"The main job of the experimenter is to carry out various tests on the equipment of the institute."

After sending away a large number of people, Zhang Xingyang said:

"In fact, there are relatively few tests of battle armor projects, and we are now more of a test project for unmanned tanks and drones."

"Why?"

Wu Jiang was a little surprised, he wanted to join the research project, mainly for the Heavenly Soldier Battle Armor.

"Because it is very difficult to learn how to operate a drone with a battle armor.

You'll need at least three months of training before you're ready to start your Warframe operations. ”

Zhang Xingyang explained in detail.

The way Warframes control unmanned tanks and drones is not particularly friendly.

There are traditional buttons, as well as non-traditional vision sensors.

The buttons are mainly integrated into the hands and feet of the armor.

The control of unmanned tanks and drones can be completed by pressing buttons.

This is also a big reason why Zhang Xingyang sweats after completing the exercise.

It doesn't seem to move much, but the actual amount of exercise is quite large.

"Okay, I'll learn how to operate the Warframe as soon as possible." Wu Jiang nodded.

Although Zhang Xingyang said that it takes three months to study.

But Wu Jiang thinks that if he studies hard, maybe he can complete it in two months?

However, it turns out.

Learning this is not something you can do as you want.

The relevant learning content of the battle armor far exceeded Wu Jiang's expectations.

Not only do you have to learn the operation of the armor, but also various maintenance and repair content.

In particular, the content of repairs far exceeded that of any tank he had repaired before.

Wu Jiang is one of the few technical masters in the tank division.

He still has a strong talent in mechanics, but even so, it still took more than a month to complete the maintenance part of the battleframe.

The learning content that followed was even more unexpected.

It is even necessary to learn the contents of unmanned tanks and unmanned armored vehicles.

Wu Jiang also once approached Zhang Xingyang and asked why he wanted to learn these contents.

Zhang Xingyang replied with only one sentence: "Could it be that on the battlefield, your tank broke down, and you still have to wait for logistics to repair it?" ”

After listening, Wu Jiang honestly learned the contents of unmanned tanks and unmanned armored vehicles.

When I learned it, I realized that these contents were actually the same things I did when I was in the tank division before.

There isn't much difference.

It's just that the crew of the unmanned tank has been canceled and a lot of automatic control units have been added.

The simple mechanical structure does not make much difference.

Just when Wu Jiang was busy studying.

Zhang Xingyang was busy with another thing.

Nowadays, the institute is responsible for too many projects.

In particular, there are quite a few military equipment development projects.

In fact, it is beyond their scope of responsibility.

Therefore, after the application, these military equipment projects will all be merged to form another research institute.

"Future Equipment Research Institute, this name is quite atmospheric!"

At the inauguration ceremony of the institute, the old chief said with a smile.

"I hope you can develop more and more advanced equipment for the future of the country!"

At the ceremony, there were bursts of applause.

The inauguration ceremony was not long, and the old chief finished his speech after a few words.

Zhang Xingyang has never been in the habit of leading speeches, and directly announced the start of the work of the institute.

The location of the institute is not in the middle of the city, but at the foot of a mountain.

Even the three mountains behind it are the territory of the research institute.

A lot of the equipment in the institute needs to be tested in a large area.

This is also an important reason why the research institute was built at the foot of the mountain.

"Have all the projects of the institute been migrated?"

After the ceremony, the old chief and Zhang Xingyang walked along the avenue where the construction work had not yet been completed.

"Now the relocation is mainly the research projects of various army equipment, drones and strategic bombers, which have not yet come."

Zhang Xingyang looked at the airport construction team that was still busy in the distance and said.

"We haven't finished building our airport yet, and it's going to take about two months."

The construction of airports is a bit slower than the construction of houses.

After all, their runway needs to bear large bombers weighing hundreds of tons, and the requirements are high in all aspects.

And the hangar, which can accommodate large bombers, is also slow to build.

"Their speed is already quite fast."

The old chief explained: "Generally, the runways and hangars for taking off and landing large aircraft cannot be built in a year or two. ”

"Two or three months, it's nothing, I can afford to wait." Zhang Xingyang said.

The level of the strategic bomber project is actually the highest among the entire research institute projects.

Therefore, Zhang Xingyang has enough patience with it.

"The airport of the drone project can be completed in a week or two."

Compared with strategic bombers, Zhang Xingyang actually has more enthusiasm for UAV projects.

The deterrent meaning of strategic bombers is stronger.

In fact, it is impossible to make frequent sorties in the midst of a regional confrontation.

So it is the heavy bomber that really plays an important role.

"What's that doing?"

The old chief pointed to a large pit in the distance and asked with some incomprehension.

If they were to blow up a mountain, the old chief would understand.

After all, here, there is not a lot of flat land.

But digging a big hole in the flat ground was a bit unexpected.

Why, you still want to dig a reservoir out here?

Zhang Xingyang followed the other party's fingers and looked over:

"They're digging a marine equipment testing ground."

"In the future, it is impossible to have only the army and air force."

The old chief was also interested and said, "Then it won't be so big, right?" ”

This large puddle has a visual length of 500 meters and a width of 150 meters.

"Are you still going to build an aircraft carrier here?" The old chief said half-jokingly.

"Maybe we can make it."

The first sentence of Zhang Xingyang's answer was a little scary.

"But considering our budget, I guess it's not that easy to build."

Only then did the old chief understand.

This is a roundabout funding.

"Honestly, what are you going to do?" The old chief did not respond to Zhang Xingyang's words head-on, but continued to talk about the previous topic.

"Remember the drone carriers we talked about?" Zhang Xingyang talked about a past.

Last year, the construction of a drone carrier was proposed.

And it is believed that it can play a greater role in regional battles.

"You're going to build it in here?"

The old chief was a little surprised, this blister was too small.

Even a drone carrier doesn't seem to be able to accommodate it.

"Of course not, it's here to test a drone carrier model."

"We've found a shipyard and are in talks with them about the acquisition."

Zhang Xingyang said what they really did.

"How many tons are you going to make?" The old chief said with great interest.

Aircraft carriers, for everyone now.

It's still a very new thing.

Even if Zhang Xingyang has already said that this is a drone carrier.

It is not counted, an aircraft carrier in the normal sense.

"More than 20,000 tons."

Zhang Xingyang said after thinking about their plan.

"It is expected to be able to carry 36 drones of various models."

This number of carrier-based aircraft is much more than that of an aircraft carrier of this tonnage.

A normal aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons can only be regarded as a light aircraft carrier.

In general, only a dozen fighters can be carried.

The weight of a drone is much lighter than that of a fighter jet.

Even heavy UAVs, which are used to carry out bombing missions, weigh half the weight of light fighters.

"The tonnage is a bit low."

The old chief's first reaction was to say.

Then he thought about it and said: "But there are quite a few carrier-based aircraft. ”

At this time, the Varyag aircraft carrier, which was still being renovated in the shipyard, had a displacement of more than 50,000 tons.

However, the estimated number of carrier-based aircraft is only about thirty.

And a UAV carrier with only half a tonnage, a carrier-based aircraft is about the same.

"Drone carriers will save a lot of configuration, and the size of the drone is much smaller, which is why more drones can be loaded."

Zhang Xingyang said: "If you want to know more about it, I can take you to the office to have a look. ”

The old chief naturally wanted to know more about what the drone carrier was all about.

So the two of them went around half a circle next to the dusty construction site and returned to Zhang Xingyang's office.

The office has just been renovated, and there is a pungent smell of boards.

Although the several large windows in the office are all open.

But if you want the smell to go away, it will take a week or two.

Neither of them cared much about it, though.

Zhang Xingyang walked over to a drawing rack in his office, then retrieved a simple structural drawing from a locked filing cabinet.

Hang the drawings on the shelf.

The drawing is not very detailed, just a structural sketch.

But you can still see a lot of things on the drawings.

For example, the layout of aircraft carriers has many differences from common aircraft carriers.

For example, the island of ships.

Ordinary aircraft carriers are all single islands, all of which are sideways.

There are also aircraft carriers that use a two-ship island, but it is also on the side of the aircraft carrier.

Unmanned aerial vehicle carriers, with a very special medium-mounted ship island.

"Why is the island in this position?"

The first time the old chief saw the drawings, he was attracted by this unpleasant-looking ship island.

"It's a bit complicated to say."

After Zhang Xingyang poured a glass of mineral water for the old chief and himself, he took a sip and said:

"This is mainly caused by the way it takes off.

Ordinary aircraft carriers take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier.

This is true with or without catapults, as well as with the sliding deck. ”

The sliding deck is mainly designed to compensate for the lack of speed when the carrier-based aircraft takes off.

The role of the catapult is to provide additional power to the carrier-based aircraft, so that it no longer needs to slide on the deck.

"The drone carrier, although it has also activated the catapult, it is also capable of gliding."

Zhang Xingyang pointed to the sloping runway on the drawings and said.

Compared to the usual deck, it is peculiar.

It has a very large inclination and almost from the front of the aircraft carrier all the way up to the three-quarters position.

"This whole thing is its slippery deck."

"How can it still fly?"

The old chief said with some surprise.

It's not that he's completely ignorant of this.

With such a large inclination, the speed will definitely decrease to a certain extent.

Although the inclination angle is large, it is able to have greater lift.

But the decrease in speed also reduces the lift.

As a result, the lift seems to be visibly reduced.

"So in this position, we set up an electromagnetic catapult."

Zhang Xingyang pointed to the rear position of the inclined runway and said.

The reason why there is so much space.

The main thing is to make room for the electromagnetic catapult.

"It's quite difficult to develop electromagnetic catapults, right?"

The old chief said with a tone of uncertainty.

The advantages of electromagnetic catapults are visible to the naked eye.

But there are few countries in the world that use this technology except for Eagle Sauce.

Is it that they don't want to?

Naturally not.

The technical difficulty of electromagnetic catapult can stump 99 percent of the world's countries.

The key to this is the issue of integrated power management.

But this problem is not too big a problem for the Institute of Future Equipment.

"We have a certain amount of technical accumulation in electromagnetic technology."

Zhang Xingyang said: "When we were working on the laser weapons project before, we had preliminary research in this area. ”

"It's not hard for us to go any further."

The old chief had no objection to this.

He had also seen the laser air defense system, so he naturally knew how powerful its power management system was.

The instantaneous power of electromagnetic ejection and the instantaneous power of the laser system.

The needs of the two are almost the same.

"So, this runway on the right is used for landing?"

On the right side of the island is an almost identical runway.

Again, it is a large inclination.

"Yes, we have set up six blocking cable net devices in the middle of this, so that it can still land the ship safely in the case of a large inclination." Zhang Xingyang said.

The difficulty of landing a drone on a ship is actually greater than that of a carrier-based aircraft.

Because in terms of accuracy, the current equipment cannot be compared with elite carrier-based pilots.

So that's the only way they can recycle.

The blocking cord is woven into a net.

When the drone enters the recovery deck, it is captured by this net.

This is also a helpless move in the case of substandard technology.

Because in this way, the attendance efficiency of the drone will be greatly reduced.

"You've done all the design work?"

The old chief asked after listening.

"Not yet, it's just a part of the structural discussions."

Zhang Xingyang shook his head:

"We don't have any reserves for all the technologies in this, so we need a little bit of it."

"The pool you saw earlier is going to be used for experiments on drones taking off and landing on water."

The old chief said: "If you can do it in two years, maybe we can have two aircraft carriers overnight."

A regular aircraft carrier, an accompanying drone carrier. ”

The Varyag has been at the shipyard for four years.

It has been more than three years since the renovation officially began.

It is expected to be less than two years away from the completion of the renovation. (End of chapter)