In fact, at this time, Huaxia's planning for the fourth generation of ships had already begun.

It should be said that it has been many years since it began.

From February 1949 to April 2019 in the previous life, in the past 70 years, several generations of Chinese naval personnel have tasted the hardships and hardships on the road to chasing their dreams.

In this process, there have been several experiences of broken dreams.

The starting point of the "Deep Blue Dream" of the Chinese Navy is the 701 Institute, which starts with 7 characters and 01 is the serial number, which is the culmination of the entire Huaxia naval ship design.

It absorbed a large amount of technical heritage from the period of Soviet aid, and step by step moved from passive acceptance to self-reliance, cultivating generation after generation of valuable talents, and also laying the foundation for the accumulation and development of the navy.

In 1968, under the leadership of the 701 Institute, the 055 large destroyer project was officially established.

But in fact, the establishment of the project does not mean that this warship, which carries the hopes of the republic, can be immediately put into research and development.

Due to well-known reasons, it was not until 8 years later, in 1976, after the issuance of the "1976" document of the Military Commission, that the 055 ship coordination leading group and office were established.

It seems that the development of this warship is finally on the right track.

But in fact, the diesel-fuel combined power system used at that time simply could not meet the technical and tactical indicators of the 055 ship, and what is even more exaggerated is that the service life of the new generation of gas turbines for ships is only 200 hours.

Later generations of military forums had a saying about this gas turbine, what is it called?

Bathhouse level.

If you can't even do basic navigation, how can you talk about combat?

Power is the biggest shackle, but in addition to this, radar, weapons, electronics are also problems.

After several unsuccessful introduction negotiations, the 055 project was finally shelved and moved to a pre-research state.

It was not until 2003 that the 055 ship was re-transferred to research and development, and construction began in 2014.

It took 5 years for the first domestic fourth-generation ship to be launched, and at this time, a full 50 years have passed since its embryonic germination.

Most of the first generation of scientific researchers have even passed away, and they will not see the spectacular picture of this 10,000-ton ship driving across the sea after all.

This has to be said to be a historical regret.

However, after taking over by himself, the number of such regrets should become less and less.

The work of a generation is compressed and solved in the time of a generation!

Under Liu Lao's arrangement, the person in charge of the 055 ship project quickly rushed from Wuchang to Dalian, and the first thing he did when he arrived was not even to see Liu Lao, but to go directly to Chen Nian's office to report to Chen Nian

"Chen Gong, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

I don't know when most of the scientific research scholars who saw Chen Nian changed their first sentence to "I've been waiting for you for a long time", which made Chen Nian feel a little pressure, but he couldn't help but be proud in his heart.

This feeling of being needed is really good

"Mr. Wen, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Chen Nian replied with a smile.

Wen Xingdong, chief engineer of the 055 ship project, hurriedly held his hand, and said with a smile on his face:

"It's also that the arrangements on our side are not in place, I knew that I was going to do 055, and I would have come over a month in advance to wait for you."

"The earliest flight today, hurrying and hurrying, finally came before lunch."

"I'll be the east in a while, let's have a meal first, and then have a good chat after eating!"

"You don't need to eat, just eat in the cafeteria."

Chen Nian hurriedly waved his hand.

"Let's talk about 055 first, where is your current project?"

Hearing Chen Nian's question, Wen Xingdong was not hypocritical, but cut straight into the work state.

"The problems of the power system and the radar system have basically been solved."

"Although the transformation has not yet been completed, the biggest problem, which is the problem of gas turbines, has already made a breakthrough in fact."

"We will directly use the same AGT110 gas turbine as the Deep Blue 16 project, which can save a lot of space compared to our previous planned CGT-25M, and the subsequent upgrade of the ship's integrated power system will be simpler."

"However, whether to use a single machine or a double machine, is still being considered, and the main decision point is whether to use other large-scale electrical equipment in the future."

"Large-scale electrical equipment? Do you mean the railgun? ”

Chen Nian interrupted.

"Yes, the electromagnetic cannon is the first thing to consider, but in addition, the laser anti-missile system and the higher-power radar are also large consumers, and a 110 megawatt gas turbine cannot support our electricity consumption, so we have to add more"

The power consumption of electromagnetic guns is a well-known thing, and Chen Nian's previous life even heard that a certain warship equipped with electromagnetic guns in the United States test-fired once, and almost all the electrical equipment of the whole ship had to be shut down.

Therefore, the dual-machine parallel scheme mentioned by Wen Xingdong is indeed necessary.

But he may be "with ulterior motives" to say it at this time.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian said with a smile:

"Mr. Wen, don't be too restrained, just boldly mention any ideas, what are you afraid of?"

Wen Xingdong smiled and said with a little embarrassment:

"I can't hide it from Chen Gong. We want to use the electromagnetic cannon, this one, Mr. Ma has already nodded, but what he means is to listen to your opinion. ”

"If you think it's feasible, then we'll do it, but you have to help with the problem of high heat-resistant materials."

"No problem."

Chen Nian replied decisively.

His idea is very simple, it's 2007, who still plays traditional naval guns?

In his view, the future of naval weapons is actually a process of returning to the basics.

From the very beginning of power weapons, to guided weapons, and then back to power weapons, its development is in line with the development of anti-missile technology.

As for the logic, it is also very simple, after the progress of modern anti-missile technology from "bullet to bullet" to "laser bullet", the complex electronic system in one missile will not only no longer provide tactical superiority, but will become the weakest link.

And at this time, the ultra-long-range, difficult-to-intercept power shells can once again come into play.

Can a laser burn my guidance chip, but can it burn out my shells?

The crux of the matter is that the range of the shells must reach a certain threshold.

In Chen Nian's heart, this threshold is 300 kilometers.

When the threshold is reached or exceeded, some process ship-to-ship missiles, there is no need for their existence.

Hearing Chen Nian's answer, Wen Xingdong almost jumped up with joy.

But then, he asked again:

"Chen Gong, what about laser weapons? Can you do it? ”

"Not anytime soon."

Chen Nian replied honestly.

In fact, the laser seems simple, after all, laser pointers can be bought at stalls in rural areas, which is also a childhood memory for many people.

But in fact, although the principle of ordinary laser and high-energy laser is the same, the technical difficulty is not the same.

Among them, the technical barriers designed are one after another.

According to his plan, this thing is to be developed as a precursor to inertial confinement nuclear fusion after the nuclear fusion project is launched.

As for now. Put it on for now.

However, his answer did not disappoint Wen Xingdong - he simply tried to hit a shot first with dates or not.

"No problem, no problem, I'll do it later, it's enough to have an electromagnetic cannon!"

"Hey, hey, hey, it's the right thing this time"

Chen Nian shook his head helplessly and said:

"Mr. Wen, don't be in a hurry to have fun first."

"What electromagnetic cannon, what laser weapon is a later story, have you laid a good foundation? Gas turbines are fine, radars are fine, but what about the rest? ”

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Wen Xingdong hurriedly replied:

"The main module is actually no problem, in addition to the radar, the vertical hair module is basically done, and the current idea is to change the cold hair to the hot hair, this point, didn't I mention it to you just now, the problem of high heat-resistant materials still has to be solved"

Good guy, I'm waiting for myself here!

However, if one material can solve two problems at the same time, it is indeed very cost-effective.

Chen Nian nodded slightly and continued to ask:

"Anything else?"

"No, we can solve the electronic system ourselves, and we are ready to go to the integrated radio frequency, which is not a big problem."

Speaking of which, most of the technical difficulties of 055D have actually made breakthroughs, and what is left to them is some "near-future optimization" problems.

That's the power of technological fission.

Under the radiation of the large-scale project of Deep Blue 16, the originally difficult 055 project has become extremely easy.

"Then it's no problem, I will be deeply involved in this project in the future."

"If there are any difficulties, report them to me in time and I will solve them as soon as possible."

"Mr. Wen, our goal is to make the first 055 form combat effectiveness within two years, remember, it is to form combat effectiveness, not to launch it!"

"Understood!"

Wen Xingdong replied loudly, for this seemingly urgent plan, in fact, he couldn't ask for it.

The navy has been holding back for too long, and the anger in my heart can't wait to vent it

And on the other side, Africa, Darfur.

After several months, it was finally time for Liu Guangyu to leave.

But he is leaving, not because the situation in Darfur has stabilized, but, on the contrary, because the situation here is completely out of control.

Although we pressed through various means again and again, as the Mi side continued to increase its chips, Hamidi, who was already ambitious, finally went crazy.

He completely tore up the official truce agreement with Sudan and organized several large-scale offensive operations in a very short period of time, turning the otherwise calm Northern Darfur into a mess.

Moreover, with the arrival of a large number of American-style equipment and so-called "personal defense company technicians", the offensive of the revolutionary front became more and more aggressive, and the level of tactics and combat effectiveness was also rising.

They began to advance in the direction of the capital, and according to this development trend, in the near future, they will inevitably break out into a real "large-scale war" with the authorities.

Not just Darfur, but the whole of Sudan is no longer secure.

Therefore, after discussions with his superiors, Liu Guangyu was asked to withdraw, and he was accompanied by several employees of Chinese-funded enterprises who had recently been stranded in the area around Darfur.

Several of them traveled south in an armed vehicle prepared by Hamidi and eventually arrived at the Blue Helmet camp where Liu Guangyu had set out, where the others transferred to other vehicles to go to the airport, while Liu Guangyu stayed behind to report the situation.

Sitting in the blue helmet's operational command room, Liu Guangyu spoke into the phone and said:

"The situation has become clear, this battle, Hamidi must fight."

"In other words, the United States must fight."

"As the old saying goes, this is called forcing Liangshan, they have invested too many resources in Darfur, and there is no possibility of recovering these resources, and there is only one way to go to the dark and support the revolutionary front to fight to the end, which can make up for their losses."

"For the sake of this goal, they have not hesitated to go out of their own way."

"There is chaos in Sudan that is coming, and this chaos is going to affect the whole of Africa, and we have to be prepared for that."

On the other end of the phone, a calm male voice replied:

"We already know what you said, and it's basically the same as your judgment."

"Now, what we want to make sure is, do you really see a lot of U.S. personnel over there?"

"No, I only saw one."

Liu Guangyu replied.

"But these Americans are like cockroaches, and if you have one in your house, there must be several nests in the corner."

"There is no reason for any American to travel to Darfur at such a time unless they were born for war."

"Understood."

The man sighed softly.

Now the intelligence has been finally confirmed.

Although there are obvious contradictions among the three parties of the Congress, the Corner Tower, and the May Congress, on the Darfur issue, they really intend to unite the front to the end.

That's definitely not a good thing for us.

As soon as the war starts, the whole of North Africa will be affected, and the foundation of our hard work there may be abandoned.

The economic losses are secondary, and once you fall into a power vacuum, when you want to return to your hometown after the war is over, Africa may no longer be the same Africa

After a pause, the man spoke again to ask Liu Guangyu for some specific information about the local area, and then he hung up the phone, holding the information he had just written down, and turned around and walked to another office.

After knocking on the door and entering, the man reported the latest situation to his superiors.

"The situation is out of control at the moment, but our desired goal has been achieved."

"The US side will personally end the game, and Darfur will become a whirlpool that will drag them down."

"However, relying only on the power of Sudanese officials, I am afraid that this vortex will not last long."

"It doesn't matter, you can last as long as you can."

The superior interrupted him and continued:

"We are not going to fight a proxy war, but to guarantee the basic stability of the situation on the entire African continent."

"They want Khartoum, so let them get it themselves."

"But they don't want to use Khartoum as a fulcrum and influence the whole of Africa."

"Inform the Ethiopian side to speed up negotiations on the Djibouti supply depot."

"Within a month, we will complete the initial deployment to Djibouti."

"We want to make it a fortress of power projection, and as long as we are there, we will not allow any power to pass through the borders of the Sultanate to other countries!"

"Understood."

The man nodded immediately, and then he asked:

"How to organize the first batch of supply ships?"

The superior pondered for a moment and replied:

"Go to 052C first."

"After the 055D is launched, use the 055D to change the defense."

"This is a huge, long-term strategy, and even one day, on the sea surface of the port of Djibouti, our aircraft carriers will be moored"

(End of chapter)