In fact, Zhang Chi wanted solid-fuel "missiles" not just for the reasons he told Basille and others. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, liquid fuels and solid fuels have their own benefits.

Although liquid fuel has the disadvantages of time-consuming and more dangerous refueling, the advantage is that the same volume of fuel can release much more energy than solid fuel, and it is more economical, cheaper and has more thrust, which means that the use of liquid fuel can carry a larger and heavier warhead and fly farther at the same time, which is obviously more suitable for long-range missiles.

Solid fuels are the opposite of liquid fuels.

However, the application of solid fuel in missiles is extremely important, because missiles often need to be mounted on warplanes or warships, and can even be carried by individual soldiers...... It is obviously unrealistic for these missiles to be refueled before they are to be launched.

At the end of the World War, Germany did bring V1 missiles to bombers and wanted to launch them from bombers...... From this point of view, the Germans are still very innovative.

However, this plan left a hard lesson for the Germans, because of the problem of liquid fuels.

As mentioned earlier, liquid fuel is extremely unstable, corrosive and highly toxic, and it is easy to cause various accidents of unknown cause if it is refilled into a 'missile' for a long time.

On the other hand, because it is impossible to refuel the "flying missile" when the bomber is flying, it can only be refueled before the bomber takes off and then mounted on the bomber.

Then, a series of problems occurred when the bombers took off and launched the "missiles", some of which exploded even as soon as the bombers left the runway.

As a result, the Germans launched only more than a hundred "missiles" in this way, but lost more than 70 bombers...... It can almost be said that for every two "missiles" launched, one bomber is lost.

In the end, the Germans could not find a solution, so they had to terminate the plan to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000.

In fact, it would be fine if you just replaced this unstable liquid fuel with solid fuel.

"Of course, we also have to make the 'missile' smaller!" Zhang Chi said: "Sometimes we can consider not needing such a long range...... Two hundred kilometers, more often only a few dozen kilometers are enough, and the warhead does not need so many charges, so that fuel and explosives can be reduced, and it will be simplified as much as possible, so that the purpose of convenient transportation is achieved! And also...... Why don't you guys put the launcher on the car? Even the integration of the missile, the launcher and the car, and the installation of control equipment on the car, which is not only convenient for transportation, but also saves a lot of preparation time! ”

The scientists were all dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe that these were all said casually by Zhang Chi.

At the same time, they couldn't hide the embarrassment in their hearts...... They are still scientists, and they study these things all day long, but when they study and study, no one has thought of the simple and practical methods that Zhang Chi just said.

"That's all for now!" Zhang Chi took the teacup in front of him and took a sip of water: "Develop in these directions, you should be busy for a while!" ”

This is Zhang Chi's way, only telling them the direction of research and development...... In fact, Zhang Chi can only tell them the direction of research and development, because he knows that these directions must be correct, and modern missiles are like this, and those missiles are the result of countless scientists learning lessons from failure after failure.

For example, the development of the transition from liquid fuels to solid fuels...... Not to mention the attempts of the Germans, scientists after that tried in every possible way to think about how to make liquid fuel more stable, easier to store, etc., tossed for a long time only to find that they were doing useless work, and finally solid fuel came out after a long time.

Zhang Chi told Basille and others that these directions mean that they can avoid many detours and save a lot of time and energy.

"General!" Basil was a little frightened by what Zhang Chi had just said, and he hesitated and said, "Listen to your tone...... Seems to have other opinions? ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "For example, why don't we use this kind of 'missile' for reconnaissance missions? All we need to do is equip it with a better engine, change the warhead into a higher-resolution camera or video camera, and it will become a good reconnaissance aircraft, which can even provide very reliable information for the combat of the "missile", ......such as the terrain that the "missile" passes through, and whether the "missile" hits the target, and so on! ”

Basille nodded emotionally as he listened: "That's right, in this way, the hit rate of the 'missile' will be greatly improved, and at the same time, we don't need to let the pilot take risks!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi said: "What's more, it is difficult to be discovered by the enemy because of its small size, and if you bring enough fuel, you can still operate in the air for a long time, and the pilot cannot perform such a high-intensity mission for a long time!" ”

Hearing this, Basil and other scientists didn't know what to say.

In fact, Zhang Chi still has many ideas, such as combining radar technology with "missiles", which can achieve a "missile" in the true sense.

It's just that Zhang Chi knows that the radar technology is not mature at this time...... It has not yet been miniaturized, and its size and weight are very large, and it is very difficult to even attach them to airplanes and fighter planes, let alone 'flying missiles'.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi didn't want to say too much to make these scientists unacceptable.

It's ironic and scientists can't accept it......

However, it is true that Zhang Chi at this time is not only Zhang Chi, he represents the crystallization of modern scientific research achievements.

Of course, it's only a part, a small part.

But even if it's only a small part, it's enough for the scientists of this era to drink a pot.

After a pause, Zhang Chi asked Basiler: "I want to know, do you have the ability to complete the research and development of these projects?" ”

Basille thought for a moment and replied: "Most of the projects are not very problematic, such as integrating missiles, launchers and trucks, which are not technically problematic. The difficulty in the development of a reconnaissance aircraft lies in an engine that suits it...... We're Air France guys, and you can get machines from the United States, so there's no problem. Miniaturizing missiles is what we intend to do, and the only thing we have to do is solid fuel...... We're not sure! ”

Zhang Chi nodded.

Basil is honest, this is the hardest one, and it has to go through countless dangerous experiments.