Chapter 107: The True Face of the Big Ship (I)
"In order to fight the final tsunami, I put all my heart and soul into the design of the 'big ship'." Duan Qing said, "You'll see soon." β
At this moment, the people in the combat command room, including Xu Liang and Duanhan, and some middle and high-level officers, all boarded the spider-shaped speedboat that Duan Qing came to and headed for the big ship 300 nautical miles away at the fastest speed.
Everyone has been waiting for this creation for a long time.
And the expectations are extremely high.
Especially after learning about Duanqing's design capabilities. Because just looking at the small spider speedboat under their feet, they had a sense of amazement at Duanqing's design ability.
The spider-shaped dinghy was able to maintain a smooth ride despite the occasional wave of twenty or thirty meters high, that is, the waves that could not pass the tip of the dinghy.
Not only that, but it is far faster than the fastest missile-torpedo boat that can be developed by various countries, reaching more than 70 knots!
70 knots is a very difficult speed to achieve because, unlike racing cars on land, the boat has to endure a lot of drag when sailing through the water. When the speed of the ship exceeds 30 knots, the wave resistance will increase at a high rate in proportion to the cubic of the velocity, and more than 90% of the energy of the ship's power system is used to resist the wave resistance. Therefore, the higher the speed of the ship, the faster the energy consumption increases, almost to the point of intolerability. The existence of wave resistance restricts the upper speed limit of warships.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the fastest warship, whether large or small, to exceed 50 knots at its fastest speed.
And at the moment the dinghy has easily reached 70 knots, still in such harsh sea conditions.
All of them are military experts, who deeply understand the military value of this kind of boat, so they also admire Duanqing even more. Because it's a testament to her ability to build and design.
So there is also a greater curiosity about the "big ship".
4 hours passed.
In the midst of rough seas, hazy weather, and fog rising from the sea, the group finally arrived at the location of the big ship.
The visibility was very weak, and he could only see more than three nautical miles, and even Xu Liang's eyesight could not see farther. But they still looked in that direction without blinking.
Suddenly, a metallic sheen appeared in the fog in that direction.
Even in such gloomy weather, with high waves and high fog, this metallic sheen is extremely shiny!
Duan Qing pointed in that direction and said excitedly to everyone: "That's the 'big ship'!" β
The crowd was so excited that they stared more closely, and then they saw ......
A torpedo boat.
Extraordinarily small.
This is an ordinary torpedo boat, not only is it far inferior to the Super Spider speedboat, but it is not even comparable to the dinghy produced in the 70s of the last century!
This is the legendary "big ship"?
Are you kidding meοΌ
However, when everyone, including Xu Liang, stared at Duan Qing, Duan Qing replied with an extremely serious expression. She also emphasized again:
"Yes, that's the big ship." She pointed to the torpedo boat and said seriously.
Everyone had to look in the direction of her beautiful slender fingers again. Many middle and high-level officers still only saw a torpedo boat, but the sharp-eyed Xu Liang found something interesting.
Rear ...... of torpedo boats There's a cable!
No, as the distance progressed, the farther he looked, he realized that it was not one cable, but many! One, two, three...... That's a total of seven cables!
Every cable is too thick! It's like bottled water, no, like the thickness of five barrels of bottled water combined! It can almost be said that it is the degree of the load-bearing concrete column at the core of the skyscraper!
But yes, that's the cable.
Seven cables, starting with small torpedo boats, gradually extend until they reach the sea fog and reach out of sight.
Immediately after Xu Liang, the other officers also saw the cable connecting the dinghy.
The hustle and bustle just now gradually fell silent. No doubt, everyone is speculating that these cables ...... Where is such a thick cable connected?
The dinghy has a small displacement and backward technology, and in the current sea conditions, it should quickly capsize and sink. However, perhaps because of the influence of these seven cables, the dinghy has remained extremely stable!
Seeing this, everyone finally fell completely silent.
They seem to be right to Duan Qing calling this thing a big ship...... There was some vague speculation.
The spider-shaped speedboat beneath the feet of the crowd continued to move forward at a rapid pace. Finally, one of the cables was seen to reach the end. The other end of the cable is connected to ......
Another torpedo boat.
Although it was still a torpedo boat, it was much larger than the first torpedo boat. Looking at the volume, I'm afraid the displacement is already close to 1000 tons.
"Is this the 'big ship'?" A young officer couldn't help but ask.
Duan Han's answer was still extremely affirmative: "Yes!" β
This time, everyone's eyes were not as full of ridicule as they were just now, and Xu Liang quickly thought of something - his eyes were firmly fixed on the perimeter of the second torpedo boat.
That's right!
Once again, a large number of cables have been discovered!
There are more than a dozen! And it's thicker than the cable that connected the first dinghy just now!
If we say that the cable that connected the first dinghy can be described as the thickness of five bottles of water. The second cable they saw now was at least eight buckets of water. Or the length of the minicooper.
It's also too coarse.
And looking at the way it sways in the water but balances, the flexibility of the cable is probably quite good!
The dozen or so cables run out in different directions.
Everyone inevitably speculates, is there such a big or small broken ship at the end of these cables?
The speedboat under Xu Liang's feet continued to move forward, and then, at the end of the second batch of cables, he found something new!
A destroyer with a displacement of 3000 tons!
What is even more exaggerated than just now is that the destroyer has more than 30 cables connected, which are thicker and stronger.
And then there are the 6,000-ton cruisers......
Every time he saw a higher-level warship, and thicker and thicker cables, more and more cables, there were stammering officers who asked Duanqing, "Is this a big ship?"
Every time Duan Qing's answer is very affirmative, and it is more affirmative every time.
Moreover, as their voyage progressed, more warships appeared in their field of vision, most of them with a displacement of hundreds of tons to thousands of tons, and they were all connected to each other by extremely thick cables.
However, due to the sea fog, it is difficult to see the overall picture.
The crowd continued to sail.
Finally, after sailing the three nautical miles, they came to the position of the first dinghy. Visibility was still only three nautical miles. But look at the front, the enemy at the end...... They saw a huge warship.
Whether it is Xu Liang or the middle and high-level officers, they are extremely familiar with this warship. Because just a few days ago, they also conducted a boarding operation on a warship of this class, and they controlled this ship all the way to the vicinity of the big ship!
A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier with a displacement of 100,000 tons!
But this aircraft carrier is different.
Its hull is connected to hundreds of cables!
It's as if the brood has countless tentacles sticking out!
Not only that, but further away, it seems that there are superships of higher displacement. It's just a black shadow poking and poking, shrouded in fog, and I can't see clearly.
However, at this moment, the continuous array of warships had already stunned everyone.
After five seconds of silence, a voice suddenly appeared.
It's Xu Liang. He closed his eyes and said firmly:
"I finally know what the 'big ship' is!"