Ye Han keenly noticed a word: "Is the vector thruster you said used by warships?" "He's familiar with vector thrusters, but it's the first time he's heard of them on a battleship.

The experimenter said: "It's for battleships, and it's a new gadget that was successfully tested not long ago." ”

Ye Han asked suspiciously: "How can the battleship advance vectorly?" Also nuclear-powered propulsion? ”

"What do you mean by that?" The experimenter scratched his head a little, "Do you know the nuclear engine you use now?" ”

Ye Han nodded: "I know very well." ”

The soldiers let out a suppressed and sullen laugh, he almost took the soldiers to dismantle the thrusters of the Thunder Mountain, how could he not understand?

The experimenter smiled: "That's simple, in fact, this vector engine is to add vector technology to the nuclear power engine, so that the propulsion nozzle can change direction in any way...... In fact, this technology is not difficult at all, it used to be stuck in the material problem, but now that the material has made a breakthrough, the vector engine is logical. ”

"Oh!" Ye Han nodded knowingly, "After the nozzle of this engine is deployed, can it withstand the nuclear explosion in the reaction chamber?" ”

"That's fine, but to be on the safe side, you have to keep the engine power at around 60 percent."

Ye Han was deflated all of a sudden: "So low? Is that still useful? Also, if the nozzle is deflected, won't the propulsion shaft deviate from the center of gravity? It can't be a problem, right? ”

"60% is good, and its role is not to accelerate and decelerate, but to strengthen the steering maneuver...... Well, the deflection speed of the battleship is more than three times faster than the traditional way! ”

"Wow! So high! Ye Han's eyes lit up, and those eyes were even more eager than when he saw his daughter-in-law last night.

The change of direction and deceleration of a space battleship are two different things, and speed and maneuverability cannot simply be accumulated, but Ye Han knows very well that a faster change of direction means a higher reaction speed.

To use a not-so-appropriate analogy, a battleship without vector propulsion is a straight heavy sword, and a battleship with vector thrusters is an elusive heavy sword that floats left and right!

The changes brought by the vector thruster are not only better evasion, but also more importantly, the electromagnetic cannon!

As we all know, in order to increase the speed of the shells, the electromagnetic cannon is a linear accelerator fixed to the inside of the battleship, and the barrel almost runs through the bow and stern.

Its structure and placement method determine that the electromagnetic cannon cannot be rotated and aimed like an ordinary naval gun, and can only be aimed by a stupid method of changing the attitude, which is also one of the important factors limiting the development of the electromagnetic gun.

With the current level of human technology, it is impossible to make the electromagnetic cannon too small in a short period of time, and it is impossible to put the electromagnetic cannon into the turret, unless the power of the electromagnetic cannon is greatly reduced.

But in that case, the power of the electromagnetic cannon may not be as good as that of ordinary flames, and the electromagnetic cannon will lose its meaning of existence.

But now it's different, the vector thruster can triple the aiming speed of the electromagnetic gun, bringing higher firepower output and increasing the firepower of the battleship by a large margin!

From this point of view, the increase in firepower brought by the appropriate amount of thrusters is more practical than simply improving mobility.

Thinking that the Leishan was about to be replaced with vector thrusters, Ye Han's heart was as hot as a pot of boiling water: "This will be the standard configuration of the battleship in the future, right?" ”

"I guess so." The experimenter said, "I don't know much about this, after all, I'm an experimenter." ”

"Don't be so modest, how can there be so much new equipment without you?" Ye Han smiled happily and moved his gaze to the spherical battleship model, "How about this?" What are the pros and cons? In the past, many people said that the spherical shape was good, what were the results of your experiments? ”

"This, hehe!" The experimenter smiled reservedly, "Its spatial performance is really good, it is indeed the largest space in the same volume, but the shortcomings are also particularly obvious, the cross-section is too large, it is simply a target to fight, and the weapons and equipment are not easy to configure." The turret is particularly scattered, the firepower is particularly not concentrated, and the gun is particularly fond of turning in circles, so an additional set of attitude assist engines must be added. The electromagnetic cannon is too short on the barrel, and I am embarrassed to say that the power is poor, but the space is large enough to install a little more missiles, otherwise it will not even have the qualifications to be placed here. ”

Ye Han was very surprised: "So miserable? ”

The experimenter shrugged: "It's not impossible to install laser cannons, but we don't have the level to fight the world in one shot yet, so, you know." ”

Ye Han smiled: "This is really ...... Well, the gap between reality and ideals! And what about this flying saucer? How's it doing? ”

"It's purely a loss of money, and it's not as good as a spherical shape."

"How's the cylinder?"

"After installing weapons and equipment, it is similar to a fusiform, but the arc module armor is not only complicated to manufacture, but also more troublesome than flat plate armor, and it is not as economical as a fusiform."

"What about this?" Ye Han pointed to a triangular cone with a wide tail and a narrow head.

He always felt that this model was a bit like an alien battleship, and he wondered if it was the inspiration that the designer took from the alien battleship.

"The firepower performance is good, but the space performance is too poor, the endurance is not good, the spare ammunition is not enough, and there is no practicality." The experimenter was merciless in his criticism.

"Where's this?"

"Structurally unstable!"

"What about this......

Ye Han even pointed to several models, but they didn't have any practical value, until he pointed to a strange model of a shuttle-shaped battleship: "What is this for?" ”

This ship is arguably the strangest of all models, but it's not its shape that's strange, it's its configuration.

Ordinary warships are knapsack turrets, which are structures in which the main guns are lined up along the central axis on the ship's ridge or belly, and the turrets are superimposed on top of each other.

But this battleship is different, there is no traditional naval gun visible on its surface, but the entire surface of the battleship is covered with laser launchers, and the dense launchers are placed together, like a deformed hedgehog.

The experimenter showed an excited look: "This one, we call it a super gunboat, that is, a battleship equipped with a super cannon!" ”

"That's it?" Ye Han had an expression of disbelief, "There are quite a few launchers, but if they are so scattered, can they hit in one direction?" ”

The experimenter smiled: "You really got to the point, the first version of the super cannon was actually the spherical battleship, but the spherical shape was too tricky, and it was revised several times later, and finally became like this." ”

Ye Han immediately stopped: "That's not what I'm asking, aren't you answering what you asked?" ”

The experimenter walked to the model in Ye Han's questioning voice, and gently lifted it on the model, and the outer armor of the front cabin was directly lifted by him, divided into upper and lower two petals and erected on the bow; Then he lifted the armor of the aft compartment and divided it into two pieces on the left and right sides, and the four pieces of armor that were erected spread out like two pairs of wings, and the launchers that had been all over the ship were aimed directly ahead.