A few days later, Chen Nian arrived in Chengdu smoothly, and after everything was settled, he began his routine work step by step.

His schedule is still not much different from when he was in school, and if there are no special projects to work on, he spends the whole day studying cutting-edge courses.

Of course, judging from the current situation, the source point income that learning can bring is not high compared to the source point income in other aspects, and many times, the number of source points that can be brought by a full day of learning is less than 1 point, but a breakthrough technology fission can bring more than 5 source points.

However, Chen Nian still insisted on the habit of learning, because he knew that after the subsequent development of science and technology into the near future, technology would become more and more advanced and difficult to understand.

If you don't lay the foundation first, it's very likely that in the end, even if the system instills information in you, you won't be able to fully understand it.

The end result is that the "time savings" brought by quick success will eventually be returned due to inefficient output.

Instead of that, it's better to start learning now.

Chen Nian vaguely felt that if he simply relied on himself one day and made a breakthrough after the "gift" given by the fusion system, the source point income obtained should not be small.

However, this "breakthrough" level should not be too low.

Perhaps, you need to solve one or two basic problems yourself?

Chen Nian didn't think much about it, and instead continued to start his materials science course.

By now, his courses have moved away from basic teaching and into subdivisions, and for the next two months, he will invest his energy in the direction of superconducting physics and superconducting materials.

This is a preparation for the research and development of metallic hydrogen.

The communication with Isaac, a scientific researcher from the United States, continued, and he also took advantage of this time to make up for his shortcomings.

When the time comes, if you can dig this person up, you can get to work directly.

——

Of course, having said that, it's really not that easy to kidnap people under Lao Mei's nose.

What's more, after turning over, how can he prostitute his achievements for nothing, and he can't be prostituted.

Leave this question to the professionals.

Anyway, all he wanted was a few directional messages in his head.

It shouldn't be a big problem

As a result, time passed day by day, and because there were too many projects at hand in the final stage, Chen Nian was not in a hurry to start new projects, but continued to optimize the 055 and 001 projects.

This optimization includes both project efficiency and product performance.

It took nearly five months, and after continuous checking and filling in the gaps, Chen Nian finally determined the final technical performance requirements of the two ships.

In the office, Chen Nian sat opposite Chen Guo, who looked at the thick stack of reports in his hand, shook his head a little helplessly, and said:

"The performance of your two ships has exceeded the original goal of the project too much."

"Let's talk about 055 first, the maximum speed has been changed from 30 knots to 35 knots, how did this change? Changed the engine? ”

"No, how can you change the engine?"

Chen Nian hurriedly shook his head and replied:

"On the one hand, the design of the corrugated plate has been changed, and on the other hand, some improvements have been made to the propeller materials and transmissions, and there are no major changes, just some details that I didn't notice before."

"Well, it's not easy for you to be meticulous to this extent, and the radar has also been upgraded?"

Chen Guo continued to ask.

"It's not a thorough upgrade, the digital array radar is already close to the ceiling of the current technology, we just added a resonant anti-stealth radar module."

"The detection range is not too far, about 400 kilometers."

"However, the potential of this radar is still very strong, and if it is subsequently put on the shore, the detection range can be expanded to more than 2,000 kilometers."

"At present, 14 institutes are already doing it, and it is estimated that it will not be long before there is news."

The detection principle of the so-called resonant anti-stealth radar is still different from that of ordinary radar.

To put it simply, if the subject is considered to be a passive antenna, its electrical resonance at a particular frequency is not affected by external factors.

And the absolute reflection of the resonance of the fundamental wave is the echo required by the radar.

This is very different from radio waves, which are reflected by metal surfaces with very short wavelengths on the opposite surface, and they are not shielded.

However, the difficulty is that objects of different sizes have different natural resonant reflection frequencies, and the natural frequencies reflected by different attitudes are different, so the resonant radar should emit wide-spectrum energy, and the frequency reaches 50KC-300MC, which is very difficult to achieve.

Therefore, although all countries have theoretical accumulation and research on resonant anti-stealing radar, Huaxia should be the first to really realize it.

"Really strong. Does it mean that we will not have any problems identifying stealth aircraft in the future? ”

"That's not that exaggerated-—— if you roughly estimate it, the recognition rate should reach about 80%."

"But the good thing is that as long as a stealth vehicle approaches, even if it can't be tracked, we can at least know about it."

Hearing this, Chen Guo nodded.

"That's enough."

"You don't know how anxious those people in the 14 institutes have been in a hurry for the sake of anti-stealth."

"They are afraid that the advantages that they have built up with great difficulty will eventually develop into mutual exchange between the two sides because of the lack of concealment."

"Well, now, after the resonant radar matures, this problem should be solved for the most part."

Chen Nian shook his head and replied:

"It's still early, we still have a long way to go in terms of anti-stealth."

This is not Chen Nian's deliberate exaggeration, because he knows very well that even in the last life, the development of anti-stealth technology in China was very fast.

But to really say that a perfect anti-stealth system has been established, it is necessary to wait for the appearance of YLC-2 and the formation of a composite structure of passive radar, external source radar and resonant radar.

"Take your time, we're going fast enough now."

Chen Guo immediately spoke comfortingly, then skipped the topic and began to ask about the 001 ship.

Compared to 055,001's "technological breakthrough" is actually not too much.

Generally speaking, in addition to adjusting the blades, wave pressure plates, and radars like 055, it is also to optimize the mechanical structure of some hangars and improve the close defense guns that were originally planned.

Of course, even if that's all there is, that's enough.

After all, the total number of aircraft carriers in the world that can still run on the surface of the water now, apart from the United States, is really enough to count on one hand.

And this 001 is the strongest one in this hand.

It even has a chance to wrestle with US aircraft carriers.

This is almost unthinkable for other aircraft carriers, which are already dilapidated and have a strained performance

Thinking of this, Chen Nian's originally unwilling mood calmed down.

He took a sip of the tea that was almost cold, and said:

"The 001 ship will be launched in about two months, and the 055 ship has been confirmed to be launched on November 15."

"When these two ships are launched, the confidence of our navy should be completely established."

"Yes, their hard life should be enough."

Chen Guo sighed and agreed.

From his eyes, Chen Nian saw a deep expectation

And on the other side, Mississippi, inside the NGSS shipyard.

Jay Johnson is in big trouble.

The Zumwalt project has been suspended for more than five days since last week, and until now there is not the slightest sign of the project returning to normal operations.

To make matters worse, the stalled Zumwalt project was not caused by a single cause, but by a series of complex and difficult technical problems.

These technical problems cannot be solved in the short term, and in order to achieve the expected goals of the project, it is necessary to increase the capital investment or extend the project time.

But neither of these two options is willing to be accepted by the superiors.

Jay sighed, and thought to himself:

I should have known that this kind of overly radical project would not have ended well.

A cruiser of the future? A sharp weapon for an attack on the other side? Pathfinder of distributed operations, overlord of the ghost fleet?

These terms are indeed very attractive, but the problem is that, as things stand, none of them are achievable

The first problem is actually the shore attack part, and the function of this part should be implemented by the AGS system according to the plan.

However, in fact, the AGS advanced naval artillery system did not meet the expected performance, and the development of its original long-range land attack artillery shell (LRLAP) encountered great difficulties.

The performance is not up to standard, the price is far beyond expectations, and even the price of a single shot has exceeded that of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

In the initial performance design, the range of this rocket extender should reach more than 190 kilometers, and it also has GPS guidance capabilities, and the unit price should be about 100,000 US dollars per shot.

However, the current situation is that the range of this shell can only reach 80 kilometers, the accuracy of GPS guidance is touchingly poor, and the price of a single shot has soared to more than $1 million!

Even according to BAE, the price may be reduced after subsequent mass production, but even if it is the lowest, it is not lower than the cost line of $800,000.

What is the use of such shells?

How much is a Tomahawk a shot? How much is a long-range fire with a range of 300 kilometers over there in China?!

Jay was no longer just angry, he felt a deep sense of despair.

Based on past experience, he knew very well that there was basically no possibility of resolving such contradictions.

Even the higher-ups have already begun to discuss the purchase of cheap guided artillery shells made in Italy.

Are you kidding?

The range of that shell was only 70 kilometers, and the power did not meet the predetermined requirements.

With this shell, is Zumwalt still Zumwalt?

Thinking of this, Jay couldn't help but sigh again.

The problem he faces is far more than this, in terms of radar, the DBR radar is questioned by those officials that it is not advanced enough and not cost-effective, and the current plan is to only equip the X-band SPY-3 multifunctional radar with a relatively close search range.

As a result, Zumwalt will completely lose its full-fledged airspace air defense capability and will not be able to possess ballistic missile defense capabilities.

Its defensive power, as originally designed on the drawings, would be one heavenly and one underground.

In addition, the all-electric propulsion system also has a big problem.

The drawbacks of medium-voltage AC integrated power were exposed in the test.

Large volume, low efficiency, high continuity.

At the beginning, it was boasted that driving this battleship was as easy as driving a car, but now that the probability of its power system failure has become as high as that of a classic car.

Jay stared blankly at the Zumwalt, which had already completed most of the construction work on the slipway, and couldn't help but shake his head.

What does that mean now?"

He asked, turning to his assistant next to him.

"We are still under discussion, and there are no feasible solutions to the several problems we are currently facing, and all parties are arguing endlessly, and it is impossible to reach a conclusion in a short period of time."

"I think we should be prepared in advance."

"If necessary, we can even freeze the project temporarily and invest resources in other projects with more potential first."

"It's not something we can decide."

Jay reluctantly interrupted the assistant.

In fact, if he could, how could he not want to invest his resources elsewhere?

Not to mention the new project, the project of renovating and upgrading the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers alone is much more promising than the current Zumwalt.

He couldn't help but curse in his heart the damned subcontractors and lazy engineers, if it weren't for them, the project would have been promising

But swearing is swearing, and he still has nothing to do.

After a few seconds of silence, he continued to ask:

"What's the situation over there? I mean, their 055 destroyer, is it going well? ”

"It went well."

The assistant nodded, and there was a bitterness in his tone.

"Especially after the birth of the electromagnetic gun, it can be said that their project has gone more smoothly."

"Speaking of which, if we had chosen the direction of the electromagnetic cannon at the beginning, maybe the situation would have been completely different now."

"Impossible."

Jay shook his head firmly.

"Let's take a look at the areas where the problem is, electricity, artillery shells, radar."

"It's all about the core issues needed to ensure the accuracy of the electromagnetic gun."

"Even if we go the electromagnetic gun route, we can't do better."

"Those Chinese people can destroy targets hundreds of kilometers with a single shot, but we can't do that."

"So what do we do now?"

The assistant's voice became a little low, and he had a worry in his heart that he didn't dare to speak:

This time, we're not going to lose again, are we?

However, without him having to say it, Jay's next sentence unabashedly said the same idea.

"What else can I do? We have already lost, we can only reduce our losses as much as possible. ”

"Now Huaxia has not exposed the parameter performance of No. 055, and our intelligence department has not obtained any credible information."

"But it's clear that all the technologies needed for this modern warship, they've made breakthroughs before."

"You can count them yourself."

"Missiles, gas turbines, electromagnetic guns, radars, stealth design"

"It's more like a warship from the future than a Zumwalt."

"And we."

"Has been left far behind"

(End of chapter)