Warship of Great Power

The colonel was also a little angry at this time.

"Damn it, they actually found a kid with a runny nose to accuse us of our crimes. It's too much, it's too much!" the colonel said angrily: "Immediately make a statement to the outside world that we did not do such a thing. This is all Slander, they once used a tube of washing powder to slander Silly Damu, and now a child is going to slander me!"

"Yes, it's time for us to issue a statement to the outside world, but it seems to be of no use. All they want is an excuse." The person on the side said: "Now, we can't just issue a statement, we should also take other actions "

"What action?"

"They will definitely send more fleets over, just like they did in the 1980s, and they will send fighter planes to bomb us, so we..."

The colonel clenched his fists: "That's right! It's a pity that I haven't got my aircraft carrier yet. If we had two aircraft carriers and hundreds of stealth fighters, we wouldn't be afraid of them!"

The colonel was very annoyed, but there were people who were more troubled than him.

"Retaliation is necessary, otherwise we will become the laughing stock of the whole world. However, we cannot send warships there because we do not have strong enough anti-stealth technology." Brian said: "Damn, stealth technology. It should have been our patent, and we..."

"The Air Force has already said that it is willing to send out B2 bombers to help us and launch fierce bombings on the guys behind it. It also said that they must kill them. However, why should the Air Force avenge our navy's revenge? Otherwise, we How can I have the nerve to compete with them for military expenses?" Austin was also speechless.

The conflict between the Navy and the Air Force has always been great, and how to reconcile it is a big problem. Now, everyone in the conference room is full of sorrow.

Of course they have to avenge themselves, but the opponent has a stealth machine, but they lack the ability to counter-stealth.

Over the years, stealth machines have proliferated so much that the country that was the first to develop stealth machines has fallen behind. Until now, their navy has not fully entered the era of stealth machines.

Even if you enter, you can only rely on the stealth machine to attack the enemy, but you cannot prevent the stealth machine from sneak attacks. Therefore, this is simply unsolvable!

"What's going on with Lockheed's carrier-based aircraft project?"

"The production of F-35 is proceeding at a low speed. At present, we only equip one squadron of carrier-based aircraft. However, our stealth aircraft can bomb the opponent, but it cannot prevent the opponent's attack. If our warships are deployed rashly, they will be attacked. What to do if there is a second blow?”

"I mean the vertical take-off and landing version."

"Vertical take-off and landing models are also gradually maturing. I heard that the Marine Corps has already ordered a batch, and they can't wait. As for the British... they..." At this point, Austin suddenly reacted: "You are Say, let the British charge at the front?"

"Yes, we can send a few destroyers over, or we can send our latest DDG-1000 over. As for our aircraft carriers, we can have various excuses to not be able to go over for the time being, and then give them a few F-35s. Let them go over and see the situation first.”

"Just send the DDG-1000. I hope the warship's radar can detect the stealth aircraft in advance. We can sacrifice the DDG-1000, but we must not sacrifice our aircraft carrier."

"Yes, this is just a simple beginning. We will completely eliminate the colonel and let him know the consequences of opposing us!"

Great Britain.

"The first batch of ten F-35s will be delivered to us within a week. This batch of F-35s originally belonged to their Marine Corps, but in order to support us and allow our Queen-class aircraft carriers to gain attack power, they decided to transfer the F-35s to us. 35Leave it to us, they are indeed our best friends!”

"This is based on a premise. They want us to go up there to test it. Our aircraft carrier is a valuable asset and must not be put in danger!"

"Aircraft carriers are for fighting, and only fighting can test the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier. Our aircraft carrier has been ridiculed for many years, saying that we have guns but no ammunition. Let them see this time, our Queen class can also fight! "

The conference room was noisy and clearly divided into two groups. Seeing this situation, Benjamin had a complicated expression.

Some people are afraid. They are afraid of war because they feel that they cannot defeat their opponents. This is the most helpless thing. He thought of the scene of the fleet's expedition to the South Atlantic in the 1980s.

That was the proudest time for the Royal Navy!

What now?

We must restore our past glory!

"There are only ten F-35s, and with the Sea Harrier, we can only dispatch one aircraft carrier." Benjamin said: "And then dispatch our most advanced Type 45 air defense destroyer, plus the DDG-1000 battleship, I believe we can We will definitely accomplish the mission! We must do a better job in this operation and let the whole world see the glory of our Royal Navy!”

"No, even if we have the F-35, we still need training and running-in. Without half a year to a year, we will not be able to dispatch at all."

"Then let the whole world see the quality of our Royal Navy and the heritage of our Royal Navy!"

That's how it was decided.

The first ship of the Type 45 destroyer, the Brave, has been undergoing sea trials for one or two years, showing the excellent characteristics of this warship in the Atlantic Ocean.

On the bridge, Commander Richard was all smiles.

"I've long been tired of endless testing. Now, we can finally carry out combat missions and let the world see the style of our destroyers!" Richard is full of confidence.

He has the capital to be proud. The Type 45 destroyer is the first European professional air defense destroyer to be put into service. Fortunately, he got out of the European Joint Destroyer Project and went it alone, otherwise he didn't know when it would be delayed.

"Yes, we have the most advanced shipborne radar and the most advanced shipborne missiles. Our radar can definitely detect stealth aircraft in advance, and it is not necessarily worse than DDG-1000!"

Compared with air defense ships in other European countries, the biggest feature of British destroyers is that they have a ball on top, which contains their most advanced Sampson radar, which is also the proudest thing for the British.

Sampson radar, the most advanced shipborne radar in the world!

Back-to-back antennas, air cooling, installed in a tall mast ball... These make Sampson radar famous all over the world!

It can not only detect anti-ship missiles flying at low altitudes over the sea, but also medium-range ballistic missiles, and can guide the Aster air defense missiles on warships, because this missile is so excellent that the British once thought that there was no need for a close-in defense system.

Now, this kind of warship has finally found its place!

"But if there are so many cluster bomb submunitions coming down overwhelmingly, I'm afraid we can't handle it." First mate Rodney said.

"You idiot, I made it clear just now that we are dealing with stealth aircraft. As long as we kill their stealth aircraft in advance, we don't have to worry about submunitions!" Richard said.

The first mate paused, then nodded: "Yes, that's right! But are we sure we want to go first?"

"It will take some time for the Queen-class aircraft carrier to receive the F-35 fighter, so we will go first." Richard said: "Let's go to the Mediterranean first to adapt to the waters over there, and when the aircraft carrier comes, we can launch an attack immediately. If there is a stealth aircraft that dares to attack us first, then wait for our Aster air defense missiles to attack!"

At this time, the Courageous has passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean.

The navies of some countries only need to hang around in this quiet bathtub, such as the Noodle Country Navy, while their British Navy often needs to face storms in the Atlantic, so the British Navy is the most able to withstand the test of wind and waves!

"It's so calm here." Looking at the calm sea with no waves in front of him, Richard sighed: "It's so calm that people don't have any passion."

He didn't know that passion would come soon.

"Attention, start the long-range search radar on the rear mast next, and wait until the target is 500 nautical miles away, then start our Sampson radar."

Although the active phased array radar has a powerful search capability, it is relatively power-consuming. After the Burke-class four-sided phased array radar is turned on, the fuel burned is equivalent to a cruising range of 2,000 nautical miles.

Therefore, no warship can have only this main radar, and a long-range search radar is also needed to undertake the search mission during cruising.

In this regard, the Type 45 destroyer is no different from other European warships. They all use the S-1850M radar, which is a long strip radar antenna squatting on the rear mast, rotating for search.

"Then we need to turn on the main engine." Rodney said.

"That's right, turn on the No. 1 gas turbine. We don't mind burning more oil. By the way, turn off the diesel."

The Type 45 destroyer is a large warship with a displacement of 7,000 to 8,000 tons. Its main power is two WR21 gas turbines, which can output 43 megawatts of power.

At the same time, there are two 2-megawatt diesel generators as auxiliary engines. The total power of this set is less than 70,000 horsepower, so it seems very useless.

You know, the power of a warship is generally 10,000 horsepower for a thousand tons, and a warship of 7,000 to 8,000 tons requires 80,000 horsepower. Even many warships have a power of 100,000 horsepower.

The Type 45 destroyer is a typical small horse pulling a big cart.

Therefore, the two auxiliary diesel engines can only be used when cruising at low speed. As long as the speed is slightly increased, the gas turbine must be turned on. If you want to use equipment with high power consumption, such as radar, you must also turn on the gas turbine.

The original design of the low-power engine was to save money, but in actual use, the gas turbine often needs to be turned on, which will cost money.

However, the British also have their own way. These two WR21 gas turbines use the most advanced intercooling and heat recovery technology!

This technology is not from the British, but from the Westinghouse Company of the United States. The principle is very simple. The high-temperature exhaust gas from the gas turbine is used to preheat the cold air absorbed from the outside, which can increase the combustion temperature and efficiency. According to theoretical estimates, it can save more than 5% of energy.

The British are committed to saving money, and they seem to have never calculated how many years it will take to recover the additional cost of construction.

Westinghouse Company has calculated that it will take 76 years for this gas turbine to recover its cost. This is very similar to electric cars, which are always shouting a few cents per 100 kilometers, but never mentioning how much the battery costs.

Because the auxiliary power is too low, the gas turbine must be turned on if the power demand needs to be slightly increased!

A WR21 gas turbine is used to drive a 21-megawatt AC generator, which is then incorporated into the ship's integrated power system to coordinate the distribution of power consumption of various electrical appliances.

The roar of the gas turbine sounded, and the warship switched to gas turbine power. The two diesel generators could be shut down, and the whole ship could work normally with one gas turbine.

This is the advantage of the integrated power system of the whole ship. Different power modes can be selected according to needs, and it always works in the most fuel-efficient range!

The warship continued to move forward. Half an hour passed, and an hour passed.

Sweat came out of Richard's forehead. He looked at the thermometer on the bridge curiously: "Thirty degrees? Damn, how can it be so high?"

The Atlantic Ocean is cold all year round, and they don't sweat at all. When they arrived in the Mediterranean, they were a little uncomfortable.

"Should we turn on the air conditioning system?" Rodney asked.

"Turn it on, the cabin below should be hotter."

"Then should we start the second gas turbine again?"

"No, one gas turbine is enough, isn't 21 megawatts of electricity enough?" Richard said.

At present, they are only moving at a cruising speed of 15 knots, plus a search radar, and normal electricity consumption. It should be enough to support the air conditioning and refrigeration system of the whole ship.

"Okay, engine room, start the air conditioning system!"

The engine room received the command and closed the valve of the air conditioning system.

Snap!

The power supply to the entire ship stopped instantly!

There are still a few pieces of glass on the bridge, but except for the bridge, other places are closed! After all, we have to consider the survivability on the nuclear, biological and chemical battlefield. Now, the power is cut off, and the interior of the warship is instantly dark!

Some people panicked.

"What's going on? Are we under attack?"

"Quick, quick, get out immediately, I don't want to die here!"

"Ouch! Who hit me?"

The integrated power system of the entire ship has great advantages, such as the ability to distribute electricity in an integrated manner to make energy utilization more fully, but it also has disadvantages. If the gate is disconnected, the entire ship will completely lose everything.

Without electricity, the propulsion system cannot rotate, the steering gear cannot move, and the warship will completely lose control.

Without electricity, the lights will not light up, the fans will not turn, the computers will stop working, and everything related to life will stop!

In the ocean, a warship that has completely lost control is very dangerous and may capsize at any time. The people on the ship can do nothing and can only wait for an unknown fate in anxiety.

If it were just this, everyone might be able to remain calm, but there is a more terrible possibility: what if it is attacked? After all, they have heard about the tragedy that occurred in the Mediterranean some time ago. It would be a lie to say that they are not afraid.

So, the whole warship was in chaos.

The warship was in chaos, and on the bridge, Richard was also stunned when he saw all the screens were black. Did it fail?

"Quick, immediately order the engine room to start the No. 2 gas turbine and restore power!"

"Yes!" Rodney picked up the internal phone and shouted a few times, but there was no response. He remembered that since the whole ship failed, the phone would certainly not work.

"We have to send someone down to notify!" Richard said.

Plop, plop!

At this moment, a strange sound came from the sea. Rodney looked over and saw that some sailors jumped down and swam hard towards the swimming ring thrown down in advance, and some sailors continued to jump down.

What are they doing? The warship can't move, they want to go down and swim?

Damn, this is not a competition, these guys want to escape, what are you worried about, we are attacked? What a joke, we are still far from the target!

"Damn, come up! It's not what you think, our warship has lost its lock!"

Because there is no electricity and no loudspeaker, the sailors can't hear what he is saying at all, and some people continue to jump down. The panicked look is not like the proud Royal Navy sailors!

Richard was extremely angry, but there was no way. Now, restoring power supply is the first priority.

"Rodney, what are you still doing, go down, go down immediately!"

Rodney ran down and found that it was not easy to reach the engine room, because many people panicked and filed out of the cabin. After coming out, they were panicked and didn't even see that the warship was intact, and jumped into the sea directly!

These idiots!

"Idiot, our warship just lost the lock, why are you running? Hey, come back, aren't you an engine operator? Go, go to the engine room and start the engine!"

The chaos lasted for fifteen minutes. When the No. 2 gas turbine was finally started, the restless sailors calmed down, and those in the sea swam back. Looking at these wet guys on the deck, Richard couldn't contain his anger.

Fortunately, it was just during the voyage. What if it was on the battlefield? With such quality, how can you fight?

"Remember, you are a soldier. No matter when, you must first think of your mission. Your life is not only your own, but also the Royal Navy's, yes..."

The power supply has been restored, and Richard can finally take the microphone to scold those guys. How to punish them? Should they each drink a glass of sea water?

I haven't figured out what to say yet, and suddenly, the sound of the microphone is gone.

What's going on?

Richard looked at the loudspeaker, and the indicator light on it had gone out. Looking at other equipment, they all stopped.

Is it another lock? Damn, what's going on, is it contagious?

"Start both gas turbines. I don't believe there will be insufficient power!" Richard gave the order.

Fortunately, after the last experience, the sailors did not panic again. The first batch of sailors who jumped into the water were still being lectured on the deck. They also adapted to the lock drop this time.

Of course, they must adapt, because there will be countless lock drops waiting in the future!

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