Scientists on China Island adopted chemical preparation methods. A few years ago, with the help of Xiaofeng, the scientists spent several years finding a chemical catalyst that could be industrially prepared.
Catalysts can turn ordinary liquid hydrogen into metallic hydrogen at normal temperatures and pressures.
Metallic hydrogen is a room-temperature superconductor, and it is also a high-density, high-energy-storage material. With this widely used material, it can even launch an industrial revolution in the fields of energy and materials at the same time, but it still has great use in petroleum.
Given the value, Fang Xiaoyu was not willing to allow a product that could cause earthquakes around the world to enter the civilian market.
After massive mining of helium 3 from the Red Moon, a nuclear fusion reactor was built. After several years of improvement, this reactor not only worked well, but was also shrunk to the point where it could be used by large warships. In fact, this kind of nuclear fusion reactor
The reactor is several times more efficient than the nuclear fission reactors used by US military aircraft carriers on Earth.
With the 'Nanming' class' displacement of nearly 100,000 tons, only one reactor is enough. However, this is the first time that the China Consortium has applied this technology on a warship, so for the sake of safety, an extra reactor was installed. This is also very normal.
At that time, the USS Ford, the first aircraft carrier of the US military, was equipped with eight reactors for safety.
Fang Xiaoyu did not dare to leak out the super energy of this nuclear fusion reactor. Except within China Island, metallic hydrogen was only allowed to be used as the power system of naval warships, and strict confidentiality regulations were formulated for it. It was only claimed to be approved by the outside world.
New fuel cell technology improved from submarine power.
With metallic hydrogen, a completely practical nuclear fusion reactor becomes possible. Therefore, this kind of nuclear fusion reactor is used on the new 'Nanming' class aircraft carrier. These two reactors greatly reduce the boiler room space.
In terms of volume, the marine fuel tank has been completely eliminated, freeing up a lot of space for the hangar.
Driven by two metallic hydrogen reactors, the aircraft carrier not only achieved a high speed of 33.5 knots, but also gained an endurance of two million nautical miles at an almost terrifying speed of 20 knots, which greatly saved the supply ship.
The space can be used to free up a large amount of space for carrying fuel, and more space for carrying food and ammunition.
Moreover, the most dangerous time for an aircraft carrier is when it is replenishing. If it is a conventional aircraft carrier, each replenishment takes nearly eight hours, and the flagship aircraft cannot take off and land during the replenishment period. The aircraft carrier is completely defenseless, and now it has reduced fuel
When it comes to supplies, the supply time will be greatly shortened.
In addition to the power system, another highlight of the 'Nanming' class aircraft carrier is its carrier-based aircraft. Due to the maturity of jet aircraft, the carrier-based aircraft have naturally been replaced by jets.
Since jet aircraft are larger, the same aircraft carrier can carry many fewer aircraft. Therefore, in order to facilitate logistics and maintenance and improve combat effectiveness, the Chinese Navy adopts a general carrier-based aircraft model, except for the four twin-engine Eagles.
Eye early warning aircraft and eight Wasp helicopters used for anti-submarine warfare. There is only one type of aircraft on the aircraft carrier, the Sailfish 2 carrier-based aircraft.
The Sailfish 2 carrier-based aircraft is a multi-purpose fighter aircraft with a total length of 19.2 meters, a wingspan of 11.77 meters, and a height of 5.02 meters. The empty weight of the aircraft is 13.7 tons, and its maximum take-off
Weighing 28 tons, it uses two afterburning turbojet engines, each with a thrust of 8,120 kilograms, which translates into 7,220 horsepower, which is far beyond what a propeller aircraft can have.
The number of horsepower and the maximum speed reached Mach 1.2.
In addition, the fuel tanks in the fuselage, combined with the fuel tanks in the thickened swept wings, can carry a total of 9,822 liters of fuel, which allows its flight radius to reach 980 kilometers. In addition, this
The aircraft is equipped with a 23mm cannon and two 12.7mm machine guns. It has nine external hardpoints under the wings to carry rockets, auxiliary fuel tanks, various bombs, or the latest Thunderbolt series air-to-air missiles from the Chinese Empire.
missile.
In order to effectively use missiles, the aircraft is also equipped with an onboard computer and a passive phased array radar, which enables its detection range to reach 60 kilometers, which just matches the range of the PL-3 medium-range air-to-air missile.
This kind of aircraft is equipped not only with the navy but also with the air force. The aircraft is divided into four models: a/b/c/d. The a type is the basic combat type. It is generally equipped with the navy's shore-based aviation and the air force. The air force model is
Golden Eagle Type 5.
Type B is a two-seat training type that is generally not equipped with troops. Type C is an attack type. It has strengthened downward-looking radar and strengthened weapon pylons, allowing it to mount heavier and more powerful TV-guided bombs and heavy torpedoes.
, as a ground and sea attack aircraft, this aircraft is mainly equipped with naval aircraft carriers and army attack aircraft wings. The army model has also been changed to the Vulture 2. The D type is an electronic warfare aircraft specially equipped with electronic warfare equipment. It is mainly used for
For interfering with enemy communications and radar signals.
The 'Leader' class aircraft carrier is equipped with four early warning aircraft, eight helicopters, 66 Sailfish 2c aircraft and eight Sailfish 2d electronic warfare aircraft. In order to make these larger and heavier jets safe
Taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier, the 'Nanming' class aircraft carrier was installed for the first time with an angled flight deck, three elevators, four steam catapults and three arresting cables. Fang Ruijun of this type of aircraft carrier directly ordered the construction of twelve units, in addition to replacing three
In addition to the 'General' class aircraft carrier, nine more aircraft carrier formations will be formed.
The configuration of the aircraft carrier formations has also been adjusted accordingly. Previously, each aircraft carrier formation only had twelve "Qingjiang" class destroyers. After the reconfiguration, each aircraft carrier formation will be composed of two aircraft carriers, accompanied by six "Qingjiang" class destroyers.
Meishan'-class cruisers and twenty-four 'Qingjiang'-class destroyers, as well as four Seawolf 3-type submarines and five 35,000-ton Pinghu-class comprehensive supply ships, and sometimes two Yushan-class docks can be brought to land.
The ship is used for amphibious warfare and anti-submarine warfare.
In addition, in order to match the range of the new aircraft carrier, Fang Ruijun hoped that the "Meishan" class cruisers in these formations would change the power system to a metal hydrogen reactor, but ultimately gave up due to the same problem as the reactor of the submarine.
However, the 'Qingjiang' class destroyer has successfully installed four Hongqi-1 anti-aircraft missile launch tubes, two ultra-high-speed close-in defense guns, and replaced the ordinary projectile depth bomb system with two anti-submarine rocket depth bomb launchers.
Compared with the large-scale shipbuilding of the Navy, the equipment changes of the Chinese Imperial Air Force and Army are much less. The National Defense Force Air Force mainly eliminated the old Golden Eagle 3 fighter jets and replaced them with Golden Eagle 4 jet fighters.
The Guards Air Force secretly changed the Golden Eagle 4 fighter into the Golden Eagle 5. In addition, the Kunpeng 2 bomber was tried on the battlefield of the Cossack Empire. The military found that its bomb load and range were still insufficient, so they also