"The hull of the test ship over there has already been designed, mainly waiting for some other supporting special test equipment to be finalized, but after you said this, we have bought a lot of time, probably the design unit will not take much time to improve the design of the power system, at most one or two months can complete the design work. It will then be delivered to the shipyard for process design selection, blanking, and at most July will be ready to start construction, and then the power equipment will be installed by the end of the year, and we expect to be ready for marine testing in the second half of next year at the earliest. ”

Of course, the commander of the Navy is quite clear about the construction of ships, and this time it is a 4,000-ton comprehensive test ship, and it does not need to outfit all the equipment, but only needs to be able to launch and run, and it is not impossible to complete the construction in close to a year.

Similarly, Vice Chairman Liu also walked out from the Navy, of course, he is also very clear about the Navy's shipbuilding, although the planned time point to complete the project sounds a little incredible, but it is definitely not unattainable, haven't you seen how the Yankees built aircraft carriers in World War II?

It only takes thirteen months to build an attack aircraft carrier with a displacement of 20,000 tons, and compared with the current construction cycle of this test ship in China, it is almost not a surprising thing.

"I don't think there's a problem, we have to hurry up now, no matter what the situation is on the test ship, but you have to guarantee me that the power system installed on the destroyer is absolutely reliable, which is also the purpose of our construction of the test ship! Let the shipbuilders over there speed up the progress, and put all the necessary equipment to the back after the QC-160 test is completed. ”

This is finally heard a good news, if the middle of 94 years can start the test work of the power system, with half a year is enough to ensure that the test items are done, even if there are some problems in the middle of the test, in time can actually be used for troubleshooting checks, after all, the new generation of drive even if it starts in 95 years, no matter how fast the installation of the power system is, it will be normal until the middle of 95 years.

Yang Hui must be grateful for the Navy's ability to cooperate in this way: "Please rest assured that AVIC Southwest will be able to provide a reliable power system for the use of the army, and we will use heads to ensure the progress of the construction of the power system of the new drive." ”

The army has always been very satisfied with the work efficiency and quality of AVIC Southwest, which has been strictly tested by time and projects, so the Navy is willing to take into account AVIC Southwest to do projects under the same circumstances, as mentioned soon.

"You are doing things in the southwest of AVIC, and the army has always been very relieved, so this time I brought you a project on behalf of the navy."

Commander Zhang also looked at Yang Hui with a mysterious look on his face, which made people's hearts numb, what is this navy going to do?

When Yang Hui was furious in his heart, the project was simply announced: "Although the QC-160 gas turbine is very good, this engine is still limited to its own mid-thrust core engine structure after all, no matter how it is improved in the future, it is probably difficult to break through the possibility of breaking through 20 megawatts, but the gas turbine that our navy needs in the future is not only 20 megawatts, and the pursuit of larger tonnage large destroyers even, we must have a gas turbine with greater power, at least 28 megawatts." ”

The commander of the Navy looked longing, and Yang Hui of course knew what kind of engine he was talking about at this time, a destroyer or even a cruiser that was larger than a 7000-ton destroyer, this could not be anything else, it happened to be the legendary 055 class, which could be regarded as a rainy day to start planning the real flagship of the ocean-going fleet?

Speaking of 055, it can definitely be regarded as one of the three major projects that drooled in the early years of the Republic, one is the nuclear submarine, which can be regarded as stumbling all the way, and the other is naturally the aircraft carrier program, which was also studied in the late seventies, and the ending is naturally kneeling, and the last one is naturally the 055 destroyer.

The 055 destroyer planned in the late seventies is definitely going to the world-class level, introducing the British Sea Javelin medium and long-range anti-aircraft missiles, combat data systems, and Olympus gas turbines, which will eventually build a 10,000-ton destroyer, and if it can be built successfully, I am afraid it will also be another red Glorious-class cruiser.

At least, the Olympus gas turbine that was decided at that time was also a big guy with 28 megawatts, and even the most advanced Ticonderoga-class cruisers in the eighties used the LM-2500 engine was only 18 megawatts, and at that time, in order to allow Tican to run to a speed of 30 knots at a full displacement of 9,000 tons, this guy's side was only designed to be less than 17 meters, which was to pull the 7,000-ton Spruance and add a few cabins.

Then think about it, at that time, the Republic directly wanted to introduce the 28 MW Olympus gas turbine, which was more powerful than the later Burke class, even if the latest Burke 3 used the LM-2500 engine, it probably did not use such surplus power.

From these aspects, you can know what kind of anti-sky ideas the Republic Navy had at that time, four engines provide a total of 112 megawatts of sufficient power, even if the ship's side width is increased to 20 meters like the Burke class, 055 reaches a displacement of 12,000 tons and runs at a speed of 30 knots, this is the real cruiser!

However, in the classification of warships of the republic, there is absolutely no branch of cruisers, even if the planned 055 at that time has surpassed the American Tikan-class cruisers and the Soviet Glorious-class cruisers in tonnage, but in the sequence of the republic, it can still only hang the name of one destroyer.

The plan must be very good, but the result is not necessarily how, in the end it is inevitable to get off the horse, and then the army entered the era of small steps, the destroyer tonnage was set to less than 7,000 tons, and this run ran for more than 30 years, until Yang Hui had an accident, he still did not see the new 10,000-ton destroyer plan, and he had to wait

Of course, the Republic Army's longing for 10,000-ton destroyers has never stopped, and then in the mid-eighties, there was the FT-8 gas turbine in cooperation with Pratt & Whitney, which is also the same 28 megawatts or even higher output power than the Olympus gas turbine, and it is not difficult to see that the navy expects 10,000-ton ships, and after the FT-8 can not be used for military purposes, it has brought the UGT-25000 gas turbine from Ukraine and localized it, and its power is also about 28 megawatts.

Therefore, a type of 28 megawatt gas turbine is the Navy's long-cherished wish for many years, and it is also the leading power system of the 10,000-ton drive, the reason why it can accept the QC-160 gas turbine is just to complete the entire series of gas turbines, and also because the 7000-ton destroyer in the 90s has no reliable power use, and it is necessary to cultivate a strong aeroderivative gas turbine research and development unit in China, through the experience of Olympus and FT-8 engines, I still realize that this kind of thing needs to be independent to be reliable.

Now, the Navy has found Yang Hui again Speaking of the 28 megawatt gas turbine, Yang Hui first remembered the 10,000-ton drive, and the second time was to remember the M80 gas turbine that was obtained by special means from Ukraine not long ago, which was changed to UGT-25000 by Ukraine after the separation, and the last one was called GT-25000 when it came to the Republic.

And now this plane, these materials in the AVIC Southwest Secret Room, the cover number is still written M80 gas turbine, which is still a semi-finished product that has not been completely finalized and passed the test, which is probably similar to the QC-160 progress in 92 years.

"I knew that there was something I really couldn't hide from the navy! That's right, we did get the M-80 gas turbine data of the former Soviet Union, if it continues to be developed, it is the most suitable power system for 10,000-ton destroyers, I believe that this engine can eventually reach the level of Rolls-Royce's RB-211 gas turbine, a 30 megawatt class big guy! (To be continued.) )