Global Catastrophic Disaster: Start Building Noah's Ark

Chapter 92 Upgrade the hull! Upgrade the nuclear power!

At night, Noah's Ark and the research cruise ship turned on the strong searchlights, and other ships also turned on all the lights, and the dock was brightly lit.

In the cold wind, two cranes operated at the same time to lift the miniature nuclear fission reactor from the research cruise ship.

"Slow down!" Lao Bi was very nervous, fearing that there would be some accidents with this thing, so that a month's work would be wasted.

The two cranes steadily put the miniature nuclear reactor on the truck.

The female guards came forward and tied it firmly to the car.

Then came the semi-finished boilers and steam-powered generators made by Lao Bi.

"Ship them to Noah's Ark!" Qin Bin instructed.

Then he turned to Yang Mi and ordered, "You go and lift the steel from the No. 5 material ship and pile it on the dock."

"Yes, Captain!"

Yang Mi took two female soldiers to board the No. 5 material ship, opened the cargo hold, and used the ship's own crane to lift the steel down.

Truckloads of steel were transported to the side of Noah's Ark.

They worked until 1 a.m. before they finally transported all 20,000 tons of high-alloy steel.

Qin Bin took a deep breath and checked his survival points.

12,500 survival points!

"System, I want to upgrade the hull!"

"Ding! OK host, upgrade the hull, a total of 5,000 survival points are required, do you confirm the upgrade?"

"Confirm the upgrade!"

"Ding! Upgrade completed!"

20,000 tons of high-alloy steel on the dock disappeared instantly.

A white light flashed on Noah's Ark, and it suddenly grew larger, turning into a giant ship with a more sci-fi shape!

The huge silver-gray hull does not reflect light under the light, but it makes people's scalps numb when looking at it!

The total length is 230 meters, the width is 35 meters, the depth is 22 meters, and the full load draft is 10.5 tons!

It looks like a sea monster!

This hull looks more than twice as large as Noah's Ark Level 1, and it also maintains a sharp bow, wave-breaking ability, and stronger stability.

There are two more gun positions at the bow, 90 missile vertical launch positions on the deck behind the guns, and 4 torpedo launchers on each side.

At present, these positions are only preset, empty, and there are no missiles in them. The weapon system needs to be upgraded!

The whole ship adopts a fully enclosed design, with an integrated mast. The central island is more prominent than the previous level 1. The height of the island is 20 meters, which is nearly 2 times higher!

Because there is no need to resist the previous tsunami disaster, the Noah's Ark 2 level design can have a better space for the island.

In the front, back, left and right directions of the island, there are reserved positions for dual-band active phased array radars, which can be upgraded to this advanced radar in the future.

There is a small platform behind the island. The two corners of the small platform are the positions of anti-aircraft guns. There are a total of 4 anti-aircraft gun positions on the ship, and two are located on the front and rear side decks.

At the rear of the ship is a helicopter platform, which can accommodate three armed helicopters. Under the platform is the helicopter hangar!

Below the hangar is the speedboat deck, which can store speedboats and amphibious armored assault vehicles.

It can be said that after the upgrade of the entire Noah's Ark hull, it is more like an advanced 20,000-ton destroyer!

The 055 destroyer is only 10,000 tons, which is already one of the heaviest destroyers in the world!

Once the Noah's Ark is upgraded to level 2, it can be said to be the world's largest destroyer!

20,000 tons of tonnage is the size of a light aircraft carrier!

Qin Bin looked at the fully upgraded whole and was excited.

After upgrading the hull, it's time to upgrade the nuclear power!

"System, I want to upgrade the ship's power system to nuclear power!"

"Ding! OK host, upgrading nuclear power requires a total of 7,000 survival points. Do you confirm the upgrade?"

In the case of semi-finished nuclear reactors and boilers, 7,000 survival points are still required, which is more expensive than upgrading the hull!

"Confirm the upgrade!"

Qin Bin said decisively.

No matter how painful it is, you have to upgrade. This is the core key to solving energy needs!

As long as there is nuclear power, Noah's Ark can achieve unlimited endurance in theory, and it can also supply power to the port terminal, without worrying about power demand.

After the second nuclear reactor is built, the base can have a steady supply of renewable energy.

"Ding! Upgrade completed!"

A dull humming sound suddenly came from Noah's Ark, which was much smaller than using diesel power and very low.

This is the sound of the nuclear reactor starting to operate and boiling water to drive the motor to generate electricity.

Nuclear power is successful!

Qin Bin immediately checked the upgraded nuclear power data.

The power generation and propulsion systems of nuclear-powered ships rely on the heat energy generated by fission, boiling water, and then driving the motor to generate electricity and drive the steam turbine to rotate to generate propulsion power.

In short, the history of human technological development is a history of boiling water.

From the earliest use of firewood, to coal, fuel oil, and now the more advanced nuclear fission reactors, energy must first be converted into heat energy, and then boil water to drive power through the water vapor medium.

The performance of a nuclear reactor is reflected in its heating efficiency.

This miniature nuclear fission reactor is a 200,000-kilowatt-class reactor. It can generate 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour through the motor, and its 24-hour power generation reaches 2.4 million kilowatt-hours. Excluding losses, it can generate 2 to 3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day!

Enough to meet the daily electricity consumption of a town of 100,000 people!

Nuclear power includes 4 steam turbines with 100,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed can reach 50 knots, which is about 80 kilometers per hour!

The normal cruising speed can be maintained at 35 knots, which is much higher than the cruising speed of most warships in the world!

Nuclear power not only has ultra-high energy output, but also does not require fuel replenishment. Most of the fuel reserve tanks on Noah's Ark can be given to the vehicles and equipment on the ship.

In this way, the vehicles and equipment can have enough power energy to use!

However, in Qin Bin's view, there can be machinery that consumes diesel, but there are more vehicles and equipment that use electricity.

Now that Noah's Ark is equipped with a nuclear reactor, the energy is actually overflowing. If it can consume electricity, it is best to consume electricity. After all, diesel is gone once it is consumed.

Qin Bin boarded Noah's Ark and checked the changes in the entire ship. With the upgrade of the hull, the size of each functional area began to change, and even the living area was half the size.

The hull has been enlarged, the space has also increased a lot, and there are more places that can be used, but now there is only the hull.

Check the progress of the task.

"Upgrade task: overall progress 35%.

Hull: Upgrade the hull (completed)

Propulsion device: Upgrade the full-ship electric propulsion system (not completed), nuclear reactor (completed)

Auxiliary device: Ship nuclear power plant (completed), steam boiler (completed), power supply system (completed)...

Outfitting: Living area (not completed), vertical missile launch system (not completed) Expand warehouse (not completed) Expand ammunition bay (not completed)...

System device: Intelligent control center (not completed), security system (not completed)...

The next key upgrade point is the full-ship electric propulsion system, which is another way of propulsion, more stable, faster response, more coordinated power for the whole ship, and can provide energy response at any time!

This system can be said to be a better way to use energy!