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 the same as when he was in school. If he doesn't have a special project to work on, he spends the whole day studying cutting-edge courses.
Of course, judging from the current situation, the income from source points that learning can bring is not high compared to the income from other aspects. In many cases, the number of source points that a whole day of study can bring is not very high. to 1 point, but a breakthrough technological fission can bring more than 5 source points.
However, Chen Nian still persisted in the habit of learning because he knew that as the subsequent technological development moves into the near future, technology will become more and more advanced and increasingly difficult to understand.
If you don't lay a good foundation first, it is very likely that even if the system instills information into you in the end, you will not be able to fully understand it.
The end result is that the "time savings" brought about by eagerness for quick success will eventually be returned due to low output efficiency.
Instead of doing this, it is better to start learning now.
Chen Nian had a vague feeling that if he relied solely on himself and made breakthrough progress one day after integrating the "gifts" given by the system, the source of income he would gain would not be small.
However, this "breakthrough" level should not be too low.
Maybe you need to solve one or two basic problems yourself?
Chen Nian didn't think much more and continued to start his materials 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 preparation for the research and development of metallic hydrogen.
The communication with Isaac, the American scientific researcher, was still continuing, and he took advantage of this time to make up for his shortcomings.
At that time, if we can recruit this person, we can start working directly.
——
Of course, having said that, it is really not that easy to kidnap someone under the nose of Lao Mei.
What's more important is that after being kidnapped, how can the results of whoring him be used for nothing and not be obtained by him?
Let the professionals consider this issue.
Anyway, what he wanted was just a few pieces of directional information in his mind.
It shouldn't be a big problem
As a result, time passed like this day by day. Since there were too many projects in the final stage at hand, Chen Nian was not in a hurry to start new projects. Instead, he continued to propose optimizations for projects 055 and 001.
This optimization includes project efficiency and product performance.
It took nearly five months, and after constantly checking and filling in the gaps, Chen Niancai finally determined the final technical performance requirements of the two ships.
In the office, Chen Nian sat opposite Chen Guo. The latter looked at the thick stack of reports in his hand, shook his head helplessly, and said:
"The performance of the two ships you modified has exceeded the original goals of the project by a lot."
"Let's talk about 055 first. The maximum speed has been raised from 30 knots to 35 knots. How did this change? Did the engine change?"
"No, how can we change the engine?"
Chen Nian quickly shook his head and replied:
"On the one hand, the design of the wave plate has been changed. 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 were not noticed before."
"Okay, it's not easy for you to be so meticulous. Has the radar been upgraded?"
Chen Guo continued to ask.
"It's not a complete upgrade. The digital array radar is already close to the ceiling of 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 placed ashore later, the detection range can be expanded to more than 2,000 kilometers."
"Currently, 14 institutes are already working on it, and it is estimated that there will be news soon."
The detection principle of the so-called resonant anti-stealth radar is still somewhat different from that of ordinary radar.
Simply put, if the object under test is regarded as a passive antenna, its electrical resonance at a specific 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 completely different from the radio waves that are reflected by the metal surface and have a very short wavelength relative to the surface. It is not shieldable.
But the difficulty is that objects of different sizes have different natural resonant reflection frequencies, and the natural frequencies of reflection are different due to different postures. Therefore, the resonant radar needs to emit wide-spectrum energy with a frequency of 50KC-300MC, which is very difficult to implement.
Therefore, although various countries have accumulated theoretical accumulation and research on resonant anti-stealth radar, China should still be the first to truly realize it.
"It's really strong. Does that mean we won't have any problems identifying stealth aircraft in the future?"
"That's not an exaggeration - as a rough estimate, the recognition rate should be around 80%."
"But the good thing is that as long as a stealth aircraft is approaching, even if it can't be tracked, we will at least know it."
Hearing this, Chen Guo nodded.
"That's enough."
"You don't know how anxious those people in Institute 14 are to get angry over the anti-stealth issue."
"They are afraid that the advantage they have finally built up will eventually develop into a mutual exchange between the two sides because of insufficient counterattack."
"It's okay 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 deliberately by Chen Nian, because he knew very well that even in the previous life, anti-stealth technology was developing rapidly in the country.
But to really say that a complete anti-stealth system has been established, we have to wait for the YLC-2 to appear and the composite structure of passive radar, external radiation source radar and resonant radar to take shape.
"Take your time, we are going fast enough now."
Chen Guo immediately offered words of comfort, then skipped the topic and started asking about the 001 ship.
Compared with 055, the "technical breakthrough" of 001 is actually not too much.
Generally speaking, in addition to adjusting the blades, wave pressure plates, and radar like the 055, it also optimized some of the mechanical structures of the hangar and improved the close-in defense cannon that was originally planned.
Of course, even if it is just this, it is 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 be counted on one hand.
And this 001 is the strongest one in this hand.
It may even have a chance to compete with American aircraft carriers.
This is almost unimaginable for other aircraft carriers that are already dilapidated and have poor performance.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian's originally somewhat unwilling mood calmed down.
He took a sip of the almost cold tea and said:
"The 001 ship will be launched in about two months, and the 055 ship has been confirmed to be launched on November 15."
"When these two ships are launched, our navy's confidence will be completely established."
"Yes, they should have had enough of their hard life."
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.
The Zumwalt project has been suspended for more than five days since last week, and until now, the project has shown no sign of returning to normal operations.
To make matters worse, the reason that caused the Zumwalt project to stall was not a single reason, but a series of complex and difficult technical problems.
These technical problems cannot be solved in the short term. If you want to achieve the expected goals of the project, you must either increase capital investment or extend the project time.
But no matter which one of these two options, the superiors were unwilling to accept.
Jay sighed and thought to himself:
I should have known that this was the case, that such an overly radical project would not have good results in the first place.
The cruiser of the future? A weapon for attacking the other side? Pathfinder of distributed operations, ghost fleet overlord?
These terms are indeed extremely attractive, but the problem is that judging from the current situation, none of them are achievable.
The first thing that went wrong was actually the shore attack part. According to the plan, this part of the function should be implemented by the AGS system.
But in fact, the AGS advanced naval gun system did not meet the expected performance, and the development of its originally planned long-range land attack artillery projectile (LRLAP) encountered huge difficulties.
The performance is not up to standard, the price is far beyond expectations, and the price of a single shot has even exceeded the Tomahawk cruise missile.
In the initial performance design, this extended-range rocket should have a range of more than 190 kilometers and also have GPS guidance capabilities. The unit price of each rocket should be around US$100,000.
However, the current situation is that the range of this artillery shell can only reach 80 kilometers, the accuracy of GPS guidance is shockingly poor, and the price of a single shot has directly reached over 1 million US dollars!
Even according to BAE, the price may decrease after subsequent large-scale mass production, but even if it is the lowest, it will not be lower than the cost line of US$800,000.
What is the use of such artillery shells?
How much does a tomahawk cost? How much does a long-range fire with a range of 300 kilometers cost in China? !
Jay was no longer just angry, he felt a deep despair.
Based on past experience, he knew very well that there was basically no possibility of resolving such conflicts.
Even superiors have begun discussing the purchase of cheap guided artillery shells made in Italy.
Are you kidding me?
The range of that artillery shell was only 70 kilometers, and its power did not meet the predetermined requirements.
If this shell is used, will Zumwalt still be Zumwalt?
Thinking of this, Jay couldn't help but sigh again.
The problems he faces are far more than this. In terms of radar, the DBR radar has been questioned by some officials as not being advanced enough and not cost-effective. The current plan is to only equip it with the X-band SPY-3 multi-function with a shorter search range. radar.
As a result, Zumwalt will completely lose its complete airspace air defense capabilities, and it will be impossible to have ballistic missile defense capabilities.
Its defenses, as originally designed on the drawings, would be one in the sky and one below.
In addition, there is also a big problem with the all-electric propulsion system.
The shortcomings of medium-voltage AC integrated power were fully exposed in the test.
Large volume, low efficiency and high continuity.
At first, I was bragging that driving this battleship was as easy as driving a car. Now, it's better. The probability of its power system failure has become as high as that of a classic car.
Jay stared blankly at the Zumwalt, which had completed most of the construction work on the slipway, and couldn't help but shake his head.
".What 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, and it is impossible to reach a conclusion in a short time."
"I think we should prepare in advance."
"If necessary, this project can even be temporarily frozen and resources can be invested in other projects with greater potential."
"That's not something we can decide."
Jay reluctantly interrupted the assistant.
Indeed, how could he not wish to invest his resources elsewhere if he could?
Not to mention new projects, the transformation and upgrade project of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer alone is much more promising than the current Zumwalt.
He couldn't help cursing those damn subcontractors and lazy engineers in his mind. If it weren't for them, this project would have had a bright future.
But curses were curses, but he still had no choice.
After a few seconds of silence, he continued to ask:
"How is the situation in China? I mean, is their 055 destroyer progressing smoothly?"
"very smooth."
The assistant nodded, with a hint of bitterness in his tone.
"Especially after the birth of the electromagnetic gun, it can be said that their project has gone 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.
"Look at the several aspects of the problem, electricity, artillery shells, and radar."
"These are all core issues required 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."
"What do we do now?"
The assistant's voice became a little deeper, and he had a worry in his heart that he didn't dare to express:
This time, we won't lose again, right?
However, without him having to say it, Jay's next words spoke the same thought without any hesitation.
"What else can we do? We have already lost, and we can only reduce the losses as much as possible."
"Currently, China has not exposed the parameter performance of No. 055, and our intelligence department has not obtained any credible information."
"But it's obvious that they have made breakthroughs in all the technologies needed for this modern warship before."
"You can count them yourself."
"Missiles, gas turbines, electromagnetic guns, radar, stealth design"
"Compared to Zumwalt, it looks more like a warship from the future."
"And we."
"Has been left far behind"
(End of chapter)
