The craftsmen led by Li Rui, listening to Zhu Jingyuan's reminders and suggestions, the regret that had been held in their hearts for more than half a year basically dissipated.

confirmed that Zhu Jingyuan himself did not feel that the relevant research was a waste, and the worries in his heart were basically gone.

Hearing Zhu Jingyuan talk about early warning aircraft, Li Rui instantly realized something:

"Transport aircraft and radio station detection? Loading radio detection equipment on a transport aircraft is the AWACS aircraft that His Highness said?

"That's a really good idea.

"The distance of radio detection is theoretically unlimited, but the Earth's surface is curved, and the emitted radio waves cannot return to the receiver from below the horizon.

"So the actual maximum detection distance is still the horizon, which is the theoretical farthest distance boundary line for visual vision.

"If you want to go farther, you have to install the detection equipment as high as possible.

"Therefore, the shipboard detection equipment must be installed on the top of the highest bridge or even on the top of the mast.

"But no matter how high the bridge and mast are, they can't fly higher than an airplane.

"If you put the detection equipment on the plane, you can detect objects hundreds of kilometers away.

"But isn't this a reconnaissance plane?

"The Ordnance Department is actually already trying to design a radio detection reconnaissance aircraft with bombers and fighters as carriers......

"The difference from the assumption of His Highness is that only the transport aircraft is not used as a carrier.

"Your Highness wants to use a transport plane as a carrier......

"Is it to install a larger probing device?"

Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly when he heard Li Rui's words.

As soon as he roughly mentioned the name and the things used, Li Rui basically understood his assumption.

Zhu Jingyuan is not afraid that the craftsmen have ideas, but he is afraid that they have no ideas:

"Yes, the AWACS aircraft I am talking about is essentially a larger and more specialized reconnaissance aircraft.

"To use transport aircraft as carriers, it is necessary to install large-scale detection equipment at the level of capital ships, as well as large-scale communication equipment.

"If the detection equipment is put on the plane, as long as the plane has to be high enough, the theoretical detection distance can be increased to hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.

"But as you know, that's just a theoretical effect.

"In fact, how far it can be detected, in addition to the high correlation, depends on the power and accuracy of the detection equipment.

"If you want to increase the transmitting power, if you want to increase the processing power, and improve the accuracy of more than a dozen, you must make the equipment itself and the antenna bigger and heavier.

"If you want to carry bigger, heavier detection equipment and antennas, you have to use a bigger aircraft.

"Then, in addition to the reconnaissance function, the more important thing is the communication and intelligence capabilities.

"Equipment with higher power, higher accuracy, longer detection range, higher efficiency and more channels of communication equipment, mounted on the same transport aircraft, hovering over the battlefield and positions.

"Continuous flight over the battlefield and position, through the replacement of a few aircraft of the same type, at least one aircraft is always on alert duty in the air, monitoring the surrounding situation for hundreds of kilometers around the clock.

"At the same time, maintain direct communication with the combat command center, maintain communication with all aircraft, ships, ground combat vehicles.

"After discovering the enemy hundreds or thousands of kilometers away in advance, cooperate with the command center to coordinate and command all combat units on the sea, land, and air to meet the enemy.

"I think that after achieving this effect, this aircraft cannot be considered an ordinary reconnaissance aircraft.

"So I'm going to call it an AWACS."

When the craftsmen led by Li Rui heard this, they showed their expressions one after another:

"This is the effect of a quantitative change to a qualitative change on the basis of the reconnaissance aircraft.

"This really can't be considered a reconnaissance aircraft, and it is indeed very appropriate to call it an AWACS aircraft alone.

"With this kind of aircraft on all-weather duty in the air, constantly monitoring the surrounding area for hundreds of kilometers, the enemy's ships and aircraft will not have a chance to suddenly break into our fleet.

"So...... With such an aircraft...... The aircraft carrier ......"

Li Rui thought about this, and suddenly realized something:

"We already have radio detection equipment that can guide aircraft and artillery and missiles at night, and then design this kind of special AWACS aircraft, so does the aircraft carrier still need battleship escort?"

Several craftsmen at the scene led by Li Rui are the top core craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all from the Ordnance Department.

The latest state of scientific and technological development of the Ming Dynasty and the latest armament innovation and exploration plan of the Ming Dynasty were directly handled by them.

The key is that most of them have followed Li Rui and Wang Lai, and have communicated directly with Zhu Jingyuan many times.

So they all knew that according to Zhu Jingyuan's assumption, the battleships would be eliminated sooner or later.

The future naval fleet will be centered solely on aircraft carriers.

In addition to Zhu Jingyuan's direct explanation, these craftsmen themselves will also think about how the battleships were eliminated.

When it comes to AWACS today, they immediately realize that this may be an important node.

If the battleship can be spotted hundreds of kilometers in advance, the battleship will not have a chance to get close to the aircraft carrier.

When Zhu Jingyuan heard this, a smile of can't help but appear on his face again.

However, Zhu Jingyuan did not directly respond to Li Rui's inquiry, but asked another question:

"How's the missile research going?"

Li Rui immediately put aside the unanswered question for the time being:

"Missile tests on the ground have been able to hit a distance of 150 kilometers.

"The main problem is accuracy, if the missile is small, the accuracy is limited, and if it is big, it is difficult to install it on a destroyer.

"At present, it can barely be used to strike ground cities, and it is difficult to achieve ship-to-ship combat for the time being."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded again after hearing this:

"There are still several directions in the future of missile research.

"First of all, strategic missiles, the longer the strike range, the better, and the greater the throw weight, the better.

"Pursue a one-hit lethal blow that is used to destroy enemy cities, fortresses, bases, and mass kill populations.

"Then there are tactical missiles, and there are many types of them, including ground-to-ground, surface-to-ship, ship-to-ship, ship-to-ground.

"Equivalent to a substitute for all types of artillery, but with a longer range and higher accuracy.

"Finally, there are anti-aircraft missiles, including surface-to-air, ship-to-air, and air-to-air.

"Specifically designed to deal with enemy aircraft, as well as strategic missiles of the enemy that may exist.

"Either way, the higher the accuracy, the better.

"So it's all about precision.

"However, relatively speaking, the accuracy requirements of anti-aircraft missiles are the highest, and those of strategic missiles are lower.

"As far as ship-borne and ground-based ground-to-ground and ship-to-ship missiles are concerned, they can control their weight within three tons, have a range of about 40 kilometers, and hit targets on the scale of battleships with a hit rate of more than 50 percent, and they can be ready for installation.

"How long does it take to get to this point?"

Li Rui made a slight assessment in his heart:

"The key is to see the progress of research on radio detection and guidance equipment.

"Subordinate personal judgment...... It can take three to five years ......"

Zhu Jingyuan exhaled lightly:

"Three to five years, and it may take three years for a new warship modified with this weapon to be built.

"Even if you modify the drawings now, reserve space, and install the equipment directly after the development is completed.

"After the installation and testing, it will still take time to install the navy on a large scale and finally form a combat force.

"It may take seven to eight years, or even ten years, to complete the missile of the fleet......

"At that time, the radio detection equipment can be upgraded again, early warning aircraft and guided bombs and proximity fuses should be basically mature and put into practical use, and jet carrier-based and early warning aircraft should also be put on board and put into practical use.

"Together, these devices will be a new round of naval revolution and a comprehensive military revolution.

"I think we can call it a revolution in hit rate, a revolution in strike range, and a revolution in speed.

"Guided weapons will increase the hit rate from less than 10% to more than 50%.

"Raise the combat distance from a dozen kilometers to hundreds of kilometers, expanding from within the field of view to beyond sea level.

"The flight speed of airplanes will also increase from a few hundred kilometers now to a thousand kilometers and even above the speed of sound.

"Subversive changes at the level of weapons and equipment will lead to subversive changes in the mode of warfare.

"It's as significant as the traditional way of fighting in the Army, where the transition from line infantry with muskets to rifled skirmishers is significant.

"By that time, the combat capability of one aircraft carrier may exceed the current ten aircraft carriers.

"When the aircraft carrier formation goes to sea, it can really be escorted without battleships.

"It's just that since we have a battleship, we can insert missiles into the battleship and continue to use it.

"Wang Lai is not here...... I told him that he could start planning and designing a missile cruiser.

"On the battleships and cruisers of subsequent construction, relevant installation and transformation space can be reserved......"

Zhu Jingyuan said these things, specific to the single piece of equipment, the craftsmen led by Li Rui all know.

The Ministry of Ordnance, the Royal Consortium, and Daming Airlines are all conducting relevant research.

Some of them were directly proposed and arranged by Zhu Jingyuan, and many of them were conceived by the craftsmen themselves, and they submitted applications for Zhu Jingyuan's direct permission and appreciation.

What Zhu Jingyuan is describing now is the effect of the combination of these things.

When the craftsmen were imagining this picture in their minds, Li Rui seemed to suddenly realize something:

"Your Highness...... If nothing else, the future should look the way you expected.

"In another decade or so, these equipment will gradually mature, and the army's combat methods will once again develop subversively.

"At the same time, our current weapons and equipment in the Ming Dynasty have undergone a subversion compared to the era of world wars.

"It's equivalent to a world war is an era, it's an era now, and it's another era in ten years.

"If there is no large-scale war between Daming and the world in the next ten years, these main equipment installed in our current era will be ...... without practical application Skipped? ”

Zhu Jingyuan was also slightly stunned when he heard this.

When you think about it, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Compared with the previous life, it is equivalent to the First World War advanced to the nineteenth century, and the Second World War did not break out, and directly entered the Cold War era.

Specifically, equipment such as propeller fighters was eliminated without being used in large-scale warfare.

Of course, the premise is that there will really be no large-scale puppet wars in the next ten years.

It will also take time for jet fighters to be fully popularized and equipped and propeller fighters to be fully withdrawn from the fighter sequence.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan looked at Li Rui with a smile:

"Does Li Gong feel sorry?"

Li Rui subconsciously shook his head:

"It's not a pity, it's just a strange feeling.

"How so...... I tensed my nerves and worked hard for more than ten or even twenty years, but in the end it was completely useless.

"So I feel so empty that I'm a little tired......"

Zhu Jingyuan felt that this was a little familiar.

Li Rui thought that with jet engines, the previous propeller planes would be studied in vain.

But this time, the feeling of saying it is obviously different from before.

Zhu Jingyuan vaguely felt that he might have misunderstood something:

"Tired? Rest when you're tired......

"After the end of the World War, I didn't ask the craftsmen to work overtime......

"It's not accurate to say that it's not useful.

"It is not directly used in large-scale wars, but it is used in daily training and duty.

"Counting from the armistice of the world war, twenty years to complete the replacement of an era is actually not a short time."

Li Rui hurriedly shook his head and explained:

"Your Highness forgives your sins, your subordinates have no intention of complaining, it should be said that they are emotional......

"The old craftsmen, ordinary craftsmen, would never have had these experiences of mine."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head with a smile and gently patted Li Rui's shoulder:

"I know you've been tired over the years, and I can probably see why you're tired.

"Before I intervened directly in research, it must have been like this for craftsmen to develop some kind of new equipment:

"The craftsman who studies the principle discovers a new theory, or realizes a new technical effect, or the user summarizes the experience in use and forms a new idea.

"Craftsmen in engineering design practical equipment around this new theory, technology or idea.

"For example, the original battleship main gun did not have a turret, but after the navy realized the role of the turret, it asked the craftsmen of the Ordnance Division to design the turret.

"Then the craftsmen of the Ship Division changed the exposed main gun to a turret type on the basis of the original battleship drawings.

"Even if you design a new warship, most of the components on the battleship are ready-made.

"Usually only a small number of parts with new technologies and requirements will be modified.

"After I was directly involved, the main R&D tasks changed one after another.

"For example, I asked for the project of a cutting-edge high-speed battleship.

"I asked for a complete redesign of the shape of the hull, and I asked for a new line shape for the underwater part of the hull, with a square stern and a bulbous bow, which had to be calculated and simulated.

"I asked for the design of a new type of battleship, with a steam turbine of sufficient power, and you went to tackle the large-scale steam turbines.

"I ask that you can't use coal-fired boilers, you have to have boilers with enough power, and you go to tackle large small water-tube oil-fired boilers.

"We came up with a new armor formula, and the relevant craftsmen went to do the experiments to verify it.

"I proposed a new arrangement of armor, a new scheme of mine protection, and a new armor-piercing shell with a hard hood.

"I asked for a higher standard of naval artillery, and there were craftsmen who specialized in tackling naval artillery.

"Later, I found that the naval artillery target I proposed could not be realized, and I asked the craftsmen to tackle the steel for the production of naval guns, so it led to the research of electroslag remelting technology.

"That is, the vast majority of the entire battleship is brand new.

"Inside and out, up and down, I don't know how many parts need to be specially studied and verified by special experiments.

"The difficulty of these two scientific research methods is not the same level at all.

"Of course, the intensity of the work of the craftsmen involved is not at the same level.

"I'm used to working the way I used to work, and now I'm definitely feeling tired.

"Even if you don't work overtime at all, you feel tired.

"Just like a skilled craftsman in a small workshop, even if you are used to working 12 hours a day or more, you can feel very tired after working 10 hours on the production line.

"Because the intensity of the work is too far away......

"It's right for everyone to feel tired.

"But there is no way to do it, and if you want to realize all kinds of new technologies, you need to tackle key problems and research.

"This kind of tiredness, this continuous tiredness, can produce enough revolutionary new technologies.

"What I can do is to provide people with as stable and comfortable living and working conditions as possible.

"As I've always asked, the line workers should be paid more than the average worker.

"It's worth it to make the workers feel like it's so hard.

"But the problem is that the big workers are still different from the ordinary production line workers.

"As highly educated intellectuals, I think your pursuit in life should not only be to live a better life, not only to earn more money, and to enjoy better food and clothing.

"There should be a large part of the pursuit of the value of life.

"Until now, everyone has found that things that have been studied hard for a long time may not have a direct effect and will be eliminated.

So I suddenly felt extremely tired and decadent in my heart.

"Even if you know that these studies are necessary and will be useful in the future.

"As long as it doesn't work as expected, there can still be a hint of loss......

"I think that you can have this kind of loss and frustration, which shows that you are all truly responsible and idealistic, not ordinary people who only know how to make money and enjoy.

"So at the same time, I think that people should feel satisfied while feeling lost, right?

"An era that many people don't realize at all, haven't actually experienced it at all, and has already left.

"Hurrying to come, hurrying away......

"Only you and I, only all of us who have actually participated in this era, have completely experienced this era and left memories that only belong to us.

"Therefore, we don't need to regret it, we need to regret those who don't know......"

The craftsmen led by Li Rui were slowly stunned when they heard Zhu Jingyuan say so much.

Most of the craftsmen themselves don't know why they don't feel well.

Some craftsmen feel that it is because of the subsequent research and development of new technologies that the meaning of the previous work has been dissolved.

Now listening to Zhu Jingyuan's interpretation, everyone realizes that the real reason is because their morale is too high.

It is this high-level need of self-actualization that has not been fully realized.

Hearing Zhu Jingyuan's final explanation, the mood of the craftsmen changed again.

The feeling of detachment similar to "everyone is drunk and I am sober" seems to be very good......

(End of chapter)