Warship of Great Power

Wang Wei had no shoes, only white socks left on the deck, and looked at Qin Tao with doubts in his eyes: "Mr. Qin, is that so?"

Qin Tao could only nod his head: "That's right, everyone will call him Xiang De from now on, the Chinese name he gave himself. However, how to understand Xiangdemei has nothing to do with me."

"Mr. Qin, don't try to stay out of it. You were the one who proposed the beauty of the dream. My name is Xiang De. Everyone is welcome to give me nicknames. If you want to be beautiful, you can call it generously. I I am very satisfied with this nickname, I just want to be beautiful."

"The shoes cannot be hung in such a place, as it will change the aerodynamic layout." A technician in charge of the drone said: "If it doesn't fly after being ejected, it will fall into the sea, so it can't be stuffed here."

As he spoke, he squeezed the shoe out with two fingers.

"It's a pity that there are no shoelaces. If there are shoelaces, he can be tied to the catapult shuttle." Delano said while searching around. The deck was clean and there was nothing extra. He fumbled in his pocket, and finally found something: a piece of network cable!

Satisfied, Delano tied the two pairs of shoes to the catapult shuttle, which would move forward with the catapult shuttle, but when the catapult shuttle decelerated, it would be thrown out again, so that the entire ejection process could be completed, although from steam ejection to Electromagnetic ejection, but Draenor still did it very quickly, it seems that this kind of thing must have been done before.

On the ship island, Zhang Zhen looked at everything below with great interest.

"Captain Zhang, that wild dog is messing around again. He took off Team Wang's shoes and hung them on the ejection slider." The first officer came over and said, "Our first ejection experiment should be very grand. , it's a bit vulgar to be done by him like this now."

"Yeah, it's a bit vulgar." Zhang Zhen said, "However, we not only need Yangchun Baixue, but also people from Liba. The U.S. Navy has decades of experience in operating aircraft carriers. The traditions they left behind are also positive. At least After this ejection, everyone will remember this pair of shoes of the Wang team, perhaps, this can become a tradition of our navy in the future."

Zhang Zhen actually had such an attitude! The first mate was surprised.

Makarov on the side spoke: "That's right, there are three to four thousand people on an aircraft carrier, it's like a city on the sea, everyone lives step by step every day, it will become mechanical, like Like a puppet, the spring of the clock is always tight, which is not good for the clock, and our clockwork can't always be tightened, we need to relax."

The navy did not have this kind of experience before, and the largest warship had only a few hundred people. Although the 001 aircraft carrier had already entered service, the nature of the training was more, and the number of people was not as large as the current one.

Three or four thousand people are tense all the time. They are too tired. When they are tired, they are easy to make mistakes. There must be a time to relax.

The U.S. Navy has already explored this point. They will regularly hold barbecue activities on the deck, etc., to relax these tense nerves, so that they can live and fight better, and the Eastern Navy has to learn if it wants to develop. these valuable experiences.

"Report, the catapult side is ready!"

"Sail at full speed, prepare to eject, and leave the deck for irrelevant personnel." Zhang Zhen gave the order.

Hearing this order, Draenor did not disobey, but ran into the island with great strides.

The sea trial of the aircraft carrier is very important. All systems must be tested, and all kinds of evidence must be preserved. Of course, it includes a large amount of video data. Now that the first ejection is such a glorious moment, of course it must be recorded. There is a high-definition camera facing the deck, and Delano rushed into, of course, the monitoring room, from which the whole process of ejection can be clearly seen.

He was the first one, and many more crowded in behind, and the small monitoring room was full.

"Hey, why are you crowded there? We can put the monitoring screen outside into the conference room, where there is a big screen."

"That's right, go to the conference room!" Everyone ran away again.

Carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing training must be videotaped every day, and then these videos will be placed in the pilot conference room, and the officers on duty will comment on that day, give points, etc., so the network is of course connected, and this This warship has already laid an advanced network, as long as there is a corresponding password, any terminal can see these scenes.

However, the clearest thing is still the ship island. The protruding observation window on the aviation bridge can overlook the entire deck most clearly. Wang Wei, who temporarily changed into a pair of slippers, stood there, looking at the drone that was about to be ejected, with a complicated expression on his face.

Just like that, the leather shoes were taken away, but he didn't say anything, because he knew that the U.S. Navy really had this custom. Our first aircraft carrier didn't have a catapult, so we couldn't play like this. This time it's fine, the key Yes, the captain didn't stop me!

It is estimated that this will also create a historical record. The whole country and the whole world will remember this day, and the navy of the motherland will never forget it, because it records a new history of the development of the navy of the motherland: On November 10, 2001, the Eastern Navy 002 aircraft carrier No. 17, the first ejection experiment in the sea trial!

It was only a drone that was ejected and took off, and it was put in the hangar before going to sea, but this is the arrival of a new era!

It's just that I don't know if I will add this sentence when recording: at the same time, there is also a pair of leather shoes of the captain of the carrier air wing! What does this mean? The pilots of the Eastern Navy can kick up any incoming enemy.

Even if there is no record, it is estimated that future aircraft carrier sailors will pass it on by word of mouth, and Wang Wei will be remembered like this.

Wang Wei looked at the ejection below with complicated eyes, and listened to the reports coming up one by one.

"The drone engine has started!"

"The autonomous flight control program has been loaded!"

"Energy storage is complete!"

"Ready, eject!"

The hot impact of the engine is on the flame shield, and it flies into the sky again. It is hard to say how much power this thing can increase, but at least it is safe in the back, and it will not become a roast chicken. The electromagnetic catapult below makes a buzzing sound , the ejection slider is suddenly released, with a whoosh.

Just like shooting a slingshot, the drone is driven forward by the catapult, and the speed is getting faster and faster. Before it reaches the end, it already has the meaning of flying. Wait until the slider While decelerating, the drone's wheels cleared the deck and took off successfully.

"Killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, even if we have adjusted to the minimum thrust, it is still too much for the drone." Wang Wei said: "Take off easily."

"Okay, great!"

Excited voices and applause came from below. Wang Wei felt emotional. After all, this was the first shipboard ejection. It is normal for everyone to be excited.

However, before he finished thinking, another voice came from below: "The shoes flew out for a few kilometers, beautiful! Based on my experience of ejecting shoes hundreds of times, this time is the farthest. This electromagnetic catapult is really powerful ah!"

Actually applaud the shoes? Wang Wei was speechless for a moment. This Delano has been in the East for several years, and his Chinese is getting better and better. Now he can't tell that he is a foreigner just by listening to his voice.

The drone continues to fly forward. For it, it may be just an ordinary flight, just like a small step taken by normal walking, but for the Eastern Navy, it is equivalent to a big step!

"It's a pity that the wings of this drone can't be folded, so it's difficult to board the ship. I don't know when our navy's professional drones will be able to board the ship." Zhang Zhen sighed.

The Global Hawk UAV can only be deployed on land. The imitation of our side is also mainly deployed on land. The Navy still needs a special UAV. The relevant department is developing it. The shape is very similar to the B2. The flying wing layout, this kind of unmanned aircraft The stealth of the aircraft is better, and it is easy to place on the ship. After all, the shape of the flying wing is similar to that of the delta wing. Although it cannot be folded, it can be placed side by side, which saves space.

"Yes, our electromagnetic catapult can eject drones perfectly. In the future, when we encounter dangerous targets, we will use drones for the first wave of attacks." Wang Wei also felt emotional.

"Eject slider reset!" came the next command.

If it is an ordinary steam catapult, after the ejection is completed, the slider needs to be hung on a special reset trolley, drag the lower slider to reset, and then prepare for the ejection of the second fighter, but electromagnetic ejection is not used.

I saw that no one touched it, and the slider in the electromagnetic ejection guide moved slowly backward from the front end of the inclined deck rail alone, and returned to its original position easily.

On the island, the test is still going on.

"Data tracking is normal." The radar soldier entered into intense work.

The content of the test is many, and the ship hull and carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing are the key points. At the same time, the carrier-based electronic equipment must not be missed.

The four-sided phased array radar is installed on the island of the 002 aircraft carrier, and it is also a liquid-cooled flat-panel antenna. Although this antenna has been used on the 052D, after all, the 052D has not yet entered service, so there is no performance test. Now it is equivalent to the first Once testing this upgraded 346A radar, everyone was very nervous.

The unmanned aerial vehicle launched by catapult, flying according to the established route, can also provide a good target for the 346A radar. After the radar takes off from the unmanned aerial vehicle, it will stare at this target and track it meticulously.

The advanced Godson computer processes this kind of data, which is a piece of cake, and the computer's fan is not running, indicating that it is in a low-power operation state at this time.

"The shield surface is converted, and the data is normal!"

The sky sentinel radar developed by the old Maozi is also a four-sided phased array, but they have no ability to connect the data on the four sides together. They work independently, which is equivalent to four systems. They are all integrated signals.

Each antenna is responsible for the 90-degree airspace. When the drone flies through this 90-degree area, it enters the area of ​​the other antenna. At this time, a series of problems such as data switching are involved. Since it is already mature and reliable system, so there is nothing unusual.

"Report, a suspicious echo was found on the radar, and the distance is 500 kilometers."

Five hundred kilometers, suspicious echo! Zhang Zhen asked calmly: "How is the course?"

"It's coming our way."

Ordinarily, a distance of 500 kilometers is far enough, but for an aircraft carrier, 500 kilometers is its warning range. Moreover, there are no aircraft in that airspace under normal circumstances. Now that it is flying here, it must be problematic.

"Immediately notify the land-based air force and request to take off for investigation," Zhang Zhen said.

It would be better to fly in the past for nothing, and there will be no problems. During the sea trial of this aircraft carrier, there will definitely be many eyes staring at it. Zhang Zhen is very vigilant.

"Unfortunately, there are still no fighters on our aircraft carrier. Now that the drones have been tested, it is time to deploy the fighters in an orderly manner. In this way, when there is a problem, we can solve it by ourselves at any time without contacting the land-based aviation. At this time, Delano came up. After hearing the news, he immediately suggested: "Next, should we conduct carrier-based aircraft landing tests?"

"No, it must be tested according to normal subjects. We must test scientifically, and we must not catch up with the progress due to external influence."

"Well, then pretend I didn't say it, I thought it was a good idea." Delano said, and walked down, planning to go to the aircraft carrier deck to have a look.

This catapult is really great. The steamy scene on the deck before is gone, and the deck looks cleaner and tidy. He is looking forward to the scene where the warship is fully loaded with carrier-based aircraft, and imagining the future.

An hour later, he was called back to the island.

"Our superiors have instructed us to arrange a carrier-based take-off and landing test as soon as possible, so as to effectively deter some people. Therefore, we are now planning to conduct a carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing test as soon as possible."

Hearing Zhang Zhen's words, Delano's face was full of excitement: "Really? This is really good news! It seems that the target that appeared at 500 kilometers must be my former colleague."

Zhang Zhen didn't answer his question. Wang Wei said, "According to the plan, we will start with light, then medium, and then heavy. So, shall we start with the trainer?"

Drones are the lightest. Apart from drones, they are trainers. Delano helped to get a T-45 back then. With domestic references, the carrier-based trainer was improved by using Jiaoba. It has always been the main force of naval training, and now Wang Wei believes that it is safer to start with the trainer aircraft.

"No, no." Delano shook his head immediately: "I don't think this is the right choice. The electromagnetic catapult is perfect. We have verified the reliability of these systems by ejecting drones, so next, we will directly eject the medium-sized ones." The J-32 is enough, there is no need to start from the trainer plane, we can already run, so should we start from walking?"

"However, we only verified the situation of the catapults on the inclined deck, and did not verify the catapults on the right-angled deck. Next, we will carry out a large number of shipboard catapults, and we will also use the catapults on the right-angled deck. We can directly go to the medium-sized aircraft. Is it? Is there any risk?"

"If you are afraid of risk, you can eject the shoes first, the captain's shoes are still on your feet."

Zhang Zhen's expression changed.

"Ahem." Ma Ming said from the side: "Everyone, we have a lot of experimental data in the first ejection. Although the two catapults on the right-angle deck have not been tested, we think there is no problem. Our electromagnetic catapult The system’s fault tolerance is very high, once there is a problem with the ejection, the ejection can be terminated at any time.”

The steam catapult does not have this kind of fault-tolerant capability. Simply put, as long as the yellow vest makes that style, the catapult take-off will enter the irreversible stage. The fighter jet will launch at full power and take off with the help of the catapult. If it suddenly finds that the thrust is insufficient , unable to meet the needs of ejection, the pilot can only parachute. On the US Navy aircraft carrier, such accidents can be seen. It doesn't matter if the fighter plane falls into the sea, as long as the pilot is safe.

After all, a conventional steam catapult is a steel cylinder piston. Once the steam starts to inject, there is no way to change the state, and it can only go all out. But the electromagnetic catapult is different. Every module of this thing can be reversed.

Forward is acceleration, reverse is deceleration, just adjust the direction of the current.

In fact, on the ejection trajectory of more than 100 meters, the last few meters are reversed. It is necessary to stop the slider and then slide back, otherwise the slider and the aircraft have the same speed and fly out directly.

The thrust is insufficient during ejection, and it can be found from the moment of ejection. When the system detects that the acceleration is not enough to take off safely, it will brake at full speed to stop the aircraft. It's that simple.

"After so many experiments on land, there was no failure. When I got to sea, I tested one of them. I think the remaining two must be fine. I have full confidence in Dongfang Manufacturing." Delano said: "You guys If you dare not fly, then I will fly."

Zhang Zhen thought for a while, and then said: "Take out the spare catapult car, and test the two bow catapults. After there is no problem, we will use the bow catapult again, but the take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft can no longer Procrastinate, organize as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhen looked at Makarov: "Old Ma, is this test okay?"

"No problem, we can make some adjustments and continue to complete the tests of other items while the carrier-based aircraft is taking off and landing." Makarov said: "The appearance of this aircraft carrier has stimulated the sensitive nerves of some people. Come to trouble us, we just want to continue working, speed up the progress, let this aircraft carrier complete the sea trial as soon as possible, and deliver it to the troops!"

After the meeting, the carrier-based helicopter on the 054 frigate took off and landed on the large deck of the aircraft carrier, taking Delano and others away, but Wang Wei still stayed on the aircraft carrier, waiting for the carrier-based aircraft to land. tasks such as guidance.

After sending off the helicopter, Wang Wei and others went to the rear of the deck to check the Fresnel light box, electromagnetic arresting cable and other equipment.