Chapter 1,154 Unlocking the Dual Aircraft Carrier Formation
The sea trials of the 003 aircraft carrier are still continuing.
"The nuclear reactor has reached 50% power!" An excited report came from the engine room: "The nuclear reactor is currently operating smoothly!"
"At 50% power, the aircraft carrier has reached twenty-two knots. If it operates at full power, the speed of thirty knots can fully meet the standard." Wu Shengli nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, this aircraft carrier is very good!"
"The engine room reports that the nuclear reactor can be boosted to full power!"
Hearing this, Wu Shengli was a little excited. Just as he was about to nod, he heard Wang Wei's answer.
"No, this is the first sea trial. According to our sea trial progress, the power of the nuclear reactor will be increased little by little. It will be a month before it reaches full power. Now, we must not be blind!"
"I'm confident!" Krasnopolski's voice came from the communication system: "The two reactors we built are so perfect that they can run at full power without any accidents. I
Guarantee with your life!”
"That won't work either. We must act in accordance with scientific laws!" Wang Wei's attitude was firm.
Are you kidding me, you turn on the aircraft carrier's nuclear reactor to full power for the first time you go to sea? At half power, you need to do a lot of observations to make sure there are no accidents before you can slowly improve it. This Krasnopolsky is a nuclear reactor
He is an expert, but he is also an old fool. He likes to take risks when doing things.
He is the captain and he is responsible.
Wu Shengli on the side was a little embarrassed. He was too embarrassed to use his identity to pressure Wang Wei. Although he really wanted to experience the thrill of racing on the sea, he had better forget it. After all, aircraft carrier testing cannot be rushed and must be done slowly.
Come.
At this moment, Wang Wei continued to speak: "Leader Wu, if you want to experience high speed, we can start the gas turbine, but it will burn oil after starting, so..."
Ours is a high-end integrated power system for the whole ship, and even the drive is powered by electric motors! If the power of the nuclear reactor is insufficient, we can also use two 40-megawatt gas turbines!
"If the gas turbine is started, how fast can the ship reach?" Wu Shengli asked.
"It should be around 28 knots, maybe higher."
The two Linglong Ones each have a thermal power of 700 megawatts and a generating power of 120 megawatts. If they work at full power, they can get 240 megawatts of electricity. Just feed the drive motor at the back.
It only needs to output 160 megawatts of electrical power, and the rest is used for other systems of the warship, such as electromagnetic catapult, so that the power supply is sufficient.
Now it is working at half power, which is 60 megawatts. Since it needs to be supplied to other subsystems, the actual output to the propulsion motor is only about 55 megawatts. Plus two 40-megawatt gas turbines, it is only one
One hundred and thirty-five megawatts.
With this power, the aircraft carrier can reach more than 28 knots. If it is built scientifically and the design is perfect, it may be able to reach 29 knots. After all, it is only short of 25 megawatts of input power.
However, it costs money to start up two 40-megawatt gas turbines. Those things are oil-drinking monsters! So Wu Shengli thought for a while and shook his head: "Forget it."
Looking at Wu Shengli's painful look, Wang Wei wanted to say, we are currently undergoing sea trials, so the fuel that the gas turbine needs to burn is provided by Mingzhou Group, which is considered part of the sea trial funds. It will not be officially put into service until it is put into service.
, is what burns our navy’s own oil.
However, after thinking about it, he still did not say that the nuclear power system should be left alone. When the time comes, nuclear power will be used to provide energy and save money. Even if Mingzhou Group has money, it cannot use it this way.
"Let's proceed according to the regular sea trial project."
"Yes, the next sea trial item is the steering test. Please note that the speed is reduced to fifteen knots and prepare to use full left rudder!"
The 003 aircraft carrier continues to be tested at sea, and countless pairs of eyes are watching it, full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
The time in Asan was a few hours later than that in the east. When the news reached the Cochin Shipyard, work had just started here. The workers in Asan were barefoot and carrying various equipment, busy going back and forth. A high-end car
A car drove over from a distance and stopped on the slipway.
Sunil got off the car and looked at the aircraft carrier being outfitted.
"When will our aircraft carrier be ready? We also hope that it can go to sea as soon as possible! This is the number one aircraft carrier in Asia!"
The person in charge was a little nervous: "Report, our outfitting has come to an end and sea trials will begin soon."
"Not bad, not bad." Sunil was very satisfied when he saw that the four large holes on the top of the aircraft carrier island had been installed with four-sided phased array radar. With this kind of radar, their aircraft carrier would be world-class!
"How many more months will it take?"
"One year at most, if one year is not enough..."
"In half a year, within half a year, this aircraft carrier must undergo sea trials. We can't wait!" Sunil said: "If you can't complete the outfitting work, then wait to go to court!"
Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the person in charge. This was the first time they had built such a complex warship. Even the internal outfitting would take a long time. With Asan's work efficiency...
At this moment, suddenly, a puff of black smoke came out from the gap in the elevator, and the person in charge immediately shouted: "Damn it, hurry up, put out the fire quickly, who did this?"
The work in the outfitting stage is not only tedious, but may also be dangerous. For example, during the outfitting work, there are many internal pipes to be installed and many compartments to be welded. Because they have not been completed yet, the internal fire piping cannot be completed yet.
A spark during formal work or welding may ignite the cable being laid on the other side, causing a bigger fire.
Countless people rushed forward, and soon the smoke disappeared.
"what happened?"
"It's okay, it's just that the man working down there was smoking and ignited an unused can of paint."
"No smoking, no smoking inside! If anyone causes a fire because of smoking, they will spend the rest of their lives in prison!"
Sunil's face was livid, thinking of the first 001 aircraft carrier in Dongfang, which once emitted thick smoke and made everyone laugh. Facts have proved that Dongfang people deliberately made a disguise in order to hide the truth from the sea, and our own side
, it is really uncontrollable. The quality of shipwrights is different, and the efficiency of shipbuilding is different. How to solve all this?
Do you really want to go to the UK to order? It seems that although the UK has some problems, the speed of building warships is still fast enough.
Great Britain.
After a long period of construction, the Queen-class aircraft carrier has finally been launched. The outfitting has begun at the outfitting dock nearby. Soon, its No. 2 ship will also be launched. The British are quite efficient in this regard.
At that time, the two ships were built together, and the front and rear were in the water. Compared with the separate construction in the East, the time was much faster.
Benjamin stood on the outfitting dock, looking at the aircraft carrier under construction, his eyes full of expectation: "The aircraft carriers of the Orientals are not that great. Sea trials are sea trials. To be more advanced, it is our aircraft carrier. It
All the technology used is revolutionary!”
"Yes, our MT30 gas turbine has finally matured in research and development. This aircraft carrier finally has qualified power. We also use all-electric propulsion. Even if the Oriental aircraft carrier uses nuclear power, it must still be a transmission shaft. Without ours
Go ahead!" Boyce on the side also said.
"Everyone, the warship will be outfitted soon and will undergo sea trials. However, what kind of carrier-based aircraft are we going to use?" A Royal Navy officer said from the side.
Although they have modern aircraft carriers, they do not have advanced carrier-based aircraft! There is a jump deck at the front of this deck, which must be used for vertical take-off and landing fighters, but...
"How long will our Sea Harriers last?" Benjamin asked.
Sea Harrier! After hearing Benjamin's words, the naval officer almost stared out of his eyes.
Still using Sea Harrier?
Although the Sea Harrier shined during the Falklands War, everyone knew that the Sea Harrier was just a temporary replacement. It was too old and was not even planned to be improved. But later, in order to keep the Sea Harrier in service, the British
We also had to carry out a mid-life upgrade of the "Sea Harrier" FRS.1 in hand. This project was eventually called the "Sea Harrier" FA.2.
The biggest feature of this improvement plan is the replacement of a brand-new "Blue Vixen" pulse Doppler radar. This radar allows the Sea Harrier to carry advanced AIM-120 missiles and "Sea Hawk" air-to-ground/anti-ship missiles.
Although the Sea Harrier still cannot carry much ammunition, it at least has the capability of mid-range interception. In the past, the Sea Harrier could only use Sidewinder missiles, which was to deal with third-rate countries like the Weeping Country, and even almost defeated them.
defeated.
The British upgraded all the FRS.1s on hand to FA.2, but felt that it was not enough, so they gritted their teeth and ordered 18 new aircraft. The delivery time was from 1993 to 1999. The status of these fighters
not bad.
"The latest batch of Sea Harriers we purchased can serve for a few more years. However, the technology of the Sea Harriers is still too backward. We have a modern aircraft carrier. Do we still need to use a fighter jet with the technology of the 1960s? That will be ignored.
Orientals laugh at it!"
The naval officer was unwilling.
"Otherwise, what else can we do? We have to wait for the American vertical take-off and landing fighter jets. Before that, we will replace them with the fighter jets we have on hand." Benjamin said.
This is also helpless. Regarding the aircraft carrier project, they have held many rounds of meetings, and some have requested that it be modified into a catapult aircraft carrier. But, where is the money? Not only are they short of money, but they also do not have electromagnetic catapult technology! The aircraft carrier can no longer be used.
waited.
The only thing we can do is to serve in the army first! And after serving in the army, the worst possible outcome is to operate the Sea Harrier first!
No matter how you look at this scene of an advanced warship carrying an outdated fighter plane, it will make people laugh, but what else can they do?
"Next, we still need to raise funds to build 10,000-ton warships, and our Type 45 destroyers will also continue to be built. Our Royal Navy will definitely restore its past glory!" Benjamin said: "Our aircraft carriers will one day be
We still have to exercise our right to freedom of navigation!”
Just as Benjamin was looking forward to the future, the eastern and ocean-going fleets were already gathering.
The 001 aircraft carrier has already been planned for a mid-term overhaul. Before the overhaul, it almost always sailed in the coastal waters. It should also undergo an ocean voyage. There is no regret in entering the dock for upgrade.
As for the 002 aircraft carrier, it has been training offshore since it entered service. It also needs to conduct an ocean voyage to test the training results. Therefore, this voyage training must be carried out.
The dual aircraft carrier fleet carries more than one hundred aircraft in total! This is the first time in Asia!
On the 002 aircraft carrier, Zhang Zhen was in agitated mood.
"Report, 001 aircraft carrier is about to form a formation with us!"
"Received, welcome them!"
After Zhang Zhen finished speaking, he picked up the telescope and looked at the sea to the north, where an aircraft carrier formation was riding the wind and waves. The faint green smoke coming out of the chimney also moved with the sailing of the aircraft carrier formation. He adjusted the focus
, I soon saw the aircraft carrier clearly, and the jump deck on the bow was so distinctive.
Although the jump deck has lagged behind, no one will look down on the 001 aircraft carrier because of this. After all, that was the beginning of the strength of the Eastern Navy!
On the 001 aircraft carrier, Captain Li Yan was also raising his telescope and looking across.
"The appearance of the 002 aircraft carrier is really beautiful. I heard that the superiors are considering carrying out mid-term maintenance of our 001, removing the jump deck and adding catapults. However, Mr. Qin rejected it."
Li Yan was stunned for a moment, and then thought of something: "Does Mr. Qin think it's not worth it? Instead of modifying it, it's better to build it completely new."
"I guess so. It is said that it is related to the positioning of our aircraft carrier. Some people are talking about changing us from a combat aircraft carrier to a training aircraft carrier."
"What kind of training aircraft carrier? Our aircraft carrier can also fight. The J-15 fighter jets we carry on it have powerful attack capabilities!" Li Yan's face was gloomy: "Humph, even though the mission is over, I will be transferred to land.
However, I will never watch our aircraft carrier become a training aircraft carrier! Our aircraft carrier is a war machine! If you use me in the first battle, you will win if you use me!"
After finishing speaking, Li Yan looked down. There were carrier-based aircraft with folded wings near the island, and at the farthest takeoff point No. 3, a J-15 had its wings flattened and was on standby.
, you can take off at any time from that position without the need for an aircraft carrier to sail at full speed.
They are required according to actual combat standards.
"002 calls 001, 002 calls 001!" At this moment, Zhang Zhen's voice came from the radio: "Welcome to join us from our port side!"
"001 aircraft carrier received." Li Yan replied: "We will join the formation from the port side, speed 20, direction due east!"
On the port side of the 002 aircraft carrier, several escort warships had already left, leaving the entire formation's port side empty. Then, the 001 aircraft carrier led its formation and slowly approached from the port side. In the end, the two aircraft carriers were neck and neck!
Two aircraft carriers are sailing together on the sea. On the left is 001 with a jump deck, and on the right is 002 with a straight deck. The two aircraft carriers are traveling at the same speed and are moving forward side by side. They look very spectacular.
Just such an action of joining the formation will also test the technical level of the aircraft carrier operators. After all, if a big guy operating tens of thousands of tons makes a mistake and miscalculates the route, a collision may occur. In the world, Kangaroo Country
The aircraft carrier was once infamous as a bumper car at sea.
There are two aircraft carriers, one is slightly older and the other is full of modernity, but their mental state is the same, and they welcome everything that may happen next with full enthusiasm!
In front of these two aircraft carriers, sailing is the 10,000-ton large-scale propeller 055. Not long after this warship entered service, it was able to participate in such an important mission, and could even perform missions alone. All the officers and soldiers of the warship were incomparable
of excitement.
Captain Li Pingfan stood on the bridge. From his position, he could not see the aircraft carrier behind, but he could feel the power of the entire formation!
On the big screen, the status of the entire formation was displayed, as well as its own status: all eight radars were turned on, searching the entire airspace!
"We are currently in data link contact with the escort warships of the 001 aircraft carrier formation!"
"The data links have all been opened!"
In the aircraft carrier formation, 055 plays a huge role. Its phased array radar has the longest search range. Therefore, as long as it is turned on, the radars of other warships do not need to be turned on. They can be shared through data links. However, this requires
A prerequisite: all data links between each other must be connected!
This is not a trivial matter. Please refer to the US military for details. Because the data links between the three armies are not connected, there will be some accidental attacks. Even if they are all navies and belong to different fleets, forming formations with each other requires some debugging. The data link
Networking also requires some effort.
However, technology in the East has developed rapidly in recent years, and adaptive networking technology has been developed. After getting close to each other, just sending a few data packets can complete the networking.
The entire fleet can share its radar data!
Behind it, there are two 052s, forming a triangle, opening a channel for the entire fleet to move forward. Behind them is the core of the two aircraft carriers. To the left and right of the two aircraft carriers, there are several more
Destroy frigate.
At the rear of the fleet, in addition to several destroyers and frigates, there is another 10,000-ton warship of the Eastern Navy: No. 138.
This warship is the fourth ship of Ermao's Guangrong class. When it was towed back, it was almost an empty shell. Later, Dongfang completed the outfitting of this warship and eventually became the strongest warship in the Dongfang Navy formation. That year
It carries two modern-class ships, which is so showy and majestic.
However, as the strength of the Eastern Navy developed, this warship quickly lost its aura. Although it was a 10,000-ton warship with a large number of missiles, its overall design had lagged behind, with no universal vertical launchers and no four-sided phase control.
Array radar, it also changed from Xiao Tiantian back to Mrs. Niu.
However, it is a 10,000-ton warship after all. This time we organized the expedition and took it aboard.