Chapter 1490: Big Killing Weapon

Wulian Peak, more than 50 kilometers west of Xu Prefecture, is between Shuifu, Suijiang, Yongshan and Yanjin County in Zhaotong. It has a magnificent mountain and rarely visited. It is a newly opened military experimental base for the Anjia Army, mainly responsible for rocket launches and related experimental work.

On the morning of January 7, An Yi visited the latest developed long-range rocket attack system accompanied by Major General Ding Molan, Jewish rocket expert Lieutenant Colonel David Cohenberg, Major General Hu Zhijie, Deputy Director of the Weapon Research Institute, and Colonel Zhu Yuning, weapons expert, to visit the latest developed long-range rocket attack system.

After several rocket launches were not ideal, Tesla, the workaholic, personally went to the extremely critical power plant laboratory in the rocket system and the control system laboratory to take charge. Through multiple experimental accumulation, he studied key rocket propulsion equipment such as closed turbo pump supply system, pump-pressure delivery system, nitrogen boosting system, and explosive tube control system in one breath.

Among them, the engine using a closed turbo pump supply system is divided into two different models. The first type is named tsl-1 (Tesla i type) engine. The main and secondary systems use the same propellant to generate powerful kinetic energy that can drive the rocket and its objects to break free from the earth's gravity. The thrust chamber adopts a sandwich brazed structure, and the main material is heat-resistant alloy steel; the second type is a Tsl-2 (Tesla ii type) high-altitude engine. Compared with the i type, the main change is that the fiberglass nozzle is installed, which greatly increases the nozzle area ratio. The turbo pump group is moved from the top of the combustion chamber to the side, shortening the total length of the engine, and the turbine exhaust gas is discharged from the nozzle, and a small frame is used to transmit the thrust to the bottom of the storage tank cone, and reliable high-altitude ignition measures are taken.

Tesla did it himself to improve the rocket propellant formula. Often, it prepared a formula and immediately asked someone to do power combustion experiments. In a short time, more than 50 relevant departments conducted thousands of experiments and finally obtained the optimal ratio of nitric acid, liquid nitrogen as oxidizer, kerosene, alcohol, dimethylhydrazine, and liquid hydrogen as the combustion agent.

The rocket launch four days ago was surprisingly effective. Through the radio signals fed back in space, it was confirmed that after two separations, the rocket propulsion system successfully discharged small satellites with solar cell powered systems, active passive temperature control, telemetry equipment, radar transmitters and antennas, and sent them into space 440 kilometers away from the earth, and then entered orbits flying around the earth, and everything was normal.

In such a short time, rocket research has made a breakthrough and also allowed a satellite weighing nearly 100 kilograms to enter the sky and enter orbit, which surprised An Yi very much.

After mobilizing research data, it was found that humans have a history of systematic research on rockets for more than 60 years, and Tesla himself has accumulated more than 30 years of research on rockets.

In the 1980s, Swedish engineer Laval invented the Raval nozzle, making the design of rocket engines more and more perfect. At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, Russian rocket master Thiorkovsky proposed the idea and design principle for manufacturing large liquid rockets. Liquid rocket technology was in full swing, and Tesla began to conduct professional research on this. Twelve years ago, American rocket expert and physicist Goddard tested the first uncontrolled liquid rocket, which triggered a rocket fever. Among them, Germany, which was restricted by the Treaty of Versailles, could not develop arms, focused its attention on unrestricted rocket research, and a large number of geniuses emerged.

Among Tesla's many names, why is it still known as the "Father of Rockets"? This is because as early as 1915, Tesla researched and designed a long-range rocket system. This epoch-making creativity was brought to the war-torn Germany by his German assistants, trying to help his motherland win the war. However, before the rocket was developed, the war ended, and the rocket system was hidden secretly. It was not until the Nazi Party came to power that it resumed research. This was the famous V2 rocket system later. Unfortunately, this is Tesla's oldest creativity. After more than ten years of research, Tesla's understanding of the Rockets has long reached a new level.

Eleven years ago, Tesla designed the "quasi-Saturn V" rocket system on the drawings. The "end gravitational device" in it seems monotonous and simple in the overall large hardware part, but its system is the most complex and difficult gravitational system. This system can withstand any lightning strikes and any external attacks because the system will automatically shield and adjust. This is the unique gravitational and electromagnetic device in Tesla's design, which outsiders cannot imitate.

With so many technical preparations and thousands of unique designs, if Tesla cannot guarantee sufficient funds and cooperate with various departments to greatly improve the rocket technology, then there will be a problem.

Just as Tesla came up with amazing rocket achievements, the long-range attack rocket system used for military purposes also achieved fruitful results under the leadership of Ding Molan.

The long-range rocket attack system developed by an expert team led by Ding Molan completely follows Tesla's latest rocket design ideas. The core part of the rocket engine uses a turbo pump, that is, the turbine part and the pump part. The two are directly connected and the pump is driven by the turbocharged pump, which generates higher pressure and drives the rocket to fly forward continuously.

This long-range strike rocket consists of guide components such as oil gyro attitude meter, accelerometer, timer, fuel supply cutter, etc. When launching, you need to measure the launch site, and then the distance from the target to the launch site and the rocket's flight orientation are obtained. However, since the rocket uses vertical launch and turns to the target direction at an altitude of 40,000 meters, it is necessary to use a relatively complex gyro attitude meter to measure the rocket's three-dimensional flight attitude meter, and rely on the accelerometer to master the rocket's timely motion speed. In this way, the rocket's three-dimensional motion data can be obtained, which can control the rocket to turn to the target direction at a specified altitude.

Before the rocket is launched, the ground first calculates the speed required by the rocket to fly to the target after completing the steering, but for various reasons, it is impossible to quickly calculate the exact required speed and ballistics of the rocket after turning. Therefore, the rocket engine needs to continue working and push the rocket to the distance close to the target. In this way, only the rocket shutdown position is needed, so this effect can be achieved using a mechanical timer.

At the specified time, if the rocket's fuel has not been exhausted, the timer will control the fuel supply cutter and terminate the work of the rocket's engine. If the data of the timer and the accelerometer show that the rocket has flown above the target and the rocket's speed is still very large, then the rocket's gyroscope system will control the rocket's wing surface, allowing the rocket to dive and destroy the enemy, and vice versa, lock the wing surface, so that the rocket will continue to fly according to inertia.

What Ding Molan wants to show An Yi today is a rocket attack system named "Hot Wheels" No. 2 (referred to as f-2).

The rocket system can carry 15 tons of high-energy explosive warheads toward targets 350 kilometers away. The missile body and warhead are not separated. The total length is about 16 meters, the diameter is about two meters, and the maximum flight height is 92 kilometers. The rocket uses alcohol and liquid oxygen as fuel. The two fuels will be introduced into the combustion chamber in a certain proportion to the ignition and propelling through the pipeline. The pipeline is specially arranged next to the combustion chamber wall, with the purpose of cooling and cooling to avoid overheating or even melting of the combustion chamber. At the tail end of the rocket, a metal plate called the gas rudder is placed, mainly to change the airflow and induce the rocket to move in the right direction, and can also be used to change the rocket's forward route. The guidance method is traditional inertial guidance. When the rocket is ignited, the liquid fuel thruster will push the rocket to a certain height and speed. After the fuel is burned, it will be subjected to inertia and continue to shoot towards the target along the parabola.

Ding Molan stood in front of the rocket launcher, with a thrilling look, and did not show the charm of her last night when she was alone with An Yi, laziness and all kinds of charm:

"Because of the use of the electromagnetic and gravitational devices developed by my adoptive father, our rocket error rate is controlled within 100 meters, which will make the application of our new weapon sharply lethal. I heard that Germany is also studying attack rocket systems and has developed three rockets, a-1, a-2, and a-3, but their research and development progress is far behind our research center, which has my adoptive father's theory for many years, and the error is calculated in kilometers.

"With the long-range anti-destructive weapon, we can kill the enemy on a large scale through the information feedback from radar, especially for fleets docked in ports, ready-to-run troops and tank armor clusters," he said.

This is really a matter of planting flowers without being born, and planting willows without being born. An Yi never expected that Tesla would simply study the issue of how to use space energy, and at the same time improve the strength of the Syrian government in scientific research, laying a solid foundation for research and breakthroughs in many natural disciplines. However, as Tesla made a breakthrough in rocket research, it actually led to the emergence of missiles, a future weapon, in advance.

That's right, this rocket attack system is what later became known as a ballistic missile. Although it looks very primitive now, as long as you give enough patience, medium-range ballistic missiles with a range of 1,000 kilometers and long-range ballistic missiles with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers will probably be able to achieve it. If this missile is equipped with a nuclear warhead, then the real strategic deterrent force of the Anjia Army system will appear.

An Yi was a little excited, walked to the launch frame, touched the cold bounce of the f-2 rocket system, turned to look at Ding Molan, and said with great gratitude:

"Thank you, Molan, I didn't expect you to bring me such a big surprise. I just thought about this weapon in my dreams, and never expected that it would be able to see it with my own eyes today. Its power is not only its huge damage, but also the technological content it represents and the trend of future advanced weapons research and development. Think about it, after continuous improvement, how much pressure will our opponents bear when installed on our warships, fighter jets and helicopters? I suggest that this brand new weapon system, named missile, can be distinguished from our rocket launcher, and will also make those who do not understand the principle of this weapon always confused."

With the successful development of jet engines, jet aircraft equipped with this engine has also emerged. However, this kind of aircraft with a brand new engine is still in the rocket R&D center, undergoing rigorous wind tunnel testing, and is still a long way to go before formal shaping and mass production.

Some people may say that it is too bizarre to develop jet fighters so quickly. In fact, many years before this, Frank Whitel, an instructor of the British Air Force, proposed the idea of ​​a jet engine, applied for a patent in 1930, and built the first turbojet engine in June 1935. At the same time, Germany's Von Oheng was also developing a turbojet engine, and made the engine run successfully for the first time in September last year. Experiments on using jet engines are currently being conducted.

Due to the lack of master guidance like Tesla, the research and development of Britain and Germany has many problems, and we cannot do so through Tesla's conception and careful calculations of electronic computers, like the Syrian government, and did not take many detours from the beginning. This is the decisive role that a genius can play.

An Yi was hit by good news one after another and was so happy that he couldn't stop. If the test-firing of the F-2 missile had not attracted his attention quickly, he would probably have been in reverie for a long time and could not extricate himself.

Since the F-2 missile is still unstable, it may explode due to liquid fuel leakage during launch, so the site was cleared. An Yi, Ding Molan and others came to another mountain one kilometer away from the launch site.

Ding Molan smiled and said to An Yi: "Brother Yi, our F-2 rocket is ignited and launched through a remote control device, so you should press the launch button."

An Yi's eyes lit up, and he took something like a remote control of a later TV from Ding Molan. He listened to Ding Molan's careful explanation of the principle, and then gently pressed it on the red button.

A huge "boom" sound came. An Yi handed the remote control to the guard behind him, immediately raised his glasses and looked at the opposite hill. He saw that as the chains on the top were released, a steaming wave of air rushed into the bottom of the rocket. Under the huge tail flame jet, the rocket slowly broke free from the launcher and flew towards the sky. After flying vertically for 8:5 seconds, he slowly turned at a height of thousands of meters and flew towards the western sky.

The information fed back through the base's radar monitor, by 46 seconds, the missile cut off the power supply, in one minute and eighteen seconds, the engine shuts down, and in three hundred and fifty-six seconds, the rocket fell from high altitude. The tracking of the test instrument shows that the transmitter on the missile continued to run for twelve minutes, and clearly indicated it in the bombing area of ​​the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau. The rocket finally fell in a rarely-traveled place called Sheep Milk Liangzi, on the coast of the Yi Sea, 350 kilometers away from the launch base. Its highest flight altitude reached 92 kilometers of the design altitude, and the range also reached 350 kilometers of the design. The error from the target site was 86 meters, which made An Yi very satisfied.

On the way back to the Xu Mansion, Major General Hu Zhijie, deputy director of the Weapon Research Institute, reported to An Yi about the development of the airship.

The reason why airships are developed today is that the current radar technology is not perfect. Due to the limitation of terrain, the maximum coverage area of ​​radar waves is only more than 100 kilometers. However, if it is in the air, it is different. The higher the radar position, the larger the coverage area. Under this idea, airships abandoned by countries after the last European war were re-entered in the eyes of the weapons experts of the Syrian government.

Airship is a lighter than air aircraft. The biggest difference between it and a balloon is that it has a device that propels and controls the flight state. Airship consists of a huge streamlined hull, a pod located under the hull, a tail surface and a propulsion device that plays a stable control role. The airbag of the hull is filled with floating gas with a smaller density than air to generate buoyancy to lift the airship. The pod is for personnel to ride and load cargo, and the tail surface is used to control and maintain heading and pitch stability.

Before and after the last European war, the period when airships developed rapidly. Britain and France used small soft airships to perform anti-submarine patrol missions, while Germany established the Zeppelin fleet for military activities such as maritime patrol, long-range bombing and air transport. Airships were large, low in speed, inflexible, and vulnerable to attack. At the same time, due to the continuous improvement of aircraft performance, military airships were gradually replaced by aircraft. However, in the 1920s and 1930s, the commercial flight of airships still developed. In 2920s and 2020s, the large airship Hindenburg was made in Germany, which was 245 meters long.

The diameter is more than 41 meters and the total weight is 206 tons. It has flew back and forth between the United States and Germany ten times, transporting more than 1,000 passengers. Britain and France have successively used large airships in their country with reference to the Ziberlin-style airships. However, because airships generally use hydrogen as floating gas, it is flammable and explosive, and it is very unsafe. At the beginning of this year, the Hindenburg exploded due to electrostatic sparks during landing, resulting in 35 deaths. Many large airships in Britain and the United States have also been damaged one after another, so the airships were abandoned by various countries.

It was Zhu Yuning's idea to move the radar to the airship, but the insecurity of the airship also led to many critical attentions when the project was launched. As a result, Zhu Yuning asked his close friend Ding Molan for help. After Ding Molan carefully referred to the German airship design ideas, he immediately made targeted improvements, changing hydrogen to inert gas helium, so that there would be no combustion problems. At the same time, a multi-airbag design was adopted. As long as 60% of the airbags were not leaked, the airship could land safely.

Ding Molan helped the people to the end and specially designed a special propeller engine for the airship. Each airship is equipped with two high-power engines. When the radar is turned on, the speed can reach 150 kilometers per hour. If the radar is turned off, the speed can reach 250 kilometers per hour. The radar antenna is usually stored in the warehouse and is deployed in the air after the airship takes off. This new airship can drive a load of 30 tons.

An Yi was surprised when he heard one experimental data. With such a huge carrying capacity, if safety is guaranteed, it would not solve the problem of transporting bulk items? Thirty tons are equivalent to 30,000 kilograms. If transporting passengers, it can transport at least 300 people at one time, far exceeding the current large an6 passenger plane. It has a wide range of applications. So he immediately decided to go to the Wuguishan Military Airport in the northwest of Syria to watch the actual situation of the airship.

Three hours later, the convoy entered the heavily guarded military airport of the Syrian Mansion.

General Huang Bingyi, the commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Yan Bing, the director of the Political Department, and Major General Xu Moran, the commander of the radar soldier, personally greeted him. An Yi waved his hand and signaled that he would not be polite and let everyone do their own things. Under the leadership of Major General Xu Moran, after seeing the inflatable airship like a hill, he went to the radar command center set up on Turtle Mountain with Shen Fengdao, Lin Yaodong, Ding Molan, David Cohenberg, Hu Zhijie, Zhu Yuning and others.

Huang Bingyi immediately organized and arranged fighter jets to conduct coordinated inspections.

Cooperating with the early warning airship for the exercise were five A27 fighters and five mosquito fighters that had just passed the review and began mass production.

The weapon system of the a27 fighter has been completely designed. The nose uses a 23mm large-caliber cannon and is equipped with two 12.7-caliber aviation machine guns. It is powerful. Through comprehensive comparison with the falconer fighter, the two sides are equal in size from one thousand to four thousand meters, but the firepower is generally superior. If it is more than four thousand meters, the superior performance of the a27 fighter is fully demonstrated. Whether it is speed, climb, dive or fighting performance, it is far better than the falconer fighter.

Due to the emphasis on armor strengthening in key parts such as fuel tanks and wings, the maximum speed of the a27 fighter dropped to 480 km/h at a low altitude of 1,000 meters, and the maximum speed at an altitude of 8,000 meters is 605 km/h, and the range is 1,950 km, with superior comprehensive combat performance.

Five mosquito fighters, as imaginary enemies, took off first, and then the airship and five A27 fighters took off. An Yi monitored the entire air combat process in the radar command center.

The airship slowly left the ground and slowly opened the radar antenna in the air of 500 meters. As information such as "the radar antenna door opened normally", "the radar antenna unfolded", "the expansion was completed", and "radar start" came, An Yi became excited.

Soon, the a27 fighter group with long-range radar support obtained the flight altitude, heading and other data of the "enemy" aircraft, and quickly intercepted the "enemy" aircraft. A fierce air battle began, and then the airship was tested in speed and altitude, etc.

After the exercise, An Yi held a temporary commentary meeting, and the air force soldiers and military experts at the scene put forward their opinions.

An Yi was very happy that the scientific research in the Syrian government was not bound by some recognized things and dared to question all authority. This is the study of the helicopter Vulcan and the research of the airship. However, through this on-site inspection, many problems were found, such as the rotation of the antenna after the radar was turned on, causing the cabin body to vibrate violently, and even caused the airship to change its course for a while. After stopping the enemy plane, the A27 fighter with radar support failed to play the huge advantage of radar command, and the airship would be seen from a distance, etc.

At the meeting, Ding Molan suggested that a fairing was installed on the airship, and the appearance of the antenna was improved, and the camouflage color was applied and balance wings were installed. Hu Zhijie, Zhu Yuning and others also put forward their own suggestions, and all rectification requirements were recorded one by one for the technical department to improve as soon as possible.

Shen Fengdao was very moved after hearing this. After the meeting, he quietly told An Yi that this kind of airship can be used for wireless communication signals detection and high-altitude reconnaissance. The situation in Annan is still unclear. Many hostile forces are hidden and cannot be discovered in time. Although the intelligence agency is equipped with radio detection instruments, it cannot monitor all areas. Some remote mountainous areas have become blind spots. However, if such airships cruising over Annan, then the situation in the entire Annan will be clear at a glance. While reducing the work burden of the security department, it can also improve efficiency.
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