With enough power and enough power for the corresponding speed, then it's time to add a railgun.

Eight gas turbines of 80,000 kilowatts, with a total output of 640,000 kilowatts, are enough to drive eight 155-mm electromagnetic guns at the same time.

Mu Feng dismantled one of the three triple-mounted 420 mm main guns in crimson, leaving one in front and one in the rear of the bridge.

Then behind the two 420-mm main turrets, a set of four-pack 155 electromagnetic guns was installed in each of them.

Like the original main turret, it is distributed along the centerline of the hull and has a knapsack layout with the 420 mm turret, allowing it to fire at one side at the same time.

There is no large-caliber electromagnetic gun, and for the time being, a 155-mm high-speed electromagnetic gun is used as the main gun, which is enough for now.

It's just that on battleships, the 150-mm turret is arranged in the center, so to speak, relatively strange.

After the transformation, the crimson hull of the ship, at first glance, most people will think that the triple 420 mm turret must be the main force.

However, the reality is that the 155mm gun carried behind this turret is the real big killer.

For Mu Feng, practicality is enough, and deceptive appearance may also be an advantage.

After adjusting the main gun, Mu Feng arranged 8 more on both sides of the crimson hull, with a total of 16 twin 76mm electromagnetic guns as secondary guns.

Finally, in the bow and stern, on the outside of the armored box, a total of 160 cells of vertical launch systems were arranged to load various missiles.

Several of these specialized missiles are equipped with fusion warheads of different yields.

Whether it is an electromagnetic cannon system, or a vertical hair and missile system, the weight cannot be compared with the traditional large-caliber main gun.

Crimson's other added equipment did not exceed the weight of the main gun that was dismantled, and in the end, the hull was lighter.

But it's not a big problem, just load it with more oil and shells.

Mu Feng's transformation plan was confirmed, and seeing that Crimson entered a dormant state, Mu Feng turned his face and began to transform Xingyue.

According to Mufeng's consistent habits, for the general transformation of the ship, the optimization of the hull structure is basically in one step, and other radars, electronic equipment, etc., can be directly upgraded at any time.

The adjustment of the hull of Xingyue is also very thorough, the original straight deck and open hangar have been changed to a completely modern beveled deck and closed hangar, which is completely unprecedented in the transformation of normal warships on the earth.

Even Midway, which the demon reform's mother doesn't know, is slightly inferior to the level of Xingyue.

After all, the flight deck of the Midway hangar was not completely closed until the end.

However, due to the special use this time, some things still have to be adjusted again.

First of all, the powertrain.

Originally, the most suitable power system for the main aircraft carrier was steam power, and nuclear power also belonged to steam power.

Compared with steam turbines, the gas turbines commonly used in modern warships are very superior in various conditions, and there are only a few shortcomings that have little impact on other warships, but they are very unfriendly to aircraft carriers.

First, the gas turbine and the jet fighter engine are of the same origin, and the medium used for workmanship is air, which is sucked in from the outside to heat and expand, push the turbine to rotate, and finally exhaust the heated breath.

In such a working mode, it is necessary to ensure that the air is highly unobstructed, and there needs to be a wide enough intake and exhaust pipe that goes straight up and down as much as possible.

Under normal circumstances, the power compartment of the aircraft carrier is under the hangar, and the intake and exhaust pipes of the gas turbine, if they are kept straight up and straight down, need to pass through the hangar, dividing the complete hangar into two halves.

The intake and exhaust pipes of the gas turbines used in aircraft carriers must be bent to the right to bypass the hangar and lead to the bridge, just like the exhaust ducts of the steam turbine boilers.

The bending of the intake and exhaust pipes will affect the performance of the gas turbine.

Second, the air discharged from the gas turbine is sprayed at high speed like a fighter jet, and the high-temperature air is not the slow-rising smoke of ordinary boilers.

The high temperature and high speed of steam will affect the pilot's vision and affect the landing to a certain extent.

Third, modern aircraft carriers are the only types of ships in modern warships that retain the mine protection compartment, which needs to be filled with liquid as an energy buffer.

Gas turbines generally use light diesel, or aviation kerosene, which are relatively flammable and explosive, and cannot be used as fillers for mine protection chambers.

The boiler of the steam turbine, under normal circumstances, burns heavy oil, has a large molecular weight, a high ignition point, is very viscous at room temperature, almost solid, and almost will not catch fire due to impact, so it can be used as a filler for the lightning protection cabin.

That is, an aircraft carrier using a gas turbine can only hold water in the mine protection compartment, while a steam turbine aircraft carrier has fuel in the mine protection cabin.

This is equivalent to a steam turbine aircraft carrier, which has a huge fuel tank that surrounds the entire hull than a gas turbine aircraft carrier.

Of course, Mu Feng understands this situation, and when he was transforming Liaoning before, he did not use gas turbines.

However, these problems, to some extent, are overcome, or in some cases are not unacceptable.

With an integrated power system, the source power does not need to be fixed in the middle of the bottom of the cabin, and can be flexibly arranged, even on top of the hangar.

Reducing the degree of bending of the pipe reduces the resulting power loss.

In addition, Mufeng now has a gas turbine of 80,000 kilowatts, and after losing a certain performance, it still exceeds the previous steam turbine of 70,000 kilowatts.

Although the lightning protection chamber cannot be filled with oil, the boiler and steam turbine can be supplemented by a large amount of space saved after replacing it with a gas turbine.

The exhaust high temperature air affects the pilot's field of vision, which is relatively unacceptable on Earth for a normal aircraft carrier.

But the impact on the ship's mother is not so big, for Mufeng's ship's mother, even if there is an occasional problem with landing, and one or two planes are dropped, that is, the loss of some resources, this is not a particularly big problem.

Moreover, Hyundai already has a very intelligent landing control system, which can overcome this problem to a certain extent.

After the gas turbine is replaced, the response speed and maintenance performance of the hull can be greatly improved.

In theory, the use of gas turbines by one's own aircraft carrier mother also has more advantages than problems.

Therefore, Mu Feng finally dismantled all the 8 boilers and 4 steam turbines of Xingyue and replaced them with 4 gas turbines of 80,000 kilowatts.

After all, it is an aircraft carrier, and the main combat method is still an airplane, not an electromagnetic gun, 4 units are already exceeded, if it is on the earth, it is estimated that two will be installed, enough to run 30 knots, thank God.

The hull of the ship mother, the internal space is more spacious, and the utilization rate is higher, so it doesn't take up more space to install 4 units.

Mufeng's goal is to use gas turbines for power alone, and at a speed of 35 knots, the performance of all modern electronic equipment in the hull will not be affected.

In the specific layout plan, Mu Feng did not really go to extremes, and did not put the engine in the bridge or on the hangar.

It was still placed in the middle and lower part of the hull, the most heavily protected core cabin, of course, the specific location was in the core cabin near the starboard position.

The four sets of turbines are arranged in a longitudinal row, and the intake and exhaust ducts between the engine room and the bridge are arranged in an arc that is as gentle as possible to reduce energy loss.

The renovated gas turbine engine room occupies only a quarter of the original engine room, saving more space than the original fuel tank.

Although the mine protection compartment can no longer be refueled in the future, the continuous combat capability has increased.

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