Regarding the design of land-based aircraft carrier frigates, Chen Xin recruited weapons experts from both the army and the navy.
Of course, land-based aircraft carriers are vehicles on land. The Army’s weapons experts undoubtedly have the most say in how to design the frigate’s defense and what weapons should be used for combat.
But this kind of large-scale weapons platform has never been seen before in the army. Even with a mobile base as a reference, naval weapons experts are still needed to provide some valuable experience.
After all, compared to the Army, the Navy is the expert at playing with such big guys.
"I suggest that a land frigate like this should not be designed too big." The first person to express his opinion was a weapons expert from the Navy. He said to Chen Xin: "As a frigate, its main purpose is to protect land aircraft carriers. Therefore, Everything should be done around this purpose.
The Navy’s previous ships were so large based on actual needs. Ocean sailing has requirements for the size of the hull, and making them smaller will not work.
"After all, the waves on the sea are so big, and the smaller the hull, the less capable it is of resisting wind and waves. If a wave comes, the whole ship will be thrown up, so there is no need to talk about fighting.
But if you are using it on land, then it only needs to be able to carry enough defensive weapons. You don’t need to consider the self-sustainability of ocean navigation, and you don’t need to make it so big. "
Listening to the words of the navy weapons expert, Chen Xin was still nodding slightly. Just when he thought what he said was reasonable, the army weapons expert on the side was unhappy: "What do you mean our army doesn't need to be so big? It's just your navy that co-authored it." You can make big things, right?”
Of course, the Army’s weapons expert was just joking and didn’t really have any opinions.
But for the Army, having the opportunity to build a big guy is also what they dream of.
After all, the navy can only move ships of several thousand tons or tens of thousands of tons, just like making dumplings. The army does not even have ships of hundreds of tons. It is inevitable that sometimes it will be used as a joke, and sometimes the army itself will do the same. Just kidding about this.
Of course, all joking aside, during the serious discussion, the Army's weapons expert still said seriously: "I suggest using a more mature design. First design a universal chassis, and then install different weapons on the chassis according to different functions. Weaponry.
Such a design can adjust the formation of frigates according to different mission requirements to cope with various combat needs such as air defense and land attack. Common chassis parts can also facilitate logistics repair and maintenance, which is essential for the entire fleet's continuous operations abroad. It can be greatly improved. "
It is indeed a good design idea to use a unified universal chassis and then replace different modules to achieve different functions.
The unified chassis means the common use of parts, which can save a lot of energy and consumption in both production and logistics maintenance.
The benefits brought by the universal chassis include the interchangeability between different functional modules. When necessary, the damaged modules or chassis can be removed and replaced with usable spare parts, so that combat effectiveness can still be maintained.
If a different chassis design is used, there will be no such convenient function, and one more type of parts will be an additional burden for logistics and production.
Not only do you need to prepare twice as many parts, but you also have to design an additional production line, which will cause more consumption.
So at this point, weapons experts from both the Army and the Navy agreed, but the two sides had a dispute over how big the chassis should be.
“I still feel that it cannot be made too big. Not only is it inflexible, but it is also inconvenient in terms of production, maintenance, and use itself.” Navy weapons experts still insist that the frigate cannot be made too big.
However, the weapons experts of the Army argued hard and clearly did not want the frigate to be built too small: "What's the use of making the frigate too small? If it's too small, I might as well just use 4-25 anti-aircraft guns and tank clusters with helicopters!"
The frigate of a land-based aircraft carrier needs to accompany the land-based aircraft carrier. It is responsible for various combat tasks such as escort, obstacle clearance, air defense, reconnaissance, etc. How can it be qualified for these tasks if it is too small? "
"Even so, with such a large tonnage, not to mention how to build it, it is difficult to move such a heavy weight, right? And the land is not as good as the ocean. Apart from plain terrain, where can you find a place that can pass such a large tonnage? Moreover, It's still a fleet trip, which is simply not practical on land!" After a quarrel, the navy's weapons expert was about to slam the table in anger.
However, the Army’s weapons expert does not know this, but he still hopes to get a big enough guy for the Army.
Listening to the quarrel between the two sides, Chen Xin had to come out to smooth things over and said to the two weapons experts: "Both of you, put it down. In fact, I have already solved the issue of traffic. Land traffic capacity does not limit the tonnage of land frigates. the elements of."
"What? Solved?" Weapons experts from the army and navy looked at Chen Xin. They did not know that land-based aircraft carriers have anti-gravity devices and can fly in the air.
This matter is also a secret within the military and high-level officials, and has not yet been made public. Therefore, even weapons experts from the Army and Navy are not aware of this matter.
But it’s not that we can’t tell the two weapons experts about this matter. After all, if we ask them to help design the frigate, we still have to tell them the information they need to know.
So Chen Xin explained to the two weapons experts and let them know about the anti-gravity device.
After listening to Chen Xin’s explanation, the two weapons experts couldn’t help but be stunned. It took them a long time to come back to their senses and digest the information he said.
"If that's the case wouldn't the aircraft carrier be able to fly?" The navy's weapons experts thought of the aircraft carrier that was preparing to set sail.
"It can indeed fly, but it still needs to be used with a propulsion system. The anti-gravity device itself can only achieve floating air energy." Chen Xin nodded affirmatively.
Hearing Chen Xin say that he could fly, the eyes of the two weapons experts met, and brilliance flashed from their eyes.
The Army's weapons expert said: "In this case, we should design the frigate based on the premise that it is in a flying state. There are more things to consider when flying in the sky than walking on the ground."
"Yes, if you fly in the sky, the range of weapon fire will be completely different. The overall structure of the platform and the layout of weapon positions also need to be reconsidered." The navy's weapons expert also nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the two parties had reached a consensus, Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief and discussed with two weapons experts how to design this kind of frigate for land aircraft carriers. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com