Chapter 1,279 Let’s help find the cause of the malfunction!
Soon, both gas turbines were started.
Richard was very satisfied when he saw that the power supply was restored to normal: "There will be no more gate falling accidents this time!"
The previous brake failure can be understood as insufficient power. After all, it has to support the navigation of warships, the operation of search radars, and air conditioning!
They have tried many times on the Atlantic Ocean and have not encountered any problems. This is naturally because they do not need to turn on the air conditioner. After entering the Mediterranean Sea, it is too hot and the air conditioner must be turned on, which increases the electrical load.
If I had known earlier, I would have just started running two gas turbines to save the trouble!
Inside the sailor's cabin.
"Jack, does the sea water taste good?" a sailor joked.
"Damn it, when you ran out, you were not slower than me!" The guy named Jack was naturally not happy when faced with the ridicule, and muttered: "It's just that when we got to the side of the ship, you didn't find the swimming circle.
That’s all!”
"Actually, if we had been more relaxed at that time, we should have known that there was no attack. We must learn our lesson. By the way, this air conditioner is really comfortable."
In the past, warships did not have air conditioning, and it didn't matter if it was shirtless or disheveled when it was hot. But when we were at sea, we were all gentlemen, and even wearing just underpants was no problem.
However, in the later stage, with the need for nuclear, biological and chemical protection, the interior was completely enclosed, and the problem of heat dissipation had to be considered. The warship is an iron shell, just like the iron room on the construction site. When it is exposed to the sun in the summer, the inside will definitely be hot to death.
, must have air conditioning.
If it cannot be cooled in time, the people inside may collapse from sweating too much, or even die.
Therefore, in the later stage, all warships will have to be equipped with air conditioners. Anyway, they will also have to have a three-defense system for overpressure throughout the ship. Just install air conditioners in this system.
However, this is similar to a large shopping mall. If you have an air conditioning system, it depends on whether it is turned on or not. If not, it will still be hot.
"Our captain was too stingy before and was reluctant to turn on the air conditioner for us. In fact, if we turn on the air conditioner whenever we go to sea, we will be comfortable all year round!"
"Yes, I really don't know what the captain is thinking about how much fuel can be spent. The fuel money saved will not reach his pocket..."
I haven’t finished speaking yet, click!
The entire ship lost power again!
At this moment, everyone was a little confused. What happened? The gate fell again?
Fortunately, with previous experience, no one ran away again.
"Wait a minute, the call will come soon!"
"There's a problem!" Some people started to think: "These frequent lock failures could mean there's something wrong with our warship, right?"
"What problem could there be? Our warships are the most advanced!" Jack said, "We use the most advanced power units and the most advanced comprehensive power systems in the world. How could there be a problem?"
At this time, on the bridge, the same question was also raised.
"Now, the two gas turbines are working at full power, and there is no problem of insufficient power supply. Therefore, there must be a problem if the gate fails again!"
"In previous tests, similar situations have never occurred. The biggest difference from before is that the air conditioner is turned on this time. Is it caused by turning on the air conditioner?"
"Yeah, it's very possible. Turn off the air conditioning system, restart the engine, and try again this time!" Richard said.
"If the air conditioning is turned off, the sailors may become unbearably hot."
"You have to endure it if you can't bear it! Look at our tank crews. When they fight in the desert, the weather is often 50 or 60 degrees, and they don't have air conditioning. Why don't they persevere?"
This is not wrong.
The British Challenger tank is also a weird thing. When tanks from other countries are developing comprehensively, their tanks focus on protection, so much so that they turned the Challenger 2 into a big guy of more than 80 tons, but the engine remains unchanged.
, it is still the original 1200 horsepower engine.
Such power is not enough to drive a fifty-ton tank, let alone an eighty-ton tank. Therefore, their tanks are not equipped with air conditioners, which consumes precious electricity.
Originally it was okay to fight in Europe, after all, it was very warm, but I was stunned when I arrived in the desert area. The weather was often 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, and the tank crews had to wear liquid-cooled vests. If they sweat too much, it will lead to electrolyte imbalance in the body.
Even bottles of physiological saline are needed.
Even so, the British did not add air conditioning to their tanks.
A tanker can accept it, so what can't a sailor tolerate?
After a few minutes, the engine restarted.
"It's turned on again." Jack said: "It seems that we don't have to run out, we just need to wait. Wait, why isn't the air conditioner turned on?"
"It's too hot, how can I bear this! How about we go to the deck to cool down for a while?"
"Would this violate discipline?"
"Whatever, it's better than dying of heat."
When they went up, they found that there were already many people on the deck.
The military has strict regulations. There are at least two to three hundred people on the destroyer, and most of them are not qualified to go on the deck. After boarding the ship, they work in the cabin until they return.
Just like an aircraft carrier, although the deck area is very large, ordinary people can't get on it and stay in the cabin.
But now, there are too many people in the cabin, so sailors wearing large pants with a rice pattern appear on the deck one by one, forming a beautiful scenery.
"Wait a few more hours, the sun will go down, and it will be cooler by then." Richard stood on the bridge, looking at so many people on the deck, but did not stop him. After all, he also knew that it would be too difficult to turn on the air conditioner.
hot.
Fortunately, the sun is going down soon.
Without the air conditioner, the machine should work normally now, right?
However, not long after, there was a snap and the circuit breaker tripped again.
This time, Richard was angry.
"Damn, what is going on? Why does the integrated power system of the whole ship always have problems?" Richard said angrily: "We are a warship, a combat machine, and this kind of accident happened before we entered the war zone.
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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Richard was very angry, while others were very puzzled.
What's going on?
Obviously nothing has been done, it's just the same as before. It's fine in the Atlantic Ocean, but why does it go wrong when entering the Mediterranean Sea?
"Did someone use electrical appliances illegally, causing excessive electrical load?"
This is nonsense. Each cabin has a special air switch. Even if someone uses high-power electrical appliances, at most the cabin will trip, and it cannot be the main switch!
"Okay, let's check the cabins one by one and check our power supply lines. Our system is still not smart enough. It would be great if it could self-diagnose and isolate the problematic cabins!" Richard nodded.
Therefore, the technical officers on the warship used flashlights to search everywhere in the cabin, but found nothing.
However, the sun had set and the temperature outside was gradually dropping. In the evening, Richard gave the order again: "Restart the engine!"
Everyone looked at the cabin lights above their heads with trepidation, hoping that there would be no more accidents of the gate falling. It was going to be dark soon. It was dark inside and it was dark outside. How could this happen?
One minute, two minutes, half an hour, an hour... the power supply system is very stable.
"It seems that it was just an accidental fault. I hope this fault has disappeared automatically." Richard said: "Next, we need to speed up and reach the cruising sea area as soon as possible!"
"Captain, in order to avoid similar accidents, should we drive slower, in case..."
"Nothing goes by chance, I believe in our warships! Similar accidents will never happen again!"
Rodney had no choice but to nod. After all, he was not the captain.
The night fell, and the gas turbine made a cheerful sound. Except for the personnel on duty, everyone else fell asleep comfortably. However, there were always people who would suddenly open their eyes and look at the lights above their heads that were still on, and then they would feel at ease and continue sleeping.
the next day.
Richard yawned and returned to the bridge.
"There was no accident last night, right?"
"No, our power system is all normal, there are no accidents!"
"It seems that I just bumped into an evil spirit yesterday. I'll ask our army carpenter to do some rituals later to drive away the evil spirits."
"yes."
Soon, a young carpenter appeared in every corner of the warship, chanting jumbled spells, holding a special staff in his hand, and worked through it from front to back.
"Okay, our warship will be protected by Shangdi!" Mu Shi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, click!
The gate fell again!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Why did the fault occur again?
Then troubleshoot!
Richard looked at the chart. There were still 500 nautical miles away from the target. For safety's sake, it was better not to get closer. Without the power supply, their warship was just a lamb to be slaughtered. It was better to wait for repairs.
The problem is, if you want to fix it, you have to find the problem first, and they don’t even know where the problem is!
After another day of trouble, at night, the fault magically disappeared again.
In the cabin, the sailors continued to discuss.
"This is definitely not an accidental failure. I bet that the failure will occur again tomorrow!"
"The guys on the night shift are miserable. During the day, they break down when they want to sleep!"
"It's strange to say, what exactly is the fault?"
"Who knows, look at those technical officers, we don't understand these."
In the bridge conference room, everyone had serious faces.
"We must find out the cause of the fault!"
"I'm afraid this is difficult. After all, we are not a design department. I think the best way is to send the warship back and let the design unit inspect it."
"Drive back? We are on a mission now! We are the advance team and we are leaving before we reach the other party's door. If this were spread back, wouldn't it make the whole world laugh and think we have no courage!"
If it was an ordinary operation, forget it, but not now. Now they were going to fight and look for trouble! As a result, they ran away in despair on the way, and the colonel didn't know how to be happy.
"Yeah, we absolutely can't go back like this, we need to find the problem first!"
How to find the problem? Everyone is confused again.
At this time, a young technical officer spoke: "The malfunctions in the past two days are regular. They appear during the day and disappear at night, so..."
"Is this a virus attack? Someone opened a backdoor to our warship's system and planted a virus?"
"No, no, I mean, is it related to the temperature? It malfunctions when the temperature is high during the day."
"Temperature? How is that possible! We are in the Atlantic Ocean..."
"The temperature in the Atlantic Ocean is low, so the fault has never occurred. But here, the temperature is high, and problems are prone to occur. I did some comparisons and found that the fault should occur when the outside temperature is higher than 25 degrees Celsius."
"Why is this happening?"
The technical officer shook his head: "I don't know."
It would be great if he could find the fault point. Why did the fault occur? Only God knows!
At the same time, Oriental, Capital, TV Station.
"Hello, everyone, welcome to this episode of Zhang Zhong's program. As we all know, the world situation has changed a lot recently. However, in this episode, Zhang Zhong does not want to analyze the world situation. He just wants to
Analyze the Type 45 destroyer Valiant, which entered the Mediterranean for the first time.”
The expression on Zhang Zhong's face was very calm, but he was very excited in his heart. Thanks to Mr. Qin's analysis, he suddenly realized what a serious malfunction the Type 45 destroyer had!
It must be broadcast, and the fig leaf of British technology must be torn apart. The British are already far behind the entire world, and anything they create has serious flaws!
"This warship is the British Navy's first modern air defense ship. It has an active phased array radar and a vertical launch system. It is considered the most powerful warship in the British Navy. However, we found that since entering the Mediterranean, its actions have been very...
Weird.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A picture appeared on the screen, and it looked like it was taken from space.
"Shortly after entering the Mediterranean, the warship suddenly stopped. We can also zoom in and see what? Someone is diving on it! We don't know if the British Navy has the habit of diving to celebrate when it enters a new ocean, and
Not just once, because not long after, they dived for the second time!”
The video displayed on the screen is very funny. Although it was shot from space, it is precisely because of this perspective that the big ball on the top is very obvious. Therefore, any expert can identify it: if it is fake, it is 45
Type destroyer!
So, why do those people dive?
"If we take a closer look, the wake of this warship has disappeared, and the radar antenna on the top has stopped rotating. This shows that the sailors jumped because there was a huge malfunction on the warship, which led them to think that the warship was going to sink. So
, what exactly is the fault? In this case, Zhang Zhong boldly guessed that it might be a gate failure."
"Damn it, how did he know?" Later, this video was transmitted to the Type 45 destroyer. After all, it was related to this warship. After the British intelligence agency got it, they responded immediately.
"They have been watching us, waiting for us to make a fool of ourselves, or in other words, this failure is their fault!"
Richard gritted his teeth: "Hmph, when the mission here is over, we will go to the east..."
At this moment, on the screen, Zhang Zhong continued to analyze.
"The design of the Type 45 destroyer is extremely unscientific, especially the power system. We know that destroyers often use a combination of diesel engines and gas turbines, using diesel engines at low speeds and gas turbines at high speeds. These are nothing, but the diesel engine of the Type 45 destroyer only has four megawatts.
The total power of watts is too small!”
"This kind of power can only allow the Type 45 destroyer to reach a cruising speed of about ten knots at most. You cannot turn on any high-power electrical appliances at this time, otherwise the power supply will definitely not be enough. As a warship, you must turn on the radar at least when cruising, right?
Therefore, diesel engines have become useless, and we still have to rely on gas turbines for daily cruising."
"This can be compared with the 052C produced by Dongfang. The diesel engine used for cruising has a power of 8840 horsepower, which is 6.6 megawatts. Two units are 13.2 megawatts. Only this kind of power can meet the needs of cruising."
"Because the diesel engine has insufficient power, it is necessary to start the gas turbine frequently. The Type 45 destroyer uses a WR21 gas turbine, with a single unit of 21 MW. The power is still insufficient. You must know that our 6,000-ton displacement gas turbine has a power of 26.7 MW.
Yes, but that’s not the main thing. The most important thing is that this gas turbine uses the most useless intercooling and heat recovery system!”
"The idea of this system is very good. It brings the exhaust gas back and then outputs it to the middle section of the gas turbine to preheat the gas in advance, thereby improving efficiency. It may be fine in the cold Atlantic Ocean, but it will be a mess in the tropics! If the technology is really
Well, why didn’t Westinghouse use it and instead sold this technology to the British at a high price?”
"Is there something wrong with our gas turbine?" Richard looked at his men: "Do you think this analysis is reasonable?"
"Yes, it makes sense, it makes sense!" The technical officer who had just proposed the high-temperature theory responded: "That should be it. Our gas turbine has an intercooling heat recovery system. In the tropics, what is sucked in is hot air, and when it reaches the middle section, it is
Heating, it will be overheated, so the gas turbine will malfunction, thereby reducing the power output, and may even reduce to zero in extreme cases! And our power consumption is certain, because of overload, so the integrated power system of the entire ship will
The gate has fallen!"
"At night, when the air outside becomes colder, this fault will naturally disappear!"
Everyone sighed with emotion, the Orientals are so powerful, we haven’t found the reason yet, but the Orientals have actually been found from a distance!
But, how to solve it?
East.
"Mr. Qin, even if we really know the reason, we shouldn't tell the British, right? Let them find it by themselves. It may take a long time." Xu Zhengyang said with some curiosity.
"Yeah, it's best if they build a few more ships. Then they find out there's something wrong with the warships and replace them together. It's a huge sum of money." Qin Tao said, "I shouldn't meddle in other people's business, right?"
"No, you have your own intentions."
"Then what do you mean by me?"
"have no idea."
"Tell me, do the British admit it or not? If they don't admit it, do they have to let the Type 45 destroyer continue to go up and die?"
Xu Zhengyang understood instantly.
With their arrogance, the British will definitely not admit it. They will announce to the outside world that the Type 45 destroyer has no technical faults. How could their main warship produced in the UK have such technical problems?
In order to prove it, the Type 45 has to go up, and as long as it goes up...then don't come back. What's the use of a warship that frequently loses its locks? It's better to just sink it!