Across the table, hearing the old man's praise, Xu Chuan smiled and said modestly: "I just did what a scholar should do, and the contribution is everyone's." ”

Hearing this, the old man laughed and quipped: "If all the scholars of the human race were like you, I am afraid that we would have already stepped out of the galaxy and entered the whole universe." ”

After chatting for a while, the old man smiled and asked, "By the way, how are you doing with the space shuttle-related projects?" Is there anything you need the state to help with? If you have any questions, just bring them up, and I'll find someone to solve them for you. ”

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "It went a lot smoother than I expected, and after participating in the launching ceremony of the Hercy Sea this time, the space shuttle is almost ready for sea trials." ”

Hearing this, a glint flashed in the old man's eyes, and he said, "So fast? ”

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Most of the work of the Xinghai Research Institute has been outsourced, and only a small part of the core is solved by itself, such as small reactors and aerospace engines. In addition, aerospace science and technology and aerospace science and industry have supported a lot of technology and talents, and the speed can naturally be pulled up. ”

The old man smiled without surprise and said, "It's all a family, and it should be done to cooperate in the development of aerospace." ”

Saying a word with a smile, the old man seemed to think of something, and said with some emotion: "If one day human civilization can go out of the earth and out of the solar system, the entire human civilization should also walk forward hand in hand." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan glanced at the old man with some surprise, nodded in agreement, and said with a smile:

"In the face of the vast universe, exchanges and cooperation among civilizations are not only the only way for mankind to pursue knowledge and development, but also a model of human community consciousness."

"Only by deepening exchanges among civilizations and strengthening international cooperation can we make the future space exploration of mankind smoother and more successful."

Although the launching and naming ceremony of the Haixi did not officially begin until 11 o'clock in the morning, the personnel of the Jiangnan Shipyard, the Naval Equipment Department, and the Strategic Planning Department were constantly busy from early in the morning.

For the first time, from the perspective of the organizer and watching from the perspective of others, Xu Chuan realized that holding such a ceremony requires so much preparation.

Whether it is the arrangement of the whole ceremony, or the reception of the guests, or the response to media reporters, external press announcements, etc., it is all a variety of things.

Xu Chuan even saw the reporter and camera brother of CTV media, and the other party recognized him, came over to say hello, and then hurriedly ran away with the camera equipment.

Although the launching and naming ceremony of the Hercy will not be broadcast live to the public, CTV, as the most mainstream and influential media, is obviously responsible for reporting the entire ceremony to the outside world, and taking some less confidential pictures and videos for dissemination.

And their time was very tight, the launching ceremony began at eleven o'clock, and the news from the TV station and the simulcast had to be released at twelve o'clock, leaving them with less than an hour.

At 11 o'clock, the launching and naming ceremony of the 'Huaguo People's Liberation Army Haixi' aircraft carrier was officially held at the Jiangnan Shipyard of Huaguo Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd.

Standing in the crowd, following behind the old man, Xu Chuan looked around with some curiosity.

A navy-blue carpet covered the entire dock, and a battalion of navy officers dressed in white uniforms stood in front of a large dock.

Behind them, a huge aircraft carrier with a navy gray appearance was on standby.

Although he had been reborn for two lifetimes, it was the first time he had participated in such a grand ceremony, and it was impossible to say that he was not curious.

Especially for a descendant of Yan and Huang, although he seems to be quite easy-going and polite most of the time, the history of thousands of years of war has engraved the four words 'advocating force' into the bone marrow of the entire nation, and the "martial virtue" complex is also deeply rooted in the national blood and cannot be ignored

Looking at the whole world, if you want to talk about countries or nations with abundant martial virtues, they don't say that they can rank first, but at least they can rank in the top three.

Not to mention the rest, it is impossible for more than 10 million square kilometers of land to be given away with phone bills, and it is all they have done little by little.

With this kind of cultural history as the background, standing under this behemoth that can be said to represent 'force', even Xu Chuan can't help but feel surging and enthusiastic.

At 11 o'clock, the launching and naming ceremony of the USS Hercynian officially began.

The red flag was raised on this pier, the audience sang the national anthem, and on such a glorious occasion, the fleet was awarded a naming certificate, and the navy and Jiangnan shipyard jointly cut the ribbon for the launch of the country's third aircraft carrier.

"With approval, the aircraft carrier No. 03 was officially named the" Navy Hercynian "with the ship number '18'! ”

The sound sounded on the dock, reflecting the loud singing voice as calm and powerful as the national fortune,

At the same time as the words fell, the ship's whistle resounded throughout the audience, and countless ribbons were scattered from all over the side of the Haixi aircraft carrier under the gaze of everyone.

As the ribbon-cutting ceremony unfolded, the champagne bottle shattered in the bow, and the dock behind the Hercynian slowly opened, and the behemoth carrying the world's first stellar fusion reactor slowly sailed out of the dock and docked on the dock.

The whole process is not complicated, and it only takes more than half an hour.

But it was an uplifting ceremony for all of us, and for the country as a whole.

It means that the empire, which has been sleeping for decades in recent history, has once again climbed a big step towards the top on the way to awakening!

The launching and naming ceremony of the Haixi aircraft carrier was over, and Xu Chuan was invited by the people of the Navy's Equipment Department before he could ask the other party to get on the ship to take a look.

Also on board the ship were the old man, Academician Zheng Yuanhang, the chief designer of the Jiangnan Shipyard, and others.

After all, it is China's first aircraft carrier to use a controllable nuclear fusion reactor as a functional system, and its combat power aside, its commemorative significance is far-reaching enough.

If it weren't for this special significance, the old man probably wouldn't have attended the launching and naming ceremony, after all, this is not the first aircraft carrier, and there are more and more important things that he needs to solve in comparison.

On the aircraft carrier Haixi, through the elevator, Xu Chuan boarded the deck of the giant ship.

"It's spectacular."

Looking at the scene presented in front of his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Standing on the deck, he felt as if he was on a wide highway, with colourful markings intertwined, the sliding deck rising upwards, and the view was incomparably wide, and the blue sea was endless.

It's like a castle that moves, thanks to the various directions on board, otherwise you're sure to get lost.

Not to mention him, even if anyone else comes, standing on the open plane of this behemoth, I am afraid that they will have a similar feeling.

Some ships may be larger than aircraft carriers, but their decks are unlikely to be as smooth and open as those of aircraft carriers.

Ouyang Zhen, the leader of the Naval Equipment Department who accompanied him, smiled kindly and said, "The deck of the Haixi is 316 meters long and 76 meters wide, which is almost equivalent to three and a half football fields connected to the front and back. ”

"In order to ensure the efficiency of aviation operations, the entire deck is divided into four parts: take-off area, landing area, parking area and island area."

While introducing, Ouyang Zhen took Xu Chuan to turn around and walk towards the front of the deck, and soon, two narrow tents came into view.

It was a secret tent covered in the electromagnetic ejection trajectory of the take-off zone.

In the original historical process, these two tents were erected for the purpose of engineering construction, testing and information confidentiality of electromagnetic catapult tracks.

At that time, the electromagnetic catapult track was still in an incomplete state and needed to be adjusted.

Now, after delaying the launching time for more than half a year, the two electromagnetic catapult tracks have long been completed, but the reason why the tent is still here is mainly for information secrecy.

The performance of the current electromagnetic catapult trajectory technology is very different from the previous one, and its performance is undoubtedly an order of magnitude more advanced than that of the most advanced Nimitz aircraft carrier.

Walking into the secret tent with Xu Chuan, Ouyang Zhen said: "Speaking of these, in the original plan, the take-off area was originally planned to be 100 meters long, but the improved superconductor provided by the follow-up Chuanhai Materials Research Institute has greatly shortened this distance in terms of magnetic field, and the free space can even be used to ensure that take-off and landing can be carried out at the same time in an emergency." ”

"Compared with our researchers, you are the R&D personnel of improved superconducting materials, I believe that no one is more familiar with the application of improved superconductors than you, and I hope that Academician Xu will give me more advice."

For the people of the Naval Equipment Department or the Military Equipment Department, this Academician Xu is now a big treasure.

From the very beginning of lithium batteries to the later carbon fiber materials, to superconductors, small controllable nuclear fusion reactors, aerospace engines, etc., these research and application to the equipment of the army can significantly improve combat effectiveness, and even leapfrog development.

Just like the Hercynian ship, in the original design, although the take-off area and the landing area were separated, due to the size of the deck, it was not possible to take off and land at the same time under normal circumstances.

Even the Nimitz aircraft carrier on the side of the United States can't do it, Nimitz can at most do when the aircraft carrier recovers the aircraft, there is a take-off position that can be prepared simultaneously, so it can take off and land intermittently, so as to achieve the effect of taking off and landing at the same time.

But to take off and land at the same time in the true sense of the word, no aircraft carrier has been able to do it before.

On the Hercynian ship, this impossible goal broke through.

It has made it theoretically possible to take off and land carrier-based aircraft at the same time.

Although it has not yet been measured, it is only a simulated test conducted by supercomputing; Although this function is certainly not needed in ordinary times, it can undoubtedly greatly increase the efficiency of carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing in emergency times, and burst out with stronger combat effectiveness.

And this, on the basis of not changing the deck area, can be said to be all due to the improved superconductor material + small fusion reactor.

Only the combination of these two provides an ultra-strong critical magnetic field that can accelerate a carrier-based aircraft to take-off speed over a much shorter distance.

Therefore, Ouyang Zhen, the leader of the Naval Equipment Department, took Xu Chuan to walk around enthusiastically on the Haixi, constantly introducing the parameter information of various equipment along the way, just to see if he could take out any black technology from the pocket of this national treasure scholar.

(End of chapter)