Chapter 1754: Helicopter

China's materials science, with the help of the all-in-one machine, has developed by leaps and bounds, correspondingly, it highlights the shortcomings of other countries in materials science, in this era when technology has not developed to the extreme, materials are useful to a certain extent, but not so big, just mechanical modification, it is enough to promote the large-scale development of weapons or machinery, materials this kind of input, low output research, in all countries in the world has not attracted attention, let alone rapid development, even in a certain situation, The basic system of materials science has not been established. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

If you don't come from later generations, you will never know that the role of a material for a system, the future generation of China, in terms of design, is very unique, and can even play the full performance of an engine, which is breathtaking, but unfortunately the gap in material science, so that China has a skill, can only be used in the low-level engine, a little higher-level, there is no way.

Science and technology is like a dark forest, the material is even more so, and even more, a flash of inspiration is just to light up the sporadic light, at most only illuminate a small piece of the surroundings, the ability to analyze is like a silk thread, all the science and technology are connected into a whole, analysis and inference, it is much easier, maybe the accumulation of each is very small, but a large number of research every day, countless people from the middle of the analysis, so that China's material masters are born very much, this is the only one that does not rely on basic science and technology, It's just that in terms of constant repetition and the determination of the characteristics of various attributes, this is also where China has made the fastest progress.

The analysis ability of the all-in-one machine, the synthesis ability of the all-in-one machine, this seemingly simple ability, at the beginning, was only regarded by Yang Yuanzhao as the source of making weapons, but in the material, it has a magical role, China is precisely because of this, in the material science, has surpassed the later generations, although because of other science and technology, there is no way to produce, far more advanced weapons than the times, but China at least in two or three centuries, science and technology will no longer be limited by materials, some relatively low-end technology, The results of materials science are absolutely beyond imagination, including anti-aircraft machine guns.

What China gave Japan is not the most advanced anti-aircraft machine gun, after all, if it wants to be deployed, it is necessary to consider the problem of leakage and other aspects, but it is not a random tattered out, it is now used in the army, it has been in service for more than three years, it is considered an early model, and its performance is good enough.

Beginning in 1908, in just a few years, China has basically achieved industrialization and caught up with the world's advanced pace, and then after 1912, basically, China has developed independently in cutting-edge science and technology.

Chemistry, materials science, machining, pharmaceuticals, polymer manufacturing, petroleum cracking, coal refining, almost every part that can rely on the all-in-one machine, are developing rapidly, even if there are other shortcomings, but under the premise of comprehensive investment and science and technology tactics, make up for a series of shortcomings, basically in most fields, have stood at the top of the world, and along this frontier continues to develop.

Weapons are also the most obvious aspect, because of the relatively close connection with materials, as a mechanical enthusiast, in the era of advanced information, the basic form and use of some weapons are still known, with these, as well as the support of materials, it is normal for this aspect to develop by leaps and bounds.

In two years, China's anti-aircraft machine guns developed rapidly, some of the new, in 1914, the war entered the second year, began to be installed one after another, but it has not been replaced here, of course, in 1915, 1916, the development of weapons has not stopped, some more advanced materials, as well as the updated experimental anti-aircraft machine gun, his strength has been more than double the strength of the current anti-aircraft machine gun, of course, the performance indicators, there will be a huge improvement.

Under the premise that the aircraft has not yet formed the mainstream, the replacement of anti-aircraft machine guns is somewhat time-consuming and laborious, and the value of anti-aircraft machine guns, under normal circumstances, is more than 5 times that of field artillery of the same caliber, or more than 5 times that of howitzers.

In the past 8 years, China's scientific and technological development has been very fast, in the early stage, the number of China's army, not huge to the degree of advanced, coupled with the combat effectiveness of the old weapons is not good, from 1908 onwards, basically maintained every other year, or a year and a half, to change the equipment, that is to say, from 1910 to 1914, the large-scale change of the army, a total of 4 times, which is unique in the world's military history.

According to 1910, China's 2 million troops, a comprehensive redress, the cost of money is an astronomical amount, not to mention in 1914, more than 10 million, fortunately, it coincided with World War I, whether it was the preparation period before 1913, or after 1914, the demand for weapons is almost endless, not to mention the countries participating in the war, even those countries that did not participate in the war, they also purchased a large number of arms.

A war that swept across the entire European continent and involved the world's major powers is currently spreading from Europe, Asia, North America, Oceania, God knows if it will fall on their heads, rather than waiting for the war to come, it will be too late to prepare, this part of China's reequipped guns, basically refurbished and maintained, into the hands of Germany and other countries in the world.

However, at the beginning of 1914, a new round of refitting ended, and all kinds of weapons were basically the most advanced level in the world, and under this premise, the weapons of all countries were relatively sufficient, and even the Entente countries directly cut off the connection with China, closely relying on the Allies, unable to digest such a huge number of weapons.

You must know that after 1914, China's army continued to grow, and has gradually exceeded 15 million, such a huge scale of redressing, basically, there is no other country to digest, so you can only change your own clothes, local mothballing, this price seems to be much greater.

The change of clothing is to be more advanced, but it is 10% and 20% higher, which is more obvious, but it is twice as high, and 1.2 times, the difference between this is not so big, under the huge cost and consumption, the final military application for the change of equipment plan, or stranded, this part of the investment, for the research of updated weapons, as well as the army logistics, can also be regarded as improving the strength of the Chinese army from the side.

However, all along, the research of weapons has not stopped, but increased the scale, under the premise of reaching a certain height of research, there is diversity in many aspects, especially under the premise of passing the material, only 88 mm anti-aircraft guns, there are 3 categories of 12 varieties, their focus is slightly different, but the performance is equally excellent, compared to the current in Japan, I don't know how much higher, but there is no need for redress, unless necessary, or there is a demand, it will be quickly arranged, and the factory will produce it, Otherwise, these laboratory products are basically sealed as technical reserves.

I don't know how much similar mothballing has been done, because of the great progress of material science, even the natural enemies of the tank in later generations, are about to come out, the research of helicopters, as early as when the aircraft has just started, has begun, different from the engine of ordinary aircraft, the engine of the helicopter, it is necessary to convert the forward and backward thrust into rotational force, which is equivalent to an extra layer of conversion, plus the aerodynamic shape of the helicopter, which is not the same as that of ordinary aircraft, the aerodynamic shape suitable for flight, Just like when the plane loses power, the inertia and aerodynamic shape can support the aircraft to glide for a period of time, which greatly reduces the probability of an accident on the plane, but the helicopter is not, even in the 21st century, in the complex environment, in the face of a sudden cyclone, the helicopter also has a crash record, once there is a cyclone, the helicopter can not support the lifting under the premise, or a certain engine failure, the possibility of the helicopter crashing is very great.

Because of this, the engine of the helicopter, compared with the engine of the ordinary aircraft, has extremely high stability requirements, which is also the fundamental reason for many years of research, and there has been no progress In fact, the helicopter in the embryonic state, as early as a few years ago, has been produced, but the stability is not high, in just half a year, it crashed 12, except for 3 times more lucky, how many casualties, the rest will die almost every time, and 5 times, it is the plane crash, all the experimenters are dead.

Under such a mortality rate, even China can't bear it, those who can get on these experimental planes are the most elite, and the loss of one or two is distressing, not to mention that it is an eight-of-eight, and finally study why this problem occurs, there are many reasons, mainly in the reliability of the engine, and then the entire helicopter laboratory shifted direction, from flight experiments to ground experiments, mainly to test reliability under various conditions, only when the reliability reaches a certain level, can it go to the sky.

The lesson of the helicopter made Yang Yuanzhao realize that even the material is not omnipotent, and the mechanical performance is not only closely related to the material, processing capacity, assembly capacity, and even the research of the engine itself, but also occupies an important aspect, and it is this kind of cognition that makes China's scientific and technological development, from the impetuousness after 1910, to be pragmatic, and began to develop some relatively inconspicuous, but has a huge bearing force, and promoted China's all-round development. (To be continued.) )