly, although its electrical conductivity is not as good as aluminum alloy or tungsten-copper alloy, it is not so bad that it can affect the current operation of the guide rail.
Moreover, according to Chen Nian’s previous technology tree plan, αSiC is completely focused on the vertical development route of carbon materials. Due to the preliminary research foundation, the overall analysis consumption of α-SiC is currently extremely low.
Only less than 3 source points are needed.
Compared with Chen Nian's current source point of nearly 160 points, it is almost like free money.
In just half an hour, Chen Nian completed the analysis of α-SiC material. To his surprise, the technology he obtained this time was not limited to the production technology and process of silicon carbide itself. Also included is a range of extension technologies.
Among them, the most practical ones include the role of doping and defects in SiC in inducing the origin of intrinsic magnetism, the control of semiconductor magnetism through defect engineering, the nonlinear optical effects of 4HSiC crystals, and the use of SiC to prepare large-area high-quality Graphene and SiC/graphene composite materials, etc., are more advanced and even directly extend the application of silicon carbide to the field of photocatalysis.
What is this concept?
Simply put, the third generation semiconductor technology is composed of silicon carbide and gallium nitride. Now, due to its own technical analysis, the complete development route of silicon carbide has been completed ahead of schedule. Many technologies that originally required slow development and breakthroughs will once again be advanced.
Chen Nian was vaguely aware of the potential of this technology.
If silicon carbide technology can be commercialized on a large scale in advance, the domestic layout in the new energy market will also receive a major boost.
After all, silicon carbide modules are one of the core technologies for realizing fast battery charging, and are also an important step in the process of replacing oil with electricity.
This is an unexpected surprise.
Chen Nian happily turned on the computer and began to output relevant technologies.
It took more than two hours to sort out all the techniques. He found Wen Xingdong's intranet mailbox and sent the document directly.
Chen Guo was also copied on the email. After all, this technology will not only be used in military industry, but also has huge potential in the civilian field. Therefore, the Office of Civil Development must also participate in technology development.
Just a few minutes after the email was sent, he received a call from Wen Xingdong.
"Mr. Chen, the email has been received!"
"Silicon carbide coating, we have also considered this in the early research and development process, but the current domestic silicon carbide industry is too weak, the process is backward, and the material performance is poor, so it has not been a main solution."
"Okay now, if we can build a supporting industrial system based on your technology, we will directly follow this path to develop in the future!"
There was obvious joy in Wen Xingdong's voice. Chen Nian smiled slightly and replied:
"Don't beat around the bush with me, don't you just want to ask when it will be able to produce electricity?"
"You can go to Professor Chen Guochen for consultation on this issue. I only care about technology, not implementation."
"However, I guess it won't take too long. There are still several domestic manufacturers trying to make breakthroughs in the silicon carbide field."
"I suggest that you can do laboratory preparation first, and then go to large-scale mass production after getting samples."
"I understand! I feel relieved when you say that!"
Wen Xingdong chuckled. Chen Nian guessed his thoughts, but he didn't feel particularly embarrassed.
It’s all for the project anyway, so being thick-skinned is no big deal.
The two chatted for a few more words, and Chen Nian asked about the progress of the 055 project.
"At present, the basic hull construction work has been completed, and the radar at No. 14 is also ready."
"Next step, we are going to start the construction and installation of vertical launch system modules, but this is the problem with the missile."
"I know, I know."
Chen Nian reluctantly interrupted Wen Xingdong and said bluntly:
"I'll give you an answer as soon as possible."
"Whether it is Haihongqi-7 or YJ-9E, they are too weak compared to this warship. I will find a way to upgrade them."
"Just wait for my news, there will be results soon."
"Okay, okay - do you want to postpone the construction of the vertical hair module first?"
"No, let's do the preliminary preparations first."
Hearing this, Wen Xingdong on the other side of the phone was a little confused.
You know, the design of the vertical launch system is closely related to the design of the missile body. Now that the missile has not yet been finalized, why rush to get the vertical launch?
Wouldn't it be more reasonable to wait until the missiles come out and then design and manufacture them appropriately?
However, he still didn't know that what Chen Nian said "there will be results soon" actually meant "there will be results within a day."
Therefore, their work is not suspended for the time being. In fact, there is no difference at all.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Nian scratched his head and sat on the chair, feeling a little emotional.
In fact, to be honest, if it were in an ordinary workplace, Wen Xingdong's style might not be able to survive.
In the words of some foreign companies in later generations, he was too "aggressive".
That is, too radical, too aggressive, or even too "wolfish".
For a purpose, he will use all means to push the relevant people, even repeatedly emphasizing and requesting without regard to his own identity.
However, is this character really bad?
At least in Chen Nian's opinion, talents like him are extremely rare for the Navy, which is currently searching for help, and even for China today.
To engage in technology is to engage in revolution, and competition in the technical field is the battlefield.
Without an unscrupulous leader, how can we adapt to the deteriorating international environment?
I have to say that my superiors are very forward-looking when it comes to hiring people.
In this case, I can't let him down.
After resting for a while, Chen Nian opened the system again.
This time, he wanted to solve the problem of two types of missiles.
Among them, in terms of air defense, he chose the Haihongqi-26 third-generation three-stage medium-range air defense missile that had just appeared in his previous life and had not yet been put into service, the Haihongqi 10E third-generation short-range air defense missile, and ballistic missiles. The Haihongqi-29 fourth-generation air defense missile strikes.
These three types of air defense missiles cover short, medium and long ranges and can basically deal with all air threats including hypersonic anti-ship missiles and land-based ballistic missiles.
With their blessing, 055's defense capabilities will reach an extremely terrifying, even incredible level.
Especially under the layout of Haihongqi 10E with four bombs in one pit, its anti-saturation strike capability threshold should be said to exceed the saturation strike capability limit of all ships currently in service.
Just come, if you can't stop me, I'll lose.
Even the most powerful shield ship in the United States is just a younger brother in front of it.
Of course, in addition to defensive capabilities, attack capabilities must also be sufficiently improved.
Although low-cost, high-delivery electromagnetic guns will definitely become the mainstream in the future, missiles will still be the main force in anti-ships for a period of time in the near future. It is impossible for Chen Nian to make such nonsense. matter, so the role of anti-ship missiles cannot be ignored.
In this regard, he no longer considered the YJ-12 missile that was commonly used in his previous life. Although this thing was very powerful, it still fell into the category of conventional anti-ship missiles.
Since we want to renovate it, we should do it all at once.
Go directly to DF-21.
It should be called Eagle Strike-21E.
This type of missile has been born in previous lives, but it has not been put into large-scale service.
After improvement, it can fully adapt to the vertical launch system of 055D. Even if it is one pit and one bomb, it can be equipped with a configuration of more than 48 units.
By then, high-altitude cruising speeds exceeding Mach 6 and terminal penetration speeds exceeding Mach 10 will become a nightmare for all maritime ships.
In the most extreme case, it is even possible that one or two YJ-21Es can take away a fully-equipped ship.
If there is any disadvantage, maybe the only disadvantage is that this thing is too expensive.
Therefore, in order to ensure a smooth transition, Chen Nian very considerately added an alternative option:
Eagle Strike -18.
This is a sub-supersonic combined missile with equally strong defense penetration capabilities, but it is much cheaper than the exaggeratedly powerful YJ-21E.
It is considered to be affordable and can be equipped on a large scale at this stage.
After determining all the equipment plans, Chen Nian did not hesitate, opened the system and began to analyze.
The total source point consumption of the 5 types of missiles reached 47, killing one-third of Chen Nian's source point accumulation in one go.
However, it is worth it.
After all these weapons are moved to 055, let alone Zumwalt, even if the alien ore ship in "Super Battleship" comes over, you will have to weigh whether you have enough to take it away with a 055.
After nearly a week, Chen Nian finally completed the analysis and technical output of all missiles. As soon as he obtained the technology, he immediately contacted Zhu Xuejun and planned to let her lead the research and development of this series of missiles. .
The reason is also very simple. Zhu Xuejun has experience in presiding over the DF-17 missile research and development project, and has a relative advantage in the research and development of the YJ-21 missile.
Zhu Xuejun was not surprised when she received Chen Nian's call. In her mind, Chen Nian had been silent in the field of "missiles" for two years, and it was time to think of the old lover of the Army.
Therefore, her attitude was particularly enthusiastic.
However, when Chen Nian revealed her purpose, she suddenly couldn't be happy again.
"They are all ship-based missiles? Xiao Nian, that is to say, if you are free, can you think about how to improve the combat effectiveness of our second artillery?"
Listening to Zhu Xuejun's slightly aggrieved tone, Chen Nian couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
After thinking for a moment, he said tactfully:
"Second artillery, don't we have the Dongfeng-41 project now? Plus the Dongfeng-17, it will be enough for the time being."
"Even if I want to upgrade the Army, I guess I will mainly make breakthroughs in the field of helicopters in the future. After all, we are too far apart in this area."
"All right."
Zhu Xuejun answered helplessly, and then continued:
"As for the missiles you mentioned, I will communicate with CALT and take the lead. But for the specific implementation, we still need to cooperate with the Third and Second Houses."
"I can't give you an accurate guarantee for the time being. Try to keep it within a year - after all, we have the technology, so it won't take too long."
"I understand, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work, you are the hard one."
The differences between the navy and the army were just a joke after dinner. In fact, Zhu Xuejun would not have any resentment against Chen Nian because of this.
On the contrary, she knew how difficult it was to design a missile.
Even for a "monster" like Chen Nian, it will definitely not be easy.
Therefore, from the bottom of her heart, she did feel sorry for this junior.
He has paid too much for China's military industry.
The two exchanged casual greetings for a few words, and Chen Nian hung up the phone.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and sat quietly behind his desk in a daze.
The weapons problem is solved.
At this point, all technical hurdles of the 055 and Deep Blue 16 projects have been cleared.
Next, it is time to implement the work step by step.
He is looking forward to the final result.
The birth of these two large ships will completely end the history of China's navy being poor and weak.
And the road to the deep blue will also start from here
