Four Olympus TM3B gas turbines, all working at full speed, burst out a total power of 72.5 megawatts, propelling the Invincible to accelerate.

Although Britain is no longer in the limelight, it has always stood at the top of the world in some areas, such as marine gas turbines.

In fact, even if it is the engine of a fighter, Britain is also in an advanced position, as an old industrial power, Britain has a strong engine company, Rolls-Royce, they are the same as Germany, are the first to put turbine engines into practical use, at the same time, Britain is also the first country in the world to use gas turbines as ship power, but also the first country to change aviation jet engines to ship gas turbines.

As early as 1947, the British installed the G1 gas turbine, a modification of an aerojet engine, on the 100-ton motorized gunboat MGB-2009 for testing.

After their first taste of gas turbines, Rolls-Royce continued to work and soon came up with one of their signature products, the famous "Olympus".

As early as 1947, Rolls-Royce first launched the development program of the turbojet engine of the "Olympus" type. This engine was not officially finalized until July 1956, and became the power of the "Vulcan" strategic bomber in the British "3V" bomber program at that time.

At the same time, this engine is also the power of the "Concorde" passenger aircraft, which successfully achieved the first supersonic civil aviation flight in human history, which is undoubtedly very worthy of the pride and pride of the British people.

At the same time as the aero engine was successfully developed, the modification of this engine, the "Olympus" type ship gas turbine, also began to be developed, which is mainly composed of two parts: a gas generator and a power turbine.

Among them, the overall structural scheme of the gas generator has not changed much, mainly because better heat-resistant alloys and corrosion-resistant materials are selected to meet the requirements of long-term and large-load operation of the ship's power unit and resistance to salt spray erosion at sea.

After ten years of development, in 1973, the Type 21 frigate equipped with the "Olympus" TM3B ship gas turbine was put into use, and the "Olympus" ship gas turbine began the glorious history of the "Olympus" ship gas turbine.

Since then, the British Navy has been quite satisfied with this marine gas turbine, and has decided to fully popularize gas turbines in its own navy.

Starting from the earliest Type 14 "Blackwood" class frigate F84 "Exmouth", to the main Type 82 destroyer "Bristol", the Type 21 "Admiral" class frigate has a single power of 25,000 horsepower; The Type 42 "Sheffield" class destroyer, and now the "Invincible" class aircraft carrier, all of them are this gas turbine.

In addition to Britain's own use, this engine has also been widely exported, such as the French "Georges Leger" class destroyer (, the Belgian "Willingen" class frigate, etc., the "Olympus" is also a very successful marine gas turbine, and even almost introduced by China.

Like the UK, the US also has a well-known one, which is GM's LM2500.

Needless to say, in the 80s, even in later generations, Britain's own aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth used Rolls-Royce MT-30 gas turbines, with an output of more than 40 megawatts and an overhaul life of up to 12,500 hours.

Now, it is also the British themselves on the 20,000-ton Invincible class, using their own gas turbines, four gas turbines, driving four propellers, and in the splash of water in the tail, the speed of this aircraft carrier is getting faster and faster, and on the bridge, the rice flag of the British Navy, hunting.

"The speed has reached its peak." The captain shouted from inside the bridge, "We have reached 28.5 knots!" ”

The design speed of a warship is only when it is designed, and this speed will be affected by many factors, for example, now the aircraft carrier is unloaded, the draft is shallow, and the resistance is small, so the natural maximum speed can be slightly increased, but not too much.

Now, it has soared to its top speed.

Major General Wooward nodded: "We have arrived at the predetermined sea area, now let's start the experiment!" ”

The experiment begins!

Woodward's order was quickly conveyed, and by this time, Nathan was already sitting in the cockpit of the Tomcat fighter, completing all the checks before takeoff.

The experiment begins!

With the flip of the switch, with the help of the power cart on the ground, the two TF41 engines in the tail let out a roar.

With all the gauges in order, Nathan smoothly pushed the throttle stick, turned on the afterburner, and began to slide up the runway.

The Tomcat fighter is a carrier-based aircraft, however, it only gets on the aircraft carrier when it leaves the base, and it is usually on the base on land, so the average pilot, in fact, takes off from the ground and occupies the average number of times.

When taking off on an aircraft carrier, the feeling of pushing back is extremely strong, and in the base, this feeling of pushing back is very low.

After running for a few hundred meters, Nathan successfully pulled up the fighter and flew into the sky, the Tomcat fighter spread its wings, this scene is so familiar.

Emily didn't go anywhere, and when Nathan left, she followed, silently to the runway, from which Nathan could clearly be seen flying the fighter plane to take off.

If she had applied, Emily could have gone aboard the Invincible and waited to see Nathan's landing, but Emily didn't do that, because that would be more worrying.

Nathan took off on the plane, Emily's heart, and followed the plane and flew away, if you fall in love with a man who likes to work hard, it is destined to be so, you will be worried for the rest of your life, and you will be uneasy for a lifetime.

Nathan didn't know about Emily, and when he got into the cabin, Nathan's brain had only one belief, land!

The deck of the invincible class aircraft carrier is quite narrow, and when landing, as long as the attitude is slightly wrong, it may fall into the sea or crash into the bridge, which is a difficult action for the Tomcat fighter, just like walking a tightrope at high altitude.

But Nathan had no choice, every carrier-based pilot, every landing, that was the case.

The Invincible didn't sail far, almost just a dozen nautical miles out of the port, and Nathan climbed to a thousand meters in the air after the plane took off, and he needed to start preparing for the landing.

"Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger, this is the Invincible Landing Guide, I'm a crow, please answer if you receive it." At this moment, the voice of Ensign Clive came from inside the headphones.

Clive had already seen Nathan's Tomcat from the distant sky.

"Lone Ranger received."

"Please enter the ship's path."

"Understood."