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Chapter 1230 Trinity (Second update, please subscribe)
"But isn't the risk of building two aircraft carriers at the same time too great?"

Li Yian asked as they entered another dock where a ballistic missile nuclear submarine was being built.

"After all, our shipyards have no experience in building aircraft carriers. Although they can build merchant ships of more than 20 tons, the navy has no experience in building large warships except the Type 59 warships. Although some engineers in the shipyards have built aircraft carriers in Germany and Japan, they still lack experience."

Li Yian didn't need to say this, as Zou Tongjie, the naval commander, knew very well that the shipyard did lack experience in building aircraft carriers.

"It may be risky to build two aircraft carriers at the same time. I think we can put them in this year and next year. We can start construction at Taiping Shipyard this year and then Dongning Shipyard next year. During this period, Dongning's engineers and technicians can go to Taiping to participate in the construction."

Listening to Zou Tongjie's ideas, Li Yian thought for a while and said.

"We can try. Although we have no experience, we still have to build aircraft carriers. Maybe our first aircraft carrier may not be comparable to the American one, but whether it is or not is another matter."

Li Yian said in a decisive tone, he remembered the CVA-01 plan, and then said.

"As for the power of aircraft carriers, I think we can consider using a gas turbine and steam turbine combined power plant. Traditional steam power plants are large in size and take a long time to start up. In particular, the size and weight of the boiler take up too much tonnage. However, considering that the catapult requires steam, we can use a steam turbine and a gas turbine in parallel. The steam turbine provides power when the warship is cruising, and the gas turbine joins in when accelerating or traveling at high speed."

This combined power group is the model adopted by the British "County-class destroyer". Originally, Britain wanted to develop a new type of destroyer together with Nanyang, but eventually the two sides parted ways due to different needs.

In fact, according to Li Yian's idea, he hopes that Nanyang's aircraft carrier will use gas turbines like the British Queen Elizabeth class. But obviously, this is not realistic. After all, steam catapults require steam, so aircraft carriers cannot do without steam turbines.

In an era when all-electric aircraft carriers cannot be used, the use of parallel combined power of steam turbines and gas turbines is undoubtedly the best option, that is, county-level combined power.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion from me. You can study it and see if it is feasible."

It is feasible. Zou Tongjie came to this conclusion almost subconsciously, not because it was your suggestion, but because the advantages of gas turbines are really great. The boiler alone can save thousands of tons of weight. The gas turbine is more compact to install, which can free up space for other equipment.

However, even though he agreed with your suggestion in his heart, Zou Tongjie still did not agree to it outright, but only said that he would study it later.

Afterwards, the two men walked into the dock, and what came into view was a ballistic missile nuclear submarine that had already taken shape. Looking at this "simple and crude" ship in front of him, which had a 40-meter-long missile compartment added to the middle of the "Jiaolong class", Li Yian had to admire the engineers' ingenious ideas.

In fact, this is not a fantasy, but more of a confidence in their own strength. Nanyang's submarine construction level is still very high, it can be said that it combines the strengths of Germany and Japan. Although the conventional power submarines are all built with "old boats" produced in sections during the war in Germany, in this process, they continue to use new technologies on submarines. By the time the "Jiaolong" nuclear submarine was built, Nanyang's submarine design and construction technology had already reached the world's top level.

Even the hardware - submarine steel plates, the new N2 pressure-resistant steel plates used by Nanyang are even slightly more advanced in quality than the HY80 steel plates. It is precisely with the support of the N2 pressure-resistant steel plates that the diving depth of the Jiaolong class has reached an astonishing 400 meters!
Looking at the submarine in front of him, Li Yian said:
“It looks like it’s almost finished!”

"Yes, it's almost finished! Your Excellency, the development of our new submarine-launched missile is also going smoothly. If everything goes well, it will be launched by the end of this year and the sea trial will be completed in the first half of next year. By then, our Nanyang will truly have a "three-in-one" nuclear strike system of sea, land and air."

Then Zou Tongjie emphasized:
"We are the third country after the United States and the Soviet Union to have a 'three-in-one' nuclear strike system."

Nodding, Li Yian said:

"The 'trinity' is very important, but in the future it will still be mainly submarine-launched. As for land-based... it is just to maintain basic deterrence for now."

Although according to Li Yian's idea, land-based missiles will eventually be abolished, for now, land-based intercontinental missiles are still very necessary.

After all, the range of today's submarine-launched missiles is still too short, only about 2000 kilometers. Even if they sail all the way to the Baltic Sea, the ballistic missiles launched by ballistic missile nuclear submarines cannot cover the entire Soviet Union or the United States.

In this case, the Peacekeeper intercontinental missile is the best choice, which can cover the entire Soviet Union. But it is only the Soviet Union, and it cannot cover the entire United States.

To cover the entire United States, Nanyang also needs a nuclear missile with a range of 15000 kilometers, which is also the technical indicator of the "Peacekeeper" intercontinental missile originally proposed by the military. However, due to technical reasons, it has only achieved 12000 kilometers. Therefore, for now, the "Peacekeeper" cannot meet Nanyang's needs. In contrast, the Soviet Union's SS-18 intercontinental missile in another world can meet Nanyang's needs - it has a range of 16000 kilometers and is the intercontinental missile with the longest range and largest volume in the world.

It’s a pity that he is someone else’s child.

However, Li Yian has great confidence in the technicians of Nanyang, and he believes that they will be able to develop similar missiles. However, whether Nanyang will still need it at that time is unknown. After all, with the advancement of technology, perhaps in a few years, the range of Nanyang's submarine-launched missiles will exceed 7000 kilometers. At that time, the five oceans will all be the launch sites of Nanyang submarines.

But before that, Nanyang still needs "peace guards" to serve as Nanyang's "three great truths of peace."

Although the submarine had not been completed yet, Li Yian still entered the submarine with great interest. He took a tour inside the submarine full of metallic smell before leaving the dock.

After saying goodbye to Zou Tongjie and others, Li Yian left the shipyard by car. On the way to the "Daming Palace" in the convoy, looking at the bustling street scene outside the car window, Li Yian thought for a while, then pressed the intercom and gave instructions to the driver.

"Let's take a trip from downtown!"

When the convoy entered the city, it was already 7: in the evening. Although it was already dusk, the streets were brightly lit. However, the light was not white, but red, mixed with green, blue, yellow and other colorful lights.

The densely packed, crisscrossing neon lights are a symbol of the prosperity of Nanyang. The neon lights of this era are not the LED lights of later generations, but tubes filled with rare gases. The colors of neon lights vary because of the different gases.

Countless buildings with flashing neon lights, together with the skyline of tall buildings in Taiping Bay, define the urban landscape of Chang'an.

Whether it is the wide avenues or the relatively narrow streets in Chang'an, there are dazzling corridors with neon lights. Here, banks, restaurants and various commercial institutions are doing business under colorful signs.

There are always various neon signs in the photos of Chang'an. During the day, they stand there as the embellishment of the city. At night, they flicker and turn Chang'an into a paradise on earth.

I don’t know when the city of Chang’an was built on a sea of ​​glowing high-rise buildings and signboards.

"In fact, LED lights save more energy and have a longer service life..."

Although he was thinking this in his mind, Li Yian knew better than anyone that LED lights in this era are definitely "black technology among black technologies". Even in the early 21st century, it was "black technology". Not only the light pieces, but even the simplest drivers required chips.

In comparison, the technology of this type of lamp is simpler. It is just filling the lamp with different gases. If neon gas is filled in the tube, it will emit golden light, and if hydrogen gas is filled, it will emit red light. However, although the technology is simple, the production process of neon lamps is very complicated and difficult. Professional technicians are needed. The first batch of neon lamp bending technicians in Changan included both Germans and those from Shanghai and other places.

It is thanks to the thousands of neon signs made by the pipe-bending artists that the night in Chang'an becomes colorful.

In this way, the car was driving in this colorful river of lights. Li Yian silently stared at the neon lights outside the car window. Of course, he paid more attention to the passers-by.

Under the colorful neon lights, the sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with pedestrians. Because they don't need to work overtime, Nanyang people always go out of their homes every night, either to dine in restaurants, go shopping, or go to the cinema to watch movies with their families.

In short, Nanyang’s nightlife is rich. The nightlife here is not exclusive to a few people, but belongs to everyone. The prosperous nightlife also stimulates Nanyang’s economic development.

Most of the passers-by under the neon lights are in groups of families, with three or four people at least and six or seven people at most, including adults, children, boys and girls, walking on the colorful streets.

Not sure if it was an illusion, Li Yian even felt that he heard laughter, which was the laughter of passers-by.

Isn't all this what I dream of and what I am now committed to protecting?
(End of this chapter)