Chapter 833: Shenzhou Upgrade
The appearance of the Dawning-class space frigate has once again set off turbulent waves in the minds of the high-level leaders of all human countries.
The foreign minister also said that in the near future, their space fleet will also have Dawning-class space frigates.
Since the successful development of the solar furnace, it has shocked the world several times a month, and it is even about to form a conditioned reflex.
Although controlled nuclear fusion technology is only a civilization level 1.0 technology, it is disruptive in terms of energy.
Before the solar furnace came out, jets that used chemical fuel, even when fully loaded with fuel, had a combat radius of basically 1,000 kilometers.
For jet fighters, they can only fly so far, fly around and throw missiles and return, and do not have the ability to fight for a long time.
However, the advent of the solar furnace completely changed all that.
For a space frigate, the energy provided by the solar furnace can be said to be almost unlimited.
The biggest difference between a space battleship and a fighter is that a space battleship does not have the concept of combat radius at all, and a war on a planetary scale will either empty ammunition or sink, and there is no concept of running out of energy.
Of course, the destruction of the solar furnace is another story.
If you have to set a combat radius for space battleships, you need to talk about it on the scale of a star system.
The second is the combat altitude, after the appearance of space battleships, all aircraft that cannot fly out of the atmosphere are cannon fodder, without exception.
Therefore, although fighter planes are still being used in the coalition forces of various human countries, there is no air supremacy at all in front of space warships.
The commissioning of the four Dawning-class space frigates of the East China Sea Space Fleet has once again strained the nerves of all human countries.
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The four Dawning-class space frigates landed at the forward base in the Crater Mountains, and took turns to sail into the factory building, where they were overhauled by the East China Naval Engineering Frontline Engineering Team.
There are no problems with the navigation process of the four Aurora-class space frigates, but after all, the first service of the Aurora-class cannot be relaxed in all aspects.
Eve hung up her sign as a senior engineer in the Eastern China Naval Works, and swaggered into the factory, ready to make her first intimate encounter with the four Aurora-class.
A large group of cadets from the military research class, following Eve, blended in together.
On the scaffolding, Eve touched the shell of the Dawning-class space frigate and sighed: "So thin, they haven't fed you enough, right?" ”
The Dawn-class Intersecting Shenzhou is indeed relatively slender, which is also the reason for the speed advantage.
The Shenzhou is relatively round in terms of hull, so it is natural for Eve to call it "Little Fat".
However, slenderness is also relatively speaking, and the Dawning class is also 73 meters long, which is not small at all.
Space battleships are not the same as ocean warships.
Ocean warships are floating on the sea, and the float itself does not need any energy support, so as long as there is enough steel, it can be as big as it wants.
Space battleships are different, space battleships have to fly, so there are very strict requirements for weight and size.
Therefore, the 73-meter-long Dawn class is quite large among air units.
"Uncle Zhou, let's go in and take a look at the solar furnace. I've heard that it's been miniaturized, isn't it even more powerful? Eve saw a senior engineer of the Eastern Naval Engineering and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Come in. I want someone to call you, and you help check the body to see if there is any problem. Uncle Zhou beckoned, took a few people into the interior of the Dawning-class space frigate, and went directly to the "heart" to see the solar furnace.
The overall design of the Dawning-class space frigate is smaller than that of the Shenzhou, in order to reduce weight and increase speed.
Therefore, the space in the "heart" where the solar furnace is installed is only one-third of that of Shenzhou.
The Shenzhou is equipped with 12 solar furnaces, and the Dawning class is equipped with 6, but the space is only one-third.
Therefore, the Dawning solar furnace is bound to be smaller.
"Hey, it's really a lot smaller, only half the size of the Shenzhou solar furnace. Is the output power of the Dawning-class solar furnace the same as that of the Shenzhou? Eve was surprised when she saw the sun stove.
"It's different, the solar furnace used in the Dawning class is the B type, that is, the miniaturized and improved type, and the output power is smaller than that of the Shenzhou solar furnace, but the volume and weight are smaller, and it is designed and manufactured in accordance with the design parameters of the Dawning class, and the use is different." Uncle Zhou explained a little.
The first version of the solar furnace used by Shenzhou was later named Type A.
Type A is a standard type, while type B is a small solar stove.
However, the Type A solar furnace has undergone several improvements.
Therefore, now there are some differences between the Shenzhou and all solar furnaces and the latest A-type solar furnaces.
The R&D team of the solar furnace has been working hard to carry out the research on the miniaturization of the solar furnace, and the Dawning class is the type of ship developed after the successful miniaturization of the solar furnace.
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After seeing the Dawning-class space frigate, everyone in the military scientific research class returned to the Shenzhou.
"It's still the Shenzhou, it's chubby, it's cute."
After Eve's freshness passed, she began to fall in love with the old again, and began to beg Li Guihua: "Dad, reduce the weight of the base of the ship-based space-based gun." That little fat man can fly faster. ”
"It's not that my dad doesn't want to, it's that my dad can't do it. Cut the weight of the base, and then the ship-based space-based guns will crack the hull, and it will be a big accident. Li Guihua waved his hand and resolutely opposed it.
"Strengthen the base material. Isn't it said that all materials with strong interaction force are mass-produced? Can't apply a little bit? Eve gestured with her fingers to make a "little bit" motion.
"Is that a little bit of a solution?" Li Guihua was resolutely opposed.
"You're not going to help me, are you? Then I'll figure it out for myself. Eve puffed out her cheeks and looked very angry.
"What can you do?" Li Guihua shook his head and smiled, not caring.
Eve turned around and went to find Fang Yuan, and began to say in a roundabout way: "Captain, you are now the trainee captain of the Shenzhou. ”
"That's right. What's the drop, you want to usurp the throne? Fang Yuan joked with her.
"That's not necessary, as long as you don't grab the lever with me. I want to say, you have become the trainee captain of the Shenzhou, don't you give the little fat man a welcome gift? Eve began to get to business.
"Isn't it supposed that you should give me a ceremony and stammer?" Fang Yuan asked rhetorically.
"In the future, the Shenzhou will listen to your orders, you can't give no benefits at all, right?" Eve began to wrestle.
"What the hell are you trying to say? When did you learn bad things, beat around the bush. Fang Yuan could see that there must be something wrong with her.
Eve took a deep breath and finished her words at one time: "I want to apply for strong interaction materials to strengthen the hull of the Shenzhou, reduce the weight of the base of the ship's space-based gun, and reduce the burden on the Shenzhou." ”
"That's it, I'll talk about it earlier."
Fang Yuan beckoned and walked forward: "Let's go." Let's see how many strong interaction materials are needed. ”