In recent years, Qiongzhou has not only developed tourism and real estate, but also developed a large number of industries, especially the aerospace industry. There is a rocket launch site on the island and the famous starship company.
These industries all consume electricity. Qiongzhou is increasingly overwhelmed by the power provided by the mainland. The completion of this 200-megawatt nuclear reactor will completely ease Qiongzhou's power supply.
After all, in the future, Starship Company will fully switch to liquid oxygen methane rockets. These fuels can be produced in Qiongzhou, which is convenient and fast, but at the same time, it also means that a large amount of power supply is required.
"We have also ranked first in the world in terms of nuclear reactor technology." Qin Tao said: "Our nuclear reactors have begun commercial operation. Other countries in the world are still conducting experiments, right?"
"Yes." Zhao Ling said: "Last year, the chairman of the American Nuclear Society, Professor Andrew from MIT, came to the site and was very envious of our commercial nuclear reactor, saying that we are already the leader in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors in the world.
The front runner.”
Qin Tao smiled: "Of course, we are number one in the world. However, nuclear fission reactors are always imperfect. In the future, when we have nuclear fusion reactors, we will be able to completely solve the energy problem."
Qin Tao has always believed that nuclear fission is imperfect. After all, the efficiency of this kind of reactor is low and the source of fuel is difficult. If you want to use nuclear raw materials to provide energy, you must first waste a lot of energy to concentrate the raw materials. What is truly perfect is nuclear
Fusion reactors have a wide range of sources and can provide almost unlimited energy supply.
"Brother Tao, you are talking about science fiction." Zhao Ling smiled.
"No, Xiaoling, haven't all the things we thought to be science fiction have come true now? In the past, human beings fantasized about flying into the sky and the moon, but haven't all the things we thought were science fiction come true now? Maybe within ten years, two
What if it succeeds in ten years?”
Zhao Ling nodded: "Yes, Brother Tao, you are right. I heard that the pulse detonation engine developed by our domestic relevant departments has made great progress. Maybe it will be installed on the aircraft in five years. By then,
We will have advanced supersonic aircraft. This kind of engine can propel the aircraft to a speed of Mach 10. It will take one hour to travel from the east to the Rainbow Kingdom."
How convenient it would be if we could go back and forth in an hour!
"Yes, it will definitely work in the future, but for now, let's just enjoy the scenery along the way and treat it as a tourist holiday."
In fact, when the naval formation was dispatched, Qin Tao could completely wait and wait until the formation passed before taking a passenger plane to the Rainbow Kingdom. However, Qin Tao decided to go with the formation. Not only was it safe, but he could also enjoy the scenery along the way.
I haven't had this feeling of slowly traveling on the sea for a long time.
As he spoke, a flame suddenly appeared from the direction of Qiongzhou and rose rapidly. White smoke was pulled out from behind the flame. The flame rose very quickly. This white smoke column soon shot straight into the sky, as if a tower leading to space had been erected.
Ladder to heaven.
"Is this another rocket launch?"
"I don't know. Our Starship company operates independently. I can ask."
"No need, they often launch rockets, we don't have to make a fuss every time." Qin Tao said very calmly: "They do their thing, we do ours."
Since the speed of the two bulk carriers was not very fast, the fleet arrived at the Siam Canal two days later, where they lined up to cross the river. Due to their good relationship, they immediately received the highest priority.
Soon it passed other fleets and entered the canal.
The construction of the canal in Siam was a major event, and it was also Qin Tao's proud work. Through this canal, the relationship between the two sides became increasingly closer, saving time and expense for cargo ships, and at the same time, it also brought down Singapore.
Looking at the mountains of containers on the dock here, you should know that these businesses were originally owned by Singapore, but now they have all fallen into the hands of Siam. Qin Tao has never had a good impression of that small country. It would be best if he could bring it down.
!
But Zhao Ling suddenly thought of something: "Brother Tao, let's take the canal. Where is the underwater one?"
Could it be that he was also walking through a canal, and when others were not paying attention? Can the underwater one walk completely underwater in the canal?
Qin Tao smiled and said, "I don't know either, but I guess it's an attack in the east and an attack in the west."
Since the opening of the Siam Canal, this place has become more and more lively. After all, going here saves distance and money. As long as the toll fee is lower than the cost of detouring to Malacca, cargo ships will choose to use the Siam Canal, and it also saves money.
time.
It has become almost as busy as the Suez Canal and has attracted a lot of attention.
This time the Eastern Navy went to the Rainbow Country to hold a joint military exercise, it must have stimulated many people. They will pay close attention to the movements of this formation. If the submarine goes through the canal, it will easily be exposed. You know, even if the submarine hull is still underwater,
The control tower will definitely be exposed, otherwise it will be too dangerous.
Almost all submarines from various countries pass through the canal in this state.
Now, relying on the formation of surface ships to attract attention, the 096 can detour to Malacca. Although it looks very narrow from the map, it is actually relatively wide. The water depth of the entire route is more than 100 meters, and most of them are
It can reach a depth of 150 meters, and the submarine can pass there in submersible mode without any problems.
Moreover, with the popularity of the Siamese shipping route, there are fewer and fewer ships operating in Malacca, which is very quiet. The passage of 096 will be unnoticed.
"Build the plank road openly and visit Chencang secretly." Zhao Ling nodded: "Then I'll be relieved."
"It's not your turn to worry about this."
Zhao Ling rolled her eyes at Qin Tao.
However, it's really not Zhao Ling's turn to worry about this matter.
Malacca, in the underwater, silent world, a group of submariners are driving the submarine excitedly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "This is the first time that our submarine force has passed through the Strait of Malacca. Everyone must devote 100% of their energy to absolutely not cause any problems." Hu Yizhou told his men.
said.
Conventional submarines basically operate in offshore waters. Although nuclear submarines often travel far away, they generally operate in the Pacific waters, passing through Malacca and entering the Indian Ocean. This is the first time.
"Actually, this is not the first time." The helmsman said while looking at the chart on the big screen in front of him: "In the 1990s, when we bought Kilo-class submarines from Lao Maozi, we took this route.
route."
"Nonsense, how did you get here at that time? If you were towed here by a semi-submersible boat, can it be considered as moving on your own? And it's still on the sea, not underwater." Hu Yizhou said to the helmsman: "Master your rudder and don't give me any nonsense."
The helmsman chuckled: "Captain, we only have this few people underwater, and even fewer are on duty at the same time. It would be boring if we don't say anything."
"Want to talk? After we get ashore and have dinner in the cafeteria, how about you tell everyone a story?"
"No, they eat it, I say, it's not fair."
"The military is not a place where fairness is important. This is an order."
As soon as the command was uttered, the helmsman immediately looked serious: "Yes!"
"Don't be too loud, be careful not to be heard outside."
The helmsman chuckled: "How is it possible? American movies are so fantastical that you can actually hear the voice of the opponent's submarine using sonar. You can even drop a coin and know which side is up."
Submarine sonar technology is becoming more and more advanced, but it can only listen to the sound of propellers and the sound of the friction between the submarine body and the sea water. It is absolutely nonsense to say that it can hear voices inside the submarine and the sound of coins falling.
Especially now, thick silencer tiles are laid outside the submarine to prevent internal noise from leaking out. Even if the voice is heard, it is absorbed by the silencer tiles and cannot be transmitted to the outside at all.
"Okay, let's tell this story next time."
The helmsman knew that he had been assigned again, but he had no choice. Who makes the captain the boss? Moreover, saying this, the tense atmosphere inside the submarine disappeared. This kind of task does not last for a few minutes or a few hours.
Even for a few days or even dozens of days, if you are always tense, it will consume too much energy. It is best to relax like this to relax the atmosphere.
The huge submarine continued to sail underwater and along the complicated waterway. They sailed silently and relied entirely on the charts prepared in advance. There were very few sounds of cargo ships overhead, which represented the complete decline of this route.
Finally, they passed through the Strait of Malacca and entered the vast Indian Ocean.
"This is the first time that our Eastern Navy submarine force has come to the Indian Ocean!" Hu Yizhou said excitedly: "All the oceans in the world are our stage!"
If it were a previous submarine, they would not have dared to drive it like this. Who knows if it would malfunction midway. However, the 096 submarine gave them great confidence. The space inside the submarine was very large, and they would not need to stay in it for two or three months.
It will be boring, even if you circle around the world's oceans several times, it will be no problem. The submarine has a super-capacity cold storage, and you can eat fresh food every day!
It was only at this time that Hu Yizhou finally relaxed. He walked briskly to the submarine's restaurant. This is the most spacious place in the 096 submarine. It is spacious enough to give everyone a fixed seat, so they can eat whenever they want.
If you want to read, then read, if you want to be entertained, then entertain.
At this time, about one-third of the crew members were active in the restaurant. Some were reading, some were playing chess, and some were opening laptops and tapping away at the computers.
"Xiao Zhao, what are you doing on the computer?" Hu Yizhou asked curiously.
"I was bored on the submarine and wanted to write an online novel."
"Write a novel? Okay, your kid used to love reading novels, but this time he has evolved into writing novels. It's amazing." Hu Yizhou said.
"Is there any way? It's not because it's too boring. After entering the water, I can't catch up on the updates. It's also very annoying. Since I can't read it, I might as well write it myself." Xiao Zhao said: "Wait until next time when I go back.
, I have to publish it, and maybe I can gain a wave of fans."
"What did you write?"
"Of course it's a time-travel novel. The protagonist has superpowers and brought the entire fleet back to the Sino-Japanese War. He used our modern weapons to drive all the Japanese fleets to the bottom of the sea, and then led the fleet to land on the island country. What did the island country do when it came to our country?
Let’s just go up and do something.”
"Is this appropriate?" Hu Yizhou frowned: "We are a mighty teacher, a righteous teacher, and a civilized teacher."
"Of course it's appropriate. When writing our military novels, we have to destroy the United States and massacre Japan, otherwise it won't look good."
"Okay, when you finish writing it, put it on our submarine's internal network for everyone to see."
"no problem."
In many countries, the dining halls on submarines are separated into officers' dining rooms and sailors' dining halls. However, in the East, officers and soldiers are equal to sailors. Officers also dine in ordinary sailors' dining halls, and while eating, they can also get to know each other better and learn how many meals they have had.
After dinner, you can clearly understand who are the soldiers under your command, what is each person's personality, hobbies, etc.
Just like just now, Hu Yizhou could tell what Xiao Zhao was doing after a few words with him. If he had eaten in a special officer's mess, he would never have learned this.
"Old Wang, what's the food for today?" Hu Yizhou walked to the place where the meal was being prepared.
There is a buffet on the submarine. The cooks only cook and put it in the vegetable basin in front. However, Hu Yizhou still likes to chat with the cooks inside.
"Rice, steamed buns, vegetables, today there are still eight hot dishes and eight cold dishes. It depends on everyone's taste. You can eat whatever you want."
In the past, submariners could only eat eight or ten vegetables on the shore, but now, they can also eat such fresh and delicious vegetables underwater!
"By the way, today's after-dinner fruits are watermelon and grapes." Lao Wang continued: "I just cut two watermelons and they are almost gone. I will cut a new one for you."
"No need." Hu Yizhou looked at the remaining neat watermelons and the grapes on the plate next to him. It was even rarer to be able to eat such fresh fruit underwater. Forget about the watermelons.
It can be stored for a period of time on a submarine, but grapes are not easy to store. Generally speaking, they will be spoiled within a week after being put in the submarine. Unless the submarine has a large enough cold storage, it can store so much fruit.
Sailors, who stay underwater all year round, dislike meat the most and want to eat fruit most. In the past, they could only eat canned food, but now they can eat whatever they want.
Since piloting the 096, the submariners are very satisfied and even don't want to go out. They want to stay in the submarine every day and want to go to sea every day.
"By the way, we will definitely have to spend this Spring Festival on the submarine. You have to prepare. Then we will make dumplings."
"Okay, we have enough flour and meat filling, and enough fresh water. We just don't have enough rolling pins. Captain Hu, why don't we let the soldiers drink some wine recently? Then we can use wine bottles to roll out the dough."
"drink wine?"
There are strict regulations on whether you can drink alcohol on a submarine. There must be alcohol on Lao Maozi's submarine. Not to mention alcohol, the antifreeze containing alcohol in the torpedo tube is often secretly drank by sailors, regardless of whether it is
industrial alcohol.
The navy of this old British empire also has the custom of drinking, and they only drink rum. Before going to sea, the sailors go to the wine cellar at the base to receive wine, then push the oak barrels into the submarine, and queue up on the submarine to receive the wine. During the off-duty
time to drink.
In the 1980s, due to budget constraints, the government cut off the Navy's alcohol bill, which almost caused a mutiny in the Navy. To this day, British submarines still retain a traditional project: once someone obtains a dolphin badge, the captain will give it to the Navy.
Honor is soaked in wine, let that guy drink it.
France is romantic. Canned beer is always available on the submarine's dining table, and fine wines such as brandy and wine are available in the officers' mess. Germans also like to drink beer. This scene is seen in movies.
However, the Eastern Army has regulations that prohibit drinking during missions. If submarine soldiers want to drink, they have to go ashore!
"Yes, we brought dozens of small bundles of champagne before departure."
If it is French petite champagne, it is definitely alcohol. However, oriental petit champagne is just a soda drink. It was most popular in the 1980s. The bottle of this drink is generally the size of a beer bottle, which makes people still think of it.
Thought it was beer.
At that time, it was also popular all over the country, and many places had their own specialty small champagne. However, after entering the 1990s, various foreign drinks came one after another. Coca-Cola once occupied the mainstream of the market, but after entering the new millennium, retro style began, and many places
Petite champagne is becoming popular again.
It is said that the Mingzhou Group has set up a beverage department to produce retro products. The taste is the same as in the past, pure fruit juice drinks with no additives.
Hu Yizhou finally felt relieved. Since it was a fruit drink, it didn't matter.
"Okay, then drink some of it in advance, but whoever drinks it will be responsible for rolling it out with a wine bottle!"
There are not that many rolling pins in the army. Whenever they need to make dumplings for dinner, many people will use other items instead. Wine bottles are the most common.
Hearing Hu Yizhou say this, some submarine soldiers immediately raised their hands: "Me, me!"
"Report, the sonar officer just heard the sound of the fleet, about one hundred and fifty nautical miles away!"
There are different sonar on the submarine. The sonar on the bow has the shortest detection distance. Fifty nautical miles is a matter of luck. The towed array sonar has the strongest performance and can even detect 300 nautical miles away. However, due to the need to release the sonar, it can easily detect
Thousands or even tens of kilometers, so it is very complicated and is generally not used. In contrast, the side sonar array just combines the advantages of both. It can detect long-distance warships without retracting or retracting it. It has become
Submarine's main sonar.
"Slowly approach the fleet." Hu Yizhou said: "By the way, look behind and see if there is a tail. If there is, notify them to conduct anti-submarine training in advance." Hu Yizhou said.
In many novels, the details of submarine operations are described, and they are described seriously: strategic nuclear submarines are used to launch ballistic missiles, and attack nuclear submarines are used to protect ballistic missile nuclear submarines. This is pure nonsense. Submarines are lonely underwater.
Warriors, even strategic nuclear submarines, can carry out anti-submarine warfare!