Warship of Great Power

Qin Tao was very excited and stepped on this early warning aircraft.

Compared with the large Air Police 2000, the interior space of this early warning aircraft is very tight. After entering, you can see that the right side of the aircraft is completely occupied by electronic equipment, and the left side is three swivel chairs. At this time, the seats all slide forward.

"During take-off and landing, the seat is forward, which allows us to better withstand the overload of ejection and blocking. When working in the air, we turn the seat 90 degrees so that we can face the console." Jing introduced it to Qin Tao.

"Well, this layout is the same as the A-50 early warning aircraft." Qin Tao said: "To withstand the overload during takeoff and landing, you have to be as physically fit as the pilots."

Generally speaking, early warning aircraft are more similar to transport aircraft, and the selection criteria for pilots can be lowered. The radar officer behind is even simpler, as long as you don't get airsick. However, when it comes to the aircraft carrier, it is different.

After all, one has to withstand the impact of ejection and blocking. If the physical fitness is not good enough, one may faint under these huge overloads, so one must be physically strong.

Xiang Jing nodded: "That's right, our selection criteria are the same as that of pilots, and we have even learned to fly. If there are special circumstances, we can also enter the cockpit."

Qin Tao's face was full of admiration: "Amazing, your carrier-based early warning aircraft squadron is also a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger."

"We are nothing. The R\u0026D personnel of this aircraft are powerful enough. We are very satisfied with its performance, and we admire the unit that developed it even more, especially the new generation of Godson processors on it, which can calculate a large amount of data. We build confidence in our work."

The maximum take-off weight is determined by the aerodynamic characteristics, engine and catapult of the aircraft, while the maximum landing weight is determined by the landing gear. No matter how powerful the landing gear is, it cannot withstand the impact of a 33-ton carrier-based aircraft when it lands, even if it is a US-made carrier-based aircraft. If the aircraft is flying, a part of the plug-in must be thrown away when landing to ensure a safe landing.

Take a look at the United Kingdom. They planned to use four aircraft carriers to build aircraft carriers. Later, they thought it was too expensive, so they changed to two aircraft carriers. What about the East? Gas turbines are so extravagant that they can be used by supply ships?

At the beginning, during the sea trials of Lao Maozi's Kuznetsov, a large number of tests were carried out to determine the maximum take-off capability of their Su-27K.

"Yes, the aircraft carrier will evolve to nuclear power, but what about the carrier-based aircraft? The carrier-based aircraft will consume a lot of fuel, and there are other warships in the aircraft carrier formation." Qin Tao said: "We are a comprehensive supply ship. , can replenish the entire aircraft carrier formation. After the replenishment is completed, you can return to the voyage, reload the supplies and go again. If it is thousands of nautical miles away, then you need two or three integrated supply ships to constantly go back and forth between the port and the battlefield. , Those little guys are simply not enough to watch."

The maximum external storage capacity of the J-15 is 6.5 tons. If all the ammunition is loaded, there will be 7.5 tons of internal fuel carrying capacity left. That is to say, the maximum external storage and the maximum internal fuel cannot be achieved at the same time.

Many comments say that due to the limitation of ski jump takeoff, the Su-27K, a huge fighter, cannot take off with full fuel. The weight flies from the aircraft carrier, but this take-off point has to occupy the landing area, and it is impossible to carry out landing operations at the same time.

After refitting, this comprehensive supply ship has become a giant among maritime supply ships with a displacement of 37,000 tons. It can store about 23,000 tons of fuel, fresh water, food, ammunition and other materials. The 001 aircraft carrier entered After the war, he almost became the full-time nanny of the 001 aircraft carrier.

The body of the carrier-based early warning aircraft is much smaller than that of the land-based early warning aircraft, but it must also achieve the same use effect. Not only must it see far, but it must also be able to keep an eye on it. This naturally requires an advanced processing system. Domestically owned Godson processor perfectly solves these problems.

"Not only does it need to be big, but the speed must also keep up. Even if it can't reach the high speed of 30 knots of the aircraft carrier, it must at least reach more than 25 knots." Qin Tao said: "Fortunately, our gas turbines are now mature. , two 40-megawatt gas turbines can be installed on this supply ship, which can keep up with the speed of the aircraft carrier and will not delay time due to supply.”

Qin Tao nodded: "Now our naval aircraft carrier formation will be the same as the American aircraft carrier."

The domestic technology is more advanced. Just the radar on the nose can reduce the weight by half a ton compared with the old Maozi's Su-33. In addition, the fuselage uses a lot of composite materials, and the weight reduction effect is better. The empty weight of the J-11B All can be reduced to less than 16 tons, and the weight of the carrier-based aircraft must be much larger than that of the land-based aircraft due to the strengthening of the landing gear, folding wings, etc., so the empty weight data of 17.5 tons was finally obtained.

The U.S. Navy no longer has a professional tanker, and is on the road of partner refueling. It uses the A6 attack aircraft to improve the tanker. It can be used for refueling and bombing, and one aircraft can be used for multiple purposes.

"That's right, just use this system, and sell it to the navy when you get back! Within three months, our shipyard will be able to start work!"

This thin line pulled a thicker steel cable, and the oil pipeline snaked along the steel cable like a python, reaching the fuel injection port on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier. After the docking was completed, the fuel began to flow inside the pipeline.

"Our maximum take-off weight and maximum landing weight should be different, right?" Qin Tao thought of something.

Makarov nodded: "That's right."

"Yes, our supply ship must be able to load at least 15,000 tons of marine fuel, 5,000 tons of aviation kerosene, 3,000 tons of ammunition, and other fresh water and dry goods." Qin Tao said: " In this way, the displacement of 40,000 to 50,000 tons is not enough."

"Yes, so after the heavy-load catapult takes off, you need to fly a longer distance in the sky, and then come down when the fuel is almost consumed." Wang Wei said: "Of course, this is also a good time to practice our carrier-based aircraft for 500 kilometers. The patrol radius and the guidance of the early warning aircraft. There is also the subject of landing with bombs."

"That's right, it's mature. We've done many tests." Wang Wei nodded: "There's no need to test here, but if we want to test the catapult takeoff of the carrier-based aircraft, we still have to test the supply at sea first. By the way, the All the payloads we need are delivered."

A huge comprehensive supply ship slowly moved over. Standing on the deck, Qin Tao watched the ship approaching and let out a sigh of emotion: "The navy always keeps buckles, and is reluctant to spend money to build new ones. The 002 aircraft carrier is in service, let's see if they are in a hurry."

"By the way, are the other early warning aircraft ready to board?" Qin Tao continued to ask.

Of course, with the development of technology and entering the 21st century, the Americans began to engage in carrier-based unmanned aerial tankers, code-named Stingray, and continued to lead the mainstream of carrier-based aerial tankers.

Whoosh!

A flying shuttle was shot from the comprehensive supply ship with a string on the back. After it came here, it was picked up by the personnel here and placed in the corresponding position. The first fuel supply link has been connected.

Next to it, Makarov followed with emotion: "Yes, although this comprehensive supply ship was intended to provide supplies to aircraft carrier formations in the era of the Red Empire, it was only a transitional one. It was refitted from an oil tanker and its performance was not high. Resupplying an aircraft carrier of 30,000 to 40,000 tons is okay, but if we resupply an 80,000-ton aircraft carrier, its performance will be outdated, and it should be equipped with a more advanced comprehensive supply ship."

"50,000 tons?" Makarov opened his eyes wide.

Qin Tao shook his head: "Of course not. How could we travel so far? It is enough to sail in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the future, we still have the canal in the south, the Indian Ocean farther away, and even the interests of the African coast. What do you say , Is this kind of large supply ship enough?"

This method was also first invented by the U.S. Navy. They installed a D704 refueling tank on the belly of their A4 Skyhawk attack aircraft. Refueling aircraft, and land-based refueling aircraft need a land base, which may not be able to meet, or self-sufficiency is better.

Qin Tao said dumbly: "That's right, there should be electronic warfare planes. We discussed a few days ago, when will the J-15, which is specially designed to meet the needs of electronic warfare, fly up?"

"Our aerial refueling technology should have matured, right?" Qin Tao asked.

"What is a luxury? The price of our two gas turbines is less than the price of one in the West. If you don't need 40 megawatts, you can use our UGT25000." Qin Tao said: "But these are used at high speeds. We still have to use a diesel engine, or should we use diesel instead?”

"Our J-15 air weight is 17.5 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is generally calculated as 32.5 tons." Wang Wei calculated: "In this way, it has a payload capacity of 15 tons. Among them, the weight of the pilot plus Ammunition racks, various lubricating oils, etc., minus one ton, there are still 14 tons left. If we don’t carry auxiliary fuel tanks, it will be 9.3 tons of internal fuel, so there are still 5.7 tons left. Ammunition loading capability."

A fighter plane on a mission took off with a full load of ammunition, and a fighter plane to help refuel was fully loaded with fuel. Those who have sufficient fuel to perform related tasks.

"It will take a while." Wang Wei also came in and said, "At present, we are going to test these three aircraft first, and carry out light, medium and heavy-load catapult take-off and landing on our aircraft carrier. We will cooperate in the future and wait until the tests of these items are completed before considering the boarding of electronic warfare aircraft."

If a land-based fighter wants to take off with a full load of weapons, there will also be a problem of insufficient internal fuel. The solution is to refuel in the air after going to the sky. Land-based air refueling aircraft are all big guys modified from transport planes or passenger planes. They go to the sky at once. It can carry dozens or even hundreds of tons of fuel.

The power of the destroyer is used on the supply ship, what a waste!

For the domestic carrier-based aircraft, these tests must also be carried out. Although it was tested on the 001 aircraft carrier, this 002 aircraft carrier has to be tested again. After all, the deck sizes of the two aircraft carriers are different, and the operating methods are also different. .

As for the country, there is no need to play so complicated for the time being, just refueling with partners can solve the problem. Anyway, J-15 has an internal oil load of more than nine tons, so it can completely refuel your partners.

Qin Tao patted his head, yes, why did he forget? Usually, two diesel engines are used for cruising, and a 40-megawatt gas turbine is used when acceleration is needed. The combination of these powers is almost enough.

At present, there are not many comprehensive supply ships in China, and the quality is not high. The largest of them is the Type 908 comprehensive supply ship in front of me.

At this time, on the 908 supply ship, the second supply link has also been connected. Aviation kerosene flows into the belly of the 002 aircraft carrier along the pipeline. On the third gantry, the supply of dry goods begins. Following the added channel, he wobbled towards the aircraft carrier.

"Our aircraft carrier uses conventional power, which requires a lot of fuel. When the next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is built, the demand for fuel will be small, right? So much ship fuel is needed?" Makarov was still a little confused. curious.

Now, the 002 aircraft carrier under test has sailed at sea for ten days, and it is time to replenish at sea.

For the maximum take-off weight of a fighter, it is a data that needs to be weighed and compromised.

Two fighter jets, one early warning aircraft, and carrier-based helicopters should be enough.

At this time, the Type 908 comprehensive supply ship has approached the 002 aircraft carrier from the starboard side, and the two warships are driving side by side, ready to supply.

"Well, we are all ready. We just wait for the aircraft carrier to finish its sea trials and officially join the navy. We will all board the ship, adjust the equipment and personnel, and have complete combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

However, it didn’t take long for this partner to refuel, and the U.S. Navy was not satisfied. It developed a professional KA3B empty-weight refueling aircraft. The maximum take-off weight of this aircraft is 37.2 tons. It was originally a professional carrier-based bomber. They fell behind and were retired soon, but in 1967, 85 of them were converted into tankers. These aircraft remained in service until 1991, and they were not retired until the end of the war.

The empty weight of the Su-33 is 18.4 tons. This empty weight refers to the weight from the aircraft factory. All kinds of lubricating oil are not filled. The old man likes to calculate this way. The thrust-to-weight ratio of the engine is also calculated as dry weight. Look better.

The next project of sea trials: replenishment at sea!

Even if the catapult is used, this data cannot be changed. If you want to hang more weapons, you have to reduce the internal oil, but this is not a problem, because there is another solution.

At least four early warning aircraft can guarantee continuous air early warning. In fact, if backup is considered, five aircraft are more appropriate. However, the aircraft carrier has limited space after all, and it is temporarily planned to carry four aircraft.

For a giant aircraft carrier, the daily consumption is an astronomical figure. Thousands of people eat and drink on it, and for a conventionally powered aircraft carrier, it has to burn oil. If it is in a state of war, almost It needs to be replenished once a week, and it cannot be replenished until it is more than half consumed, otherwise it may not be able to catch up.

"No, Mr. Qin, you still missed a necessary model." Xiang Jing said: "In addition to the early warning aircraft, we also have electronic warfare aircraft. Only when the two models are matched with each other can they exert better combat effectiveness."

The domestic 001 aircraft carrier also has this problem, but this problem has been satisfactorily solved on the 002. With the catapult, it is not a problem for the J-15 to take off with a full load, and it can take off from the take-off point of the bow!

Although it has been tested on land, it still cannot simulate the real situation. On the aircraft carrier, a large number of related tests will be carried out next, which is also an important part of the aircraft carrier sea trial.

However, naval carrier-based aircraft do not have such an advantage. There is no way to take off and land big guys on the deck of an aircraft carrier. If you want to solve the aerial refueling of aircraft carrier-based aircraft, you can only use the method of partner refueling.

Makarov's eyes also widened: "Two 40-megawatt gas turbines? Mr. Qin, you are really extravagant."

"When I go back, I urge the navy to apply for funds quickly. With an aircraft carrier, it can't do without a supply ship." Qin Tao said: "The navy has to equip the aircraft carrier with a comprehensive supply ship with a full-load displacement of 50,000 tons. Enough."

"How much can our J-15 mount under extreme conditions?" Qin Tao asked curiously.

In fact, as a comprehensive supply ship, it is unqualified. After all, it only has a maximum speed of 15.5 knots, and it is still a single shaft and single propeller. Once the main engine has a problem, it may lie down at any time. When resupplying the aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier formation also has to slow down. If it is time to perform a mission, it may be delayed.

"Mr. Qin, our comprehensive power system has matured, isn't it more convenient to push it by electricity?"

The maximum take-off weight is 33 tons, which is also rounded up. The real maximum take-off weight is 32.5 tons. In this case, a load capacity of 14 tons is obtained, which has to be weighed and distributed.

The battlefield is thousands of nautical miles away?

Makarov opened his mouth wide: "Hawaii?"

When several thick square boxes were hoisted over, Qin Tao focused on them: "That should be an anti-ship missile, right?"

The J-15 can carry a large number of weapons. As a carrier-based fighter, of course anti-ship missiles must be the top priority. At present, many advanced anti-ship missiles have been developed in China, but the air-launched ones should be the Eagle Strike 83. Category.

"That's right, it's an anti-ship missile." Wang Wei had already walked over at this time, and when he heard Qin Tao's question, he immediately introduced: "At present, the main anti-ship missile used by our J-15 is the Eagle Strike 83. The total weight of the ship missile is 0.85 tons, and we plan to mount four of these anti-ship missiles during the heavy-load take-off test."

When the aircraft carrier comes out of the shipyard for sea trials, it will definitely not carry weapons and equipment. All these need to be replenished by the integrated supply ship. Four anti-ship missiles weigh more than three tons. Coupled with two anti-radiation missiles and a few air-to-air missiles, the full load requirement can be met.