In fact, as early as three years ago, Academician Ma Mingwei had successfully developed a small prototype of an electromagnetic catapult, which caused a sensation on a small scale at that time and was affirmed by the upper echelons of the military.

However, since then, the development of the prototype of the 1:1 unit equipment has been in a state of failure; and the steam catapult project, after being seriously stimulated by the electric bomb, those people are also angry, and in the past two years, there has been a great tendency to catch up, and once again attracted the attention of the upper echelons to the steam catapult and pulled back a game.

Therefore, until now, in addition to receiving a certain amount of financial support from the military, Academician Ma Mingwei has not received more support, and the manpower is still those people, and the laboratory is still the laboratory, and it is still in a state of fighting alone.

This can be seen by Liu Feng from the 'empty' layout of this unit equipment prototype laboratory.

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November 10, 2011, School of Electrical Engineering, Naval University of Engineering.

Since the last time Academician Ma Weiming personally visited him at the Institute of Materials, Liu Feng finally had time to come here.

As for the development of superconducting materials at room temperature, he has done a good job of the technical outline these days, and in the end, he took it for granted that he was in charge of this work and handed over the work to Academician Cui.

Therefore, early in the morning, accompanied by Academician Ma, Liu Feng first visited several laboratories of the School of Electrical Engineering.

In particular, Liu Feng has been famous for a long time in the comprehensive power system laboratory built by Academician Ma.

You must know that Huaguo's latest warships, whether they are on the surface or underwater, whether they are 1,000-ton or 10,000-ton class, have applied the medium-voltage DC integrated power system developed by Academician Ma - here one screw after another.

This system, according to the relevant social media and insiders, can provide advanced all-electric propulsion for warships, and this all-electric propulsion technology has not yet been fully realized even by the people of M, at least ten years behind China!

Because of this set of integrated power system technology, the Central Military Commission directly awarded Academician Ma a first-class meritorious service!

You can imagine how advanced this technology really is.

Even Liu Feng, a layman, has been famous for this system for a long time.

Compared with the traditional mechanical propulsion system, the ship with all-electric propulsion system has great flexibility in the overall layout, abandoning the old tandem arrangement, saving a lot of space, simplifying the structure of the power system, and improving the carrying capacity of fuel and ammunition.

Since only the propulsion motor needs to be arranged in the stern of the ship, the shafting of the ship can be greatly shortened;

Since ships with integrated power systems no longer need a large propulsion power compartment, the arrangement of some weapons, such as missile vertical launchers, can be more convenient and optimized;

Due to the modular design of the integrated power system, it can also be standardized and serialized, and different modules can be combined for different types of ships, which reduces the variety of models of various ship power devices and greatly improves the convenience of service support;

Because the ship using the all-electric propulsion system can arbitrarily adjust the operating number of generator sets according to the change of the ship's speed, displacement and power load on the ship, it maintains high efficiency operation, reduces fuel consumption and greatly improves the economy;

Because the electric propulsion system has good speed regulation characteristics, there is no need to configure the traditional reduction gearbox, the prime mover part is not rigidly connected with the shafting, the generator set is placed on the elastic base, and is connected with the propulsion motor through the cable, which greatly reduces the noise of the ship itself, improves the efficiency of the ship's anti-acoustic torpedo, increases the detection power and detection distance of the anti-submarine ship's sonar, and improves the concealment nature of the ship......

There are too many advantages, and Liu Feng may not be able to list them all in three days......

To be able to develop such a system that is more than 10 years ahead of the world, Academician Ma Mingwei's title of national treasure scientist is well deserved!

"In fact, our integrated power system is not only to solve the problems of noise, maneuverability and economy of a ship, but also to solve the problem of high-energy weapons on the ship! Of course, there is also an electromagnetic catapult, if there is no such system in front, I would not dare to put the treasure on the electric bomb so desperately. ”

In the laboratory, Academician Ma pointed to the system instrument the size of a small mountain, and his face was full of confidence.

"To engage in technological innovation is to have no one and I have it. None of the things we study run behind people, so the essence of this system is a unique AC and DC dual-winding generator in the world, which allows us to completely abandon the traditional mechanical propulsion shaft. ”

"It took us ten years to complete the design and construction of this AC and DC double winding generator, and now it seems that it is worth it!"

In just two words, Academician Ma's heart was exhausted.

In addition to economic strength, a strong country also needs military strength as a guarantee, otherwise no matter how rich it is, it is just another Song Dynasty.

Being able to forge the most powerful plow and the heaviest shield for the country is not exactly what these national defense science and technology workers want to see the most?

This group of people is the real treasure of the country!

The person in front of you,

What is in front of you,

It had a great impact on Liu Feng.

It was as if he had baptized his soul once, and made him feel how small and despicable he was.

Compared with a person like Academician Ma Weiming, how can he be called a national treasure-level scientist?

Before the success of the antimatter project, he was at best a capitalist who could engage in scientific research, and what qualifications could he compare with such great defense science and technology scholars?

Thinking of this, Liu Feng sighed, his own road is still long......

After visiting the integrated power system, the two came to the electromagnetic system laboratory, which is destined to become another "integrated power system".

The first is the Electromagnetic Weapons Research Laboratory.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Feng was greeted by a giant cannon like a hideous beast, with a towering muzzle and a long roar in the sky.

So, he couldn't wait to get to the beast, and stretched out his head to see what was inside the muzzle, but he couldn't reach it because he was too 'short'.

I could only shake my head helplessly and look up to the sky and sigh.

Taking a step back and regretfully stroking the giant cannon painted in dark green but not changing its sci-fi appearance, he suddenly felt that he must not have been able to sleep for the past few days, because he was now deeply intoxicated by it.

As a man, there is no one who doesn't like to dance with guns and guns, especially at the age when I was a child and worshiped heroes, and I like to dance with knives and guns even more.

Liu Feng can still clearly remember that when he was 6 years old, he first went into the city and saw a toy pistol in a toy store, and since then he has been out of control, preferring not to eat snacks and buy new clothes, but also to buy a handful of the 'private money' he has saved every year when the time is ripe - "biubiubiu!"

Confiscate!

Also hit the board!

But he has never changed his original intention......

In short, it's a lot of fun.

Thinking of those youthful years, a smile of fascination appeared on his face.

Seeing that Liu Feng was so obsessed with these electromagnetic guns, Academician Ma said with a smile:

"Speaking of which, Professor Liu, our electromagnetic cannon was successfully developed and finally successfully assembled the troops, and you are also credited with it. ”

"Me?"

"That's right. ”

Academician Ma nodded,

"In the past, there was a big problem in the track resistance of our electromagnetic gun, but as long as the material project on Professor Du's side is successful, this problem can be solved, and Du Bochao's side, it is precisely because of your calculation of the material program that you can finally determine the research route of new materials, otherwise, I don't know how many years it will take? Seriously, your attainments in materials science research are really admirable......

So there is still this relationship?

He didn't expect that just a few "simple calculation programs" would have such a wide and profound impact, which really surprised him!

On the contrary, he applied to the above for a series of real lanthanide superconducting materials, but no one has cared about them until now......

Thinking of the new superconducting material papers and patents that have been submitted for a long time, Liu Feng was speechless.

"Where, your profound attainments in military science and technology are truly admirable, what is my little bit of Taoism in front of you?" Liu Feng praised from the bottom of his heart, but when he turned his head to look at this empty laboratory, he always felt that something was missing.

suddenly

"By the way, Academician Ma, what about the researchers in this laboratory? Why haven't you seen anyone?"

"Oh, they went to the outside field to do experiments, and you know, the electromagnetic cannon is still a weapon after all, and it ...... without experiments."

"Experimenting?"

Liu Feng's eyes lit up instantly,

"Is it a target shot? Can I go and see it?"

Academician Ma couldn't cry or laugh, another young man who likes to dance with knives and guns!

It's just that when he thought of his youth, he also had a different obsession with weapons, otherwise, he wouldn't have put an electromagnetic catapult on it now, and made a project of an electromagnetic cannon.

"It shouldn't be a problem, it's not a very advanced technology...... Well, as long as you sign a non-disclosure agreement......"

"So what are you waiting for!"

Academician Ma: "......"

But it's not early!

Looking up at the sun hanging high, helpless.

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In the end, Liu Feng signed the confidentiality agreement and came to the "shooting range" as he wished.

The person in charge of the shooting range experiment is not very old, probably in his 30s, which is not honestly 'young', or the scientific research workers in the laboratory of the entire School of Electrical Engineering are very young from top to bottom!

When he was in the "Integrated Power System" laboratory before, Liu Feng had already discovered that it was difficult to see a gray-haired old man in this group of people.

Even the leading Academician Ma is only 51 years old!

This is different from his antimatter engineering.

Although there is no shortage of young people in Liu Feng's antimatter project, the absolute technical backbone is still a group of old experts and academicians......

Although age is not a problem at all for those engaged in scientific research, as long as the brain is good enough and the body can keep up, Liu Feng prefers the latter to a group of 'lifeless' elderly people and a group of 'energetic' young people.

But where did he find so many reliable young people?

Although young people are in the prime of life, they are generally inferior to these old comrades in terms of experience and execution.

Therefore, Liu Feng is very envious of Academician Ma's team.

If Academician Ma knew what Liu Feng was thinking, I am afraid that he would want to slap this 'show off wealth' guy to death.

That's right, show off your wealth!

Liu Feng, this guy, is clearly a full man who envies a hungry man, and he doesn't know how to be blessed in the midst of happiness!

Back then, he Ma Mingwei also wanted a group of experienced old experts and academicians to work under his banner at the beginning, but the fact is that when he touched the ashes of his nose, no one looked down on him at all!

Or even if you fall in love with it, you can't pull down the face to 'work' for him, a junior!

In the end, he had to and could only use these 'young people'.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the original 'disdain' that Academician Ma has been achieved, and the current School of Electrical Engineering has also been achieved.

By now, his team has more than 100 senior researchers, hundreds of ordinary scientific researchers, and unlike most of the scattered 'temporary' research teams of the same magnitude, his team seems to be one and commands like an arm.

From this point of view, Liu Feng's envy is not without reason.

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The person in charge of this experiment is one of the senior researchers of Academician Ma, who belongs to the person in charge of the electromagnetic gun project.

It's just that unlike Liu Feng's 'tall and handsome', this person in charge was born relatively thin, somewhat similar to Academician Ma's figure, and his face is also born with a small nose bridge, but this guy is clearly wearing a pair of wide black-framed glasses, covering the entire eye socket and the distance of 8mm around the perimeter, and Liu Feng can clearly see that the lenses in the frame are as thick as half a little finger width!

Well, the body is thin and the height is similar, which is too common among people who are engaged in scientific research......

When Academician Ma brought Liu Feng to his side, the person in charge was still explaining the technical details to the researchers in the field.

Therefore, the two of them did not bother, and stood beside them and listened quietly.

In fact, there are many types of electromagnetic guns, but they are mainly divided into 4 types.

Coil cannons, railguns, electric cannons, and reconnection guns.

Among them, the coil gun, also known as the AC coaxial coil gun, works according to the principle of interaction of the magnetic field between the energized coils, and it is the earliest form of the electromagnetic gun.

Railguns, also known as magnetic railguns and railguns, use the ampere force of the interaction between orbital currents to launch projectiles.

It is composed of two parallel long straight guide rails, a slider with a smaller mass is placed between the guide rails as a projectile, when the two rails are connected to the power supply, a strong current flows in from one guide rail, and when it flows back from the other guide rail through the slider, a strong magnetic field is generated between the planes of the two guide rails, and the current slider will be shot out at a great speed (theoretically it can reach sub-light speed) under the action of ampere force, which is the firing principle of the railgun, and the railgun is also the most common style of the electromagnetic gun.

The principle of the electric cannon is completely different from the above two electromagnetic guns, and its structure also has a variety of forms.

The simplest one is to adopt a general gun barrel, which is provided with an electrode connected to the plasma burner, and the burner is installed at the end of the breech of the gun, when high pressure is added between the two poles of the plasma burner, an electric arc will be generated, so that the plasma generation material placed between the two poles will evaporate, and the evaporated material becomes a superheated high-pressure plasma, so that the projectile is accelerated; this is actually quite similar to the traditional chemical ammunition cannon.

As for the reconnection gun, it is one of the latest forms of development of the electromagnetic gun, its structure and working principle is to use two rectangular coils up and down separation, there is a gap between them, the rectangular "shell" is affected by a strong magnetic field force in the magnetic field generated by the two rectangular coils, and accelerates through the gap in it, it is characterized by no barrel, it is a non-contact electromagnetic launch device with multi-stage acceleration, but it is required that the projectile should have a certain initial velocity before entering the reconnection gun.

At this moment, the person in charge is talking about the operation details and precautions of an electric cannon.

"Since we are testing a new electric heater this time, it is the first time to do the test, there will be a lot of problems in it, I hope you will pay more attention. The working current of this electromagnetic cannon is generally above **amperes, and its operation mode is actually not complicated...... Therefore, we should note that this test is likely to cause troubles such as high current heating and ablation of the gun body, so it is necessary to pay attention to the ......"