Chapter 942 Unmanned Nuclear Submarine

As a kind of heavy military equipment that strikes enemy targets under the surface of the water, how to lurk in the depths of the ocean for a long time without being discovered by the enemy has always been a difficult problem facing submarine experts all over the world.

It is precisely because of this that this time, the Navy, the Second Artillery Corps, the East China Sea Fleet and the Jiangnan Shipyard are so interested in the shipborne seawater desalination treatment equipment developed by Yinhe Industry, in their imagination, Liu Shiqing only needs to find a space on the Yuan-class conventional submarine and place the ship-borne seawater desalination treatment equipment on it, it is enough, they never thought that Liu Shiqing would make such a big change inside the Yuan-class conventional submarine, If it weren't for the fact that the dimensions on this assembly drawing were exactly the same as those of the Yuan-class conventional submarine, and the various equipment loaded in it, they would be very familiar with it, and they would simply think that Liu Shiqing was not loaded with ship-borne seawater desalination treatment equipment on the Yuan-class conventional submarine, but on a brand-new conventional submarine.

Hong Dalei also saw Liu Shiqing's changes, if it was someone else, the deputy minister would have reprimanded him, but the one in front of him was Liu Shiqing, Hong Dalei was not good at saying anything, he was very worried that he would put forward his opinions at this time, and he would be refuted by Liu Shiqing in a few words, although he was the deputy director of the General Armament Department, but this does not mean that the high-tech he mastered surpassed Liu Shiqing, on the contrary, when it comes to achievements in this area, if Liu Shiqing is compared to a doctor, saying that he is a primary school student is a little exalted to him.

Hong Dalei swept his eyes and found that there were several people in the conference room with enthusiastic expressions, and it is estimated that if it weren't for the fact that there were several generals at the scene, he would have questioned Liu Shiqing at this time. He coughed lightly, "Everyone, don't be impatient, I very much believe that Mr. Liu must have his own considerations to make this kind of modification, let's listen to Mr. Liu's views first, and then it's not too late to start a discussion." ”

Hu Zhisheng also said: "I have long heard that Mr. Liu is not only good at innovation, but also good at upgrading existing technical equipment. Not to mention, let's just say that the efficiency of the gasoline engine and diesel engine launched by Yinhe Industry has reached 780 percent, which is three or four times that before the transformation and upgrading. I believe that Mr. Liu's changes to the Yuan-class conventional submarine this time must also be targeted, not arbitrary. ”

At present, all the motor vehicles equipped by the military have exceeded 80 percent, and they have been replaced with new oil-powered engines, and the equipment of the navy and air force such as ships and aircraft is also planned to be replaced with a new type of engine launched by the Galaxy industry.

The amount of money spent on replacing the engine in the whole military system is definitely a lot of money, but compared with the cost of purchasing oil after replacing the engine, the supply pressure borne by the logistics department, and the damage to the atmospheric environment caused by engine maintenance and vehicle exhaust emissions, all of them are stacked on top of each other, and it is definitely more than the cost of replacing the engine.

As the deputy commander of the Navy, Hu Zhisheng has long been greedy for the Army, after all, a number of military products launched by Galaxy Industry are basically aimed at the Army, and the Navy and Air Force have benefited very little. The reason why he strongly supported Liu Shiqing, in addition to Liu Shiqing's long reputation, was that he hoped that his support would be rewarded, and it was best to let Liu Shiqing come up with some heavy weapons and equipment that could fundamentally change the combat capability of the Chinese Navy, so that the navy could change guns for guns and climb a big step up like the army.

Liu Shiqing smiled, "Okay, I'll introduce to you why I made such a change?" Many of you here are old-timers, and if I have anything that I can't say, please criticize and correct me. ”

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The briefing lasted for more than two hours, and when it was over, several academicians and top submarine design experts in China were all dumbfounded, and they had never thought in advance that the submarine could be designed in this way, from how to control noise, to how to increase the speed of the submarine, from how to evade the enemy's search, to how to discover the enemy's submarine in advance, and so on, Liu Shiqing analyzed it from a technical aspect.

In this briefing, Liu Shiqing made sufficient preparations in advance, he found some relevant information from the Internet of the Galactic Federation, and carefully summarized it, which made the academicians jaw-dropping. Of course, limited by time, and Liu Shiqing still has to do technical secrecy for his shipyard that has not yet been seen, so Liu Shiqing did not say so much, but even so, it is enough to produce a sensational effect.

At the end of the briefing, the academicians and submarine design experts looked back at the submarines they had designed together, and found how rough their original designs were, just like watching children play with mud after admiring the sculptures of art masters.

When Liu Shiqing made an explanation, he did not forget to make a necessary introduction to the shipborne seawater desalination treatment equipment. On the premise that the total amount of materials carried remains unchanged, conventional submarines loaded with ship-borne desalination treatment equipment can stay in the depths of the ocean for one-third to one-half longer than before, and after a long time, how to ensure the supply of submarine officers and men has become a problem.

If the ship-borne desalination treatment equipment is installed on the nuclear submarine, it will not be a problem to double the time that the nuclear submarine can stay in the depths of the ocean, and if the supplies carried by the nuclear submarine can be well coordinated before diving, it may even increase the time spent in the depths of the ocean by more than 150 percent.

However, in this way, the supply of materials has been relegated to a secondary position, and two problems have surpassed the supply of materials and become two problems that need to be solved urgently. The first is how to satisfy the breathing of the officers and men when the submarine dives for a long time, and the other is how to keep the officers and men in a good mental state.

At present, submarines are equipped with oxygen generating devices, including electrolysis of water to produce oxygen, oxygen cylinders, and liquid oxygen tanks, and the oxygen released by the liquid oxygen tank alone is enough for the whole crew to breathe for 3 months. Submarines also often use an "oxygen candle", which is made of a special chemical material that looks much like a candle and produces a large amount of oxygen when lit.

At the same time, the boat is also equipped with carbon dioxide absorption device and air purification device, although they do not produce oxygen, they can deal with impurities and harmful gases in the air in the boat to keep the air fresh; The air-conditioning system can control the humidity and temperature in the boat, maintaining a good living and working environment.

In addition, the submarine is also equipped with a snorkel, under the right conditions, the submarine can rise to a few meters to more than ten meters above the water, lift the snorkel out of the water, inhale fresh air, and expel the turbid air in the boat.

These measures are generally adopted on nuclear submarines, conventional submarines because of their strict reliance on diesel, once they dive below the water level, then every drop of diesel fuel they carry is precious, and it is still possible to consume a part of diesel fuel in a short period of time to produce oxygen, but it is not realistic to rely on the energy generated by diesel combustion to produce oxygen to meet the needs of officers and soldiers in a period of up to several days or even dozens of days, unless it is to increase the number of diesel fuel carried by conventional submarines, and this, It's not so realistic.

Another question is also very strict. No matter how many words of praise are piled up on contemporary soldiers in news reports, it cannot be denied that soldiers are also flesh and blood people, and since they are human beings, they may have very strict psychological problems.

A submarine is only a few people, dozens, hundreds of people, such a team, staying in the depths of the ocean for days or even dozens of days, every day there are tense combat missions, breathing dirty air, looking around, in addition to instruments and instruments, that is, those familiar old faces, plus the depths of the ocean are usually pitch black, no beautiful scenery can be talked about, even if you take a step back, there is really any scenery in the depths of the ocean, after a long time, you will get tired. It is believed that except for people who are born with low nerves or are more autistic, probably no one wants to stay in such an environment all the time.

These two problems, along with the supply problem, have always been the main problems that have plagued the development of submarines. The ideal state of the submarine is to carry enough supplies at one time, dive to the depths of the ocean, stay at the bottom of the sea for several years, so long that the hostile countries have forgotten the storage of this submarine, but when they are in need, this submarine suddenly emerges from the depths of the ocean, appears at the enemy's doorstep, and bombards the enemy with torpedoes and missiles, and hits the other side by surprise, and the wolf is unbearable.

Such submarines are hilarious to talk about, but they are almost impossible to achieve. After all, as long as the submarine is operated by people, it needs to face all kinds of problems, and if the physical and psychological problems of people are not solved well, what submarine that has been diving for several years is simply a luxury.

However, these problems are not a problem at all for Liu Shiqing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everything has been unmanned in recent years, there are unmanned aircraft flying in the sky, there are unmanned cars running on the ground, and we have also engaged in machine qì spiders, I heard that someone has now made an unmanned ship, why can't we make an unmanned submarine? If we can make an unmanned submarine, then the problem will be solved, we only need to replenish and overhaul the unmanned submarine every once in a while, so that the unmanned submarine can be lurking in the depths of the ocean for a long time? If an unmanned submarine is made nuclear-powered, then it is possible for such a submarine to lurk in the depths of the ocean for ten or eight years. ”

The idea thrown out by Liu Shiqing really shocked the generals and experts present. Liu Shiqing's construction sounds very good, if this kind of unmanned nuclear submarine is really built, there is no basket of technical problems to be overcome, and it is almost the same. Its implementation is no less difficult than that of a nuclear submarine.

"Mr. Liu, the submarine really has to be lurking on the surface for a long time in advance, let's not say anything else, let's just say that we have built the unmanned nuclear submarine you said, how do you ensure that the shell of this submarine will be soaked in seawater for several years and will not be corroded by seawater? How to ensure air tightness? How to ensure that the various equipment on the submarine is idle for a long time, and when it is needed, it can be started normally? And in what way should our people control it effectively? And how can you be sure that it will not be discovered and captured by other countries under occasional conditions? Qi Wanshui asked a whole bunch of questions. Although he is the general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard, after graduating from university, he started as an assistant engineer at the grassroots level, and then was promoted little by little to become the general manager.

Qi Wanshui's words represent the views of a large part of the people, the depths of the ocean are not better than the sky, and there is no way to compare with the land, whether it is an unmanned aircraft or an unmanned car, it is visible to the naked eye, and there are many existing technologies as technical support for its development, but even so, whether it is an unmanned aircraft or an unmanned car, it is not absolutely mature at present.

The technical difficulty of unmanned nuclear submarines is much higher than that of unmanned aircraft and unmanned cars, and it is inevitable that it will be a little earlier to talk about this topic at this time.

Liu Shiqing smiled faintly, "How bold people are, how productive the land is, this sentence is definitely wrong when applied to agricultural production, but it is very reasonable to use it in the field of science and technology, especially in the field of scientific design." Let's take a very simple example, two hundred years ago, could people have imagined what a car looked like? Can you imagine what a train would look like? At that time, anyone who proposed the concept of a car or a train would either be regarded as a madman, or they would be listed with a whole bunch of problems as they are now. Ladies and gentlemen, enumerating difficult problems is only the first step in a long march of thousands of miles, not an obstacle to our vision, and it should not become an insurmountable threshold for us to turn our vision into reality. ”

At the end of the briefing, Hong Dalei, Hu Zhisheng, and Zhang Zhongjun, three lieutenant generals, mysteriously blocked Liu Shiqing's road, among the three people, Hong Dalei knew Liu Shiqing best, and knew that Liu Shiqing had never been a targetless master, even if Liu Shiqing said that the briquettes were white, it was possible that Liu Shiqing used some technology to clean up the black color of the briquettes.

Hong Dalei's idea is not wrong, making white briquettes is really not a problem for Liu Shiqing. Many combustibles in the world are not black, and it is very easy to make them into briquettes, even if these materials are removed, Liu Shiqing can use the carbon-oxygen separator to make briquettes with diamond or diamond hard drill as the main material, not to mention white, even if it is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and other colors, he can make them. Technology has developed to the extreme, and it is completely possible to change many deep-rooted opinions of people.

"Mr. Liu, can Galaxy Industry build this unmanned nuclear submarine?" Hong Dalei asked.

"Yes, Mr. Liu, hurry up and tell me, do you Galaxy Industry have this kind of technical strength?" Hu Zhisheng has some impatient posture.

Liu Shiqing smiled faintly, "General Sanwei, you have all heard what Mr. Qi said just now, don't you think what he said is very reasonable?" ”

Hong Dalei said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I don't deny that what Mr. Qi said is very reasonable, but no matter how reasonable things are, they may become unreasonable in front of you." Not to mention how to ensure that the submarine can lurk in the ocean for a long time without being corroded by seawater. In fact, this question has long been answered, and the materials used in the pumps and pipelines of the seawater desalination westward transportation project are not materials that can resist seawater corrosion? Also, aren't you Galaxy Industry taking the lead in building an underwater city again? The material that separates all the seawater should be this material, right? What do you have to say, even if you say, the General Armament Department and Galaxy Industry are the same, what good things are there, even if you take them out, are you still afraid that our General Armament Department will pay the bills? ”

Hu Zhisheng said: "Mr. Liu, if Galaxy Industry can really build unmanned nuclear submarines, our navy will definitely place a considerable number of orders, our navy really needs this kind of advanced submarine." Once this kind of unmanned nuclear submarine can be installed in our navy, it will certainly enhance the deterrence of our navy, and will play a decisive role in maintaining the integrity of China's territorial waters and breaking through the blockade of the first island chain built by the United States and Japan. ”

Zhang Zhongjun also said: "If Galaxy Industry can really build an unmanned nuclear submarine, I will apply to first equip the unmanned nuclear submarine to our East China Sea Fleet, and when the time comes, we will use this submarine to conduct several military exercises for him. ”

Liu Shiqing shrugged his shoulders, "Three generals, you have a good idea, but there are two problems. First of all, we don't have a shipyard in Galaxy Industry, so I can't build a submarine in Wuling City and then transport it to the sea, right? Also, the manufacture of unmanned nuclear submarines, which involves nuclear fuel and nuclear power, we have not yet obtained the relevant qualifications for the Galaxy Industry. ”

Hu Zhisheng and Zhang Zhongjun looked at Hong Dalei together, the latter thought for a while, and gritted his teeth, "Mr. Liu, this matter is on me, as long as Yinhe Industry can really build an unmanned nuclear submarine, let alone get you a few qualification licenses, even if it is to get a license to build an atomic bomb for Yinhe Industry, there is no problem." ”

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