The speed of the No. 53 ship stopped increasing. At this time, the power system maintained the overload operation state and maintained the speed at 39.8 knots.
Converted to a speed of 74 kilometers per hour, which is an extremely high speed for a ship of more than 4,000 tons. You must know that the wave-piercing so-called high-speed transport ships that Australia and the United States are proud of have a maximum speed of only 40 Festival.
The No. 53 ship must try its best to intercept the aircraft carrier strike group before it reaches the sea area 30 kilometers north of the Maldives and arrive at the designated sea area within the specified time to intercept it.
The small aspect ratio of the No. 53 ship allows the ship to sail at higher speeds, but its wave resistance is relatively weak. And because of its low freeboard, waves have a greater impact on equipment above the deck.
When the waves are large, when viewed from the side, it often appears that the ship is traveling through the waves instead of riding on them. Into a wave, through a wave, and so on.
The sailors at the deck station tied their waists with backpack ropes, and tied the other end firmly to the railing or other places to ensure that they would not be thrown into the sea by violent jolts.
Ship No. 53 is a relatively special ship. Among the soldiers serving on the ship, there are no private soldiers, that is, first-year soldiers. The shortest enlistment age is two years and three months. In other words, all the conscripts on the ship are extended active duty.
This is a strong signal - the officers and soldiers on the ship will be assigned to the new ship as the backbone to train the new recruits in a one-to-two manner.
This is also the main reason why Li Hai and others firmly believe that the No. 53 ship has accelerated the pace of decommissioning. Unexpectedly, the No. 53 ship has undergone a large-scale modification and installed many new gadgets, causing the decommissioning time to change again. It has to be confusing.
After four hours and thirty-five minutes of high-speed sailing, the No. 53 ship entered the Palk Strait. Ten nautical miles ahead was the narrow and shallow Palk Strait. There were almost no ships over a thousand tons on the channel.
There was still half the journey left, but the time left for Li Hai was only seven hours and twenty-five minutes, and the most difficult part of the Palk Strait had not yet passed.
Theoretically, the No. 53 ship can pass through the nearly 100 kilometers of Palk Strait in one hour and twenty-five minutes, provided that the average speed reaches more than 39 knots.
No matter how you look at it, it is an almost impossible task.
After the combat staff calculated the relevant data, Li Hai calmly contacted Wang Fugui directly, "Squad leader Lao Wang, can we increase the speed to 41 in thirty minutes? Is there a way to reach the redundancy limit?" "
If anyone else heard this, they would think the captain was crazy.
The maximum design speed is 36 knots, and now it has reached a speed of 39.5 knots. It can be said to be a small miracle of military manufacturing. To increase it to 41 knots, not to mention the impact of sea conditions, etc., when people design ships and power systems, the redundancy is not that great!
However, Wang Fugui thought quickly, and after a while, he replied to Li Hai, "I don't know if I can withstand it. I'll give it a try."
This Lao Guang speaks Cantonese Mandarin, which usually sounds awkward, but now it sounds so pleasant to my ears.
"Squad Leader Lao Wang, you can definitely do it, you absolutely can!" Li Hai said decisively.
Wang Fugui said in a deep voice, "Captain, I will do my best. It's over."
He ended the call and looked at his apprentice Gu Xiaohui, "Get the spare turbocharger ready."
"Yes!" Gu Xiaohui went immediately.
It is obvious that Wang Fugui intends to squeeze out any remaining potential of the gas turbine. The most easily damaged thing, and it can be said that it will definitely be damaged, is the turbocharger.
The representatives of the manufacturer said nothing. They had already felt the urgency of the situation. If human lives could be exchanged, the troops would not hesitate to do so, let alone destroy a gas turbine. They all joined Wang Fugui's team and followed Wang Fugui's command.
Zheng Gong, who had previously looked down on Wang Fugui, was the most active at this time.
After thinking about it for a while, he took the initiative to find Wang Fugui and said, "Squad leader Wang, this gas turbine was designed to be used beyond the limit. The power was increased by increasing the amount of oil and air intake, at the expense of the machine. lifespan is drastically shortened.”
After a pause, he said, "In the current situation, mechanical life is obviously secondary, so I suggest increasing the amount of oil and air intake."
Wang Fugui said, "If the combustion rate cannot be increased, no matter how much oil is added, it will be useless. To squeeze out the potential power, all data must be improved."
"Yes." Zheng Gong agreed.
Wang Fugui said in a deep voice, "There is a channel in the gas turbine that can add a turbocharger. I want to give it a try."
Zheng Gong looked at Wang Fugui with wide eyes. Such words sounded like fantasy to him.
Even if there are channels, does it mean that you can add them by adding them? Have you done rigorous overall analysis and precise data calculations? There is nothing, not to mention whether they can be added, whether they can be used, and whether they can be used. Meeting the requirements is all a problem.
Zheng Gong still considered the problem with his inherent thinking, and his "go all out" thinking was not thorough enough.
Wang Fugui didn't have time to introduce it in detail. After Gu Xiaohui got the turbocharger, he immediately started working with the soldiers in the engineering class.
Simple and crude welding and screw fixing without any rigorous calculation and data analysis are just like putting an ugly patch on a gas turbine.
When the last step was reached, Wang Fugui called Li Hai on the internal intercom, "Captain, I need the No. 1 gas turbine to shut down for three minutes."
Li Hai did not ask why, nor did he hesitate. He decisively ordered, "Stop the No. 1 turbine for three minutes. Follow my order and start it again!"
The engine room was immediately executed.
The speed of the ship has obviously slowed down, and it is now entering the Palk Strait. In fact, Le Hai's attention had been entirely on the waterway, not the engine room.
Such a frigate of more than 4,000 tons suddenly appeared in the Palk Strait, where a warship of several thousand tons had never appeared before, and soon attracted more and more attention.
Li Hai couldn't care less. He wished he could see the terrain below through the sea water. In the bridge command center, everyone held their breath and concentrated, and the helmsman Chen Yun, whose nerve endings were on high alert, was concentrating on steering the ship and controlling the No. 53 ship to sail along the channel at high speed.
After the No. 1 gas turbine was shut down, Wang Fugui put on thick heat-insulating gloves, completed the last step of installing the turbocharger, and checked it over again in thirty seconds.
The next step is to restart the No. 1 gas turbine.
Everyone in the engine room also held their breath. Whether the No. 1 gas turbine could start smoothly and whether it could run smoothly after starting were all questions.
Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui called Li Hai steadily, "Captain, the No. 1 gas turbine is ready and can be started."
"Start the No. 1 gas turbine!" Li Hai ordered decisively.
Wang Fugui pressed the start button himself.
The starter of the No. 1 gas turbine started running. Soon, the main engine started. Wang Fugui gradually increased the power, and the ship's speed increased significantly.
"Slow down, slow down!" Li Hai's voice suddenly sounded on the intercom channel.
Wang Fugui immediately turned down the power.
In the bridge command center, Chen Yun steered the ship quickly and accurately. The bow of the No. 53 ship almost brushed past a slow fishing boat. The closest distance between the two ships was only twenty centimeters. The people on the fishing boat watched dumbfoundedly as a huge boat passed by, covering the sun, and it felt like it was blocking the sky.
For a fishing boat of several hundred tons, a frigate of several thousand tons is a huge ship!
After urgently avoiding the fishing boat, Chen Yun quickly returned to the helm. Ship No. 53 returned to the middle of the channel. The hull below the waterline on the port side almost scraped against a reef only three meters deep on the left side of the channel. It was extremely thrilling.
Li Hai decisively ordered the engine room, "Maintain normal power!"
At this time, we cannot risk full speed and safely pass the Palk Strait, and everything else is out of the question.
"Engine room understands!" Wang Fugui could only wait for the order before testing the installed turbocharger. In fact, he was more nervous than anyone else, but for a long time, he had developed the habit of putting his emotions aside and focusing on his work. .
The risk currently encountered by the No. 53 ship is not only the water depth and terrain of the Palk Strait, but also the world's third navy on the right bank. They have several military ports on the right bank and have deployed a large number of gunboats and patrol boats. Controlling the Palk Strait, the countries on the left bank are too weak and do not have a decent navy at all, so the Third Navy has always considered the Palk Strait to be waters completely under their jurisdiction.
According to the ranking of world navies, they are the fifth navy in the world in terms of total tonnage of ships, but they consider themselves to be the third navy in the world, after the US Navy and the Russian Navy.
Soon, the gunboat unit of the Third Navy received the order and quickly dispatched two three- to four-hundred-ton missile boats towards the No. 53 ship at high speed.
The radar department has been paying close attention to the surrounding movements and immediately discovered two gunboats. They ran at a speed of thirty knots and could approach the No. 53 ship in ten minutes at most.
Wan Liyang said, "Captain, the Third Navy has been dispatched. It is a Weir-class missile boat with a displacement of 470 tons. It is equipped with a 76mm main gun, two 30mm six-barreled close-in defense guns, and four P- Type 15 anti-ship missile.”
The relevant data of this missile boat immediately appeared in front of Li Hai. It has a maximum speed of 36 knots, powerful firepower, and a draft of 2.5 meters. It is very suitable for use in sea areas such as the Palk Strait. It is the main force of the Third Navy for offshore operations and patrols. The missile boat is even equipped with a short-range air defense missile system.
"Fire control radar tracking." Li Hai's tone was without hesitation.
"Fire control radar tracking!" The duty officer immediately conveyed the captain's instructions.
The use of fire control radar tracking means that fire strikes can be carried out on targets at any time. To deal with hundreds of tons of missile boats, just use the main gun. These small targets cannot withstand the bombardment of the 100 mm caliber main gun.
At close range, the anti-ship missiles of both sides are useless, and torpedoes are almost useless. The fight is actually a duel between artillery.
"Shout to them and warn them not to invade our routes!" Li Hai issued a preemptive strike.
"yes!"
Wu Tong immediately shouted on channel 16 to the two rapidly approaching Vera-class missile boats, "K42 and K43 boats, you are sailing towards our ship's route, avoid immediately!"
She shouted twice in a row.
Her voice was polite and dignified, perfect for shouting.
The captain of the K42 boat was stunned for a moment, and his hand holding the microphone paused. He was about to shout, but the other party shouted first. He replied angrily, "Ship 53, you are entering the channel in our controlled sea area. Slow down immediately for inspection! Slow down immediately and stop for inspection!"
When Li Hai heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up and he smiled.
The third navy captain was probably angry at Wu Tong's words. (End of chapter)
