Chapter 1792: A Replacement for the Ice Aircraft Carrier
The duck in hand flew again, and the fat to the beak fell to the ground, which is the most uncomfortable feeling.
Donovan was in his office, he never came out, he didn't have a face to see anyone, until he received a call from the White House, he had no choice but to walk slowly towards the White House.
Donovan almost didn't have the face to go to Roosevelt anymore, if only he hadn't excitedly reported the news, obviously got it, and then it didn't, which is the most depressing.
As the climate got colder, so did the White House, and Donovan walked in and saw the others.
"Sit down." Roosevelt said.
There has been almost no good news lately, nothing is going well, and if the only positive thing is that the weather is getting colder and the storms in the Atlantic are starting to get bigger. In this way, the German offensive should be temporarily stopped.
In a big storm, it is not easy for their aircraft carriers to take off, and even if they do, it is not easy to land, and relying on the bases in Greenland and Iceland alone, it is impossible to complete the task of covering their huge landing group, so for the time being, there is no need to worry about the Germans continuing to land across the sea.
This is the only good news, and this good news makes people so speechless.
"I've seen Professor Constance." Hoover said: "He felt that even if he obtained the whole machine, there was no process, no technical information, and it could not be imitated." ”
For this assertion of Constance, Hoover also looked for others, and after inference, he thought that it was generally correct, yes, it is said that the special high-temperature resistant materials developed by the Germans could not be imitated by themselves, unless they knew the process.
"So, we can change our thinking, it's impossible to get the whole machine anymore, get their technical information, Donovan, are you confident?"
With Roosevelt's questioning, Donovan knew that he could not refuse this matter no matter what, and there was no possibility of refusal himself.
"Of course, we are confident that no matter what the cost, we will get their technical information."
In the future, this is a heavy task of our Strategic Intelligence Agency, and without jets, the United States will have no future!
The advance of the fighter passed, and then there were many other things.
"Tell Alexander to come in and tell me about the progress of the ice carrier." Roosevelt continued.
Soon, a man walked in, it was none other than the military head of the ice aircraft carrier, Alexander, and Jeffrey did not follow.
Roosevelt wanted to hear the good news, but he was mentally prepared.
"Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, we have tried many times since our last failure, but, unfortunately, they have all failed." "We can't solve the problem of the powertrain," Alexander said. ”
Originally, they thought it was very simple, but as they deepened their research, they found that many of the problems were almost insurmountable.
For example, if the engine is placed outside, the heat dissipation problem seems to have been solved, but to push 2 million tons of ice forward, the power required is too great, and as the power increases, the problem of heat generation will follow, and the problem of power and heat cannot be effectively balanced.
At the same time, the operation of the engine also brought about a bad vibration problem, and between the crossbar connecting the engine and the hull of the ice carrier, cracks soon appeared, which continued to expand, and eventually led to slippage, which was discovered during subsequent experiments.
In other words, if you continue to sail, within 100 nautical miles, all the engines on all sides will fall, and then you will stop cooking.
After working for a long time, the final result came out, and the whole experimental project will eventually be a failure, and this result is not acceptable to me in any way.
However, this is the truth, the ice aircraft carrier, it sounds very good, however, all sorts of technical problems arose one after another, which in the end could only end in failure.
"In other words, the ice aircraft carrier project has to be terminated?" Marshall on the side asked, although the amount of money he invested in the ice aircraft carrier was not the largest, but the expectation was the greatest, and now, it seemed that it was about to come to naught.
"Neither is it." "Mr. Jeffrey came up with an alternative," Alexander said. ”
Yes, there are alternatives, but this method is too frightening, so in the end, Geoffrey did not dare to come, and entrusted Alexander to report. Whether it succeeds or not depends on what Roosevelt meant.
"What's the solution?"
"The main problem of the project is the engine, due to the heating and vibration of the engine, the ice aircraft carrier can not withstand it, so the solution can only be to remove the engine."
Hearing this, everyone gasped and removed the engine, is it still a ship? Isn't that just a piece of ice floe?
Find a piece of ice floe directly from the Arctic Ocean!
"And how does it move?" General Jin asked, regretting it after asking, how could he still ask such a question?
"Find a warship to tow, even our old-fashioned World War I battleships." Alexander continued: "In this way, the front and rear are separated, so you don't have to worry about the power and vibration of the engine. Everything was settled, and the ice aircraft carrier continued to exist, becoming the largest aviation base at sea. ”
"And what if there's bad weather?" General Kim continued.
How to overcome bad weather if you don't have motivation? It is very dangerous to carry it by tugboat.
"In case of bad weather, then give up the towing and leave the ice aircraft carrier itself." "We don't have to worry about bad weather," Alexander said. ”
In the event of a storm at sea, the small boat will be blown into the wind and rain, and there will be a risk of capsizing at any time, but those battleships of tens of thousands of tons are as stable as Mount Tai and have little shaking, while the two-million-ton ice aircraft carrier can definitely easily cope with all kinds of bad weather.
The premise is to separate from the towing ship in front, otherwise in the storm, the ship in front and the ice carrier behind will be dumbfounded, which is almost the only thing to worry about.
Alexander's explanation was very brief, now, if the people present agree, then the ice aircraft carrier will soon come out, Canada is icy and snowy, almost no need for a refrigerator, you can freeze the ice aircraft carrier out of the inner lake, and then find a ship to tow it out.
If he does not agree, the ice aircraft carrier project will be declared a complete failure, the plan will be terminated, and he will return to his original unit.
In short, leave the headache to these big shots, and your task is over.
Sure enough, after Alexander explained this, everyone present was stunned.
If there is no power, is it still considered a warship? If this project is denied, then its own surface ships are far from sufficient.