Only Zhang Xingyang, who was standing at the back, had a calm face.

When everyone was asking what was going on, he said:

"This is a surprise test I arranged."

The original drone swarm test, by the time the last drone was shot down, should have ended.

However, before the test, Zhang Xingyang arranged this special drone in order to see how everyone reacted to the emergency.

In fact, in the previous drone grouping, he had already made a move.

The other drones are all covering for this drone.

Those drones are blocking the places where the laser may directly attack from all angles.

That's why it lasts until the end.

After hearing Zhang Xingyang's statement, most of the people present were surprised.

After all, before the experiment, no one found out that Zhang Xingyang had done anything on the equipment.

"Why do you want to make this one?" Geng Bo asked with some incomprehension.

In fact, don't say that Geng Bo didn't understand, except for those officers, most of the scientific researchers present didn't understand.

From the perspective of experiments, Zhang Xingyang's sudden change in the test process is very bad and will disrupt the normal flow of the experiment.

But the officers were able to understand, because since it was a simulated battlefield, it was also very reasonable for some unexpected situations to occur.

"In order to simulate the situation on a real battlefield."

Zhang Xingyang followed them to the vehicle headed for the location of the laser weapon at this time.

On the somewhat bumpy car, Zhang Xingyang looked at the smoke in the distance and said: "It is impossible for us to always assume that the enemy's situation is that the guerrilla forces have no advanced weapons. ”

"What to do if there is a high-speed missile, this is also a category that we have to consider."

Although Zhang Xingyang's handmade small missile is very fast, it has no explosive lethality, and it is filled with smoke agent.

So it didn't cause much damage to the laser device, just left a choking cloud of smoke at the scene.

"Why don't you tell us too?" Geng Bo complained a little:

"Changing the experimental equipment without saying a word made us not mentally prepared at all."

Zhang Xingyang also felt a little embarrassed, this time it seemed that it really scared them.

"Next time, next time!"

The speed of the jeep is very fast, the distance of dozens of kilometers is only 20 minutes, and almost the whole journey is more than 80 yards.

This is still on the gravel road, and the breakfast that almost everyone eats is turned upside down.

After arriving at the destination, Geng Bo was the first to jump out of the car and retched a few times, and then gave Shi Yifei, who was the driver, a middle finger.

As a result, Shi Yifei only laughed with a strong sense of mockery.

Zhang Xingyang also rubbed his stomach after getting out of the car, and then said to Shi Yifei helplessly:

"Lao Shi, why don't I open it next time."

"You're really driving a bit of a bad car!"

Under the condemnation of everyone, everyone walked to the front of the laser anti-aircraft installation.

In the fierce operation just now, the laser system emitted at least five or six hundred lasers, and the test of each component was very severe.

The personnel who remained in the area were still nervously checking the machine for any problems.

When the gas laser generator is running at high speed, the speed at which the exhaust gas collection device processes the exhaust gas cannot keep up with the speed at which it produces the exhaust gas.

As a result, at high speeds, the exhaust gases can only be discharged directly into the air.

"There is still a lot of room for improvement in the exhaust gas treatment unit."

Zhang Xingyang looked at the gas laser generator and said.

The treatment of exhaust gas is actually related to the strength of the laser, because if the exhaust gas is not disposed of in time, the exhaust gas will float in front of the laser generator and will interfere with the laser.

Zhang Xingyang: The methods they are currently using are still relatively crude.

In the face of such a situation, a fan is used to blow off the gas in front of the laser generator.

"Now the main thing is that the power of the compressor is not enough, and when the laser generator is running at high speed, the compressor cannot keep up with its speed."

Geng Bo squatted down and looked at the compressor that could not keep up with the speed of exhaust gas generation even at the maximum power.

"Is there a crack in the explosion chamber?"

The matter of exhaust gas is actually not the point, after all, environmental protection is not such an important thing in the war, but the reaction room is very critical.

During the use of the explosion reaction chamber, the recoil force will cause a strong impact on it.

Moreover, the number and frequency of use of laser weapons are much higher than those of traditional artillery, anti-aircraft guns, etc.

At the limit, it is capable of reaching a speed of 100 rounds per minute.

Each shot requires an explosion to provide energy, which puts forward extremely high requirements for the strength of the main body of the reaction chamber.

The personnel who were still doing flaw detection in the reaction chamber stood up and reported: "No cracks have been found that could have a significant impact on the reaction chamber. ”

Zhang Xingyang's heart was a little worried, but he calmed down.

"Xingyang, your car is very fast!"

The old chief, they also arrived at the location of the laser weapon at this time.

Their car, because of the old chief's physical problems, was not as fast as Shi Yi could fly.

It was about ten minutes slower than Zhang Xingyang and the others to arrive.

Zhang Xingyang glanced at Shi Yifei not far away with a smile, and said, "We have a good driver!" ”

The old chief didn't dwell too much on this issue, and turned his head to look at the laser weapon station that looked like a small house:

"How's it going, will it continue to work?"

"For now, I can continue to work." Zhang Xingyang said after taking a look.

In fact, when designing, Zhang Xingyang and they calculated how long liquid hydrogen can work when supplementing liquid hydrogen.

In the end, it was concluded that a single supplement could fire at least 3,000 lasers.

That's equivalent to having 3,000 rounds of ammunition in reserve.

However, in view of the various accidents that may occur, it is stipulated that every 1,000 launches, an overhaul must be carried out.

Although the old chief is a little greedy for the big toy of the laser weapon station, he also knows that this thing is really not in line with the domestic use scenario.

So I just looked at it and didn't ask too much.

Unless Zhang Xingyang and them make megawatt-level laser weapons, then in terms of anti-missile, it may still be of some use.

These laser weapon stations, which can only counter rockets, artillery shells, and UAVs, are not very cost-effective for the army.

Because the army emphasizes mobility, it must at least be able to transfer through the truck chassis.

And it can only be used in a fixed site, which greatly limits its use scenarios.

"The drone you just got is expensive?" The old chief pulled Zhang Xingyang to a corner of the venue and asked.

The army officers next to him also looked at Zhang Xingyang with curiosity.

"It's not too expensive, we have a lot of things by hand, and a plane is less than 5,000 yuan."

Zhang Xingyang was a little hairy when he was seen by so many people, and their eyes were as if they had seen a golden dragon.

"How much can it be reduced if it is mass-produced?" The old chief then asked.

He also knew that the cost of producing these industrial goods in small quantities and large-scale production was almost many times worse.

"If the factory is specially built for production, the annual output of 10,000 aircraft is estimated to be reduced to about 3,000 pieces."

After calculating the main cost of the drone, Zhang Xingyang gave such an answer.

The main thing that drones are expensive is the motor and control chip, and the other parts are not too expensive.

Large-scale procurement, the cost of these things can be kept to a minimum.

"Is the military interested in procurement?" Zhang Xingyang raised his eyebrows, looked at the old chief and asked.

The old chief nodded, in fact, the military also feels more and more that drones will definitely play an important role on the battlefield in the future.

It's just that there is no unified conclusion on the situation of its use.

Some people feel that the structure and size of the UAV determine that it can only undertake reconnaissance missions with low intensity.

On the operational side, there is not much room to play.

But just on the battlefield, the scene of a drone launching a small missile seems to have broken the inherent thinking of these people.

If a small missile is loaded with total nitrogen explosives, even if it has a charge of less than 100 grams.

It is also quite enough to make a large hole in the top of a heavily armored target such as a tank.

"The military has actually had ideas about drones for a long time, but it hasn't thought about what kind of technical route it wants to take." The old chief, in a low voice, spoke of their current situation.

Zhang Xingyang can naturally understand, after all, the UAV industry at this time has not been as developed as it was later because it was limited by the electronics industry.

There is also less exploration of drones.

"The development route of drones actually has its own advantages."

Zhang Xingyang saw that everyone seemed to be interested in this topic, so he simply said more.

After all, it will take a little time for laser weapons to sort out data and overhaul them.

"First of all, UAVs can be divided into rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft in terms of flight mode.

Some are similar to the difference between a helicopter and a fighter jet. ”

In recent years, even army officers don't know much about drones, so Zhang Xingyang started from the beginning:

"The advantage of the gyroplane is that it is smaller in size, which is more convenient for front-line soldiers to carry, and a quadcopter drone will not weigh more than a few kilograms.

Whether it is used for mission reconnaissance or for throwing small explosives, it is more convenient.

However, it also has disadvantages, that is, it is limited by its size, it cannot be able to cruise for a long time, and the altitude and distance restrictions are relatively large. ”

The officers around Zhang Xingyang, after listening to the advantages and disadvantages of the rotorcraft, all fell into thought.

"The advantage of drones is that they are generally much larger than gyroplanes, can carry larger batteries, or use gasoline engines as a power source.

Both the cruising time and the load are much larger than those of the gyroplane.

There are also fewer altitude restrictions, and drones with better performance can even be higher than the height of fighter jets! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xingyang paused, thought for a second, and said:

"In fact, we now have a similar cooperation project with Shancheng."

"Among the wireless power transmission projects we have invested in Shancheng, there is a plan to develop high-altitude solar power drones."

The wireless transmission plan is not a plan that needs to be kept secret.

So when I tell them, there's nothing.

"High-altitude solar drones will have a huge solar panel, which will continue to generate solar power to maintain their own power, and even be able to send excess energy back to the ground."

"If you replace many of these devices with detection equipment, or communication relay equipment."

"It's all capable of playing different roles on the battlefield."

If Zhang Xingyang just told about the gyroplane, many people have heard similar statements before.

So high-altitude solar drones are really beyond what they have seen before.

"Is this technology already complete?" The officer, who was in a hurry, couldn't help but ask directly.

"High-altitude solar-powered drones have been developed." Zhang Xingyang glanced at the other party and said:

"However, because the wireless transmission technology has not yet been perfected, high-altitude solar power transmission is still under development."

At this time, almost all the officers present widened their eyes.

I didn't expect everyone to think that science fiction things, they have already researched it.

"So can a large group of drones like the one you just showed be applied to a real battlefield?"

The old chief was also a little shocked at first, but then he was relieved.

I have known Zhang Xingyang for so long, and I have not seen the miracles of science and technology once or twice, and I am used to it.

So he asked a more realistic question.

"Of course you can, whether it's a suicide drone or an explosives mount platform."

Zhang Xingyang said directly:

"Suicide drones, like most drones in our drone group, directly hit the target and rely on the internal collision fuse and explosives to attack the target."

"This kind of drone is also relatively cheap in comparison."

Zhang Xingyang thought about the examples in the wars of later generations and said:

"The main structure can even be made of wood or cardboard to reduce the cost as much as possible."

"This kind of drone, in fact, can be released by a large bomber, and the effect will be much better."

"After all, if you want to let it take off on the ground, you need a special catapult frame, otherwise it will be more troublesome to fly at its own speed."

"Our H-6, after some modification, can act as such an aircraft-carrying air carrier."

"Of course, it would be even better if there could be a larger air transport platform!"

The old chief took a few minutes to digest the information, and then asked, "What about drones like the last one?" ”

"That's another use of the fixed-wing drone I'm talking about, acting as a weapon mount platform."

"Actually, we had a precedent for this." Zhang Xingyang said slowly.

"In the Air Force, several J-6s have been tried to be modified to serve as missile mounting platforms."

"In the previous exercises, we have achieved very amazing results!"

"Of course, this kind of drone is much more expensive than suicide drones, so you must pay attention to reuse."

"And not like a suicide drone, rushing directly to the enemy's positions in a swarm!"

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