Chapter 518: The Problem
Although the earliest unmanned remote-controlled aircraft have appeared for decades, the development of China has not yet started. Moreover, in this era, drones are mostly used for reconnaissance and photography, and there is really no one who installs bombs on drones as disposable consumables.
Li Zhao saw that Master Zhang was puzzled, so he popularized what a suicide drone was, and then took out the drawings of several drones he envisioned, to tell the truth, these drones were all done by Li Zhao before, but they didn't do any bomb flights before, and they weren't suicide, they were to be recycled. But there's really no problem with the load capacity, after all, people used to order it for spraying pesticides and things like that.
And if it is changed to a disposable product, it will be much simpler, and many of the above things can be directly omitted, such as the landing gear, since it is a suicide drone, where do you need any landing gear? Just take off with a catapult, after all, it's a disposable, and I don't plan to take it back, so I can also reduce the weight.
At this time, Li Zhao continued: "With this kind of drone, we can directly release the drone away from the enemy, and then fly directly over, and hit the target directly, you think about the tank, directly hit the turret, dozens of kilograms of explosives are blown up like this, can this tank still be wanted?" Besides, in addition to explosives, the excess fuel in the drone burns on the tank like this, what is going on inside, you know."
At this time, Master Zhang was also shrewd, and he was not fooled by Li Zhao's words, so he asked, "Let's talk about it, if you can't hold it for so long and haven't taken it out, there must be a lot of problems that are not easy to solve, right?" Otherwise, it won't be put away. It's like a helicopter, after talking about it for so long, but I know that your drawings are almost finished, so I never mentioned it again, and I also know the current situation in the factory, and it is really difficult to add another helicopter to production."
Li Zhao also scratched his head, how is this division commander becoming more and more shrewd, it seems that the helicopter thing he said at the time stimulated him, and he began to suspect at this time, after all, there are really many problems, and it is really difficult to solve it in a while, remote control is good, but cluster remote control is difficult.
Li Zhao said at this time: "There are several difficulties that need to be solved, it is not difficult for this kind of drone to fly out, and it is not difficult to control, but it is difficult to control it in groups. Just like this one, the smallest one, the attack range is only ten kilometers, I calculated the cost, a few hundred dollars per plane, but how can we control it when hundreds of planes are released at a time?"
In this era, there are no even switches, and it is still very difficult to command hundreds of drones to attack at a time, after all, they will receive all the signals, and you can't set a band for each aircraft, right? So in order to implement this operation, there must be an exchange as a premise. Otherwise, if a few hundred are released, you will find that the plane does not know whose command it should support, so it will take a long way.
At this time, Master Zhang then asked, "What other problems are there besides this command problem? I don't understand the technology, but since you have raised the problem, you must have a solution to it, anyway, this is the matter of your research institute, I just need to ask for the finished product, not only the finished product, but also the price must be as you said, it must be cheap."
Li Zhao also smiled bitterly, it seems that Division Commander Zhang is really anxious, but think about it, they have now become a production and construction corps, although they have retained the establishment, but after all, they are already a third-line army, where is there still a chance to get the most advanced batch equipment? The new tanks and artillery in front of him were only given samples at most, and it was almost impossible to train the corresponding troops if he could contact them, and it was impossible to equip them in batches.
Li Zhao also continued: "There is a solution, that is, you need a switch, just like making a call, directly to each telephone number, after having a switch, you can dial the number, and then directly transfer to the corresponding number of the telephone, so that there is no longer a need for operators, if you want to command a large number of drones, you need this thing, but this needs to be studied by the Institute of Electronics, and I don't know how long it will take."
At this time, Master Zhang said: "This doesn't seem to be difficult, anyway, you can handle the technical matter, go on, if there are any problems, I will also see if I have them."
There's nothing I can do, I can't wait."
Li Zhao continued: "Another problem is the communication distance, you know that our walkie-talkie can only talk within about ten kilometers, right? This one also has this problem, you look at the latter ones, I am going to do hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, so Vaughn will not be able to command directly."
When Master Zhang heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes, command is a problem, I think you also have an idea, after all, radio and television can cover a long distance now, you must have an idea, right?"
Li Zhao had to praise Master Zhang at this time, so he said: "Yes, I already have an idea, then this is a relay drone, this is a drone that plays a role in broadcasting, and its characteristics are relatively simple, that is, it can fly relatively high, and it stays in the sky for a long time. However, there are also many problems, and it is basically impossible to fight with fighters, but this is also an excessive product, and in the future, satellites can be used for relay problems."
When Master Zhang heard this, he also scolded with a smile: "You kid really dare to think that just your drone, you have to launch a satellite to command, hundreds of things, you use billions of things to command you, you really dare to think."
Li Zhao also laughed in his heart at this time, how does Master Zhang know what the future situation is, in the future, don't you rely on satellites to command this drone? You use a relay drone, it's okay to deal with some small countries without an air force, and where can it play a role in dealing with big countries, but now you definitely can't use satellites, so you can only get a long-endurance drone first, and then according to the situation, just install the corresponding equipment.
Li Zhao also said at this time: "Of course, satellites are not available now, but they will definitely be used in the future, after all, relay drones are too easy to be detected and shot down, even if we engage in a design with a certain stealth capability relative to radar, it is relatively easy to be detected, so it is only for temporary use, and it is enough for you to play drills."
After listening to Li Zhao's words, Master Zhang became interested again and asked, "What is relative radar stealth?"
Li Zhao had no choice but to give the concept of stealth to Master Zhang, after all, no one has proposed this research yet, so Li Zhao just mentioned it, after all, Master Zhang didn't care much about technology, but he was more interested in weapons, and asked for a while, knowing that this was Li Zhao's future plan, he just did it.
However, he then asked, "It seems that there is nothing wrong with long-range command, but how can you spot the enemy as a problem?" The close can still be seen with the naked eye, but the far one can not be seen with the naked eye, and even if it can be seen with a telescope, how can you ensure that the drone can hit the target, if the tank is in a war, it is impossible to stand still there and let you hit it directly, right? You can't spot the enemy, so there's no way to do it, right?"
Sure enough, when it comes to tactics, Master Zhang will immediately be very shrewd, usually you see that he doesn't care too much about anything else, that's because those are things he doesn't need to worry about. This is a person who was born specifically for war, and his positioning for himself is also very accurate, and Father Su really sees him very accurately. As soon as Li Zhao finished talking about the basic situation of the drone, he immediately keenly discovered the biggest problem, and he had to admire it.
At this time, Li Zhao continued to say the middle problem: "This problem is indeed a big problem, this requires the drone to install a camera, and then convert the captured video into a signal, and then transmit it back, and then broadcast it to the TV, and then the operator stares at the TV to operate. Of course, there are other problems in between, such as if you want to search for enemies, you also need to have other equipment, such as infrared equipment."
When Master Zhang heard this, he said, "So that's the case, there are a lot of problems to be solved in the middle, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have kept it out all the time, and I'll see if I can understand it."
Li Zhao was also helpless at this time, and said directly: "The biggest problem now is how to convert the captured image into a signal and transmit it back, you don't understand it too much, of course, I am also a layman in this piece, but I know the general meaning, that is, you need to bring a computer, through the calculation of the computer, the image will be converted into a signal, and then the signal will be transmitted back, and then the signal will be converted into an image through the TV, probably that's it."
Hearing this, Master Zhang stood up suddenly,
Said, "Didn't you kid say that a fight is only a few hundred dollars? Don't think I don't know how valuable the computer in the institute is, there are several sold now, and the price of one is 600,000, good boy, you can just take a 600,000 computer and hit the tank."
At this time, Li Zhao hurriedly comforted Master Zhang and said, "How can it be, isn't this going to the Electronics Research Institute to study? Do you think I'm like a fool? I didn't take it out because this one got stuck."