The gas turbine that Yang Feng can take out at present is actually the LM1500, which is the predecessor of the famous Sihai Yixin, General Electric LM2500, which is also produced by Aoyu Electric, which is also driven by his vest, and this company also provides engines for ghost fighters.

The maximum power of this gas turbine is 15,000 horsepower, and the simple power is indeed not small, but it is only suitable for high-speed sailing, it is developed by the J79 turbojet engine, and the fuel consumption is relatively high, so it was originally mainly used for high-speed speedboats in history, and large and medium-sized surface warships were not used, and when used for speedboats, they were also diesel fuel alternately, diesel engines were used for low-speed cruises, and gas turbines were used for high-speed operations.

Similarly, his improved Qi Jiguang-class destroyers are ready to use this power combination.

The power of the Albatross-class missile boats is directly transplanted to the modified destroyer, and four gas turbines are added to form a combination, the former has a total power of 21,400 horsepower, which is enough to drive a 6,000-ton destroyer to cruise at a low speed of 18 knots. Once it enters the combat state, it will be converted to a gas turbine, although the power of 60,000 horsepower is lower than the 70,000 horsepower of the steam turbine version of the Qi Jiguang-class destroyer, but because the use of this power will greatly reduce the weight, the displacement will also be reduced, and it is no problem to get the same speed.

In fact, he prefers to use the diesel fuel combination directly, and the diesel engine is also incorporated into the power at high speed, and the two sets add up to more than 80,000 horsepower, which is enough to make this destroyer jump to more than thirty-five knots, the only problem is that the technical difficulty is quite high, after all, the replacement of diesel fuel is very simple, but the diesel fuel combination requires a rather complex transmission system and control system, so Yang Feng thinks about it or forget it, anyway, his Qi Jiguang-class destroyer is not known for its speed.

There is no technical difficulty in alternating firewood and burning.

Nothing remains the same with the hull armament, just remove the steam turbine and boiler, and replace it with a diesel engine and a gas turbine. You can even build while changing the drawings, and if you move quickly, you can start construction of six ships at the same time in the first half of this year, and when the keel or something is laid, the drawings over there will also be changed, and then you can continue to build on the top. The fastest speed at which Mukden Shipyard can build such destroyers is to complete a batch in less than two years, which means that his first batch of six destroyers will be ready for service by the end of next year or the beginning of the following year. Then six more ships were built, and almost four years have passed since completion, just in time to lay the keel and slowly build the next generation of capital ships.

As for the next generation of capital ships......

"Should we also build two nuclear-powered cruisers?"

Yang Feng said very sinisterly.

He still has to take a small leather whip in the back to smoke the United States, although Ike has decided to build eight nuclear-powered cruisers and twenty-four nuclear-powered destroyers, but if there is no whip behind, it is not ruled out that it will be canceled because the cost is too high, after all, Congress does not give money Ike wants anything in vain, and wants to make the United States Congress grit his teeth and give money. You have to have enough pressure to do it.

At present, except for the United States, no country has built nuclear-powered cruisers, and in this case, it is difficult for the members of the United States Congress to have a sense of urgency.

"Führer, if the new 25,000-horsepower gas turbine is completed, I don't think there is any need to build nuclear power, right? This thing can provide 100,000 horsepower with only four units, even if it is enough to build an 8,000-ton destroyer in the design, not to mention that the power of this kind of thing will definitely gradually increase with the improvement of technology, no more. As long as it is increased to more than 30,000 horsepower, four gas turbines will be enough power for the cruiser class. In this way, the power advantage of nuclear power is not very interesting. But the cost of that thing is ridiculously high, we have invested enough money to build a Mukden just because of the construction of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, if the cruiser is still nuclear-powered, then I'm afraid a cruiser will have to catch up with the cost of the Mukden. ”

Wu Zurong cautiously persuaded him.

It should be said that these senior generals of the Ming army are still very sober-minded, although the economy of the Ming Dynasty ranks second in the world, and the current GDP is second only to the United States. But in fact, it has only reached less than half of the United States, and the people of the United States dare to play the all-nuclear-powered fleet, but the Ming Dynasty cannot afford to play. In the final analysis, Daming is just a small country with a population of 50 million, and it is of course no problem to dominate the surrounding world, but it is still unrealistic to win the world. In this case, the advantages of nuclear power are of little significance to the Ming Dynasty.

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are no choice, now carrier-based aircraft are getting bigger and bigger, even if it was a heavy aircraft carrier in the past, if it was all ghosts, it could bring about forty planes, if you want to really exert its power, then you must build an 80,000-ton supercarrier, which can accommodate a sufficient number of carrier-based aircraft. But such an aircraft carrier can only use nuclear power, after all, it has to take as much space as possible to install aircraft, more than 200,000 horsepower steam turbine units to burn oil, but it is a very terrifying number, even so, the cost of the nuclear-powered supercarrier under construction also made the members of the Ming Imperial Assembly smack.

But the nuclear-powered cruiser is completely wasted, there is no need for global operations, there is no need for this kind of thing, simple operations in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, conventional power fully meets the requirements, even if the Qi Jiguang class of the steam turbine does not need to be refueled, it is enough to drive directly from Yingtian to the base in Djibouti, not to mention the next generation of 8,000-ton destroyers.

"No, it has to be built, and it's not a nuclear-powered cruiser, I'm going to build a nuclear-powered battlecruiser!"

Yang Feng suddenly shouted excitedly as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

Wu Zurong and the others were all stupid, and Hu Hao just drank a cup and squirted out all of a sudden.

Well, since Führer Yang wants to spur the people of the United States, of course he must spur them more ruthlessly, it is not interesting to build a 10,000-ton nuclear-powered cruiser, and the people of the United States are not nothing, if you want to build a big one, build two Kirovs for fun, and use this giant ship with a full load displacement of 28,000 tons to light a fire behind the pi shares of those Mi congressmen, and see if they can run.

It just so happens that the Huaxia Yanhuang is almost time to retire in a few years, in fact, these two battleships are rarely dispatched now, and they have no work to do at all, and in the future, two nuclear-powered battlecruisers will inherit their names and continue to be the treasures of the Ming Empire.

And this cruiser is still very practical, although in modern times they are seriously outdated, but let's not forget what age it is? If nothing else, there is no pressure to build them in ten years and dominate the sea for fifteen years.

Besides, it is impossible for him to build according to the original, first of all, the air defense system must be on the Aegis, the ship-to-air missile must be on the 2, and the vertical hair will also be on the MK41, so the huge size is absolutely no problem with one hundred and sixty vertical hair units. Ninety-six Biao-2 or now called Earthquake 2 ship-to-air missiles were crammed into it, and 20 of the remaining 64 units could be equipped with 80 Vertical Sea Sparrows, and the other 44 could be equipped with anti-submarine missiles, Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles, and cruise DAO missiles for ground attack.

As for the most iconic supersonic anti-ship missile, this, of course, must also be retained, but twenty is still too exaggerated, and if there are still twenty, I am afraid it will be difficult to install one hundred and sixty MK41 vertical launch units, after all, this thing takes up too much space. Sixteen would do, and its one launch box occupies a larger space than a revolver, giving up four places plus chocolate is more than a revolver, enough to hold sixty-four MK41 hair units.

If you really want to attack an aircraft carrier, if such a missile hits one, the latter will be basically paralyzed, and it is estimated that within 20 years, the people of the United States will not really evolve to the point where they can resist the attack of such a thing.

As for other destroyers, cruisers or something, they can be attacked with YJM missiles.

Such a nuclear-powered battlecruiser with the United States and the Soviet Union is enough to save face, anyway, it is also a face-saving cargo, and it will not be used for real work, there is no place for it in the Ming naval system, this battleship is purely a toy of the Führer, plus a small leather whip used to force the people of the United States to grit their teeth and continue to play arms race with him, that's all.

"In short, this battleship must be built, and I don't need congressional appropriations, I just need to pay for it myself."

Yang Feng said very firmly.

In this case, his generals don't have much to say, anyway, the Führer pays for it himself, and he doesn't need to face the congressmen who are getting more and more serious about paying money, for these generals, of course, they like the weapons in their hands The stronger the better.

In addition to the 12 improved Qi Jiguang-class destroyers and two nuclear-powered cruisers, one amphibious assault ship will also be added, and there will also be four dock landing ships, so that the Ming army's expeditionary strike group will also be increased to three, and an aircraft carrier formation will be matched with an expeditionary strike group to form a perfect attack combination.

After the completion of this round of expansion, the total strength of the Ming army will exceed 1.5 million, ranking fourth in the world, the size of the navy will surpass that of Britain and France, ranking third in the world, and the scale of the air force will rank third in the world, but the scale of the army will retreat to fifth. Because the scale of the Tianzhu army is greater than that of the Ming Empire, but the gap between the Tianzhu Navy and the Ming Navy is so big that it is boundless, so the total strength is behind the Ming Dynasty, and the scale of the air force and navy of Comrade Li is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, but his army strength is much more than that of the Ming Dynasty, and the overall scale is still one rank higher than the Ming Dynasty.

1.5 million standing army, such a scale is enough for the Ming Dynasty, the population is only 50 million, and the territory is only 1 million square kilometers, such a country 1.5 million standing army should be said to be a lot.

There are only more than 2 million people in the United States. (To be continued.) )