The second battleship built by the orbital factory is still a mystery. No one knows the detailed data of this battleship. Even the Beiyuezhou base cannot find a few insiders, and everyone is tight-lipped about the data of this battleship.
We know that the displacement of the new battleship is several times that of the 011 class.
The construction of new warships has also triggered another discussion among the military. The focus of the debate is the combat positioning of the new warships.
On the one hand, it is believed that space battleships should be modeled on traditional battleships, designed with a multi-turret structure, equipped with laser cannons, electromagnetic guns and other types of naval guns, and the combat method should be based on artillery battles, supplemented by missiles.
On the other hand, it is believed that multiple turrets have long been a thing of the past that has been lost in the tide of history, and that aircraft carriers with air and space fighters as the main force are the most suitable form of combat for space battleships.
The turret faction is not a fanatical BB party. This view comes from actual combat considerations. They believe that pure battleship mode is the main method of space warfare, because battleships are large, thickly armored, have strong survivability, and battleships are equipped with nuclear reactors.
You can't equip nonsense things like positron cannons, but in addition to laser cannons, you can also equip X-ray cannons, gamma ray cannons, high-energy microwave cannons... Any weapon that can be fired with electricity is not a problem. Generally speaking, pure
Battleships have more advantages in vacuum environments.
At the same time, the turret faction also admits that the comprehensive combat capability of the battleship mode is weaker than that of the aircraft carrier mode, but the combat capability of the aircraft carrier relies too much on the carrier-based aircraft. The fighter aircraft must rely on superior maneuverability to fight. In a vacuum environment, the carrier-based aircraft cannot
It may use an electromagnetic propulsion mode with weak thrust. The traditional chemical recoil method must be used to achieve strong maneuverability. In this way, a large amount of fuel must be carried, occupying a huge space inside the ship, which is detrimental to the combat capability of the warship.
Influence.
Under the current technical conditions, building a space fighter is a huge technical challenge. In order to ensure the performance of an aerospace fighter, its size must not be too small. The design is also a big problem. The design must be completed in a short period of time and mass-produced.
Too unrealistic.
The most important thing is that the more fighters an aircraft carrier carries, the stronger its combat capabilities will be, and each fighter needs a pilot. This determines that the aircraft carrier must carry enough manpower; and the development of automation technology can
The manpower required by the battleship is reduced to a minimum.
With the same tonnage, a battleship requires only one-quarter to one-fifth of the manpower of an aircraft carrier, which means that under the same conditions, the endurance and self-sufficiency of a battleship are four to five times that of an aircraft carrier!
This is the fundamental reason why the turret faction insists on their own opinion.
The aircraft carrier faction sneered at this. With mankind's current technology, even if a space battleship is built, it can only operate near the earth. Three to five days is enough to fly dozens of times around the earth. It has an endurance of ten days and a endurance of fifty days.
What’s the difference in battery life?
Warships should maximize their combat capabilities. Aircraft carriers with fighter planes as the main combatants are more maneuverable and flexible. If they carry missiles equipped with nuclear warheads, each fighter plane can cause huge losses to the enemy, and its destructive capability far exceeds the battleship model.
In order to enhance their persuasiveness, the aircraft carrier faction even produced a design sketch of a space fighter. However, it was just a sketch. Technical problems must be solved by technicians. Such sketches have no practical significance.
Although they are unwilling to give in, the aircraft carrier faction also admits that the fighter-based combat method is too dependent on logistics, and a complete logistics supply system must be established. Special supply ships accompanying the aircraft carrier are also needed. Otherwise, they will simply rely on the fuel carried by the aircraft carrier.
The quantity of supplies and the combat radius of the fleet will directly affect the comprehensive combat capability, and it is a shortcoming that is difficult to make up for.
Both sides insist on their own opinions, and there is some truth in what they say. Even the military does not know how to choose. After all, space warfare is a brand-new topic for all mankind, and no one knows what kind of combat method.
is the mainstream of space warfare, and how to fight space warfare not only depends on human combat modes, but also depends on alien combat methods. No matter what is said at the moment, it is just talk on paper.
The problem is that we have to talk on paper, and we can’t wait for aliens to come over before deciding what kind of warship to build. Considering the disadvantages of humans in this war, the possibility of human fleets fighting near the earth is very high, so the military
Fang finally decided to apply the navy's combat model and build a space carrier battle group.
This is the most powerful combat mode that mankind has mastered so far. In the absence of a better option, applying the navy's mature combat mode is undoubtedly the best choice for the military.
However, the debate between the turret faction and the aircraft carrier faction is far from over, and it is getting more and more intense. In the foreseeable future, the debate between the two factions will continue for a long time, until a real space war completely overwhelms the facts.
One of the factions.
But no one expected that this battle would come so quickly.
At the end of November, the astronomical community once again broke heavy news. According to a comprehensive analysis of the observation results of multiple observatories, the astronomical community is convinced that an alien fleet has left Jupiter and is heading towards the Earth.
This is news that should be strictly blocked by various countries, but there are countless ordinary people who know about the existence of Europa. Not only observatories in various countries are always paying attention to Europa, but countless astronomy enthusiasts around the world are also paying attention to Europa at all times.
trend.
The equipment in the hands of astronomy enthusiasts is naturally far inferior to that of the observatory, but it is not that difficult to see Europa clearly. In addition, the alien spacecraft are all conspicuously icy white, so it is difficult not to detect the movements of the alien fleet.
So the news related to the alien fleet immediately shocked the media, and all walks of life around the world were in an uproar.
Because of the appearance of aliens, ordinary people today know some basic astronomical knowledge. They know that no matter which planet is launched, the spacecraft must be launched during the window period when the two planets are close. In this way, in the shortest possible time, it can
The recent journey has completed the mission.
But at this time, there is still a sun between the Earth and Jupiter. Is it too stupid for the alien fleet to set off at this time?
Of course not. The astronomical community quickly stood up and clarified that the average distance between Jupiter and the sun is 5.2 astronomical units. When it is closest to the earth, it is about 4.2 astronomical units, which is 4.2 times the distance between the earth and the sun, about 600 million three times.
Millions of kilometers.
This distance is too far. Even the closest human aircraft currently takes two and a half to three years to fly to Jupiter. The so-called window period is not a concept that ordinary people understand at all. The position of Jupiter must be calculated in advance.
Release the spacecraft at the right time and place, not when the two planets are closest.
