Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

In Mars City No. 1, Lu Yongchang frowned in the laboratory.

The principle of electromagnetic rail gun is very simple. Its basic principle is magnetic field force.

In the simplest terms, a magnetic field exerts a force effect on an electrically charged object.

At the microscopic level, this force is the so-called Lorentz force, and at the macroscopic level, it is the Ampere force.

In the 19th century, Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction. At the beginning of the 20th century, some people proposed the conjecture of using Ampere force to launch cannonballs.

Although the principle is simple, developing an electromagnetic gun suitable for interstellar warfare is not a simple matter.

Human civilization has never stopped researching electromagnetic railguns, but it has never been able to replace gunpowder weapons.

In order to adapt to interstellar warfare, all Lu Yongchang had to do was to increase the power of the electromagnetic gun.

The power of the electromagnetic gun mainly depends on the mass of the projectile and the initial velocity after exiting the barrel.

Thinking of this, Lu Yongchang turned to Professor Yevgeny and asked.

"Yevgeny, how powerful is the most powerful electromagnetic gun currently?"

Hearing this question, Yevgeny quickly replied without thinking: "Professor, with all due respect, the power of those electromagnetic guns is very weak."

"Maybe they can replace some of the functions of cannonballs on earth, but in space, their power is still too weak!"

"How do you say it?" Lu Yongchang raised his eyebrows slightly and asked again.

Yevgeny shrugged and reported some data: "The most powerful electromagnetic gun currently can only accelerate a projectile of about 10kg to a speed of about Mach 10."

"Of course, this is also because after the solar crisis, the research and development projects of various weapons came to a standstill."

"After all, there was no such thing as controllable nuclear fusion."

Lu Yongchang nodded thoughtfully.

"Mach 10...that's really a bit slow."

The exit speed of 3400m/s... is like a snail in the universe.

It can't even match the speed of the Luan Bird Starship!

"Professor, how high do you think we should set our target?" Yevgeny's voice interrupted Lu Yongchang's meditation.

"The target...the discharge speed must be at least 5000km/s."

"..."

There was silence in the laboratory.

Including Yevgeny, all the researchers stared at Lu Yongchang with their eyes widened.

"Initial velocity of 5000km/s?!" Yevgeny breathed rapidly and looked at Lu Yongchang with a slightly red face, "Professor Lu, do you think this is possible?!"

Lu Yongchang was silent for a while.

He did not directly answer Yevgeny's words, but shouted to the camera on the side.

"Zero, based on ideal conditions, how much can the fusion reactor on the Luannia starship increase the initial velocity of the electromagnetic gun?"

The holographic image unfolded instantly.

A string of data flashed across it.

Zero responded in a calm tone: "Professor, according to calculations, if the starship power and various problems are not considered, it can accelerate a standard projectile to 20,000 kilometers per second."

"Here." A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lu Yongchang's mouth, "Look, 5,000 kilometers per second is relatively low."

Yevgeny looked at the calculation process on the holographic image and swallowed slightly.

"Professor, you are more...crazy than I thought!"

As he said that, Yevgeny looked at Lu Yongchang with eyes full of admiration.

According to Zero's simulation, to achieve such an effect, the entire Luannia starship basically only has one function left.

fire!

As a true believer in caliber being justice, Yevgeny swore that even he had never thought of such an exaggerated thing!

Lu Yongchang happily accepted Yevgeny's 'praise': "Calm down, the Luanniao starship is still too small."

"If you magnify the size of the starship ten times, you might not feel it is an exaggeration."

Yevgeny looked at Lu Yongchang with a somewhat numb expression.

Is this human language?

He rubbed his temples with a headache and skipped the topic: "But even if the energy problem is solved, we still don't have the energy storage equipment to carry its launch."

This is the biggest problem limiting the electromagnetic gun.

Energy storage, needless to say, electromagnetic guns require extremely fast energy discharge and charging technology.

The energy discharge problem is related to the power of the electromagnetic gun.

The electromagnetic gun requires instantaneous power, and the energy storage device needs to release its stored electrical energy at once in a very short time.

The charging problem is related to the continuous combat capability of the electromagnetic gun.

You can’t need a few hours of buffering time after firing a shell, right?

Of course, on the premise of fast charging and discharging, energy storage equipment also has a hard requirement.

The capacity of the energy storage device.

Wanting to take into account these three requirements... Yevgeny can be sure that humans currently have absolutely no such exaggerated energy storage technology.

Faced with Yevgeny's doubts, Lu Yongchang nodded calmly: "Don't worry, there is no need to worry about energy storage technology."

"I already have a solution."

"What you have to do is complete the basic structure of the electromagnetic gun."

Yevgeny: “…???”

At this moment, his eyes were filled with doubts about himself.

When did he take over such an easy research and development task?

As long as the basic structure of the electromagnetic gun is completed, that's it?

He took a deep breath and nodded silently.

"Professor, I listen to you."

Lu Yongchang smiled and patted the strong back of the Su man in front of him: "Come on."

"I hope to see results within half a month."

After saying that, he turned around and walked quickly towards his office.

He needs to realize the inspiration that flashes through his mind!

Yevgeny's face froze: "..."

Now, he decided to take back his previous exclamation.

Is this a task that humans can accomplish? !

"Wait, wait, professor, half a month? Did you tell the wrong time?!"

Yevgeny followed behind Lu Yongchang in a hurry and asked.

Naturally, Lu Yongchang did not stop, he just waved his hand and left a message.

"Believe in yourself, you can definitely do it."

Seeing Lu Yongchang's retreating figure, the corners of Yevgeny's eyes twitched violently twice.

"Calm down, Professor Yevgeny." A researcher from the former Xia Kingdom took a step forward and patted Yevgeny on the shoulder comfortingly, "Just get used to it."

"Professor Lu's scientific research mission has always been this way."

"Let's just sleep less in these half months."

Yevgeny turned his head and looked numbly at the smiling researchers.

"Are you always like this?"

Several yellow-skinned scientific researchers nodded with smiles and said in unison: "Of course!"

Yevgeny's face became darker and darker.