Chapter 186: Three Discs
Originally, the construction of "Luchuan No. 1" may have to wait for a while.
Because Lu Chuan needs to lead the scientific research bureau to improve a lot of data, design the plan before starting to manufacture.
But now, since a large number of mosquito trap systems have been sold to the outside world, the majority of the industry is urging the Scientific Research Bureau every day to let Luchuan No. 1 start manufacturing as soon as possible.
Li Shengdong knows that this is the Great Xia Kingdom has too much money now, and it is uncomfortable to spend it.
So Li Shengdong's idea is to build Luchuan No. 1 as quickly as possible.
The previous plan was that it could take a year or more for Luchuan-1 to be built.
But at this time, many people proposed that they could use the existing warship design drawings of the Great Xia Kingdom to copy a battleship on Devil's Lake as quickly as possible, and then modify it.
This not only greatly reduces the time required to build, but also reduces the cost a lot, and there is not much need to think about safety.
After all, most of the technologies used are already mature, and there is no need to conduct various tests.
However, this proposal was immediately strongly opposed by Lu Chuan.
Lu Chuan said to Li Shengdong: "The reason why we want to build a battleship from scratch is to make this battleship have enough advantages in space, if it is still the same as before, or the same as the Night Owl No. 1 of the Eagle Sauce Country, then I think it is simply a waste and insult to the purple element." β
Li Shengdong sighed and said: "I understand what you said, but you must also know that this is equivalent to designing a new aircraft, for any country in the world, this is not a joke, it may consume a lot of time, and it may not be able to succeed." β
"Of course I know, I even thought that the drawings needed to redesign Luchuan-1 alone might weigh several tons, but I still hope that my superiors can trust me and trust our scientific research bureau, and we are sure that Luchuan-1 can go into space within a year."
Li Shengdong hesitated, and he asked Lu Chuan again: "Then do you have the prototype of Lu Chuan's No. 1 design in mind now?" β
Lu Chuan directly took out the notebook he often carried with him in front of him.
After opening it, it was placed in front of Li Shengdong.
Li Shengdong looked at a sketch drawn in his notebook and frowned.
"This... What are you drawing? β
Lu Chuan smiled and said: "This is the prototype in my heart, and it is very likely that it is what Lu Chuan No. 1 will look like." β
"You call this thing Lu Chuan No. 1? Called a battleship? β
It turned out that Lu Chuan's notebook had a pattern that no one would seem to associate with the battleship, or even the appearance of the ship.
Looking at this pattern on the notebook, the lower part looks like a flying machine.
But the above part is confusing.
Because a large disc is drawn in the front half of the upper part, and two slightly smaller discs are drawn on the two sides of the back.
Li Shengdong pointed to the three discs and asked, "This... What are these three discs you're drawing? β
Lu Chuan said: "The big disc in front is the main control center I envisioned, similar to the operation room on the current aircraft carrier, and the two discs in the back are the engines, where the engines are located, and they can also be used as fuel and weapons storage." β
Li Shengdong frowned and said, "The appearance is enough sci-fi, but... What is your reason for designing it this way? β
Lu Chuan explained: "The warship we design in the future that can go into space must have the ability to fight against the hive system, so I think the combat capability of this kind of warship on the sea surface is not the most important, so it is designed this way, because this design can completely enclose the internal space, which is more suitable for flying in outer space." β
"Then why don't you design the three discs with a larger interior space, but design them so that the top is flat?"
"The advantage of this design is that when it needs to return to the surface of the sea to fight, our fighter can be parked on top of the disc, which means that it can be used as an aircraft carrier."
Such an explanation made Li Shengdong suddenly realize.
He nodded and said, "Yes, I think your idea is very good, I will show this design sketch to Commander Guang now and ask for his approval." β
Unexpectedly, Lu Chuan immediately stopped him and said, "Ah, tell Commander Guang now, this sketch... I drew it casually when I was sitting on the toilet a few days ago, isn't it a little too hasty, I still think I need to improve it when I have time, besides, this is just a faΓ§ade at the moment. β
Li Shengdong said: "Then have you thought about modifying the appearance of this thing in the past few days?" β
"It's like... It seems that there is nothing that needs to be modified for the time being. β
"Cut... That's not it, it just means that the idea that pops up in your head is the best, I think this can be set as our goal, just follow this direction, I believe you. β
After speaking, before Lu Chuan could explain, Li Shengdong closed the notebook and went to find the vast industry.
The vast industry looked at Lu Chuan's design, and at first glance, the reaction was exactly the same as Li Shengdong.
But after Li Shengdong's patient explanation, he also understood Lu Chuan's intentions.
immediately said to Li Shengdong: "You go back and tell Lu Chuan that I support his current idea, and you also have to explain to your Scientific Research Bureau, a little later, we can accept it, I believe that the Lu Chuan No. 1 designed by Lu Chuan will be much stronger than the Night Owl No. 1 of their Eagle Sauce Country." β
At this time, Lu Chuan received the full support of the vast industry, which was equivalent to the support of the high-level of the entire Great Xia Kingdom.
After determining the design direction of Luchuan No. 1, the design work began immediately.
More than three months later, thanks to the full support of all aspects of the Great Xia Kingdom.
With the unremitting efforts of the Scientific Research Bureau, the design drawings of Luchuan No. 1 have been perfected enough.
A large and two small, delayed round white objects appeared on the Devil's Lake.
Of course, after the Eagle Sauce Kingdom learned that the Great Xia Congress was building its own flying machine on Devil Lake, it never stopped monitoring Devil Lake.
Almost every day, several photographs taken by spy satellites are presented on the desk of the Minister of Defense of the Eagle Sauce Nation.
On this day, seeing the photos on the table, the three circles made the Minister of Defense fall into deep thought.
Because he had no idea what these three round objects were used for.
He immediately called Hunter, who stared at the three discs and said, "Could it be... The Great Xia Kingdom is going to build three warships at once? β
The Minister of Defense shook his head and said: "No, absolutely not, according to the results of the scanning of our spy satellites, the underwater part of the Devil's Lake, these three objects are connected to each other, that is, they are a whole." β
"However, this has no shape of a ship at all, and is more like a radar on an AWACS aircraft."