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The Third Empire - Chapter 1703

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:22:44 AM


Chapter 1703: 1703

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The United States has strong industrial capacity. Although the United States is an emerging country, this characteristic is quite terrible.

At the beginning, pheasant 56 tried to avoid war with the United States, that is, he knew the horror of Americans. Once Americans entered the mode of war, any weapons would explode together.

The island countries have accumulated weapons for more than ten years and have been exhausted in a few battles. However, the United States can maintain a strong industrial production capacity in the war. In addition to its own use, it can also support Europe. This is the gap.

Now, the American industry has entered a state of full speed, and the war machine is quite terrible to start. Although the coastal shipyards have been hit, the aviation capacity has been making steady progress. For example, the United States has been continuously producing B-29 strategic bombers and has been equipped with hundreds of them.

Now, what is used on the aircraft carrier is the engine from the B-29.

In fact, the use of marine and aircraft is different, but in order to reduce the volume of the power system, this engine can only be used.

A brand-new engine was disassembled from the wooden box, and the workers began to install it.

Make a hole in the side of the ship.

If it is an ordinary ship, it needs to use a huge drill bit. Now, just a red burning steel pipe. When the steel pipe is inserted, the ice melts rapidly with the steel pipe as the center. At the same time, the steel pipe is also cooling violently. Soon, a circular hole appears.

Through the hole, the special support was installed, the engine was fixed, various pipelines were connected, the drive shaft was connected, and the propeller below the rear was driven. The workers completed the installation of an engine in half a day.

Yes, the engine is installed outside the hull, which has been deeply considered.

When the engine is working, it releases heat to the outside world.

Even in later generations, the thermal efficiency of the best internal combustion engine is less than 40%, which means that 60% of the energy of fuel combustion is dissipated into the surrounding air in the form of heat.

Therefore, when any engine is working, it should generate heat, which is the dissipation of energy( In professional terms, it should be called entropy.)

On ordinary ships, the heat dissipation doesn't matter. The big deal is that the sailors in the engine room work with their arms open and heat up a fan. However, on this ice aircraft carrier, it's different.

If the heat is concentrated inside the hull, it won't take long for the ship to melt.

After the ice aircraft carrier is built, the parts in contact with the sea water will certainly melt slowly, but as long as it is within a certain limit, such as melting for a few centimeters at a time, it is acceptable to come back and freeze.

However, if the engine is built in, the heat is dissipated from the inside to the outside. Besides, how can we fight when the engine room melts after a few days at sea?

Jeffrey is most proud of this layout, which is his personally designed structure with external discrete engine.

In addition to avoiding melting, another advantage is that once attacked, it will not lose all power. Even if there are only three or five engines left, it can drive back slowly, so as not to become a coffin floating on the sea.

One engine after another was quickly installed. When the outer protective cover was added, the lines were smooth and showed a unique aesthetic feeling.

One day, two days, three days, when the afternoon of the third day, the whole ship was built.

"We will create the miracle of this era." Jeffrey looked at the tall hull and said to Alexander, "even the fastest escort aircraft carrier can only be built in more than two months, but now, our ice aircraft carrier can complete the hull construction in only one week, leaving only outfitting. If necessary, it can have combat capability at any time."

When the hull is launched, outfitting is also quite time-consuming. Even some ships use it on the slipway for one year, outfitting takes one year, and power system testing takes a long time.

But ice carriers don't need so much.

It is not so much an aircraft carrier as a mobile maritime base.

An ordinary aircraft carrier, 30000 tons, is a big Mac. The current aircraft carrier is 2 million tons. Now, this 900 meter long aircraft carrier can not be called an aircraft carrier. It is completely a military base.

In the huge volume, there can be enough space to place all kinds of equipment. Unlike a small ship, it is more like an ordinary land base. There are many rooms in it, which can be arranged arbitrarily.

Ice houses can also be very warm. For example, Eskimos live in ice houses, don't they?

Therefore, now that the hull has been built, it can basically be tested.

If there is no problem with the trial voyage, you can start and go without outfitting.

This aircraft carrier is not called outfitting, but decoration. In the long process of driving to the base, send some decoration workers to bring all the tools and materials, and then the decoration can be carried out. At the destination, it is just completed.

They were staring at the Big Mac's aircraft carrier and listening to the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Report, President Roosevelt has come with the top of the White House. They want to see the progress of our aircraft carrier."

President Roosevelt is here?

They turned their heads curiously. Just outside the construction site, several cars were driving smoothly. They looked very ordinary.

The president's trip must be kept secret in advance. It's impossible to inform them. Now, they are very excited that the president has come.

The car soon drove over. When the car stopped, the bodyguard quickly took out the wheelchair behind and helped Roosevelt out of the car.

Roosevelt did not sit in a wheelchair, but leaned on a crutch and looked at the huge warship on the lake.

Spectacular, towering, no adjective can accurately accommodate it. Its appearance is enough to be a huge iceberg.

When he heard that an aircraft carrier had been built here, Roosevelt couldn't wait to come. In his heart, if America wanted to win, it had to rely on these brain opening equipment.

If there is no sea power, the failure of the United States is appropriate. The shipbuilding industry of the United States has suffered a blow and has not been able to destroy the shipbuilding industry of Europe. Ice aircraft carrier is even more urgent.

"Mr. President, our first aircraft carrier has completed the hull construction and is preparing for trial voyage." Jeffrey proudly reported to Roosevelt.

The aircraft carrier is right in front of us. When these visitors see the aircraft carrier, everyone's eyes are wide open. It's absolutely shocking. Who has seen a big guy of 2 million tons?

Better looking, it's still behind!




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