100 engines, densely arranged around the ice aircraft carrier? Just a little thought about it would have felt quite unrealistic, and now, when he heard the power problem mentioned by Jeffrey, even the layman Roosevelt knew how big the problem really was.

This means that the question of whether the aircraft carrier can be caused or not, the whole project, has serious problems.

If the ice aircraft carrier cannot operate normally, then it is impossible to defend the Atlantic Ocean with the current number of ordinary aircraft carriers, let alone compete with Germany for sea power.

Jeffrey looked at Roosevelt's expression, and knew that there was probably a problem, in case this project was cut, his ideals would be shattered, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. President, this is a small problem, we can process it tonight, open more holes around the aircraft carrier, install more engines, and just so you can also look at the superiority of our ice aircraft carrier, whether it is modified or manufactured, it is very convenient." ”

Now that you already know the mistake, then go ahead and install the engine, anyway, there are still a lot of ready-made engines, although the hull needs to be changed, but the biggest advantage of the ice aircraft carrier is that the change is simple, and a hot steel pipe will solve it.

"Tomorrow morning, we can test the sea again." "As long as the sea trials are successful, we can guarantee that we will build at least 100 of these behemoths for the United States in a month," Jeffrey said. ”

Hearing this, Roosevelt's brows relaxed a little, the birth of new things, always have to experience many failures, when Edison invented the electric light, experimented with thousands of materials, this supercarrier, can not be achieved overnight.

Thinking of the great significance to the United States once he succeeded, Roosevelt had to wait again.

"Okay, then we'll stay here for the night." Roosevelt said.

The whole night was intense and busy, with workers working overnight, and Jeffrey and Alexander, who were also working all night to guide improvements.

It's completely different from the design drawings, it's just unrecognizable, and the excavation of each hole makes it difficult to lay out various lines again in the future, but Jeffrey can't care so much, if this ice aircraft carrier can't move, then what's the use?

As long as it is verified that 100 engines can make the ice aircraft carrier move, then the construction can continue, and the big deal is that the current ship is an experimental ship, anyway, this thing is too simple to build.

Jeffrey's eyes were red, and at dawn, the centipede-like monster was finally created.

The 900-meter hull has 50 engines on each side, 18 meters apart, and the engines protrude seven or eight meters from the side of the hull, like the legs of a centipede, which looks extremely unusual.

All kinds of oil circuits and circuits are still being perfected nervously, and Roosevelt, who slept in the base all night, is in a pretty good state this morning.

"Mr. President, we'll be able to re-test the ship soon." Jeffrey said, "There will never be a problem this time. ”

The power has been increased fourfold, and I don't believe that this ship still can't move!

As yesterday, when the engines were all started, the roar resounded throughout the lake, and under the nervous gaze of everyone, Jeffrey strode onto the aircraft carrier, stood on the deck, and shouted: "Sail!" ”

Today, Jeffrey is going to be the conductor himself.

With Jeffrey's shout, all the engines were raised to maximum power, the 2,000-horsepower air-cooled engine was roaring, and 100 propellers were stirring the sea water at full speed.

"It's moving, it's moving, no problem!"

"Directly increasing the power system is really a good way!"

Behind Roosevelt, the rest of the staff began to speak, and it was true, when this ice aircraft carrier sailed on the water, it brought everyone a greater shock.

900 meters long and 100 meters wide, this behemoth is slowly moving forward, and the giant aircraft carrier is slowly accelerating and accelerating at full speed with 100 engines.

As long as you have the experience of sailing on the sea, you know that driving a boat at sea is different from driving on land, and the acceleration of a huge ship is slow, and it even takes half an hour to accelerate to the cruising speed, which is an absolute chronic sub.

Now, everyone was patient, watching as the giant began to move forward, faster and faster, faster and farther away from them.

Roosevelt took the telescope from his assistant and began to capture the footage in the telescope.

The engine is on the side of the hull, and the vibration of the engine drives the steel pipe to vibrate, and the thrust is also transmitted to the hull through the steel pipe.

Roosevelt's attention was on the pipe, and somehow he always felt that something wasn't quite right.

When the lens zoomed in again, sure enough, he saw the problem, the vibration of the steel pipe became more and more violent, more and more violent, and then, at the part where the steel pipe and the hull were connected, water began to seep out.

Roosevelt noticed, and so did Jeffrey.

At this time, the ship has accelerated to a speed of about 5 knots, and if it continues to accelerate, it should reach a theoretical speed of 10 knots without problems.

The power system has been expanded by 4 times, which perfectly fulfills the demand, although the fuel consumption will be astronomical, but a 2 million ton aircraft carrier, it is no problem to load 100,000 tons of aviation fuel, right? It also happens to use the same fuel as the aircraft on board, which is convenient for refilling.

But when the shock reached the aircraft carrier, getting louder and louder, Jeffrey already had a premonition of something.

"The fixing points near our support bars are melting." A technician hurriedly reported to Jeffrey: "If you continue to accelerate, maybe the support bar will fall." ”

"Damn it!" Jeffrey's hand smashed on the ice cube next to him, and it hurt to smash it, and his heart was quite angry, this experiment failed again!

Increasing the number of engines did meet the power requirements, but the heat dissipation of the engines became a problem again, and 100 engines, like 100 ovens, were placed around the ice carrier, accelerating the melting of the ice carrier.

First of all, the part of the steel pipe that supports it, the heat that is constantly emitted melts the ice near the steel pipe, and the engine cannot be fixed, and the vibration is more violent, causing the ice to resonate, and the engine quickly falls.

This problem is even more terrible than yesterday's lack of motivation!