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Chapter 1126: Entering the Nuclear Age (Third update, please subscribe)
"After the Chinese team won the gold medal in men's table tennis, the Chinese team has won 37 gold medals in this Chang'an Asian Games, and has jumped to the top of the gold medal list..."

While the car was driving, Dai Xingjie smiled as he listened to the news on the radio. This Asian Games was the first large-scale international sports event held in Southeast Asia. Although only Asian countries participated, it was not easy to win the first place in the gold medal list.

On the way to the shipyard, Dai Xingjie deliberately looked to the northeast, where the Olympic Stadium was - it was a lotus-shaped stadium.

Like many people, when watching the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, Dai Xingjie was attracted by the stadium that was modern yet full of oriental charm.

"That will definitely be another landmark of Chang'an in the future!"

As the car drove all the way to the shipyard, high-rise buildings were lined up on the other side of the Binhai Avenue. Although those buildings were modern, they had the ancient architectural style of double-eaved hip roofs, which made them look particularly solemn and elegant. This is the biggest difference of Chang'an East District - it is oriental, and oriental architecture here blends with modernity, and together with the Olympic Center, it combines the classical and the modern, the East and the West.

Perhaps, this is Nanyang!
An existence that is both modern and classical, both Eastern and Western.

While he was muttering this in his mind, the blue Al Romeo had already driven into the shipyard. Although he had a pass, he still needed to pass the inspection of the gate guard. After entering the factory, he parked the car in the parking lot as usual, and then changed to the factory shuttle - a convertible electric car, which is now very common in large factories in Southeast Asia.

Soon, Dai Xingjie arrived at the dock. Outside the closed Dock No. 4, armed gendarmes were on guard with live ammunition. After carefully checking his credentials, they allowed him to enter. When Dai Xingjie entered the dock, quite a few people had already gathered inside.

There are both senior executives from the shipyard and senior military officials.

Today is a big day!
After six years and six months, Nanyang finally completed the design and construction of the country's most important weapon.

Nuclear submarine!
Since the United States announced the construction of nuclear submarines in December 11, Nanyang's technical department began research in this area in January of the following year, studying one subject after another, from the design of the nuclear reactor to the design of the submarine hull. In November , the Navy finally finalized its design and approved the construction of Nanyang's first nuclear submarine.

Until now, it has been standing quietly in the dock, like a sleeping deep-sea monster. The light from hundreds of headlights above the fully enclosed dock shines on its streamlined hull, giving the hull of this steel monster a somewhat strange luster.

It was not the luster of metal, but the structure of blocks could be vaguely seen.

"Anechoic tiles,"

Zhu Wanzhe, the shipyard manager, turned and introduced himself to Navy Commander Zou Tongjie.

"This is a unique technology of KJT Chemical Industry. By laying anechoic tiles on the surface of the submarine, the noise of the submarine can be effectively reduced. The Jiaolong is the first submarine equipped with anechoic tiles."

The origin of anechoic tiles can be traced back to World War II. At the end of World War II, Germany first used anechoic tile technology on its submarines. At that time, the German Navy was losing ground. In order to save the situation and reduce the number of U-boat losses, they began to install a layer of synthetic rubber soundproof material called "Aliberich" on the hulls of some submarines.

The "Aliberich" synthetic rubber sound-proofing material was developed by the famous German chemical company Farben. It is made of high-molecular polyisobutylene homopolymer, is about 1 square meter in size and 4 mm thick, and is covered with densely packed cylindrical holes with diameters of 2 mm and 4 mm.

It uses the deformation of bubbles generated when sound is incident to absorb sound energy, and plays a certain role in reducing reflections and noise inside the boat.

This composite rubber tile can reduce the reflected echo of active sonar by 10% in the range of 18-15 kHz, which just covers the operating range of the Allied early ASDIC sonar.

Nanyang's sound-absorbing tile technology was further developed by the original group of IG Farben. After ten years of development, KJT Chemical has mastered the sound-absorbing tile technology with excellent sound absorption and vibration suppression effects.

"KJT's anechoic tiles are based on styrene-butadiene rubber and come in a variety of different specifications. The thickness of the anechoic tiles on different submarines is different, and the anechoic tiles on different locations on the same submarine are also different.

The Jiaolong submarine uses double-layer anechoic tiles. The inner layer of the anechoic tiles has small holes of different diameters. Different models are installed in different positions to eliminate sounds of specific frequencies. The outer layer of the tiles is integrated and dense, mainly used to absorb active sonar signals. According to tests, it can shorten the detection distance of sonar by about 75%.

Listening to Zhu Wanzhe's introduction, Zou Tongjie just nodded slightly. As a naval commander, he was very clear about the role of anechoic tiles. In fact, half of the submarines in Nanyang are now equipped with anechoic tiles, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the submarines.

"Manager Zhu, if the test goes well, the Navy will place an order for no less than three nuclear submarines. Can you guarantee that they will be delivered on time?"

"Of course." Zhu Wanzhe said with some pride.

"Our Taiping Shipyard is the largest shipyard in Asia. Let alone three submarines, even if the Navy places an order for a new destroyer this year, we can complete it on schedule."

This confidence comes from the scale of the shipyard. As the largest shipyard in Asia, after several expansions, the Taiping Shipyard not only has multiple docks and slipways, but also two docks that can build 50-ton supertankers. However, until now, this supertanker is still on the drawing board, because the Suez Canal Company has not reached a consensus on the expansion issue, so the canal has not been closed for the time being. As long as the canal is closed, the supertankers of the Taiping Shipyard will become the darlings of the market.

Soon, the grand launching ceremony began with the performance of the military band. Zou Tongjie and his wife, Mrs. Zou Liu, stood in front of the bow of the submarine. After Zou Tongjie announced the name of the submarine, Mrs. Zou Liu broke a bottle of champagne according to the navy's practice.

When the Jiaolong submarine entered the water, the red balloon hanging on the bow immediately opened, releasing a large amount of ribbons.

Amid the cheers of the people, Dai Xingjie, standing aside, just watched the Jiaolong. As a ship engineer, he has devoted himself to this submarine in the past three years. At this moment, he was like a father, watching his child take the first step in his life.

This... is a nuclear-powered submarine!

As the submarine entered, the crowd's breath froze at this moment. Countless pairs of eyes stared at the submarine that was about to set off, with expectation, pride, and awe of the unknown challenge. The technicians all looked at him with serious faces, which was not only a symbol of completing the mission, but also a silent blessing for the new journey.

The submarine gradually sank into the water. First, the stern lightly touched the sea surface, stirring up circle after circle of delicate ripples. Then, the huge body slowly sank until it completely disappeared from people's sight, leaving only the ripples that gradually spread on the sea surface.

Towed by the tugboat, the Jiaolong quickly entered the berth. The naval officers and technicians in the submarine immediately began to work. Soon, the submarine started slowly. A few minutes later, the Jiaolong nuclear submarine sent a telegram - "Our submarine is sailing under nuclear power!"
The sending of a telegram marked the Nanyang Navy's final entry into the nuclear age.

This is a brand new era!

More than ten minutes later, Li Yian, who was in the study, hung up the phone. At this time, his expression was solemn. After a moment, he spoke.

"We have finally entered the nuclear age!"

Nuclear submarine!

Unlike others, Li Yian was full of expectations for nuclear submarines. Compared with the vast territories of the Soviet Union and the United States, the Nanyang region was not only small in area, only more than one million square kilometers, but also, except for the main island of Borneo, which had no earthquakes, all other islands were located in earthquake zones, which meant that land-based intercontinental missiles could only be deployed on the main island. This made the originally dangerous and inefficient land-based nuclear arsenal more vulnerable to attack.

Because land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are all launched in silos, and their deployment locations are almost known to everyone, they are highly dangerous. If another country launches a nuclear attack on Southeast Asia, the first wave of nuclear strikes will inevitably destroy the nuclear missile silos in Southeast Asia to prevent nuclear retaliation from Southeast Asia. This also means that under the theoretical framework of nuclear counterattack operations, Li Yian must make a decision in the shortest possible time - perhaps even within a few minutes. He will either miss the opportunity and watch the land-based nuclear missiles being destroyed, or believe in false intelligence and hastily cause a nuclear war.

This is basically an either-or, right-or-wrong stalemate. This is also the important reason why land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are not favored by nuclear experts - the decision to launch a nuclear counterattack is too hasty.

Compared with land-based intercontinental missiles, the advantages of sea-based, especially ballistic missile nuclear submarines, are extremely obvious. Not only can they be deployed in underwater areas close to the target, the enemy cannot detect the specific location of the submarine, and before launching the missile, the submarine is almost in no danger of being destroyed.

For Nanyang, nuclear submarines are definitely the most reliable choice for building nuclear counterattack forces. Now that we have the Jiaolong attack nuclear submarine, the next one will be the ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

"In fact, even strategic bombers have extremely high survivability. They can take off urgently before being attacked. Even if they find that the alarm of a nuclear attack is a false alarm, they can still recall the aircraft in time."

In comparison, land-based intercontinental missiles with fixed deployment locations have almost no advantages except for their longer range and greater power.

"It seems that we should give priority to the development of nuclear submarines, especially ballistic missile nuclear submarines. After all, only they are the real killers that can threaten other countries!"

When writing ballistic missile nuclear submarine on the note, another powerful weapon emerged in Li Yian's mind - strategic bomber!

(End of this chapter)