"Really developed? Well, let's take a look first! Zhang Meng was overjoyed when he heard this, and forced himself to go to Shiyan Field with an excited look.

Orbital kinetic energy cannon has always been one of the future high-tech weapons that Zhang Meng attaches great importance to, he knows that in another five or six years, mankind will enter the era of nuclear weapons, and then there will be an era of nuclear hegemony for half a century, even if Zhang Meng is confident that the Tang Empire will also have a powerful nuclear arsenal and other nuclear weapons countries to confront each other, but no matter how much they fight, they will eventually not be able to escape a common end.

Zhang Meng knew very well that the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union was not as calm as it appeared on the surface, and in fact, mankind fell into a situation of destruction several times because of the hostile actions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even in the 21 st century after the collapse of the Soviet Union, if Russia wants to send troops to Georgia or Ukraine, the United States can only protest but does not dare to use force, because even if the United States has a national missile defense system, it cannot stop Russia's nuclear missiles, and in the end it will end up with the same fate.

Zhang Meng does not like to die with others, nor does he want the Tang Empire to look at the faces of the United States, the Soviet Union or the United States and Russia in international affairs in the future, let alone be threatened by other countries with nuclear weapons.

In Zhang Meng's view, the development of a national missile defense system in the future, as the United States did, can only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and the weapons that can really intercept intercontinental nuclear missiles must be orbital kinetic energy guns that can theoretically reach sub-light speeds. Because both ICBMs and interceptor missiles are based on satellite positioning systems to accurately locate, but satellites will eventually be shot down, to intercept ICBMs need to rely on fast speed, long range, high precision weapon systems, to meet these three conditions in Zhang Meng's cognition only orbital kinetic energy guns can be completed.

Tesla is the chief engineer responsible for the development of the orbital kinetic cannon. And only he has this ability. After all, the real core key of the orbital kinetic energy cannon lies in the mutual conversion of electrical energy and magnetic energy, and Tesla is the ancestor in terms of electromagnetism. No one else can do it.

Zhang Meng has not seen Tesla for a long time, and now Tesla, as the most senior scientist of the Tang Empire, is full of confidence and pride, his living treatment makes him radiant, and sufficient funds make any of his research progress very fast, which not only satisfies his scientific dreams, but also brings great scientific and technological achievements to the Tang Empire. The third scientific and technological revolution was the first to emerge in the Tang Empire, laying a solid foundation for the Tang Empire to develop productive forces with science and technology in the future.

"Boss. I was about to go to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come over. Tesla still called Zhang Meng the boss, outsiders couldn't help frowning, only Zhang Meng clearly knew that this represented Tesla's recognition of him. The relationship is extraordinary.

"yes. It's been a long time since I've seen them, and I heard them say that you've successfully developed an orbital kinetic cannon! I'm not in a hurry to come and see! Zhang Meng said with a smile and stepped forward to give Tesla a hug.

"You're really well informed, I've just tested it and you'll know it in less than three minutes." Tesla Haha smiled, which led Zhang Meng to Shiyan field.

This incident was purely coincidental, and before the people from the Academy of Sciences had time to make a report, Zhang Meng ran over to take refuge. From Tesla's mouth to confirm the news of the successful development of the orbital kinetic energy gun, Zhang Meng's mood suddenly became very good.

Orbital kinetic guns are not a big secret. Internationally, it is called an electromagnetic cannon, and the concept of an orbital kinetic energy gun was set by Zhang Meng. The Tang Empire has always been in use. In fact, as early as 1920, the French took the lead in developing this jishu, and since then, Britain, France, the United States, Japan, Italy, Germany and other major powers have set up projects to study, and have achieved great results. For example, the Frenchman Villerouuber was the first to invent a laboratory model of an electromagnetic cannon in 1920. Dr. Hansler of Germany also carried out comprehensive research in this area, and he developed a 2-meter-long, 20-millimeter railgun capable of accelerating a cylindrical aluminum projectile weighing 10 grams to 1.08 kilometers per second. British Captain James further applied the results of the German research by connecting two railguns in series, so that the initial velocity of the shells reached 1.21 kilometers per second. Japan's research direction is on the induction acceleration electromagnetic gun, which accelerates a 2-kilogram projectile to 335 meters per second.

The great powers of various countries are in full swing in research on electromagnetic guns, because they are all aware of the huge military potential of this new weapon. In Zhang Meng's memory, it was not until a long time after World War II that the powers suspended the research of electromagnetic railguns because they could not fundamentally solve key problems such as materials and electricity.

However, power and materials are not a problem for the Tang Empire, because Zhang Meng knows that there will soon be a shipborne nuclear reactor to solve the power problem, and the first heavy industry of the Tang Empire has been committed to the development of rare earth engineering, and has already refined various rare earth elements for use in the field of special materials, so materials are not the key to constraints. For the Tang Empire, the current constraint is the reserve of talents. After all, Tesla is old, his genius ability and research results are not understandable to ordinary people, and it takes time to train a new generation of successors, and Zhang Meng lacks this time. However, fortunately, it will take at least four or five years for the nuclear issue to be solved, so the development of orbital kinetic energy cannon weapons and related systems in the Tang Empire will not be affected, and there is still plenty of time.

When they came to the weapon Shiyan field, a huge cannon suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Meng and the others, like the size of a small mountain, powerful and domineering.

Zhang Meng listened to Tesla's explanation while looking up and down at this future superweapon.

The barrel of this orbital kinetic energy cannon of the Tang Empire consists of two parallel rails about 6 meters long, connected by a smooth rotor, and the current flows out of one track, and then flows back from the other track after passing through the rotor, this circuit generates a magnetic field to push the rotor, and then pushes the cannonball in front of the rotor to fly out of the track.

The biggest advantage of the orbital kinetic cannon is in the shell, unlike the traditional gunpowder burning projectile, the shell used in the orbital kinetic gun in front of you is a conical spiral projectile 0.45 meters long and weighing about 9.2 kilograms, which is only one-eighth of the weight of the gunpowder propelled shell of the same caliber. Its advantages are that it is simple to manufacture, easy to store, and does not have to worry about being hit by enemy artillery fire and causing detonation, and the safety is extremely high.

"What about its power?" The power of the orbital kinetic cannon is what Zhang Meng is most concerned about, so he asked.

"It's powerful! I'll show you how! Tesla immediately instructed a dozen of his assistants to reload the orbital kinetic cannon while charging the electrical box, a process that seemed like a long one.

Zizizizi! Zizizizi!

It seemed as if the entire Shiyan field was about to be drained, and all the electrical energy was concentrated into the battery box of the orbital kinetic cannon. It is a device that can release about 35 megawatts of electrical energy in an instant. Due to the limitations of the industrial manufacturing capacity of the Tang Empire, even if Tesla is a genius, it has become very bloated and cumbersome to manufacture this device.

"How much money did it cost?" Zhang Meng whispered a casual question to one of the directors of the National Academy of Sciences beside him.

"If you go back to Your Highness, this battery box will cost at least 80 million Tang Yuan before and after, which is equivalent to building four triple 381 mm naval gun systems."

Zhang Meng stopped talking after hearing this, the more calm he was, the more painful his heart became, it was really a money-burning goods.

It took about five minutes for the battery box to recharge.

"Targeted!"

"Launch!"

Under an order, the two electromagnetic rails of the orbital kinetic energy cannon burst out with terrifying lightning, and the 9.2-kilogram cannonball instantly left the rotor compartment, and at the moment of derailment, the cannonball carried a gyro-shaped fire dragon behind it, which was the flame generated by the cannonball itself being rubbed against the air at high speed, like a falling fire meteor.

The fire dragon disappeared into the distant sky in an instant, and Tesla handed over a telescope device to Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng realized, and the telescope continued to observe, and the dragon-like projectile flew for more than two minutes before hitting a coral reef about seventy or eighty kilometers away.

There was a loud bang, like a landslide, and a huge flame hundreds of meters high rose from the small coral reef island, like a volcano erupting, and the smoke rushed into the sky.

"What a might! How long does it take to install it on a battleship? Zhang Meng was suddenly overjoyed, and he felt distressed by the huge cost of the battery box before.

"This ......" Tesla suddenly smiled bitterly: "It is still in the shiyan stage, and it is impossible to install it on a battleship." First of all, the diesel motor on the battleship cannot supply a huge amount of electricity, and the switch system of the orbital kinetic energy gun is still a weakness, and we are working hard to synthesize new materials, with the current switch system can only be used about five times before it has to be replaced. In addition, the charging and discharging system of the battery box is not perfect, and we are working on alternative products. ”

"Alright, I got it!" Zhang Meng suddenly showed a look of disappointment. He also knew that it was impossible to solve so many problems in a short period of time, but fortunately, considerable results had already been achieved, and the time was not far before the actual orbital kinetic energy cannon could be put on the battlefield.

"If 211jihua can be realized as soon as possible, maybe the problem of electric energy on the ship will be solved!" Tesla said suddenly.

"211jihua is in progress, and there are already phased results, and if Einstein can join it, I believe it can be completed within five years." Zhang Meng smiled slightly.

"I also have some friendship with Albert Einstein, do you want me to help?" Tesla looked at Zhang Meng with a smile.

"No, you are now a 'dead man' in the eyes of the U.S. government, and if you suddenly appear, the U.S. government will be shocked." Zhang Meng thought about it, or give up letting Tesla take the risk, after all, Tesla still has a lot of jishu patents waiting to be recognized by the U.S. government legislation, which will be a large amount of patent fees, and the money Zhang Meng spent in front of him is a drop in the bucket compared to those patent royalties, so Zhang Meng will not do the thing of throwing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds. (To be continued......)