Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

When the naval forces of various countries barely reached a balance, the "Washington Naval Treaty" and the "London Naval Treaty" were the insurance ropes that limited the arms race.

Once there is an imbalance of power, for example, in a country like Southern Africa that does not build battleships but desperately builds aircraft carriers, the naval power of various countries will be instantly imbalanced. At this time, the "Washington Naval Treaty" and "London Naval Treaty" will become toilet paper.

It is true that the carrier-based aircraft performed so well in the process of sinking the "Lexington". The new Brazilian government only used less than 20 aircraft to complete the strangulation of the "Lexington", although everyone knew how to pilot it.

The pilots of Brazil's new government planes are all southern Africans. This result is shocking enough.

Since aircraft carriers can be sunk so easily, so can battleships that lack anti-aircraft weapons.

Just after the "Lexington" was sunk, Britain, the United States, Japan, and France all unanimously drove the battleship back to the shipyard to install more anti-aircraft weapons.

At this time, Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy reluctantly discovered that the once powerful battleships seemed no longer suitable for future naval battles.

Then look at Southern Africa, which has insisted on researching aircraft carriers from the beginning and only built a few French battleships to support the appearance. It is extremely wise.

It's like having divine help.

The real master is still crashing planes on Lake Nyasa.

The Friendship Games was held in Los Angeles, and the staff of the Nikola Tesla Institute were very happy. There is no doubt about the support of the Nyasaland State Government and the Los Angeles City Government to the Nikola Institute. All the tickets were proactively sent to them.

Tickets to popular events, which are hard for foreign tourists to pay a lot of money to buy, are like free tickets at the Nicholas Institute.

However, the engineers definitely don't have time to watch the game. The research on the long-range intelligent unmanned bomber project has made new progress, and all the engineers are waiting for bonuses.

Don’t get me wrong, the new progress is not a core project, but a peripheral product that is out of reach. In the past few years, Nikola Research Institute has actually relied on these out-of-reach peripheral products to generate profits. If the east is not bright, the west will be bright.

OK.

"Vertical takeoff and landing of large bombers on aircraft carriers has always been a world-class problem. We were inspired by the rotors of helicopters, combined with the functions of large bombers, and now we have this naval bomber that can take off from aircraft carriers." Jia

Quan was very proud. The Navy actually had bombers, but they were bombers that needed to take off from land airports and could take off from aircraft carriers. This was indeed a great initiative.

"Wait a minute, have you ever considered the question, how many large long-range four-engine bombers can an aircraft carrier, even our most advanced 'Island' class aircraft carrier, carry?" Patton's heart did not waver at all, Tesla Research

This kind of mistake is often made, simply put, it is unrealistic.

This is normal. It is unrealistic to expect a group of engineers who stay in the office all day long to draw drawings to perfectly solve the needs of the Navy. To be honest, Patton really doesn't like bombers. If Patton was given a choice, Patton would rather spend all the funds on the ship.

on the research of airborne fighter aircraft.

To put it bluntly, air superiority will play a key role in future naval battles. Strictly speaking, strategic bombing is not as important as strategic delivery. Now the range of strategic bombers has exceeded 3,000 kilometers, and the maximum bomb load for short-range, low-altitude missions can reach 8,000 kilograms.

The distance advantage brought by aircraft carriers is almost negligible.

"We only study aircraft, not aircraft carriers." Jia Quan was not embarrassed at all, and his words seemed to make sense.

"So you spent tens of millions of dollars a year to develop this thing." Barton was not polite. Rock was good at everything, but he was too indulgent to these researchers.

See clearly, it is condoning, not tolerance.

If it were just tolerance, Barton also knew the value of scientific researchers.

But when it came to indulgence, Barton had strong opinions.

It is an obvious fact that the remote-controlled submarines in Lake Nyasa that allow tourists to visit the bottom of the lake are products of the Nikolai Research Institute.

You, a top-level research institute, do not study atomic bombs, but are constantly motivating military personnel to convert civilians to benefit the staff of the research institute. In Patton's view, this is simply seeking public benefit for private gain.

"Your Excellency, Minister, our annual research funding is now less than 10 million, and we can also turn over part of the profits every year. Every time a patent is transferred, the state and city governments have to take a commission." Jia Quan felt aggrieved.

Listen to these words, less than 10 million per year, and it’s already

"So you unite with the Nyasaland State Government and the Los Angeles City Government to unscrupulously divide the pitiful research funds!" Button is not polite. After all, he is the Speaker of the Southern African Congress, not the Governor of Nyasaland.

If it were An Qi, it probably wouldn't be so straightforward and she would have to save more or less face.

"General Patton, welcome to my kingdom." Nikola Tesla greeted Patton at the door of his office, which was already very honorable.

It is said to be an office, but it is actually a three-story independent building. Nikola Tesla himself lives on the third floor, the second floor is the studio, and the first floor is the living room. This is also the heart of the entire institute. Security outside the office

The staff has almost reached the level of one step at a time, comparable to Eagle Fort.

"Mr. Tesla, I'm so glad to see you are still in good health." Button immediately became friendly when facing Nikola Tesla.

Jia Quan was accustomed to it, otherwise it would be difficult for him to be a great steward. Nikola Tesla was a great man and he had to be praised. Any mistakes were all Jia Quan's fault.

"How about my new toy, do you still feel satisfied?" Nikola Tesla was in a good mood. His main work recently was to continue to improve the rocket with Robert Goddard's team.

The goal of Robert Goddard's team is still deep space exploration.

Nikola Tesla's goal is to transform rockets into military weapons that can carry out long-range precision strikes.

So maybe Nikola Tesla is not interested in the long-range intelligent unmanned bomber project. If rockets can achieve long-range precision strikes, then the status of bombers will plummet, let alone long-range intelligent unmanned bombers.

"There is no doubt that this is a great invention. Vertical take-off and landing technology can not only be applied to bombers, but also to fighters and torpedo aircraft. If this technology can be popularized, then our carrier-based aircraft can even

Taking off and landing on a destroyer will greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the navy!" Patton spoke eloquently, not caring about Jia Quan's increasingly ugly face.

That's not what Patton said just now. Jia Quan still remembers how Patton belittled this technology as worthless.

But this is correct. Carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing on destroyers have little impact on naval battles. After all, the number is limited.

However, if you consider that there are a large number of supply ships and even civilian container ships in southern Africa, then this technology has unlimited potential.

The biggest difference between an aircraft carrier and a supply ship is the runway.

Once the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft no longer requires a runway hundreds of meters long, the supply ship can instantly transform into an aircraft carrier.

Southern Africa is vigorously building supply ships, which were originally intended to be converted into aircraft carriers after the war broke out. The cost of wooden decks is not high anyway, and there are plenty of them in Southern Africa.

Now it is even simpler. As long as the deck is cleared, carrier-based aircraft can take off and land smoothly, and the efficiency can be doubled. This does not matter to the Indian Ocean Fleet and Atlantic Fleet, which are equipped with aircraft carriers. For the Changi Squadron, which is not yet qualified to equip aircraft carriers,

This is simply good news for the Mediterranean Squadron, as well as the Persian Gulf Squadron and the St. Roch Squadron.

"Jia, remember what General Patton said just now. The weight of a carrier-based aircraft is much lighter than that of a bomber, so it should be easier to implement. We meet the needs of our customers, and our customers are our God!" Neither did Nikola Tesla.

Notice Jia Quan's expression.

Patton didn't care about Jia Quan's feelings at all.

Even if Nikola Tesla saw Jia Quan's expression, he would not speculate on Jia Quan's heart.

Anyway, I'm just a tool person.

"The propellers of carrier-based aircraft are on the nose, and the propellers of bombers are on the wings, and the wings of carrier-based aircraft can be folded, so it is not that easy to apply this technology to carrier-based aircraft." Jia

The whole voice became lower and lower until it was inaudible.

It's normal to have difficulties, otherwise why would we have so many engineers?

"General, let's take a look at my new toy. The navy has now entered the aircraft carrier era, and naval guns are becoming increasingly insignificant. However, there is nothing wrong with naval guns themselves. It's just that there is a problem with the research direction. We have to change our thinking from

To a larger caliber, transfer it to the ampere force generated by the electromagnetic field, and design a brand new weapon. I named this weapon the electromagnetic gun." Nikola Tesla was very interested. His idea was right.

But it’s not the first time. France, Germany, and Japan have all started research on electromagnetic guns.

In the 19th century, the British scientist Faraday discovered Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, which states that charges and currents in a magnetic field are affected by the Lorentz force.

In 1845, Charles Wheatstone built the world's first reluctance DC motor and used it to throw a metal rod 20 meters away.

In 1901, Birkeland, a professor of physics at the University of Oslo in Norway, obtained the patent for the "Electric Artillery". In 1920, Fortune Villepleur of France published "Electric Artillery", and the electromagnetic gun became the new favorite research topic in various countries.

It is a pity that the research on electromagnetic guns in various countries has made slow progress. Only Germany's Hensley accelerated a 10-gram projectile to a muzzle velocity of 1.2 kilometers/second with an electromagnetic gun.

"That's great, Mr. Tesla. The Navy is in great need of this new type of artillery. How much does it cost?" Patton's eyes lit up and he completely forgot about his previous complaints.

Apart from other aspects, in the field of electronics, Nikola Tesla is recognized as a god.

So Patton probably thinks, in front of God, how much money can be spent on researching electromagnetic guns?