Warship of Great Power

Mexico, Chickason Hydroelectric Power Station.

This was once the largest hydroelectric power station in Mexico, with an installed capacity of 2,400 megawatts. The dam of this hydroelectric power station is 261 meters high and is one of the largest dams in the world.

For Mexico, this electricity is in excess and inexhaustible. After all, their country's economy is too backward.

However, just recently, they suddenly found that some people came from all over the world to rent a large number of rooms near their hydroelectric power station, install various machines and equipment, and purchase a large amount of electricity from them.

They were very excited. These people were simply the gods of wealth who took the initiative to come to their door!

On the nearby field, a group of little boys were playing football. Suddenly, the football flew up and flew to the courtyard on the side.

"Suarez, jump in and take out the football!" The captain shouted.

At this time, Suarez ran the fastest, jumped onto the wall with his hands and feet, and climbed in.

Just when he wanted to come out with the football, he was stunned by the scene inside. There were countless machines roaring, countless signal lights flashing, and the whole room was full of a sense of modern technology.

What's in it?

A short man came out and looked at Suarez: "Hey, kid, do you want some candy?"

"What's in here?"

"Mining here."

"Mining?" Suarez couldn't understand these things with his brain. He just stared at the scene inside with his lifeless eyes, his eyes complicated.

Shouldn't mining be done with a shovel? Shouldn't it be done in the mine?

"Suarez, Suarez!" A friend shouted from outside.

"I'm going out to play ball." He planned to climb over the wall.

"You can go through the door. By the way, can I play football with you in the future?"

The life of a miner is too boring. He has to guard so many machines and equipment every day, and he has to deal with any failure of one of the machines and equipment at any time. In his spare time, he also hopes to exercise.

"Of course."

This kind of scene can be seen everywhere in the world. Miners are looking for the cheapest electricity and mining Bitcoins hard.

The situation is very good.

Mingzhou Group.

"Now, some small countries have considered using Bitcoin as legal tender." Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao: "I never thought that someone would take the bait."

"Of course." Qin Tao said: "Bitcoin is valuable. It is the currency used in the future."

"What future? Can our future city use it?"

"Of course not. Our country has its own digital currency. Although Bitcoin and Bitcoin are both digital currencies, their credibility is very different."

Bitcoin has value if it is valuable, and has no value if it is not valuable. However, the country's digital currency is backed by the government. Taking advantage of the popularity of Bitcoin, the country's digital currency has also begun to be rolled out in a big way.

"If all transactions are done with digital currency in the future, corrupt officials won't be able to store their money." Xu Zhengyang said, "I recently watched a TV series in which corrupt officials stored a lot of money in their house and still rode bicycles to work every day. I really don't know what the point of doing this is."

"That's not right. Why did you start watching TV series recently? This doesn't suit your style."

"What can I do? My superiors told me to watch it. In fact, I have everything I want with our Mingzhou Group, but I have never thought of using my identity and convenient conditions to achieve my own goals."

Qin Tao smiled and said, "You reminded me that this TV series should be watched by everyone in the group, so that they know..."

However, before he finished speaking, Qin Tao knew that few people in his group dared to embezzle money. After all, those who got the money were all thinking of running away, and his men were all doing practical things.

Moreover, the monk can run away, but the temple cannot. No matter where you run to, you will disappear without a trace, even the moon and Mars. There is no place that Mingzhou Group cannot explore.

"By the way, Mr. Qin, Ah San has already acquired the electromagnetic catapult technology. We and Russia have each divided the funds in half. Russia has officially placed an order to purchase our carrier-based aircraft."

"Well, they should have purchased it a long time ago. Let them see what a world-class carrier-based aircraft is."

"France has also obtained relevant technology and started to independently develop electromagnetic catapults. Their progress should be faster."

"The faster the progress, the sooner you will encounter trouble." Qin Tao smiled.

"Also, the American Kennedy has been modified with an electromagnetic catapult and has begun testing."

"Really? That's really good news."

The U.S. Navy attaches great importance to electromagnetic catapults. In the case of the delay in the progress of the Ford-class aircraft carrier, it actually pulled out the Kennedy, which was about to be retired, to modify the electromagnetic catapult.

Of course, it doesn't need to be fully modified, just one line will do. Considering the convenience, they modified the No. 3 catapult on the angled deck so that the energy storage device at the end of the catapult is closest to the engine room and can easily obtain the power supply provided by the engine room.

After intense construction, the catapult was finally installed. In fact, it was just a transplant of the catapult on land. The specific technology did not change much, so the reliability of the catapult can be imagined.

However, they had no other choice.

"After we got the technology from the East, we found that it was almost the same as ours. If they can succeed, we can succeed too!" Suliqi encouraged himself.

"Yes, the Navy is also looking forward to your good news." Michael Rand said: "Now, the boiler of the aircraft carrier has been started, what are you waiting for? Use the power of the warship to start the test first!"

"Okay. Let's test it without load first."

After the catapult is installed, it cannot launch the carrier-based aircraft right away, otherwise it will most likely throw the carrier-based aircraft into the sea. This must be done step by step. First, run the secondary coil car on the track without load, and make sure that the track is tight and straight, and then launch the car, gradually increase the load, and finally reach the level of launching the carrier-based aircraft.

This process may be very slow and take a long time, so Suliqi can still continue to delay time. There is no other way, but to rely on grinding, slowly grinding, and finally grinding the technology into maturity.

"Attention, the turbine motor is at full power!"

When it comes to electromagnetic catapults, many people think that only nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can use them, after all, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers have sufficient power. In fact, this is a complete misunderstanding. Whether it is conventional power or nuclear power, as long as the generator power is large enough, it will be fine.

Although the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier is conventionally powered, its power generation capacity is not low. Although the configurations of different models are different, basically, there are 8 1500-kilowatt steam turbine generator sets. During the mid-term modification, due to insufficient power supply, 2 750-kilowatt medium-frequency generator sets and 3 1000-kilowatt diesel generator sets were added.

The total power supply power is 17.5 megawatts, which is already very large. It is enough to supply the civilian power of a city. To supply an electromagnetic catapult, only the steam turbine generator set on the boiler is needed.

Eight steam turbine generators roared, and the surging power entered the flywheel energy storage device through huge cables. Because it was only unloaded, it started after a little energy storage.

Whoosh!

The shuttle smoothly moved along the track, stopped at the end, and then returned to the starting point under the action of the reverse electromagnetic force. It looked extremely smooth.

"Not bad, not bad!" Rand nodded: "Let's hang the car next."

So fast? Suliqi frowned: "According to the original plan, more than ten tests are required without load."

"Then do it again, we can't wait too long."

The second experiment was still perfect, and then it was time to eject the car.

Watching the sun gradually slide to the west, Suliqi suddenly thought of something: "By the way, we don't seem to have brought the car here!"

They didn't plan to have such a fast progress. If they finished the car test today, should they test the carrier-based aircraft tomorrow?

It's time to delay!

"It doesn't matter, I can use my Hummer." Rand said.

"Hummer? How can this be done? Hummers don't have towing hooks."

"No, my car has one."

"According to the plan, we should increase the tonnage gradually from a small one."

"The Hummer is only two tons. Remove the doors and roof, and drain the oil in the tank. There shouldn't be any big problems."

"Okay."

Under Rand's urging, Sulich had no choice but to let his men hang the catapult on the Hummer.

"Attention, adjust the catapult weight to two tons!"

The advantages of the electromagnetic catapult are fully reflected here. If it is a steam catapult, the catapult pressure can also be adjusted, but there are only a few gears, and the lowest can only catapult a load of 18 tons, and it will not work if it is lower.

With the advent of the drone era, drones are also needed on aircraft carriers, but this type of aircraft is only one or two tons, and steam catapults cannot operate it.

The thrust of the electromagnetic catapult can be continuously adjusted, and the load can change from zero, so only electromagnetic catapults can support the future of the US Navy!

Rand has been in charge of this project. He can't wait. He wants to see the aircraft carrier officially launched on the deck of the aircraft carrier as soon as possible! Let's start with the launch of the Hummer!

"Energy storage completed!"

"Ejection started!"

Whoosh!

The Hummer was having fun on the deck. It had never run so fast and accelerated so hard. It broke 100 in just a few seconds, and then broke 200!

The part where the tires and the deck were in contact had begun to smoke. Obviously, this kind of large-patterned off-road tire had never thought that one day it would be able to run so fast. It was already a little bit overwhelmed!

Fortunately, the electromagnetic catapult began to slow down. Under the pull of the strong electromagnetic force, the car quickly stopped again and stopped steadily at the front of the angled deck.

"Yes, this is a really exciting start!" Rand said: "Bring the regular test car tomorrow and try to complete the test. The day after tomorrow, I will transfer a carrier-based aircraft over, and we will drive the aircraft carrier out for testing."

What, the day after tomorrow will be driven out for testing? Isn't this too fast? Suliqi frowned: "No, no, this is too fast!"

"No, this is already very slow. The Orientals have already started building a new batch of aircraft carriers, and they are building two at a time. If we don't hurry up, we will fall behind!"

"We are already behind." Suliqi said: "Now the important thing is to ensure reliability, not progress."

"No, no, we must hurry up!"

The previous lag was only in quality, and the lag in the future may lag in quantity. They must hurry up!

Sulich showed a bitter look and did not dare to say anything else.

The test on the second day was still very successful. The ejection car had increased its load to ten tons and could still accelerate and decelerate. This smooth test made Sulich curious. Could it be that they have matured?

"Our program has been debugged repeatedly, and our various unreliable parts have also improved the manufacturing quality and become reliable." Sulic said: "It seems that our catapult has been mature!"

You can't always be unreliable. With your development now, you should be considered mature, right?

Sulich didn't know that this was just an illusion.

"We have already deployed a Hornet. After we go to sea tomorrow, we will land on it and then take off using electromagnetic catapult. When our electromagnetic catapult test is successful, we need to continue to improve the electromagnetic arresting cable." Rand's He looked at the blocking rope on the rear deck and said.

Dongfang's entire system has matured, but they are still only testing the electromagnetic catapult, and there are still many difficulties with the electromagnetic arresting cable.

"Hornet?" Sulich was stunned: "We don't need a Hornet, just an ordinary A7 attack aircraft."

The Hornet is the main carrier-based fighter attack aircraft of the US Navy. It is expensive. In comparison, the A7 attack aircraft is much cheaper. Even if there is an accident, it will not cause much reaction.

Rand smiled: "The Navy has already planned to eliminate the A7. In the future, the Navy will have very few types of carrier-based aircraft. The only manned fighter jets are the Hornet and the F-35. Therefore, just use the Hornet for testing. "

Originally, the F-32 won the bid earlier, but due to various defects, it has been unable to enter service. After many times of waiting, the Navy finally made up its mind: use X-35!

Anyway, the X-35 is just a small single-engine F22. Its appearance has long been mature, and its airborne equipment can be updated according to the latest technology. It is not difficult to develop, and the Navy does not need vertical take-off and landing funds, so it directly purchased a batch. , named F-35.

The Air Force also decided to use this aircraft to match the F22, leaving only the Marine Corps. The vertical takeoff and landing of the Flying Toad is also a problem. The lift fan used by the F-35 is becoming more and more mature. It is conceivable that Locke Sid Company will have the last laugh in the end.

Now, the F-35 is still very expensive, and the most suitable one is of course the Hornet.

The next day, the USS Kennedy, which had been docked at the dock of the Newport News Shipyard for several months, finally started moving. Its huge body once again sailed towards the sea, riding the wind and waves.

Dozens of former sailors came back to operate the aircraft carrier again and test the electromagnetic catapult with technicians from the shipyard.

"Attention, sail at full speed!" First Officer Dex was in charge of commanding the warship. He skillfully issued the order: "Turn to headwind!"

Thick black smoke came out of the chimney, the ship's bow split the waves, and the huge warship rode the wind and waves, sailing at full speed.

Speed ​​up, speed up!

"The carrier aircraft is approaching!"

"Deck crews ready for recovery!"

The carrier-based aircraft roared and landed skillfully. This is how good the excellent pilots of the naval aviation are.

Soon, the Hornet was hooked to the front catapult.

"This is a new era for the U.S. Navy. Starting today, we abandon our outdated steam locomotives and finally enter the electric age!" Rand said excitedly on the ship island, looking at the carrier-based aircraft waiting to take off below.

"Attention, flywheel energy storage!"

"Aircraft carrier at full speed!"

Although it is just a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, after all, it only supplies one catapult. The other systems on the aircraft carrier are temporarily disabled and do not need to consume too much power. Therefore, even if the aircraft carrier is sailing at full speed, it still has sufficient power to supply ejection. device.

"The energy storage is over!"

"take off!"

For the U.S. Navy, this seems to be a very common operation. The commander bends down and points his right hand forward. The carrier-based aircraft pilot releases the brakes, opens the throttle fully, and waits for the pushing feeling from the back, and the catapult begins to operate at full power. Output...

Whoosh!

The bumblebee jumped out!

The electromagnetic catapult propelled the Hornet, constantly accelerating on the deck, accelerating!

Sulich was also relieved and seemed to have really matured! After struggling for so long, I finally matured!

Snapped!

At this time, a special sound suddenly sounded. With this sound, the lights above the head suddenly went dark, and all the monitors also went dark instantly.

"Damn it, the gate fell!"

The experienced Sulic realized what happened almost instantly. When they were testing the catapult, a common fault was tripping! During land tests, tripping often occurred, which they attributed to insufficient land power supply.

The previous tests on the aircraft carrier were all empty or medium load, and they never worked at full load. They originally thought that this nightmare would not happen again, but they did not expect that the nightmare was so terrible, and the entire aircraft carrier lost power!

After losing the power supply, the electromagnetic catapult collapsed instantly. The pilot of the carrier-based aircraft woke up from the overload of the ejection and immediately turned on the afterburner.

It's impossible to stop now. We can only go at full speed and try to fly!

The Hornet is an aircraft with excellent take-off and landing performance. As long as it has a speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour, it can fly. What's more, there is still deck wind. It can definitely fly!

With this thought in mind, the pilot continued to taxi the fighter until the end of the runway, and then...

As the landing gear left the deck, the plane began to lose altitude instantly!

At this moment, the pilot did not hesitate at all, immediately put his legs together, pulled the ejection ring, and looked forward to the feeling of flying out.

Wait, no response, what's going on?

The Martin-Baker ejection seat, which is widely equipped in the Western world, is supposed to be very reliable. Why did this happen today? It failed at the critical moment!

Plop!

The fighter fell into the sea.

"Damn it, hurry up, send a rescue helicopter!"