Chapter 61
The Peninsula War broke out?
This sentence startled Jiang Chen, who was drawing a Type 59 anti-aircraft gun.
Today is only May 23, and there should be a month before the Peninsula Civil War breaks out on June 25.
“Lao Li, who told you that?”
“Didn’t Ding Wei go back to defend the Northeast?” Li Yunlong said,”According to his analysis, this return is probably to prevent the outbreak of civil war on the peninsula.”
Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up:”Ding Wei has a unique strategic vision.……”
“So, you think so too?”
Jiang Chen chose not to answer, but asked back:”Lao Li, if your superiors ordered you to lead troops into the Korean War, would you go? ?”
“Jiang Chen, this is why I came to see you……”Li Yunlong grinned and said:”If a war really breaks out, can the weapons you developed be equipped for my C army?……”
“Rocket launchers, tanks… penicillin, instant noodles, compressed biscuits, etc. Give me some.……”
Li Yunlong is indeed a protective person.
Jiang Chen:”Old Li, don’t worry, if there really comes a day when not only your C Army but all the troops entering North Korea will be……”
“Okay, I have things to do.……”
Jiang Chen sent Li Yunlong away and began to disassemble the Type 59 anti-aircraft gun with great concentration.
He disassembled the various parts and handed them over to various departments for production.
Although the Type 59 anti-aircraft gun played a negligible role in the Peninsula Campaign due to its weight and mobility, it played a huge role in domestic air defense and was deployed in the three northeastern provinces and coastal areas.
The coastal areas were responsible for dealing with the harassment of the bald heads and the carrier-based aircraft on the Eagle Sauce aircraft carrier.
The Northeast was to protect the most important industrial base in the country.
The Type 59 100mm anti-aircraft gun has an effective firing height of 12 kilometers, an effective range of 12.6 kilometers, a maximum initial velocity of 900 meters per second, and a firing rate of 15 rounds per minute.
In terms of radar, Jiang Chen uses a conical scanning system, which can hop frequency to resist interference and has the ability to automatically track the distance of
10 meters. The director is an electromechanical solution formula, and is equipped with a 3-meter optical rangefinder.
The system has all-weather combat capabilities and certain anti-interference and anti-radiation missile capabilities.
At the same time, Jiang Chen made many improvements to the artillery and directors, improving the degree of automation and reliability.
In addition, it is equipped with a fire control radar: a dual-band aiming radar with a dual-band, hidden cone scanning system and a fully coherent, single pulse, frequency-agile, pulse compression, and adaptive moving target tracking system.
Assisted by a TV tracker, a laser rangefinder and integrated with a digital director to form a fire control system, the electronic countermeasure capability is very outstanding.
At this critical juncture in 1950, it can be said to be a very outstanding anti-aircraft gun.
According to Jiang Chen’s idea, an air defense system should consist of 6 to 8 anti-aircraft guns, a Type 6 director, a gun aiming radar, 2 power stations and matching ammunition.
In this way, the entire anti-aircraft gun team has the characteristics of large shooting airspace, high accuracy, fierce firepower, and powerful projectiles.
Although this will result in poor maneuverability, long projectile flight time, and poor shooting effect on mobile targets.
But it is very effective for air defense of key areas and sudden and fierce attacks on the enemy.
Moreover, now whether it is bald or hawkish, they all generally believe that the rabbit has no air defense weapons.
This is the biggest advantage of the Type 59.
There are Type 59 100mm anti-aircraft guns at high altitudes and Type 50 individual air defense missiles at low altitudes.
Of course, having all this is far from enough. Jiang Chen also needs to build radar base stations in important places in coastal areas and northeastern China.
Always monitor the enemy’s every move.
The rabbit currently does not have its own air force or its own fighter jets. It can only do more homework on the ground to ensure its own airspace.
“It seems that we have to develop a fighter jet as soon as possible!”
That day, Jiang Chen handed the blueprint to Zhao Tianming:”Produce anti-aircraft guns as soon as possible, and only one hundred guns must be mass-produced per month!”
“Any questions!”
“Director, don’t worry, I’ll arrange it right away.……”
Next, Jiang Chen came to the Shenyang Automobile Factory.
When developing a fighter, the first thing to solve is the aerospace engine, followed by the aerodynamic layout of the aircraft, and finally the weapon loading.
Shen Changchun:”Hey, Chief, why are you here?”
“Call the best scientific research team from your automobile factory. We are going to develop aircraft engines?”
Shen Changchun was shocked when he heard this and said excitedly,”Okay, okay, okay, I’ll go right away.……”
Shen Changchun’s intuition told him that their automobile factory was going to make history again.
If they succeeded in developing aircraft engines, then Shenyang Automobile Factory would go down in history.
“Put down all the work on hand. From now on, you are not allowed to go home, contact the outside world, or even hide your identity.……”
The researchers at the car factory looked at each other in confusion.
“Because, next, you will participate in an important research project”
“If you succeed, you will go down in history.……”
“If anyone doesn’t want to, they can quit now.……”
Without even thinking, everyone said in unison:”No, no, no!”
“Okay, follow me!”
Then, Shen Changchun brought 48 members of the scientific research team to Jiang Chen and said,”From now on, he is your leader. You must follow his orders in all actions. Can you do it?””
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Jiang Chen was pleased to see the high morale of the researchers:”Okay, let’s get started!”
“From now on, you cannot leave the factory. If you are hungry, someone will bring you food. If you are tired, you can sleep on the floor… until we develop our aerospace engine.”
What?
Aerospace engine?
When they learned that they were going to develop aerospace engines, they were both excited and worried.
For mechanized equipment, the engine is the heart component and the most difficult to manufacture.
The engine is known as the”crown jewel” of modern industry and is an important symbol of a country’s science and technology, industry, economy and national defense.
In the era of mechanized warfare, the most important thing for a country’s technological level is the engine manufacturing capability.
And the aerospace engine is the most complex and difficult to overcome research.
It is a knowledge-intensive, technology-intensive and capital-intensive product.
Its development is a high-tech, high-risk, long-term and high-investment project.
“Can we do it?”
This is the inner doubt of 48 researchers.
An aircraft engine has hundreds of thousands of parts, and its process requirements are extremely high, with no error.
Jiang Chen handed the aerospace engine drawing to everyone:”This is my design. Next, I hope everyone will verify it, make samples, and produce it.……”
Looking at the drawings, everyone was excited and stunned… Then, one by one, they started working hard.
The aircraft engine consists of basic components such as the air intake, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, and tail nozzle.
It has many similarities with automobile engines.
The air intake is the first”barrier” of the engine. It must filter impurities in the air so that clean air can enter the compressor for further processing.
At the same time, the air intake must also prevent the inhalation of a large amount of impurities such as water, dust, rain and snow.
The compressor is a device that pressurizes the air in the air intake.
The air is compressed step by step, and the compression ratio can reach more than 20 times. The temperature of the compressed air will rise significantly, but the cooling system of the compressor can help maintain a suitable air temperature.
In the combustion chamber, the high-temperature, high-pressure compressed air is mixed with the fuel and ignited, thereby generating high-pressure gas to drive the turbine to rotate.
The turbine is a rotating machine driven by high-pressure gas, and it also drives the compressor to rotate and continuously compress the air. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
The nozzle is the external output structure of the aircraft engine, which converts the high-speed ejected gas into power, generates a reaction force to push the aircraft forward.
Among them, these parts have their own functions.
Inlet: Introduces a large amount of clean air into the engine, and at the same time prevents debris from entering the engine.
Compressor: Compresses the air entering the engine and sends it to the combustion chamber to increase the air pressure, thereby increasing the engine power.
Combustion chamber: The fuel is mixed with the air and ignited, and the high-temperature and high-pressure gas drives the turbine to rotate, while providing thrust to the nozzle, generating the power for the aircraft to move forward.
Turbine: It is driven to rotate by high-temperature and high-pressure gas, and at the same time drives the compressor and the jet nozzle forward. It is the core component of the engine.
Tail nozzle: Exhausts the gas outside the machine, generates reverse thrust, and transmits the thrust backward to push the aircraft forward.
It can be seen that the aircraft engine is composed of multiple components. During the operation of the engine, each component works together to convert compressed air into energy and push the aircraft forward.
Therefore, the reasonable design of the engine structure and the efficient operation of each component are crucial to the performance and safety of the aircraft.
This is also a problem that experts in the field are worried about.[]
However, when they saw the drawings provided by Jiang Chen, they no longer had any worries and were instantly more confident.
“This is it……”
“With this, let’s check the parameters… to facilitate the connection of parts……”
“I think this should be made of aluminum…it’s known as a flying material and is very light……”
“I disagree. The combustion on the inner wall of the engine forms high temperature. When the speed reaches 8000 rpm, the temperature will be even higher. Aluminum can’t withstand this heat at all!”
After much discussion and confirmation, there is no problem with the data on the drawings.
The only problem is the material.
Jiang Chen:”You guys make samples and molds first, and I’ll solve the raw material problem!”
Then, Jiang Chen came to Anshan Iron and Steel, and Zhao Tiechi greeted him with a smile:”Commander Jiang, you are here? What’s the matter, what can I do for you?”
Jiang Chen was not idle either, and said directly:”Director Zhao, I can’t be polite to you, you follow this smelting method……”
Then he handed over the smelting method of titanium alloy to Zhao Tianming.
Titanium alloy is widely used in various fields due to its high strength, good corrosion resistance and high heat resistance.
The first practical titanium alloy was the TI-6A1-4V alloy successfully developed by the Eagle Sauce in 1954. It became the trump alloy in the titanium alloy industry due to its good heat resistance, strength, plasticity, toughness, formability, weldability, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility.
Soon, with the efforts of Zhao Tiechi and the workers, titanium alloy was successfully smelted.
Rabbit also successfully became the first country to develop titanium alloy.
With the raw materials, the next step is to produce parts for aerospace engines.
The next step is assembly, verification and experimentation.
Shen Changchun:”Jiang Chen, we succeeded……”
“OK… Next we will conduct testing……”
The aircraft engine developed by Jiang Chen is the Aviation Jet Engine 910, also known as the turbojet engine.
The turbojet is a centrifugal, single-rotor, afterburner aircraft engine, and is a first-generation jet engine.
After final testing, the net weight of the turbojet engine was 989 kg, with a maximum thrust of 26 kilonewtons (2,650 kg) and a thrust of 37 kilonewtons (3,800 kg) in afterburner mode.
As the first domestically produced aircraft engine, it is truly commendable to have such an excellent thrust-to-weight ratio.
You should know that the thrust-to-weight ratio of the MiG-15 fighter is just that.
Jiang Chen named it: Kunlun No. 1!
Its appearance marked that the Rabbit aircraft engine industry had developed from the era of manufacturing piston engines to the era of jet engines, and became one of the few countries in the world at that time that could mass-produce jet engines.
“Success, success……”
“We did it, we did it!”
The whole research team cheered and celebrated.
“Jiang Chen, you are amazing… With this, it won’t be long before we can have our own fighter jets!”
Speaking of fighter jets, Shen Changchun’s eyes were filled with longing and expectation.
Jiang Chen:”Sooner or later, these will all be available.……”
Afterwards, Jiang Chen arranged for Shen Changchun to continue to test the Kunlun 1, record the highest peak value, and prepare for the subsequent mass production.
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【Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully developing and mass-producing the Type 59 tank, the Type 59 100mm anti-aircraft gun and the aircraft engine. Rewards include Class A bulletproof vest manufacturing technology, high-speed wind tunnel principle structure and production drawings, J-5 fighter production drawings, and 10 million points. 】
Wind tunnels can be divided into low-speed wind tunnels, which simulate low-speed air flow and are usually used to study the response of structures such as buildings, cars, and bridges in low-speed wind fields.
And medium-speed wind tunnels, which are suitable for some aerodynamic experiments at medium speeds, such as performance testing of aircraft models.
There are also high-speed wind tunnels, which are used to simulate high-speed air flow and are mainly used for aerodynamic research in the aerospace field.
Wind tunnels are very important for studying fighters and spacecraft.
Hey… J-5, Master Wu is here!
It won’t be long before the rabbit will have its own fighter. Thinking of this, Jiang Chen was extremely excited. He is one step closer to his goal.
Time soon came to June 1950, when North Korea and South Korea frequently clashed near the”38th Parallel”.
This armed conflict escalated and finally broke out into a large-scale conflict.
At dawn on June 25, 1950, the Korean Peninsula War broke out…
Jiang Chen:”This moment has finally come.……”
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